The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1095 - LIVE From The University Of Iowa With Dallas Clark, Jack Gohlke, Roman Reigns, Iowa Women's Basketball Coach Lisa Bluder, & Pat Angerer

Episode Date: March 23, 2024

On today's show, Pat and the boys are coming to you LIVE from Iowa City celebrating March Madness at the University of Iowa Field House. While in Iowa City Pat brings on University of Iowa legend Dallas Clark to juice up the live audience. They get right into the action from last night, diving into the big games in college basketball. Joining the progrum is Jack Gohlke from the University of Oakland to talk about his team nocking off Kentucky to move onto the second round and his performance shooting from deep. They finish off the hour talking about the upcoming NFL Draft class and closing the hour with Dallas Clark’s opinion and expectations for Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Women’s team. Coming back from a quick break, Pat and Dallas dive deep into the NFL talk discussing the latest rumors and news. While in Iowa the boys jump into potential first round pick and Iowa football stand out Cooper DeJean. The show then pivots back to the subject of March Madness as they give their insights on the women’s tournament and Iowa’s chances at winning it all. To end the second hour Pat brings on the legendary Iowa Hawkeyes marching band to perform and juice up the crowd. Next, The Tribal Chief, the GOAT, the WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns come onto the program on his road to Wrestle Mania XL to give some insight into his rise to the head of the table, pursuit of being the greatest of all time, and his manager the Wise Man, Paul Heyman going into the Hall of Fame. As Roman leaves Pat brings on the head coach of Iowa Women’s Basketball Lisa Bluder to come and talk about her team and star player Caitlin Clark making history. To close out the show pat brings on another former teammate and Iowa legend linebacker Pat Angerer. Make sure you subscribe to YouTube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show. Or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello beautiful people, we are live from the middle of a blizzard in Iowa City. Outside it's snowing, but inside the field house it is hot as hell. Sports! It is... It is deafening in this place. It is deafening in this place. It's the first time we've done this program inside of a gymnasium. This is the first time we've had the opportunity to come celebrate women's college basketball.

And there's no better place than right here in beautiful Iowa City. Now, I will say we did not expect a blizzard to drop on our faces out of nowhere. It has arrived in the University of Iowa here within the last two hours. Did that stop these beautiful Iowans from coming out and saying, Hell no! Absolutely not. We're lucky to be here. Today will be a celebration not only of the women's basketball team that represents this beautiful university, but also a celebration of March Madness as a whole and everything that is good with collegiate sports.

I'm not going to be here alone today. No, no, I'm very lucky to be gathered around a great crew. First of all, one half of the Hammer Cowboys Tone Diggs is here. Hey! The Toxic Table is here at Boston Corner rocking an American horse. Yeah, that's good heat, baby. Good heat. Good heat. That's why Holy Cross is going to win.

Oh, geez, a little bit early for that. First four minutes. And next to him is a man from Waterloo, Iowa. A graduate of the University of Iowa. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, Ty Schmitz. Thank you. Ty's over. Ty, we had no idea what to expect coming out here

You said you couldn't wait to breathe the air of Iowa once again And as soon as we landed this morning You were able to breathe the air And there was about, I don't know, six to seven inches of snow on the ground already But as soon as we got onto campus, you could feel it This is a magical place Thank you for introducing us to this beautiful place. And thank you for being an Iowan and representing these people on our show every single day.

Hell yeah. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thanks for everyone showing up. This is awesome. It's been maybe like 10 years since I've been back to Iowa City. So, yeah, I was very, very excited to get back here. I was very, very excited to get back here.

Driving in, we saw a Buick on the highway do a full spin out on the other side, go right into the median. I was thinking for a second, hey, there's a chance we're not even going to get here. But, I mean, you mentioned it. Once you set foot in Iowa City, I had all these memories flood back to me, and we're here for a special reason. But, boy, I'll tell you what. Everyone's showing up. It's awesome. But, God damn, it's good to be back in Iowa City.

Hell yeah. Damn right. Yeah. Now, Ty, we have an open chair here. Yep. I don't know if you know that. There's going to be a man. My chair's sliding down.

You're getting Siciliano'd. I was going to say. Truly. It's an issue. You're getting Siciliano. I was going to say, it's an issue. You're getting rap sheeted Siciliano'd here. It's not great. Especially with how high Tony Diggs is. I was going to say, should we go lower? Probably. As a teammate.

But you're not the only Iowan that's going to be having a microphone in front of them today. Ladies and gentlemen, guest hosting for the first two hours of the show, at least today. He has another gig in another city. There's no way he makes it out of Iowa City, though, with this storm. So let's assume he'll be there and here the whole time. He's a Super Bowl champion. He's a former teammate of mine. He's finished an Ironman in his first ever attempt at a triathlon.

He's handsome. Smart. He's handsome. Smart. He's got bananas for fingers. Ladies and gentlemen, Dallas Clark is here. What is going on? Dallas. Dallas, you're like 50 years old now. I'm very happy that the people recognize your greatness. I was lucky to be your teammate.

And I would like to let everybody know here that my first real introduction to Iowans was when I got to the NFL. And I got a chance to be a teammate with this guy. You're talking about classy, athletic, freak show, great teammate, incredibly intelligent, and genuinely one of the nicest humans I've ever met. Thank you so much for stopping by here, Danny. Hey, hey. Hey, and I told you that you have a very great following in this great state. And, guys,

way to show up. Way to go. Come on. Snow. Snow ain't going to stop us. It was a lot of snow. A lot of snow. And I will say, I was in Dallas' car on the way over here to Fieldhouse. You might have skidded through an intersection. Don't worry about that. Almost died.

Right outside. Did not expect it. Almost went into a car. Are you here? Are you here? Am I breathing? We can talk about what coulda, shoulda, but it didn't. You're here. So what's the chant?

It's I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A-I-O-W-A- I like the chant. I love the chant. I love what we're doing. Probably going to hear it a lot today and over the next few weeks as Kaitlyn Clark gets her last opportunity at a national championship run. In the third hour, it'll turn into something of a pep rally here in this field house on this beautiful campus. Also, head coach of the women's basketball team. Lisa Bluter. Will be stopping by here to chit-chat. We cannot wait to see her. there has been a couple other requests that we have sent out to the women's basketball team shout out good chair change in the middle

of the show uh there's been a couple other requests that we have sent out to the women's basketball team yep they got denied uh shoot we know well that's why because how good she is at shooting she is so locked in and focused. She said, I don't have time to be doing any shows. I need to win a national championship for this team, for this school, for this state. So the coach is coming over, nobody else. And we embark on a journey tomorrow that is going to lead us to hanging a banner on this campus of being national champions. Hell yeah.

a banner on this campus of being national champions. Hell yeah. So as we chit-chat about that, March Madness has begun. Just yesterday, all the games tipped off, and there's already been some insanity as Dallas Clark puts on some sweet aviators. It looks cooler than anybody I've ever seen in my entire life. Dallas, you look so cool. Jeez. You look so cool right now.

Did you get a chance to see the March Madness yesterday? Some big ones. Duquesne gets a massive win over BYU. Go Dukes! Hey, I had BYU go a little too far in my bracket. Son of a bitch. That's because we like the Mormons. We do. The Duquesne Dukes, though, had LeBron James

supplying them an entire NIL. And then last night, March Madness really got wild as the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. Boom. Nailed it. Oakland bracket buster. Knocks out Coach Calipari and the University of Kentucky Wildcats.

If you watch that game, there was a what who was shooting threes at a rapid rate. Hit 10-plus threes for the fifth time in the history of the tournament. Jack Golke. Golke! He'll be joining us in about five minutes or so live from FaceTime. What a night for him as this Oakland team wins their first ever, second ever tournament game. And this is what March Madness is all about. This is why whenever the women tip off tomorrow here in Iowa, and there's multiple games here, but as these Hawkeyes go,

everybody that goes to school at this Oakland school that is not in California. No, different Oakland. It is in Michigan, which we all knew that before last night's game. Of course. We all knew that that team existed. There's hope across an entire campus that legacies can change forever. Oakland thinks they can go win a national championship right now. Your Iowa Hawke Oakland thinks they can go win a national championship right now. Your Iowa Hawkeyes think they can go win a national championship right now.

It is a beautiful time. And every year we're reminded of why March Madness is great. And last night as I was watching this team and Jack Olkey at the end of his interview, he says, we're not a Cinderella. It's like, you certainly are. But I love that March Madness brings us this every single year. It's a beautiful time of year, Todd. Yeah, and you see a bunch of coaches now saying like, hey, we need to get rid of the mid-major automatic bids

because stuff like this keeps happening. But, I mean, he mentioned it. All it takes is one night where a guy goes out there and shoots 50% from three, shoots 23s. Like this is all these small schools moments, which, again, with Iowa is why maybe you're a little bit concerned. I mean, I'm not, but some people might be because this stuff is bound to happen. Are we concerned about Iowa tomorrow? Absolutely not.

Absolutely not. I would be. They're 40-point favorites. They're 40-point favorites, give or take. Usually after 36, they just say, you know. Yeah, exactly. There's no spread. But, I mean, you see what happens. Kentucky, they just say, you know. Yeah, exactly. There's no spread. But, I mean, like, you see what happens.

You know, Kentucky, a lot of people had them either in the national championship. Reese came on the show and basically said, like, hey, this is one of Coach Cal's teams that can make a deep run because they're so good offensively. They have all these five-star recruits. But that's what happens. You know, you take a team like Oakland lightly, and you've got a guy like Jack Golke come in who just absolutely flames the nets and now you're going home and Oakland keeps dancing. Yeah, I love that Oakland

keeps dancing because Oakland is dangerous. We're not talking about the city in California. We're talking about this Oakland basketball team because this Jack Golke guy allegedly came off the bench. So he's allegedly not their best player, even though I don't think anybody in the tournament can shoot as well as him unless K.C. Tominaga. Might be one guy. Out of the Nebraska Cornhawks. Yeah. Gets absolutely hot. Look out.

You don't like K.C. Tominaga? I told you. They don't get it. They don't get it. We'll be singing a different tune later. I got this one. You said the N-word. Nebraska.

Whoa. Dallas. That is not the N-word. You don't say that. You don't say Nebraska? You don't. Nebraska. Whoa! Dallas! That is not the N-word! You don't say that. You don't say Nebraska? Let a Nebraskan know? I stopped by. Yeah, that's what it is here.

I'm sorry. What about Minnesota? I thought we hated Minnesota. I thought that was the one. They hate Iowa. Yeah, because they have a chant that goes, who hates Iowa? We hate Iowa. That's Minnesota. That's Minnesota.

That's okay. They can have theirs. Nebraska's who we hate here? What about Iowa State? Oh. Oh. Brock Purdy took the NFL by storm. Breeze Hall.

So good. I can't remember. What's Brock's record against the Hawkeyes? All right, let's move along. Just ask him. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is a man who went for 32 points last night, the most amount of points ever scored against a Coach Calipari team in March Madness. Although Coach Calipari team in March Madness. Although Coach Calipari's record as of late in the tournament

has not been as fantastic. He has been a man who has had a lot of success. This dude beat him up worse than anybody in the history of Calipari-led teams. Ladies and gentlemen, lights-out shooter. People were calling him the male Caitlin Clark. Wow. Yep. Jack Golke.

Yeah. Jack, I just put some heat on you here just comparing you to Caitlin Clark because obviously nobody is Caitlin Clark. But what you did last night, brother, we were all in awe, gobsmacked by what your team was doing. And afterwards, you chit-chat and said, we're not a Cinderella. Feels like you guys knew what was going to happen last night. Is that accurate?

And why is that the case, Jack? Yeah. First off, shout out to my guy, Blake Klamen, my teammates. He watches you religiously. So shout out to him. But yeah. Shout out. He didn't make 10 threes last night, though.

Yeah. Move on, Jack. Yeah, yeah. Bingo. We just went into it with that mentality of we belong here because we know all the work we put in all season. We know the stage. Anything can happen. I mean, you guys have seen it.

Every year in March, some crazy things happen, and we're just trying to make it to April. At what point did that hoop look bigger than maybe other nights? Or is that every night for you, and we're just now getting a chance to witness this? I mean, sometimes it goes in, sometimes it doesn't, but honestly, I'm always doing that, putting up those type of shots. My coach instills a bunch of confidence in me, and that's how I got to go out there and play. Okay, so we learned about you five years at Hillsdale, I believe,

which is D2. You transfer into Oakland. Oakland obviously has a great history of winning that particular conference, getting into the tournament. Big win for the coach, though. Feels like you guys got a lot of love for your coach. He's been there how long? How long has he been there holding it down?

40 years. Jeez. My God. Yeah. Hey, we won Iowa. Yeah. My God. Yeah. Hey, people in Iowa. I respect that. Yeah, I mean, that's got a big pop out of Iowa. Barrett's has been here for 40 years, too.

Yeah, I mean, once his son starts coaching the offense and they can't get first downs anymore, I think that'll be. And they don't like him either. I get it. I get it. Jack, that's a college football thing. I apologize. We're in front of people.

I'm going to get distracted. Okay, unlike you. So you came in off the bench. And is that your normal role for those of us that don't maybe know? And is that how your team normally plays? Are we just feeding Jack, letting him do his thing? And then at the end of the game, down the stretch when you've got to make shots, and everybody would expect Kentucky to be the team that in the big moments

or when contested shots come late, they're going to be the ones that are going to make shots and everybody would expect Kentucky to be the team that in the big moments or when contested shots come late they're going to be the ones that are going to make it you guys are making mid-range jumpers with two hands in your face you were coming off screens shooting it with literally like you guys made all the time is that your team's just a gritty team how would you describe your team and what should we be looking forward to going forward yeah I mean you're right we're just a gritty team uh We've played a ton of close games this year. We've played in hostile environments everywhere. And we just know that we trust in each other. We believe in each other to make those big plays.

We've done it all year, so why not do it in the next game? So I think that's just what it boils down to, is just trusting your teammates. And you know they're going to go out there and make plays for you. Because it's going to be someone new every night. Oh, okay. Okay, that's a good piece of information right there. Going to be somebody new every night, not giving away any strategy going forward.

But if we're betting on games. Yep. Tons in next game. Yeah, we got a chance to bounce around. Number 11. Yep. Yep, old buddy. Tone's got a question for you.

Yeah, Jack, you put up 23s last night. Is that normal or do we normally average 30 to 43s a game? Because I saw you've taken about eight twos, I think, all season long. Have you ever gone inside the arc on purpose, or is that just always the game? I would say that's kind of just the game plan this year. I used to be a more well-rounded player. My teammates don't really believe that. But this year, that's just my role on the team, and I've just embraced it.

My guys do a great job of freeing me, getting me open to get those looks. And once the defense starts overcommitting, that makes everything easier for them, so it works out pretty well. Dallas Clark has a question for you, Jack. Hey, Jack, it says here in the notes that you refuse to do the layup drill because it's inside the arc. So how does that work? Like your team's doing layup drills and you're just out there shooting threes.

Does that get in the way of their – does it distract them? When did you stop doing layup drills? That's a good question. Maybe a couple years ago. Yeah. You're a badass. I love it. When they're doing layup drills, they'll just grab it out of the net for me.

So it's all right. Get the rebound out from the bottom of the bucket. You had a quote of saying something along the lines of like, they've got a bunch of NBA guys. I'm not going to go to the NBA, but I can compete with those type of players or something like that. I don't have the exact words, but it was along those lines. We were talking this morning on a plane ride in.

It was like, I mean, if you're just going to go lights out from three, there's somebody that can find room for you at the next level. I assume you still have that on your mind, even though you kind of said that it's not the case. We're going to play professionally, and for the rest of this March Madness tournament, we're going to drop 10 threes every single game, so they're forced to at least take a shot on you.

Is that the belief still, even though you're kind of super humble whenever you're giving answers about yourself? Yeah, I appreciate that. I have the utmost confidence in myself, so I believe that I could keep getting better and I could play at any level. But I also know, I mean, the type of athletes that those guys are in the NBA and the things that they bring to the table. So yeah, I'm just going to keep trying to get better and enjoy this run as it lasts. But once it's over, I'm going to try to make the NBA. And if something could happen, that would be awesome,

but I know I could have a long pro career overseas as well. Hell yes. We can't wait to watch it all. Hell yes. Jack Dallas again. One more question for you. The first one was not great. No, no.

He was not happy about it. He was not proud of it. You should have seen him off camera while you were giving answers over here. Bad, bad. I pulled a hammy. Give me another chance, Coach. So you're in the locker room for the game. Hey, believe in each other.

We got this, right? You guys are telling that in your 15 team coaches, players. You guys are against the world. You can say it. I've been in those locker rooms where you're like, we don't got a chance.

How did you guys believe that? You can say it, but've been in those locker rooms where you're like, we don't got a chance. How did you guys believe that? I mean, you could say it, but you guys come out and you hit them in the mouth and they respond, you hit them in the mouth. Where does that belief come from? Does it all year? How did it all come together last night? Great question!

Yeah! Let's go! Let's go! Dallas! Dallas! Dallas! Dallas! Dallas! Dallas! Dallas! Sorry, Jack. Sorry, Jack. We're having a moment here. This is an easy gig. This is an easy gig. That is Iceman. He shot better for three last night than you are from questions.

Anyways, go ahead, Jack. Sorry about that. No, that's a terrific question, Dallas. Jack, I'm cheering for you. Let's go. Let's go, Oakland. Yeah, I mean, going into it, it's just a year-long process of when this team joined together in June. Coach Campy just brought us all together and said if we're going to do something special,

we've got to believe in each other each other we got to trust in each other and we just went out here this whole season we had ups and downs we had some bad games had some good games but our locker room just has so much faith in the guy next to us that we legitimately think that we're the better team on the floor no matter who we step out there against and I think that's why we're being successful but it just comes comes down to that belief, like you said, Dallas. And we're just going to keep having that until this ride's over. What was it like last night? They showed a shot of the locker room.

You were all just kind of chilling. I don't know if you guys were exhausted or just another day at the office. Like, what was the – did you get to a hotel at least afterwards and be like, that was pretty sweet, 14-team beat a three-team. I know we don't think that about ourselves, but that's a big March Madness moment that we'll talk about probably for at least the next 10 years. Was there a moment of that last night, and how quickly do you have to move on? Yeah, I mean, we definitely celebrated a little bit in the locker room. We boozing?

No, Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple. Oh, okay. Not boozing. Not boozing. No, we got a game. But, yeah, I mean, we celebrate, but right now we're just trying to soak in this run, and we're just trying to make it to Dallas for the Sweet 16.

