The Pat McAfee Show Live | Monday March 31st 2025

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Arena, I believe. Four. have been amazing. Pat, what's going on? You This is awesome. Actually, we get a. view strictly. This is You are like. what? Ringside ready to go tonight. Obviously Netflix, London, England. How's it going over there, man? Hey, life is good. AJ, thank you for taking. the trip to Indianapolis to host. alongside the boys. And obviously, it's. a great group over there in the. Thunderdome. But let me let you know. something. This trip to London that I've. had over the last 24 48 hours has been. nothing short of spectacular. I got a. chance to enjoy the sights, you know, uh.

have some booze with the locals. You. know, Wade Barrett, uh who is a part of. the commentary team on Smackdown, formerly Bad News Barrett in the WWE. from England. His team Preston North End. was in the FA Cup I believe. quarterfinal. They were taking on uh a. squad and uh yeah, we boozed a little. bit and watched that game yesterday. Then we went on a pub crawl. Myself, Michael Cole, Wade Barrett. We went time. to town. There's Winston Churchill right. there. Let me tell you, he is a uh a.

rever gentleman over here. Okay. He he. obviously did his thing. We went to a. couple small pubs. This right here is. James' pub. His mom Suzanne started it. in 1980. He's now the governor of the. pub. He lives upstairs. It's old school. They gave me a Sunday roast of beef. I. ate that thing. And uh you know, probably gallons of beer were drank. yesterday all around London. A lot of. lot of lads were met. And that right. there is actually the uh laboratory uh. that uh sets the world's time. That that. building right there. I didn't want to. walk all the way up the hill. I didn't I.

didn't find it that fascinating, but I. took a picture of it from afar. That is. where, you know, the world's time. starts. So, I got a chance to see the. town a little bit. Wade Bar and uh Stu. is his name was walking us around and. yeah, I mean, it was a wonderful day. It. was like 65 degrees, clear skies in the. middle of March. I got a little sunburn. in London in March. Yes, I might be the. whitest of whites uh to have that. particular stat, but it was a good time. yesterday. And now Preston North and uh. Wade's soccer team, they're not good. Okay, they uh well, yesterday they.

weren't they lost 3 0, but the game. before, guess what they did, AJ? What's. that? They beat Burnley three nothing. Three nothing. That goalie hasn't been. giving up any goals this year, I. thought. Yeah, we gave up three to. Preston North End. We're the one and. only North End. Uh that's the chance I. heard and uh enjoyed. But yeah, it's. been awesome over here in London. Now. we're in the O2 Arena. We got Monday. Night Raw coming up here in a couple of. hours. Uh obviously London time, 5 hours. ahead. So normally starts at 8:00. Eastern on Netflix. Today will be 3:00.

Eastern, then obviously running full. time. And um it's an honor to be over. here, especially with how big of a day. we have today. Rap Sheets going to be. joining here in a matter of moments. Coach John Shy from the Duke Blue Devils. will be joining us in about 35 minutes. or so. And then, you know, for the rest. of the program, we're going to be. talking about all things happening. around sports. So, I know it's not just. you over there though, AJ. It sounds. like there's a great group of lads over. there. Is a bunch of lad of lads over. there. Is that the toxic table? Do I. hear? Is Boston Connor back in the. Thunderdome over there? Yeah, back in. the sand. Could be back. Could be back.

You know, I knew you were in London, so. I, you know, wore the uh Team USA hockey. jersey. Something the Brits can't do, play hockey. Another thing they can't. do, probably eat food. I assume you eat. some terrible beef and mash or fish and. chips or some [ __ ] that they serve. over there. But yeah, it's good to be. back, man. I'm excited for uh for RAW in. London. It was a great weekend of. basketball as well. It's awesome. I will. tell you this. Um you walk into some of. these places cuz the fish and chips. thing. You do walk right into a pit of.

ass. I mean, it's smell in some of these. and they're all like kind of tight, you. know? I don't think anything is smelled. worse than a pub bathroom. Like a couple. you walk in there, it's as if somebody. is [ __ ] in your face whenever you. walk in cuz it's real tight. They're. real tight spaces, you It's all real. close quarters in there. And uh I was as. American as possible. I had a backwards. hat on obviously at the Air Forces. I uh. people were nice to me here. I did not. expect it. I did not expect as uh the. people to be as kind as they were to me. Big dumb American. Uh but I will say.

yeah, they can't play hockey. Yeah. Okay. They can't play hockey. And it's. coming home. We all know what that. means. Soccer is coming to the United. States of America at some point. We're. going to be good. But on that note, sports did happen all weekend. I saw. sitting next to you comment. I don't. know if you saw Tai Schmidt's wearing a. uh Yankee sweatshirt. What's that all. about? You guys are using. astrophysicists to cheat the rest of the. league to cheat the sport. It's like. Barry Bonds, Mark Maguire, Sammy Sosa. level stuff. Why isn't everybody using. these torpedo bats hitting dong shot. after dong shot after dong shot? Oh, we.

had eight homers in one game. Oh, Aaron. Judges hit four home. I guess he's not. using it cuz he doesn't need it. But. what are we doing with these bats? And. why isn't everybody doing this? Ty, this. seems like a genius move. genius move. That is an excellent question, Pat. I. don't know why everyone isn't doing it. You mentioned it, the Yankees basically. a couple years ago. Uh he doesn't work. for the team still, but they hired an. MIT physicist and basically said like, "Hey, listen. We could spend all this. money like the Dodgers are doing." Or. you could basically just invent a new. baseball bat that hasn't been done in.

like 200 plus years. So, you know, you. move a little bit of the wood around, move more of it into the barrel. So, some of these guys who maybe aren't as. good as hitters, uh, as Aaron Judge is, they can get around on the baseball and. they can hit home runs. And, you know, it kind of just feels like everything is. right in the baseball world. Everyone. hates the Yankees again. Everyone's. saying that they cheat. You know, it's. not so much the Dodgers anymore. They. come out, they hit 15 dingers over the. first three games, beat the [ __ ] out of. the Brewers every single game. And all. is right uh, in the world now. And now.

you got a bunch of teams and agents. reaching out and everybody's doing this. right. Like, didn't you assume every. team's going to have these bats? Multiple teams, yeah. Had guys who were. using it, but no one no one obviously. was as uh successful as the Yankees. were. But yeah, I would imagine that by. today or this week, every team in the. majors will have a couple of these. torpedo bats on the way. I listened to. Jazz Chisum, the guy that just jacked. one right there, talk about it a little. bit, and he was just like, "Yeah, they. said it's good that year and I love it.".

I I would I guess the the more research. I did on it, I read on it, I'm not a. great reader, everybody understands. that, but I guess like the max amount of. weight and the max amount of girth that. you're allowed to have, basically they. just reshaped where that is. And it's. like if this has been laying out there. forever, the Yankees figuring it out and. this physicist figuring it out, I think. it's good on you. You know, it's got a. nine-year NFL vet, obviously host of. everything, DB, good D, bad D, D. We're. not baseball players at all, Dutch. Whenever you're doing something that's. been available for everybody else to do,

I got no problems with that. I I think. it's next level thinking, don't you? Yeah. Now, we know that the NFL is a. copycat league. I don't follow the MLB. as much, but I would assume they're. going to be a copycat league as well, right? Yeah, without a doubt. Everyone's. going to be doing this. AJ, can I see. that back real quick cuz I know you're. explaining it, but you said Aaron Judge. isn't using it because of how good of a. hitter he is. Where exactly are they. putting the wood? So they're they're. moving it basically from like the Yeah. Maybe like the handle or other parts of. it into like more like around like the. barrel or like up a little bit above the.

barrel like around the the kind of like. signature there because like one of the. guys they were talking about Anthony. Vulpi he gets jammed a bunch. So they. moved some of like the the sweet spot up. there a little bit so he can get around. on it and he's he's catching more. barrel. The engraving though is it where. the wording is and where they have the. like the the little engraving. That's. that's changed as well though. Yeah. I. think that's Is that the big What's the. biggest part of like is it the mass. moving? Is it not having those. engravings right in the sweet spot or. what? Yeah. I mean, look, it's just it's. it's moving the sweet spot of the bat. They're getting more wood on the ball.

Exactly. They're just moving the wood. around. They're moving the wasted wood. Okay. They kind of do the bats. They. took the wasted wood and moved it to. where a more prevalent part of the bat. would be. If if I'm reading it. accurately, Ty, right? If I'm reading. it. Yeah, that is correct. They. basically Yeah, because there there are, like you said, there are certain. parameters in in which the bat has to be. and they're within, you know, like the. the rule book, but they just there's. nothing that says you can't kind of move. the wood around to get it to a point in. the bat where people are hitting more.

balls and that's what they did. That's. Jazz Chism there 13. Yep. Okay. So, he's. been talking about, right? And that's. the most defined looking photo of the. bat that I've seen, I think, out of all. the photos. And nobody ever hits it off. the tip of the bat. So, that's normally. where it gets bigger, right? It normally. just kind of like funnels out. So you. never hit it off the tip. If you do, it's not going anywhere. So them. deciding to just push that thing down a. little bit like how a sausage is made, you know, and then like kind of bottling. it in there. That feels like genius. Are. they going to ban this? How long until.

they ban this? Uh, I don't know if. they'll ban it because it is one of. those. I mean, it's kind of it's kind of. like the tush push almost like there. were other teams that were using it this. weekend and you know, I mean, when the. Yankees do it or like if the Dodgers. would have do uh done it, like more. people are going to see about it and. obviously they hit nine homers in a. game. So, it kind of, you know, it it. puts a lot more attention on it. But, if. other teams are available to use this, like the guy doesn't work, the guy who. invented this doesn't work for the. Yankees anymore. He works for the. Marlins. And there were some people that.

uh yeah, there were some people that. used it last year as well. So, we'll. see. I think maybe if it if it gets a. little bit too much, like if the Yankees. are scoring, you know, 20 runs every. single game with this going on, I could. see them maybe, you know, doing. something. But this certainly, I mean, this is a good thing for baseball. You. know, they hit 15 home runs in three. games. Like, it's making the product. more entertaining. On that note, we all. love Dinger baseball back when everybody. was just eating steroids. We all. remember it. and that was when it was at. its finest. So, if this torpedo bat's. going to help out with that as the.

pitching only gets better and better, which seemingly has been the case over. the last couple years, I'm all in. I. love it whenever, you know, great try to. be innovative. Now, Hembo sent me some. stats here. The Yankees have hit 15 home. runs, which is tied most all time by any. team through three games. They tied who, Evan Fox? Detroit Tigers. Which year? 2006. Nailed it. The Yankees have a 0.084. slugging percentage and a 1.231 231 OPS. What's that? Very good. On base plus.

slugging. Okay. Both highest by any team. through three games all time. Okay. These torpedo bats most all time of. slugging percentage on base. Aaron Judge. thus far obviously first 27 games he had. four home runs. That was last year. He. finished with 58. 2025 first three games. he has four home runs. So, you know, he. had a cold playoffs and he said, "Why. would I change anything with how good I. did?" It's like, well, maybe we drop. that torpedo in there for Aaron Judge in. the playoffs and we start seeing how. things go. Baseball had a fantastic. weekend. That was great. We'll talk. about college hoops obviously here in a.

matter of moments as we have coach Sher. joining us from Duke. You know, White. Mike is what they were calling him when. he was growing up in Illinois to go play. hoops a little bit. Can't wait to ask. him about that and many other things. The NFL is having quite a weekend. Let's. go to one half of the. hammer Cowboys AP. Tone, what are the. odds on how many rules are getting. actually changed down at these owners. meetings? uh tone because he just. mentioned it there. The tush push, that. one feels like that one's going to get. overturned. That one feels like it's. going to get banned. I I don't I don't. love it. I'm not going to say that I am. a proponent of that getting banned, but.

I believe the tush bush, that one feels. like it's on its way out. And know you. already heard it being chatted about in. a couple a couple of these reports. Pro. Football Talks talking about it, Chev's. talking about it. A lot of people are. talking about it. How people in the. competition committee, I guess it got a. little bit uh a little bit uh tense in. there. I guess there were some people. that weren't necessarily thrilled with. the thought of banning this entire. thing, especially cuz one team's better. at it than all of the other teams, but. they did mention the precedent of the. special teams pushing from the tight end. or from the linebackers on the DTackles.

for field goal blocks. It just feels. like everybody doesn't want to say. publicly that they want it uh to be gone. because they're all football guys and. somebody's innovative and I forget who. said it. Somebody said it this morning. in their meeting about like any maybe. being I don't know anytime somebody. creates a play or Sean McDerman anytime. somebody is innovative with the sport. you never want to punish him for it but. it does feel as if there is a. lingering kind of uh it feels like. they're going to get rid of this. particular play. Tony, is that an. accurate reading from what you're. getting? And how many of these do you. think actually get passed at this uh.

owner's meetings down here? Yeah, I feel. I feel like that's an accurate reading. from everything that's coming out. Obviously, you're starting to get the. inside. Not saying it should be. Not. saying it should be. I'm just saying. like feels like everybody that's in the. room where it happens is like I don't. want to say this publicly cuz I'm a. football guy, but also come on come on. We got 900 lb worth of dudes pushing. people. They just can't. One team's able. to do it. Nobody else is able to do it. And then the Eagles are like so that's. on us. And it's like I I'm not saying. that it should be banned. I'm just. saying it feels like there is a a ground.

support a swell happening behind the. scenes like an underground type of convo. about not wanting it in the game. Feels. like it just from reading from the. outside and I'm in London but that's. just reading the tea leaves and the. crumpets if you will. No, I think you. are you are reading the tea leaves and. the crumpets very well because you know. the insiders are now coming out and. reporting that there's a ground swell. for this to be banned and once that. starts happening it feels like that's. normally something that does happen like. cuz if they're getting that info from. somewhere and I would assume it's the.

league and and once that info starts. coming out and they they get those votes. that they want you can assume that push. push is potentially no more. The other. rules that I I think are probably going. to get passed the regular season. overtime matching the playoff overtime. That just makes sense. Like we we talked. about that there's no reason for those. not to match. The moving the kickoff. touchback to the 35 that also feels like. there's a ground swell because going. from as we talked about the 25 to the 30. wasn't a big enough pen penalty for the. touchback in that situation. More replay.

assist. That makes sense. I mean there's. no reason not. We've talked about it. many many times. If we can just have the. replay assistant, you know, voice down. and say, "Hey, you had it wrong. Let's. just move it to here, move it to there.". That seems like it the the two that are. I don't see the defensive holding. illegal contact, not resulting in a. first down. Like that's cuz we know. these DBs third and 15, they're just. going to tackle guys. There's no reason. not to. I don't see that one getting. past it. But the the most interesting. one I think that is up in there is the. wild card seating. Whether you know a 14. and three Minnesota Vikings would would.

have to travel to LA if that game was in. LA in that situation. like is that going. to happen where the higher seated or the. bet better win percentage team will have. to go to the division winner as an away. game. That one uh is interesting. I got. no idea if that one's going to pass or. not. I don't even have a feeling on that. one. Uh Debbuts that bring uh Tone. brings up a good point there about. defensive holding and illegal contact. You guys will game the [ __ ] out of that. one. So that's going to feel tough to. change. But also wildcard seeding with. how successful the playoffs have been. thus far. I don't see him touching it. What are your thoughts on all these.

debug? Yeah, I don't I don't see him. touching that either. I don't see them. touching the defensive holding illegal. contact one because it is a defensive. rule and I can't remember the last time. they made a a significant change to help. the defense. Obviously, they like. selling tickets, they like scoring. touchdowns, first downs, quarterbacks. We know how that goes. Uh replay assist. That sounds great. Um we we had the. conversation last year. I feel like. every few years is a conversation where. it's a team who like the Vikings last. year 13 14 games and have to go on the. road. Um, but I kind of I'm I guess. maybe old school in this mind frame of.

winning your division means something. You know, winning that division, getting. that home playoff game. That's a big. deal. So, I would be hopeful that they. leave that one as is. Age, what do you think? Age, what are. your thoughts? I wonder if there's I. wonder if there's a possibility that. none of these pass. Is there could there. be could they come out of here with with. nothing? They get nothing done because I. the tush push situation that I think. you're right. It feels like that thing. will will get banned. I don't think it. should be banned. I feel was McDermott. against the Tushbrook cuz I know the.

