The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1107 - Men's National Championship Recap, UCONN Head Coach Dan Hurley, Sean Casey, Cam Jordan, Ian Rapoport, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: April 9, 2024

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys recap last night’s National Championship game which once again saw UCONN dominate in the 2nd half, and earn their 2nd consecutive National Championship. They are joined by Head Coach of the UCONN Huskies, Dan Hurley to chat about last night’s game, what motto he’s going to come up with in preparation for a potential 3-peat next year, the rumor that Kentucky is going to be coming after him, getting on the refs last night, and much more (35:54-51:46). Next, 3x All-Star, member of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame, current MLB Network analyst, and host of “The Mayor’s Office,” Sean Casey joins the show to chat about the start of the MLB season, the Padres improbable comeback against the Cubs last night, if the pitch clock is ruining pitchers’ arms, and a hilarious story about getting in the box against Mariano Rivera (1:11:31-1:28:48). Next, 8x Pro Bowler, 3x All-Pro, member of the 2010’s All-Decade team, host of the Off the Edge podcast, and current Defensive End for the New Orleans Saints, Cam Jordan joins the show to chat about being at broadcast boot camp, his thoughts on the Saints this year, his relationship with Dennis Allen and Derek Carr, and what he’s been up to this offseason (1:30:56-1:46:53). Lastly, NFL Network Insider, Ian Rapoport joins the show to break down his experience at Wrestlemania XL, what news we should be expecting, and all eyes on the draft in just a few weeks (2:10:28-2:29:36). 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 and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdome, on this Reign and Repeat Tuesday, April 9th, 2024. This program starts now! Sports! Our wonderful sports are glorious and last night we crowned a back-to-back national champion and you can't or you can't. The Huskies are once again the kings of the men's college basketball world. Their head coach will be joining us in about 19 minutes or so. Excited to hear Dan Hurley. He's already getting questions about Kentucky. He's been talking about the team, the boys,

and they just had the most dominant tournament run in the history of the tournament. You're talking about a dynasty that's going to be talked about forever, potentially. It's not going to get broken up by a check from Kentucky, is it? No. No way. The Huskies posted a plus 140-point differential throughout the tournament. That's the best ever. That's the most dominant run in the history of March Madness.

The average point margin of victory was 23.3 points. Damn. 23.3 points. Damn! 23.3. Remember, they had a 30-0 run at one point in the middle of the Elite Eight game. Most national titles in the last 25 years. Shout out to UConn. Became the first men's team since Florida in 06 and 07 to win back-to-back national

titles. Shout out to Donovan. I heard he's potentially down there in Kentucky right now doing his interviews from Florida to Oklahomaovan. I heard he's potentially down there in Kentucky right now doing his interviews from Florida to Oklahoma City, I do believe. Now potentially going to Kentucky. UConn is now 6-0 in national championships games. They get there. They get to the dance. They're going to win. The clock's table is here. I have Boston Conner,

I have Ty Schmidt, Sweet Shirt Con Man, 1.5 for the hammer. Darn! Cowboys tone. Diggs is here and a man who's a UConn alumni who's been chirping about these Huskies literally since opening night of college basketball season. And I think we all probably should have if we would have known

what we were about to witness. We should have been paying attention to this more. Yep, for sure. We had no idea about Kling Kong. We had no idea about the dragons or the wolves that are on the underwear of Dan Hurley.

But the way they play is like old school, but it's also dominant. Second half of games, they just take over and they drown people. Zach Eadie, hell of a first half. Yeah, way to go, Eadie. Hell of a tournament, Zach Eadie. Thank you for everything you did for Purdue. And shout out to the Boilermakers making it all the way to the national championship. But, Darius, this team just smothers people.

And that's exactly what happened in that second half yet again for the UConn Huskies and you mentioned Edie Edie came out he was on fire he was dominant early scoring in the paint grabbing boards me and Tony talked about on the show Monday second half you're not gonna be worried it was close in the first half the second half the best second half team coach Harold is pissing a lot of people off getting some guys faces on the court but I love that attitude Spencer uh, you asked me about what other guys outside of Klingin. Tristan Newton, I'm sorry. Most outstanding player, back-to-back tournaments

now. Came over from ECU. He's had a dominant run. But man, I have never seen, I know in my time, a more dominant back-to-back run. I know Florida did it when they brought their whole team back. But they do it in this day and age with NIL and everything else that's going on. Unbelievable times up there in stores right now, baby.

6-0 in the 80s? Come on, man. It won't end, right? You can't be 6-0 in the 80s and be an actual powerhouse in college basketball and then have some team that hasn't been relevant in a long time. It's considered a blue blood. Just take your coach after back-to-back national championships. There's no way that can happen. Listen, UConn friends of mine, if that happens,

it's going to be hard. It's going to be hard. It's going to be hard to take you guys serious forever. It's going to be hard to take you guys serious forever if that takes place. Now, it doesn't sound like it's a worry, and I think Coach Hurley, who's going to be joining us, said last night, you're going to have to ask my wife about that. She's a pretty big part of this entire decision.

I don't think it's even possible or feasible, but the fact that the conversation is even happening has been, you're back-to-back national champions. What are we talking about going somewhere else because it's a better job? UConn, and he said it last night, we run college. We're a part of college. We run college basketball, both men's and women's. Why is everybody chirping that there's a chance he could leave

after a back-to-back national championship? Honestly, it's kind of weird, but you mentioned it. Last 30 years, we've got more natties than any other program, but all you hear over the past few years, Duke, it's Kentucky, it's Kansas, it's the UNC, it's the Blue Blood program. So now you're hearing we're the bluest of blood. So I don't think he goes anywhere. You mentioned his wife speaking on it.

But money talks. When you're on the top of the mountain, obviously everybody wants to see you. Yeah, UConn can't be too broke. No, no, no, no. We got to keep him. Got to keep him. If UConn can't, all the people chirping. You know, Dianne Taurasi, Darius J. Butler, Molly Kirk.

You guys might need to pull it together. They got it up there. Well, they don't spend it on football. They should have it for basketball, right? Good point. Amen. Nobody had a plane either to get them to Phoenix whenever the NCAA messed that whole thing up. So I'm starting to worry.

Kentucky there? You know, if he's at Kentucky and the plane doesn't work going to the national championship, somebody down there is like. They couldn't even spell their coach's name right. Well, that's true. That was on purpose. That was on purpose. They were trying to get him right.

And it worked. Good rip. And it worked. It got him right to Arkansas. Coach Hurley ain't going anywhere. The fact that that's even a conversation is wild to me. It legitimately is. And I know modern college sports is different than it's ever been,

but the coaches kind of getting plucked and moved to different places would make sense in some situations if you were moving to a bigger, better, more desirable place. I understand Kentucky has a lot of history, and shout out to Kentucky and BBN and everything like that. But, like, what are we talking about? We're in the middle of back-to-back national championship. We're building a dynasty right now.

We're building a machine right now. We're building the team that is going to try to be emulated for the next four generations. It's like you can't lose your head coach there. Gumblers are hoping that Dan Hurley doesn't leave UConn ever either. No. They cover how much? How many games in a row now?

Twelve. Twelve? And twelve tournament games. Dan Hurley doesn't leave UConn ever either. No. They cover how much? How many games in a row now? 12? In 12 tournament games. So March Madness is one of the highest sports gambling activity events of the year. Super Bowl, obviously, number one. Everybody has some sort of bet somewhere. March Madness, somebody has a bet somewhere if you're going to bet on anything ever. That is kind of how March Madness is for gamblers.

They're the most sure team in the history of sports, seemingly at this point, for most sports gamblers. I was thinking about it last night when they covered and it easily covered again. Again, they don't just cover. They easily cover every game. The last two years, I don't think it's a stretch to say that this is the greatest team of all time for bettors

as far as that. Obviously, there's incredible teams throughout the hit, but as far as betting is concerned, because they don't just win, they don't just cover. You just put your feet up and you just count your money all night long. That's what this UConn team has done the last two years. And to the victor go the spoils, to the losers go the comments, Big Ten can't

win an Addy. Ty, I am so bummed out for Zach Eaddy. We're running. You're right, though. We're running. Yeah. You're right, though. They can't. Big Ten's records in these national championship games.

And when was the last time they won? I think 2000. 2000, Michigan State. Since then, they had a team in there eight times, and they've lost every single one of them. Oh, no. Yikes. B1G in a BAD spot

what a time man but I was pumped to watch Purdue kind of go on the run this year thought it was going to be different and I don't think you know they would I know nobody's celebrating in Purdue but it's like when we look back on what this UConn team is which I think will

take place. They're celebrating this is big for them. First final four. Some programs, hey, this is big. Congrats, Purdue. Great run. Great run. E.T. Paul. Come on. Brady Smith, the only guy on the team that had assists last night.

Great run. But, yeah, this is good. A lot of programs celebrating. E.T. had the second most points all time in the tournament. That's great. They're celebrating. I heard Coach Lisa Fluter talking about her program and reaching in. They're celebrating.

If Gino would have said something. They're having a celebration. Different programs, different expectations. Let's get back to Purdue because Purdue has lost in the first round before this tournament after being highly ranked. In the Big Ten tournament, they lose early and everybody thinks, oh, this is the same old Boilermakers. This team stinks.

They can't beat anybody, whatever matters. They did. They won a lot of massive games, and they got good representation for the Big Ten and the Natty, which you guys lost once again, but still there. Nobody in the Big 12 was there. Nope. We're not sitting, you know, West Virginia ain't sitting around saying,

you know, our conference at least got a Natty. Big Ten was there. That's something to at least hang your hat on over there, right? Yeah, for sure, and it's kind of, I mean, the excuse that you can always go back to. Me and Foxy have talked about this. Like, well, you know, the league's so tough. These guys beat up on each other all season.

How could you expect to go win an national title? Michigan State ain't saying shit. Whoa, whoa, whoa. We're actually the king of Final Fours and not finishing in the championship game. When? 20 years ago? When was this? No, the last 20 years we've made a bunch of Final Fours.

That's kind of Izzo's thing. But he just cannot get that championship. But it is sweet for Eadie because he won two Player of the Year's back-to-back. So, I mean, him going down as one of the greatest Purdue or just players in Big Ten history, it was nice that he didn't just go out there and completely lay an egg in the title game too. But, I mean, you watch UConn, it's like same deal.