That's the biggest thing. And once that's over, then we'll go and we'll celebrate and we'll enjoy all the history that we're making. But for now, it's really just about we want another week of practice with each other. Oh, it's awesome. We just love spending time with each other, love being around each other. That is awesome to hear. And anytime you're picking a team, it's like,

are they playing for each other or just alongside each other? Feels like you guys really do love each other. Bottle that thing forever. And remember, you're making history. The history only gets better, you know, the longer you go. Yeah, yeah. Because for us, we're in sports media. Every March we'd like to talk about the team from Oakland that went on.

And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on. And on.

And on. And on. And on. And on. Okay, so let's do that. Here we go. Ty's got a question for you. Yeah, I want to say after about your six three last night I

didn't have a choice I was like you know what I got to jack my gulky now but uh I'm just curious did you like what was the message at halftime you guys are up obviously and I assume you knew like hey after you make that many threes like Kentucky's gonna kind of make sure that you don't kill them in the second half what was the message from coach and and how difficult was it getting your shot off in the second half? Yeah, the message was just kind of start using me as a decoy and get our other guys loose, which you kind of saw with Trey T and DQ had some big shots, Rocket as well. It's all just about using whatever happened in the first half to our advantage. So we knew they were going to chase me. They were going to send two guys at me off screens. And I was able to get a couple of free ones in the second half,

probably forced one or two that I shouldn't have taken. But yeah, it just comes down to trusting your teammates at that point, because like I said, the amount of attention that's going to be paid to me, it's going to, we're going to be playing four on three and I trust my guys to win every game doing that. Yeah.

But you had like, you had four hands in your face last night and made a shot. How many of those evenings have you had? Legitimately. I assume that has happened before for you because you're a lights-out shooter, but last night it just had to feel like anything's falling. We're not allowed to roll any footage or we will get sued, we were told.

So we were just showing pictures of what you did. There was a couple in the second half because they were probably saying, we cannot let this white guy shoot all over us. But you had, it seems like obviously green light, but in your head, is there, how many nights have you had where it's like every ball is going to fall for me? To be honest, I thought I should have made three or four more last night. Love it.

That's right, you were a bum last night, Jack. Why are we talking to this guy? 50%? Yeah. But there's, I mean, there's nights like that, but it really just comes down to practice. I practice those exact shots every single day. So, I mean, it's not, when they go in, it shouldn't be a surprise.

That's just what I got to work for. Mascot, mascot. Check ball, check ball, check ball. Herky, check ball, check ball. Herky, check ball. Jeez Louise. Herky. What are you doing? No, no. Herky, check ball, check ball. Herky, check ball, check ball. Herky, check ball. Jeez Louise. What are you doing? No, Herky, check ball.

Hey, asshat. Pass the ball. Jeez Louise. Don't talk to the mascot like that. Herky. Is it turkey? No, Herky. Herky.

Herky jerky? Herky. Herky. Oh, shoot. I will, I will, I will. But hey, we're taking this thing. Your release is a lot different than I could have. You got that thing on, right?

Is that how you've always shot? That is. Stick to punting, Pat. Watch your mouth. Watch your mouth, Jack. Your release, though. I assume, how many shots are we putting up a day? Because everyone looked the exact same.

Even when you were off balance, it was like so, I don't want to say consistent, but, yeah, very consistent through it all. You've been lights out shooter your whole life. This is a new thing. How many shots are we shooting a day? And go to hell. I'll shoot a basketball any time I want, Jack. Yeah, I mean, it's taken a lot of work, a lot of reps, like you said. I've always been, like, the shooter on my team,

but I've definitely gotten a lot better over my career. And it's probably, I'd say, 600, 700 shots a day during the season. You've got to stay on, and maybe even more than that in the offseason. It's just reps, man. That's all it comes down to, and doing those reps at game speed because if you're just out there lollygagging around, you're not going to get any better. Hard work pays off, brother. It all was displayed last night and the world's talking about it.

Last question here from Boston Connor, who is beloved here in Iowa. Yeah, shout out. I love Iowa too. I mean, Jack, you can tell. I mean, the heat is real. You got to love it. Obviously, last night after, you know, you do your whole entire thing, the joke's starting to fly.

This guy's going to be telling his middle school students when he's teaching science that he scored 32 points against Kentucky. Did you see any of that? And also, do you have a response to the Mr. Krabs looking ass tweet of you with boxing gloves on? First off, about the tweet. I was in high school. I thought I was growing my Twitter presence.

I thought it was a good tweet. Little did I know. Hey, it was. Great tweet. Great tweet. Still plays. It doesn't matter when it goes. It went.

2024, you sent it in 2016. Hey, it's good. That's a great tweet. Great tweet. Yeah, so I mean, I guess that speaks for itself right there. And sorry, what was the first part of your question? Honestly, the first part was just like people are making fun of you for being a middle school teacher after that.

Yeah, you're being an asshole, Jack. Yeah, I'm kind of being a prick, but I think that the Celtics should draft you in the first round. I just want to put that out there now. I'm a massive Celtics fan. Boom. Anything I can do to get on the Celtics. Boom. This guy gets it.

This guy gets it. He's got champion written all over him. That's not what you were saying. You were saying he's a middle school teacher. No, no, no. That's what they were saying on the internet if he wanted to react. Who is they? Hey, you were... People. Did you get a chance to check? I mean, the internet was hot on Jack Golke last night.

My boys' favorite moment of this morning was when I was named Cracker of the Day. Shout out, AB. Congratulations. AB's on a generational run right now. C-T-E-S-P-M, baby. Shout out, AB. Hey, I don't know how much you know about our show.

Obviously, your teammate does. There's a universe ball, you know, where I just shoot it, and it tells us everything we need to know, okay? This universe ball into that hoop right over there is for whether or not Oakland's gonna win national championship. Okay. Hey, can I play Kentucky D on you? No, you can't be James Harden or Kentucky D.

Hey, just so you know, the three-point line is right here. This is where the normal three-point line would be. Two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, Oh, no! This guy's stitched! Oh! Another ball, another ball. Oh, no! This guy stinks! Another ball. Another ball. Herky ball. Money ball. Money ball.

Money ball. Good boy, Herky Jerky. Money ball. That's in. Oh! One more. One more. One more. One more. One more. One more shot. Oh, no. Oh, yeah. That's for you, Bokey.

That's for you, Bokey. That's what we do. Yes. Hey, thank you so much for making time. Hold on. Let me take this in. This is sweet. Hold on, Jack.

Jack O'Keefe. Jack O'Keefe. Jack O'Keefe. I feel like Jack O'Keefe. I feel like Jack O'Keefe right now. That's what I feel like. Hey, good luck feel like Jack Golke right now. That's what I feel like. Hey, good luck the rest of the way. Thank you for taking time.

These people respected the hell out of what you did last night, as did the rest of the world. Ladies and gentlemen, Jack Golke. Come on, Jack. Keep going. Thank you, Jack. Nice shot. You.

Oh, no, off the release. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You.

Enough. Enough. Enough about me. Enough about me. It's about Iowa. Herky put that ball right in your chest. Herky gets the assist. Herky's a bitch, dog.

Whoa. Jeez Louise. That's just me. Hey, that's just me. I'm sorry. You heard what these people did as soon as we got here. We had some miscommunication early with Herky. The first one.

Because I don't think Herky Jerky here knew. So what's the name? Herky? Herky. Herky the hawk. Herky the hawk. That's a really good name. Is that the name of the mascot since the beginning of time here?

Oh, yeah. No? No. Whoa. As long as I've been alive. Uh-oh. Well, yeah. Herky. As long as you've been alive. Uh-oh. Well, yeah. Herky, what's your...

As long as you've been alive. Is Herky a male or a female? Do we know her? I think Hayden Frye came up with it. Who? That's not the question, Dallas. Hey, isn't your fodder had a different name? Fodder's fodder?

How long have we been Herky? Dallas? It was originally John Papa John, right? Yeah. Rest in peace to John Papa John, right? Yeah. Rest in peace to John Papa John, by the way. Probably around 50 years, I bet. Yeah, a long time.

Okay, I don't need some history lesson, Dallas. You went down that trail. Let's talk about some other teams that did some magical stuff and have players that we enjoy. NC State's got a hoss playing on their team. They won five straight in the ACC championship tournament to earn their way into the big dance. Last night they get a massive win. This guy looks like an offensive tackle, and he is dominant.

After the game, they gave him ice cream. He said, I need ice cream. What was that about? I don't need ice cream. I get what you're saying. I don't need it. We need to roll. Is this NC State team real?

How do we not know about this guy? Here's another guy we didn't know about. Yeah, DJ Burns, 6'9", 275. He said, I'm built like Zach Randolph, which he pretty much is. All season long, they were kind of underwhelming and then they won five in a row to win the ACC tournament and then they dominated last night.

He had 16 last night. I think they were in 11 in that game last night. So yeah, that's another. They're one of the great runs so far going on right now. Look at this. Hey, we got some ice cream for you, Fatso. Washburn, what's Wash Fatso. Washburn. What's Washburn doing? Washburn's hair.

He's got great hair. Always. Great hair. And I think they were just saying, hey, a celebratory Sunday. Yeah. You know, we heard they might have heard that he liked ice cream. We're not 100% sure. Why not a Gatorade?

Why not give him a Gatorade? Yeah. A lot of sugar in Gatorades, obviously. Water? Maybe Gatorade Zero. We're drinking water. Rehydrate? Hydration. Pedialyte. We're going to play the game in two daysatorades, obviously. Water? Maybe Gatorade Zero. We're drinking water. Rehydrate? Hydration.

Pedialyte? We have a game in two days. Maybe a whiskey. Wine. Maybe a ice cold beer. Wine. Maybe a tequila. Wine.

Maybe a vodka. Wine. Maybe any of it. But instead they went with ice cream and everybody's saying, we get it. He's a bigger guy. He didn't even have sprinkles on it. See, that's the problem that you have with it. And I appreciate and respect that.

Let's pivot away from the college basketball tournament and talk a little college ball slash NFL ball. The Big Ten champions, the Michigan Wolverines. Yeah! Woo! Hell yeah! are having their pro day today in lovely, beautiful Ann Arbor. I do not know what the weather's like there, but what we're being told is there are like 10 to 15 GMs, head coaches.

I think owners are even there. Because if you remember back to the combine, the Michigan Wolverines, there was 18 of them running and working out. I think it's a record. I believe that's what that tweet says right there. Can't read it exactly with the lights and the potential elevation in my brain right now. Cops everywhere.

Don't need to talk too open about it. Sure. This J.J. McCarthy kid, allegedly going to sneak into like top 10. Allegedly, a team very much loves him. Two notably missing people from the Michigan Pro Day. Kevin O'Connell, Kwesi, the GM of the Vikings. No Vikings representation at the Pro Day. Is this bullshit?

Is that them not giving away their hand? Does that tell us that they like him more now? What do we think about J.J. McCarthy? You've seen him play. He beat Iowa in the Big Ten Championship. He saw him in the Rose Bowl, saw him in the National Championship. The guys lost like two games since he started in high school. He's a winner.

People might love him. What are your thoughts on him transitioning into the NFL game? Well, I think from the end of the season to now, every team is trying to gather as much information, like what separates him and does he have that moxie. And I think he's a guy that has a lot to prove, but he's got the track record. He's a winner. But college, pro, how does that translate?

We've seen some great ones fall. We've seen some great ones rise. The Brock Purdy's of the world. Like, you know, what separates those guys? Iowa State. Does he have it? Iowa State might be the separator. For you, how many years did you end up in the NFL?

11. That's pretty good. Wow. Not bad. Not bad. A long career. I mean. Old NFL.

You retired top of your game. Yeah. Still got nominated for Hall of Fame twice. They have to. They're forced to because I have a show. No. It's pretty cool. But let's get back to you, though.

11 years in the NFL. Why do some people make it? Why do some people don't? For instance, C.J. Stroud just had the greatest rookie season in the history of the NFL. At a place that's supposed to be a dumpster fire. Houston Texans were supposed to be dead for the next 10 years. AFC South was supposed to be the Indianapolis Colts. The Texans suck.

This team can't do anything. Then C.J. Stroud shows up. What is this? D'Amico Ryan's obviously a massive piece of that. Will Anderson, a piece of that. Casario built the roster, a piece of that. But why do you think C.J. Stroud was able to do it? And why do so many young quarterbacks fizzle out and suck in the NFL,

even though in college they were all-stars and they were the best that the world has seen? Well, Pat, because you just said it right there. When you said C.J. Stroud, you listed numerous people. It's a team. It's not one guy ain't going to come in. If he comes into the right situation, the right offense, the right system with the offense coordinator,

they get that type of camaraderie, just the vibe from each other, then they go out and do well. But it's those teams that come out and they try to force, make people not comfortable with their systems, try to do something that they can't. That's when they fall short. Now, Peyton Manning leads the NFL history books in interceptions for a rookie. He was letting that thing fly.

He had an unflappable confidence. But I do think some of these young guys, if you're very good, you're going to get dropped in a terrible situation. Like, potentially the number one overall pick with the Chicago Bears, even though it's actually the Carolina Panthers' number one overall pick. And it feels... Oh, we've got a lot of Bear fans here.

Oh, wow. A lot of Bear fans here. Zito just screamed from the back. I don't know if everybody can hear that or just us. Idiots. But, like like the Bears feel like a good situation for a rookie quarterback to come in. They've invested on the defense. They've invested in the run game. They've invested in weapons. They have

a new head coach whose culture is seemingly set in at the end of the year last year. They got Big Pol Poles who's a former player making plays there. It feels like that's a very good situation for a quarterback to be set up for success. Do you feel the same way? Because that is a topic of discussion right now because there has been one person who we all

respect, RG3, say that Caleb should come out and say, I ain't going to Chicago. Chicago's a dump. That's literally what RG3 said. That's what RG3 said. He didn't say it. He didn't say that, but it was basically like you need to not go to the Bears organization

because they got no chance. Do you agree with that? Like, is there some places that are just destined for failure? Can teams change like the Houston Texans did? And how do you feel about Caleb going to Chicago? Well, I mean, I think Caleb's got a lot to prove. He's got to. He's going to.

Well, you're not a believer. You just heard him. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Dallas hates him. Dallas hates him. We're breaking. Dallas Court. just heard him. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Dallas hates him. Dallas hates him. Breaking. Dallas Court.

He hates him. 11-year NFL veteran. Super Bowl. You're putting words in my mouth, Pat. Let me finish. Well, that's our show. True. True.

Yeah. I'm playing along. But, hey, he's got a lot to prove by going to an organization like the Bears. I mean, he's got a lot going against him. But C.J. Stroud is a great example. But what about what happened in Carolina? Wow, that wasn't good. What about Bryce Young? Terrible.

Yeah, the owner has fired 17 people in the last 12 months. So, what's the difference? I mean, no one saw that one coming. Yeah, you're right. So what you're saying is it's all potential chance here it's like is Caleb why do you think Caleb Williams potentially works or potentially doesn't work what is it at the quarterback position where you need to work well I feel like he's got to be able to play a system that's kind of loose let him get out and

and but if it's if it's an offense coordinator that tries to control something a person like that a player like that then I don't think they shine. I think he's got to be able to feel loose, and he's got to be able to go make plays and be able to make mistakes because that's the whole thing. If you're playing tight, trying not to make a mistake, that's when more careers are lost. Did you suck early or you were great early in the NFL?

Well, suck and great, there's a lot in between there, bud. It's one or the other. Yes or no, Dallas. So he sucked. It took me three years before I really felt like, okay, I got it. But it's that first, jeez, I mean, it's tough. It is tough. But you have great

players. I mean, dude, look at our offense. I mean, we had four Hall of Famers around me. They're going to make you look good, right? So just don't screw up. But it's hard early because what? New system, new life, new everything. Adults are playing against you? Fast, dude. What year were you drafted? 03. Yeah, what

number? 24. Wow! First rounder! You've been rich a long time! Hey, there's only 32 teams in the league, so that, yeah, that's for, yeah. Yeah, you've been rich a long time. Yeah, that's what I yeah. Yeah, you've been rich a long time. Gee. Yeah, that's what I heard.

Yeah. You and A.J. Hawk and the old CBA getting first-round money. That's what I'm talking about. Yeah. It was a different game back then. Different game. A.J. Hawk! A.J. Hawk!

A.J. Hawk! A.J. Hawk! A.J. Hawk! A.J. Hawk! A.J. Hawk is in the – Hey, who would have thought a bunch of Hawkeyes would be cheering for a Buckeye? Yeah. Amazing.J. Hawk! A.J. Hawk! A.J. Hawk! A.J. Hawk is in there. Who would have thought a bunch of Hawkeyes would be cheering for a Buckeye? It's amazing. Well, Ohio State is also just like Iowa, behind Michigan whenever it comes to football.

And everyone else. Tom's got something for you. Well, first and foremost, J.J. McCarthy or Caleb Williams. They're no Deacon Hill. Actually, they're about half of Deacon Hill. Tone. What? Putting it nicely.

Come on. But don't both those situations, the Bears and the Vikings, seem like one of the better situations that you could go to? The Vikings, obviously, with the weapons and an offensive coach, that's really good. The Bears, they added a bunch of weapons. And couldn't the Vikings just not be going there because they've seen enough of J.J. McCarthy? Yeah, or they're trying to say when we trade up, we're not looking of weapons. And couldn't the Vikings just not be going there because they've seen enough of J.J. McCarthy?

Yeah, or they're trying to say when we trade up, we're not looking for J.J. Yes, yes. There's like so much that they could be doing right now. This is lying season. And here's the thing. It's so fun to watch these games still happen. If we want to go back a few years, 0-3,

like when you look at your... That's a lot of years. That's a lot of years. But your combine, my... And granted, not anyone had to be sneaky about taking a tight end. But the Colts did not reach – I went to four other teams on – you go to the organization before the draft, you talk to coaches, all that. Indianapolis did not show any interest on the outside. And then they take me number one.

So you'd think there'd be a little more investigative. They'd want to know what's going on. They knew what you were. You're an Iowa boy. We played for Iowa. It's a game of poker of not showing your hand. I think you're on to something about, I think it's almost too obvious that they weren't there.

What did you weigh in at coming out of college? Oh, 257 was my count. Damn! 257. Ran a 4. My God. Come on. Did you really run a 4-4? Yeah. The internet's saying something different is what Zito... Oh, no.

Dallas. Pro Day 4-4? You ran 4-4 at 257? Yeah. You Iowa boys are certainly different. Built different. I saw... Armstrong. I mean, Bob Sanders obviously came through here back in the day.

We had Mitch King on our team who played for Iowa. A.J. Eads was on our team, played for Iowa. Obviously, Pat Anger was... Here's Dallas Clark highlights in Iowa. Get the clock. Get the clock. That would be a fly 40. That's a 4-3 right there. That's a 4-3. Hey the clock. That would be a fly 40. That's a 4-3 right there.

