The Pat McAfee Show Live | Tuesday June 3rd 2025

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evening and then the NBA finals which. tips off on Thursday evening. We have. something magical happening tomorrow. from Kerry, North Carolina. It is the. TST event. Oi o t oi o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o. o o o o o oi o o o o o o o o o o o o o o. o o o o o o oi oi t S S T O. So you want to say TST tournament, but. it is actually the soccer tournament. So. if you were saying TST tournament, it.

would be the soccer tournament. tournament. It'll be the soccer. tournament squared, which it should be. more like cubed or maybe even to the. 10th because of how spectacular it is. There's a bunch of soccer teams coming. down to Carrie, North Carolina in. battling in a seven on seven style of. play that is absolutely electrifying for. a $1 million cash prize. Only one team. can win 1 million bucks and we're hoping. it's our team, the. conc. Obviously, we got dogs all over.

the place. The man saying, "Shush, shush. your face. Shush, shush, shush, shush. your face." You'll get to know him over. the next few days. That's Meat. He's one. of the Arena League boys. On the other. side, we got Ruggles. Okay, this guy, I. guess, is the guy. I guess there's him. and meat on the same team is problematic. for the entire TST. And then obviously, Grella is back. Great to see Grella back. by Breading the way. He will fight. people. Brea will fight. We have a tough.

team. Uh we have a team that doesn't. take any [ __ ] And we have a style of. soccer that's going to be played down. there that is going to be absolutely. electrifying. Let's get to the rules. here. Okay. It's a seven on seven. tournament on a smaller field. In the. field, Gary, North Carolina, I don't. think I've ever seen better grass. It. looks like it's a golf tournament. It. does. It literally looks like you're. you're playing soccer on a fairway with. how beautiful it is. Obviously, there's. bleachers. There's tickets being sold. Our show will be live down there. tomorrow and Thursday. And the game is. electrifying. Each game 40 minutes with.

two halves 20 minutes each obviously. running clock running clock and whenever. the game is over you know the end of the. 20 minutes second half there's something. called target score time there's no. offsides there's unlimited substitution. and the only way the game ends is with a. goal being scored and it's never over. nobody's ever out of it we are down a. couple goals and in target score time. we're able to come back and hit the. target score what's the target score oh. the one more goal uh what than what the. leader has yes okay so If we're leading.

5 nothing, look for that to happen, which will happen. Look for that to. happen. Okay. If we're up 5 nothing, soon as the game's over, it'll go to. target score time. The target score now. is six. They could technically score six. straight goals in beat us. That game's. not over till they do that. Every 3. minutes in the target score time, one. player from each team is getting removed. from the field. So, it starts seven on. seven, then six on six. Then guess what? Five. Wow. Four on four, three on three. They'll get down to two on two. on this. entire field. It is electrifying. The.

only way a game can end is with a. massive goal being scored. There's. always a walk-off goal. There's always a. walk-off celebration. There's always a. moment where a team is saying, "Yes, we. might win a million dollars." And a team. saying, "Damn it, we were in this thing. and we let this get away." This is. target score time. That is meat. He was. playing goalie back there. That's why he. had a penny on. Pass it over to another. one of the Arena League boys. That's. Derek Huffman. He's back on the squad. He puts it in the corner and obviously. the boys go bananas. We were losing in. this game down two zip. We come back win. 3-2 in target score time and obviously.

we go crazy. I had a torn hip flexor at. that time uh from my appearance in a. game previous to that one and I do have. an upper and a lower body going on right. now. So I'm not sure how many minutes I. will have on the pitch itself but I'm. going down there as team owner. I'm. going down there incredibly proud of the. group that the boys put together. Mike. Foss has been acting as general manager. for this team. He found some good ones. We got some old experienced vets. We got. some guys that played in the Premier. League. We got guys that played. internationally. Hey, we got guys that. are playing MLS and then we got the. Arena League boys coming in there to do.

their thing. Now, the arena style of. soccer, which is obviously a little bit. smaller, a little bit fast-paced, a. little bit more uh. sure, a little bit more rugged, I say. A. little more greasy. Yeah, but that is. what the TST tournament is about. So, we. got a good group of Arena League boys. that are back. They are going to steal. the shine. They are going to steal the. show. They're unbelievable. Then we got. some outdoor soccer guys that have. incredible resumes joining them. And I. think this team uh led by coach Tony. Mola. Mhm. Wow. Coach Tabo. Wow. And.

obviously coach Bubba Gumpino, coach. three. I think we have a chance to maybe. win this thing. Last year we got getting. the hang of it. I think we got to the. quarterfinals. Had some electrifying. moments. This year feels like we're more. prepared. Feels like the games are going. to be electrifying. And it's not just. us. The other teams have gotten better. as well. This TST is wonderfully run. Obviously, it started with TBT, the. basketball tournament. Whenever they saw. the success of that, the founders of TST. approached the basketball tournament. people and said, "We think we could run.

like a soccer version of this. Is that. okay?" They come to a deal. TST already. bigger than the basketball tournament by. far. They sell thousands and thousands. of tickets, the amount of merch that is. sold, the amount of ex players that come. back and the vibes of this entire. tournament, ridiculous. What they do is. a beautiful thing. We can't wait to get. down there in the conc. Oh. Oh. Feel good. Had a scrimmage last night. down there. Oh, how'd it go? Boys are. rolling. The boys are fast. The boys are.

ahead of schedule on what the style of. play is. Last year we got dropped in. there. Didn't have any preseason. Didn't. have a training camp. Playing seven on. seven. A lot of guys play 111 soccer. Had no idea what the [ __ ] they were. doing. So, they had to kind of figure it. out as they were going. We kind of. learned as we went alongside the Arena. League boys. This year it feels like we. got a better head start. We're ready to. go. Let's go to one half of the hammer. D Cowboys Bubba Gumpino, coach of the. Conca squad. Obviously, uh Gumpy, what. are you looking for the boys this year? And are you trying to tally more than. two yellow cards like you had last year? Maybe going for three, but I love this.

squad. It is absolutely stacked top to. bottom. As we found out last year, as. the tournament went on, we kind of ran. out of steam, had guys playing full. games. This year, we just keep the boys. rolling and everyone's just going to. keep doing their thing out there. Okay. We We're playing some tough teams. Oh, yeah. We got Bournemouth, uh, coached by. Josie Out the door. We got, uh, Rexom, I. believe they're going to be playing down. there. And who else is in our group? Real Athletico. Yeah. Okay. Anytime you. got the Athletico, is that the death. group? That's when you Shout out to.

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$59.99 per month for two months right. there. Okay, that's cheap. I believe. cheaper than cable. I believe that is a. deal right there. $59.99 a month for two months. Shout out. to YouTube TV. We do appreciate the hell. out of you. I mean, I'm spending every. single Sunday all day with you, YouTube. TV, and you've made my life easier and. better. Shout out to them. And tsd is. about to be electrifying cuz now we talk. a little soccer. Uh let's talk to the. boys a little bit. Let's go to the talk. table at Boss Connor and at Ty Schmidt. Ty Schmidt, first of all, big baseball. conversation yesterday with AJ Hawk. Uh.

Jack Kaglier, this guy out of Florida, he's the one. He is the one. I saw the. reaction. This guy hits like Aaron Judge. in show. That's what Jet Passing on this. show yesterday when Darius Butler and I. were at maybe the most. um wonderful Oh, that's a feel good. Uh. I mean, it was a beautiful beautiful. beautiful It was a beautiful funeral. I. I don't think I don't think I've ever. been to a funeral where it was like. everybody there was like, "Yeah, that. was how it was supposed to go." Like.

that is exactly what uh big man, boss. man, Jimmy, Ji, Jim, James, uh dad, a. lot of you know, boss, everything, all. the titles that he had for all the. people that were there. Um it was. beautiful. I mean, this choir, I think. it was the Eastern Church Choir, I think. was the name. I should have looked that. up. I apologize for them. Incredible. Black choir, two whites. Mhm. Two. whites. Had a guy on piano. Had a guy in. the back. I don't know what he did. I. still don't know what he did. I think he. was just there for, you know, Debb.

sitting next to me. He goes, "Di, hire. top row." I saw he probably had good. pie. Yeah. Bringing the band. He was. doing something. Whatever he did, he was. part of whatever that whole group they. need to know. They brought it. I I don't. even stand. We're talking standing. ovations in a funeral for the choir. And. then uh all the daughters spoke and I. thought they did a wonderful job by the. way. Y that is incredibly difficult. Obviously that many people let alone. everything that's been going on and also. now the amount of pressure and.

expectation that are on them to lead the. Indianapolis Colts going next. And I. think with everything I heard from them, I think they are uh prepared to be great. NFL owners. Obviously, they've been in. it their entire lives. And listening to. them speak and the way they handled it. yesterday was everybody that spoke, I. feel like had a different angle, which I. don't know if they all got on the same. page and did that or not. Different. story, different perspective. Uh there. was even a conversation about everything. he's given back to obviously the. recovery community, which I don't think. any of us in there knew. Like, hey, you.

know, Jim built like the nicest in like. the country. Did you know? No, obviously. you didn't know that because this is. just something he did. Like all the. stories that were just kind of coming. out yesterday were all awesome. Then. there was some videos that we hadn't. seen, some songs we hadn't heard. Then. his band performed at the end. Yeah. I don't know who he was. Great. tribute. Oh my god. Axeman brought it. shredded. I I mean like legitimately. brought it home. It was just uh it was. like a perfect celebration of Jim Ers.

yesterday. and uh Debbut, myself and my. wife. Um we sat amongst all the NFL. owners. Mhm. Somehow literally just. completely Bidwell was to my left, Rooney was to the left of him, I. believe. A Macy was next to Darius. Uh. Woody Johnson was there, Raj was there, uh Hlam was there, Mara was there. Great. posture on Mara. Perfect. This guy, he. was right in front of us. the entire did. not even didn't even think about.

slouching which easy to slouch in those. church pews especially without perfect. posture the entire time. I think it was. a beautiful celebration of Jim. legitimately so many good stories. Big. man definitely happy uh looking down. like you mentioned celebration you know. celebrating his life celebrating the uh. you know the legacy uh that he left. behind here hearing his daughters you. know we have kids and like you know at. some point you know hopefully you know. your kids are there to say those words. and speak about you in that tone and uh. we we know him as a boss a lot of people. know him as a boss or whatever he was in.

the community but to see his daughters. his grandkids there uh it was an amazing. service and I'm sure he was he was happy. looking for sure we cried Yeah. Laughed, sang, clapped, and honored him. I mean, I think it was like uh it was perfectly. done. I I don't even know if that is. something you judge is how funerals are. done, but that was I think perfectly. handled. And the card that they gave out. with his quote of we are not human. beings having a spiritual experience, we. are spiritual beings having a human.

experience was just like such a perfect. every quote they read was about being. different. and uh everything that he was. about is like, you know, it's just it. was a cool moment. It was a cool moment. But while that was happening, okay, catching up with everybody, you guys. were talking baseball in a big way. Jet. passing came on here and heard. everybody's talking about Jack Kaggle. This guy's the next big one. I didn't. know about him. I had to watch a clip to. learn about it. You guys did some great. journalism. And it's not about the MLB. right now. Right now, it is about. college baseball and college softball. There's some magic happening on these.

diamonds. Seven innings in softball. electrifying and then nine innings. obviously in his college baseball. It's. been electrifying. There's been a lot of. [ __ ] happening in college ball and stick. sports. Ty Schmidt. Yeah. I mean in. terms of college softball I think what. we see is like you see like the the real. blue bloodoods in it are always going to. be there and and that's why it's so. awesome because you a lot of times are. getting hey these are the two best teams. left. You know like uh last night I. believe uh it was Texas Tech who who. took out Oklahoma. Obviously, we've had.

Patty Gasso on the show before. Pat, you. went down and and kind of spent some. time around Oklahoma. They're they're. the top of the seventh, down two, two. strikes, two outs, last inning, last at. bat, two-run shot from Oklahoma. Exactly. So, I mean, like the Oklahoma. again, they're one of those teams you. give them a second life. Like, more. often than not, they're going to win. Texas Tech, we talked about it a couple. days ago with Debut, they made kind of. waves. They went out and spent a million. dollars on one of the best college. softball players. I don't you don't you.

don't want to say poached her from. Stanford, but that was an offer. That's. kind of the the climate that we live in. And she is an absolute dog. She has. thrown every single pitch in the College. World Series for Texas Tech so far. And. well and behold, they're in the. championship series right now. Yeah. With that being said, top of the. seventh, Oklahoma hits a two-run shot on. Nari Kennedy. I believe I'm saying Nari. Kennedy. She's from Stanford. They got a. million dollar, okay, recruiting. whenever she hit the transfer portal.

And now, you know, there's always going. to be people saying, "Oh, Texas Tech is. just buying a victory." It's like, that's what college sports are. And if. women's college softball is making a. million dollars, I think that's good for. sports. That's not bad for sports. And. she's lived up to it. She was the. college player of the year last year. Obviously, she was highly sought after. I think there was a story about Alabama. recruiting her and maybe Coach Shabin. saying, "How can I help?" I think there. was some other schools that were like. trying to put everything together to get. her to go there. She ends up at Texas. Tech and now they're in the the fin. because after the uh top of the seventh,

Texas Tech sack fly bottom of the. seventh. This is all happening in the. final inning. Boom. Wins the game. Walk-off. Texas Tech heads to the. finals. Congratulations to women's. soccer. Yeah, people are making a. million bucks and it's electrifying. Yet. again, every year it feels like we watch. this and we go, "Damn, damn, damn. UCLA. will do something. Oklahoma will do. something. Now it's Texas Tech. Oh, you. defended champ four. They went on four. Pete four in a row. Now Texas Tech. obviously going to get Kennedy, but now. this is their first, you know, success.

ever on this level. You know, they never. had a World Series win period and now to. be in the title game is unbelievable. I. was at that Oklahoma uh softball. facility. We're talking full stadium, full facility. Gaso statue. I mean, Gasso deserves more than one st. Yeah, she did have that last year debut or. whatever while she's still coaching. It's like the a million bucks from Texas. Tech. There's hundreds of thousands. going to a lot of different players all. over the place. It's like this women's. softball and I think I started paying.

attention to a little bit more because. Shane Leckler, the retired uh punter. goat in my eyes, his daughter, I guess, is a very good softball player. So, every time I would call him to ask him. to do something, he'd be at another. softball tournament and he would tell me. about it. He comes to Indiana for a. softball tournament. It's like, yeah, there's like 70 teams in a tournament in. Indiana or whatever. You start learning. about then went out to Oklahoma, it's. like, damn, this is a thriving sport. right now. And every single summer. whenever it plays on ESPN, it captivates. for one reason or another. Usually, it's. electrifying. Last night, top of the.

seventh, bottom of the seventh, game. tying dinger and then a sack fly to win. that thing with the superstar of college. ball taking on the reigning Giant. It's. like that's a perfect story line. That. is a that that's a dream storyline for. college softball and it's awesome every. single summer. Yeah. And I'm not sure. how the rivalries are in, you know, college softball, but I'm assuming Texas. Tech and Texas have some sort of bla bad. blood. Like the environment now tomorrow. night and Thursday night will be. electrifying because it's the entire. state of Texas. I assume no matter where. this game is, there's going to be a ton.

of fans and just bragging rights in. general. Like if Texas Tech wins, I I. bet Texas is going to have a couple. million dollar players next year and get. back at them. Yeah, I think they're not. going to be the only one, brother. No. way. I mean, there's going to be. Oklahoma knows that they're probably. going to have to up it, too. Like I. mean, that is I think the people the. girls that were pitching to me were. transfers in to Oklahoma like this past. offseason after they won another. national championship because they're in. they're hitting a transfer portal as. well. It's uh it's a great sport. It's. fast. Oh, yeah. They so fast. Is that.

normal for the Aces to pitch every game? Okay. Yeah, that's why I mean this is. one of the few sports, you know, people. [ __ ] about, you know, like certain. college football rosters spending a. bunch of money like softball. If you get. a pitcher like, you know, Kennedy, like. you you could completely change the. entire season cuz it's a natural motion, they say, right? So, it's just like a. rotational thing as opposed to a uh. iteing. I assume you do wear out your. arm, but they're saying it's a much more. natural motion as opposed to what a. throw overhand throw. not snapping.

anything off and like putting a lot of. stress on your elbow and stuff. Like I'm. sure like their biceps and shoulders can. get pretty sore. I mean, she's thrown. she threw 130 pitches the other night. It says she's thrown 300 pitches in. three games. Like that's a lot on the. human body and on the arm, but yeah, it's it's it's not like throwing a. baseball. How about when it's. intimidating? It's absolutely. intimidating when they fall and they. it's like it I was standing there you. seen the fast I was standing there in a. batter box and it's just like wow it's. so fast here. It is so it's. rising. Yeah, the risers. That's why.

Jenny Finch was so popular because she. threw literally every pitch for Team USA. and Arizona or whatever. Like that's how. like cuz they they are literally their. face is there every single pitch of. every game. Yeah, the riser is a. problem. The riser looks like a beach. ball coming in. It's like, oh wow, that. one looks much nicer. And it ends up in. your face. Yeah. And I was like, how do. you I mean the last two nights, those. two home runs, as soon as it's off the. bat, they are shot. Gone. Yeah. Cuz they. are throwing it so hard. Okay, let's go. to baseball. College baseball has a lot. going on. Upsets galore. The SEC.

Uhoh. Hey, Greg. Sanki. Hey, Sanki. What's going on down there at the SEC? They need more teams. It's going to get. loud. It's going to get loud down there. Yeah, that's a good question. You look. at I mean that 13 teams uh made it to. the tournament and as you can see, there. are four teams in the SEC left. Most of. these teams too in the SEC are they're. hosting these regional sites. So they're. playing tournament games on their home. field in front of their home crowds. And.

I'd be curious to ask Greg Sanki because. I feel like baseball is one of the. sports that they really don't have to. put too much time and energy into. because the SEC just dominates. Like you. look at the MLB draft every year. Most. of those like really topend talent, they're coming from SEC schools cuz they. can play year round. But that's the. thing about college baseball and with. these metal bats and and just like the. game in general, like you're seeing a. lot of teams, a lot of these teams even. have don't have winning records, but. they're going even last night, you know,

LSU, they got taken to the absolute. brink. They were losing almost the. entire game. Now, they have some of that. top end talent who eventually they got. West Virginia right now. So, good luck. You guys good. You guys still feel the. team? Yeah, we had five guys that don't. play that want to leave. Get it. Get. out. Oh, that was a makes sense. They. were riding the pine and he just said, "I'm out." I know it wasn't old buddy. that did the thing the other night that. got us the big win. I know it wasn't. him. Mhm. Guzman. Was it Guzman,

brother? It wasn't. I know it wasn't. Guzman. Yeah. I don't I don't think it. was. Don't you worry about our team. Where's Connecticut? Do you guys play. baseball? Do you even know what a bat. is? Uh we do. Uh I think we won the Big. East this year actually. Doubt it. You. know, you guys enjoy it. But we'll see. because there's still now we have the uh. super regionals and uh from the super. regionals that's who we're going to find. out who's going to Omaha. It's one of. those there's still a lot of blueb blood. still a lot of good teams up there. But. it is crazy that cuz usually when we get. to the College World Series there are. five teams, four to five teams every.

single year from the SEC and then you. still have the UCLA's of the world you. know kind of like the perennial. powerhouses. North Carolina, Duke, teams. like that who are good every single. year, but they if you went into this. season and you asked every like person. who really follows college baseball, like big-time pundits, they would tell. you like, "Yeah, we we could have never. foreseen that nine teams from the SEC. would be eliminated in the first round. of the uh NCAA tournament." It's crazy. It's fun to watch. We appreciate them.

doing that. And shout out to the SEC. baseball atmosphere. Feels like anytime. I watch one of those, it is. electrifying. turns up a little bit. whenever you get to the super duper. regional to head over to super duper. Omaha. Big deal. Yukon lost in the Big. East championship. Oh no. Those are. three teams in that entire conference. You guys came in second. It's all right. We got a We got a banner this year. Who'd you lose to as a program? As an. entire program. You guys lost to Kraton. Kraton's good. They got our guys homes. Omaha. You know that's where the college. world series is. So beautiful town. We're supposed to go. Ty. I think you.

said you would go. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen. Not from college. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I love the College. World Series. It is. What's that place. where you're buying all the shots for. everybody? Uh yeah, the the bar end. I. don't know. I don't know the name of it, but yeah, they buy the jello shots, but. we'll see cuz that's usually an SEC uh. thing. And you know, we might not get. any SEC teams who uh make tournaments. I. think Tennessee has broken the record in. the past, I believe. Uh I know, but they. still got to win their super regionals. LSU bought more jealous. That's a good. gimmick out of that bar. Hey, who's. going to buy the most shots? Five bucks.

a piece. Yeah, you won't buy 2,000 of. them. You won't. Those small schools. that show up, all that bar has to say is. like, "Well, you guys aren't SEC school, so we know you're not going to touch the. record. Don't worry, Coastal Carolina, Murray State, there's no way West. Virginia, there's no way you people from. Oregon Town can drink as much as the. people from Tennessee. So, why don't you. just I think that's what they did to the. Tennessee people. I do believe cuz I. remember cuz I think Payton was down. there. I think Morgan was down there. I. think Clay Travis was down there. I. think there was a bunch of people down. there over there and it was like we got.

the recorded amount of shots." I'm like, "Good for the bar, dude. That's a good. setup." You won't buy 10,000 of these. Wash me. 38,000 is what they bought last. year. Tennessee. Unbelievable. What a. weekend. Yeah. Unbelievable. Good for. the bar. Who I bet second was 20 grand. Uh 32,000 Texas a&m. Jeez. What's the. name of the bar? Rockos. Rockos. Rockos. We can't wait to stop by Rockos. $5 a. shot. Yeah. Make make enough business for the. whole year in one weekend. Yeah. So when.

gets there, knows we're going for 39,000. of those things, okay? Not just me. We're going to need some friends, but we. will certainly go for it. Joining us. now, ladies and gentlemen, is a man who. played 13 years in the NBA. He's co-host. of the Knuckleheads podcast, friend of. the program, and he had the Knicks, I. think, of course. Yeah, he he's he's a basketball guy talking on. TV. Definitely had the Knicks. And he. has the Thunder, winning the title. Oh, yeah. Like everybody does. Ladies and. gentlemen, Quinton Richardson. Dave, you. What's going on, bud? What's up, fellas?

What's up, fellas? Nice shirt there. I. see you. A nice little t-shirt. I see. you. Yeah, WWEshop.com. You know, Moralize Forever. on Cotton uh this moment. It was a game. tire. He thought it was a game. Got Did. you see the guy that got that tattoo on. him? Some Patience fans got that. tattooed. It was pretty sick, too. Yeah, I saw it on the outside of a guy's calf. Feels like that's regrettable, but hey, nowadays, who cares? Who cares? You. know, let it eat out there. This shirt. is available WWE.com. Tyrese. Hallebertton obviously uh second place.

for the Eastern Conference Finals. Larry. Bird MVP trophy behind Pascal Seakum. Doesn't matter. Okay. Doesn't matter. We're on to the finals. We're on to the. finals. What do you think it was about. that Pacers team that solidified an. Eastern Conference Finals championship? And when did you know when did you know. that the Pacers were going to run the. Knicks out of the gym? And I'm not. saying the Knicks are a bad team. They. made it to the Eastern Conference. Finals. I got nothing but respect for. the way they played. But when did you. start to feel like, oh, this is the. Pacers series in this entire thing? Well, I mean, obviously after that game.

one when they stole that away from him. like that, that was the that was the. soul snatcher. So, I felt like that was. the, you know, right there, that was. when I really said, "Uh-oh, they could. really go get this thing." But, I mean, as far as the other day, the last game, that first quarter, I could remember in. the first or second quarter just. watching the game and looking at the. pace and at one point Stan Van Gundy. said it, he was like, "This pace and the. way everything is going, this favors the. Pacers." And and I and I felt that. And. you saw what happened in that third. quarter and the fourth quarter moving. on. They couldn't keep up with that. pace. And I think like Miles Turner said.

in one of the interviews, he was like, you know, their their togetherness, their continuity, and the cohesiveness. that they've developed over being and. growing up together and having those. guys together. I think that's that's. winning right now, man. You got to look. at that with OKC and this team. The. teams are that that have that. cohesiveness to kind of come up. together. They're the teams that shining. right now. They're the two teams left in. the finals. Obie Topphen hitting his. head off the rim seemingly every night. and getting chance from the entire crowd.

was awesome to watch. You're talking. about freak athleticism there. I I mean. he's real tall bunnies and he jumps so. high every time. After the national. anthem uh place, he turns around, jumps. on the rim, hangs on it, and then jumps. back out. He lands it like a free throw. line. It's like this guy is explosive. This is unbelievable. let alone. everybody. Nemhard, Thomas Bryant goes. bananas. Obviously, Nesmith hit five of. six threes down the stretch whenever. they needed him to. TJ McConnell will. come in and bop some wood, won't he?