Even that first half, it's like, okay, they're kind of keeping it close. Like it never felt like Purdue, unless Edie was just going to go out in the second half and draw a bunch of fouls on UConn and score like 40 points. Like they just, they never had a chance, and it didn't feel like they did either. I was obviously in the middle of the Raw after Mania, which was an incredible honor to be a part of. 20,255 people inside. I mean, that's the largest Monday Night Raw of all time for tickets and everything like that.

But I was getting updates for the game while Raw was happening, and then I got to watch the game on the flight home. So shout out to that being my new routine on the way back is just like catching up on what's happening in the entire world there. Every text update about the game, there was no. No, no no no no no no there was never like a moment where it was like oh they just got it was always like at 12 yeah seven five seven yeah 12 right 14. it was like

it just every and that's what this Yukon team has done so well even when the other team answers it's like all right well we're going to continue to just bury you. It's so impressive how consistent they are, which is why we'll talk to Dragons Underwear in about 10 minutes or so to see how the hell he pulled it off. To your point, it's funny because I was watching those texts come in and D-Bot sent one and it was like,

ED is dominating, UConn up 6. That's how it was going. He even got a percentage of shots made at one text and it it was like up 12. So I don't know what's happening. I don't know what's happening in the actual game, but I'm looking at these numbers live, and it's like this is just classic UConn basketball seemingly.

Oh, yeah, and the best part, too, is Hurley after the game being like, yeah, we know he's a 7'4 giant. Like we can let that guy score 40 points. It's all the rest of these guys that we're just going to say, hey, no chance you guys do anything relevant tonight whatsoever. I think his exact words were, yeah, Edie's going to get 20, 25 shots. He's going to score 30, 35 points or whatever. Everybody else, we only wanted to hold him to 18 points.

The rest of the team, we wanted to hold everybody else to 18. If Edie scores 40, hey, keep feeding him. Keep feeding him in there. He scores 40. Damn, he scores 50. 40, hey, keep freedom. Keep freedom in there. He scores 40. Damn, he scores 50. Okay, hey, let him score 60. We just won't let anybody else score any points. And Hurley was like, that was the mindset going in. It's like, thank you for being

so transparent about what your strategy was, but also thank you for displaying a little bit of how and why this UConn team is how they are. Like, that is just like such an easy game plan that I assume they executed perfectly. And boom, now we're on to the next. Okay, what are we doing this game? Well, they got a 7'4 guy.

Let's let him have his. Well, he's, like, player of the year. It's like, yeah, let him have his. How much can he score? How fast can they score with him? Those are all twos coming out there. Everything is good. We let him do his thing.

And maybe Kling Kong will lock him down, which he did. Which he did in the second half. Maybe Kling Kong will kind of Gary Payton this entire thing too. Maybe we'll get a good one-on-one matchup. And then boom, they're winning by double digits yet again and Dan Hurley's losing his mind holding the trophy. It's a machine up there and it

all revolves around just like high basketball IQ, which is kind of what Dan Hurley chatted about last week when we talked to him. And just looking through like the roster, I would have thought that there were five, six, seven seniors on the team, but basically everybody can unless they go to the league, which some of them definitely should. But unless they don't, they're just reloading.

But Indiana in typical Indiana fashion, they'll still hang a banner for not winning the championship. They still got that final. Purdue, they still got that final four banner. That is still cool and that is still an accomplishment. I think that is something to celebrate. What is the first Final Four since 1980?

Wasn't that it? It is a historic run. I was at the, what's it called, Wells Fargo? Was it the arena I was at last night in Philly? I was looking up at the banners they had. 1975. That was the Stanley Cup one. last night in Philly. I was looking up at the banners they had. 1975. That was the Stanley Cup one. That's the last time?

That's the last time. I was looking for other banners from some time. The Sixers? The modern era. Did one fall down maybe? Maybe. We don't care about the Sixers. It was Flyers on this side, banners, and then Sixers were on this side. Flyers, yeah. They had the Hall of Fame banners.

Sure. I think people that they put into their Hall of Fame maybe. Yeah, okay. There was like four or five of those banners. Yeah. And then there was like a number retired, Perron. Perron, Roenick. Eric Landross.

Eric Landross. Yeah, I think. And then there was the Stanley Cup banners up there in the far left. And I looked at those years, and 19 with a 7. Yeah. It was covered in dust and soot. 19-7-5. It's like, oh, that's an old banner.

Yeah, you could have turned around, and the Sixers would have been the same thing. Yeah, because I tried, so they were right above me. I couldn't really see where they were at. Yeah, they don't win anything. I think Julius Irving is their only title, and that might have still been the ABA. Yeah, but Philadelphia was the greatest. Yeah, they set a record.

Rock said they set a record. Yeah, largest gathering. Try to learn part. So good. Crowd showed up. Yeah, whole weekend. Oh, yeah. Saturday, a little bit.

I mean, it was cold as shit out there. So I think crowd, me included, with how cold it was. I don't think any of us. It was shockingly cold. It was shocking. Who gave Cole that beanie? What's that? Who gave Cole that?

Yeah, well, that's the thing about Cole. Cole's okay with looking like an asshole. Sure. You know what I mean? He just put that thing right on top of his thing. As soon as he put it on, my first thing was like, we need to turn adidas back like you're not you're about to give adidas a lot of love right now we have no and then i thought adidas

might be pissed actually with how dumb you are so it was like i i don't know if it's a win-win here but cole said i don't he put gloves on i think at one point i had the beanie on cory graves put a whole trench coat on whole jacket everybody was like prepared i i was not i was not prepared at all i didn't know it could be that cold at that time. It was like 50 and then like 46 or whatever. There was that northern wind coming in.

It felt like Antarctica was just blowing through the stadium on the way out. Shout out to everybody that got in the ring and was just bouncing around. That had to be... Those chops that Sam wasuzain was taking. The kendo sticks. I don't know if it was night one or two with the kendo sticks.

Those didn't feel good, I assume. That was Snoop, so that would have been night two or whatever. Snoop needs to commentate everything. He's incredible. Snoop needs to commentate everything. Last night was awesome. WrestleMania was fantastic. Congrats to UConn.

We'll talk to Coach Hurley here in about a matter of five minutes or so. Speaking of coaches that are speaking, Matt Rule of Nebraska got a chance to hang around Bill Belichick for a day. This is how he said it went. Now, whenever you hear people talk about Bill Belichick, remember, he is a guy who was not hired by any of these teams that had head coaching vacancies. Now, if you hire Bill, is he a GM? Homie, you got what do we, what do we? Well, listen to Matt Rule talk about his description of how he felt at the time with Bill Belichick when just yesterday.

He is so smart. I've seen so much that he can make the complex so simple that it humbles you and embarrasses you. I was embarrassed yesterday listening to him, how smart he is, how simple it was. He went four and a half hours just for the coaching. Forget the clinic. He came in and met with our coaching staff. And three and a half hours in, I was like, Coach, would you like a water,

a cup of coffee? Would you like to use the restroom? Because I desperately had to use the restroom. And he's like, I'm fine, Matt. I was like, Coach, would you like a water, a cup of coffee? Would you like to use the restroom? Because I desperately had to use the restroom, you know. And he's like, I'm fine, Matt. I was like, yes, sir. And just sitting there and just talking, right, and just this recall from things 15 years ago. And, you know, the only reason why we don't get through more information

is because he's having to slow down to make sure you understand what he's saying i mean so you have this man who's a savant right who's been a defensive coordinator he's been a special teams coordinator he's coached you know he could be an offensive coordinator he's been a head coach twice he's been um a gm person i mean he's and he's talking about football in a way that just, like, I mean, illuminates things and makes things so simple that you're like, oh, my goodness. Yeah, the only reason why we didn't learn more is because he had to speak

slower to us. There could have been more information that we could have received from him, but he was just making sure we all understood. And he just makes it all so simple. There's a couple other quotes where he just starts rambling on about, like, everything that Bill Belichick has done. And you see his brain just, like, remember, oh, yeah, like 20 years ago, he was also doing this and he was doing this.

Guy could be an offense coordinator if he wanted. I mean, this is just, like, a never-ending cycle. Three and a half hours in, I say, hey, you want a coffee? You want a – because I need to pee. And he said, no, I was like, all right. So Matt Ruhle just pissed himself? I think so. I think Matt Ruhle probably just pissed himself there. But shout out to Bill giving back. Yeah. Great, which I I was all right. So Matt Rule just pissed himself? I think so. I think Matt Rule probably just pissed himself there.

But shout out to Bill giving back. Yeah. Great, which I think we're seeing. He went to the Washington Huskies, I think, coaching clinic and talked to high school coaches, I think, over in Washington. Now he's at Nebraska for an X's and O's clinic that was taking place. It's like Bill's not going to be able to stay away from football. But also, probably in Bill's mind, he's feeling as if, A, I'm still in it with this,

but also trying to give back a little bit, which he hasn't been able to do for 24 years because he's been so locked in yeah and it's smart for these coaches and these programs to bring them in and actually talk to him and get some of that knowledge obviously he's probably been you know somewhat accessible to some of these guys so the thing about bill behind the scenes like you know probably asshole and you know he is who he is but if he likes you if he respects you like you you have a conversation with him. He'll talk until he's ready to be done talking. But coming into the league, obviously you're going to that next level, and you think you know football.

You think you know how things work, and you're just taken aback by his knowledge of it. I remember we were playing the Packers, I think, my first or second year, and he went all the way. Hey, let me tell you about the entire history of this organization. We were going to Lambeau. Tell you about it. This dude pulled up film, no shit, from like the 1950s. And just had it going on.

1960s, 1950s, one of those years. Had it going on. I'm like, yo, where did this dude come from? Obviously, he was born in it. His pops was a coach. His pops was around. Him sitting next to you at the Army-Navy game, like him just his recall on things, plays, evolution of things in the sport.

