Pardon My Take - Bill Raftery, Conference Championship Thursday, Oldie Is Back With The Boys + Fyre Fest Of The Week

Episode Date: March 14, 2025

We recap an awesome day of college hoops (00:00:00-00:26:29). Talk some Players Championship and national sports podcast news plus Oldie the Canadian is back in the booth with the boys (00:26:29-00:53:53). The legendary Bill Raftery joins the show to talk about March Madness, his career, being a legend of the late night game, the genesis of Onions and more (00:53:53-01:34:46). We finish with Fyre Fest of the week (01:34:46-02:00:25).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Hey, pardon my take listeners, you can find every episode on Apple podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime members can listen ad free on Amazon Music. On today's part of my take, we have the legendary Bill Raftery. Great interview with him talking about his career, March Madness, some of the awesome stories from the road, kind of a bucket list interview because he is someone that we just is synonymous with March and all the big moments. We're going to talk about some college basketball, incredible day of hoops. And we have our good friend Oldie back in studio sitting next to Mac.

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When you bet just five bucks only on DraftKings, the crown is yours. Today is Friday, March 14th. And this is March because what a day of hoops. We watched PFT. There were so many awesome games, so many awesome finishes. My eyes feel like they're going to fall out of my head, but it was awesome. When God made the calendar, he made February two days shorter so we could have more March. That's a fact. And thank you for doing that dear Lord. And also thank you to Oldie. He's back. Because Oldie's back. He's in the booth right now. Oldie's picks were red hot today.

Yeah. What? Five and one? Four Yeah. What five and one four and one four and one fired out of the, I went four and all. Uh, we had a bit of a crumbler at the end of there. Yeah, we should, we'll get to that. He knows ball. Yeah, we'll get to that. Um, yeah, good job. Oldie oldies back. Oldie, what were your impressions from the gambling cave, uh, today? Because this was your first time being around us in these high stakes situations. And we should say that if you missed the episode after the four nations, excuse me, after the all star game, the also also, uh, oldie is our Canadian. He belonged, he's, he's, uh, you're,

you're representing the entire nation on part of my take. And he kind of belongs to us because the whole tariff situation. Yeah. So you're ours. Yeah. And, uh, so if you didn't listen to that, go back and also listen to that episode cause oldies, the man, so you're ours. Yeah, and okay So if you didn't listen that go back and also listen that episode because oldies the man Yeah, yeah oldie big cats question. What was it? What were your impressions of the cave? Oh? I like I told the guys and girls in there tonight One of the best ever experiences watching a basketball game ever ever I love basketball now Yeah, Joe in there was so alive everyone. I felt like it was tennis match left right left right up down. What what water am I at? Yeah, so many great games

It's easy to get lost in March too when there's multiple games going on you you just have to make decisions and say I'm gonna Zero in on this I'm gonna ignore this game where the second half just started and I'll get back to it It'll be there when I'm done with this game Right, and then we just go left go right back on big screen off big screen. Yep. And what did you think about some, there was tempers at some points during the day. Oh, it's good. What did you like that? Oh, I love that. Should we play the max video? We should probably play the max video. He said that his mom's going to get mad. Well, she probably already saw it. So what are you going to do? I mean, it was an all time rant,

but this is what March March is, is gambling with your friends, but also already saw it. So what are you going to do? I mean, it was an all time rant, but this is what March marches is gambling with your friends, but also just losing it. And I'll say this in Max's defense. Everything that you're about to hear him say was all fair play because it was all in the confines of the gambling cave in March where you can say the most vicious things to your friends and it doesn't count. Yes. Between the lines. It does not count. Shake hands later. It should not count.

You can act however you want to act. It should not count. Yeah, it must have been, I want to say like 34 seconds of completely losing his brain. He lost it. He lost it. He lost it. There was zero. He went and he went.

Yeah. Well deserved though. It also is a nice refresher that for anyone who thought if max when max wins the Super Bowl He's not gonna still be max. He's still max. He's still max. He's still max Okay, here it is. This is this is after the end of the Villanova game, which we'll get to And and our friend Rico Bosco said well max at least I he bet you Connie's like at least I didn't rub it in your face and Max then said this

Max in fairness, I didn't rub it in your face and Max then said this comes on PNP and you can get his fucking shoelace. Pussy fucking. That sounded like, you know, when, when in Hollywood, they'll be fucking he's played it again. He's also so far away from the microphone. It's still so loud. Yeah. It's, it's one of those, uh, like TMZ reports, Christian Bale caught on live mic freaking out. One of those are David O Russell. Yeah, Max screams at his, his, the whole, uh, I can't even talk right now. The lighting crew. Yeah. The lighting crew. Yeah.

Freaking out on the behind the scenes guys, Max. But that was fun. Uh, all right. I, I, I honestly, because we watched so much hoops today, I was going to just literally scroll the scores and just anything we wanted to talk about any games we wanted to shout out. Uh, and the first one is, uh, Cooper flags, uh, turned ankle. Yeah. That looked wheelchair. It looked pretty bad. It looked bad enough where I think he's not going to be a hundred percent in the tournament. So

I have a doctor on staff, dr. Dan. He he's also a Duke fan. He said that, uh, probably out for the ACC tournament, uh, March madness. He wouldn't be surprised if they sit him out the first game cause they'll win anyway. And then, uh, probably a, a Toradol shot, steroid shot, wrap them up. He could probably go in the second round if needed. They might keep them out both games. I don't know. Yeah. I'm not. Leak Brown got hurt too. Set separate his shoulder. I think he's going to be out for the year and he's, he's not like their star player, but he was a key piece. I'm not a doctor, but on the bench, you can say a sprain is worse than a break. Yeah.

It wasn't a high ankle sprain. That's the only good thing. Yeah. Cause it rolled. It didn't get caught under him. His foot is going to just be a size of a softball with, you know, very black and blue, but the wheelchair. That was, that was a tough look. That was, that was a dupe. He might've just shat himself. It might've been a Paul Pierce situation. This is why I, I, I wish I wish players could stay longer. And I know that it wouldn't matter because he's just a freshman, but when Cooper flag got hurt today, my, if that were Grayson Allen or any other other Duke players that I hated, I would have reveled in it. I didn't really feel anything

because like, I kind of feel bad for Cooper flag. He's an awesome player to watch. I hate Duke, but I wanted to have more hate and I didn't have it. Well, I don't think he's that hateable of a guy, right? Even for Duke player. It's because he's not there. Like he's not stayed a couple more years. You know, he'd start kicking guys in the ball. Yes. That would be very funny. We'd see him cry in the March madness tournament. Like we'd get the hate. They're just so, it's so transactional. They're in and out that I just don't even have it for him. I agree. If this was a McRoberts, if this was a Plumlee, yeah, we'd be like, shout out our guy. Also now, but he's no longer Duke. Yeah. So we like them. Uh, but flag. Yeah, it was, it was a toughumlee, we'd be like, also, but he's no longer Duke.

So we like them. But Flag, yeah, it was a tough look in the wheelchair. I get that it was a long way to the training room. That's their explanation for it. But yeah, I want to send a message though to Cooper Flag. Cooper, this is why you got to go to the NBA. Yeah. No matter who drafts you, no matter who is in position the lottery

You're risking injury if you come back I know you could get in IL if you came back, but this is the chance to earn life-changing money for you and your family If the Wizards get the first lotto pick don't even think twice go to the NBA. Yeah, don't listen to Andy Staples Don't doesn't have your best interest in art He's got his best interest in art because he's a college guy. Also, you could have a chance to play with Wemby because I don't know if you guys saw, but uh, who, who, who got hurt today? Fox. Yeah. Fox. He, he, he's having pinky surgery, which is just, just reads, we're trying to tank. Yeah. Just cut it off. We're taking this whole thing. Pinky surgery. All right. So that was Duke,

Duke survived, but I want to see Cooper flag in the tournament. That would suck if he misses extended time, but the wheelchair was the story. St. John's rolled. Good job, Rick Pitino. BYU is a shocker. I know that wasn't like, you know, they're a very good team, but they were underdogs

and Iowa State was having a good season. So BYU, the Mormons, we also- They were what, three, but they were underdogs and Iowa state was having a good season. So BYU, the Mormons, we also- They were what, three and a half point underdogs? Yeah. I'm going to get you ready for a storyline PFT when selection Sunday, we're going to have to do the whole discussion of where BYU gets seeded. Did they get screwed because they can't play on Sundays?

Yeah. Yeah. So they have to move them around. Yeah. So did they lose a seed because they had to fit them in somewhere they shouldn't have been? That will be fun. Yeah. Also, just play on Sundays. Yeah. Yeah. So did they lose a seed because they had to fit them in somewhere? They shouldn't have been. Uh, that will be fun. Yeah. Also, just play on Sundays. Yeah. Play on Sundays. You just don't just do it. Just go to hell. I'm just accept like I'm going to go to hell, but it's worth it because I get to play in March. Also, God is definitely

a March madness fan. So yeah, he'd be fine with it. Amen. Amen. Thank you. The Texas Texas in M game was insane. Yeah, double over time. Back and forth. Those two teams don't like each other. They don't rivalry game buzz going after it. Yeah, buzz. Interesting decisions at the end. Yes, I would say so. But put it lightly. Yeah, I root for buzz. But sometimes he makes me say buzz. Maybe your suits too tight. Yeah. A little bit. A little bit. Uh, my Badgers beat with Northwestern needed that just for some mojo. Clemson's back. So it feels good. Yeah, we did. Uh, also Indiana. Yeah. Oldies. Oldie was a Badger fan and Villanova fan today. So went one-in-one. Mm-hmm. Congrats wearing the Villanova shirt right now right now, but you got to get the badger stuff back on tomorrow

Oh, yeah, we're gonna go big tilt against UCLA top of my backpack ready to go. All right rock and roll tomorrow The also, Indiana might be out of the tournament now. I don't know if you saw that I did they were the first four out Yes with Ohio State and I guess I'll say I was Ohio State one of the they were one of the tournament now. I don't know if you saw that. I did. They were the first four out. Yes. With Ohio state and I guess I'll say, I was Ohio state. One of the, they were one of the first four out today. Yeah. Unfortunately. Yes. Yep. And then, yeah, let's see. Texas, Texas probably is now in. Yeah. Yeah. I'm looking at the, Oh, he doesn't even update it on Twitter. No, it was, it was on the broadcast. Okay. He was doing live on the broadcast

Linaari Goddamn, but again, Joe Lunardi is not always correct. Joe Lunardi also is probably napping right now So alright, I'm trying to look to see if he updated it anywhere. Does he not do a live bracket ology update? I think I how are you not doing a minute by minute? I think he only does it on the air. So you have to watch the games for well I know he writes an article too, but it doesn't like this. It should be out. There should be updates every second. It's ridiculous. Max. Don't you agree? Yes. Agreed. Wait, what's today's date? Oh, he did update.

Updated at six, six o'clock. My bad. Whoops. Sorry, Joe Linaherty. He did update it. All right. Last four in right now are San Diego State, Xavier, North Carolina, Texas. First four out are Indiana, Ohio State, Boise State, Colorado State. Next four out, Dayton, UC Irvine, Wake Forest, Villanova. Yeah. So this is the end of the run for Neptune? Kyle Neptune.

We'll get to that in a little bit. Yeah, we'll get to that in a little minute. We'll get to that in a minute. All right, oh, Marquette Xavier was an incredible game too. Xavier totally blew it at the end, although Marquette was just hitting every shot. And then Xavier with the shot of the day in terms of covering with a half court bank shot

to cover two and a half. That's what March is about. Didn't mean anything for the game. No. But it meant a lot. Meant a lot, meant a lot. That was real. That that's real. Basketball right there. Yeah.

Deep woods. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. The room lit up bumping and grinding. Everyone was fired up on the coaches. People were going dizzy. I was even fired up. I didn't, I didn't have an, I think on the line I was still fired up. Oh, we had two buzzer beaters too, or might've had more, but, uh Ole Miss, buzzer beater on Arkansas. And then Chucky Hepburn and Louisville, buzzer beater on Stanford. Yeah, Stanford.

