The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 1 - Defender of Dance

Episode Date: March 22, 2025

C&R celebrate Friday with you! They talk Bronny's big night & debate nepotism. There's a disagreement over a college coach's new rule about no dancing on TikTok! Plus, Tourney updates.. & is Rich the defender of dance?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You have lots of games today, huh? Danny G. It's a game day. It is Friday. It's such a casual Friday. I'm not sure Rich got dressed today. Oh, my God. What are you talking about?

He's wearing an awesome shirt. No, I'm pretty sure he's wearing his pajamas. I'm wearing Jim shorts and a Mike Tyson T-shirt. In fact, our boss hit us up and he goes, Hey, you guys cool making like a video for a possible client? And Camino's like, quit doing Monday. I feel like I just rolled out of bed. Yeah, no, we all, on a Friday, seriously, we don't do our Patreon.

Like I said, we do a lot of things. Overpromised. We do music stuff on SiriusXM. This is our number one priority, Fox Sports Radio. But we also do a Patreon podcast. And on Fridays, we don't do it. Today's Friday. So it's a glorious Friday.

We get to sleep in, go to the gym, take a walk. So we show up basically in our PJs. What happened to you stay ready so you don't have to get ready? Well, we do. Every day except for Friday. Oh, okay, got you. I'm ready to run. Yeah, we're ready for the weekend.

We're ready to relax. Okay. So, guys, hope you had a great Thursday night of Brony James. Would you have ever thought I would have said it and meant it? Hope you had a Bronny James sort of night. I can't say that we told you so, but we did tell you to look out for a big night for Brony. because, I mean, they had a turn to him yesterday. Well, not only that, I said it during yesterday's show,

and I'm certainly not doing, though, I told you so. But I did say with all those players out, even if the Lakers only put up, I said, if they only put up minimal points, someone had to score them. And would you believe Ronnie's 17 points, couple threes, made a sweet pass that made like the highlight reel. So, you know what?

No, but dude, he was hitting floaters, hitting threes, like you said. I may have been wrong about Ronnie. Full court passes. He had 17 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds. The athleticism, though, is noticeable. And again, the touch, he seems like he has a nice touch, a little floater, like I said. He just looked nice. He looked good.

So can he grow from there? Absolutely. He's a rookie. And even guys like Stephen A. Smith, I may have been wrong. I may have been wrong about Brani. You know, you have to give him his props. If we're going to dump on the guy and talk about nepotism and he doesn't belong there and this and that, hey, he's a rookie, he played a good game.

Maybe he just needs more opportunity. But you're changing your tune after one game. Dude, he's a good. No, he was running past. One game. That's last night. Thank you. He had to foul him a few times.

What do you mean one game that he actually had to play? He hasn't had that much playing time. I'm sorry, in the Bronx. But when there's nothing to lose and there's no, like you said, it's like nobody was expecting the Lakers to win that game. No. So when you go in with that mentality, is it really what he's kids? Like, I'm not trying to take away from Bronny.

I don't dislike the kid. But on one game, it's something to build off. On the flip side, though, what if he had gone one for 18? Yeah, it's something to build off of it. Unfortunately for him, no matter what he does, he's going to be talked about. Unfortunately for him. But the Lakers lost. I mean, Motsie, if he was on the clippers, he put up 17 at least every night, right?

Probably. Okay. Look, they lost this loss. That was low. It's something to build off of, and you got to figure the timing's great because just yet. Yesterday we were talking about how he said he sees the criticism. He's aware of it and it motivates him. So he sort of put it where his mouth was and he showed it last night.

It shows that the pressure's not going to get to him. He looked good. Why can't you acknowledge that he had an incredible game, single game, without issuing a formal apology for what you've said before that? Because Stephen A's ass. I'm sorry. It's like just it was one game. It's like acknowledge it.

And then once it becomes, you know, a trend or a regular thing, then maybe you can issue a broken clock is right twice a day. Exactly. I think we all know why. He's trying to get it back in LeBron's good graces. Right. No doubt. No doubt.

