The Pat McAfee Show Live | Tuesday March 18th 2025

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Hello, beautiful people. and welcome to. our humble abode, the Thunderdome on. this big time Tuesday, March 18th, 2025. This program starts now. [Music]. Oh, it's happening tonight to play in. games to get into the dance. Obviously, it's been a hot topic to discuss around. the sports world on who made the. tournament, who didn't make the. tournament. Well, we'll move past that. tonight to see who earns their spot in. the tournament starting at 6:40 Eastern.

time on True TV. Now, this is the time. of year where we're finding where the. hell channels are. Remember, this is a. big deal. We're scrolling. We're. scrolling. We're scrolling. We're. finding Oh, this used to be Impractical. Jokers. I remember taking trips down. here before. Okay, great to be back. here. And you also obviously have TNT, TBS, and um I think that is CBS. No, sorry, sorry, sorry. at CBS in there. But nonetheless, we're going to be doing. a lot of True TVing over the next few. days. So, tonight is a good time to find.

where the [ __ ] that is. That's right. Okay. So, let's uh let's get on board. with that. Let's get excited as St. Francis and Alabama State kick. everything off. Alabama State favored by. three and a half. They got a good team. I I've been watching film on this. Alabama State team. Oh, yeah. I'll tell. you what, the way they move the ball. Yep. Oh, yeah. And then they they'll do. one of these and then they even got a. guy who koozie, you know. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy. You'll see somebody tonight, you'll see somebody tonight do one of. these. Boom. They got one of the best. one of these homes in all of college.

ball and then bang pow. And then that. thing might rattle home. For some. reason, they can't find just the net. They're they're working around the rim a. lot. But the ball does fall. That's why. they're favored by three and a half. And. then North Carolina Bubba Cunningham. school if you do recall. Uhhuh. West Virginia governor is not happy. No. No, he's not. Just would like to let. everybody know he's not happy. But we. don't need to talk about that at this. exact moment. North Carolina Tar Hills. favored by four and a half taking on San. Diego State. Now this team out of San.

Diego, they do smack the top table at. Boston Connor and at Tai Schmidt. That's. what you saw when you're watching film. in the San Diego State squad. Yeah, look, the they're the underdog. And so I. said, you know, of course we're betting. on all the underdogs and this is all I. saw. I saw Holy [ __ ] They go this way. They go this way. And they're and. they're never like this. They never stay. still. And their hands are never like. this. Are they always chopping? always. shopping. It's a lot of this, it's a lot. of that. You know, a lot of Tim Robinson. dancing in the living room. You know, he's always moving and so is this team.

And it's also one of those teams, you. know, the 11 seeds, we all know. sometimes they go on a run. We saw UCLA. madness. That would be madness. You. remember UCLA? They started as a playin. game. Kid with the sweet hair. Bingo. Huge throw. And they made it all the way. to the final four. And I believe one of. those players as well uh is currently a. superstar for the Miami Heat. Uh so. look, the 11 seed games, you know, it's. just a playing game. It's just a playing. game. They're going to lose. Look out. for these 11 seeds. Sometimes they go on. those runs. St. Francis vers Alabama.

State at 640 on True TV. Once again, that's all that's good for all of us to. get in there. UNC vers Diego State, 910. on True TV. Lake tip. We're going to. we're going to stay up for that one. because we're all mad about UNCC getting. in in the tournament. Okay. Nobody's. more mad than the governor of West. Virginia. Nope. Okay. Now, granted, is. he listening to his constituents and. reacting accordingly? I'd say so. Is. this the fastest you've ever seen a.

governor put something together? Thumbs. out. I think so. Is it also the best. podium you've ever seen for a speech. from a sitting governor to the NCAA? I. think so. Check, check, check. Will. we'll get anything done? Certainly not. But maybe changes what it looks like in. the future. Here's a couple tidbits from. Governor Morsy's press conference about. the National Corrupt Athletic. Association. As it says right on his. podium, 111 out of the 111. brackettologist projected W to make the.

tournament. And for good reason. The. selection committee for years has talked. about the importance of quad win wins. Quad one wins. Now, for those who don't. know much about a quad one win, this is. when you defeat a team ranked first. through 75th. Obviously, it depends upon. whether you're home, neutral, sight, or. away. Of course, well, West Virginia had. six quad one wins. That's a lot. And. that was combined with an undefeated.

record against quad three and quad four. opponents. Three wins against top 10 teams and the. 24th toughest schedule in America. West. Virginia deserve to be in the NCAA. tournament. Right. This was a. miscarriage of justice and robbery at. the highest levels. Hell yeah. Now, who. was the last team to get into the. tournament? Who was it? Turn ahead of. the Mountaineers. That would be the. University of North Carolina. Oh,

interesting. Now, let's see how their. resume stacks up. Oh, let's look at it. go. The Tarheelss went 1-12 in quad 1. games and even had a quad three loss. Really? And we keep hearing about the. importance of these quad one wins, but. UNCC couldn't even get more than one. They also had the 25th toughest schedule. in America, right behind WVU. Really? So, Governor Morsey saying, you tell me.

He also had a quote in there about you. North Carolina having representation in. the room in Bubba Cunningham and the way. this kind of worked out and he said I. just I would like to talk about the. robbery at the largest or highest level. and uh I think what is happening here. and I reached out to some uh people that. you know have close ties to West. Virginia still still live in West. Virginia still have family in West. Virginia I think they all go you. know don't love that it's us but had to. be done and it feels like we're the. right team and the right time to do it.

Now, is there, you know, politicking. happening whenever there's any type of. selecting taking place amongst humans? Yes. I mean, that is just a matter of. fact. You go back to all the BCS bowl. games, how problematic it was. You go to. the 14 playoff, you go to just the. national championship, you go to now the. 12 team playoff, you go to this. tournament every single year, the bubble. teams. Anytime there's humans making. decisions, there's always going to be an. opportunity for relationships or uh. maybe agendas or feelings about. something or maybe a narrative that you.

don't even know is coming from person's. experiences that takes place in. discussion. That's why like jury of your. peers is such an important thing because. you got a lot of people sitting around. coming to a decision. It's like. everybody has a different angle. was the. angle and the fact that you know North. Carolina's guy is leading the entire. committee. He's the he's the the chair. of this selection committee and then his. team and then now there's $104,000 or. $70,000 whatever the bonus actually is. going into his pocket. It's like you're. setting yourself up for somebody to say,

"What the [ __ ] going on here? Is the. right things uh the main focus for this. particular group or are the right things. the main focus for this particular. group?" And uh I'll be excited to see. what comes of it. I obviously can't turn. around before tonight. Yeah. North. Carolina. You never know. I mean, Governor Morsy seemed to be pretty. quick, pretty direct. How'd they get. that thing created so fast? That was. high quality. That wasn't just like. paper taped on. That was old buddy over. shoulder. Yeah. Right here. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz if you can't if you can't hear. what he's saying, you can certainly see.

what he's about. You know, if you're. just watching us on the TV as you're. walking by, National Corrupt Athletic. Association. Okay. Okay. Okay. I I like. what's going on here. And then somebody. probably says, "Yeah, that's the. governor of West Virginia." They're. like, "The governor is standing in front. of this." And who's that other guy? Well, that guy's on his side. Okay, we. don't know who that guy is. Got a good. suit on, good ties, too. Both of them in. uniform. Looks like they dress the same. They are ready to do battle. And will. this make the selection committees more. transparent? Will this let us in the. room when the conversations are taking. place so at least there's a little bit.

of accountability for whenever people. are pitching whatever it is? Maybe. But. I don't know what the right answer is. And I would assume since the beginning. of time when humans have got together to. make a decision about things and left. people out, there's always been uh. [ __ ] Yeah, I I assume there always. has been because that's just how humans. operate. But if it can get a little bit. better from this, I think more power to. old Governor Morsy and he is no stranger. to suing the NCAA. He did this as the. attorney general a few years back. We. had him on the program. It was about the. transfer rule. Now, with the modern NIL, uh, some labor law was being broke.

because if a guy can make a million. dollars over here and he can only make. 300 grand here, you not letting him go. there to do that infringes on his. employment and wage opportunity and yada. yada yada. So, he sued the NCAA, actually got a ruling, change the way. the NCAA is currently operating. Also is. now a part of trying to figure out how. we get the NCAA to operate in 2025. So, this dude knows his way around a. courtroom and a lawsuit against the. NCAA. And I think that's probably why. he's in his bag, you know, because this.

is his first term as governor for West. Virginia. So, he needs to put a score, you know, he needs to put a dub up. somewhere. And uh for the people of West. Virginia going like, "Yeah, I Yeah, we should be the ones. What. What's What's the worst thing that's. going to happen? The NCAA is going to. hold us against us?" Well, what are they. going to do? Make us the biggest snub in. the history of the Marsh Stone? That. that just happened. And we lost our. [ __ ] coach because of it, probably. Uh, so West Virginia, interesting spot, but potentially a pivotal moment here. when it comes to selection committees. for the NCAA going forward. Football,

uh, basketball. I don't know if any of. the other tournaments have selection. committees. I assume that they're taking. place in other places. Uh, but maybe. there's a little bit of a change here. But nonetheless, the madness has begun. potentially in a courtroom with the. governor and the National Corrupt. Athletic Association. And tonight, the. madness begins on the court. And this is. still a wonderful time of year. Even. though I'm a West Virginia fan, pulling. for West Virginia, it's like, "All. right, now what's my team in the. tournament? Let's live for the next. couple weeks alongside of them." And uh. hopefully they go on a run and hopefully. we learn some great stories from this.

particular March Madness, which is. normally the case. Well, and that's why. we lost our wagon to St. John's because. they will be going on a run all the way. to the Final Four. But that was kind of. the difference with the NCAA in the. College Football Playoff. like at least. there was a face of that committee and. kind of came out and explained why, you. know, certain teams got in, certain. teams didn't because we dealt with that. for how long during the football season. about, you know, South Carolina and Miss. and those teams that were right on the. edge. Bama. Yeah. Bama that and that. lasted a little while, but at least.

because there was a face of it at the. end of it and I forget his name, but he. did an interview with Ree on the show. immediately after the college football. playoff was announced. It's like at. least Lieutenant General. Yeah. Yeah. Bingo. But there wasn't there isn't that. for BA basketball. It's just kind of the. only thing we heard about the committee. was that one of the guys in it was the. AD. No, the guy in charge of it. The guy. in charge of it. Yeah. Sorry. It was the. AD of North Carolina. So there was this. other guy Keith that was next to him. Reese Davis interviewed um I think his.

name was Keith or Kevin. I do apologize. Bubba's name is being the one being and. say, "Hey, this leads the entire thing.". There is there was somebody else with. Bubba doing this interview, but they. were the ones that were saying like. Bubba wasn't in the room when UNCC was. discussing defending him only. Yeah. It's like, okay, all right. Wasn't in. the room that then. All right. Hey, let. Bubba back in. But we have a couple. questions. Do you think your Well, he. can't because I can't be a part of that. discussion. It's like that's a weird. thing. But in football, there's people. that have.

allegianc who we putting in there. Who. who who are we putting in there? Media. Well, we can't put media in there, right? Cuz media has bias as well. Can't. put coaches like who can we put in the. committees. I think that is the next. question about like I don't know if. there's ever going to be a point where. uh there won't be conspiracy fodder. No. And I I don't know if there ever will be. because like once again humans are going. to act in their own self-interest. whenever they are speaking and some not. all humans. I understand uh I believe uh.

Mother Teresa, she did not act in her. self-interest at all. Sure. Our Daly. Lama uh of course the Buddha. the Buddha from what I've heard the. Buddha no self-interest but you would. think in those selection committees if. you want to have that type of power you. probably have some sort of moxy you. probably have some sort of got there. somehow ego pride you probably have some. sort of re like it's going to be tough. to eliminate all conspiracy fodder even. though this one is the biggest of all. time. Uh uh so hopefully this will pivot. and change and make it a little better. Well, and that's what like a lot of.

people were saying like, hey, maybe you. get like a retired athletic director. But that's the thing with college. athletics is like the fan bases are. raid. So like it's it's not like, you. know, if you're you're an NFL fan and. you're a fan of a team, you could maybe. be like a little, you know, kind of more. even keel. Like these these people are. always going to go bat go to bat for the. schools that they went to or that. they're a fan of. And you can't which is. what makes college sports. Exactly. It's. what makes it great. It's why everyone. loves it. And you can't really have just. like like these people also need to know. basketball because if they're going to. trot out all this like quad one, quad 2,

quad 3, quad 4, that's going to be part. of the selection process. You can't just. have some slap dick in there who's just. like, uh, you know what, North. Carolina's always good. We should put. them in. Like the person actually has to. watch college basketball, has to know. what's going on. But you're right, like. there's there's never going to be a time. where there's not an instance like this. cuz this will probably it's probably. going to happen next year. You know, there's going to be every year. Exactly. there's going to be an AD of a school. and maybe they'll win their conference. championship. So, it won't be a big. deal, but there's also a chance that, you know, the the AD their team's going.

to be on the bubble and they're going to. recuse themsel from the conversation. again and then come right back in and be. like, "So, do we get in or what?" Yeah. So, what you got to say, speak. Remember, I can get you off this. Yeah. No, I I wouldn't do that obviously, but. I could. But I could. Hey, two votes. You know what I mean? I mean, it's just. like uh I don't know how they fix it. And once we got baptized into the. college football world uh over the last. few years of college game day, it's like. whenever we started trying to figure it. out and it's like I don't know if this.

one like obviously fans of teams are. thinking their team's always either. going to get screwed, right? Like that. is what fans are thinking. But whenever. we're in the middle of it and we're. hearing like all every angle of. everything, it's like I don't know how. they ever get the right answer. Everybody thinks it's just TV. It's like. if the TV people wanted everything. Now. granted, UNCC would certainly be one of. the schools because of the uniform, but. it's like whenever it came to the. football, it's like there's like six. different there's like, you know, like. there's a lot of different potential. avenues they could go. Everything can be. a story, which is why sports are great.

And uh it's also why college ball is. fantastic, but I I don't know how they. fix any of it. We just need to teach AI. ball. That's the only way to do it. because See, I've seen people say Las. Vegas should be doing all of it for both. sports. Okay. So, if the books pick the. favorites and who they think would win, that's not a bad idea. But then you're, you know, you don't think those bookies. have a favorite, you don't think the. oddsmakers have uh favorites as well. If. they start realizing that they're the. [ __ ] like, okay, we got a lot of. action on this team. Just [ __ ] put. them right up there. Like, then there's. an angle for the odds makers on why. they're doing there will never be no,

you know, and if it's AI, well, who. coded it, you know, cuz now we'll start. seeing Stanford get it. Stanford grad. Okay, hold on. There's just a. neverending supply of things. So that's. why you just got to hope you get the. right group in there. Like legitimately, you just got to hope that you get a. right group of people in there. There. just needs to be a commissioner for. every sport in college that has, you. know, this many eyes on it. Like that. was kind of the takeaway from the. college football was like they need a. commissioner. And how many times we tell. Sabin like, hey, you need to be the.

commissioner of college football. because without just having that one. supreme leader like we talk about in you. know the NFL on in every organization. there's a supreme leader of that team. and you kind of need that when it comes. to college sports because at least then. you are pointing at one person like the. Gadell scripted thing people buy into. that but we know obviously that is just. you the amount of humans that would have. to be in on that exactly and the. scapegoat like that is such an easy. thing to be like oh my team got screwed. this is scripted like at least here or.

not at least rather like in this. situation it's more so like okay well. this guy this is a very valid hey the. reason UNCC got in is because of this AD. like at least with a commissioner it's. more so like ah this guy sucks hate this. guy but it's not as if he's biased to. one team or not with an AD of a school. being the leader of the committee. deciding it's like okay this. legitimately could be collusion at the. highest order screwing over you know. teams like West Virginia and Indiana and. Ohio State you know yeah and do they. take notes of everything said in there.

like uh what's that called in those. notes? Stenographer. Yeah. Yeah. Stenographer is the typer. But what are. those? Taking the minutes. The minutes. There it is. Do they have the minutes of. these things? Uh because that would be. like, you know, in his Governor Morsey. going, I'm just ask for discovery of the. minutes. I would like to see who was. where, when, and who said what. Okay. And why I'd like also know why they did. And then if you know, we all get a. chance to kind of see in the room where. it happened. I think that'll be uh. that'll be good for the future. Nonetheless, let's move along. Uh, Matt. Madness begins tonight. 6:40 True TV.

Find True TV. It's going to be a. wonderful tournament. They're saying. this is the most talented uh, college. basketball tournament that there's ever. been. Now, are they saying that just. because the OCU has so many teams in. there? Or are they saying that. potentially because the SEC has gotten. very, very good. So, more good teams are. happening. More good coaching, more good. recruiting, more good players on. different teams. Just like in football, you know, you think about the Vanderbilt. story. Vandy added Diego Pavilla and. their entire culture just shifted and. changed. So they got in there basketball. that can certainly happen in NIL. You.

bring one great player, maybe you get. two great players that you're able to. afford, you can completely change. everything. So they're saying this. tournament is going to be magical. We. cannot wait to watch some madness. Uh. we'd like to send our congratulations to. uh BG Brandon Graham of the Philadelphia. Eagles. He has announced his retirement. Yeah. There was a post earlier today. that we saw that was kind of alluding to. maybe he was done playing football for a. living and uh we'd like to say to. Brandon Graham on the multiple Super. Bowls and obviously the toughness of. bouncing back this particular Super.

Bowl. So he knew you know Yeah. He knew. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Because him coming back. was a wild that was a wild part of the. story. Like is Brandon Graham actually. gonna That sounds like an injury that's. on Yep. Yep. Next week we'll get it. They open his window then bang he's back. for the Super Bowl. I bet you Brandon. Graham probably knew that this was. potentially going to be his last game. What a great way to go out on top. Uh. congratulations to him for that and also. showcasing a toughness and a grittiness. that nobody will ever be able to. question. I think Philadelphia now loses. Jason Kelsey last year. Then they lose.

uh Brandon Graham Cox as well. I mean. it's like the next generation of. Philadelphia Eagles is in a very good. spot obviously, but it's not easy to. pass the torch. Brandon Graham obviously. moving along. Hell of a career, Bob. Yeah, hell of a career over there. He. also retore his tricep in that Super. Bowl. So, I don't think it was ever so. healed. Yeah, I don't think it was ever. healed. So, like I think there was a I. think there was a scan saying that it. was a torn tricep coming after that. game. No matter what, no matter what, which is dog, you know, that's just like.

um who's due for the Panthers linebacker. 13. Thomas Davis had like 13 in his. forearm. Look like a football. I watched. Dwight Freeny like have a broken ankle. and like literally dudes were showing up. in geese body experts to work on his. ankle like I think it was 20 hours a day. they were getting treatment on his. ankle. He ends up with a sack in the. Super Bowl just to win a Super like the. things people do just like to with his. Yeah. his leg like Yeah, that's awesome. Just uh an incredible way to go out.

Congrats to him. Not a lot of guys win a. Super Bowl in bats. No, you know, that. is a uh that's Ray, obviously Jerome. Bettis did it in his hometown with the. Pittsburgh Steelers. Brandon Graham did. I mean there's I'm sure there's Payton. I'm sure there's others that have done. it, but that's like the dream scenario I. think that everybody's kind of looking. for. Yeah. Kind of a crazy year for. Brandon Graham, too, cuz remember during. the year when he kind of broke the news. about AJ Brown and Jaylen Herds not. being friends, accidentally. Yeah, like. accidentally just mentioning that in a. radio interview and then for them to.

still kind of hang on and go win the. Super Bowl really is a story book. Uh. let's talk about the Cincinnati Bengals. Obviously, they have invested mightily. in the trio on offense. That is Joe. Burrow, Jamar Chase, and T. Higgins. The. graphics and the posts are coming in. abundance. Oh, hell yeah. Cincinnati. Bengals already putting out a post. voice. Uh, obviously this trio right. here is going to lead Cincinnati Bengals. into the next era and maybe back into. the relevancy of the Super Bowl. conversation. Obviously an immense.

amount of talent, can win any game on. the offensive side. Can beat any defense. for sure. What will they do with the. rest of the roster to get back to the. top? Would love to see these three win a. Super Bowl. That post was certainly. something came across everybody's feet. A lot of people were wondering what's. going on here. Uh, but I think what they. were doing is just kind of they were. around something, you know, and they. were kind of just all looking in there. Yep. You know, but the Bengals. understand what they have and uh I love. the move of paying both these wide. receivers. Now, they're going to have to.

hit. Mhm. But I think Duke Tobin has the. ability to be able to do so. them saying. we want to be able to have our guys and. be able to move the ball is uh is a a a. full strategy decision knowing that. you're going to have to hit on. everything else. And if they can't if. they can revamp on that defensive side, they'll be able to score against. anybody, it's like why not the Bengals? Why not this move? A lot is going to be. questioned obviously about this much of. the salary cap towards the offensive. finesse football, you know, as opposed.

to running the ball, which the Eagles. just did, and they win obviously a Super. Bowl alongside doing it. But Cincinnati. Bengals, if they have the best offense. on the field on any field, they feel. like they can win a game. And it's like, why not? I'm excited to watch them go. and do it. And you wonder how much of. this had to like Joe Burrow was very, very loud publicly saying like, hey, I. want my guys here. Like, I want us to. get deals done. And with everything that. happened with Carson Palmer, them kind. of like, you know, him basically getting. to a point where he was like, "Hey, I'll. retire before I play for this franchise. again, like, so you can keep me here or.

get rid of me or whatever, but I'm never. going to be a Bengal again." You. obviously got to do whatever you can to. keep Joe Burrow happy and make sure that. he's going to be around for as long as. he will be. I'd counter that. What the. What is Joe Burrow supposed to say? True. Yeah. Like Joe Burrow is doing. interviews, so I guess he needs to know. that he's going to be asked this. But. it's like Joe Burrow is always going to. go to bat for his guys because Joe. Burrow is an Ohio guy. He's a. quarterback. Like when Joe Flacco was. asked if he thinks he was elite, it's. like what the hell is Joe Flacco.

supposed to say? I think I'm average. You know, with his little accent that he. has, obviously he's going to say he's. elite. So when he's asked about T. Higgins and Jamar Chase, it's like I I. think he's obligated to say good things, but I don't think he's obligated to say. need to have them back. like you were. mentioning, he has gone out and said. like we need both these guys back. Now. he can obviously message it differently. if he just wanted to give like the. politically correct answer and put over. his guy. I assume he was even surprised. they got the deals done probably. I. assume Joey Burrow was like I did not. think that this was possible. I don't. think many people did think it was.

possible to get both of the deals done. especially over 100 million for both of. them. Yeah, I didn't didn't think it was. possible. Didn't think it made sense. But uh it goes back kind of to like the. Tennessee Jeez, you know them though. No, no, I don't. I don't. But it goes. back to the Tennessee game. Like, do you. remember that scene on the sideline of. Zack Taylor and Joe Burrow and they're. about to win the game? You know, they're. they're up by multiple scores. But, you. know, Joe Burrow is basically talking. about like this is embarrassing. You. know, he and who knows what he was. talking about, but I I feel like we just.

kind of saw what the Bengals look like. with, you know, without the defense. because that was the big thing when they. went to the Super Bowl was how good. Jesse Bates and I think that was the. first year they had Trey Hendrickson. So, I think that's more so why it is, you know, head scratching. But hey, it's. going to be electric football. We Tom. Tlesco has been on here before talking. about the Chargers like, hey, the brand. of football that we want is high-flying, you know, scoring a lot of points. Mike. Williams, you're talking about the. Staley. Yeah. A few years ago when when. he was on here talking about, you know, their brand, and that's the Bengals.

brand. Like, it's going to be incredibly. entertaining watching them every single. week. Yeah. And it's, you know, there's. going to be some there's going to be. some back door covers coming against the. Bengals. But hey, maybe they go and win. Joey Burrow is a winner. Mhm. Jamar. Chase a winner. Higgins is a winner. Feels like the Bengals have won before. Tough AFC North, but why not go and get. it? Tough. And everyone's comparing. them. They're saying like, "Oh, they're. building themselves like like the Colts. when they had Payton and Marvin and. Reggie." But I I was like I that didn't.

