The Pat McAfee Show Live | Tuesday March 25th 2025

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This program starts now. are fantastic and today we get a chance. to talk about a lot of them. Now. obviously March Madness is still taking. place with the Sweet 16 tipping off on. Thursday. We'll have coach Calipari of. the Arkansas, you know. Uh, [Laughter]. woo poo. Fine folks over there in Arkansas. I've. had a lot of. Arkansas tell me nailed it. That's how.

it goes. That's it. I think that's what. they are. Tell me that we are a disgrace. to the Woo Pig Sooies whenever we do it. on this particular program. I'd like to. let you know we think we're crushing it. So, uh, the next time we get out to. Arkansas, which will hopefully be sooner. than later, obviously you've been out. there for a couple boozing evenings and. a golf event and they have legendary. alumni over there. If you think about, you know, Jerry Jones, Walmart, John. Dailyaly, you're talking about a lot of. people that are in on sports over there. So, next time we go out there, maybe. we'll learn the Woo Pig Sooie thing a.

little bit better. But, Western. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Pison, John. Calipari will be joining us in about 14. minutes or so. Cannot wait to chat about. their next round. You know, this is. another team he's led to the Sweet 16. and he's saying that this feels like his. most fulfilling and most gratifying. because of how they started. Remember 0. and5 in the SEC to begin the season. 0%. chance to make the tournament whenever. they were talking about the beginning of. this Arkansas Razerback squad. And. instead, what do they do? Ah, they make. it to the Sweet 16 cuz that's what. Calabari does. He's been in 24 of these. 32 uh March Madness tournaments. And the.

guy's experience is obviously fantastic. And his team on defensive side always. going to strap it down. And they. certainly did against a St. John's team. that wasn't able to shoot and that's. what everybody uh that's where everybody. said and then obviously Kansas with the. incredible history that they have and. the amount of success itself has had. It's been a hall of fame coach row thus. far for Cal. Why does he think his team. is still rolling? We'll chat with him. about that. And then at 12:45 Eastern, we'll have Derek Queen of Maryland who. is uh from Baltimore. Don't know if you. knew that. And uh you know there was an.

opportunity to potentially have a. gamewinner down one 3 seconds 3.6. seconds left in a game. Coach Kevin. Willard of the Maryland Terrapin says to. his team, "Who wants to bowl?" That guy. says, "Give me a [ __ ] ball.". And then some people said he traveled. I. don't know. You know, could have had a. nice little late dribble. 6' 10, so I. think those steps are very, very long. Whatever the case, they did not call it. He puts it up and touches with the. basketball gods. Big fundamental Tim. Duncan watched that thing and said, "Great work, young lad." He is a.

freshman, the Big 10 freshman of the. year. He will be joining us in about 43. minutes or so. Can't wait to chat with. him. He's awesome. not only in the give. me the, you know, ball moment, not only. doing this and this had to feel so good. after he scores it and his entire team. is jumping around him, but his press. conferences just talking like he's a. professional. And uh we did a little. research on this guy. He played for a. team in uh Florida last year. It's. called the Mount Verie Academy with. Cooper Flag and Liam McWhy. Yeah, exactly. Him, Liam McHuy, and Cooper. Flag were part of the starting five.

That would have been an awesome show to. watch. I I would have loved to been able. to see them play high school hoops. I. assume they beat everybody by at least. 50 points per game. But I wonder, you. know, these guys have just been treated. and acting like Prof. They move like. Cooper Flag moves from Maine to Florida. to go. He moves from Maryland down to. Florida to go. It's like these guys have. been living like professional athletes. for the last few years. I know. basketball has been like this for a long. time because they're like recruiting. teenagers in the basketball world. Shoe. companies have been doing it for a long. time. agents obviously get in there, but. now with the way the NIL is and the way.

college is, they're like professionals. already. And uh this kid still has. braces. Okay, that's how young he still. has brace. Cooper Flag, I think, could. be getting ready to go to prom cuz he. reclassified. Like these dudes seemingly. at a younger age much more mature. whenever it comes to handling yourself. Cannot wait to chat with Derek Queen. And then the second hour, ladies and. gentlemen, uh Dick Vital will be joining. us. What baby? It is uh going to be. absurd. We'll also potentially have some. NFL guests in the second hour. We shall. see what comes together. You are the.

greatest people on earth for allowing us. to do this for a living. I was in. Scotland last night. Woke up here in. Indiana this morning and I'll tell you. what, it is a great day to chitchat. about sports. So much going on. We have. pro days. We have storylines developing. We have draft conversation. We have free. agency chatter still. Who's going to be. the quarterback of the Pittsburgh. Steelers and the New York Giants? And JJ. McCarthy was on Up and Adams this. morning with K. Adam is on FanDuel uh TV. and he said the Vikings have not told. him he's the number one guy yet. So what. is going on everywhere? We shall uh do.

our [ __ ] through it all. The talks. of tables here at Boston Conor and at. Tai Schmidt con man. Uh New England. Patriots Mike Vrabel joined uh don't at. me with Dan Dawish today. We have not. got a chance to hear much of that but. you guys in a great spot with way the. mock drafts are going sitting there at. number four. Yeah, I feel fantastic. especially when Elliot Wolf comes out. basically the pseudo GM. I believe he is. still the director of player personnel. and says, "Hey, look, last year we kind. of drafted on, you know, what do we need. the most? This year we're drafting uh. based on best available." So, you feel.

great hearing things of that nature. You. feel great because Mike Vrabel is also. leading the way, but also, who knows? You can't win any games in April in the. draft, but you know, maybe we can. They're saying number one's locked up. Let's go to ninth NFL vet Darius Jay. Butler. Daniel Jeremiah said that. I. think Raport said that. Everybody who. said that Cam Ward is going to be the. number one overall pick. Congrats, Cam. Yeah, congrats to Cam. Minus 700 is a. massive favorite. That seems like. everybody kind of understands it. Then. he has his pro day yesterday. Shows out. completely and I think he even says to.

the Tennessee Titans people like, "Hey, I'm going to solidify this thing today.". What did you see from that proday. yesterday? And how much should we be. judging from proday? Uh, you know what? Pro day is not a big deal. I think DJ. said it yesterday for this guy for. Camboard is pretty much a proof of life. He just need to show up, hold that day's. newspaper, and show that he was alive. But, uh, he came out there and did I. heard him speak afterwards and he said. pretty much a bunch of their Miami. stuff, you know, running plays, gamelike. reps. We knew who he is. Yeah. Three-step, fivestep, under center, moving from the pocket, things we. typically see from the pro days, we all.

remember the Zack Wilson when he flew up. the boards. U, but this guy, he's been a. dominant competitor everywhere he's. been. Uh, watching his pro day again, it. made me made me heartbroken again as a. UN fan. How the hell didn't we at least. get into the 12 team playoffs? I mean, the record-breaking uh season that he. had at, what this offense did. Uh, so. yeah, Cam Ward, he did what a ton of. people expect him to do. Yeah, it's. pretty much locked down and he'll be. that number one pick. Yeah, his. collegiate career is obviously one that. should be chatted about a lot. Started. at Incarnate Word. Uh, then he goes to.

Washington State and then the NIL and. the transfer portal allow him an. opportunity to introduce himself to a. bigger part of the world. Not that he. didn't in Washington State. Obviously, we knew of him at Washington State and. what they went through. And once again, we'd like to reiterate the fact we had. no idea at the time that Washington. State uh was not going to end up in a in. a conference. I apologize. That's. naivity out of me. I didn't know that. there was that type of ineptitude at. certain leadership positions because. what Washington State was building up. there was awesome. Same with Oregon. I I.

there was there was a lot of great. happening with so whenever the Pack 12. disappears and with the transfer portal. and the NIL him getting an opportunity. to go to the U flip their entire thing. and then get prime time push but we all. kind of get introduced to him. I think. it was a great play and that's one of. the uh upsides I think of the transfer. portal in the NIL especially for. players. I think last year uh correct me. if I'm wrong didn't he put his name I. think you said put his name in the draft. and then came back I think it was. between and Florida State maybe. So, you're talking about coming back and and. really betting on yourself and now.

becoming, we all assume the number one. pick in the NFL draft. Like, that's. that's impressive. You talk about. Florida State and Miami. Uh, Florida. State gets DJ Olay out of Oregon State. Miami gets Cam Ward out of Washington. State and there's two different. outcomes. Two different outcomes there. Not that it's DJ Oi's fault, but it did. not work whenever he went to Florida. State at all. It worked whenever Cam. went down to Miami. this this throw. When I first saw a tweet, somebody said. 82 yards. This dude standing on his own. six, throws it to the other 10 or.

whatever the case is. I then I found. out, wait, there's no uh there's no 50. yard line. There's no 40. So, yeah, we. had 10 20 10. Yeah, it's you know, some. people watch that video, they're like. that guy started for the five, the other. 10. Holy [ __ ] Which is definitely uh. worthy of the combo. I think it's like. 54 yards rolling across your body fade. away, which is still a dime. Absolute. dime. and he had a lot of time uh to get. it there. Whoa. Whoa. What are you. saying? Plenty of time out there. What. are you saying?

We've talked about this off air here. this morning. Uh-huh. Restrepos people should have been doing. everything they possibly could to either. get a false narrative out there about an. injury of some sort or just say let them. just watch the film. Don't just let him. watch the film. Don't need the run. Even. in the the proday there, look good. Great catch. have a couple sideline. things. Allegedly uh this guy ran a 48. and a 476 or something, 472 or something. like that. And uh then that led to a. tweet obviously from he and many others.

going, you know, it's not about how fast. you run on track. This is football. Come. on. This is football. We looked it up. It is football. There's not a lot of. wide receivers in the NFL that are. running 48s uh that are going to get. open. Now, with that being said, this. guy's the all-time leading receiver in. the history of the University of Miami. Okay, University of Miami has a lot of. history. You start rattling through the. names of the wide receivers that have. played at Miami, you think to yourself, "Wow, this may this guy has the most. yards out of any of them." Okay, and.

obviously he was a massive piece of this. Miami team last year. He and Cam Ward. were spectacular. And obviously, whenever you're able to find holes in. defenses, that is certainly something. that is an upside for a wide receiver. 48 though at a pro day cuz you know at. the pro day they could even get the. numbers out a little bit faster because. there's scattered stopwatches. That's. tough. That's tough. I didn't like. seeing that at all cuz I love watching. him play football. And now I think to. myself like yeah somebody's going to get. him in hopefully somebody brings him. into a building. They will. And when he.

gets into the building, hopefully his. football speed is still what we saw. whenever he was at college because in. the NFL, you know, uh the third corner, so a lot of people are saying put him in. slot. Uh that those guys are getting. paid now like 2530 million. They're. pretty good. And uh those guys, if you. can get open and run good routes, so can. they, you know, they they can as well. And they're saying he's more quick than. fast. How much should we look into a 48. uh 40 potentially 47 something uh 40 at.

a wide receiver position and what are. your your thoughts about what he's going. to be at the NFL and can he play at the. NFL at that speed? I mean thoughts. number one on Restreo, you know, being a. South Florida kid, kind of like how. Queen said when he you have that. confidence when you leave South Florida. as a football player just like he does. from Baltimore to DMV. Hey, if I can. make it here, I can make it any. anywhere. Thrived in South Florida as a. high schooler. Obviously thrived at M to. break all those records. So, we know. without a doubt this kid can play. football at a high high level. Now, it's. a crapshoot when you go into the draft. and all the evaluators, the decision.

makers, they take this into. consideration, the measurables. So, running a 48 and not being a big guy. definitely doesn't help uh you know, the. process for him. So, he he definitely. lost some money. I would say we always. say, hey, people earn some money. Gold. didn't go into the combine running a. 4-2. People didn't expect that. Had. great tape. He definitely made some. money. So, I would say he lost some. money on the front end, but if he gets. in into a building, which I think he. still will get drafted. I think he'll. still have an opportunity, and I think. honestly, he'll still make plays. I I. really believe in guys that are. productive on every level. If they get.

to the next level, they're going to. continue to be productive. But it is. important for him to get in the right. system because the thing about the NFL, your windows, you get them, but they. close really, really quickly, especially. when you're not fast. So, being able to. get open and have a quarterback that can. put the ball right on him, he can. definitely be successful on the next. level. Good luck, brother. Go again. Pulling for you. We have uh there's been. some other, you know, slower 40 times. documented during the draft cycle. Uh. Hunter Renfro 459. No, once again, it's. not a 48. That's not That's not Larry.

Fitzgerald 463. Once again, not a 48, but Larry Fitzgerald played like 14. years. And uh yeah, 641. Monster man. Kenan Allen 471. Now, this came after he. tore his PCL, I believe, during the. season. So they're saying he wasn't. fully healthy whenever he ran his 471. And Jarvis Landry is the easiest comp. everybody was making because he ran a. 477 at the combine. I guess he got hurt. during that and then his pro day he. would follow up and run a 451. So it's. like seeing a 48 number is not normal.

Like that is not something that is. normal. But also what Restreo was able. to do at Miami was not normal either. Maybe the football just kind of does uh. does its thing for him. and I'm I'm. going for it. He's a football player and. I love the part of him that is the. competitor that hey I'm going to go out. here and compete. I'm going to go out. here and run this time. Whatever it is, I'm going go and run. I'm going go and. do it. Uh if I was his representative, if I was his big brother, if I was his. little brother, mom, dad, don't go out. there and put a 4748 on wax. You just. don't do it. Let him assume. You know, sometimes you just don't Hey, tweak the.

hammy. I tweaked the something. You. know, something that we expect to. recover in a couple weeks. Yeah. That. need to get out. Put the tape on. Put. the damn tape on. Watch number seven. play. We know he can play football. Sorry, I can't I I can do routes with. Cam. I I don't think I'll be able to the. explosion to get out there. I got a. little bit of a tight uh you know this. thing out here. This uh it the it little. bit little bit little bit. I don't know. if I'll be able to do that today. If I. run, it's going to be slow. You know, it's going to be slow. I want to do. that. Obviously, you guys don't want me. to do that because the amount of plays. he made absurd. But this comes into the.

full combine draft uh process. Now, slow. 40s are talked about. Very fast 40s. talked about. Yeah. very slow 40s talked. about if you just run like in the window. not a conversation just kind of keep it. moving like somebody said who was we. don't even remember who the guy was said. he was going to break the record um at. combine right no cuz he ran an okay one. he ran like a 44 instead of a 42. something but it's like he's in the. window he's good four there it is Bond. the Texas guy ends up running the fast. one too they were saying they were going. to get 42 or whatever they didn't but.

they ran in the window so not a. conversation anymore if you don't hit. the window it's like conversation all of. a sudden Yeah. By people that don't. matter. Like we don't matter. People on. the internet don't matter. If somebody. thinks he can make plays, bring him into. a building. He's going to have the. opportunity to do that. We're pulling. for Yeah. Another one that kind of. popped up was Welker and he ran a 465. And obviously Wes Welker, everyone, you. know, he's one of the most successful. slot guys ever. You you could argue. But. uh for Restreo, you're talking about. systems. Like maybe this was planned. Maybe he said, "You know what? Tennessee.

Titans, who who am I the best wide. receiver with?" Cam Ward. So, if I just. run super slow, I'll go undrafted and. then guess where I'm going? I'm going to. Tennessee to play with my best friend. Cam Ward, my brother who, you know, we. won a lot of games with at Miami. You. never know, maybe that's the case. And, you know, if it is one of those. situations, maybe Cam Ward also said to. Bor Gonzi and the boys like, "Hey, Trumpo is going to run like [ __ ] today. So, you guys are going to be able to get. him in this in the sixth, seventh round. if you want." There is a chance with the. way we've seen that indoor field built, maybe their 40 is actually 41 and a half.

yards. you know, might be a little bit. longer because it's 10 2030 30 20110. You know, maybe the individual yardage. is a little bit longer as well. Let's. pivot away from prodays. Uh good luck to. Xavier for you, man. You're great at. Miami. We hope you continue to do your. thing in the NFL. Uh same with Cam. Congrats on having a great day. And I. like the way he talked afterwards. He. was chitchatting about like, yeah, for. my teammates, basically like all 32. teams were here to watch my teammates, which I'm very pumped about and thankful. for. Like, and he was talking about. going under center play action. He was. like, "There's a lot of [ __ ] that I.

didn't get a chance to showcase. I want. to let people know that I do." And uh. seems like he did. Love his mentality. Love everything about it. Good luck to. him in Tennessee. Great. Coming to the. AFC South. Let's go to college. basketball, shall we? To a goat. Ladies. and gentlemen, he currently has 59 NCAA. tournament uh tournament wins, most by. an active coach. Wow. That's a lot of. wins. Yeah. Ton. There's coaches that. don't have that many wins in the regular. season. This is in tournament time. 24. of the 32 tournaments have seen this. man's name in face all over it out of.

Moon Township outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ladies and gentlemen, the. head coach for Arkansas, John Calipar. How we doing, Paison? I'm doing good. Um, we're still playing. Yeah. Now, we're 16 out of 16. Deep 16, but. we're still playing. Okay, so let's talk. about it. There hasn't been as many. upsets this year, you know, there hasn't. been like a Cinderella story. Your team. is the one that's being talked about. And obviously, I think as somebody who.

is a cal uh casual college ball fan, anytime a Calipari coached team is in a. tournament, it's normally going to be. the this team's going to win. This. team's going to do well. Now you're like. the underdog. Now you're like the. Cinderella. Now you got people like, "Hey, it's Arkansas. Let's go Arkansas. for the good of it all." How have you. been using that uh with your team? Have. you acknowledged that? And how do the. boys feel about where they are right. now? We're we're the underdog. We know. it. But Pat, you're just too young. When. I was at UMass and when I was at.

Memphis, we were always the underdog. And uh you kind of like it. You want. them to play free and loose. Um but. again, this tournament, you're right, there weren't a whole lot of upsets and. so people were all still alive. The good. news, you an athlete. You guys, you got. to get in the ring. You got to step the. ropes and you got to get in. And we bees.

in the ring. And. let's see what happens. Now, Texas Tech, woo, are they good. Um, they talk about. shooting threes, but they also can post. the ball. They also play ISO basketball. Uh, they break it down on the dribble. I'm watching like, you know, what are. you going to try to take away? Well. coached team. I mean, they deserve all. the accolades they're getting. Really. good players that make plays. So, we.

know it's going to be a hard game for. us, but I tell you, we we'll show up and. let's see how we do. That'll be on. Thursday. Sweet 16 for Arkansas taking. on Texas Tech. How long have you started. watching film on them? Did you do it. before? I don't remember if you told us. you're looking ahead or not. I when we got on the plane after we won. that game against St. John's, I said, "We got a three-hour trip. Give me some. tape." And I watched two. halves and I said, "Don't no cuz I got.

to get in a different frame of mind.". They didn't miss any shots. They I'm. like, "What the I don't want to watch. any more of this cuz I have to get to. where we got a chance." Yeah. So, um. yeah, I did watch it on the way home and. I've watched uh uh some I like to watch. their last five games. Yeah, because the. last five. um gives you an indication of how. they're playing now. You go and try to.

do something in December, November, who. gives sh as you would say, who gives a. [ __ ] It doesn't matter. Yeah, it is. Um, but and then the last thing and I'm. kind of am I breaking this with you Pat? Come on. Adiero is available. Okay, come on. Okay, he is available. Now I played. Boogie who was. available 15 18.

minutes, but he helped us win the game. Huge. Huge. He made the steal. He made. the plays. He made the assist. Now a do it's a different deal because. we need his toughness and his. athleticism. The most he'll. play 12 12 minutes maybe 15 maybe. I. doubt but it'll be but you got to. prepare now because we're a different. team. Finally we got a full roster. Yeah, I was about to say you're getting. deeper. You're getting deeper of a bench.

as you're getting deeper into the. tournament. That has to be a good. feeling, especially as other teams are. going the other direction, right? Well, that and the fact that we had foul. trouble against St. John's. My big guy. fouled and I told him, "Look, I'm. leaving you in. Don't foul." And he. fouled. I said, "What? What are you. doing?" He said, "I did foul." I You. can't foul in those situations now. I. can't play you in the whole H. But And. then the other guy fouls out. Big Z.

who's playing better. Thank God cuz we. need him. Um, but now you got you don't. have to go to a fourman. zone like two three guy like okay let's. play a diamond zone we only got four. guys so it's um it's still look and and. everybody wondered well how will he. affect the team Boogie and I said Boogie. came in to me and I told you last time. we were on and came in and said I don't.

want to hurt this team you just Tell me. how you want me to play cuz we're. playing good. And I said, "Listen, you're going to play off the ball. instead of on the ball. Make plays and I. need you to defend and come up with. steals. I don't know how much you'll. play, but be ready. I'll have the same. talk with. Adm. He's the only reason he's playing. is he said, "I'm playing." That's.

awesome. I want to I want to help this. team. Okay. So, let's let's talk about. that. You talk about his toughness and. quickness and you seem to said the same. thing to Boogie whenever he was our. leading scorer, our leading rebounder. Okay, so let's talk about it. Everybody's uh chatting about how. Patino's team had no offense. Uh you. know, these guys have no offense. I I. feel like a Calipari team, defense is. the thing, right? I mean, that is kind. of uh your animal. That is kind of what. gets better throughout the season. How. do you feel about your team's current uh. state of defense? And do you think you. have a chance to go on a a real run. here? You say you got to step into the.