Which were checked out of the way. Yeah, the ball was just flying around and he got it in perfect shot at the end. That was awesome. It is great, man. This is such a fun time to just sit on your ass and watch sports. Watch so much

sports. Oh, we got the Kentucky Oh, that over done. Sorry. Yeah, PFT. It's okay. Uh, DePaul with almost the upset of the day that they just fought their asses off. But we knew it. They just couldn't survive double overtime. If you're buying stock in any any program right now. I feel like you could do worse than DePaul. Yeah, if Chris Holtman stays. Yeah. Yeah. Now if he leaves, then I guess that's the risk that you take. But this is a great penny stock. This is a great shit coin to invest in. Yes. We should actually make Holtman shit coins. Someone probably already did. I also want to give a special shout out to Middle Tennessee because I watched every second of that game. Absolute war. I haven't seen, I don't know if I've ever seen that where Middle Tennessee hit a buzzer beater to end the game,

but he got the shot off in time for it to be a buzzer beater, but it was late on the shot clock violation. Yeah, there was one second left. So you had some of the orange on the backboard light up and then a half second later, the rest of the backboard lit up. They started the possession with 31 seconds left. Yeah. And he got it off for a buzzer beater, but it was shot clock violation. Now, if that was the chief's plan, they would have just turned off the shot clock, right? Yes.

That's how it worked with them. Absolutely. There's been like good basket. We're just going to go, just pretend it didn't happen. Also Arizona looked good against Kansas. Kansas is just broken. They're not going to be that's going to be one of those ones where they're going to be a five or six and everyone's going to say, Oh my god, they're down goes Kansas.

Are we ready? We watched them all year. They weren't good. Are we ready to say that Kansas is going to be the five seed that you should bet against? I might be a six. I got to see where they are. Let me see bracket. I kind of hope they're five C already is because they've they've fallen down the stretch. Let's see. Kansas six. There are six. I'm taking whoever plays against Kansas to W. There you go. There you oldie right now. They uh, Leonardo has it. San Diego state, North Carolina is the playing game. That would kind of suck. North Carolina, Kansas in the first round. If North Carolina

won that game. It's a playing game for UNC, huh? I mean, I know they deserve it, but that would be shocking to see. Those aren't playing colors. Yeah. And then the best part is tomorrow is maybe one of my favorite days of the year because I know I say that a lot, Hank, but it's the matchups are the best. Yes, we got creme de la creme. We got Florida playing Florida, Tennessee, right? Florida, Tennessee, uh, Kentucky, Alabama. The big tens got great games. Michigan state Oregon to start is going to be great.

Uh, Badgers play UCLA. I think Illinois plays Maryland. And then Purdue versus Purdue. That, that sucked. USC got screwed. That was a, that sucked. Titus brought up a good point when we were watching that game and that's that Purdue still gets the Zach Eaddy fouls. Yeah. And Zach Eaddy's not there.

Correct. But it's just muscle memory for the refs. It's institutional. Yeah. Yeah, it's just carry over. But it was a great day of hoops. I don't know what else to say. Oh, we should talk about the Villanova game.

Max, that was tough to watch Yeah, no that was just the entire season Except for Eric Dixon played much worse than he normally played this season that was the only difference go up look good 75% of the game absolute fucking pitfall Looked good, 75% of the game. Absolute fucking pitfall. What was the run that it ended on? Because it was shocking to watch. I think a 22-2 or something. 22-2. And Dixon, how much?

Dixon went 2-15 from the field. And how many points did he need to get the record? He needed 16 points to break the all-time scoring record at Villanova. And he's the highest scoring player in the- And he's the leading scorer leading scorer in the country went two for 15 in a way that ended their season ended his career and most likely ended the career of the head coach of Villanova Kyle Neptune, which is good. Nice career is Villanova career,

Villanova career. That's good. You wanted that good guy. So who do you want? Max? I don't know. I don't know the coach of Vandy JMU. JMU coach who then went to Vandy. That's that's probably number one on my big board. Okay. I'm seeing a lot of the VCU coach which Barrington. What for the the Vandy coach?

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you want spradle? I, the coach of J. J. Right. J. Right would it. I already, I miss those days. It's a good point. Yeah. I miss those days and I'm sorry for every, I I'm sorry for yelling. No, my mom, I'm going to get a stern talking to from my mother morning. She doesn't like when I say, when, when I say sucking dick, can we watch it it again because I think it was the last movie we don't have to watch it again Watch it. It was the last Watch it like I actually think it was the first one that he said that was this the one that's oh you do yeah Oh the C one's gonna be tough to hear as a mom no

I think the last pussy was, no one's meant it more than that moment when he called him a pussy at the end. That was a good sign off. Can you also, my mom also does this weird thing of when I do this, she thinks that- Max, you follow Campus Cuties? I don't follow- Oh no, Campus Cuties! I don't follow them.

Oh no, Max. This is the for you page. This is the for you page. Oh no, Max. It's not based on your algorithm. This is the for you This is the for you algorithm We're gonna have to put this in the show again That's campus cuties

Okay Gonna have to put that in the show Make sure you subscribe to the YouTube You just get Max's The Hot Girls he follows Every single day Max was super upset about this And he's like he was in here and he was like all down.

And he's like, I just feel like I shouldn't have said that. I said, that wasn't for you. That was for all of Villanova. That wasn't your feelings, man. The entire team, the entire fan base, that's how everyone felt. They just didn't say that or catch it on camera. Yeah. Oh my goodness. Max, in fairness, I didn't say a or catch it on camera. Yeah go ask fucking Danny Hurley the next time he comes on BNC and you can get his fucking

shoelace. Pussy. That one, that one pussy. I mean that one asked Danny Hurley if you can get his fucking shoelace. That's better than get your fucking shine box. Also shout out Texas techs and Clemson. They were in dog fights. Those are two very good teams that Clemson could get. I mean with Duke Cooper flag being out Clemson is very live to. Yeah. I mean, I think Clemson plays Louisville next. Oh yeah. That's going to be a great, great game. And Texas tech is playing great ball. And we did see, I think the most impressive thing I've ever seen on a basketball court tonight, I think it was halftime of Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oklahoma and Kentucky. They, uh, they brought dogs out onto the court. I think there were two Australian shepherds and one small dog

and these fucking dogs were jumping rope, but it was also two of the dogs that were swinging the rope. Yep. Doing double Dutch. It was a little jumping rope. It was incredible. Red Panda hot seat. Yeah. Although red Panda still, she is the queen. She's the queen. She's the biggest tournament. Fanta was, was fanning out for it was a good time. She's, she's been doing it for a long time. She's a, she's been great. One of the all time goats, but I mean, I, I'd be nervous about these dogs. No, it was an incredible clip. We should get these dogs to the Barstool office. I agree. I agree. Absolutely agree. All right so other things I'm trying to I'm just scrolling to see if we missed something. Oh yeah go ahead.

Not college basketball related. Okay wait let me see if we have any other college basketball I think that's it do you Hank did you have a good day of watching college basketball? Oh does that have anything to do with I did well? Yeah, I might. Oh, good for you though. The fader, Mr. Marsh faders, the faders are, are having a tough day. Yeah, I just gotta trust the process. Hank is fading me. You know what Hank's doing right now? He's, he's doing father time is undefeated. Yeah, he's doing the, he's buying the dip. Yeah. Yeah. Just stay, stay, stay invested by the dip. Yeah. It will come back up. Fading big cats at a discount right now. It happens every year. Yeah. The market, this happens every year.

Don't panic. Oh, any, any thoughts from you for, I know you're pretty upset about Cooper flag. Cooper flag. Uh, no, I mean, seeing Stanford in the ACC tournament was weird. Yeah. Well, Stanford cow was Wednesday night. It was bizarre. Yeah. That was my big note. Okay, that's a good big note. And seeing was it Illinois in the ACC tournament against Maryland shocking? What? Oh, yeah.

And the ACC. Maryland's not in the ACC. Yeah. Got it. Yeah. Let's confuse. Yeah. But we did have a ACC. Yeah, got it. Yeah. Yeah. But we did have classic matchup of yeah, USC versus Purdue. Love it. I love it. Need it. Need it. Maybe there's there's not more to polar opposites of locations. No, they speak

different languages. It's perfect. Oldie, did you want to say something? No, I was just saying like I when you said Maryland, I knew big 10. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You will get PFT can't trick you. Yeah. I was like, that's big 10. Yeah, you're right. And that's where the knuckles went. Knuckles boom, boom, bump and grind. What's the other thing you have? Uh, other thing I had, I've actually got two, so there's going to couple as well. Yeah. Bump and grind. What's the other thing you have? Other thing I had, I've actually got two. So there's going to be a couple as well. They're doing another one of those bracket challenges this year.

You know how Warren Buffett says like, I'll give a billion dollars to anyone that can pick a perfect bracket because it's impossible to do. Yep. Elon. Oh no. Is saying that X is launching its X bracket challenge. Okay. If you get a perfect bracket, you win a trip to Mars. Oh, can I get the cash instead?

They do have a cash prize hundred thousand dollar cash prize. That's it. There's no perfect bracket I think you can also take an alternate like two hundred thousand dollar cash prize if you get a perfect bracket Okay, kind of cheapen out kind of cheapen. No one's ever been to Mars yet. Yeah. So I although I would nominate Hank to go. I don't I don't want to go to Mars. Me neither. How far could you hit a golf ball on Mars? Oh, far, very far to earth. Very, very far. Yeah. Then the more important thing that I had also Hank this concerns you. Have you seen what's going on at UNC with Belichick? Oh yeah. Yeah.

So apparently Belichick is telling all the North Carolina officials to copy his girlfriend on any emails that they send him. Hank? Are you still there? Oh yeah, Oldie go ahead. What? Yeah. Perfect.

That's all I got, I'm out Go ahead. What? Yeah God I'm out. What is what is 24 year old girlfriend? She's apparently very smart Philosopher right? Yeah She is she's a philosophy major. He's asking his bosses to copy her on all the emails that go to him Maybe just try to stay organized. He's a busy guy So he's got his girlfriend as his secretary. Seems that way. Is she along those lines? Is she the kind of what like, you know, in relationships, you're

helping each other out. The shadow coach at UNC. Oh, I think it's you know, it's a it's a family. They're trying to build a family program. And this is part of it. Are they family? No, but, you know, maybe you're trying to instill family into the program. It's like Miss Terry. I can I say something and listen, it's no offense, Bill Belchick.

I if they have a kid, that's going to be they can't. That would be so they can't. They can't. So funny. They can't. Hank, that would be weird. They can't. They can't Hank. That would be weird. They can't. They can do whatever they want. They can't. It's like Robert De Niro. Doesn't Robert De Niro have a kid like every two years? Yeah, that guy Fox. He's he just keep popping out kids. Yeah. So originally he was saying that he wanted her to be copied on everything that related to social media and web content, which makes sense. But apparently that's expanded a little bit to other emails, including whether to accept

interview requests from people. So we need to email her. Yeah. Did we get, did they dox the emails by accident? There was one email that got leaked. Let's see. Oh no. From Bill Belichick to Robbie Evans, CC Michael Lombardi.

Thank you, Robbie, thank you for the email. I am including Jordan on this email so she can also keep up with our postings. Can you include her on anything that you send to me? Thank you, BB. All right, so that's social media. That one's social media, but it's apparently expanded a little bit.

So we need to email Jordan asking to have Bill Belichick on the show. Yes. Okay, okay. I had a couple things as well Rory McElroy is the worst. I don't I don't really know what's going on Did you guys see the clip of him taking a fan's phone? No, I didn't see that you did it. How is that bad Hank? That was some golfers are so soft. So here's what happened. PFT. I'm Roy McElroy is in the players championship this weekend on Tuesday. He's playing a practice

round. He hit one into the water. The guy said, Oh, just like the 11th, the master, just like the masters in 2011, he goes and retees hits it, hits his sec, his second shot. This is a practice round, then goes and takes the guy hits it hits his sec his second shot. This is a practice round Then goes and takes the guy's phone and just starts walking off. I'm looking at it right now. Yeah, that's soft Hey, it's soft. That's insanely soft Like what it's a practice round It's true when they if he can't take that type of heat I mean, yeah, the guy might be a D you could

be like, Oh, that guy's kind of a dick. Like, why would you say that? But still that saw it looked like he was also typing something on the phone. I think he was trying to delete the video, but then he's got to then go to the next person who took the video of the video. This isn't the masters. You're allowed to have a phone at saw. And it's also a practice round. Like I would understand if this was a Sunday, he's competing for, it's the fifth major competing to win. Then it's like, all right. Yeah. That's a fucked up thing. It's a practice round. So apparently it was a collegiate golfer that did it. So what they had Rory had him removed by tour security. This is so soft. I cannot. I, I, I, this is soft Hank. And then the college golfer apologized.