Bill second. I know we ran it. They were. unbelievable. Yeah, until the until. matter when it mattered most. Feels like there's some going on over. there. Oh, it's amazing. God. Yeah. Where are you? They're testing out the. old speakers over here in the O2. Let me. tell you, Yeet is sounding f. It's just. me. You know, it uh it's been quite a. time. But you're right about the amount. of rules that actually get changed and. like normally we talk about the NFL as.

like a big slowmoving ship where they. kind of like set like little seeds in. place and then you know I mean we it is. the speakers are great here in the O2. There's um there's a residency that. happens here. It's called 21 nights at. the uh O2 and they have like awards in. the back. I guess Prince's photo is like. in the front of it. He has like this. silhouette. So, I guess there's only a. certain amount of artists that have done. 21 nights here that claim residency. here. This is an awesome arena. Hey, all.

these. they're much uh I don't know if they get. used as much or don't get used as much, whatever it is. Everything is so clean, brand new, like you know what I mean? Like everything is. like home arena. Yeah. Does any team Is. there a sport played there or is it just. concerts and wrestling and everything? Yeah, cuz they don't have a lot of. indoor sport. You're right. Yeah. leaks over there. So, so maybe that's. why they're all so nice. Like they're. all so like all the seeds are like brand. new, you know, like it looks it looks.

very good. But with that being said, all. these rules have had seeds in place for. a few years, you know? All these things. have kind of started like the tush bush. Granted, that one's brand new, but I. think they were talking about it last. year trying to ban it. Um the postseason. overtime stuff, seeds, right, since the. 13 seconds. Uh touch back to 35. Well, they moved it to 30, so seeds, they. already did that one. replay assist. They started doing them more towards the. end of the season without telling. anybody. Seeds, they're in that one. And. then the defensive holding an illegal. contact, wild card seating. Those are. basically the two that we've never. really seen them kind of try to.

navigate. So, I think that's potentially. why we have a doubt in it. Con man, what. are your thoughts on it all, brother? I. mean, I think moving the kickoff would. be the one that would actually change. the game damn near the most because I. mean, how many what was the increase in. plays that we already had last year? It. was, you know, astronomical. And then if. you're thinking about moving that thing. to the 35, does that completely change. the hey we're just kicking the ball out. of the back of the end zone cuz I feel. like it might just because you know you. mentioned it moving the ball from the 25. to the 35 yards okay you know fine but.

now moving that thing to the 35 you. really are two first downs away from a. field goal. So it feels like that would. kind of create a lot more things. We. saw, you know, the Cowboys, their season. last year obviously didn't go great, but. some of their best moments came from. Turpin, you know, against the Commanders. that that uh kick return touchdown. against the Browns. He had the punt. return, but it does feel like moving the. kickoff touch back to the 35 would. actually then lead to uh, you know, kind. of having to aim for that landing zone.

cuz in the Super Bowl, the biggest game. of the year, we didn't see one kick. return, you know, and I do feel like if. they if that ball was coming out to the. 35, that that would kind of actually. change the entire thing. So, I think. that would be the best rule to change. than the other ones. You know, it just. kind of is what it is. speaking of, you know, the Super Bowl. and everything, like there's going to be. times where teams decide to just blast. it out and give the ball to the 35. Like, if the other offense is not doing. great and defense is doing well, we'll.

just give it to them in the 35. But just. giving up forfeiting a first down all of. a sudden and the percentage of scoring, I think teams will land it in the. landing zone. A person who might have a. little bit more information on all this. is a guy who is down at the meeting, ladies and gentlemen, senior insider for. NFL Network, which is that going to be. owned by ESPN soon? A lot of rumblings, ladies and gentlemen. Ian Rapaore. What's up? What's going on, guys? You. look super cool, bro. So, good. Appreciate it. This is my uh it's my.

Kentucky Derby suit from last year. Got. to repurpose it for these events. I. think it really fits in kind of with. this atmosphere. And I got to say, gotten some compliments. Gotten a lot of. compliments. Really? What happened? You. look tall. They say they uh. interestingly nobody has said that. I. saw I saw Kaboli by the way. Yeah. You know the world saw Kaboli. Yeah. Can. you post that photo of Kaboli sitting. next to Mike Tomlin? Uh one of the most. important uh press conferences that's. happening at the owner's meeting is Mike.

Tomlin speaking about Aaron Rogers and. all anybody can talk about is how damn. good Mark. Wow. That mag I don't know. when you guys picked up this press. conference. God that. You know, there's an account that takes. sports pictures and turns them into art. Y, you know, it's like art but make it. sports or something like they got to do. this picture. They got to do this. picture. To be clear, to be clear, Kaboli was there early. Okay. He he. represents the program. Well, he got a. front row seat. Literally, think about.

how many people are trying to get to the. spot that he got to. And instead, it's. just Kaboli, baby. Got his cell phone. I'm going to record this for myself. and. uh he's so focused that it's going to. appear as if he's actually uh snoozing, sleeping, drooling while Tomlin. speaking. And that's. that's he made Tomlin laugh so hard. tonight. He made Tomlin almost spit out. his drinks and Yes. at the end. Yeah. He. was just looking about the candy. Is it about the candy where he says, "I. heard me and DK Medaf have the same.

candy consumption." Yes. Yeah. Roll it. Apparently, we have the same uh. uh appetite with for candy. Me and DK, you hear about that? No, I didn't. Apparently, he's eats four or five candy. bars a day. Really? That's what he said on a podcast. He. wears it a little differently than you. Perfect. Uh the best Tomman's always locked in.

for those, too. He's always giving. incredible clips. Let's start there. He. talked about Aaron Rogers about how. there's a process of the offseason. you. know, we're trying to construct a team. You do it through free agency. If you. can't get through free agency, you go. through the draft. Obviously, Aaron. Rogers allegedly, it was broken on NFL. Network this morning on Good Morning. Football, I believe, by one of your. Pisano friends that Aaron Rogers had a. throwing session this past weekend with. DK Mechaf at UCLA. Now, was DK at UCLA. at the same time Aaron was at UCLA and. they just so happened to throw to each. other, or was this something that was. organized and set up? What are you kind. of reading through this all, Ian?

especially down there. Boots on the. ground with a used suit that everybody. seemingly likes. Only used once. Lightly used, I think, is the proper term. It's not Yeah. Okay. Anyway, um Yeah. Yeah. It still still. looks amazing. Um this was not a. coincidence. This was not like, you. know, Matthew Stafford running into. Brady at Yellowstone. This was a planned. throwing session. Sounds like it went. very well. Uh from my understanding, it. was lengthy. It was, you know, I Rogers. has his process. I think it's probably. not as fast as many people would like.

Um, this is what he needs. It might be. his last stop. Probably is his last. stop. He needs to make sure it's right. If that includes throwing with the newly. acquired star receiver for the team, okay. Um, it sounded like first of all, it wasn't exactly a secret. There were. several other players, some rookies were. training kind of around like it wasn't. much of a secret. Um, but it was it was. a UCLA. It did go well. was, you know, part of the process for Rogers to say, "All right, maybe this is my eventual.

destination." And it seems to me, um, unless the Vikings do a complete about. face from what they've said publicly, that would be his only spot. Um, so it. feels like a matter of time, but as you. probably know, getting in the head of. Aaron Rogers and trying to figure out. what he's up to is difficult. Um, so I. will sort of wait till it gets firm and. final, but that's just my general feel. on it. Ian, is there a chance like is. there a deadline? like is there a. certain date where something has to. happen one way or the other here? So the.

Steelers and I think this is a little. bit why there's a lot of reasons Mike. Tomlin is like the best. Um he really. does respect the players whether his. future players or his current players. He respects their process. He respects. their sort of their desires and it's. obvious Rogers wants time. So they. haven't said to him like all right we. need an answer by March 31st or. whatever. and he would be like, "Do you. though?" Like, you know, there's no. actual deadline anyway. The draft is. really the next time where things get.

real because if you're the Steelers and. you have Mason Rudolph, who I think they. would be okay entering the season with, obviously, you'd like Aaron Rogers, but. I think they'd be okay with Mason. If. it's not Rogers, they might draft. someone and obviously you would need to. know by the draft. So, that's kind of. the only real deadline. And like we've. seen this before when he was going to. the Jets. It was I think it was the. Tuesday of draft week, right? If I. remember correctly, when the deal got. done, like I don't know when Rogers is. going to decide or when he's going to.

make his announcement or whatever it. ends up being. But if you told me it was. draft week, like I wouldn't be that. shocked because that's the only time it. actually sort of an answer needs to be. given. Everybody's saying it's potentially. going down on April 9th at Big Night. Oh, really? Um, yeah, that's everybody. I don't know that though. I Everybody's. saying that talk to the person who's. running. Um, yeah, I have. I have. Every. day I talk to that person. I'm sick. I'm. going be honest. I am uh I've been.

talking to him for 37 years. I'm about. I'm about done with that guy. Uh, but. yeah, he that person has not heard. anything about that. And that person. also uh very intrigued about how it all. works out. Especially cuz I mean city of. Pittsburgh, they got a team. They got a. team. Always have a team. If you get a. Hall of Fame quarterback over there, I. know some Yenszers are going to be kind. of cold to start, but they were probably. cold to start on Russell Wilson. You. know, depending upon what the deal is. for Aaron if he was to go there and. allegedly the contract has already been. decided by the Pittsburgh Steelers and. Aaron Rogers for weeks. So whenever that.

number is announced, whatever it is, we. assume, we might be wrong unless you. know, that is going to be a low number, not that big of a number. It's not going. to be a gigantic number and uh I think. Yenszers will be like, "All right, let's. go on a run here. Let's see what the. hell we can have." And then maybe they. still draft a quarterback in that whole. thing. Okay, let's go down to Florida. where you are at. Do you know the. number? Do you know the number? Yeah, you act like you know. I I don't know, but I was told manageable. Like I think. you're I I I believe what you are saying. that it'll be something where no one's. going to be like 58, you know, like it's.

not going to be like that. Manageable. Yeah. Or 40. I don't I don't think it's. going to be any I think it's going to be. uh I once again I have not talked to any. of the parties involved in weeks. AJ. Yeah, AJ might know actually. AJ. I don't numbers wise I was going to ask. Ian what's the range like what what do. he what could he sign for? What did. Florio say? Yeah. What did Florio say? What did Schultzy say? Well he said get. me a a latte rapper or I'll slap you in. the [ __ ] You know what he said? Remember right? My god. I don't know. Um.

yeah. What's the range? The as far as. what the actual number is, I just to be. honest, I do not know. Um, and I don't. think they're there yet where they could. say like, all right, it's deals agreed. to, just waiting on Rod. I think there's. still some things that need to be. finalized. But I would agree with you. guys like I'd be a little like you, Pat, you were saying. It seemed like you were. saying might be under 40. Like I think. that's probably right. uh because there. is a history of veteran quarterbacks. signing either with their own teams or. with you know new teams kind of last.

year of their career or maybe second or. whatever it ends up being understanding. like I've made a lot of money the number. doesn't have because you want to build. the team around them. So that's kind of. what I expect. Aaron Rogers has actually. made the most uh just I don't want to be. pocket watching here but uh NFL money is. all very publicly broadcasted. Aaron has. been the most successful whenever it. comes to cash and uh obviously that is a. good thing especially if you're somebody. that gives back. Philanthropist of the. year in California. Thank you Aaron.

Thank you for nice job. Let's go. Okay. So let's get to let's You were never. philanthropist of the year in any of the. states that you live in. You're. absolutely remember that when talking. about Not yet. Not yet. Yeah, you're. right. Booze Bag maybe some of the. cities. Um okay. I was with a couple. professional booze bags yesterday. You. would have loved it. Have you ever done. a London booze bag tour? Uh, no. I need to I need to get over. I. mean, this is my wheelhouse. I saw on. your social media you were hanging out. in London. Now, how many pints What's.

like a good number? I don't know. I I. guess over there. Uh, no. I was having. like the local one that they had at each. place. So, each place had like their own. thing. You the people. Yep. Well, I just. I mean, I'm never going to get to try. again. So, when I was there, I was like, I might as well give it a go. And uh. they have these bitter beers. There's. like a bitter beer and I really thought. of the bitter beer face. Yeah, exactly. It was not like that at all. We're. talking water. Those things were See. you. Yeah, it was uh and I did I did a.

put on a show a couple times with the. guzzling abilities. Yeah. You know, always with the guzzling. Okay, let's. move to the owner's meeting, shall we? Cuz you have information that we do not. have and we need information. And to be. clear, we have a guest in 10 minutes. that we need to talk to that is. not LeBron, but he's got a lot going on. I mean, a huge by the way twice as tall. as you. Thank you. I mean that's Oh, that that's a really high bar. Uh LeBron. stuff was great. I thought that was. awesome. It was a lot. Thank you. That. was that was very kind of you. Fascinating. I believe is what you. texted me in the middle of it. You. weren't the only one. Um okay. So my Heb.

stats say that the Eagles since 2022 are. 108 of 124 whenever it comes to tush. pushes, which is 87% of the time. Now it. used to be above 90. I think it was 92%. Uh that's why the new height podcast is. 92 percentersenters because that was. when Jason Kelsey was in there. Obviously he's a masterpiece of it all. I am reading the tea and crumpet leaves. from afar here in London. It feels as if. there is a little bit of a ground swell. from NFL people to ban this play. Is.

that accurate? But nobody wants to come. out publicly and say because they all. want to be known as football guys. Well. the some of the Packers people have come. out publicly. Brian Gudikun just did. media. I talked to him afterward. has. come out publicly and said essentially. this is first of all let me say this I. don't know that it's getting banned but. I do feel kind of like you're saying the. ground swell of maybe rewriting it so. like is it going to go away I don't know. but rewriting it would make some sense. and I think what they're nervous about. is like and the NFL officials have said.

very publicly there's not enough injury. data to see if it's something that like. long-term could be a play that's sort of. like an injuryfilled play but what they. are nervous about is some catastrophic. injury to like an offensive line. I. think the center is probably most at. risk and then you and then you react and. say then ban it. So I think they're. trying to get ahead of it and say how. can we make it just a little bit safer. eliminate it. I don't know but I feel I. do feel the ground swell of like let's. try to make this a little bit safer. before anything really does that mean.

like one pusher like what does that. mean? Maybe or. uh I I'm not 100% sure. I mean, one. pusher might make sense. Or maybe one. push. Like maybe that would be a way to. do it. Like stop halfway through. That'll be easy. Just one thrust. One. push. One sometimes one thrust is all. you need. That's all you need. True. In. football, we know that is all you got, too. But like football in Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But we're not even.

talking about officiating this. We're. putting more judgment calls now into the. ref's hands. I don't know if that's good. play. I'll be them starting to me them. starting to mention the precedent of the. field goal block team not being able to. push years ago and then now it feels. like there's a chance this thing gets. banned. Who knows? Let's move some other. conversations. Debut has a question for. you. Yeah, down in Florida uh with the. Dolphins, Tyreek Hill kind of stirring. the pot a little bit as he usually does. on the internet. I think somebody may. have tweeted, "Hey, who is that pro that. player most likely to be traded on draft.

night?" Somebody said Tyreek Hill. I. think he quote tweeted it. Uh, are you. hearing anything with real decision. makers as far as Tyreek Hill possibly. moving this off seasonason or at any. point from the Dolphins? Uh, first of. all, I haven't. And I think he, you. know, he does speak a lot on social. media. Um, he does sort of have his say. and and I think this is good because you. sort of want people to be able to speak. their mind on social media, right? I. think that's okay. Um, I have not heard.

your talking points there. Wait, wait to. read your talk. I think this is No, I. mean I just in general like what what I. don't want to do is sort of like players. should have the ability to speak their. minds. It's like even if it annoys. teams, they should have this ability. Uh. I have not heard that he was going to be. trading. He also is recovering from. wrist surgery. So trading some same. thing with the Brandon Auk sort of trade. rumors or whatever you'd even call it. Um you know rarely do teams trade for. people who are not fully healthy. So, I.

think that would be complicated. I think. trading for his contract will be. complicated. Could the Dolphins get an. offer it would be worth it? I don't. know. I don't think so. So, I don't see. a ton here except that probably we'll. get him with some retreats. Boss. Connor's got something for you, Ian. Yeah, Rap Sheet. Another uh situation. going on actually here in Indianapolis. Dan Jones and AR are officially. splitting QB1 reps. Is this going to be. a true, you know, quarterback. competition? Someone's got to win. Is. there no one with uh you know kind of a.