Like, it's incredible just being around him and soak up all that information whenever you can. To hear Matt Rule, who's been a head coach, obviously, in college for a long time, NFL. And then just be like, yeah, I'm completely embarrassed. Like, how he simplifies it, that's what the best teachers do. They simplify it, man. It's dope to hear. Imagine Matt Rule going like, so this is is Bill going how do you guys do it and then Matt Ruhle there and then gets Bontrages and Matt Ruhle yeah I'm embarrassed I am uh they were coaching the same time same league

yeah let's remember that Dave Tepper's like yeah that's what I've been saying this whole damn time but I do appreciate how like just Matt Ruhle has been awesome through this whole thing. Remember one of his previous press conferences, he's like, good quarterback out of the portal goes one, two million. You know, yeah. Yep. Two million. Just so we all know. Just so we all know what's happening right now. He has gone into this,

you know, I don't like talking about errors because the error story, you know. Yeah, sure. Shot to the billionaire too. Matt Rule was seemingly in this like transparent hilarious era and i'm very very thankful for it i think it's good for nebraska too more eyes are watching matt rule talk more eyes are learning about how cool nebraska is and if bill belichick's going out there i assume more football information is headed out to nebraska asap yeah like the the wealth of knowledge that he has, the fact that Matt Rule, who's what,

known to be one of the better just coaches in general, especially in college football. You know, say what you want about NFL, but like what he does to programs, he turns them around immediately. And for a guy like that to be like, yeah, I was embarrassed by my understanding of football after hearing it from a Bill Belichick.

It's incredible. And once again, they'll probably win five more games because of what Bill Belichick did for them. Coach Hurley will be joining us in a few moments, obviously day after a national championship. We don't know if he still has the Dragons on or if he's got anything going on. It might be a few minutes late here. So as that continues to take place, let chit chat about the new england patriots giving kyle duggar a four-year 32 million dollar guaranteed deal congratulations mr duggar now this is uh interesting time for this deal to take place there's like a wave of free agency then there's

like uh deals and then there's a stop time then there's a combine then there's like oh we need to look at the draft and then there's like another wave of then there's a combine, then there's like, oh, we need to look at the draft, and then there's like another wave of like, hey, let's get some deals done here so we know exactly how much money we have. How pumped are you about this in New England? And what does this tell you? Has it been a positive or negative offseason for the New England Patriots? Definitely positive, but only in New England. People don't care if you re-sign players from a 4-13 team.

Understandably so. Like, why would you? Kyle Duggar's been our best defensive player for the past three years probably. Matthew Judon, obviously, is the guy that gets all the, you know, kind of pub. As he should. He had 17, 18 sacks a couple years ago. But Kyle Duggar is so good. And we talk about how, like, hey, covering the tight end,

the nickel position, if you will, that is a real role. Now, he can do that. He plays safety. He plays, you you know inside the box as a backer and he does the nickel kind of corner deal where he's covering slot or you know the tight end but this is the biggest signing for us at least and it is the little consolation where you don't get calvin ridley you don't get some of those other guys and you get to bring home you know someone that is actually homegrown been been there, done that, especially as we lose all these kind of Slater, Edelman, McCourty,

that era, as that kind of goes out the door. Duggar was kind of that next guy after McCourty to be like that safety back end staple of the defense. So huge for New England. What's the actual expectation there? Third in the AFC East? Oh, for AFC East? No.

Definitely last. This year is not going to be our year in the AFC East. I mean, how could you not? Our quarterback right now is Jacoby Brissett. Oh, you got the third overall pick? Yeah, exactly. I said right now. And Jacoby Brissett.

And Jacoby Brissett. But it's Aaron Rodgers, Tyreek Hill, Tua, Jalen Waddell, and Mike McDaniel, too. And then, obviously, Josh Allen and the Bills. So, like, the amount of skill quarterback strictly wise in the division is far and above ours. Hopefully we do get a rookie that comes in and plays well or sits and then plays well at the end of the year. But, yeah, we're not the best.

I saw some rumors coming out about Malik Neighbors. Yeah. Saw some rumors. That's draft season. That sucks for Malik that that has to happen. It's just like I guess these guys just have to go into a hole and act like it doesn't exist. This happened to C.J. Stroud last year. Obviously, this guy,

he's the worst we've ever seen. He's an idiot. Yeah, he's a moron. In 20 years, what do you want? Scrambled eggs or a quarterback? You want scrambled eggs? C.J. Stroud. You want a quarterback, you go elsewhere. And then what C.J. Stroud does? He has the greatest rookie season of all time. Throws the least amount of picks. Seemingly can break down a defense better than any rookie in the history of the NFL,

feels like in between the years just fine. Well, that particular test was one thing taken out of context, and his life was ruined for about a week or so or maybe two months or so, saying he was dumb. That's draft season. It's all bullshit. Could potentially be coming from a team that actually loves the player more than anybody else in the entire NFL because they want to get bad stuff out there

because maybe it'll creep in and we'll pass on that guy and what does he do? Oh, he falls to us. So that's like a dirty game that takes place, but it's very, very, very real. Now Malik Nabors is not good for a big city. That's what they're saying about him, but he was also on IG Live with Jaden Daniels

and he said he knew what was going to happen with Jaden Daniels. I will say Malik Nabors doesn't know shit, and this particular IG Live is very dumb. But I will say I enjoyed the way Jaden and Malik were kind of talking to each other. Obviously, it's good for Jaden Daniels to have teammates. Obviously, we love him. But for everything that was coming out about Malik Nabors,

it seems like him and his quarterback are very good. Very good. Oh, yeah. Here's an IG Live. We don't have it. We do not have it. Anyways, Malik Davis says he knows Jane Daniels is potentially going

somewhere, and everybody's trying to cryptically read through his quote. You have him going back to New England because of what he said. Yes, I do, because what neighbors basically alluded to is that he'd be reuniting with one of his old best friends, and obviously people point to Iyuk because there's been this Iyuk-Daniels

connection that has kind of blossomed or at least become much more public. Yeah, this is Malik Nabors talking about the draft. Yeah, talking about where Jaden Daniels will go. Okay, so Iyuk is currently in a spot that has a quarterback. Yeah, under contract. So it's going to be a little bit difficult, potentially, to get Jaden Daniels. But what the hell does Malik Nabors know? He thinks he's going back to New England.

Yeah, because Kayshaun Boutte, who was the number one receiver for Jaden Daniels two years ago, above Nabors and Brian Thomas Jr., he was drafted last year to the New England Patriots. Obviously, you could assume that a quarterback and a leading wide receiver of that quarterback in the season, they would probably be best friends. Kayshaun Boutte being that guy in New England, New England having that top three pick.

A lot of people. Yeah, but Brian Kelly told us he'd go to Washington. Yeah, exactly. Told us he'd go to Washington. He did. Was Antonio Pierce at Arizona State? Yes. Also Antonio Pierce.

Maybe he, okay. Oh, that's good. Which is the. Talk to Pierce, maybe, yeah. He don't know shit. But I do like the way they interacted with each other. I'm going to say, sir, everything that's being said about Malik, I think is bullshit until he's –

now, granted, everybody can be a piece of shit. I mean, that literally can become the case, especially whenever you get into the NFL and you get money. Like there's a chance that people change the entire direction of who they are as a human. Could get lazy. How are they going to handle money? How's everything that's going to be around them?

There's a chance that could happen to anybody. But just projecting that now is a wild thing to do to somebody. And that's what a lot of these decision makers do, you know, behind the scenes, whether it's GMs, former, current GMs, like they talk to each other, you know, going through the process. They're going to call everybody, your family members, your coaches, your custodian, all these things, and find these different things about you. So you do know there is a higher or a lower percentage on a certain amount of guys,

but I think it's definitely a BS narrative putting out there right before the draft. And it's kind of a cycle with him. Neighbors a few weeks ago, hey, this is why receiver one. I know Marvin Harris is out there, but this is the guy. And now we're back at, hey, do you want to give him a ton of money in the big city? Probably not. So it's just part of that cycle. Yeah, I mean, looking back on it, I'm happy I didn't go to Big City.

I would have been out in a bad spot. A lot of options. Too many options would not have been good for me at the time. I would have been having too much fun. I think we figured that out here in Indianapolis. But projecting that, I don't think anybody would have been like, yep, can't have him. You know, it's such a roll of the dice this entire draft. Speaking of roll of the dice, Masters.

Here we go. Here we go. It's Masters week. With that being said, we'll be off Thursday, Friday, because obviously all the ESPN platforms will be covering the Masters through the week, and then I think the weekend it gets handed over to somebody else. But down there in Augusta, there is a tournament taking place

where there is a clear cut favorite. Scotty Sheffer, plus 450. I believe he's got his beard back as well. Remember, this is a live and PGA. It is a big one. Oh yeah, huge. Last year and the year before that, we've obviously seen spectacular golf.

But last year was a nice first time we saw live kind of control the leaderboard. That became a storyline. Then the NWO was winning this entire thing. Then they were going to roll in there. This year, Tony Diggs, is Scottie Scheffler plus 450 even worth the money? What are we thinking as we sprinkle around the line? I see Rombo Bombo at plus 1,200. I love everything about it.

Yeah, I mean, Scottie plus 450. I don't remember lines like that. I mean, Tiger was like even money back during his run. But then when Rory had his run, he had odds down this low. This is like that type of run right now for Scottie being plus 450. That's an absurd low number for those that don't know for golf betting. Normally, the favorite is around where Rory is right now, the plus 1,100 or ROM plus 1,200. ROM won last year, so he would normally be the favorite.

But Scottie just coming off, and he won in 2022 before Rom did. Brooks made that run down there at a plus 1,300. And then you have the big old guys. Tigers down there plus 15,000. So that's 100 to win 15,000. And then Phil's down there, I think, plus 27,000. Phil Mickelson's down there plus 27,000. But you got the par 3 contest tomorrow and then everyone

tees off Thursday morning and then we get going. Okay. I cannot wait to watch the Masters. That is a good time. Whenever you're just chilling and the Masters are on, the birds are chirping, the trees look more beautiful than they've ever been, the grass, fantastic. They're able to change these holes

almost seemingly overnight if they want to. We have a live feed currently at the practice round Amen Corner down there. Now, nobody has made it there yet because I believe the practice round just started 20-some minutes ago. That's hole 11, 12, 13 there. Good luck, boys. We'll get them. Good luck, Amen Corner, too. Christine.

Yeah, we know you're going to have a good one. That's a tough green to get to. Of course. From what I've seen on television, tough green to get to from what i've uh from what i've seen on television tough green to get to there's also a par five that's shortly there afterwards that i've heard of somebody who's a finance person taking like a four iron and hitting it 260 around some trees to about six feet not a pro golfer everybody that was in the group shit their pants pretty much and then just kept it moving. Augusta National is where dreams come true.

It's where big stories can be made. And this week, it's where we get a live PGA battle for the world to watch. Yeah, I assume PGA because Liv kind of dominated the final leaderboard last year because it was Rom, it was Brooks, Phil was up there, Patrick Reed was up there. Liv had a very good showing last year. Oh, Brooks, big tournament. Yeah, big tournament. He's showing up. Yeah, I think so. I saw him doing some teaching videos, too.