I felt like the defenses were a lot. better. So I looked it up. The year that. you guys went to the Super Bowl, the. defense was ranked eighth. The year. before that, it was seventh. The year. before that, it was first. There was a. second in there. Now, the year they did. win the Super Bowl was 23rd. So, there. was like the outlier in there. But those. Colts defenses were good. Like those. were not like Colts defenses. Yeah, absolutely. But the way the Colts. defense was built, and they have a. situation in Cincinnati right now, is. we're going to get the lead and then. we're going to get the quarterback, you. know, but currently Trey Hendrickson uh. is potentially getting traded or not. So. getting to the quarterback becomes very.

vital, especially if your offense can. move because they're gonna have to keep. up. Now granted, there's going to be. teams that are just going to continue to. run. I mean, the Philadelphia Eagles. down two scores, they're still handing. that ball off, but the old adage is if. you get a lead, the other team is going. to feel like they're going to have to. catch up. So you're going to be throwing. the ball a little bit more. You take. them out of control uh controlling the. game and the game clock. So I think Bill. Poland's idea was let's get a good. offense. Let's get the lead and then. we'll have Dwight Free, Robert Matthysse. get and then they had Bob Sanders. roaming back there for a while. had. smart players everywhere. It was uh they.

also did it in in a dome. Yeah. Little. different animal. Also invested heavily. in the offensive line. Yeah. Had the. boys there for a while. What a crew. That was a great group. I don't think. they get talked about much, but they had. like the best offense there for a while. Like 10 years straight. They don't. really get tal Jeff Sard gets chatted. about obviously. Charlie Johnson, Ryan. Deem, Lilia, they could hammer some beers too. That crew I met they could really do it. That was a fun group. They were they. they were a uh yeah they were a good.

group. Hey lads, you did good if you're. watching. Charlie Johnson uh left. tackle. He was awesome. He was a cool. dude. Card player. So uh got along with. him. I saw him at a WWE event. Like I. mean I hadn't seen him in probably I. don't know eight nine years maybe. And. I'm sitting at the commentary table and. there's some massive human being like. sitting over here, you know, with his. family and it's like third row and I'm. I'm looking over and I see this thing.

and I'm like, "Holy [ __ ] that's Charlie. Johnson." And uh I'm like, so I like try. to like look at him. He looks over at me. one time and I go, "Charlie, what? Good. to see you." And he goes, "What up, man?" I'm like, "Why didn't you just". And he goes, "I don't want to bother.". And I'm like, great to see you. It is. great to see you family. You know, everybody, it's like such a different. It's crazy to watch everybody kind of. grow and get older, you know, and kind. of mature, I guess, is what they say. But that offensive line never gets.

talked about. I do appreciate the fact. though that maybe that is the model. I. think they're also thinking about what. the Eagles did. I mean, the Eagles paid. two wide receivers, paid a quarterback, they were able to pay a running back. They had a defense though that they just. drafted straight out of Georgia. Yep. They said, "Hey, we're gonna go straight. to Georgia. Give us that defense. We'll. see how they play in the NFL and it's. going to work out. You just have to hit. on your drafts. Now, let's talk about. Philadelphia. Lane Johnson has. restructured his contract. We go. Lo. Obviously, multiple Super Bowl.

champion. People talk about this guys. being one of the goats, if not the GOAT. right tackle in the NFL. $40 million. guaranteed over the next two years. Good. for him. Six-time Pro Bowler. An. absolute stud. I mean, just an absolute. stud out Oklahoma. And whenever uh. whenever you think about that offensive. line, obviously you think about how. great they are, but Lane Johnson is. obviously a pillar, an actual pillar of. that offensive line. Nick Serriani knows. that. Obviously Howie knows that. Jeff. knows that. Bradley Cooper probably had. to sign off on this deal. And uh Lane. Johnson restructures his contract to be. able to give them a little bit more.

money over there in Philadelphia. They're always working. Feels like they. always get a right those Philadelphia. Eagles. No doubt about it. And and kind. of the reputation that they have now, you know, they pay their players. Uh. Lane also now becomes that Brandon. Graham kind of Kelsey role where he is. now the longest tenure eagle left on the. team. So he is kind of that elder. statesman. Not that he wasn't before but. now he is number one on that list. And. you know especially in that division. with Micah Parsons kind of everything. that the commanders they're linked to. Trey Hendrickson if they do get traded.

like those tackles him and Myada they're. kind of like the uh the stalwarts of. that offensive line now. Miata miked up. is awesome. Oh yeah. singing on the. field. Great. Great. The whole lane same. exact. Yeah. I mean, that is that is a. you know, people want to invest in. everything. You have a good offensive. line, your team's going to win games. That's just doesn't matter who's your. quarterback. Doesn't has to be an NFL. quarterback. Can't be a UFFL. quarterback. Are they still They might. still be picking. Are they holding out?

Do we know if I haven't seen? Me. neither. I think so. Hey, listen. UFFL. boys respect that you're like, "Yeah, give me my read the room." Yeah. You. know, and I'm not just saying that as. somebody that watches UFFL. I'm just. saying like the only thing that's been. reported at UFFL is he lost like 40. million or something like that. Was that. a lot of money? It was like the the most. thing. I got great news. They stopped. their hold up. Yeah. They returned to. camp. Hey, that Thank you for doing. that. They read the roof. It was 5day. hold out. Were they get some free. Gatorade? 7 million each. Okay. Yeah.

Yeah. I bet they did. Congrats to the. NFL guys. Maybe a cameo in one of Dwayne's new. movies. Yeah. I. mean, I don't even want to get into it. There's a lot of that happening in the. world right now. Sure. You know, like, hey, just read the room a little bit. But, nonetheless, Lane Johnson gets. paid. Congrats to him. I I love. everything about Lane. You build up your. offensive line. You get That's why. there's a lot of new mock drafts coming. out and Will Campbell's not even in top. 10, right? Will Campbell was solidified.

firstrounder. Basically, everybody's. saying out of LSU. This guy's the next. one. This is the one. and runs sub50 at. the combine. Showcases he's an athlete. His arms measure a little shorter though. than they want. Now, new mock drafts are. out. Will Campbell's not even top 10. And I just got done doing a whole speech. about if you have a good offensive line, you're going to win games. It's. interesting what's happening right now. Yeah, he's uh 13th in uh Kypers and 10th. in Daniel Jeremiah's. Uh in Kyper in. general, uh there was not a an offensive.

lineman in the top 10. Mamboo was the. first one at 11. DJ did have Meu going. seventh to the Jets. So, it feels like. yeah, it's it's a little bit of a down. year for the offensive lineman in this. draft. It's probably why you saw so many. teams taking risks on linemen we didn't. know about in free agency, but as far as. far as the draft goes, yeah, it's it's. not the best offensive lineman year that. we've had in a while. Congrats to all. the offensive linemen during free. agency. Uh especially those first couple. days. A lot of money going to a lot of. guys we never heard of. And uh good for.

them. I mean, I'm very very happy for. them, but there was a lot of dudes that. had like 200 snaps. Hey, you're getting. paid as if you're now left tackle one. We're going to trade this guy. Who's. that guy? He's swinging guy. How's he. getting $20 million? It's like, well, I. guess cuz the draft class potentially. down. Somebody that might know a little. bit more about that. A man who has. absolutely dominated the draft. Even. though at one point people said he said, "Fuck. these. He's a Super Bowl champion." He's. been able to lead the Los Angeles Rams. through a all-in phase and then a hey,

we got a develop phase. They got a young. team right now, but they have a couple. old core pillars. They were just one. play away potentially from beating the. go on uh the Super Bowl champs, Philadelphia Eagles in the playoffs. They get Matthew Stafford back. They. trade for Devonte Adams. Puk and Aku is. still on our team, so the vibes are. going to be high. The general manager. for whose house? Rams house. Le, how you doing, man? How's it going? You. look super cool. You know what? I was. listening to y'all. I I think if you. know an offensive lineman's name,

usually that's he's jumped off sides or. he's had a bad holding call or some. unbelievable defensive end like Miles. Garrett has ripped him for a sack on. third down. So, it's probably good that. you don't know their name. Yeah, I think. so, too. You're right. I That's like uh. long snappers, don't know them unless. they send one over somebody's head. uh. offensive lineman, you don't know unless. they get cooked. I uh I I respect that. attitude. You had to build up your. offensive line though, Les. So, let's. talk about you in building your team. because obviously we respected the hell.

out of you going all in. Okay, we're. bringing in Matthew Stafford. Obviously, we got Aaron Donald, Jaylen Ramsay's. coming over here. You you went all in. trying to win and you did wins a Super. Bowl in Los Angeles whenever there was, you know, who's going to be the team of. this city, especially when it's hosting. a Super Bowl. And then everybody talks. about kicking a can down the road, kicking a can down the road. inevitably. that can's going to come to fruition. It. did. And you have transitioned now into. drafting a younger team, a core team. that's going to be able to come up. Uh. do you think that is accurate that. there's two different ways that you have. to build a team? And in your mind, is.

the draft the most important part of the. bounceback after you kick can down the. road as they say with the salary cap? Definitely. I think I think you could. call it There's many ways we've seen it. happen where you look at all the teams. that actually cashed in, right? won the. trophy, was able to do the uh the city. parade. There's a lot of ways to do. that, but I do think there's an element. of uh cyclicalness to it. There's a. cycle where teams are going to go. through. It's different from or or.

similar to college football, right, where you maybe you have this senior. class. Maybe you're Michigan when. Harbaugh had his senior class and then. all of a sudden this year they go uh to. a younger class. So, it probably depends. on what phase, what window, uh what. stage you're in as a team. Uh I we'll. continue this football talk, but I. thought that was a picture of you that. like somebody drew on your wall there. Uh why do I have such a good jawline. right there on your uh on your wall over. your left shoulder? You know what this.

is? I'm in ArtistWoman's office and I. believe we have someone uh it it works. in our studios. She's an artist and. anytime artists allow someone to do a. zoom here, uh, she likes to, let's call. it paint, draw, scribble the picture of. whoever they think's the most important. person on the Zoom call. Okay. All. right. In this case, it's you think it's. pretty good. Yeah. It's kind of a. linebacker look, you know? It's not. necessarily a punter look. Kind of if. you'd gone to West Virginia. Yeah. Played inside backer. You know what I.

mean? Yeah. Not tough enough, but what. it does have that feel with that. jawline. I uh I like artist, you know. Shout out to artist. Hey, I'm a big fan. of artist. You let artist know I respect. him. We were not always on uh good. terms. I think that might have been a. one-way street. Uh then at the Super. Bowl, got a chance to chat with him. Good lad. He's a good man. And uh you. let him know. Isn't it good when you. come together, you put your differences. on the table, you know what, come up. with the parameters, the partnership, and you know what? Let's work this out. Okay. So, you know what he told me.

though? He told me it all started with a. Johnny Hecker kind of misunderstanding. No. And I was thinking about when Johnny. just signed with the Titans. I mean, wow. What a gosh. 35. What a career he's. had. Yeah. Crush to the Carolina as. well. We're talking about hitting bombs. over there. Obviously for you guys at. the Rams. He becomes one of the greatest. of all time and he continues at the. Tennessee Titans. He's going to love it. down there. You know, if they can get a. squad, he's going to love Nashville. And. uh speaking of loving people, let's get. back to that. You talked about, you.

know, coming to parameters, sitting. down, putting it to the side right there. with me and artist, which we certainly. did at the Super Bowl. Matthew Stafford. Okay, let's talk about this situation. He was open to go explore opportunities, I believe, is how it was being worded. Uh, is that so you can test out, hey, what is a fair market value? What is the. market saying? And then when you. inevitably sit down with him and I. assume Shawn McVeyy's there as well, what is that conversation to continue on. and uh continue to win another Super. Bowl for the Rams? Yeah, that was it was.

a really it was definitely a unique. experience. I I it was it was really. fruitful, very rejuvenating to all of. us. And I think at the end of the day, the partnership with the franchise QB, right, is a nickname, franchise QB. And. it it there comes with parameters and. there's trade-offs with those. parameters, but at the end of the day, we're partnering, right, to to go on. this journey to chase great, to chase. good, to be better than good. And. there's some stress and drudgery with. that. But each year since the Super. Bowl, once we came back and redid his.

contract and once the contract and he's. still under contract and we come back. every year, there's this element of of. working through some of those. parameters, those trade-offs, and. sometimes there's, you know, there's a. element of friction there, uh, when you. go through those situations. The neat. thing about that month, even though it. was it was kind of it was a grueling. month to work through, hey, are we going. to trade Matthew? Is Matthew going to. want to go somewhere else? Uh, is he. going to want to come back here? At the. end of the day, everyone, Matthew, uh,

his family, Sean, our coaching staff, myself, our organization, we all. realized, you know what, we really want. to take on this journey together. Uh, and it it was a cool a cool to to let's. call it rekindle our relationship, get. rejuvenated to go chase great. Uh. because there's stress and drudgery that. comes with chasing great especially when. you're a franchise QB. Yeah. Especially. when you're as great as Matthew Stafford. is and obviously with how great he has. played and Shawn McVeyy's offense is.

spectacular and I think the way he and. Shawn have worked together has been. awesome for the Rams obviously has been. very fruitful. Allegedly he was offered. like 100 million guaranteed to go. somewhere else. So whatever the drudgery. and conversation and rekindling that you. guys had seems like it was great. Allegedly turned down you know tens of. millions. Everybody hates moving, which. I assume you did hammer home a couple. times. But I uh I think watching him go. back made me feel like, okay, that's a. real rambly over there. That's a real. family. No doubt it. And the stress and. drudgeries is is the journey, right? The.

climb. It's a steep hill every year. Uh. but again, there there can be some. friction when you're going through. Okay. What are going to be the. parameters of what we're let's call. paying the QB and what and also hey, we're trying to build a team around him. So, let's go chase greatness. That's. where some of the friction comes into. it. But at the end of the day, as we. went through that month, you know what? It it worked out and we're all jacked to. be partner. Him walking in 100 million. guaranteed they're offering me. I'm 37. years old, brother. Yeah. What What do.

you uh That's an interesting give and. take. Happy you ended up where you are. now. I can't wait to watch him work now. Cooper Cup obviously is a member of the. Seattle Seahawks. He goes home. You guys. had a great run together. You've said. nothing but respectful things about him. and he has said the same back. Now you. bring in Devonte Adams who is I think. eager to get back into relevant. football. Why was Devonte Adams a guy. that you wanted in your building and uh. Shawn McVey cutting up highlights and. voicing over them and sending them to.

him while he's recruiting him? Is that. uh always a part of your guys' process. to get people to become members of the. Rams? Genius [ __ ] Oh yeah. Sean would. he would he would do really well in. college football. Maybe not in the NIL. era, but back in the old days when you. you really recruited. I do know this. When when you're a player and you really. really prioritize being really good at. football and you you appreciate the uh. the let's call it the the the collective. and and what comes with winning. Sean's.

really really good at at connecting with. those players cuz uh Sean's going to. mention and he's going to outline how. we're all going to go chase that. greatness we were talking about. So that. that's and there and Devonte just brings. a skill set to the element. I mean to. our table. Uh it's the next iteration of. what we want to do as as Shawn and his. staff have worked through where we've. been, where we're trying to go, what. we're trying to accomplish, how you're. adjusting to the league, how the. league's adjusting to the defending you. The enemy has a say sometimes and and. and Sean his staff is always trying to.

stay ahead of that. Gosh, your messaging, man. It's like, hey, this is how we operate. It's very. clear that you guys have a direction. over there in Los Angeles. You and Shawn. being on the same page is I think key to. all of it. Ty has a question for you. Yeah, speaking of that, what what is. your relationship like with coach McVey? Obviously, he's very passionate and kind. of intense and it seems like someone. kind of needs to match his energy in. order to get along with him for as long. as you guys have. Uh so, what is that. relationship, you know, whether it's.

personal or your working relationship. like with him on a day-to-day basis? I. mean, over the it's it's really really. special. One of my favorite ones on on. planet Earth as as we've as we've gotten. in the bunker and uh you know, tried to. do hard things together. So, here's what. here's a great story and I tell Sean all. this all the time. We hired him when he. was 30 years old and and that that. story's been written, right? You you. reverse engineer it. It's like a. no-brainer. Should have hired him when. he was 29. of all 10 kiditted with Sean.

There's no doubt we've changed your life. for the good, but boy did we probably. ruin it as well. You just think about. it. How many how many 30 year olds that. you know I mean it certainly wasn't me. It's like when you're 30 to 39, you can. kind of be a professional, but you can. still goof around and maybe not have to. be a head coach of the Los Angeles Rams. So, there's a there's an element that. I'm a big brother. Uh, we have this neat. chemistry that you know what, we can go.

out and have a boxing match and and then. go have a beer afterwards. Uh, you know. what I mean? But you put on some boxing. gloves and and I think y'all did a video. of him. You seen him squatting recently. So, we're definitely not going to. wrestle cuz boy could he I mean, I'm. getting jealous of him. I used to be a. back in back in high school state. champion weightlifter. And man, now when. you go grab Shawn, holy cow, when you. grab Shawn now, you're like, man, I have. really gotten weak in my 50s. Okay, so. there's an element where Go ahead. No.

Yeah, I want to I want Oh, yeah. I had. to bring that on only because I'm. jealous of Sean, right? He He gets the. video. I mean, but again, he was using. that safety bar back in my day. We. didn't do safety bars. This is straight. bar. This is old school. Yeah. Put it on. your back. Go down. Get parallel. Yeah, you know, kind of stare at the judges. and then come up. Not this. Yeah. Not. the safety bar. Yeah. Now, did I. immediately text Andrew Witworth and ask. him, "Where can I get that safety bar.

for my gym?" Yeah. Is that the only bar. I'm going to squat with for the rest of. my life? Yeah. But Shawn getting after. in there uh with Whit with Look at that. WWE Championship belt he's got on. Yeah. Witworth Whitworth's wearing one of. those as well in there. And you know, he's got a dumper still. Oh. Oh, witworth. He's still got a big pooper. You know, that thing is uh way out. there. Good explosion. So, you don't. lift over at the village. You don't get. in there. I I You know, it's. interesting. Uh uh Ryan Sorenson, who. who works with Whit, who's who trains. I.

can tell you this, uh Pat, they were a. little bit after co got back into. working out a little bit with Ryan. Sorenson. Whit was still playing then. So, they they Whit didn't have his gym. then. I can tell you this. I went. through about a year with Ryan. And I. looked at him, I said, "Ryan, you know. what? I work out to have fun. This is. this is just not fun. I mean, he he. would wear me out. I would want to throw. up doing just bands, a band workout. And. I'm like, you know what? I didn't come. here to puke doing bands. But you know.

what? They've gotten Shawn into doing. it. And boy, is he obviously, you know, the tape, the tell of the tape, the tape. doesn't lie. They're saying 500 lb on. his back. They're saying Puka is puking. all those workouts. Sounds like Ryan. Sorenson is a puke bucket creator. I I. uh Oh, there's nothing. He's old. Yeah, he's puke bucket. You I can tell you. this though about Puka. I don't know. It. seems like Puka pukes all the time. It. could be first quarter. It could be. after a touchdown. It could be at. halftime. I think he just pukes. Uh.

can't spell, you know. I don't That's. true. Can't spell puke. Luke is the. best. He He going back to that. I do. think here's the neat thing about Shawn. and working with him is obviously Shawn. his coaches, they they design the. systems, right? there of what they're. trying to uh get accomplished on game. day, how how they're going to deploy. each player and and Sean's got this way. It's why he's going to be really good on. television. He can explain it in a. madness way where it's plain as sight is. you know exactly right what type of.

player uh what edge they bring to the. table no matter where they're at in the. draft and free agency uh and how they. can really really help us in a specific. role. And I think that's one of the. that's one of the that's why Devonte. watched that video and said, "You know. what? We're gonna have fun in LA, but. you know what? They prioritize football. there. Guess what? When we go have. personnel meetings or draft meetings or. free agency meetings, yeah, we're going. to be we're going to be throwing around. some what's the the movie uh uh wedding. crashers quotes." Yes. But Sean's also.

going to really really articulate along. with his staff, hey, you know what? This. is what we need this position to do, right? And it might even be uh Pat, a. punter who not only can putt, but can. kick off. So that's why we drafted Ethan. Evans in the in the probably fifth, sixth round a couple years ago, right? Because we knew we might have been going. with an older kicker. Didn't want to uh. you know, waste his leg kicking off. So. uh it's it's very clear and concise on. what we're looking for. That's uh I love. that you think that deep. And I like.

that his communication ability probably. helps out the entire building. Hey, this. is what we need. This is what we're. looking for. You can obviously go find. that. Ethan Evans is a dog. You're. talking about in the weight room now. He. He's posting videos of him squatting and. deadlifting and clean. He's a monster. You got a lot of You got to get your. producers, directors, whoever's down. I. mean, I feel like we should have some. clips going of Ethan Evans right about. that. Yeah. Director get to him back. Uh, let's go. back to back kind of Rich Eisen 40 this. thing with, you know, Ethan and Shawn.

squatting. Yeah. Well, I think Ethan's. got him pretty good. This is him right. here. Uhoh. Oh, that's a hell of a job. by someone in your world. That's old ZTO. in the back. I don't know if he's. directing anything, but he's certainly. producing some magic back there. Think. about this. This is our head coach and. punter. You know, this isn't an. offensive lineman that you don't know. their name. This is a head coach and. punter. They're saying 585 lbs right. there. Jesus. Ethan Evans, the punter. It's like, uh, hell yeah. They got dogs. over there in LA. Now, speaking of that, let's go to your drafting process. AP.

Tone has a question for Yeah, Les, people are starting to notice that you. might have a uh kind of guy that you go. after. All these stud defensive linemen. that you have drafted, they all started. at small schools and then transferred to. bigger schools and and had success. there. Verse went to Albany, Turner was. at Richmond, Byron Young was at Georgia. Military, and Fisk was at Western. Michigan before they all transferred to. their schools. Is that is that just a. coincidence or is there something in. guys going up a level continuing to play. well that that you like in drafting a.

defensive line that that has been so. successful? You know, I think it it it's. probably a very fruitful coincidence. It's not necessarily a prerequisite at. the end of the day, but I do think that. the moral to that story or maybe a. lesson in there is is right, each one of. those players bet on themselves along. the way. each one of those players, right? Uh had this dream to play at a. certain level of the video game and. maybe out of high school, didn't quite. get to the level of the video game they.

wanted to, but you know what? They. signed up. They persevered. They were. resilient. They got better each day, and. they worked their way up to that next. level of the video game. And when they. got there, guess what? They they. dominated. And and you know what? We. said, you know, hey, let's make you. let's bring you to the Rams house, per. se. Uh the young core Dline is probably. what makes you most excited about the. potential next few years and what you. think this team could be. You have some. pivotal positions on young contracts.

That is a massive ordeal, I would. assume. And at what moment this past. season did you know that these guys. could be real? Cuz at the beginning. there going into the trade deadline, it. was maybe you guys were going to be. sellers like hey maybe this isn't the. year. Then I think some health happened. Is that the moment that you realize like. maybe this year is a good year for this. team or did you think you were a year. out? How did you kind of view that young. defense and defensive line uh throughout. the season? From the start, from the. start, we always knew, okay, we we. appreciated on paper, right, who we. thought these players could be and where.

they could get to. Maybe they weren't. there then. and and probably as. individuals and even as a collective. unit. But each game you could tell you. could see the that group evolving again. as individuals and then as a group and. then obviously at the you know end of. the season they were applying as much. pressure and as uh and we even had some. of those games right un Shawn McVey like. games where we're we're winning we're. winning 10 to nine per se. Uh we were a. defensive bunch. So we always felt like. let's just let's just hang in there. Let's let this group keep evolving. Uh.

again, when you're one and4 and you got. a Thursday night game probably against. the probably three- one or 4 in one uh. Minnesota Vikings and boy that's when. when they were rolling and coach Flores. had you know they were they were coming. That's not where you want to be. Uh but. you know what that challenge that you. know that was a pivotable challenge that. that this young team and we were taking. on water too. some of our some of our. studs were still injured. Uh and we we. didn't have them back, but we got Puka.

back that night. He ignited a confidence. in the building where you know what. originally he was going to play the. following week. He walked in on Monday. and said, you know what, let's do it on. Thursday night. And I think I think from. that moment on, let's go. Let's go. Let's get in the ring and make this. happen. And you just take it one at a. time. But going back to the defense, you. could see them that they you felt like. they were going to evolve and they got. there pretty quick. Yeah, I'd say. And. then I remember after that Thursday. night, remember you guys ripped the. helmet off the guy's head, right? Yeah.