leg up? I think most people would assume. Anthony Richardson would have that. What. what are you kind of hearing with uh. that situation? Yeah, I talked to Stiken. about this, Shane Stken about this. today. Basically said splitting reps. 50/50. They've been told they've been. informed how it's going to go and it's. going to be a storyline every day. And I. hope that that is really the case. because the only thing that really. matters for the Colts is the Beth. quarter events. Like you already drafted. Anthony Richardson. You already gave him. a big signing bonus as an early first.

round pick. He's already had two years. Daniel Jones got the money he got. I. think it's 14 million base, whatever it. ends up being. The money's been paid. The draft picks have been made. The only. thing that matters is who is the best. quarterback for the Colts. And so I hope. it's fair. I hope it's real. And like. you guys have been in locker rooms, not. all of you, but a lot of you guys have. been in locker rooms. Um the players. generally know. the players generally. sort of decide and I think at the end of. camp it will obvious and I think that's. who will be the coach quarterback. The.

highlights we're showing there of him. with the Patriots. If he plays like that. he's unstoppable. That that was the. final drive of the Patriots and it was. Anthony Richardson playing his best. football that he's ever played for us. And uh obviously there's moments of. magic there where Anthony Richardson's. the only one that can do some of the. stuff that he does. Hopefully he's able. to figure it out this year. hopefully. he's able to stay healthy and if he. can't beat Daniel Jones out, Daniel. Jones fresh into a brand new offensive. system, brand new building. I think that. is obviously a situation that he'll have.

to learn from going forward. There is a. world where Anthony Richardson doesn't. win this quarterback competition. I'm. not saying that that's going to happen, but there is. And then let's say it. doesn't work out with the Colts, he's. going to go to another team and be so. great. Yeah. So, you know, because it. would be like a uh I thought about that. this weekend while I was traveling. I'm. like, Anthony Richardson is going to win. a quarterback competition against Daniel. Jones. You would assume. And then you. would assume this offseason with how. loud everything's been, ourselves. included, that he would like be like, "Okay, I got to lock in." Very young, but he like, "Okay, to be a professional. quarterback, there's a lot that goes to.

it." Like hopefully now it is kind of. something it all buys into. And then I. thought to myself, well, what if Daniel. Jones wins like clearly and they decide. to move on from Anthony Richardson? It's. like, well, there's the moment then. that'll tell him that he needs to lock. in and be a pro. And it's like then. he'll go somewhere else and become a. Hall of Famer. So, whatever the case is, good luck, Anthony. I hope it's with us. I do. I hope it's with the Indianapolis. Culture. Are you getting news there, Rap. Sheet? Are you getting some news? What's. going on? Uh, ju just text from my wife. I'll answer in a second. Tell her we. said hello. Did you guys win any of your. horse bets this weekend?

Uh, Jude uh was the only one who won, of. course. Hey, Jude. That's a big English thing, isn't. it? T has a question for you. I think. so. Yeah. Rap sheet. Uh, I know you. mentioned it about like the Vikings and. JJ McCarthy, but they haven't officially. said he's the guy, even though everyone. is very excited about him. Are they. going to keep doing this will they, won't they, with Rogers? Cuz they. haven't officially shut the door on that. or at some point soon here. Are we going.

to get confirmation that like, no, we're. going with JJ McCarthy and um, we think. he's going to be our guy because. obviously KOC has spoken glowingly about. him as well. Yeah. And and KC was just. on with my buddy Pelisero. on NFL. network. I think he posted either the. video or the or the uh the comments. I. think it was pretty strong that JJ is. the guy. But even if they don't come out. and say it like we know and I think like. yes, I think he they'd like him to earn. it, but I think it will probably happen. It sounded like last year early part of.

training camp before the injury he was. really impressive anyway. So like I know. some people have sort of said like ah. maybe Aaron Rogers there like anything's. possible. I would never rule anything. out in the world, but it feels like JJ. uh for sure to me. JJ to JJ. Um and. hearing the comments of Vikings people. today and this week seems to emphasize. that even more. Okay, last question here. from uh AP Tone. Yeah, Rapshet. Let's. stick with the uh quarterbacks. It was.

reported that the Ravens are in early. talks with an extension for Lamar. Jackson. Does that have anything to do. with with Josh Allen's contract getting. torn up and him getting a new deal or is. it I saw he's a big cap hit coming up. this next season or is it just Lamar has. earned this obviously and deserves an. extension? I think it has more to do. with the cap hit than with Josh Allen, but like Josh Allen getting a now he got. a great deal for him because basically. what they did was they ripped up his old. deal. Not they didn't just extend it, tack on some money, they kind of started. new which you never see teams do. Um,

but I think that sort of. sets a little bit of the benchmark of. where Lamar might be. So Josh Allen. comes in at 55, maybe Lamar is a little. bit over that because generally the next. guy is a little bit higher. Uh, but I. think yeah, it has to do with if they're. going to do something to lower his. capit, which I know they would like to. do. You know, he's your guy. You have no. doubt he deserves everything. A pay. raise makes sense. A new contract makes. sense. And I could see it getting. better. Absolutely. Last question for me before we let you.

go. Enjoy that Florida weather while. you're wearing a Kentucky Derby suit. again. Um, the votes happen tomorrow. How many of these will pass? We got a. graphic here of basically everything we. know of being proposed. How many of. these end up passing? Tushbush? Yes. We're I'm going to vote for myself here. Touch Bush. Yes. Overtime. Touchback 30. Let me just roll through here. Touch. Bush. Yes. Regular season OT. Yes. Touchback to the 35. Yes. Defensive. holding an illegal contact, we all.

discussed. We don't think that's going. to get passed. Replay assist, we think. it will. Wildard seating, we don't think. it will. Will these all be voted on. tomorrow? And what are your thoughts on. the outcome? Uh, tush pushes tomorrow. unless they say, you know what, let's. reconsider it in May at Minnesota. meetings, which might happen. Uh, regular season. OT, that seems like a pretty good We'll. see. Um, I don't know if all some of. these might be today, but I think the. bulk of them is is probably tomorrow. And I think what you're looking at, I.

mean, replay assist, like I feel pretty. strongly that's like we've already seen. a lot of that in play. Yeah. Um, I mean, have we not? Like, so I think that's. probably an easy one. Wildard seating. I'd be surprised about just because that. seems like such a drastic savings. I I. think we'll get a couple of these, but. to me like the tush push band is. probably generating the most. conversation. Usually when there's a lot. of conversation, they want to have more. conversation. So maybe we do end up. talking about this in May. Okay. Uh. sticking a pin in it. We'll circle back.

Not a bad idea. I guess the NFL has done. that before. Uh we appreciate the hell. out of you, brother. All right. Thank you guys. Pat, enjoy. those pints. I will be obviously I'm not. doing any pint drinking down here, of. course, but I will be I'll be there in. spirit. I did all the pints yesterday. that I could handle. I think I'm good on. pints for a while. I mean, it was a lot. of pint. Those things get heavy, you. know. And then the squirts pump. obviously. I've heard I've heard ladies. and Yeah, you've heard obviously. Never. experienced. Ladies and gentlemen, the. inanapore.

It was a lot of pints, dude. Like. Ireland. Ireland type or bitters be. Not. as many as Ireland. Not as many. Ireland. was just such a sprint, you know? That. was uh that one went real fast. This one. was like started at 1:00 in the. afternoon and then went till about 10. o'clock at night and then it was just. like kind of just bouncing around place. to place along the Tempame's River which. I guess has a lot of history. Uh I I. guess there's a lot of history and it. was high tide yesterday so some water. came up up onto the up on the sidewalk. thing. It was uh I had to represent.

though, you know, like I had to. represent. That's how I always feel in. these situations like especially with. the way the world is now with how. America's being viewed, you know, I. always feel like I got to represent. So, I'll thank your local one, okay? And. I'll thank whatever you all are doing, I'll do it as well. And then we'll go to. the next one, you know, in in good. spirits. In good spirits. Isn't Michael. Cole great for that? I would imagine. Michael Cole was a great American, you. know, partner when it comes to something. like that representing if you're. boozing. Michael Cole was boozing. Yeah. But Michael Cole is older, you know. So,

there was a time where thinner. Grumpy. Cole. Grumpy Cole came out. He he was, you know, we were sitting in his one. beer garden and I looked at Michael Cole. and we had both basically had enough, you know, we we had both we had both. basically been we've been through it, you know, and uh I looked over at Cole. and he did like this uh cuz he had some. pouches in or whatever and uh he did. this spit into the rocks and uh he still. had a little bit on his lip, you know, something and he did the whole cares and.

I was. all right. We we we've probably done. enough here. We've probably done enough. here. Then then we tried to drive back. to where we were staying and you know. they got round the boats everywhere and. they go the wrong direction. So you can. get clipped pretty quick, you know, if. you don't watch and the people driving. by you, you forget that the passenger is. actually on the left side, driver's on. the right. So it's like kind of weird. like you see like a 12-year-old sitting. in the passenger seat and it's like is. that person driving? And then you know. comes up and then it's on the other. side. So, but where we were driving to. was like 10 15 minute drive, but they.

shut down two of these roundabouts. And. I'll tell you what, you shut down two. roundabouts. You're not getting about. anywhere. And uh we had to walk that. thing. So, we did like a two-mile hike. last night at the end of this whole. thing. So, it was a good time. Everything's been great. I I really. enjoyed The weather was nice, the people. were nice. The pints were good. Some. better than others, certainly. But, yeah, it's been a lot of fun. And. tonight's show should be, well, I guess. today's show for you guys backstate side. should be absolutely absurd. Ladies and. gentlemen, joining us now is a man who.

is a national champion as a hooper for. Duke. Guess what he's doing now, AJ? I. think he's on the path to another one. Pat, isn't he? As a coach at his alma m. There's only been three times in the. history of college hoops where. somebody's won a national championship. and then guided their team back to at. least a final four as the head coach. Ladies and gentlemen, out of Duke, White. Mic, Coach John Shier, [Applause]. how are you? I'm doing great. Well, I.

feel like I've arrived. Pat McAfee Show. with all you guys. I feel like I've. arrived. So, thank you. You're in the. final four. Okay, you have arrived. Okay, let's just let's just make sure. that is understood. Not on here has. anything to do with that. But congrats, coach. Obviously, we just read off your. accolades. And before we get to the. team, and I'm sure the boys will have. some, you know, call it troops question. and this team question for me, I just. want to go back to the white mic story. This is how I was introduced to you, okay? I just want to let you know that I. was introduced to your greatness via. story being told about how, yeah, John. will come down into Chicago and there.

would be people that would be walking to. go watch this dude, White Mike, and then. obviously you had some time in the. league, you get injured, everything goes. and you become a coach. But growing up, you were the guy is um national champion. at Duke. Whenever you think about that. perspective, how much has that helped. you in either recruiting or in coaching. or how do you how much do you lean on. being that dude that you were for so. long now in your coaching world, coach? Well, you know what, Pat, I I think the. biggest thing for me is, you know, I had. to get outside my environment growing.

up. And so anywhere there was a game in. Chicago, uh I don't care where it was, uh I would go and you know the I think. the biggest pride I found was having to. find your own footing, you know, and for. me it was just being showing my game. And so I would go everywhere and play. Uh that was nice of Pat Bev to to give. me that love and uh to share those. stories. I don't know if they called me. white mic uh but I think they did have. respect for the way I played. And so for. me, the fact that I coach guys from all.

over the world, uh, playing with. different guys from everywhere, I think. that's just helped me understand. different perspectives and connect with. different people. Well, I think they did. call you white mic and I think that type. of hype is something that you uh have to. have a lot of confidence to have being. kind of said about you. And speaking of. confidence, following in Coach K's foot, like that is putting on those boots at. that school. What I mean, it's. Shashevkyville outside. I think his. office is there. It's like everything is. coach K. He's USA coach. He's the So,

whoever was going to come in there. afterwards had to be a very confident. individual. Feels like you've been able. to do it, but also in your own way. Do. you feel that way? Do you think your. team is vastly different than maybe a. Coach K team? Yeah. Well, I think I just. had to accept right away the comparisons. are going to be there, but really come. to terms with I didn't have to come to. terms. I knew right away I'm not I'm not. Coach K. Nobody else is. And so I found. just great confidence in who I am as a. person. Understand you're not going to. bat a thousand. You know, I wish I wish.

you were, but there's decisions you can. make along the way that aren't perfect. And to be able to keep that confidence, to be able to be authentic to who you. are to me is the most important thing. And so I think for our players, they. understand I'm not trying to be anybody. different. I am who I am. And I think. there's a lot of great things to it. I. I'll tell you this though. I think we're. playing modern way uh you know, modern. basketball. the way we share it, the way. we, you know, play with pace and how how. versatile our team is, uh, I I think is.

really the way the game should be played. and, uh, just the modern way of playing. right now. Coach, can you describe what. it's like from the start of the. tournament until now? Obviously, Final. Four, we all know what's on the line, but you have these young guys that are. unbelievable superstars, but ultimately. untested when it comes to, you know, the. the brightest lights, the big stage, you. know, like as a player and a coach, how. does every single round, like does it. amp up the intensity and how do you find. a way to keep your team kind of focused. and dialed and not make too big of a. deal of the whole situation? I I think.

for me, AJ, the biggest thing for our. guys, you know, fact is we play five. freshman, you know, in our rotation and. all five of them in high school, they. could have probably played at 50 60% and. still been by far the best player. And. so from day one, for me, it's been about. setting an expectation of understanding. uh what the standard is, but then also. preparing to be at your best when your. best is required. And that's what the. tournament is all about. It's not best. out of five, it's not best out of seven. you get one game. And so the fact that.

we were able to bring in really. competitive dudes who who play the right. way and let you coach them, I think. we've been able to create an environment. on our team. Uh where they're not afraid. of the moment. They're not afraid of the. spotlight and they've set a standard for. themselves with how hard they play all. the time. And that's what I hope you. guys see when you watch us. You know, how together we are, but most. importantly, how hard we play. And I. think for a young group to have that is. is a big time thing. Here's a Hembo stat. for you, coach, that you probably.

already know or somebody on your staff. has told you. Duke's freshman have. played 434 minutes in the NCAA. tournament. The other three final four. teams have combined 160 minutes by their. freshman. 163 minutes by their freshman, but we're at the end of the year. obviously, so you feel as if your team's. a bit battle tested. You guys haven't. lost since February 8th. Okay, I don't. want to jinx anything, but hey, you got. to win a bunch of games in a tournament. to win a national championship anyway. So, uh, that just is going to be have to. be how it is. Talk about that guy right. there. Okay. Obviously, we knew the main.

event coming out of high school cuz we. have a guy from Boston who's been hyping. him up for a while. We have Duke fans. obviously scattered throughout the. entire show. AJ growing up was a Duke. fan. Debbone, one of our graphics guys, a massive Duke fan. So, I think there's. a lot of people that have paid attention. to Duke uh throughout the years. Getting. Cooper Flag was obviously a massive. talking point. Has he lived up to. everything you thought you were getting. in Cooper Flag? And every piece that I. see about him, the more I like him. This. dude could be in high school right now. still allegedly. Is that accurate? That's accurate. I mean, look, we have.

two guys that really are a year below. the class that they're in. Uh Cooper and. then Kaman Malawatch. You know, Kaman. should be in high school as well, you. know, our starting center. And and so, you know, look, both those guys, but but. you asked about Cooper. Uh you would. love him even more if you saw him every. day, Pat. you know, the way he goes. about his business, uh, he knows no. other way than to compete like crazy. Uh, you know, he's had moments where he. hasn't played as well in practice and.

got knocked back. And the the the best. part is he takes full responsibility. Like there's no fighting it. Um, like. he'll come to me after some practice and. say, "Man, I suck today. I'm going to be. better for you tomorrow, coach." And and. and first of all, he didn't suck that. day. He that's the first thing. But the. fact that he thinks that and and uh. comes back with such a killer instinct. all the time. U he's one of one in that. regard and uh so competitive. And then.

the other thing is he has a unique. ability in game to understand what's. required to win. And some games it's. blocking shots, other games it's you. know leading us in assists. Other games. it's getting 30 or 40 points. Uh it's. just a feel that I don't think you can. teach. He's fun to watch and he'll throw oops. too all over him like you know it's like. uh his handle's absurd. His shots. insane. He's able to go underneath. He'll bang. And the fact you got two. high schoolers leading your team to the. final four. Congratulations. Congratulations. Unbelievable. White.