That's soft. In writing. That's soft. Written apology. What did, what did Rory say about it? Rory. He doesn't want to answer questions. He doesn't answer questions?

Also soft. They asked him like, do you want to talk about it? He said, no, I don't want to talk about it. And then someone else asked him about it and he said, I'm happy with my score today. Of course he doesn't want to talk about it. He he stole. Yeah, he robbed the guy that guy should press charge Yeah, there's no difference between between him and Patrick Reed. Yeah You can't just go and take the guy's phone. No, you did it on the street. What would happen to you you get charged? Yeah, yeah punish punish punish punish it poor shot or if you want to take it farther charge charge all my property. Yeah. Yeah. You can't do that. And he's probably

got a card on there. It's probably got his digital wallet. Yeah. Probably got some nudes. Revenge porn. Yeah. Federal crime. Wow. Hey, I can't believe you were going to defend him. You're too much of a golfer. Yeah. You're not the common man. You're too much of a golfer. You're closer to a PGA tour pro than the common man. I'm not, I'm not completely exonerating this guy. Cause like, yeah, I think you see red though. Like it was bad. Obviously it's soft.

Just walk away. You should have talked about it after. I'm trying to get in the head of Hank right now for why he's being reluctant to criticize Rory for being a prick. Is it, do you think that one day you could be a professional golfer? No. And you don't want fans to make fun of you? No. But Hank, you know how the internet works. If this... Oh my god, Kentucky's about to blow this game. You hit the over PFT. You jinxed it, big cat. I think you said Kentucky playing today, Friday. Yeah, I did. Oh shit, I just heard yelling. Oh something happened. Okay, Kentucky's no longer playing today

It's gonna be Alabama, Oklahoma. What a comeback. But wait, shit Kentucky might win Kentucky Also might be a double jinx. I might double jinx it Wow, what a meltdown Kentucky That's a game that the cow would have would have won Cal would have won He would have played I would have won. You know what Cal would have had the horses. Yeah Ah Alright, well, I guess we'll see that people are gonna get so many tweets about Kentucky playing Bama Yeah, if this ends up being Oklahoma, alright back to the back to the Roy thing, you know

How this works Hank if this guy posts the video? The internet has like brains and the internet would say, Hey dude, that's lame. Like he would get shunned. It's, it's kind of like when, uh, someone will DM a player and the player will respond in an angry tone and they'll post it and everyone's like, dude, why would you DM a player after a loss? Like you're the loser here. That guy would have been the loser here instead Rory flipped it and now he's the loser and it's soft. Yeah, it's definitely soft He was just seeing it was a moment of seeing red. He should have talked about it after

And he should have well shouldn't have done it. He should have done it He like that fan who's been there's fans there all the time at events got in his kitchen and he lost his marbles Wait, but hey even now you're like gay should have talked about it afterwards and then we said he should have done it you're like yeah I guess what what is it what's going on Hank no there's no no it's not it's not that serious there's he shouldn't have done it but I like when I saw the video I wasn't like shocked I wasn't like how could he have done this like I could understand how he was like pissed off in that moment Could you ever see max homer doing this no?

Could you ever see Brooks doing this no no right? You would have done it well if it was my story But you said seeing ready just kept saying seeing right I was like sometimes you see red you can easily just walk away You walk away and again if he posts posts that, he's the loser. You can walk away or you can squeal your tires and drive away out of control. Roy also very good at doing that. Easily do that. Yeah.

All right, Kentucky's about to inbound the ball. By the way, they were up 80 to 72 with 119 left. Holy fuck. Jeremiah Fears just took over. Oh, oh, he got it. Oh wait. This point five seconds. Okay. Kentucky Bama. Oh yeah. Kentucky Bama. All right. You're right. I got to, I got to, I got to correct my, uh, tweet cause I said Cal would have lost this game or would have won this game. Now I'm going to have to say Cal would have lost this game. Yeah. That will be fun. I sold down a couple weeks

for popes. Yeah, big time. Do we have a new one? No, no, he's recovering. Oh, really? Yeah. So he got rid of his double pneumonia. I it's probably not like a permanent solution. But he's better now. Yeah, I also watched conclave. So now I feel like I'm an expert. Yeah, I know everything. Yeah. I know everything. What an what an ending. I know everything. Yeah, I know everything What an what an ending what a day that was incredible. Jeremiah Fears did it all there in the end I feel like he scored every bucket. Mm-hmm, and then Kentucky good job, Kentucky. So Kentucky Bama, that's gonna be fun. That'll be great. That over is gonna be like 170

Ah, all right. The other the other golf related thing I had, we had a big respect the biz. If you guys, did you guys see this? Yep. It was, hold on. I got to find it. It was more coward, more coward basically said, I don't owe anything to anyone, which is fine. I don't care. Like, yeah. You, I mean, you, you, you do owe answers, but like, if that's the, if that's kind of the attitude you want to take, I'm not going to be upset about it. When somebody says something like that confidently, that's one of the like most key indicators that they've talked to a therapist at some point. Right. And he's like, yeah, I realize I don't owe anyone anything. That said, you don't want to say that about like fans. You can say it's the media. Yeah. Yeah. In the media, in the media, we've,

we've been very consistent on this. The media complains about it, but what they don't realize is they're not looking in the mirror. And when a player says, I don't owe anyone anything or I'm not going to do media, they're literally just giving you a story. Yes. You now have a story to write about how Morikawa didn't do the media. So it is better than him giving a cliche answer.

Yeah. When Cam Newton doesn't talk to reporters after a Superbowl loss, then you just get to write for basically like five years. Cam Newton could learn a lot from any athlete about how to interact with the media respectfully. But I did like, uh, Ian McMillan, who's a senior editor at, uh, sports illustrated, uh, said, uh, call America, I said, I don't know anyone anything. He said yes You do professional sports and the money that comes with it relies on the relationship between athletes and media I think it relies on the relationship between athletes and fans Yeah, but the media he's saying the media the media if they don't talk to the media Then no one's gonna watch the game then nobody knows who you are, right. Yeah. So the media is the one let's respect the business here.

You are the media. Yeah. OK. I also we also on Rory, as bad as that was, Rory's round today was very funny because he was just constantly driving the ball into the heart of the woods and then somehow making birdies because it would what it would do. It would like force him to lay up on a second shot and not go for a crazy long one and then knock it close. So it was a good thing. The worse worry is of driving, at least today, the better he was playing on those holes.

Maybe he also put a scare into everyone being like, he will take your phone. He will rob you at any moment. We also had this league between Michael Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence, cause DeMarcus Lawrence is on the Seahawks now. And he said on the way out, Dallas is my home, but I know for sure I'm not going to win a Superbowl there. And then Michael Parsons quote to you said, this is what rejection and envy look like. This some clown shit. And then DeMarcus Lawrence replied, calling me a clown won't change the fact that I told the truth. Maybe if you spent less time tweeting and more time winning, I wouldn't have left.

This league. This league. That's some good this league shit. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that he wasn't a big fan of Micah even when they were on the same team. Yeah. Maybe not. Maybe not the best of friends.

Yeah. Maybe not the best of friends. I have a national sports podcast. Oh, let's go. I might have gotten got on this. I want to say I want to pre preface this by saying I might have gotten got I'll back you up But can we can we fact-check this oldie in real time? It's a hockey story. So can we fact-check it? Yeah, he just got to go. Okay, go to

WWW. Yeah That's the one and then what are we what are we gonna? That's a alright. So here's the story that I read today Okay, the general manager of the Utica Comets. Traded his son. His son is Will McKinnon. Will Mackinnon for future considerations. Trade him to Cleveland. Not even for anything for future considerations.

OK, plot twist. What's a consideration? Well, it's like to consider them like a maybe a player to be named later. Maybe a Bag of hockey sticks another another like pox. Yeah. Yeah, it turns out bottles the GM of the Comets is his dad Oh So his dad traded his son to Cleveland traded him away right for future considerations Good fair is it is this, would LeBron do something like this? Is future considerations like a grand kid? It could be. And I want a grandson. Maybe, maybe his son has a long-term relationship, long distance with a girl in Cleveland trading

him to Cleveland. Actually a great dad move. Yeah, that is weird. Also, this could be the mark of an outstanding general manager, though. Yeah. Somebody who's willing to cutthroat. Yeah. Cutthroat. Just pure analytics. The coldest examples of sports is a business. There has to be more to this story, right? Like there he had, his son probably asked for it. Or maybe some of the players on the team were upset that his son was getting preferential treatment.

Yeah, maybe that is. Oh yeah. Wait, wait, wait. Uh, Utica is last in the HL's north division and 14th Easter conference conference. The comments will not be making the playoffs even a league where 23 of 32 teams qualify for the postseason. The monsters are fourth in the north division. Oh, he's trying to give his son a ring. Yeah. He's getting his son into the playoffs. I like that. That's actually a solid dad. Great dad move. Great dad move. Huge dad move. It went from like, there's trouble. He's not passing the catch up over at the dinner table or something like that to no, I want you to go grab that ring. Yeah. Go get a championship son. Go get it for us. Get a call. Be proud. Make me proud. Get out of here. Go over to the affiliates, Blue Jackets,

Cleveland Monsters and Golan Cup. Is that the Blue Jackets affiliate? Yeah. How was the game out at the shoe? Oh, fire. It was so good. The battle back before both teams, right to the third period,

and then CBJ just took over and five three finish. Love it. Winner. What do you think about Torz? Oh, who about Torz? Oh, who? Torz. Tortorella.

Tortorella? He's not there. Oh, he's not? No. But what do you think about him? That's not what he was asking. Don't try to embarrass PFT. Wait, where's Torz right now?

Don't try to- He fliers. Don't try to- I think, is he fliers? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's wild. Oldie, don't embarrass PFT. He will ask. No, I'm just embarrassing.

What do you think about him? I'm not embarrassed. I'm consistent. I am not a diehard hockey fan. I'm a capital's fan. You are. He's right. He does. But it does stand to, if you look at the transcript, you just ask, what do you think about Torz? Yeah, what do you think about Torz? He's a hothead. I like that about him, though.

Yeah. He's not scared to tell people what's up. Yeah. Sometimes things are crazy, but I mean. You didn't let me, I Yeah, he's not scared to tell people. What's up? Yeah, sometimes things are crazy But I mean you didn't let me I was gonna say what did you think about like torts? Do you wish he was still there? Mm-hmm? And how's this? How's he doing his job in Philadelphia? He still gives it to the guys too. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He's not afraid to tell him what's up. Yeah. Yeah, who's gonna win the cup I Said my blue jackets from before.

I got to ride on that. So you're just sticking with that. Yeah. I'm going to have to, I think. I mean, there's obviously a lot of good teams, but we got to ride with CBJ boys. Is Nasher part of the, he's part of the program, right? Yeah. Yeah.