Brooks never does that. Brooks isn't like the, he's like the I pay to golf. I pay to golf guy. Not the give back to the game guy. But I saw him after watching the drive to survive, swing to win. The full swing. to survive. Swing to win. The full swing.

Full swing. That one? Swing to win. Swing to win. Yeah, I like that one more. It's a good name. Swingy to wingy. Boom.

Yeah, when I watch that, Brooks loves golf. Like, you can see how bummed he was. He was going through it in that way. Yeah, he was going through it because I always just thought he was just like, cool guy, shows up, hits ball far, does his thing. And they were like, well, he only shows up at the big event, only at the majors or whatever. Then you get to see behind the scenes, it's like,

nah, this guy is full psycho about golf. Has to be to be that good. And I saw him at a range hitting a couple different shots and teaching people. It's like, wait a minute, is Brooks entering his Phil Mickelson era? Is Brooks about to be the golfer that we all kind

of hope that he could be with all the incredible talent that he has just naturally enroll i love this because unfortunately i haven't seen those guys yet this year like i haven't seen them on tv because they're they're tough to find and stuff like that d butts i think played golf with them a few times but it's exciting to see i've seen them golf more through D-Butts Instagram. Bingo. Venture CW. No doubt. Shout out to your IG. And Brooks and Phil, they're not coming off a great outing in Miami. Didn't have a good one this past week.

But this is Phil's. Had a chance to play with him this past weekend in the Live Miami thing. But 27 times in the Masters for him. And then Brooks, like you said, he always shows up for the big one. I'm excited to see how Joaquin Neiman plays in this one, plus 2,500. It's big sighting, though. Did you see the Tiger Woods

5-wood chip video? No. It's a new one? I mean, he's out there. I forget who he was with. JT? No, I wasn't. I don't think so. I'm with JT today. There was a video anyways about him going, you know, I like to use the 5-wood and kind of just like chip it like 110 yards

or whatever from the rough. And he's just there like, well, let's go find rough. We're in the middle of the fairway. They go over to this terrible area, and he just takes this thing, and it just flutters up nicely. And then he tells the pro golfer, he's like, just go ahead and punch down on it like it's a 7-iron. Guy does the same thing.

It's like 100 yards. It's like these dudes just like dick around with clubs until they just find shots. And then they're just locked in. It is awesome to watch. I could watch those little golf tip videos for probably 10 to 15 hours straight if you got me on a good day yeah they're they're aliens like freak show uh one of the best teachers i think patty patty loves golf patty teaches golf um i don't know his real name i don't want to mess it

up but he's one of the best teachers but yeah they're all they do is most most other athletes you know when you're playing your sport you're playing it you have an off season you want to do something to get away with it i feel like most of these guys like i met brooks last year in miami talked to him about 10 minutes talked about golf the entire 10 minutes like nothing else it's all You have an offseason, you want to do something to get away with it. I feel like most of these guys, like I met Brooks last year in Miami, talked to him for about 10 minutes, talked about golf the entire 10 minutes. Like nothing else. It's all these guys are consuming. That's why they're the best in the world.

And that's also why if you get into a slump, you probably stay in there. Oh, yeah. Because you're just digging away. Yeah. Digging and digging and digging away. Like JT with getting rid of his caddy, right? Like isn't that part of it? Like if you just go into the game and overanalyze it. He needed to do something.

Yeah, absolutely. No doubt. That was wild. Going into the Masters, like, right before the Masters. No offense to Bones, right? Bones, obviously, incredibly successful and a legend. But, like, JT has become a non-factor. Yeah, at all.

You know? And he's, like, one of the biggest names. He's the one that's on the Today Show whenever they're marketing golf. And then now he's just nowhere near a leaderboard. That's not good for PGA either. No. Because you see Jay Thomas like, okay, I will stick around to watch Justin.

Very affable, funny. We like him. Attractive, handsome. Oh, he's got a sweet fit on. Yep. And he's been around. And now he's just like dead. He had to do something.

Maybe new clubs too. Yeah, mix it up. I like whenever they just change the putter. Yep. That's what Scottie did. All right. He did like four times. Yeah. Yeah. new clubs too yeah yeah mix it up i like whenever they just change the putter yeah yeah so scott he did all right he did like four times yeah yeah but you see one person show up one week and they're this then the next week they got their hand on one of those fat oh yeah then the next week they're doing this one it's like oh think about how much they're going oh god every night make make two

putts on the practice green it's's like, I'm using that. Adam Scott did that and won the Masters with it. That's what I'm... It's like golf is such a... And then Augusta National will make you be tested every single time. We have no idea what this is here. Second hole, par 5, 585. I don't know if this is a video game or a drone.

Good rendering. He's going through every hole. Yep. Yeah. Is this a drone shot? Look how beautiful that place is. You don't want to slice right here because then you're on nine, I believe, coming back down the hill. You get up into this

place, though, then it's an easy shot in there, but don't get it twisted when you're on the green. The green might look like it's downhill, but the grass is running towards you. So it's actually uphill. You're going to have to roll against it a little bit. That could be a problem for you. And par 4, 350, this one's gettable, but it's certainly missable as well.

Very tough. That's what every hole would have. There's a bit of undulation up there? Yeah, there's a lot of undulation up there. You need to watch it. And there'll be a lot of humans kind of running through these woods, getting themselves booze that have billions and billions of dollars. That'll be a lot of humans kind of running through these woods getting themselves booze that have billions and billions of dollars. That'll be a fun time.

Vijay Singh, Straka tees off, 936. All right, Masters Week will be fantastic. We're all thankful for it. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, he's a man who put his dragon underwear on and said, this is what we're going to do. We're going to reign and repeat. We're going to reign and repeat.

We're going to beat people by more points than any team in the history of March Madness while being the reigning national champions. With the bullseye on our back, as the team that's at the top of the mountain, we're going to beat people worse than any team has ever beat a slew of teams in the past. Ladies and gentlemen, the head coach of the UConn Huskies,

back-to-back national champions, Dan Hurley. Yeah! Two of them. champions, Dan Hurley. Two of them. No one could slay the Dragons. How are the Dragons? How are the Dragon underwear? Are they good? They hold up tight? They have any holes in them? What do we got going on?

No, they're wet. Right now, they're wet right now. They're in a separate bag. They have their own luggage. It's a very secure luggage that they are in here. It's a casing. It's one of those really expensive steel luggage containers.

Yeah, it's smart. I mean, those things, hey, we need to put those in a vault, too, for another year or so, those really expensive steel luggage containers. That's smart. Hey, we need to put those in a vault, too, for another year or so because what they do in March Madness is phenomenal. Have you seen all the stats about your team yet, or are you just taking it all in? Have you looked back on how historically dominant this run has been, or are you still living in the moment right now, Coach? I don't want to sound obnoxious,

but like last year, what we did last year was kind of similar. So like a lot of those numbers you have an awareness of, but I mean, it's just no team's ever done what we've done

these last two years, man. And to do it against that Purdue team last night, with that giant, it just feels crazy, man. We watched your postgame presser and you said, hey, if Edie puts up

25, 30 shots, he gets 30, 40, 50 points, whatever it is, he's going to do that. The rest of the guys couldn't score 18 points or 20 points. Is that your strategy going in? Was that legitimately what we told the boys we were working on all week? Like, hey, big guy can do whatever the hell he wants. The rest of the team can't do anything.

And is that what it is every single game for you? It's something like that. Yeah, I mean, you know what's weird is normally the mindset, you know, going against your opponent is to try to take out the other team's best player or their two best players. That's normally what we do, try to eliminate, cut off the head of the snake. But just in the games that they've had a difficult time in, the supporting cast didn't perform well for them.

the supporting cast didn't perform well for them. So, you know, we wanted to really allow him to just kind of, allow Evie to just kind of play one-on-one and then blanket the three-point line and lock up their other perimeter people. And, you know, no matter how many tough tunes he made in the paint, without getting any help from the others, he wasn't going to be able to score enough points to beat us. Yeah, well, I mean, just getting a chance to hear kind of your genia,

you know, and you wear dragon underwear and you're on the ref's ass. Oh, yeah. I mean, you are on the ref's ass. Awesome. Hey, yeah. I don't know if you saw the internet. Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. I was on their ass.

I was on their ass, man. But, you know, the dude's, I mean, he's a giant, man. He's a Game of Thrones giant out there. And it's like there's this three seconds rule that they seem to, you know, ignore a lot with him. And then, you know, he's very physical. And then, you know, they call him touch foul. So it brought me back to the Big East tournament, MSG.

You know, I was out of my mind during that game. There was a short guy with a red blazer that I was sparring with during the game. And I was on a 12 last night. And I was in a 12 at MSG. I was a wild man last night. I fully miss you. Yeah, well, hey, listen, the world loved it. The internet certainly responded, and your team did as well.

What was the, if you were on a 12 during the game on that ref, what were you afterwards in the locker room? We saw you come in stone cold in some bottles of water. What's the jubilation like in there afterwards? And what was the message to the boys after you conquer the reign and repeat motto once again? Yeah, we did our deal. You know, we did our deal.

That's like the moment, the private moment with the boys where it's just all the hard work, man, all the sacrifice, how hard we've been pushing since June to get to that point, to experience that moment that few people get to experience. So just enjoy the moment and then tell these guys, last year the guys went on like a 10-day rampage in and around campus, like enjoy. Like, hey guys, let's try to keep it seven to eight days this time.

After you win the championship, Pat, you lose total control of the program. These dudes are about to go on a tear. Hey, that's why you lift all them weights. That's why you run all those sprints for this moment right here. And I'm not saying nothing. You know,

these guys have earned it. They put in all the work and now they'll enjoy the fruits of their labor. Hey, who's the little man right there over your right shoulder? That's Luke Murray's youngest, Cash. What up, Cash?

Cash. That a baby Cash. My up, Cash? Cash, come on. That a baby, Cash. My wife, Andrea, right there. She don't want it. She's Andrew, 43 and 0. Hey, that a baby. Congrats, bro. Sick glasses, too.

He's already hungover. Kling Klong. Kling Klong. Yeah! Hey, way to go, Kling Klong. Hey, you locked down Edie a little bit. Great verticality last night. Hey, way to go. Way to go, Kling Kong. Hey, you locked down Edie a little bit. Great verticality last night. Hey, way to go.