Hey, he'll get in there and bop some. wood. Yes, he will. He certainly will. And then Carile, big TJ McConnell fan. I. love that dude. I love the way he go in. there and mix it up every time. Pittsburgh guy. We appreciate the fact. he's an NBA player. I don't know how. many of those guys we have in the. history of Pittsburgh. Not a lot. Uh, and that's just that's just reality. That's a football talent. If you have. the size to play hoops, they are going. to try to get you fatter so you can play. offensive line or defensive line. That's. how it goes. So TJ making it is great.

news. And you talk about the pace. Coach. Carile told us that going uh after last. year after the Eastern Conference. Finals, the big offseason convo is like. we got to be better conditioned. We got. to be better conditioned. We got to be. better conditioned. Do you think OKC is. a team that's going to be able to keep. up with the Pacers conditioning? because. it feels like everybody but the Celtics. the last two years during the playoff. runs. Nobody can keep up with what the. Pacers conditioning is. OKC the same. exact build. And what does the matchup. look like? You think? I think it's going. to be intriguing, man. I think they both.

have, you know, teams that go deep into. their rosters. They play 9, 10, 11 guys. at different times and they they, you. know, they really rely on their bench. and they strength and numbers. But, um, I I I don't think OKC's pace is as fast. as the Pacers. I think they, you know, they obviously are one of the, you know, leading leading league leaders in pace. in the, you know, for the NBA season, but I I think they have the youth and. they have the bodies and they have the. players that can keep up and be in. transition and they can they can do. their runouts and get in transition as. well. So, I think they're equipped to.

handle it, but I think traditionally. they don't play. Nobody plays as fast as. the Pacers really. Uh, I was in Tulsa. last night. They love the Thunder out. there. Yeah. It was awesome. It was really because I. came out I didn't know how I was going. to be actually because I was like oh oh. we are in Oklahoma like this entire. thing I've almost become one of the. pseudo mascots of the Pacers publicly. because of the whole sons of [ __ ]. ears ringing situation you know that. whole thing. So I've got to become I put. myself I'm a big fan I like I'm a big. fan of Tyrese Carile see I like the way.

these boys play. Seak I love the way the. team plays. So I go in there and uh. there's just signs as soon as I'm coming. out OKC in five in my face. Maxi, love. you. Thunder and four. A lot of that, a. lot of those chance. I was like, I like. this. I This is about to be electrifying. for the finals. This is guaranteed to go. 6-7. Or is there a chance at Oklahoma. City? Who's this minus 700 right now to. win the series? That's a huge favorite. Actually, I got some stats here uh from. Hembo. This 9 12 point spread in this.

first game. Oklahoma City's favored by. nine and a half in this first game. That. is the largest spread in an NBA Finals. game since 2020 when the Lakers were. favored by 10 and a half versus the Heat. in the bubble. It's the largest game one. spread in the finals since 2018 when the. Warriors were favored by 13 against the. Cav. And since 1991, the only team to. lose a finals game when favored by 9 and. a half or more was the Lakers in 2001, game one against uh the Philadelphia.

76ers with Allen Iverson scoring 48. points. So basically all things are. saying the sports books are normally. pretty right whenever it's this big. And. when it gets this big, uh it's not. normal. What are your thoughts on the. spread and what are your thoughts on how. the series is going to go? I'm I'm not a. I'm I'm horrible. I'm like a uh a novice. at betting and all of the minuses. So, I. don't even get into any I don't I don't. even try to figure that out. But I I'll. say this. I think obviously OKC playing.

at home like Pat you talking about that. crowd like they have one of the sickest. crowds in the league if not the best. They are absolutely in the top tier of. whoever else is out there. But that. crowd is literally the closest thing in. the NBA I feel like you get to a college. crowd with the type of with the way they. come up in there and they get after it. So, I think that's a that's a huge. factor that they have going in there. But also, like when you look at what. happened between these two teams during. the season and I agree, these are two. different teams right now. The you know, obviously they've been the best two.

teams down the stretch coming into this. point. But if you go by the season, you. know, Tyrese struggled mightily against. them and SGA did not. So, if you're. looking at that, that does not bode. well. But I mean, I I don't I don't I. don't like to try and use that as a. comparison now that we in the finals. because I feel like, like I said, these. are two absolutely different teams. But. I feel like whoever's able to, you know, uh force their will on the game because. SGA, he he he's a lot different, Pat, than what you saw from Jaylen Brunson. Jaylen Brunson was the smaller guy,

compact, doesn't have the like SGA is a. legit 66. He's getting guys up off him. He's going over guys and he obviously. leading scoreer MVP. He is prolific at. putting that ball in the basket. So, he. is going to be a handful for sure. He's. a foul artist as well. Same with Jaylen. Brunson, which is a talent. I don't. think it's a negative. I think it's a. talent to be able to put yourself in a. position to get the whistle. There's. never been there's never been a dominant. scoreer in this league that wasn't a. wasn't a foul artist. Pat, don't let. anybody Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryan,

James Harden, all of these guys, they get hitters, they get to the foul. line. Look it up. They they they are up. in the in the in the alltime leaders of. of free throw, you know, attempts. Like. when you look at Paul Pierce, T-Mac, all. these guys, they got to the foul line. Anybody who scores the ball at a high. clip, they normally get to the foul. line. That's a part of it. Yeah. And. then I think um Crawford told us, Crossover told us that if you're to. eliminate foul shots from everybody, SGA. is still the leading scoreer. So in run.

of play, he's still the leading scorer. as well. So not just his fourth quarter. points, you can take his fourth quarter. points away as well. They said, I saw. that stat I saw the same thing he saw. quarter throws and he still leads the. entire league in scoring. The guy's. unbelievable. They got a lot of guys. over there that are great. Jaylen Wallo. out of nowhere. And then Chad, what's he. doing? Too much. Feels like it's going. to be a great series. Uh I can't wait. Now on that note, you talked about SGA. there. Legit 66. Does not look like with. the way he moves. No. Does not look like. with the way he moves. Yeah. Way too. smooth to be 6'6. You're supposed to.

have a little horse, you know, like baby. horse. Sure. When you're that tall, you. know, somehow able to move like that. That would be so cool to be able to do. Imagine walking into an LA fitness. It'd. be fun. 66 being able to move like that. Put a headband on, do your entire thing. Unstoppable. sweetheart, plus get all. the fouls. The numbers, when you look at. the numbers he's put up, like his. numbers say that no one can stop me. oneon-one. Like he scored 30 over 50. times in a season, scored 20 over 60.

sometimes. Like that's legit saying. leaguewide, no matter what defense is. happening, no matter what's going on, they can't stop this kid. It's that's. scary. And he bought Rolexes for the. entire team when he won the MVP. Seems. like he's the perfect guy. You know, it. never ends. You got a tough base team. coming to town, SGA. On that note, Connor has a question for you. Yeah, it. might be time to revisit that Paul. George trade. I think you could consider. that as the worst trade in NBA history. now that SGA is an MVP and they're in. the finals. But Q Rich, what uh. individual matchup are you looking.

forward to the most? Is it SGA and N. Smith and kind of the other guys that. they're going to throw at SGA? Is it, you know, Jaylen Hallebert and Alex. Caruso on Hallebertton? Or is it the new. haircut Chad Homegrren versus like Miles. Turner? Kind of kind of like a new That. was the real thing with that haircut. No, no, no. That was NBA Santel. I was. just joking. But but which which match. up? Santel was running wild last week. Yeah, still. is. People have not caught on yet. Jeez.

Barry made an appearance here yesterday. Cochner still throwing his fast ball. When your league gets bigger, yeah, you. got to start getting used to these. things. Sentel was throwing his fast. ball still. Jeez Louise. Anyways, sorry. No, no, no, no. Push. I think I'm most. interested to see who who do they uh I. believe they will probably put Lou Dort. on. I think he'll see Pascal and Tyrese. So, I'm I'm interested to see who this. dude Lou Dort is a unit. Do you hear me? He is a unit and he is a problem out.

there. Like, you got to watch No, listen. I'm telling you, Pat. Like, you. got I he torture one through four with. anybody and some five. So, I'm. interested to see how they deploy him. and who he has to guard because it's. going to be a long series for whoever. he's on. So, I'm interested to see that. I think I think Tyrese has to be. somewhat like of of one of the better. players for the team for you guys to. have a chance. He can't have the subpar. games here that he has to be like the. star Tyrese this whole series for you.

guys to even have a chance because they. are so elite at guard play that if he. doesn't play well, I don't see how you. guys could do anything. All right. Well, good luck to Tyrese. I think he'll rise. to the occasion. Good luck to the Pacers. and uh I can't wait to watch this OKC. team do their thing legit. And shout out. his Pops, man. Pops got a hook, got a. Hero welcome after the game, man. I was. watching him come down. I know that had. to feel good for him, man. Out of the. arena, then when he get brought back, they bring him down to the court. That. was that was dope to see, man. Shout out. Shout out Tyrese Pops. Yeah, shout out. John Hallebert and Pops. Free Pops.

Though it's backwards. He's not in jail. Let's not get crazy here. He was sitting. at home. That's what Tyrese said. the. game three whenever he was up in the. suite he had this neon blue hoodie on. like I was like I wonder where Pops is. and then literally just sticks out like. he is right there and he stood the. entire game obviously just like he was. uh courtside and then whenever they win. and he's allowed to go down and. celebrate man what a moment to see him I. saw him in the back I saw him in the. back yeah he gave me a hilarious speech. uh he said uh I'm not going to say what.

he said now is he allowed to go course. that for the finals I I think do you. know They said indefinitely. They never. gave like an actual time frame. And his. boy is playing in the NBA finals. I. mean, this feels like got to let him. back in there. But also, they don't want. people to think like, "Hey, we're okay. with like people getting on like cuz I. think that's a big deal in the NBA world. cuz of how close fans are." Like I think. in your guys's world, if I've kind of. come to understand anything with the way.

players act with fans, I think there is. a buildup tension with how close fans. are and how they feel like they just got. a ticket to say whatever they want to. people with how close they are with. basketball. I feel like you guys have to. deal with that a lot more. That's why. whenever a player snaps finally, I don't. think it's just that night. I I assume. it's probably 20 nights leading up to. whatever's taking place. History of the. Pacers, too. Yeah, I'm not saying, you. know, that's never going to change, man. That's that's always going to be a. thing. We our fans get some of the, you. know, get get close like probably the.

closest to the action of any fans that, you know, out there. And um my. experience is like if you if you're very. direct and you you concise and you say. the thing and you say the thing the. right way to the person, they'll they'll. they'll know that they're messing with. the wrong person and they'll kind of. leave it alone. So that that's that's. I've seen that happen a lot, too. Yeah. I watch they're so close. That's what. like you got to tell them the right. thing. Like I I like I had to tell. somebody right one time like yo like you. do realize that like you are right. there. Like I understand there's rules. and there's things. It's invisible lines.

but like I can reach out and touch you. I'm very much bigger than you and it. will be very easy to harm you. Like bro. just, you know, very easy to harm you. with your girl. You don't want to be. embarrassed right now. Like just like we. are very large human beings that are 5t. from you. Like don't do it. Don't do it. Like it's a couple guys over here that. will take that fine. I'm just telling. you like don't do it. Very easy to harm. you. I'm looking at you right now. You. ain't got it. Yeah. Okay. I I hear what.

you're saying. Hey, you ain't got We got. a lot of guys lit. I was on their bench. I mean, I was on the Pacers bench with. where we sat. I was in there. I heard. what they were saying. So much so that I. actually heard James Johnson talk to a. New York Knicks fan that was front row, probably six feet behind us and what he. was saying. And I mean, he verbally. decapitated this man. Jeff Johnson did. I mean, it was a problem. But with how. that went, I just thought to myself, damn, they are in here. Like, I could. see that getting Oklahoma City's fans,

from what I've been told, it's just like. college atmosphere. They're in it. Stars. Yeah. It's just a uh Yeah, it's. an interesting I'm excited to watch it. But yeah, the the the back and forth. between players and fans in the NBA, I. think that's most personal because you. are in I mean, I'm getting rebounds. Yeah, I'm getting the ball. I'm handing. it to an NBA player. Here you go. You go. out this right here. Nope, [ __ ]. In Detroit, the visitor seat in Detroit, it's literally like the size of a space.

Like, think about the seats on the. bench, right? It's it's literally like a. space where they took a seat out and. then it's it's fans right there. Yeah, they're like on the bench almost. It's. like I don't know if they changed it. yet, but like that's the way it used to. be. And that used to cause a lot of. issues with the chirping back and forth. cuz it's like they just being fans, but. like you too close to be that animated. as a fan. Like just even if you're not. saying anything to me, I'm going to be. annoyed that you're this close to me. cheering for the other team. And I can.

hear everything that's being said. I can. hear everything that's being said. whenever I'm down there. It's like, so. you got to act like you're on. The guys. don't though. I'm happy they don't I'm. happy they're able to get into a zone. where they don't even think about people. being two feet away from them while. they're bitching or complaining or. talking [ __ ] because you could. potentially feel guarded cuz like I have. no idea who this person is that has a. camera on me two feet away from me. Uh. but you it's an interesting sport man. I'm I'm very fascinated by the NBA. Obviously making a lot of money. Those. courtside tickets. Yeah, those things.

are pricey. Access cost now, but they. get right up in the action like you say. They right there. Yeah, I was in it. It. was a lot of money we paid, but I mean. we were definitely on the page. Survivor. clip of like I think co late great Kobe. Bryant I think it was Chris Rock Chris. Rock was like probably like this this. just talking Kobe is just locked in. He's I mean he wasn't talking [ __ ] He. was probably trying to say some funny. [ __ ] and just locked in. So yeah, being. that close to action is nuts. And he was. saying a lot. It was like him and David. Spade and David Spade's like pissing his. pants laughing at what Chris Rock is. saying and he's going to not even.

flinch. He didn't even flinch. There it. is. There it is. Did we miss it? No, no, no. It'll zoom. in. Oh, watch. They're going to show. Kobe. Kobe is not even there. Jeez. That's like Matt Barnes right. there. Killer right there. That's Matt. Barnes and Kobe with the thing. All. right, let's talk a little bit of. Lakers, shall we? Go ahead, Debb. Yeah. I don't know if you saw the clip of Luca. being a guest on Mind and Game Pop, but. if you haven't, we got it right here. I. want to get your opinion on it. I think. it'd be unfair for the audience if we.

didn't ask you off the bat what it's. like playing together. How you feel. playing with LeBron? I know you looked. up to him as a kid and now you guys are. teammates. I mean, it's great. You see, I've never played with a guy like this. and, you know, just being traded to here. to LA. I mean, it was different. Uh, but. just to play with guys like him, like. it's unbelievable. Like, I could learn. so many stuff, you know? Uh first of. all, off the court, you know, all the. things he does just to be ready for the. game and obviously on the court,

everybody knows what kind of player he. is. What uh like give me an example of a. couple things you've seen like being. around him every day where you're like, he does that? Like what's he doing over. there? Like is there anything that. stands out initially where you're like, "Wow." Well, first of all, he shows up. like 10 hours before the game. So I mean. that was really the main like I was I. came in to the arena 22 years. Uh he was. already done working out. I was like. what? Yeah. I just got to the arena. He. was already done working out is what. Lucas said. Yeah. That's crazy. So like.

did you have an experience like that? I. guess seeing it from an OG seeing how. they work something that changes cuz. everybody comes to the league with that. elite talent. But what is like the. difference or what type of impact do you. think this will have on Luca going. forward? Uh, I think I think it'll be very. positive, man, to be able to see, you. know, get get a get a look behind the. curtain to see what somebody like. LeBron, who's been doing it for 22. years, who's known for being in the best. shape and and and keeping his body right. and being one of the most best condition. guys ever to play. And that being. something that, you know, that that Luca.

that they have highlighted that Luca. needs to work on, I think it should be. great for him. Um, being able to watch. him and learn from him and see what he's. doing. For me, when I came in, that. person was absolutely, it was Ray Allen. When I came in, I saw, you know, I got. to the gym one day. This is when we were. playing. And you get to the arena and. it's like, who out there already? Like, they out there with the with the with. the, you know, the little slam team, the. people that's doing the the the flips. off the trampolines. He didn't move. They getting the cheerleaders out the. way. He was there that early. And I was. like, I saw that. I was like, damn. You.

know, like Ray Allen like going crazy. with it. He here like before he getting. here before the home team and he was. this was when he was on the road. He was. coming to LA as a as a visitor and I'm. like yo like he already here. So like. then once I saw that like I changed my. routine like all right cool I'mma get. here before everybody. So I could get. all of my shots in. Nobody else is out. there getting work in. You could get. through your routine and get your stuff. down and get your feel in and then you. could go back and chill. You could get. in, you know, hot tub, cold tub, ice,

whatever you want to do. get your mind. right, but you don't got to worry about. out going out there while the other team. is out there. This team, you can do. whatever you need to do if you get there. early enough. So, that's what I took. from that. Is there a chance that Luca. had no idea that you were allowed to do. that? Is that real or no? Like he said. he's never seen that before. Did like is. there a chance that Luca saw it for the. first time and was like, "What?" Cuz I. think Jay Will told a story on here. about playing against the Lakers. It was. the Bulls versus the Lakers. And Kobe. was whatever I forget what time it was. in the morning at the thing. And Jay was. like, "Geez, I had no idea you were. even." So then Jay will try to come.

earlier. Well, Kobe just set him up. Kobe came earlier the next day or. whatever the case is. It feels like you. hear some of these legendary tales from. the basketball world. But is there a. chance that Luca didn't fully understand. that that was like allowed? Like how. does that go about being I don't think. at this point cuz at this point. everybody has their own facility. You. can go into facilities 24 hours, get. shots late at night, do different. things. So I don't think at this point. but I mean I don't I don't know. Maybe. he didn't. But I I could see for real. Jay Will back in the early 2000s. It was. different then. Like Kobe probably had.

keys that nobody else had. Had had you. know what I'm saying? Flexes that that. nobody like back then everybody didn't. have their own facility and it was. different things. Now in this day and. age literally everybody has their own. facility and different things to. facilitate. Literally you can go in the. gym 24 hours a day. Now that's a big. difference from when I first came in the. league in 2008. everybody like literally. we we our our practice facility with the. LA Clippers Pat Southwest Los Angeles. Junior College in South Central.

LA. So you understand me? We did not. even get to take showers after the. practice. We had to put towels on our. chairs on the seats of our car and ride. home for wherever you got to go and get. your shower there. It was like it was. like I'm telling you it was wild. I. don't want to judge too much. I don't. want to judge too much, but I've been in. that area. I don't think you're even. allowed to wear Clippers colors outside. there, right? Oh, no. It's very, you. know, you like listen, you had to know. what was going on. You had to understand. what's going on out there. Like you. pulling out and it's like sometimes we.

be getting out of practice, the school. is getting out and it's like they like. yo oh they on the car like as one like. who is. that? And it's like you can't like it's. like you got to be kind of cool cuz we. come in here every day. You can't be in. here being no you know no [ __ ] and. tripping cuz then it might be a problem. So it's like we were really in the hood. with it. Like that was a different time. literally. Yeah. Now Balmer built up the. in it dome and everything going on. there, you know, in most toilets out of. any arena in uh in the entire NBA. We.

appreciate the hell out of you. Q Rich, you're the man. Yes, sir. Anytime, fellas. Ladies and gentlemen, Quinton. Richardson. Rich showing up South Central LA shoot. around at a high school gym. I guess not. shoot around. I guess it's practice. Yeah. Donna Sterling football. Hey, best. not. I mean, all those people getting out at. once, too. Like, that's a nightmare. Jumping on Aston Martin. The thought of. just an Aston Martin rolling through. your high school. What the Who is I I. did hear Donald Sterling was going to.

all those practices. Oh, yeah. He had a. place right there. Let's pivot away from. the NBA and uh let's go to some magical. stories that are happening in the golf. world. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us. from ESPN, he has the best southern. accent you've heard since McGee. Ladies. and gentlemen, Marty Smith. Marty, never. settle. How you doing? What you say, boys? How y'all doing? I'm uh I hope my. signal holds up. I'm out here in the. country. I uh driving back to Charlotte. from Dirty.

Myrtle. Took my son down there. He's. working uh the Carolina Country Music. Festival this weekend. slinging beers, moving around heavy stuff, doing all the. grunt work. And to be 19 years old with. all them pretty girls for four straight. days, that boy's living right. Yeah. Down at Myrtle Beach, too. I I mean, that is a uh I don't want to say that is. a uh white trash paradise. But I will. say as somebody that would be. potentially considered from a white. trash place, uh heading down Myrtle. Beach is always a great time. I'm.

jealous. I have never had a bad time in. Myrtle Beach ever. I I I don't think. ever. So, good luck to your boy down. there at the concert. Let's talk a. little bit of golf. I see you holding a. golf ball. You might have just got off. the course down there in Myrtle Beach. A. lot of great golf courses down there. US. Open. What was that? Augusta. Oh, you. bought figure out how to do this the. right way. There we go. Oh, wow. That's. a $700 ball right there. That's. unbeliev. Don't lose it. Don't put Can't. hide money, Patty. You can try, but you. can't do it. You live it every day, big. boy. Don't put that ball in the woods,

okay? That somebody will come scoop that. up and act like they're you. Let's talk. about the US Open though. Yesterday, I. believe there was nine qualifiers. I. believe there's 12 in total because. there's one in Eur Asia. There's one in. Europe. Obviously, there's one in. Ontario that was held yesterday. Uh nine. different qualifiers. Obviously, the big. story was coming out of Columbus, Ohio. where Homer, Fowler, Young were all. battling for a sixth place finish to get. into the US Open. That came down to a. missed three-foot putt actually and. those boys are missing the US Open. This.

is a great time of year. And how how do. these guys get into these tournaments? You just got to show up. Is that what. happens, Marty? How do I get in this US. qualifier? That happened yesterday all. around the country. Well, you got to you. got to qualify to qualify to qualify. And US Opens 156 players. Of course, it's at Oakmont uh here next week, a. place I'm sure you're very fond of. Mhm. Um incredibly hard golf course. maybe.

the hardest in the world. Uh depending. on who you ask and you have to be so. precise there. And I'll tell you uh if Scotty Sheffller. fellas is not. the if if he is not such an overwhelming. favorite like we're talking Tiger Woods. at his highest powers type of favorite, then they're not doing it right. He uh. this place it it it demands precision. and right now his precision is just.

historic and remarkable. So yeah, it's. uh it's golf's toughest test every. single year and this year will certainly. be the case. Yeah, I think the rough US. oak at Oakmont US Open Oakmont obviously. in the East Hills of Pittsburgh uh right. there near Plum. Okay, it's in Oakmont. which is a different town but it's right. next to Plum. Majority of the course is. in Plum. Yeah, a lot of plum represent. representation there at Oakmont. They. got rid of Oakmont East. We told the. story a thousand times. That was the. public course that was next to Oakmont.