Mike and coach put a whistle around. White Mike's neck. You think you got. figure it out? Debut has a question for. you, John. Yeah, John. Uh big Yukon guy. here, Yukon alumni. We went through the. last couple tournaments, last tournament. pretty dominant, so we didn't have. pretty, you know, a lot of close calls. You guys haven't had many close calls. either. one kind of close game with. Arizona. Does that worry you at all. going into this Houston matchup and what. are what are the biggest uh I guess. challenges facing this Houston team? Well, I think you know first of all when. you talk about close games, I think it.

shows a great killer instinct when you. know during the game there's going to be. different inflection points where it can. either be you know you think about. Arizona was uh you know a seven. eight-point game. Uh Alabama the same. thing with about an eight minute eight. eight-point game with you know eight. seven eight minutes to go. Uh to be able. to know in those moments to keep your. foot on the gas and get separation. I. think that's a skill. Uh and our team. has had that this year. Hopefully we can. do that. But we're fully expecting.

against Houston. It's going to be a. possession by possession kind of game. Uh my first year coaching, you know, we. get it we get one scrimmage to go. against anybody. Uh, I wanted to. scrimmage Houston. And the reason I. wanted to scrimmage Houston in year one, I wanted our guys to understand the. level of physicality, you know, a team. like them would play against and the. togetherness and the job that Kelvin. Samson does. He's as good as any coach. in the country, period. So, the respect. we have for them is off the charts. We. know it's going to be a slower paced.

game. We know it's going to be a. physical game. uh still diving in them. some. But look, it's they're if you look. at their analytics, statistically, they're as good as any team in the last. 10 years of college basketball. They're. right there with anybody. So, we're. excited. Uh we know it's going to be a. big time challenge. And the job they do. on defense is off the charts. You talk. about coach Samson there. Obviously, he's been around. We've seen Houston go. on many runs. Um the last school called. him Kevin, I think, and uh been their. social team. So, his name's Kelvin, and.

the L is actually the same one he just. handed you. They got a little swag down. there, a little bit of sauce in this. entire thing. Uh, ESPN Research pulled. this up, John, just to make you feel. young or good. Um, Samson and Sher will. be on opposing benches in a semi-final. When Samson began his first season as a. D1 head coach in 1987, uh, at Washington State, Sher was four. months old, you know, so he's got a. little experience. He's got a he's got a. little experience on you, but, you know, experience. Yeah, exactly. Uh, Boston. Connor has a question for you, coach.

Yeah, coach, you got that, you know, Duke emblem across your chest and it. says the brotherhood above it. You know, what does that kind of mean when it. when, you know, playing basketball for. Duke, all the great players that have. played there, including yourself? And. will you kind of lean in to the. brotherhood as you get ready for the. Final Four? Will you reach out to Coach. K? Will will you kind of talk to some of. the guys that have already been through. it, or can you just pull from your own. experiences enough? No, no. I I lean. into all that. And you know, look, I. think when you think about the. brotherhood and obviously Coach K is a.

huge part of that. I I already talked to. Coach Kay first and foremost. You I. mean, he's had he's only had 13 attempts. at, you know, in a final four or 13. experiences. Besides that, he doesn't. know much about being in this. environment at all. Uh but for me, I'm. lucky, you know, as a coach to still to. still have my coach, you know. So the. fact is we talk all the time and I lean. on him for a lot but you think about you. know the Grant Hills of the world and. the Shane Badier and you know uh you. know Adam Silver the commissioner of the.

NBA is a Duke grat. I mean the the the. brotherhood in the brotherhood in. general to me is the the connectivity in. the sports world but especially in. basketball is off the charts. I think. the thing that sets us apart though it. doesn't matter if you're here for one. year or two three or four. the amount of. text that I got from foreign players. when we went to the Final Four, uh, the. the the text throughout the year of just. being so invested in what's happening, uh, to me is off the charts. I'm not. going to say it's better than anywhere.

I can't compare it to anywhere else. This is all I know. Uh, but the passion. to me is is incredible that I feel from. our former guys. Seems like two young. Duke guys are taking over the basketball. coaching ranks. You and JJ Reic, obviously massive talking points. It's. awesome to hear you still talk to Coach. Kay cuz from the way LeBron talks, JJ is. a young Coach Gay in there as well. So. happy to see the Shashesky pipeline will. continue to crush. Uh last question. before we have a heart out. We can't. thank you enough for joining us here, coach. Um all focus right now on.

Houston. Will you also pay attention to. the other teams now? Are we watching. film or is this everything on one game. at a time now as opposed to what it was. beginning of the tournament? I'll let. our staff take care of that. For me, it's 100% Houston. Uh just like it's. been every step of the way, AJ, to your. question, it's been what's next, finishing what's right in front of us, and then going from there. All right. Well, coach, good luck. We can't thank. you enough for joining us, man. Thank. you, fellas. Appreciate you guys. You're. the best, ladies and gentlemen. Coach. John Shin,

I'm about, you know, I appreciate him. coming in and saying, "Oh, now I've made. it. You know, I'm on this show." I do. I. do appreciate that because the guy's in. the final four. He's a young lad. He had. to take over for Coach K at a Duke, you. know, team that in AJ you watched. growing up. Obviously, Debbone was in. Illinois. You were in Ohio. There's. people in Pennsylvania. The Duke brand. was the Duke brand because of their. basketball team. And he let he start. rattling off some of the X's. You can. start continue those names uh on and on.

and on. It's like it is a brand. It is. an expectation. So, he gets dropped in. there and just rolls. You know, like. UNCC very different situations. You're. right. You know what's going on. People. take it for granted. Talk about some of. the Go ahead. No, people take that for. granted. It's like taking over for Nick. Sabin, taking over for Bill Bichc in the. NFL. People take it for granted that you. can just keep that thing rolling. And. you're right, North Carolina is proof. It's It's a lot harder than it looks. Yeah. You have to do it your own way. Like, inevitably, you're going to have. to do it your own way cuz you're the one. that's going to have to do it every. single day. And if you don't, you can.

get left behind. You can get exposed. You can go from being a a tier one blue. chipper to midlevel just hoping to have. a good year. I mean, that happens. And I. think obviously they have great NIL. I. would assume Duke basketball has great. NIL. Uh I would assume they have, you. know, a a leg up on a lot of schools cuz. they are Duke. You know, it is the. brotherhood of Duke that he is pitching, which I think is a good idea. Anytime. you get a a transition phase, some. people like to forget about the past as. opposed to embracing the traditions. So. him being like the brotherhood, the.

brotherhood, this is all of us here at. Duke. And him being a Duke guy to begin. with, I think it's been done. beautifully. Schmidt legitimately. I. think they've done it absolutely. perfectly over there. Yeah, without a. doubt. And you know, understanding the. added pressure of like, hey, I got to. make the most out of this cuz there's a. good chance that a lot of these guys are. going to be gone. All right, we'll see. you after three. All roads leading to Eugene. And I can't. help but say, hey, [Music].

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Sports is what's we see, Pat, we see. lights and laser shows and everything. going on back there. How's everything in. the uh the O2 Arena right now? It's. fantastic. At some point I'm going to. have to get up and leave because I'm. currently sitting in the audience and I. believe they're going to be opening the. doors relatively soon. So if I do that, just know that I'll FaceTime in from uh. backstage. But with that being said, all. roads have led to the O2. There's been a. 3-w weekek European tour of the WWE here. on this glorious road to the. Wrestlemania. And tonight for the second.

show in a row, London will cap off. everything. And uh it's going to be. electrifying tonight, I believe. And uh. I believe there's uh somebody that you. can't see, you know, an invisible person. that's going to be here. And I believe. there's some other magic in store. And. uh I'll be on the microphone alongside. Michael Cole. It'll be a dream come. true. As you see, Darius J. Butler there. behind Lord Stanley Cuff as he is a. Florida Panther fan. AJ Hawk traveled in. from Ohio to stand at that particular. desk right there. Can't thank both you.

boys enough. And then on the other side, you got the toxic table at Boston Connor. and at Ty Schmidt. Want to have the. hammer. Cowboys AP Tone is there and we have. some uh breaking news. Oh, ladies and. gentlemen, Wednesday, April 9th will be. a big. night in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and. it is uh it's going to be awesome. The. show is coming together perfectly. the. conversations that I've been able to. have with people who want to not only uh.

make the show better, but really want to. commit to that evening becoming one of. the greatest nights in the history of. entertainment. It is sold out in 92. minutes. We all remember that story. Um. and it was really cool to experience. that as a whole. And with the reaction. that there was, I thought to myself, there has to be more tickets. There has. to be more tickets that we can find. And. obviously we had held a portion of. tickets because of where we're going to. set cameras up and for the view of the. stage and for the view of everything.

You know, can't have people sitting. directly behind cameras. Well, today we. just got done with a meeting, myself and. the folks here at the WWE that are going. to be piecing this entire thing. together. And it turns out we opened up. some tickets and uh I believe with the. moving of one thing to the next and uh. moving this over here, do we need this. particular view for one thing? I don't. think so. We could probably open up that. section, right? Don't you think? Yeah, we probably could. Um 1,750 tickets will be going on sale. on Wednesday at noon. Wow. Okay. Uh.

Wednesday at noon, we were able to open. up. 1750 tickets. Now, there was a worry. that maybe these wouldn't be able to be. in the giveaway zones. There was a worry. that maybe they'd be have an obstructed. view. There was a worry that maybe these. seats would just have to be covered by. some tarps because of the way the. presentation of the show was going to. go. but instead the wizards here at the. WWE were able to cook up some magic, some potion, and we're able to open up. 1,750 tickets. It'll go on sale at the. same price uh that the other tickets. were on sale for the first time. So,

nobody's getting a better deal because. they bought it late. If you bought it. early, obviously, uh you will be paying. the same you won't be have to pay more. than the people that got it later. So, Wednesday at noon, one week before big. night, 1,750 tickets will go up for sale. and um it's exciting. I'm very very. pumped up about it. As soon as I found. out about it, literally an hour before. we went live, I was like, "Brup, got to. tell people, got to make this. announcement. I want to sell them as. soon as possible because obviously the. show is next Wednesday already, AJ. Next. Wednesday." Wow. And uh going to give.

away a bunch of money. uh going to have. some spectacular talent in the building. and hopefully we have a Wednesday night. that's talked about forever. AJ Hawk and. I know you'll be a part of the show, but. just know that there's a chance 1,750. more people could be coming to your. party, AJ Hawk. Yeah, I think that's. amazing. I'm sure people will jump on. that as soon as they go on sale. Wednesday at noon Eastern as as I was. watching actually Debbone make this. graphic when I showed up earlier today. It was it was cool to see how the. sausage is made, as they say. Really. cool to see. Yeah, Debbone always does,

you know, debone stuff. Stuff, you know, Debbone trying to figure out what what. matters on the graphic and what doesn't. matter on the graphic is always a fun. game. It's always a fun game, you know. It's like, hey, yeah, when are they on. sale? Debbone, big part of the what is. the show? Big part of the story here. How many of the tickets big part of the. story here? And Debbone gets creative. You know, he's an artist. He does what. he's got to do. But in the end, he makes. magic. And that's what we're hoping is. Wednesday, April 9th. Nothing but magic.

Few hours show, two hours, two and a. half hours, maybe three, depending upon. how it all rolls. Show will start at. 8:00 local. You know, I think will be. over by 10. There'll be 10:30, maybe. 11:00. There's a chance you go to work. the next day. You find Yenszers. Uh or. if you want to take Thursday off, uh I. believe it's the first first day of the. Masters golf tournament down there in. August. So, you know, everything's uh. pointing out. Debbuts, you're obviously. going to be a part of that particular. program. Maybe 1,750 more people are. going to come join the evening. I cannot. wait. I know a few of my friends will.

definitely already build be in the. building. Hopefully this uh opens up. some space for Morton, but it's going to. be it's going to be crazy. It's crazy. that it's already here. Uh pretty much. just around the corner. And you saying. that everything is going perfectly has. me feeling great. A little worrisome. Yeah, I've been talking about been. talking about this program for a few. years, this show that I want to kind of. piece together and u a variety show of. sorts. You know, there hasn't been one. in a long, long time, a variety show. Dean Martin had one way back in the day. I guess there's been a few others. I.

think award shows were supposed to. become the variety shows, but for one. reason or another that didn't really. happen. So, I'm hoping for a variety. show that people uh will hopefully want. more of. I think we'll be a good display. of people just coming together to put on. a show. Just put on a show, give away. some money. We're going to be streaming. it live on YouTube X and Tik Tok live. So, if you're not one of the 1,750. people that are able to get some of the. tickets here on Wednesday that have just. been opened up literally an hour ago, we. figured out more space to get more. people in there. Um, you'll be able to.

watch along at home. It's going to be a. blast. Let's go to the talk to table at. Boss Connor and at Tai Schmidt. Uh, con. man, big story in the sports world this. weekend was what? Uh, I mean, I would. say the final four, the four one seeds. kind of coming together or rather the, you know, the selection of the final. four being kind of finite. Now, we got. all one seeds, Duke, Houston, then. Auburn, and Florida. And I don't know if. we have it. I doubt we do. There was the. kind of uh odds of when the team was. going to win and who was going to win. Basically, all four of the games were.

blowouts. Uh, are people pissed, man? Sorry to cut you off. Are people upset. about the all the ones making it? I. think so. Um, because everyone loves a. Cinderella, but also I think it's more. so like especially in the Elite 8, it's. like, okay, well, at least it's one. verse two, one verse three, like we're. going to get good games. None of the. games were that good. You know, Houston. killed Tennessee yesterday. Michigan. State kind of made it close, but not. really yesterday as well. Florida and. Texas Tech, that was the closest one. And Florida had an unbelievable finish. Uh and and that was great. But the games.

themselves haven't been that good for. the one seed teams. That that kind of. stunk. But um you know, the the final. what three games should be incredible. Even though Duke is clearly the heavy. favorite. Uh I don't know if we did talk. about it, but O's the mentalist has done. it again, folks. Uh on March 20th, and I. believe we have the video, but on March. 20th, um he put together basically his. final four uh and also a massive upset. from the entire thing. And he revealed.

it yesterday. I said before we started. March 20th when we seal this at 115, our. bracket buster will be Arkansas beating. St. John's. A two gets taken bomb down. by a 10. I said Florida will beat Texas. Tech number one. Duke will beat Alabama. today. Watch. Houston will beat. Tennessee. Auburn will beat MSU. Four. number one seeds make it for the first. time since 2008 in 17 years. Mark my. word. Wow. Second time in tournament. history. This was sealed at the start of. the tournament. That's crazy. Every team.

in the Elite 8. You a notary on that? The same envelope. And the future is. here. Remember this moment. We can't. You guys have questions? Well, that's. the thing. Like and if you're going to. do something like this and maybe they. did do it, they they need to show when. he closed it or whatever. At least a. picture from March 20th, right? When he. did, but I believe it was notorized on. you. Was it? It was. before, right? Was it really notorized? Yeah. Oh, okay. So, I mean, I wasn't I. wasn't accusing Oz of of cheating. But.

the first thing I thought of when I see. him do this, like, why doesn't he. monetize this in a gambling way? Like, wouldn't someone come to him and. wouldn't say, "Hey, give me the let's. figure this out." You know, he didn't. I. know. That's what I'm wondering. Like, are there some Yeah, I don't know. I I I. would assume he can make tons of money. if there's some people that assume he's. not allowed by ethics. He can say, "Oh, it's not ethical or whatever." But what. do you mean? Like, that's on none of the. illegal. None of the sports books are. going to let him gamble. Not him. But. I'm saying people would come to him. because if you were to like in the world.

thinking of gambling, if you were to do. like a parlay of just the elite eight. matchups. Oh, yeah. I mean, you would of. you could put like a hundred bucks down. and probably win like a hundred grand. Yeah. Like when he was making that thing. March March 20th, what if one of a, you. know, a big time whale that can change. lines gets in on that, you know, play. not that much money because it is one. seed versus two seeds. No, but still, I. mean, it hasn't happened in 17 years. The odds would still be pretty Yeah. Yeah. Damn. And plus people like we were. talking about earlier in the in the. games and people being upset or.