That's a 4-3. Hey, you almost got caught by a white guy right there. I saw you almost get caught by a white guy. He had the angle. Yeah, I saw it. You were a linebacker then became tight end, right? Linebacker. Walked on as a linebacker, buddy.

Walk on. Look at that cowboy collar. Walk on. Yeah, that cowboy collar is stupid. Nice toss, y'all. I disagree. Who's quarterback here? That was Kyle McCann.

That was my roommate. No way. Oh. I got tackled by one person? That's what I'm saying. I thought that was going to be a touchdown. Dallas Clark makes the adjustment to the catch, shakes two tacklers down the sideline. Ref backpedaling.

Is this guy going to score? No, he's not. A corner is going to tackle him. What a joke. Dallas Clark in a slot. Hey, can we not get some HD highlights here? This is 2002. It's not our fault you're old.

Yeah. That number 11. I'm just glad you guys got color on this. I mean, I have a couple black and white games. That's a touchdown. 24-0. That's a touchdown. Beating the hell out of Miami.

Why are you still in the game? What year is this for you? That was against Roethlisberger, I think. This is junior year. Hey, we went. Oh, you left early? Dude, yeah, I left early. This guy hates Iowa.

Are you kidding me? Left early. We're the only team, I think, to this day. We, D1, went to Miami of Ohio. I don't think Miami of Ohio has had another Big Ten school come to their place. We went to their place, and Ben Roethlisberger put one on us. We about lost that damn game. Well, that's what

seven does, Dallas. Oh, good God. Relax. Alright, relax. Did you beat Ben Roethlisberger in your career? I'm 2-0 versus Ben Roethlisberger. Are you really? Yeah. I want to tell you what happened after you left the Colts. You mean in college. Something else.

We were playing the Pittsburgh Steelers. They were hanging up 600 yards on us. That's actual. Ben Roethlisberger threw for 500 yards on the Indianapolis Colts. Multiple times. Multiple times. He was kind of a Colt killer. He was.

Absolute stud. Jerry Judy and Mark Schlaireth are getting into it on the internet. Fantastic. Jerry Judy almost fought Steve Smith Sr. last year because of something that Steve Smith said about Jerry Judy. Mark Schlaireth had some words for Jerry Judy whenever he was traded to the Cleveland Browns. And then the Cleveland

Browns gave him a deal with $41 million guaranteed dollars. I assume he's very happy to be in another place, especially with how it all went in Denver. Mark Slareth talks a bunch of shit on him on his way out of town, as Mark Slareth does. Yeah, that's his M.O. That is his M.O.

Also said the same thing to Russell Wilson. Oh, great, a bunch of big names that did nothing for Denver except for ruin a franchise or now out of town. It's kind of Mark Slareth's angle on this entire thing. Jerry Jeter responded, Only if your opinion matters. Hate and ass, dude. Hashtag bag season.

Y'all go give this lame ass dude some attention. Mark Schlaireth obviously loves that. Obviously loves that. I can't wait to see his. Jerry Judy said, y'all got to stop listening to fake. See that? That's how that's pronounced. Fake.

Hey, let's have a crowd here. Just to make sure we're all on the same page here. A bunch of fake. The eye throws it off. Y'all got to stop listening to fake NFL gurus, South Florida. They don't even have access to real film. They're on YouTube watching the games. Jerry Judy just absolutely

buried him. I'm just seeing this. That's why I'm responding. Been on my four letters. Head. Head. Been on my head. Dong.

I don't think it's gulky. I don't think it's any of that. Been on my head, hating and shit. But that's what most old heads are doing now these days, hating on young soldiers. But y'all can have them Twitter fingers. I'm standing on business. SOB.

In real life. SOB. SOB. SOB. SOB. SOB. SOB. SOB. Pac-Man, hope you're hearing this, bro. Say it loud..B. S.O.B. S.O.B. S.O.B. S.O.B. S.O.B. Pac-Man, hope you're hearing this, but S.O.B.

Jerry Judy has been in it now publicly with two NFL legends. Mark Schlereth, I believe, has won three Super Bowls. I'm not 100% sure. Steve Smith Sr. is one of the pillars of the NFL from the early 2000s into the teens. And Jerry Judy doesn't give a damn. I like when my wide receivers have this type of moxie. I like whenever they have this type of attitude. But what Jerry Judy is going to have to do is have a great year

because what hasn't happened in Denver, even though he has pointed out some stats that people should look at, he has not been a guy that's been considered by anybody as one of the ones in the NFL. You see Justin Jefferson come in, it's like, there's the guy. There is the guy. Obviously, Stephon Diggs had to run at number one guy. There's been others, youngs, that have come in and absolutely dominated.

He hasn't been chatted about by everybody. He has an opportunity now with Cleveland, Deshaun coming back, alongside Amari and a lot of weapons. How do you feel about Jerry Judy? How do you feel about the wide receivers and their importance into the modern NFL, Dallas, where we're opening things up at all times? Yeah, I think there's so many things that weren't on the scene that was happening in Denver that I think can affect a guy's game.

So I think a new start, even though it's Cleveland. It's a different Cleveland. No, he's right. Thank you. Different Cleveland. You's a different Cleveland. No, he's right. Thank you. It's a different Cleveland. You sound like Hayden. I mean, until they do something different, then it's, I mean, we can do that all day.

But they have, I mean, but it's great. Everyone's 0-0 right now. He should have the most confidence. He should feel great. He should feel great working out, getting better, talking, you know, picking fights with old ass, you know, whatever. Keep doing that. Do you, dude, right?

But now, guess what? Come September, you better back it up. A lot of ammo. Yeah, a ton of ammo. But he's playing with nobody at quarterback. Russell Wilson has a pick-up steal at quarterback. I agree, I agree. But he's been absolute garbage.

You mean Hackett. Yeah, Hackett, of course. He's been through a bunch of head coaches, a bunch of OCs. If he does go to Cleveland and Deshaun Watson is playing like he used to. And here's the thing, guys. That camaraderie, the quarterback, receivers, if they're not on the same page, you can't go out there and fake it.

It doesn't work. You can't just show up Sunday and, like, okay, we'll complete. And I know everyone's thinking, oh, it's a 10-yard out route. Just make the freaking throw. Make the freaking throw. Oh! That's freaking. I said freaking. This guy's deal.

I said. Hey! You're out, son. Said you weren't. Yes, he did. But I know it's hard to believe, but it ain't that easy. There's so many things that go into it. And so if there's a riff, if there's just, you know.

Isn't it so fascinating that I got a chance to come into the offense that you guys had created? At the end of the winningest decade in NFL history, I got a chance to witness it, and I was very thankful for how hospitable you guys were. But Peyton seemingly, you know, got along with or had the utmost respect. Like the way those things and practices were being run and meetings were being run was player to player. We've got to be on the same page. Then you hear some stories about like this wide receiver

and this quarterback don't get along. I have no idea how they're going to be productive at all ever. Getting along I think is a massive piece of success in the NFL with the wide receiver. You trust. It comes down I think, is a massive piece of success in the NFL with the wide receiver. You trust. It comes down to trust, trust, trust, and how you just kind of show up on Sunday and not, I mean, if you're a quarterback, first, you should be best friends with your tight end, because we're the, you know, we'll save your ass, but after that, it's the receivers, but if you don't have that trust, if you don't go out of your way and say, hey, I got you, you got me, and know

that they got each other's back because week 11, things start getting exposed. You need to have each other's back. And you usually see about week 8, week 9 where teams are 3-5, 3-4. All of a sudden it's like, it's his fault. It's just all of a sudden the wheels start shaking and the point fingers, blame game, don't make sure the crap doesn't end up on you. It's the typical of a sudden the wheels start shaking and the point fingers blame game. Don't make sure the crap doesn't end up on you.

It's the typical NFL-type mindset. It's like, hey, at the end of the year, make sure it's not on me. It's not my fault. Not my fault. So now we're going to come true and see, okay, Judy, you got a great brand-new start. Go do it. Okay. Sounds like he's got some questions about Jerry Judy.

No. Well, but you also like – I i understand they had court and courtland sutton but they drafted judy high in the first round and like maybe he's just not the number one guy he's going to cleveland he's got a bona fide number one guy um in laurie cooper so it's like maybe that helps a little bit too it's not like hey we need you need to have 1500 yards this year you're the guy who everyone's game planning to take away like we'll see if that makes a difference and i mean you know you got a bag either way. So, I guess he doesn't care. Let's pivot back to this beautiful field house that we were in.

The women's March Madness has tipped off officially. Okay. Here in the United States of America. And what we were told by Elle Duncan earlier in the week or last week. Is that earlier? Earlier this week. Tuesday. Favorites are going to win. Yep. That's Earlier this week. Favorites are going to win.

Yep. That's what she says. Favorites are going to win. So we're looking at South Carolina. Yep. We're looking at the LSU Tigers. Of course. Of course.

Of course. We're looking at the West Virginia Mountaineers. Wide. Kind of a mix. It's not bad. It's not a bad puck. And then obviously we're talking about the Iowa Hawkeyes. Let's go Hawks!

Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Dallas, I'll ask you first because you've got a chance to live in Iowa. And I think you were there the night that she broke both the records.

Just the one. I missed the other one. But the big one. The big one. The all-time leading one. You were in other one. But the big one. The big one. The all-time leading one. You're in the building. Yeah, free throw. This Iowa girl has taken the world by storm.

What has Iowa been like with her run, with her dynasty here? And, like, how do you, can you equate what the Caitlin Clark, like, experience has meant for Iowa? For those of us that don't live here, and for those of us that probably only watch during March or something. Yeah. Well, I think it's very, very equivalent to what Indianapolis looked like pre-Payton and post-Payton. I think Iowa City, women's basketball in general, on the map,

she literally, one person, put this sport in front of a lot of sports, a lot of headlines, put it to the top. And she is the reason. And how she's handled the whole thing is unbelievable. Like, you can't ask for a better person to just not only handle, like, go out. And then she has to go out and prove it every freaking night. It's unbelievable. Freaking.

Good work. Way to go, way to go. But she does it. And you're sitting there like, okay, she's got to have an off game. I think she had one off game, and she still scored 21 points, you know, still one, ended up with, like, 14 assists. So it's like she finds a way. Like, it's always going to be positive.

It's always going to be an it's always going to be uh uh uh an approach that's going to be perfection even though you can't reach it but it's just always going to involve her team and and that's the best thing about you just watch all these interviews it's always putting her team first always putting her team first like when you get interviewed you know it's all about you you never put your team first right it's all about pat mcfee that's right and these guys are sitting here like, what about my assistant? These guys are on ESPN to hell with them. Yeah.

You know, it's all about you. But no. Bingo. Her? No. These guys are flying on private planes. Yeah, right. These guys are eating at the farm.

Yep. Uh-huh. Bull crap. They came in southwest. Not true. What? We would not have landed. We had to talk our pilot into landing.

Hey, we need to be on ground here. He had to put on his gloves. He's in Iowa City. Yeah, he put gloves on. Had to. Captain put gloves on his fingers. Brought it in. It was incredible.

Like the transport. Real deal. Yeah. Real deal. I wish we were joking. But let's talk about, let's talk about Caitlin Clark, because you talk about her mentality and everything like that. For those record-breaking shots, like the one for the women's record, I think that's what it was.

She pulls up from the logo. That's in the first quarter. She had gone three for three. There is not a single glitch. I mean, it's just the whole world is watching. When Steph Curry was about to catch up to the threes record in the NBA, he caught a little cold streak because he was thinking about it. Like, hey, you're about to break a record. You're about to make history. It's about to happen. He started missing shots

that he never really missed. There was like a two to three game span where it was like, is he going to hit it this game? Is he going to hit it this game? Is he going to hit it this game? And then he came out and admitted, like, yeah, I was thinking about it. And then afterwards, he gets right back to it. That's the greatest shooter of all time. And if you look at this one, I mean, I know it's a free

throw foul shot. She's been doing this her whole life. There's the greatest shooter of all time. And if you look at this one, I mean, I know it's a free throw, foul shot, she's been doing this her whole life. There's the tire. And now to make history with an entire arena and world watching. Just her, a ball, splash. It's like a perfect shot. She has no, there's no, like it's, she's phenomenal. She's a savage. Dude, savage. Like like she is she is like way up there the likes of like you know and everybody always rattles them off you talk about like Peyton Manning we

got to see it like mentally competitive edgewise like he is up there you talk about other great Wayne Gretzky Michael Jordan Serena Williams like Tom Brady Tiger Woods there's certain humans on this earth that in between the ears are built different than everybody else. And in those massive moments with the whole world watching, where you can maybe second guess yourself, especially if you let go of that ball, I don't know, and a centimeter late, it's a brick.

She's just unconscious, just splash, splash, splash, as if none of it has even registered of what's happening. And it's awesome to watch. I think you're talking about like an anomaly coming up in Iowa, staying in Iowa, and then maybe winning the national championship with Iowa. She is special, dude. It really is special. And you've been in Iowa.

Ty has been watching for years and obviously introduced the University of Iowa to all of us on a daily basis. It's been a fun ride, I assume, following along with Kaitlyn Clark. Yeah, and I think you hit the nail on the head with her being from Iowa and staying in Iowa because most of the time, like, you know, when you're coming up, like, if there's a big-time recruit or a girl who's getting a lot of steam in high school, like, she's not staying in the state. She's either going to UConn or she's going to Notre Dame or she's going to one of these other big-time programs where she can get put on the map a little more.

She was a massive, massive recruit coming out of high school, was one of the top five recruits in the nation, and she chose to stay in Iowa. She obviously has a lot of pride in the state, which is why I really appreciate it because she wanted to stay in Iowa and she wanted to put Iowa on the map, and she did. Just like Ty did. He could have went to Harvard, but he said no. Ty got accepted to Harvard and said, I want to go to the University of Iowa. John Papa John.

Yeah, John Papa John. I wasn't a business major, but it's a beautiful building. Beautiful building. Great place to stay. They're saying Kaitlin might score 50 tomorrow, Conrad. Yeah, I know. That's why it's such a bummer. I really wanted her to be here today today just so we could talk to her. But the fact that she isn't, just to be that more locked in, I think even feeds to who she is more because of how team-focused she is and driven she is.

It's going to be great when she's an Indiana Fever player. We have 50 seconds, Dallas. Just remember that as you get started here. How many seconds? 43. 42. So here's the deal. 41.

Her not wanting to be here, or, I mean, obviously she wants to be here. But. Wait, she doesn't want to. Interesting way to phrase it. Wait, wait, wait. She doesn't. I didn't know she didn't want to. Interesting way to phrase it.

I didn't know that. What the hell? Is that real? Because it ain't part of her routine. And for a guy that you mentioned him, Peyton Manning, for a guy that we watched day in and day out, I mean, he wrote the same notes. He took the same amount.

He watched the same type of film. He watched third down and short, fourth down, all these different parts of the game. Kalen has a routine. Guess what? Pat McAfee ain't breaking her routine. Yeah, I respect it. We'll see you next hour.

Sports are happening all around us. And, okay. I like that. I like that sign perfectly placed, boys. It is great to be here on the campus in which Caitlin Clark has thrown lighter fluid onto a fire that is burning in the Iowa Hawkeye. Rocket fuel for the women's basketball team to maybe go on a run and win the national championship. Hell yeah! It all starts tomorrow at 3 o'clock as they take on Holy Cross. We will have Coach Lisa Bluter.

Coach Lisa Bluter join us in the next hour. Roman Reigns will be joining us in the next. Acknowledge him. Acknowledge him. Our tribal chief. Those who are booing, thank you. Yeah. Yep.

Thank you. Let's acknowledge our tribal chief. Those that are booing him, he had to land his plane in his blizzard. Yeah. Yep. Thank you. Let's acknowledge our traffic chief. Get it. Those that are booing him, he had to land his plane in his blizzard. Yeah. In Cedar Rapids. That's right. What? Driving here to make it so that you all can acknowledge him.

Amen. Acknowledge him. That seemed like a mockery there. What was that? What was that, you son of a bitch? Hey, what did you guys see coming from Cedar Rapids? Yeah, we saw a car almost go across six lanes and a median. The weather is very bad here in Iowa.

Came out of nowhere. It wasn't supposed to snow in Iowa City. Al Roker said this morning it was different parts of Iowa. Then all of a sudden, boom, bang, pow. Iowa City is a snow globe. But I want to let you know, this campus is buzzing. This campus is beautiful. And this campus is going to be hosting a first round of the Women's March Madness. Dallas Clark is here. One half of the hammer. Cowboys turn digs is here. The

Toxic Table is here at Boston Corner. And... I mean, what's the deal with Iowa? This place blows. The hell? I mean, I didn't expect this. This guy. Jeez Louise. This guy.

And then at Ty Schmidt is here. Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Ty, Just wait. Just hold. They are 14-0-2. Since the team skipped and was not allowed to see U2 at the Vegas Sphere. Ty, you are maybe the most well-known critic of U2 and of the Sphere. When you speak of their performances, articles are wrote, written. Written. Written. Wroten.

It will be written. It will be written. It was written all around the globe. Ty, do you see a coincidence in the Nashville Predators having the best run they've had since they went to the Stanley Cup because they decided not to go see that show that we saw that made us go, it's a waste of money and time.

What are your thoughts, Todd? Yeah, it makes absolute sense. You know, I don't know who was the one that, I mean, really you could argue someone did him a favor. You know, I don't know how many guys, who knows though, internationally, maybe they got a couple Irish players on the team who were like, yeah. Hockey's huge in Ireland. Exactly, exactly.

I love Bono. What a great decision because that was without a doubt, unequivocally, maybe the worst two hours of entertainment I've ever experienced, ever in my life. What about Iowa Hawkeye football? Got to be up there. I love it. I love it. The second and third.

I love every second of it. It's upside down, you dipshit! Hey, dipshit! It's upside down! There you go. Obviously, that's Torrey Taylor, who I've been watching videos of, former punter of Iowa,

was maybe the first. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Aussie. Aussie. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Oi, oi, oi. Shout out to the island, dude.

Shout out. Great mana. Great mana. I believe. Every Australian I've met I've loved Just would like to let that be known Forever Their attitudes

Are phenomenal All of them are hilarious And every Australian I've met Is big and jacked Yeah Strong And Tory Taylor Is massive

Huge He would Tower Ragdoll you Nah For sure He would Especially now

Yes he's taller But he would not ragdoll me. Come on, dude. Well, he's not on steroids. So, I mean, you know, that's one and the same. Jace. Jace. That was a conversation at the diner this morning.