That was a good time. They had a 18th. fairway that was downhill and straight. long way. You just get trash bags. obviously in the winter. Break into the. course. You're flying down. Oh, it was a. great time. I mean, you're talking about. great time on Oakmont East. They have. since demolished Oakmont East. Made. Oakmont bigger, better, and better. And. that of course is a beautiful one. and. it's going to test everybody. You talk. about Scotty Sheffler being amazing and. obviously we talked about the qualifiers. yesterday. Did you hear about the. dentist here from Indianapolis, Indiana,

Matt Vote actually qualified for the US. Open. He's originally from Senica Valley. which is in western Pennsylvania. Uh he. grew up when he was in college trying to. become a dentist out here in. Indianapolis, Indiana. He caddied at. Oakmont. His father passed away two. months ago. Obviously, the US Open at. Oakmont is on Father's Day weekend and. he's Nick Baraldo's actual dentist here. in Indianapolis, Indiana. You talk about. a magical story there. That's what the. US Open, I think, kind of is though in.

the leadup. It's like, hey, no matter. who you are, if you play great and. qualify, you can maybe change the. trajectory of everything. And this. Dennis might do it. Marty Smith. Well, I. loved seeing his emotion in the in the. aftermath of qualifying for the. tournament. And throughout the entire. post round interview, he was doing. everything he could not to break down. emotionally because it's one of those. moments where you have a dream. You let. the dream slide a little bit and go fix.

people's uh teeth and do root canals and. give them crowns and whatnot. And now. here you are, you're going to be playing. against uh in the same field with the. best players in the world. And that's. the magic of that event. And I just. can't wait to see what he does and how. his story unfolds throughout this ne I. guess it's next week, but just fabulous. Um it's one thing that that makes that. tournament unique and uh if anybody. happens to have a an issue with gum.

recession during the week, he'll be able. to take care of them. Yeah, obviously. And uh hopefully he'll have his little. axe pick thing that everybody hates. seeing coming in their mouth. I mean, nobody really enjoys the dentist. experience. Is there anything worse than. that? I mean, there are there are very. few things in the world Yeah. that are. more that make you more vulnerable than. sitting there like that. Yeah. Just like. that. I was going to do it, but I didn't. want to end up on the internet. You're. on there right now, Marty. Nobody would. do that to you. Nobody would disrespect. you. Nobody would ask Grock to make it.

look like Marty is at a dentist office. right now with his mouth open getting a. drill pounded down in there. And you got. to have good vibes cuz nobody's coming. to you happy. Nobody's going to the. dentist cuz they're happy. Always. miserable in the schooling to become a. dentist. Impossible. They got to do like. actual doctor [ __ ] Oh yeah. And then. they get You're not an actual doctor. Your dentist is like, "Well, I just went. to med school basically for the last. four years to do this entire thing." And. while he was doing med school, he was. still able to keep his golf game at a. level where he's qualified for the US. Open. I don't know how. Me neither. I. mean, I don't I don't know how he was.

able to do that. Like, if if you you. have to if you're a great golfer who's a. Sunday, who's a weekend hacker, who. scratch or a plus or even somebody who. can, you know, be a six handicap, you. got to play all the time. And if you're. somebody that's good enough to do what. he's done, I don't know what his I can't. wait to learn what his schedule was. Yeah. Legit. I mean, that's a real. question uh on how he's able to figure.

it out. And I don't I don't know. personally, but there can become a time. where he's like, I don't want to be. known as the Dennis guy who's gold. I. just want to be judged off my golf. It's. like, well, bud, you spent your entire. life focusing on something other than. golf, and you're still in the US Open. That is worthy of being told. Congrats. to Matt Vote. Now, he's not the only one. that qualified. That's an insane story. As we're running up on a hard out here, go ahead, Ty. Yeah, Marty. What about. the uh 17-year-old kid, Mason Howell, who shot 6363 to qualify. Do you think. we'll see anything special out of him? I. mean, I I can't imagine any 17-year-old.

is going to be able to take on Oakmont. with how long it is and and the rough. and everything, but what do you think. about this story? I think it's amazing. I mean, my son's 19 and can't get out of. bed and tie his shoes in the morning. So, and. now Oh, no. I can't wait to see what that kid does. on the eighth. Have y'all ever heard of. a 300yard par three? Get out of here. Like what? What? What are we doing? That's classic US Open. Uh we're going.

to be down to your world here starting. tomorrow. Tone has a quick question for. you. Yeah, Marty. Quick, any mustgo. spots or must go to spots uh down in. Raleigh when we're down there the next. couple days. Oh, I didn't know you guys. were coming to Raleigh. That's awesome. Are you coming to see us? Um I might be. able to come over. So I see McGee and I. are going to uh Nashville, Tennessee. Oh, yeah. To the CMA Fest. We're going. to interview a bunch of country music. singers on the Southeastern Conference. Network. Hell yeah. And uh so we'll be.

tearing up Nashville while you guys are. in Raleighwood. Nice. Make sure you get you some Q. All. right. Get you some North Carolina. barbecue because and V look, Vinegar Q. is the best Q. Don't let anybody steer. you different. I I respect Texas. I. respect Kansas City. All of y'all are. great, but we make it the best down. here. All right, we will definitely try. that. Here's you at the dentist, by the. way. Shout out to Grock taking care of. your teeth. No open mouth. You're the.

greatest, Marty. You're the man. Guys, I. know we got a heart out. I just passed a. 1987 iRock Z with T-tops and white. letter BFGs on it. Oh, hell yeah. Were. they smoking sigs? When I start making. that Pat McAfee money, that's going to. be in my garage, baby. That's like I. mean you know speaking of the beach that. guy's been to Dirty Myrtle, Daytona. Beach. Ladies and gentlemen, Smith boy. Dirty Myrtle is awesome. The best. I've.

literally never had a bad time there. What a wild place. Everybody understands. what the deal is, too, which is why I. like it. Good luck to Marty's boy. We'll. be back on the other side with more. Be. a friend. Tell a friend something nice. might change their life. There is a crowd of about 30 people. moving through the back end of the. business field here. And in the middle. of it is this black Samoan band who has. become the most famous human on earth. Great guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, the goat Dwayne. the Ros. There's. thousands and thousands of people. skipping class to come see your big ass. Listen, there is thousands and thousands. of you skipping class. It doesn't matter. if they go to class. Hold on. This is. one of the best animated films of all. time. Okay. Can't wait for the live.

action. You're welcome. We talk about. what can I say except you're welcome. And we talk about mana. Honestly, listen. kid, I could go on and on. I can't. explain every natural phenomenon. The. tide, the grass, the ground. Oh, that. was Maui just messing around. I kid, buried it, guts, sprouted the tree, now. you got coconuts. What's the lesson? What does it take away? Don't mess with. Maui when he's on a breakaway. And the. taps are here on my skin. There's a map. of the victories. I win. Look where I've. been and make everything happen. Look at. the me. Just take a tit. That's it.

Unreal. Wow. Still got it. On the Simone side, Polynesian side, we have a word called. mana. Mana is spirit. Mana is power. Mana comes from in here. It's the thing. that gives you goosebumps. It's that. thing you feel. It's that thing when I. walked out and we felt this thing. This. is mana. This is mana. It's very, very, very real. And you. could feel it. Little things like I. don't get driven anywhere. I don't want. to get driven anywhere. I don't like.

chauffeers. Keeps me in my way just a. little grounded. Like I could drive. myself everywhere and not telling some. guy, "Hey, take me here or take me. there." That is something I'm going to. start saying like, "Yuck." Cuz when they. open your door, you feel so bad. I can. open my own door, dude. They're trying. to be courteous. It's their job. But. also, the day I stop opening my own door. is the day I become big old [ __ ] Here. we go. That's a big cup. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry, Mike. Here's the. iconic sound. You guys know it. The special Tammano Toast goes out to.

Passion. Congratulations on your show. Very proud of you. Very proud of all you. boys. And to all of you. Love you guys. Thank you for the. support. Keep kicking ass. Cheers. AJ. In my world, when I sit down and we're. talking about movies and all this other. [ __ ] it's never this. It's never this. This back with the boys and you. So, I appreciate it. And this one's to. you. Thank you, boys. See you, pal.

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Damn it. Tell your friend tell a friend. something nice could change our life. [Applause]. Hello beautiful people and welcome back. to our humble abode the. pacer on this concave eve Tuesday June. 3rd 2025. Hour two starts. now sports. Somebody tweeted me that and. I think it was a good call. Mm-m. The. Pacer Dome can't be the Thunderdome of. Oklahoma City. Oh, that's a great point.

Somebody tweeted me that. I wish I could. give them credit. Somebody sent me a. tweet and said, "Don't you think maybe. Thunderdome not good this week?" And. it's like, you're right. Welcome to the. Pacer Dome, baby. I don't know. The. Pacer Dome kind of stinks. That it does. stink. And we It's more so like, oh, you. think we're new to this Thunder [ __ ]. Nuh-uh. Thunder. Don't. Pacer Pacer.

Welcome to the Pacer Dome, brother. We I mean, Pacer, welcome to the dome there. It is great. to be here. We can't thank you enough. for allowing us to do this for a living. We talk about sports every single day. and we're thankful that we get to do. that. We are the luckiest people on. earth because you decide to watch or. listen wherever the hell you may be. And. we'll continue to do this for as long as. you'll show up. Speaking of showing up, tomorrow we'll be in Kerry, North. Carolina live from TST. And it is going.

to be a glorious few days as we find out. who's the milliondoll team taking on the. soccer tournament. Is it everybody else. or is it Conca SC? Our team's ready. Our. team's rolling. Our team's experienced. Our team is getting paid. Sure. My team. is getting paid and uh our team's ready. to take on this mountain, this beast. that is the TST. And uh I want to let. you know when these boys get rolling and. Jeff Cameron back right corner there. We.

kept him on the graphic just strictly. because of what he's meant to the team. over the last two years, he will not be. playing. What? What? Why? On man. He has. a lower body. I got an upper and a lower. body. Captain America. That's bad. Yeah, we got a couple. We got two lower bodies. upper body between the two of us. So. they got that. That's real bad, man. We. got 18 players ready to go though. 18. players ready to roll. Ready to roll. Mike Foss ready. Ready to roll. JJ Watt. took a shot at Mike Foss the other day. I think it'll put a chip on his shoulder.

about the size of his brain. I don't. think that's what JJ said. JJ was. talking about the size of his head just. as a whole, the four part of it. And. then the brain in there is just so big. He's ready to go. He's in shape. He's. and I've been told by Gerella hasn't. stopped working since last year. Okay. Wow. So like last year he was getting. into shape. Now he's like he's a real. heart soul. He also owes us. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. He tried to tear the. entire team down. But I think he. understood when he looked in the mirror. He was in the middle of training at that.

time. He was all the Bobby. You got to. give him a break. It's in his blood. Yeah. TST is a soccer tournament that. happens in Kerry, North Carolina. It's. seven on seven. It is electrifying. It. is a smaller field. Uh, it is two halves. of 20 minutes each, 40 minutes in total. Running clock. Let's keep this thing. moving. There's no offside and it's. unlimited substitutions. Now, sub cannot. step foot on the field until the person. steps off the field. Red card if you. step on the field before the other. person is fully off the field. Had to.

put that rule in because the first TST. subs were happening real loose. Yeah. You know, there was like eight guys on. the field, nine guys on the field. So. they said you can't come on the field. until the other person is completely off. the field or it results in a red court. What that does is open up some, you. know, you got some real shots. It's an. electrifying style of soccer and it only. ends with a walk-off. It's called target. score time. If the leader has two goals. going into target score time, which is. the end of regulation after 40 minutes. of play, then the target score will be. three. Even if they're up two to. nothing, the other team can come back.

and score three goals and win this. thing. You're never out of it. And the. only way to end the game is by somebody. making magic. For instance, this is. threeon-ree at this point with a goalie. That's our Arena League boys. That's our. TST team player meat feeding Huff me. with a torn hip flexor and Gumpy after. his second yellow card going in and. celebrating alongside the boys, the. arena boys, the outdoor boys as we tried. to chase greatness last year in carry. We'll try to do the same thing this.

year. Key rules, no drop kicks are part. of our goalkeeping. Sure. No, no slide. tackling. make sure they monitor the. slide tackles this year. I I have heard. that uh in our preseason scrimmages uh. pre-ournament scrimmages last night, there was three of them our team played. in uh reports coming to me that we had. three guys did slide tackle members of. the other team. Yeah, let that go out. One of the guys actually potential. two-footed uh slide just set the tone. We're just looking for. consistenc. We won't say who it was. I.

think we all know. Okay. Then there was. also a I believe there was a little bit. of a it was not Gordo. There was a. little bit of a mixup. I do believe I. believe the boys are uh that's why they. call it a friendly. The it was not the. boys are squirly. The boys are ready to. get in there. Bit greasy out there and. and if you don't have a little bit. greasy. I think there was a couple. greasy plays by the boys. But hey, I. don't know what they did to us for us to. answer in response. I was not there. obviously. I was at Monday Night Raw in. Tulsa. Uh, but if you do not have a team.

to pull for in TST, uh, which I assume. is not many. Yeah, I know everybody's a. fan of allegiance. I've already been. pledged. I understand that. It's big. TST. There's a million bucks on the. line. You're going to be able to find us. all on ESPN Plus. You're able to find. these. I believe I'll probably be. commentating most of uh the Conca games. I assume I'll have a microphone near me. Uh, owner, you know, I got to make sure. the boys are doing what they're doing. But if you don't have a team, we would. welcome you to the Conca Club. We would. welcome you to Conca. We're a team. you're going to like. Physical team. Physical. Explosive team. We buy.

jerseys. Is there merchandise available? There is merch. I believe there will be. Conca merch there, which we are very. thankful for the TST folks for hooking. it all up. And Mike Foss being on top of. it all as our general manager of Conca. Our team's explosive. Our team's very. talented. And our team will fight like. that. It is that has been set. Our. culture is we will fight. Maybe even. each other. Bingo. We'll fight each. other. We'll fight the other team. We. are a scrappy group that you're going to. want to get behind. And we have the best. chant in all of.

tsd. That's me blasting one home. Look. for more of that in target score time. And let's uh let's continue this. conversation. The talks tables here at. Boston Conor and that's Schmidt hearing. good things about Stefan Diggs up there. at OTA. Oh yeah, great things. I mean, even off the field, a lot of people. still thought they were great things. It's just some people viewed them a. little differently than others, but. yeah, Stefon Diggs looks fantastic. good. vibes teaching a lot of the younger guys. and you know I think someone said he's 6. months and 25 days removed from his ACL.

tear and he looks extremely fast here he. is with Kahan booty and they're going. around the cones and he's moving yeah. he's catching up to him he's beating him. around those cones so vibes are very. high New England Drake May was also 14. of 16 yesterday okay and stats in these. are going to be tough to keep up with. because who's practicing what who's in. where is this the first time they're. running a play it's hard to just go off. of stats and OTAAS because you have no. idea who's working on what at that time. because there might be some DBs working. on some new [ __ ] So, they might get.

cooked. Now, there also might be. something the quarterback's working on. where he might be missing a little bit. So, it's hard to just judge specifically. off of stats and OTAAS. You got to watch. the film. And the film that I saw, Stefan Diggs, not just out of the. practice, he posted something on. Instagram of him working out. He's he's. out of an ACL right now. And obviously. everything else that has been talked. about very much so. It's unbelievable. how fast, explosive, quick, and his. hands are just so seemingly spectacular. all the time. Yeah. A lot of times it's. always a lot of other [ __ ] around like. wide receiver one specifically. But when.

it comes to the work and the work ethic, like Stefan Diggs is up there tier one. Always has been in his recovery, what. he's been down doing down there with. Sheree from day one uh down in South. Florida recovering. Now, I love seeing. him back with the squad on the team. You. just build that camaraderie. you're in. the meeting rooms. Obviously, you're in. a new place. You're getting used to your. quarterback, the timing, things like. that. And then I'm not sure who he was. on the sideline with. I think it was. Baker maybe number one. And just kind. of, you know, schooling them up, teaching them some things. Saw the same. thing with Puka and Devonte. Like that's.

those are the most valuable things for. this time of year uh for the vets, being. around the young guys, and just dropping. that game on them day in and day out. Yeah, there's Puka and Dvonte. And Puka. will be a sponge. If we know anything. about Puka, Puka is not scared to ask. questions. He's not scared to listen. and he has enough ability to adapt. anything that Devonte is giving him into. his game. That is quite a duo over there. in Los Angeles that I just got reminded. of with Matthew Stafford spinning it. with Shawn McVeyy's big brain and the. run game that they had down the stretch. in the playoffs. Good luck to the Rams. Going back to Stfan Diggs, I think. everybody thinks about him at the Bills.

and then it ended and he goes to. Houston. He obviously gets hurt. When he. was playing with Houston, he was playing. well Houston. Remember CJ Strad was. doing it again and he had Stfan Diggs. and Stefon Diggs gets hurt. When he got. hurt, what was he? I believe he was. seventh in the NFL in catches. Uh I'm. not sure how many touchdowns he had, but. I know he had two week one in. Indianapolis. So people acting as though. he was, you know, bad last year. And I. think that might have been because the. Texans and him agreed to a one-year. deal, so he wasn't playing on big money,

but he was seventh in the NFL in. catches. And CJ Strad was top five in. passing yards. And we saw kind of what. happened in the middle of the season. with the Texans where they kind of fell. off and then completely went to, you. know, Joe Mixon. And granted, Nico. Collins also got hurt. But acting as. though Stefon Diggs is just some schlub. now, uh, is a little ridiculous. And if. he can get one or two, I mean, anytime. you get into a very public relationship, that's going to happen. People are going. to attack you. I mean, that's what it. is. But he's built for it. Stefan Diggs. is built for it. He is very much built.

for it. You're talking about on the. field. Oh, yeah. I'm I'm saying like. when the contract was signed and it was. three years $69 million and everyone was. like what an overpay. And then of course. after the fact it comes out, you know, it's really a one-year deal with 15. million cash and a bunch of incentives. But when that happened, I meant is when. everyone was acting like a look, the guy. likes to be on a boat and have some fun. Who doesn't? I do. Okay. But he just. happens to be Stefan Dick. They said it. was Himalayan seesaw baby. Could be. Look, it's also international waters.

There's no laws out there. Yeah, it. looked like a Were they gambling out. there? He wasn't because he wouldn't he. wouldn't want to jeopardize game. He. just was have a good time. Makes more. sense. Could have been because I think. there was a chef on board Cook. Yeah. Cotti. I mean there whatever the case. him playing football he's unbelievable. That is and you talked about how wide. receiver ones every once in a while. there's going to be a hey you're going. to have to you're going have to deal. with that. What's that? Oh he's dating. one of the biggest stars on earth. It's. like that's either good or that's bad. How do you view it? Well, it's like,

well, in the offseason, whenever there's. a free time, there's probably going to. be stuff that isn't necessarily this is. how a robot should operate as a. professional football player. But then. whenever Cardi B's coming to the games, Yeah, exactly. and cheese craft up. there, John Bon Joy. Bingo, you know, and all of a sudden we got that thing. rolling. It's like I'm happy for Stefon. Digs. And uh I hope he knows how great. he is and I hope we get a chance to. watch it, you know. I hope we keep the. main thing the main thing always because. of how great he can be and everything. else. Go live your life, brother. One. half of the hammer. Cowboys AP Ton is.

here. You look great, brother. Thank. you. Appreciate that. No problem at all. I uh I think your cowboy hat thing needs. to stay. Remember he thought about. stopping. Remember he became baseball. cap everyone. Yeah. He didn't want to. become like a onetrick pony. I think you. look good in a cowboy hat. Thank you. I. appreciate that. Um I did look myself in. the mirror after you said that. I I've. been on a cowboy hat run here. Now we're. traveling this week. It's a real pain in. the ass. Yeah, the Cowboys need to. figure out how to travel with these. things. Yeah, I thought you did. You got. the cool magnet thing. Yeah. Uh that's a.

lot. And then the backpack thing that. got sent to us, it's a that's a lot of. space for not a lot of things. And. because you got to keep the thing inside. of the hat, you can't even fill the bag. with other [ __ ] No, it's literally just. a full bag for one hat. It's a tough. It's a lot. It's a tough maintenance. This is summer. The ventilation up. there. Oh, the straw. The straw. Yeah. That's a Memorial Day to Labor Day. situation, brother. Yeah. It's like. white pants. Yeah. When you put that on, I like it. And then the other one is uh. felt. Yeah. for the for the for the. colder months. Now, that particular uh.

style of brim. Yep. It's called. something. Yep. It is toying to the. right. No, I think it's a JB brim, I. believe. Yeah. There's a bunch of. different styles. You walk in there and. they got them all laid out for you. I. think it's a JB. What haircut you want. on this thing? Do you want any of the. rope around the front there? You can. really get a You can really upsell. They. like Oh, yeah. They're shaping it. Heater, I think, is in the back heating. that thing. Yeah. Yeah. A man who needs. to wear a cowboy hat, maybe. Amen. Yeah. Got a chance to see him at the end of. the day. Thought he did a fantastic job.

Very thankful for him traveling out here. to host this show live from the Pacer. Dome. From the Pacer. Dome. Got a. logo. I I think this is a bad idea. I'm. a Pacer fan. I What? Are we scared? What. are you? What are we? What's this? So, there was a guy named Ravenstall who's. the mayor of Pittsburgh. He changed his. name to Steeler Stall. We of the Ravens. Did they win? See, that's a great idea.

Did they win? That's a great idea. That. was fence time. But yeah. Yeah. And he. was Steeler. I'm Mayor Steeler Stall. this week and the Steelers won. So, when. I read the tweet of the person that. said, "Are you sure about this Thunder. Dome taking on the Oklahoma City. Thunder?" I was like, "You're right. This should be a Pacer Dome like [ __ ]. Ravenstall did." You're right. No, with. that being said, there's no way. Yeah, there's no way%. that'd be the favorite mayor of all time. in that city. Dude, I don't know if.

anybody may is a favorite of Pittsburgh. yet. You got to remember Pittsburgh is. not like the most Yeah, you're doing a. great job company or outfit. They went. crazy when he announced that though. Well, he made a whole declaration. I do. believe I think there was an entire from. this point forward whereas I will be. known as Steelers Stall. I believe that. some people still call him Steelers as. they should. I would have Is he still. the mayor of Steelers? Certainly. Yeah, I think he got out again. Who is the. mayor? That's a great question. I think. it's uh Marco Bully. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, live from Manatic.

in Ohio, college football national. champion, a Super Bowl champion. I hope. I'm happy I pulled that Raven Stall. thing there. That feels pretty good. Did. they win? Oh, yeah. Yes. 2009. They won. They won a Super Bowl. Yeah, exactly. Pacer dome. But did they win Ravens. week? Oh, nice. Yeah, they won the AC. championship to get to the Super Bowl. Steelers stall. I think I think we're actually It was. scared. It was either the uh when the. one where they beat the Cardinals or. lost to the Packers. I can't remember. Whatever the case. Whatever the case, we. still made it. Still beat the Ravens. Steelers stole a double collector.

Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawker, you got your hair out. I see. I saw it. yesterday. Maybe we just throw that. thing all the way out and just do the. full on. Nah, you know, getting Yeah, just trying to get a haircut is is a. tough situation. Keep it the. Thunderdome. Don't worry about it. It's. about us. It's not about them. You know. that. It's never about the other team. You stay you. We'll stay. Did you not hear the. Steelers style story? Yeah. Did you hear. that? That almost that almost pushed me. over the edge and made me think, "All. right, maybe this is a genius idea, but.

uh no, I think Thunderdome is fine. I. can only go off my own experiences." So, when I see the mayor change his name and. it's a success story, I just think to. myself, maybe we should think about. whatever we'll vote on at the end. Maybe. Carile. Something with Carile we could. do. Oh, I'll call it the Carile Dome. right now. Car do. That'd be sweet. I. like that. Yeah. Carport cuz that that's. where the real advantage is in this. series. Rick Carl. Carile versus Dgo. No. Like that's the one. That's not. That's the That's how you say that was.

an elaborate scheme to say Dang. No. You. know it was what? Yeah. You saw your. opportunity and you took it. He seized. it. And that's disgusting. That is not. his name. You guys reacted made me. laugh. I I seriously don't know. Just. real quick though, just for legitimate. purposes, this was a real thing. That is. Mayor Steelers. Okay, that was Look, there's action news right there. KDKA is. on it. We're here for you, KDKA. You. know, that's where, you know, many. greats were, including Sally Wigan. Have. you heard about Sally Wigan? She might.

be WTA actually. Um, Sally Wigan, big. fan of the program. Yeah, I Yeah, we. need to know that. She was at Big Night. Out. She was at Jelly Roll and Post. Malone. She was there. Yeah, that's. awesome. I was trying to figure out what. to say to the Pittsburgh crowd about how. everything great comes from this place. So, I talked about Iron. City, talked about. Permanis, I talked about Joe Nardo, rest. in peace. Obviously, everybody had a. quick moment. Sally Wigan, one of the legend Big Pop, Fedco, Big Pop, Ken Pomp, or I should.

have put Pomp in there. Did you mention. Kennywood? I had a hat Kennywood hat on. Did you see it? Oh, okay. Did you see. the Kennywood hat? And it was on the big. screen. So yeah. So it was it was. speaking for itself. Everybody knew what. the hell I was talking about. Shot Steve. Littleman. Uh Kennywood insider for us. Saw something. What is that? What do you. mean? What's that? He's There's insiders. for amusement parks. Yeah. He's worked. there for so long. He kind of knows the. ins and outs of the place. You know, he. knows what's coming. He knows what's. happening. Steelers spent a day at. Kennywood the other day. I saw that. I.