Hey, you know what? It poses a question that might be fun to start the show with. There's so many rando stories today in the world of sports that we're going to have fun with. Nepotism, a word that's thrown around so much in sports and entertainment and music. Nepo babies. Nepo babies. It really is like a... Nepotism.

An eye-rolling buzzword. Nepotism sounds like a... a word that means something else. I'll give you another example. When Kavino was going through his divorce. See, it took seven minutes for me to bring up your divorce today. Yeah, man. Wow.

Seven minutes. I remember I sat down with Kavino at his divorce attorney's office because I'm like a great friend like that. I'm the best guy. And his divorce attorney said, Steve, you're such a mench. And I'm like, well, you know, she talking smack to you? Yeah, I thought she was talking smack. A minch is a good thing.

I thought she wanted to throw hands. Like a minch doesn't sound like a good word. Mench means you're a swell fella. Nepotism. It's Yiddish. Sounds like you need... Sounds like... Something out of a drug commercial.

Like you need Valtrex for it. Yeah, nepotism. It doesn't sound like what it is. But what about it, Rich. Sky Rizzy. For your nepotism. So, LeBron, you know, goes above and beyond to try to make the path easier for Brani.

We would all do anything for our kids. That's something we all forget, right? By the way, the interesting part of that story is, Yeah, it's so obvious. But it does happen in every other industry. Why is it so odd when it happens in sports? So it poses the question of what industries are you okay with nepotism? And what industries are you not?

Like if John's plumbing has been run by good old John Johnson for 30 years and he hands it over to his son. And now his son's like, I'm in a plumbing company. That's not nepotism. That's a family business. Because it's like if his son was with him all of the. time learning the job, I don't think that's nepotism. I think that's just handing it off to your descendants. Nepotism would be

like if you gave your son like a high profile job that like other... He has no experience in. Really other qualified plumbers were going after, but your son who's a novice got that job. That's like when Billy Madison was going to be the air of the

Madison Hotel Fortune Vega. That's nepotism. Billy past the third grade. Oh, I'm going to make a huge statement. Well, you could argue about Bronny's, you know, playing days all through school and almost dying on the court at USC. That's true. It's not like he just walked onto a court, you know, one day and was like, I want to play. Yeah.

We all know LeBron did this for himself and not his kid, right? Yeah, but let's all be real. He would have been here. It's a beautiful thing. It is. Just maybe not as soon. Who me? He's just there a little sooner than he would have been.

I mean, so when it comes to, all right, maybe the plumbing example, I was saying I'm quick to the punch on that. But let's say he's quick to the point. To the point, no fake quick to the plum. If you're Dr. Bus, Dr. Bus, and, you know, your kids are the people that run the Lakers. That's not nepotism in your mind in some capacity? No, I think, like, definitely you're handing off like a billion dollar enterprise to your children. Like, it's kind of like a succession. Are you watching Running Point on the waves?

Yeah. On Netflix? I mean. No, I know the premise of it, but, yeah, like, didn't, didn't, um, Jeannie Busch? She had to kind of, like, wrestle away control from her brothers. who were just incompetent at running things. Which is the plot line. And she's doing a better job than them for sure.

Which is the plot line of running point. Of running point. My point is that we see nepotism and favoritism all the time. I just wonder why we have such a, I don't think I can say that on Fox. Hold on. Why do we have such a problemo with it? Because nepotism at its core is giving a job that should go to a much more skilled individual, that job because of their name alone.

And yes, it's getting an opportunity where an opportunity wouldn't exist just strictly based on your family. Yeah, but there's more to it than just that because guess what? You know who gets the last of years when they're in the game? You know, the fans are most excited about when they're in the game? You know, who could probably put more asses in the seats and other rookies that you don't know, Brody James. There's still value in him.

And I always have an issue when people really harp on Nipo. babies and nepotism because I think that will open the door. But once you're through that door, if you don't deliver on your own, you will fall flat and it'll be embarrassing. And the reality is, ba-bam, there's an artist right now that's big on the pop scene. Your kids may listen to her.