Yeah. Because I was letting Dallas know that there's some science he could potentially add to some routines that I am on. Sure. And then Dallas goes, please. Hard work. People have been calling me out for doing that since I'm in high school. It pisses me off so much.

Yeah. So, hey, I want to let you know, I appreciate your hard work. I'm taking a science to make me catch up to all your hard work. You'll get there. But Torrey Taylor is going to become, I think, another great NFLer from the University of Iowa. Let's go. He is.

Let's go. He's a guy that they're making signs for every single game because of how inept the offense was for the University of Iowa for his duration as the punter of Iowa. He's a real deal. I've been watching videos of him. I saw him at the Big Ten Championship game. I don't think he had his best night.

I think that was obviously something. He would probably agree. Then you start watching film of him in his combine training where he's only doing NFL-style punting, taking short steps. He had, I think I saw, a 5'7 pun or something like that. I've never done that in my life, ever in my entire life. He's a weapon. They're talking early round draft pick for Torrey Taylor

out of the University of Iowa, and that's a beautiful thing. I love it. The best thing about this kid that a lot of people don't know, so he got recognized in front of the team, and one of the coaches slipped me the video of it, and his first thing he said to his teammates, he's sitting in there talking about how he won the whatever the punter. Ray Guy.

Ray Guy Award, thank you. What do you mean whatever? Yeah, the punter award. The punter award. Sorry. It's better than the Mackey. Hawkeye education. So anyway, so he's up in front of his teammates.

And the first thing he said is like, guys, I just didn't want to disappoint you. So, I mean, that is the guy. I mean, it's not about me. It's like he just wanted to do great for his teammates. And that is a guy you want in your locker room. So whoever drafts this dude, great pick. You're going to love him. He's incredible.

He's going to have a 10-year career that's great. When you're drafting a specialist, you know, because like a lot of specialists, whenever they get drafted early, people, you know, mock it. That's how the Punters are People Too movement started with Rich Eisen because Brian Enger was drafted into the Jacksonville Jaguars out of Cal in like the third round. And everybody's like, hey, what a waste of a pick.

Go look up the percentages of second rounders, third rounders, fourth rounders, all the way through. Having a career for 10 to 15 years at a place, it doesn't happen. So whenever you get drafted as a specialist, you're certainly being anointed as a guy that's going to have a job. But also, if you are there for 10 to 15 years, the GM is going to view it as like one of the best picks that I've ever had. It's a huge deal.

Torrey Taylor is going to do that for somebody. And now you guys are going to have to find a new offensive weapon for the University of Iowa Hawkeye football team. Yeah, I mean, we'll see what happens there. I know we already have brought in another Aussie to punt. Oh. In the pipeline. Hey, and by the way, this dude

early reports is legit. Early reports. Already passed Torrey Taylor. He's got some work to get there, but he has a little more natural stuff that Torrey obviously worked hard to get. I have a question for you, Dallas. How come Caden Proctor said he hates this

place? Yeah, good question. All these people. He hates all of them. Trying to respect it. You. You. Proctor sucks. Proctor sucks.

Oh, man. He's just a boy. He's a sweet boy. He's just a kid. He's just a football player. He's a boy. Jeez. Just a young boy.

He's got to live. He's an Iowan. He is an Iowan. From Iowa. He's from Iowa. Just a young boy. He's an Iowan. From Iowa. He's from Iowa. Oh, no. Pretty good. Pretty good. She made it.

Yeah. Maybe you should donate more to the NIL. He's a traitor. Whoa. He's a traitor. What theIL. He's a traitor! Whoa! He's a traitor! What the hell? He's a traitor! He's from Iowa!

He's a traitor! I did not. My God. I did not start this. Here's the thing. I didn't know that was coming. No, I did. Yeah, really?

Hey, roll tide. Roll tide. Me and Caden Proctor. Stir in the pot. Just stir in the pot, Pat. Here's the thing. If he wasn't all in, obviously he wasn't. It's great to find that out

in March. Now. This is like finding out your fiance's cheating on you before the wedding. Just like that. So you don't have to give half. Bingo. I'm happy I found this out now, you know, instead of later.

Because, you know, we have some friends that have potentially been through that. And obviously guys get bummed out. But then we immediately say to them, hey, better now. Better now. Better now. Better for your life. Better now. And you know what?

At that time, they're like, screw you. You don't know what you're talking about. Over time, you'll be like, yeah, this is – we are way better because of this. Now, with that being said, he's real big, real tall, real athletic. Real good. You guys need – He is, but I also – someone sent me a video actually from right in this very field house of him just getting dummied on an intramural basketball court.

So I saw that and I was like, I don't know. Did he lose a step? Has he lost a step? I can tell that whoever did that is probably not in the crowd here today. Yeah, definitely not. I know. That guy back there is a big son of a bitch. Yeah, you're right.

But, Pat, here's the thing. Iowa football, I know you don't pay too much attention to. I pay too much attention to. I think you guys want me to pay less attention to it We actually talk about Iowa football quite a bit Not by Your choice? This is a problem with my college football

Existence actually I'm on game day, I get dropped in Boom, baptized into game day I got Ty around me So we're talking about Iowa football So I watch Iowa football games And then when they pop up on college game day,

it's hard for me not to tell the truth. This team is the worst offensive team to ever play football. They are playing a different sport. They're playing rugby. They're not even booing. So I have to say that because I watch these games.

I don't care if you boo me. The Iowa Hawkeyes offense has wasted three to four hours of my life every Saturday alongside all of you. Okay? I'm speaking for you. I agree. How about that defense? So, yeah, we watch Iowa Hawkeyes football. Defense! Defense! Defense!

Defense is phenomenal. Badass Defense! Defense is phenomenal. Badass defense. Defense is phenomenal. You were talking about Torrey Taylor. You talked about Proctor, okay? Let's talk about something that's not going to be done since Jason Sehorne walked this planet, okay? Cooper!

Cooper! He's Iowa boy too, right? Hey, just to let everyone know I was reading up my text, and Coop right now is in a cold tub after his workout watching the show. So everyone say hi to Coop! Love you, Coop! Love you, Coop! Hey, going to need a good 40, Coop.

Going to need a good 40. Allegedly set a PR yesterday. Allegedly he set a PR in his 40 yesterday. Coop, we need you, Coop a good 40, Coop. You're going to need a good 40. Allegedly set a PR yesterday. Allegedly he set a PR in his 40 yesterday. We need you, Coop. What was his record before that? Pretty good. He's an explosive athlete. I will say this.

Game changer. I will say this. Coop got screwed. Yeah. He did. That was not a fair catch. Bad. That's a game winner, too.

That should be on his resume, on his timeline. Dude, I mean, they took away, like, oh. This one did count. This one did count. Watch this. Dog. Dog. He's at the 20.

He's at the 15. Nobody's counting them. That's a game winner. 16-16 with three minutes left. Shocker. And you know what's great about this kid? He has not changed from the first day he got on campus. He just wants to keep working, keep getting better.

He's at the five. Pick six. Should have played quarterback. Yeah, so why didn't you guys do that? Come on. Yeah, so why didn't you guys do that? Seriously, why? Because that's not what you do when you can't do that. You mean Brian Ferris is a big, dumb dipshit?

That wasn't an explanation at all. Moving on. Moving on. All right, let's move on. Have you seen Jameis Winston in Cleveland? Yeah. Yeah. People love it. There's more interviews and more moments of Jameis in Cleveland coming out.

This one, he's chit-chatting. Yep, here we go. Ladies and gentlemen, more Jameis in Cleveland. Well, it all started when I knew I was going to become a free agent, and I just got so sick and tired of great weather and beaches and music and I said like what is the place let me challenge myself yeah what is what is the place that I know that I can give my kids some snow for Christmas like like ain't or in March well no no but honestly like uh no it's truly a blessing uh to be a part of the dog town and to be on this

radio show with y'all but i've always admired just the history of cleveland and what it encompasses and to be able to be a part of that now uh is amazing when you when you see how this team rallied together uh after uh significant injuries you know on both sides of the ball and uh and and they were able to do it with with four quarterbacks you know so one you know that the roster uh is one of the best ros, uh, and, and they were able to do it with, with four quarterbacks, you know, so one, you know, that the roster, uh, is one of the best rosters in the NFL. Uh, when you, when you have a free agent signing that shocks the world, like the Darius Smith is joining miles Garrett, you know, last year, I think that shocked everybody, you know, when you have a fierce

defense that, uh, know how to take the ball away the ball away and know how to stop the run. That's enticing for any quarterback. But also when you have the opportunity to impact and influence a young quarterback who you have admired from afar and have competed against, it really was a no-brainer for me. Opposed to, you know, obviously looking for opportunities to start, but knowing the head coach here, Kevin Stefanski, is able to win with his strategies

and with his amazing ability to lead a team despite what they may grow through. You have to admire that. You got to check the emphasis whenever james is speaking because that's the message he really wants to get through james going to cleveland seems to be the perfect fit for all yeah yeah and i like the fact that he started that answer with uh yeah i was sick of real good weather so i'm going to shitty weather well what he what doesn't want to experience because i don't think many states can handle it as good as Iowa, is a foot of snow out of nowhere in the middle of March.

But Jameis is going to experience that as a Cleveland Brown. Also, I think he's going to experience some wonderful times up there. He loves being a member of the Dog Pound, it appears. Yeah, it's unbelievable. And you know, he isn't an Ohio guy, but it does feel as though Jameis has a lot of Ohio guy-ness inside of him. And I mean, we were just talking about Jerry Judy. Jerry Judy

doing his thing, Jameis doing, I mean, are there two polar opposite free agents that are coming together in that locker room? It is going to be incredible. And you assume he's going to play because Deshaun hasn't played a full season in 15 years. Yeah, he's your 2024 comeback player. Just like Joe Flacco. How do you feel about people winning comeback players of the year

when they just maybe weren't good the year before instead of like a player dying on the field? Well, my favorite is classic Joe. He called himself out. He's just like, I don't understand why. Okay, whatever. I wouldn't want to take himself off the list.

Because it's just, I mean, he called a spade a spade. Did you play with Flacco? I did. I did. You lucky son of a bitch. He's with the Colts now. Dude, he's phenomenal. Here's my favorite Joe story.

So, you know, obviously I come from Peyton where you have to be on the perfect blade of grass at 10 yards, you know, two yards inside the number on that 10-yard out route. You have to be there, right? And I get it. Play the game. Do it. Get to Baltimore, and I'm like, hey, Joe, on this route, where do you see me?

Like, you know, does it matter, like, if I get pushed beyond the numbers? Man, just get open. Wait, what? Just get open. I'm like, yeah, but you don't care. No, no, just get open. I'm like, where? I didn't know this world existed. I thought every quarterback was like, you know,

want to be where you're supposed to be. And so it was wild. Well, that's why he can get signed at week 12. 100%. And then get dropped into a game and be able to go win. I mean, he can just, and he's just so cool. Joe Cool just rolls out of bed, throws a 50-yard bomb, throws an interception.

He's going to have the same demeanor. I think there's clips of him, like, might be sleeping on the sideline during a game. I don't know. You know, but, you know, it's just like he's just like. He's got five kids. Leave him alone. That's a good call.

Yeah. That's a very good call. Take a nap or you can get it. Great, great dude. And I love that Indy got him because not only is he just a great, great person, but he's going to be a guy in the locker room that is going to help the young guys. He's seen everything. There he is.

How do you guys find this footage? 4.3 speed. What year was this? Hey, AJ Hawk, are you out there? Number 87. Hawk, are you out there? Hey, do we got the one-hander? Yeah, this is it, isn't it?

One-hander, Todd. Look at that guy. Why'd you wear 87? Reggie Wayne, baby. They had 44ers taken. Kelsey was your favorite player, like R-Truth. And my next favorite player is Reggie Wayne. They should Joe Flacco on that.

Oh, here we go. Dallas Clark, Super Bowl champion at this point. Yeah, that's – There's Hawker. Oh, it's two hands. There's Hawker right there. Oh, no, Hawker. Hey, did he just give up? Yeah. He just gave up. AJ. That's Hawker right there. Oh, no, Hawker. Hey, did he just give up?

He just gave up. AJ. That's Ohio State right there. Loser. AJ, that's. Hey, can we get him on? Can we FaceTime him? Like, what was he thinking there?

He's going through. No, mom. Was that a business decision? No, mom. Did he not want this? Hey, rude boy, A.J. Hawk is down in. Ooh. What do you do with it?

What do you do with it? You just take it back to the sideline with you, bud. What? Act like you've been there before. Yeah, but you got excited. I mean, we got headbutts all around. Oh, yeah. Just, ah, good game.

A couple of those. A couple of those. A couple of attaboys. Dude, two Hall of Famers, Marv and Reg. What celebration did they have? Nothing. So that's who I grew up with watching. That's who I am.

I want to be like those guys. And those guys just go to bed. This ball's for you. You just said to the state of Iowa. I think I saw that. That was very nice of you. I have no idea what I was doing there. Joe Flack.

Hey, he didn't care where I was. Oh. No gloves. No gloves. Why'd you always do that? That was dumb, I thought. Probably. Yeah.

But no, it was the right thing. When I moved from linebacker, I wore gloves. And then when I went to tight end, like it just they're sweaty, they're shitty, they're bad. Is that why your pinky's pointing at the Atlantic Ocean? 100%. 100%. Which way's the Atlantic Ocean? That way. No. Due west. Due east.

Due east. East. North. You're a bird. No, no, no. You're a bird. Herky, that way's north. Nobody knows. East. There we go. You're a bird. Herky, that way is north. You should know. Nobody knows. East. There we go.

That guy's looking at his phone. He knows. Herky doesn't know. Bloodline knows. So, yeah, I took the gloves off, Pat. Bloodline front row here. Which way is east? This way.

That way? So north is that way. Yeah. Yeah. Cedar Rapids, you guys came from the north. You came straight that way. See, I always just point north. We all knew. We all knew we were flying into Cedar Rapids, you guys came from the north. You came straight that way. See, I always just always point north. We all knew.

We all knew we were flying into Cedar Rapids, too. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Weird. Hey, Pat, when are you getting here? Oh. I'm landing in 10 minutes. Landing.

About to be there. Yeah, you're in Iowa City, right? No, we're in Cedar Rapids. Well, dude, you're 30 minutes away. I did not know that. You did not know that. Yeah, we had a blizzard, too, that dropped through. We almost saw a couple people die on the way over here. Honda Civic, Anna Buick, and a median currently. Hey, T's and P not know that. Yeah, we had a blizzard, too, to drive through. Almost saw a couple people die on the way over here.

Honda Civic, Anna Buick, and a median currently. Hey, T's and P's to them. Yeah, good luck. T's and P's to them. Good luck. You're doing okay. Because they did not have their snow boots on. No, they didn't.

They put the chains away for the winter. They absolutely did. Rich McKay, who's the chairman of the competition committee, did. Rich McKay, who's the chairman of the competition committee, is speaking out about all the new rule proposals before the owners meetings this weekend. Now, we will be down in Orlando, which will be nowhere near as fantastic as Iowa City. No chance. Not even close. No way. No chance. Not the weather.

We'll be in a conference room, so we will not see any people there. So that's an easy thing to say for me. Sure, sure. But when we're down there on Tuesday, it'll be the tail end of them voting on all these new rules and whatever else they're going to imply. So we're excited to maybe get some information out of them. Obviously, a lot of players have come out against the hip drop tackle being banned as an actual rule of the NFL. So the chairman, Rich McKay, tried to get ahead of it before the vote because he saw that the narrative was potentially going very negative for this rule that they're trying to get past. The competition committee is the ones that create this, by the way.

We tried to draft it very specifically, and we were so quick to say it's hard to see all the elements. So number one thing is to get the technique out of the game. to see all the elements. So number one thing is to get the technique out of the game. Remember, they utilize words like unweight yourself and like land below knee and all this other stuff. Every player that has ever had to tackle somebody has come out and said, this is going to be impossible. When you told us we had to get the helmet out of it, we thought it was going to be tough. This new generation has been able to do it exquisitely. The whole hip drop running next to or behind somebody on a football field,

what the hell do you expect us to do? With quarterbacks, we're supposed to become as weight-free as possible on top of them. Now we can't become unweighted while we're trying. It's like this sounds dumb. This sounds like we're trying to do too much, but also it is nasty whenever somebody gets rolled up on in some tackles in the NFL, Dallas. It's nasty, and obviously you'd like to find a way to stop it, but come on, guys. Coming up with a rule, how are you going to have the referees be able to judge?

Now we're talking a judging thing. One looks bad. Can you challenge it? I mean, come on. I hope not. We're already just barely recovering from all these rules of head-to-head and making games. And again, safety, awesome, great things.

Speaking from a guy who played in the Rodney Harrison era where, I mean, that was taught. That was just like lead with your head. Amen. So the game has definitely changed. It's recovered-ish. But this has gone to you. Every player that has played in. It's recovered-ish, but this has gone too. Every player that has played in the NFL and is currently in the NFL is saying it's dumb.

That's why Rich McKay had to get out in front of it. How do you feel about the narrative he's trying to pitch? Because I think they are trying to make the game better, but sometimes it's being decided by people who maybe never had to do the thing that they're trying to enforce on a football field. It feels like at this point it's not even a narrative. It's like, hey, we're going to do this. This is going to be a penalty.

It doesn't really matter. I'm just getting out in front of it and letting you know, like, we hear you. This is what we're talking about, though. And no matter what, it's going to be a 15-yard penalty. What did Todd Haley say down there at Tequila Cowboy in Pittsburgh? He said there will be some rules that they're pitching for these league and owner meetings that everybody's against. Yep.

And then somehow everybody gets into one hotel. They get into one conference room. one person goes up in the front, something happens, and then on the way out, we're with it. We're for it. We're for it. It feels like this is something that's going to get initiated, especially with how loud it's gotten over the last couple of weeks. Last year it was the fair catch on the kickoff that everyone was super loud about,

and we didn't think that it was going to get passed. And then just like Todd said, well, he didn't speak any English when he was at the Key of the Cowboys. And then he broke his hip. A couple. He's having a good time. A couple heaters. Todd Haley's having a good time.

That calls good offense. But it feels like this might be the rule this year that gets one of those just kind of pushed through because Raj wants it. Whole new kickoff rule coming, Dallas. Awesome. Have you heard about this? I have not. What do we got? On the kickoff, chairman member Rich says, we just have not been able to make

it safety, but we've made it a non-event. We've taken too much out of the game. It's too exciting a play. We don't want to lose special teams. The hope is the new rule brings it back. After we went through it with coach Darren Rizzi, who's the special teams coordinator of the New Orleans Saints, and why they've all, the special teams coordinator of the New Orleans Saints, and why all the special teams coordinators have agreed to it is because they're saying it's going to add 1,600 more plays to the NFL season. It does bring back returns. I think it is going to put an emphasis on special teamers that have to cover kicks. It's going to look weird, though, like for a while.