Way to go, Kling Kong. That baby, that baby. Hey, what a night. B. Butler. What's happening, baby? B. Butler. UConn, let's go. Let's go.

B. Butler, let's go. Let's go, coach. Appreciate you, man. Hey, appreciate your wife, too. Keep your ass in UConn. Don't even think about it. Don't even think about it. Don't even think about it. No, no. i gotta ask i gotta ask you something though coach uh the championship pedigree in

your family i just read a tweet from my guy uh cuffs the legend said your pops had 26 high school championships obviously your brother bob back to back at duke and now you back to back at yukon i just want to know obviously that about that pedigree in the family and then where do all these trophies live now that we're going back to back yeah we got a um we got like a storage unit we got a storage unit oh how about killer cam spencer killer cam congrats cam Take it easy on yourself for the next few days. He curses a lot. That's good. You like that.

Yeah, you know what, man? It's like my dad is just a legendary coach. He's one of the best pure coaches. He taught me everything about the game. I mean, it's been like living a coaching clinic your whole life, man. You've been around it forever.

Everything is so second nature. You know, just how to handle a team, the tactics, the psychology, the motivation, all those things. And I just think most importantly, when you grow up in the Hurley family with Bob and my dad, man. You just learn how to work. You learn how to strive. You just learn how to push yourself. Hey, Coach.

Alexander the Great right there. What up, Alex? The Great. Hell yeah. The Caravan. The Caravan. Caravan, yes. Hey, let's make sure we're getting all the branding nicknames right.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. And I know. And I know. and I know, and I know. And I know. I got to watch it live, the postgame, as the game ended, and then I watched the whole game back on the plane last night because I was at Raw after Mania. But it felt like as you were getting interviewed by CBS,

I can't hear a word you're saying right now, but I dropped my shit. But as I was celebrating Alexander, damn great. So as we were watching live, it felt like there was a question, you know, about like you and your future, and then they cut it off, I think, because they had a hard out time in the game. And it sounded like you were saying, we're already focusing on a three-peat. Like you were about to give that answer, but it kind of got cut off. And then obviously you're asked about Kentucky immediately afterwards.

The entire internet goes bananas. Did you know it was going to be that loud whenever you find out the calipari is leaving and like is that what you were about to say before you got cut off is like yeah this is fun but three in a row is much cooler because that's like what patrick mahomes and travis kelsey did immediately upon winning back-to-back super bowls yeah yeah You know, the positive thing for me is, like, my phone broke on Saturday. So I couldn't receive any incoming calls or text messages or outgoing. So I had no idea that, like, any of that stuff was going on. And, you know, and then i got those questions after the game that you're not prepared for and that your agent doesn't want you to answer you know he just wants

you to say nothing uh so uh it's just keeping it real but yeah i mean we're not i mean uconn right now our mindset uh literally once we got on that team bus i think i turned around and said like you know where's the east regional next year all right uh first two rounds were in providence and then the sweet 16 elite eight are in newark new jersey you know where you know where i lived and worked for nine years and then the final four is in san antonio so yeah i mean your mindset we're gonna enjoy this you know for a couple days, but it's going to fade quickly. Then you're going to get back to work and you're going to put a roster together that you'll hopefully go for a dynasty.

I don't want to speak for your agent, but all these UConn alum, Darius included, Molly, Diana Taurasi, everybody that's been on. Might need a little bit of a bonus. Yeah. We don't want to go to Kentucky. No.

You can't lose that. National championship coach in the middle of this dynastic run. No way. We saw what Sarkeesian did when Saban left Bama. He got a bit of a pay raise. Oh, yeah. Hey, look around. Look here. Look way. We saw what Sarkeesian did when Saban left Bama. He got a bit of a pay raise. Oh, yeah. Hey, look around.

Looky, looky. That's funny. You guys got a Jimmy Sexton in college basketball? He's probably already working on it. Tone's got a question for you, Coach. Yeah, I do. You just talked about team building and the next year's team kind of. Do you, and I asked Saban the same thing when he was on the show this year, how do you go about now that the season's over, the after-season meetings,

and how do you go about kids who are thinking about whether they should stay or go to the NBA? Yeah, I mean, we're going to, you know, I think it's pretty clear with Donovan just, you know, where his stock is at and Steph Castle. We'll make some calls with real high-end front office people to get a real accurate assessment of where they're at. So we'll figure that out. And I think it's important that the other players in your program that have got to make a decision whether they go into Portal or not.

Just have completely honest conversations with everyone based on where you think they're at. Those are meetings that probably start on Wednesday, Thursday. We'll probably be doing recruiting visits by the end of the week. You know, we'll have turned the page and try to try to put another roster together that can do it again. I bet those recruiting visits are a little bit different now than they were a few years back. You know, the proof is in the pudding, if you will. And I think you said something about we have NBA guys that just like kind of buy in. I don't know how you exactly described it.

What will you say about this roster, this group of dudes that you just had, have the most dominant run in the history of March Madness? If you had to describe that roster, how would you say it? Yeah, I mean, NBA-level players from lottery pick level to maybe guys that will sign two-way contracts that'll play, you know, maybe they'll scratch and claw their way to a 12 to 15-year NBA career. You know, the roster's littered with players and everyone in between. You know, and you don't have to be a selfish-ass player.

You know, like, you could go to college. You could win big. You could sacrifice. Go for championships and still be lottery pick. Our fourth and fifth leading scorers on this

year's team are going to be lottery picks. They're also going to be national champs, Big East champs. So you could still do both in this game. It's a misnomer, man, that the sport is ruined and that there's not still a bunch of talented NBA-level people out there that still value winning, man.

There's still people like that out there. And we're going to try to get all of them. Hey, we're happy to hear that. You know, that's good news about the future. Not just of college basketball, but of like in general. Hey, that's good news! Coach, that's good news about the world. You know, the world. That's good news

about the world there, Coach. Coach, what do you celebrate with? How do you celebrate one of those natties? What did you end up doing? Do you eat something? Do you drink something? Do you smoke something? a weed coach what are you uh what are you doing i had uh i had some tequila a little splash of ginger right and then and then we had some uh we had a nice bottle of champagne too that was uh somebody put it on ice before we went to the stadium so somebody knew so we popped you know went to the stadium. So somebody knew.

So we popped the champagne. We had some tequila. Thought that was appropriate. Well, congratulations. I hope you enjoy more of that. Big shout-out to your wife getting those dragons cleaned every single game. They shouted you out about the dragons. Do you want to go on?

No, I can't. Andrew, come on. What's the deal? I thought we were friends. Can I just? Yeah. Great work. Great work.

Great work. You're a national champ. Back-to-back national champion right there. Back-to-back national champ. Back-to-back. Put up two. Two. Two.

Two. Two. Two. Two. Two. All right. Hey, Kentucky's got warm weather. All right.

I'm not saying anything. You're the man. We appreciate you so much, coach. Later, brother. Appreciate you guys. You're the man. We appreciate you so much, Coach. Later, brother. Appreciate you guys. You are the best. Hey, rain and repeat. And now we got to think of what the next one is.

Rain, repeat, rinse, repeat, rain. I don't know. Already rained and repeated. You're the man, ladies and gentlemen, Coach Tan Hurley. Yeah, that was. You're the man, ladies and gentlemen, Coach Tan Hurley. Yeah, Coach. Yeah, that was – where's the East Region? It's in Rhode Island. Probably.

Close to home. And then where? My home, yeah. These offers will probably be available next year too, if we want to keep doing this. You can't lose them. No. No.

Could you have them? That would be absurd. That would be bad. How about him saying, yeah, I was on those refs. Well, we got a three-second rule. I guess we don't call it. Yeah. Is that what we're doing?

And then he's pretty physical. He plays so down low. He plays touch runs. It was – I watch a bunch of Edie, but if that's how he's been refed all season. The Tennessee fans were not thrilled. They say that is how. The Tennessee fans were not thrilled with how that thing is how. The Tennessee fans were not thrilled with how that thing went because I think he had zero fouls against

him and he had like 30. Yeah, and then it was like the most fouls called or lopsided foul calls in the last five years in the tournament. Not Edie's fault though. I respect it from his standpoint, but that's how you're going to play it. Belichick-ism. Do business as business is being done. So if they're not calling it,

you buy them? I mean, he is like Godzilla. Oh, for sure. So teams are naturally going to hit him. And I assume Purdue is showing film to the refs like, hey, I understand he's big, but is this not basketball? You can't just hack the hell out of a guy. So I assume there's a two-way road whenever it comes to how and why. Like right there, I mean, Quinn Collins got him locked up.

Grabbing his bicep. Oh, you're calling out a foul okay all right like yeah listen to you two seconds ago good gamesmanship they were saying this in obviously i didn't get to get in the dialogue as much they're saying caitlin clark is a push-off artist huh that's what everybody yeah you know people say that about LeBron, too. When you're bringing ratings like that and making all the shots... If you're pushing off and shooting those step-back threes and air-balling them and stuff like that, that's one thing.

But when you're making all of them, hey, let her do her thing. Ladies and gentlemen, as this hour wraps up, we have to tell you that Sean Casey, the mayor, will join us in the next hour. Because baseball is happening, and baseball did happen last night. Okay. In like a non-baseball fashion. So sweet.

Yes. Bingo. Okay. Wow. How'd you know? I just figured non-baseball. Okay. This must be fun.

It was actually like exciting. Wow. Yeah. Almost. And fun. Oh. And must watch. Always is.

From three hours into the game to about four and a half hours into the game, that's when it was good. Okay. Now, you waited those first three hours, which is the length of any other sport, doing nothing, watching a blowout. Sure. And then that last hour and a half, full movie, that last hour and a half, was worth it, though.

And that's why you lift all them weights. That's right. Also, yesterday, believe it or not, shortest baseball game that's been played since 1994. Two hours and one minute. Now, I heard, and we'll talk to Sean Casey about this in the next hour, he had a

prolific MLB career. This little pitch clock that's saving baseball and making people interested in baseball is killing every pitcher. Yeah, they're saying it's burning out a lot of guys' arms, unfortunately. Guys need at least three minutes between every single pitch. You know all that bullshit they were doing? That wasn't just to distract.

That was to rest that elbow. Exactly. So they can get back on the mound. Let's make this quicker so people will watch it. All the pitchers will say, hey, okay, I'm on DL. Yeah. How long? Forever, probably.