I was saying, if you want to cue up some Gracie Abrams, she's a hot young artist who opens her Taylor Swift, she's got a couple pop songs that are top 10. I didn't even dawn. It didn't dawn to me. I didn't realize it was JJ Abrams' daughter. But you know what? If she stunk, would the songs be big?

It all comes out in the wash. You could get that advantage in life, but you're right. You have to deliver. I mean, we just talked about running point. Kate Hudson. Doesn't she come from a Hollywood family? Yeah, Goldie Hans her mother. I mean, if Kate Hudson stunk, guess what?

We'd see her in a couple things and then we'd be like, that fades away. That label will go away if you are good. If you're up to snuff, it'll disappear. Well, isn't that the argument with Ronnie? Like he wasn't coming in. Well, but again, we need to see him do it like over an entire season, not just one. But he was given an opportunity that if he was just, you know, Bronny Johnson coming out of college, he wouldn't even got a second look by anybody.

He's only 20. I know. He would have been there eventually. He was. Eventually, but not now. He has been playing well in the G league. And our argument at the start of the season was too bad. It wasn't for a different G league where he's not in his dad's shadows.

Like, Brony James should be playing in the NCAA tournament. For like Duquesne, yeah. Yeah, like not. He didn't go through a full cycle of college. You're not here at Rich's point then. There's so many other examples in life where people just have advantages because of who their parents are. This advantage was always going to be there.

I just think a lot of us feel like it was extremely rushed, especially with the year that he had at USC, which was not even a complete year. So this just was rushed. It was always going to happen. We're about to see Bryce. We're about to see all three of them. He was running past Janus last night. But that's why I was looking good.

Janice was really trying. There was never a question as to that game. That's why I said LeBron. Sounds like someone sipping on the haterate today. It's not a hater. It's being realistic. Monci ate and he just stating. LeBron did it for LeBron. He didn't do it for Bronny. He wanted to have that historical moment of his father playing with his son.

My royal family tree. That's why it was rushed. But what's wrong with that? There's nothing wrong with that. But to, you know, deny that it, like Bonzi said, it was rushed and it was inappropriate time and he was too soon. And that, you know, it was. was a huge moment of nepotism.

But he can't control what family he was born into, so you guys are making a good point. It's up to him right now. No, I know, but look at our business for an example. Howard Stern's dad was in radio. Yeah. All right? He helped Howard get into radio.

That's a big story. At a small local level, right? Howard had to be the man, though. Yeah, exactly. He changed his voice. Remember, you went from like, huh to. Hold on. Take a time out for a second.

Think about this in every industry. There's a big story going on. now in the broadcasting world. And it's interesting because a guy that we admire and have always said nice things about, Mad Dog Russo. Mad Dog Russo has his own channel on Sirius XM, Mad Dog Radio, Mike and the Mad Dog. Good afternoon, everybody. If you grew up on the East Coast, I mean, there was no one bigger.

In fact, Mike and the Mad Dog paved the way for Colin and Dan and Stephen A and all these people. There would be none of that. There's a 30 for 30 about him. Now, Mad Dog Rousseau. Who's made millions and millions and billions and billions? One of the best in the sports radio game was quick to criticize LeBron and Brony, like so many people. Meanwhile, in the news yesterday, he got the old, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hold on, Mad Dog, because Mad Dog Russo's kid is a broadcaster in South Florida. And Mad Dog went on a rant about how none of the New York Mets at spring training would give my son a chance to, like, he acknowledged, I sound like LeBron here, but you could. couldn't give me anybody on the Mets. Not one MET gave his son time for an interview. And he lost it. He flipped out.

So how do you feel about that? My thoughts on that were just because it's mad dog Rousseau doesn't mean his son should get an interview. But not one MET could have stepped up. That was my thought. Like not one MET. Nobody wanted to interview him. There's, again, layers, different industries, like you said. I would say I made the distinction.