ring and fight, but do you think you. have the pillars to have a championship. team? All the 16 coaches know we're all. 2 and 0. No matter what you did all. season, we're now 2 and 0. You have a. chance. We're going to have to defend. like crazy. Let me tell you what else I. saw on the tape when I watched Texas. Tech. Their offensive. rebounds are not to stick it back in the. basket. They offensive rebound to kick. it out and get a three. Their transition.

offense to get threes really as good as. I've seen. This will be a hard game. But. I like my team. I like my players. I. even let them drench me after the game, which I look Oh yeah. I look at him. Don't you do your me. And after this game, I said, "Bring it. on, boys. Bring it on." Look, as. rewarding, I've been doing this a long.

time, and this and we've had some. ridiculous We won 38 straight one year. Yeah. Won a national title. This has. been as rewarding as any season I've. coached. I can remember busting through. at UMass and busting through at Memphis. and what we did in a in a stretch at. Kentucky, but we were dead to rights. We. were thrown in the coffin. They pushed.

the top tone, but they didn't nail them. They just they they they said, "Ah, he. can't get out. Don't even worry about. the nails." And I'm not talking just me. I'm talking our team. They counted our. team out. And so I came in with a shirt. because I didn't want to get my suit. wet. Yes, sir. I told him, "Go ahead.". Very paison of you saying, "Hey, listen. Don't touch the suit, boy." Okay. We got. a good sport coat on here. We got a good. button down. Don't you touch it. But the. shirt, you do your thing. And I heard. you say this is the most rewarding. And.

last time we talked to you, you chatted. about the 0 and5 start and you know how. you felt like uh everybody was kind of. like hold on, even yourself. And with. how it ended, you know, at the last. stop, obviously we don't have to bring. up that, but you had great times. Great. times. And then on the way out, I think. uh everybody was kind of ready for a. fresh start. You go out there, starts. terribly. Now you get a chance to get. back to the Sweet 16. I just did some I. got some stats here. This will be your. 16th Sweet 16 game. Do you know what his. record is in the first 15 Sweet 16 games. that he's been in? What's that? 12 and.

three. Two-1 at UMass, 3-1 at Memphis, 7-1 at Kentucky. Feels like you do a-ok. Okay in the Sweet 16. and excited to. watch you do it with this one. But you. talk about it being rewarding personally. as well, I assume, cuz you talked about. the coffee with the team, but at the end. of uh Kentucky there, you were this guy. I just look I it was great for me and. great for Kentucky. They're doing great. You know, we put 16 15 This is my 16th.

year in the SEC. 15 years my heart and. soul. You see my daughter, my wife, they're into this just like I am. And we. gave everything we had, but it was time. It was time. Now, someone could go in. and match what we did over that period. of time. I wish him well. I'm in another. situation and I'm at peace. I'm at peace. with what went on. I'm not being. revengeful. I went into Kentucky. We won.

that game. I was humble about it. I'm. not like trying to beat them because. they did this. None of that. I'm about. these kids and my job right now is to. stay locked in. I'm not listening, reading. I don't care. He's the worst. He can't. He Okay, I agree with you. Can. we get on to something more important, which is I got to coach these kids. That's awesome. Um and and you know. what? What they've. done, I owe that to them. what they've.

done this year. They could have let go. and given up the rope and given up on. me. They didn't give up on each other or. the staff. And my staff was unbelievable. through this cuz they could have. scattered and they didn't. They just. kept working and now we're there. But. Texas Tech is real. Yeah, they are. They are. They. absolutely are. I We concur completely. Sweet 16, everybody's going to be great, especially this year. Uh you were being.

talked about as the underdog team cuz. you knock out number two ranked St. John's. On that note, Connor has a. question for you. Yeah, coach, how was. the inter interaction with Patino after. the game? Was it like a Michael Jordan, Larry Bird situation or was it more so. like a very jovial good to see, you. know, good luck the rest of the way. type? Before the game or after. After or. both. Unless unless you guys talked to. Chip some juice. Yeah. Look, after the. game um he said, "Good luck in the rest. of the tournament. and I wish you well.

And that there was look, I knew it's. heartbreaking when you lose at this time. of the year. So I I I thought it was a. gracious, you know, and and I was trying. to say, look, if they made a couple. shots, they beat us. So it wasn't like. we just bowled them over. Um but, you. know, he had an unbelievable year with. this team and it's heartbreaking. So he. was good after. Yeah. How about. beforehand? Hold on. I saw some [ __ ] I.

saw some [ __ ] I don't know enough about. it because I'm college basketball. You. two obviously in Kentucky. There's a lot. in that conversation and rivalry, but. obviously incredibly Italian. I saw like. sitdowns of you guys together. What like. 20 years ago? 96. Yeah. 30 years ago. And then obviously deep relationship. because you guys have been in the same. How is the relationship with you and. Patino and other legends amongst the. sport? Yeah, there it is. Look at young. paans there. Mhm. You This thing is so. competitive. It's not like old school.

When I was with Ted Owens at Kansas and. Larry Brown, they would have dinner the. night before with the opposing. coach. They would have breakfast with. the guy. We're ours are peace, brother. See you. And it's just different. Yeah. There's so much more. I don't know. I. don't want to say what's more at stake, but you know, and then Rick was at. Louisville. I was at Kentucky. Yeah. We.

weren't going to be friends. What it was. like that game was like life and death. in the state. And I tried to play it. down, but it was life and death in the. state. And so I've always respected him. I've watched his what he does and how he. does it. And you know, everywhere he's. been, you know, uh even the last where. he was in Greece and then he was in. Iona, he he gets it going. He's at St. John's. He gets it going. So, you know, you you have to respect it. Especially.

the number of years he's been doing it. I wonder if there's He said he liked my. coat. By the way, there are other guys. that were hitting me. They didn't like. my coat. I don't give a [ __ ] if you like my coat. or not. Well, he's nice to hear from Patina, though, you know, he's he has a little. extra sauce. You know, you paans, he has. a little extra sauce with how he dresses. as well. Yeah. I mean, that's a that's a. good person to get a compliment from. And hopefully one day, I mean, who knows. if either of you are ever going to. retire from this. You guys are able to.

have a little Sunday gravy, you know, a. little gaboo, a little pursuit together, you know, able to kind of look back on. the times of two Italians doing great. things for the obvious sport of college. basketball. Debut has a question for you. about now. Yeah, kind of on that note. I. think coach Patino talked about not even. recruiting high school kids or something. along those lines. Like the team. building philosophy, obviously you've. been doing it for a long, long time. I. remember some of your great teams, a lot. of the oneandone guys, but how much has. your philosophy changed when it comes to. team building when you have to pretty. much put this whole roster together then.

go on this run? When do you kind of feel. like you guys become that unit? So, that's a great question here. Here's. what I would tell you. You're gonna have. to look up the year. It was either 15 or. 16. We were in the national championship. game. You know how many freshman I. started that year? Hold on. Is this when you missed all. those free throws? All four. That was. That was when we were That was Memphis. I'm talking Kentucky. I started five.

freshman. That's not for gonna happen. again because too many players are. staying too long. So now I am still. recruiting the best freshman in the. country. It's in my DNA to help them and. their families and put it together. But. I got to get some returners and I got to. get a couple transfers to go. We signed. a couple now. We're looking to sign one. more. Um and they will be a big they'll be the.

big part of what we do. We'll have. hopefully three, four come back and. we'll have a couple transfers, couple. big kids. Anybody that wants to get. better, wants to be trained, wants to be. a part of something special, wants to be. made to be uncomfortable so you can. learn to be comfortable, uh be in the. best shape of your life and be on a team. with other really good players, which. you want to go somewhere to be the only.

player. That's like going in a gym and. you're by far the best player in the. gym. You're in the wrong gym. Yeah. Don't go to LA Fitness. Walk in the gym. Yeah. Go to Equinox and say, "I got. dunked on twice." Yeah. So, agreed. Okay. So, on that note, uh talk about. recruiting and everything. We We're. having Derek Queen join us here in like. 15 minutes. Good. Unbelievable. Unbel. So, he's always been good. Okay. He can. pass. Yeah. He's like got guard skills. Okay. So, let's talk about that. We saw. his high school team down in Mont Ver.

And I don't know enough about high. school uh basketball is what I'm. learning. Him, McHu guy from Yukon and. Cooper Flag were all in the same high. school academy team. Is that how it. works? Thesemmies are kind of recruiting. some but it's starting to move out. because you know why? NIL in high. school. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. So. you're not getting six guys at one. school right now. Got it. So now if your. high school prep school is not able to.

help them with NIL, you're probably not. going to get as many kids. So I think. that will kind of the same that like I. said with us and I used to recruit six, seven, eight freshman can't do it. Yeah. Most you can get now or three to four. Well, hopefully um you know, college. basketball only continues to get better. and better because of all this. The NFL. I think is getting or I'm sorry, college. football I think is getting better. because of transfer portal in NIL. Do. you think same thing for college hoops.

or not? Cuz you didn't even have a team. last thing I said I I was really. disappointed in and it's happened. There. are kids in the United States that are. freshmen that deserve scholarships to. college that are not. They're 7800 will. not get scholarships and they're good. enough. Damn. But we're all waiting for. transfers. So now that is what. disappoints me the most. And part of the. reason I won't change. I just can't do.

as many. Um you know there are kids I. had a friend of mine call my son's a. division one player. doesn't even have. an offer because everybody's waiting for. this trans. How many of my guys are. coming back? How many transfers can I. get? I may only have one or two. scholarships for a freshman. That's. happening in football, too. Do you think. there has to be something with the. calendar? Cuz like the the football. calendar people were talking about how. there was a transfer window in the. middle of the playoff, okay, which. obviously caused a scene, which I think. you guys are dealing with currently.

right now. And then there's a spring. transfer window that is in the middle of. some people's spring ball for football. And it's like it is there's a lot like. with that entirety of like scholarship. transfer windows, when people are. leaving, when coaches find out who they. have. Sounds like in basketball it's. pretty problematic as well with the way. the calendar is set up. It is. And. here's the other thing. There are a lot. of kids that are going to put their name. in the portal thinking I'm going to make. money. I'm going and they got nothing. They're not getting a scholarship. You. you there none left. And there are many.

of us that if you put your name in the. portal, I'd probably say you got to go. now. If you're going to do it, I'll see. you and we'll I because you pour in so. much to these young people. If they're. not coming back with the loving each. other, what is this? One way. And so you. would probably say to me I'd be hurt. It. hurt my heart. you're putting your name. in a portal instead of coming and yeah,

but I just want to see and maybe I'll. come back. Well, no, no, it's not how. that works. And so, um, you know, we got. I again, great kids that were raised. right. Um, you know, their family look. Dwan Wagner, that's DJ's dad, played for. me. Carter Knox, his brother played for. me. Billy Richmond, his dad played for. me. Even Aiden's father played for me.

So, you know, like I said, we these are. good people that wanted their kid here. And it was hard. And I am hard. I'm. Italian. I'm loud. I'm not going to sit, hi, you're okay. Just, you know, I mean, I'm I get aggressive. Can't help myself. I could. Yeah. You're from Western. Pennsylvania and you're Italian. We. understand completely. Uh we understand. completely how it goes. And obviously. you've been able to bring out the best. in a lot of people. And the fact that. family members are saying you should go.

play for that. I think that is the. biggest compliment that any of your ex. players could show for you. But I'll. tell you what that does say you're an. old ass brother. You're an old ass man. But that olive oil making you look. young. Speaking of Anthony Dulio has a. question for you. Yeah, coach. Uh. speaking of being old, I'm getting old. So I go to bed most nights before 10:09. Eastern when your game's going to tip. off Thursday. Now obviously your the. players are kids. Do you guys have to do. anything different for a a late tip on. Thursday? Well, it's not late. We're in. San Francisco. What? So, for us,

it's anybody watching on the East Coast, you got you're going to have to stay up. Um, but for us, it's fine. The game. that's a hard one, noon. Oh, hard game. Noon. You know, because at that time, whoever shows up's probably winning the. game. And even in this, they'll be. excited, but 8 minutes in, there's. someone will let go of the road. So, noon is a tough one. I don't care how.

late. Now, I'll be honest. because Pat, what' you say? I was old. No, no. Italian, handsome, successful, old. Yeah, there's a lot of things. A. lot of things. So, I don't like coaching at 1000 p.m. I'm normally in bed by 9:30 p.m. Yeah, all of us. Hey, but this is madness, you. know. This is the madness. You know it. better than anybody. On that note, Ty. has a question for you. Yeah, coach, I. know how every round is basically its. own tournament in of itself, but when.

you get to the second weekend like this. and you have two great wins against. Kansas and St. John's, is there any kind. of residual momentum that you guys are. still playing with even though it. several days have passing, you're kind. of on to the next phase of the. tournament? Um, anything in the past doesn't matter. My record does not matter. The other guy. can be 2 and 0 in his history and go in. and win by 30. It does not matter. Now, what I've said is we're in a tournament.

with Florida, Maryland, Texas Tech, and. us. That's all we're looking at. We're. in that tournament. Now, all we're. worried about is Texas Tech. We know how. good they are, how well they're coached, how they shoot, how they drive, how they. post. I mean, I'm looking at them like I. had to literally put it down. I'm not. And they weren't highlights. It was the. game I was watching. So, yeah, you got. to stay focused now. And our practice is.

I just want them. spirited so that they're in that f not. one guy better act like I'm tired or I'm. cool today. I'm going to ain't no cool. You get slapped. It's like you walk in. the ring, you think you're cool. Be cool. when you get punched in the forehead. How about that punch? Now you're not. cool anymore. You better protect. yourself and be spirited about what. you're doing. I don't want anybody being. [ __ ] cool out here. Okay, I don't. need it. Okay, I don't need it. You see.

the same Texas Tech team that I watch? I. try to watch it on the flight home after. we beat St. John's. [ __ ] are. too good. I said, "Turn this off. I'm in. a good mood right now. I don't need to. be in a bad new coach." We can't thank. you enough for joining us, man. Good. luck on Thursday. Thank you for taking. time and uh we can't wait to see your. boys and congrats on a dude coming back. I guess it's first game since uh. February 22nd is what Roststein just. reported. So, let's go. Thanks, guys. No. problem. Appreciate you. Hey, good luck. to the.

boys. Tell them to be spirited. You. playing music? He's gone. Yeah. I. thought it was an exit. I thought so, too. I didn't know when you so locked in. on He was trying to find the exit. Yeah, the mouse. Yeah. How do I get the hell. out of here? Where do I go? leave. Hey. All right. Those are the best. I'll be. on a Zoom and I uh the leave button. won't pop up for whatever reason and. it's like, "Oh no, now the awkward sit. here with whoever else is having the. same problem that I'm having. Let me. race out of here as quick as trying to. hang up a call and and you just can't.

hit that." Then you can stay on too. You. know that every once in a while Zoom. will stay on on your phone when you. leave the thing and then it's like, "Oh, wait. I'm still on this thing. Holy. [ __ ] What just you know why? I need to. get out of here." Uh, what's that? We. know who made Zoom. Sports Pope. Uh, no. CCP. There's. Chances of CCP. You remember Sports. Pope? Oh, yeah. You he pretty much did. invent it. Yeah. He said on our show he. did. Zoom's going to be huge. This was. before This was before, you know, CO.

Really a lot of interesting stuff coming. out about CO. The um Yeah, before CO. Mike Francesa. Yep. The sports pope. The. goat of sports. Him and Russo. I guess. created like yelling at each other for. sports and very passioned and uh wait. I'm not from New York so I didn't I. didn't know them until I watched the. documentary and I was like holy these. guys are awesome and uh sports punk used. they used to stay on for like six hours. just taking calls you're an idiot hang. up on them just for six hours straight.

you're talking about absolute beast so. we had him on the program and asked him. a few questions and I don't know who did. somebody know it might have been Tai I. know you're uh an investor or whatever. like anything you're looking at and he. goes couple things and he said Zoom and. what else? I I forget. I can't I think. the other one may have uh not fared as. well. Yeah, but he did he was he was. ahead of the Zoom train cuz Zoom's going. to be huge. It's going to be big. So, take it for what it's worth. And then co. happens and everybody zoom. I be careful with these phones though, man. Add people in group chat, group.

call. What is that? Can't on accident. That's a lot. That was a big I wonder if. that was one of those group texts that. you have to click and then go into like. a note section, you know? Yep. Sure. Shared iCloud link. I just I'm reading. that first like 10 lines and it has like. a little arrow. Do you want to continue? It's got to be a joke. Yeah, I do. What the hell is going on? That was a wild piece of information. Yeah, you can understand how the names. could get mixed up. You You assume that,

you know, the you know, one of the names. was some sort of guard and then the. other was, you know, like that. That's. exactly why wild times. I'm I'm flying. back from Scotland and uh what a time. over there. Shout out to Glasgow. Awesome. Shout out to Glasgow. Nice day. Active city. The sun was shining. Every. every local person I said I'm like, "Wow, what a beautiful day." Don't get. used to it. You know, like gave me a. full on this never I I legitimately was. the I walked around for 4 hours, a lot. of people walking around. I was the only. person with sunglasses on, okay? Cuz I.

don't think they sell them. Probably. don't own them. And the only there was. people that had um transition lenses. Transition lenses. So, I saw a couple of. those, but it was I was like 15 20. minutes into the walk and I'm like, "Oh, nobody has sunglasses." Like, literally. nobody has sunglasses on. And it was. like perfect sun and uh you know, maybe. some vitamins had carried over, you. know, from the the the flight or. whatever. And I was like, "Nobody's. wearing sungl This is very this is very. interesting." So, I literally had like a. 45minute deep thought while I was. walking around about could I find.

sunglasses right now if I had to. I. don't think it's even a thing because. it's very abnormal I guess for it to be. such a perfect day but it was city. active clean uh people were very kind. They speak the same language as us. Uh. but I'll tell you tough to I couldn't. understand they get rolling there and. it's auta that's what it sounds like and. I'm like where we speaking the same. language I think we are and then every. once in a while you hear something and a. big laugh out of the group and I felt. like really left out of a couple. different things but I I would I'd.

recommend Glasgow quick flight you know. quick in and out only four hour time. zone difference which is good as opposed. like a six or a seven or can happen. Yeah. Similar to Ireland as far as. travel goes it feels like. Where did you. get the kilt? Cuz the fit was Oh, you're. talking about McGregor and McDuff. Uh, the kings of kilt makers. Yeah, that was. a big deal. Hey, thank you. I felt. pretty solid about might be the best. one. Yeah. Had to wear the air forces, you know, but McGregor and McDuff was. the place. And I I did not know. I mean, I guess we should expect this in. Scotland, but like this was a really.

happening spot. There was like 10 people. that work there. They were acting as if. they were like bartenders, but they were. kilt tenders. And people were coming in. and out just trying to rent everything. like they try to rent them for big. events and everything, you know. And uh. yeah, they they gave me all my. measurements. They sent it to a. warehouse. I rented it for an evening. That thing there is called a spawn. I. don't want to get it wrong, but this. thing is part of like your family. Scottish. Bel. Was that Oh, yeah. It's a knife. Yeah. Gave me a little knife. Yeah. I. had a knife in my right sock there just.

in case somebody comes. Okay. Somebody. comes. I'm going to the to the calf. To. the knife to the throat. shake to the. boom bang. Should have boom. Now. granted, there's a chance that thing. slices my calf. So, I thought there was. a little bit maybe uh an interesting. design flaw in it all, but they said I. just got to be an athlete basically and. I get that thing and then boom, you. know, I could kill somebody. So, yeah, I. was ready to go to war. The Air Forces. were ready. Yeah. Clean. They were they. were they were ready to go. You know, I. I probably first time those. Good tie,

too. Yeah. I couldn't tie it. Michael. Cole had to tie it obviously, but uh I'm. sure he's great at that. It was a very. professional evening. I felt good over. there. and uh Scottish people are very. welcoming. Uh joining us now, speaking. of welcoming, we'd like to welcome this. absolute dog onto the program. Uh just. learned of him. That's on me. Should. have learned about him a long time. He's. from Baltimore. We know that because he. was asked why he's so confident in big. moments. He said, "I'm from Baltimore.". Which shout out to Baltimore being a. city where somebody can say that. And we. all understand. Yeah, absolutely. He is. from Baltimore. uh obviously had the.

game winner for Maryland the other. evening after being asked by his coach. who wants the ball. He said, and we. quote, "Give me the [ __ ] ball.". Ladies and gentlemen, Derek Queen. How you doing, brother? I'm doing good. How about you? Good. Let's go back to. that huddle, that moment. Did I just. describe it exactly how it went? Is that. has this been overblown or is that. actually how this goes? And how often. has Coach Willard said, "Who wants the. ball? Who needs the ball?". Uh he don't ask that often, but uh you.

you said it right word for word. Okay. Okay. Cuz we didn't know cuz he said uh. in the quote it was MF. We didn't know. if you added the in at the end. You. know, we didn't know if it was just. [ __ ] And then that sounds a. little bit different. Sounds like you're. a little bit nervous. But instead, we. obviously uh flowed with Let's talk. about this Maryland team. Obviously, you're Big 10 freshman of the year. The. Willard's been there for a few years. now. Has made the tournament two out of. three years. whenever you get recruited. to come back to Maryland and everything. takes place. Is this the vision? Is this.

what Terrapens are possible? And how. when did you know this team had a shot. to make a run in the tournament? Uh so this was my vision of of doing. like what I dreamed of and uh I I. figured when we had a shot probably. first game of the season or second game. of the season where we really like came. together jail like we all came here to. win do something. I mean, it's it's kind. of like a whole new team from last year. when they didn't make the tournament. And Coach Willer, it just like like got.

us like a old machine like um put us. together and got us working well. together. You're a Baltimore kid coming. back to Maryland, obviously having this. massive moment. How has it been going. back home cuz we know you went to high. school down in Florida. You and McHu guy. from Yukon and Cooper Flag uh were all. on the same team. I you assume you guys. won by 50 every single game. Going back. to Maryland though, how has it been? I mean, it's been great. Like, a lot of. family members, friends get to see me. Uh, campus camp has been great. Like, uh, like they really love the basketball.

players. They, uh, show me a lot of. love. Uh, try to like like they always. give me words for encouragement and. they, um, also tell them like they also. tell me that I'm I'm one of their. favorites. Well, yeah, you're 6' 10, you. move like a point guard, and you just. said a game winner. Uh, fresh out of. Baltimore. Let's talk about uh Coach. Willard a little bit there because you. said he brings the best out of you. You. did a press conference afterwards and I. want to let you know the way you handled. things was as if you're like a. 50-year-old man. Okay. I just want to. let you know how mature you were. Here's.

a question about why uh do you guys. respond so well to coach and then your. answer. Willard someone who basketball. players uh listen to and what has he. meant to you guys in the short time he's. been with you. Uh first um he do pay us. the. money and then so we got so we gota. listen to him um and we all trust him. cuz he's like a player coach and then. and then he want nothing but the best. for us and he just um he coaches hard.