Sam right off Sam's head there. Yeah, that's how you guys won the game. I. remember that. You guys cheated, but. nonetheless, you guys get a big time. win. I I remember that. You remember. that? Obviously, you got to every now. and then, you know, you got to get. return on good. luck. Good luck. You know what I mean? You got every now and then official. misses the call. Don't complain about. it. You know, you either sometimes it. goes your way, sometimes it doesn't. Amen. Now, going your guys' way multiple. times uh in big situ down New Orleans. from your past. Nonetheless, nonetheless, I love it means you guys. are living, right? That's why it's. happening. But from that moment, I think.

once you guys started winning, it was. like these guys are going to be trading. at the deadline to wait a minute, nobody. wants to see the Rams right now. And. that's literally how the season ended. all the way up into that Eagles game. whenever Jaylen Carter just decides he's. going to become a superhuman again in. the middle of that. It's like your team. was fun to watch this year. It was like. watching a team kind of go I don't want. to say this is a bad example but I just. want to from JV to like varsity. It was. like watching your team evolve into like. the team that they can be. Excited to. watch them going forward. Now on that. note you had to pick or you had to fix a.

very important part of the team. Good. con man. Yeah. Another group that invol. evolved less was the offensive line and. you guys actually just moved on from. Jonah Jackson just because of how good. the draft picks that you had kind of. worked out. How did how did that kind of. progress throughout the year and how. hard is it to find the right lineman for. you know a Shawn McVey system? It's it's a little bit difficult uh. right because we have a specific skill. set but we won't get into that. I think. it we always want quality offensive line.

going to Jonah and he's a quality. offensive lineman. I mean we've seen. what he's what he did in Detroit. The. interesting thing there is is we. attempted to move Steve Aila who had. played really well at guard for us. uh. his rookie year to center. He had been a. center and guard at TCU and at the end. of the day both Steve when Steve got. injured during the process of uh you. know training to be the center. Jonah. has a center background to him. So we. even said let's move Jonah there. Now. that Steve's hurt and then Jonah got.

hurt. End of the day now we're training. two players who been a guard in the NFL. trying to make them center and oh boy. it's not going well and they're both. injured and so when we're in camp in. pads when you really are you know. stressing under fire to figure out can. we do this we we didn't have either one. of those then here comes Bo Leur says. I'll take the job so at the end of the. day once we got to the uh end of the. season uh we were probably uh again uh.

return on bad luck right Bad luck being. the injury to Steve Aila and Jonah. Jackson the good luck. We drafted Bo. Leur. So now we felt like we were. probably one extra starter uh in terms. of Jonah, Steve, and Big K dot at at. guard and and we felt like this was the. best thing for the team and even Jonah. because we could have brought Jonah. back. We could have gone to a three. guard rotation. You might have an injury. and Jonah fits right in. But I I know. Jonah really wanted to to uh you know go.

play, have a chance. And then there got. to give Jonah Jackson credit. Pat, you've been in the locker rooms. this. guy's making $17 million. He he goes. through feeling guilty like I'm not. starting and I'm making 17 and you're. like, you know what, it's okay. We got. into a conundrum, but we're winning. here. And he goes out and he does scout. team. I mean, it it he he's like the. leader. I mean, that that's a man and I. I wish him nothing. And I I know why Ben. Johnson and and the Bears and Ryan. Poles. I know why they they attacked and.

uh attacked uh going after him because. of Ben's Ben's probably relationship. with him in Detroit and uh Chicago. needing offensive lineman and let's go. Rest is history. Congrats to Chicago. Sounds like you're getting a dude, you. know, like that type of buy in. And uh I. feel bad. Yeah, you're getting a dude. That's a dude. Yeah, that's what Hey, look at Chicago. Wow. Wow. Hey, look at. Chicago. Hey, uh last question here. We're coming up on a hard out. We can't. thank you enough for your time. Honestly, this is very very kind of you. Shout out to artists, you know. Shout. out to Andy the artist in the office.

that threw my face as a jacked person. What should we know about this. particular draft? You know, there's a. lot of conversation about like is there. high-end talent? Is there more uh depth. of talent? Like what do you think about. this particular draft class as a whole? And what will the storyline be you think. the day after the draft? You know, every draft has talent. It. it'll be a fun draft only because you. think about last year's seven. I think. we picked 19 uh last year. Seven QBs. went before pick 19. It's probably a. reason why someone like Jared Verse got.

pushed to 19. You never know, maybe it. would have fallen 19 anyway. Maybe it. would have gone uh pick 15, six, I don't. know, a little bit earlier if it wasn't. those seven QBs. It doesn't seem like. this year there's going to be seven QBs. uh that go before uh pick 19. So that is. going to be the for the first time in a. while, how many QBs actually go in the. first round, how many go, you know, before pick 15, all those things. And. what that does now is all of a sudden, let's call position players start.

getting picked, right? Uh earlier and. earlier. So it's going to be a. fascinating draft of position players. and not just QB uh dominated. And it'll. be fun to hey, take the day after the. draft, whatever that story line is, that's that's going to be irrelevant. That'll be good content for maybe your. show on Monday, maybe Tuesday. But I can. tell you this, it'll be interesting to. see, right, how these players who get. picked in this first round and even. second round, things like that, what. they're doing two and three years uh. down the road only because hey, it's.

going to be the first year where it. might be the least amount of QBs, uh, you know, picked in the first round in a. long time. I love the general manager. saying, "Yeah, we're judging drafts the. day after the draft. Why don't we wait. 2, three years and uh see who's a. winner, who's not?" You certainly have. been and we appreciate you taking the. time, Les. Have a great day. Hey, appreciate it. Always enjoy it. Hey, can. artists sign that photo and send that or. is that dry erase? Oh, we're sending it. to you. Thank you, artist. I need an. autograph from you, artist. Appreciate. that. You're the best, ladies and.

gentlemen. Let's. That was awesome. Artist, what a relationship. Yeah, that. was an interesting little photo there. Yeah, I don't know what happened there. His example was uh the person in the. office draws the person who's the most. important on Zoom to put over there. And. I think that's less trying to put us. over there. Sure. I do wonder if they've. just had a photo of me in Artist's. office though for like the last three. years. Dartboard type thing. Yeah. I. don't know if it's a dart board or cuz I. think uh I think some I don't know about.

all people, but I think there is a good. amount of people at the Los Angeles Rams. building who uh watch our program for. sure and are fans of our program, but we. never reach out to them because of their. PR guy artists. Right. Yes. So then artist at Super Bowl comes over. and goes, "Hey man, if I I apologize. I. don't know how this guy sideways. I. don't know what I Yeah. And I'm like, that was very kind of you." And I told. him what happened. He goes, "I I'm sorry. I did that." And it was probably just. like a glip a blip in his world, but for. me, I'm like, "Fuck that guy. He's a. good man. So are the Rams. We're back on. the other side.

We have an opportunity to give away. $75,000 to a giving Daniel Vor. Absolutely. You're a sophomore, correct? Yeah. What is your major? Civil. engineering. Okay. So, what's that mean? What is civil engineering? Uh, I don't really know. Have you ever. kicked a ball before? I have. I have. Wayne, were you a soccer player? Soccer. player. Yeah. Okay. How were you at. kicking soccer ball? It's pretty good. I. was okay. I was good. Have you ever said.

anything negative about football. kickers? Maybe once or twice. Daniel, damn Daniel, we don't need that. You. make a field goal here from 33 yards. uphill. You're the civil engineer. You'd. have to tell me. I think it's about a 40. yard kick. If you're able to do that, we. will give you $75,000. All right. He's got no races. Yeah. What. do we got going here? Can we get Can we. get a shot of shoes? What time a shot of. the shoes? Daniel showed up in his vans. with no races. What time did you get. here for this? about 11:40 last night.

Need a lot of power. Good luck, Daniel. I'm not feeling it. Not feeling it. Wait a second. Just like everything this morning, that. was a surprise. We did not expect that. Let's go. We got to go. One more kick.

for $100,000. You got this, dude. Let's go. How about. this, Daniel? How about this, Daniel? Not only is this one for. $100,000, if you make it, we'll add. another $100,000 to the $500,000. donation we're about to make from. College Game Day to the hurricane. relief. It could be 600,000 if you make. this with a h 100,000 going into your. pocket. Daniel, this is bigger than you. Let's make a kick. Way to overcome the.

shoes here. That was a heck of an. effort. Come on. You got this. In. Berkeley, California. You got it. [Applause]. Hell yeah. Great job. Damn. Daniel. Damn Daniel.

[Applause]. Are you kidding me? [Applause]. [Music]. 1140. He was there. I know. 600,000 to hurricane. relief,000 to Daniel. What a morning.

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on this big time Tuesday March 18th 2025. hour two of the program starts. now madness is happening tonight March. Madness officially tips off with a. couple playin games on True TV starting. at 6:40 Eastern. Where's True TV? That's. a question you're asking yourself. you. find it tonight cuz you're going to need. it. Okay? You're going to need it this. weekend. You're going to need it for. about the month going forward cuz we're. about to find out who's the greatest. college basketball team on planet Earth.

Madness is in store. Magic is on the. horizon. And one team will change the. trajectory of their school forever. And. one team cheated their way in to the. entirety of it in the North Carolina Tar. Hills, allegedly. Now, are they going to. beat San Diego State tonight? They're. favored by four and a half. Sure. If. they were to play West Virginia, would. they beat West Virginia? I don't think. so. No way. Especially from what I've. been looking into, how you in quad one. games, UNCC, not good. How's West. Virginia in quad one games? Great. Ask.

the governor of West Virginia. He'll. tell you all of the stats. But tonight, the madness starts. And uh I'll tell. you, I'm not obviously clearly the. biggest college basketball human. Okay? I didn't grow up in a college basketball. town. Although the pit teams were good. with Dixon as the coach. They were. awesome to watch. They were fun to watch. and I did follow along, but I didn't. keep track of everything going on. Every. single year, it's the same story. Whenever we get captivated by this. particular sport, we get captivated by. the performances and the storylines and.

we get captivated by some small school. that goes on a run because all you got. to do is get hot for eight games, seven. games, whatever it is, six games, whatever the hell it is, you get it. And. if you get hot, you steal the show. And. uh some guys will launch themselves into. lottery picks. Some guys will change an. entire state's economy. Yeah. Some team. will disappoint everybody. And that's. what the madness is all about. The talks. and tables here at Boston Conor at Tai. Schmidt. Con man, this is the best fit. you've ever had on the show. Wow. Yes.

The Thank you very much. I thought to. say that while we were talking in the. first hour, you were speaking and I. didn't want to interrupt you and just. stop you from what you were saying, but. I was like the hat bill matches the. hoodie and then I believe the under half. of the Yeah. I mean, and then the this. is blue and on your hat there's blue. I. mean, it's Yeah, cuz a lot of times the. pants are black with like a blue. t-shirt. Yeah, you dress like an [ __ ]. usually. I have a purple t-shirt. Yeah, but that looks kind of bluish and. especially next to the I was going to. wear the purple wolf shirt. This is a.

good fit, dude. Thank you very much. I. appreciate that. Uh, while you were. talking about that is magical like Mar. That's the madness of March right there. This is madness. It's madness. This is. one shining moment for your fit. This is. my first good fit. I I really appreciate. that. I you know this is a surreal. experience. While we were talking about. that, I feel like I just remembered. everything about DJ Burns last year, NC. State, the big man. We were kind of. having a conversation with him before. I. believe he is now in South Korea. basically running the entire country. Uh.

playing basketball over there, leading. some team to what is sure the South. Korean basketball championship, I would. assume. But it it is there's always. those players that, you know, change. their lives, change an economy, but also. just like come out of nowhere and make a. name for themselves. Like I'll always. and then disappear and then and then. Yeah. And then become nothing. Yeah. Like I'll become nothing but you. understand what I'm saying. In in the B. in the basketball world like Steph Curry. for instance became, you know, Steph. Curry started as Davidson. I didn't know. who that was until that incredible run.

and then now he's, you know, considered. one of the greatest college basketball. players or sorry, just basketball. players of all time. Then there are DJ. Burns who have this incredible run and. they just become those players that kind. of define March cuz I mean what was NC. State last year? An 11 seed or something. like that. Yeah, something like that. And then DJ Burns became this guy who. was scoring 30 every single time uh they. played. Obviously Jimmer for dead things. of that nature as well. Yeah. Boom. From Oakland. Yeah. He was. incredible. Who's the the uh white dude.

old miss? Henderson. Yeah. Yeah. Marshall Henderson. Marshall. There it. is. Yeah, this tournament always creates. St. Peters. Can't remember his name, but. he was Oh, Drew. Drew Peters. Doug. Eater. Doug Doug. Yes. The Wild Wings. Yes. Okay. All. right. So, we're This is what we're. talking about. And we could have never. guessed any of that was going to take. place before the tournament, which is. why this is such a magical ride. You. know, for the next couple weeks, uh, we. get to talk about [ __ ] that's never. going to be able to be talked about. again. Yeah. There's going to be some.

coach who's going to draw up some play. at some mid major and he's going to be. maybe talked about as going to Iowa or. talking about going to Indiana. Yeah. Or. maybe going to West West Virginia. Kind. of a three-horse race right now. Ty, what the hell is going on with the. coaching staff? I I have no idea. Yeah, the the Dere situation is crazy. Obviously, there were reports that came. out that he was in Iowa City yesterday. meeting with their athletic director. A. little bit of background for people who.

don't know, he was Drake's head coach. His uh younger brother was an. all-American at Iowa. Yeah. Yeah. Drake. University, who's in the tournament this. year. It's in De Moine. His younger. brother was an all-American Dlineman at. Iowa. Played for the Lions. He played. basketball at UNI, but a lot of people. have said, "Hey, that's that's like a. dream job. Go back home, be able to. coach at Iowa." But now they're saying, "Hey, Indiana, he's the top candidate. for this." Exactly. He's the top. candidate for that that How come West. Virginia isn't the top candidate for.

diversity? But that's the thing is he's. currently our head coach. But we haven't. heard that like, you know, hey, he's. done at West Virginia. He's going to go. seek one of these jobs. Now, if he was. in Iowa City, then you would think that. there's a chance he is looking. But then. they're also talking about Drake's head. coach where he used to be saying, "Hey, Indiana also likes him. Iowa likes him. That could be a spot. West Virginia.". So, it it's almost like every coach who. is available or who's going to take that. next step up, they're either going to. find themselves at Iowa, Indiana, or.

West Virginia. So, we really don't know. what the hell's going on. I talked to. Whitey earlier, uh, West Virginia, uh, podcast host, of course, great voiceover. guy. Great voiceover. Did the one. whenever we went back to West Virginia, last place in fantasy football, great. host, West Virginia. Absolutely. Old. grad West Virginia be like a mid- major. right now. Okay. You just mentioned. Drake. Yeah. Yeah. They love their coach. at Drake. It's like, yeah, West. Virginia, we their coach might have it. Maybe we're in the Big 12. Okay, we have. been dancing deep in the dance plenty of. times before. Plenty. We have a Yes.

Well, Beline did it. Huggin did it. Hell, [ __ ] Jerry West played for West. Virginia. Okay, let's go. You need to. figure it the [ __ ] out before you start. talking. I know you look cool, but let's. just, you know, I forgot about Huggy. Same way he forgets, you know, when he's. driving. I'm like Huggy. I like hug. I I believe. he is admitted to problems. Obviously. can't be doing it. I think he's uh. getting healthier hopefully like. everybody is especially in this. particular climate and world that we're.

in with technology and everything like. and yeah I think yeah that happened like. back to back. Yeah it was like back to. back a lot happened there but. nonetheless we get kicked out of the. tournament for some other team. Yeah. You know like clearly 111 brackers they. own this [ __ ] by this small school. whisper absolutely job almost. intentionally it feels like. And then. now our coach like maybe he is okay down. there down there at West Virginia. It's. like what the why is this happening? Ren, hey Ren, answer the phone. Okay. I.

don't know who's calling, but answer the. phone. I was going to say he's answering. your calls. It's not like he's not. picking up the Haven't talked to Ren in. months. Okay. I have not but Ren needs. to answer the phones. I don't know who's. call. He needs to maybe pick up the. phones. Enough of this. Now he put out a. statement saying the breeze and us have. a very uh good convo. you know, heartbroken for WV hoops. This is after. the committee didn't last night. Uh Ren. put out a quote about like, "Hey, the. future very bright together with the. breeze and you know, and he is our type. of guy." I met him at uh Rich Rod's.

press conference. He was there. Cool. dude. Very casual. Just walked in tap. up. How you doing? This is what we like. His kid who was a stud. Yeah. Came over. from Drake. Uh he gets hurt then like. that was literally the week it happened. Team still goes on to to win games. Not. enough. They're still in the. conversation, which is kind of a tough. thing. I think West Virginia like, "Oh, this. team, how would they do if they did get, you know, like that whole conversation? I just don't like that they're getting. treated as like a nothing, like getting. treated like a nothing university." In.

the Dere convo, it's like, "Yeah, I was. going to hire him or Indiana's going to. hire him." It's like, I understand. Indiana cuz we live in a state love. basketball. Okay. Now, Kurt Signnetti, what he's been able to do with the. football team, how much money he's been. able to raise, has that taken money away. from the basketball thing? I doubt it. They [ __ ] they love hoops out here. They love hooser hoops out here. They do. not love that it has been irrelevant for. a while at the Indiana basketball. operation. So like maybe that's like one. of the schools that he could have like, you know, whenever he was in his thing. Iowa going back home. I know it's a.

story and everything like that. Well, he. just got to West Virginia, buddy. Like. we got some special stuff to do, especially after you get job by the. NCAA. You can literally use that as an. entire motivator. Like my first year. here, remember what happened? And then. go on a run. Nobody's saying that though. for West Virginia. Only thing that's. being said is this guy's gone. It's just. where's he headed to? You know, where. the hell the hell is he getting out of. the Big 12 to get to the Big 10? It's. like Dere, we we want you, bud. You. know, hey, listen. So do we. So, you. know, you guys are going to have to Hey,

listen. You know, you're going to have. to come to the plate. You're going to. have to come to the plate. Do something. Maybe give him a raise or something. I. know in football the coaching contracts. are a lot bigger in the Big 10. I assume. they are a lot bigger in basketball as. well, you Yeah, but the basketball in. the Big 12, people been talking about. it. It's good. It is good. Is it because. Kansas is like a seven seed now? They. kind of had a bad year. But they had a. bad I think Big 12 basketball. I think. Kansas. Okay. And and Arizona, what. what's Arizona? Four seed this year. I. mean, do they even have a one? Not bad. They're under They're under respect as.

well. So, they got a little chip on. their shoulder. Joining us now is a guy. whose team didn't make it in the. tournament, but they don't care cuz Ryan. Day is talking about football again. Ladies and gentlemen, college football. national champion, Super Bowl champion, Rder Cup winner, AJ Hawk. AJ, uh, I don't I don't know if your. guys' coach is getting plucked. everywhere, but that's happening in West. Virginia right now. And I can't wait for. these games to start so that the madness. isn't just about West Virginia getting. [ __ ] you know? Like, I would like the. games to start so it can just be that. I. tell you what, Governor Morsy and his. presser that you guys showed clips of, that was amazing. When is he citing 111.

brackettologists as like his this is the. research? These are the people in who. are brackettologists and who name that. do you get when do you go from hey I'm a. writer to a brackettologist like I'm an. expert at this situation well you just. got to you got to showcase an ability uh. go to school for it ladies and gentlemen. Pete yeah you got to you got to showcase. that you're good you know like how do. gamblers go from uh gamblers to. professional gamblers I think it's like. a 60s some percent hit or what what. there's like a rate that some gambling.

sites hire you got to quit your day job. yeah you got to quit your day job you. got to hit a certain percentage and then. you can become like one of these at some. of these professional gambling sites. Okay, so I think in this particular. case, you just got to get it right most. of the time over the years. There's 111. of them. That's a lot. I don't know how. many how many people are getting it. right. But we do know and the governor. knows first time ever all 111 were. wrong. Okay. Not even one in 111 got it. right that West Virginia wasn't going to. be in. So Governor Morsey says, um, they. know it better than I do. I mean, I'm. about to learn it better than anybody,

but I got questions is what Governor. Morsey said. Maybe there'll be some. transparency. Maybe there'll be some. transparency going forward. Speaking of. transparency, Pete Taml is reporting that coach Dere. is not a candidate for the Iowa job. What? Listen, I love Pete Taml, but he's. been wrong several times until until it. comes out that he is not going to uh. Yeah, call him. Call Pete right now and. I'll let him I'll let him know. Hey, listen, Pete, [ __ ] back off. All. right. Until he went over there and he.

said, "This ain't it." That's what he. said. Well, maybe he did, maybe he. didn't. But you know what? Pete Taml is. not the orbiter on everything. He's the. authority. He kind of is. He is. He is. But guess what? Pete's been wrong. before. And he might be wrong again. Okay. Obviously, he's taking a lot of. hacks in the batters box. Every once in. a while, you're going to miss the ball. Uh we are calling currently the. authority. We are joined, ladies and. gentlemen, by the authority in college. football and back in college basketball.

fulltime, Pete Daml. Yeah, Pete. Pete. Hey, Pete. It's great to see you. Great. to see prison Pete out here. Yes, it is. great to see uh cool Pete Tuk. Uh what. do you guys call it in Canada? A toque. What is that? A toque is what you call. That's a toque. Yeah. Uh beanie, a. toque, uh tossle, you name it. You look. awesome, Pete. You just obviously sent. some uh shock waves through this. particular Thunderdome because Dere is. obviously West Virginia's head coach one. year got dropped out of the tournament. Everybody knows 111 bracket just.

probably Pete being one of them. Uh did. not see this coming. So he was being. tied to the Iowa job. This morning I. woke up to a bunch of people saying he's. being tied to the Indiana job. I heard. nobody saying he was still tied to West. Virginia which obviously had me a bit. upset. What is the current situation. with coach Dere and why is he not a. candidate for the Iowa job? I thought. that was like dream job for him and they. need a coach for the first time in 15. years. Pete. Yeah. So, good all good. questions. Uh Pat, I uh I feel like.

we're going to, you know, this is a. little bit of a a domino effect, right? Uh I do feel like we're going to uh get. some clarity on the on where Indiana is. headed here in the next couple days. Um. in in perhaps sooner. Uh there's been uh. you know I reported Saturday on uh. college basketball game day that you. know the the Iowa search was was focused. on uh on on three different candidates. Ben McCollum, Darren Dere, and uh. Clemson's uh Brad Bernell. Ben Mcllum's.

obviously the uh the Drake coach. So two. of those coaches are in the NCA. tournament and one of them isn't. Obviously you can ask the governor of. your uh the state where your alma mater. lies what happened uh what happened with. them. So, I do feel like Indiana's cards. are going to be shown pretty quickly. here, Pat, on uh on on where they go and. then that will ripple into Iowa's. options. Why is Dere not Okay, thank you. for all that information. Uh why is Dere. not a candidate for the Iowa job? They.

just didn't like the cut of his jib. Um I, you know, cuz now I'm a little bit. offended that you guys don't want our. coach, you know. Now, now I'm like, did. you see what he did? I don't think. that's I think Iowa has been interested. in Darren Dee. Um I don't think it's. from I don't think it's from Iowa's. side. Uh there's there's a large buyout. involved which which could be a factor. here. Um yeah, I was I was in an. interesting uh interesting situation. right now. I would expect if Darren Dere. does go to Indiana, which is at least a.

possibility at this point, that uh you. know, Ben McCollum would be right at the. forefront of that Iowa search. He's. obviously right there. Drake, he's won. four national titles. He's a he's an. excellent coach. Um, so yeah, it's uh. the these things are always very fluid, Pat. And uh it's it's a very interesting. situation right now between your home. state and Tai's uh alma moater. So let's. say Dere leaves West Virginia don't love. it. What is the percentage of that? And. also uh who would West Virginia hire. then? So now we're all of a sudden what.

behind on the coaching hiring cycle and. we're jogged by the. NCAA. Um, where's West Virginia. basketball stand in all this? So, I think West Virginia basketball is. going to be fine. Uh, they just ran a. coaching search last year. Those pools. are are there. Ren Baker, uh, the. athletic director, has a background in. basketball, which is pretty rare in. modern college athletics. Most of these. guys come through business or football. He came up as a basketball manager, was. actually a basketball coach. So, he ran. a full search last year. I you know I.

think they'd be able to go and go uh and. go pretty fast quite frankly because. they've likely spoken to you know within. the last 11 months everybody who who'd. be at the forefront of their list. So I. wouldn't think it would take much time. to uh to to flip that. And look like you. know there's a you know everybody's. going to want the Alabama job, the. cowboy job. Like Indiana's one of those. jobs. So uh I don't think it's an. indictment on West Virginia. They've. certainly been aggressive in trying to. keep him Pat. Um Amen. I just think I. just think that uh you know sometimes.

when you when you get when you get. called up, you got to go. So we'll we'll. see if you know we'll we'll see in the. next uh in the near future uh where. Indiana turns. All right, we appreciate. you ladies and gentlemen, the authority. Pete, have a great March Madness. Called up. Get called up to Iowa. You. got to go. All right. He was talking. about Indiana. That's what he said, right? Oh, I thought he meant both of. them. No, no, he said Indiana. They're. both in the same. He said, "Listen, Indiana's like Alabama Cowboys is what. he said. So.