Of course they did. Trying to get people. in the park. We know that. After seeing. them, some of the Steelers at Jelly Roll. and Post Malone, I'd like to say. Steelers might win a Super Bowl. Hell. yeah. Steelers might win a Herbig. This. guy big fan of the way he operates. Just. kind of how he goes about doing what he. does. Yeah. Keanu as well. Keanu. absolute dog. Uh they are the Guardian. Cap uh generation era. I let them know. that. I let them know that they were the. ones. What did they say? Oh, I'm glad. you let them know that. I said it's your. generation that became the Guardian Cap. generation. And uh there was no response.

there. There was a lot of That's not. true. You heard I heard there was a. response. There was a lot of response. They just pointed out that some teams. use them more and the Steelers happen to. be one of those teams. No, the Steelers. happen to be a team that doesn't use it. a lot. No, no, I believe I believe they. said one team used them more than any. other team. Yeah. They said they did the. research and the Colts had the most out. of anybody. That's cuz we got the. smartest team. That's not real. Yeah, it. was. You mean like most guys wearing. them in game play? Is that what they. mean? Yeah. Practice and game play. Whatever the case, it's 33%.

Exactly. You did the math, you start. adding up to that's 66%. That's 200%. That's. 133.33% that you kind of get. 66% you. don't get. And then you double that. Obviously, you're up to 132ish. And then. all of a sudden, holy [ __ ] now you know. you're playing football. Bingo. You can. run your head into anything now. Now. it's just you're basically using your. shoulder. Your head's not even existing. in the entire Why are we not wearing. guardian caps and cars? I am. Oh, I think that's just joining us now.

Ladies and. gentlemen, do that. Yeah, senior in just. Grock can do anything. I learned and. I'll tell you what, people got real. creative. Real creative on it. They got. real creative out there. I don't Now I'm. seeing Grock ask for permission to do. things like somebody asked to put, you. know, Michael Cole flexing last night. and in a tank top. Somebody asked to put. some terrible things on a picture of. Michael Cole. Like what? Ah, Hitler. mustache. Yeah. And Gro goes, I'm not. gonna do that. And then I think the guy.

says, "Come on." And then Grock goes, "I. can do another mustache." And it's like, "I can't do that." Also, Grock has some. There are boundaries. I respect that. It'll put me. Could you work around it. though? Could you work around it? Say, "Hey, put give me the mustache that. Michael Jordan had in his Hannes. commercial back in the day.". Could that could that get around the. parameters? Well, Michael, maybe I don't. know. Why don't you try? Why don't you. get in there and try? Why don't you give. yourself one of those? Let me kick the. tires on Grock a little bit. Give yourself one of those. Shout out to.

Michael Cole, by the way. Jacked good. Good, man. Absolutely. jacked. I saw the internet did its thing. with him. My favorite one that somebody. sent me. I don't know who made this. I. apologize for not giving credit. Grandma, show me those big muscles. And. obviously, yeah, that was incredible. It. was absolutely incredible stuff. Shout. out to Michael Cole doing that, especially in Oklahoma. Yeah. You know, and I heard there were some people that. may be pretty against this happening. Who? Yeah, just some people potentially. against it happening. I'm very thankful. for Triple H going, "Oh, no, no, no. You.

are definitely wearing a tank top out. there." And Michael Cole's been running. four or five miles a day for seemingly. the last couple years working out. Now, he does have a little bit of a gut. He's. an older gentleman who drinks a lot of. beer. Yeah. Okay. So, that's going to. stick around, but you could tell that. he's really working on it. He's jacked. up. Yes. And uh the Oklahoma City people. reacted in such a beautiful fashion. They were pumped for him and then they. were booing him. It was uh it was a. magical moment. He does look jacked. though. He does. He should have stood up. to Gunther's damn self. I agree now that. I'm thinking about it. Just built like.

that. Jeez, Michael swole. Well, think. about how good Gunther is. He just. ragdalled Michael Cole. Just picked him. up, scooped him up, put him in a choke. cold, started the entire thing. Uh shout. out to Michael Cole. And shout out to TJ. McConnell. That's game worn jersey. Has. seen this? A little tight. I think TJ. has seen it. Yeah, I from what I've. heard, there's been a positive reaction. with TJ McConnell. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a senior. insider for the NFL. We have a Kennywood. insider. Now joining us, senior NFL. insider for NFL Network. Ladies and. gentlemen, the host of the weekly.

wrap-up with rap sheet and friends. Us. being a friends, he'd be in rap sheet. Ladies and gentlemen, he in wrap-up. Okay. So, hi guys. Uh, I have some. questions. Actually, two questions. One, and I don't mean this in any sort of. shot at Michael Cole. No, I I really. don't. I'm just curiosity. He shaved his. armpits for that pose or is that a. normal course of action? Oh, I don't. know. I didn't even notice. Let's zoom. in there. Look at the armpits. He's. like, "You know what? I'm going to pose. down. Get me the bick." Or, you know,

whatever your razor of choice is. Maybe. people don't use bicks anymore. Give me. the Gillette. Like, people are going to. see the armpit hair. Can't have that. happen. Shave right away and then let's. go. Is that what happened? Interesting. He might be a guy that doesn't have. armpit hair though either. Like a lot of. I don't have a lot of armpit hair. I. don't either. And he has no chest hair. Yeah, I don't have a lot of armpit hair, but I got like I got back hair and chest. hair. So, I got like a lot of chest. hairless guy. I got back hair. I don't. have like prominent armpit hair. It's. not like a a thick armpit hair. So,

maybe he just has like a lighter armpit. naked co. I call shenanigans. No way. You're saying he shaved his pits? Well, that 100 bodybuilders do. Yeah. Isn't. that like a WWE super thing? Definitely. Or shave body. He could have he could. have waxed or lasered. Also optional. So. WWE and bodybuilders very normal to. shave whole body. Correct. Have tans, a. little bit of lotion on glisten a little. bit. He didn't do any tanning or. glistening. I see. So I don't think he.

was preparing too much, but he certainly. has been working the upper body. No. doubt about it. Okay, let's move along. What does your shirt say, guys? Does it. say boob? Oh. Uh, put it in the books. Met shirt. Let's go Mets. Big Mets win. Big Mets. win uh last night. I was sleeping, but. uh won against the Dodgers and extras. I. saw online people are saying it was a a. battle of two super teams. And to that I. would say yes, it was. Okay. Michael. Cole, massive massive Mets fan as well. I think you guys are what, the second.

best team in the league. Uh I mean I don't know what the. standings say. So you don't know. I. would say the best. Tigers are the. first. Yeah. So I think they're second. best then. Other league. The Tigers. They're good. That's your third best. team in the NL. Okay. Third best team in. the NL record wise. Cole follows every. pitch, every at bat. Love it. Unbelievable. This guy stinks every two. seconds. Just outbursts from him. following during this during the. broadcast. He's got like the mini uh. Yeah. during the broadcast if it's a big. game. He is certainly checking down and.

being dramatic about it, too. Like a. head into That's awesome. Yeah. Just in. the middle of like You got to understand. the psyche. Like we've been through, me. and Cole and the rest of us tortured. Matt Met fans. We've been through a lot. and now it's getting good and so like. this is the time to get emotional and. really feel it now in September. We'll. probably be feeling it some more. It's. those playoff games are a lot very. stressful. Um but I look forward to it. Well, I appreciate the fact that you. just say you're a Mets fan because you.

get free seats for you and the family. from the Mets. So you have to kind of do. the gimmick. I appreciate that. Uh, I I. if they want to give me seats, I will. for sure take them. How about an opening. pitch? How about an opening pitch? You. do an opening. I did that already. How'd. it go? Crushed it. It was during co. It. was actually ridiculous. It was during. co Fouchy and uh I had to wear a mask. and my wife down the middle. Uh I did. It's on the internet. My wife had to be. my catcher cuz at the time the rules. were no like there could be no.

crosscontamination. So she's got some. game. She was so nervous that I would. like bounce one at her shins and then. she would be Look at that. Yep. Go back. Go back. I was so nervous. Oh. my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. You. couldn't get right on the rubber. So. like you can get in front. You get Who. said Yeah, I'm good on the grass. A look. at the wraps. Big hug. Success story. That's a pretty good throw, right? I'm. not expecting. So nervous. Guy's got a. little good little arm, ain't he? He.

does have pretty good. He's got a pretty. good little arm. Wow. Tony, he's got. pretty good little arm. Rub my catcher's. mitt cuz you know ridiculous. If you had. to do it again, would you have worn the. mask or would you have gone up to the. the rubber? What are they going to do? Two gumps. They're not going to tackle. you. What if they got mad at you, you would. have been like, took the mask off. I do. I do not Oh, yeah. I do not need that. No, the problem with going up to the. rubber is it naturally makes the ball. sink like just a little. So instead of.

here, it's like at the shins. And the. last thing I need to do is have a pitch. that is not catchable for my wife. That. would have been very, very bad for me. I. think they need to get you back out. there in front of the whole crew. Without a doubt. Yeah. And you need to. get up on that rubber. You need to show. those pearly whites and you need to. throw gas. You need to try to make. register. Heart was like, I don't get. nervous about anything. And I was like. out of breath. I'm like, this is how. people feel. You just drink your way. through life. You're not going to get. nervous. So, I had a couple before.

Yeah, of course. Of course. All right, let's talk a little bit about the NFL, shall we? The Carolina Panthers released. some draft footage that was spectacular. And I think there's there's a lot of. pieces for us to chat about, but if you. haven't seen, this has come from the. Carolina Panthers from draft night, more. specifically pick number eight. Some. trade discussions going on at the time, but I was kind of hoping that the trade. would fall through uh because I I really. wanted to take DM back. O lineer tight. end at seven. There. goes let's just hold off and see if the. ramps fall. Yeah.

I'm wired and you guys can see it on the. blueprint video. Like I want to trade. up. I want to trade back. Like I want to. like I just want action. When Mason got. picked, I knew we were going to have an. opportunity to trade our pick. We had we. had action. It's kind of big for us. No. pressure though. I'm fine. So, the Rams wanted to come up and when. you're coming up from that far, you're. moving that far back, the the. compensation becomes a lot trickier. Yeah. You know what you want to do? I. do.

Oh, hang on. What's up, man? Sitting here. What do. you got? before we went on the clock, before the draft even started on. Thursday. Like, we we had it figured out. like, okay, it's going to take this for. us to move back to to 26. So, it's hang. on. It's hang 8. We're on the clock and. and the Rams are asking, "Hey, do you. guys want to do this trade?" All right, let me let me let me. We had a little bit of trade stuff going. on that we were kind of working through.

You know, they would have had to give us. the moon for us to to trade out of that. spot. It's still not the same deal we. talked about. So for me it was no. different than free agency or even doing. an extension. Like I'm just following a. script and a plan. How does that compare with this room? Yeah. Would you would you do this right. now? Yeah. The one we offer. Yeah. Would. you do this? Yeah. Okay. Either they do. it or Yeah. We're just going to call it. Okay. We will do the thing that Dan had. proposed. Okay. Perfect.

All right. They're talking. Like I can. feel my heart pounding. Eric leaned over. to me and he was like, "This is like a. multi-million dollar decision for us.". I'm like, "Okay, great. Thank you.". There's 2 minutes left. You know, I. remember looking up at the clock when he. didn't get picked at 7 and he was there. Like, it was like boom. We already knew what we were going to. do. It was just question of what's it. going to happen. Hey. Okay. All right. Bye. They're out. All right. T-Mac, let's go. Second, we. like T-Mac. What I saw out of that video.

is a lot of things. Brandt Tillis, uh, I. believe is his name, the executive VP of. Football Ops, has a lot of say and is. very chatty. Okay. Morgan, the general. manager there, is actually consulting. with him throughout the entirety of it. I think what they were waiting on was a. full hall. Like, hey, if they're going. to offer us something that we can't. refuse, we'll do this. But instead, let's get T-Mac. You saw Canalis, the. head coach, offensive guru on the far. side of the table like, yes, let's go. get T-Mac. What I noticed though was.

there was one point they looked at Ter. Ter didn't say [ __ ] All anybody has. said about Ter is that he's hands on. Hands on. Hands on. Too handsy. Too. handsy. He's too involved. Too involved. He's not letting the football people do. their thing. We just watched in the. biggest moment for their franchise. First round pick, top 10 pick. He just. sat there and let everybody do their. jobs. I think if you're a Panthers fan, you love everything you saw there. Do. you agree, Rap? And what were they. looking to trade for there? Uh, okay. First of all, I do agree. I noticed. that, too. like Ter was right there. You. could tell obviously like in tune with.

it, but let them do their thing. Uh Dan. Morgan and Brent Tillis have a really. good relationship and you could really. see them kind of feeding off each other. like Tillis with the numbers knowing. kind of the value on the phone with the. trades. Morgan being like, "All right, if we're going to do this deal," and you. know, I really felt like they wanted to. pick. There was all this stuff. beforehand about like Panthers are open. to trading, open to trading. Obviously. they were, but like T-Mac was a guy who. you could tell like they wanted to pick. They would have had to be blown away.

They didn't get their deal very quickly. T-Mac, I thought that was a cool moment. Uh the Rams were the other team. Uh they. were on the phone with them and there. had been, you know, some rumors about. the Rams potentially coming up. Obviously, those were real. Uh, I. believe T-Mac would have been either the. choice or very much in consideration, you know, which is so interesting. because I think the pregap process at. least like the rumor mill wasn't really. kind to. and T-Mac, right? I mean, but that's how think.

about how highly the Rams had to. consider him to be willing to trade all. the way up. like that means they think. he is a true number one elite guy and. for the Panthers to turn down what they. no doubt had to turn down from the Rams, you know that they think that too. And I. think to me that kind of puts it in a. little bit of a different light as far. as like how highly thought of a prospect. he was. I I love that clip. Yeah, I do. too. I appreciate all the teams giving.

us access. You know, this is like uh why. Hard Knocks kind of lost its luster. because all the team social and digital. content teams are giving us access to. [ __ ] that we've never seen before. Watching the four power players of the. Carolina Panthers make the decision in. real time on what they're doing. Obviously watching it back, but you did. it. That was beautiful. And if you're. temper, hey, that was awesome to watch. Great trick. Like that's a lot of trust. That's like a lot of trust. If and and I. think that's where like you know people. talk about owners meddling which I hate.

that term because they are the owners. like they should do whatever they want. really agreed that's what I was about to. say if I'm ter sitting there and uh. we're doing that whole song and dance. and I'm like can how do you feel he's. like I love T-Mac Morgan you can tell. wanted T-Mac he's a general manager of. the team and then we're waiting for. Brandt Tillis okay who uh important I. agree very very important but watching. them all just kind of let them do their. thing and and then like process it and. get to the end. It's like that seems. like a very sound operation. That feels.

like what the Carolina Panthers were. considered two years ago, year and a. half ago. Complete opposite from just. that clip and uh feels like it's going. to work out. Good for them. Go ahead, AJ. Yeah, Ian. Uh Frank Ragnau announced. his retirement after seven seasons from. the Detroit Lions. Um did you know this. was coming? Did the Lions know it was. coming? I assume they had an idea and. like how do you uh you know was it one. injury that put him over the top that he. was unable to come back for? We listed. all the different things this guy's. played through. Yeah. I mean first of.

all well let me get to your your. question first. Uh the Lions knew was. coming that you know he's been absent. from OTAAS and I think there was some. like does he want a new contract? Like. the Lions knew he was weighing should he. play? Uh my understanding yesterday was. he was truly broken up about it. Like. this is a warrior. Like I remember two. years ago or maybe last year, I think it. was two years ago, I got word that he. had uh had a suffered a serious injury. I believe it was a rotator cuff, something that obviously is a guy's out.

for the season. So, you know, I kind of. get ready. I make some calls and I talk. to somebody close to him and I'm, you. know, talking to Lion sources and. they're like, "Hey, hang on. Like, don't. report that." I'm like, "Okay, but like. obviously, you know, it's serious." And. they're like, "It's Frank Rag now. Like, he wants to come back and play." And. like for any other player, not any other. player, but a lot of other players, I'd. be like, "Okay." And like he came back. and played in four weeks. And I mean, that's what he was like. I mean, this. guy was like the heartbeat of one of the. NFL's best offensive lines. Um, so they.

knew. Uh, I think he knew. He's been. through so much. He's played through so. much. It seems like his body was just. like, "It's time." Um, but this was, as. people might say, a dog. Yeah, absolutely. Congrats, Frank. Hell of a. career. When people think of your name, they think of a guy who's tough and. played the game right. And uh you're. obviously there for the transition from. the old Lions to the brand new Lions. So. it just kind of epitomizes everything. the city's about, I think. Foxy. Yeah, 100%. The epitome of a Detroit football. player. Tough, gritty, always showed up,

played for his teammates. The fans loved. him. Everything you wanted in a football. player, Frank Ragnau was that. We. appreciate him so much. Definitely going. to miss him this year. That's going to. be tough. Yeah. And also old Lions would. have asked him for 10 million bucks. back. Yes, true. Uh, brand new Lion say, "Hey, we'll celebrate you." Probably if. I had to guess if I if I She'd afford. Hamp is doing things a little bit. Put. him in the ring of honor immediately. He. deserves it. Yeah. Have him. Kid Rock, Eminem. Yep. Oh, Tim Robinson, Posner. Put him up. He. didn't go through those shitty days to.

retire unless it was something super. serious. So, I'm bummed for him, but. very happy for his career. And I hope. he's doing good in retirement. I think. he's even going to say like poser, bury. me in Detroit, didn't he? 100% he'll say. that and he loves fishing, so he's going. to be listening to a lot of. He'll be just fine. I mean, his whole Instagram is like. hunting and fishing. Like I'm I mean I I. went to check cuz I had heard that he. was going to post a statement. You want.

to try to be respectful and hope guys. kind of do it the right way? No, no, I'm. serious. So like, you know, you wait. till he hits. Um yeah, I wait until the. sentence out there. Finally. Jesus. I've. been sitting on this for two days, Frank. Golly. For two weeks or four. weeks or whatever, it doesn't matter. Oh, you're so kind, Rap. Isn't he so. kind? Doubt. Hey, now to I thought so, too. To your point, though, of what you. just said about how good of a human you. are. Uh, rap definitely knew about my. retirement. Rap was Rap was a part of my.

retirement press conference that was. pre-recorded. Uh, you know, and then. four hours later, Rap didn't think I was. worth it. So, he just said, "Yeah, sure. Nobody will say anything about this.". and then he just moves along. And I I. respect that out of you. I wonder I. wonder how many I wonder how many uh. clicks how many retweets on it got. Have. I Have you ever looked on my Cuz I had. the initial tweet that you retired when. it finally aired. Yeah, I'd say probably. 15 to 20 of them. Who knows? I mean, that was a long time ago. That was a. long time. I didn't even have a picture. I'll have to look. There wasn't [ __ ].

going on that Super Bowl week, though. I. do remember that. My retirement became. like a uh a thing. It happening on. Comedy Central was also quite a moment. Yeah, you know, hey, guy retires from. football on Comedy Central with Barto. Stool up there. I think a lot of people. thought it was a joke, you know, like. why would this idiot pawn retire? I was. like, you know. what? I think it's time. And boy, there. was a couple times I thought it was a. stupid decision. I will say, you know, as we're this entire thing, oh yeah, there's been numerous moments that. popped up early there that I was like, what am I doing? Why am I doing this?

This is so so much work. Everything is. so much work. But then obviously in the. end can't be the guy that retired early, made a big stink out of it and then. failed, you know. So that can't happen. So had to get a good group of people. around me and we had to continue to put. the nose to the grindstone just like we. know Frank Ragna will in whatever he. chooses to do. Is he going to be one of. these Iron Man offensive lineman guys. that goes down to like 185? Yeah, I. actually saw a comment on his Instagram. One of the boys on the team said, "Hey, I can't wait to see you nice and skinny. in the offseason." So that'll be. awesome. Then Rapshi, one more thing on.

that note. Uh have you known about this. long enough? They definitely drafted the. guard out of Georgia for this reason. knowing they had to replace him. I don't know. I've known about it for a. couple weeks. I don't know that they. specifically knew about it that long, but that makes sense to me. Like Oh, you. knew, but the Lions didn't. Sure. No, no, no. I I don't I don't What I mean is. I don't know that they knew. Draft was. like two months ago or I don't know. whenever it was one month ago, a month. and a half ago, whatever it was. I don't. know that it was I couldn't even guess.

seems like a million years ago. On. Thursday, it'll be 5 weeks, I believe. All right. So, I don't know that they. knew for 5 weeks, but like he played. through so much they had to know that it. wasn't going to be forever. So, like I. don't know if they specifically draft. him to replace him, but they knew that a. replacement was necessary at some point. Perfect. Let's head down to Duva. Yeah. Jacksonville, I want to ask you a couple. questions about some players down there. Uh, first of all, Travis ETN, the. running back, had a dynamic first couple. years, but kind of fell off a little.

bit. Is he available for trades to other. teams? And then the Travis Hunter. update. What have you been hearing about. him uh down in OTAAS? Uh, all right. So, ETN, uh, you know, he he was available. and sort of subject to trade rumors last. year, last regime. It doesn't feel the. same to me. And I feel like this new. regime is more like like let's get him. in here. let's see if he can be the. productive back that he has been and. hopefully like and they have some they. have some good backs there. They have. some guys who have have really flashed.

but it feels to me like more so than. like let's see if we can get into trade. It's more like let's see if we can make. use of this really really good talent. Now you know you get to the trade. deadline next year in October and it's. not happening like maybe then. But I. don't get the sense they really are. going into training camp wanting to. trade him. Uh, as far as Travis Hunter, I mean, seems like it's been really. good. I mean, you know, it just it seems. like it's been really good. He sort of. alternated a little bit between offense.

and defense. Trying not to overload him, try not to get him to do too much, but. like a lot of juice, a lot of energy, kind of. infectious. You know, you can sort of. see this guy being, you know, I was. going to say defensive face, but I don't. even know if it's on defense, just one. of the faces of the franchise very, very. quickly. just like a magnetic. personality and as a player uh I don't. exactly get the sense that Jags like. well well we overestimated like I think. it's going to be really good. Yeah. Stoner said this is a statement about.

the opportunity that we have here down. in Jacksonville the day after drafting. Travis Hunter. One of the greatest. promos I've ever heard from a football. general manager on why they did the move. that they made. But you're talking about. if you can bring juice to that city, they're going to be through a lot. They. got a whole new stadium. They got I mean. there's a lot coming down the pipe in. Jacksonville. Feels like Liam Cohen, Stoner, Travis Hunter, and Trevor. Lawrence hopefully are in it for the. long haul. Good luck to everybody down. there in Jacksonville. And ETN being. available. Hold the phone. Yeah, hold. the phone. Is that possible? Maybe not. The rap sheet kind of made it sound.

like, "Hey, we'll see what we got.". Yeah. Rap gave the classic. Don't buy into this [ __ ] Yeah, I. believe trying to drive interest. I. believe we trying to run up clicks. This. guy's just trying. I do like my clicks. He did that last He. did that last week, too. Hey, you asked. about the clicks on the tweet that you. put out about my retirement. I think it. had uh Oh, yeah. How'd I do? 5.1,000 retweets. That was before. Yeah, it was before retweets. Feels pretty. big. Feels only two only two bookmarks. I don't know if that bookmark was around.

back then. It was not. Who Who. bookmarked it just to keep it? Was that. you? Uh, no. I did not. I I to be clear, I didn't know that you put this tweet. out until you reminded me of it right. here. I thought Look at the time. It's. about likes, too. 12:25 a.m. Yeah, it. was late night, brother. We were having. a good time down there in Houston. I. mean, I couldn't get into the. restaurant. I couldn't get into the. restaurant to do the thing. I didn't. have the proper band. I was outside in. line to get in before the announcement. was about to make like 10 minutes before. it. Couldn't get in. Had to call.