He he talked to us other than. basketball. He's just always there and. just want us to win. Okay. So that. answer obviously awesome just like every. time you've been on a microphone it. seems like you give great quotes but I. think it's a great sense of where you. guys are at nowadays in college ball. You spoke basically like hey he's like. the guy paying us we are working for. him. Is that the mindset that you've. had? And do you think whenever you go to. Florida for high school, does that kind. of like prepare you to be uh I don't. want to say a professional, but a.

professional uh whenever it comes to all. of this, including a lot of money, a lot. of spotlight, a lot of possibility, a. lot of potential distractions as well. Have you felt like uh more mature uh. than maybe most people your age because. of the experiences? Uh yes, cuz I went to Mount Vera for 3. years uh by myself and um obviously with. my team, but uh like I had to start. washing my clothes by myself. Had to. start uh kind of cooking by myself. I. had to do a lot of stuff by myself. So. that just really opened like open my.

mind up and like and and like ready me. and and got me ready for college. And. then coach Willard like like I said like. he understands me because he know like. he understands my personality and stuff. like that like that was a joke but it's. like also being for real but coach. Willard he he understands me cuz I like. to joke around. I like to show my. personality and he's always there like. he always like laugh with me. He makes. jokes too like and I think I also bring. out like the like the happy or the the.

funniness out of him too. Hell yeah. Great relationship. Nice tag team for. Maryland currently. Uh having a 610 point guard forward. would be uh that make me happy if I was. coach. Uh but also got to coach your ass. too. You know, you're still young. A lot. of things that happen. Debut has a. question for you, Derek. Yeah, Derek, you talked about being in high school. and that stack roster, the whole squad. I want to know what those what those. ones were like after practice, what that. competitiveness was like. And how hard. was it, I know you said this was a dream. you had. How hard was it to when it came. to push came to shove to choose Maryland.

over all the other top programs in the. country? So at practice every day like it was. competitive, a lot of drills like even. in sprints like everybody wanted to win. sprints. Uh and then like five on five. like he coach boy switch the teams up. and it'll be like uh like different. players. It was it was six it was six. seniors so he'll try to split three and. three or sometimes four and two and put. us with the younger guys. But we always. competed every day cuz we always wanted. to to win. Um, of course, bragging.

rights, uh, mess with each other in the. locker room. And then come come back to. Maryland, uh, I came on an unofficial. visit a day after my birthday. And then. I think they played cop in state. And I. and I was like, this is where I wanted. to be. And then I I waited until like. February, I think 21st to commit, but I. always knew like for 2 months that I. always wanted to come back to Maryland. Hell yeah. Hometown kid coming back. doing his thing. Jimmy's. Do you ever. have any Jimmy's famous seafood uh crab. cakes or anything? Yes, I actually have.

a a meal with them. You have a meal like. a Derek Queen meal? Yeah, it's a um it's. like a cho It's like a meal prep. Oh. Oh. [ __ ] Genius. These guys are pro. These. guys are the greatest. So you're having. crab cakes every day of your This guy's. life is on. I'll go back to Maryland for. that as well. Uh Ty has a question for. you. Yeah, Derek. Obviously being, you. know, Big 10 freshman of the year and. first team all Big 10, like you're. you're one of the dudes, but how.

important has it been leaning on the. upper classman uh throughout the season. just kind of, you know, help them. helping you kind of go throughout your. first full season of college basketball? So, like at the beginning of the of the. season and even the beginning of uh Big. 10 play, like I had my struggles and. then like it wasn't really me leaning to. them cuz I'm still the youngest on the. team even though I got uh first team and. Big 10 freshman. like they just want me. to succeed and they just want like. obviously like they want what's best for.

the team and they always push me and um. and and they help me grow and mature too. by uh by walking me through things, giving me the steps uh talking me. through college and then um just always. been there and and like been big. brothers to me. How come they said you. traveled on there? I don't know. Like I just I just don't. like understand how they tra like how I. travel. I just took regular two steps. Yeah, I agree. I I mean the refs saw the. same thing we're seeing as well.

Ridiculous. Yeah, people will find. anything complain about. That's right. Yeah, they don't know. They don't know. about they have no idea. And you know. what? You got a problem. Why don't you. go one-on-one with Derek? Well, bald. side. Uh Tone has a question for you. Yeah, Derek, the the long sleeve look is. awesome. I love it. It's very very very. very a very swaggy in my opinion. It is. very swaggy. Have you always done that? Uh or when did you start doing that? No. Uh I started doing it this year again, but I I always wore like occasionally. when I had like baggy long sleeves, but.

when I was on the uh UA circuit and when. I went to Mount Ver, like they always. had like compression tight and then I. didn't really uh want to wear those. And. then and then uh Merlin, they gave me. like um like a baggie one. Yes. And then. ever since. Yeah. They gave you a 7X. baggie. Uh so you're 610. Is that. accurate? Yes. How heavy? Like 250, 245. and you're 18 or 19. How old are you?

I'm 20. 20 years old? Wait a minute. How. So Montverie, you were there for 3. years? You were there for 3 years and. then you come to Maryland. Uh, so you're. still in 20 years old? We should I. should have done more research. That is. 100% on me. But you're still going to. get even I mean your Do you see your. body still kind of transforming and. shaping into what it's going to be? Yes, cuz my uh strength coach, he always. show me pictures and he call me he be. calling me honey buns and. like like Reese cup. So I like like I.

have to I got to go through that every. day and he just show me pictures often. All right. Well, hey, don't be fat cuz. you could be something amazing for. sports and uh your mentality, your. humility, your personality, and your. ability are all things that are going to. make us want to watch forever. So, thank. you for the time and good luck the rest. of the way. Thank you. Thanks for having. me. No problem. Okay. So, standard two. steps there. That was standard two. steps. Mhm. Regular twostep. Standard.

Ready for the NBA. NBA ready. You can go. show some love to uh I'm from Baltimore. That's why. If you go to. md.nil.store, this is currently. available. Uh I assume there's going to. be more quote uh t-shirts coming out. Dare Queen, your brain is an awesome. one, brother. We can't wait to watch. you. Ladies and gentlemen, Derek Queen. Thank you, man. Thank you. 20 years old. Jesus Christ. Should have got that one. right. What's that all about? These prep. schools now, you know, it's like you can.

graduate from high school and they they. still, you know, you do like a. post-graduate year and it's it's crazy. 20 years. And also, they're probably. paying them in high school, too. I mean, the amount of money you're probably. making in in the entirety. Go ahead. Yeah. Like what Cal was saying, but. that's like the opposite of the. reclassify. like Koopify goes down. Some. guys go, you know, the opposite way. Go. up and kind of do the entire That's old. school. You know, football football dads. hold my kid back. He's going to be a. 20-year-old senior. Five years of high. school is casual, man. A lot of people. do it. Okay. Up in the New England area, I heard that. That's common thing. Okay, man. Yeah, that's what I heard. My.

family was trying to get me in school as. early as possible. Would have been cool. to be the older guy in the bus, the. younger guy in our class. It was very. cool. Especially in college, he turned. 21 before everybody else. He's 20 years. old, 6' 10, having this moment that he's. having right now. I can't wait for him. to be on the Pacers. He's going to be a. great Indiana Pacers. I don't know about. that. He had Hoosiers in his uh I think. final four basketball team. He thought. it was Maryland, but I believe the. Hooers were on. Yeah, be I'm pretty sure. he doesn't want to come to Indiana. anymore because a lot of people in.

Indiana were saying, "Hey, best thing. that's ever happened was Derek Queen not. coming." Well, that was uh believe that. That's what I saw. That was double day. Yeah, you're going to take lost shots. out there. He's happy with the freeze as. he should be. McCullum's already. drafted, recruiting for Iowa. West. Virginia still don't have a head coach, but on the other side, we'll have Dick. Vital. Be a friend. Tell friends. something nice. It might change their. life. All roads leading to Eugene. And I. can't help but say, "Hey,

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we're lucky to talk about it the talk. table is here at Boston Conor and at Ty. Schmidt Ty Schmidt how you feeling. feeling pretty darn good you know you. mentioned it there before the break uh. you know Ben Okcom was already just. hitting the recruiting trail hitting it. hard you know getting guys to transfer. into Iowa, which they need because uh. everyone on the roster pretty much. transferred after they lost uh Fray. McAffrey. So, we we got to get going. right now. This man needs to shave his. head. I love it. I think he should let. it recede even more and just leave like. a little widow's peak there at the top. Maybe Hulk Hogan it. That's not a bad.

idea. He Hulk Hogan's it. We're in the. final four next year, brother. Yeah. Well said. Now, he uh has all the. players from Drake transferring pretty. much right to Iowa. Good players. Good. players. Just like Dere is getting all. the players that he knows transfer to. Indiana. That's kind of how it works. now. Yeah. West Virginia don't even have. a coach. So, I'm sure Ren will figure. it. Come on. He's figuring it out. He's. working on it. Is he? Have you Have you. heard from him about it or I I sent him. a good luck text. He said thank you. It. was good. It was a good interaction. Now, do I think I can potentially help a.

little bit? You know, if we have some. questions and some things maybe, you. know, I think, but it's all good. Ren. will get to the bottom of it. He's a. basketball guy. He was a basketball. He's one hired. de bell of the ball. Remember Ren Baker. found it and got him to West Virginia. before anywhere else. Not your NFL vet. Dary St. Butler's here. Your coach, who. I am a big fan of, uh, is going to do a. self-reflection time. Maybe even. Iawaska. He didn't say that, but the. answer he was giving me was like, "Wait, is this a re a reflect, a refresh, and a. reset for Dan Hurley?" Cuz I hope we.

don't get anybody new. I hope we get Dan. Hurley even more next year. I'm not. buying it. Rapaort wants it. You heard. him. Yeah, they're they're they're. cheaters. They're they're doing an. investigation in Yukon. What to. investigate? I don't know. Threatening. lives make me ruin your life. I will. investigation. I will. I'll ruin it. Investigation in Yukon. So, I got I I I. didn't see this till later. I got a DM. from the guy that had the video and he. said, "There's a lot more to the story.". And I was like, "This sounds fake. I'm. not looking into this. Also, I'm good on.

a plane to Scotland." So, I didn't even. got to go. Just just kept it moving. Was. there threat? Well, the followup to the. story, I guess, was that the Connecticut. SID said, "Oh, that's cute. Delete it.". Now, delete it. I'm going to ruin your life. Is that how. it went? Whoa. Is this mom land. happening up there? But, you know, I. respect it. We stand up for our coaches. and I want that same coach to come back. The evolution has been from Daniel to.

Danny to Dan and we would like to remain. Dan. You know, I do appreciate I do. appreciate SID coming out going you're. going to take that down now. So that was. his picture on the left right sid I. think. Okay maybe we just call him coach. D now like he's going to become cool to. be clear old buddy I'm being told fan of. the program. So no there's we just found. that out obviously uh there is reason. why we're like kind of a cool move. I. think it's kind of cool basically our. big dom. Yeah exactly. Yeah, but Big.

Dawn would have had that thing. eliminated, you know. So, there's levels there's levels to it. all. I do appreciate his entire job is. the brand and the image of the Yukon. Huskies basketball team and having to. work alongside Dan Hurley who is not. like the others. You know, he does not. operate like anybody else and in the. spotlight cuz they win. So, he's having. to put out a lot of fire. He's. passionate. So, what Well, why'd he tell. the ref coach in the league and he. better turn around and look him in the. ass? Cuz he is. Okay, next question. He's handling things like he's a press.

secretary at the White House with Dan. Hurley and the way it all goes. So that. video comes out and immediately he's. like we're back at it. You now the way he responded to it was. awesome too though you know like after. that came out he's like yeah you know. some reporter standing where he. shouldn't be. There's no reason he. should be there. And then it should be. about coach walking off with his seniors. arm in- arm. Instead this guy's doing it. and now we're all talking about you know. how how pissed off coach is. It's not. right. It's not right. And I don't think. it is right. I do like these like uh.

standing in a place definitely not. supposed to be there. Trespassing. Trespassing. Okay. So, anybody can just. break into places they're not supposed. to be. Take their phone out and all of a. sudden it's journalism. Okay. I don't. think so. Next question. Moves on. I uh. I enjoy I like the journalist just said, "Hey." Yeah. What was he st doing. standing there? He should be great. access. He might have went to the. bathroom. You never You know, there's uh. I've been caught in those situations. before. I think we all have actually. whenever we're at a stadium or an arena. and the nearest bathroom from wherever. we are is up one of the VMSs or up like.

a tunnel and then you go and you come. out and oh [ __ ] everybody's coming. I am not supposed to be here right now. So there might have been somebody that. like stopped him too as he was coming. back from somewhere like not now team's. coming in and then he just pretty cool. view I didn't know I was going to be. here. Gold. Gold. Yeah. He's always pissed. off. Gold. Gold. Send it. Tell not. sacred. Yeah. No, not anymore. Nothing. is not anymore. There's not even the. locker room's not even sacred anymore. I.

mean, that's real. It's ridiculous. We. get you get what 10 15 minute cool down. period before you're supposed to be in. front of cameras. As journalists, I. mean, he needs to face the music. Okay. He's from Yukon. Obviously, uh that is. how he feels. For me, for the. journalist, great get. Okay. And for. Yukon, love the response. Absolutely. Okay. So, now we move forward. Yeah, I. know. I can't wait to see what Dan I. like Dan Hurley acting like that. Like I. do because that's who he is. And. obviously his team responds. I don't. love the immediate reaction whenever. somebody doesn't act how everybody wants.

them to act at their position is just. like ooh bad. We hate it. It's like no. this is just how this could be as well. You've seen the same. This is how this. could go at this position. Now not. saying everybody should be like that. Not everybody will be like that, but. there are humans like that in sports and. in competitive worlds. And it's just. like with Sirani, like when Sirani was. talking his [ __ ] walking out of a. stadium, like I'm like, "Okay, that is. not normal for a head coach." Uh, but. Sirriani obviously has the boys rallied. around him and his job is to get the.

boys to rally and play their best and. lead them to a dub. So, if these people. are winning, I don't think there is like. any grinds to be like, "That ain't. right." Now, if they're losing and. acting like that, it's like clown show. Yeah. get them the hell out of here. And. this who basketball coaches have always. been. You know, the Jim Calhoun, Bobby. Knight, like the a lot of the great ones. like they're more so a part of the. action even more than like football. coach. Football, you know, they got a. lot to handle head. So, these guys are. right at the courts sometimes on the. court talking. Yeah. So, Kim Moy and LSU.

like all these coaches, they have their. different personalities and they're a. part of the game and that's how they get. their teams going and sometimes it boils. over to, you know, right after the game. when when tensions and emotions are. high. Um, okay. Ladies and gentlemen, one half of the Hammer D Cowboys AP. tone. Uh, trends for March Madness thus. far. Uh, as we look ahead to the Sweet. 16 and as we look ahead to our. conversation with Dick Fitel. So, obviously the money line for the. underdogs hasn't hasn't been great. You.

know, our our good friend Boston Connor. bets on the money line for all the. underdogs and and that what was it a 14. and whatever it was. Yeah, it was bad. It was 13 and 44 money lines for. underdogs including the playin game. So. don't do that. But as far as like as far. as against the spread goes, 28 and 24. were the favorites against the spread. So I mean that that's that's pretty. average about 500 for that. And then the. under was 28 and 24 as well against the. number there. So as far as like the the. underdogs winning, not so much, but the. underdogs 28 and 24 were the favorites.

against the spread and then 28 and 24 to. the under as well. Um the ball's too. inflated. Did you hear about this? I did. hear about it yesterday. I thought it. was real [ __ ] Like the players are. saying that this feels like this is an. issue. Suck. It sucks when the ball is. like dribbling like obviously, you know, bouncing out of the room. That does. suck. I didn't know that was a real. thing, though. Yeah, they're saying it. was a real thing. Uh let's go to the NFL. and talk about something that's very. real. Tom Brady.com, the 199 newsletter. Of course, he's a he's a writer now. He. has seven total posts. Okay. Okay. the.

seventh one being the most notable. publicly because he said there was a. natural tension after 20 years together. with Bill Bichc and the way the Patriots. were looking to go and the way they were. kind of going. So this kind of uh is. just a little bit more of a stamp of. yeah there was some stuff that was. happening maybe behind the scenes 20. years two alphas two of the goats uh. working alongside of each other that's a. long relationship you know people live. with their parents you know before they. go to school or before they leave for 18.

years think about the relationship with. your parents think about how that could. potentially go with your siblings for. that long 20 years becoming the great. the greatest of all time next to each. other there could be some differing of. opinion there could be some differing of. what the future looks like. Bill Bichc. has to look out for the Patriots. Tom. Brady's got to look out for the Patriots. and also Tom Brady. And then obviously. you got Craft in there trying to. navigate the waters. They he said the. last few years. So that would have been. three years they had success during that. time together as well, which is also a.

wonderful part of this entire story. Oh. yeah, big time. They won the Super Bowl. in 2018 with the 13-3 victory, which was. an exhilarating game against the Rams. and McVeyy's first Super Bowl. But I. mean when you think about just the team. construction as well like you talk about. how sometimes you know the offense and. the defense are damn near two separate. teams at points and you can think you. with Mahomes and Andy Reid like hey both. offensive guys obviously the credit goes. to you know the offense a lot of the. time like with the New England dynasty. because it was so much Brady on one side.

with you know whoever was the OC and. then Bill and the defense on the other. you can see where just even credit. getting you know given to certain sides. of the cuz early on it was Bill Bill cuz. Brady wasn't you know the guy 199 you. know those first three Super Bowls the. dynasty you think about like Bruski and. Richard Seymour and Vrabel obviously in. in those kind of teams was wasn't so. much about Brady Brady was kind of. almost in the the party situation then. towards the end it became much more Tom.

Brady Bill can't do it without Tom you. know Brady's the reason they're winning. all those games so the natural tension. does make sense in the Jimmy G drafting. a lot of people point to, but the fact. that they were still able to, you know, win and who knows when it started. because 16 they won the Super Bowl as. well. 17 they went to the Super Bowl, lost against, you know, the Eagles and. the Nick Fos, uh, Philly Philly play and. then, you know, the the Rams Super Bowl, they still won. So, sure, there might. have been tension. Yeah, there's. tension. Three Super three straight.

Super Bowls, we're going to win two of. them in the entirety of it. Obviously, you're in that building uh with both of. them as a second round pick for the New. England Patriots. Uh what is your. thoughts on it? Natural tension I think. was Tom saying normal. Yes. Like there's. going to be that that's going to exist. let alone being together for 20 years. I. mean it's normal. Anytime something like. this comes from you know the greatest. player in the game obviously it's going. to be be a big deal especially on you. know March 25th. But I can't think of. any great player that stayed into a. place anywhere near 20 years that didn't.

have some type of natural tension. And. you talk about Bill he wore both hats as. far as the GM and the uh head coach. So, and Tom always gave a team friendly. deal. I mean, yeah, it I mean, literally. any player that I could think, Kobe. Bryant, Michael Jordan, LeBron, you. know, Payton Manny, Drew Breed, like any. at some point in their career, there was. some bumps. Aaron Rogers, there's been. some bumps in the road with other. people. Wayneo, even Wayne got traded, right? Wayne was like everybody if you. stay like you mentioned, it's a. marriage. It's it's a long-term. relationship. You're going to have some. ups and downs. You're going to have some. natural tension. So, I don't think it's.

it's a big deal. Connor just mentioned. like they were they were winning. So, if. this was the opposite way and they were. they were uh losing, they were at the. bottom of the barrel, it' be a different. ball game. But, I don't think this is a. a big deal. But, I can't wait for the uh. next 199. Yeah. Eight is coming around. the corner. Well, in a lot of those. instances with those other guys, like. the the player always wins out because. like. very seldom is it like a guy plays with. the same coach for 20 years? Like, how. many coaches did Kobe have? You know, even MJ went through like a couple. different guys. Like Brady is really. like the only one where it's like it was.

him and Bellich check pretty much the. entire time. And I don't think that will. ever happen again. Yeah. Different. relationship whenever you're 22 versus. whenever you're 35. Yeah. 36 37. And I I. do appreciate I think we all do that. He's come out and been like Yeah. because they both all been like we love. each other which you will by the way. once you you kind of separate you know. the heart grows fonder if you will and. then you look back and it's like a lot. of great things were accomplished but in. the moment there was probably a lot of. gripes from both of them about how. things were going and then obviously you. get away you say all the good stuff but.

this is the first time where we've. really heard him say like yeah there was. some [ __ ] it's like we all expected it. we all knew that that was reality and. now we know from the 199 newsletter he's. a blogger now I I guess so. Add it to. the resume. Love that. You can do it. all. You see him? He might be doing it. on a typewriter. Yeah, definitely. [Music]. Jammed. [ __ ] Ah, [ __ ] That was. supposed to be actually. Probably a. better chance. He's Norolink it. Oh,

straight from brain to paper. I mean, there is a chance. I I had no idea this. existed until this one. This is the. seventh one. Writing takes a long time. Did I'm not even going to get into it. What's that? I told you guys a couple. weeks ago I learned about the uh Oh, yeah. Talk to text. That's crazy. Game. changer. Really smartphone. Other things. it's getting dumber which needs to be. talked about, you know, with Timmy. Apple. Like something's going on here. where my smartphone's getting dumber. Don't think that should be how this. whole thing goes. But for that whole. bubba bubba thing, I mean that that.

makes life a lot easier. Do you have the. new update or new phone? I have the. newest phone. I haven't done the whole. song and dance. I got to I got to turn. off some say. I'm tired of Apple. intelligence summarizing my my emails. There's emails. The whole thing. You got. around on the playground yet? What's. that? The playground. I haven't. No. Get. on the playground. Have some fun out. there. What the hell are you talking. about? There's playground app. It's an. AI picture app. It's fun. It's a good. time. Oh, so they're Grock. So they have. a Grock. I don't know. I don't What?