Why? Because I can't pitch that quick. I need at least a stretch real quick in between. I'm throwing 102 miles an hour. What the hell do you want from me? Well, we're trying to save the sport. Well, I'm trying to save my life. So baseball is in quite a predicament

because that pitch clock was heralded as good. It has completely changed. As a guy who watches a bunch of games, that's no bullshit. It cuts off 45 minutes. Quickest game since when? 1994, I believe. Okay, that happens with this pitch clock. But there, at some point this season,

if it continues to be as loud as this, they're going to have to roll back on the pitch clock, which has been one of the greatest advancements of watching baseball over some time. They're going to have to get rid of it because it's killing the game from within. Our pitchers can't throw balls anymore. Who's Mr. Tommy Jump down in Alabama? The doctor? Andrews. Yeah, Dr. James Andrews.

I saw him came out and he blamed it on young baseball because I guess the ligament there doesn't mature until age 26 or something like that. What? And now all these parents and all these kids are trying to throw 90 at like 18. So it's ruined their... He said that like 90% of surgeries, Tommy John surgeries, were MLB back in the day. And now like 90% of Tommy John surgeries are like high school kids. Damn.

It's great that youth sports, and I'm not saying all of them, youth sports are a necessity. Youth sports are team sports, in my eyes, are something every kid should go through. For sure. Because the amount of like dealing with others, accountability, learning how to work when you're tired, having to deal with bullshit that isn't real, politics even happening, all of that comes from team sports. You have to do it. But some of these places,

and this is just from an outsider looking in because my daughter is 11 months old. We'll get into it soon. Some people just abuse it. You know? Oh, we got to do this. We got to do this. We got to do this. We got to do this. It's like, no, you don't. That hasn't happened since the beginning of time. Well, we're trying to specialize a little bit more. Okay, well, you're ruining everything.

So stop doing it. Sports are wonderful. We'll be talking about baseball in a few minutes. If you need to go to the bathroom, now is the time. Sports are wonderful. We're lucky to talk about them every single day. Cam Jordan will be joining us in about 30 minutes or so. He's down

at the broadcast boot camp that the NFL puts together every single year. Excited to chat with him. He's done great work with the NFL network and also his thoughts on what the NFL is, where it's going, and how do we like the Saints? What do we think about the Saints? Down there in the NFC South. The Talks Table is here.

At Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidt. Call me a nice little tiger shirt. Yeah, nice little tiger. I just saw orange. I figured it was kind of cool. I like the zipper, quarter zip, short sleeve shirt. Well, the thing about it is it's a polo, but since the collar is the same color as the shirt, you can't see it.

So it just looks like it's a zip v-neck but it's actually a pull it's cool brother it's sweet straight off amazon just like wearing my tuxes this week great too yeah they ripped out the bottom well i mean both of them pockets are gone i mean i was uh i stood up during wrestlemania night one and in between blew out and also pockets blew out. I had to move all the stuff in my pocket to my jacket and then left jacket pocket gave out. Something landed on the table. I was like, alright, so I went to the top

inside. But that's what you get when you're wearing a $45 tux. That's what you get. Shows up in three days, great news. It's only lasting four days. It was amazing. It was wonderful. Got the size I was able to fit i bought four of them two of them fit which is all we needed yeah that's right so they batted 500 which is fantastic we'll talk baseball in a matter of moments why are you wearing a hoodie it's supposed to be hot outside yeah it

is supposed to be hot outside but boil boy in here today it is at least sorry not at least... Sorry, not at least. At most 58 degrees. Holy shit. It does feel like WrestleMania Night 1 in here. It does a little bit. WrestleMania Night 1 had a little bit of sun. We don't have that here. We know we don't. Oh, you're saying it's colder. It is brick in here right now, yeah. One half of the hammer.

Da-da! Hammer. Da-da! Da-da! That idiot. He's your champion I know you won your bet last night You said second half UConn This feels like the easiest bet in the history of gambling What a win for you, what a run for UConn I said it earlier

This is not a financial guarantee No, no, no And gambling is never a guarantee But boy, second half UConn Felt like a bit of a layup And their season's over, so we're not talking about it. And gambling is never a guarantee. But, boy, second half UConn felt like a bit of a layup, if you will, whenever you're talking about basketball in men's college basketball. Yeah, as far as sports betting is concerned, the greatest basketball team of all time, maybe the greatest team of all time as far as sports betting is concerned.

And I don't want to take too many flowers because they covered the first half. They did cover the second half. And they covered the full game just like they did in pretty much all of their 12 tournament games in the last two years. An absolutely dominant run. And they're just having a time on the bus. Oh, yeah. Living. They got cash money right over the shoulder, having a good time, put his hat on in the middle of the interview.

His wife's sitting there like, yep, I'm the one that had to watch the Dragons, but also, man, kind of Kentucky. No, never mind. Where we're from. Why would you? We are Northeast people here. We are doing this entire thing. Just chilling, having a good time. Congrats to this man's school.

Nine-year NFL vet, big brain, Terry St. Butler. Thank you so much. You can't or you can't. And I'll tell you what, you guys have been calling in your way to the top every single time. Amen. Good for you. Good day to be a Husky, man.

This is what they do. They get to the top every single time. Amen. Good for you. Good day to be a Husky, man. This is what they do. They get to the top and they don't let you down. 6-0 to the men's side. Women's, I believe, 11-1. Who did the women lose to this year? This year, it was – we just lost. What was her name? We wiped it out of her – I don't know.

There was a moving screen. Diana Taurasi was so – She was the best. Diana Taurasi was so bad. Molly was so confused. That's Taurasi. That's Taurasi. We know Taurasi. so pissed. She was so mad. Molly was so confused. That's Taurasi. That's the goat. We understand that.

We're just saying, who was it, though? Do you remember who it was? No, I don't. We're on to the next season already. Yesterday, we mourned. Okay. Today is day two, day three for the women's program. It was Kaitlyn Clark.

It was. Yeah, and then you claimed South Carolina. What happened to that following game? Well, Dawn Staley's program. It was Kaitlyn Clark. It was. Yeah, and then you claimed South Carolina. What happened that following game? Well, Dawn Staley's team, much like this UConn team. Too much to handle. They are tough. Unless they just kind of give up in the second half, which did happen in a couple of the games.

They got bored in a couple of games. They're up 20, and then they give up like 17 straight. I mean, that can happen to South Carolina. UConn never had that. Now Dawn Staley's going to reload her team, and they're going to do their thing. like 17 straight. IU. I mean, that can happen to South Carolina. UConn never had that. No. Now Dawn Staley's going to reload her team, and they're going to do their thing. And I assume that Dan Hurley's going to do the same exact thing.

He said, we've got some recruiting visits end of the week. Walking in there now, it's like, congratulations, we view you as a Husky. What does that mean? Well, you're going to be an NBA lottery guy. We're going to work our asses off, and we're just going to win. That's what we're going to do. And by the way, it's in Rhode Island, so we don't have to travel.

Then it's in Newark, so we're going to sort out basically the whole place. We go, welcome to the Yukon Huskies. You just got to offer a scholarship. Also, here's our NIL deal. Now, I had to take some of that because they had to pay me because Kentucky was trying to get me. But there's still money left around for you as Kling Kong has moved on. Speaking of Kling Kong, joining us is our own King Kong. Truly.

A man whose jaw will be a weapon in WWE 2K. Ladies and gentlemen, the all-time leading tackler for the Green Bay Packers. A man who's a champion in the professional level and at the college level, A.J. Hawk. A.J., Dan Hurley feels like a football

guy coaching a basketball team. Is that how you feel whenever you hear him talk? That's how I feel when I'm talking to him. Yeah, old school football guy. I get a lot of those vibes when he does speak and I'm just, man, I'm glad he lets his guys go when he said what, we, you know, eight to ten days you kind of lose control of your program. I hope we see those guys swimming through

fountains like we did Ovi back when they won the Cup. Yeah, Ovi has one of the greatest celebrations of a championship in a long time because he finally got over the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby who have been lifting that cup around Pittsburgh for years and years and years and years. And then finally, Ovi gets one. He takes that thing on a two-week bender.

And we all loved it. I think that's when Ovi actually became babyface to not only us at Pittsburgh, but everybody. It's like, okay, love the way this guy's celebrating all of his hard work. It's like, I appreciate that Hurley recognized that, yeah, these guys worked their asses off. These guys were the best condition team in the tournament. Everybody's talking about second

half. Well, why? Because we are in better shape than you are. So what does that mean? Well, the work we've been putting in in practice and in the off season and the weight room is a big deal. And he also said, you can go to school too. These guys. So go celebrate what you accomplished. He said, they're about to go on a tear. I that's what he said is yukon capable of hosting a terror is that a good good campus up there absolutely good really good good campus middle of nowhere uh typical you know college town stores stores connecticut um but yeah we used to have something called spring weekend back in the days had to cancel it because of some bad things that took place. It's a good place to sell

bread. What the hell is that? Orlovsky running wild. I couldn't even imagine Dan Orlovsky. Yeah, that's why they canceled it. He was in the Borat fit, right? Just running around campus. The sling caning? Yeah, that was the dog, brother. Well, Dan now is farting on TV. Exactly.

Congrats on the dude wipes deal. Proud of you, Dan. Did it. Dan Hurley, Well, Dana now is farting on TV. Exactly. Congrats on the dude wipes deal. Yeah. Let's go, Dan. Proud of you, Dan. You did it. Dan Hurley, though. Let's get back to him. How about him acknowledging how much he was on the ref's ass?

He says, yeah, I was on her ass, 12. There's a three-second rule. Are we calling it? Or is this not happening? And how come he's allowed to play that way and we're not even allowed to reach for the ball and all of a sudden it's a penalty? This is a bunch of bullshit. I appreciate that that's his style.

He knows it. I assume his wife is like, damn, tonight, coach, too much. Too much last night. They're the most dominant team in the history of March Madness, AJ. Most dominant team. They're fun to watch. They honestly, they really are. Like, what they do.

Like, we said all the time, like, for the last month, like, how do you beat this Connecticut team? I don't know. Everyone, like, every player on Connecticut team? I don't know. Every player on your team has to be lights out, has to make every three they take, and then you have to find a way to make a couple stops on defense, which good luck against these guys. And they got Tim Robinson as the head coach.

Yeah, what a photo. That is right out of I think you should leave that right there. Sorry about it. And he talks his shit too. Oh, yeah. He knows that his team is incredible, and it probably permeates through the entire locker room. I'm betting on him to go three in a row.