Okay. So you got to, yeah, you got to, you got to ride with them hard, hard. Max, one more question for you here. Paul George being evaluated for for multiple injuries you think you think is it for him yeah there's also a report that they're looking to trade him in the offseason oh yeah Max is struggling with with the idea of tanking he said that he can't watch the games I can't but he can watch on the like you know what cuz it's a sad tank yeah yeah it's a very well but it's also the most necessary tank ever. But you should be happy because like the balls

are going to make the 10 seat. They, they're, they basically have sealed it up. It's insane that they're going to still be in this fucking playing game when they're so bad and they traded away Zach Levine and they're still gonna like, it's so stupid. But the difference is we, we don't need a lottery pick. We need to be top six. Yeah. We're at the six spot and the Raptors, the Sixers and the nets are all within a half game. And if we get the seventh, the seven pick, the thunder, get our pick. We put that's after the lottery. Correct. After the lottery. So, but like the odds, yeah. Like you real realistically,

we were trying to get to five, right? Because if you get to five, then one team can still jump you and you, and we'll still get our first round pick, but we're a half a game back. It's like, you have to lose. You have to lose. Here's a compliment though. This is a very, very fast tank. Yeah, most teams it takes them you had Championship, maybe not championship. Maybe just deep playoff aspirations at the start of the year and To recognize halfway through that year. Fuck it. Let's just be really bad It usually takes teams a year or two to get to that that spot You accepted being a loser way faster than most teams do but then this summer summer, they're going to, it's still going to be,

they're going to be back to champion. Like you think so. Oh yeah. They're going to ship her boss. They're going to try and be championship. It's a one year tank. Correct. Unless MB dead, not dead, but knee is dead. He's dead. He's knees. All right. RIP knee. He's already RIP. his knee a few times. No, if that is the case. If that is the case.

If that is the case. The last thing I had was Virginia Tech who lost on Tuesday, which feels like 10 years ago. We had one of the best quotes from a player ever. Virginia Tech's Toby Lawl on Virginia Tech exceeding expectations because they were 13 and 19 and they were bouncing the first round of the ACC tournament. He said, they thought we were going to be ass. I mean, we, we were still ass, but you know, we weren't that bad. Yeah. Not a big ass. It's pretty good. We weren't as ass as people thought that we were

going to be ass and we were, but we weren't as bad. Yeah. Suck pretty good. We weren't as ass as people thought that we're gonna be asked and we were but we weren't as bad. Yeah Suck it haters. Yeah have that haters. Who does Duke play Duke plays UNC UNC has the opportunity to do a very funny thing, which is Just beat Duke. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that would be funny. Yeah. Yeah, we have some awesome games tomorrow Oh, do you ready to strap it in and do it again? I am so stoked. I'm so stoked. I don't even think I'm going to go back to the hotel tonight. I'm at, I just stay here. Just buzz, just buzz around the office. Buzz around here. No, we got a lot of down and down and it's back up at it again in the morning. No, we, it's basically like getting trapped in a Chuck E cheese.

Yeah. I can't leave. I can't leave. I just, I just keep getting tokens and tokens and tokens. The coins don't stop. It doesn't matter. Like you want this token? Sure. You want that? Okay. Go to that game. You're done with this game. Go to the next game. Oh, you want some food? Oh, sure. No problem. Oh, you want this? No, I don't want it. Okay. Get rid of it. Send it out. Peace. See you later. Onto the next. I'll crush that. No problem. You do seem like you're a little thirsty. Do you have a body armor flash IV with you? No, I don't.

But I'm starting to decline, I think. Yeah. We need to get you one before we do our interview. That's why I got to get home somehow, I guess. You had a pretty light day today, huh? In terms of flash IVs? He did one on the Yak and one on the livestream. So only two.

So only two today. Yeah. They weren't feeding me. I don't know. Or someone going out with body armor. No, no, no. No, they loved it. me. I don't know or someone all body armor or no By the way heard back from them. They loved it. They loved every second of it You know what I got to you I forgot to set it should have sent that to the boys out or like the tweeter the X thing or whatever or

Insta yeah, everyone by the way oldie is on socials. Now. What are your social handles? Canadian oldie on Instagram and Twitter. It'sie. Uh, I believe the X is Canadian underscore oldie. Okay. I should try to readjust that. So it's on the same page. Yeah. So it's the same. So the same page. Anyways, I was driving and I seen a 53 foot trailer, a body armor. It was not flash body armor, IV, get it in you. It was the original stuff. It's been out probably from here like seven years ago. Yeah, and it's new to Canada It says now in Canada. Oh hell. Yes. Yeah, I got a photo of it. Love it Oh, I guess I'll sell the boys tomorrow. Yeah today. That's cool. Do you how many pictures a day do you take?

Just if I see some good stuff. Yeah some good shit out there. Yeah, it depends right? Yeah, I had a good video stream today I got a I got a good video of Wrigley right Oh Wrigley? Yeah. We had a good video stream today. I got a good video of Wrigley, right? Oh, Wrigley. Yeah. Yeah. It was awesome. Yeah, you were going to put in your Brettz at DraftKings.

Yeah. Oh, that was cool. It's a lot of great TVs in there. Yeah. It's endless. There are a lot of great TVs in there. It's endless in there. You look, and you're like, this doesn't stop.

It should do a 360, but 270 is pretty good anyways. Yeah. Oldie, is there anything that you want to try or see while you're in Chicago? Yeah. We kind of are bringing you here and just trapping you inside. Is there anything like any, uh, any food that you've want to try? Any landmark you want to see? The bean, but that's just like cool reflection. Like everyone. You could see the river on a Saturday dying green.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's what I'm yeah I'm excited for yeah I got a couple things that I can wear something down there yeah far it would just hop skip in a boot down there yeah get over there yeah not walking distance no probably not no no some people say that you could now like no I get one of those e scooters or something like that yeah but people jump in the river after they die it no you should that don't do that no no I wouldn't do that yeah Yeah. I wouldn't do that. My favorite thing is they say that it's healthy for the environment. When you die the river neon green, I'm going to guess that it's probably not. It looks like it's going to be a band color band or something. I'm going to call it a 22nd time

out real quick. Were you going to jump in the river? No, I would think about that. The couple of boys were talking about it earlier. I feel like you were going to jump in the river? No, I would think about that. The couple of boys were talking about it. I feel like you were going to jump in the river. He clearly just said he wasn't even thinking about it. The boys mentioned it earlier and it kind of crossed my mind. I started thinking don't jump in the river. Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. Life jacket? No, don't do it. All right. We won't do that. We won't do it. We'll

just go down and admire the view. So they put a lot of dye in it because it just goes shaboom, shaboom, green, just like that. Yeah. And it's flowed and that's the Chicago River, right? Yeah. All right. I'm getting better at this place.

Yeah. And Dan Ryan Expressway. Yeah, there you go. I've traveled that back about 20 years ago when I came to White Sox versus Red Sox game. Oh. After I left the RCA Dome for an exhibition game against the Colts versus the Ravens. Jeff Saturday. Me and my boy Dan.

What a trip. It was funny enough, we were on the highway. He was driving on the Dan Ryan Expressway. He's Dan and I'm Ryan. Oh wow. So we're like freaking out. We're driving from Indianapolis or Indiana from the game. I was yelling at Jeff Saturday, Saturday, Saturday freaking, and we

got scalper tickets for like eight banger boxes preseason. So you were up in the top RCA dome. Yeah. We could touch the little domer and you were yelling Saturday. No, we worked our way magic all the way. How I do all the way to the bottom barrel, right in front of the back of the Colts bench Saturday, Saturday, the ladies like, yeah, okay, okay. The guys he's giving me the ticket easy, take it easy. And all of of a sudden she's like you want to come down and see him after I said yeah

she had tickets a little skin pass we got to see the players after Gonzales was there we're just because you were yelling at Jeff Saturday yeah yeah so we got to go down and like see all like the players after why what was the what's the linked Jeff Saturday I don't know he was the center I would just fire it up. My buddy's a Colts fan. Oh, that's why he came down. He said, Hey, you want to go down? I said, absolutely. Dan, why wouldn't we go to the game?

But paint Manning now? Uh, yeah. Well, he wasn't paying attention. He's a beauty center. So we got to go down and hang out with the players. We walked out of the dome. Everyone's asking, Oh, I know an autograph, autograph, my kid's sick.

Buddy, he got to go up. I'm not signing autographs right where the players were. Anyways, went back to the hotel, crashed out a couple of soda pops, obviously. And woke up like, what are we going to do? Chicago. Oh, let's go to a baseball game. White Sox, Red Sox.

We're flying the Dan Ryan expressway. There's a big flood happening on the road. We get here, we go into this thing, scalp tickets, boom, we go up. We think we're late. Dude, it's, it's, it's 1 15. We're late dude. It's just 115 We're late you to 15. We're late time change boom Yeah, got us yeah Wow great experience though. So you guys are just freaking out being on the Dan Ryan

Oh, yeah, I'm like dude. This is us. This is us Then we had combos a we had combos and the car love that great snack We had combos, eh? We had combos and the car, love that. Great snack. Combos. So my buddy, my buddy used to dart, my buddy used to dart back in the day, right? He used to dart.

So he's got a little, actually a little holder in there. We're cruising home. We're back in now Ontario. We're cruising. I looked down on the ground. Oh, sweet. Combo.

Grabbed the combo, a little bit soft. Oh, I think the cigarette thing fell on the ground was a little bit wet, a little bit soggy, but good combo though. It was that the cheese one or the pizza one. It wasn't the Buffalo hot one. It was like the cheese or pizza. Was it a cracker pretzel? No, it was the little ball, the combos, you know, stuff didn't. Some are, some are crackers. Some are pretzel on the outside. Yeah. Uh, the pretzel, I think it was the cheese, the pretzel one. Yeah. The pretzel one. So, but it was soft, but yeah, I know. That's a great story. Yeah. Dan Ryan Expressway. Yeah, uh the pretzel. I think it was the cheese of the press one Yeah, that's the one solid, but it was soft. But yeah, no, that's a great story. Yeah, Ryan Expressway. Yeah, my boy Dan. What up? He's a big Texas now have people recognize you since you came a few weeks ago

Uh, yeah. Yeah when I left the guy in the plane sat beside me you oldie walking in today Oldie, what's up? What's up buddy? Gotta go stadium game, doing interviews with people. People like, I gotta get a photo. I'm like, okay buddy, I'm trying to do an interview. So get a photo. Gotta go onto the next guy. Yeah, it's been wild. So it's been fun. It's been great. I got a shout out to you guys too. I saw I gotta get big love to my boy Yanzi. Yeah. Yeah. Line. And that's the best. He's the best, but he backed his words up though. Yeah. I'm coming in for the boys. He nailed it. He called me and said, I got a guy for you. And I was just like, okay, you got to just do it. Like, all

right, let's do it. And you guys like all my boys, all boots. Yeah. Like I don't even want to leave. Like people are asking me oldie. So how long you know, I'm looking on my exact wall. They kicked me out. I'll be gone tonight. if they don't want me here, I'll leave tonight. But if you want me here, I'm here Yeah, I say you're trying to move his flight Would you flight back Sunday, but I was like for now Monday, but if I stayed till Monday, shouldn't I just states for the whole next weekend? Oh I think the only way to get hold of you. You've never had a bracket day. Have you? You might have to stay we got a bus to bracket. Yeah. Yeah never did that

Yeah, you got it. You got to watch the bracket with us like I could do a bracket here and then oh, yeah Well, how's the bracket looking? Oh cool. I'm back in Canada watching my bracket on a TV on one TV Yeah, I could be watching seven TVs. Yeah on the back burner in the corner beside us. Yeah Absolutely cheering on my team big time seven TVs, eight on the back burner in the corner beside us. Yeah, absolutely. Cheer on my team. Big time. All right, oldie, send us into Bill Raftery with little what do you got in your hand there? Oh, yeah, Billy.

We back Billy boy. Okay, body armor, flash, IV, tropical punch. You guys know it. What do we do? One, two, three, four, lose the lid down the hatchet. Gotta go. The combo. That's a memorable combo. A single combo.

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thank you for joining us. It's, it's awesome to talk to you. Uh, we're getting into the best time of year. How, what's it feel like in the Raftery house when we get to March and you're like, all right, here we go. This is, this is it. It's, it's pretty much the same as the rest of the year. I get ignored at five o'clock. My wife says, do you want to eat here or go out? And I always say, well, let's eat here. And she says, well, we eat here, I have to go out and get some food. So I end up going out. So nothing's really changed, you know? Yeah, yeah. For me, for me, it has, though. I mean, it's like goes

on a little bit for everybody else. But pretty much like today was consumed with Zooms, we did a media day. Yesterday was internal stuff. So the last two days were more catch up on stuff they want to do and marketing media things they've been working on kind of a deal, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Other than that, it's look at tape. The unknown this week is I've got big East games tomorrow night. And that's, you know, the whoever wins tonight plays the winner tomorrow, that kind of a deal. Yeah. And then Thursday leave for Indiana. And we've got Big Ten on Saturday and semi Saturday and final Sunday.