Chat GPT. I don't I've never used Grock. Actually pretty talented. No, I tried. Grock. Grock is pretty talented. Well, no, this iteration we're on like Grock. 3. He's amazing. And it always says beta. next to it. It is Grock 3.0 beta. So. that means they're testing Grock 3.0. Correct. Well, they did that to Grock. 2.0 the entire So then we got the 3.0. We're still testing. Always getting. better. Are we ever going to not be in. the beta stage of Grock or any of these. guys? Grock may be just the beta stage.

in general and then they might change it. to like Brock or something. Alpha. Yeah, alpha. Exactly. And then that's just the. new AI. I just don't agree with Grock. Like I'm a big green guy, but I I hate. Tesla. Um you sound pretty red right. now. I'm a big AI guy, but I hate Grock. Okay. All right. You love news, but. Yeah. I hate Twitter. Yeah. Yeah. It's a wild thing. Uh that's what. happens when you only listen to O. You. last story. The world right now is in a wild spot.

Yeah. There are some people that I mean. you're talking about just way and have. never heard the other side. I don't. think it that's why those people should. just watch sports. Bingo. Like come to. our world. Come to where we live. Watch. the games on Thursday and Friday. Might. change your [ __ ] life. What do these. people do that don't watch sports? I'm. learning now. It's like oh they're just. Yeah. This is it. They're cementing. themselves into more of I'm a better. person than you are. And I appreciate. their passion. Okay. Everybody's saving. a world. seems like everybody who's has.

the right idea for how the world needs. to be and how it and I respect it and. everybody I'm talking you know who I'm. talking about and it's like uh I. appreciate your passion but boy don't. get lost in there come on into watch. some sports. dive into a conspiracy look look into. the pyramid no there's a lot of those. what we're saying is stay come over to. sports those things all kind of get into. the entire what is going on. we got that. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now.

Okay, ladies and gentlemen joining us. now. When we talk about sports, we talk. about come enjoy sports. Come enjoy. competitions. Come enjoy moments that. are magical that can only be created. from a moment having to change the. course of not only people but entire. schools. A guy who has voiced over a lot. of those moments of our childhood and. not only ours, potentially your parents. childhood as well. 41 years he's been. working at ESPN. Baby, ladies and. gentlemen, the voice of B college. basketball. He's in pro and college.

basketball halls of fame, Dick Vatel. How you doing, Dick? Well, I'll tell you. one thing, Pat. 45 years I've completed. at ESPN. 45. Okay. Okay. I am honored. I. finally got a call from Pat McAfee to be. on his unbelievable show. Manick, that's. incredible. Dicky. Dicky Dicky, we would. have had you on day one if we knew this. was even possible. The fact that you.

have blessed us with your presence, especially during March Madness, we are. grateful for, especially with everything. you've been through over the last few. years. You're inspirational. You're a. badass. And uh we appreciate the hell. out of your commitment to sport for all. of our entertainments for over the. better half for five guys there. I'm. talking all you football unbelievable. fanatics, football guys talking. basketball. I think it hurts you guys. talking hoops. I think you rather talk. football. Whoa, whoa, whoa. We We've No, that is valid. Yes, that is certainly.

true. But there are times where. basketball takes over the zeitgeist, and. this is certainly one of them. We just. talked to Cal. Obviously, Arkansas is. like the underdog Cinderella story this. year. Calipari is the team that. everybody's pulling for to go on a run. with all the high ranking teams. surviving. What is your takeaway on this. year's March Madness, Dicky V? How. should we be viewing this? You know, Pat, it's Chalk City. I mean, there's no. doubt about it. I mean, 13 of the teams. there. I've been to the final four, four, uh, you got eight of them that.

have already won national titles. So, it's all chalk city. And it's all new. You know why? The NIL, man. The schools. that are paying big time cash. It's all. about that. And we got chaos going on. I'll share this with you, Pat, and you. and your guys. They just opened up the. transfer portal, which I think is a. joke. I think it's absurd to have the. transfer portal during the heart of. March Madness. I think that's crazy. It's ludicrous. You ready for this? Only.

one day about a thousand kids are in the. portal. A thousand. It is total wacky. what's going on because the question is. right away the question very simple. When the kids talk to some coach about. trans, what about my cash, man? How much. am I getting? Yeah. Did you ever think. you'd see this path going on? It's a. better free agency than the pros have. because in this case, you're free. At. least in the pros, you got a contract. Yeah. I think they got to think about a.

contract. I think they think about, you. know, the kids deserve money. I have no. problem with that. But the bottom line. is this chaotic movement, no stability. Yeah, it's happening in football, too, Douggee V. Obviously, we're seeing that. they had a transfer portal in the middle. of the playoffs. uh transfer window in. the middle of the playoffs as well. And. there was actually players that were in. the playoffs, 12 team playoff. This is. what you work for. There was team. players in the playoff that were like, I'm leaving. I'm leaving. It's like, how. is this what's right? I think they're. going to figure that out, though. How. much of the chatter has been done for.

college hoops? Like college football, obviously, we live at that all fall. We. got a a ruling coming this month or. whatever on what the future's going to. look like for Revshare. We did a lot of. that with football talk. How much of. that's happening in college basketball, you think? And is there guard rails on. the horizon for how it's all run? Well, I I just tell you this, Pat. I just. think that there's so much chaos. It's. the wild west in intercolgiate sports. It really is. And and I I just think. that somewhere there's no rules and. regulations. There's not zero. Do what. you want. Do anything you want. And the.

big schools, I'll tell you what else. happening. You don't see any. Cinderellas. You're not going to see. many Cinderellas anymore because it's. all the schools that can pay the big. dollars. The SEC has seven teams. Seven. teams in the final four. Why? Because. the SEC hasn't gotten with the times. The ACC hasn't gotten with the times. So, they got one team, Duke. Duke who. gets gets it. Duke has the dollars. They. have the unbelievable talent level. But.

I'm telling you, Pat, something's got to. be done because, you know, you hate to. see the little guy rubbed out. The other. problem with it with the transfer. portal, if you're a good player, I'm. gonna make Pat McAfee dream. Dream, he's. a jump shooter. Dream, he's an. incredible player and you're at some mid. American school. You're at my handle. that rock, man. Good left hand. I like. that left hand. Keep the eyes up. Don't. look at the wall. Don't look at the. wall. What are you talking about? What. are you talking about?

And you're you're at a Mid-Americ school. and all of a sudden you're playing. really well. You know what happens? You're gone. It's like a little brick. right there. But you're gone. There's an. apple even you're absolutely gone to. another school. So they're taking all. the stars away that developed from the. Mid-American schools from the actual the. mid major schools. Yeah. So that's going. to take away. You just got to hope that. a team is able to build, you know, and. everybody stay true. And uh hopefully. the madness will remain in the March.

tournament because Calipari being the. underdog Cinderella story is certainly. something out there at Arkansas, but. they're one of those SEC teams you. talked about. Greg Seni came on the show. and was like, "Hey, we told the schools. our men's basketball has to get better.". So they did a concerted effort to invest. in it and to your point, it has worked. for them. Will everybody else, we shall. see. Debbut has a question for you, Dicky. Yes, sir. Dicky V, first of all, absolute honor. I'm a Yukon Huskin. You've called some of our biggest games, some of our national championships. So, an honor. Uh, but you being on the air.

for so long and being iconic on the mic. I want to know how did some of these. your most iconic sayings come about? Were they practicing the mirror the. night before, they just come out live? PTP or diaper dandy? Like, when did. these come about? How did they come. about? You know what? Really? I steal a. lot of it, man. I steal from people. People write me little notes, letters, suggestions. I use them. I get credit. Now, to be serious, it's just I I always. when I started the TV, I make believe.

I'm talking to my buddies at home and I. just talk from my heart. You guys do. that. You talk from your heart. That's. why you connect so well with everybody. cuz you're regular. You're down there. shooting the breeze. I've never looked. at the red light where the red light has. intimidated me and I've always had fun. doing it. The only thing that's. intimidated me is having five major. vocal cord cancer surgeries and all that. stuff. Pat, I'd like to get a little. little help here. I'm trying to raise. money for kids battling cancer. Pat, it. means so much to me, especially after.

what I went through. I want you to. notice the first live interview I've. done in three years. Uh doctors have put. me on unbelievable unbelievable voice. rest. stuff. Like I said, I had five. major vocal cord surgeries and I'm just. honored and thrilled and always moved to. tears that I'm even talking because. about a year ago, I went eight like I. think it was eight weeks. I couldn't. talk without one word, write everything. down. And so I made that recovery. But. going through what I went through, I.

can't imagine a mom and dad with little. kids going through what I I'm 85 years. old, man. I got the energy of a. 20-year-old, but I'm 85. And I'll tell. you this, Pat, no child should ever go. through what I did in terms of the. scans, the blood work, constant, always. to the doctor's office, uh, doing chemo, 6 months. I did radiation, 65. treatments. No child should do that. So, my goal is to raise money through the V. Foundation for kids battling cancer. So.

far, pal, I'm so proud of this. probably. in my own career I'm in I don't know. multiple hall of fames and all that jazz. but my my my. real part of me is so excited about to. tell you this we have raised my gala. $92.8 8 million. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. And this year we're going to go over the. hundred million mark because honoring. people like Mike Strayan. We're honoring.

people like Grant Hill and all these. stars and with Caliperry. And we have a. great event. There it is right there. We. have a great event. It's held down in uh. Sarasota, the Ritz Carlton. Anybody. wants information, they call. 94135080. But the best thing they can do. and donate. Donate at dick. All you got. to do is go to dickfight.com. It's as. simple as committee. dickfighttal.com. You can donate. It.

goes to the beef foundation and you. might save someone you love. I get. passionate about this because I've been. Pat I spoke at several funerals for kids. and it just tears my heart out. Yeah. Tears my heart out. Yeah. And it's not. just the kids. Obviously, it's the. entire family. The anxiety alongside all. the appointments. We're honored that. this is the first interview you've done. in 3 years and thankful for it and also. inspired by your mission. I will. obviously donate and help out with the. gayla. We will continue to promote your.

mission to helping out families of kids. battling uh through cancer and let's. talk about the vocal cord surgery. So. they told you no talking. Um so I've. thought about this before as somebody. who is a professional speaker. I'll lose. my voice at the end of like football. season. I'll go through and I won't have. my voice. I won't know. Like that's my. biggest fear whenever we're on a. microphone is that I'll have something. and I have no idea if it's going to if. it's going to make any sound. I have no. idea if my voice is going to be able to. create it because I'm horsearo. I've.

been yelling and I'm a very loud person. to begin with. But for you, I assume. you've gone through times of going horse. and losing your voice. When you're told. you can't speak as a professional. orator, I mean, what is the initial. reaction? And that that had to be. mentally that had to be very difficult. You know what, Ben, I was telling my my. friend the other day, I go to a game. like I recently did seven games. I was. so glad to do them. It was like the best. medicine in the world. But it's so.

difficult when you go into a game and. you're my position because of my vocal. cord problems. Instead of thinking about. the strategy of the games and all, I'm. thinking about what happens if my voice. breaks down right now during the middle. of the game. But what and I shouldn't be. thinking like that, but the bottom line. is that's what you live with. and and. the strategy I could do in my sleep, you. know, talking basketball, you know, people write, "Oh my god, he hasn't. missed a beat." Well, you know, just. like you talking football or whatever, I. could talk that basketball in my sleep.

And to say this before I wrap up here, my final four are still alive. Michigan. State and Florida, looking at a board. here, my house, Michigan State, Florida, South and West in one semifinal, Duke. and Houston in the other when it's all. said and done. Duke and Florida. And. when it's said to cut the nets down and. they're going to scream and yell, I get. this all the time and I laugh about it. I was like, "Dookie by town, not Dicky. by town. He loves Duke." Well, what's.

there not to like about them? You know. this P. Think about why they're good. They're the only team in the nation. The. only team that is in a situation where. there's a to draw the only team that is. in a situation where they're top five in. the nation. offensively and defensively efficiency. Well, when you excel in both those. areas, you got chance to win. And then. they got the best player in the land. And no doubt about it. I mean, Flags and.

Proctor's been on fire. And as Proctor. is shooting a jumper, he's been on fire. But the the kid when you talk about. certainly Flag, he he is so special. He. makes those things happen because his. presence on the floor creates spacing. for guys like Proctor to get free to. shoot the three. So he's one of those. guys. It's like I guess in football you. have them as well, but he's one of those. guys presence makes everybody better. Oh.

yes, absolutely. And also I think he. reclassified he's supposed to be a. senior in high school. He's special. talent. And that coach down there, I'm. learning more about White Mike uh over. there in Chicago and his basketball. playing career. Feels like they got it. right, just like the basketball gods did. whenever they blessed us with you for. the better half of the last five. decades. We appreciate the hell out of. you, Dicki. Well, I'll tell you this. I'm I'm hurt for one thing, though. The. best linebacker in the history of Ohio. State football is not on the show. AJ,

where's AJ? He's on spring break. He's. got another spring break. Yeah, Ohio. That's what we're learning. Hey, AJ, did. I say it right? You're the best. linebacker in football. You told me to. say it. Yeah. Classic. All right. We appreciate the. hell out of you, ladies and gentlemen. I. tell you what, I need a lesson from you. how you connect, man. You obviously. connect and that connection you make. I. tell you what, I would love to have my. cash register go dingling ding. You know it, baby.

Uh, you're the man, ladies and. gentlemen. Dicky Vital. Thank you. Dicky, what a legend. That's awesome. The goat. Yeah. We we put in a request for him uh. a few weeks ago and we got this big long. response that was like, "Want to come on. the show? Love the show. Love you guys. Love everything about your program, but. strict doctor's orders. Not allowed to. talk right now." And we're like, "Damn, didn't know it was like that." And then. we learned more and more. It's like he's. on like uh like right there. We probably. took uh too many uh of the things.

throughout the entire process. But. imagine being Dicky Vitel. Yeah. Like. speaker, loudspeaker, animated speaker and then being told. can't Yeah. Like think about it. Gatherings. Yeah. Holding court, shoot the breeze, he. said. Like he loves doing that. just. talk with the guys, you know, do the. entire thing and then they're like, "Yeah, by the way, uh not only are you. going to have to battle cancer here and. uh very serious and go through all these. treatments, you're not going to be. allowed to speak like that." I mentally.

that would be a wild thing, but. obviously Dicky Vitell has done exactly. what he's always done with everything, which is just commit fully and $92.9. million raised. That's crazy. That's. unbelievable. That is absolutely. unbelievable, baby. Are you serious? How. about him saying I jack other people's. [ __ ] They will uh they'll write me. letters and they'll have stuff in there. Oh, I like that. That's good. We'll use. that. But on a serious note, it kind of. drops into the other stuff. Shout out to. him. And uh if you can help raise money,

I assume um this would be a fantastic. place to do it. I I mean, $100 million, that's a great legacy uh to have. Shout. out to him and shout out to the V. Foundation continuing to raise some. money. Let's talk uh a little bit about. NFL hoops. Oh. Oh, we should say in. college hoops. Guju. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. That was tough. That's like her and. Paige are the two the two that are. carrying women's college hoops right. now. And obviously we saw the clips from. this past weekend where she was chatting. with uh Jaden Daniels and Jaden.

Daniels's mom uh throughout. I think. Jaden Daniels I don't know. I was. following on the internet and then I. watched it then I checked back in later. I thought Jaden Daniels as mom was in. between them to start then she left and. they were sitting next to each other. It. was being reported and once again I do. not know I do not know which one is real. because you know timing of it all but. there is a chance you know she actually. go up and left. Yeah, you know and then. Jaden and Juju sat next to I don't I. somebody would have to correct us on. that whole thing but you're talking.

about this uh a power duo here you know. just sharing secrets. Just sharing. secrets about competing and uh life in. the spotlight. And there's Jane Davos's. mom. We saw her uh whenever we were at. Radio the Super Bowl. I think she said. she would come on show and tell us the. real she did. So, we were sent a request. in that uh for Jaden Daniels's mom. But. Guju, one of the superstars of women's. college hoops, tears, that is absolutely. devastating. That sucks. Yeah, that that. sucks. And she's she's, you know, one. she's probably the face right now of uh.

women's college basketball. Her along. with Paige, who Paige has suffered some. devastating injuries as well uh while at. Yukon cuz she was kind of at the top of. that level as well. But Juju, I mean, she's awesome. unbelievable business. she's doing off the court as well. I. know on the court on pace to be uh to. score the most points in women's college. basketball history. I think she broke uh. Caitlyn's two-year mark. So she was. definitely sophomore. Yeah. So she I. mean she cooks and her game her game is. nasty and aesthetically pleasing as. well. So hopefully she gets a a quick.

strong recovery, man, cuz she she's. awesome to watch play basketball. Godspeed uh to Guju. And also, uh, I I. guess West Virginia women's basketball. team got hosed down in, uh, North. Carolina. I tell you what, they gave the. Tar Heels everything they could handle, though. Yeah, but I heard the refs were. playing for Bubba's team. Oh, UNCC keeps. again. That's what I read. That's what I. read. What was the score? Was it close? It's like 67. North Carolina because the. refs wanted them to. About 11 11, I. think. It wasn't that close. Well, of.

course. I How many refs are on the. court? Three. Two. Three. Three. the. foul discrepancies playing eight on. five. You got to be kidding me. 28 North. Carolina. I mean, is Virginia taking the. sweet 16? Was that sweet 16? Round of. 32. Round Okay. Yeah, that's that's. close for women's college basketball. Round 32. That's close. Yeah. 5847. You. go look some other sports. 5847. Yeah. Oh yeah. It's a barn burner. There was a. double overtime game last night. Maryland and and Bama. I was watching. Yeah. Now that's a barn burner. And I. saw one of the girls for Bama Yeah.

dropped 45 points getting lost. Yeah. an. Atlanta scoring game. How bet on. everything. Women's college hoops as. well. Yeah, the spreads are tough the. first couple rounds. I I believe Texas. in the first game was uh minus 48 and a. half. How do we feel? Okay. Which is. tough. Tough win by six. What's your. problem? What's your problem? That's. what I'm saying. Like these games, trust. me, been Yukon for four years like you. knew the first, you know, couple rounds. like all right. like USC USC won 7125 in.

the first game and then obviously West. Virginia keeps it close alongside UNCC. and the refs obviously doing their. thing. I asked about the gambling. because I've seen the commercials. We've. all seen the commercials. Yeah, it's. crazy. Yeah. About the college player. prop bets. I feel like that's a big. push. I think Charlie Baker, who's the. president of the NCAA, he was in here. and I think he said that's something. that he's really trying to get behind. Uh the college player preps I get or. props are obviously problematic um for. like professional athletes but they're.

professional athletes for the college. kids they're professional athletes too. or they're not professional athlete I. don't you know it's an interesting world. that we're in right now cuz do we view. college athletes as professional. athletes or do we still view them as. college kids and I think we should still. view them as college age kids cuz. they're 18 19 20 years old obviously. you're still trained like figuring out. who the hell you are as a person then. can still go through things, still feel. things, especially nowadays with the. social media world. But I guess the prop. bets are the ones that really get people.

the most animated. You know, the team. will win, but Old Buddy did not have uh. 10 rebounds. Old buddy did not have 17. and a half points. So, he has 17. Didn't. have 17 or didn't have 18 to to beat 17. and a half. Maybe he even has a triple. double. Has 17. He goes for 10 and then. let's say 11 boards or something like. that. and he'll get terrible things said. because he didn't go over on his points. Obviously, this is something that is. going to happen in professional sports, but I think the college world, they're. really trying to get rid of those. I I.

think they are really, really, really. trying to get rid of that. Yeah. Not. even every state has the uh prop bets. for college. Like I know in Ohio, you. can't bet props for college games. Indiana, I think you can. So, I assume. those commercials we were seeing too. were specific to Indiana. lobbying. Yeah. For a while when you were here, you couldn't even bet on Purdue or. Indiana, too. Yeah. I think his states. are still like that. I think like. Illinois you can't Yeah. Jersey you. can't bet on a few. The prop bets.

themselves though, they're thinking. about kind of getting I don't I don't I. don't I I don't think there's a need for. the prop bets in college. Like you. there's enough options. I agree. Well, I. mean, not only this guy hosts a show. called Hammer Dad, which is a daily. sports gambling show. And you know, let's go to one the other half of the. hammer Cowboys. Bubba Gumpino. Gumpy. How many player props are you doing in. college ball? I don't do player. powerups, just bet the games. Okay. Are. you saying that just because you have no. idea what's going to happen each night? Yeah. I just rather ride and die with. the team. I I'm not I'm not a big player.

prop guy myself. I don't I don't know. many people that are really diving into. the college props that much. So, I. assume it's other college kids probably. It's probably college kids probably. doing it. get getting into gambling, their first like uh couple years of. gambling. They know, they've seen, we. understand a little bit more. And. obviously, if you think you have it. figured out, that is going to be what. you gamble on. And to play your prop. bets, it's, you know, easy to there's. some bets that seem like pretty easy, especially if you know a team. But it is. it does feel like the other side of it. is pretty heavy. And uh with how much.

they're pushing against it, feels like. there is a big effort to kind of get rid. of those prop bets. And I I don't know. what the reaction will be, but I assume. everybody will be okay with it. Not that. we've seen much of it in like the. recent, you know, like the last really. since it got super popular, but not only. like kids getting a lot of [ __ ] on. Twitter, but I assume they're also. thinking like this is much more. susceptible for like games getting fixed. and stuff like that, you know, cuz we. just saw it in the NBA with that Jonte. Porter, I think that was his name. like.

if that starts creeping into college. basketball like even in the slightest. where you know it's like four and a half. rebounds or points or something like. that like you could see like you were. saying you know a college kid who maybe. isn't getting as much NIL money as as he. thinks he should be getting like that. would be a very easy way to be like okay. I'm supposed to score you know my. overunder is 14 and a half tonight like. I can score 12 you know and just I can I. produce on defensive side I still have a. good game but not too good of a game and. we're not saying most athletes are. thinking like that but all you need is.

one or two and then obviously everything. goes down. So, I'm okay with the push. I. I think uh that'll be something that'll. probably get passed in most places. I. think I agree. I think so. And uh what's. his name last week tonight? John Oliver. John Oliver ran a clip of Tyrese. Hallebertton talking about uh the player. props on his show from our show where. Hallebertton was like, "Yeah, I'll still. get somebody telling me that I didn't do. enough for them or whatever." It's like. in pros. Be me. I love Hallebert's. player prop.