If it's a small business, you're just passing it down. I would say in the medical field is where I feel like nepotism should never be. You know, just because your dad ran that office doesn't mean that you should be checking my scrotum. I would say that would be. You still have to go through medical school. Yeah. That word was set on Fox Sports radio. But it doesn't mean you're going to be a great doctor.

It doesn't. I don't want to. Just because your dad ran that practice, I don't buy into that. Hey, Steve Camino, drop your drawers. Yeah. Turn your head and cough. The weird part is, his son wasn't even a doctor. Guys, put it in perspective.

Honestly, it's an honor to make it this far, right? You're an at elite status and level. It's still a game. People need to relax. Can I ask? You're either going to step up or you're not. And if he doesn't, he's not going to last long. Can I just say that my parents always told me growing up, use your connections and use,

use what the people you know, have them help you out. It's a privilege, but you should help yourself that way. Could I say that when Aunt Becky, Lori Loughlin and some of those Hollywood elites got in trouble for trying to get their kids into colleges, I believe rightfully so they got punished. But I can't tell you, I don't understand. Because if you're a parent. But they paid. No, but I'm saying as a different story. That was a different story.

Hold on. But I'm saying as a parent, you realize you would do anything for your kid. Danny J., you would do anything for COA. Yeah. And so you could understand it. I mean... Oh, I helped him start his new podcast last week. Yeah.

There is legacy in academia. There is, like, where if you've gone to, like, a prestigious university and you're the child of that person, you do get a, you do get a look because of that. No doubt. I mean, how many times... And high donors. How many donors are like, oh, you know, your kid's an F up. But, you know, dad and grandpa both went to Yale.

So all of a sudden, this guy who stinks. Oh, by the way, you know, since we're talking sports, too, another example. that don't fly with you, you don't think just because of the name on the back of the jersey, there's extra players in baseball and football that get the extra look, but they get the extra look and acknowledgement because of who they are. Freaking Mike Piazza got in just because of his connection with his dad and Lassorta, you know, and you got to step up.

That's really what it comes down to. It doesn't matter if it gives you an advantage. If you don't deliver, this is a game of winning. You're out. Rich is only here because of his Uncle Boza. The clown. Did you know that? Those are the clown.

My uncle. That's how he got to switch to the entertainment business. His uncle, Chili Davis. People don't realize. Spots real dad, Mr. Belvedere. He was, you know that? Lynn Belvedere.

We've all had some people. Yeah, I was going to say, Covino, we've all had people help us in our lives, maybe in our careers. And we've all like what Sam was saying. Not just his parents. A lot of our parents told us, college, number one thing,

make really good connections. you know, choose the right people to hang out with and do well with your professors and all that. And people lean on that throughout their life. Dale Barra, yogi's kid, Pete Rose's kid, Tony Gwyn's kid, all decent players, but probably wouldn't have gotten that look if it wasn't for that famous name behind that jersey or that nod, that acknowledgement. And it didn't last for them. But again, it proves what we're saying.

It may have got them there, but they didn't stay there. I just think bringing it back to Brani, the whole thing with him that we've had this conversation ad nauseum from the start of being drafted. He didn't have the stats coming into the league. So what? But I'm just saying that's the whole thing here. That was the whole argument here. It's about skill set at that point.

And I think we could all agree on one thing. He wasn't ready to come into the NBA. But maybe at some point, but it was rushed a little bit because of LeBron. Yes. He was also. He was already now. Oh, I was going to say. was coming off, I was going to say injury.

You can't call that an injury, but an incident where it almost ended his life. Right. But if he was ready, he would have been playing before last night. He played last night because the Lakers rested everyone in their mom. Yeah. And you know what? He got an opportunity and he looked good. If he keeps doing it here and there, then, okay, good for him.

I got to put up at least 10 points last night. Yeah, but you're acting like that. I played that. Ready? Hold on. Hey, Rich and Kavino go here. I can run up with the illness. You guys ready to step up and do a killer show?