It's going to look weird. Kickers back on the 35. There's a setup zone at the plus 40 it's basically a save your legs kickoff drill from practice oh yeah so then everybody's moved up yeah shorter run two returners back then it's kind of off and running that's the kickoff they're proposing to be the nfl kickoff and everybody's thinking there's a good chance it's going to get passed for next football season taking away the speed They're taking away the speed. They're taking away the high impact. Bingo. Okay.

Okay. I kind of get it. I kind of get it. But here's the thing. It is an exciting part of the game. I mean, take it away. Well, so now it's just Touchback City. Yeah, it is.

It's Touchback City. So they try to make it safe. But I like the fact that they're acknowledging we made it a shitty play. It is no longer an entertaining play. We wanted to take out all the contact, but then we also wanted excitement. What we learned in our case studies is that people like football because there's potential collisions and speed and exciting plays. So now we're just trying to get both in there. The XFL had this kickoff in their first year or their second time back first year,

and it's kind of like the model that created this one. You put some NFL talent on it, has a chance to be exciting, has a chance to be exciting. The landing zone is awesome. They're going to actually have a huge advantage for certain teams when it comes to the kickoff, and we mentioned it too. It's not technically just the most powerful leg in Butker or Kamarda, those guys who kick off that just bomb the ball, Bass even.

Now it's like, hey, there is strategy to this. And kick returns too. Like there will be, I mean, Midge, the middle gentleman over in Oakland, Las Vegas, excuse me, he's going to draw something up that is going to work, that is going to get a kickoff return touchdown, and every other special teams coordinator is going to be like, okay, I'm not doing this right. I need to game this somehow, somewhat.

Yeah, because the special teams coordinators will continue to game it over the first, second, third year of this whole thing. But I think it's going to get passed. It's going to be a very different look to start football games. Very different look with 10 people, a different place than one person because football is a team thing. Line of scrimmage is normally a pretty big deal. Now we've got 10 guys in one spot, one guy back at 35. You've got two back in the landing zone, nine in the setup zone on the return.

It's a very— Is that 14 guys? I miscounted. I think you have 14 guys out there. No, 22 I just said. I just did 12. Per team. No, I just did both sides. Boom! Right in your face. That's amazing. Can we bring back the wedge? That'd be awesome. If only.

The wedge is actually dead. But speaking of wedges, a rule that we know the Iowa Hawkeye football fans have to love. In a play that I assume they're trying to run every single down, the tush push is going to remain. After lengthy discussions among multiple committees, leave it alone. The Eagles do it well. The tush push stays. It should.

It should. It should. The brotherly shove stays. Yeah. The four hands, two ass cheeks, one football, one yard to gain. Low man wins. Stays. 19-15 football. Stays. 19-15 football. Stays.

I love it. Because it is like a, they potentially do, and they did at the end, but they've done a lot of investments. Now that Jason Kelsey isn't there. And I know they drafted somebody else that they think is very good, and Jason Kelsey has trained him. And I think Jason Kelsey even said, like, this is a guy that could take my spot in the future.

I think Jason Kelsey is a big part of the tush-push potentially because he's got to get under everybody. And he's 285 pounds, incredibly nimble. Not everybody can do what he can do. I'm excited to see what the percentages are now that he's out of the league. Was it just Jalen and the size of his ass and his squatting abilities? Or was it potentially the guy in front of him who can get his nose on the ground while moving forward

and outpower 600 pounds? Pat, we know it's a copycat league, so you know every team has tried this, but they're not running it near as effective or even running it because they're not getting the results. So you know that there is something that they're doing that other teams haven't figured out, which obviously through time, now that

they're keeping it legal, we'll be able to find every team's going to find out a way to do it. And I think Jason Kelsey knows that. I think Jason Kelsey knows. Because what do they call the listeners of the show? The 92%? That's the percentage rate of the Philadelphia Eagles with that play, I do believe. And then everybody else, go check everybody else's.

So whether that's like Travis and everybody else being like, hey, we're acting like this isn't a talent or a skill for a center that we haven't had to see in the past, it's going to stay. I'll be excited to see what the numbers are. I mean, you remember the last Chiefs QB sneak? Mahomes dislocated his knee. Yeah, they didn't run it last year at all. No, not once.

I mean, the Patriots have tried it. The Giants, if you remember Dan Jones, they tried it with, and it failed miserably. Steelers stopped that with Kenny. Yeah. It's every team but the Eagles. Let's pivot away from the rules, and let's go back to the NCAA March Madness Tournament.

We are here because the lady, the women's Iowa Hawkeyes team, is on a national championship hunt. They have Holy Cross tomorrow at 3 p.m. Favored by 36.5. Tough squad. Favored by 36.5 points. Not bad. Dallas Clark.

What was Kentucky your favorite? 15.5? 13.5. Yeah, nowhere near this. This is a lock from what we've been told by everybody. Also, double-digit favorites have been covering in the men's. I don't know about in the women's. Five and two in the men's.

Five and two in the men's double-digit cover. If they're supposed to hammer teams, people have been hammering teams. Let's keep that going. One loss. Well, you know this team better than I do. Much better than I do. No, he doesn't. You know what I mean?

Wow. Whoa. This guy doesn't think you're in Iowa. Is that the bloodline? Anyways, Dallas, Kaitlyn Clark has to shoot lights out for them to win the national championship because I feel like she gets like 10, 12 assists a game as well. This whole team has the capability,

and they obviously have to play their best ball. What is it about this Hawkeyes team to go win this? So the games that have been awesome to watch is when Kaitlin gets her team involved, which is every game. Because here's the thing. It's sad that this girl who just strokes it every day and just makes threes all day,

but also her assist is like a double-double. But here's the thing. Hannah Stokely is a bad mama jama you need to watch her she looks like a tight end run a seam route Caitlin throws these like laser passes full stride down the court catches them one one step lay up that's what sealed the the championship game here uh with the big 10 but she's got weapons around her but But here's the thing. The whole thing works because everyone knows their role. It's kind of like when you have something special, you've got to let them do their thing. Those girls aren't jealous. Those girls know their role.

When their time comes, they step up and make plays. And that's the great thing about this team. They're not one-dimensional. If Kaitlyn isn't feeling it, her teammates step up and have made plays. They struggle with that every now and then again. This is a complete team, Pat. That's why this team has a chance

and is going to go a long ways because they're not one-dimensional. They can all do their part and do it very well. You're hesitant to say winning out. Well, here's the thing. I'm not a big – I'm a one guy, one game. And a time guy.

One guy. Come on now. I understand. I understand. Let's focus on Holy Cross. Yes, we're sports media, so we have to do that. You have to. You guys can say all the bull crap, but –

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What the hell is that? Whoa, whoa, whoa. Bull crap? We don't say bull crap. Son of a bitch. Time to put on the detentions. No, you don't get to put glasses on.

No, take those off. You don't get to put glasses on. Oh, who's saying bull crap now? I said bull crap. It's a bunch of hot crap, you ask me. Amen. So I thought you said something pretty important in there about the team hasn't gotten jealous.

Because, you know, whenever a video game generation, potentially, whenever you're playing like Madden or 2K or any of these things, you see these numbers next to players. Okay. This person's at 95%. That doesn't mean they're going to be at 95% every day. That doesn't mean that they're not going to have feelings, emotions, pride, egos, you know, ups, downs. And every day they might not wake up on the right side of the bed. What I have seen out of this year for this phenom, Kaitlyn Clark, has been a team that

has celebrated her and also her not be scared to take in. Whenever they had this celebration and they had that video up on the Jumbotron, that could make some people who are like caitlin clark uncomfortable okay like this is uncomfortable because she's such a team player because of everything like that but it's like her teammates have almost allowed her to be like hey you're allowed to enjoy this absolutely we are here for you let's go ahead and do this holding up the newspapers in front of her face celebrating her like it does feel like it's the perfect team to come together around a superstar that we've never seen before time yeah and i think it makes it a little bit easier because you're not just talking about someone who's like a superstar like she is the most prolific scorer in the

history of college basketball men's or women's so i feel like in terms of like the jealousy like it's not just like oh she's going to be a first round pick in the wmba draft it's like no she's she's the one you know what i mean mean? Whoa, whoa, whoa. You're acknowledging. Yeah, exactly. So I feel like it's a little bit easier, but like Dallas mentioned too, and there was an article on ESPN, she's had those times where she's kind of gone through periods where it's tough to trust her teammates

because she knows at the end of the day, I do still have to put on. If I'm not scoring in bunches, we're not the same team. Dallas? Dallas, is it fair? Like, if I'm not scoring in bunches, like, we're not the same team. But, you know, I mean. Dallas? Dallas, is it fair? Is it fair?

What? Not us. This needs to be prefaced with not us. Not us. We have never said this. No. Never will. These are things that have been said, though.

You live in Iowa. I would like your take on this. The narrative that if she doesn't win national championship should not be. How do you feel about that? Has to win a natty? She has all the records of everything seemingly. Here's the thing. She wins a natty, then she has to do something else.

There's always going to be the mob. There's always going to be the haters. Hate me! Hate me! There's always going to be those. Here's the thing. She's going to do her thing and it always going to be those. So here's the thing. She's going to do her thing, and it's going to be amazing. And hopefully it ends with cutting down the nets.

But she doesn't need to do any of that because she's already, I mean, it's done. Like her legacy is cemented. This would just kind of like, you know, put in a rug. You know, it's kind of like Big Labatt. You know, it'll bring the room together. Oh. You know, it'll bring the room together. Oh, gotcha. It'll bring the room together. It's a cherry.

Tie the room together. A national championship title would bring the room together. Another trophy. I mean, here's me, Pistol Pete Maravich's record right here. Here's Kelsey Plum's record right here. Here's back-to-back-to-back Big Ten championship records right here. And then, boom, here's the national championship right here in the middle. I mean, this is about the size of the room that her trophy case looks like.

I mean, it's just. And wait until she gets in a fever. She's going to win. I mean, that's the real thing is that, sure, national championship would be nice, but her college is already cemented. She needs eight WNBA Cups. And then we're talking about greatest basketball player ever. Is that what they're called, WNBA Cups?

I checked. It might be the Cheryl Swoops Award. WNBA Cups. And then we're talking about greatest basketball player ever. Is that what they're called? WNBA Cups? It might be the Cheryl Swoops Award as the finals MVP. I'm not exactly sure what the Larry O'Brien... Boy, did you walk yourself right into something here. I figured WNBA Cup would play. But once again, I'm not sure the exact name of the championship. Do you think you're the only

person that's on a daytime sports show that is seen by more people than it should be that has WNBA season tickets? I'd be stunned. I think so. I'd be stunned if there were others. And if they are, where are they? I'd like for them to come forward because I mean, I live and die with the Indiana Fever. I mean, they're one of my top five teams. The Caitlin Clark effect, $659, I think, is the average ticket price for the sessions here in Iowa City. And obviously, West Virginia's here, which is a big ticket team. The Mountaineers are going to come out and do their thing.

But this is the Caitlin Clark effect. The highest ticket price in women's college basketball happened earlier in the year. Now this has to be the highest sessions average ticket price in women's college basketball happened earlier in the year. Now this has to be the highest Sessions average ticket price in the history of the tournament. What a business. What a monster Kaitlyn Clark really is. This morning at breakfast, a gal came in. She

bought a single ticket for $500. She's going by herself. She's going to the game. She's like, we've got two more chances to see Kaitlyn in Iowa City. She's going to the game. Because she's like, we've got two more chances to see Caitlin in Iowa City. Like, that's 500 bucks. One game. The next one. It's amazing.

It's awesome. You've got two more chances here in Iowa City, and we heard you chant one more year. We heard that chant. We heard it. We want to let you know, you're all welcome in Indianapolis. Let's go. Anytime you would like. That's right. You can stay at Connor's house. Exactly.

I've got an extra bedroom. Hey, can we use Connor's season tickets? No. No, you cannot. Those will be used. Those will be used. Let's go back to the men's March Madness. Obviously, the story of last night.

Oakland, a school that is in Michigan. Yes. Not California. Foxy, how come you, the representative of Michigan, Detroit, all those things, have never told us about the wagon

that is the Oakland Golden Grizzlies who just knocked off Kentucky last night in magnificent March Madness fashion, pal? Yeah, you've got to be from the state of Michigan to understand what the Oakland Grizzlies mean to the state. They've always been a wagon. They've always been a small school. Maybe for a guy that dominates in high school but is undersized,

he goes to Oakland. I actually had a teammate in high school that went to Oakland, Blake Lampman, who's on the team, one of their best players. He's from a small, small town right next to my town. We love the Oakland Golden Grizzlies and I actually was not that shocked to see them beat Kentucky. Oh, shut up! Okay.

What'd your bracket have? What'd your bracket have? I took Oakland in my bracket. There's proof there. They're running gun. They love shooting threes and they always have a guy like that kid last night that can fill it up. There is a sign here about the University of Kentucky. Oh, nice.

Pretty clever there. It says, I suck. With the Iowa eye. Yeah. That's a good sign. Yeah, it is a good sign. That's a very good sign. Next to him, we got a Bloodline fan saying,

watch out, Roman, the Rock is coming for you. No. Final boss? The final boss? Come on. Final boss isn't coming for anybody. They're together. I don't like you questioning what the Rock is up to.

This guy. This guy. He doesn't know. The final boss? Come on. You know the final boss in college football, Greg Sankey? He came out as the commissioner of the SEC and said, I'm sick of these tiny little bum-ass schools getting into March Madness.

Now, we are friends with Greg Sankey. We think he has done a fantastic job as the commissioner. Remember, during COVID, he was the first person that had any power over anything that came out and said, we're playing football. I don't know what anybody else is doing. We're playing football. So we, as football doofuses, are massive fans of Greg Sankey.

What he's been able to do down there is obviously a wagon. There's a transition happening in football, but he spoke up about basketball. We're giving away highly competitive opportunities for automatic qualifiers from smaller leagues, and I think the pressure is going to rise as we have more competitive basketball leagues

at the top end because of conference expansion. Obviously, talk about teams going to the Big Ten, new schools coming to the SEC. We obviously only talk about it for football reasons. There's a basketball thing that takes place in there. And, you know, the Iowa Hawkeyes men's team? Going to win the NIT this year. Not if Kareem has anything to say

about that. Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! They're not in the dance. Freeman, our phenom freshman, was just walking around here. Big time freshman of the year.

He's going to be something to watch. Okay, he's going to win the NIT. He's awesome. They didn't get in the dance, though. And I think you guys would say they didn't deserve it this year. Correct. I think those big conference schools know when they deserve it or when they don't deserve it.

In the small schools, making a run is what March Madness is. So I think Greg Sankey, friend of the program, kind of missed the entire boat here, although he is forecasting future problems for Selection Sunday as these schedules get a lot harder with conference realignment. I thought that's why we put the strength of schedule into the whole mix of net records.

Oh, buddy. Anytime you've got a committee picking things. I know, but you can't take, I mean, this is ridiculous. You can't take away, there's nothing better. I mean, look at Oakland. Wouldn't be Marshman. Oakland just beat Kentucky. Yeah, it's not really madness anymore. It wouldn't be madness. Jay's nothing better. I mean, look at Oakland. Wouldn't be Marshmallow. Oakland just beat Kentucky. Yeah, it's not really madness anymore. It wouldn't be madness.

Jay Wright talked about it, though, after Oakland won. He was like, well, that's the thing. You would think that these schools that have more NIL that can bring in these top freshmen are going to go all the way. But the freshmen leave after their freshman year because they are NBA picks. And schools like Oakland have all these veteran guys who've been playing college basketball together for three, four years, and that's why when they get into March, they're so much better because they are older, more composed, and they can just play basic, easy basketball

instead of the one-on-one with Reeves and Kentucky last year. So, Greg, not normally, but that's basketball. Thank you. That's a different thank you. Hey, this Herky mascot getting a little antsy. But we also have been joined. I believe the Iowa band has made their way in. Hey, is the Iowa band back there?

Ho! We got a little something special with the Iowa band happening in the next hour. Cannot wait for that. I don't know if you know. Hey, Pat, can I talk about the band here? So my kids love, we don't go anywhere at halftime. We watch the band. This year, these people back here, these great, awesome students at the university,

they did, they marched. I don't know how the heck you guys do this, but they marched. They made a Caitlin Clark stick figure. They brought out some kind they had like yeah they they they shot a basketball they shot a basketball in a hoop and it fell in while they're playing some 80s you know probably you know basketball give me give me the ball because i'm gonna suck it Does that song have words? I didn't know it had words.

Yes. Did you guys just make it up? No, no, no. I thought it was the original song. It's been around. Amazing. And then the week before, they had tailgating theme, and they had a Weber grill open up.

They had freaking people there in black suits. It was sponsored? It should have been. You sure it wasn't George Foreman? No, everyone knew it was Weber. It's only Weber. It's the dome. Traeger?

The dome? They had the fog machines. The fog machines. It looked like smoke coming out. You! You! Picking them up. You!

You! We don't know what that gentleman has done, but it feels like he's probably the one that designed the whole damn thing. I think he put the Weber sign on the grill, baby. They're unreal. They're unreal. So it's awesome having them here. Are you Sean?

Is that Sean? He just lost his mind. That's Sean! What's your name? Is that Sean? Sean. your name? Is that Sean? Sean. Corey. Corey, that is.

We met him at the Big Ten Championship. Hey! You! You! Acknowledge him. What's his? I still don't know. Corey.

Corey. Okay, Corey. Hey, Corey, great work, pal. Great work, Corey. These people love you, Corey. Did you see the way the band just responded to Corey? Corey's a good leader. Everybody in the band, just like we were talking about with Caitlin Clark,

everybody in the band was like, this one. There it is. And then, give me the ball because I'm going to win. Do we have that as video or just picture? I mean, look at that. Okay, so that ball ends up. The transition. The ball goes up in the air and makes it because that's all Kaitlin does.

And it counted for more points than the Hawkeyes scored that day. Oh! You guys suck! And that ball traveled further on the field than the football did for the Iowa Hawkeyes in four quarters. Oh! Sorry. We're talking about Kaitlin here. Let's go. That was a football game. You brought it up. We're talking about Caitlin here.

Let's go. That was a football game. You brought it up. We're looking at the band. You know what else they did? How was that the big tension? You look good in that hat, by the way. Thank you.

Great hat. Great hat. You get that, right? Why is that? I-O-W-A! I-O-W-A! I-O-W-A! I-O-W-A! I-O-W-A! I-O-W-A. I-O-W-A.