And then Sunday night, after the teams find out, we find out where we're going. Well, that's pretty much the same kind of a deal as every year. Yeah. And I, I imagine that you get to know these teams pretty well, especially the ones that you cover in the, the conference tournament. But I also read that you still do a ton of prep going into each game. You've got like binders and binders filled with notes. Do you still do that? I think everybody has their own deal. You know, it's just like you guys, you know, you learn how to tee it up and what works for you and what's expedient. I guess the nice thing is with all the travel, even though you're not doing their games, you sort of catch up with other teams,

Even though you're not doing their games, you sort of catch up with other teams. Uh, you know, whether it's Auburn or like we even had Duke this year, uh, at all. Uh, but certainly they catch your eye. You want to see how good they are. Uh, that, that type of thing. So it's, uh, you're more into the games you're going to be doing because they're immediate and then you surface order the rest of them and started catch up like next week we'll have eight teams to prep for starting Monday morning. Yeah. And probably of the eight, I would guess I'll have had four of them and the other four you start on right away on Monday morning, you know, I love it. So, I mean, you've been doing

this for so long. And like I said, you are like one of those announcers that it just feels right when it's March and I'm hearing you on the call. I have a question about your career and your famous onions call. I want to get into all your calls but do you remember your first onions? Do you remember the first time you did it and what it came to you? I worked with a guy that's a genius and a pain in the neck, by the name of Iain Eagle. And the bird remembers everything. He'd be a terrible partner, you know, to be married to,

because he doesn't forget anything. He never gets over the past. And he claims we were doing an Orlando net game, and it was one of those bad net years. You know, like a 15, 18 and 35 deal. And Kevin Edwards made a jumper against the Magic and I, for the first time, said, onions. And he looked at me like, like, where did that come from? And basically that I never even thought of it, said it, but it was

appropriate, you know, for the moment. And the interesting thing about it, I used it a couple more times and ESPN said to me, we don't want you to use that. So I stopped using it, knowing that they were sending the checks, obviously. And then some writers started using it in their articles. And I got a call from ESPN, they said, you know what, you can use that again. So that's how that whole thing started. It's amazing, the transformation. It's a nice way of saying something, uh, that captures the moment, uh, when these

kids just do uncanny things at, at so many important moments. Yeah. And it is, it is a great call that like some of the most iconic moments you can hear onions in your head. Do you have a bar for double order? Like, do you have a, do you have an internal, all right. Not, you know, can't do it too early. Can't do it too early in the game. It's gotta be later in the game. Oh, I see what you're saying. Is there, is there like a feel? I think the first like the once in a while I'll say early onions, but it's pretty much a big three late in the game that, you know, you could tell sealed the deal. But I think the one that people have

gotten the biggest kick out of is Ronald Moore at Sienna where he made the three against Ohio State to go to overtime. So that was just a you know plain old plain old. And then he made, uh, he made the three to win in overtime and that became the double order. Yeah. I watched a three minute long video. That was just, it was a super cut of you saying onions after big shots. I just listened to you say the word for three minutes. It was probably the best three minutes of my month.

It was fantastic. Boy, you knew you'd better get a life. It's the best ASMR for guys. It's fantastic. Yeah, it does. It just goes in your, your sports brain. You just have these things that just rattle around. And we had Mike Breen on, uh, last year and you know, talking about the, you know, the, the, the beginning of yelling bang and double bangs and like they're just as sports fans, this is how we can soon the games. And when I think onions, it's like, Oh, it must be March. Must be a big shot. And raps on the call. Oh, that's nice. You of course, Mike's one of those special guys. I remember doing a game with him back when he was doing Maris basketball. Can you believe it? Okay.

Far back. So what a career he's had, as you well know, just a class act too. Yeah. Yeah. He is. He is. Do you have a, do you have a favorite call that you've ever made? The favorite call is when they put the lights on about two in the morning. Get one more. The last call and they double order you, you know? Yeah. I mean, if I hate they're pretty good, you know? Yeah. But, uh, not really.

I'm more of a reactionary or spur of the moment, uh, you know, whatever fits. And I always say, I didn't go to Harvard. So, you know, who knows what's going to come out of there, you know? What about what about a favorite player or a player that you can look back and like, I just loved calling his games because the way the style of play or the moment that he stepped up to? Uh, you know, the NBA, Jason kid. Yeah. I always said that what he did in the metal lands, if that was the garden, they'd have a statue in

front of MSG for him. You know, every night, he did astounding things. He just, you know, just incredible feel for the game. They know over the years, you know, doing the nets. And then CBS had the NBA years ago, as you guys well know. So you got to do a lot of NBA games and what they could do on a consistent basis. You know, just, you know, Magic,

you know, Larry Bird. It's just tremendous, tremendous talents, you know, Julius in the early days, the 80s. I mean, it was so nobody special, but just so many great players and so many great moments. And, you know, college, they live for a lifetime for these kids, they love them. They're great college players. They don't get a chance to expose or shine on that next level. Uh, so it's, it's fun to see them have their moment in the sun. Yeah. Yeah.

You, uh, you referenced last call and the, the legends about you are, are fantastic. You, you like to go out. You like to have a good time. I think Jay Billis said that working with you is like going on a three day bender that might just be more J bill. Billis not being able to drink at all. I told this story recently. We were in Milwaukee and it was the football championship Monday college and we had a big Monday and Danny Gabbard who runs runs the NCAA, basically now basketball tournament,

and Dave's son, who's just a super guy too. But he and I got to the table late. So we had like six or eight of us. And Jay was in the throes of needing glasses, but not using them. So when I walked into Moe's restaurant, the owner was a good, the Vassala brothers, great guys. I gave the one boy, Jamie, my credit card. And so we sat down and, you know, we watched the ball game. Jay ordered the wine. And the check came, then I went behind to look at it. And he claims I almost had a heart attack

because he added zeros and numbers in front of the zeros. He thought what was 150 was 450. Like anyhow, it sort of destroyed my evening somewhat. But other than that setback, we had a lot of fun nights with McDonough and he over the years. But, you know, Jay's Jay's a good friend, a great spokesman really for the game that, uh, you know, you, you don't have to agree with him and you don't argue with him because he's too smart to argue with, but, uh, he just has a great feel for

what he thinks should be the right thing in the game. Yeah. Yeah. It seems like you're a lot of fun to hang out with. I've read all the stories about you. You know, every restaurant owner, you know, the best places to go out late at night. You know, great Italian restaurants, the whole nine yards. Do you have a secret to waking up in the morning and maybe have an 11 o'clock? To get up? I guess it's called responsibility. You know, if you want to play at night, you gotta manage the morning, you know, you got something else to do. But, uh, I always say I've lost my game a little, uh, but it's still ahead of a lot of people, you know?

Yeah. What are you, are you still hitting last call? Are you still making it all the way to last call? Not quite, not quite. Uh, not that I've become more responsible. I guess it's just that, uh, maybe lacking a little more stamina or, uh, just, uh, you know, worried about the next event or getting to the next event. But, uh, no, I, I've been really lucky with the, uh, uh, gene good genes. Let's put it that way. Yeah. Yeah. We saw the story went viral last week of of Ion Eagle saying that you once came out of a bar after last call with eight beers in your trench coat for everyone. Can you confirm that? I hope it was more like, you know, he got it wrong. It was a dozen beers.

It wasn't eight. It wasn't eight, but it was a couple. You know? I can remember one night, I think it was the San Antonio Net Championship Series. Unfortunately, I think it was four zip as it was with the Lakers too. But Jay Wright came up and we went into the, they had a little after, not after, after game place at the Metal Lands and they closed quickly. You know, a lot of those guys are, you know, other jobs and had to get up early.

So anyhow, everybody was really upset, reluctant to leave. And I had the guy go outside and put about eight beers behind a bush right by the door. So anyhow, we went outside and they said, well, good night. I said, well, we got a little nightcap. And I said, the guy threw us out. I said, Jake, go over to the bush and grab a couple of beers. That's fantastic. Yeah.

I mean, I read a profile about you that, you know, you would, your move sometimes would be just go to a bar and then you'd have, you'd buy, you know, 20 beers, have them out on the table. If someone came and said hello to you, they have to have a beer with you. That's, I mean, that's, that's a legendary, uh, I don't know about that. Usually they were part of the group, I think more than anything, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Uh, it's, uh, uh, it makes for a good father basically, but, you know, you try and always be under control. Uh, but it's good company. The one guy that's incredible, uh, you know, over the years, a lot of places

close and all these towns, whenever I go to any city and I don't know where to go. I call PJ call this. Oh, and PJ knows the owner. He knows the maitre d. He knows the hostess. He knows everybody. And so he's a great source. If you guys are traveling, give PJ a call. It gets you. It's utterly incredible. But between the NBA and his college career, he's been all over. Yeah. How many restaurants do you think you have a picture of you up in?

Not as many as Sinatra But you're up there. I feel like I know I've seen a few of them. I know I'm about to have a great meal Been here then we then it's gonna be good a lot a lot of places have changed over the years though, you know, it's A lot of places have changed over the years though, you know, it's, you know, they're going for some upbeat people versus those that are nearly deceased. We'll get back to Bill Rafter in a second. He's brought to you by Hey Dude. Hey Dude, their shoes, their boots. I love the boots, the Bradley classic boots.

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Raftery. If you had to pick one of your, maybe do your top three, it could be any city, top three places that you go to when you're on the road. Well, you know, for years it was PJ Clark's in New York. If you were in the city, they were always great to us. Post game, you know, stay open. It's still good, obviously. Mo's would be Toscano and Brentwood. What's the other one I like there? Pony's, right by UCLA is a good one. Mostly Italian, you know, the Ivy and Santa Monica. I'll be in West Coast a little bit

because two of our kids are there and we've been going there a lot more lately. But pretty much you get direction from the coach or you know somebody in the athletic department recommends a place and you end up Enjoying it on a consistent basis. Yeah, it's good for team build good for hanging out with the boys. Yeah Yeah. It's good for team build. Good for hanging out with the boys. Yeah. LeParle, LeParle down in Washington. I like a lot. It's, it's not a puppy. It's a, you know, fine dining place, but that's one too. We go to when we're in town there and if it's,

if it's gorilla is another one. I don't know if you guys know that one. That's a good one too. Yeah. You got any places in Chicago? That's where we're at right now. If I go, uh, I just told this story recently, years ago, uh, we were at Harry Carries, right? And it was closing time. We had all the nets, radio and TV. So we didn't have any guys with producer, director, et cetera. And it's Harry Carrie behind the bar with Ernie banks. There's no, it's closing time. There's nobody there. And I said, uh, Harry, would you sing, take me out to the ball game? And he looked at Ernie Banks and the two of them sang it. That was like one of the highlights for me of a lifetime. And those two famous and delightful guys, uh,

singing that song was pretty good. That's incredible. That's a great, yeah. I mean, I wish I could have gotten to hang out with Harry Carey. Gibson's is another one. Yeah. Well, we went there consistently that we like to go to. Yeah. That's a, that's another great one.

Good picks. Yeah. Uh, I, this is going to be weird for me to ask you, do you have anywhere in the country that has Bill Raftery day? Have you been, have you, is there any towns or anything that that has Bill Raftery day? Have you been, have you, is there any towns or anything that have like Bill? I don't even, I don't even have a bill Raftery day in my own house. Okay. All right. That's fair. That's fair. Are you okay? Because I found an old tweet

of mine. It was from April 3rd, 2021. I said, we don't appreciate Raftery enough. Someone said a calendar reminder for August 17th to respect Raftery more. So are you okay if as a podcast, our show, if we make August 17th the official bill Raftery day on part of my take, are you okay with that? That is there any financial commitment on my part on this or no? Oh wait, do you have to pay us? No, no, you don't have to pay us. Yeah, we're going to need a float. We're going to need a whole meal. Um, yeah. So you will have to pay us? No, no, you don't have to pay us. Yeah, we're gonna need a float. We're gonna need a whole meal Yeah, so you will have to pay a little bit. But yeah, are you okay with us making it?