Yeah. Monsi, you are because you're doing it all the time. Spont. All the time. You all of a sudden you'd be slaying it on the air. He stepped up and he played a big game. You got to give him credit where it's too. I do. You're going to be so quick to dump on the guy and say, oh, you rush to.

I sounds a little negative to me. I just don't even think it's a story. Oh, no, no. I'm not mad. I think it's too soon to pull a complete 180 on your outlook on him. Maybe like a 45. You could put like a 45 or like an ID. I would see how you play against the bucks.

But our show wasn't negative about him like the other shows were Spottie. Never. Spots said he could score 10 points. I think he could just drink 10 pints in the stands. Thanks, thank you. I could have a couple threes, I think. The point is, you know, that's just like, oh, there it is.

Got him, got him. Your problem is, like, how life works. And we're seeing it in the NBA. But in reality, it's just the game, guys. and the game is a great equalizer. If you don't belong there, the game will let you know. Yeah. It's a good point.

You see that with music. You see it with acting. You see it with all arenas where, quote, nepotism could happen. Yep. You got to keep your, you got to hold your own or else, like Kavino said. There have been players that got a look. Maybe they got them into the big show, but then they go away quick. They go away quickly.

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You're dressed like Belichick today. I know. What's going on? Am I turning into this guy? So, Rich, you got to talk about your dancing story. This is great. No more dancing on TikTok. Again, we were out of town last week getting already, you know, really much like the baseball season.

We get ready for the new ratings period. So we take off right before baseball. baseball starts right around March band this time. So we were away. You were on the beach. I was on the beach and we missed this story along the way. And it has to do with TikTok and Instagram and college players. West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez has decided that he's banning his players from dancing on TikTok. Now, you may have seen this floating around for like the last week, but we've never talked about this.

and I thought about it more, and it's ridiculous. Why? We talked about Ron Washington banning phones in the clubhouse yesterday. It's thinking outside the box. Rich Rod. If they have a bad season, will it ever come back to, well, if they let them dance on TikTok, it would have been different. It's an experiment. No, I, you know what?

I disagree because I feel like there's something to be said about being loose. You know what I always tell my kids when I'm coaching because I'm the number one coach on Fox Sports Radio? I don't know if you know that. But I always tell them, I'm like, all right, come on, get loose. Bend those knees. Come on, get loose. Get loose. And then I say, get loose.

Let me see a smile. Get loose. Do you play foot loose for them like a nerd? So let me read this real quick. And then do you put on your Sunday shoes? Then we'll discuss. On your dancing shoes. West Virginia football coach, Rich Rodriguez, told reporters that he was prohibiting his players from dancing on TikTok

because he didn't like the perception it gave about his program. If they're going to be on it, I know they're going to be on it, so I'm not banning it. I'm just banning them from dancing on it. It's like, look, we try to have a hard edge or whatever. And you're in there with your tights dancing on TikTok. It ain't quite the image of our program I want. I think that's fair, man. I do.

I think that's fair. Just to, this is, this actually came out six hours ago from front office sports. This is not a written policy. It is just something that he's like, I don't want to catch you guys dancing on. I make them look soft, dude. I discussed this with my wife. I agree. And my wife said, how could she,

my wife would say, how could this coach think he could monitor the TikTok pages of 53 plus dudes? Can't. How? By just laying down the law. He's discouraged it. You want to play for me? You want to be on my good side? Don't act like an ass clown. In a world of NIL.