Lock. Nine assists. Locked. He's what? Like I I don't know how many games. straight he's had where like double. double trip. He's had 11 11 assists, one. turnover, I think last night. He's. unbelievable. Yeah, he's he's amazing. As hot as you can be. He's got so much. moxy, too. Does have a lot. And he's a. good friend of the program. He's talking. a lot of [ __ ] against the Nets. It was. awesome. I don't know if you saw that. clip. Also, whoever does the uh like. trash talk leak is so good at it. I. don't know how, but they they can turn. up the sound of the players and you can. actually hear them talking [ __ ] but he.

was talking to this guy that was kind of. I don't know if he was bad mouthing. Muran at the free throw line, Benedict. Mthur, but it was towards the end of the. game and uh Mthuran kind of like went to. give the guy on the Nets a handshake, just screw him with him. And then Tyrese. and him went back and forth and Tyrese. got him real good. But again, whoever is. doing these NBA uh miked up leaks, keep. going because they also did the Carl. Anthony Towns and Draymond Green one and. that one was pure comedy. So, are they. using like the Dark Knight uh you know.

that when old buddy goes down in the. basement and they have that entire board. with the supercomput and they have all. the sounds and like we can do that. Is. there like some AI that's just taking. everybody's cell phone and every camera. that is in there and piecing together. the audio? Because how are they turning? Because I watch the videos, they'll have. the audio like somehow turned up. I'm. like, where are they getting this. microphone from? Are they just gathering. all of the microphones and doing it? But. you're right, we are getting clips of. people talking that were definitely not. on the live broadcast. No. And then.

somehow hearing them much clearer than. you would think. And then all of a. sudden I go like, is that fake? Like is. that fake or is that real? And then you. got people saying no, it's real. to. every different arena. Like to your. point, like how are they? I think I I. want to say it's league pass because. with the NBA league pass, you can use so. many different camera angles. You can. click on specific ones. Typically, they. don't go to commercial break, so you're. just getting like a legitimate look at. like the stadium camera and sometimes. that is a hard cam. Yeah, like a Yeah, hard cam. But sometimes even during.

timeouts like they're zoomed in on. huddles and you can kind of see stuff. But I also thought AI, of course, this. is [ __ ] But then when you watch. like Tyrese and them talking, it's oh. no, this is exactly what they are saying. to each other. It is so cool. But I. think it's the league path. The lip. readers are also cool on the internet. I. really appreciate that. You know, deaf. people have been able to read lips for a. while. On the internet, it's like. certified deaf lip reader here. Yeah, I. know. This is what they're saying. It's. awesome. Incredible. I always go right.

into it. They're like, "Yeah, I have to. They have to." And then I'm looking at. the lips. I can see how that's I can see. how that's being said. It was like the. entire thing last year with Harry Styles. spitting on Chris Pine when you showed. up at the at the Oscars thing or the. premiere of the movie or whatever. Uh 28. years old, been lip reading for 27. years. You can see it. I know exactly. what's uh being said here. Speaking. about what's being said, Texas has their. proday leg day. Good luck to all the. boys down there. We're in proday season. right now for everybody except for. anybody that's in the Big 12. I guess.

what about they got a combat? I I don't. like that that's happening, but whatever. the case, I shout to DJ and the boys uh. for covering that. Quinn Us today is. obviously a big story. Golden down. there, Bond down there. A lot of. superstars on this team. Speed is kind. of the story of a Sarkc offense. Quinn. Us can do a lot of good for himself. today, Tone, or what is the conversation. around this Texas Proday? Yeah, Quinn's. fascinating because of coming into this. year after last year. I mean, he he went. to he took the semi-finals. He threw for. 300 in basically every playoff game that. he's he's basically ever been in. Um but.

coming into the season he was like. bonafide guaranteed first round pick and. then you know the report comes out that. he he played the season with the torn. oblique after he got hurt and he kind of. dropped down some boards but it'll be. interesting to cuz him throwing at these. prodays is actually important cuz you. know you saw you saw the last season and. then the how he threw this year was much. different so I think this one's big for. him. Yeah, Golden ran Golden ran the 429. at the combine. So I don't know if he's. going to run. Bond ran a 439, but.

because he said he was going to break. the record, people thought, you know, not a great time. So, we'll see if he. runs it. And then Gunnar Helm, the tight. end, who I don't know, almost snapped. his ankle doing the 40 and then chose to. run it and then, you know, didn't have a. great time in the drills and stuff like. that because of his ankle. So, yeah, there's a big pro day down in Texas. Yeah, the corner to the top corner. I. think he was the top corner on DJ's. board. I think he had him at 11. Baron, interesting to see what he does. But, uh, yeah, I think this is a huge day, uh, for Quinn because of what you. mentioned, playing through that injury.

So, I know a lot of people want to see. really how much juice does he have on. his arm and his throwing motion and how. that'll look on pro day. So, this will. be a big day for this be a moving day. for Quinn. I think Sarkc is just going. to create NFL guys down there. Oh, yeah. Factory. They Dicky V just talked about. the amount of money that some schools. have and everything like that. They have. like three different like funds or. something like that. That's why they. were talking about it being hard to. coach at Texas. They're like, "It's not. easy to coach at Texas because there's a. lot of hands in the pot." Like, there's.

a lot of chefs in the kitchen because a. lot of people are giving money. A lot of. people have ideas. There's a board of. trustees that like they chat about all. the bad things that could potentially. come with coaching at Texas and it's. always everybody else that has a piece. of it. But if you're able to rally all. those people and get on the same page, it's like you got a lot of access to a. lot of different things. coaching staffs. as well. I think they're gonna have like. one of the largest coaching staffs in. America. It's just becoming like a new. thing. And then players, they're able to. get whoever they want. Yeah. And if you.

get if you get offered to Texas, like. still holds value. Obviously, the name. Texas and brand name of Texas is always. going to be huge. But the way they take. care of the the facilities, the. football, like everything about them is. a team that if they have the proper. backing, which they do, it's sustainable. greatness for a long long time. They're. going to have a lot of NFL guys coming. out of Texas. Yeah. Big time. And and. you mentioned it. as long as you can get. the players, the top tier talent, and. when we watch Ohio State go on their. run, I feel like this was the only team. that can kind of compete with them. pound-for-pound. Obviously, Ohio State. went on and beat the beat them by a.

couple scores, made some big plays down. the stretch, but this team from top to. bottom is that we saw it in the combine, too. We obviously their their tape is. one thing, but then for them to go out. there and put the numbers up that they. did, I'm excited to see what the future. holds with old Arch taking the helm as. well. Exactly. Like I I believe there it. wasn't leaked officially, but people are. already speculating that, you know, Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams, and Arch. Manning are the cover of the next video. game for the college football. I saw. they up that money. They doubled it or. whatever. They went. to,00,200 bucks. When the game made over.

a billion, so you know, think what you. want. But also, yeah, but everybody was. mad about Arch Manning not signing the. deal or whatever. They're like, Arch. Manning, the only players that he's. like, you think the Manning family's. like, "Yeah, you give us 500 bucks." I. don't think so. Okay. A lot of people. are going to be using old Arch Manning. even if he's backing up Quinn Yurs. because he is a dog. Yeah, Arch Manning. is about to be a guy. He's on the game. this year though, right? Yeah, he he he. was on the game I I maybe it was just. number 16. I don't know. I think he did. come to an agreement before I thought he. was still in the game, but but anybody. that was trying to make that look as a. bad thing, I thought was an I thought it.

was an a I was on a complete opposite. end of the spectrum. I'm like, hell. yeah, EA Sports is about to learn. quickly. Mhm. Yeah. Like, yeah, you're. not just [ __ ] okay. 200 bucks. 600. bucks. Okay. Okay. I don't I don't think. we haven't worked our asses off for. generations. Okay. For uh a $600 let's. get in there. But Arch being a part of. now, everything they're building, that's. an easy sell, too. You got the money, you got every all the resources. And. also, we got a quarterback named Arch. Manning that you have seen literally. grow up in front of your eyes. He's. going to be a guy, too. Especially just.

waiting, too. Mhm. You know, like I had. a source. during the season. Sure. I don't really. think you can say Suz. Okay. with the. way I said that sentence. Uh, reach out. to me and say like, "Hey, we are not. we're okay with Arch like we're okay. with this whole development thing.". Like, we do not expect him to just be. bum bum bum bum bum right in there. That. was the decision they made going into. Texas knowing everything they were going. to know. Then Quinn gets hurt. Arch goes. in. That could have got real loud, especially with Arch winning and stuff.

like that. Now, he made some mistakes. Obviously, they're picking apart like, well, he didn't do this well. It's like. this guy's first [ __ ] what second. game in this entire thing. did well. Then Quinn goes back in. Quinn has. struggles later, still nothing. Just. like understand the process of it. And. when he gets in there, he's going to be. experienced. He's going to be. comfortable. He's going to know the. offense. And they're going to have dogs. all around him, which goes back to the. conversation we're talking about right. now. Well, and the entire thing of when. he did go in, it wasn't as if it like. the guys didn't like him. Like we talked. about with Will Will Howard, like he's. doing dancing with dances with other.

guys, the lineman after he's throwing. touchdowns or turning around and. celebrating with him. Like clearly he's. also just a football guy, normal. One of. the dudes. Yeah, exactly. So even that. aspect of it, do you think having all. the Mannings around will also be a. massive benefit for Texas football or. what do you think? Yeah, I think so. The. obviously I think it's good to have the. Mannings around, especially whenever. they do the uh Manning Academy. Yes. And. the whole family's been doing that for. however long down there in Louisiana. I.

think the biggest thing is the money. gets your players, but what players does. it get? Well, it gets the guys that run. very fast 40s, right? Because they go to. these Nike camps and they get these. times. It's like all the big recruits. that you're paying out of high school at. least are guys that can jump high, run. fast, and are projected to be incredible. athletes. So, whenever you think about. NFL draft picks, it's always like the. guys that are just like incredible. I. think Texas is about to have a pipeline. The more we think about it here with the. resources that they have, with what. they've already shown the last couple. years, speed, speed, speed is what. they're looking for. Stark offense is.

looking for that feed. I think they're. becoming a pipeline. You talk about the. defensive side having freshman of the. year last year to beat beat beat beat. beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat. beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat. beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat. beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat. beat beat beat beat beat out J Jeremiah. Smith uh edge what's Simmons yeah that's. what money gets you though is the freak. athlete and then you have the coaches. and then also them being in the SEC. because now you know you're going to be. competing in that in the best conference. in fall football even though Big 10 did. their thing last year it wasn't last. year I think the is the best conference. in football so that's also a yeah top. bottom with that being said talking.

about resources and money Mhm. Mhm. Law. teams up north have the resources and. money for football. That is a I think. that is a genuine conversation that's. happening behind the scenes. We should. ask Seni about that next time. Like, hey. Seni, are you worried about all the. yuppies up north who create all the. CEOs, all the suits basically. I'm not. saying there isn't great business. schools in the south. I haven't done. enough research on that. But you saw. though, you just mentioned the Walmarts. Boom. They got money. They got people. Okay. You need to have a few of those. people at your school. you need it up.

there in the north. All these big, they. got a lot of money people uh that are. around Michigan. Michigan recruited one. They they recruited maybe the richest. Uh so I would like to let the world know. that for West Virginia, I am currently. recruiting billionaires. Okay. Because. it feels like that's the game you're. going to need. West Virginia doesn't. have a lot of them coming out of West. Virginia University. Doc Kendrick. Yeah. Great to see him taking a picture with. Rod. He's in. Okay, that helps. Need.

him. Yeah, need him all the way in. Need. him in. Need, brother. We love you. Okay, we love you. We need you all the. way in in that particular game. But like. Penn State, I I don't want to bring it. up every time we talk about this, but. literally direct messaging from their. school is we can afford anybody at. anything at any sport. We got it. And. they they put a se they're doing a $700. million um remodel of the stadium. They. got that cash, brother. like that like. let alone building a roster. They're. they're talking about a $700 million.

just remodel the state like we didn't. make this place. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. I tell you what, you. donate 10 million, you get access to. speak easy right down here. You can have. your own little parking spot. Walk in. here. Got a place to go to the bathroom. and a drink during the game. 10 million. a year. No problem. Bang bang bang bang. They're just able to They're not the. only ones. Oregon's able to do the same. thing. Has more cash than the SEC at the. top. Yes, definitely. when you Oregon, Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State, a. lot of money, lot of money. Uh, and a.

lot of people ready to give and like, hey, this is the game now. Deal. We're. all the way. Money won't be an issue. But Penn State, every one of them. programs where you got to see it to. believe it. Yeah. I got, you know, you. got to see it to believe. Even like&m, you know, Texas&M for years. Oh, they. got all the money, all the resources. Jimbo's making it, but like never could. really get over that uh hump. Oregon. has, you know, gotten there close. But. the guy the teams that we know have done. like even Texas have been there before. So we we can kind of visualize that we.

can see them being a dominant program. So I got some of these other programs I. got to I got to got to see it. Well, and. they're not in a conference, but that's. why like Notre Dame this year. It it. feels like turned a corner just because. they got 12,700 employees. Yeah. Bingo. I can't imagine what I can't imagine how. many employees Texas has. They said they. were the number the number one company. uh voted on I guess uh by 200,000. employees across the US. Uh status. number one employer of 2025 Notre Dame. Uh it's from boardroom. I saw something.

about innovative companies from those. who they put the Catholics up there at. number one brother. Mhm. You know. Yeah. But I mean once you. you know once you start releasing I. thought I was pretty good employer. Weren't we a pretty good employer? Did. you guys give Did you guys do any votes? They didn't ask. They didn't ask. And. I'll tell you what, that's what you guys. would say though. That's what you guys. would say. I wouldn't put Notre Dame at. number one. That's for damn sure. Yeah. And also, isn't Delta having a bunch of. planes blow up? Talking.

about. being allegedly. Whatever the case. Um, congrats to all these companies. You're. really doing it. Yeah, that Nvidia logo. looks interesting, too. They're doing. great up there. What's wrong with the. logo? I I don't know. Why don't you tell. me? You just check it out. I have to go in the video. They get. there. There was 100 trillion or. something like that. Google, remember. they had little sleeping pods. I saw. that. They did. Those sleeping pods. Turn out inexpensive burgers, right? You. know. Yeah, but they're the best in the. world. Employees happy. Trader Joe's. 45.

seconds. Hell yeah. Real deal. I love. it. All right, we will continue uh on. YouTube, ESPN Plus, Disney Plus, and Tik. Tok Live, which is the exact same place. other than ESPN Plus and Disney Plus. That big night out will be. We will see. you tomorrow here on ESPN. Goodbye. Okay. Yeah, I announced that. last night. Should have done a little. bigger announcement. Did you know you. were announcing it last night? We. decided uh 4 minutes before it. No. Cole's like, "What am I supposed to say. here?" Uh I'm like, "Uh, what are you.

saying?" He goes, "I'm saying blah blah. blah. Sell it and blah blah blah." And. then do you want to what are you going. to say? I was like, we should just say. I'm streaming it. I don't think that's. been announced yet. All right. Then. literally 35 seconds later kind of comes. together. You know, it was uh it was. kind of uh forced announcement. Uh. rushed announcement. I'll say not. forced, a rushed announcement. But that. being said, yeah, YouTube, Tik Tok Live, NX, didn't know, you know, cuz didn't. know if there was going to be a want to. go see it, you know, once there was a.

want to be in the arena, which I. appreciate. And then I saw the reaction. It was like all right, we should do a. streaming version of this particular. program. And uh WWE will be uh you know. cameraing, rigging, setting up, and uh. we'll be Yeah, it should be a good. little program. I I think it's going to. be a pretty good little program. There. will also be giveaways for those. watching at home. Okay. Obviously, uh. those will happen via the X platform, you know, because it's the easiest way. to search things, find things, and.

respond in real time. I know there's. other platforms that people love, I can. appreciate and whatever your reasoning. is. But on X for giveaways, it's the. easiest for us because search hashtag we. can find literally the time that it's. mentioned. And if you mess up the. hashtag, it's on you. So you you got to. you got to do the entire thing. So we'll. be doing giveaways throughout the entire. evening to those watching at home. And. it should be a uh should be a wonderful. Wednesday night over there in. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Those friends, are those their actual silhouettes?

Those are not their actual silhouettes. Those are bland silhouettes. And also, I. don't know if that's the proper amount. of people that will be there that. evening. Okay, keep guessing. I was. about to start making some guesses. There's a lot of people guessing on the. internet. I do appreciate that. Those. people guessing things on the internet. have led to some uncomfortable. conversations between me and people. Uhhuh. You know, hey, uh, I'm coming. Is. this real? That'd be cool. I guess I can. make it work. quick turn around, but well, it's a cool. position to be in where people do want. to actually be on the show, which I.

thought would be the complete opposite, you know. So, I've got a couple text. messages. Hey, I've got my mentions. Have you uh is there a uh what am I. doing? Is there something to This be. fun? It's like I don't I don't think so. Well, why not? Uh there might be an. Would that be cool? But it's been a lot. of uh. That's going to be [ __ ] cool, man. Oh, yeah. That's going to be really. cool. The people that I'm working with. at the WWE uh to piece the in production.

[ __ ] together because they obviously do. arena shows around the world. They are. showcasing that. It's been a lot of fun. cuz it feels like they're actually uh. pumped up about it as well. And I don't. know if that's just strictly because. they want me to feel good about it or if. they actually are pumped, but it feels. like they are genuinely pumped up. and. the amount of ideas that are being. pitched now, not only by the WWE and the. production folks, but also like the. people that have been booked for said. show like there is a lot of positive. energy going around the too much maybe.

No such thing. No such thing. Earth. positive energy. Yeah, you're right. Cuz. the universe responds to positive. energy. That's right. Go man. It is. It. is. It is. You see Oklahoma drill. I. did. That was cool. That was wild. See. that? I mean, I didn't know rugies doing. the Oklahoma drill. But I'll tell you. what, George Foster 72, good follow. Former teammate of mine, offensive. lineman in the NFL for a while. He is a. good follow. And I'll tell you what, the. use Oklahoma drill, I don't know they're. doing this in rugby or if this is uh. every day happening, but what a.

collision. Thought the ball carrier. lost. Turns out he ended up winning. He. They had him in the first half, you see, and then in the second half he flipped. that entire thing around. What a. collision with no pads on, no help. Yeah, guys. Vertical. Got to drive your. feet on contact. True. Britney, stop. your feet. I don't know how to drive. your feet with contact. Isn't E= MC²? I. assume there was a math equation. happening in old buddy's head as he was. running at him. If I hit him clean and. leave my feet, there's no way this guy. stays standing. And at the beginning, he. was right. That sternum was collapsing a.

little bit, but then just respond. Nope. Put his foot in the ground and runs him. over. What a collision TY. I mean that. both those guys should be dead. Realistically, both of those guys should. be dead. And I'm guessing that we didn't. get the footage, but they probably. popped back up and did this like 15 16. more times. Especially with that crowd. around you. How could you feel anything. with that amount of people, especially. under the lights? What a night. And uh. thank you to them for doing that. There's other magical videos circling. around the internet. You know, did you. see Luca hit this shot? Oh my god. Luca.