I mean, I do understand cuz these people. in this state, like if I didn't live in. Indiana and I didn't marry into a Hooser. family, a Indiana Hooers fan family, I. don't think I would fully uh understand. These [ __ ] love the Indiana Hooser. basketball team. It's a big deal. which. is why it has been such a heartbreaker. for so long which is why it gets so loud. cuz they haven't been good. These. people, the parent, the fathers and the.

fathers fers and the mothers and the. mutters mutters uh they came up with Bob. Knight back like they have a basketball. hall of fame here. Bob Knight was. obviously here. The pin the the hooser. stripes mean I mean and you're talking. about basketball, you know, the high. school basketball here, thousands and. thousands in gyms around here. The high. school state tournament, very very big. deal. Like they love hoops here. Before. Pton Manning got here, this was a hoops. and racing town in a hoops and racing. state. Fully fully. We like racing. We.

like the Indy500. Obviously, we got. hundreds of thousands of people coming. here. All the teams are basically hubbed. here. This is the home for an entire. race league pretty much. We love it. here. Take care of them here. Uh and. then also hoops. We love hoops here. We. got the Hall of Fame here. We got the. Hooers here, the Pacers, you know, when. Reggie was going on like everything. It's like a hoop state, which is why. Signetti being able to win and. is pretty mindboggling to be honest. That has never been even a thought that.

the Indiana football team was going to. be good. And and nobody cared. Like. nobody It was like, "Ah, football team.". Yeah. All right. Yeah, you're right. Couple hundred people. Yeah. They. didn't. It was like, "Is our basketball. team good or not?" Like that was the And. when did Bob Knight leave Indiana? For. real. That's like he set the stage for. He set the foundation. I feel like. obviously the movie Hoosiers back in I. don't know. Have young kids seen. Hoosiers though? Do they even know about. it? They know about it. Yes. And every. kid in Indiana has a uh Oh, yeah. Every. single one of them. Every It doesn't. matter what they're built like, what. they look like, how many sports they.

play have an ability to shoot a ball. You'll just learn that you go to an LA. Fitness or something, you'll see some. bum looking kid and then he gets the. ball in a corner and that thing's gonna. go in somehow and it's like, "Oh, it's. Indiana. Everybody here can shoot.". Joining us now is a man who knows more. about hoops than we do and we'll ask him. about everything that the authority Pete. Daml just said. Ladies and gentlemen, front of the program now at this point. You know, I think we can say that. From. ESPN's College Basketball Analysis, former coach in the ACC, long time, coach Seth Greenberg. Yeah, coach.

What's up, boys? Good time of the year. Now, it is active time of the year. I. saw you on TV last night on a college. game night. You guys were pulling. different categories and spinning a. wheel and giving takes zooming. I saw. you on Get Up This Morning, which leads. me to this. For those that didn't see. this man on Get Up This Morning, this. was said. So, it's a fascinating thought. from Patino. And here's my uncle Seth, Seth Greenberg, no relation, with. thoughts on that. You know, Seth, we.

live in a world where the um where. football drove conferences to do all. sorts of things that made a lot of sense. for financial reasons and positively no. sense for any other reasons. Basketball. on some level, I guess we could say, was. something of a casualty of that. What do. you make of the idea? He said the words. in basketball. What do you make of the. idea of something like the ACC and Big. East forming a conference together in. basketball? I think it makes sense. In fact, I had.

two years ago, I had a conversation with. the people in the ACC office and exactly. said that to them. They got to get back. to the roots. The ACC was built on. college basketball. I understand the. money is in the football side of it. But. you know what? You could create a super. conference, the best conference in all. of college basketball. You got to give. these schools the resources, but you. know what? Merging the ACC and the Big. East, think about the matchups you would. have. They wouldn't be games, they'd be. advanced. You'd get back to the old. school rivalries of the old Big East, but then you'd bring in some new.

rivalries like a Connecticut against. North Carolina, Connecticut against. Duke. Uh to me, it makes sense. You've. got to find a way to make it happen. And. like I Chip Kelly said this a couple uh. months ago. He said, "What what college. athletics needs to do," and this made a. lot of sense, regionalized everything. else but football. If you regionalize. everything else but football, to me, that's a win for everyone. Okay, Seth, you're the first person we're hearing it. from the basketball world. Obviously, we. heard it from Chip in the football. world. How likely is that to happen?

Because the Big East still existing. whenever the Big East football kind of. got rid of kind of leads me to think. there is precedent for basketball being. able to make their own decisions. Do you. think that's ever possible with the ACC. Big East for basketball? Because the. more you talk about it, and when Patino. mentioned it yesterday to us, that was. the first time I had heard of it. And. then my brain did the same thing you. did. We got UNC and Yukon happening at. Madison Square Garden. We got Duke. taking on St. John's and like the the. matchups are, you know, very What is the. likelihood of that happening? How slow. does basketball move verse kind of.

football, Seth? Basketball could move. real quickly. The problem is the. football element. The football is the. one that moves slowly because all these. TV contracts are tied into football. So. Pat, you've got a good voice. You can. make this happen sooner than later. I. mean, if you can get behind this, I. mean, you could be like the guy behind. changing the world of college athletics. just by saying, "Wait a second. regionalize hoops and all the non-review. sports obviously hoops not the non-revue. and then let's take football put it on. its own island because you know you. could play one football game a week and.

travel across country you can't like. look I'm not the smartest guy in the. world but like Stanford and Cal in the. ACC I didn't take geography fairly. Dickinson Harvard on the Hackinack but. they're not in the ACC I'm sorry and. you've got UCLA and USC going and. playing Big 10 games come on man I mean. it just doesn't make sense. So, like. we've got to use common sense. And then. for the ACC, first of all, I don't know. how they did bring Yukon in when they. did expansion, Stanford, Cal, Yukon.

Like, which one would you guys pick? Okay. I mean, I mean I mean that doesn't. make any sense. But to me, good people. go. The ACC's got to get back to some. way it roots. They got four teams in the. NCAA tournament this year. That's like. sacrilegious. You think about ACC. basketball, you think about the best. teams and great rivalries and great. programs. Why not find a way to adopt, partner with, or whatever you might want. to call it, the Big East, create this. mega basketball conference, have all. this inventory, share your your revenue.

share. Obviously, football money is. going to be taken out of it, and create. something different, special, and think. outside the box. Okay. So, my question. for you would be this. We talked to. Patino uh later in that conversation. He. talked about how St. John's doesn't have. a football team, so the revenue share. thing is going to be a lot to basketball. and it's going to be a lot to these. other sports. Do you think the ACC will. ever be able to keep up with like the. Big 10 has a lot of money? Okay, they. have a lot of money and they're putting. it into football. I assume they're.

putting it into basketball and will only. continue to do so. The SEC is putting a. lot of investment into its basketball. We talked to Greg Seni yesterday and. he's like there was a mission statement. sent out that we need to be better at. men's basketball and they all kind of. took adhere to it and now they're. record-breaking with the amount of teams. they get in the tournament. Will the ACC. ever be able to keep up with everybody. else? Now I'm not saying Big East is. underhanded or anything like that. But. Yukon, all the money is probably going. to be going to basketball as well. St. John's, same exact thing. The ACC, they. still got to compete against their.

football teams, right? Whenever it comes. to the revenue share, do they have. enough NIL and money to be able to keep. up with everybody else for the state of. basketball, do you think? I think they. have the money. Will are they willing to. spend the money? Are they willing to. make the investment? Like, you know, Pat, like anything else, your investment. equals your expectation. If you want to. be good at something, all right, whether. it's, you know, work or whether it's in. in in athletics, you got to invest in. it, man. Like, you want to keep on. changing coaches, great. You're going to. hire another coach. Don't give him the. resources he needs and you're going to. have the same result. Like stupid people. do the same things over and over and.

over again. Smart people, you know what. they do? They look at things through a. different prism and say, "You know what? If we want to be good, we've got to make. diff a change." And how we're going to. do it, we got to invest. Invest in. infrastructure, invest in coaches, and. invest in NIL. Cuz without that, I don't. care how good that coach is. Without. that, if you don't have the resources, you're not winning. Rick Rick Patino, he's got Rapoli. He's got the water. vitamin man running around hanging out, you know, dropping $100 bills. Come on. I mean, like, you know, you I'd be a.

better recruiter. I'd be a much better. coach if I had a dude like that hanging. on with me. Like, hey, let's go. That. dude's pretty good. Can we get him? All. right, let's go. Let's get it done. Yeah, that's good recruiting. I think. it's a good tool, but it's needed now, you know? Like, it is a necessity. And I. do wonder with some schools that are. like historic if their boosters and. their money people are going to. understand that they need to pitch in. It's not just name anymore. It is uh it. is a a lot that has to go into a lot of. commitment. I um that ACC Big East thing.

would be so cool. That would be for. basketball reasons. That would be. insane. Hopefully they're able to get it. done. Sounds like you should maybe be a. commissioner this entire thing. AJ has a. question for you, coach. Coach, when you. look at this year, the bracket, obviously we're we're entering a great. time, a great time for you. Obviously, it's fun to listen to you on TV. And. when you look at this, what what games. in this first round are you you pointing. out that you want to watch that you. think some fireworks might happen? Not. maybe a big upset, but maybe some. exciting games that people may not be. thinking about. You're the one person. who enjoys listening to me, so I.

appreciate that. I do as well. We all. do. We all do. There's five of us. I I. think I I think I appreciate that. You. and my and my kids. Uh Yukon, Oklahoma. is a fascinating a fascinating game. Uh, you know, obviously you got two time. defending champions. Obviously you have. Danny. The one thing they struggle. defending is is the perimeter. And. Jeremiah Fears is a bad dude. He reminds. me of Kyrie Irving. I mean, he can break. people's ankles and get in the lane. They play three guards, which is going. to, even though they're under size, will.

put a lot of pressure on the defense, perimeter defense of Yukon. I think that. game is a really interesting game to. watch just in terms of, you know, Danny's going to be able to score. It's. whether they can stop him. And then like. even right below that, Colorado State, Memphis, uh you know, a lot of money's. on Memphis. Actually, I guess Memphis is. being favored. Uh Nick Clifford is a bad. dude as well. He's 66. They play him all. over the floor. Colorado State is. really, really efficient offensively. They assist on about 60% of their field. goals. But more importantly, it's a. spacing and how they share the ball and. play through this guy. Memphis, Penny's.

done a really good job with this team. Tyres Hunter, one of his players, a lot. of injuries in the NCAA tournament this. year. He did not play in the conference. tournament championship game. They need. his leadership. But there's a dude on. Memphis, PJ. Hagerty. He is a stud. About 22 points a. game. Uh about eight rebounds, five. assists. Goes to the line about five. times a game. Like that dude is really. different. He'll be a fun guy to watch. There are so many good matches. How. about the conspiracy? How many Do you. guys Do you guys buy into conspiracies?

Yeah. Bubba Cunningham screwed over West. Virginia. Yeah, Seth, we're in on Yeah. You think about birds. Well, that you're. all in on it. Like, by the way, you know. what a Wob is? I'll tell you the Wobb. You know, West Virginia got beat by the. Wob not getting in the tournament. That's wins above the bubble. You see, look quickly on West Virginia. You can. spin that stuff any way you want it. You. could say the net's most important. You. could say wins against the field are. most important. You could say quad one.

wins are most important. We need one way. to evaluate teams for the NCAA. tournament because every single person. in the room has their own opinion. And I. and look, I I I know Bubba, I think he's. a really good guy, but you know, walking. out of the room and saying he's not in. the room when they're discussing. Carolina, that that's great. Breakfast. plus or dinner, drinks after. I mean, and it's not like something that they. would say, "Hey, you got to vote for. us." It would be more like here's our. leader. He's our fearless leader. He's. the head of the committee. I mean, how. can we leave his squad out? You know.

what they did was the team you guys. should really be complaining about is. Xavier. Well, one and nine in quad one. Yeah. I mean, so yeah, he's it is what it is. I mean, you guys. won two games without degrees. When you. win at Kansas and and you beat Iowa. State, you're good. Iowa State was. number three in the country, I believe, at the time. No big deal. I don't want. to get you wound up, Pat. I got We've. already done enough. The governor The. governor's handling it, Seth. The. governor's governor's handling it all.

just wants a little bit more. transparency, but it it does feel like. we have a lot of good matchups. It does. feel like there's a lot of good. storylines, which leads to AP Tone's. question for you, coach. Yeah, coach, I. wanted to ask it cuz I saw this floating. around the internet that this is the one. of the best tournaments ever, if not the. best tournament ever. And they were. using uh Ken Pal's rankings. And if. people don't know, Ken Pal is a website. that, you know, basically calculates. offensive and defensive efficiency and. things like that. and has four of the. top six teams all time in his rankings. with Duke, Florida, Houston, and Auburn.

So, is this accur accurate that this. could be or is one of the best. tournament fields of all time? Yeah, it could be because it's older. Think about the ages of these guys. I. mean, a lot of these teams, you know, you Mike Bur used to have to say, get. old and stay old. Like, you've got like. Chad Baker Mazara would be like the. oldest guy on the Oklahoma City Thunder. I mean like I mean you know you look at. Auburn's team this fifth and sixth year. are seniors on all these teams. So these. teams are older, they're more mature, they're more physical and like the SEC.

that final four in the SEC championship. in Nashville that will be as good if not. better than the final four we're going. to get in San Antonio. That's how good. it was. So, like the teams you. mentioned, SEC, ESPN's little No, no, no. Hey, hey, hey. Now, here's the deal, Pat. Everyone. thinks I'm a homer for like uh John. Caliperry, which is my conspiracy thing. Caliperry self to play Rick Patino. Imagine if it's Caliperry and Patino.

That's the alltime conspiracy game. humanly possible. Yo, some people say I. hate Duke. Some people say I hate. Carolina. So, I'm in pretty good shape. cuz I hate both Duke and Carolina and. they hate each other. So that puts me in. a good place. Yeah. The enemy of your. enemy is your friend. It seems like they. both hate you. Maybe that'll be. something I can rally them together. The. enemy of your enemies are your friend. I. like that. I'm going to I didn't create. that. No. No. Do not give me credit. That has been that has been around a. long time. I believe in political. warfare. It is something that is. chitchated a lot and uh I see it about. me a lot. You know, people come together.

around hating me. So that is a cool. thing in my mentions. But Duke and North. Carolina completely opposite ends of the. spectrum here, right? This Duke team is. supposed to be the one. They're they're. saying this is even the books are saying. very good odds here. This Duke team, everybody seemingly believes, you know, like they are primed to just I I don't. want to say Yukon this thing like Yukon. did, but seemingly being talked that. way. I'm going to give you a little. secret. There's another team that's. going to Yukon this tournament and. that's Florida. Yeah, you've been on. Florida. Oh, I'm on Florida now. Like. Duke is Look, I love Duke. Cooper's got.

to be healthy. Malip Brown's got to be. able to play. They need that experience. in the front court. If he's out and he's. got that shoulder injury, you're talking. about an experienced player that can. defend. Four and five, terrific passer, always in the right place, made a couple. threes against Carolina. I mean, but. Florida, you know, I joke around, they're noc they got two and everything. I mean, like they they got they got two. 611 big guys. Chinulu just blocks every. shot, carves out space, rebounds the. ball, finishes, blocks shots, does. everything you need. They bring hand.

lockman off the bench. Walter Clayton is. the best guard in the tournament. And. now we want to go deeper into the. conspiracy. If Florida gets to the Elite. 8 and and St. John's gets to the Elite. 8, that's Rick Patino against Florida. Oh, by the way, Walter Clayton played. for Rick Patino at Iona. You see, everything goes back to the conspiracy. Oh, yeah. And 1,100 bucks, I believe, is. what was offered by Iona. Yeah. 1100. bucks. Yeah. To count and a couple. Yeah. Yeah. a couple t-shirts and a. chance to be coached by Rick Matina who.

after talking to him yesterday we'd like. to talk to him more. cerebral dude yeah a lot of paison in. this college basketball a lot of Jewish. coaches of America too by the way the. Jewish coaches are taking we're glad you. brought that up Pat we only have the. Jewish guys only have three to four. coaches in on the number one line that's. all it's no big thing yeah but I heard I. mean I I might make a comeback not a bad. idea especially if you got a polei in. your corner like you talked about I saw. that account Jewish Coaches of America. is that the is that Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

JCA. Yeah. I saw the picture. We can. make you an honorary member now. I mean, if you'd like. Masle shalom. I mean, you. know, we could have a I'm not a coach. I'm not a good enough coach. You know, I. don't have the patience in there. But I. did appreciate the fact, you know, it. was like, we got to stick together. And. then I wonder if the Italians were like, "Yeah, we'll meet, but we ain't [ __ ]. showing anybody." You know, that's a. little bit that's a little bit of the. difference here. I I do respect and. appreciate all of that. Uh Conman has a. question for you, coach. Yeah, coach. What do you think is the most important. aspect when it comes to one singular.

part of the game to make a run in March? You know, Rick Patino mentioned. yesterday, you know, you need some luck. or maybe that was ISO, but either way, they mentioned, you know, luck, you need. some of that during March, especially, you know, the ball bouncing one way or. the other, but is it shooting? Is it. defense? Is it kind of, you know, getting a specific possession correctly? What do you think is the most important. thing when it comes to making a run to. the Final Four? Besides having dudes, uh. you need a guy at the end of the game. you can give the ball to who can go make. a play because there's a more level.

playing field. All the teams in the. tournament expect to win and all the. teams in tournament uh have won a ton of. games when you get, you know, past the. first round. And I think you need a guy. at the end of the shot clock or at the. end of the game to give the ball to to. go make a play. Now the the thing that. complements that is do you have a style. of play that's diff difficult to prepare. for the second day of the tournament? whether it's the second day of the first. round, the second day going to the to. the final four or the second day in in. the championship game because styles. make fights and if you have a style of.

play that's hard to prepare for in a. short period of time, that's an. advantage. It's a huge advantage. So, I. would say style of play imposing your. identity on the game, no different in. football. And and then the other thing. is have a dude like like do you have a. guy at the end of the shot clock you can. give that ball to and like play breaks. down and he goes and makes a play. it. like you know do you have a Patrick. Mahomes. like down late kind yeah these are all. the stories we were just talking about. from previous March Madness is that Doug. Eer kid came out of nowhere he was a guy.

Henderson was a guy out of nowhere Burns. like how about the kid in Oakland last. year goalie go yeah we talked about him. as well yeah it's like those are the. dudes that you're talking about like. yeah you got to have a closer and that's. how we find out and learn about these. schools and these players and then we. never talk about them ever again it's. kind of a wonderful time So much fun. It. is a wonderful time. Uh things that will. be talked about is if somebody big goes. down early, what a bummer. Ty has a. question for you. Yeah, coach. When you. look at all of the national uh title.

contenders going into this, which one of. them do you think got the worst draw and. is most susceptible to upset within like. the first couple days of the tournament? The overall number one seed got. screwed. I mean I mean this the way you. can't you can't explain it any other. way. I mean, Auburn, now look, they lost. three the last four, but they're overall. number one seed. I mean, they're going. to have to play Michigan to get to to. advance. Now, Michigan just won the Big. 10 tournament. Michigan's got two 611 7. foot guys and Golden and Danny Wolf. All.

right, Danny Wolf's like he he he's a. lottery pick. He's a homeless Larry Bird. in a lot of ways. I mean, you can run. your offense through him. Uh the guy is. really really different. They put those. two guys at a ball screen together and. it becomes a absolute problem in terms. of how you're going to guard it. They. got a kid named Trey Donaldson, a point. guard who made that big shot against. Maryland at the end of the game. Another. conspiracy, by the way, because they. could potentially play Auburn and. Michigan could play. Now, the Michigan. point guard was the Auburn point guard. last year. Conspiracies everywhere. Oh,

wait a minute. Well, what's going on. behind the scenes here? I mean, behind. the scenes here, but uh I like this. Michigan team. They got enough guys who. can make shots. They play really fast. Golden gets some baskets around the. basket. The kid Wolf, he really is a. matchup problem. The only concern for. Michigan. They get a little loose with. the ball. But I think they've got the. toughest second round game in the. tournament. Even even their even after. if they win their first game, they get a. Kraton team. Like Kraton is is good. Uh. the big kid [ __ ] Brener, he's like a.

oneman zone. They play fast. A really. good passing team. Sneaky defensive team. because of stylistically. So I think. Auburn got the the toughest one and I'd. say the other one toughest one second. would be Houston just cuz Tennessee. they're so hard to play against. Tennessee. They're so physical and tough. when it comes to that SEC championship. game was uh fun to watch. Did see your. Florida team do what Florida does. though, you know, but I think everybody. came away from that game and they're. like Tennessee real deal. How do you. feel about all these teams that played. in the conference finals and then they.

have to turn around and play the. earliest? cuz I heard there were some. coaches and some people that are like, "Yeah, definitely bummed we didn't win. the conference tournament, but also we. got an extra five, six days before the. big game, you know, in the tournament.". Is that a is that a common conversation. amongst coaches about the conference. titles? It it is like guys want to win. championships. You want to win. championships. uh you know, hey, players. want to win championships cuz probably. with NIL, they got bonuses bought bought. into to winning championships or. advancing even in the conference.

things are written. Having said that, uh. yeah, I mean like especially the guys. who play on Sunday, like those five. championships that were decided Sunday, uh if you have a quick turnaround, you. go Sunday, Thursday, I mean you think. about your football guys are used to. routine, you know, you know what day, you know what day you're in pads, what. day you're out of pads. Well, so is. basketball. So, you get back on Sunday. after your championship game. You find. out who you're playing. You have a team. meeting. Your coaches scatter because. you're in a four team bracket. Basically, you're not worrying about a.