I-O-W-A. I-O-W-A. I-O-W-A. I-O-W-A. I-O-W-A. It's going. Good looking bucket. That's right.

That's the energy that March Madness has here in beautiful Iowa City. Ain't no blizzard stopping this, baby. You're right. Is this normal? You guys just get blizzards out of nowhere? Dude, tomorrow, in three days, there'll be 70 degrees. That's Iowa. Mike Foss, shout out to the entire ESPN crew that took this entire thing out as we wrap up here.

Shout out. So many incredible people that are really cool. Like, one of the big reasons why we decided to partner with ESPN whenever I was shopping the program around and licensed at the ESPN and being a part of College Game Day is because if we were to do one of these shows, like, Zito would have had to come out here two weeks ago. We would have had to figure out a spot, put it all down. We would have had to hire a spot, put it all down. We would have had to hire like 15 people.

ESPN since day one has been like, wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, we'll set up for you. And this was a moment that was too damn good to pass up. So thank you ESPN folks. Barcode, Mitch, whole squad.

Austin. No. And you. Barcode, Mitch, whole squad Austin What? No And you No, not now Now's not the time We're thanking everybody else Thank you Yep, alright

One show No, alright I'll leave But massive, massive thank you to you all Coming out here Who skipped classes? Who skipped classes? Massive, massive thank you to you all coming out here. Who skipped classes? Who skipped classes? Don't be a snitch.

Who skipped classes? As we wrap up on this glorious Feel Good Friday here from Iowa, talking about skipping class, the Duquesne Dukes have a professor who canceled class and told all of his students to go celebrate. Thank you, Professor Healy III. Thank you, Professor Healy. I'll figure it out. Go celebrate. I'll figure it out. This is the type of stuff that is magical. Whenever an entire university rallies around sports, truly special memories and moments can take place, like what's going to happen here for Kaitlin Clark's last two

games in Iowa City this weekend. Hell yeah. We are lucky to be here. We're thankful to be here, and the Iowa professors are now on the clock. You need to cancel classes, Ty, don't you think? Absolutely. When we were pulling up here, we went by a couple of the residence halls, one of which I used to live in my freshman year. Saw a bunch of people waiting. What's the name? Slater. Let's go. Slater 738, baby. 9-11. Nice, nice.

Love that. And I basically just yelled at them. They were waiting for the cam bus. I said, hey, look at all this snow on the ground. Go back inside. Skip class. That's what I used to do every once in a while. You come out, you see the cam buses struggling to get up the hill. There's no point in going to class today. You're not going to learn anything today that you won't learn on Monday

when the weather's a little bit nicer. Do you have any other message for them as we look at history potentially happening here in Iowa this weekend? Get real boozed up. Take advantage of it. You only go to school once. What? You only get this moment once.

Responsibly. Responsibly. Sometimes. Sometimes. Get real responsibly boozed up. Exactly. Tear the Ped Mall down, okay? I don't know how many seniors are out here.

You only got a couple more cracks at it. Take it from me, okay? I haven't been here, you know, in ten years. You think you're going to make it back? You think you're going to be able to go back to all those bars you love and enjoy yourself? Which ones? Well, Spoko.

Wide. DC's. Wide. Brothers. Wide. Summit. Wide. And there's Fieldhouse.

Fieldhouse. Union. Union. Union. There's about 150 more. What was it? Spoko. Yeah. Union won! Union won! There's about 150 more. Close it. Boco. But there's a good chance you won't be able to make it back.

You know, life might get in the way. So, you know, we are in the last semester here, you know, of the school year. Did your watch just tell you that? Take advantage of it. Take advantage of it. I was more so seeing how much time we had to make sure I don't go over it. But, yeah, enjoy yourself this weekend. Get responsibly, responsibly incredibly boozed up.

And let's cheer on the Hawks, baby, okay? Because we've got some Nets to cut down. Massive thank you to Dallas Clark for hanging out for the last two hours. Let's go. And as we head into this third hour exclusively on YouTube and ESPN+, I'm going to tell you, we got some shit planned. This should be a fun hour celebrating Iowa and having great conversations. See you Monday.

I missed it. No, no, he didn't. I missed it. They're off. They're not on. I should have gave them time. I missed it. I want to let you all know, that whole thing was not, I missed it.

I missed it. Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit. What the hell? What's going on? What the hell's going on? What's happening? Is that dancing? Stop dancing!

Look at this guy! Look at this guy! Thank you. I love it. I don't know what's going on, but I love it. Oh, they're off. They're off. Oh, they're off. Oh, they're off. I-O-W-A I-O-W-A I-O-W-A I-O-W-A

I-O-W-A I-O-W-A! I-O-W-A! I-O-W-A! I-O-W-A! I-O-W-A! Alright. Alright, well, we're going to take a five minute break. And maybe a smoke. What a time. Thank you to the

Iowa Marching Band. That was fantastic. Wow. Oh, yeah. Hey, that was powerful, wasn't it? Yeah, wild. Powerful. Horse power.

That was a nice little surprise right there. Dallas Clark is bartering shades. Did you steal that kid's glasses? We traded. Traded. We traded. Kind of a shitty trade for him. Yeah, it feels like you got the better end of the deal.

Yeah, big time. You're Sean Watson. He's Cleveland Browns. Tom Cruise a shitty trade for him. Yeah, it feels like you got the better end of the deal. Yeah, big time. You're Sean Watson, he's Cleveland Browns. Tom Cruise wears these ones. Dallas. Mav? Yeah, Mav. Making sure. Yeah, Mav.

Bad deal. You just ripped that kid off. That kid's got better glasses than you. You just took them off that kid's face. Is this choice? I mean, you get Dallas. Hey, buddy. Buddy, you keep these.

Boop. Oh. Hey, buddy. Buddy, you keep these. Boop. Oh, no. You got to catch that with the trumpet. Oh, no. That was a terrible throw by me. Terrible throw by me. I know about that.

Is that mine? Yeah. Somebody give him a pair of our glasses. Who? Oh, he's got a pair. He's got a pair. I gave him mine. I gave him mine.

We're good. He's got a pair. We're good. Hey, sorry about that, band guy. No, no, that's got a pair. He's got a pair. I gave him mine. I gave him mine. We're good. He's got a pair. We're good. Hey, sorry about that band guy. No, no, that's not for me. Hey, what's your name, bub? That's an honor I can't bestow. Christian? Hold on.

Here's the microphone. No, no. No, no. That's yours, pal. It's yours. Okay, so. I'll take it. I'll take it.

I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it.

I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it.

I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. Oh, there you go. Oh, now you're the real drum major. There you go. Yeah Tim was up here so.

Oh there you go. Oh now you're the real drum major. There you go. Did you put it under your nose? No you put it under your chin. No now I ain't gonna have it. I got a big head. Your head's alright. You're good. So what year are you and how long have you been doing this? So this is my fourth year in the marching band and I've been the drum major for two years. Congratulations.

Can we salute him? Big swing and ding dong. That's a big deal right? the drum major for two years. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Can we salute him? Big swing and ding dong. That's a big deal, right? The drum major? It is, yeah. So I'm like the top leader within the band. So I teach everybody the marching fundamentals. I lead them out on game day. If you've never seen, I do the back bend on live TV and all that stuff.

Do you hit it every time? Hit it every time. Okay. Every single time I hit it, of course. We like that. Dallas was just talking about a Caitlin Clark basketball shot. Yeah, yeah. Did you see that show?

Yep. So we did that for Western Michigan. And so we did a Caitlin Clark themed show because obviously she had an amazing year last year. And it was written by Corey Schmidt, our amazing TA. He's a Schmidt? No, no, no. No relations. So the band made a Caitlin stick figure. And then we also had the

band members make a basket. And so people in the band had this big basketball, and they were running around, so we made it like she was shooting the basket. Because we've got to honor Kaitlyn Clark. Isn't Kaitlyn Clark amazing, everybody? Isn't she the best? Yeah. It's got to get to.

Hey, he said it was like the greatest thing he's ever seen. He said his kids and he stick around halftime to watch you guys. So you're doing a great job. Thank you. Thank you. We appreciate it. We love having fun with the Hawkeye fans what's the metal band what's the metal band called yeah so the hawkeye it's called the hawkeye metal band and that's members of the

marching band some of them play the bass and play the guitar and we did this amazing metallica show that you guys saw at the big 10 championship right which was an amazing show and it was a part of this big metallica marching band competition so we had members of the band they're like yeah we'd love to you know create a metal band for it and so they were like yeah let's do it and so when we played enter sandman we were rocking and jamming all that you guys won the halftime thank you thank you no questions asked well then you post on your on your show the next day you're like how about that Hawkeye marching band? You were doing that, and we thought it was the most amazing thing.

We were like, oh, my gosh, we're on the – wasn't it amazing when we saw that we were mentioned on the Pat McAfee show? We thought that was the coolest thing ever. We thought that was the coolest thing ever. Jack and bulky. Huh? What'd you say? Right, you had a Pat McAfee-themed show.

Okay, so we had a Pat McAfee-themed show. What would be your three songs? Because we play three songs every halftime. So if we could do a Pat McAfee theme show, what would be your three songs? White Stripes, Seven Nation Army. Okay, we already played that. Prada. Prada's not the answer.

Maybe. Black Betty. Black Betty's good. Black Betty would be a good one. There we go. Black Betty's good. Tom Petty. You know your karaoke song.

Yeah. Exactly. Say it on business. Backman is good. Tom Petty. You know your karaoke song. S.O.B.! S.O.B.! Yeah. Exactly. Say it on bass with S.O.B. Yeah, Backman Jones. S.O.B.! That's a good call. Okay. Those would be the three.

But also, how much time do you guys practice each week? So we practice two hours a day for five days a week. And we're just marching. Yeah, marching, marching, learning all the music. So we have fundamentals, we learn our shows, and we also have music rehearsals as well. And then we can do a lot of cool performances like this, or we perform at football games, or a pet band that performs at basketball games for Kate and Clark too. So we get to do a lot of fun stuff like this. That is filthy. We appreciate the hell out of you. Oh, we appreciate you. Thanks for having us on. I think the metal band's here,

right? Oh yeah, the metal band's all here. Okay. Do we want to? They're getting them all set up. How much time will that take to set up, you think? We're almost there. Almost ready. Is that the Axeman? 30 seconds.

30 seconds? Yeah. Okay. So we're going to go to a break with the Iowa Hawkeyes metal band. Metal band. Yep. There you go. Playing Metallica's Enter Sandman.

We're going to do it for you. Right here. Which is an award finalist performance. It is. Yeah. Metallica chose us ourselves as a finalist lars ulrich was like holy shit i've never seen anything like this okay well you can we do that we're gonna do it yep just for you yeah do it austin christian jesus that's all me christian christian thank you so much for having us we appreciate it christian i appreciate you.

Congrats on the incredible work. Thank you. Go Hawks. Let's go. Hell yeah. No problem. Go Hawks. Go Hawks.

Sports are happening in a massive way, and we are incredibly lucky to be on the campus on the eve of one of potentially the final two home games of Kaitlyn Clark's illustrious Iowa Hawkeye career. The buzz is palpable because the greatest college hoop scorer in the history of college hoops is wrapping up her career at the wonderful University of Iowa with a national championship run. Hell yeah. Now I'm not alone. Obviously one half of the hammer done. Cowboys turn digs is here. The toxic table is here at Boston Connor. Connor.

Still getting booed. And a University of Iowa grad, Ty Schmitz. Yeah, Ty. Now we're... We were incredibly lucky to be joined by Dallas Clark, Iowa legend for the first two hours. We are lucky to be joined by Jack Golke, the legend from Oakland, Michigan, who went off for 32 points last night in a 14 over 3 upset of the March Madness Tournament. Today has been fantastic. But I don't know if at home where you're watching on YouTube or ESPN Plus,

or I think we're still on TikTok Live. I don't know how long that app. We don't know. I don't know. Who knows? I don't know. I don't know. Careful, Chana.

Hey, smart people. Figure it out. But there is an extra heightened sense of fantastic in the building. There is a heightened sense of greatness in the building. long walk from the place in which this person is hanging out because I do believe a man who's going to be remembered Okay, we're nowhere near that.

Okay. Yeah, we're in another building. Oh, gotcha. I can still feel it though. Oh yeah, oh yeah. I can feel the mana radiating. I can feel the ones going to the sky relatively soon to acknowledge him. Ladies and gentlemen, we're on the road to WrestleMania.

And in about two weeks weeks time, the eyes of the world will be cast upon Philadelphia for WrestleMania 40. Exhale. WrestleMania 40 is being heralded as the biggest WrestleMania in the history of WrestleMania, and that's for good reason. Night one, biggest tag team match in the history of WWE night to a man who comes from a wrestling family who is beloved by all wrestling fans has an opportunity to maybe finish his story the reason why it is being heralded as the biggest WrestleMania of all time is because on both nights, you're going to be able to see a man who is a one-of-one, a man who has a Hall of Famer next to him every single time you see him,

a man who has put on and put over his entire family. A man who is still 30 to 45 seconds away. A man who will never be duplicated, never be replicated. A man who is the main event on both nights of the biggest WrestleMania of all time. The longest reigning, undisputed, WWE Universal Champion of all time. Our tribal chief, the big oos. The man who has put WWE on his back for the last four years. Damn.

He's beat leukemia. What? He's beat all of your favorites. What? The man can't be pinned because his shoulders don't know what the mat's supposed to feel like. Hell yeah. He's taller than you. What?

He's more powerful than you. What? His hair's better than you. He's more powerful than you. His hair's better than you. Ladies and gentlemen, Roman Reigns! flanked by WWE security who is a badass get your ones up get your ones up get your get your fucking ones up acknowledge this man knowledge him Travel chief That's what I'm talking about That's what I'm talking about Roman

Wow The reason why you are Our tribal chief The reason why You are The man who put the WWE on your back for like the last decade and a half, it feels like, is because you fly through a blizzard to Iowa City on the eve of Caitlin Clark's historic run that's about to begin and give these people not what they deserve, but what they need, which is a look at greatness. Thank you, tribal chief. Where's the pipe at? Where are we going?

Anywhere, yep. Your tribal chief loves you. That's very kind of you. And before we go any further, Iowa City, acknowledge him. A lot of ones to the sky here in Iowa. And I'm going to be honest, we thought there was no chance you were going to continue to come whenever we landed and found out a blizzard was coming. So you battling through adversity to talk to the people that need to hear from you is another display of greatness but let me say this from my heart there's a couple Cody Rhodes fans in here cry babies they've been

crying all morning they've been crying all morning sobbing and crying all morning the buzz about this Wrestlemania is bigger than it's been forever, maybe. You're the main event of both nights. I think that's the reason why. But on the second night, you got Cody Rhodes. What are your thoughts on the whole Cody Crybaby situation with The Rock and his fans? And what are your thoughts on Cody's story only being finished by beating you? He's going to smash him. Hell yeah.

Hell yeah. I think everybody's story Revolves around me You know what I'm saying So I think he's just One of many That's just trying to Tie this thing up

But at the end of the day He's just a chapter In the big book You know what I mean This thing's been started Since August of 2020 Since I came back And I told the whole world

That I was the head Of the table And I was the head Of the greatest Wrestling dynasty To ever exist. On a Wai'i Fatu dynasty. Big hoose.

And that's the thing. We've done so much great things that we've made this place. It's like there's a magnetism. We pulled you in. You're like, man, the Bloodline's doing all kinds of things. Let's go do that. Let's be a part of that. Same thing with Cody.

I was trying to be a noose. Cody was off doing who cares, a whole lot of nothing. He saw what we were doing in WWE, and he wanted to be a part of that. Hollywood, Dwayne, saw what we were doing. I'm the only guy that didn't have to go to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me. Hell yeah. Hell yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah me. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, if y'all feel truth, just put the one up. You know what I mean? Because I'm going to spit a lot of that.

Okay. A lot of amen. Amen. A lot of this. Instead of this, let's just put the ones up to the sky. We don't need amen. It's tribal chief. Yeah.

You're damn right. Tribal chief. Tribal chief. Tribal Chief. Yeah, you're damn right. Tribal Chief. Tribal Chief. Tribal Chief. So, when you took on Cena, you know, John Cena. Oh, yeah. He was the first Hollywooder to come back. Yeah, exactly.

Michael Cole was bopping his meat every night to John Cena. Uh-huh. Every night. Oh, the goat is back. The goat is the greatest of A long time has been. I used to have beers with John Cena. That whole thing. Big dick rider that much.

Well, a lot of people say that about me because the next part of the question was. Oh, I'm sorry. I had to get you. So I, at that moment, started looking around. Michael Cole is calling John Cena the goat. I started checking out his resume and everything. And obviously he was fantastic and worked for a long time and showed up John Cena is obviously on the Mount Rushmore and everybody's mind But there's no reason not to call you the goat and I literally as I did my research I started looking I'm like in the hardest time in the history of professional wrestling when there was no fans

No fans Who's carrying it? Roman Reigns. The moron that said that. Get that guy out of here ASAP. And then when we got back into arenas and people didn't know what it was going to be like, sellout, sellout, sellout, sellout, sellout, sellout. Ratings through the roof.

Billions of dollars coming into the WWE. Why? He's the needle mover. Roman Reigns. ratings through the roof, billions of dollars coming into the WWE. Why? He's the needle mover. Roman Reigns. So I've said that you're the GOAT for these reasons and these reasons alone, and I assume that you felt that way for a long time, but you are the GOAT in a lot of people's eyes. How does it feel, and when did you realize that you were going to be in that conversation?

I've always known it. You know what that conversation? I've always known it. You know what I mean? I've always been striving for it. I've always had this obsession for it. I was born in 85. So, you know, when you're growing up through the 90s and you have Michael Jordan, you just have this mentality. It was different times back in the day.

You know, I'm not trying to get all old school on everybody, but it was tougher. It was a tougher mentality than it is today. And that was just something that conditioned me to chase it and just want to be on a different level than everybody. Like Caitlin Clark. Exactly. Yeah, exactly. The tribal queen of Iowa. We like that. Completely unrelated. I, we like that. Completely unrelated.

I'm a different tribe. Caucasian tribe, if you will. There you go. We got some of that, too. But yeah, for me, I don't take anything away from anybody. What John's done is, yeah, it's on as far as generations come. That's goat level stuff. But for me, it's always been about quality, not quantity.

John has a lot of title reigns, but he doesn't have a title reign that can compare to what I've done in the past four years. So this quality that, you know, that I put on display, it speaks for itself. The business backs it. Everything that's happened, it's made this place more lucrative than it's ever been. It's made this place attractive for sale. You know what I mean? Like, my reign has gone through the most turbulent, crazy time. Crazy.