whatever, like Ken Palm who is like the. analytics just guru of all gurus. um for. college basketball. Literally in his. ranking had the the number one seeds. like as the four of the top 10 teams I. believe in the last 20 years or whatever. or all time maybe uh as four of the best. teams of all time. So it's not. surprising that they made it here. It's. also not surprising that the games. haven't been that close because like I. said based off of the analytics these. are four of the best teams that have. ever played basketball in college of all.

time. But this is what people are saying. and now we go together. It's a good. thing. I don't think people should be. bitching about this. It is a good thing. But isn't the argument or at least like. the old the old man stand on my lawn. argument that hey we're not going to see. any Cinderella stories anymore like only. these big schools are going to get but a. lot of times when that happens like the. Cinderella story after the elite or. whatever like those teams get their. asses kicked in the final four because. you're playing against like the two. favorites to you know win the national. championship. So hopefully we will get. you know some more competitive games. like Connor said like all these games.

this past weekend with the exception of. Texas Tech and Florida kind of stunk. So. hopefully these final four games are a. little bit closer, but I mean the. Cinderellas are fun early, but you know, like you I don't really care about. seeing like a 13 seed playing Duke and. getting beat by 40 by Final Four. Yeah. Yeah. I think the old man argument now. is like, hey, they're paying for their, you know, championships. Like the NIL. thing is now what the old You still got. to make the plays though. That's the. thing. You still got to make the shots. Like I saw some people were mad about. Auburn's starting five because they're.

all they're all old as old as hell, you. And I saw people upset about that. And. then I saw another thing. I think it was. earlier. I think it was before the. weekend started on Thursday where it. kind of showed, you know, where all of. the team's players started in college. and then where they are now. Like the. FAU team that was kind of one of the. last Cinderellas to go all the way to. the final four. They were like a nine. seed. Three of their five starters were. on different teams that were then in the. Sweet 16, you know. So it's it's one of.

those things like I believe Florida one. of their guards is from FAU from their. Cinderella run. So I think like yeah. Iona like the old man yelling at the you. know no Cinderellas it's turned into. hired mer just hired mercenaries want to. go get one-year deals and go play for. school playing for money and they got no. loyalty because they're leaving their. school have any loyalty. Hey hey hey. we'll give you 1.8 come over here and we. and you're going to a great team with a. great opportunity. How can how can you. blame a player? It's better for your. life. Like you if you think that the kid.

who is now playing in the final four. again for Florida, the point guard would. have been, you know, just the same as, you know, how he would have been if he. stayed at FAU. Like he's trying to make. his life better, not not just, you know, be a guy that was on a Cinderella team. It's like, hey, now I'm playing on one. of the top eight teams in the history of. college basketball. like that that. matters for the kid's future, let alone, you know, his immediate happiness. winning and and playing good basketball. And they try to [ __ ] about like student.

athlete, like he's still going to. graduate from Florida with a degree. So, it's like, you know, I mean, if you if. you can get a bag and then also get a. degree with it, like there there really. is no, you know, there's no reason to. get pissed off about it. Yeah. Well, I. mean, and Walter Clayton, who Florida's. point guard or whatever, who came over. from uh Iona, like the exposure that. he's getting because of this and the two. threes that he hit at the end of this. game and then the three that he hit at. the end in of the Sweet 16 game, like. his drafts, he's making money every. every single one of these shots cuz down.

the stretch, he has just been ice cold. and hasn't missed. Like him making all. these shots. He's not making these at. Iona. like he is making that Iona but. it's not seen as much and his draft. stock is just skyrocket comparing him to. Steph. Yeah. So J compar Steph see how. obviously Steph will be the peak and all. you know all time great at what he's. does but you know those type of shots. like kind of looks like Steph remember. Steph got introduced to kind of the. world March Madness Davidson mid major.

So yeah, it is it kind of sucks that you. won't have those stories and um you. know, but it is just the nature of the. business. Even in on the women's side, you know, Van Lith, she's on her third. team in the uh that you know, third. team. She's been to at least the elite. eight. So you'll see this more and more. on both sides of the college uh. landscape when it comes to basketball, you know, fortunately or unfortunately. depending on how you look at it. I think. I think we'll still get them here and. there too, but we won't ever get like. another butler where it's like you have. a mid major that like goes to two final. fours in a like there are still teams. that can go deep, but then after they.

have a deep run in the tournament, all. those guys are going to get plucked by. high majors and and go elsewhere. So, like I think there's still a chance that. we're going to get a couple of these. Cinderellas. Like we saw it happen this. year with with Drake, you know, like. they they were an 11 seed. They won in. the first round, but then immediately. their coach leaves and all their players. leave. Like that that's what's going to. happen. Yeah. I I believe Pat may be. joining us from the bowels of the O2. Arena. Here he is. What's up, Pat? Hi. How you doing? It is uh great to be back. with you here. I literally came through. a secret door to get back here uh where.

I'm at. It's a great room. It's very. peaceful. But to back to your point, I. don't know if you guys had these stats. Embo sent these over. Should the. starting lineups remain the same? Is. this a stat you guys have already talked. about? No. No. Okay. Should the starting lineups remain. the same? Eight of 10 starters in. Florida Auburn will have started their. careers at different schools. The only. ones that didn't are Alex Condan at. Florida and Dylan Cardwell at Auburn. Auburn starts five seniors. Their. seniors have played 677 minutes in the.

NCAA tournament, most by any team ever. entering the Final Four. So, we still. have some seniors, but you're right. Um, if you're good at all or showcase any. talent at any school, there's a chance. you're going to get [ __ ] the hell out. of there. I mean, that is just the real. world nowadays. And hopefully, you know, schools like West Virginia are the ones. doing the plucking, but it feels like. we're potentially a part of the problem. It was like, uh, we're going to be the. ones getting plucked, you know, after. Dere leaves, after not even making the.

NIT, and you talked about McCollum and. all his guys leaving. It's like it's a. fascinating it's a very fascinating uh. state for college basketball cuz I don't. know why Cinderellas wouldn't exist. I. just don't think Cinderella's would. exist for multiple years, you know? Like. if a Cinderella shows up, that shoe that. she was wearing until midnight, that. shit's getting stolen by another school. immediately. Yeah. I mean, that's just. like, oh yeah, you had a good little. audition there in March. Uh, now guess.

what you're doing? You're coming to our. school. That's kind of how I see it. going, but maybe not. Maybe all the good. talent's going to end up at a high-end. high school anyways. Yeah, cuz with. those Cinderella, at least from what I. can remember watching the game, it's. like those guys typically they'll go on. a run with like their best players are. like maybe juniors or sophomores, like. the big like the Dukes of the world, these big time. These guys come in the. Derek Queens, they come in, hit the. ground running like these Cinderella. team, these smaller schools, mid-. majors, it usually takes their guys a. little bit longer to develop and then as. soon, like you said, as soon as they pop.

onto the national scene, they're going. for football. even football, you know, you have a I have a good year at Yukon, you know, to my sophomore year, I'm. probably going to M like that. So, the. Cinderella, those kind of stories, that's kind of why I see it going away. and fading away. And March Madness, when. we all become college football, basketball fans, it kind of sucks that. those stories probably will be going. away. But yeah, this money plucking. away, you can't you can't blame the kids. for going and chasing greener pastures. But that Jeff Goodman tweet that popped. up there, we were talking, that was.

insane. like that number of players that. entered the portal in the LA what do you. say today 1 1700 or whatever it was. 13359 D1 men's basketball players. entered a portal since it opened there's. only one there's only what max 15. players usually 12 on a team wow yeah. and that happened in football remember. that happened in football a little bit. uh at the beginning people are like hey. you're ask the portal you're asking to. stay in the portal you know that is uh. not everybody has opportunity but you.

talk about popping off on the national. scene a little bit and then hitting this. portal and then hopefully getting. somewhere. That's why teams aren't doing. spring games anymore. Yeah. You know, teams are scared to do spring games. They're scared to do spring games. because if anybody does great in a. spring game, they have to be a second. string or third stringer. They're gone. by the time fall comes around. I mean, it's over. Like I I obviously uh have a. chance to chat with more coaches now. that we've been in the college football. world here for the last few years and. it's like Rich Rodriguez is trying to.

figure out what the hell to do. Matt. Rule is trying to figure out what to do. All these schools are like why in the. [ __ ] would we have a spring game where. we're declaring a first string, second. string, third string, fourth string. So. now our third stringer knows he's not a. starter right now, but he might be a. starter in the fall, but right now he. isn't. So he might be like, "Well, I'm. not even going to play here. I'll go. somewhere else. And then if you do well. in the spring game, it's like every. other place is like, who's that guy? Who's that? It's a It is I think spring. game's dead and gone. Everyone's doing.

like a spring celebration or something. They're trying to figure out what. exactly they're doing, but they're not. they're not going to be playing football. against each other. It sounds like Coach. Prime's trying. Yeah, they wanted Sorry. Go ahead, Pat. Go ahead. No, Ducks, what. you were saying there is 100% accurate. Coach Prime wants joint practices, but. if those are going to be on TV and and I. guess Coach Prime has a lot of. confidence in his guys not leaving and. congrats to him getting that new. extension, $54 million. I mean, that is. cuz remember just a few years ago, Colorado didn't even know if they were. going to be able to pay his original.

contract. They said we don't have enough. money to pay his current $30 million. contract. We assume he'll be able to. make that happen, which he did. He. absolutely did and created a a brand and. a name. But it's like anything you're. doing on TV with any of these guys, there's a chance that you're just. showcasing them to somebody else who. might have more money. And it's like, how much of that game do you want to. dance with? How much of that? And that's. why you're seeing all these teams, they're doing showcases for the fans cuz. they want the fans to be around and, you. know, we do some gimmick [ __ ] but like.

playing football, declaring a first. stringer, second stringer, and a third. stringer. It's like, no way. No way. And. now the transfer portal window in. basketball has to change. That's stupid. I don't know how that even becomes a. decision. I don't even know how. that football playoff there was a. transfer window and guys were getting in. it. But then we were like, we'll just. move it till after and they're like. spring semester they have to enroll yada. yada yada. It's like well how come.

football's spring windows in April. something late mid April late April and. your guys' has to be in March? That's. Aren't they both enrolling for the same. school? That feels stupid by itself. AJ, yeah. Are they Are they trying to say we. have to make it now to to protect or. give guys that aren't in the NCA. tournament or aren't making deep runs in. the tournament a a chance to get in the. portal and get to another team? Like, what's the reason? I have no idea. I. have no idea. There's no decisions made. Speaking of decisions being being made,

um what was Rap being so uh auspicious. about whenever he was talking about. those votes? What was he like? Do you. hear him? How do what do you mean. exactly? I don't know if I said the word right. there. Is that a word? Auspicious. Yep. Yeah. I think what it means is like he was. like some of these votes maybe tomorrow, maybe. What does the day have to do with. Minnesota? I think he just didn't know. Really? You think he didn't know? Okay. I didn't know if all these were actually. getting voted on or if they're just.

being discussed. Well, wasn't it last. year where it was kind of up in the air. when they were voting on some stuff? Like sometimes if if it was like, hey, we're close on a certain thing and we. might have a certain amount of votes. They're like, why don't we just. completely vote for this tomorrow to try. and kind of swing like the Frank. Underwood type thing. They choose when. they make the votes. Yeah, that's what I. thought if I remembered it correctly. that when we were down there, there was. kind of some sort of uh like toss up of. when the actual votes were. Goodell has. I can't remember what it was they voted.

on last It might have been the kickoff. rule or whatever, but they had the. meeting and they could tell like maybe. they were two or three votes short and. then you know didn't have the vote. Goodell had to go that night to have. some. cocktails so that he knows he knows the. lobbying. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah, brother. there's real lobbying that like the. remember this new dynamic kickoff that. we currently have is strictly because I. don't know if it was Roger Goodell but. somebody in the NFL was like hey you're. going to have no more kickoff anymore so.

figure the hell out like literally that. was like the conversation around it all. and then they get to this new dynamic. kickoff and some teams were like we're. not doing this two lines of scrimmage. thing yada yada yada we're not doing. that they're like well it's either that. or it's nothing at all and then they're. like talking at night shaking hands. earning up votes you know, coach Riz had. to go earn votes for this kickoff. whenever he was the now he's with the. Broncos. He was uh then at the time with. the Saints. It's like there's a lot of. working on down at these league meetings.

and it's a lot of it's like, hey, I'm. better for the game. I'm saving the. game. This is better for the game. But. that push push thing, it feels like it's. over. Yeah, it does. And and maybe. they'll delay till May to do that, but. it feels like I don't know. against I. think the inj I think they don't really. have any any data to back it up or. whatever but saying the potential injury. risk from this play but so but defenders. correct me Pat am I if I'm a linebacker. I can push my D lineman right on this. play Mhm. I don't know. Yeah. Is it just. a special teams play you're not allowed.

to? I don't know. Yeah, that's what I'm. wondering like if I should if I'm the. defender I should be able to push my D. line if you can push your quarterback. obviously in this play. I understand the. the extra point and field goal is. different, but you're right. This feels. like it is going to get get taken away. I don't I don't think it should. I I. don't know. I mean, just figure it out. Find a way to stop it. Figure a way out. to run it on offense. Change it just to. one guy being able to push like I know. because that's what some of the teams. do. Like I know that's what the Packers. did with Jordan Love. That's what you. know Josh Allen and the Bills do. like. they could easily keep it around or if.

they just say, you know, you have to. have some sort of I don't know, like a. declaration that you can't run the or. you can't throw the ball cuz that's. another thing with the tush push is. like, hey, they might they might push. they might throw like if it's something. like that. I don't know. But I would. rather see it stay in the game than just. completely ban it. It's innovation. Can't punch in. I was talking to there's. a lot of Eagles fans that work for the. WWE. M so this morning when I get to the. arena here uh and I'm sitting down all.

of them just right on over. NFL's trying to screw the Philadelphia. Eagles and I said what's that you guys. are Super Bowl champs what do you mean. you go banning touchbush cuz we're bing. everybody is that we're banning touch I. thought football was supposed to be. tough I thought you guys were supposed. to be tough that's how these Eagles fans. got literally a great point they have a. point yeah this is just in the wrestling. world I I I assume in the rest of the. world as well, Eagles fans, are feeling. the same way. So, so we're tougher than.

you and you guys want to stop that. Okay. Okay. And then, you know, the your. thought about the the thought of. potential injury. That's a hilarious. argument. Yeah. But when you watch it, you can see their heads are down. We. could have a neck injury. Yeah. Why. don't you watch any play that ever. happens ever in the NFL and there's. potential injury risk everywhere you. look? It doesn't matter. I think another. big topic of conversation here is. they're paying Jayen Herz 50 million a.

year, 51. I think Jaylen Herz could. easily be a quarterback that says, "I'm. not doing this. No way." Like there's a. lot of very rich quarterbacks that would. never do this, never allow this to. happen because I mean they're they're. potentially setting themselves up to. literally get anti- ant. Like that is. the chance. Like quarterbacks thinks. you're always going to be tough on the. quarterback, but let alone whenever. there's 600 lb of pressure being pushed. off your ass cheeks while everybody else. is doing the opposite. Like Jaylen. Herd's saying, "I'm cool with it. I'm.

cool with it." Now granted, their. offensive line also saying they're cool. with it is is a whole thing. But like I. think that's something that not every. quarterback's willing to be cool with. either, you know? Yeah. Not, you know, not every quarterback is squatting 900. lb. And when Jaylen Hurst retire, he'll. probably have 90 rushing touchdowns to. go on his resume. And obviously it helps. the team win too. And obviously Jaylen, how do you stop it, D but for real? How. do I stop it? We've seen enough to you. can't it's one of those things you just. can't stop with the Eagles. And that's. their argument like okay we're everybody. has the same rules. Like Jaylen Herz.

isn't the only big strong quarterback in. the league. This isn't the only big. physical offensive line in the league. Everyone has the same rules. The Buffalo. Bills, they were great at it with Josh. Allen for most of the season. I think. the Chiefs were probably the only team. that consistently How does How do the. Bills do it? How do the How do the Bills. do it? Because there was people calling. like just regular quarterback sneaks. tush pushes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, they do. And I think there was people I think. there was people confused about which. push was being pushed. Like I think. people thought like offensive lineman's.

pushes getting pushed by the quarterback. is a tush push. It's like no, the push. that's being pushed that's currently. being talked about is the quarterback's. push getting pushed by a couple. different hands of guys that have big. pushes. So then it's a big old push on. one push that's going into other pushes. I think that is something that also is. kind of hard to like a regular. quarterback sneak is not a tush push. No. You. know, they did it. Yeah. They did it. with one guy with one and they and they.

usually try to find like one of the. guards. They typically go over the. guards. Like her Herz can go over a. guard, but a lot of time he was going. right over that center. I feel like Josh. Allen goes over a guard more. And like. you can see right here, it's usually one. guy pushing him, but that's a that's a. big strong some [ __ ] at quarterback. I. think it definitely starts there. And to. your point, some quarterbacks, Mahomes. hasn't done a quarterback sneak in what, like two, three years now. So a certain. quarterback who just isn't going to do. aren't going to do it at all. Tom Brady,

he was the best quarterback sneaker of. his. generations that he played. So he was. innovative and found a way to just once. he saw the gap and got up, he can do it. for two, three yards at times. So, it's. going to be interesting to see how this. really unfolds. But I think the Eagles. fans and Eagles team more importantly. has an argument where it shouldn't be. banned. Well, Brady, too, like the. thing, the reason Brady was so good at. it was that they were under center every. single play. Like the Eagles and you. know, the Bills, they're not under. center every single play. So, there. isn't that like element of surprise.