Why is everybody so against rules? In a world of NIL, when kids are trying to make money and find ways to become popular, now you're telling kids don't be creative and do things on TikTok you need to dance you need to play football dude you need to dance you tell you're going to tell Livy

done to stick to the high beam then join go on the grind go on dance fever go do something else we're here for football not to see your choreography give me a break dude put something cool up about how great you are football if you're trying to set an image it's like you know a lot of times I have this problem

with you I'm trying to create an image of a show we're a cool young show and you're doing goofy things on social media that have nothing to do with the image. You've been eating tithpods again? Yeah. He's like, what a goofball post he posted. Who are we? The goofballs or are we the cool young show? I'm trying these game pods now. Why are you dancing around on social media? I agree. I agree. I sound like an old man, but I agree. He's not saying you have to do it. But again, it's for the greater good

of winning and creating a camaraderie in an image for a team. Can I say this respectfully? Thankfully, I was Sam, the fact you disagree with me makes me know I'm right. Why? Because you are a stick in the mud. You're in anything goes type of guy. Anything goes. And that's stupid. You lose a little structure.

You need a little structure. I'm a nickel in my pocket. Anything goes. If it wasn't for me bringing you back all the time, this show would be off the rails and it would be a mess. That's why you work on a guy's trying to keep some sort of structure and semblance of, A, we're here to win. This is serious. Not everything's fun in games all the time. Guess what it is?

You think it is. It's a game. Yeah, but dude, this is football. This is football. Your life's on the line. You're worrying about your dance moves? There's football. Your life's on the line.

You could get her playing football. Like they say, you don't play boxing, dude. Football, you could play football, but it's tough. And you're here worrying about your two-step? This is more of a... What is this thing called again? Two-step? People still floss.

Can you listen to Sam? Sam. By the problem. Why is this a life or death situation? I'm confused. Because why is dancing such a priority when you should be worried about touchdowns? Sam, you are proving every point. You're a guy in your 30s and you're like, what's that dance?

The floss? Like, you are a 75-year-old man trapped in a 35-year-old man's body. I'm fine with that. What the hell is wrong with you? Listen. It is Flossin, right? I got that right. Oh, this is Flosson, huh?

And then this is Flosson. The old Charleston, am I right? Hey, I was Sam. Made in Carolina. I was Sam during the commercial. I want everyone to go to at Covino and Rich because we're on Instagram unlike I Was Sam who's an old guy

I'm going to post a video of Iowa Sam flossing No no I'm done with that You just want something as popular as when I was doing the court jester yo-yo routine You really feel the need to dance on TikTok My point is in a world of NIL and expression And college kids

There's not other ways to express yourself Right can't you do it when you're not at practice or at the facility? Do it at home. No, I don't think he wants to see any of his players. Then do it in the offseason. Yeah, he has an off season. Yeah, I'm down with that.

In season, don't do it at home. Don't do it in the facility. It's like gambling on your own team. Just don't do it. And I'm sure there's plenty of ways where you could express yourself and put your personality out there. And he's obviously bringing us up because it's probably an issue. People are doing it in the locker room when they should be focusing on something else.

I don't know. I feel like when, first of all, when did, what are we living in the world of footloose? Like you said, what is it? No dancing in this town? What are we with Kevin Bacon? Like, what is going on here? But I'm just saying it's wild to me that,

hey, did you ever have the need to dance when you were playing baseball growing up? No, but you know who does? This younger generation who all think they're the Jabberwockies. Well, they're not. And they're on a football team. And if you're in 18, 20. You know when you dance when you score a touchdown? When you're an 18, 19, 20 year old kid.

Yeah, look at the NFL. Every interception, every touchdown, every first down. Everything's a celebration. So my point is you're dealing with 18, 19, 20-year-old kids. I would want them loose, but I'd also want them focused. And I don't think dancing and having fun with their teammates is a disruption. In fact, I think anything, those type of things create camaraderie. You're making it seem like they don't.

Maybe this guy's trying to create a culture, right? Like you're trying to be the badass team, West Virginia. Look, West Virginia, man, we're not playing games. We're here to kick some ass. This is football, dude. This isn't baby games, right? It's football. So he's trying to create an image, like the, like the,

Like the Raiders have an image. Raiders are badass. Oh, it's image. And then you got these guys doing pirouettes on TikTok. How does that go with the image he's trying to create? Didn't a little extra curricular noise he's trying to get rid of? Didn't NFL players used to do ballet? Lin-Swan did, yes.