WWE's history. And that says a lot. You know what I'm saying? So, I will always take the quality of this run over, you know, going 14, 15, 16 times any day of the week. Ty's got a question for you. Yeah, I'm just curious. How do you fend off the boredom? Because you already are the greatest of the week. Ty's got a question for you. Yeah, I'm just curious.

How do you fend off the boredom? Because you already are the greatest of all time. Yeah, that's a good question. You know going in every single time you step in the square circle, like this schmuck's got nothing. He's got nothing. Cody's got nothing. It doesn't matter who they line up.

CM Punk certainly has nothing. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. I like to. So how do you stay focused? How do you keep that edge when you already are the greatest of all time? I'm living my dream, man. Like, this is what I wanted my whole life.

So I'm not one of them people that once I got there, it just wasn't what I expected. I'm not like CM Punk where I got to the top of the mountain. It's like, oh, it's not what I expect, so I'm a bitch about it. No. Hey, once you reach your goals enjoy the dream this is what you've been working for and that's exactly what i'm doing so for me i don't want to go no i don't i don't want this to ever end i don't want this dream to end i don't ever want to wake up so i do everything that i have to do to stay and maintain this position and you know it's a lot of work. You know, I'm very private about my me time, my family time. So you don't get a, you know, you don't get that backstage look at everything

I'm doing, but no, I'm constantly working. I'm always prepping. Hey, body looks good. Always. You already know. Yeah. Look, it's cold out here. We're ready. That's the thing is like, I'm just obsessed with continuing to progress. You know what I mean? So I know there's another level. I know there's some more that I can do. So I don't like to get satisfied or comfortable with the current level that I'm on. Okay, so everybody that is the projectors of what wrestling is going to be in a few months,

they know how it's going to go, which makes no sense because who knows who's going to show up on what night nobody the only thing we've known for the last four years is every time this guy shows up he wins he's the only one that we know that about everybody else you have no clue but it sounds like you're a guy who doesn't see the end of your like wrestling career run like we're in the middle of our prime right now, we're talking about right now, is the way you feel? Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'm just scratching the surface. I'm still experimenting. We're still figuring stuff out.

There's so much room left. Okay. I'm 38 years young. I'm a young man. I got so much stuff to do left. You know what I mean? There's so many. If we were able to do this in four years,

imagine what we can conquer in another decade. You know what I mean? Like I said, the work's being put if we were able to do this in four years, imagine what we can conquer in another decade. You know what I mean? Like I said, the work's being put in. My skin still looks good. You're using Papatouille? You know what I mean? I'm sure there's a lot of 25-year-olds in here that I look younger than. Yeah, you do. Us whites.

We're constantly putting in – Yeah. I said I got half of that. Yeah, but you got – your skin seems to be not from our side. We got a good side, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, yeah, I don't see it stopping anytime. You just said it.

Like, we're about to set more records. WrestleMania weekend with the main events. We're chasing, you know, landmarks and different history marks as far as the title reigns. So there's so much history left to make. I don't see it ever ending. Hell, yeah. Wait, we love that. Conor's got a question for you, Roman. Yeah, Tribal Chief.

Obviously, throughout those four years. My Tribal Chief. Can I say our? Is it our? Our, my. What would you prefer? Our is probably better, but at least my. Okay, our and my Tribal Chief. Just real quick, though.

People from the South, like I'm from Pittsburgh, so I'll say like my mom said this or my dad. In the south they go mom said, dad said. They don't do the my in front of it. So thank you for clearing up that whenever we say tribal chief we have to say my or we have to designate whose

tribal chief you are. It's first person. It feels personal. It feels respectful to me. So when you get the opportunity, you know, as first person, it feels personal. It feels respectful to me. So, you know, when you get the opportunity, you know what I'm saying, take advantage. Yeah, yeah. It's kind of like a King James situation. Sure.

You know what I mean? You say king, same way I'd say, hey, tribal chief. But, again, preference, our tribal chief, my tribal chief. He always stands for his tribal chief. Always. No matter what. And, you know, the wise man could also attest to that. But, you know, throughout those four years,

two guys have been with you here and there, Jimmy and Jay. And obviously right now they're going through their beef. Is it hard because it is, you know, blood for you to – No yeet. Okay. No yeet. It is catching. Ah, dude, my cramp.

I'm so impressed. Look at those abs, though. I'm talking about taking shirts off. All right, sorry. Go ahead. No, no. Please. Never.

My tribal chief, never apologize. Okay, never. But is it hard for you not to think about, you know, your other family going at it, you know, one-on-one against each other? Or is that just separate business you're not even worried about? It's not even on your mind. Oh, I'm rooting for Big Jim. He's my only family. They're calling him Jealous Jim.

Jay made his choice. Excommunicado. You know? How do you walk away from the dream? How do you walk away from the promised land? You know, how do you walk away from the dream? How do you walk away from the promised land? You know, it's disrespectful. I agree.

He'll tell you his life hasn't been the same since. So if you can't play your role, if you can't just fill the shoes that you've been provided, then we got to excommunicate. We got to see if you, you know, sink or swim. He's doing okay, but just remember, it only takes just like that. We send the word and it's done. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. My tribal chief. Whoa!

My tribal chief, that was a pretty heavy, heavy statement there. I would never kill my cousin. Okay. But I would put his career on hold if I want to. You understand? We got the juice. Okay, so let's talk about. Yep, sorry.

Amen, tribal chief. My tribal chief. Speaking of cousins. Big one, bold one. Got a big family, yeah. Yeah. I saw the tree. I saw the tree.

Beautiful tree. The first picture I saw of the tree was of this Attitude Era icon who is somehow in better shape now, seemingly, than he was then. That's what I'm saying. That's what we do. That's our genetics. It was no disrespect, 25-year-olds, but it's just on my side. We're getting better with age.

Yeah, and he is more jocked, I think, than we've ever seen. There's some photos hitting the Internet back when there was an era after WWE. Yeah, when he had hair. When he had hair and he looked like real. Hollywood told him. He leaned up. Yeah, yeah. Lean.

Lean-oose. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Super lean. Pebble. Is this guy okay-oose? You know, they were saying that. But now he is obviously the most famous person on earth, one of the greatest business people ever.

He's on the board. He's the final boss. But I've been noticing, I don't know if you've seen this, I don't know if you've seen this, because with how focused you are, you know, when you're setting a tone like this. His thumb has a mind of its own. Have you seen that?

His thumb just like, I don't know if it's lazy. I would never say The Rock's lazy. We are big fans of The Rock. See him in The Iron Parade. He is the hardest worker in the room, but it feels like his thumb might be lazy, because he'll do this one, and then this thing goes like that.

You see that? And on the screen, you can't see it as much because of how... Oh, yeah, you can. He's doing that right there. Have you guys talked about what the formal acknowledgement is? There's a sign right here, right behind you. Watch out, Roman. The Rock is coming for you.

Why does everybody want you two to be at odds with each other when we saw the familia, we saw the if you smell what the bloodline is cooking? Why does everybody want you two to go after each other, you think? Because I think it's two of the greatest superstars to ever do it. And we have one who's currently dominating Hollywood, the other currently dominating WWE. Why wouldn't you want to put that match together? That's what I'm saying.

I mean, that's the big gripe with Cody. He's a crybaby. And then his fans reflect that. Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, We've given that bum plenty of time. We've given that chump plenty of time to do his thing. And let's be honest. This could be on Raw. I hope you're happy. You're not going to be here.

I'm going to be here. If the guy's my age, you know what I mean? That small minority of our WWE wrestling fan base weren't a bunch of bitches crying the whole time. He would have never got that buzz. And y'all would have been just smitten with The Rock versus the Tribal Chief. Let's be honest. That's what it was.

But that's the beauty of this business is things can happen on the drop of a dime, and you have to be able to, you know, either call an audible or ride that wave that's coming at you. But for me, that was the endgame. Let me go ahead and just make the final statement. Put the stamp of approval.

Seal the deal. I beat the rock. Ain't nobody ever questioning what I've done here. And Cody took that from me. And that's the thing. He's got to pay for it. We're such a close family. You know what I mean?

We handle things the right way. Fortunately, we have the ring to be able to settle our differences, and Jay and Jimmy, they know that, and they're doing that. But that's the thing. He took that from me. He took that storybook ending because imagine somebody who just pops up out of nowhere, and they're talking about, this is my story. You ain't even been here half the time.

Well, you just got here. You literally just got here. You literally just got here two years ago. Sounds like Cody potentially ruined a moment for all of us. Not just you. That's what I'm saying. The whole universe. Me.

This is the thing. Our society is a bunch of sheep, right? You tell them, you can Jedi them, and then they're like, oh, Cody's the good guy. Look, he signs autograph. That guy's a politician. Oh, come on. Joe Biden. Come on. He's not real like our tribal chief. That's what I'm saying.

He's been up here in a three-piece suit. We're on the Pat McAfee live show. Yeah! We coming all black. We come cash. I think our materials are about the same. Hey, you look, hey, you do look strapped.

You walked, you know what I mean? You know what I'm saying? Y'all got to wait until the 6th and the 7th to see all that, but I've been putting that work in. Hey, we're feeling mania body, mania shape. We're in, yeah, yeah, yeah. We're ready. Well, you got two matches.

Hey, this is the biggest one of all time, right? So I had to come correct. You know why it's the biggest one of all time? Because I'm double main event and that's why. Bingo. Bingo. Put it on. Amen.

Tone Diggs has a question for you. My tribal chief. My, our, sir, tribal chief. He's making a mockery out of it right in front of your face. What was the sir about? The sir, I believe that you should be knighted. That's my father. No, I feel like you should be knighted. If you were to go to England, I believe that you should be knighted. That's my father. No, I feel like you should be knighted.

If you were to go to England, I feel like you should be knighted. Well, the whole royal situation right now, I don't know if we need our tribal chief. Can we do it like an American extension or something? Yeah, thank you. First royalty. Connor mentioned Sir Paul Heyman earlier, okay?

Yeah, the wise man. Yeah, the wise man. And I saw a tweet earlier this year that said that the only person that can induct or introduce Paul Heyman earlier, okay? Yeah, the wise man. Yeah, the wise man. And I saw a tweet earlier this year that said that the only person that can induct or introduce Paul Heyman to the Hall of Fame is Paul Heyman. Do you agree with that? Because the way that he speaks with like... Pat's up there. No, no, no.

Paul Heyman is the speaker of all speakers. The intro-er of all intro-ers. Bingo. The wise man. So, what do you ask? Do you agree with that tweet that Paul Heyman is the only one that can introduce Paul Heyman into the Hall of Fame? That sounds like double pay to me if we're going to make Paul

work twice. We've got to think on the business side here. I'll speak for the wise man. I'll say, we'll take a double pay if that's what y'all want to do but i think whoever does it they just need to be authentic they just need to tell their story of paul um there's gonna be a lot of facts and a lot of history that you can lay down with with the wise man i mean all the way from you know his beginnings with the giant phone to being the advocate to you know

to be in being my special counsel i think whoever does it just needs to be themselves and just tell the truth. Because Paul, he's an incredible man. He's an unbelievable man. And what he's done in this business, and then I also think what he's done in his personal life, I know well because I work with him and I'm good friends with him.

I just have the utmost respect for him. I really do. And nobody deserves a Hall of Fame induction more than him. That'll be it, Paul. Hell yeah. Hope you hear it. That boy a Hall of Fame induction more than him. That a baby boy. Hell yeah. Hope you hear it. That boy a wise man. For the wise man.

For the wise man. For the wise man. Yes, sir. Put these things up. He was breaking into promotions as a teenager, acting like he's a photographer and a reporter and lying about his age and sitting in writers' rooms with the American... He has impacted the wrestling business throughout his entire being

and has never even thought about going elsewhere and is always willing to help. You know, obviously, a big part of the bloodline. Whenever I was having my run with Austin Theory, who I beat at wrestling. Pretty convincingly. That guy sucks at wrestling. It's a fact.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a fact. There was a night, though, where I was going to maybe answer Austin Theory. He was going to ask me to apologize or something like that. And Wise Man heard me potentially in the corner thinking about how I was going to do it. And then he just literally stops me and says three lines. He's like, you're sorry that his mom made a bitch, right? You're sorry that he is insufferable, right? You're sorry that he is insufferable, right?

You're sorry that he is the worst human being, right? And I go, I am sorry about all those things. And he goes, precisely. And then he just walked away. And then I go out there, take all his shit. And then the internet's like, Pat's one of the best promos in the game. Damn, that boy can talk.

That guy's good. Damn, that boy's good. And I told Paul, Internet's like, Pat's one of the best promos in the game. Damn, that boy can talk. That guy's good. Damn, that boy's good. And I told Paul, I was like, I'm going on my show tomorrow, and I'm saying that you're the one that told me that because I don't want to get your pop. And he goes, no, no, no. At some point later, I want to let you know, today's the day, Paul. We all appreciate the hell out of you.

Congrats going into the Hall of Fame. Congrats, wise man. I mean, like I said. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.

Hell yeah. Hell yeah. And that's why, in my opinion, whoever does it, they just need to tell the truth. Because this is a weird word to use or a weird phrase, but Paul is like a performance enhancer. He really is. Paul's a PED. He just makes you feel more comfortable. He knows what it's like to be in the marquee.

He's worked around it and in it his whole life, it seems like. So he just knows how to say those little things. It's like when a director, you know, you're about to go into this huge monologue and you're trying to lock in, and he hits you with a couple things to put the skin on, you know, to where you can feel the true emotions of that moment and be authentic. He does that every time. And it sounds like he did it with you.

Yeah. I'm about to have a talk about, you know, sharing that wisdom. We got to be judicious with the wisdom wise man, you know. With that being said, you had Sami Zayn as the first honorary use. Yeah, yeah. I was disgusted. I thought I had earned the title. This bloodline, how do you get in?

Is there a way to get in? Well, I tell you, you ain't going to get in by doing Jay's stuff. That's for sure. Well, what a. Yeet. Yeet. Be fair. You keep those arms still in his entrance.

It's hard. It's hard. I don't know if you hear it. I see you. He's got them going, man. And, hey, who saw it first? Who's the first one? Who's the one that took a chance on Jay? Rikishi.

What? Our tribal tribe. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I did. I put the equity in him. I'm the one that took from my account and deposited into his account. That's what 2020 was all about, is building the bloodline, but also putting equity in my family, the people I love.

Why do people not like you? What's that all about? Because you're too good? I'm going to give you my simple truth, but people can be stupid. You know what I mean? Let them do what they want. It's fine. It's worked out great.

We're not complaining at all. The checks are crazy, and they keep coming in. You know what I mean? Let them do what they want. It's fine. It's worked out great. We're not complaining at all. The checks are crazy and they keep coming in. You know what I'm saying? So we'll keep just doing what we do. And we don't care what they think because it's the truth. I put my family on my back. I put this company on my back. And why not, you know what I mean, share the spotlight?

Why not make everybody better? I mean, these four years are a testament to it. Truth. We're the greatest. Truth. We're the best. We're the best. That's right. You are, brother. better and that's I mean these four years a testament to it we truth we the greatest truth we're the best you are Carter's got one last question I think it's about those two are actually in WWE 2k 24 don't know how big of a gamer you are I'm not great but I will certainly be making sure that these two are potentially winning the undisputed Universal titles because

that's what they want. They want to beat you in a video game. Those two right there. Yeah. My Tribal Chief, just to be completely clear. He has said this. I don't know what he's going to say to your face, but he said he can't wait to take his character in WWE 2K24 and run all over the bloodline.

That's what that guy said. This guy. My Tribal Chief. First of all, it's virtual. It is not real life. If this was real life, I would never, ever challenge a tribal chief. My tribal chief, our tribal chief. Okay, let me just lay that out right there.

But with that being said, when you do see people, fools like ourselves, perhaps, in the video game, you know, giving it to you because no one else can give it to you in the WWE, obviously, like we've addressed. Does that kind of rub you the wrong way? Does it piss you off? Because there is a chance, and again, only virtual, this is all out of respect, you will always be my tribal chief. There is a chance, however, that down the road, Ty and myself as a tag team, possibly

take on you and The Rock, and there's a chance that we make the difficulty as easy as it can be, and we beat you guys. Beat the dog shit out of you guys. Yeah, yeah. Mud stomps the whole nine. Table, right? Table, ladders. Yeah, we got the T2, talked to Table Slam, and a couple other things.

But when you see that, is that okay? Because I want to ask you before, am I allowed to take the championship from my tribal chief in a virtual setting? Did you pay for the game? Yes. I did, yeah. You can do whatever you want. Okay.

You buy that game, you do whatever you want on that game. That's great news. Thank you, tribal chief. Thank you, my tribal chief. Thank you, tribal chief. Thank you You buy that game. You do whatever you want on that game. That's great news. Thank you, Travel Chief. Thank you, my Travel Chief. Thank you, Travel Chief. Thank you. Buy the game. Buy the game.

I do wonder if you had a chat with him and said, like, game, not game. These shoulders never. Yeah, I don't. Glitch in a game? Oh, Roman at two. That's the glitch in a game. As long as there's still that, like,10% difference where you can tell like oh it's not real real oh man

that's super close to being like perfectly realistic but as long as there's like oh but no it's not so it's not you know what I mean as long as we can distinguish a couple years we are not going to be able to do this our tribal chief we would like

to say thank you so much for taking time to come here. Iowa, thank you. We've got fingers to the sky. Acknowledge this, man. Acknowledge our tribal chief. We've got fingers to the sky for good. Thank you, Roman!

Did you hear that? Thank you, Roman! Thank you, Roman! They're thankful. Very true. True. True. I will.

They're not the only ones that are thankful. Us WWE fans are thankful for what you've done for the business over the last four years. Yeah. And what you've done with this to the places you've taken the entire company to, it's good for all of us. Myself included. I'm benefiting from it. So are the boys who are in 2K. You're the man. Thank you for coming. And good luck tonight. You're going face-to-face

with Cody Rhodes. Yeah, that's right. I'm going to probably do exactly what I did here and just direct it all towards him and slaughter him. So what are we doing? We're staring at each other tonight? Do you work on a stare down too? Or is that just a natural, he's going to feel you whenever they're face to face tonight?

Is that where you, that's where you're trying to beat me up? Yeah, exactly. That's fake. Yeah, it's fake. But that's happening tonight. It's very close. Like I said, in a couple of years, we won't be able to tell the difference. So we're going to have to watch that.