Like on a on a fourth and one, I don't. think it was guaranteed that Brady was. going to do a QB sneak, but if it was. there, he would. You leave the A gap. open. I'm Like with the Eagles, it's a. guarantee on fourth and one that they're. doing this, you know, and I think that's. why Brady was so good at it. And when it. comes to just like stopping it in. general, the only guy that's. consistently been able to do it is Vea. And so you would wonder if like that 464. pound guy from Florida like legitimately. becomes a, you know, higher pick because.

of the fact that so many teams are doing. to pushes now that a guy like that will. be able to stop it. That'd be crazy. Especially if this ends up surviving. this rule change thing here, more people. are going to want to be able to figure. out how to do it. Like if this survives. this owner meeting and it survives May. and it's in this in for next year, it. teams will do just like you said with. the Chiefs. They had a tight end to come. in and take it, right? Mhm. Yeah. Take. the snap. Mhm. Instead, I think it was. Noah did it once or twice. The Packers.

had the Packers had Tucker Craft do it. Yep. Mhm. Yeah. It's like instead of. your quarterback getting in the middle. of the 600 lb kind of scrum, maybe have. somebody else do it. It's like I wonder. how many people are in the um I wonder. how many people are in the room talking. about that. Okay, so we want uh D. tackles to end up taking snaps and then. they're getting two people on their like. give it to V. I mean that's probably the. next iteration of this thing if I had to.

guess. Has to be. Yeah. And I mean, think about giving taking a snap in Vea. What if he's you're pushing that dude? Yeah. He's downhill. Exactly. I don't. know how you stop it defensively. You. when guys leave their feet like the. second level and you jump over top like. that's useless at the time. It's just. when they if they if you don't have. three guys in like in the center and. angled and get a complete jump on the. snap and like chop these guys down. before they even get underneath you like. the offensive line, you have no chance. Like it's it's just not going to happen. And that's what the commanders tried to.

do. And then basically the refs had to. come out because what was it four or. five? You see guys going sideways. The. Chiefs there had a guy lined up. Chris. Jones got hurt. Yeah, that's when Chris. Jones got hurt. Yeah. Bingo. That's I. mean good luck. Yeah. I'm I'm happy I don't play. defense. Uh you know, just in general. Um but Siri needs to come out and run. that play 50 straight times. Yeah. In a. game. And uh especially if he gets this. thing passed. I don't know how his. offensive line will be able to stand up. afterwards. Yeah. But if they uh if they.

run this first down, second down, third. down all the way down the field and. score a touchdown, I think then a. message will be sent that we're better. than you are. Congrats to the Bills and. Christian Benford on a 4-year $76. million deal. Did we know these types of. deals were still coming at this stage of. the offseason? Nope. No, did not. Legitimately Bean is out there just. cooking over there. You know, we talked. to um we talked to Ted Carris the other. day and he was like the salary cap some.

teams don't have it. I don't know how. that goes, but it's like the Buffalo. Bills had to move on from their previous. team uh of all the OGs and all the. people cuz they couldn't pay everybody. cuz they just paid Josh Allen. They. repaid Josh and then they're still. paying everybody over there. Brandon. Bean's obviously in it to win it. And. congratulations to Christian Benford. I. don't think I know much about him. Debbut 4 years 76 million. How you. doing? Keep it moving. Benford is an.

absolute dog. I think he'd be a little. more mainstream if he had a different. number 47. It throws people off out there at. corner. Uh for sure. I'm sure some type. of sentimental meaning probably behind. that number. But he he's a he's a. phenomenal player. Fantastic player. Got. banged up last year. Had a concussion. and then came back I think too early. I. don't think he should have been out. there and then got banged up again. So, he didn't end his year uh great. But he. he's been a great pickup for them. This. is a great great deal I think for. Buffalo as well start as far as value.

that's coming in at under $20 million. when you saw what the quarterback market. did this all season for them to lock him. up. And I think maybe this could have. something to do with uh the contract. talks at least reportedly falling. through with James Cook. You know, James. Cook obviously wants his money. We saw. him commenting on the uh Seaquan deal. and then I think Brandon Bean talked. about hey we had some extension talks. which kind of stopped. So it'll be. interesting to see maybe he's the odd. man left out. But this is a great uh. value I think for both sides for Benford.

and the Buffalo Bills locking up their. young star quarterback for the next four. years. How about Brandon Bean going all in. seemingly that's got to be scary for the. AFC East con man. Yeah, I don't know. about that. They definitely are, you. know, latching their wagons, but I don't. know if it's scary. Uh the salary cap. thing that, you know, doesn't make any. sense and we talked about a little. before the show with, you know, Lamar. Jackson is when you pay a quarterback. more money, you know, today, you save. more money tomorrow. Like that is why I.

I assume the cap hits, you know, they're. able to do it because they gave Josh. Allen $330 million. But also I feel like. there has been a lot of um you know. games being reported when it comes to. these numbers like we we talked about. you know how when Mahomes got his deal. it was you know 10 years 500 million and. then we come to find out it was really. period period that was the reporting. matter of fact and then and then. journalism journalism it was really you.

know 10 years or or 8 years you know 400. million with all these crazy numbers. then Even now with the guarantees we see. like well the guarantees include injury. guarantees which aren't real guarantees. they are you know very specific uh. things that add to the numbers. So. absolutely it's great you know it being. reported as 76 million but who knows. what that is cuz even with the Stefon. Diggs thing the Stefon Diggs was a. contract was reported as you know 3year. 69 million with you know 27 yeah 26.

million guaranteed and then we come to. find out yesterday it's really like a. one-year $16 million guaranteed deal. So. a as much money is being thrown out and. it is great that you know everyone is. making so much money the salary cap. thing will just never make sense no. matter what for the rest of the time. But it does feel like the Josh. quarterbacks getting paid, you know, immediately just helps the teams, you. know, all around. Like even with the. Lamar extension talks, like I assume.

Ronnie Sta Stanley, their left tackle. going back to Baltimore, kind of did. have or will have something to do with. the fact that Lamar is going to sign, you know, a massive extension that. inevitably is going to help the Ravens, you know, pay a bunch of guys over the. next few years. Yeah, they'll be able to kick the can. down the road. That's the fun digs. update is fascinating because the teams. are okay with the massive number being, you know, marketed. Yeah. Yeah. We're. paying guys. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. We're paying guys. And at the end. of the day, we're paying $10 million. less than that actually in real life. It's like league looks good. Player is. the only one that seemingly doesn't. benefit from that. So, I think insiders. are okay getting that information and. then reporting it. And also, where's the. transparency come from? Who knows? Let's. talk about being transparent. Did you. see what O did on March 20th? Oh, you. run that. While you were doing the walk, we ran the thing and started talking. about it a little bit. Wow. [ __ ]. Insane. Damn it. Yeah. I don't know how many of.

you how Go ahead. No, like how like how. what what is what is happening? He. continues to predict the future over and. over again. I don't know. I I I don't think. I think he's a he out of nowhere, too. Did he pop up out of nowhere, too? kind. of Sheffy pulled him Sheffy pulled him. out of nowhere. Remember Shifty is like. his manager that took him around. Yeah. From the depths of hell is where he. pulled him out, right? Yeah. Yeah. Protect. Well, potentially. That's what. I'm saying here. So, like this guy just. pops up out of nowhere in our world and.

then he just starts predicting. everything. I think I'm frozen. I don't. know if I'm still here. Uh, am I still. here? Yeah, you're good. Anyways, this. dude pops up pops up out of nowhere and. there just starts doing this wild I. don't none of it makes sense to me. O is. a demon. I genuinely believe O is an. actual demon. Happy you guys talked. about that. Okay, let's stay in the in. the basketball world, but go to the. professional one. How about the Detroit. Pistons just trying to make the Malice. in the Palace every single night? What's. going on, Foxy? That's just beef stew.

football. Pat, when whenever the Detroit. Pistons are good, they have a guy that. all he does is he grabs rebounds and he. fights people. Well, if you go back to. the bad boys, Bill Lambir, if you go. back to the 04 Pistons, Ben Wallace, and. now we have Beef Stew, and he will fight. anyone. If you guys remember his marquee. fight, he chased down LeBron James and. even tried to fight him. I think he's. the only person in NBA history to do. that. That's just beef stew football. Do. we have the video? The video. It was a. real fight. I was impressed. It was kind.

It was It was a real legit situation. That's I don't want to be called compare. beef stew to Big Wallace. I agree. I agree. I know what you're. saying with Ben W defensive player of. the year. This is all I mean. Okay. Devenenzo getting a little soft. Oh. yeah. Deenzo's adult cameraman getting. crushed now. What do you do if you have. the front row right there and you're. getting stomped? What are you doing? What are you going to do? You punch. yourself. I think you're doing this one. here. I think you're doing this one. The.

the the the foot hand leg thing like. you're doing jiu-jitsu and you're on. your back. Yeah. Be still a lot. Yeah. or like Yeah. You are in full guard just. like what you do whenever you know a. plane is about to crash you know you. just you put your legs out like this. knees up against. Yeah. and then you stop it all you know. you stop it all by doing that. Yeah. Real scrap. Real surprised. It's the. Pistons. Yeah. Real surprise. I love it. I think. it's Guess who we're coming for in the.

playoffs right now. Right now it's. Pistons Pacers, baby. And I know the. Pacers don't got a dog like beefs do. That guarantee it. Oh, okay. Flash. Did. you say we debut? I It slipped. Another. team. I'm in I'm in I'm in right now. Deb has been on it as a. casual. I would never drop the heat. All. right. Never. Even when still running. the show. Well, they call me a casual. because I asked Foxy last night on OnX. like what else does Beef Stew do besides.

beef? And uh people sent me a few. highlights and told me he's the a top 10. rim protector. Hey, look, I love. physical guys who set the tone, but. literally every time I see 28 since. chasing down LeBron, I miss seeing him. do the same thing. We all love dog. Maybe maybe get with Dan Campbell and. see if he can help the Lions off the. edge or tight end. Need an address. Yeah, he's he's a dog. He. me too. And if his only job is to fight. people, I'm cool with it, too. You know, I'm cool with that. I like that type of.

uh mentality in it all. What else is. going around uh the NBA? Um the biggest. thing um was that the Memphis Grizzlies. were the number four overall team in the. West and they fired their coach a couple. weeks before the playoffs started. Like. made no sense. Uh there were some. reports and I don't know if they were. like Sham's reports or just internet. reports, but that you know the offensive. system Jaw didn't like but that doesn't. really make any sense cuz he's not like. a new head coach there. He's been there.

for a little while. So, that kind of. blew the uh West wide open as far as the. middle of the pack goes. So, who knows. what happens with the Grizzlies. One of. their players actually got asked about. and he said he thought that it was an. NBA sentel uh report, not a real report, but no, he he got fired. And then uh in. the East and the West, it's still kind. of Cavs and uh OKC running the show. and. Tai, in baseball, the only thing that. happened is that you Yankees are. cheaters. Is that what everybody talks.

about? What are some other story lines. other than the Yankees are cheating with. their uh with their wood? Uh so yeah. Yeah. I mean, cheating, you could say, or you could just outsmart the. competition would also be one way to say. it. Um the Dodgers are 5-0. Uh they. continue to kind of just beat the piss. out of everybody. And uh the Padres's, the Dads are also undefeated. They swept. the Braves. Braves are supposed to be. very good this year. Reds are good. again. Uh yeah, sure. Sure. Had a good. opening day parade. Had a good opening.

day parade. Teddy Teddy Carris talked. about how great it was. And then. unfortunately for you guys, the uh the. Pirates. Easy. Easy how you phrase it. I. mean, I don't know if you want to call. it bad luck, bad bullpen, which we know. they have. They were walked off what, two out of three? Three out of three. Um. which is like the first time it's. happened since. Yeah. 1924. And. surprise, that was the 1924 Pirates that. happened as well. So that team won a. World Series, though. So they did. And. And it's funny, too. They're asking guys. in the locker room like, "Hey, how do.

you respond to this?" Obviously, it's a, you know, it's a [ __ ] 162 game. season. So, no one's going crazy after. uh losing three games. But one of their. pitchers basically said like, you know, how do you respond to something like. this happen? Three heartbreaking losses. to start the season. He was he basically. was just like, "Fuck it. It's a long. season. Just move past it. We we'll. figure it out eventually. Yeah, hopefully. You know, uh maybe. that's a sign they should sell the team. Could be. You know, maybe it's the. baseball gods saying, "Hey, excuse me.

You need a little bit something. different going on." You're like walked. off every game thus far. And obviously. Paul Skins is the future of baseball. Happy that the Buckos are back in. record-breaking conversations, even if. it's not great. Let's go to hockey now. OV scoring, huh? We're five goals away. Nick skates. This guy's going to get it. Five goals away. This one not his. prettiest. Uh down in big to Buffalo, but he gets a tip in front. Not really. what he's known for. He's known for.

setting up in his office up top on a. power play and sniping goals, but he can. do it down front. Get a little dirty, greasy goal, but uh he's getting it done. anyway he can. And it sure feels like. he's going to get this done before the. end of the season. Was that a Was that. OV banana maker dance video real? Anyone. else? Oh yeah, that's real. Loved it. That's awesome. Once again, once again, it's George Foster. Uh, worthy of a. follow. George Foster on X. He is former. teammate of mine, longtime NFL offensive. lineman, phenomenal Twitter user,

phenomenal ex user. And to be clear, when I saw this video, I I did not know. enough about OB's game. I had no idea. that we were. bananzing. They had him in different. eras, different uniforms, different. buildings. I think he's just trying to. make him dance out there. And uh I'll. tell you what, five goals to go. This. record's been intact since 1999. I look. this up. Uh obviously almost 30 years. Nobody thought it was going to get done. And the fact that Obie was hurt this.

year and still has the chance to catch. this. Five goals, nine games, very easy. stuff for Ovetkin, even though it sounds. incredibly difficult, especially with. the way this year's been going for the. Caps. still leading the East, Nick. Yeah, they are record-wise the best team. uh sorry, second best team currently in. the league, but definitely leading the. East with 103 points. Damn. Good year to. be a Caps fan. Uh congrats to them. And. then Chad Hanks, I just I'm just seeing.

this uh is that a new song? Yeah. I don't know if you could call it. a new song. you call a new anthem. perhaps because in about a week's time. the president might change uh the entire. country because of this on him and. actually Tom makes an appearance. It's. Shet kind of dressing up as a few of. Tom's roles and let me just tell you. look it's I'm not joking it's a catchy. tune. It is actually a good song. Yeah. And this is not this is not a joke. Uh.

this is a real song. This isn't like the. bring the boom, we bring the boom to. you. It's not like that's real song. Bring the boom to you is only like, you. know, a minute and a half, two minutes. And and this is Chad. Hanks legitimately starting a music. career that has kind of like a LeAngelo. Ball situation tweaker. Have you seen. him? He's in that that running point, the show. He's legit like he has a very. big role. I don't know if any of you.

seen that. That Running Point with Kate. Hudson. It's good. Like Chad Hanks is a. big part of that show. Yeah. He's legit. Yeah. Yeah. People would say, you know, Chad Hanks is an EPO baby and uh. obviously when you grow up in the. industry, you're going to be good at it. Who cares? Who cares? There's nothing. Chad can do about it. Why? All he could. do is uh do his thing. The fact that he. Yeah. Him him putting out a song that is. a banger by what you guys are saying. Um. absolutely hysterical. And then.

obviously big news around the sports. world. Four number ones are the final. four in this year's March Madness. College basketball tournament. And the. SEC will have a national champion. contender. Florida takes on Auburn. Duke. taking on Houston. Duke really the only. team out of the ACC, which is. historically a great basketball team or. basketball conference. Who cares if they. end up winning the natty and the ACC. wins a national championship. That'll be. the only thing that is talked about. This Florida team has had a couple close. dances, favored by two and a half.

against a very good Auburn squad. And. then Kelvin Samson leading that Houston. team, which is a grinding pine style. basketball team against Duke. Should be. an electrifying Final Four on Saturday. Let's go to Bubble Gumpino uh in the. back. Gumpy, good money on Duke. Is that. where you're residing or who are you. betting on, Gump? I'm going to take. whoever wins Florida and Auburn. I like. both of them. Uh, Houston will be able. to match the physicality of Duke, but I. don't think they'll be able to beat.