68 team field. You're worried about the. four teams in your bracket. All right? Your assistant coaches are scurrying. around putting together scattering. reports. Your video guys losing his. brain. All right? And you're locked in. But then Monday is film concept work. Tuesday, you're on a plane probably if. you're playing Thursday going to your. site. So Tuesday you practice at home. Th Tuesday afternoon you probably flying. to the site. You get there you have. dinner. You do film again. Wednesday you. got that practice on your site. And. Thursday you're hooping. So like in.

recovery time uh it's it it's real. Especially if you go sent to the to the. West Coast. Yeah. Long flight. Get sent. to the West Coast. It it changes it. changes a lot. Like I mean you know. there are a lot of interesting teams. going to the West Coast. I mean in the. West Yukon's got to go cross country. They lost early. you know, Florida. played on Sunday. I'm not sure exactly. what day they're playing their first. game. So, you know, it those things come. into play, but I do think that we're so. much more aware of of taking care of. players in terms of hydration, rest, um.

load management, not load management. Load management in college is recovery. days. Like Jay Wright started the. recovery day or at least talking about. it which means basically recovery days. is walkthrough skill work shooting ice. baits and ice bath and he started that. he was really big into that and and he. was one of the first guys my daughter. played volleyball at Villanova so I and. Jay's a dear dear friend so I go watch. him practice all the time and he he is. he is amazing on nutrition like those.

guys in their meals like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Like he they don't. eat put any crap in their bodies. Yeah, it' be nice to be jacked and rocked up, you know. Be super jacked over. It would. be nice, too. Unfortunately, this body's. beyond repair. No, no, I think he got a. chance. I think especially Hey, the head. looks very round. It's like the do the. do's in good shape. Yeah, it is. Put a. little dust on the dome and send me out. Let me talk about ball. Okay. Yeah. And. we appreciate the fact that you are. you're teaching us a lot about this.

year's particular bow. Now, with that. being said, AJ has the last question for. you, coach. Yeah, coach, we hear about a. team like BYU that relies on on the. three so much. Do teams like this, like. other than BYU, but teams around the, you know, this tournament that rely on. the three ball so much, do they worry. you possibly if they go cold for a game. or two, they get knocked out? Yeah, I. mean, 100%. But BYU, it's not just. they're shooting threes, it's how they. get them. They get them with their. spacing. They get them with step up ball. screens. They get them with shallow. cuts. slot drives and kick outs and they.

put you in rotation. So, it's how they. get it. But that's who they are. Like, here's the thing. Like, who are you and. how do you win? I don't care what sport. you play. Like, who are you and how if. you can impose that identity and all of. a sudden now like if you're a really. great transition team, what does that do. to your defense? All right, you're not. you're not sending as many guys to the. offensive glass because if you send a. bunch of guys to the offensive glass, then you can't set your defense. People. in transition and they're getting the. shots you want. So like teams like that. people don't there's a residual effect.

of that playing style that is. interesting like shooting all those. threes. What does that create? Long. rebounds. All right. So now we're used. to like hitting then going rebound the. ball. Now you're hitting and that thing. might be flying over the top of your. head. Yeah. So imposing identity on the. game. So you know like Brian Oden plays. them but he's my former assistant coach. at VCU. Like we spent a bunch of time. yesterday talking about how they going. to defend the ball screens, how much. pressure they could put on, and then. making sure they cover what I we used to. call the elbows and the blocks. The.

guards have to come back and rebound. Instead of leaking out, those guards, you can test the shot. You got to come. back and get ready to help rebound the. ball. Most of those rebounds are going. to come either off the corners or back. So, you know, if you can impose your. identity on a game, even though you're. not making a ton, you got to make some. Like Cal Perry had a great line. You. don't have to make them all, but you. can't miss them all. Yeah. I mean, like, yeah, but some of those three-point. shooting teams, they go ice cold. And. I'm only saying that from like watching. West Virginia for a while. West Virginia. for a while there was a three-point.

shooting team. And boy, when they were. falling, you knew early, you knew like. in the first five minutes what the night. was going to be like. Electrifying. And. then whenever it was a miss, it was like. this one's going to be a grind. And then. inevitably that was their fate. Uh. always they would get cold. Now, they. make it a long way, but they would get. cold on the wrong night and then the. other team would be able to just kind of. make the most of it. West Virginia is in. the topic of discussion right now. Coach. Dere, can you tell me about them? And uh. is Indiana one of those jobs? We live. here in Indiana. We understand how the. people feel about Hoosiers and the.

basketball and basketball as a whole. Is. that one of those jobs where Dere uh. like coaches dream of? If he get it, he's got to take it. Okay. That's how. you feel. If he gets it, he's got to get. the Iowa thing. I'm not so sure cuz it's. almost a rebuild, but Indiana, you've. got a built-in base um recruiting. opportunity. I'm sure the money would be. great, but let me tell you this along. with that, and you guys know cuz you. guys are right there, the static around. the program is ridiculous. Yeah. And. like you don't answer to just alumni,

you answer to the whole state. So, you. got to you're giving yourself over to. the state. I mean, that's basically what. you're doing. And there's, you know, because people in Indiana, they all. think that they invented the game and. they understand basketball. Everyone is. coaching your team along with you and. like does he want to deal with that? Uh, but the opportunity to get better uh. quicker with the look, they had big time. NIL, but they just swung and missed. You. know, you got like if you go to you. better get winning dudes like you got to.

get winning like this whole thing about. collecting talent. You got roster. construction and putting together a. team. Yeah. Is as important as the. number of like great players because the. players don't fit. It is what it is. But. yeah, coach, they want to see this. Coach, coach, coach, coach, they want to. see this right here. That's what they. want to see. That's what they want to. see. That is what that is what they. want. That is legitimately what they. want. They need to be able to make big. shots. But we're moving the ball. We. are. And we are. And next time motion. offense, we are right back into this.

thing. And it's like that is how the. Indiana folks, you're talking about. everybody in Indiana thinks they they. think they invented basketball, they. know basketball. That's cuz they pay. attention and it's like this is how we. play basketball here. And uh you talked. about collecting talent and building a. roster. That that is not just in. basketball, that's in football as well. How important is a culture, man? It. feels like we really get to see culture. here during this March Madness as well, right? Cuz adversity's coming and then. how can he uh continue to go? How. important is that culture in basketball? cuz I outside looking in have never been.

in a basketball locker room or a. basketball team setting. It seems like. to me it's like we just got to keep the. two guys happy and then everything else. is good. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I. tell you've been in lock all you guys. have been in locker rooms. Of course. Let me ask you a question. You're only. as good as your locker room. Yes or no? Yes. You got a crappy locker room. You. got no shot. Agreed. Right. So like. you're only as good as your locker room. culture and that's why Florida what. they've done is they've gone into the. portal and got multi-year port portal. guys so it's not a six sixmon rental so.

now they they develop an identity they. develop a culture they have an. investment but yeah I mean like you're. only as good as your locker room you. have a bad locker room like that. Tennessee team they got a great locker. room because it's a Kai Ziggler Mhock. and and they coached their locker room. if you don't have a dude coaching your. locker room it's like the meeting after. the meeting let me ask you this Pat you. know you you give speeches I'm sure. places and then you you do your thing. absolutely and then you know everyone. gets up claps wonderful. They go to the. bathroom and they either say like that. pat he's full of crap or they say like. damn holy the macro that was awesome.

You know that. And here here's the deal. That's no different than you speak to. your team at the end of practice and you. say like x y and z and those dudes go. back in the locker room and they say or. or maybe you gave them a hard a real. hard practice and you you were like up. their ass really really hard and. challenging them and pushing them and. like you know you get the wrong guy. walking back in the locker room coach. man he's full of it man. What's he. talking about? We're practicing too. hard. I mean, what does he expect from. us? And then exactly, it blows up. So, like, you got to have locker room, man. I mean, like, it's not just one. You got.

to have a voice in the locker room to. have one of those guys go sideways. He. snatches that guy. Like, one of your. guys, Sam Clancy, played for me at Pit, of course. Absolutely love Sam Clancy. First year at Pit, we have a good team, a little disjointed, and uh we lost a. couple games and we had a couple guys. south. I literally said, "Sale, like, that's you, man. Like, you're the. biggest baddest dude. That's you." True. story. Next day, I'm walking in the. chains for practice 100%. Sam's guy, I'm.

not going to mention your kid's name. He's got some dude up against the wall. like he's on a hanger and he go and he. was saying like, "This is my last time, man. I want to play in the NCAA. tournament. Get your crap right." That's. awesome. And I tell you, we were pretty. good after that. Yeah, I can imagine. Sam Clancy was a Yinszer. It sounds like. what a dog. I love that. and what you're. saying what you're saying about uh. talking to players and policing their. locker room. We do a lot of that on this. particular show and it's pissed off some. people in some locker rooms because. there's some traits that maybe happen. for some teams and it's like hey you can.

draft good players, you can coach good. players, but the players got to they got. to control what the expectations are and. the standard is. I love to hear that. That that's also in basketball. Hey, you're the man. Thank you for joining us. today and we can't wait to talk to you. guys soon. Appreciate you guys. You got. it, man. Enjoy the games. We will. We. Hey, who's winning tonight? Who's. winning tonight? Alabama State and uh. and I'll tell you, here's the deal. As. crazy as it is, I'm going to give you. I'll give you two seconds. Carolina's. going to win this game. They can beat. Miss cuz you know what? Here's the deal.

They they shouldn't have been in. All. right, that's just my opinion. One and. 12 is not good enough. But yet, when the. tournament starts, they are good enough. to win this game against San Diego. State, who struggles scoring but is. great defensively. And because Miss. doesn't have a legitimate big, they. they're going to have a shot at Old Miss. who I really like cuz they don't turn it. over. And Chris Beard is an absolutely. great dude. But to me, they don't have a. bad draw to win a couple of games. He's. a dog. He's a great coach. We appreciate. the hell out of you, ladies and. gentlemen. Coach Seth Greenberg.

[Applause]. I think he was he was treated unfairly. in that whole thing. Yeah. There was no. response to that whole thing. He did you. hear him give a give a response to. somebody that said some pundit or. somebody said that his team was. fraudulent? I did see that and he he. next person asked a question and he goes. that's a good question. Let me get back. to this real quick and he he rattles. off. I'm like that was [ __ ] epic. I. got a chance to watch Chris Beard work,

you know, down there in Texas. His boys. ride for him, man. I mean, that is just. his assistant coaches, his players, they. ride for him. And uh he he really much. like that's his style, too. Like, hey, let's go do this. He's got a lot of. moxy. He goes to Old Miss. All of a. sudden, now they're back in the. conversation. It's like that was kind of. how it was going to go, I think. No. matter where happened and how it ended. at Texas was very loud at one half and. then nothing ever exactly on the other. side and then, you know, kind of [ __ ].

up. But that's the world that we live. in. And then now he's got the guys. rolling in this time. Yeah. And I mean, Texas, you would assume still has some. beard in it cuz they're, you know, in. the tournament again, I believe, or. they're in a playing game, one of the. other two. But, uh, were they top five. whenever he was there? Yeah, they're. very good. Someone needs to tell Seth. what coincidence or sorry, conspiracy. Yeah. But what coincidence means because. I think a lot of his conspiracies are. coincidences. Yeah, cuz I thought he was. saying conspiracy because he talks like. he likes those teams and like ESPN's. deciding things. So I think he I thought.

he was talking about that. Then he cons. like continued to say it. Yeah. Like a. considerable amount. This guy played for. this team last year. That's a. conspiracy. No, no, no. Seth, that's a. coincidence. Yeah, but I was he meaning. like they took all the information over. here. Yeah. Or I thought he means like, hey, no, the the the TV people want. these pe they know these are good. matchups, so they're going to try to do. whatever they can to get these matchups. So it's Oh, so he goes conspiracy. This. guy played here and that's where I took.

it out. Okay. Hey, thank you for that. That makes more sense. Thank you for. that. Oh, that's why the Caliparian. Patino. Yeah, because while we were. here, while we were here and he was on. the full screen, we were all going. what the does he know TV conspiracy. It. is ratings conspiracy because he hears. it just like I the college basketball. pundits and media people hear it just as. much I assume as the college football. people do. Like Kirk Herb Street there. was the one deciding who was playing. where, remember? And he was getting. murdered for the entire I assume Seth.

gets a lot of heat because he's part of. that college game day show. Okay. Yeah, it is a lot of conspiracies now that I. think about it. College basketball might. have more of them than college football. Yeah. Hey, Governor Morsy, go ahead and. look into that, too. Yeah, he will. He. already is. Oh, he's getting to the. bottom of that part of it. You know, that is something that we need to take. place. Um, okay, AJ, you need to give us. an update cuz there's a new update. It's. a new day on Aaron Rogers. He's. basically waiting out the Minnesota. Vikings. Tell them what they want to do. They're trying to figure out what they.

want to do. That's the newest report uh. from Scoopage uh Scoop City with Diane. Rini and Chase Daniels. Obviously, Diane. Rini an insider uh with the Athletic. So, this is another day. This is another. piece of information. You know, a week. ago it was he's either going to the. Giants or the Steelers and uh he's. holding them hostage. Now, it's like, well, the Vikings now in the game, but. at one point it was the Vikings aren't. in the game. and now they're the gay. So, it feels like a lot of. uh Hail Mary, a lot of maybe that's the.

case, but that also could be because a. lot of people are getting a lot of. different information and a lot of. people could have the information. Now, speaking of having information, you're. probably the only one that's got it. What's happening and what should we look. into at this point with Aaron Rogers? Well, I mean, so first off, I have I. have not reached out. kind of figure. he'll reach out if he wants to talk. about this whole situation with me. But. I go back to what I said yesterday, like. what could he possibly be doing? Obviously, he he's got multiple teams. that want him to come in. There's. there's spots open, but I just don't.

know with the whole Viking situation. If. that's truly a thing, wouldn't they say. something? If it was not a thing, they'd. come out and say JJ is our guy. That's. all I could think. They could also say, "We're not your puppet. We're not. answering every single I mean there's. just Yeah, we have I don't think anybody. has They want to show faith in their guy. that they could stand up and say, "Hey, no, JJ's our guy. We're not going after. him." I like AJ saying, "Yeah, it's on. the Vikings." Mhm. That's what we like. Cam Haywood said, "You either play for. the Steelers or you don't, Bob. It's. getting loud, but that's football, baby. We'll see you tomorrow. Goodbye." All.

right, that's a hard out. We got to take. one as well. I'm about to piss my pants. We'll be back on the other side wrapping. up all the wonderful news around the. sports world today. Be a friend. Tell a. friend something nice. my change of. life. Take fire. Fire. Why is football the greatest sport on. earth? And do you think football is the. greatest sport on earth? And why do you. like football? That's a really deep question there, Pat. I know. I think I'd get a good. answer out of you, though. Like I I. think you'd be able to talk about it in. a way that I think a lot of people. haven't because you've been at the.

pinnacle of it for so damn long and. inside of it and your brain is a pretty. fantastic one. We've learned here over. the last few weeks. Obviously, last few. weeks, that's it. That's all the time. we've learned that. I think it's the greatest sport in the. world for one main reason. It is a true. team sport where it is damn near. impossible for one person to dominate an. entire game. If you look at other team. sports, uh, basketball with five guys on. the court, I think you've seen multiple. players over the years, maybe one.

player, maybe one or two players on a. squad be able to dominate and win. championships. Baseball, you can have a. dominant pitcher and win championships. Soccer, you can have a dominant forward. and or goalie. That seems to be a little. more of a team sport, but you don't have. 11 players engaged at the same time on. every play. It is truly. uh a sport relying. on every player on the field to do their. job in order to be successful. And I.

think that's why at times, you know, certain star players can get uh maybe. too much credit and and maybe too much. blame on the flip side because it does. take so many players at the same time in. three phases to win football games. Uh, and I think that's the beauty and the. draw of our sport is that something new. happens all the time because you are. literally dealing with 11 humans on the. field at one time who all have lives. outside of football and there's. distractions. There's a reliance on on.

coaching, there's a reliance on. preparation, there's a reliance on diet. and performance. Um, I just think. there's so many facets to it that you. see something new every single week. And. I think that's the beauty in our game. uh when it comes to the love that I have. for it, it's rooted and I think like any. uh any player who's played for a long. time, the the love is not just about our. sport. It's about competition. And I. think there's nothing in the world for. me that fills that need and that hole I.

have like competition. I think we, you. know, if players played for a long time. at a high level, you have that uh need. to be satiated uh competitively and and. it's a love of going out there and going. against guys and being an environment. where you know that uh nothing is. guaranteed. And that's why at times I've. taken uh umbrage to people saying that.

it's easy because it's not easy. It's. never easy. And I think that's the. beauty in our game is that you sees. things new every single week. It's never. easy. And your only thing you're. guaranteed is is the ability to compete. Uh I love that aspect of I love. competing. I love going out there and. harnessing the fear of failure where I. think so many people who maybe don't. love football as much, the root of that. is is a deep fear of failure that you.

might go out there and your best might. not be good enough and that's not okay. with you. He's saying don't go off the. top. It's too shallow. All you're going to hear this stadium do. is they put the big paw up, they start. shaking it, they go, "Whoa! [Music]. [Applause].

Yeah, he loves the defensive side of the. ball. He said yesterday to me that this. is a blue collar team. They win it on. special teams. They have five block. kicks this season. The defensive side of. the ball, Lynch leads the Big 12 in. sacks. But also on the offensive side, Denzel Mims is an absolute animal. He is. a weapon. Charlie Brewer is a. quarterback from Wake Travis. His dad. was a quarterback in Texas. His grandpa. was a quarterback in Texas. And the. people here in Waco just so happen to. get a chance to see Charlie Brewer on a. daily basis. Hey, hey, hey.

[Applause]. Yeah, boomer is going to mean a little. bit different than what it means on the. internet currently. And hopefully here. in Baylor, they hope they do not hearing. a lot of. boomer. Everybody wants to be a punter, including quarterbacks. If I was a. quarterback, I want to be a punter as. well. Zero yards on that punt. Embarrassing situation. The Dance that. gets on national television has led to a. lot of losses, but you got to respect.

the hips. being am I going to make college game. day? Well, I want to make something. creative. I want to make something fun. No to hell with it. I don't like Oh, you so thick. that thing. That's years and years of. patience. Right now, put a boat. Okay, let's do. it. We are out here on the Brazes River, but you can take a boat to the game. One. of the only stadiums in the country that. you can do. It's beautiful out here. A. lot of people would say this is the last.

time I'm going to be on game day. Last. time I allegedly did what I'm about to. do, I ended up in a jail cell. Let's go. [Applause]. [Applause].

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lay Florida State. I just want Kirk to. know I got a thousand phone calls when. we got the playoffs. He didn't have. anything to do with them not getting in. the playoffs and I didn't either, but we. we both got hammered. Yeah, some of us. did get hammered, didn't it? We have. real football happening today for the. first time in months. This is a.

beautiful time in a wonderful town. It's. fight. We got to go for Georgia. I got to go. taking back in the country but didn't. pick Georgia 44 yd away to do it. He got it. He got it. And the yellow. jacket stick.

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to Boston Connor and to you all on this. big time Tuesday March 18th 20125 hour. three of the program starts now. almost happened in uh in the bathroom AJ. Hawk is here obviously shout out to the. Ohio State legend we'll be talking about. Ohio State in a matter of moments one. half of the hammer down Cowboys AP Tone. is here good to see you Tone Good to see. you. I like the the hat hoodie matching, you know. Yeah, I don't always I kind of. like to, you know, clash, but I've.

really just been rocking the tan lately, so no really know. Yeah, you look great. Nice trip to the woods this past. weekend. We'll have you buzzing and uh. glowing, some would say. The toxic table. was here at Tai Schmidt and at Boston. Connor. Ty, a little bit of a buzzer. beater there for our friend Boston. Connor. Yeah, anytime Connor has to. squeeze out a poop in one of the breaks, usually it's not a, you know, a quick. quick shot. Hey, let's get off this. thing. He dropped an absolute nuke in. there and I was thinking he might be. gone for 10 15 minutes. He was sprinting. as the countdown was happening. He was. sprinting across this basketball court.

and sat down literally at the exact time. that the camera came on. That was. wonderful timing by you, your bladder, and your butt. I I think you should be. pretty proud of yourself. Look, sometimes things just line up for me, you know, and it seems as though during. that break it did. And you know, I I was. worried deep down maybe maybe I was. going to come back to you guys talking. up here and I was going to have to take. that walk of shame, but you know, some. things just work out. Yeah. Especially. when you dress that good. AJ, do you see. this fit on this man? This is the best. outfit he's ever worn. Yeah. Can we see. the pants? So that's is that a matching.

jumpsuit you're wearing? No. No. No. This This is a sweatshirt from a certain. company. These shoes don't really fit, but they're free. So I So I wear them. He wears a half size too small shoe. Yeah. Yeah, every day. Stay light on my. feet. It's helped my ping pong game. actually. Yeah, ping pong is a good. battle every day. You and Foxy have been. certainly jousting over there. But he. dressed good today and I think that's. why the gods, you know, kind of blessed. you with a moment there to make it back. in time. Was hoping very very much so.

for a walk of shame. Yeah. Yeah. I I was. ready for it as I was exiting the. bathroom. I was like, "Okay, let's just. see, you know, where we're at cuz I. didn't hear anybody talking out here." I. I figured we were somewhere close to the. show, to the program. There was a nice. little social gathering that happens. during the breakout. Oh yeah, that's. awesome. Quick sprint to the bathroom, then a nice conversation about. everything going on. Did he say a little. bit of that? Hey, I just checked my. phone. Did you know that he said I must. have missed that. You know, some people. slip some stuff by us. Uh, fun day. today. Talking about a lot of college. basketball. have no idea if it was good.

coverage of college basketball or bad. coverage of college basketball, but I do. know we covered college basketball. And. uh I feel like we're doing what we're. supposed to do in the sports world, in. the sports media world at this exact. time. Because to be clear, when I go. home, obviously hang out with baby girl, hang out with the wife. When baby girl. goes to bed and we're, you know, in. front of a TV, I'm trying to find as. much information as I can about this. March Madness. That is all I'm trying to. do. So literally at night I'm thinking. to myself I we there needs to be more.

like this going to take over our entire. lives here without a doubted every. single year it takes over everything. I. mean it's only thing that's on. television only thing that's being. talked about only headlines and. everybody's paying attention to I mean I. mean this is just what it is and some. years we go in and I feel like I'm. unprepared you know I I feel like I have. no clue what is happening. It's all so. this year I thought that we should at. least do a little bit of research. Shout. out to everybody that's come by and made. us smarter. Patino, Izzo, [ __ ] Seth. Greenberg. I mean, he has been. phenomenal in this entire thing. Yeah,

he's incredible. Especially when you. look at his resume, you know, I feel. like sometimes we have people on that. maybe are younger in the in the entire. thing. Like, he's been he coached for 60. years. Like if anybody knows anything. about college basketball, it's him. And. he was excited to come on the show. Very. rare. Yeah. Very rare. Doubt. And which. is, you know, that's a cool thing. He he. loves ball. Seth Greenberg loves ball. And that comes that comes across when. you talk to that guy. Like he absolutely. loves it. Yeah. And that's all we, you.

know, it's all that matters, right? All. we need is you tell us with the [ __ ] we. need to look at. That's right. We. respect your brain. We like how much you. love ball. Uh there's some people that. obviously think you're wrong. Sometimes. you're on TV, but for us, what you're. saying right now, gospel. Shout Florida. won the SEC as soon as he told me it was. going to happen. He he literally was. like, "Florid, they're going to do. this." entire thing. The SEC best. conference by far. Gave us that. information a week beforehand. 14 SEC. teams in the thing. Break the record. It's like, man, this guy knows BYU. This. team could have a chance to go on an. entire run in this. It's like everything. he has kind of said to us has I can't.

remember all the names as there's a. Hagerty somewhere. Who is Memphis? I. believe Memphis PJ Hagerty of Memphis. I. can't wait to watch. comparing to Kyrie. I don't know. Outside. Yeah. Jeremiah fears at. Oklahoma. Yeah, cuz he he can move now. You know, he can move all on a string. Yeah. And Yukon, you know, they got a. little bit of trouble there because uh. they can't defend the perimeter. Uh I. believe is the conversation. Yeah. So, we will take Florida's like Noah's Arc, right? Florida's like Noah's Arc. They.

got two of everyone. Two everything. So, whenever you see two guys down there, Yeah. they got them. You're not seeing. things with your eyes. They got two of. everything. And then Michigan, this. team, they got this Wolf Cat. Oh, Golden Larry. Homeless Larry Larry. Yeah. He'll take it off the glass. He'll. go outside. Lottery pick. Yeah. I mean, got a tough draw this Auburn team. And. then they got this guy, Conspiracy, former What was it? Clayton talking. about former Florida former Auburn. guard. Oh, yeah. You're not talking. about Clayton down there. Florida's.

formerly Iona, you know, which is now. obviously St. John. Conspiracy. conspiracies. I mean, they're all over. the place. Italians taking each other. on. Yeah. I just learned we listen. pretty well, I think. So, I think we I. think that is the difference between our. particular program. We are in the. moment, you know, we don't have. teleprompt questions that are uh right. in front of it depending on who's on and. what we're talking about. Yeah. I mean, there is a little bit of a distraction. that potentially happens. There has been. basketball shots shot on this particular. hoop whenever somebody takes up full.

screen. Sure. Sometimes it's like, "Hey, we got nothing to talk about. Why don't. you come in here? We're going to ask you. six, seven questions and we're going to. let you run for two weeks." Yep. Yeah. There's some talkers that come on here. One time you were breaking news during. someone's interview. I forget who was. on, but you were actually walking on the. gym court trying to find some breaking. news for us. Yeah, that's pretty. I. mean, there's some magic that takes. place behind the scenes here, but. there's a lot of doofuses going, "All. right, I'm bored with this guy or the. fans." I assume they are. Uh, but we got. to show some respect. We can't just kick. him off like this guy in 5 10 minutes. Good person. Bad day. Bad day. Uh, so. let's at least entertain ourselves.

around here. But shout out to Seth. We've enjoyed his compos. Hell yeah, Seth. Good. Fosso booked uh Lesne. Yep. Hell yeah. Nice. How about that? He was. good. He was really good. Faucet did the. connector there. Faucet did the Yeah, it. was good. He knew somebody did. something, sent a thing. Now we got a. It's like, thank you. And the way he. speaks, awesome. I mean, that was uh the. parameters of an agreement like that. whole his angle in which he approaches. thing. Uh heavy uh lifter in high. school, he said. Yeah. Makes sense with.

the way Yeah. kind of approaches some. things. Yeah. You don't like the safety. bar, man. I know that. You do you have. one at uh the house? No, I don't. But I. I that does kind of take some take some. strain off your knees and your back if. you use that when you hold on to the. front like it there's there's a use to. it. But no, I I love putting the the bar. on my back. Like you got to you got to. load your spine. I like that. You're. still squatting. Yeah. Have to. Everybody's scared of losing your cakes. You know that. Not everybody. You're the. greatest. We've seen the Ompic just take.

everybody's cheeks. I think just lift if. if people are going to take it. Just. lift weights on it. Like you can you're. allowed to lift if you take that stuff. Yeah. Here's the big go ahead. People uh people who are taking Ompic. not real big lifters. Yeah. Taking OMIC. 2 not have to really change much but. lose weight. You know, that's kind of. why it's the cheat code. Yeah. That is. what it's semiglutide. Well, this thing. just kind of you do whatever you want. and you're just going to lose weight. You're not going to want to eat as much. Uh you might not feel as good all the.

time, but yeah, you're going to lose. weight quick. Talking about 20% of your. body weight. You want to you want to. knock off 20% of your body weight? How's. that sound? How how's a brand new life? But it does make you lose your butt. cheeks and everything else. Yeah. You. know, you kind of start looking uh you. can't not everybody but it seems like. one of the side effects of the ozic that. is not being chatted about is you kind. of look like a your body just kind of. you know starts kind of wither because I. think it attacks your muscles too. I. think is like the So you got you got to.

keep working out. You got to keep. working out. I agree. But I'm happy they. figured that out for people. Yeah. legitimate legit. I'm happy that. happened cuz there was people that were. just wasting away cuz they got too heavy. and then yeah, their discipline maybe. not as great, but they also maybe they. get to a point where they want to change. it, it's like you're staring down five. years of commitment here and it's like. too scary, too daunting of a task. almost. So the fact that medicine was. able to figure out something to get. people back into being, you know, potentially active and living their life.

again, that's good. But you're going to. lose your cheeks though. You're going to. lose your cheeks. Going to happen. You. You can't I don't think you should be. putting a metal bar on your spine like. AJ's doing. Get that safety rack. I'm. definitely going to I realized I put the. bar low when I got to the Packers. I. realized like I when I do squats, I put. the bar pretty low on my back, like not. right on the top of your neck. I I And I. guess that's an Ohio thing. My strength. coach like, "Oh yeah, it's like a for. some reason kids from Ohio do that." And. is that because you don't want it to be. right on the bone at the top? Yeah. I. think I was a lower guy, too. Yeah, cuz. some people do put it right in your.

spine. Right in that bone. Like I can. mine like well down much farther down. than other guys. I never lifted in high. school and then I get to college with. Mike Baris. Okay. And we're lifting. Okay. We were lifting. We were lifting. very hard very rapidly. We're moving a. lot of weight and it was awesome. Like. it was a a fun time. But like squatting. for the first time like actually I was. in so much pain in front of everybody. Couldn't couldn't though, you know. Couldn't my legs very strong. Upper body. not that strong. B spine bone not.

calloused enough to just have a [ __ ]. metal bar just sitting on top of it. So. I had to grit and bear through that. That was like a tough six, seven months. of just that thing sitting on there. every single time. So I move that down. lower too. I started doing lower. But. then your arms much more important to. the entire process. I mean the arms. Hey, we're working together with this. thing now cuz if that [ __ ] slides, you. look like the biggest [ __ ] You're a. fool of all time. There's a happy happy. medium. That's how you It makes it. easier to dump the heavy weights back in. the day when you're doing one rep max.