Maybe you'll come back on the show August 17th, Bill Raftery day. That's a deal. Okay. All right, so that's official Oh, pardon. I don't think we've ever had a cat a holiday on this I don't think that we have either but yeah, we'll have maybe a couple glasses wine. Yeah, tell some stories Yeah, see maybe go maybe get maybe we'll get a metal detector. See how many beers we can get through a metal detector. That would be fun. That'll be very fun. Yeah. So I want to ask just a little bit about your past because I, from my understanding, you got started on ESPN when ESPN was not, you know, nearly what it is right now. It was kind of a smaller network and you took a chance

by going there. What was that like deciding that you wanted to get into media to broadcasting, as opposed to coaching? My, we had started the Big East for two years. And I had said to Dave Gavitt, who was doing the color analysis. And as a commissioner, too, I said, you know, Dave, someday I might like to do that. Never thinking I'm going to leave. And I thought I was going to be John Wooden. But I guess, you know, if you look up my record, I didn't quite achieve that. But I guess I want to say October 28th of 81.

We're in practice two weeks and Dave called and I made this up but it's pretty typical of what may have happened. Dave called and he said, look, I've watched you coach. I think you should try television. I had two days to decide. I met with the team and I left for nine games, $800 a game with four children. So it was 7,200 bucks and it just went from there. ESPN was great. They gave me 25 games.

NBC gave me three or four games at a little larger number. And I went with a bank for almost 20 years, believe it or not. I didn't hold the bank up, but they let me go any place I wanted to. We were basically the bank of the Giants, the Jets, the Metal Lands. The casinos were big then in Atlantic City.

So we were involved there with the roadways, the highway authorities, all that stuff. So we were basically salesmen and that gave me the opportunity. The next year I started with the nets full-time. I started with CBS for the first time in 82, 83. And that was sort of the way, you know, I did that for some 20 odd years with the Nets, ESPN until 2013. I left to go when Fox started their

FS1 Big East coverage. So I've been really lucky. I mean, you know, not only, you know, career wise, but this amazing people, most of them considerably younger. And I think that's the big thing too. You know, you guys are young, young people have juice. And I think it's just invigorating for a lot of people. I mean, we get together pregame, you know, the night before. These kids are all smart. They love what they're doing. You know, they're great team players. So I think all that, too, that carries you and keeps you going.

Yeah, I think a lot of guys, when they work in broadcasting, as they get older, a lot of guys kind of form, I don't know if they're upset with the changes that happened to the game, with the way that things are set up or what it is, but they develop kind of like a bitterness to it. You seem to enjoy watching college basketball more than you ever have. Would you say that's probably because you're around younger people or is that

just who you are? I think that's a lot to do with it. And also, I don't get hung up. They make the rules. So why bitch about them? Yeah. Yeah. The game starts. You may not like a jump ball, you know, change of possession or you may not like that. But you know what? People at home could care less. I mean, they they want to win. The other thing too, you know, the referees, everybody has their angst over them. And I think you have to say things at times, but basically, sitting at home, you don't want to hear about every call lamenting this or that, but key calls, yes. I understand that part of it. But I just think the whole, you know, you come into a town and the thing is so important

for two teams, two communities. And we, as a group of TV or radio have to match that. I think that's, that's sort of the key. Like that thing is as important to you as it is to both those universities. Yeah, it is. It's true. You make sports fun. And I think that when we tune in, we want to be... It's entertainment at the end of the day. That's a lot of what our show is, is like, you know, we know that we can't take ourselves too seriously. Sports supposed to be fun and you do a great job of making it fun. That's nice of you. I just feel very fortunate really. It's been a nice little ride as they say.

I think it keeps you young, keeps you invigorated. And you know, the challenge of staying on top of it is not much of a challenge really. I shouldn't even use that word. But you know, the biggest challenge is getting there. I always say, and you have to be ready when you get there and the coaches button it up or the pregame practices button it up for you. Yeah. One of the things that you do that I love the most is you, you let the viewers know right off the bat if they're playing man to man right off the bat, there's no question about, have you ever screwed up a man to man call where you say, Oh yeah, well, Bayheim, you know, Bayheim, am I playing a two, three sound?

That'll actually started, and I had no idea I was doing it. It was to get out of the play by play man's way. And, you know, so I would do it quickly, never thinking I was connecting, you know, the three words. Yeah. And over the years I'd be like, I remember being at Newark airport and this guy is like a couple of feet away and I hear him go, man, man, man. And I'm going, geez, what a dip with this guy. He says it a couple of times.

I had no idea I was putting the three words together, but it was more to get out of the play by playing guy. Then he identifies who, you know, who's who and, and whatever. So I think everything starts for, um, you know, just maybe you form a habit, but it just starts because it's convenient or it fits or you want to be as succinct as possible. I do love whenever they come out and zone and you give them the two, three zone with man to man principles. Yeah, that was Bay. Yeah. Yeah. You had to throw them off. Yeah. You can't steal that from me. Yeah. That was a, uh, uh, Jimmy. Unbelievable. What do you think of it?

And what he did too for a career. Yeah. Who, what, what love to tease them. It's a, but he's amazing. It just is relaxed way. They just showed up and played and beat people and he kept getting great players. Yeah. What, what coach throughout the years have you become closest with or is like, you know, they're genuinely a friend now. Uh, I, I, you know, I, I, I would say a lot of guys, you know, really well and you're really comfortable with, but you, you know, it's not like you're going to dine with them in the spring and summer. Right.

Uh, but you know, it's, it's surprising how close you can get and how open they can be about their other areas of life. Uh, you know, whether it's a Bob Knight telling you something or John Thompson telling you something that you know you would never use on the air. But you're comfortable making a phone call and checking in on them. How they're doing when they retire.

And I got, we competed against John, uh, pre big East and all through the big East. And I knew him, but the almost 10 years of doing the NCA tournament with him, we, you know, we had so much time together. It was probably the best time I ever spent with a coach. Yeah. We really, we, we hit on things that you would never even think of discussing as a, you know, a coach, TV person or radio

person. But it was just natural flow of a conversation. Yeah. Yeah. Which teams are you most excited to call in the NCAA tournament? The ones you've watched this year that you're very excited to see where they go? You mean this particular season over the years? Like this year, what're very excited to see where they go. You mean this particular season or over the years? This year, what are you looking at? Well, you know, I'm curious to see how Duke manages with all these young people.

I know they're talented. It's just that, you know, Grant was talking about it this morning. It's just a, you know, Grant was talking about it this morning. It's just a different ball of white, you know, maybe the first game where two will be one thing. But how they react. I'm curious to see if the SEC can get three teams in the final four, which would be matched the, you know, the Big East in 85. Those are a couple of the things.

Uh, I think the biggest thing is how kids become stars. Dante DiVincenzo comes to mind a few years back. He was really a good player and what he did in that tournament escalated event, I shouldn't escalate elevated him to be in a draft pick. And obviously now he's a terrific NBA player. I know he was nicked up recently, but, uh, you know, he had a good run in New York and now Minnesota. Yeah.

But that's, that's the excitement though. I think we're all of a sudden, uh, you know, don't connect is another one that the world got to see after his play at Tennessee, of course now he's with the Lakers. Yeah. Yeah. The, uh, our, our producers of big Villanova fan. And he said, he texted us when you came on, he's just said, Chris Jenkins, how about those onions is forever ringing in his head. So, I mean, that had to have been a thrill. I mean, having a buzzer beater to win a national title is an all time moment. The big smoke, you know, the interesting thing about that play that that is a play they had

practice and it really never got the claim that it should have where Archie Diocono drove at the guy on the right wing and Chris, we couldn't hear it, but he went arch, arch. And then this, I call it a slap back, you know, just a pass backwards, but the slap back and the presence of mind to know you can knock it down, the confidence to take it obviously. But those make your day. I mean, as a fan, it's Keith Smart's jumper down in New Orleans. I was on that angle. I thought he was behind the backboard when he took that jumper in the corner.

And yet as the years went on, I saw it. He had a perfect line. And then this momentum carried them behind the backboard. But those are special moments that, uh, you know, they, they sort of live forever. Yeah. Do you have one that you, that you want back? One that you think about keeps you up at night? Uh, uh, probably coaching wise more than anything, you know, where you, you

know, you had a game one and you gave it away kind of a deal. But let me hold it one second. That was my daughter calling. But not really. I think maybe some regrets, maybe some info you thought would have really resonated and you didn't get it in, or by the time you thought about it, it was too late. You know, the play had moved on kind of.

But I think I've been fortunate to work with some of the greatest play-by-play guys in the world. And, you know, they've all taught me something. And I think Vern taught me a lot about timing, Vern Lundquist, like without having a conversation. You know, like I always felt like if I have some information that I think would fit at a commercial, I might say something to Vern and he would say, not yet, let's save that.

Like his sense of timing was just, in fact, this is digressing for a moment. We have a Louisville game, and I think, it doesn't matter, but Louisville's upset in this game, an NCAA game, the NCAA game. And the ball went to the left and we're looking that way. And out of the right, I saw an object flying out of the stands

and it ends up being a flask, but a plastic flask. So it slid across the floor. It was almost like God ordained it. It came to my feet, you know? So, I, we go to commercial, I said, Burn, did you ever see that? What, what are you talking about? And I pick up the flask and I hand it to him.

He opens it up, smells it and he goes, Maker's Mark, it's not back on. So, we sent it, I forget the name, I should know, to the head then of the committee for the NCAA and thanks for the heavy security during the NCAA tournament. You really protected our butts. Anyhow, that's digressing a little bit. I got a weird question. Do you remember the first time you were out to maybe

breakfast with Jim Nance and he pulled out a picture of the toast that he keeps in his wallet? No, but that, you know, I don't know that that how it started, but it was like, I, it was like a joke from Jim that got legs. Yeah. So wait, does he have the picture or no? I know. No. Oh, wow. He's never showed me. Okay. I'm not saying he didn't have it. Yeah. Cause the legend goes that he has a picture of, of, of toad, the, the way he wants toast toasted in his wallet and he'll pull it out. And he's actually said it. So he might just be getting a prank on everyone that he pulls it, pulls it out and shows the waiter or waitress being like, this is what I want. My money would be on it became a joke. I think, okay. You got to ask him, uh, I'm in his arena with this, but, uh, he is, he's got a great sense

of humor and he'll go with the flow kind of, you know? Yeah, because he, he told the story on Dan Patrick. So I like, he might just be getting everyone. It's become part of the Jim Nance legend that and giving away the tie. Yeah. Have you, do you ever, do you ever consult with him about the tie when you're, when he's, when he was about to give away the tie? No, but we, we, uh, we bet we were the beneficiary of ties every tournament from Mitchell's in Westport. Uh, Jim had them sent to us every year.

So iron Eagle doesn't send me squat, but the big man used to step up and get us those nice little ties. Do you ever get upset with Grant Hill because he's such a Duke Homer? You're like chill out Grant. You know, do you feel that way on the air? We've done Duke games, you know, no question about his loyalty, but doing the Duke games, I think he goes sideways to try and, you know, just be as

even toned as he can. He actually does. I don't mind Granhill. I like Granhill a lot. In fact, he does a good job playing it straight down the middle. But no matter what happens, there's always going to be somebody that thinks that they hate your team, except for you, maybe. I don't know.

Do people, do you ever get people that come up to you and you're like, Hey, why do you hate Cal so much? Right. Yeah. I, you know, people, uh, well, generally speaking, if they dislike the guys, it means their team beat them on a regular basis, I think. Right. Or they got beaten a recruiting deal, or sometimes it's just personality

that they don't care for, but, uh, you know, they, they, you know, they're fans, so, uh, they get upset when things don't go their way frequently. But, uh, you know, it's funny to walk out of a building and the people will say, great job, you know, they go, they were at the game, they didn't hear you, but their team wants, so you did a great job. That's a very good point. And everybody, everybody means well. I mean, it's a, you know, wide open world out there. Uh, that that's made the college game special.