Duke. Like, Duke bullied Duke's been. bullying everybody. Houston had some man. meat down low. They can match that. I. just don't know if they can beat Duke. I. think whoever comes out of Auburn and. Florida has a good chance of being. beating Duke in the final. What did you. learn from watching that Tennessee first. half with Houston? Uh, it looked like. they were very tired. Every. three-pointer hit the front of the rim. That was uh atrocious. 15 points. Well, especially after we were there Friday. night. That was the best they looked all.

year against Kentucky on Friday night. And then you can say the same about. Alabama. The best they looked all year. was against BYU. They go and play Duke. and they can't hit a damn thing. Duke is. so good defensively and they will bully. teams. Lucas Stadium was a good setup. Yeah, it. looked like it it was it was a good had. a good view of everything. Had good. games obviously. I mean, a couple of. them were blowouts, but it was it was a. good I thought it was a good host. I I.

legitimately thought and now all eyes. are on San Antonio. Where they at down. there? They're in that. That's how Yeah, it's gigantic. Like I. think as shooters and we know college. guys, they can shoot lights out, but. they can't shoot like NBA dudes. Like if. you get in one of those big venues, Debbuck can speak more than any of us. Debb's a legit basketball player. Like, isn't it weird sometimes shooting in. those huge venues when you go from an. arena basically to a stadium like the. Alamo Dome? I played a bowl game there. Like, it's I actually went there for one.

of the Yukon national championship runs. for the women's side. The court's got to. look so small. Yeah, it changed. The. depth perception changed. But once they. get out there and they they practice, they have their shooter rounds, you. know, these are some of the best. shooters obviously in the world in the. country. So, they definitely uh figure. it out. I lost a lot of uh interest in. March Madness after my Huskies got. bumped, but this will be great for this. top. I was watch I was watching golf. this weekend. All right. Men Woo League. got his first win Houston and that. leaderboard on Sunday. Yep. Roars. Scotty. Uh what was that? Woodland. He.

he made a run on. So there was some. great great golf this weekend leading. into the Masters, but I'll definitely be. locked in in this final four run. I'm. with a Gump. So I think the winner. ultimately comes out of the SEC. SEC winning it would obviously be great. for Sanki and for their entire narrative. that they are now a basketball. conference. Had seven of the Sweet 16. teams now. Obviously, they will have a. representative in the national. championship as Florida and Auburn play. against each other. Arioff and others. are saying that NFL executive Peter. O'Reilly, good guy, had a chance to chat.

with. Oy from the NFL. um said that the league is exploring a. possibility of a regular season game in. the United Arab Emirates, but more work. is needed before it becomes a reality. Let me tell you why they're doing that. Explain it. If you maybe I mean may maybe that that.

might be the actual thing. It's like, can we do business over there? And if we. can, how often? And is that a real. thing? And it's like, yes. Okay. I would. like to be on the side of I think it's. good to help countries and everything. evolve. I think it's a good thing. Like. getting a chance to watch from afar. I've never been over there. what the WWE. has done alongside Saudi Arabia and the. crown prince, God bless him, uh, and.

everything they have going on over there. for their citizens, for their. entertainment, for dayto-day, for what. life is like, from what it was just 10, 15 years ago to what it is now. Like, I. think that's good for their society, good for the world. Now, granted, there's a lot of detractors to all of. that. you're doing business with people. that have ba and it's like if we start. digging into all those things especially. in all these different countries like I. think you're going to be able to find. everywhere there's been mistakes. obviously bigger than in some places. than others I get it but watching their.

society evolve with the WWE and with. sport and with entertainment and us. taking the game like I like the thought. of bringing the world together and. closer via sport. I enjoy the fact that. golf was being utilized as something for. Saudi Arabia folks to get interested in. more American sports. Like I like the. thought of sport bringing the world. together cuz ultimately that's what I. think sports are about. And if the NFL. is able to take their game over there.

and receive a huge payment, a. [ __ ] huge payment, I think it's good. for the world as a whole. But yes, that. number and the amount of apostrophes. that'll be on that one, I assume only. goes up, which is good for salary cap, good for the league, but also a very. real situation. Yeah, great. Uh I don't. know what that what's that flight like. 18 hours or something to to try to get. over there. You might have to have a. by-week coming back from that one. But. you're right, like that's a whole. another part. If they're doing. Australia, if they're talking about. doing Australian, like I don't think.

they give a [ __ ] about about the. Concord. The new Concord's coming out in. a year or two, right? Remember Ers was. talking about when their new Concord. that's about to be ready. Let's give. that thing a couple years. I don't know. I don't know if I'm signing up for this. Get on the first one. Yeah, just like. Connor just said there. I'll go on the. seventh one. Like you let someone else, you know? I don't know about that. Yeah, I'll go on it a month after it's in. Need double digits. Need double digits. in that one at least. Maybe triple. That's like I'm at a point now uh where. people are trying to sell me planes, which is hilarious. Mhm. And um it's.

crazy to me that the brand new ones are. so much more expensive cuz if somebody. comes up to me and they say you got a. brand new plane, I'm going to say this. thing's got no no this thing's never. been up or down. Like well in tests. obviously it's like I'm not getting on. that plane. Okay. I need my bird to be. experienced. Okay. I need to experience. a Midwestern wind, a Midwestern fall. I. need it to go over there towards the. northeast whenever, you know, it's about. to be winter and that bay is humming. Like I'd like some hours on my plane. I. would like some hours on that thing. No,

this is the one you want. It's like no, it is the [ __ ] it is. I'm not getting on. that thing. No way. Have the wheels gone. down and up yet? Cuz I've been on a. plane where the wheels wouldn't go up. Okay. And that's certainly something. And then I've been on one where the. wheels wouldn't go down for like a. couple hours and like we we think we. might have to body this thing and it's. like I'm dead. Okay. I'm I'm dying. today. That's sweet. So, I want my bird. to have a little experience. Just like. the Concord. If I'm hopping hopping on. an actual rocket, I'd like that thing to.

at least take a trip. Another round. Another round. Another round, you know? But maybe that'll be the thing. I want. one of those. Uh I want a drone, like. the humansized drone where it's like the. one-seater. I get in, I just type my. destination, and it flies me 20 minutes. to my house or something. That's what. I'm looking for. I don't think you can. get to England for a game. Nah, I mean, this is more shorter like, hey, I'm at. the Thunderdome. I need to go a 25. minute drive from here. Boom. Give me my. little my little Uber my Uber drone.

where I can order from my phone. Oh. yeah, right. Okay. Is that a helicopter? It's four choppers that are doing all. the work. I don't know. You tell me. All. right, we'll wrap it up here. Netflix. Raw 3:00 Eastern, 1 hour and 6 minutes. from now. Should be a great time in. London. If not, we're back tomorrow. Be. a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change their life. Goodbye. Oh, nice. Torpedoed that. Yeah, it did. Yeah, you torpedoed the [ __ ] out of that. thing. Mhm. Still think that is uh. genius. That feels like something.

they're gonna ban. Yeah, just seems like. a genius play. Was it just a perfect. storm where they used the bats and all. of a sudden they got hot or they face. pitchers that they they see the ball? Well, like what happened? Yeah, I mean. they hit n they hit nine homers in their. second. They're not going to continue. this pace, but they definitely not. Yeah, I mean that's what Yeah, the. Brewers they on on Saturday they hit. three homers in the three uh the first. three pitches of the game and you know. so it kind of really really started to. to heat things up there. But yeah, I. mean, anytime you hit nine homers in a. game, like I mean, they scored so many.

runs and they just beat the [ __ ] out of. them that people are going to say, you. know, hey, you you got to call. competitive balance into But again, everyone had the opportunity to do. something like this and it has kind of. been around uh before. But like I said, like if the Yankees or like the Dodgers. or, you know, like one of these big. teams do this, it's obviously going to. get a lot more eyes on it. But we'll. see. I would I would assume that, you. know, more people are going to start. using these in the coming weeks here. Juice the balls. It's time to juice the. balls, okay? We don't want guys taking. steroids. Fine. Get the torpedo bats on.

every team and juice the balls. And then. we get the summer of slam all over. again. And baseball is all the way back. cuz I also saw a cool promo video of all. the players and all the teams. And it. did make me want to watch baseball cuz. it had sweet music behind it. It had. show hitting homers with Aaron Judge. Like this is this is such a simple fix. to the problem baseball has had in the. past. I'm with you coming. I I am still. shocked from the news that you told me. the m the guy that built these bats. works for the [ __ ] Miami. That. probably answers your question, AJ. That.

is not the bats. That's how they beat. us. Yeah, that's definitely because. we've been what? One of the shittiest. teams. last Samson was there. I think Jazz is. Jazz figuring it out. Doug, it's [ __ ]. ridiculous. But a lot of people are also. saying that John Carlos Stanton used the. torpedo bat last year and that's why. both of his elbows don't work anymore. So maybe the weight distribution, you. know, that could call something into he. was swinging too hard. Swinging too hard.

those torpedoes. Mhm. I think it's good. for baseball. I love it. All right. And. before I get out of here, we got to talk. about something that obviously. captivated some headlines. Um Morgan Wallen just wasn't told that. he was supposed to talk to everybody or. what do you think happened? He just. wanted to get back to God's He just. wanted to get back to God's country, man. I mean, you know, New York. Does. the musical act spend all week or at. least the last couple days there? He. didn't just come in for Saturday. He. spend the credits there. I know that he.

was over it, right? He was over. everything. They So, they had the photo, remember they did the promo where he was. standing on the side, didn't say. anything, was just giving the looks. Morgan Wallen, my number one Spotify. musician. So, I am uh big fan. I've had. a chance to meet him a few times. Cool. dude. When I heard he was doing Saturday. Night Live, he was super pumped for him. Yeah, I walked out with him. You're. right. I completely forgot about that. I. walked out with him at Lucas Stadium. The first one, I think it was like the. first one, the first walk out. Me and. Tyrese Salurton, obviously, we were out.

there going mad silly, dude. Mad dumb. Mad. It was so lit, dude. We were doing it. Um, yeah. So, when I saw the first promo. where he didn't say anything, he just. kind of looked over and heading on it, I. was like, "Oh, this looks like it's. going well." And then, uh, then I saw. the then I saw him at the end give the. ass out hug, not the ass in hug. And. then I saw him just [ __ ] roll right. out towards the camera. I mean, I. laughed my ass. I laughed saying I was.

supposed to be funny. I laughed very. hard. I laughed very hard. uh he said he. was not I don't know if it was him or. somebody in his team said he was he did. not know he thought show was over. He. thought he was just supposed to to go on. and get out of there. So I think it's a. legendary exit and then he gets to. Teeter and he says get me back to my. dirt bikes and get me back to my 40s and. get me back to God's country. And uh I. think obviously I assume he was honored. to be a part of Saturday Night Live, but.

he did something that's never been done. before. And that show has been on a long. time. I laughed so [ __ ] hard though. So hard watching it take place cuz what. if nobody told him and he never watched. the end? Like what if he never got to. the end of a Saturday Night Live and. they're like, you know, it's been on for. 50 years and he's like, "Yeah, yeah, we'll say goodbye." And yeah, all right, all right, [ __ ]. incredible. I love it. I I laughed so hard. What's the issue? What do people What do people think? They think the the staff didn't or you. know the crew cast didn't uh like him or.

he didn't like the cast. Is that what. happened? Got places to be or he just. had to get home. No. Where does he just. didn't know? He just That's was the same. way he left all week long. That's just. what how it went. He's Every time I've. been up here, I [ __ ] right there. That's It says exit. Mhm. Is that. where people said that maybe, you know, he didn't get along or they didn't get. along or I saw some terrible things said. about Morgan by people on the internet. cuz obviously they can say that he's. given he's provided an opportunity. throughout his entire life for that to.

happen. But keep on trucking, Morgan. You did great. You did absolutely great. And your exit is one they'll talk about. forever. They'll actually say next time, hey, don't do the Morgan wall in so that. like they'll say that forever. Yes. You. know, and that's what that's what. legends do. That's what legends do, brother. All right, I'm going to go do. this program. I can't thank you guys. enough. 1,750 tickets on sale Wednesday at noon. Just been opened up. Just been opened. up. Let's go. Hell yeah. Get it.

Do you think there's a background on. that graphic? I can't. What do you mean? Uh, my screen. I can't. It's just black. Yeah, there is actually little bit. There's a little like a like a black. background. grally grally kind of feel. to it. If I can see Yeah. Why would you. want to see that? You know, like why. would you if you were making the. graphic, you take all the time to put. the city of Pittsburgh in the background. of the graphic, you know? Oh, that's why. would you want anybody to see it? Huh? That's not I'm just happy it says big.

night out, Pat. I'm really just happy to. see that on there. Oh, it is. I do worry. that my I do worry that my leadership in. coaching is just not good. because this debone guy, you know, we'll. get to a new. graphic and it's like have I taught you. nothing? Have we have you are my words. not can you hear? Are you deaf? What is. the am I not saying? So, I'll tell you. what, Debon has really challenged me to. become a better ortor. And for that, I.

appreciate him because the guy's a. [ __ ] talent. The guy's a [ __ ]. talent and he knows it. But great. graphic here, and it's great news. Cannot wait uh for Big Night Out. Week. and a half from today, it's happening. Holy [ __ ] man. It's happening. It's going to be cool. All right, I'm go. out here. I sent the video in of where. I'm at. Can you guys pull that off? Can. we play that? What What is that room. used for? Do you know? Look at this.