You dump it and you run out from You run. out in front and it drops onto the. safety rack. Yeah, we never dumping We. were never dumping racks. So, we were. never doing that. Hey, do you still max. squat? No way. You No. No chance. No. Die. What are you doing? Like 225 for a. bunch or uh I mean depending on how I. feel at the moment, but 275 for, you. know, a good amount of reps and then go. up 315. Go heavy if I need to. Like, you. know, high threes. Oh, yeah. You you. talked to Tim T. You remember that? Oh, yeah. Timmy is so jacked. So jacked,

Timmy. We're not lifting for reps. You're right. That's what he said. Protein. Yeah, verbatim. And in our is. all Tim Tibo's on. He is so jacked. Yeah. Is he trying to get into one of. those shows things good baseball? He. should. He was in the show for a bit. Remember when he was just hitting. dingers in those minor league fields? Yeah. Robbing home runs like 67. That. was kind of his that was kind of his. downfall. Well, he robbed too many home. runs. No, he was, you know, taking. headers on fly balls, you know, cans of.

corn that he can't really play in 15. years. No, I know. He was trying to get. back into the sport. He was under. immense spotlight. You know what he. should do is he should play like the. competitive softball cuz he'd hit it. [ __ ] 10,000 ft. Brother, I did the. Oklahoma softball thing. Yeah. Oh, you're talking about slow pitch or fast. pitch? Yeah. Slow pitch. Yeah. Slow. pitch like that the old dudes are. playing. hitting it eight 7,000 m an. hour on a line killing people. Steu. Rolnick pitching for the Big Dogs bar in. Plumbo. Sure. Okay. He can throw a. knuckler. Yeah, I bet he can throw a.

That ain't Don't think that ball's just. coming up and coming down. That thing We. got a little got a little shake on that. thing. A little bit of bake on that. thing. I did the fast pitch thing with. those Oklahoma ladies. Oh yeah, that's impossible. No chance. What? Dude, that thing started at my shins and. then was at my face before it. They call. it the riser and they say the only way. you can beat is you don't swing because. it's not going to be a strike. But boy, the entire time that thing looks like. it's coming right in there and then.

boom, right off your face pretty much. And this lady, I don't remember her. name. I think she transferred in from. North Carolina, I think. I'm not. They. were a great team. A lot of Moxy on that. team. Lot of Moxy. Champions. Okay. Lot. of games. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Patty. Absolutely. I guess. But they were. throwing that [ __ ] and watching it just. gets there so quick, you know, cuz it's. so fast. 45 ft. 48 ft. 48, right? Or 45. Yeah. It's shorter obviously. Very. short. But like the motion too is almost. like me cuz you're like bait you. You're. like watching the motion, you know? So.

if you've never seen anything and I was. lucky cuz like punt snaps they kind of. throw from under here and they have to. find the laces. So, like I was kind of a. little comfortable with, but the first. couple times I sat in there, I'm like, I. don't know how anybody hits this thing. ever. And I finally make contact, but it. was [ __ ] It was absolute [ __ ] Those. fast those are hard. Those are a How do. MLB guys do against it? Great. I assume. what they do cuz the ball is bigger. So, I assume that and I would assume so. because those guys, even though it is. closer, like your re I mean, they're. they're facing guys like, you know,

skins who are throwing like 102, like. your reaction time still has to be. pretty [ __ ] good. College guys. though, college dudes struggling with. fast pitch. Uh uh like the the elite. guys probably not. But I I bet a lot of. dudes would because it is you're just. not used 45 48 like that is your. reaction time has to be so quick. The. ball movement was insane though. that. thing was like and I think because it's. bigger more surface area can actually. potentially a little bit more right a. little bit more movement on that thing.

you know but it looks very good until. about right here and then it's and if. you do square one of those up like. you're hitting homer cuz the the fields. are you know 200 feet around so it's. like if you make good contact you're. you're giving it a ride it's a great. sport uh I enjoyed it was electric and. they pack out a stadium out there so I. assume the environment is one and that's. that's always something that happens. You know, Omaha takes place, then the. softball one happens, and we watch it. for like two weeks or a week or. whatever. We're like, that's. electrifying. And then we move on, you. know, and then I step in a batter box.

and I watch this [ __ ] I'm like, geez. Louise, Oklahoma's going to win again. I. think from what I saw, they are. reloaded. Got it. They got And Patty Gas. will fight you. Yeah, she's a dog. Baseball started today. The MLB started. its actual season today. AJ, I don't. know if you know that, Ty. What the hell. happened in uh Japan? Yeah, the uh Tokyo. series. So the Dodgers and the Cubs. played obviously Shohei and uh Yoshobu. Yamamoto, but they also signed Roki. Sasaki. So like basically all the best. players in Japan play for the Dodgers.

right now. So it kind of makes sense. Hey, we'll go over a little bit early. and kind of start the season this way. It's a big deal be able to give back to. the people in Japan. Uh it's the first. time ever that two Japanese pitchers. started an opening day for the MLB. because obviously uh he he changed his. name because he just wants to go by. Mike. We had him on the show. Uh Imanaga. for the Cubs was the starting pitcher. So it is kind of weird because they they. start just Mike Imanaga.

I don't remember that like Gloss. Yeah. You you don't remember that. He. basically he's like I just want to be. one of the guys in the clubhouse. Okay. I don't want it to be. So on my name. plate just just [ __ ] call me Mike. I. don't need people messing up my name or. anything like that. Mike Shota Ianaga is. a great name. Mike also good name. But. he was just like you know what I kind of. like Mike. So uh just so Mike Mike. Ianaga Yeah. took on Yamamoto. Correct. And change his name or no? No. He is. Yosha No Yamamoto. Shi still uh Shi Shi.

Yeah. He, you know, the thing that if. you're a casual, you know, watcher of. baseball, the thing that not, I mean, obviously everyone knows about Showi, but he is so fun to watch because he. tries he tries to hit a home. He swings. so violently every single time, no. matter what. I mean that, you know, it's. just a, you know, run-of-the-mill. single, but boy did he hit the 500 mph. Yeah, he hits it so hard. He had a. double later. Um, Imanaga actually threw. four innings of uh, no hit ball and for.

whatever reason the Cubs decided to take. him out after 69 pitches. They said, "Hey, 70 pitches is going to be kind of. your mark. We're you're going to be done. after that." Of course, they go to the. bullpen and then boom, the Dodgers put. up four runs almost immediately. They. lose the game. So, it was kind of one of. those classic uh, Cubs. Yeah, classic. Cubbies. And that's what a lot of people. were saying like, you know, awesome that. the Cubs could give us our first. bonehead decision of the MLB season so. early in Japan. This guy's there in. front of his, you know, he's back home.

A lot of fans there. He's pitching. unbelievable. He had four walks, so his. pitch count was getting up a little bit, but they hadn't got a hit off him, you. know, and then they decide to yank him. And obviously the Dodgers right as they. yank him, boom, they just [ __ ] attack. the uh the bullpen pitcher. the relief. pitcher and put up four runs almost. instantly win the game. We got another. game tomorrow who Roki Sasaki the other. big like you know kind of the the next I. I won't say the next show but in terms. of like pitching prospects like he was a.

guy who every MLB team wanted. He's. going to pitch for the Dodgers tomorrow. So Central America big for baseball, right? Yes. Uh South America I assume as. well. And Japan has had a deep history. right in the sport of baseball and they. love it. They love 40,000 people were at. the Tokyo Dome. They said the cheapest. ticket in like the nosebleleeds up there. I think was like anywhere from like. 3,000 to 5,000 bucks. So they said like. it's you know it's like impossible to. get into the stadium. But yeah, the fans. over there are rapid. They love it. What. was the number the global audience for.

show's uh first playoff? Obviously they. win the World Series. It was in Yeah. Insane. Fox reported some absurd. Do you. remember that AJ whenever it was like. the total audience, global audience that. was watching because they started. selling uh uh ads for Japanese companies. and 30 million? Yeah. 30 million people. watched a baseball game or whatever and. they're like uh 10 maybe in America, maybe eight in America and then like 20. plus in Japan. And the time difference. was so insane. It's like show obviously.

is I mean he's spectacular. It it is. Yeah. phenomenal to watch this dude, especially the way he goes about it. Like just like this calm confidence and. obsession with baseball if you listen to. what everybody's saying. And remember, he was a victim. Like a very very. very huge amount of money was stolen. from him by the guy who was his mouth. and ears uh and is supposed to be his. tag team partner and like his best. friend I would assume in this entire. thing. Robbed him to start his entire.

career. Try almost tanked his entire. legacy before it even started. and all. he has done is just remain committed to. ball and trying to become his absolute. best. He goes to the Dodgers, they have. great success his first year there. winning and uh yeah, he's one of the. boys now it feels like and uh baseball I. assume everybody is very thankful in. baseball that Charlie's playing, but I. am as well cuz I'm intrigued to watch. this guy do his thing. Is he ever going. to get back to pitching? He's going to. pitch this year. Okay. which yes, you. know, if you're a Dodgers fan, obviously.

it's awesome, but because of how special. he is at the plate, I do just kind of. worry about that because that would be. like the one way to kind of shorten his. career. Like if he has any arm issues or. anything like that, I mean, he did still. hit last year, but like if he would need. if he would need Tommy John because of. it or something like he's just so. special at the plate. He's the first guy. ever last year to hit 50 homers, steal. 50 bases. Like if he wants to, he could. hit 60 homers and steal 60 bases. Like. he's just he's a unicorn. So, it's one. of those things where their pitching. staff is already so good. They got Blake.

Snell who was arguably one of like the. top free agent pitchers. They have Tyler. Glass now who former pirate like he is. also a stud. He got hurt last year and. didn't play. Like they are so deep. pitching wise that they almost don't. need. So, could they like put him on an. alternate rotation like hey uh every two. rotations you're going to get a or. something? Is that ever would that. happen? They probably could do that, but. I think I mean and he is different, so. maybe it would be different, but I feel. like those guy like those guys are such. creatures of habit that it'd be weird. And now maybe if it was set like, hey, you're going to pitch every 10 days as.

as opposed to every 5 days, then it. might work out. But for the most part, those guys like they just, you know, like Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. This guy's. awesome, AJ. I love him. I love show. That's why I was so, you know, bummed. out that he was taken advantage of, you. know, and I think a lot of people didn't. think it was possible for him to be. taken advantage of. And then the more. that's coming out, it's like, yeah, this. guy, that guy in jail? Yes. Yeah. Yes. He better be. And there's a lot of like. evidence coming out now about the phone.

calls and way he was working and who he. was tricking and how it was all. happening. It's like, yeah, he he he. [ __ ] over Otani in a massive massive. way. And he never Right. This guy never. flinched. No, I mean you Yeah, like you. said, like he he had arguably the best. offensive season ever for a player and. every time like they would show him to. like his de his demeanor like he was. always laughing in the dugout, always. smiling, always having fun. Like whereas. you know a lot of guys especially you're. in a different country like that could.

really [ __ ] with you and you if you know. if he ever needed an excuse to be like. hey this is why I didn't have a very. good season last year with a lot of them. there. Yeah, exactly. And what do they. do? like he wins a World Series and has, you know, a season that people will be. talking about 50 years from now. So, you. got Shi, then you got Skins, obviously. Yeah. You know, and Sk uh was named the. opening day starter in a video that was. released by the Pittsburgh Pirates. And. you got a lot of people going like, "Yeah, the sky is sometimes blue and. everything like that." But remember last.

year, he wasn't even on the Buckos at. this point, right? You know, not too. long ago, this dude was pitching for. LSU, and then he was here with the. Indianapolis Indians, Dantan, selling. this place out. I mean, just everybody. was coming to watch the AAA affiliate. for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Not that. they don't always do cuz it's a. beautiful stadium. It is a beautiful. night out here in Indie, but like you'll. get, let's say, 60% fool. Every time SK. was on there, that place was backed out. Ticket prices were going up 50, 60. bucks, whatever it was. Then he goes.

right to the Pirates. Same thing. mustwatch television. He uh performed. wonderfully. Now, wasn't always good. wood whenever he was pitching, so maybe. we didn't get all the outcome we needed. Adds two pitches. Now, he's the opening. day ace for the Pirates. And he is uh. channel changer worthy doubt. And I. think a lot of people feel that way. So, you got Show, you got Skins. He's only. upped his game, right? Skines in this. entire thing. Yeah. I mean, you know, same deal. He had never faced like MLB. hitters last year, but like when you. have stuff like he does, it it doesn't.

matter. And he is another one of those. guys where like as long as he stays. healthy, he's going to be in contention. to be like a Sai Young every single. year. And that moment where he gets told. that he's, you know, starting opening. day, like that was really sweet cuz, you. know, obviously like that's a moment. he's dreamed of his entire life. probably. He obviously probably knew. that that was going to be the case. I. mean, he's one of the best pitchers in. baseball. He damn near won the SA Young. last year as a rookie. But just like. being told that, like I'm sure that that. is something that he'll remember. forever, too. Yeah, baseball seemingly. has those uh moments, you know, when.

guys get called up to the big leagues. and stuff like that. Yeah. Yeah. Starting, you know, there's How many. years till the Yankees snatch him up. though, Ty? Whenever he's a seven. Everybody needs relax. Okay. Oh, it's. going to be They got him for seven. years. They got him for a decent mill. Yeah. That's a long time. He's got to be. able to opt out, doesn't he? I see. I don't want to. He's Pittsburgh boy. You see that mustache he's got? He's got. a beard now. He's looking unbelievable. And he he's you know he's got that he's. super calm. Jeez. Super duper humble.

like unbelievable hum humility. Wanted. to be a a fighter pilot you know in this. entire thing. Still I think donates to. the military and things like that. He's. got a new one you see off to the right. whenever he gets somebody you know cuz. there's a couple moments where he gets a. strike and there's like he times up the. Yeah. He's got a couple new little Oh, we're vibing right now. possess and he's. added two pitches and to your point. about last year at this point he had. never faced MLB hitters. So like now he.

has like half a season of experience. kind of knows how to get guys out. certain guys like the really good guys. It's like okay he doesn't do as well. with this pitch or like he doesn't like. this area or I can get him to you know. look on this pitch or you know what did. he add? What are the two pitches he. added? Do we remember what they were? He. added two pitches this offseason. Uh, I. don't know what to pick, but like that's. something that that's what they say. Like when these guys actually get to the. big leagues and they get like a where. you're not doing anything else and this. is a full-time job. Like when you have. the ability to kind of manipulate the.

baseball like he does like you know they. talked about his spinker that no one. else had. Like but a couple when a guy. throws this hard sometimes they don't. have to rely as much on off speed. pitches but that would be the thing like. he'll he'll add a couple plus. Yeah. What were they what were the two. pitches? Cutter and a sinker. Cutter and. a sinker. So that's junk. Is that what. that's considered? Uh like variations of. a fast ball, but just like that the. movement is like, you know, those could. potentially be a couple more out pitches. because that is one thing like people. would start to know like you get o down. 02 and they they talked about the.

spinker all last year. It's like you. kind of understand that that but also. like you know like Mariano Rivera threw. a cutter. So like if he gets guys on. base and he wants to jam guys up and try. to you know like turn double plays and. stuff like that like these are just. options where because he he is a. strikeout pitcher like and if you want. to kind of manage how many pitches he's. going to throw in a game because it's. one of those things when you're striking. out a shitload of guys like they don't. want him throwing over a hundred pitches. every every game like they want him to. have some quick innings. So you. implement like a cutter and a sinker.

where you're going to induce a lot more. like ground outs and stuff like that. Like that might be what what they're. thinking. Jeez. Is the replay going to. be live this year? We saw I think so. I. think I saw some tapping of a helmet or. something. No, it was just uh spring. training. They're trying it out. They're. not doing it. So no new rules this year, right? Just it'd be the Yeah. All the. same like pitch clock and all that kind. of [ __ ] is still instituted. But yeah, not going to the replay for, you know, balls and strikes. Okay. So, uh, are we. going to pay attention more to this. baseball season? Cuz the Mets are now. the Kings of New York. They're not, but. you know, hey, they could be. Season.

hasn't started yet. Season hasn't. started yet. Buckles will be good. So, what happened? What happened to the. Yankees? Yankees are in a bad spot. Uh, I mean, yeah, it hasn't been the. greatest spring to say the least. The. big boom, you know, but yeah. No, but. did you see what the big booms did for. somebody else? They did something else. Somebody won a bunch. The big booms. Who? Oh, who who was that? Who? LA. Kings. Six goals straight since they had. Byfield. Yeah, the Rizzler was there for. that though. Well, again, you know, they're they're just guns for hire, so. they can act like they're Yankee fans,

but you know, again, until Aaron Judge. Uh, all right. Yep. Batters them to a. bloody pulp. Whichever one they want to, you know, put up for it is that's their. call. But, um, no, we'll see. I mean, I'm What are you talking about? What do. you mean? Serious business. I'm I'm a. Boone fan. We're all big fans. I was. And you know what? I should have known. when they went into Texas Roadhouse and. did what they did. I should have known a. little bit that maybe I need to look. into these folks a little bit more. The. Texas Roadhouse thing was wild. That.

made me want to go to Texas Roadhouse to. show my allegiance to Texas Roadhouse. I. did for sure. Yeah, me too. Me and the. wife did as well. Yeah. Sat right down. there at the bar. Hey, I need one of. your chilled salads that are. unbelievable. Chicken critters are. unbelievable. Um, fantastic. The fries, the loaded steak fries. Come on. The. ranch dressing there better than. anywhere else. And then the chicken. fried steak. How you doing? Keep it. moving. How many booms? All of the. booms. So, we're going to disagree on. some things. Uh, but they did say that. the Yankees since the booms have. happened has not been great. What about. the World Series performance? We don't.

have to throw more people under uh it. all, but Ice Cube out in LA. Okay. Today. was a good day. No, no. Fat Joe is. certainly to blame. No, I don't think. Fat Joe he is. He was just showing up. for the team just like Tracy Morgan was. last night. Well, yeah. I hope he's. doing okay. We are happy to uh report. via Tracy Morgan's Instagram that it was. food poisoning and he is a-ok. Okay. Okay, good. That's it. He also mentioned. he also mentioned um that uh thanks. obviously to all the staff and his. people for taking care of him and he.

said, "Hey, they're undefeated when I. puke on the court, so might need to. bring this back in the playoffs." And. I'll tell you what, he's got the Knicks. on his phone cover. I I assume that. Tracy Morgan would force himself to puke. later if it was an actuality of them. being undefeated. But yeah, this this. hit the internet and obviously with. everything that's happened around Tracy. Morgan. Uh I think a lot of people were. like, "Is he is that is he okay?" Guy. right there. I don't think Bobby Bakala. wants to see that again. Yeah, Bobby. goes to every game though. Bobby She. does. He square guard Tracy Morgan. puking all over my goddamn shoes. A lot.

of puke. These shoes. Yes, these shoes. Uh so it was puke and then there was. some blood and I think all of us were. just like we hope everything is he okay? Turns out it was food poisoning and he. said he'll be back. Don't you worry. about Okay. You need some more? We'll. get it. That was a lot of vomit. Yeah, that was a lot. That was crazy. Splashed. all over the court, too. It definitely. splashed off that wood. Yeah. And. definitely, you saw the uh girl sitting. two down. She had boots on, I think. But. she was even like, "Oh, jeez." Cuz some. people get a. little reaction whenever they see it.

Yeah. This. is There it is. Yep. It was a stream. It. was. And that was get out of my body. You know, there was something in there. that was get me out of here. violent. Yeah. Happy he's okay. Tracy, we're. happy you're okay. Oh, yeah. Tracy, you ever watch his uh comedians in Cars. getting coffee with Seinfeld? I think I. have seen it. He has like a Lambo or. Ferrari or something. They pull up at. his house. He's got this gated area in. New York City, I think. Beautiful home.

You go through it. Tracy talking. I love. that show. I really It was really good. It was really good. He They also made a. tank for him on that uh fish tank. When. they used to build fish tanks for. people, they built a sweet one for. Tracy. Tanked, I think, is the name of. it. Yeah, I remember that show. Yep. All. right. We've all watched the same. things, but you guys have watched a lot. more than me. But if I've watched it, I. think that means everybody has watched. it. Do you know did Paul Toodel Jr. and. senior build them a chopper as well? Or. listen County Choppers. Okay. The. Tuttles. I know, but that's how it. spelled. They needed to have a little. bit of respect for the boys. I do. I.

respect those guys arguably more than. anyone else in the United States. I. wanted a chopper as soon as I seen one. I think they put a spider one out or uh. I think it a Yankees one, too. Sweet. Yankees bike. Yeah, you should get one. They were so fiery, you know. They were. They were so fiery. They love yelling. Junior was just trying to do his art. I. know. Ser was like, "This is my show. still." And it was that kicking through. doors. Kicking through those flimsy. doors in that office, bro. This chair. right here. No shot. No, this thing's on. wheels and.

grabbable. Paul, senior's going to send. this [ __ ] through a window. He's tired. of it, too, Junior. Yeah, he's tired of. it. I don't have time. want to show him Mikey. [ __ ] Mikey. Just a goober. Mikey. Mikey was such a. goober, wasn't he? He was. Why does. Junior look so small now? He's not a. small guy. Well, this is when he was. younger. Obviously, look at the age of. Mike. You know, we can tell by the hair. and the style of Mikey. Hey, we. appreciate what you guys did. All those. Orange County choppers look like they. were very easy to ride and uh.

comfortable, fun. They need to have him. play Hogan in the biopic. Mikey or. senior? Yeah, biopic. The senior. Oh, okay. I didn't know Mikey Mikey person. They both He could play his son. They. introduced They introduced me uh to the. first ever I believe it's called suicide. shift or something like that where it's. like an actual gear shift on the bike. Yeah. As opposed to like the uh saw Brad. Pit had one of those. I saw him riding. around doing that. Yeah. That seems. dangerous. That seems like that's a bad.

idea. How the name came apart. Yeah. Yeah. I think so. Yeah. How they get gas. in some of those tanks, too. Some of. those tanks were real slender. So, I'm. like, am I getting down the road here. and then we got to refill or and then. they'd always have an answer. Got a. second tank, you know, down here. It's. like, thank you, Orange, too. Um, what. have we not talked about today that we. needed to hit? We hit um we hit. baseball. We hit uh not well enough. though. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us. now is the senior insider for the MLB at.