somebody that come get me in. I was. like, "Thank you, Jesus Christ." And. then I'm sitting on stage 10 minutes. later. And then a couple minutes after. that, I'm standing next to PFT as we're. signing now. And maybe it was the next. day. PFT goes, "Uh, hit me in the balls. as hard as you can." And I'm like, uh, what? Bang. I mean, it was a full on. It was a. great You did it. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Right as the show ended, cut to black, right? Yeah. It was as soon as it did. there, I'm like, PFT, this dude is a.

genius. Absolute. I love this man. That. That old bar stool run, I learned so. much about so much. And he started with. an Ian Raport tweet. Wow. That's what. I'm learning. Wow. What an honor. History. What an honor for all of this. Okay, let's move to some other moves. that are potentially happening right. now. Tone has a question for you about. his beloved Steelers. Yeah, Rap. A. couple things about the Steelers. Uh, in. in a shocking shocking turn of events, I. saw a report today that um Steelers are. not considering trading for John Smith. Now, that was a that was a shocking uh. turn of events there to see that. Never.

could have called that one. Um, and then. uh there was a report also that uh Gabe. Davis is visiting the Steelers. Um, that. one actually does make some sense. what. what's the situations there? Yeah, so. the Steelers have been over the last. couple weeks, you know, it's it's hard. to find players now. Like honestly, like. a lot of the really good ones are gone. The ones who aren't are older guys who. are kind of taking their time and not in. a hurry or just out there for a reason. Um Gabe Davis is a little different. Was. cut late. So, like a good player who is. available um and really cheap, like.

unbelievably cheap because he's do so. much guaranteed money in Jacksonville. that it's complicated, but basically. like no team could give him enough money. to make him make sense. So, he's going. to play for the minimum. Russ Wilson. like wherever Yes, exactly. Um wherever. he goes, he's going to play for the. minimum. That's an amazing deal. The. Steelers have been looking for not a. tight end per se, but another target. like John Smith, like I would imagine. Kyle Pittz, Gabe Davis makes sense. Like.

they've been looking for someone else. Um, and he has really really taken his. time, but this this would make a ton of. sense. And like the feel I get from the. Steelers is like kind of loading up, you. know, like doing like all the resources, all the spots, everything you can. Obviously, there could be a quarterback. there. at some point hopefully soon. Um. maybe before the end of the summer um. but that's what it feels like kind of. loading up to give to make one more run. at it. On that note, Ty has a question.

for you. Yeah, Rap sheet. Uh any any. update on the Aaron Rodgers situation? I. mean, everyone just assumes he's going. to pick What are the Steelers saying to. you? Yeah, because as each day passes, it kind of seems like like there's a. chance he's not going to go there. And. then if that were to happen, like would. they look at Kirk Cousins or like what. what where are we at right now with. Rogers and the Steelers? Uh we're sort of unfortunately where we. were, which is them giving him he's. dealing with his personal stuff, them. giving him his time, them hoping and.

believing that he is going to join them. and be their quarterback, but not 100%. knowing. Um, and I think it's, you know, it's crazy, but like there's been. nothing to kind of push that now this. time next week or, yeah, this time next. week when the Steelers are mandatory. mini camp, uh, maybe it changes. That. might be interesting. And that would be. a time when it would make sense for him. to go in, sign if he's going to sign, get his playbook, go home for the. summer, everything's good. Yeah. Uh, I.

mean, and look, so that's my thought and. that makes the most sense, but it is. Aaron Rogers, so I would literally rule. nothing out. Okay. Well, whenever you. find something out, let us know. Okay. That'd be nice if we get a little piece. of information from your side cuz we're. not hearing anything from AJ's side. either, so we don't get a chance to. really Well, he's Hold on. He He's. hearing. We're just not He's not sharing. with the class. It's circle time and. AJ's not sharing. Oh, agreed. That's. kind of what he does in this situation. But I would assume that AJ would say, "Oh no, everybody really knows what's.

going on with that whole deal." Yeah. Is. that true? Ian, when you said he could. sign by next week because they have. mandatory mini camp. Is that just your. personal opinion or are you hearing. something from Steelers brass that maybe. followup question? Uh I'm not hearing. anything from the Steelers. So this is. your personal hope is what AJ just said. Is this you just making up another. deadline? What's going on? Let's just be. clear. This is my Well, I've been. playing a lot of golf anyway, but this. is my personal hope. So, just so we're. clear, like I would love I'll tell you. the best case scenario for me. First of.

all, I break it. That would be really. good. Second of all, I am in my studio. ready to go on TV and talk about it. because that would be really good if I'm. like somewhere not available or like. phone service is bad like that. Yeah. I. mean, that's, you know, I'll be paying. very close attention whatever happens. because you got to make sure you're. ready for TV because that's a pretty big. pretty big thing. Yeah. Now that you're. now that you said that to this thing, they're he's going to follow along with. your life. Just pretape it. Oh, he's at.

the he's at the Harry Potter awards. museum or something like you at the Pez. dispenser factory or something. Pez. museum is great. They did a great job. I. actually got to reload. We got We left. with buckets of PEZ, but we've since, you know, eaten all the PEZ, so we need. more PEZ. Really? Who's doing that? Cuz. don't you send your kids out of the. house for 6 months or whatever. So it's. you and they eat they eat beforehand. They crush candy. All they do is eat. candy. It's terrible. Okay. Jesus. Send. them to the woods. Eat candy. Same. It's. Kids are going to be No goddamn rules in. that house. Yeah. A rapboard. Come on.

No. No rules. No. I'll give you They saw. you not go up the bump and they said, "I'm going to listen to this guy.". That's what they said. This guy's. throwing from the grass in front of the. mound. That's what they said. I saw Max. and Jude said, "How can I take you. serious, Dad? You threw for the grass. with the mask on." That's what they. said. They were so No, I don't think. they cared. Actually, I mean, this is. like they were just like, "All right, good job." That was it. What are the end. of We love you, Rap. Uh, there's some. more contract conversations happening. Yeah, Ravi, what's going on with all the. rookies? I believe basically everyone is.

signed with a few guys still not uh. signed yet, but the big one being Shamar. Stewart seeming to have no uh end in. sight with the Bengals. Is that still. the case? And is Trey Hendrickson um. looking at this like I mean you're going. to you're not going to pay me. Why don't. we just cut this guy and give me all the. money? Um, first of all, there are I think all. the I think all the top 10 most of the. top 10 guys have signed except for. Patriots and Jags. Uh, Travis Hunter is.

going to be that'll be interesting. That. might that might take a bit. We'll see. It's just there's some It's complicated. Um, yeah, I mean like I there's I would. be surprised if there's a hold out. There's almost never hold outs. Um, but. that just might take a minute. Um, as. far as the schmar to it, yeah, I mean, it's my understanding it's a language. issue. Um, and the fact that he's not. practicing is kind of the thing that. gets me. Um, and it sounds like there's.

a language issue as far as what he might. sign in the waiver cuz like not the. contract, but just the waiver to make. sure he's covered if something happens. while he's practicing without a. contract. It's weird. I have to say. almost never have you seen this. Um, it's just, you know, it's annoying because like it should be. all buttoned up, but instead here we are. talking about it in June. He's still not. practicing. And I don't know if that's. beneficial for anybody involved. Yeah. But, you know, there's some business. angle that is smarter than everybody. else in the history of the NFL, you.

know. Sure. Somebody's got it figured. out, you know. Somebody's got the game. figured out. And with Cincinnati. Bengals, you know, the business. conversation whenever you try to take. angles, they don't love that. No, not at. all. They don't What's going on with. Trey? Is that still a Is that even still. a thing over there? what's going on or. what about TJ Quiet. Why? Why is that. even a conversation going on? Uh yeah, that is a conversation going. on. Um I know that the the Mark Kaboli. reported some things of the Pat Mc show. and WWE contributor Mark Kaboli. He said.

that Steelers made an offer to TJ Watt. there is currently they're in the middle. of negotiations basically. That's true. Yeah. Uh I think that they uh I think they. would like to get it done. It doesn't. sound like they're particularly close or. imminent. And like the Steelers because. of the way they do things, a lot of. teams have deadlines at like the start. of training camp as sort of like impetus. for a deal because the Steelers cut off. negotiations right when the season. starts. Like deals do not happen during.

the season for the Steelers. Sometimes. it can mean like right up against the. start of the season is when deals get. done. We've seen a couple like Saturday. before the season deals for the. Steelers. I don't know that this is. going there, but I just know it doesn't. feel like there is anything like. imminent or urgent. I just know he's. really good. He deserves more money. That market has gone crazy and he should. get his share of it. It's just sort of. unclear right now how much of that share. of it he's going to get. And obviously. Micah still out there as well. I know.

Brian Shottenheimr was saying today. expects Micah to show up for mandatory. mini camp. I would expect that too. Players don't give up guaranteed money. anymore. Um, but that's I, you know, those are. two outstanding contract issues. All. right. Well, we'll follow along on. rapsheet on X and I believe you're also. on Instagram and we found the the the. angle of your throw. It was cute. You. and your wife were just having a catch. basically at uh, look at that. I mean, that's a strike. That's a That is a.

strike basically. Yeah. Lefty swings at. that maybe, you know. Yeah. No, we're. not doing that. That's not a strike. Yeah. lefties at that I think cuz it was. a sinker. You see it? Go back. Oh no, not even on the mound. Yeah, same thing. Can you go back to that pitch there? That thing was quite That thing went. from 12 to six. Can you go back to the. Can we get the uh circle change? Look. how big my jersey is. I've since. upgraded with a better jersey. Watch. this thing go. Look at that break off. right there. That thing at the end. Was. it knuckle ball that was good? It was a.

It was more of a change piece kind of. outside corner for let a lefty swing. over it. Change piece. First base mint. on. You're the best. No. Catcher. Catcher's me. Catcher. That's worse. Pop. time. Pop time. Pop time. Pop time. You're the best. Ladies and gentlemen, Ian Rap board. He's the greatest. I just got a text. from somebody and said, "How do you guys. do this without football? This is every. day.". Yes, it is. When uh Yes, it is. Let me. tell you how we do it. Help a prayer.

When Rap was speaking about the Rogers. thing, I almost had to take my ears out. Me, too. Yeah. I was about done with. talking about it. Holy same answer. There was no new answer in there for 3. months. Three and AJ AJ trying to just. figure out what what are the Steelers. leaking out. So I know what I'm allowed. to kind of talk about in this entire. thing. It's interesting. It's. fascinating. You know, I I did see Mr. Rooney. I did see Omar Khan yesterday. Did not feel like it was the right time. to get, you know, all the answers. Sure. Would have been cool if they would have.

gave them to me, though. Wouldn't it. have been cool? It would have been very. Was it cool to see all your like old. teammates you play with? It was great to. see uh Edge gave a speech. Great speech. Yes, Edge gave a great speech. Great. He's followed a very serious speech. So. like Edg's placement of speeches. whenever we were looking through the. itinerary and this uh I don't know what. this is called the uh program I guess. Yeah the pamp the program whatever it. is. As we were looking through it saw. Edge was giving a speech. Didn't know.

who the two people ahead of him were. And one person uh got sick I think like. the morning of or day before. So they. subbed somebody in. So did not know who. was speaking. Very good, very serious. speech right before Edge. And then Edge. went up there and just brought the house. down. Yeah. Absolute home run. It was. great to see him. Uh Ty, great to see. Ty. Chuck Bruce were there. You said. someone else gave a speech too, right? That was like, you know, Jim would want. this to be a much more Pete Ward. Pete. Pete Ward gave a speech. Uh because it. was there was a very serious speech.

right before Pete and then Pete went up. there and was like Jim would want this. to be a celebration so I'm gonna try to. do that and told some stories about how. oh yeah yeah when co happened and uh you. know central Indiana here all the. restaurants were like about to shut. down. So he sent Pete Ward, he said, "I. want to give $1,000 to every restaurant. in central Indiana." And Pete goes, "Excuse me?" Uh, every he said, "We need. to figure out a plan to get $1,000 in. cash to all these restaurants so they.

can at least make it another month." And. then I guess Jim said, "What is there. like 150, 200 restaurants or whatever?". I guess there was 550 or something like. that. Thousands. Yeah, thousands. I'm. sorry. Like thousands of restaurants. And he was like, "Uh, I don't even know. how how are we going to get the money to. everybody. We figure we'll do. something." And then I guess he backed. off it a little bit. Then he found an ex. contest to give away like 200 300. restaurants a bunch of money to pay for. their bills. Then when the Maui Maui. fires happened, he was like, "We need to. figure out how to get envelopes of money. to these people." All of them. And then.

whenever Pete went back to him with an. amount of people that are potentially I. don't know how we're going to get it to. all those. logistics. Yeah, the logist Jim heard. about literally that was the big thing. yesterday. Like everything Jim heard. about was like I got to help. Like that. is literally Tate. I mean Takate is the. prime example. He's going to fly he's. going to build a or get a plane to fly a. whale across the country. $20 million he. was about to spend to flip a bomber. plane into an aquarium to have a killer. whale flown from Miami to Seattle.

That's the longest possible American. flight that you could have. The longest. possible one to get Takate back to her. family up there in the free waters of. Washington. You know this is a Buddhist. whale man. talking to you ladies low. I. heard about her. She's stuck in this. thing. Should she be stuck in this. thing? Absolutely not. We need to figure. out a way probably to Pete Ward. Need to. get this whale to Miami to Washington. And then Pete goes, I think we could. take one of these bomber planes and make. it into a quick. Love it, brother. Let's.

go ahead and do that. I mean, it was. just like one of their stories after. another. Everybody there was just like. uh Jim heard about blah blah blah and. decided to give everybody there 10,000. bucks and told them not to tell anybody. because of all the deer like the amount. of people that he has helped I don't. think would ever you can ever nobody. will ever know. Mhm. Like you'll never. know. And that was what yesterday was. It was celebration of music. It was a. celebration of giving back and it was. also mourning alongside a family that is. now in control of an NFL team. And I. think they're going to do an incredible. job. It was a beautiful day celebrating.

Jim. Beautiful. It really was. It was. great to see everybody. We'll continue. digitally, YouTube, ESPN Plus, D uh. Disney Plus, and Tik Tok Live. Tomorrow. we'll be live from Kerry, North. Carolina. Goodbye. It's going to be good. to get down there. It's going to be so. Is it going to be as hot as it was last. year? I believe so. Yeah, that's what. they're saying. 80s, I think I saw. Yeah. Last year it was so so hot. Humid. Humid. Not used to the humidity. Yeah. I'm bummed out. I'm not going to be able. to play, you know, cuz I got a lower. body, upper body. You got no You might. get out there. You might start feeling. good though once you.

I don't even think I have cleats. You're. not bringing boots. I don't think I have. cleats. You got extra. What about from. last year? You got boots from last year. Gums. You can borrow gums. So, I think. in bus there is a pair of cleats. Okay. That's literally the only hope I have at. this point cuz I went through I have um. I have some uh my cause, my cleats. Yep. Paints that are at the house for the. brand. I have uh that was Jake Bailey. who did that. Shout out to him. I had uh.

Wish for Our Heroes, I believe, was my. brand. It was it was a good paint job. I. It was a good cause. And then there were. some other military ones. So, those are. like at the house. Those are the only. cleats I have, which is crazy because. when I was kicking, I had like maybe 50. pairs of cleat playing soccer growing. up, just the amount of cleats that just. kind of gather. So, literally like two. days ago, I was like, "All right, what. if I do feel I can get out there and. just do one pair, you know, just like a. quick bang in the bow. How you doing?" I. was like, "All right, where are my. cleats? Don't not even don't even have a.

pair. I'm like, "God damn, I am an old. man." We could run to a dick down there. So, I uh Are you a brand new cleat guy? Can't get red ones. I can tell you that. But I I don't love the brand new cleats. I'm not going to be wearing red boots. Don't you worry about it. There's only. one red boots. Exactly. Gold boots. perhaps. Yeah, but the brand new ones I. I My feet are so like built up. Like, it. wouldn't ruin it, but it would be so. uncomfortable. What about like Zack. Knight? Do you think he has an extra. pair? I'm sure some of the boys Somebody. asked me, uh, you were a pair of 11? I. was like, "I'm a 12." They're like, "How. about an 11?" I'm like, "Well, I told.

you my size." So, you probably guess. 11's probably gonna be a little small. Like, I could wear 11. Going to be real. tight. Okay. How about an 11? It's like. 12 would be much better. But, uh, yeah, I can bring you some twelves. I can. bring you some 12 football cleat. Can't. wear football cleat cuz that spike in. the front, brother. High top. We saw it. off. Is that illegal? People did used to. try to run it down. That was a way back. like youth. I think it's the baseball. has the front cleat. Oh, yeah. Metal, too. Yeah. Football has the front cleat. Noodled have the front cleat. Okay.

That's like the big turf. What's the re. What's the reason? Uh, I don't know. I. assume there's some sort of health or. injury thing. I really stepping on toes. But also, I didn't love the front one. too kind of caught, you know, especially. with soccer. Everything's about that. Like McKenzie, she will definitely play. soccer no matter if it's her best sport. or not. She will play soccer just. strictly because the feet. like in the. control of your feet. Like I think it. helps out a lot in that whole thing. And. uh the cleats are a big part of that. What was it? Kangaroo leather they.

started putting on those cleats. Yeah, that was the big top drawer. That's what. they claim. That was a big evolution. You can tell. You can tell by the feel. if they're kangaroo or not. Yeah, sure. I had to fake them last year. I had to. fake I knock off cleats last year. We. [ __ ] kangaroo. That's You can tell, dude. That's what you want. Don't be. marks, dude. Kangaroo used to be the. one. It had like a run and I'm like, what? So kill kangaroos and make soccer. cleat. Yeah. Now why is the kangaroo. leather so much better than every other. leather? And who found that out first? Who was like, "All right, all right,

you're dead, mate. Come here, you [ __ ]. Killing you and make you clean." That's. what they would say in. Australia. That was a compliment. That. was not a make some like lion skin or. something or gator. That would be not good. You see, cuz the. gator lion skin looks sweet though. Gator skin gator skin boots. Snake skin. would be. Yeah, some snake skin. Snake. skins with like the boots I got. If I. see cuz I got these Joey flax. You. should wear those. Oh, can you just wear. those? But Oh, yeah. There it is.

There's the front. We'll sell that. Say. that off. Yeah. Timfield there. His new He's got a new uh shed. So, it's. it's always good. Tim built a gazebo in. uh 10 days. Built a built a deck and a. gazebo in about 10 do 14 days. And then. um then he turned it into a shed because. he's building other stuff out there. He. pulled my cauling out here. He told me the boys play cards every day. there. Said you play cards all the time. Yeah. Well, it's getting hard to go in.

there whenever it's all Tim's [ __ ] you. know, just kind of laying out all around. the goddamn gazebo. He's just turning. into another shed out there. It's like. Tim, you built this beautiful gazebo. Let's not fill it up with There's a huge. shed right there. He said, "Well, I'm. building up the [ __ ] bricks over here. with I got the fire pit and we want to. paint the Don't we want to paint the. bricks?" Oh, and there's a little bit of. a leak up here. You know how to get the. cocking and gun out here? I was like, is. that done? Yeah, I got it. Has it been. leaking? Do we need the [ __ ] cocking. out here? Do we need the whole thing? Oh, I could probably move it. I'll move. it. I'll get what you're saying. I'll. get what you're saying. It's like just.

[ __ ] piling up. Became a shed quick. Yeah, yeah, it did. It's a beautiful. gazebo. It's It's awesome. I can't. believe he built that in 10 days by. himself. [Music]. through bad weather, too. Like windy. windy conditions. He's an absolute. weapon. Mhm. He's an absolute Yeah. Right now he's doing a full a full. bathroom. He's renovating a full. bathroom at the house. DIY. Full. bathroom. Yeah. Actually, he was. climbing in a crawl space behind the. bathroom and he uh knocked the internet. completely out of the house, but.

obviously it wasn't his fault. They put. that wire there and it shouldn't have. been there. I mean, it should have been. somewhere else. It's in the crawl space. It's like obviously that's where the. [ __ ] wires are. He just crawls right. over top of it. Sally, my mom goes, "We. lost everything." Oh, I can't believe. they put it here. Oh, [ __ ] [ __ ]. bathroom's going to be unbelievable. Oh, yeah. I think he's getting one of those. JJ Watt toilets. We were talking about. this yesterday. That those skills you're. talking about that your dad can do, my. dad can like a lot of people can do. that. Missed our generation. Like, we. have no idea what the hell we're doing,

dude. We got YouTube, brother. We don't. need to know that [ __ ] I didn't pay I. paid attention. Like, Tim forced me to. like I know [ __ ] pretty good. I like I. change tire. I can do all the, you know, all the [ __ ] Power drill, right? all. that [ __ ] I can do it. I'm not like. proficient. Like if you get me, you. know, you get me with a hammer in like. I'm going to [ __ ] hit my thumb. Okay. I'm going to hit my thumb at least one. time if you if if you're asking me to do. an entire project. Thumb is going to get.

banged at least twice if I had to guess. Tim though just knows exactly the right. piece, the right size. Oh, this is. Philips head, but it's [ __ ] 28 or. whatever, quarter, whatever it is. He. just knows that [ __ ] cuz they're in it. You're right. Our I don't think any. generation after Tim's generation, they. don't make them like that anymore. They. got scars, too. They got scars. Like my. dad used got a little piece of stuff. You have to say they got scars from. [ __ ] But they know they have a very. wide ranging set of skills. It's. unbelievable. It is a good thing to be. able to do. They don't like asking for.

help that. You think we're bad? Just. wait till this next generation with AI. No, I think they're coming back around. Oh, I see. I think AI is going to make. everything so much easier. You think. they're getting lazy that they're going. to do less and less that those those. common things like you know hammer and. nail drilling all that stuff is going to. become like obsolete damage. I will say. forever people should learn how to use a. power drill. Yes. Okay. Cuz you're going. to at some point have to build. something. And even if it's just kids. toys these days, let alone IKEA or.

anything else. Being comfortable with a. power drill is a skill that everybody. should have. I think personally saves. your life. It can save you an hour on. every one of those projects. At least. Yeah. At least an hour. Cuz if you're. doing this one or this Allen wrench. Yeah. This one up underneath. You are in. deep [ __ ] That's a long afternoon, brother. That is a long afternoon. You. built the dollhouse yet? Oh yeah. Cool. Tim built one too for Mackenzie as.

a gift. Yeah, that was that was a. project. Built a six foot tall. forever in my garage. I showed up and. there's just a [ __ ] house in my. garage. I'm like, "What? I can stand in. this thing." My dad goes, "It's a gift. from McKenzie.". I'm like, "How long did it take you to. build this thing?" Two hours. It was. easy. And then I see there's classic Tim. M. There's a couple screws that are. like through like two corners. True. Yeah. Like two corners, you know, holding things together. I'm like, "Well, well, I'm going to saw that down.

Don't worry. There's not going to be any. splinters. Don't worry about I'm just. saying that. Don't worry." It's like. Tim, you're the best [ __ ] answer for. everything. No doubt. Need it to happen. We'll figure it out. That is Tim McAfee. through to a tea. But there's going to. be some Tim McAfee in there. You know, there's going to be some some character. Yeah. Some pizzazz. There's going to be. some You're You're going to know that. Tim McAfee made it. Like for instance, this deck he was building out here, there was a time where that thing was, you know, sure thing was downhill a. little bit. It's like Tim like, yeah,

you're building the deck, but that's not. going to work. I'm balancing it out. I'm. [ __ ] lifting up the post here. Don't. worry about it. Cuz he did. And he did. And he did. And then we just cover that. [ __ ] up. Yep. And it's in there. Perfect. Nailed it. Need those people. around. Need more of those people. I. think there's some young bucks that can. still do it all. I hope so. That's what. they're saying now. Like going to trade. school is like better than going to. college. Yes. Yeah. cars, you know, like. I know all these. um electric cars and [ __ ] computer. cars, but nuts and bolts at the end are.

going to Yeah. You know, there's going. to be that all the time. Let alone. whenever you go in and they replace the. battery. That's going to happen, I. think, someday. They've been saying for. that for like 10 years where you pull. in, pull battery, upload new battery, then you're off and running. Like. there's going to be a lot of lifts. The. amount of lift, all this [ __ ] Always. gonna have to be able to figure it out. Hopefully we're able to need a power. drill though. Yeah. Need a power drill? Mhm. D you got a power drill? Oh yeah. Yeah. Connor doesn't have a power drill.