Yeah. So on, uh, on Sunday, you're going to be watching just like everybody else, I guess, right? Or do you get, do you get the bracket before it comes out? No, we, we will probably be in the air. Uh, we'll find out. I'm sure we're like with the iPad or something, we'll pick up something, but, uh, we, uh, they let the schools know, or are you the public and the schools. And then that night they decide where we're going. You know, they have a meeting between Turner and CBS, all the execs. Is there anything that you're rooting for?

Like any specific region you'd like to do? Over the years, it's like, you can't go wrong. You're going to get one or two teams that are going to get to the semis or quarter, you know, lead aid or so it's like wherever they send you, it's going to, you do the same thing at every time you go to, uh, you know, it's, you're in the gym for eight teams. Uh, you know, you have a meeting after to get ready for the next day, have a couple of pops and get up the next day and do the games and come back, uh, sort of chat a little bit, have a couple of more pops and get ready for the next day. Kind of, you know? Yeah. Yeah. All right. So I have one last question. This has been so much fun. We really appreciate you joining us. We're like I said, we're huge, huge fans. Uh, row back, uh, question

R H O B A C K.com promo code take 20% off your first purchase. Q zips, polos, hoodies, joggers, shorts, row back.com promo code take. Uh, so we are on the eve of the tournament. Uh, do you have a team that you've watched and you're like, this team's going to win It's roback.com promo code take. So we are on the eve of the tournament. Do you have a team that you've watched and you're like, this team's going to win it all? I know you, I know you're not in the predictions business, but do you have a team you're like that? That team has everything. Uh, you know, I don't know if they have everything, but the obvious chalk I would say would be

Duke, Auburn, Bama, A team that intrigues me is Florida. Yeah. Very good. They intrigued me because they got size speed shooters, guys, the golden's a hell of a coach. She did a great job at San Francisco. There are one, uh, BYU intrigues me. Oh yeah.

They're good. Yeah. Add to to blue. Um, I, I do think that Houston might be ready. And the reason I say that they actually have some guys shooting the ball decently. And I think that's big because you know, they're going to show up and guard you and beach on the glass. And then they get extra attempts to possessions, which, you know, is overlooked frequently, but they're they're phenomenal that way. But those are a couple.

Yeah. Well, I have a very important question for you, because it's been one that I've been I've been thinking about for I don't know, 15 years. You're the perfect guy to answer it. Why Why do we call it college hoops? But we call it NBA basketball? Oh, really? I never even noticed that. Yeah, it's always college hoops, which I love.

I love saying college hoops. Right. I never thought of it. Now you will. Now you will. Now you'll have to get to the bottom of that for me. I will. That's an intriguing inquiry.

Yeah. Thank you. I didn't mind searching for facts. Maybe it's an answer that we're not meant to know. Yeah. Yeah. They're keeping it from us. Well, uh, raft, thank you so much. And, uh, we look at you guys. Yeah. Yeah. We look forward to August 17th. It's, it's going to be Bill Raptory day on, on, on my table. No parade, no parade. Just, uh, you know, a nice little get together. Yeah, yeah, that'd be perfect. Well, thanks so much.

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get him on line one right away yeah it's gonna my line seven this is memes change that up wait wait memes hasn't listed on line one right away. Yeah. Just get him on line seven. Memes, change that up. Wait, Memes has him listed on line seven? Oh, yeah. I don't even know what this is. We only have one, two, three, four, five. I'm a first liner. We only have six microphones.

I guess there's technically another one that would be right there. Oldie knows more about our show than how to produce our show than we do. Line seven, Hank. Line seven. That's disrespectful. That's not going to happen again, Hank, going forward. OK, there we go. That's not gonna happen again Hank going forward. Okay there we go That's how we fix it. Yeah, appreciate it. Yeah, no problem brother. I'll kick it live seven Uh, no, no big fire fest this week. It's a great week

The weather's the weather's turning golf seasons approaching like I like walking outside and just feeling like you know, it's golf weather That happened a couple times this week March madness this weekend. Nothing better I did have this was this is just gross and I wish I had something else to use my fire fest but I'll just say this one because it's really the only thing that happened this week that was negative, but I Woke up yesterday went to the gym in my building sweaty came down dropped deuce and then Went to flush wasn't working and then I saw an email from my building To like six o'clock at night, so just hung out there all day, so I just had to like Dry off the sweat come into work and then come home like eight hours later

Wait, what happened with the deuce? I flushed it like last night What happened with the deuce? I flush it like last night It was disgusting I wish I really didn't want to even have to say this because it's gross and That's it. That was my fire. It was disgusting. The water being shut off. That's such a and I wanted to shower so bad Yeah, cuz I remember like in my old apartment in Brooklyn They would shut off the water out like don't know, like twice a year. And when they did it, it would be like, how is this possible? How can you shut this water? I'd go buy a bunch of water and like, gotta get ready.

It's like, yeah, there's no water for four hours, dude. You can handle this. It was literally it, it, it was 10, oh five. And I'm like, what happened? I see, I opened up my email and it was like from 10 to six. I was like, if I was just 20 minutes earlier, I was fine. Did you try to turn on the shower? Yeah. Yeah, and you get the air coming out. Oh, that's what you get for working out Yeah, that's why I know us and never again It's funny cuz like right after you take a shit your shits funny

And it looks like I know there's a bunch of group chats that people have to take a picture look at this gross shit I just took and they sent it that same shit if you wait eight hours, you're horrified by her own poop Yeah, yeah, that's gross. It was gross. That's gross. There's no I really like I said, I didn't want to mention it But that's really gross. It was gross. That's really really but Hank, you know what I got I think I got this yesterday might even be Tuesday the first email from a golf course Saying it's that time of year we're opening up this weekend. No carts though. You can go out there and walk but we will have the course available for play on Friday.

That's amazing. Yeah, I think next week. Hopefully if the weather's nice will be the first round. Get back out there. Where are we shooting this summer? Give me some goals. Break 85. That's my goal. By when? By July. You know, you could just by filling out the card however you wanted 85. That's my goal. Oh, I win by July. You know, you could just by filling out the card, however you want it to.

It's true. I'll break 85 first round. Thanks, man of honor. I'll I'll shoot a I guarantee I shoot 84 first round out this year. We'll see. When do you think? What do you think your first round will be? Whenever you guys make me do a video. I'm sure that will come soon. I'm sure you'd be like like hey, we got this awesome sponsor

And I was thinking maybe we play golf I'll say all right fine. These aren't Hank's idea. I do have fun when I go out I just don't have time to go out. It's not Hank's idea that he gets forced into playing golf for work literally I'm pushing to get Hank into the creator classic. Yeah By the way shout out Trent shout out Trent Trent put out it was a performance for the ages He had the best moments of anybody that golfed yesterday the shot that he took on that hill where it looked like his ankle snapped in half and Then he just created a new bunker and his ball came to rest in that bunker

It was it was so funny so relatable and then his performance on 17 was, it was real life tin cup. It was, if you're going to be in that creator classic and what was the prize? I don't know if there was, okay. So like, if you can't win, you know how the old see the Ricky Bobby, if you're not first, you're last. That's listen in that type of setting. If you're not first, be really, really last because everyone will remember it and he had the most memorable Performance and it's literally the creator classic. Yeah, it was incredible

So what he created the best content and the fact that there it's the day before a real golf tournament Which is happening and there's a non-zero chance that that massive divot that he put in the ground might come into play is like One of the greatest storylines going. It's a new bunker that he made on that hole. And yeah, it's, it's, I'd say likely that somebody will find themselves in or around that divot that he took. Yeah, that was huge. That's a huge divot. Like, I mean, you could almost, if you brought in a tree or you could put a new shrub in

there. Yeah, put it right in. But what was the full, full total distance? Like you know, the science facts when they show like the ball the the ball tracker the tree. Yeah, like how many would that be like point? I think you want to go backwards. I think it was negative. It was negative. It was negative. I think the ball went backwards Lost and then it's another stroke So it just keeps adding up and adding and how I'd like to also see the total distance on every shot that he took On 17 like how far you it was a 130 yard hole. I think he probably hit like 700 yards worth

of shots on that hole. Yeah, it was great. But it was, it was so, I was so happy for him when, when it landed and he said he only had two balls left. The guy grant Horvat, he's not a professional golfer. No, his name is a professional golf. You're thinking there's a guy named Horvat isn't Oh yeah. Billy Horvat or something Billy Horschel. Maybe Billy Horschel. But yeah, I thought the same thing for a little. When I saw it, I was just like, wait a second. How's this guy in this? He's just, he should be a professional golfer. That's a professional golfer's name. I agree. Like that grant Horvat. If you see grant Horvat, he's, you know, 12th

in the FedEx cup standings. I'm like, yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. I think he's like the biggest YouTube golfers. He was really good, but I just, I couldn't believe that any looks like a professional golfer. He should be a professional golfer. I don't know if his game's there, but he checks those trending upwards. Look in the name, professional golfer. Yeah. Shout out Kyle Berkshire. Sorry that I wasn't on his bag. He asked asked me to be on his bag I accepted to be on his bag in the video but things come up at part of my take and we had interviews and stuff this week so I couldn't make it down there it would have been fun though P that could have been me I could have been me on his bag too I'll send you next time I would hunt

one thousand four hundred sixty nine percent. I would go You did you started that number you didn't know where it was going. I don't know If it didn't end it would be like dot zero zero one and six and seven Yeah, well, we'll be on Hanks back next year. There's something brewing. Yes. Yes, I'm a problem. I don't think you were here for this conversation Max for some reason is like pushing for him to be in the creator classic. And I said, well, then he has to practice a ton. And Max was like, but that would be great. He could practice more. Matt, I think Hank paid off Max. I was watching train Max is going to take ass for like a vacation or something. Yeah. There's something wrong. Something is up. Hey, windy finger. Yeah. You just saying

Hank, I want you to golf more either that, or he's trying to push you out. No, wrong. Yeah. I like what he's saying, but I also was watching Trent struggle thinking how awesome it would be if I was watching Hank struggle max because Hank would have taken it so much worse and so much more upset that like that's that's my porn is when Hank is playing poorly in golf and I can just look at his face. Why couldn't why couldn't we get you in the creator class. I know we're not a golf channel or not a golf club. We're the number one sports we have. We can't be like hey this guy should be in it. I doubt it. I bet you we can't. 50 should do next year. Also we're getting Hank. Also I'm now

putting it all together. Max wants your seat because now he has oldie Who knows who knows the one through sevens on the mic? This was yesterday? Hold it can produce. It sounds like you're scared. Yeah, the thing is time. I know it quickly. Yeah time does move quickly So you're scared Hank Definitely. Yeah, yeah, he did Sip the drink there. It was like a nervous sit. Why is, what does time moving quickly have to do with it? Well, all of a sudden he's seventh line, and he shouldn't be the seventh line. That's true.

You know what I mean? And, matter of fact, the last time I was here, wasn't he on holidays as well? He was. Not, yeah. I was on holidays. I was on holidays. I was on holidays. How much time is this guy gonna get?

I didn't ask for more time. I just wanted, sorry I want to see Hank fail in front of millions of people But Hank was here I was with Hank and you weren't here. I'm talking about true. It's a good point They can't don't let them put don't let them put us against each other. I think so No, no, no, we're too big. We're on the same side. Yeah. Yeah, we are. We're too big gross I know you don't want to roll us to be to Yeah, cut him out. I'll keep an eye on this guy. Yeah, okay All right, yeah hands above also. I love that one of the biggest storylines in in the players this weekend Is that they moved a tree? Yeah, it's so cool

like a tree there was a an iconic tree that blocked her tee shot on I think 11 and The tree went away because they had to it was dying and they found a perfect tree to take its place Picked it up and moved the tree into the tree box and now everybody's super proud of the tree went away because it was dying. And they found a perfect tree to take its place, picked it up, and moved the tree into the tree box. And now everybody's super proud of the tree there. Yeah. Have you seen the tree yet? My Fire Fest of the Week, there's a couple.