ESPN. Man who is the voice of a. generation for a sport that is called. America's pastime. Oldest pastime, ladies and gentlemen. Jet Pass. Yeah, Jet. Jet. Hey. Uh did you watch the. Tuttles make motorcycles? Yeah, I did. They were brilliant. I. loved them. It all it all goes back to. the scene in Pulp Fiction. where Butch is is confronted by his. girlfriend saying, "What's that?" And he.

says, "That's a chopper." And she says, "Can we get on your motorcycle?" And. he's like, "No, that's a chopper, baby. That's Zed's." Who's Zed? Zed's dead. And I love the whole scene. So, ever. since then, I will I will never buy. since then. since Zed's death chopper. fan. Got it. Rest in peace to Zed. I. don't know what Zed did. I don't. remember P fiction exactly, but not. great. Well, Zed deserved it. Rest in. piss, Zed. Rest in peace, Zed. That's. what I think. And uh he enjoyed.

choppers. Choppers are a wonderful bike. My first bike was a chopper. Extended. front end, you know, has a longer That's. kind of the chopper. You chop it up. You. know, you do the whole thing. And uh. I've always wanted an Orange County. Chopper. Maybe today's the day we pull. maybe park. I think senior and junior. still doing things separate. Uh I don't. know to be honest. I just got reminded. of it. Probably will happen by the end. of the week. Speaking of by the end of. this week, the actual MLB season won't. have started. But we've already had two. games. Now this is the second year I. believe that the MLB has done this where.

the games are international to start the. season, but it's not actually. Everybody. else is still in preeason. Uh I love. this move, you know, cuz it's kind of a. teaser to the regular season coming. And. also the environment, I wasn't up for. it, but seeing the clips electrifying. over there. Now, is show the reason for. this all happening? And uh how often. will we have this type of international. crossover? H going forward? I mean, show is the reason for. everything in baseball now, right? Like.

it's it's been a quarter century since. baseball's had a star like a like an. star with international appeal like Show. Otani. And the fact that they can go to. Tokyo and it's not just Shoi, right? Yoshinobu Yamamoto starts the game for. the Dodgers. Shota Ianaga starts the. game for the Cubs. Stay Suzuki is. hitting second for the Cubs. Show is. hitting lead off. Roki Sasaki starting. game two for the Dodgers. Um, you know, baseball has been trying to catch up.

internationally to other sports over the. last decade or so. And we had the games. in Korea last year and they've gone to. Japan before. You know, I remember back. in 2008, the A's and the Red Sox started. the season there, and that was my first. time visiting Japan. So, this isn't. anything that's new necessarily, but. there's just a lot more resonance now. because Japan is such an integral part. of where baseball is now and where it. wants to be. And uh listen, there are. not a lot of not a lot of countries. around the world, Pat, where baseball is.

the number one sport. Uh it is. unquestionably so in Japan. So to see. the game start in that environment, uh. to see Otani get to play in front of a. country where he's absolutely revered. Uh I think was a really cool thing for. the sport. I think we heard whenever. Shota talked to us last year through a. translator. First of all, he was awesome. on our show said, "Call me Mike." Put. the whole thing in there. He is He is. awesome. He is They need to showcase him. more. And obviously starting on opening. day here for the Cubs and throwing a no.

hitter uh through four and then. obviously them pulling him in his home. country on opening day. Nonetheless, uh. that's it's its old old conversation. there. But whenever you you think about. I forget which direction I was headed. with this, but [ __ ] show getting. their entire country to kind of rally. behind it and then the numbers are like. 30 million right for that first playoff. game I think is what they said. internationally. It's would behoove the. MLB to do more over there, right? Because a lot of these guys, didn't they.

say and I think, oh yeah, this is where. I was. Show said like he almost didn't. want to leave Japan. Like some of these. people don't want to leave Japan because. of what baseball is over there. So if. like Shoi is now playing back in Japan a. couple times a year. Shod's playing a. couple times back in Japan. I think. that's a big decision for a lot of these. Japanese baseball players, right? Isn't. that something if I was hearing them. correctly? Oh, 100%. I mean, think think about. this, Pat. Think about you wanting to do. the thing that you love at the absolute.

highest level possible. And look, Japanese baseball is very good. It's not. Major League Baseball. The the level of. competition in MLB is just so much. higher than everywhere around the world. And so, if you want to test yourself as. an athlete, if you want to push yourself. to be the best you can be, you go to. Major League Baseball in spite of the. cultural differences and of the things. that you're missing at home. you make. yourself uncomfortable and I think that. that discomfort you know for a lot of. guys it's what fuels them that they.

don't want to be the person who went. across the ocean to play the game they. love and came back home uh as a failure. and so having that pushing them and. getting to bring that to Japan where. they so deeply appreciate the sport and. appreciate all the beauties of it I. understand there are a lot of fans right. now who are like why are you starting. the season somewhere else and And to. that I say, let's remember this is not. about today for Major League Baseball. This is not about this year. This is.

about a game that doesn't have as much. resonance as the United States as it did. once upon a time. And so, how can we. figure out where to find that resonance? And if you can find that in Japan, if. you can find that in other countries, then why wouldn't you bring your product. there and spread the love and showcase. it? Yeah. like baseball show showcasing. how much it's loved in Japan I think is. a good thing. Like for me I'm watching. that environment. I'm like damn they. love like baseball is love it huge in.

[ __ ] Yeah. It's like cool for me to see. I I didn't wake up for it but like the. clips it is certainly something. Ty has. some questions for you. I'll tell I'll. tell I'll tell I'll tell you what it. reminds me of quickly. Sorry to. interrupt there. What it reminds me of. is baseball in the Dominican Republic. and in Venezuela and in Cuba and all. throughout Latin America where it's it's. not a pastime, it's a passion. And and. you know, the lack of passion. domestically around Major League. Baseball is is alarming for the sport. but to go and find it in other places.

and to show fans in the United States. what baseball can be like. You know, baseball in the in Latin America, in the. Caribbean, in Japan reminds me a lot of. college football just in how much pride. people take in their teams and how like. truly deeply devoted they are to it. To. that point, college baseball, right? that like uh some of these college. baseball teams we'll see out of the SEC. most in the south certainly don't want. to you know continue to toot Greg. Sanki's horn down there but geez louise.

it seems like down in the south their. baseball teams are very passionate I. still remember I think it was miss hit a. dinger first one out of co first thing. we saw live audience was college. baseball home run everybody in the. outfield packed beers waters going. bananas it's like that looks like a. whole different sport and then the. Savannah bananas there's Oh god. Sing a. stadium. No, boys. Won't go there. But. one What do you No, no, no. That is. awesome. That's good for the sport of. baseball as well. Very cool. But that. that ain't baseball and even I know.

that. One, two, three. Right now. So. zany. One, two, three. Uh, right now as. SEC teams for the rankings in college. baseball. So what you're saying though. is it does exist out there. There's a. chance it continues to grow, but. showcasing it from other places is not a. bad thing, especially if it's going home. from a place that's 16 hours times time. difference. I mean, it is opposite side. of Earth and it all. Okay, Ty has some. questions for you, Jet. Yeah, Jet, to. your point about how good baseball is in. Japan, but still not obviously being on. the level of the MLB, I mean, we saw a. couple of the Japanese teams win.

exhibition games earlier here, do you. think the success that some of these. guys have had in the MLB, like, do you. think the dam is about to break for. Japanese players coming over and playing. in the MLB anytime soon? I mean, we've. seen that kid who was the, you know, the. home run record in Japan in high school, who played at Show High School, and he's. at Stanford. He just hit a couple. [ __ ] nukes recently. Uh so obviously. these guys are kind of starting to come. over more, but do you think the dam is. really about to break and we're about to. see a whole bunch of Japanese players.

coming in and playing in the MLB soon? Yeah, Ty, you're talking about Renaro. Tasaki at Stanford and you know there. are a couple of young right-handers uh. Yamashida uh and Herodto Takahashi who. are in their early 20s and thriving in. Nepon professional baseball. And that. one of the things about baseball that. the modern era and uh the technology. that we have now has provided. is like we know who's going to be good.

when they come here. We know what pitch. shapes look like. We know what quality. stuff is. We know what a good swing is. So it's not quite as much of a guessing. game as it was in the past. And if you. have a guy who is going and performing, it's not just about his ERA anymore. It's okay. what is the shape of his. fastball and how does he throw his. splitter and all these different. elements that allow us a better. understanding of what a player actually. is and yeah because of that I think.

there is going to be a flood of players. who are coming over it's not going to be. in the in the immediate future but I. think now that Japan understands okay. this is what players have to look like. in order to go to Major League Baseball. a lot more players are going to focus. their training on reaching that ultimate. goal of MLB. I've never seen uh he's a doll. Okay. I. That's my first time with eyes. What? Big old boy. Gone. Gone. Uh he's a he's. a thick boy, Patrick. That's my first.

time seeing Yeah, that was my first time. with cuz Tai's been talking this guy up. like he is the next one when it comes to. hitting in this entire thing. That's my. first time seeing him. I'm I love that. That's good for baseball. Yeah, he's not. going to be getting a whole lot of extra. base hits. uh he's not going to be. stealing a whole lot of bases, but hey, that's like one of the things about. baseball though. Like you think about. football, any body uh type can play. Baseball's always had that same thing. Baseball has always had that kind of. relatability, you know, and I'm not. saying this guy isn't a freak athlete,

which he certainly is. That one just. swing. Ty loves this guy. I mean, called. him the next Babe Ruth. Is that what is. that what you said? Yeah, he kind of. looks like Babe Ruth, too, in his like. Stanford head shot. If you just put like. a stubby little cigar and maybe put like. a hot dog in his breast pocket. We got. We have Japanese Babe Ruth and he's You. know, you know who he looks like? He. looks like Prince Fielder. That's what. he is. It's a good com, you know, not a. tall guy, but and and Prince like I. think there was a mistake among fans who.

thought like Prince Fielder was fat. He. was not fat. They're just these bodies. that are like No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm telling you. He had some cushion. It's a b like it's a bundle of muscle is. regular. Conor down. Conor down. I know. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Conor's got a lot of room for. talking about guys with bad bodies. That's what I'm saying. Jeez Louise. Take one to no one, Jen. I I I know one. when I see it. Yeah, I I got a bad body. for it, too, you know. But if you do add.

any thickness at all, it's very visible, you know, with the way uh a body is. felt. So, yes, I agree. All these dudes. that play baseball and are bigger have. to be ridiculously strong. Like that is. something they have to have, but they. might be comfortable, you know? They. might they might get comfortable. They. got hands. They got that hand speed, man. Ping pong. I bet they are. Oh my. god. Oh yeah. I bet those big boys. dominating. Yeah. Ping pong tables. I. didn't even think about that. Without a. doubt. Horse games probably pretty good. Not bad.

Best best ping best ping pong player in. Major League Baseball is Bruce Argado. who's like 63 300 lb. So there you go. It's good body. Bingo. He's a wall too. 6'3 is a wall, you know. That's tough to. get back. If you just keep it on the. table, obviously that's good. Uh the guy. who would probably win if they did have. an actual ping pong tournament. Uh just. cuz that's what he does. Paul SK. Um. where we have Paul I talked to I talked. to Paul Ske today for about 90 minutes. actually. It was like the first real sit. down conversation that I've had with. him. And he might be the most impressive.

just like as a human being as a like the. most impressive young baseball player. I've seen in the 25 or so years that. I've been doing this. He just has it. together. Like he gets it. He knows who. he is. He knows what he wants to be. He. has so many of these external. distractions that could just way him. away from his goals. But the fact that. he spent those two years at Air Force. getting to know himself, preparing him.

for the time that he spent at LSU, which. prepared him for Major League Baseball, like I I I just came away so impressed. by the guy. He really gets it. Absurdly. humble, isn't he? Yeah. But you you're. talking about him knowing who he is, too. It's like he knows, too. Yeah. Like. he knows. He's a guy. Let's not waste. it. Let's make the most of it. And then. also, let's try to get better and. better. We just talked about it. He. added a uh sinker and a uh and a cutter. this off season. Uh-oh. Jets connection. is unstable.

Don't want to talk about the Pirates. I. mean, I get it. That does make sense. Ladies and gentlemen, Jeff Pass. Hey, Jet. Thanks, Jeff. You can learn more. about that 90minute sitdown that Jeff. Pass had with Paul SK somewhere at. sometime. jetpass.com. Probably going to. hear it somewhere. All right. All right. What do we not talk about? Raw. yesterday. Brussels was awesome. That. was a bummer not being there. Yeah, Star. was sweet. John. Cena. He's mad at me. I'm a fan. What's. he mad at me for? You guys are making. jokes. He's on the war path. The.

invisible jug is funny, dude. Yeah, come. on. It's funny. And don't yell, don't. call that little kid a son of a [ __ ]. Well, that kid was being a son of a. [ __ ] No, he wasn't. The kid was just. having a time. That kid was in shock. after that. As he should have been. Yeah, that might change the trajectory. of his life. Go on, bub. You can be the next John. Cena when John Cena stood for all good. things. John Cena seemed to be a little. bit upset with the way he's been treated. over the last 25 years. You know, cuz. there there's always been the let's go.

see. sucks people. It's always been even. whenever he was going out there every. single day, every single night, living. on the road, committing his whole life. to it. Boom, boom, boom. Lucky to do it, thankful to do it. Making the most. wishes in the history of Make a Wish, you know. Boom, boom, boom. seeing our. socks. You tell he was just kind of the whole. time. Yep. Add it on. And then when push. came to shove, what'd he do? He snapped. He's something I'm done with. This is my. last opportunity to let these people. know that I don't like the way they. treated me. Mhm. And he said that a lot.

yesterday. He did. Bone was weeping in. here. Yeah. Cuz he called out Bone. He. did. He said the Let's Go Cena people is. who he talked. Mhm. You're the You're. just as despicable as Yeah. You're. pathetic. He's talking to Bone. Yeah. Mhm. That kid was born in an alternate. universe. Yeah. Yeah. Younger started. just like different Belgium bone. Belgium bone and debone here suffered. the same fate yesterday which was. heartbreak. Yeah. Cuz the things that. John Cena said. I was bummed out as. well.

I was bummed out. I hope he finds some. happiness in there and knows that. there's a lot of us that respect the. work you've done, John. Yeah. A lot of. us respect massive respect and gratitude. for you know the work and just cuz we. said let's go scene every once in a. while. I was just trying to tell you. that. Yeah. Trying to get behind you. I didn't like what I heard from him. Me. neither. Love what I heard from Cody. Start rapping again. He should start. Doug should have gone out there. He. should have. You know, I thought maybe.

he was going to come out and just talk. about how great he was. Didn't Isn't. that Yeah, I thought he could have. Instead, he came out and said, "Let me. tell you how terrible you were." Geez. Louise, Bob. All right. Some people say. he was patting. You could argue he was. patting. He was I saw people saying he. was patting. AJ, did you see that? It's. 30. It's 3:10 in the afternoon and John. Cena is potting. That's what That's what. I saw people saying cuz when you were. listening to him, it was it was a little. bit of that. This ain't that John Cena.

I know. He was just telling the truth. and that's what he he's got off the. movie set, you know. He He has a quick. break from the movie set. Whatever he's. filming, jumping off, you know, helicopters. He's He's got a lot in his. mind. So movie sets, he's John Cena, he's a. wrestler. You're right. He is. professional wrestler. He's also a. professional actor that's going to win a. Academy Award someday. Yeah, we would. assume that is the case. Wasn't 19. yesterday. I agree. Maybe. Was that the No, that. better not have been. That wasn't. though. what CNO has always been. Never.

It better not be. No way. No way. That's. what the champ said. Cuz as I was. watching, you know, had a good setup in. here yesterday watching. Mhm. Wish I was. there. Crowd was electrifying. Shout out. to the Brussels crowd. Massi. boon. Paul to pass. N. You did it. Thank. you. Yeah, that was awesome show. It was. Adam Pierce is in the middle of it. Yeah, it was. Adam Pierce is really in. the middle of it. I mean, he he went. from one thing, boom, right to another.

Just bang, out the back of coming into. Gorilla. What are you doing with the. contract? I need a contract. To Ria. Ripley and then once he I don't know how. it got settled in Gorilla and he pokes. his head out and boom, there's a fight. happening out. Jeez Louise. People going. nuts. Trying to put out fires all night. Literally. Yeah. In a different country. Yeah, that's Brussels. That is Brussels. It was awesome over there. Say it was not heavy. He was pot. People. were saying it was pot. He was. I don't like Potty Cena. No, me neither. That better not be who actually. It.

won't be. I mean, what does the final. boss guy say about what Cena said there? Maybe maybe Cena's taking orders from. the final boss and you know, he's just a. puppet again. He wouldn't do that. On. location, uh, Wrestle Ops uh, is. reporting via P professional wrestling. insider on location, which is the. company that kind of does all the event. stuff, uh, is offering a special. intimate meal with John Cena at a. fivestar restaurant during Wrestlemania. 41 week. They're going for 25,000 a. person. All right, we're gonna do that. So that's it. So how many people.

how many people uh do we Is it a table. of 100? Like what do they limit this? Imagine we just circle John for a. dinner. Just us. I think it's joining us. for a dinner. You, Bone, and he's got to. sit in the middle. Yeah, right in the. middle. Bone would like in the round. We're all sitting around. Yeah. Bone. Bone. What if it was just you and Cena. in there? Oh, can you imagine face to. face? We bought all 10 spots just for. you, Bone. Wouldn't you want to tell him.

like, "Hey, I was a let's go see a guy. from the very beginning." Is that what. you would want to say, Bone? Or how'd. you feel about yesterday? Were you You. were a little heartbroken like that. little kid from Belgium, that little. Belgium bone boy. No, not really. I went. home and did some reflecting and I think. we did [ __ ] up. Can you Oh my god. No, no, no. Foxy, can we get a camera. straight on his face and then put that. kid because you do look just like him. You look exactly like the kid. Uh, we're. going to probably use this one here. So, you can just go right back into the mic. Be quick. He smells so bad. No, he. doesn't. What? That's cuz he's been. crying all night. That's cuz Bone's been.

crying all night cuz I mean, Belgium. Bone, do the same face as the kid. Here. we go. Yeah. Oh, no. No, he was not. smiling. Yeah. A little more shocked. Hey, act like you were acting whenever. John Cena came out and said it was your. fault. Yeah. A little frown. Yeah. Oh my. goodness. Two different continents, two. different age groups, same kid. Two. different humans, same kid, same bomb. kid. All right. Uh, Dun, let's go. You. said you said you looked in inwards and. said you did treat him wrong. You.

weren't supportive enough of I think we. were pieces of [ __ ] to John. Why? I. don't think I necessarily was spoke ill. of John in my life. What a mark. But as. fans, I think we are. You think the the. IWC potentially? Is that who you're. talking about? The internet wrestling. community or you talking about all. wrestling marks? No, absolutely. everybody because nobody respected his. Jord or gave him enough credit. Could. never do anything right. We always. wanted him healed. We got him healed. Now we hate him. Just like he said. Oh. jeez. Okay. Bone.

John Cena's going to write in Paul. He's. going to buy the merch. Yeah. John Cena. went out there and said, "Don't you even. think about buying a new merch." Okay. You get no new shirt. You get no new. intro music. You get nothing for what. you've done. And Debbone's like, "Holy. [ __ ] I never thought about it. We did mistreat Cena. He was a superstar through and through. He. was And what do we say? Seeing us sucks. just for fun. Not fun now. We got our laughs in. It's.

the last time is now too. So this time. I'm going to remember him forever as the. guy just was mad at us for supporting. him. I guess so. Did you ever ask him. how he's doing backstage or anything? All the time. Huh? Thank you. I think it. was one of the first things I said. You. could say. No. Every time I saw him, I. said, "Holy [ __ ] it's John Cena.". That's literally I guess that is kind of. treating him like he's not a human. there. Well, geez, I'm part of the. problem. The guy killed Osama bin Laden. He announced Osama bin Laden was dead. Yes, that is accurate. Yeah, he gave the.

order. Yeah. Yeah. Different. He was watching from the Oval Office. Said Vince. Yeah. What's going to go on. with that Intercontinental title? Did. you see Pento snooping around? Yeah. Boy, Dom [ __ ] up, too. What else is. new? Well, that's Dom. Dom and Finn are. certainly at odds a little bit. All. right. Last week, Dom got him a title. shot. This week, they're back to I don't. know. I don't I don't know what to make. of that judgment day. Me neither. It's. time to judge him. Today, judgment. disarray. Cool. Huh. Aren't we judging.

properly? Yeah, I think. so. I don't know how Dom is allowed in. all these countries anyway, you know. Same. You think somebody would say no? He's got to be on a list. Those. scumbags. Well, actually over there. What this? Was CM Punk out there? I. didn't see him. Phil, I saw what? What? CM Punk. Chicken. I saw Seth Rollins. Yeah. But they were still saying Seth. freaking Rollins. That's weird. That was. an update from a website. Lost the. freaking from the website if the report.

what I read was accurate. Sure. I. haven't gone to a website in a long. time. Getting a treadmill. Getting a new. treadmill. Big deal. Speaking of. websites, I've been to Went to a. website. Went to a website. Yes. getting. a treadmill. Very excited about it. Gonna be able to run again without uh. all the. It's like a little more cushion. It's a uh You got the Zero Gro. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Like the rehab. treadmill. That's sweet. Have you heard. about this? I've seen it. Yeah. I've. done it back in the day. Loved it. It.

takes the weight off. Yeah. Like after. you get, you know, your knee surgery, you get in there and they say like, "Okay, you'll be running with 25% of. your own weight right now." And you work. your way up. Yeah. And I guess there's. full workouts they have like uh full Oh, that'd be great. That could You could. open it up, too, and run fast. Bingo. Yeah, I think so. I think there's a. chance now, you know, with how fat I've. got and how many knee things I've had. and how much I ran with soccer and. kicked balls, which is just knee [ __ ]. Sprinting and running is not the most. fun. But I do miss the feeling of.

running. So, I'm trying to combat that. Trying to figure that out. Found this. company. We're going to make it happen. Now, it might be an overpriced waste of. It won't be just be getting strapped in. Getting stra You'll need You need some. help getting strapped into the thing. No, all self. All selfie. Oh, good. Okay, nice. Yeah, you just got to zip. I. think you just got to zip and then. you're in and then this thing activates. Sweet. Allegedly, some super genius. created it to do the opposite. uh from. what I've I've been told. So they wanted. to add gravity to something for a.

workout I believe is what somebody and. then either the son of the creator or. somebody around the creator was like can. we invert the gravity in there and they. did and then all of a sudden now they're. in every building basically every single. rehab facility in the So it's like Super. Genius is figuring something out. I. assume that Super Genius wanted to uh I. don't know maybe hit hills. I don't know. what what would uh why would you want. more gravity, man? Work on speed. Film.

something that you show people that say, "Hey, we were here." You want to learn. how to run over Shut your [ __ ] mouth. Run on Mercury. Oh, interesting. Oh, you're saying. you're saying the moon landed. They did. this entire thing. That was anti. When. was this technology created? 19 90. Yeah. So, way after Nice try, [ __ ]. Oh, I'm I I Hey, I think the moon. landing is real. We did it. Okay, we. made it. Okay. I do. I really do. Do. you? Hey, you know what? I I'd like to. look into it a little bit more.