Oh, I have a power drill. I I mean I. took woodworking in high school. I. That's half the battle. What was that. called? Home. Shop. Shop. Shop. Shop. Home was uh like. cooking [ __ ] Cooking. We uh we sew we. sewed a bag in uh. man. I never I don't think I sewed a. bag. You sewed a bag? We made we made a. in home or in shop we made a birdhouse. and then in homeck we sewed like a tote. bag. You know it was like a tote bag. It. was kind of sweet. I had a mama's. camouflage had a big DX patch on it. I.

took my gym clothes in. Really? I don't. think I ever finished mine to be honest. hindsight cuz yeah people did used to. use them right. These bags were like a. good thing. Yeah. I couldn't do it. I. couldn't figure out the [ __ ] the. wheel. Yeah. Yeah. We had to make one of. those chairs outside. The aderondac. chairs or whatever. The leaners. Yeah. Like the the ones out there. You made. that in shop class? Yep. All the saws. and everything. All of it. Yeah. Did you. sand it down? Did you spray it? Sand it. Spray it. Finished it. Put Put that.

Yeah. Nice lacquer on it. You know, goddamn lacquer. I'll tell you what, don't get into a lacquer conversation. with Tim Mack. That was actually his. profession for two years. Well, then why. didn't he do it outside? Cuz it rings. wood when it [ __ ] rains. Yeah. And. also, who's spraying the damn weeds out. there in the mulch? What happened? We. got bamboozled. Yeah. Well, hey, we want. some mulch. Perfect. We can put that. down. No. problem. Two days later, weed just grown. up through all of it. No weed stopper in. there. Can we put some pin? You got to. sprinkle some pin underneath that. I.

thought that just came with the, you. know, Yeah, you would think if someone's. doing it. Growing sense would tell you. Well, not that company. That was a. different company. That was a different. We'll never work with that company. again. We got our OG company here that. we need to work with. They're mowing a. lot. They're They're mowing this place. two month [ __ ] six days a week. It's. crazy. I'm pretty worried about all of. it. Sure. I show up here and they're. here every day. The guy was here today. losing his mind when I pulled in. I. don't new base. He was on He was on like.

the parking lot out there. He was. [ __ ] pissed. Yeah, we got a lot of. grass. A lot of weeds. I think maybe. they're just saying it takes probably. takes two days to weed whack this place. Yeah, but could you just kill the weeds? Can't you send something out there? That's You still got a weed whack around. the grass. Yeah. Yeah, but they're not. You You see them? They're not They're. not doing They're on the road. They got. to mow the same strips every every day. It looks good. It does. It does. Feels. like that might be an expenditure that's. a little bit up. The expense is a little. bit too high. Yeah. Might be. But maybe.

it's not. That's why we're just kind of. happy for what's going on. It feels like. a little bit of a hustle. How's your. teeth? My teeth? Yeah. Feel good. How's. your teeth? I need to go to the dentist. Bad. Good. news, ladies and gentlemen. Joining us. now is a man who is a dentist here in. Indianapolis, Indiana. He's actually. Nick Moraldo's dentist out here. What? In Indianapolis, Indiana. Wow. He's from. Western. Pennsylvania, which is also the home of. the US Open. The US Open is at Oakmont.

in the East Hills of Pittsburgh. This. man just so happened to caddy at Oakmont. whenever he was going to school to. become a dentist out here in. Indianapolis, Indiana. Now, ladies and. gentlemen, yesterday he is officially. qualified to compete in the US Open. Dr. Matt Vote. [Music]. What's up, boys? What's going on, Doc? What's going on, Doc? Thanks for joining. us, brother. Thank you for having me.

This is This is truly surreal. I don't. even know what to say. It's been the. biggest blur the last 12 hours or. whatever it's been. If I look like I. slept 2 hours last night, it's cuz I did. sleep about 2 hours. Hell yeah, brother. You're supposed to feel that way. You. just qualified for the US Open while. also being a full-time dentist. Okay. And I know that maybe uh there might be. a thought, and you have not said this. I'm just saying that this happens in the. world that we're in where it's like I I.

would like my golf game to be talked. about. I'm not really worried about. being a distraction for this entire. thing. Becoming a full-time dentist, the. amount of work, okay, I understand that. that dental school is not that's like. med school. Like, you got to learn a lot. more than just dentistry [ __ ] So, for. you to be able to get your golf game to. a point where you're able to qualify for. the US Open while also becoming a. dentist, that is incred. Hey, you should. be very proud. That's not easy, brother. That's not easy at all. Let's talk about. that. You played out here at Butler in. Indianapolis, Indiana. I assume you went. to the dentistry school downtown.

Indianapolis for IU to become a dentist. You stick around out here. How often do. you get to play? How often are you. practicing dentistry? And uh whenever. you found out that you were going to the. US Open, did you think to yourself, "Man, I should be a full-time golfer at. this case." And [ __ ] Nick Moraldo's. teeth. Yeah, Nick. Nick, I know Nick waved his. hippo rights by telling everybody I'm. his dentist. So yeah, we take great care. of Nick. You know, we're happy to do. that for you guys, too, you know. Uh but yeah, I mean, I'm a I'm a late.

bloomer, so I mean I I played briefly at. Butler. I I quit to focus on school. Um. and really didn't pick the game back up. again until 2018. Uh just kind of caught. the bug. And you know, I'm very blessed. I have a great team and a great practice. u where I where I work, obviously. Uh. I'm blessed to work with another doctor, so I can kind of try to play and. practice where I can. And um you know in. dental school no there was very little. golf going on in dental school because. it's a grind but you know you get off. you get out in the real world and.

fortunately you can find time here and. there and it's just kind of grown year. after year after year for the past you. know seven years or so. Late bloomer. open late bloomer is a beautiful thing. especially when you have knowledge from. whenever you were a younger lad. Go. ahead Tone who's from Plumb which is. obviously right next to Oakmont. Yeah. Matt I was also a caddy at Oakmont for a. summer. Um unlike you I didn't last six. years. I got fired after one summer for. getting too drunk one night, not showing. up in the morning, and they said that. doesn't happen here. Um, and that's why. Oakmont's Oakmont, and that's why Oakon. is Oakmont. You pay a lot to golf there.

Um, but how much does uh your time as a. caddy there, will it help um for this. upcoming open? I I assume a lot of the. guys who are out on tour, they're going. to play a ton of practice rounds there. and get to know the course. But being a. caddy there, I feel like remember I. think it was like number two where like. if there if it's a new guess there or. something like that, you're like, "Oh, if you roll the ball up here instead of. going at a straight line at the hole, it's much better." How much is stuff. like that going to help you for the. open? Yeah, it's going it's going to be. huge. I think like this has already been.

such a circus just like it's been. awesome the last, you know, half a day. since I qualified, but just being able. to go there and know that I like. generally know what's going on on the. golf course is going to be huge. Um, but. that being said, I've never played it in. US Open conditions and the videos and. and things that I've seen and what I've. heard is that it's brutal. So, uh, yeah, I I hope it helps knowing the layout, but um, yeah, man, it's US Open. conditions, so I'm excited to just see. like what the heck's going on out there.

Try to get out there, you know, later. this weekend and get things going. It's. a beautiful story, too. Uh, it's been. chatted about and you got emotional when. you were talking about it. Obviously, Oakmont is the best course in Western. Pennsylvania, which is where you come. from, and uh the US Open is on Father's. Day weekend. You just lost your dad a. couple months ago. Rest in peace, obviously, to Mr. Vote. Absolute dog. Uh. how do you think you're going to be able. to balance all that legit? That's a lot. It feels like as a Western P uh Pennian. playing at Oakmont in the US Open,

that's a huge that's a huge step, let. alone all the other implications. How do. you think you are going to prepare for. that mentally? Yeah. Yeah. It's I don't know. Like I. blacked out yesterday, honestly. Like I. I don't I don't remember a dang thing, especially the second round. Um I think. you just got got to try to stay present. I mean, honestly, I bleed black and. gold, boys. So, like yesterday I'm like. we're just trying to talk about anything. but Oakmont and golf. Like, who who's. the next uh Steelers quarterback? Who's. going to coach the Penguins? Like, literally anything besides what's at.

stake. So, we'll try to do a little bit. of that in between shots and then just. try to lock in, you know? I don't Did. you get the answer? Did you get the. answer? Who's the next quarterback? No, I was hoping you you guys would tell me. today, but No, no, we don't know. Ian. Rapport doesn't know [ __ ] either. Me. He. didn't say a single thing. AJ, this guy. knows actually. AJ has a question for. you and he knows the answer actually. Unfortunately, I don't. But, but Doc, have you given any thought of what it's. going to feel like when you step up on. that first T- box on Thursday, your. first round? We don't know who you're.

playing with yet, but uh do you know. like how is that going to be? How are. you going to I guess hone in? I'm sure. So much adrenaline, maybe some nerves. Like, how is that first shot going to. go? And then after that, I would imagine. boom, we're off. Here we go. Let's go. win. Yeah. Maybe blast some. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Speed. I mean, I I I don't know. what it's going to feel like. It's going. to be one of the craziest moments of my. life. I know that. And then I think the. best thing you can do is just tee it up. high and swing very very hard and just. and just let it go. And just let it go.

Because if you try to guide it, you. know, it's bad things happen. You just. got to just got to let it go and. honestly just soak it up. Like it's. going to be no matter how I play, I hope. I play great, but I think you just I. just got to stay present and enjoy it. And I mean, yes, Oakmont, Oakmont, Pittsburgh, it just means so much to me, guys. Like, it's just it's a dream come. true, honestly. It's just I can't even. believe it. Being present is, I think, the most important part of anybody. performing, let alone you, for a. lifetime moment here. This is something. you'll talk about with the family for.

the rest of your life. Now, you said tee. it up high, swing hard. Darius has a. question for you. Yeah, I'm a fairly new. golfer. Just got into the game a couple. years ago. I'm interested. Uh, what's in. the bag? What type of clubs are you. hitting? What driver? I see you got the. Titus hat on. What ball are you playing? Let me get some details. Yeah. What's. your game like? What's your game like? Yeah. Yeah, it's a it's a mishmash of. brands and and stuff. I mean, Titus is. awesome. Um, they they support me and. and uh I I use a lot of their gear and. Titleless Ball for sure. Um, but yeah, the rest of the bag's kind of a kind of. a mishmash. Um, as far as game goes, I I.

hit it a really long way. That's uh. that's kind of my superpower. So, just. hit it a long way. Uh, usually hit it. pretty straight these days and find it. and hit it again. Um, God, I I actually. like despite being, you know, taller and. bigger than most golfers, um, I putt it. really well. So, you know, if I can hit. it long and straight and and make some. putts, like that's that's kind of how it. went yesterday, honestly. Uh, so that.

that's but but hitting it a long way. kind of sets everything up for me. That's what I try to do. Oh, yeah. Fade. You're a fader. Yeah. Try to Well, yeah. The key to hitting the key is when you. try to fade it, you got to fade it. And. I'm still just a dentist during the day. So, sometimes when I try to do that, I. draw it and that's when bad stuff. happens. Okay. So, what are you doing, doc? What are you doing, golf doctor? So, so I'm coming out of I'm coming out. of the pocket, right? I I want to I want. I want to come out of the slot right. here. Right. That's what I'm looking to. do. I saw uh the Kawashallo the Kawa.

Shallow swing on Instagram. I want to go. here. I want to get my hands here then. to here. Then I want to go I want I want. the hips to act. I want the hips to activate. And then. I'm coming out of the slot right out of. the pocket. And then bang, we're off and. running. That's the golf swing, Doc. Or. how do I fix my You got it. You got it. You're you're you're dialed. You're. dialed. We'll we'll get you dialed. We'll we'll have to after this all, you. know, goes down. Let's get out. Let's. play. We'll get you we'll get you really. dialed and we'll we'll we'll make some.

progress around here. Where do you play. at around here? That's a good question. I play at Highland Highland Golf and. Country Club. Um it's awesome. It's um. you know, off off Michigan Road near. Butler where I went to school. Um people. there are awesome. The course is. incredible. The support's amazing. Um. they let me kind of do my thing as I. prep and try to do this kind of stuff. It's it's it's awesome. So, we'll get. you out there. How many swings have you. had? How many? Because I'm I'm working. on my what? Fourth, fifth swing here, everyone. Sure. Yeah. I don't know if. that's normal. Do you have a lot of. different swings or has this been how. you've played your entire life? Yeah. I.

mean, it's like late bloom. What What. happened when you late bloom? You just. started making contacts better? What. What was it? You know, you just work and. you work and work and work and then like. sometimes things just start to click. You know, golf is so weird. So you have. to like you have to suck sometimes for a. while and fail a bunch until you don't. suck and fail, right? Like it's just. kind of how it goes. So yeah, I can't I. couldn't really tell you. It's just like. lots of hard work and honestly so many. great people around me to help um you.

know getting the body right here at the. uh at the fitness garage in Caramel. Like all that stuff just kind of plays. in and then one day it sometimes that's. why golf is awesome sometimes. Yeah, golf is awesome sometimes. Other times. it's terrible. like when I play and I. have no fun cuz I can't hit the ball. well. And then I did work on it. You. remember last year I worked on it. I was. up there. I got worse. I got worse at. the sport. Tell you how you get worse. for you. You get better. Well, that's. what he said. You got to fail and fail. and fail and fail and fail. Who's. another swing change? Yeah. That's what. I'm saying. I I think I need to do the.

Kawasala. I need to take that thing up. here. Do one. You've seen him. You've. seen him on Instagram, Doc? Uh who are you talking about? You You've. never seen him. You would know. You. would know I'm a duck. I'm a duck. Got a. baseball swing. I'm domin. He's a hockey. swing, baseball. He got all the swings. I mean, the guy hits a draw. Perfect. Yeah. No, I think you lost me. I don't. know. My my in I also have like a a. thousand Instagram comments or whatever. going on right now. My I don't know what. the heck's going on. So, we'll jump in.

there. We will jump in there. No, you're. a man, Doc. You got to fix teeth and you. got to win golf tournaments. That's a. lot of pressure, especially in between. the years. Ty has a question for you. Yeah, Doc. If it was up to you, like if. you had your pick of the litter, um. obviously whoever you play with, it's. going to be pretty sweet. But who would. be like who are you hoping that you're. maybe going to get paired with? Like I. was hoping maybe and obviously he didn't. make it cuz uh you know his day his day. in the sun's done. But like seeing you. play with Blocky and maybe you. embarrassing him out there like that.

would have been sweet. I don't think that is what that is not. how we all feel Doc. That's not how. everyone feels. I certainly feel that. way. That guy sucks. But uh he does. No, he's a good guy. Good story. He got. thrusted in the spotlight. He hit a hole. in one of them. Yeah, without a doubt. Uh is he playing at Oakmont next. weekend? No, he's not. And uh you know. who is the Doc is. And and he said he's. a late bloomer. That guy's been doing it. his whole life. So uh but but anyway, Doc, that's neither here or there. Uh. here or there. Who would you like to be. paired with? Like if you could just pick.

anyone from the field. That's a great question. I I honestly I. would love to like I have modeled a ton. of my game off Bryson what he does. Um. he he broke the mold, right? And and. kind of broke golf for a while with how. far he hits it, how he putts it. We. putt, we we both arm lock putt it, right, with straight. arms. I would love to do that. I would. love to see, you know, who can hit it. farther. Um he's probably got me right. now, but it would be closer than a lot. of people. Whoa, whoa, whoa. You So you. hit bomb bombs. You You Cuz Dshambo.

murders golf balls. It's like what he's. known for, right? Is he he had actually. had to create new clubs cuz he's hitting. the golf ball too hard and too far. You're saying obviously we're not. putting you in a spot to say this, but. you hit the ball like you're saying like. I murder golf balls. That is your style. of golf. Correct. Correct. 3 330 plus. off the tea or what are we talking here? You're curious. Yeah. Yeah. So So. yesterday final hole, little downwind, firm. I can't feel my hands. I might. puke. Um I'm I'm just like let's swing.

hard. And I think I popped it about 380. downwind downhill. So um that was a good. one. All right, let's go get this US. Open, dog. Let's go get this open. Uh. congratulations. and good luck and uh with your knowledge. of the area. Tone has the last question. Yeah, I do. Um our our good friend uh. Frank FKO, he passed away. They sold his. lot. Uh Pudgywy the cat sign was out. front there. They built a brand brand. beautiful brand new sheets there. You. going to be hitting up the sheets before.

the round to kind of calm the nerves? Yeah. What's the MTO? Yeah, absolutely. That sheets that sheets is a is a. mainstay. You know, many many a time, you know, hanging out at pit, uh, going. out, you know, sleeping on my buddy's. couches and then getting up to to go. caddy in the morning. We we fre that. sheets is a great spot. So, yes, absolutely. I need to go I need to go. taste the local fair like I used to. Absolutely. See, you woke up for the tea. time because you were committed to life. guy became a doctor and also a. professional golfer. Tone saw that tea.

time coming that the guy paid 5,000. bucks for and said, "Sorry about it, bud. [ __ ] that guy. Carry his own club.". We had some booze in Someone's going to. get a double bag today and that caddy. was super pumped about it. Yeah, certainly. Yeah, double the tip. Double. the tip. Yeah, he wasn't He wasn't mad. about his double bag. I guarantee that. Hey, we appreciate the hell out of you, Doc. Good luck and safe travels back. here. Thank you so much, guys. This is. like a unbelievable moment in my life. I. still feel like I'm going to wake up. tomorrow and this is going to be all of. a dream. So, thank you all. I love the.

support. I I can't tell you how much I. appreciate it. Thank you. Yeah, it's a. wild scene. I mean, you're from Western. Pennsylvania area. You live out here so. close to us that you're actually one of. our guys, Dennis, and then you qualify. for the USO at Oakmont. It's like uh. it's a wonderful set of coincidence. Speaking of, I do have an appointment. next Wednesday. I should probably call. reschedule that, huh? Yeah. What's that. all about? What about his teeth? Yeah. Yeah. No, no one see me here the next. couple weeks, guys. Sorry about that. I.

got a I got some some stuff to do here. All right. Sounds good. Give yourself. Yeah. Give yourself some laughing gas. Nick will continue. Just go in, brother. Go in. Hey, you should see the [ __ ]. stuff he eats in here. Yeah. You should. see the stuff. He eats like the sugar. candy. Oh, man. We talked about this. He. eats the sugar candies that actually. deteriorate your your teeth. I think. that is kind of you like your I got a. sweet tooth. I told him. Yeah, but I'll. drink I'll drink a whole thing of. chocolate milk and milk right before. bed. It's calcium. It's good for my. teeth, right? Yeah. Guy needs business, too, though, you know. Yeah, you're. right. This guy's going to get Mountain.

Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew is always. going to be around. And so, we'll always. be able to help some people uh, you. know, fix their issues and smile a bit. better. So, Nick, come on, man. You got. to figure it out, brother. You're a good. man, Doc. And I think you're very close. to my house, which is good news. Uh, maybe I get in there and get you guys. laughing gas in there. We do. If you. need it, if you got some nerves, you. know, let's let's get it. Let's get it. We'll get your teeth fixed up. We'll get. your game fixed up. You're you're set. with me, man. We'll do it. I like that. Laughing gas before a round. Yeah, that's probably the right play. That's. not a bad idea. You're the man, ladies.

and gentlemen, in the US Open next. weekend at Oakmont. Dr. Matt V. Congrats, buddy. And 380. Yeah. Pounded the ball. That's. a big ball. He needs he needs to set up. right next to Bryson on the range like. starting Monday and just swing as hard. as he can just just to try to get like. just create some buzz. I appreciate him. saying I modeled a lot of my game after. D Shambo because Dshambo is what taking. like super analytical statistical like. view of one. So vote though vote doctor.

Yeah, right Dennis like okay if I could. do it makes sense what Dshambo says. I've never heard anyone say they've. modeled their game after D Shambo. That's actually really awesome. I think. you got to be super smart. I think. because there's so many numbers and [ __ ]. D Shambo and all that stuff too because. you got to be able to [ __ ] hit it a. long way. Yeah, you got to thump that. thing out. He was drinking what what was. it the nine protein shakes a day like. that was when he was trying to gain the. weight that Yeah, exactly. That's when. he was the bison. That that was. unattainable. Now that he has kind of. come back to earth, it is one and the. putting I mean that seems to make sense.

Like if you're just a pendulum I've. heard Dambo talk about it like if you. lock your arms there's less. Is this is. his grip up his left forearm does he. does he lock it to his forearm? Yeah, because you can't go to your chest. anymore but you can pivot that thing on. your I model mine after scoot. So nice. Yeah, me too. Yeah, you're slipping. It's like AJ actually does. Yeah, AJ and. I always kind of have. Yeah, AJ and. Scooty kind of the same way in somehow. No, not really. How's the game going. this year? I don't know. We'll see. You. know, if I ever if I'm out there drill.

up and down, I can get a par. I can get. a 10 on on the next hole. Any birdies. yet this year? Uh, I've played about. nine holes. I may have one, I think. Yeah. May. Yeah. Bird first time out, of. course. I get bored, you I need I need. something on the line or I get. distracted. Phil Mickelson. I get it. Yeah. Yeah. Not money. Yeah. Mean I. don't Yeah. I'm not a big I don't I'm. not a big gambler. I need like you know. I need every shot to count. You know. that. Yeah. You need to be out in. American Century. Yeah. There you go. Yeah. Good luck out there this year. That should be a lot of fun. That should. be a lot of fun for you guys. Thought.

you might be coming. I just don't think. so. I You know, me and the game have an. interesting relationship. Me and Gold. You I mean right now you're broken up. You sworn you've sworn it off a hundred. times, but you've also almost come back. a h 100 times. Yeah. Watching Bubba. behind the Thunderdome kind of made me. think to myself, shouldn't do that sport. ever again. Exactly. He just got there. right out of the car, did an interview. You guys got my clubs? Yeah, we got your. clubs. Old buddy brings over clubs and. he just takes like two hacks at it. Mhm.

And then it's just like literally he's. playing he's playing beer pong. So cool. He said it take him 6 months to get a. hole in one and he stuck like 12 within. like 8 in like right away and it was. raining outside. So much fun. Like that. would be so much fun to be able to do. Oh yeah, it was raining. Yeah, there's. him. That's like his third shot or. something like it's just unbelievable. It's unbelievable what they do. So then. that gives me no hope, you know, cuz it. would be I mean hope is what? Hope of. beating Bubba Watson in a professional. golf. Just knowing that I'll never be. able to do that. Just knowing that.

that's never going to happen. But look. look at the old Doc. Like that's why. golf is cool. Doc is, you know, cleaning. people's teeth one day and the next day. he's playing the US Open. Like, you. could do that. You can qualify. Play. college golf at Butler. So, Doc's very. committed. Doc. Yeah. Yeah. He's very. committed. If he started doing the. Dshambo [ __ ] that's a lot of time. And. he's going to the golf course and he's. not having a lot of fun. Most of the. times he's probably two hours on the. range, two hours on the putting green. Like to be that good, you have to do. that stuff. And it's boring. Also, if. you were hitting it 330 Yeah. down the.

middle every [ __ ] time you're using. the driver, guess what? You'd be playing. a lot more golf. So much fun. That's a. lot of fun. So much fun. We're doing a. home run derby here. Yeah, exactly. Did. you hear about the West Virginia uh. baseball team, AJ? What about I saw. their celebration. They're It was a bad. celebration. I mean, you won. You're. excited. I don't I don't ever anything. post game when you win like I give. everybody a pass. Yeah. The boys The. boys were a little juiced up and they. you know, they were trying to get the. Gatorade Power A Bath. Yeah. And they. had to run that thing two miles. You.

know, they had a big comeback. I mean. the boys were the boys were exhausted. The boys were tired and this is good. Stop celebration right now. Boom. That. would have been good. Mhm. They kept. going and man just kept going and kept. going and people started falling. Power range going down and you know but. no one got hurt though, right? No one. like tore an ACL. Yeah. Yeah. It's just. it's celebration. It's a lot of space. and opportunity out there. What do you. want from the people? Yeah. No, no doubt. about it. You got to be better. They're. they're playing LSU. Good luck to LSU.