One is actually not my Fire Fest, but I think it's a Fire Fest for all guys in general. Okay. And this comes to us from our good friend, coworker, Hubs. And Hubs tweeted this out last night. Did you see this? I didn't. He said, my fiance just asked me with a straight face. When was the first time I dunked? She just assumed throughout our entire relationship, I've been dunking was stunned beyond belief. When I said none of my friend group can do it. I wonder how

fast she thinks I can throw a baseball hubs is probably about my height. And he's bringing to light the fact that a lot of women just think that all men can dunk. And so it's like, when did you first dunk? When did you first learn how to ride a bike? And this is bad for guys. This is bad, I'll tell you what, it's even worse when you have kids, because it doubles where my son

has asked me, did you play with him? He'll meet a hockey player or an NBA player and asked me like did you play with it like he'll meet a hockey player or NBA player? Be like, did you play with him? Yeah, like no, I did not I did not play with him not play It's not that's not what yet I remember when I first took him to a Blackhawks game last year and he got to meet Wayne Gretzky And then he I told him he was the best hockey player of all time. He has the most goals. Mm-hmm Soon to be Ovi. He asked me he's like, How many goals did you score in the NHL? Yeah, kids assume that like every

adult guy is either a former professional athlete, maybe a former firefighter, firefighter, police officer, maybe an astronaut. Yeah, you're like, No, I sit behind a mic and fart. I'm a podcaster. But yeah, so I do. I didn't know this until hubs tweeted out. And then a lot of people replied saying, Yeah, I asked my girlfriend or wife. And a lot of women just think guys, all guys can dunk. Yeah, that's bad. It's very bad, Hank. It seems. Yeah, it seems easier than it is. It does seem easier than it is, doesn't it? Yeah, you were basically a chick a year ago. Yeah, you I'll be able to. How would you answer that question? When when when was the last time you could

Don't would you say I almost dunked? I'm probably I'd say coming up soon soon. I just peaked yet Yeah, I would say like last time when was the last time I played 2k like four years ago I just have a trampoline in my dog. Yeah little basketballs hoops all the time Yeah, and then the other fire fest is basketballs hoops all the time. Yeah. And then the other FireFest is actually FireFest. FireFest 2. It's happening. Oh yeah, it's happening in hell yes. Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Allegedly it's happening. I think it's May 30. And they've got all these packages. I was looking on the website, there's

one you can buy a ticket for a million dollars. They have a million dollar package that you can purchase. They haven't announced who's playing. So before I spent the million dollars on the ticket, I hit up Billy McFarland, the guy that runs FireFest. I was like, Hey, what does the lineup look like? And he told me he wanted to announce DMX, but they wouldn't let him yet. DMX died like four years ago. He was joking. That was a joke. That was a joke from Billy McFarland. But he did say, because I said either I or somebody at Barstool should go to firefest too. And

he said that he will give us a ticket. Okay. If we want to go May 30th, I don't, I don't want to go to fire. If you don't want to go to Mexico, it would be cool. Why would you send all these corresponded? Yeah. Well, these are correspondent. Oh man. Do you want to go do side pouches out on the beach. You want to go to FireFest, too? Oh, absolutely. Well, if it's two that means already one was already rocking and rolling then so it's gotta be Yeah, that's exactly what happened to run it back. I mean, I know that a lot of people we might have to send them as our international Correspondent because you are international. Yeah, if I if I can get you a ticket, would you go would you go? You can't deny the ticket. That's like, you like, My only concern with sending oldie is like he would make it fun.

And I think people like that was an awesome time. Cause there was this Canadian dude that was making everyone, you know, Go balls to the wall. Yeah. So, um, there's also, there have been a couple of denials from the local authorities. Ah, some people saying that it's not happening. I'm choosing to believe Billy until, like, what has Billy done to make me doubt him? Does he still have the dude that will suck dick for water?

He should be there. Yeah. That's the guy that you want on your team. All time guy. Imagine that's giving the guy all the water and then you still gotta give him like a heavy gagger. Yeah. It's fucked up.

You thought like, okay, cool, this guy's water. This guy, they're gonna be fine now. He's like go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go Right now part of it it says the luxury room, which I believe is the million dollar room will contain a minimum of one bed That's for the lug the luxury package you get a minimum of one bed or two double beds at the guest choice I at least are not zero bed. Yeah That which makes me believe that there are there's probably some that have zero beds Like if you yes, if you say minimum of one Bed though, and there's not a bed like that's a problem. Yeah Is the bed the beds couldn't be a blow-up. It's not gonna be a soft Yeah, probably they'll get the guy that sucked dick for water coming there and blow up your world out as well

Where is it? I think it's Isla Mujeres. Yeah, I love Mujeres. It's a tropical island off Cancun, Mexico Oh, okay. I thought that was the Jurassic Park Island the first time I heard it. Yeah. Okay, well, to be continued. All right, my Fyre Fest is just the... It's an age one. I don't know. We are two days into like true March Madness, conference tournament week. I... There's nothing worse. I woke up this morning feeling like absolute dog shit and it was not like sick, tired.

And then I had the moment of what did you do yesterday? Oh yeah, you sat on a couch and watched TV all day. And it's the most pathetic feeling ever to be like I'm mentally and physically wiped from watching basketball. Sometimes when, like the less you work out, the tireder you get. Oh yeah, big time. What do you think about getting some of those,

you know the little pedals that you put under your desk? Yeah. What if we just had those in the cage? Oh, remember the ad machine I put on for a podcast once? Maybe we'd get those. I mean, we should try to get some workouts in because yeah, it was, it's just, we're two days days in and I'm already feeling and I know I'll be fine because I this is my favorite time of the year but it's just like

Pathetic it's absolutely pathetic that that sitting and watching basketball can can mentally and physically drain me You got a long two weeks long two weeks. This is March fight against you every day. Yeah tooth and nail Hank by the way two weeks. This is March fight against you every day. Yeah. Tooth and nail. Hank, by the way, uh, faded me, uh, when I lost and then yesterday I won and he didn't fade me. That isn't that weird. You didn't find me yesterday. Yeah. But isn't that weird that it was the day I won? Yeah. Well, I missed. I really is a commenter. I was just like halfway through a game like bad bet. No, I don't. I, everything I do, I tell you what I'm doing, but you said you were going to fade me and then I was doing stuff and I missed the early games and I didn't want to, I didn't want to, I didn't want to, you know, hop in, hop

in. Got it. Got it. But it's just interesting. Like the day I lose, you faded me the day I won. You didn't. Yeah. Good luck. You're really, you're, you're like Jim Kramer. You're good at timing the market. I'm a lucky guy. Yeah. All right, Oldie, your Fire Fest. Oh, it's been a decent week for me. So good start. Uh, early, early on this morning though, uh, the flight in first off half an hour delayed plane maintenance or something. And I'll, here we go. Now I'm not even going to make it.

Uh, have you guys ever had to buy a bug spray on a plane? No. Why? Wait, you bought it on a plane? Well guys ever had to buy a bug spray on a plane? No. Why? Wait, you bought it on a plane? Well, I had to. I was so far back. Like my knees were wedged in the back. There was mosquitoes, flies. What? Right beside the washroom. Yeah, like you guys appreciate you flying me down earlier this morning. Wait, there's mosquitoes on the plane? They must be so confused. I don't know. I don't know why they put me back so

far in the seats. I'm beside the washroom. It smells like, you know, when you go and drink the next morning and it's reeks of like bad alcohol. Yeah. The washroom. I was beside the washroom. There were actual. So did you get bug spray? Yeah. Because there was bugs and shit all over the place. Where can you buy bug spray? The stewardess helped me up. She had bug spray. Yeah. Cause she knows how bad the airline is that I flew in on that there. She knows it's not good back there. So you put you, you sprayed the bug spray on yourself on the plane. Yeah.

To keep the mosquitoes and flies off. What, what? That's concerning to me that the stewardess had bug spray on the plane. She must've known. That she knew that's the flight I took. What, what, what airline? Hmm. Can't do that.

Why? That's not nice. What does it rhyme with? This is going to be wild to figure out a rhyme. No, I don't know. I don't know. You looked at me like I knew the airline. I was like, I don't know the airline.

No, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I had no bug spray. I'm just bullshitting you guys here. Oh, so what happened? No, I was in...the only disappointing thing was I walked past the first class and then I was in the middle class Yeah, yeah, maybe I would be with the other people wait. So there's no mosquitoes. No mosquitoes. I'm just joking

But look what I did have to get look here. I gotta show you live max. We'll see here photos This is the role of roll you on dice when you're looking at photos here. Oh, you're good here I won't look until you're ready for me to look look at me. Look at my feet. Look how much feet room I didn't have I know I took off shoes take it off your stairs by off guy. There's by Toronto. I had to Some machines off the front so clean socks on it. Yeah, it's disgusting here Why is it mean they're so and I had to sit wait wait you had a seat you had an open seat next to you Yeah And then he's in an incredible flight. Are

you puking? Well, I didn't feel good on the plane. It was rough. He showed me pictures. Now he showed a picture of him in the doggy bag. Picture of him in the bathroom. Barely even move in the washroom. Look, if you guys don't believe, look at that. How much more tight is this plane? Anyone watching on the YouTube will be able to see all these. And then look at these... Like, I don't know what that's a party Party section what's that? There's a party section. It's like a little Great ride look at that here. That's a good. That's gonna get any closer to the shit. I know I know that stuff Oh, we go through security and you go through that big machine that scans you yeah

Do they ever stop you afterwards and they're like sir, please empty your pockets and they check your crotch the pouch No, no, I had to do that today. I put my hands up Yeah, I guess my hands weren't high enough above So I said when my hands go from here do they go from behind them out to my back and she says no I said I'm not getting arrested. I said I've met well, I don't have to do this, right? I don't know what that scan really does. Yeah, I think it's just checking to see if you have like any anything anything on you. Yeah Hmm. All right. Well, so no bugs, but good. We're happy you're here. I'm glad I'm here. This is awesome This is great. Yeah tune into the stream. So they will be watching college basketball with us

Oh, I can't wait. Yeah to bump and grind with you guys out here. This is gonna be one heck of a week How's the snow situation in Canada right now? Starting to melt nice starting to melt. Do you get a little sad though? Cuz that means the plows going away for the season Huh? Don't think I missed to be honest pushing snow back and burying people's driveways in Just absolutely laying on the horn. Yeah, someone's in front of you or behind you just go dizzy with it Let it go. So when you're not plowing the snow when there's no snow out there, what do they have you doing? Filling potholes. I was filling potholes all week.

It wasn't good. That sounds like a lot more work than driving the snow truck. Yeah, that's what I mean. You're in the truck. You can just bang on the horn, pump the tunes. Here you're in, out, in, out, filling potholes. People yelling at you telling you you don't know how to fix the potholes. The lady told me, what are you doing stopping the truck filling the

potholes? I said because it's got to fill the hole. She's like well you don't know what you're doing. I said well then you get out and show me. She says well my husband owns a construction company. Well then tell him to get his ass over here. Like I don't care. Drive your Audi out of here. Lady get your ass out of here. Move on. You remember that house. Snow them in. You're not filling my hole right. My husband does a way better job of filling that hole. Yeah. You know what I say? I said it for years now. Laugh now, cry later, sweetheart. Yeah. You won't be able to get that Audi out. Never, never. Hank drives an Audi. Yeah, but he's

like a bigger, better Audi. She was like a Q3 thinking like she's big time Is that what you try hanks that would be exactly? Thank you driving chick car from the q3 Would you say now? He's a chick car. Mm-hmm great on gas. Let's put it that way. Yeah, okay But Hanks got a sick grill. He just upgraded it. Yeah Alright, let's do numbers finish off with numbers 17 33 I gotta go 61 here 77 1 99 put good odds someone's gonna get it 77 Little Jackie little Jackie

32 I took 77. Lil Jackie. Lil Jackie. He took 7. 32. Also for everyone out there, his name is now Lil Jackie. It's Lil Jackie until he proves he's the man. Until he fights shame. Correct. Agree. 42.

42. Jackie Robinson. Love you guys. So So So I'm gonna be a good boy So So I'm out.