Is that not a lot of hot yoga and all that. There's a lot of boxers that do ballet. Keep moving. It's to help with his footwork. Gotta keep moving. Yeah. Lomachenko did that in the ring. Look, I'm not saying there's not benefits to dance. I'm just saying if he's trying to create a.

image and he's trying to just create some sort of structure. He's the coach. Let the coach coach coach. That's why you hired him. I'm just saying it seems like we just got done talking a month ago about how, well, thank God the Yankees finally got rid of this stupid facial hair policy. And now we're talking about a coach telling kids that are 18, 19 years old not to do a, I don't know, a Kendrick Lamar strut on Instagram or TikTok.

If your priorities dancing, join the dance team. That's what I would say. I don't see how this isn't about focus. Be a cheerleader. It's about focus. And that's what the coach wants. Yeah. Wants him to be focused.

Focus on the place. You're making it. You know what I would say? Anytime someone misstepped, ran a wrong route, I'm like, weren't you the guy doing choreography before? Were you going to have flossinging? Yeah. Not already have flossing?

Dabbin and flossin? Maybe if you spent less time flossinging, you would have got that route right. What are you doing? The soldier boy? I feel like you're so in my face. No, because Rich's, Rich's coast through, I say this respectfully. But Rich just coast through everything. with like, you know, so willy-nilly.

I think no form of structure, anything goes attitude, because he brings the fun. But, dude, this is football. This is what's great about you, too, though. Like, Rich is kind of leaning into it, and you're, like, pulling him back, but you find this consensus kind of in the middle, which is the great thing about this show.

And that's what the coach is doing. Thanks, Sam. He's the coach. Let him coach. Rich Rodriguez saying, no, no dancing. Are these players so committed to dancing? Oh, my life. If that's the case, then go and dance.

But we're here for football. Do with the old stanky leg? What's going on? Come on. Doing the great mind. See? Hey, Monty. What do you got, buddy?

Hey, Monty. A lot of college hoops, guys. So I've got a lot of numbers running through my head. I'll try to keep this as easy as possible. We've got two games still going on right now with 11 minutes to go. Six-seat Ole Miss has a 59 to 45 lead. Over 11-seed North Carolina at halftime. Bore seed Maryland beating 13-seat Grand Canyon, 42 to 28.

One-seat Duke blew out. 16 seed Mount St. Mary's 93 to 49. Cooper flag played had 14 points in the win. Two-seat Alabama survived 90 to 81 against 15-seed Robert Morris from Mark Sears had a double-double in the win. Seven-seed, this one just ended. Seven-seat, who was the seven-seat St. Mary's? St. Marys? Just edged. I think I picked St. Mary's.

I know. I got confused. I was like this one just ended. They just beat 10-seed Vanderbilt 59 to 56. 12-seed Colorado State, top five-seat Memphis, 78 to 70. Three-seat Iowa State crushed 14-seed Lipscomb, 82 to 55, and 9-seed Baylor, held on to be 8-seat Mississippi State 45 to 39. Those are all the games that have happened on day two, round one of the men's tournament. The ladies are also playing today, but it's day one.

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I think I came down with some dance fever, everybody. people need to relax you want to dance so bad play dance dance dance revolution sam's robot needs some oil live from the tire rack.com studio tractor supply knows that a winning season takes practice teamwork and a can-do attitude thankfully when you have a neighbor like tractor supply teamwork comes easy whether you're caring for pets chickens or a few acres our team members will help you succeed season after season tractor supply for life out here again live from the tire rack.com studios. We're Covino and Rich. Hope you having a great Friday. We're pumped for the weekend. In fact, we'll get you ready for the weekend

when we do weekend hobnobbing at the end of the show. And next hour, a brand new game. So if you want to win a prize, it's multiple choices, easy. Apparently, me and Belichick are the same guy. I put this together. I don't know if I was hired, drunk, but I was on vacation. Probably both. And I, because I'm the crazy guy on the show. Maybe you had dance fever yourself. I was dancing in Mexico. after a good edible or something. And I said, oh my God, my best pal Kavino