Everything I see really makes me wonder, but feels like Feels like my algo is. looking for me to wonder, especially if. Seth Greenberg is going to be screaming. the word conspiracy. Yeah. On on this. show, just conspiracy. Conspiracy. My. phone's listening. Okay. Turn this. [ __ ] Siri on. First time ever. Turn. it on. Uhoh. It's listening anyways. I. knew cuz we be talking about something. I open my phone. And all of a sudden. that thing is on my phone. First time. ever. It's like I never turned you on. How the [ __ ] did you know that? Interesting. Oh, you're listening. without me. Oh, maybe I'll be able to. sue you. Okay, that'll take 10 years and. I will nothing will happen. So, it's.

listening. Okay. And this smartphone. needs to get smarter. I agree. I'd say. my smartphone. is lower part of class. Okay. Whenever. it comes to intelligence, sure, I'd say. as a whole. But yeah, this [ __ ]. thing. Hey, let's uh let's put this in. Come on. Yeah. For the people. Mhm. One throw only. Okay. Okay. One shot. You got this. One. shining moment. Just let it fly. Don't. even think. How many people? Uh, way too.

many. Yeah. Not that. Not that. Whoa. Got four people playing tonight. You got four teams playing tonight. Exactly. Way. Yeah. Yeah. Let's Yeah. Now's not Let's go. 25 people. Okay. 500. bucks. All I have to do is make this. Duke. Mhm. Little softer, easier to. throw and catch probably. Definitely. Oh, and hold on to. Yeah. Science. Harder to kick, but everything else kind. of probably. Do you want to know why. that happens for to this ball? Yeah, cuz.

in this thunderdome. Oh, yeah. Cuz it. was inside and it's been really warm. out. And then since the weather gets. colder, uh, air particles come closer. together when it gets colder. Got it. So, scientifically, it was proven that. balls deflate when it gets colder. Oh, okay. So, it's like when wood is in cuz. the molecule. Yeah. Yeah. The whole. thing. Yeah. Molecules. There you go. Well, anyways, it is softer. It makes it. easier to hold on to, throw, catch, that. whole thing. Yep. All those stats. probably go up with with this particular. pressure removal, if I had to guess. I'm.

not saying it was done on purpose. Science, definitely. Well, all balls. They didn't test any of the uh balls on. the other team. Which What team was. that? That was the team I was on. Okay. How many points did you guys score? I. don't remember, but 10. I think I think. we had like four rushing touchdowns. So, I don't know. Again, who scored all. these? Was that Larrett Blunt? Oh, yeah. I still see him running. Like 180. I was. standing at the end. I was standing at. the end of the box, you know, down there. this way. Yeah, he did a big day. I just. walked three TS. He's just still. running. Holy.

[ __ ] Go down the other side. Holy [ __ ] We should tackle that guy. We. didn't. No, it's hard to that year. And. then we got it rubbed in our face cuz. there was a deflate gate that was. happening and Mhm. we were just trying. to move on with our lives. Everybody. talk about everybody else. Instead, the. boys and I got just buried. and I was such a low member of the team. that obviously I'm not saying I got. buried, but we were reminded of the. outcome of that game like a lot. Team.

got buried for sure. Logo got buried. Yeah. And the performance, the game tape. and they haven't even got Can't believe. Tom got suspended for that. Oh yeah. Two. years later. Two years later, which led. to another Super Bowl. But um and the. Colts haven't even sniffed that game. since. Colts are back this year. Remember I'm off this year. Yeah, this a. year. Tbody had talked to me. All the. blogs had talked to me. They had to. remind me. Why not believe? You're. right. Yeah. Dan Jones has a lot of. Andrew Luck in them. Not just Dan Jones. There's quarterback competition, open.

competition. And they are. Yeah, you're. right. Yeah. They're going to bring out the. best in each other. That's what. competition does. That's true. At least. this is the first year that you guys. have had like a quarterback carousel. thing and this hasn't been going on for. like six years. I know everybody's going. to point to Matt Ryan and Carson Wentz. and Philip Rivers and Jacobe Versette. and everything like that, but we also. had some good days too. It's just easy. to remember United. Yeah. It's an easy. time to get by. Play for the [ __ ]. Colts. Ring a bell. Fran Tarkington.

Was he a Colt? No, he's a Viking. He's a. Viking. One of the best of course at the. time. Yeah. Yeah. And when we're talking. Vikings football, we'll definitely talk. about Frank. He's one of the goats. Who's going to play for the Vikings? AJ, do you know anybody? I wish I knew. We. all do. Will you call me and tell him, "Hey, what are you doing?" I I'd like. to. Yeah. Cold FaceTime right now. You. can do it. There you go. Do it. Pass phone overheated. Yeah, it makes. sense. That's what he just said. Did he. start the car? Did he hit not have the.

car running? He does chemical peels or. something. His skin was glowing. He. always looks good though. Remember the. Yeah. And he's young, isn't he? I think. he's older than we think cuz of how. young he looks. I I believe just like. Lesne said he was in his 50s. What the. [ __ ] are these people all along? Yeah, I. know. What are you doing? 62. Okay. Okay. 44. Okay. If he was 62, that. tree branch would have killed him. Yeah, you're right. I forgot he's come back. from ro. He broke his back. Near death. experience. Well, it's cuz Kurchin was. standing next to him and he held it up.

Yeah, you're right. Kchin went under and. picked it up. Yeah. What did he say? Yeah. What? Crawl out, Jet. Crawl out. I. can hold it for the rest of the day. And. he's still holding it. Like a yard note just sitting underneath. the [ __ ] thing. Talk about grabbing that bar on your. spine. Exactly. That was like his kind. of workout, wasn't it? People would walk. into the gym and they'd see him and he'd. just be in the corner racking it. Right. Mhm. How long's he been covering.

baseball? [ __ ] 50 years. Yeah. 45. years, 50 years, I don't know. Since. Babe Ruth, has he had the same voice the. whole time? As long as I've known him. Yeah. How do you hit that? That's like. rivalries with uh Coach Iso yesterday. Yeah. You just got to dig down in there. and find it cuz it's worthy. Cuz he's an. icon. Exactly. One of the goats. One of. the goats. This is for him. Yep. Hell. yeah. What would he say in this moment. right here? Just pat wing it back and.

fire that son of a [ __ ] into the hoop. He would say. that would say son of a [ __ ] He would. He's a He's a fiery fella. Shout to him. Shout to baseball. Shout. out to the 25 people that win 500 bucks. if I make this throw. Uhoh. [Music]. Ooh. All right. One shot. Mhm. This is. for the Indiana Pacers. Okay. who have. been dancing with destiny, seemingly.

becoming a team that has been blessed by. the basketball gods in the second half. of this particular season. Obviously, a. few weeks ago, we remember Tyrese. Hallebertton hitting the shot of the. year and one four-point play to beat the. Bucks. Well, how about last night. against the Minnesota Timberwolves? Obviously, Tyrese is out. Mathan's out. We got TJ McConnell and the boys. battling on the road. Take it to the. rack, TJ McConnell. Yzer. Uh-uh. Give me. that. And then Obie Toppin just goes.

Second best shot of the year. Maybe best. shot of the year candidate from the. corner just like Tyrese. Somebody in his. face. Splash. We win. You lose in. overtime. Don't look now. The Pacers are. getting hot now. They got to get. healthy. They got to they they certainly. have to do that. But the Pacers have. maybe a team of destiny field with these. shots falling for them at very very key. important times. We cannot underestimate. that whenever it's going forward. Knicks, Celtics, Cavs. Uh, you don't.

have to say the Knicks. What? No, you. don't have to say that. So, the East is. Celtics, Cavs, Pacers. Yeah. Knicks are in third. Yeah, they're in. safely in third. Okay. So, I did my. research. Yeah. Oh, yeah. No, no. The. standings, you're right, but the team. like they don't have Knicks just can't. beat anybody good. Yeah. Oh, they got no. quad one wins. Write us off. Write us. off. We won't We won't write back. You. already have. The good thing is Carl. Anthony Towns always delivers when the. pressure is on. Uh the They just beat. the Heat last night. They just beat the. Heat last night. Heat are four and 19 in.

their last 23. Uh but the Pacers are. playing their best ball at the most. important time. So that is huge for them. going into the playoffs. I still believe. in the Knicks. Uh Bruce, just strictly. because of the battle last year with the. Pacers that I paid very close attention. to. I They got a lot of moxy over there. I don't know if they're going to be able. to survive. That was kind of the. conversation last year and now they're. playing more minutes. But I do like the. moxy of that Knicks team. We'll be. healthier this year, but it is certainly. a work in progress and have not beaten, you know, the Celtics, the Cavaliers, the Thunder, the Warriors, the We have. beaten the Pacers. I think we're two and.

one against the Pacers. Okay. Don't love. that. How many quad one wins we got? Couple a bunch. Certainly. Uh Cavs are the team, right? Yeah. Cavs and Thunder are like head and. shoulders above everybody in the regular. season. Oh, yeah. I've seen OKC's been. on prime time the last couple few times. here in the last week. They're both. already north of 50 wins. They both. already clinched the playoff birth, I. believe. Uh, so it's them two like one. seeds locked in home court and. everything, but we'll see. And what did. uh Sean said uh about a week, when was.

that? Two days ago, three days ago. He. said about another week left for LeBron. Yeah, he said that Sunday. Yeah. So, that's a big deal. The week for LeBron. because them obviously and Luca's going. crazy. Austin Reeves going crazy. Austin, they got some exciting whites. over there at the Los Angeles Lakers. Dolan connect. Yeah. Is he back? Obviously, I believe he's back. So, he's. been playing cuz he was I the NBA's not. Hey, I'll turn on a game tonight. Yeah. If you find yourself Well, like my kids. love watching the the Warriors, but they. don't kick it off till 10 p.m. usually. because it's out there, but yeah, man. I.

I enjoy watching them. I enjoy watching. the Lakers. Like, whatever game is on, if you actually pay attention, it's. like, "Oh, this is pretty sweet." Jimmy. Butler got bon his hair sweet. I think. they played last night on Brian. Was it. last night or two nights ago? Last. night, last night Russ triple double. Russ is awesome to watch. He still. doesn't really have a a three-point. shot, but he is kind of coordinating a. lot of [ __ ] They let him didn't have. anybody. Joker was out last night. Jamal. Murray was out last night. They still. beat the league or the Warriors. Russ. was running [ __ ] there for the time that.

I was watching the game. It was awesome. to see. I'm like, hell yeah. Russ loves. He plays so hard, man. Russ plays so. hard. Like I point to him like, "Hey, look." He may not make a bunch of. outside shots, but this dude is moving. all game. People were trying to make him. a villain there for a while. That dude. just [ __ ] loves ball. I think the bug. starts with March Madness. The. basketball will continue to be great and. then it'll roll right into the NBA. playoffs. Pacers winning the NBA title. Boom. It's on me. Oh no. Oh [ __ ] Just short. All right. Another finals appearance. I guess. that's the way it's going to go. Bonus. ball. Bonus ball. Bonus ball. Bonus.

ball. Yeah. Oh yeah. Turn left. Ball. No. Feels like we got a little What the. [ __ ] Yeah. Some undulation. Bet. I don't know. Did you see that. thing? Speaking of undulation, the. Masters is happening soon. Oh buddy, day. after a big night at the Masters start. and um they put out a video this morning. and it is hey celebrating the history of. the course. Good. Great video. All the.

magical moments there and how pumped all. the patrons get and how everybody is not. allowed to have their phone out. It's. like uh that's a thing that I hope just. and I think it will obviously but I hope. everybody continues to you know treat it. as such. Yeah. Yeah. I may have got to golf here. before. It's pretty wild. I I mean, I. suck at golf. It would have been much. more fun if I was better at golf, but I. got a chance to see a lot of the shots. that people [ __ ] up on. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. In the pine trees here. Okay. Hey, back in the woods here. Okay. Hey, this.

is where, you know, uh Rory went with. his drive. Now, he was able to blah blah. blah, you know, and I stayed in the. woods for another two. Sure. But I'll. tell you what, down there, I'd be a man. Oh. lived on a couple bird butts bird, you. know, you gota you got to really perform. at the time. But the place is beautiful. There is a uh a sense of like uh. greatness and tradition in the air and. the the way that course is kept up. Uh.

new trees coming in and out. overnight, the greens being perfect, the. fairways perfect, everything is just. perfect. It's like that place is cared. for and I think the golf world really. appreciates it. Can't wait to watch. that. The players got me pretty excited. Did not like that it carried into. Monday. No, that was dope. You know, the. rain delay kind of sucks, but that's. Florida. You know, it's gonna rain in. Florida. That's kind of how it works. So, it not finishing on Sunday, I think, was not great. I think it it going into. Monday morning kind of lost the sizzle, you know, almost and I don't want to say. this because I think soccer has an.

opportunity had a soccer feeling on. Sunday like, okay, this guy's tired now. They're going to play Monday morning. It's like, all right. And we all knew. what was going to happen on Monday, but. we still had to watch. Spawn even knew. Yeah, he did. We did. SP Rory Mackaroy. said he watched a little Devil's Wear. Pra Devil Wears Prada, ordered some room. service and went to bed. He woke up 3:00. a.m. he said. So he said he hadn't been. nervous in that while. So Rory was a. little nervous. He said for that entire. thing, I couldn't even imagine Spawn. You know, Rory's been there, done that. Rory openly admitted like, "Yeah, very.

nervous." And I think Spawn saw that for. the first time during the press. conference. He was watching in the back. He was like, "I thought it was going to. be short and that thing just kept. floating." He said, "It's like that. juiced up." You know, you get juiced up. in those moments. Everything's a little. bit different, especially when. everything comes like how hard you hit. something. It's crazy. Yeah. He said he. said in that when he was watching the. pre press conference, he almost yelled. go like because he thought it was going. to be so short and like when the winds. like that and you got a 10 foot area to. hit that tournament. Yeah. It's finished. not finished on Sunday was tough, but. we're officially in it. We're we're in a. good spot here as far as sports right.

now. Yeah. I think offseason sports. we're all in. Oh yeah. Good for us. You guys know Coupe is bashing dudes. faces in in uh Righteous Gemstones the. show. I heard he had a a spectacular. performance. Uh I saw a lot of. commercials for Righteous Gemstones. Feels like they're really promoting. this. Yeah. Happy it's back. Shout out. to uh Kenny Powers and uh Squad. Yeah, Cooper's in the first episode, right? Yep. Colonial foot soldier. I've seen. some of it. Yeah, man. He's a He's. ruthless. He's doing great. Well, Cooper.

will do what you need him to do. Hell. yeah. That's why he's an artist. That's. why he's an artist, you know. You need. him give a speech or rally the boys. right before the Super Bowl, he'll do. it. No problem. Yep. No problem. No. problem. You need him be in the suite. talking to the owner when everything's. looking a little sketchy. No problem. He'll do it. Need him in the post Super. Bowl party bringing the vibes. He'll do. it. Mhm. If you need a cheese steak, he'll cook it him [ __ ] itself. That's. right. He's making it. That's Bradley. Cooper. I wonder how he's doing. I.

haven't talked to him. I think he's very. busy. Where's his bread? Where does he. get his bread from? I would imagine the. bread is a huge part of that. Philly. He. gets it from Philly. So like the place. that he used to eat at, I don't know if. it's Danny's or the place that he used. to eat at in Philly, they were shipping. him [ __ ] Remember that what he said? And he would be cooking it himself. So. then he made it a thing. So it's. probably considered a franchise or. offshoot of that particular. I tried to. do it with Rudy's there for a bit just. cuz I wanted their Italian sub. like, "Hey, how do I get you guys just to ship. me the ingredients and then I'll cook it.

myself and then once we Here's Bradley. Cooper and Right J. He looks Yeah, he's. [ __ ] There is a company that does. that for restaurants. Belly something. Belly. You know what it is? Golden. Belly. Yeah, that sounds that sounds. right. What? Gold Belly. Yeah, I've. never used it, but Great. My wife gets. like hams from places and like New York. this and like you can get some Texas. this and it shows up with the uh what's. the cold ice? Dry ice. The dry ice. It's. like a whole thing. Yeah, it's a good I. think that's a good app. I think it's.

only for big things situations though. Makes sense. Is Rudy's on gold belly? Need should be should be. Come on, Nick. Why don't you call him and tell them get. on [ __ ] gold belly? Can you do that? They need to make a killing. just in this office. Absolutely. All. right, let's get the hell out of here. What a day today. The madness begins. tonight. AJ, who you picking in these. games? Let's do this. Yep. Yeah, let's. do this. Um, I'm picking Alabama State. to beat St. Francis and I'm picking uh.

San Diego State uh State to beat UNCC. cuz basketball gods are going to do. their thing. Okay. Who do you I will. take I will take Alabama State to win. and I will also take North Carolina. Okay. Just we'll take favorites the. whole talk. Yeah. Let me guess. Have point. favorites. Let me guess. Tomorrow you. want American. Okay. You got it. And. we'll give you Xavier, too. No, I'll. take Mount St. Mary's and Xavier. tomorrow. Okay. I'm going to take. American University for sure just. strictly because I know what is that. I. I don't know what American University. is, but it sounds like a place. They're.

good ball. Very good this year. Okay. Yeah. Of of course they are. I'm just. learning of them. Would like American. University to do well, especially now. We need them. Okay. So, I'm going to. pick that. I'll save my picture. tomorrow. Sure. AJ said he's picking. underdog tomorrow, though. Maybe. We. don't know if that's true. Yeah. Doubt. it. I'll stick with him. Is that where. Sister Gene is? Is she Mount St. Mary's? No. Lyola. Texas is live there tomorrow. Three and. a half. What's the one where everybody's. hammering? There's one where uh a lot of. people feel good about it. I got a text.

from uh uh I don't know if I'm on a list. or something. I got a Steu Finer text. message and he he he basically teased, let me see the wording that he sent. I. haven't talked to Stu in years. So. Colorado State is favored by two and a. half and they're a 12 seed against a. five. Memphis is the five. There is a. game on Friday that is lineage wager. Okay. #bead advised. Lineage. That is a. lineage wager is what I was just told.

So hilarious text to get. Yeah. I don't. know if that's a tease. Like am I going. to get So am I getting a follow-up on. Friday or Oh, okay. You probably pay for. the for the followup. Colorado State. Memphis is on Friday, so that might be. it. Everybody seems to be on Colorado. State. We'll see what Seth just said. Pennies. has the boys rolling though. Yeah, I. love that Memphis team. I don't. understand how their dogs against a 12. is a five seed, but have you seen much. of uh Colorado State? Uh, not too much. No. Watch it in a bucket. I've watched a. lot of Memphis though. I like Memphis.

You're not supposed to understand this. is March. Well said. This is March. It isn't. anarchy. It's just Okay. Yep. Basketball. Yep. College basketball. That Yep. Shout out to uh Johnny. Rothstein. Oh, okay. Yes. What? You don't know the Rothstein? We. know. No, I do. I do. Now I get the. saying. I I didn't It's not anarchy. Yeah, it's just college basketball. Yo, this is March. This is March. Well, it's.

January, February. March. Is his wife. said that he just walks around their. plates in New York just saying, "This is. March. This is March. This Yeah. Rost's. wife says she'll just hear him saying to. himself like in the bathroom, this is. March. This is March. This is March. This is March. This is March. And she. smacks him in the face and then he and. stops for a second. Yeah. And then he'll. do it again like an hour later. Smack. him in the face. Guy loves college ball. Yeah. His entire gimmick is Countdown to. College Ball. Correct. And then in.

college ball. We're in college ball. He. loves it. He was on the show right. before he was. Y What is There's a. reason he's so into it. I I forget what. it is. There's some uh coaching maybe. that uh I forget what it is. True. He's. been obsessed with it for a long time. though. Yeah, that and wrestling I. really like his two things because. remember he he just had like. Wrestlemania references from like the. movie and did Jurassic Park as well. Big. Jurassic Park fan. Really? I mean you. don't have time for a lot whenever. college basketball is 24/7 but not the. newest one. What was the newest one? World. Jurassic World. Yep. Yeah. That.

one was kind of shite, right? With the. bugs. Yeah. New one coming out again. though. This one. Chris Prattton. What? No, he's not. Scar Joe. Scarlett. Johansson. Scar Joe and Mhersa Ali. Actually, the trailer was pretty soft. Is it cicas catching on fire? I doubt. it. The script was so good that um. Chris Pratt said Chris Pratt said it's. too good. No, it was Glenn Powell. Glen. Powell. Yeah, that's what it was. Script's too good. I don't want to ruin. it. That's not exactly what he said. The.

script is so good. I can't see myself. I. can't see a role for myself in here. So. interesting. That's a hell of a way to. turn down a role. I love that. That is. something. I didn't know that happened. But maybe he just didn't think he fit in. the movie. Does that take No, maybe he. hates it. Maybe he thinks it's god. awful. That's what I'm saying. That's a. hell of a way to turn something down. there. But also, maybe he thinks it's. going to be so good uh doesn't want this. to be the rest of my life. Could be. that. Sometimes actors too are just. Yeah, why would you want that? This just. doesn't seem right for me. I don't want. to do this. Some of these actors don't. want to be just one character forever,

brother. You're right. But I mean, they. all want to get a get part of a. franchise that you can make multiple. movies and that's when you get the huge. money. Yeah. in I guess with Glenn Pal. He's supposed to be the next in uh Top. Gun, right? Whenever it goes. Yeah, I. guess he don't want to be typ cast as. that Jurassic Park guy. I get it. I wouldn't mind being, you know, I think. it'd be cool to be a dress. Tone would. [ __ ] love it. I mean, yeah, Dr. Green. did it for years and years and years and. Ellie Ellie Sadler and all the all the. What's going on with the superheroes? We. got any of those coming out anytime. soon? What happened to them? There was a.

little bit of not. Whoa. What super I. mean, what is a superhero movie? I. haven't seen I I speak out of ignorance. cuz I have not seen any of them. Well, you definitely saw the Avengers thing. You definitely saw that. Which one? The. Avengers. So, that was the only one I. watched. If you do recall, this is a few. years back. I knew none of the actual. superheroes, but I watched the one where. they all came together. That's the. Avengers, right? Correct. Okay. Marvel. Avengers, I believe, was the movie. I. had no idea the backstory of any of. them. Okay. And that was a little bit of. a that was interesting thing. I actually.

tweeted along while I was watching it. complimenting some of these people and. obviously I guess it was all very. well-known [ __ ] But I had a quite an. experience. I mean it was a fantastic. movie. I mean Oh, you enjoyed it? Oh, okay. You like Oh, I loved I absolutely. loved it. And then the next one Yeah. I. was asked, remember that this whole. thing? Y I was told that I knew the. spoilers and I spoiled it cuz at the uh. I watched the Avengers, only thing I. ever watched and then I was asked down. at Super Bowl radio row how I think. Endgame goes and I was just like easy.

This is an easy one to figure out. In. the Avengers, they were just trying to. get the rocks. So you just get all the. rocks and then you have all the power. That is the game. And then old buddy. Iron Man gets all the rocks gets the. does the thing. Like that was the entire. movie. And that just felt like a very. easy [ __ ] thing. I got these people. attacking me. They were calling me a. spoiler and saying that I ruined a movie. and all this [ __ ] I knew I knew next to. nothing about any of this [ __ ] I'm just. literally my thoughts after watching one. movie. So, I will say this, Nick super.

into the superheroes. I think Ty I think. you do not get into it. Uh I used to be. I couldn't give two shits about it now. But I there are people that like love it. and after watching that Avengers movie I. understood I'm like this is [ __ ] the. amount of money they spend on stuff. It. was sweet. Like I really enjoyed it. But. I guess a lot of them have done poorly, right? Isn't that kind of the Yeah. They. replaced all the main original actors. mostly pretty much cuz contracts run up. and like you guys were talking about. people just got kind of tired of playing. the same role for years and years and. years. They made all their money. They.

did all these movies and so they tried. to turn it over to like newer, younger, different actors that has not hit in the. same. So it's a next generation of all. these superheroes has kind of become the. issue pretty much. Yeah, there's a. couple of them that like Chris Hemsworth. still does some stuff from time to time. and he's got some other he's great. He's. the guy plays Thor, but like Spider-Man, even the last Thor movie didn't do well. there. I think everyone just got. fatigued. Yeah, cuz there was a bunch of. them there. Boom. Bang. Downy's back. though, huh? Robert Downey Jr.'s back as.

Iron Man. No, who's the next Iron Man? Uh, I don't. know if Yeah, I don't know if there will. be. These used to be like events, though. Like, it'd be like there was one. one movie that was coming out a year and. now there's there's so much of it and. there's like a new series all the time. Like, I think they kind of just hit. people over the head with it so much. that people are like, "Fuck this." Like, it's just too much. I I can't You can't. keep up with all of it anymore. All. right. Well, I hope it comes back for. you, Nick. I do. I don't think it's. going to Whoa. That's all right. We had.

it. You know, we had a good run there. All things must come to an end. He don't. think it's ever coming back. Well, I. think you also get to a point where it's. like, I'm 35. I don't really give a [ __ ]. about this stuff anymore. You know, when. I was 18, yeah, it was pretty cool. seeing Iron Man. You know, now it's like. the story lines are great. I don't give. a [ __ ] about this crap. This for the. superhero business. Okay. Okay. Holy. [ __ ] Here we go. Yes. Nice. Still a lot. Still a lot.

That's huge. We got an opportunity. Even better at 37. All right. Be a. friend. Tell a friend something nice. It. might change their life. We're in this. thing together. We'll see you tomorrow. Um yeah, team on me. Great work. Uh thus. far, boys. We're off Thursday, Friday. Remember that. So, tomorrow is a Friday. Attitudes shall reflect that. And we. will launch into a March. Madness like you've never seen before. Team on three. 1 2 3. Good night.