Donic from the corner from a VA. Okay, so I believe those are called voms in. arenas. You take a vom to go back to. wherever you need to go before he heads. back to the locker room. Luca Don, who. has a million trick shots in his. arsenal, hits that. I don't know how. that goes in. Okay, I put that one out. there uh and I go, "What the [ __ ] is. this?" or something like that. I forget. my actual tweet about it. It ended up. getting like 6 million. A lot of people. felt the same exact way because the. physics of that I I don't I don't think.

that is supposed to how high you have to. shoot that to be able to come down with. how close it is. And then also skips off. the front and it still goes in. It's. like what a shot. He has that bounce. shot. He has off the jumbotron shot. Luca, you could tell, just grew up. throwing a ball at a hoop his entire. life. This shot, unbelievable, dude. I. mean, these guys obviously do it for, you know, this is what they do for a. living, doing all their life, so they. got trick shots out the ass, but this is. CR. I mean, this is like a flop shot. like right over like that's that's a. flop shot. That's like unbelievable. We.

saw the the with some other guys doing. it too, but this Luca, this is something. you would expect. If you if I had to. pick a guy who can make a guy like this, a shot like this would be Luca and. probably two other guys. The thing about. Luca is uh whenever you do that, you. have to say, "Wow, the hoop looks big. tonight." You know, make he had 20 in. the first quarter after making it. How. could you not after you make that? It's. like everything's falling. Lethal. shooter got to do it now. Lethal shooter. will be able to pull that off. Let's see. if he understands that. lethal shooter. will be able to put a bottle in the hoop.

and he'll throw a gummy somehow over I. understand it and somehow that [ __ ]. will drop right in there. You know who I. don't believe and never will anymore. Oh. great shooter in history. Steph Curry. from one vom all the way to the opposite. end of the court. Remember we saw a. Sports Illustrated video a few years. back where Steph Curry made five. fullcourt shots in a row. Then they told. us it was just green screen. He wouldn't. be able to do that before a game.

Can't fake that one. Wow, man. Good. stuff. I lost my mind. I said, "Holy. [ __ ] Steph Curry's a guy." That didn't. go in. What? Saw it. Are you shooting. me? There's multiple other angles that. didn't go in. Yeah, it didn't look. Didn't go in. That's not Seth's fault. Didn't go in. No, they clap for him. Yeah. Okay. So, he's just going to kind. of take that and kind of move, I guess. Yeah. I'm never I'm Oh, you think he. knows it didn't go in? Huh? You think he. knows it didn't go in? Yeah, he's Steph. Curry. I mean, he knows. No, watch it.

Watch his reaction after this shot. He. like go He puts his fingers up like just. so close. I almost made that. Okay, so. you think he was trying to tell the. crowd I didn't do it. Exactly. But the. internet didn't understand that. I was. forced uh this on my algo saying, "Look. what Steph just did." Wait for. it. Oh yeah, he should. Yeah. Look at. that guy. So close right there. So. close. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. So, we. should apologize. I apologize. Yeah, we. do apologize. Okay. Not Steph's fault.

Matt's fault for sure for telling us it. was it was makeup. Definitely. Cuz we go. from Luca to this. I'm like, these dudes. need to these dudes need to go on Thor. Yeah. Okay. I don't I don't know what. all trick shots they got in their bag, but this is an unbelievable thing. So, it's not Steph's fault. Sports. Illustrated thing. That was his fault. One completely. Yeah. That that can't be. happening. indicate very make I think he. would have been able to make on the. other side though especially after. watching that I think he cuz he read the. curve of that and where he was in the. Sports Illustrated video he wasn't in a.

vom he was like in front of the net and. in this Yeah there it is here it is it's. like okay now I definitely believe he. could do this but I never would if he. did yeah like why wouldn't Steph be able. to do this of course he can. maybe we're not the demo what do you. mean I mean cuz when we were kids there. were some commercials that completely. captivated us. The LeBron. LeBron was that TO0 or Andre Johnson. Andre Johnson. Michael Vic. It was like, okay, it's real. Nobody could convince.

me otherwise. So, Mason Crosby kicking. the bell tower. Yeah, that was awesome. Yeah, there are some great ones. I. mentioned it there. Beckham hitting the. garbage cans. Do you remember that out. there on the leash? Yep. I thought Yeah, he could probably do that. Yeah, I. thought Yeah, David Beckham could do. that. That one I thought, yeah, Steph. could do that. Was it Ronaldo off the. goal post? Yeah. Yeah, like the volley. Tom Brady just did one in the jug. Well, you can tell. You can tell all of his. Damn Marina, you know, throwing it from. the boat. That one was real. Let's not go Let's not go too far. Dan.

Marino was [ __ ] real. Yeah, I know. I. mean, that's what I'm saying. Vic. actually threw that football out of the. stadium. I believed it. At the time, I thought he. did. The coolest one was the NBA. Which. one? The Jingle Bells one where they. actually shot all those balls. Oh, you're talking about the eight hoops. The eight hoops. Yeah. You saying that. wasn't real. That was fun. That was fun. to see them kind of all get on the same. page like that. Mhm. That's good to see. teamwork. Mhm. I like that type of. stuff. Speaking of LeBron James will be. on the show probably tomorrow. What? What? Okay. Probably tomorrow. Holy.

[ __ ] That's pretty Yeah, that's insane. None of us really fully. uh No, it's going to happen. I'll. believe it when I see that. That's the. big thing. when it when I I see that it. is currently happening. Would be so cool. if it was to happen and we'd be very. pumped about it. Yeah. But a lot of. things seemingly have to fall into place. here and uh we're hoping that it does. We're hoping that our our our show is. not based downtown Indianapolis. No. So, we are just hoping that that information.

has been it's within the vicinity. I've. been told it has vicinity is a good good. way to say. I mean, we got same state a. workout in. Yeah. I mean, why not do the. shooting around here? It's a little bit. of a drive, though. He's used to it. though, LA. Yeah, it's like the same. thing in LA, you know? Like, I mean, it's going to take, you know, 20, 25, 30. minutes to get there. No big deal. You're used to it. I just I wanted to. make sure that that message was said to. him cuz I don't need him to land and. then get told what it is. And I'm not. doing that. Yeah. True. So, I just would. like it to be told like smart. Hey, did.

you relay the message? Yep. They said he. does know. I'm like, that's what it is. right now, though. Like, you guys Google. the map now. What it will be at that. time that Yeah, it'll be all right. He's. in. So, all right. We can't wait to talk. to you, bro. King James, LeBron James. Some good. songs going on going around the. internet. What's that? LeBron James. Oh, man. The the LeBron James mixes. Someone. did uh we listened to was Hey There. Delila. You know that song? Yeah. And. someone did Hey there LeBron. And I mean.

there are these mixes of songs going. around in their home. Are they saying LA. city or New York City? How what's the. next? Uh to to be honest, I don't. remember specifically. I do. what's it like. or it's like what's it like being the. goat or something like that. Oh, we're. completely saying LA city. Okay, sweet. So, I hadn't heard it, but sounds like I. It's a Tik Tok thing. I understand it. now. Yeah. Bingo. Tik Tok's wacky, man. Zany. Yeah. Mhm. We're on there. We're. on there a lot. Yeah. A lot of people.

get their information from our Tik Tok, I guess. Oh, yeah. Nice. I find that out. when I'm out and about, you know. That's. a interesting little piece of. information. I'll say it every time. They're the most positive community out. there out of all social media platform. So, they're real. So positive. Yeah. So. positive. They're very nice. They're. real. Shout out to Tik Tok. Yeah. Daughter's one of them. Your daughter. big Tik Tocker. Yeah. Her kid her friend. group like huge Tik Tockers. They dance. Uh yeah, but not as much. That that kind. of gets annoying. Uh you got you got to. understand that they're kids. So, you.

know, I'm going to practice. I'm sitting. on the sideline and they're over there, you know, five minutes before practice. and they're lock in something. Yeah, I. just got to relax, you know. Hey, we're. on Tik Tok. Okay, I'm going to ban it. from the locker room. You can be on Tik. Tok. You just can't dance on Tik Tok. That's a rich I know they're going to be. on it, so I can't just ban the app. I. wish I could. [ __ ] I wish I could. They. just can't [ __ ] dance on the app. You. see, they can [ __ ] open it, but when. they open it, I better not see them in. [ __ ] tats in our locker room dancing.

Okay, hard edge. What's hard edge about. you [ __ ] in your Spanx, dancing. around on TikTok? That was Rich Rod's. message to the team. Good mess. Made. sense. Great miss. And. you delete the app. Mhm. I I really do. wonder how these kids feel going from. Neil Brown to Rich Rodriguez. Yeah. I. mean, there's Neil had similar message. Yeah. Okay. So many people entered the. portal. I would like to see the numbers. on West Virginia. I mean, I couldn't.

imagine it just we went from Rich. Rodriguez to uh Bill Stewart, rest in. peace, who's a legend. But with Bill. Stewart came a new strength coach who's. still there. Mike Joseph is a great. dude. But just the entire culture was. very different than what it was with. Rich. Rich Rod is like, "Hey, we're on. time. We're working our asses off. Uh. and we're just we're all we are. You are. all in. This is this is all the time. This is what we are." And then. everything else is like, you know, like. it's just a little bit different. Like.

everybody's culture is a little bit. different from what I got to experience. briefly with Neil Brown's culture and. what we know about Neil. Neil uh. represented West Virginia with a lot of. class and I think he was incredibly nice. guy. Was giving credit to the other. coach all the time, you know, credit to. this team, credit to that team. He he. was very respectful. Like I I do. appreciate that. But I think they had a. a a different culture than what Rich Rod. would have. And uh I wonder now after. one spring especially with that transfer. portal thing available like what guys.

are going to do you know cuz I assume. there is an easier way that they've. already like maybe experienced like hey. it doesn't have to be. you know so I do wonder about that but. are we at a time now where people are. understanding where uh you're it's good. to be held accountable whenever you're. trying to become like an adult like it's. good to be coached it's good to go. really hard it's good to do these things. like I at the beginning of transfer. portal was like I don't like you and. transfer you're mean transfer all those.

things he just talked about 700 guys in. a portal or whatever it is uh in the. entire thing I think at the beginning of. the portal there's a lot of that I. wonder if we're getting to a point now. where maybe there's a little bit more. like hey got to go through a little bit. of adversity I hope so I hope so too. need it you need it you hear a lot of. the coaches talk about I'm sure players. probably talk about it amongst. themselves so many people go into the. portal and get just get left high and. dry and then I feel very very bad for. the high school kids where they don't. have the same opportunity that we had. when we were coming out. So if you are. in a spot, if you are in a spot where.

you can compete, you got a coach who. cares about the program, cares about. your development, obviously every. situation is different and unique in its. own. But as a general statement, I would. say, you know, grind it out, man. You. going you're going to have some. adversity. You may get to play. Yeah. And take the hard coach or whatever it. is. Hey, go have them. Most coaches have. an open door policy. I'm sure Rich was. like this when you guys were there to go. in there and ask him, "Hey, what can I. do better? What do I need to do better? What I need to do to get the playing. time that I want?" And most coaches will. be real with you because [ __ ] you got.

options now anyway. So, had a man-to-man. conversation, a woman towoman. conversation, depending on whatever. program you're in, and uh, you know, get. it done and fight fight through some. adversity. There's an open door policy. over there, but he also will open a door. for you to get in there a couple times. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Those are good convos. I've heard five different [ __ ]. stories from last night. They all start. at your [ __ ]. house. It was a duplex, you. know. I was in bed. Whatever. Yeah. Well, yeah, you were. It was your house.

Yeah. I was in you. I was there. I was. at my house. How come everybody's saying. I don't know what you want to say. We. were gathering. We had a weird. camaraderie chemistry building cookout. Hell yeah. Yesterday. I guess that's. where everybody started at. You know. where you're going to start each day for. the next week? [ __ ] stairs. 6:00 a.m. I'm [ __ ] sick of it. All right. Okay. I'm gonna get the [ __ ] out of here. How'd it go in there? Terrible. 6 a.m. stairs tomorrow. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

That's how everybody reacted. That's how. we started the season. Is it basketball. gym stairs or? No, no, it's the football. stadium. Oh, yeah. 6 a.m. That was the beginning of. the season cuz this is after training. camp. You see? We had Yeah, we had 6. a.m. That was our punishment, too. Yeah. Yeah. That was no fun. That was no fun. at all. Sandbacks, too. No, I didn't. have that cuz our state was we had to. run cuz our stadium was off campus, but. the old stadium was still on campus, Memorial Field. Much shorter stadium.

So, wasn't high enough. 60 lb sandbags. Jeez. So, yeah. Yeah, you guys did have. that lower. Yeah, because no one cared. Well, the old stadium and then we built. the new one that was filled every. Saturday or the house that Orlowski. built. Exactly. And then, you know, got. ranked for the first time. Played on. ESPN a bunch. Went to BCS bowl. Who'd. you play on ESPN all the time? Uh you. guys, Pittsburgh, Rucker, Cincy, Louisville, even Louisville. A lot of. bangers. They went uh they have a great.

time playing that. You know, they were. ahead of the game. You know, that tricky. [ __ ] with Pat White. Unstoppable. Flyman. just running like it was just Pat Pat. White and Steve Slate were unstoppable. Yeah, that [ __ ] was some video game [ __ ]. for like a year and a half, two years. It was just like unstoppable. And then. Pack gets hurt. I have a terrible first. quarter. We don't play well. And now. it's like rich moves on Michigan. And. then that whole era just got like Yeah. forgot about like don't even talk about.

it. Ended bad. We don't want to hear. about it. And I'm just like, god damn, like I understand that it ended bad, but. I think we should talk about Pat White, Steve Sllayton a little bit more because. what Pat was able to do. Yeah. There is. just he won five straight bowl games. including the senior bowl obviously like. one of the best leaders of all time. And. whenever he was on a football field, it. felt like he was going to score every. time he got the ball. And if not him, somebody else was. And we were obviously. running the [ __ ] you know, option. zone or whatever you get it, RPO, I. guess they call it now. But you had Owen.

Schmidt who is 20 50 60 pound whatever. it was hang cleaning like 400 lb just. like an absolute monster. He's either. taking the dive or Steve Slayton's. getting the pitch or Pat White's going. to cut it and go and it was like it was. unstoppable. It wasn't because it was. something you only saw maybe once twice. a year and nobody else had a Pat White. and Steve Sllayton and Darius Renard. Renard out there and they went on to get. Devon and and all these other athletes. So yeah, it was it was but I mean Big.

East Pat murdered a guy against Yukon. [ __ ] crack murdered. Yeah, it was. illegal. That would have he been kicked. out of the game. It was Bush League. But. those Big East days were some murdered. good days. Shady McCoy and that that. crew in Pittsburgh, Ray Rice, Brian. Leonard and Ruckers and Kenny Brit. Like. I think I just got Shad's number. Yeah. Brian Kelly. What's Shady? Shad's on. facility. The facility. What's it. called? The facility. Yeah, I think he. is on the facility. Mhm. I just got his.

number. I just got connected with him. I. I want I don't think I've uh I haven't. talked to him in a long time. Yeah, he. was great. Yeah. I mean, just [ __ ]. Yeah. Donald Brown obviously can't go. out and mention 2000 first round draft. pick. 2000 yard back. Indianapolis. Colts. First round first first round. pick I believe from Yukon. Good dude. Good dude. You guys stopped giving him. the ball against us his senior year. He. had a fumble in the first half and then. the second half you guys didn't give him. the ball. We won. But like Randy feels. like if you would have given him a ball, he had something going. He he had some. he was our offense. Yeah, he certainly.

was. And he was awesome. He ran like. perfect form running. He was a good. dude. That was like we played Calvin. Johnson and uh Roman Reigns in uh the. Gator Bowl and they didn't throw to. Calvin Johnson in the whole second half. It was awesome. It was like we were so. happy and thankful they didn't do that. It was just like I I was I didn't fully. I wasn't like a I I feel like my. football IQ good. Not great next to. everybody else, but at the time it was. very limited. I was just like a football. fan at the time. And boy, you'd see some. teams do some stuff and it's like they. got this guy, we don't like why did they.

not see number 21 out there I had before. we played him my coach was like if I was. Georgia T I would throw the ball to 21. 50 times and just live with the result. Like the first time I lined up against. Calvin like I like you see him on tape. but when he stood across from you and it. was like his [ __ ] hands were scraping. the ground while he stood in his stance. and then he was faster than anybody else. in the field. the [ __ ] he did like even. on the video game like it was like he. was a video game out there in real life. I think was Reggie Ball the quarterback. or was it Taylor Bennett the lefty? I.

think it was Bennett. I don't know. Lefty white dude. Yes. Okay. I don't. know. I don't know. I don't know. Okay. Reggie Ball was a super athletic number. one righty. Yeah. It was either one of. those. Tatara Choice was Is this a Yukon. hit? Is this a Yukon hit right here? Okay. Let's relive this. I think this is. on Thursday night. Steve Slayton gets. the pitch. Owen Schmidt murders. somebody. Somebody fills the gap. Crack. back coming. Boom. Oh, I remember that. That's B White. Then a horse collar, obviously. Horse. color. That was me diving in there late. Extra 15. Hopefully we got there.

Hopefully I got a half a tackle. Yeah, that was our quarterback though. That. was our quarterback just getting up. Yeah, that's you know that's Bush Lake. Here's a nice slow-mo. Look at the Mir. Maniac uh getting after it. Obviously. good times back there. There's a uh Here. it is. How old are we? Hey, look look at. the Anytime I look at old highlights, it's like uh wow. It's amazing how much. technology has changed. Bang. Dead. No. problem. That's bway football, baby. Loved it. Football. How was it, love? Good effort, Butch. I was, you know, great effort. Yeah. Taking out taking.

away the touchdown. Oh, there's the dive. with Ellen Schmidt. Yeah. I mean, just. classic literally what we did there. Pitch, cut back. Now we're running. either a dive or a pitch. It's not fun. Boom. Boom. Took out two. If you're a. good man, get one. If you're a great, get two. That's what Pat White did. Dana. Del. Big East was I was probably. Thursday night football, too. first. shoulder pads, too. That was before the. NFL was on Thursday. So, our numbers on. Thursday night were absurd. and it was a spectacle. And then on the. sideline was Rich Rodriguez.

Give me the [ __ ] We had some coaches. too. Rich Rod, I think Wanstead was in. the pit and uh Brian Kelly, Cincinnati. Uh Patrino. Patrino or Louisville. Yeah, it was either Wanstead or the what was. his name? Wet was there. He went to. Stanford after can't remember them. Big. East was awesome. Chaw Howland. No, that's basketball. Ben Howland. Jamie. Dixon. Yeah, also basketball. Big East. was great. It was good days. It was an. honor to be a part of it with Good run,

gentlemen. Was an honor. It's a good. run. Louisville was really good at that. time. Yeah. Brian Braum Doug Bush. Yeah. He was a [ __ ] tank. They There was a. Bush chant the one game we played where. he came out. He just broke his leg so he. was on crutches and it was uh I think it. was a Thursday night game. We only we. always played on Thursday like before. Matt. It was always like a Thursday. night game. He came out that entire. place was ch form and had to feel so. cool. He was so big. Yeah, he was so And. who was the uh uh we just talked about.

it. Um DTackle kid who was super young. Nigerian name. Ambulia. Yeah, I think is. young probably like 17 when he first hit. the scene. He was just picking dudes up. Yeah. 16, 17. I think he went to the. league like 1920 or something crazy like. that. Um, who else was there? Tight end. Bar was Barnich. Gary. [Music]. Barnich Kelsey was in uh Cincy. Same. with Jason Kelsey. Harry Douglas. You.

were going to say I think I saw him run. by me one time on a return. He spit in. your face, didn't he? Did you, bud? Yeah. Uh, he spit in teammates in my He. kicked He hit me in the nuts. Attack me. You know, Harry was a dog. He's a bit of. a dog. Yeah. You guys have made We've made amends. Yes, you made amen. All right, let's get. to a break on the other side. We'll wrap. up all the story lines happening around. the sports world. We can't thank you. enough for allowing us to do this. Be a. friend. Tell a friend something nice. It. might change their life. Take fire. [Music].

Well, nonetheless, as of February 1st, uh Pat McAfee is officially a. contributor with WWE. living his dream to be a part of. Wrestlemania. I want to I want to see. Pat McAfee tonight. I've been preparing.

for this my entire. [Music]. life. Pat McAfee has done it again. It's. time to toast the boys and toast the. brand's wanted to drink beer with Stone. Cold forever. Stop. There was a point in my life all I could. think about doing is professional. wrestling. Mab closing in on another Wrestlemania.

victory. Of course, we're going to have. to get the okays obviously and we did. from people high up. They were the only. people that knew for a while. There was. like three people that knew in the whole. world that that was going to potentially. be a situation for a little bit. City of. stars lost the cars here. We will be. there tonight. Nobody's supposed to know. we're here. It's going to be tough. And. if you're a man, it's only known for. wearing tank tops. You kind of got to. cover it up.

Hanging in the back. One second. One. second. My. face [ __ ] in here. Nobody sees you. until you go out. Come on, dude. Let's go and take a look around. There's. some bunk beds there. You know, there's. a [ __ ] and a shower here in the back. He sat in that bus 6 7 8 hours. 9 10. hours. I'm talking down that thing. Holy.