and Bill Belichick are the same guy. They're both grumpy and date younger women named Jordan. So we're going to play a fun game called Is it Steve Kavino or Bill Belichick? Prizes. Can't wait. But let's wrap up the story. West Virginia head coach, Rich Rodriguez,

bands TikTok dancing, telling reporters he wants his mountaineers to have a hard edge. That sounds fair. A hard edge. If your last name is Rodriguez and your first name is Rich, Why would he not go by Ricardo Rodriguez? What a fail, first of all. Why don't you go by Ricardo?

Maybe I should. Ricardo Davis. Give me a little edge. Now, he's banned his players from doing TikTok moves because it doesn't go with the image he wants for his football team again. A hard edge. Isn't that what you want for your team? But it's a team of like, it's a game of battle.

All right. We're keeping it so not real. Is it a dance battle? We're keeping it so not real in this conversation. No, you're not. You're not. All right. The biggest bad is NFL players.

All they're doing is dancing. All these young black dudes. Scoring. By the way, Justin Jefferson doing it is gritty and everything. They're elite professional athletes. Steve, we're in those rights. They're the best of the best of the best. And?

And? Are these guys the best of the best? Or is he trying to create something here? I thought you had more because there's a point. And clearly, and was it needed? Clearly, to Kavino, you need to earn dance moves. No, these guys are professionals. They're men.

These are not grown men. These are young men that need coaching, need guidance, need to know that dancing is not the priority. If they want to get to the NFL, maybe they should focus more on football. It's pretty simple. Yeah, I just, I don't. Dancing is your passion and join a class. Let me use a big boy term. None of these things are mutually exclusive.

It's not like because I dance, I stink at football. And because I don't dance, my game is stronger. I get what you're saying. Discipline is a thing. Again, number one coach on Fox Sports Radio. When I'm at there with the T-ball kids, some of them don't listen. They put their hat on backwards. And I say, hey, kids, get over here.

Take a knee. Put your hat on the right way and listen to coach. I get it. People need discipline. They're not pros. And he wants to have a hard edge. But culturally, to create a loose fun, we want to play together, camaraderie atmosphere.

We always talk about how important the clubhouse is, how important the locker room is, those team dinners or the veterans, you know, bust the chops of the rookies a little bit. That team building is so important. So when you're like, hey man, I'm the old coach. There'll be no TikTok dancing. Say that to a bunch of college kids, and I feel like you lose the room. Then I guess you don't want to play football that bad. That's how I see it.

If you're worried about your dance moves, you're not worried about football. You said that about Yankees and beards. If you want to be on the pinstripes and rock the pinstrips and who can you? kids are a facial hair. Why'd they change it? Because they realized it was lame. But dancing is so needed necessary when it comes to football. I think I know why this is, this is why you have this feeling. I want to know why you're the defender of dance all of a sudden. Because I think I know why. Steve Kavino, not a great dancer. Are you? Twinkle toes? You, you, you're the dancing machine here? Kavino at a wedding, the conga line starts, he goes to the bathroom. Yeah, because

I'm not Buster Poingdexter. Rest in peace. You're the guy That has never got in the middle of a dance circle in your life Guys are corny when they dance You're no Ted Lassau This guy is trying to create an image Rich is trying to dance battle at a wedding Why do you think Ted Lassau was such a great coach

He's dancing with his teammates having fun Yeah but dude you see how corny you sound He sounded like a cornball no offense He sounded like corny Collins Football's not about who's the cornyest dancer Let's play it let's play it Do you see how I'm right He's the cornyest guy going

This is football you're trying to create it in hard edge. Rich, the greatest dancer. Let's bring your minute for the halftime show. If you're so concerned about dancing, why don't you dance with J-Lo in halftime? Hey, you know what? At Covino and Rich during the break. I was Sam flossing on our social media. Hey, guys, it's us.

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