They're gonna make it to Omaha and then. they're going to break Rocco's shot. record when they get there. Tennessee, I. don't know who they're playing down. there. It's a good A B I think. I don't. think. And what happened to Right State? Right state was the giant killer. Is. that Arkansas? Oh, it is. Arkansas's the. favorite. So, yeah, you're right. Yeah, I think that's Arkansas. Okay, that's. Arkansas. Arkansas, LSU, Auburn, Tennessee representing the SEC. Is that the Coastal Carolina? Yep. Coast. So, yeah. Myrtle Beach is in this.

thing. Love that. That's good for. baseball. Florida State. Coaches getting. hot water. Some coaches are getting. fiery out there in college baseball. Coastal Coastal's coach uh something. happened with Florida and game time. Coastal's coach came out and didn't love. it. Yeah, they real church. Their. manager. Yeah, there was somebody that. was caught on camera saying something. White forest skipper. Yeah. Got Did he. say [ __ ] forget? Yeah, he said. [ __ ] forget upon. I think like that's. their their motto, right? You have to.

have the memory of a goldfish. Exactly. You can't be thinking about right now. You got to [ __ ] forget. fool. That's not what everyone thinks, but uh if you look at the tape, you. could certainly draw that conclusion. He just let that fly. Yes, he did. Early. in the like the fourth inning, too. He. He's fed up. Not even like uh No. No. Just as did he say forget like you. forget something like a bad at bat? No.

Tennessee guy was you know hot dogging. around up the plate and I think you just. called him [ __ ] fool. Yeah. What do. you mean hot dog? Didn't look like that. but maybe seemed like a couple salap. [ __ ] Been a jag off. Oh yeah. Maybe. jag off. That's a good word. He didn't. say that I don't think. No he did. He's. from PA about an hour from Yeah, he's. from uh where was it? Uh Johntown. Johntown. Yeah, of course he is. Of. course he is. Well, what's that area? What's Johntown like? It's like an hour. uh from Pittsburgh. On that note, Tires.

is coming out June 5th. How far from. Ohio? Nice. On that note, Ohio. Too far. Three, four, probably, right? Four. probably if I had to guess. Johntown is. maybe three. I'm looking. It's all kind of the same over there. The rust belt all kind of runs together. Yeah, it's it's an hour east of. Pittsburgh, so two hours from Ohio.

He said I need to [ __ ] do this one. right here. That looks kind of. difficult. That seems like a lot. It's a. little east of LRO where the where. training camp is. Okay. Hey, I love also. the old home of Rolling Rock. Love what. Doc said. The beer. What did uh Yes, the. beer. The green green bottle. They sold. it to another company. What did Scotty. Sheffller say again? Do your swing. Yeah, but Scotty's saying that as if I. play. You're an athlete, though. You're. an athlete, though. You're You're. thinking of like these old middle-aged. dudes that aren't athletes. That's what. they need to do. You need to be an.

athlete and trust yourself. Exactly. Use. your hands, AJ. Well, I think your. game's rounding into form. Read the. book. You got to read the book. It's in the book. I [ __ ] bl it. Foxy. knows. I heard you guys got a good full. swing session. Yeah, it's working. Shout. out to the full swing simulator people. They they've heard us relentlessly talk. [ __ ] about our golf simulator up here. and they've reached out and said, "Hey, we need we would like to fix this. problem for you guys because we think it.

could be an additive to your life as. opposed to a massive disappointment, which is what this last simulator was.". Yes, without a doubt. This last. simulator up here was a massive. disappointment. You go up there, first. of all, you find the motivation to go. hit some shots. I'm gonna go hit some. shots. You go all the way up there, you. turn the [ __ ] computer on, things. take a bit. Okay, so now the projector. is warming up as well. Here we go. Stretch out a little bit. Yep. Stretch. out a little bit. Have it hit a little. bit here. Get the kawashala. Mhm. Kawa.

You do the whole thing. Then obviously. it has to test for where the balls are. So you do the [ __ ] test. Okay, you. got it. Now you get into the app. You. got to punch in all the [ __ ] Okay, all. the [ __ ] Okay, boom. You finally get to. the driving range. Here we go. You put. it down and then you hit that thing and. guess what? It doesn't register a thing. You're staring at it. Then you go get. another ball and then it puts a green. check mark. It says, "Yep, we see. it." Nothing. It's like, "All right, well, I got to go out, reset this thing.

now. We needed to rec reboot." Also need. the whole [ __ ] laser system to. reboot. Okay, now we're 13 minutes into. this thing and we've hit two balls that. didn't register, but we've stretched. We've done a computer twice and we've. had the motivation come and go to hit. balls. That has been our simulator. experience for the last two years. Basically from jump three years maybe. That has been the It has been a massive. discipline. Spot on. It's the worst. thing ever. You just literally just. hitting it into a blank wall is what. that that became. You just get a net. You get a $10 net and do that. Bingo.

This became like a garage net up here. and it was like who's where's it going? Who the [ __ ] knows? Did you hit it. clean? Sure. Felt like it. Who knows. though if that thing doesn't after. [ __ ] 20 ft cuz you're only hitting it. 10 ft. So the full swing people called. and they're like, "We would like to fix. makes this make this a weapon for you.". And they did. I think it works. That's. what I heard, right? Yeah. Me and me and. Tony played like four holes yesterday. and it worked. Yep. Every shot. registered. Thank you. Full swing. Nice. Oh yeah. Learned a lot. They looked out.

for us. That was very kind of them. Somebody watched our show from them and. said, "We would like to make this happen. for you." And that's nice. So we're all. going to be scratch golfers now. I think. so. No, I still quit. It better work in. December. That's when we need it. December, January, February. Thank you. Full swing. It needs to be working. during those months, though. Well, right. now, I think it's warming. You know, it's getting into fighting shape. No. more problems. This is training camp for. this [ __ ] simulator. All right, let's. get on the road down to Carrie, North. Carolina.

Let's do this TST. Hell yeah. [ __ ]. win this thing. Or let's go to Myrtle. Yes. Here we go, boys. Connor was trying. to convince me during the break that we. need to take that plane. Car Myrtle Beach. I don't I don't think. it's a terrible idea. Except we're. heading in the same direction. [ __ ]. terrible. Myrtle Beach is fun. You will. have fun in Myrtle Beach. Especially if. there's a concert going on down there. Marty Smith's boys. [ __ ] Country Fest. [ __ ] Carolina Country Fest. Yeah, they got some good queue down there. Oh.

yeah. You ever had that queue down. there? Carolina. You're a Y good queue. I I wouldn't I wouldn't say it's the. best. What? What? I mean I put I put. Kansas City Kansas City barbecue. Yeah, but Marty Smith said I know Kansas. City's got good. QC ranking vinegar cream of the crop. Who? Who? Gates in Kansas City. Is that. one of the places that's like popular? I. think we got some Gates after our game. That's what I'm saying. Like would I. have had this? Yes. Okay. I do remember.

Ken City having great barbecue. And I do. remember going to Ken City and everybody. saying you have to have barbecue here. That's what kind of is the notion. Yes. That's like you go to Houston, they got. a lot of steak places. Yeah. Houston's. got great steak restaurants down there. You go to Kansas City, they say you got. to have barbecue down here. Now, Texas. barbecue, though, is a real thing, too, right? It's good queue down there, too. What's the difference? Do we know what. the difference is? Is that the. seasoning? The way it's cooked. Yeah. They all claim they're the best. Cuz you. got Carolina Gold, right? Sauce. Then. you got like Nashville hot sauce. Yep.

Then I assume there's some Texas. barbecue of some sort. Sweet. Little. Kansas City might have a little bit of. that. They do. Yeah. Sweet Q. KC. Sweet. Sk. It's all good. For real. It's It's. like pizza. It's all good. I agree. You. You if you're going to slow cook meat, I'mma eat it. Mhm. Gina. Yeah. No, I. think that's just a good rule. Yeah. But what? That's what Q is, brother. What are we doing? What are we. talking about? You don't like slowcooked.

meat? I like Yeah. Soulcooked beef. Pause. What? It's not always beef. There's other meat. You like to get. chicken. You like to get filled. I like. to eat good food. You like to fill. yourself up with some good beef. Kansas City is a tomato base with. molasses. North Carolina has Lexington. uh vinegar and tomato. Eastern vinegar. and pepper. Specialty meat is whole hog. down there in North Carolina. South. Carolina. Western peppery tomato based.

Central South Carolina. Carolina gold. mustard, coastal peppery spice with. vinegary. Specialty meat. The whole hog. The whole [ __ ] pig is in trouble in. the Carolinas. The whole pig is in. trouble. That's why debut doesn't like. getting the whole What is mutton? What's. that, buddy? What is mutton in can in. Kentucky? The specialty meat is mutton. [ __ ] lamb. You creating. Jeez Louise, dude. They have vinegar. based with mutton dip. Lamb dip. Pepper. and vinegar. Uh Missouri, Kansas City.

Shout out to Tomato base with molasses. Oh, that's that sweet barbecue. That. sweet cue. Burnt ends are Yeah. to die. for. And then Texas has tomato base with. beef drippings. Ooh, beef dripping. Chili pepper and spices. Beef brisketss. Their thing. So, they're a brisket team. They're the burn squad up here. Tennessee dry rub focus. Paprika. Cayenne pepper. Salt and sugar. Pork. rib. Cayenne pepple. I think just. reading the sauces here. Lemon juice,

horseradish, hot sauce, salt, pepper, and vinegar. Alabama pork ass, shoulder, and ribs down there in Alabama. I'll. tell you what, I think I like the. Alabama sauce the best. Lemon juice, horseradish, hot sauce, salt and pepper, and vinegar. That feels like the one. that I would like the best. Do you. remember the burnt ends from LSU? Oh, yeah. Those things were. unbelievable. Unbelievable. They were. Louisiana's not even on here. Yeah, that's why it must be like the Bama. once. That's what it sounded like. Kind. of like roll into it. Yeah. Yeah. We'll. go try some of the queue down there in.

North Carolina. Mhm. Yeah. Can't wait. Oh, I'm hungry. You know what? I'm hungry for a tsd. title. Hell yeah. And I'll tell you. what, these concave boys better be able. to lock the [ __ ] in. Gumpy, have you. been giving speeches? Have you been. sending motivational text messages? I. know you guys are on some weird app. together that I refuse to join. Have you. been sending some messaging? Huh? What's the [ __ ] thing? Uh, that that. group no longer exists. Okay, thank you. It's a different squad this year. Uh.

Miola had 18 holes yesterday. He's got. the boys ready. Miola golf yesterday. Yeah, he got 18. He better [ __ ]. cleared his mind. He had the boys going. Gumpy has mentioned Miola golfing no. less than 80 times today. I don't think. Gumpy's real real coach. I don't know if. Tony Mola knows uh that. Gumpy is a big Must have been nice to be. able to golf 18 holes on a Monday guy. You know, that is kind of what he is. doing, right? What happened? Breaking. news just happened. Oh no. Breaking. news. Big breaking news actually.

Breaking news. No actual news. Oh wow. Ladies and gentlemen, the New York. Knicks. have relieved Tom Tibido of his duties. as the head coach of the New York. Knicks. Tibido led the Knicks to their. first Eastern Conference finals in 25. years, made playoffs in four five years, and led the Knicks to consecutive 50. plus win seasons for the first time. since the 1990s. That's via Sham. Shirania, senior NBA insider for ESPN,

friend of the program. Let's give him a. call real quick because obviously Knicks. fans uh had been kind of calling for. this as soon as they lose, but I think. that was in the emotional aftermath of. losing a series to the Pacers, understanding that this was a real. opportunity to make it to the NBA. finals. There was no Celtics. The Cavs, who were the number one team in the East. all year, obviously lose to the Pacers. This felt like maybe the easiest path to. get to a finals. You're this close to an. NBA finals and then you blow it. So, there was a lot of anger. I think there. was a lot of emotion, especially after.

this happens and the shirt goes on sale. and the Pacers kind of do their thing. I. didn't know if it was actually going to. happen though cuz those are a lot of. good things that he did for the New York. Knicks. Uh, obviously Malone is out. there formerly of the Denver Nuggets. Is. Bruce Brown in the back? Uh, Bruce. Brown, New York Knicks fan. What was the. temperature? Is this what Knicks fans. thought were going to happen or what was. kind of the expectation here? Um, I. mean, you know, while while the playoffs. are going on, a lot of Knicks fans were. were trying to stay positive. I was. certainly on this um for a bit cuz, you.

know, like when you're playing seven. guys in a rotation and you're falling. short in the playoffs and your playoff. record is like as a coach is like 46 and. 70. Um, you know, it's kind of time to. say, "Hey, thank you Tibs for for. building us up to this point." But it's. time to go a different direction. Maybe. that direction is Mike Malone. Maybe we. go up to Stores, Connecticut, and knock. on Dan Hurley's door and see what he's. up to. Um, but I I think this is. probably a necessary move to uh to kind. of take that that next step. Um, you.

know, playoffs playoffs withstanding, you know. Does Hurley have a connection. to the Knicks? I believe so. I believe. there is one too. His family somewhere. Maybe his brother. Yeah, his dad maybe. Yeah, something. There is a Knicks. connection. Obviously, it's the New York. Knicks. So, it's in Madison Square. Garden and we all saw what Knicks fans. became and what the hype was around. whenever the Knicks are good. It's the. whole city coming together basically. around a team. It was beautiful to watch. take place. Maybe that'll be enough to. draw Dan Hurley out of Yukon. You know, this is going to happen every single.

year. It's going to happen every single. year with Dan Hurley. Malone obviously. sitting there waiting. But I think if I. listen to Bruce Wright whenever he was. angry watching this Eastern Conference. Finals, the thought was Carile's running. a circle around this guy. Yeah. And in. last year playoffs, Carlile ran a circle. around this guy. Carile might be a great. coach and our team might be set up. differently than what the Knicks are, maybe a little bit deeper, but it has. been kind of a masterclass on how best. of seven series Pacers are going to win. that inevitably. Yeah. When you play. your starters all regular season and. then in the Eastern Conference finals.

say, "All right, guys, you know what. we're going to do? We're playing 10. guys." Then you have to learn how to do. that for the very first time on the. biggest stage possible. if we'd been. playing right and sham it and deuce. McBride the minutes that they probably. should have been getting all along then. you know how to teeter with it and. adjust it um you know when the when the. lights are are the brightest. So, uh, that that was certainly a big knock. And. then, you know, his his playoff resume. could could be better, but obviously, you know, you say he's 46 and 70. He's.

around there. Yeah. As a in the. playoffs. That's all the best teams, though. It's all the best teams. No. doubt. I'm sure the Knicks would get it. right. Okay. So, on that note, Sham. Shirani has tweeted, "The Knicks are. singularly focused on their pursuit of a. championship and believe a new voice. will serve as the focus for the. organization's next step." Sources said, "After five season with the Knicks, Tom. Tibido is officially out." Yeah, I mean. it surprising to me, but uh hearing uh. Jeff Teague, one of my favorite uh NBA. who got the podcast and he was talking. about playing for Tibs and he was like,

"Man, Tibs don't even coach. He just. damn man. Come on. Damn. Damn." Like you. said, that's all he says. Like you see. with Brunson, Brunson's a phenomenal. player, but like you know when you. aren't necessarily running sets or. running plays, you're kind of the ball. stopper. And the Knicks, they never get. it right though. So I don't think they. will going forward. This is surprising. to me coming strapped off the Eastern. Conference. We see it happen in the NBA. though. Joining us now live, he only has. three minutes before he probably has to. go on television. Ladies and gentlemen, Sham Shirano Shams Shams. Uh, Knicks.

fans obviously throughout the series. with the Pacers. I heard gain a little. bit of noise because Carl was seemingly. out coaching. The team was ready. How. long has this been in the works and what. ultimately led to their decision to get. rid of Tom Tibido? So Pat, as soon as. the Knicks season ended, they started. meetings internally. And James Dolan, the Knicks owner, Leon Rose, their. president, they believe the best path. for this team to take the next step as. an organization to win a championship is. that they need a new voice. And so Leon. Rose and James Dolan came to the.

decision this morning that they were. going to part ways with Tom Thibido. He. is fired as their head coach. I mean, Pat, you think about what they've done. as an organization. And like to lose in. the conference finals, that's not a a. bad feat. You know, this is a team. that's gone from really out of much. contention at all. Then when Tom Dibito. comes in, they become respectable again. Four or five seasons in the playoffs. They've had back-to-back 50 win seasons. for the first time since the 1990s. I. mean, I think everyone around the league.

is is stunned. I mean, my phone is. blowing up. I I've bunch of teams are. reaching out right now. Absolutely. shocked. Uh but they they've been having. they've been having meetings uh for the. last 24 hours and and this is the. decision they came with. Okay. We know. you have to run quickly. Um Malone. obviously is a coach that is available. after getting fired from the Denver. Nuggets. He's won a championship before. Does that become a name that the Knicks. are going to look at? Uh Bruce Brown, who's a massive Knicks fan, just said, "Hey, maybe Dan Hurley out of you." What.

are the names in the coaching pool for. this part uh this coaching cycle? the I. I'm not sure yet which direction they. go, but you think about for Tom Thibido, the issues that they probably had with. him. You think about what Mikuel Bridges. said early in the year, and I think a. comment like that rings true, like a guy. that, you know, might trust his bench. more, a guy that might be a little bit. more lenient based on his principles and. what he wants to enact. I mean, clearly. the way Tom Thibido coached, I mean, for. better or for worse, he was he was very.

uh very I I won't even say stuck in his. way, but he had a a way that he was. going to operate. That's what it was. going to be. He was not going to change. And for better or for worse, now it. leads to a lot of success. All these. guys have career years, but clearly the. Knicks, I think the direction they're. going to go in now is figuring out a guy. that they know can build out the entire. roster. the bench can work with the. front office is a little bit more. lenient based on what their strategies. are and not so you know tips has has.

success his way or or the highway in. this case I guess the Knicks gave him. the highway jeez Louise Sean uh maybe. Timothy Shalomay gets in there and. starts they're going to need his money. yeah they're going to need need his. brain yeah him and Ben Stiller maybe get. Spike Lee in there uh get Was it Miles. Teller all of a sudden in New York All. right have Mo in there all right we. appreciate you Sean's great work buddy. appreciate you. He's got to do TV right now. Probably. Knicks have no options. They traded all. their picks. All their players are.

basically Max guys. They This was the. only way they could do anything. And now. if they want to build out their roster, they got to trade one of their big. names. So, I mean, they're so [ __ ] I. can't believe they did this. Michael. Cole just texted me, "Nicks are firing. Tibs." What the [ __ ] They finally they. finally beat the Celtics. Like the. Eastern Conference. Like, imagine if the. Pacers fired Carile. We're stuck on the. first apron, not the not the second like. the Celtics. Cat will be tough to move, but that's like a Tomlin situation. almost in Pittsburgh. Uh but you get you.

get Malone, that's an upgrade. Yeah. I. mean, Cat would be easy to move, but the. reports are coming out that his. teammates are pissed at him. Yeah, but. that could be just lies to try to. diminish his trade value from somebody, you know? There's no doubt so much [ __ ]. That was before Tibs was even Yeah. Know, but they might have been trying to. Yeah. This is also just a byproduct of. coaching in New York. like if he was in. a small market like he's not getting. fired, you know, he's probably getting. an extension for going to the Eastern. Conference Finals, but it's like, hey, this is the Knicks, you know? Also, I. mean, to your point, Carile here, he's.

been here seven years now, I think, six. years, whatever it's been, and it's like. last year, they make it to the Eastern. Conference Finals, it's like, yes. Yeah. Then they back it up again though, and. it's like, yes. But if they would have. done bad, I think people would have. still been like, ah, Pacers are a good. team. We made the Eastern Conference. Finals last year, made it to the. playoffs this year, lost to number one. seed Cavs or whatever. It's a different. conversation in New York. I mean, I. threw myself right in the middle of it. there for a little bit. Yeah, they uh. put up streets. They really They really. love that Knicks team. You got to be. good over there. And uh the most success.

they've had, though. Yeah. Sorry. You. got to be great over there. I guess you. got to be great over there. You don't I. mean, we were winning 30 games for like. 20 years and the place was still sold. out. Yeah. And then they finally So, what are you doing? It's like Jim. Codwell at the Detroit Lions. I am I am. surprised by this and Dolan kind of. stepping back into basketball. operations. It sounds like, you know, meeting with Leon Rose and I would. imagine that the owner was a part of of. this player meeting. Did they have a big. part of it? You think player exit. meetings had a big sway if players gave.

their opinion? Maybe. But Brunson was. like, you know, huge huge Tibs guy as. was, you know, Josh Hart, who I mean. kind of who who cares what Josh says, but No, Josh. No, no doubt. But I I. Brunson kind of the the first and. foremost. Yeah. And you said Brunson has. been a big Tibs guy. I think Brunson. would be a big whoever the head coach. got. He he's a dog. Brunson is uh he's. awesome. He's got to be a big Tibs guy. for him to basically pass up on $100. million stay there. So he had to have. some type of trust in and his dad right. dad's on the bench as well. So I mean.

it's it's wild but it's New York Knicks. Dude, they were the Eastern Conference. finalist final four. Mhm. Like I know. we're small town Indiana. We love. basketball. This state loves basketball. out here. It's like Eastern Conference. Finals. Pretty cool. Even more so, too. Like, hey, you you went the year before. Next year you go to the finals. Like, if. you're the Knicks, you're more so. thinking like, hey, we just got to the. Eastern Conference Finals. Like, let's. get a couple players and then let's go. back. Maybe we have a deeper bench. We. get a couple players, get a couple guys, you know, then maybe we're playing.

eight, nine guys a night. Same system, same head coach, same voice. I don't. know. But I'm assuming there's Knicks. fans out there that are telling us we're. idiots because oh yeah, it must be nice. to be on the side where the team that. just out coaches the other team and wins. in the playoffs every time, which is. what they said about that's what they. Knicks fans were saying about Carlo. Early on with Bruce though, like even. when the playoffs first started, it was. like, hey, it's it's two scenarios here. The Knicks go on a run or they don't and. Tibs gets fired. And that's great. because then at least there's some. change. Like the Knicks did go on a. great run. They beat the Celtics in, you.

know, Tatum towards Achilles, but by the. time let's say they beat the Pacers. Yeah. And then they play OKC and they. get swept. Okay. In the finals, Tims. gets fired. No way. Probably. I don't. know. Toronto. I legitely don't know. Who else got fired after Nick Dick. Nurse? I mean got fired after year after. winning. Yeah. Did you say Benhoer? The. Yeah, for Milwaukee. Like it's NBA is. like you you never know. Like I feel.

like you know you we talked about. Brunson like the players have you never. really know who's moving the pieces. behind the scenes in the NBA. I feel. like the NFL you can kind of pinpoint. okay it's it's going to be that guy or. that guy's maybe that guy's decision in. that building that's changing huge. pieces like this. But in the NBA like. it's like different powers at work that. we're we're not necessarily privy to. But it's um this the big time players. were being asked a lot after the series. I know Brunson specifically about hey do. you have faith? Yeah. Do you have faith.

in Tibs to kind of turn it or get you. guys over the hump? But it's it's not. like you keep getting there. You just. can't get over the hump. Like you. haven't had much success. You haven't. had won a championship since 73. You get. to the finals and then you fire the. guys. So we we'll see what they got up. their sleeves. Yeah, we shall see. And. good luck to the Knicks fans. Uh heard a. lot of you guys saying see you next year. to us in the Eastern Conference finals. We'll see. New coach. This is the only change they. can make. Mhm. Yeah. Serious. They gota. have an idea of who they want. Dolan has.

to have an idea of a couple people he. wants. I would like to say Dolan is. hilarious in my eyes. Yeah, I think. Dolan is a hilarious individual. I think. he banded. He's got a great band. Great. band. He's got the sphere out there. I. mean, he and he's been through it, you. know, even with Nick's fans and just. completely sounds like a you thing, not. a me thing. And just keep it moving. And. then whenever we were when I was looking. for tickets and him just be absolutely. what do we my area? No way. I mean they. booted. I love that. Who they boot?