[ __ ] What a view that's going to be. Hell yeah. Those [ __ ] people are. going to be there just waiting, you. know, for an opportunity to potentially. have a Wrestlemania moment. It's. ridiculous. This is awesome. WWE is just. like the best at operating. They take. care of the non-obvious. So, we're very. thankful to be here. And tonight should. be [ __ ] sick. Hell yeah. I think. there's like three people in here. Are. we not supposed to come in here? No. Yeah. All right. Four now. Look at you. Say a word. I'll see you at uh Sofi. You.

going to be in LA? I don't know. George. is, you know, a loaded question. George, we don't know. George, you don't know. Maybe. What's up, St. Oh, nice. As soon as I saw George showcase that. tight end university tank top, I knew. there was a chance old George might do. something special. Are you kidding? Welcome to Wrestlemania. You know, the night was getting late. We're sure. And we didn't know if a. moment was going to pop up or maybe my.

services could be utilized. I haven't. been in a ring since Summerslam, okay? Like not even. in one. All I wanted was the Miz to have. an opportunity to have a match. just a. Wrestlemania match standard. And then. The Miz mentions, I sent out an open. challenge. And we go, "Oh my god, there. it is." And I put out an open. challenge. And no one. responded. Why? Because I'm the. M. And.

[Music]. I'm Let's go. Wait a minute. I do back and he's here. I have walked out into a stadium as a. WWE. superstar probably a million times in my. head. Wrestlemania was Mr. Paby in the. Mcabe show. And I'm thankful to the WWE. universe that said hello whenever I came.

out on that massive [ __ ] stage. By. the way, there's only two announcers. undefeated in Wrestlemania history. Me. and Pat. I can't believe he's here. Hello, beautiful people. What's up, Snoop? What's up, Snoop? You're a legend, Dog. You're the best. dope. Hello, miss. None of us saw this. alleged open challenge that you set. But.

good news, this is my Wrestlemania tank. top. If you still would like a match, why don't you let me beat your ass right. here, right. now? You all want to see The Miz versus. Pat McAfee right here, right now. I'm the host of Wrestlemania and I.

cannot make matches official. Liz, I do believe your tiny balls are. showing. Tiny. balls. Tiny balls. Tiny. ball. Baby meat as well. There's. [Music]. 80,4 97 people here. Somebody has to be.

able to make a match official somewhere. I am the dog father and the host of. Wrestlemania. So, I feel like I can make. that match happen right now. We got a. ref. We got you. We got you. Let's get. cracking. I'm out. Let's go. I. do. Go right after Miss with the right. hand. Private miss back into the corner. Pat McAfee in action. This is a blatant.

sneak attack. He takes his duties as. host of Wrestlemania. Oh yes, Buster. Daryl shows up. and check out his paint pop. He's got. sparkles on him. You're behind this, aren't you? No, I had no idea. You said. the same thing in the rumble. I didn't. know this guy was showing up. Oh, what a kick by.

McAfee. Hey, baby. Baby balls. Tiny. feet. George K and the San Francisco. 49ers. I'm not sure how wide is that. wide. Makabe's got the official. distraction in the ring. K just took out. this KD telling McAfee to go on top. Makabe heading up to the top rope. taken off.

the time. Miz may ever win another. match. Magab closing in on another. Wrestlemania victory. [Applause]. the decade with our. first a surprise here tonight at.

Wrestlemania goes Hollywood. [Music]. boys. That match was awesome. I had so much. fun there. That was a good time. The. punt was [ __ ] hilarious. You got a. tiny ball champ, dog. I had a feeling. I had a. feeling we were sitting here all day. Oh, I wanted to text you not to text.

you. Oh, no. Of course. Nobody [ __ ]. textured. We got a hell of a show. I'm. so thankful to the people at the WWE. It. was a super cool night. Super cool. moment, and I'm very thankful for it. all. 5:30 a.m. Sunday. This day started 6:30. a.m. Saturday. So much cool [ __ ]. happened in between now and then. Joke. of an existence. Very thankful for. everything. Let's go take a. nap. What? Hey, look. Look at look at it.

We. man look at we man we man is beat the. hell out of Sam's name punches in. bunches from we man I think he learned. something from and we man back in the. ring he's stalking. Sammy listen to this place oh to the. kneecap weed man so ang look at this.

body slam. Bonnie. Sam used to kick himself in the face. Are you kidding me? Bonnie slamming Sami. Zay. Let's go to the fence. Let's go to. Dan in Connecticut. Lovely place here on. the 500 phone line. What's going on Dan? Oh. Oh, what's up Pat McAfee? Dan, you. are too young to listen to this show. I. can tell through I think. What? How old. are you? I'm not Dan. I am Owen. N Owen, how old are you? It's so.

different. I am a eight and a half. Oh, that's kid. Eight and a half. If you're. telling us you're half age, you're too. young to be listening. That's a record. Stinks. What? What's on your mind, pal? What do you want to talk about, Owen? Um, I want to talk about how inspiring. this show is. and how you're inspiring this whole. entire world with how you're talking. about sports and how you're talking.

about your life experience. Thank you, Owen. Owen, thank you. Love you, Owen. Owen, I'm taking And also, [ __ ] Boston. The best. I will let Owen know, if. you're still listening, Owen, you're. inspiring. Best kid ever. Oh, and the. way you talk about sports is inspiring. Yes. I didn't know eight and a half. could do that. Is that shout out? That. time. Hey, new generation in.

Connecticut. I guess he was making me. feel good, too, by the way. He's making. me feel good. Making the show feel good. He was talking us up. He was hyping us. up. And then boom. Yeah. Little Is this. Aristotle's brother? Little misdirection. from Aristotle's brother. Oh, and eight. and a half there. That was awesome. I'd. say he put his balls on your forehead, but I don't think they dropped yet. Hey, let's go. This show stinks and the fact that you. listen, we are very, very thankful for. on the line with a gorgeous assist. The. alltime leading tackler for the Green.

Bay Packers, you stop. Stop. Damn it. Your friend, tell a friend something nice could. change their life. [Applause]. [Music]. Hello beautiful people and welcome back. to our humble the boat the thunder on. this are you serious baby Tuesday March. 28th 2025 hour three of the program. starts now. great work yesterday by Ian Raport.

appreciate you doing that rap sheet he. took a victory lap on the insiders uh I. don't know if you saw that talked about. how much he crushed it and I agree it. was an honor to chitchat with him from. Scotland obviously Last night's Monday. Night Raw over in Glasgow, Wizard, and. saying, "Did you see John Cena?" Crazy. What's he doing? He's calling. He say, "You're horrible people." I know. I'm. done. You say you're horrible people. Yeah, it's over for John. Then he talked. about that kid like just buried him yet. again. And he said, "You guys cheered. for me burying that kid. You're terrible. people. You shot profanities. You're.

childish. You're terrible people." He's. just letting these people know. And I. saw some kids in the crowd over there in. Glasgow who what do we do? Nice. John. and John Cena said, "What did you do?". not enough. And uh that was that was an. uncomfortable situation out there. I'm. gonna say debut, nine-year NFL vet, Darius J. But brother Ber, I was. uncomfortable listening John Cena talk. to the crowd like I was too. And I was. sitting about two seats down right over. in the Thunderdome in the think tank. from uh Debbone and he was shouting. profanity at John Cena. Really? He was. going along with the chair. Oh yeah. Oh.

yeah. So everything that Cena was. saying, he was saying it right to him. So it was good to see exactly who he was. talking to. And uh I'm going to stand on. what I said last week. They deserve it. Deserved it. All of everybody that John. about damn right in every. universe Debbone's in he deserves. Okay. I don't I don't love that about Debo. I. don't think Debo loves it either. But. there was supportive Debbone's been a. supporter of John Cena since the. beginning. Yeah. Since the very. beginning. We're talking wearing the.

headband on on the head and wearing. wristband on his bicep. And the you. can't see me joke. It wasn't funny. It. was though. Never been funny. It was. funny. Look, that is Debo right there. He is that kid. He was once that kid. That's how long John Cena, you know, has. has been doing it. And uh Debo was. heartbroken. And I saw a little boy over. here to my right last night who very. obviously was being told to boo Cena. Oh.

no. But he didn't want to. He's a sweet. boy. He didn't want to do it. Tearing. him apart. It was it was tearing him. apart. Yeah, legit. It was bad. Who was telling. him to put you people around him? People. around him are like we don't like it. That's how Scotland rolls. I mean, I. don't think it's just Scotland. I think. it's WWE Universe right now. I think. there's some people that when music. gets, you know, it all goes natural. reaction is John Cena is here and then. people have to be reminded we don't like. this guy anymore. He don't like us. He. sold out. He said some terrible things.

He has sold out. He sold out. He sold. out to big corporate fat cats. He sold. out to China. He sold out to many, many. things. And it feels like now, John, the. clock's ticking, and I'm glad his time. is up. Now, with that being said, uh. Debbone has purchased the newest shirt. Uh fresh off of last night's promo. John. Cena said he's going to win the title, then he's going to retire. 4X. Yeah, obviously 4X is alarming. Holy [ __ ]. Bone. Bone. Come on. Bone. Some. vegetables. I walked out there, he was.

eating fortune cookies. He wasn't even. taking a paper out of it. He was just. housing fortune cookies. And he had four. to five of them, which means he ordered. enough for the Chinese food company to. think that this was a four to five. person meal cuz they try to give as many. fortune cookies to as many people they. think are going to be eating. So, we. need to watch this debone. I saw him eat. four. He might have been given six. How. many orders did this guy I want number. two. I want a 10. I want a 38. And then. they're like, "Well, there's got to be a. hundred people. How many?" And then he's. just eating them debone. Good lord.

You're telling me he got Chinese again. today? Did you know yesterday? He got Chinese. yesterday as well after a I wasn't here. Sturdy breakfast. T-Bone, enough. You're going to die. Okay, take care of. yourself. I know you're Huh? They. shrink. Okay. The shirts shrink. Oh, so I mean, we know we can't say. You. know what? You might be on to something. there. All right. Good call, dude. All. right. All right. We're happy to see. you're not 4x on your way to five is.

what he's saying. It also doesn't help. you got to wash it 100 times when you're. spilling mustard all over it and all. that kind of stuff every single time you. wear it. So, you know, most people are. washing that thing what, two, three. times a month. Debbone's got to wash it, you know. Is this Debone's first place. to work? Feels like we uh I believe he. worked for the Kane County Cougars, which is, you know, a ball team. So, he. was going Oh, was he doing it from home? I think he was doing a lot of like uh. remote stuffance. I assume he said like, "Hey, if I can't come in and get at. least like 10 hot dogs from the. concession stand every single day, I'm.

not working for you guys." That's part. part of the contract. Yeah. And he's got. to wash it, too, cuz boy does he smell. bad right now. He's sweating like a. grease pig, man. Yeah, it's it's rude. Does he know that? Know that is in multiple time. I was. watching last week when he came and. stood there. That that was rude. What. about what Connor was saying? Walk my my. shoes butts. Okay. You be sitting over. here. Hear you be saying pe you just. like me. No, you're so Yeah. No, that. wouldn't even do it justice. Debbone,

take care of yourself, okay? We love. you, Debbone. Graveyards yawn when he's. going. Okay, that's when you know that's. when you know, boy oh boy, we got we got. a shite smelling fatso on our heads. That's not true, Debbone. That is not. true. We don't agree with that. But I. will say, Debbone, you're really good at. what you do. You got great energy in. here. We need you to lift. Yeah. Okay, you're way too young. Yeah, we love you. for these things to be being said about. you. Okay, you get to 30, you know, you.

get a kid, you get married, then you let. yourself go. Those things happen right. now. Can't be happening. Debo, his. national champion jersey is hanging in. the locker right now. Bone or sorry, Debb's gasped yesterday. He said that's. how that's how the size you used to be. No, those are tight jerseys. Listen, we. don't need to be making this guy is a. big guy right now. He's living. He's. retired athlete, national champion. Yeah, you're right. USA football player. I have not seen. Yeah, you haven't seen. it. How long's it been hanging in there? Maybe I've seen it. I always thought it. was a replica. That's his actual. Yeah, I believe that's his actual. And I know.

he's retired, but you know, you hope for. like a fan of retirement, not a uh I. don't want to bury the person that I. That's very nice of you to do that. And. let's continue to uh lift up Debbone. Debbone. Well, eight or 10 of us can. lift him up. Yeah, maybe as a team. Uso was back. That was positive. That was great to. see. That was really great to see. It. was. It was. Uh Connor just showed me. who he was going to refer to. I uh It. was good to see Jimmy and Jay. So, I'm.

happy you didn't do that. I Me, too. Okay. Very. Nobody ever talks about. those moments. No. No, they don't. Yeah. Everybody always talks about when we. maybe too much. How about whenever we. choose not to. Yeah. Restraint. That's. very nice of us. Very kind of us. We're. adults. So are you. Uh Jimmy and Jay. last night was great to see. Yeah. How. about motivational speech from Big Jim. as well? What was this? He slipped right. in front of me. Go. What was he doing? Gunther was reeling. Then he's throwing. a spear. He slips right in front of me. It's like what do you Jay? Just spear. the [ __ ] guy. Yeah. What do we You. know, and uh Gunther obviously attacked.

from a blind side, which we don't like. Yeet. Uh the whole place obviously. Scotland was eating 10,900 plus eating. alongside of him. And I'm very thankful. we didn't do last week's uh 10-minute. yeet. They did. Remember that. We were. watching here from the Thunderdome and. the entire Netflix uh commercial break, which is also international. Uh they're. watching through the entire time just. yeeting for 10 minutes straight. That's. I'm happy that didn't I wouldn't have. made it. Yeah, especially in my uh kilt. obviously. But yeah, yeet. Okay. And. Grayson Waller, Aussie lad calls himself.

an Aussie icon. Him and Austin are uh. they it feels like they could they have. the strapping young lad. They have the. they have everything you just right. here. It's all right here. When are they. going to when are they going to flip a. switch? You know, when are they going to. become professional odds? When are they. going to take to the next level? We all. wait, but we know the Usos are going to. be in the Hall of Fame and it was great. to watch them work in Scott. The one. half of the Hammer Cowboys AP Tone is. here. Cam uh uh Cam Ward tone uh did a. little chat yet again, this time with. Rich Eisen about Aaron Rogers.

potentially coming to the Pittsburgh. Steelers. Remember there was a quote Cam. Hayward say, you want to be a Steeler or. you don't. And then obviously that was. aggregated and taken out. And Cam was. like I'm just like I'm literally just. saying that like he clarified a little. bit with Rich Eis and here it is. You. know, it's funny. Everybody gave me. crap. They said I called it called him. out. I don't think I really called him. out. I just said I was go I was not. going to go on a darkness retreat to. recruit him. But if he wants to be a. Steeler, he can be a Steeler. Like. right, it doesn't that's that's the. pitch. I just want to win games and play.

good football. In all seriousness, and I. will give you the floor on this guy. signs, you got our own problem. Anybody. who signs, uh, I welcome to the team. Um, you know, I don't I don't have an. ego and think like we can't win with a. guy. I get excited for our team. Um, you. know, you bring a guy on like that, uh, he's got a good knowledge of the game. Um, and I think he can only help. You're. 15, man. You want to talk about how. things have changed for the Steelers, trading a draft choice, A for B, a wide.

receiver, and C, giving him the contract. that they gave DK Metaf. If I told you. that over the first few years of the. Steelers, you'd say, "What team is this. again?" Right? You know, I think we're. in a state of um, you know, urgency. Um, we have a lot of guys that um, like. myself that are in the latter stages of. their career. Um, and we all want to. win. Um, it's not just enough to win a. playoff game, which we haven't won in a. couple years. Um, and there's a bad. taste in our mouth because of that. Yeah. And and that's why you're talking. about an urgency with a bunch of, you. know, OGs that that are might might be.

looking at the clock on the wall a. little bit here. To be honest, that's. why Rogers is kind of a fit there if you. think about it, right? I mean, like, I. don't know how much time he he considers. in his head that he does have left, but. it it would be similar to what you might. be thinking, Cam, you know, and and and. others on the team. That's kind of why. it sounds like it's a fit. So, with all that being said, shout out. to Rich Eisen, by the way, him dropping. OG's casually. Pretty sweet. And, you.

know, the editor there making Cam's uh. head the entire screen. I understand. different sizes especially for Tik Tok. or a real Cam Hayward does have a. gigantic head. It's actually a part of. the reason why he's so damn good. It's. in his family. His dad's name was Iron. Head. So him being on the squad 15 years. in certified Hall of Famer. I think. everybody says Yinszer legend. Him. talking about the state of urgency. I. saw as soon as he said that to Rich, you. nodded your head as a yes. And also him. saying, I wasn't calling out Aaron. Rogers. I'm just saying like, hey, you. either want to be here or you don't, which I think is what Aaron's. potentially trying to figure out right.

now. I've not talked to Aaron. How did. you take away from what Cam just said. and how do you feel about where the. state of the Steelers is right now? I. couldn't agree more with with what Rich. and Cam were were both saying and yeah, I mean Cam's been there for 15 years. TJ's been there for a long time. Mink. has been there for a long time there. Last year they were the highest paid. defense in the NFL. And not only the. team are they getting antsy, this the. fan base is getting super antsy. Uh it's. at a loud Yeah, loud. It's at a boiling. point. Uh to be honest, u if it keeps. continuing like this. Uh but no, I. agreed with everything they said. Uh,

and Cam, his original comments I had no. problem with. Um, you know, because I. think the longer that it goes on, I. worry that, uh, Aaron is not going to be. a Steeler, and I do want him to be a. Steeler. Uh, you know, they had the. meeting, the six-hour meeting on Friday, which everyone said went well. Rap said. everything went well. Your sources said. everything went well. Not sure what the. holdup is at this point. Let you know. Well, everybody assume my source was. Aaron. I don't know. I just you just. said source sis so I didn't know because. you know we know people in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh I reached out everyone but a.

lot of people said it went positive. everyone said uh that he was great in. the building who met him they said he. was great uh so I yeah let's let's get a. name on a on a dotted line and let's. let's play some football. Yeah. And Oh. yeah. What I do wonder like you said the. longer it goes the the less likely you. feel like he's going to be a Pittsburgh. Steeler especially after a six-hour. visit. It's like I do wonder what all. he's contemplating. The the the Aaron. Rogers brain though does operate in that. fashion. Especially first time ever. being a free agent I think. Yes. First. time ever in his life he's been a free.

agent. Also certified career like Mount. Rushmore legacy built football. Yeah. Rich just became philanthropist of the. year. That's right. And uh Cali. Yeah. Oh wow. You know for giving back to. everything. Yeah. Likew I think. everything he's accomplished would. already say like hey you've done good. you know and you can just literally ride. into the sunset and if that sunset is. you actually hopping on a a ship and. trying to get to the sun or to the moon. whatever like you can go do all of those. things. I do wonder what and obviously I.

he he and I have not chatted throughout. this entire thing. I assume he's talked. to AJ honestly I assume that there has. been some sort of chatter with AJ. Has. AJ brought it up? Probably not. I mean. that is classic AJ Hawk football. But. what do you think is all going through. his mind and h have the more you've. thought about him with the Steelers, where do you kind of sit at now? Nine. year NFL. Uh the more I think about it, the more I see it happening. Honestly, you don't want it if you especially if. you're a a Steeler fan, you don't want. it lingering. But the more I see it. happening, uh and if not going into the. draft, once the draft hits, I feel like.

that's where I'll kind of give up hope. and start looking at, hey, Jackson Dart. or Quinn maybe depending on how it's. program you start kind of mind shifting. there. But you talked about all the. things and the accolades like if those. guys if they come back you know it's. always more you know they always want. more. So I'm sure Aaron Rogers want to. go more. You going to a place that is. built they have pieces where they can. win uh right now and that is a place. that is a program where getting to the. playoffs winning a division those things. aren't good enough. You want to compete. and win for a title and it's been a long.

time uh since they've done that. So up. there I saw one of the bullet points. said money was not discussed during the. six hours. It was already agreed to. allegedly. So the money's already. there's already been like So the money. is not an issue. Yeah, money's not an. issue. Allegedly money has already been. like, "Yep, that'll be enough. We got. it." And they say, "Yeah, we'll give it. to you." So like, now granted, getting. down into the nitty-gritty, when's. everything guaranteed and what are the. bonuses look like? That's a whole. another conversation, but allegedly. there's already been contract in. parameters that both sides have said. that's good. Back to what you said.

though, uh, that was a very good point. about once the draft then we'll kind of. pay attention. I do wonder if there has. been a draft deadline by both sides. Yeah. Like I do wonder if the Steelers. are like if you could give us a heads up. before you know the draft that'd be. great because we'd obviously be looking. at who our future's going to be and what. we're we already got Mason Rudolph. We'd. be looking at the draft or if there's a. date before the draft where they're like. we if we don't know by this point we'd. like to dive into more draft kind of I. like I just wonder what if there is a.

deadline because deadlines are the. things that obviously draw uh decisions. from people in the entirety of it all. That's why I wonder what the years are. cuz let's say instead of just a one. year, he does a two-year. And you would. kind of assume almost already like, hey, we're going to draft a QB. Like, we want. you to be the QB this year, maybe next. year, but no matter what, this isn't. going to be a four-year deal. Like, they. need a quarterback. And maybe, you know, I I don't know what the 2026 draft class. looks like. Yeah. So maybe they're. they're already looking there as well.