I won't do it then. Yeah, we're going to head up there and we're going to get to work, man. It never stops. You guys smack him in the mouth? I'm not much of a slapper have to watch that. I won't do it then. Yeah, we're going to head up there and we're going to get to work, man. It never stops. You going to smack him in the mouth? I'm not much of a slapper, to be honest. You know what I mean? We're just going to go ahead and close him up. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Not too much, though. Oh! Oh! Couple cocks. Cock that thing. This is a meme For sure This is Superman

He's Superman He's Superman Super cock on the punch My people are telling me to leave this This shot right now But we appreciate you Wise man said to leave Like a super soaker

Maybe one of those tonight Maybe a lot of those tonight. The stamina on that man. Yeah. P.E.D. He's got a wise man. Here we go. Yeah, we're ready.

You're the best. Ladies and gentlemen, our tribal chief, the GOAT, Roman Reigns. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Acknowledge him on the way out, please. Acknowledge him on the way out, please. Acknowledge him. Hey, you're the man. You are the man.

Look how handsome. His hair is unbelievable. Perfectly caught. He said I didn't even do it today. I just woke up like that. Ladies and gentlemen, from one legend to another. from one legend to another. Ladies and gentlemen, the head coach of the Iowa women's basketball team, fresh out of practice, Coach Lisa!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you so much. I like this. I like this. I thought you needed to look a little better today. Okay. So I brought you some gear. All right, all right, you got it. Hold up one second.

I'm not in the greatest shape right now. Not fighting shape, but... Okay, of course. Got time. Time to get that. Hi! Let's go, Hulk! Let's go!

Wow! Let's go, Hulk! Let's go, Hulk! Oh, that was nice. Let's go, Hulk! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Wow! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! Let's go Hawks! I mean, sorry immediately upon meeting you I take my clothes off, but... I did my best to make this show attractive to everybody. I wish I was in better shape for you. That's all me. Blizzard got me a little fat this morning.

Coach, thank you so much for making time to stop over here. These people have been fantastic all morning. Hawk fans are the best. Yes, the campus is radiating. Campus is radiating. That is legitimately how it feels upon arriving. I've heard a couple interviews where you

said that you had to change the way you coach because of the way Kaitlyn Clark plays. We asked Caitlin Clark to come on the program. She said that she's too locked in. This is too important of a time. I am sorry I cannot make it. Like, with the most respectful answer of all time.

And I immediately thought, and Dallas did as well, of like Peyton Manning, like all these super high-end, mentally competitive savages. Is that what Caitlin is? Has she been that way the entire time and what do you know or what did you see in her maybe that the rest of the world is now just getting to kind of see in a big in a big way well a lot of coaches saw her early obviously and she is she is such a competitor she's a warrior out there she has this un just ability to win that is just over the top of anybody else. I mean, it really is. Like, she just wills her team to win, and it's so much fun to coach her. Dallas talked earlier that watching the team,

what he loves the most about this year's team, not that teams in the past had anything different, but this year's team, it's like everybody knows that she's, like, there's no jealousy, seemingly, of everybody else, which can happen in basketball. It's kind of happening with Wemby, almost with the Spurs and a couple other places because everybody's good. Obviously, you're playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team. You're good.

Dealing with a superstar, and I'm not saying dealing in a negative way, but how have you seen the team kind of rally around, and why do you think Kaitlyn has that respect of her teammates? It's something we've worked really hard on is that everybody matters on our team no matter who you are what your role is and they buy into that but they are not jealous of Caitlin because they know she works hard harder than anybody she's a goofy teammate she shares the wealth I mean she gives Nike gear out like it's candy and Vos headphones and those type of things so I mean she's a person that endears herself to you. She

gives credits to her teammates as soon as she can. And, you know, when her spotlight shines, it shines on all of us. And we're all happy about that. Yeah, I heard a story from Wright Thompson, I believe, about her getting a yacht for her teammates to kind of just go disappear for a little bit. It's like those types of stories are the camaraderie builders. Those are the type of stories of like, that's a program changer. You knew immediately upon her choosing to stay in Iowa that the program was going to change? Is that, is that not true? You can never predict that exactly, right? You can't say, oh yeah, she's going to take us to the final four, but that was the goal. And she said she was going to do it and she backed up her words.

So this year, last opportunity here with Kaitlyn Clark. Yep. Obviously the Iowa women's basketball team has changed forever and expectations are going to be what they're going to be forever for you and for the team because of what this team has accomplished. How do you treat this year versus maybe years past? Is there any difference or what is your messaging to the team? No, it's still that one game at a time. We're not overlooking anybody. We got Holy Cross tomorrow afternoon and we're going to prep for that just like we do every single game the rest of the year. But now it's we got one game and we got six games. And so it's time to get serious.

And our women are locked in, like you said, that Caitlin is. But our message is really not any different. But I feel like being there last year has helped me just be a little more prepared for what's about to happen what bitches everything's big everything's big i mean all the media all the this for instance thank you for coming thank you for coming thank you for coming but that type of stuff yeah that kind of stuff and also that rest is so important this time of year i learned that last year the hard way mean, it is really important to get them physically, mentally regrouped after a game and get them ready to go again.

And not so much the scouting report. Just worry about your own team a little bit more. University of Iowa grad, big fan, obviously. Ty has a question for you, Coach. How about that? He's clapping. Huge, huge. Coach, I feel like you have a lot of new fans really since Caitlin

has started playing here. But I graduated about 10 years ago, and you guys were a great team then, perennial tournament team. Could you have ever forecasted that this kind of media circus would happen? And also, I know that it's down the road, and it's hard to think about that at the time. But how much of an impact has Caitlin had on recruiting and like where this team is going to go in the future? Yeah, I think she's had a huge impact, not only for fan support. I mean, we sold out very quickly, every single game and everywhere we go. But also with recruiting, I mean, just with the added TV exposure, you're on the television and recruits can see you. And

that's a good thing. And they like what I was all about. They like the fan support. They like the community. Fun brand of basketball. It is a really fun brand of basketball. We lead the country in scoring, assists, and field goal percentage. So that's a fun style. Yeah, let's fill up the bucket. Let's fill up the bucket.

Boston Connor has a question for you. He is hated by these fans. Yeah, I don't know what I did, Coach. I said I loved Iowa, and they just do this. I just said I love Dio again. Whatever. What are you going to do? They suck anyways. Not you, though. But when thinking about these

next couple weeks, and even just on Saturday, has the emotion set in of the Caitlin Clark era and what it will be like when she isn't here? Have you been able to take in, even at at practice maybe how special it has been to coach a player like her that will probably never come again? I haven't taken any practices for granted.

I know how fortunate I've been as a coach to have the greatest player in America, men or women, in my opinion, basketball-wise, out on that court every day. But I haven't gotten emotional about the end of the year. I haven't gotten emotional about, you know, tomorrow we play, and if we win that game, then that'll be our last game in Carver after that. I haven't really thought that far. Kind of keep the blinders on and go one game at a time, one day at a time. That feels smart. Whenever you have to do those moments, though, like you said she's the best hooper in college basketball, Pistol Pete now in second place,

obviously the women's records, and they have that big video that runs. And it's a lot of her ex-teammates and current teammates, you were in there, other coaching and other staff in there. And, you know, I got, like, emotional. Like, I was at home watching it and listening to people, like emotional like I was at home watching it and listening to people

like talk to her and also her like taking it and accepting it as well because that's probably a very uncomfortable moment for her I would assume from everything that I've learned about her having the entire arena stop in a tribute video play for her probably not the most like desirable thing for a Kaitlyn Clark who just wants to get to the next game I think whenever she broke the record at halftime she said we got to play better defense or something in the second half like always locked in when those moments are taking place does the whole team do you have to address them afterwards you have to say like obviously we're in the middle of a historic run tonight we're potentially going to knock pistol Pete Maravich like when those moments are coming do you address the team about them beforehand and And then as they happen, do you use them as motivation or speeches to the team?

You know, I don't have to address them because you guys do. I mean, everybody knows about the records that are about to happen, right? So it's, you know, that's not an issue. And really, you know, we talk about it's an honor. Like, she's in our locker room and look what she's just done. And look at the recognition she's brought to our program. So again, you know, it's not like we have to talk about it because everybody's talking about it how about her for those record breakers like not even like a glitch oh or thoughts like steph

i talked about this at the beginning of the show steph curry when he was catching up to the all time threes record in the nba he he went through a little bit of a drought because i like he was thinking about the threes record then when he he finally got it, he came out and admitted and was like, yeah, I was thinking about it. Her. That's the one that broke Kelsey Plum's NCAA record. Yeah, exactly. And she did it in style. And we have that mark on that logo from where she made that basket in Carver now.

It's pretty cool to have that. I see men's teams coming in there and trying to shoot from there. Absolutely. Shoot around. And they're not very good at it. This is when she breaks Pistol Pete's record. We didn't even know at that time. We honestly did not know at that time that she was breaking Pistol Pete's.

It was 18 points she needed. We were caught up in this game. It's a game against Ohio State. We'd forgotten about it. As you can tell. No way. That's awesome. Honestly, we were locked in.

We wanted to beat Ohio State. Come on! I love that. I love that. Because we were all Here we go! Everybody's Here we go! Staying on business. Staying on business. You're damn right. Like, because everybody on the

internet, as soon as we saw the situation and I was watching because I've become a big fan of watching your team play basketball i very much appreciate how you guys play basketball i mean it's i have add so like i need you know i need but the whole world saw that she was about to break the record so everybody's trying to figure out where the hell this is to get the peacock and she has the whole world watching her seemingly everybody. Everybody in the arena. And it's just her on the foul line all by herself. The thought that she had no idea she was breaking it changes this whole thing.

Yeah. Now, wait a second. Because she splashes that home. She might have known because she's got a memory like no other. I didn't know, but she might have known. And I think it's pretty cool she ended on a free throw. Splash. Free throw, right?

The fundamentals. Instead of that logo three, it was a free throw. That probably ticked her off. Go ahead, Tom. Coach, you talked about learning from last year and rest being a big thing from last year. When you go from the regular season, Big Ten tournament, and then you have this time off,

and then you have a time off from the 64 to 32, is each weekend a new season? How do you approach that and the rest? Like, is there a different message going into each weekend, basically, when you're in the tournament? Yeah, we break it down into weekends. So we say this is a two-game tournament.

That's all we're worrying about is this two games. And then we'll worry about the next two the next week. I mean, who knows who you're even going to be playing next. West Virginia. Well, maybe. I mean, you don't know, right, for sure. But we'll see. Coach, you're playing West Virginia. I don maybe. I mean, you don't know, right? But we'll see. Coach, you're playing West Virginia. I don't know. I don't know. Princeton's a pretty good team.

Well, listen, we don't need to put that in the universe. That's not what this conversation is about. That is not what this conversation is about. How's the team? I know you just got done with practice. We just got done with practice. They're ready to go. It's been two weeks since we played. It is a long time. Scared about rust? Scared about rust? A little bit. A little bit. I'm glad we're a one versus 16. Not that I'm taking Holy Cross for granted.

They were great last night. We agree. They're in the tournament. We get it. 38% three-point shooting last night. They did a great job. We get it. But there is a little bit of a worry of not playing games.

There is. But at least we're at home. That helps. It's going to be wild. Oh, it's going to be great. Oh, it's going to be great. $15,000. Average ticket price? What is it now?

$6.59. Highest ever. You've got to love it. Yes, you do. You've got to love it. Yes, you do. And also, you just said something there about the spot on the court

where she broke the record. Yeah. We're definitely having people pay like $100 come do that shot for NIL. Yeah. Right? Genius. Gave me a great idea.

Thank you. Yeah, no problem. I got you, coach. Ladies and gentlemen, head coach of the women's basketball team here at the beautiful University of Iowa, Lisa Cooper. Yeah! Coach. Lisa! Lisa!

Lisa! Lisa! Lisa! Lisa! Lisa! Lisa! Lisa! Lisa!

Good luck out there, okay? I'm watching. Let's go win! Hell yeah, coach! Peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, peace up, What was that all about? Coach just 40-inch vert. Yeah, I know. I saw that. Perky, where the hell were you? Unbelievable. Now, to wrap this thing up. Hell yeah. Is maybe one of my favorite humans to ever exist.

Yep. Iowa Hawkeye. He's taking a picture right now with Coach Lisa. His locker was right next to mine. There was a year in the NFL where this man had a broken foot. Like his foot was just broken. Sure. Led the NFL in tackles.

Good Lord. I asked him why, and he said, I'm from Iowa. This dude loves Iowa. Absolute dog. Ladies and gentlemen, Pat Anger. Yeah! The absolute dog. Ladies and gentlemen, Pat Anger.

You're doing great. You're doing great. You're doing great. You're doing great. Don't talk to me that way. You're doing great. You're doing great. Don't come all over me. You guys are the best.

Pat, you're not a man that needs to be on a live microphone for much time. Yeah, that's right, smart. But there was no way that we were going to come to this state without seeing you and saying hello. Thank you for coming out. Thank you for representing and loving Iowa in my life. And also, let's go win a natty, huh, this basketball team? What do we think?

What are your thoughts? Easy natty. Better not. Easy natty. Were you a women's college basketball fan before Caitlin Clark? So my wife babysat for Jan Jensen's son and daughter. You need to talk to Mike. They're saying they can't hear you.

My wife babysat for Jan Jensen's daughter and son, and we love them. We love the basketball program. The women are amazing. And honestly, you want to talk about leaders. The fact that they've been able to navigate through this complete madness is textbook leadership. It needs to be in the textbook. I can't read, but

someone should. You're talking about having a superstar of her magnitude coming into a season with expectations as high as they are and somehow being able to get not off course. Yeah, they haven't been able to do that. They haven't had that issue since I played here in 2009. What happened?

We won an Addy. Well, give or take a couple losses. If we were undefeated, we lost twice. But we were the best team in the country. What just happened? You just gave yourself a national champion? Yeah, baby. 2009 national champion. I was there, baby.

Let's go. We did it. UCF did it, so why not? Alright, so the West Virginia team, too. Yeah, they got one this year, too. No. My junior year. Congrats to us. We won a national champion. I didn't know we were just doing that. Was that 2009? Was that the same year?

2008, I think. Yeah, you can have 8. We'll take 09. You take 08. Okay, that's sweet. I love it. Now, what jersey are you wearing here? Brett Greenwood. Everybody know Brett Greenwood?

I think Ty told me about Brett Greenwood. Can you remind me, Ty, of Brett Greenwood? Hawkeye legend. Absolute legend. And I can't remember when exactly he got hurt, but very scary injury on the field that left him paralyzed, didn't it? Yeah. So in 2011, he was just getting back from training and with it from the Steelers. And he actually ended up collapsing Pleasant Valley and was dead for probably 10 to 15 minutes, was in a coma for almost 30 days.

And he's a warrior. He came back. I was with him yesterday. You know, with the injury, you have a hard time remembering stuff. But he remembers all the guys my wife used to date in middle school. He went to a rival school of yours, I do believe. Yeah, he did. And you became very tight at Iowa.

Yeah, and he was always super squared away, and now we can't get him to shut the hell up, so that's a tough. I know you try to make everything not serious, but you've been a masterpiece of this entire thing for your teammate, and I would like to echo the sentiment that everybody that's ever played alongside of you, you're a legend. No. Yeah, you are, man.

Love you guys. Hell yeah. You are. Love you. And the fact, you know, Love you, guys. Hell yeah. You are. Love you. And the fact, you know, that you have so much pride in this particular state, and the fact that it is being spotlighted and showcased to everybody in this exact moment because of what Caitlin Clark is accomplishing, it's a really cool thing that you stopped by, brother. Love you, man.

Thanks for having me. Thanks for getting me off of work. Appreciate that. What is your work? IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union. The largest credit union in the Quad Cities.

What? What is the credit union there? IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union. What do we do? We're a credit union, man. We're not-for-profit. What? Yes. So you work for a company that makes no money? Well, we're not-for-profit. We're a credit union, man. We're not for profit. What? Yes. Sure. So you work for a company that makes no money?

Well, we're not for profit. We're a credit union. Greatest credit union in the quad sense. Not for... Stick to it. Stick to it. Yes. Yes. We'll take it. Those are the talking points.

09 National Champs, baby. And to celebrate that, we have some pizza from Casey's. Hell yeah. I believe it is here. Hell yeah. I believe it is. Yep, here it is. It's getting brought in right now.

This is awesome. It's phenomenal. It's ice cold. I think it's fine. Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you. See, the bottom one's open. Barcode got in here.

God damn it. Ooh. Thank you, thank you so much. Let me get a slice, brother. Yeah, we'll pass that a couple. Let me get a slice, brother. Yeah, I gotcha. Yeah, we will, brother.

Hold on, my brother. Hold on, my brother. The birthplace of Dan Gable, Ty Schmidt, KC's breakfast pizza. Hell yeah. Iowa, baby. Is this heaven? Caitlin Clark, Iowa, home of Breakfast Pizza, the best white in college football, Cooper DeJean, number 22,

and toxic table scumbag Ty Schmidt. I don't think I could have said it any better. Thank you for allowing us in your homes or your phones on this particular Feel Good Friday. Big shout-out to all the people that hung out with us and came out in the middle of a blizzard. Thanks to Pat, Coach Lisa Bluger. Bluder.

Yeah, breakfast pizza in your mouth. Bluder. What's your guys' deal? Believe me, to be completely honest, if you didn't stop, we were... Well, Ty, I saw it eye me, did you see how awesome that lady was? Yeah, she was incredible. How about Coach Lisa one time?

Love you, Coach. I mean, I'm taking them to win it all now. Taking them to win it all. Go get them, Coach Lisa. Love you, Coach. Shout to Jack Golke. Yeah. Of course.

Shout to Dallas Clark. Oh, yeah. Legend. Yeah. Shout to Dallas Clark. Yeah. Legend. Casey from the band. Yeah, the Corey and Sean, the Iowa Hawkeyes marching band. Christian, the drum major. That's who I'm in. That's what I'm in.

Big thanks to Pat Anger for stopping by. My boy, Pat. Big thanks to our tribal chief, Roman Reigns. Thank you, my tribal chief. For flying in. And good luck to the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team as they embark on a journey to a potential national championship starting tomorrow at 3 o'clock, where they are 36.5 point favorites against Holy Cross.

But everybody knows the next game's the toughest because West Virginia is waiting on deck to potentially ruin everything! Not a chance. With that being said, I can't wait to watch this Iowa team. I'm so thankful for the hospitality. We'll be back. We'll be back on Monday. We'll be back you Monday. Have a great weekend.

We hope you win every single bet. From myself, one half of the hammer. Cowboys turn digs. For all the boys in of the hammer, down. Cowboys, Tone Diggs. For all the boys in the back, out of baby Bruce, Z, Bumpy, Phil, Mike Foss, the ESPN people, and

Ty Schmidt. Thank you Thank you for allowing us in your life On this Friday We'll see you on a very over reactionary Monday You're the greatest Have the best weekend of all time Cheers