That's real. I didn't know that. That's. real. They got to him. Two different. angles. Two different people got to him. Like pretty pretty significant people. got to him. Two different ways. I don't. sent the article of me doing a thing. I. don't think so, buddy. What are we. doing? [ __ ] nuts. Yeah, right. I love. that. Yeah. Like I think the people. whenever they gave me the answer didn't. think that I would love it and I was. like, "Oh, that is awesome." That is. exactly how I would hope, you know, the. owner would act in the situation. Feels. like he would like the Knicks to win. Oh. yeah. Yes. Yes. Will they get it done,

Bruce? We'll be back in the playoffs for sure. Who done it? He's been pretty docile, hasn't he? This is docile, Bruce. So, I. mean, being a Yankee Giants Knicks fan. is, you know, the different side of the. ven diagram to the Mets Jets Knicks fan. I don't get how they do it. This [ __ ]. sucks. They're never going to win an NBA. championship my entire life. And I know. that. And still, each year you just work.

up that hope slowly but surely, and then. each year it just comes crashing down. Um, I mean, it's kind of new to be in. the playoffs. Tibs did it three times. and four and five in the 25 years prior. to that. I think we did. We went there. like once or twice. Jesus. Yeah. Look at. a gift horse in the mind. Exactly. I. mean, the the faith is in Leon Rose, the. GM, who came over from from head of CIA. and complet completely flip this [ __ ]. around. He hasn't really made up uh or. made any like horrible rash decisions. You can point at the Bridges trade as as.

potentially one. Um but I I have faith. in in him combing through the best. available guys and and making a great. decision. Okay. You talked about Mets. fans. Michael Cole also one of those. He. just texted me and said, "Catching up to. show rap is an idiot.". That he sent me a picture of his armpit. hair. Nice. So, he just has light armpit. hair. I think he just That'll happen. It's cuz it's probably because the Mets. do have Oh, my bad. There is armpit. hair. Okay. Nice pick. Yeah, there is.

armpit hair. That's his armpit. Clear. that up for us. Thanks, Cole. I got here. I want to see whoever was. driving next to him as he took that. picture in his car. That's Michael [ __ ] Cole. What is he. taking a picture of his armpit? He's the. greatest. Sorry, what you said. Go. ahead. No, the Mets do have the best. record in the NL. Uh, second best record. in the in all of baseball. Three in a. row. Yeah. Number two team in baseball. Yeah, that's the I'm telling you, I know. this Mets team pretty good. Once a week,

I get a full [ __ ] experience. He's. basically he was saying cuz Rap's. basically a fake fan for not knowing. that. Well, and also Rap is saying he's. a fan because he gets free tickets to. the games. Yeah. Riverside jersey. Yeah. So, he he didn't really He'll catch up. in the playoffs. Michael Cole was there. every at bat grinding. I don't know how. he does it legitimately. I don't know. how he pays attention. He has like an. app that tells him every pitch and it. just notification pop up. Notification. pop up. Oh, who would have thought? Juan. Sodto.

fly 17 pitch at bat. Some pitcher. This. guy's not going to be able to pitch past. fourth inning. Like just every single. It's just a new baseball thing. I've. never seen somebody do it. Cole is with. this Mets team. I mean, they're good. They're good. They're better. They're. the Kings of New York. No, they're not. Uh they actually just uh lost the series. to the Yankees. So, I don't know how. they could be the Kings of New York when. they can't beat the other team in New. York, but they're good. They're They're. certainly good. Um without a doubt. Start spreading the news.

They're leaving today. They want to take over it. Mets are New. York. They still want to lynch and kill. Juan Sto and they just spent $750. million on the guy. So until they get. that figured out, Yankees fans are doing. great with the acquisitions we made this. offseason. How are you guys? You guys. going to make the playoffs this year? Yeah, they're leading the American. League by about six games. pretty.

comfortable. Pretty comfortable lead. Um. what about the Pittsburgh Pirates? How. have we been doing? I know they're. playing it is Ski Day. When today Yeah. And since Don Kelly is taking over, they. are playing some salty ball. Don Kelly. Yeah, cuz new manager. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Their issue is that the Cubs are. actually one of the best teams in. baseball. Chicago Cubs suck. We know. that. Not this year. No, I thought they. were historically terrible. Chicago so. good this Oh, they won a they won a. World Series not too long ago. Kind of.

broke the curse. Oh, no. The White Socks. White Sox were historically bad last. year, but that's not even going to. matter because the Rockies are going to. break. They're going to be worse this. year. I heard you guys talk about that. yesterday with Jed. Sorry to the Cubs. fans. I thought you guys were the White. Socks. White Socks is the Pope. Correct. Pope is a White Socks fan. Correct. I. apologize. The Tigers just destroyed the. White Socks last night. Tigers very. good. That's first team to 40. Yeah. Best record in the MLB. Gary Carpenter. hit three home runs last night. He plays for the Tigers. He plays for.

the Tigers. Yes, he does. And these. games matter, too. Yes, they do. What. you don't know here is all these, you. know, where they're ranked in the MLB. right now. It's like bigger than it. would be in September. Well, especially. if Jack Haggleion's coming to town. Have. you heard about this guy? 130 mph plus. hits off the bat. Vo, dude, was a. pitcher in college. Okay. In Florida, now he's playing first base infield. Trying to figure it out, right, Ty? Yeah, he probably not going to play. first base in the uh in the big leagues. because they got Vinnie Pasquantino, but. he's probably going to play out. Couple.

Italians running this team. Yeah, not. even the number one prospect in the. miners. Who's the number one prospect in. the minor? Roman Anthony, Boston Red. Sox. They had to sneak him out in a uh. in a. uh 200 people out there. There was six people standing outside. Yeah, that was a weird thing. That was a. weird thing doing that for that thing. I'm assuming those uh 20 people have. been there for two months straight. Sure. 10, five. I'm assuming all of them. have been there for two months straight.

Uh and he signed for all those people. specifically. They knocked them out. Keep watching. He Taylor Swift did it at. the concert. Yeah. Yeah. Bam. There he. is. Ice Cold Beers. I just Can you go. back to the beginning? There's 15. people. Maybe I miss some people. No, I. understand. I appreciate I don't like. autograph hounds either. Okay. The. people that turn it into a sport. There's no doubt about it. Those people. are Yeah, they are the binders. Yeah. Yeah. These people are all This is them. trying to make a living off of this. guy's niceness and kindness. They've. probably taken advantage of this kid a. lot. But the way it was captioned was.

like he didn't want to get mobed by. fans. And then we watch videos, seven. people there. It's like I don't think. that's a reason why he was doing it, but. I do respect it. And uh they need to. just keep those people out of there. Tell them the [ __ ] off. They need to. call up. More people should more people. those people with the B like come on. More people should do that. People. should feel more comfortable telling the. autograph hounds, the people that make a. living off of praying off of your. niceness, uh, and popping up in places. that are so ridiculous. I mean, I have.

people pop up out of the woods like at a. airport that I'm pulling up to just. middle of the night, 1:00 a.m. to pop up. out of nowhere, garbage bag full of. things. Uh, I was wondering if you'd. sign a couple things and then pull the. [ __ ] guard drag out. They got 45. things. Who you want me to make it out. to? Nobody. No, they they even got [ __ ]. that you can they can make it out. They. can they can get erase it. Yeah, they. can get that off. They'll even bring. their kids scumbag. Yeah. They have. their kids have a bag of [ __ ] You. remember that? Oh, yeah. I had to tell. one kid that this is not how life goes, dude. Like I signed it and I was like, "This is not how this goes. You should.

know that this is not how this goes." I. don't I get it. The hustle and bustle, but then charging people that are fans. of ours for that [ __ ] is just so absurd. in my eyes, too. Cuz if I run into you, I'll I'll sign for you. I'll take a. picture with you. I'll talk to you. Do. the whole thing. just the people with. the garbage bags and all this [ __ ] I. just can't. And they expect they they. try to grandstand on you being a bad. person, too. It's like, "All right, I'm. a bad guy. See you.". I've had to evolve into that feeling. I've had to evolve into that. I'll sign. some of them for them. I'll tell some. people like, "Uh, I'll do two per two.

per two person." And then there's always. somebody trying to get back in rows if I. didn't see them. I just saw you, bro. I. see your fingers. There was actually. these one guys that came with an. autograph Sydney Crosby thing and an. autograph Barry Sanders thing knowing I. would be there. They exchanged those to. us for Pat's autograph. It was good. business. I actually respected that. I. respected that. And I did sign. I did. sign. Oh, definitely. Yeah. We got an. autograph in return. I'm like, "Okay, this is a good business. This is a good. business." I don't like doing the. autograph. I don't like people spending. the money that people spend on those. things. People really spend money on.

still a big market. That's their fault. I don't know about my market in general, but I do know that people spend money on. that stuff. And I'm like, don't I don't. know. It's not worth because my. signature too. Like what? That thing's. changing. Yeah. Yeah, like I watch Pawn. Stars and they have to legitimize an. autograph or whatever and it's like how. would you legitimize mine? Similar, but. boy, you get lazy sometimes. That's just. a big old P on there and then it's just. uh seen show signature. Is it awesome? Yeah. So sick. Sick. See, that one's.

worth Yeah. He does like the Japanese. lettering next to it, too. Like it's. really cool. Yeah. See, that is a card. that'll be worth so much money whenever. it's all said and done. He's best player. in baseball right now. No. Really? All rise. Yeah. Big dumper in. Seattle's pretty good, too. Yep. Who's. that? Big Dumper. He's leading the. league in home runs with Show. He's got. 23. Big Dumper is his name. What? What's. his actual name? Cal Raleigh, aka Big.

Dumper. He's big He's a big bopper. Guy mashes. the baseball, dude. What's his nickname? Big dumper. I actually saw Mariners fans. super upset the other day because he. took the lead for most home runs in the. league and uh they were upset because. the MLB account didn't have full every. time Otani hits a home run and makes it, you know, the league lead they, you. know, they go all out and uh they. weren't doing that for the Mariners. guys. So every Mariners fans were super. upset. I assume Seattle sports fans feel. as if they get uh yeah for sure shafted.

when it comes to attention on a regular. basis, which definitely is true. They're. good though. Mariners's good. You got a. guy named Big Dumper on the squad. I'm. uh I'm I'm a fan of the Big Dumper. Let's make sure we add Big Dump into the. updates whenever we're doing uh big. baseball talk. Sounds good. Mariners one. of those teams I'm not, you know, usually keeping too many tabs on because. they This guy's Aquaman. Big Dump. Yeah, that the Trident Mariners deal. They. start every game at like [ __ ] 10:45. Eastern though. So, beautiful ballark. I'll catch one. I'll catch one. Lot of. fans out there. A baseball from big.

dumper. No, I'll catch a game. Oh, that's some tick. They just retired 51. for No way for Randy Johnson. That's. great news. Was that big dumper right. there just hit one off the ground? Oh. yeah, that's big dumper baseball. Iro. and Randy Johnson both wear the number. 51 for the Seattle Mariners. They were. retired it for both of them. Has that. ever happened before in sports? I don't. know. It seemed pretty cool when I saw. it. Me too. I thought that was like. really sweet actually. And it feels like. those two are the right two people. Yeah. To kind of do it. Another place it. may happen. Denver Nuggets. Yeah. Joker. with 15. Joker and Melo. Melo first.

battle Hall of Fame. That'd be cool. Yeah, it would be sweet longterm. Mhm. What about uh Terry Branchaw and Aaron. Rogers? That could happen. If that happens, please. I doubt Terry will let him get. up. Yeah. Every time I hear him talk, I'm just. like, Jesus, go chew on some bark, baby. What a line. It's really I can see how. there was more to that quote, too. I. think they left the best part out. It's. just been nice. What was the best part? Yeah. What is it? I believe it was I. don't want to misquote uh the great. Terry Brashop. I believe it was chew on.

bark and whisper to the gods. which you. don't want to yell at him because you. don't have to listen. So he said his. aura is like every time he comes around. it feels like it's just going to start. to snow. guys. do. Yeah. That's a bar. Yeah. Terry. Bradshaw's been doing TV a long time. Yes. Every time he comes around I just. don't we all feel it kind of [ __ ] the. worst feeling. Goddamn snowstorm coming. in. Hunker down.

He's got a mandatory mini camp next week. for Ian Rapaort or what? I mean, he has. to. Sounds like he has to by this week, next time. Otherwise, they're going to. say, "No deal. You're done." AJ, is he. going? I mean, I think because Ian wants. to make sure he doesn't interrupt any of. his golf rounds, he would like him to. report next week. I And we told him this. jokingly that Aaron will follow along. with his social media and see when he's. potentially, oh, taking a flight to. Australia. Well, now's the time. Go. ahead. He's not going to have any. service. Let's go ahead and drop this.

out just because That's why anything is. possible with Aaron Rogers. Anything. Aaron Rogers plays for the Pittsburgh. Steelers. They go to the playoffs. Yes. Do they win a playoff game? No. AFC stack. I'm not sure. AFC North. Yes and no. They don't go. It doesn't. matter. We've talked about something for. 6 months and the joke's on us cuz it. won't even [ __ ] matter in the end. What do you mean it won't matter? Are. the Steelers going to the Super Bowl if. Aaron Rogers goes there? We're asking if. they win a playoff. I think some uh. Steelers fans feel that that's possible.

Do you Tony? No. So, does it really. matter in the end? What's the purpose of. the season? I mean, truly. Hey, look, Danny Dimes, what's the purpose of life? I think most I think most teams aren't. afraid of the Steelers anymore when it. comes to to Aaron Rogers. Yeah. To live. to leave an impact. Yeah. And words are. spells. Yep. But words are spelled. Okay. Because they can cast spells. True. You're right. There's a lot of. deepness to a lot of things. Hey, you. better brush up on that [ __ ] He's.

coming. He's coming, pal. What do you mean that [ __ ] Just all the. all all of his, you know, rajisms that. he's. he's on us the last couple years. You. better brush up on that [ __ ] Tony, cuz. guess what? You're going to be. regurgitating that every Monday. Oh, Aaron, you I think you guys are going to. I think they go on a run. I think they. could go on a run. No, you don't. No, you don't. You don't believe that for a.

[ __ ] sake. Yes, I do. I met some of. the boys. I like to revive. Exactly. Yeah. So, I I Cam Hayward was eating a. salad at 8:07 p.m. Post Malone concert, jelly roll concert. He's locked in, dialed in. I've never seen somebody, and. I've said this before, with a tea in. their position in football, eating a. salad at a concert at 8:07 p.m. in front. of everybody when there was chicken. nugies available, chicken wings. available, pizza was available, there. was some uh little egg roll things,

little sandwiches were available. I. mean, you're talking Cam would be great. I don't know. Roger was slanging at. Danny last year. Yeah. Yes, he was. Remember, he was skirting through, too. Yeah. [ __ ] cast them spells on me. See, why is he always going to do that? Cuz now I don't think he's being. serious. Cuz dude, it's. just No, I'm pumped. I'm I'm It's going. to be one of these things where it's. going to come to November and I'm going. to remember this moment right here. This. is fun because just like, holy [ __ ] the.

offseason sucks so bad. That team that. he's got on his hat that won three games. last year is going to win 12 this year. I I I think if you look at the schedule, it's much easier. And I I would almost. bet that yes, we'll be better than the. Steelers. But again, just like I'm. saying with you, our guys are eating. salads. 807. Your guys are on boats. doing drugs. No, we don't. That is not. true. No drugs. But it doesn't matter. either way because there's what, five, six teams that can win the Super Bowl. Seven maybe. Well, I'll tell you what.

If this guy's spinning it at UCLA, set. is this new. 319. You tell me if that looks new. Yeah. Good as yesterday and a month. before. When was the last time he threw. in football? We all know. Who knows? We. have no idea. Mike Stut though played. baseball at Duke, right? I bet. I bet. Mike studs running quite a few posts. Couple of these. Yeah. Couple of these. Mhm. Couple of these. Late hands. Be like DK. So he gets up on.

some stilts. Yeah. Does it? Maybe he gets the the you. know the paperclipip legs. Oh, you. talking about force go? Uh poor little. ting tank. Oh. Oh, you're. talking Samurai sword legs. I still don't know why he was allowed. All right. Be your friend. Tell a friend. something nice. That's what we're going. to do here. Not our friend, but I don't. fully understand why he was allowed to. race against everybody else. Yeah. I. mean, he shouldn't have been. Definitely.

not our friend. He's a piece of [ __ ]. Yeah. He tightened that thing up, too. Baby Power we were talking about there. Yeah. Fourth race of the day. Had a pit crew. Never won any of them. Once again, it didn't matter in the end. He did win. I mean, to get the Olympics, you got you got to beat somebody at some. point. Sure. Put too much WD40 on one of them. and he ran like 78 miles an hour. They're like, "All right, we got to. [ __ ] make this a little bit more. believable." That guy's [ __ ] lapping.

the field in the 400. [Music]. They put a [ __ ] governor on the gun. Yeah, they did. He took the restrictor. plate off for qualifiers. So you like. you know how in hockey you know in. hockey you like you have so much bend on. the stick they monitor that. Same thing. with those. Exactly. This guy cannot. have a full [ __ ] trajectory C down. there. Never get a cramp in his calf. No. Ever.

Never ever tearing his Achilles feet. never getting tired. Never hurting any. like that's all I thought he was going. to win. Someone's a little bit ahead of. him. You can [ __ ] slice their. Achilles with the tip of his, you know, just watch him go down lunge. Yeah, exactly. I I didn't a lot of runners. think about cutting their legs off. No, I think about it. I think that reporters. on purpose. Both of them off. No, I. think it was just conversation you. started. Yeah. No, I thought Yeah, I. think it was conversation. They changed. the rules after they cut him off his. legs off. All right, let's get out of.

here. We would like everybody to thrive. Do your thing. We'll be in Kerry, North. Carolina. It's going to be electrifying. I think I'm gonna do a um I got some. things happening Friday, Saturday as. well. Um that I think I'll be able to uh I. think what's about to happen just a. standard week for me, right? You want to. talk about this? This is just standard. week, you know, standard week in my. life, you know? I think I'm going to. post about it though, like live thread. about what my life is at the time. because I would like people to uh.

experience it with me and also. understand it's also stupid like. when goes on a run down here in Kerry, North Carolina. I can't wait to see this in person. Were. you there last? You didn't see it, did. you? Okay, Debbot in the pistol earlier. and it's good. I was like, "Hey, what's. the biggest game you played?" Oh, AFC. Championship with Gillette. Hell's a. comparison [ __ ] career in North. Carolina. So, can't wait. Why you.

doing that? I did say that word for word. in the back. What happened? I said to Debb, what's. the biggest football game you ever. played in your life? And he said AFC. Championship. So, okay. That's going to. pale in comparison to what you're going. to see in Carrie at TST. I'll tell you. what, you're going to get lost, Donner. Can't wait. You're going to get lost in. like Post Malone gets lost in his. lyrics. Did you win that game? We got cheated. Yeah, we did. All right. Still waiting for the running back. I don't know if we want to do that. either. I've been seeing some of the.

guys on our team at that point. It's. also disproven. It wasn't cheating at. all. No. Bill and Nye, the science guy. told me. The. [Music]. liberal. Push. Push. Bill Nye. What are. you talking about? It's only one Billy. Oh, no. I know a couple. I said the. science guy. Oh. Oh. What are you. talking about? What? I don't even know. No. No. It got disproven um by actually. rest in peace sports science guy. Uh hey. legit rest in peace for shoot rest in. peace. He changed I mean that changed. sports coverage there. Yeah legitimately.

great and it got disproven because they. did the PSI test from the defle game for. every which they never did before the. defle game for every single game in 2015. the year after and every single game. that uh the degrees dropped from the. start of the game to the end of the game. the PSI changed. That's not what I heard. from potential political I don't know. what side. affiliated thinking of a different bill. I I don't know. I don't know. I assume. Bill Nye is potentially on the side that.

you but I'm not 100% sure. I just know. Bill Nye came out and said might be the. conservative, too. I don't know. I ran. the numbers. I ran the numbers. This is. cheating. And then four years later, you. get the suspension. Yeah. And then the. entire season the next year they they. ran the same test and they realized, yeah, it's not true. And then you guys. won two more. Jeez. Congratulations. Gave them the motivation they needed. That's all they needed. They're down. there in North Carolina. That crew. What crew? Who? Bill and the boys. Bill. Bellichic and the boys. Oh. Oh, you're.

right. Well, kind of a different crew, but yeah, for the most part. I think there's a lot of the members of. the crew down. How far is it? How far is. Chapel Hill? Uh, from like Ohio or from. Kerry? From Kerry. I think we're in the. ballpark there. Stones throw. Maybe he's. doing like the anthem or something. Bill. Yeah, that'd be a good way to kick it off. You're the greatest. All right. Uh, this. is the LA this is the last show from. Sweet the Hall dump. Okay. I think we.

fall in the hall. I like that. I think. we fall in the I like that. I like that. I don't know. The boys. What about the. other boys though? I hate it. This is. Thunderdome. We can't be scared. We're. going to Seattle. What are we living in. our fears for? This isn't us. That. reminds me, there's a lot of good H. halli memes out there, right? True. Yeah, exactly. The Hala Dome probably. has a lot of different connotations. right now. Yeah. Well, they're they're. putting other things after a lot. And uh. I'm sick and tired of seeing Tyrese. dressed up like Osama bin Laden. Stop.

doing that. Okay, I get it's funny. I I'm sick and tired of seeing opening. up my and thinking wait is that No, that's not that's Tyrese with Osama bin. Laden's beard and turban on. I'm sick. and tired of doing that. I don't know. I. don't get it. They call him the haliban. Yeah, Mr. Haliban. Call him the Haliban. He doesn't think about his dad. Exactly. His dad opened up saying, "I'm proud of. my boy. I can't even sit courtside." Oh, they're calling him Bin Laden. Yeah.

Jeez Louise. He is he leaning into that? I don't think he's how SGA is. I've seen. something with Shay, too. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Shay's also I mean, this is what. it's like to be a young star in the. social media age. Yeah, he is. The jokes. are going to fly. And if one catches, everybody's going everybody's going to. run. Yep. That's why I saw a lot of. people worrying about Cooper Flag. He's going to be a great player. He made. 28 million. No, James. In like the first. 10 games, I think. Yeah. And I And I. signed a 10day with the Pacers. I when.

this number gets reported, you know, like it's just like uh Na uh N Nari Nar. Nari Kennedy Kennedy, they're saying. she's making a million bucks. It's like. how do we know that? What if it's more? What if it's less, you know? How do we. They just kind of ballpark what it. potentially is. I don't know how you. know like Cooper flag, how much money is. he getting from Duke? How much money is. he getting from Collective? How much. money is he getting from local. businesses, shoes? Like how like is he. he made 28 million? Congrats to him. That's crazy. That's a lot of money. I.

might have stuck around. Yeah. The NBA. That's something to think about, which. is happening in college football, which. is why all these quarterbacks are. growing older because they're getting. offered two, three, $4 million to. transfer as opposed to going to the NFL. and be a third. rounder, third rounder, fourth rounder. Do I want to do that or do I want to. transfer and get four million from this. place, play college football again, maybe win a national championship? It's. like it's affecting football for sure, the amount of money. But if Cooper Flag. is making 28 million at Duke, it's like. holy [ __ ] You start looking at the.

future for a lot of these you like. Swagoo's kid. Yeah. He's got to make so. much money. You hear his personality. He's miked up. Miked up at the Team USA. thing. Bel loved it seemed like by his. teammates. Great personality. Obviously. very well connected in the world. And. Swagu might have a his daughter I think. is like the number one volleyball. player, isn't she? Yeah. His son is now. team USA basketball player as a. teenager. It's like I think his wife, former WNBA player. Yeah, I believe. We. looked it up. Yep. And to him, he was.

number pick top football and basketball. recruit coming out. I didn't know he was. top basketball recruit. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. He's an athlete, man. He's great. I enjoy his personality, too. He's not. on TV a lot, though, cuz I think he's. raising professional athletes. Yeah. Keep going, Swag. That's good parenting. I hope to be a part of that someday. Be. a friend. Tell a friend something nice. might change your life. We're live in. Carrie tomorrow. TST. A million dollars. on the line. AJ, what's it sound like? What? You know what? What's what? TST.

Mhm. I don't know. AJ, what's it sound like? I'm I'm. genuinely confused right now. Come on. Come on. Uh. Uhoh. Concave. There we go. Got it. I love where we're going with that. All. right. Team on me, team on three. We'll. see you tomorrow live from North. Carolina. 1 2 3. Goodbye.