Three people. Unless Kentucky plucks. Uh-oh. AJ, could you imagine how Mickey Mask, no offense, UConn would look if they were to lose their head coach after going back-to-back as national champion to Kentucky. And now, I obviously view everything in the football world. So Kentucky's about to take your coach.

Obviously, Kentucky is a pillar of college basketball. I very much understand that. Their basketball fans and boosters, I assume, are big, and they need to have a good team. Bingo. That's what I'm saying. to have a good team. Bingo. That's what I'm saying. If you were to lose your coach right now to Kentucky, you would look so Mickey

Moss. It would be hard not to just bury you guys forever about it, legitimately. So that's why when the question's even getting brought up, I'm like, so people in the basketball world that cover basketball think this is possible. Why do they even think this is possible? That's a whole other conversation that I don't think I fully understand.

I mean, you know what time of year we're in, so it could just be a talking point. It may not be realistic. But to your point, it is one of the quote-unquote blue bloods. I'm sure they have the money just like some of these other programs have the money in the football world. They'll ante up and get a coach in there. But I don't see it happening.

And UConn, I hope they would know how bad it would make them look if they even let this get to negotiations or something. This guy should have another contract by tonight. Yeah, maybe by the end of that bus ride. That'll make the most sense. You need to talk cash money right here. And then we'll get through this. Who, funny enough, is Bill Murray's grandson.

D-Butt pointed that out earlier. That's who that kid is. Oh, that's – The Murray's – Yeah, because he was with Xavier at one point. Yeah, bingo. He's a bounce around guy. How long was it between saving LSU,

saving Bama? How long was that transition? Because that was pretty quickly after they won the national championship. I think he went to Miami. He went to New York. That wasn't after Michigan State. That's a wild thing. That'd be wild if he goes to Kentucky. No, there's no chance.

We would call Orlovsky every single day and just be like, how's your call doing? It was your fault. Oh, you guys weren't even able to pay the coach that took you to back-to-back national championships. How the hell is your school even going to sell that you want to win?

Because you did win, and then you just chose not to anymore. That is a tough thing to do. Huskies are ass. Start calling you guys the ass Huskies. That's what's possible. They take Geno too maybe. They bring both men's and women's coach.

Let's just do this. Let's give them each $100 million. That is very tough stuff. AJ, I don't know if you saw last night. Buddy, a sport that kind of sucks, okay, until the playoffs. Until the playoffs for most of us. Obviously, there is purists of the sport and people that love the sport,

people that grew up playing the sport that understand and truly respect and appreciate the art of the sport. But last night, baseball had fireworks. There's a national championship happening. Most dominant win in the history of college basketball. There's Raw after Mania happened. John Cena was there. John Cena was there running around.

Ilya Dragunov. Mayday Raw. CM Punk. Shinsuke. A couple records were broken 20,000 to 255 people You got National Championship College Basketball with a team that's going to be

Maybe remembered as the most dominant dynasty In the history of the sport You got Raw after Mania happening Which is the biggest Raw in the history Of the WWE And then what else happened? Baseball On what channel? Who knows Why? Because the Padres were hosting in the history of the WWE. And then what else happened? Baseball. Right. On what channel?

Who knows? All of them. Why? Because the Padres were hosting the game. We don't know who their TV deal is with, so there's a chance we get sued by whoever we're showing this footage from. But baseball was awesome last night, and I don't think enough people knew it.

Let's fast forward to the sixth inning, shall we? It's 8-0. Chicago Cubs are up over San Diego in San Diego. 8-0 in the sixth. This game's over. Everybody in that crowd, which is still packed out, in San Diego said, this game stinks. We suck.

Let's get hammered. Then all of a sudden a two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth on a full count. Oh my God, it's 8-2. We're only down six all of a sudden. We don't even need an extra point. Now, in baseball, we understand six runs from the sixth inning on is damn near impossible. You might as well find a double Rubik's Cube that's glued together that you can't spin and figure out.

That's baseball. But wait a minute. Two men on. What happens? Boom! Shot out the right field. Air by the fence. All of a sudden, two more runs scored.

Eight to five. Still in the sixth. We are still in the sixth inning. The people of San Diego, we're supposed to be drunk during a blowout. All of a sudden, we're making a little bit of a run. We've been watching for three hours. Nothing happened. All of a sudden, eight-four a little bit of a run. We've been watching for three hours. Nothing happened. All of a sudden, 8-4.

Then what? Capasano! Good piece of hitting. Yep. Wow. Sacrifice. Now we got us. Got them home.

Now we got 8-5. Yeah. Okay, 8-5. We're still in the sixth. Oh, my God. It's a three-run game. One person on. Gone!

Gone! Gone! Slam Diego! Oh, my God. It's a three-run game. One person on. Gone. Gone. Gone. Slam Diego. Eight, seven. Seven runs in the sixth. This is why you've been here for six hours, for the home team to do something in the bottom of the sixth. I couldn't even imagine what that dugout felt like. Holy shit.

This is what baseball is allowed to be? I had no idea we're allowed to score. Then let's go into the eighth inning. Fernando Tatis wearing two different shoes. One man on door! 9-8.

The Slam Diego Padres. There's another angle of a bat flip. Boom! That had to feel so good. See ya. How you doing? This Cubs team sucks. I have no idea how we let them get

eight runs ahead of us, but nonetheless, 9-8. San Diego goes on to win at home, beating the sorry-ass Chicago Cubs on a Monday night electric affair in

San Diego. Now, joining us is a man who's going to tell us if that is something we should act as if it's an anomaly. We had no idea that baseball could do that. We didn't know that it could be that awesome, especially on a Monday with so many other things going on. Ladies and gentlemen, the mayor, three-time all-star, Sean Casey.

Yay! Thank you, man! Pat, you need to start doing games, bro. That was an incredible highlight you put together right there, brother. And I think for the greatest game out there. I know you don't feel that way, but I do. Well, that's why we have you on. Bring the juice. Let us know why we're wrong. I know you don't feel that way, but I do. Well, that's why we have you on. Okay?

That's why we have you on. Bring the juice. Let us know why we're wrong. I'm fresh out of mania, too. So, like, you know, we are still kind of locked in on the entire thing. But after I watched that, because we were keeping up with the game last night as we're flying. So, I'm watching, like, the national championship game as it's recorded. And then Gumpy's like, Padre's back in it pal and i'm like okay i mean

baseball's happening of course down eight nothing then they come back that never happens right what we saw last night is an anomaly a unicorn a rare affair and how does san diego not do that in the first inning like why why do some teams it waits until the bottom of the six to put up seven runs how does it happen why does it happen and how has the season kind of started sean well the great the greatest thing brother first off wrestlemania incredible nice work i'll throw that in there really quick unbelievable what are we second off man for baseball it's what's so incredible about it is it's 162 games so you got a new story every night and it does happen not often when you're down eight nothing does it happen where you come back and score nine to win it but sometimes as an offense if the starting pitcher

is out there and he's kind of cruising along you can't get a beat on him and as soon as you get to that bullpen hey if you get two on the board you kind of come back to that dugout and say you're in it and then all of a sudden another two and then it's eight five and then all of a sudden you get a big shot you know from bogey and it's eight seven and then all of a sudden you get a big shot you know from bogey and it's eight seven and then tatis comes up and their bullpen holds serve and next you know it's nine eight it's that's why i think it's the greatest game in the world too because every night you can have something happen with with these teams and to have such an electric player like fernando tatis you know hit the two run bomb in the eighth to put them up nine eight that place

is going crazy out there in San Diego. They've got a great team. It was just one of those nights in baseball, and it was awesome. Anytime you're losing to a guy wearing two different shoes, it's got to be difficult. But a team that's down eight zip coming back and winning it in baseball is obviously an absurd story that we have to talk about and also a reason to get you on, Sean.

We love chatting with you. And I do think that is something that I think you've brought to our attention. In baseball, there's no kneeling the ball out. No. There's no dribbling the ball out. In baseball, you either got to throw strikes or you're hitting bombs. So you got to, like, earn your win. You have to earn every single out.

How do players not tap out, though? We're down 8-0. Like, is that just, like, in their their head like, all right, for stats, got to get at least one on here? Is that the mindset in the middle of those games? Or is there an actual belief that when you're down 8-0 that a team can do what they did in the six? How is that normally looked at in a 162-game season?

Well, we always say in the dugout, first off, at the end of the day, these are the best players in the world, right? And you're not done until 27 outs are done, right? And guys feel that way. So when you're down 8-0, those guys in the dug of the day, these are the best players in the world, right? And you're not done until 27 outs are done, right? And guys feel that way. So when you're down 8-0, those guys in the dugout are saying, we always say, hey, bloop and a blast. You know, get us a bloop and someone get a blast. Get us on the board and get us back in.

That's how these guys feel. And I tell you what, when you get four at-bats, five at-bats a game as a professional baseball player, you take none of those for granted. So if you can find a way to get on, find somehow to get a couple guys out on the bases and then you can rely on the big hitters to get you back in the game that's what's so great about it and pat i think that's what's great about you know like i said america's pastime is that at the end of the day we do it every night man it's that grinder mentality it's just like the wwe guys some of those guys every single night they're somewhere grinding, grinding, grinding.

That's how baseball is, bro. We play 30 games of spring training, 162 during the year. We have that grinder mentality. So every night, nobody takes the game for granted and they play out. Every one of those outs is so important. Hey, speaking of WWE, how about John Cena putting you to bed?

Anyways, go ahead, AJ. He was back this weekend looking good. Looking good. He was back, Sean. He said he's got, what, three, about three years left that he's going to hopefully make a run. Cena in the ring, so maybe you guys can go out boozing again. We'll see, Sean.

I don't know. You can talk to him about that one. But I'm sure you did notice Cincinnati Reds' big win last night. Eli De La Cruz has two homers. Has an inside the park homer as well, I believe, over the Brewers. What's it look like for them? I know they're only two and a half games back in the Central. I know Pittsburgh, hot start.

They're going to fall off eventually. We know it. We're 9-2. 9-2. How about those Reds moving forward? Buccos are 9-2. AJ, I know you're locked into the Reds, brother. I know that's where your blood lies.

You know, hey, man. Ellie, listen, when you look at the game and you look at Ronald Acuna last year who went 40-70, 40 homers, 70 bags, unheard of, right? And then you look at the Reds and you say, who are some guys that could possibly do that? Eli De La Cruz, man. This guy is so fast and has, you know, light tower power, and he's just learning how to play the game at the big league level.