That was a back room. Oh, that is Oh, hell yeah. I mean, that's Every arena. should have a lot of rooms like this. Good lad. That's Eddie Orango, one of. our greatest officials here at the WWE. Said, "Hey, I got a room for you, brother. Nobody knows about it." And. then bang, I walked into this thing. That's awesome. That's where I'm at. right now. That is sweet. Literally, that's where I'm I guess it's a green. room. I wonder who I wonder who all has. been here. like and I don't see a uh Oh, yeah, there is one right there. I guess. I was going to I was thinking maybe this.

is a uh sure. Yeah, cover that thing up. They've done some things in there. I. don't think we want to know what happens. in that room. Yeah, don't get a black. light on that couch. I mean, look at the. waterfall. Yeah, they they waterfall. They got people decorated jungle for a. reason. I mean, the whole thing is a. mirror on one side, right? You think. they're boning in here? I think people. are bing people are boning for sure. right there. Yeah, right there with. those mirrors. That's what they're for. You think people are boning? You know, too right here. Is that cloth? Are is.

that cloth on the couch? You You want. some leather you can wipe up. You know, that stuff's going to seep into that. that cloth. Mhm. Oh, boy. That's bad news. They steam. cleaned. Yeah. I wonder whose saving I. sat on here. MC Jagger. Yeah. For. everybody. This could be Ringo. Ringo. Sorry. The artist formerly known. All of. the Beatles. Yeah, really. Even John. All.

obviously in here. You're right. Good. question. All right, I'm out of here. I'll see you, boys. See you, brother. Go. get him. Go get. So, Netflix 3 p.m. Eastern, correct? Yes. Netflix 3 p.m. Eastern. We're on. the road to Wrestlemania. We are on the. road to Wrestlemania. We're close, man. What what happens tonight? Who's who's. coming out tonight? He mentioned. possibly somebody that we can't see. Yeah, I think you know. I don't know. why. Who could that be? Is he a great. actor? I thought we were done making. those jokes. What? They're not funny. You can't see me. I Is there a final.

boss going? I want John Cena to start. rapping again. Honestly, he never. stopped. I wonder if Cody Rose is going. to play Clash of Clans in the middle of. the ring. I think there's a chance. What. do you want to talk about, AJ? I did see. a video of that. Triple H is going to. keep protecting Cody Rhodess. Oh, he won't let him go face to face cuz. would destroy him with a promo. Want see. cook him on the mic. Is Dwayne over. there? You mean the final boss? The. final boss. I don't know. I don't know. No, actually I saw he couldn't get out.

to the UFFL game because his flight had. to turn around mid-flight from Hawaii. over the ocean. How was the UFO? It had. a great weekend. Uh didn't uh Oh, buddy. made a kick. Destroyed. Destroying a. kick. Yeah. 39 yard tackling. Skip Holtz. and some other head coach almost got. into a fist fight. I did not see my [ __ ]. missed that. It's pretty sweet. I watch. Jordan Town some dimes. You think The. Rock pays them a bonus if coaches fight. Okay, get more eyeballs. Sounds like. they all want bonuses and that was kind. of why we almost didn't have the UFFL. this year. Yeah, they did. They did have.

the first down uh technology. This is. where we get new technology eventually. get to the NFL, right? Yeah, that was. sweet to see. Yeah. So is there must be. a chip in the ball and in this on the. field like how do they what technology. they use the NFL won't use micro. process. Give us that process. Probably. microc. how bad that would hurt to come in and. make that tackle. Who would you know. throw the fist up fourth down? Wow. So. do we think this has legs? This this. league. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

The crowd was pass all the games. Definitely has legs. I mean, first of. like like a centipede. These guys, every guy playing on this. field. They're all elite football players. No. doubt about that. So much better than. anybody we've watched play in high. school and mostly in college. Agreed. But it's weird when it's not the NFL, D. But why does it Why is it so hard to get. invested in something that's not the. NFL? Oh, here we go. This is Puka's. brother, right? Yeah. Puka's brother. Both of Puka's brothers scored, I. believe. Yeah. Really? Good day. I feel. like I'm watching any given Sunday.

That's why I can't get on board with it. cuz it's like these aren't NFL uniforms. Like I I feel like I'm watching a movie. where they couldn't get NFL licensing. and we have these weird Michigan. Panthers. Like I'm just never going to. get there with that. Where are they? Where's the game? Where are these games? It's still in um that's Simmons Bank. Stadium. The Michigan Panthers will play. at Fordfield. I know that. Okay. So, they have home they have home. They need. to play smaller venues probably. Well, the thing is like that doesn't matter. Like that's what the indoor league does. like college football in the NFL are.

such incredible products where like even. the step down like I mean LeBron kind of. mentioned it with college basketball. like even the step down from college to. NBA people have a tough time with and. like something like that versus a. college game is a level and then. obviously I mean you guys know like. college to NFL is another level so it's. like it just you know it's fun you got. to be invested you got to be invested in. the players that's the problem if. Obviously, if you have a buddy or a.

family member playing, you're going to. go like and you're going to be all in. But outside of that, how do you get. casuals to all of a sudden be interested. in something that's a new startup? More. POV cam. That's certainly a way to start. innovation. Doing an F1 series, you. know, that's how people go in F1. Oh, the Netflix content. I also don't like. you can't do it the like the March. Madness is on this weekend and it's like. the biggest games of the year. Like I'm. not It's very hard to be like and I know. the you know Elite 8 is going on but. [ __ ] UFFL used to start. I mean Joe.

Clatt was calling the game wasn't he? Yeah. Yeah. Fox is you know big time. Yeah. Cole Cubrick fell asleep during. it. No he didn't. Did he? No snoring. You might as well just saw. he wasn't a huge fan but I also didn't. see exactly what happened. Uh speaking. of uh lower leagues uh Bruce bought uh. season tickets to Fischer Freight. Uh. the indoor league starts soon. Iowa. Barntormers a season opener next week. So I'll be sport is what sport is it? Indoor indoor football league. Fisher. freight's one and0 4129 victory in the.

first week. It is actually very fun to. watch in person. There's big hits and. there's touchdowns all over the place. Any players we know? Um yeah me I'm. actually playing quarterback. Not not. yet. You should go play some position. playing quarterback for got touch. freight. That's where I was for six. touchdown. Wait, where do they play? What what kind of venue is it? Uh it's. uh it's a new venue. around here in Fischers. It's seats like. 7,000. It's where like the uh volleyball. Andy Fuel. Yeah, the volleyball team. Blake Shelton's just there. Is that the.

freight? Yeah, that's a big play for us. So, is. this this is the Arena League? Is this. is this uh the league that uh AB had a. team? Uh oh, you're talking about the. Albany Empire. I don't know if that. league exists anymore. Yeah, was 83. Oh, yeah. This is the IFL. Yeah, this isn't. like the arena league. This is a fluent. game. Well, I mean was a lot of people. were saying Joseph Jr. might win. defensive play of the year. I did hear that. I did hear number 28.

Who got season six? Bruce Bruce going to. go to a game. Huh? How do you afford. that? He decided not to get McDonald's. last week. Come on now. These guys are. late on the line. They're affordable. family. They're late on the line for our. entertainment. Pick a couple picked up a. coupon gamers. Some poor guy owns the team. That being. said, this is like 10 minutes from my. house. I I'll go to every [ __ ] game. If you don't think I'm going to be. embedded in the Iowa Barntormer's bench, you're crazy. They might let you coach.

Maybe you might get a carry on the goal. line. When's the season opener at home? Sorry about that. RPO Friday 7:05. 75. See you there. Yep. Like Friday night. Yeah. Friday. Like now I get my high. school fix in the, you know, in the. offseason in the spring. You know, I. miss Friday Night Lights usually in the. spring. Now I have it back. They got. good booze cocktails that place, you. know. No. What. sweet football. We've showed it before, but the uh you know the outdoor adult. league where they wear no pads, but it's.

still full contact. That is actually. very That needs like a They send me They. send me messages all the time to watch. That needs a Savannah Bananas run where. they're going around from field to field. and playing football. What is Savannah. Bananas? Are they really traveling like. to They sell out stadiums. Okay. Can you explain? There's two. teams, right? Yep. Two teams. Always two. teams. The same two teams play each. other. So, party animals and the bananas. actually. Okay. Basically baseball glo. call them glow trot. Basically, but are. they okay? Are the outcomes How's What.

are the outcomes? The outcomes are. they're playing like I mean they're just. doing like cool dances before they. throw, but then they're like really. pitching and really trying to hit it. Oh, yeah. And they just have like sweet. gimmicks like Oh, buddy on still back. there. Yeah. Backyard baseball where. like you have like activate stilts mode. or something like so that's what we're. doing. But activate big can play. They're like they're legit baseball. players. Oh yeah. But do you have to. audition because you have to be an. absolute performer. I mean they got the. guy who does like the back flip in the. outfield before he catches you know pop. fly. That's what I'm saying. Dude, one.

of the rules they had was like in the. ninth inning because they have certain. rules with the fans too. Oh those I. remember those from last year. if you. catch a ball or something. It was like. if if a fan catches a foul ball, game's. over. That team wins. And it happened. and like really people went nuts. I. thought I thought they brought the fan. onto the field. Like it was it was. really cool actually. So they're still. trying to win. Each team is trying to. win the games. But they all they each. have their own little get paid. Really? Yeah. They each have their own form of. entertainment though. Cool. But they like they all have like.

elaborate. Sometimes I'll I'll see the. video of the dude like walking in from. the top of the stadium doing a. choreographed dance with 80 people. They. have a good time. I know. I don't know. how many stops they have. I think I've. seen they sold out they sold out Fenway. like not too long ago before the season. started for an entire weekend. I mean. they I I'm not sure if they sold it out. but they sold like 60,000 tickets in the. uh Raymond James where the Tampa. Buccaneers play. Crazy. Has anyone made. the jump to the majors? I don't know if. that's how it works. Tone, I'm not.

confident that you are confident in what. you said. Couple guys. That's not how it. works. I think you may have just said. that. I think you just came out. I do think it's the opposite. Was he. doing back flip? Yeah, I do think it is. the opposite where like single A double. A guys will go to the. bananas too. Hopefully they get paid cuz. these guys are legit like entertainers. Like Shane Victorino was playing for one. of the other teams. He's like a former. like MVP. Yeah. Like he he I don't know. if he was on the party animals or the. bananas, but I think he was a banana. Johnny Damon, Ryan Howard. Johnny Damon.

Yeah. Yeah. They played like in a game. Yeah. Like they were really part of it. Not just like, "Hey, this is an honorary. atbat or something." No, no, no. Like. they were part of the game. Oh, I don't. know. They might have been a pinch head. situation, but either way, they were. playing. I mean, if you can pitch off of. stilts, I give you credit. You should. win that game. Certainly. That dude's on. stilt. Yeah. Look, that's Raymond. Raymond James. Yeah. Yeah. Nuts. That's. a cool setup. Wow. Who won this one? Bananas. Bananas, maybe. Probably. Bananas, maybe. Probably. One of the craziest things that happens, uh, if it's like I I can't remember if.

it's a foul ball and a fan catches it, it is called an out. Okay. I like that. rule. I like that rule a lot. I don't. know if we said that already, but that. was one of my favorite things of all. time. We did. We started it. It's a good. gimmick. It's good. You reinforce it. You drove it home. It is true though, right? So, wow. How far is a home run? What if I throw it back? If you hit a homer and you throw it. back, doesn't something happen? Yeah. They beat the [ __ ] out of you. Oh, no. Actually, if you if the fans throw the. home run ball back, then the club signs. you. Uh, and then you lead them to the. World Series, but then your elbow fully.

heals. You can't throw the fast ball. anymore. Uh, Chad Steedman's, your your. mentor. He's like a grumpy old guy, right? He starts dating your mom. Love. Salsbury steak. Loves it. Who doesn't? Looks like he's like 58. He's still. pitching in the majors. Yeah. Don't call. him Don't call him the Rocket anymore. You want to reference the movie you're. talking to all the young people? What? Anyone younger than you? There was no. movie reference there. Tell you the. rules of. Rosenbagger that from top to bottom. That was a great era of movies. I guess.

whatever that came out, you've seen that. right. What? Why is he looking? Yeah, I ask. You haven't seen. any rookie. I see I was trying to get. name. I uh did not see it. Damn. Yeah, it was great. It was I saw one of those. movies. You see? I can't remember. Little Giants. You see, you know, Ice. Spike. What else? Banger. Still haven't. seen my ducks. Those are good ones. The. big green. Big green. Steve Gutenberg, head coach. Airbud. Great time for original Space.

Jam. Oh, my kids were watching original. Space Jam last night. It holds up. Did. they Oh, yeah. Which one do they like. better? Uh, they haven't even seen the. new one. Ask Ron about Space Jam. [ __ ]. Space Jam was legit. That's a movie. Yeah. Yeah. Jordan Good. Magic Stuff. I. mean, a legit movie. And I think he. filmed, didn't he film it in the middle. of his three repeat? Uh, yeah. And they. they built an entire I remember that, right? A gym where he would go play, bring in all the big time dudes and he. would play. I tried to tell my kids that. actually. I was like, "Hey, this there's. a reason Michael Jordan's Michael. Jordan." When he was filming this in the.

offseason, he brought in all the best. players in the world and played for. eight hours every single day to try to. like let him, you know, just reinforce. that. Jordan didn't wake up and all of a. sudden become that good. I'm glad you. did. They didn't listen. They didn't. hear they listen. Yeah, maybe it'll. resonate. They heard. You think? Yeah. Some point they'll get it one day. Maybe. not yesterday, but they heard. You're. right. You're right. someday. With that. being said, I think we're going to wrap. this thing up, tone. Okay. Anything we. need to know as far as gambling moving. forward from today until tomorrow when. Packet's back? No. Nothing going on. tonight? Anything you can gamble on.

tonight? The Crown The Crown Basketball. Tournament starts tonight in Vegas. Okay. The [ __ ] is that? Uh, it's not the. NIT. It's not the CBI, but it is a. college basketball tournament. I think. it's the first year it's happened. It. starts in Vegas tonight. Teams haven't. played basketball in two months, so it. should be like who's do we know who's. playing it? Yeah. Like uh Arizona. State's playing Nebraska, Georgetown's. playing Washington State. Those are real. teams. I'm confused. Yeah, like these. are decent teams. I've never seen this. before. I don't know why it took so long. to start, but this is happening tonight.

State, everyone's in the portal. I was. confused as well, Foxy. These teams. haven't played basketball in two months. They don't have guy. I don't understand. it. Tomorrow is April 1st. Is there a. chance you got duped? Oh, no chance. This is the crown, brother. Okay. You. got any plans for April Fools? I'm a big. April Fool's guy. That's why that's why. I asked. No. Okay. What stupid April. Fools things are we going to wake up and. hear tomorrow? So many Aaron signed. Oh. yeah, for sure. Yep. What if he was.

waiting to sign an April Fools just to. mess with That would be him. That'd be. so Aaron. No, I mean April Fools thinks. people I don't know what the old classic. go-tos are. I mean people a lot of. people are going to get got on Twitter. tomorrow. We're going to have a couple. celebrities that, you know, die. tomorrow, which they're not dead, but. we're going to get several of those. That always funny when we think. someone's dead and then we say, "Oh, gotcha. We're not. He's I saw that just. pass." Who are you ref? I just saw I. watch a lot of sports talk. Yeah. Okay. But for the record, this person's alive,

though. I hope so. Think so. All right. All right. I mean, I saw it multiple. times. I just want isolated. If I'm not. confident that someone is dead, I'm not. gonna announce them dead. Just for the. record. Just like I'm not gonna ask if. you're pregnant. Smart. Let them tell. you. That is smart. If you're dead, if. you're dead, I need to see you dead or. you need to tell me you're dead. And if. you're pregnant, I'm never asking. You. got to tell me. Bingo. I'll just say. congratulations. I'm I'm with you on. that a thousand%. Yeah, it's smart. It's. good rule. Everyone should be with you. on that. They're not. Everyone's not. I.

know they're not. And also with you, man. Look at you. How many months. pregnant are you? Huh? And then the. person's not. I've been around a few of. those. Bobby, stop. Again, you should uh bag some dog [ __ ]. like tonight and like maybe you piss in. like a couple plastic cups and set it. out tomorrow and make your kids think. that's what's for breakfast. That's a good idea. Yeah, we we don't. have any groceries. This is the best. We. got to make do with what we got. The new. diet. And as they're sloing up the turd,

I got you. April fools. after I see him. eat three bowls of it. Or or or you put. some of that turret on like a donut and. you just like, "Hey guys, got donuts. today. Everyone's got, you know, you got. chocolate frosty, got a got a double. chocolate." Oh, the store manager took a. [ __ ] in our donuts. The hell? If I do, if I end up doing that, I will film it. for you guys. It would not traumatize my dudes at all. Tony, you got you got kids? I do. You. could do it. How old is she? Uh, two and. a half. Oh, yeah. She gets it. I'll Dad.

fed me a poop donut today. But it was. April Fools. Luckily, he's not just a. good one. It was a good one. I'll. probably do it. I'll film it. I'll film. it for you. Okay, good. Well, tomorrow. Pas he's going to make the long flight. back here obviously tonight. Man, he's. logging some some miles. Jeez. Mhm. His. his schedule is unbelievable. But in uh. yeah, 300 p.m. Eastern WWE Raw from. London, England, the O2 Arena will be. playing over to Netflix. Check that out. That'll be awesome. And we hear a couple.

couple popin guests maybe that aren't. always around might be there, right. Todd? Maybe. Maybe find out. We'll be. intrigued. I will be back in Ohio in the. attic tomorrow. Debbut, appreciate you. You'll be here tomorrow as well with. Pat. Today's only Monday, huh? Okay. Next week, big night out um Wednesday at. noon. 1,750 more tickets will go on sale. Going to be awesome. Can't wait to see. what that whole situation is like. It's. going to be going to be super cool. I'm. looking forward to it. Good to be back. with you boys, everybody in the back. Appreciate you guys helping me out and. everything today. Um, I'll be back.

tomorrow. Pat, will we be here? Con man, good to. see you. Ty, good to see you. Tone, great job. You look. good. Here we go, guys. Everyone back. Here we go. Get them up. Here we go. Team on me. Team on three. 1 2 3.