But you would think if you know, for. instance, a Will Howard, which we. haven't really brought up since the. combine, or another guy that might be in. that second or third round that's. available there like Quinn your might be. thinking, hey, we're going to take this. guy either way. But if it's a two-year. deal, like would that shock you? Would. more than one year? I think they would. definitely put multiple years strictly. for the South Cap gymnastics thing, you. know, and who knows how many voided. years on back like who knows what the. game is that uh Mr. Omar Khan, the con. artist does, the general manager and.

Aaron Rogers representatives in this. entire thing put the deal together, but. Giants allegedly still in too and from. what we've heard, he hasn't traveled to. New York, right? They feel like that doesn't change it at. all. That that's interesting to me with. Well, Ian Report said that contract says. he's a backup contract or something like. that's what he said. I wonder if that's. the Mason Rudolph thing as well, right? Everybody just kind of assumes for Ma. Yeah, Mason got similar similar money as. well. But no, I I don't I don't think. whether Aaron comes or not. I don't.

think it should change whether they take. a quarterback or not. Like if because I. mean like we said, Aaron's 40 41, whatever it is, uh he's not going to be. there a long time. If you want to take a. quarterback this year where you're. picking at, I don't think they should. probably start this year anyway. So, I. don't think it should affect or if you. want to go and, you know, maybe cuz they. got a bunch of comp picks coming after, you know, Dan Moore goes for how $50. million, Justin Fields goes for $30. million. They got comp picks coming next. year and the draft is in Pittsburgh. So, if you want to, you know, bang to a.

couple threes and go up to number one or. number two and get get the quarterback. like Pittsburgh going far in your city. Could you imagine the Yzers? Uh, there. has been a trade. The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded for. the number one overall pick. That place. would go upside down no matter who got. drafted. No matter. Yeah. Whether Arch. stays or not cuz he's only he'll be a. starter for one year. No. Nico could. come out. Drew Aller could progress. again. You know, there's a lot of. quarterbacks coming out next year. Yeah. So maybe Mason and Aaron this year and.

then what happens next year, we shall. see and figure out. But uh I'm excited. to to figure out when he's going to make. the decision, you know, and what is the. deciding factor? Like what is the whole. like what is the the moment? What not. only the moment, but right now what is. the I thought it was the Vikings for a. while. I think we all did like cuz I. think he wanted potentially like a. clearer picture of who Yes. What is all. an option right now? Still kind of do. What? What's that? With the Vikings. No. Do you think they're still an option? I. I still kind of do. Yeah, a little bit.

Really? Didn't Kell Pelisero come out. and say no? He's not. Oh, I forget what. the report. Yeah, the report was that. the Vikings. They haven't said that, but. they're they're going with JJ McCarthy. is what Tom Pelisero reported. Correct. And JJ said to K, they haven't told him. that. Yeah, they have not told him. Yeah, they have not told him, but and he. said I think he said he liked that as. well being, you know, been a competitor. going there, earn it, which I respect. Uh me too. So, who knows? Uh, we will. certainly ask him if we get the. opportunity to and uh hopefully the.

Pittsburgh Steelers or the New York. Giants. or the Minnesota Vikings. I I'm just. saying I mean I'm I'm reading now what's. on that graphic cuz you know during this. time it's so much [ __ ] floating. around but I'm not seeing anything like. they're definitely out on Aaron Rogers. But you heard from JJ that he's not been. told he's the guy. Yeah. And then I see. not pursuing Aaron Rogers at this time. That kind of reeks of like well at right. now we don't like Aaron but tomorrow we. might. But again I you know if Pelisero. said it. No. Hey, listen. I appreciate.

the fact that you're like, "Hold, let's. just let's not rule out anything at this. exact time, especially as, you know, continue to do uh research, continue to. figure things out, continue to talk to. each other, continue to learn about each. other, which I think was a big part of. that trip to Pittsburgh, which is like, let's learn about how this would. potentially go because maybe he didn't. do that last time, you know, with the uh. with the Jets. Remember, they flew out. to him." Yeah, I don't think they he. did. I don't think he went over. He got. the he got the heroes welcome when he. first showed up, but that was like after.

it was a done deal. Like, hey, you're. going to be the Jets quarterback. He's. already said that he loves the city of. Pittsburgh. He respects the city of. Pittsburgh. I think he just wanted to. know what the building was probably. like, and I assume they wanted to know. what this dude was like in person as. well. Well, and you talked about it. yesterday. I believe you mentioned it. yesterday that um Steelers, Brass, Omar, Mike Tomlin, uh they did not go to. Michigan's proday. Uh, and there's a lot. of guys at that point were Kenneth Grant. or um Will Johnson who could who are on. definitely on their board. So, I think. it was big that they did not go to their. proday to meet with Aaron. I wonder if.

anybody in Pittsburgh has told Aaron. Rogers that Kenny Wood's back. Oh, have. you heard? Have you heard? Well, I've. seen Have you heard? Seen. Have you. heard the news? I've heard. Kenny Wood. is all the way back. They were up for. sale, weren't they? Guess what? They. sold. And guess who bought it? Record. time. a [ __ ] amusement park family. Okay. Yeah, that's right. So, they're. coming in and they're doing it. And. Kennywood has so much opportunity to be. the greatest amusement park on earth yet. again. And I say that because if you do.

recall in the back in the past, Kennywood was right there at the top. Roller Coaster Enthusiast had Kenny Wood. at one maybe one A behind Disney World. Now, very close. Who was that? What was. the publication? Roller Coaster. Enthusiast. Number one roller coaster. enthusiasm. Never heard of it. No, I. don't know. Not much of a roller coaster. guy then. Are you? Yeah. How about. Coaster Heads? I don't know if you've. heard about that. Does Florida even have. roller coasters? Uh, yeah. They got the. biggest in the world. Orlando pretty. good. I was there. I was there a couple.

weeks later. They didn't have the potato. patch, which was certainly something. Uh, which Kennywood does have. So, maybe score one for the black and yellow. here. Okay. But basically everything. else Disney World did seemingly have. more of what Kennywood had. You know, I. didn't expect that for. the I I didn't go to Kennywood. I didn't. go to Disney World. Disney World. amusement park. Only went to Kennywood. You know what is it? And uh Disney. World. That's that they're in their own. category. Universe. Yeah. Well, the.

Yeah, you're right. It's a Universe. Kennywood Six Flags and some other. [ __ ] We can gimmick this Kennywood. thing for as long as we want. None of. you guys have been in Kennywood in 10. plus years. And also, yeah, Kennywood. might be better now because they sold. because whatever was running, whether. it's the Kenny family or the Wood. family, either family that was running. it, now they've given up the reigns, it. makes more sense. It'll be decent. Uh, just please, please, please, before we. go any further, the Attractions Group.

podcast has a message about Kennywood. Please. Ricky Spacuza, Kennywood's. general manager. I know you're all. excited to see the scroll return. And. I'm excited for you to tackle this. record setting coaster. In addition to. what work you might have seen during the. Phantom Fall Fest and Holiday Lights. last year, we've had columns delivered. this off season. Hell yeah. Currently. going up all around me. These new. columns will help ensure that the steel. curtain is around and ready for riders.

for many years to come. Steel factory. interaction on this tweet. Our. maintenance team is going to add the two. trains back to the track and test runs. will begin. [ __ ] yeah. You might even. see work in testing of the coaster. during your first visits this spring. Over the past few months, I've seen this. project come to life and the wait is. almost over. So, get ready to go upside. down nine times on Pennsylvania's nine. times. Can't wait to announce an opening. date soon. Stay tuned. Thank you, Mr.

Spicaza. Ricky Spacoozer. You know what? They got a good py on out there running. that thing. You see that? Nine. whoopde-doos. You know what day is? Huh? You know what opening day is? When is. it? April 12th. So if you want to stick. around a couple days, I'll see you. there, bro. Wait a minute. Maybe we can. make a few phone calls, see if we can. get in there a little couple days. earlier. Holy [ __ ] You want to talk? We'll pay. Wait. You going to test out? You guys Okay. I'll get on. You going to. test them out? Yeah. Okay. Have fun. Oh. no. Whoopy booth. I've been on a sign.

the forms. What are you talking about? Wait till I get fans revenge. Steel. curtain. You name it. I'll be. exterminator. Exterminator's inside. Oh, buddy. Come on, brother. Kennywood's all. the way back. You heard Mr. Ricky there? Mr. Ricky was talking about it. Maybe. Connor can go to Kitty Land and ride the. teacups. Oh, and maybe the swings. I. like the swings and the teacups. I'm. fine with that. Well, I'll say this. Best swings in the country cuz uh the. music selection during the swings is. great. Black and yellow and it renegade. non-stop. Yeah, over and over again. Good vibes, Nelly. And then also you get.

a chance to see a steel mill. You see. that in the background as a reminder of. uh all the hard work that has been done. to make sure that this place is what it. is. They sell it, reinvest in it. Kennywood's back. Just know that. And if. you get a chance to stop by, you should. definitely go and support it and go to. the uh go to the potato patch, get some fries and cheese, okay? And. then walk out of there and say, "This is. the best [ __ ] fries I've ever had in. my life." And that's all you need. Maybe. Noah's Arc stopped by. I'm glad I'm glad. they're still bringing it because I was. sure that family bought it and just.

gonna tear that [ __ ] They're not. still something. I mean, I thought. they're still bringing it. They're not. Speaking of go-karts, there are bumper. carts there and you can go get after and. they all go very fast on the up and up. I don't like the swing one, but they got. one of the swing ones. If I do remember correctly, the uh the. same family who owns Adventureland in uh. De Mo, Iowa, which might be the best. amusement park in the country, I believe. they did buy Kennywood, so it makes. sense. heads never ranked. He's back on. the up and up. That's good to know. What's your place called in De Mo?

Adventureland. That's a fake name. That. doesn't sound real. It's not. Kennywood's a fake name. I mean, that's. Kenny's Woods. Yeah. It's not even the. [ __ ] family doesn't even own it. anymore. Well, well, certainly it's. Kennywood is grown and dude, not just a. family thing. Wasn't the movie Adventure. Land filmed where? Kennywood because Adventure Land was. about a scary zombie apocalypse and that. is exactly what they filmed in that. dump. Okay, I'm not going to go that. far. Michael Sarah wouldn't do that. He. wasn't. That was disgusting. Kennywood. is not a dump. Yeah. Yeah, it is in.

Adventure Land. Jesse Eisenberg. Same. guy. No, that's [ __ ]. Mark. Yeah, it's a big deal. I'm. Anyways, I can't wait to take us to. Kenny Woods. How many rides did he show? All of them. Yeah, there's only two. Oh, okay. No, there's two headliners, brother. Come on. I just don't remember. showing that. Yeah. Can't wait to see. No, because Steel Curtain was The detail. on the steel curtain is pretty sweet. the football laces on a That's neat. I. do like that. I do like that. I'm. guessing that was Spuzzer. Is that has. that Can we run that name? Can we run.

that video once again? Please start from. the beginning where he says his name. They don't even put a graphic up his. name. That worries me. But that's the. the talking group talking. What's the. name of the podcast? Talking uh talking. coaster. You're not even that locked in. Group coaster. We're getting word here. that uh Exterminator's final run is 2025. and then they're going to knock it down. and build a bigger one. So Oh. I like that move. I like that move. These coaches are going to be great in. 10 years, huh? No. Overnight is. Pittsburgh. What do you think this is, bud? Oh, we need some steel to build it.

Okay, we'll [ __ ] go down by the. river. We'll see. Also, whatever. [ __ ] Tai was trying to sell, the the. other company already owned that park. they sold it to. Yeah, cuz they hated. your place. Nah, it's way better than. Kennywood. You guys would know if you've. seen it if you've been there. Do we have. this guy's podcast again or not? He's. looking. Oh, we lost it. It's gone. I. think we're gonna see that. That thing's. gone. That piss that pisses me off. I. will say I'll open my phone and my. natural reaction is just to hit an. update and I'll see a tweet and I'm like. and it's gone forever and I'm never. gonna find it. Same on IG. I'll be like.

watching a video and maybe I'll like. scroll out of it by accident and I'll. try and find it again. It's gone. Gone. forever. You got no shot. It's gone. I. am happy that Instagram seemingly has. stopped putting things at the top of the. page that drop you into live things. Yes. Do you remember when they were. doing that? whenever a live would pop up. and it was the entire top of the screen. where you would be resetting it and then. all of a sudden there's one [ __ ] live. viewer in this and who is it me? Yeah. And by the way, the person that's. streaming knows that you're. here. Stick around. Give it a [ __ ] I'm.

so so good to see you. All right. They. there was like four or five of those. I'm like, "Hey, Zuck, can we [ __ ]. knock it off?" Mhm. I get we want people. to go in there, but like that is a very. pivotal part of the screen here, you. know, and you're dropping me into this. whole thing. Feels like social media is really. figuring it all out, isn't it? Oh, yeah. Yeah, it is. Group text was tough. I mute most of. them. I think they were hoping one guy did. Yeah. Mhm. No doubt. He was in there.

Mhm. You do got to watch, you know, people getting new phone numbers, sending the old phone numbers. That. scares me. Like I have to check. Is this. like new insert name new or is it insert. name newest? Yeah. Or internetame new. new newest. You know, always have to. check that. Accidentally putting. somebody into a group text. Not good. The worst. Not good. Cuz now everybody's. got their number.

exposed. If you're going to send war. plans, I don't know if that's the way to. do it. I have no chance. Jeez. Got to be. an email. At least put it in Dropbox. Yeah. Or make one big long video that's. impossible to text. Bingo. Yeah. Or or. have a pass. Why is that happening? I. have no idea. Yeah. It's terrible. It's. gotten so much worse. Back in the day, I. could send you three, four, five, six. minute video, no problem. Now you can't. even do two-minute video. Can't do it. They want people to airdrop. They're. pushing airdrop. I know, but airdrop's. not always possible. It's not always. feasible. I know. It's iCloud link. That's what they're pushing. They're.

pushing iCloud link and then people's. iClouds get full. So, you can't send. that video. Then what? Guess what you. got to. do? For more iCloud. Got to buy more. Yeah. I looked at the number of photos. and videos that I have the other day on. the flight because I like put I started. putting things into albums. Sure. I like. that. Yeah, it was a cool thing. Making. playlists. Yeah, it's a cool thing. I'm. putting photos into albums, you know? So, I I feel like they're forcing us to. do that with the way just did it all. just sit there. Yeah, the number of. photos and images that I have on there. is absurd. A lot. It is a very very very.

very very very I assume you pay a lot. for iCloud every now. I'm kind of. curious. It's a huge number. I don't. even know if like I want to say it with. how big it is. Oh wow. Yeah. Huge. number. Yeah. 20. 27,300 items. You're at 27,000. Yeah. Okay. That's pretty good numbers. Those. pretty good numbers. Got 100,000 in. there. 97,000. Yeah. There you go. I'm. like, what? And then voice memos. Do you. remember when I would send you an open a. voice memo open every single day for the.

podcast or for the show? Oh. Oh, those. are in there. I was scrolling through I. was scrolling through my voice memos, you know, cuz there's like I have like. uh you know like some things um like. some comedy story concepts that I. thought of that I put in my voice memo. just over the years that I've created uh. thought of and had and curated or. whatever. So I'm scrolling back through. my voice memos and obviously none of. them have a name. They just have numbers. and I'm like well this one's two and a. half minutes long. Let's see what this. is and it's hello beautiful people. It's. like golly. Then I go to the next one. Same exact same exact same exact. I'm.

like how many of these [ __ ] things? And I go through the day, it was like a. hund some straight of me just sending. these voice messes that are still just. sitting on my phone. They have to be. eating up something somewhere. I have no. idea they exist. Definitely space. And. then all the I mean missed text. messages. 38 of them never going to be. able to find them. Where are they? No. How come I can't just get rid of those, Tim? They're in the cloud. Yeah, they're. they're in the cloud somewhere. That's. why I've reset my iCloud. I switched my. iClouds uh in 2020, I believe. How good. of a play is that? Uh it was great. But. I mean, it's already you already built.

it back up. But if you haven't ever if. you've never done that then yeah my. texts are only from one year though. where your pre2020 on my uh old uh. laptop as a backup. Okay. I was going to. say if you're going to do that back it. all up cuz it will erase everything. Yeah. But so like I had a Yeah. But what. do you need pre2020? That's what I'm. saying. All the numbers. Memories. Yeah. Memories man. I didn't have memories. back then. But like all the numbers that. you have, you know, like think about all. the numbers you just acrewue over time. that you just don't use anymore. Yeah.

So, I have like the one year for the. text. Mhm. I scroll all the way back to. the beginning. I don't know where these. 38 are. Yeah. I I literally went all the. way. This how much time I've had on. planes. Obviously, whenever you're doing. this cuz I'm sick and looking at this. number. I'm like, where the [ __ ] is it? I don't know where they are. You got to. start deleting. What? Just No, there. should be an update where it's just like. mark all is red. Bingo. Yeah, cuz like. you can do with emails. Yeah. And on. emails, at least you can hit that lower. left button to show unread, right? And. then like even if you can't find it, they'll pop up some [ __ ] that second.

email down that you definitely saw but. they marked as unread and then you can. easily get rid of it. It's like this. text one. I don't know how you beat the. game. I don't know how you beat it. It. used to be bigger. And then I responded. to a bunch of people like 6 months. later. I'm like, "Hey, sorry I missed. this. I'm so sorry." Like a birthday. response cuz I'm trying to get rid of. the number and I don't want to be an. [ __ ] And then now there's just 38. sentences. I don't know if it's a new. update, but you can definitely click. read all. I just I just did it. Where? So, in the upper left, right next to the. text button, there's those three dots.

No, I don't have the Yeah, it's update. then. Upper left. So, I can just get rid. of Sorry. Upper right. Upper right. Upper right. That's my fault. Yeah, upper left is edit still, right? There. it is. Yeah, he's right. So, this the. new update. Select. No, I don't have the. new one. Uh, the three dots. You hit. select messages. I don't have it. I. don't [ __ ] have it. Of course, I. don't. This [ __ ] thing. I'm so sick. of it. It is under edit. It's under. edit, too. If you click on edit, I can. filter by select filter by the red. message. Oh yeah, read all. Yeah. So if. you click edit, select messages. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Oh yeah. Okay.

Zero. Zero. Thank you. Thank you in the back. Great. work. Oh my gosh. Apple G. Oh. If you're watching and I. haven't responded to a text message, I'm. so sorry. It's never coming. Never. coming. It's never coming. Got it done. Did it. Oh my gosh. What a day. I used. to have to like do math like, okay, 37. is a new text now today. That sucks. 38. means one new text. And then I have like. 47 sitting there. I'm like, am I opening.

up to nine new text messages here or is. this potentially a new number? We just. beat the game. Thank you, Tim. Hey, Tim. Thank you. Tim, we need to be thinking. that Tim Apple, thank you for doing. that. Would have been cool I make that. shot with Dicky V. Definitely. Yeah. Instead, I missed it. He was on top of. it. He was. Yeah. Stop looking at the. ball. Coach, classic coach, how long? So many follow-up questions.

How long do you think they're doing like. the reps thing on his cords? Yeah. Is. that forever? Probably. Like, did we. just did we just take up like four days. worth of time? I don't know. Cuz he just. did the ACC tournament for basketball. and that's like Yeah. I mean like I. would assume after that maybe he. probably has to go an extended period. without really talking but he was you. know like he he was doing the games like. he had always done them you know being. very demonstrative and like yelling. being excited and everything. It's not. like it really changed how he called the.

game. Yeah. Like last week I bet is when. he wasn't doing rested up. Yeah. It is. nice to to go for a while without. talking. you know, as professional. talkers, it is nice to just kind of, but. then every time uh I wonder is it still. there? You know, that's a uh that's a. wild weird place to be, you know, when. you have no idea if anything's going to. come out. Like I wonder if that entire. convo was wondering if it was going to. drop out like he said he was during the. games. Scary. Yeah. Especially cuz if. you like, you know, any of that, that's.

not good. And it's no, you know, it's no. monotone with him. It's juice all the. time. All the time. We appreciate you, Dicky V. Shout out to Coach Calipari, Derek. Queen, and uh shout out to all you for. allowing us to do this for a living. We. will. uh Yeah, we I think LeBron James going. to be on the show tomorrow. Pretty cool. Yeah, I'd say. Hell yeah. LeBron James. LeBron James is going to. be on the program. That's crazy to think.

about. Insane. Let's have a little fun with with the. king. Amen. Let's learn about LeBron. James. Let's peel back the onion a. little bit and not do an interview, but. have a conversation with him. I like. that. Okay. Every podcast host ever. I. don't want to do interviews. I want to. do conversations. I want to learn about. you as a person, not as your profession. Good mindset, good goal. Hopefully, we. are able to do that with LeBron. And I.

can't wait to learn about this guy. How. is he in such good shape at this age? How has he been able to kind of navigate. the waters of being uh one of the most. famous people on earth since he's like a. teenager? How's he been able to navigate. coming from nothing, having everything. at a very young age? Remember that. Hummer was a massive story whenever he. got in high school, obviously signs a. massive or uh deal. I think he was. supposed to go with one company, his mom. tells him go listen to another company. Nike ends up signing them. He's rich. since he's, you know, it's like put all. of his friends on, you know, and family. I can't wait to chat with him. All.

right, we'll be back tomorrow. Be a. friend. Tell a friend something nice. It. might change their life. We're in this. thing together. Team on me. Team on. three. 1 2 3. Team.