But you go back to last night's game, he hit a ball, I think, 450 dead center and then hit a ball to center field where the center fielder just missed it, and he was absolutely rolling around the bases. So Spencer Steer was NL Player of the Week. They got a lot to be – you know, Frankie Montas in that rotation with Hunter Green and Abbott and Ashcraft and those guys. You know, you look at the Cincinnati Reds right now, AJ.

Ashcraft. They got some good players, and I love their team. And also the Buccos, Pat. I know you've got the Pirate, the Black and Gold. The Buccos are 9-2 out the gates, one of the best records in baseball. So both the NL Central is looking good with the Reds and the Pirates doing their thing. their thing tone pirates are tied with who the yankees nine and two best records in baseball that's what about 150 more now guys hey jay don't you bring us down okay

the pirates have sucked for 30 years and all of a sudden we're making this hot start we got the hundo boys the Hundo boys. The Hundo boys now at this particular time in baseball might not be good news. I heard there's a controversy brewing. Ty has a question for you. Yeah, Case, just curious your thoughts on basically with all these pitchers getting hurt, whether it's Tommy John or Elbow, UCL-type stuff, and now everyone's saying like, hey, well, the pitch clock has been great so far

and making games a little bit shorter i think yankees played in the the quickest game in the last like 20 years against the uh the marlins last night but do you think that the pitch clock is is ruining a lot of these guys arms and it's something that they're gonna have to go back and tweak again because we can't be having all these big-time horses and stars coming out of the bullpen you know already out for the season and we're not even in may yet you know my opinion is i don't you know the pitch clock you know i think it's done a lot of great things for the game i think the in my opinion i think the real reasons pitching's changed over the last 15 years as far as you know guys chasing velocity and guys chasing spin rate. You know, when I was the hitting coach for the Yankees last year, game planning for some of these pitchers,

you know, you're looking and you're saying, okay, for the first time, it used to be work off the fastball. Now these guys are throwing 47% sliders. You know, more guys are throwing split fingers. More guys are looking to rip the breaking ball more than they ever have. So I have to think guys chasing velo and really trying to throw 100 miles an hour has to be taxing on the UCL, the owner collateral ligament, I think could only take so much. So, you know, I think there's a ton of things they have to look at because when you see these big-time pitchers going down,

you've got to look at a lot of different things So I'm sure they will and they'll figure it out. All right, Sean Here at the Thunderdome. I've been hitting bombs. Okay, and when I hit my dingers Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Let's go! Good shot, kid. Good shot, kid.

Here we go. Next up. Actually, not a bad hack, Pat. Not a bad hack. Sat that red. Blippin' the blue. Not a bad hack, dude. You got through the baseball. Blip and a bloop. You drove it. Thank you.

Yeah, the guy in front of me just blooped one, and I blasted one. But if you saw what I did, I was professional there. As opposed to what some others do. Connor has a question, Sean. Yeah, Sean. Oh, good to see you. A question here about the kind of integrity of the game, the unwritten rules, if you will.

Obviously, people were pissed about the whole bat flip thing over these last five years, but we just saw Fernando Tatis. He had an incredible bat flip right there. Are we past that time where people are upset about celebrating and everything like that, and bat flips are just part of the game now? Is there also kind of the answer to the bat flip, if you will? Do pitchers have some sort of bat flip that they can do, or do they just tell the batters to go sit down after they strike them out?

Brother, you're right. I mean, I think times are changing in Major League Baseball. If you go back to the Jose Batista bat flip a few years ago in Toronto, remember when it really wasn't okay and he hit that home run and flipped it, I think things have changed since then. I think the pitchers are okay with it nowadays. You know, I think that was the biggest thing. If you back flip back when i was playing or not that long ago i mean the next guy was wearing one of the ribs a hundred percent probably have some warnings

benches are clearing but nowadays you know i think the pitchers are even okay with it and hey listen it's a little flair for the sport it's kind of fun i i kind of i used to i didn't like it at first but i'm starting to enjoy a good bat flip nowadays you hated it huh kind of fun i i kind of i used to i didn't like it at first but i'm starting to enjoy a good bat flip nowadays oh you hated it huh you hated it i used to hate it but then you know seeing guys doing it's part of the game i gotta you know when tatis you know hits one to make it nine eight down eight nothing how can you not like it a little bit yeah it gives good juice you know it's like a competitive just reaction i feel feel like. And I never really understood. I didn't play growing up, so I don't understand the whole thing.

But who was it? Somebody walked across the mound. A-Rod and somebody. Oh, yeah, Dallas Braden, yeah. There was like a full on, and Dallas Braden's electrifying, obviously. But that was like a big thing. Like, don't you pimp any of my pitches. Like, that ain't how this is going to go.

We're going to have a war. I like the pitches are kind of answering now, to your point. It's kind of like, hey, we're going to dance in your face as well. It's good for the game. We think, personally, as people that like shit talkers. Darius has a question for you, Sean. I teased a little extra, too, around third. I don't know how you feel about that.

He should have went and touched the pitcher's mound. That's what I wish he would have done. I like it, though, Mayor, but I got a question. I'm a highlight guy right now in the baseball world. But here we are, April 9th. Who's going to win it all, Mayor? What's the best bet right now? I see what the Dodgers and Mookie bets, but who's going to win it all?

That's a great question. I'll tell you what. I mean, there's so many good teams right now. And you're right. When you see the Dodgers at the top of that, bets, Otani, Freddie Freeman, I mean, absolutely stacked and loaded. I went to the Yankee game last night, man. I tell you what, if they're able to stay healthy

and get Garrett Cole back in a couple months, with the way that they're pitching and the way that offense is rolling, especially with Soto, what he's doing, Anthony Volpe, looks like he's going to another level. Obviously, Aaron Judge is the best player on the planet, in my opinion. I mean, they have some pieces to really win the whole thing this year. So I really believe if

the Yankees stay healthy and Garrett Cole comes back, I think the Yankees have a shot to win it. Who are they tied with right now? A team that has a guy that ain't even on the team yet. Tone's got a question for you, Mayor. Yeah, Case Dog, Pat mentioned the Hundo boys earlier.

Jared Jones is already up doing it in the MLB, and then Paul Skeens is going to be up there in May with those two guys, and then they added some vets. The Pirates pitching staff has, and I think they have MVP Connor Joe as well on the Pittsburgh Pirates. Do they have staying power with Skeens, and how do you think Skeens is going to transition to AAA to MLB because he has just been mowing dudes down oh man i really believe with jared jones the stuff that

he has up there we're seeing that mitch keller with him getting obviously you know getting gets better every year but paul skeins man you don't take a guy one one not thinking he's going to be an absolute star for you and you've been seeing what he's done in AAA. He's been dominating. I think hopefully the Buccos get him up there sooner than later. If you talk about a three-headed monster at the top of that rotation with Skeens, Jones, and Keller, and then you added Aroldis Chapman at the back end with Bednar, I mean, for me, that's a formidable team.

And then you've got O'Neal Cruz, who's a great young player. You've got Connor Joe doing his thing. Obviously, Kutch is still there. Rowdy Tellez is getting some big hits. All righty! They got some pieces. Reynolds, Kupran. In the Berg.

Yeah, I think the Pirates probably win it all. Yankees are going to do what the Yankees are going to do. See you in the ship. You guys stink. You ain't going to see us anywhere. You guys used to have a good hitting coach. Now you ain't got one. AJ's got a question for you, Mayor.

Yeah, Case, who's the best hitter you ever played with other than yourself? I know you obviously were getting on base all day, every day. But who was the best player that you got to watch on your own squad work every day? You know, I tell you what, two guys that I think were the greatest hitters

and two of the greatest of all time. I mean, getting to see Crankevry Jr. every day for six years, man. I mean, AJ, that was a thing of joy. Is that the best swing? Is he the best swing there is? Sweetest swing ever. The absolute sweetest swing ever. And what's great about Jr. too, man, I'll tell you what, I would say, hey, Griff, what are you thinking there? Are you thinking hands back? Are you trying to load the bat or whatever? He goes, Case, I'm trying to get that bat head out every time.

And I'm like, well, whatever you're doing is working because those balls are flying really far. That's a good teammate. That's a good teammate right there, Sean. That's a good teammate. So, Griff, I'd say Junior and David Ortiz, man. Big poppy. I played with Big Poppy in 2008 and got a chance to see what it's like

to just hit rockets all over the place every night so those two are the two of the best ever and it was i'm so fortunate i got to see it are you a lefty as well yeah yeah okay so obviously those two that's an advantage because we can get the first quicker well i didn't get the first quicker and those guys didn't either but i'll tell you what it is an advantage if you're a lefty and i also think if you're a lefty you're facing mostly a lot of righty pitchers obviously you're going to face a few lefties but you're facing a lot of righty pitchers so visually it just looks a lot easier lefty okay because they talk about that being a thing right because they'll actually

bring in a different pitcher for a lefty yeah lefty on lefty and why because you're seeing the right it's just weird breaks away from you yeah you got switch hitting can go interesting and what's the worst pitch what's the worst pitch for a hitter is that why uh what's his face mariona rivera so good is it that cutter oh i'll tell you what mariona rivera cutter the nastiest pitch you've ever faced and remember when i was with the when i was with the Tigers in 2007, Jim Leland, our man Jim Leland. Hell yeah. I got the day off. I got the day off. It's a day game.

I'm like, let's go. Day off. It's a real nice Yankee stadium. So Skip comes up to me in the ninth. He's like, hey, Case. He goes, you're going to lead off against Mo, against Rivera. I'm like, it's not the day off. I'm like, I don't want to.

That's the one guy I don't want to face. It's Rivera. Right? So he throws a cutter, Pat, right? He throws this pitch that just bears in on a lefty's hands, right? So bad. But at about 55 feet, it looks like a four-seam fastball. So you're like, oh, okay.

That's why it's so nasty. So I said to myself, I go, you know what? I'm going to get in there. First pitch, I'm stepping in the bucket. That means I'm stepping towards first. I'm going to launch this thing so far. Well, here we go. First pitch. I get ready. I'm ready in the bucket. That means I'm stepping towards first. I'm going to launch this thing so far. Well, here we go. First pitch.

I get ready. I'm ready to go. Mode sets, delivers. Here it comes. It's coming in. And, AJ, I'm telling you what, I'm looking at it. At about 55 feet, I'm like, oh, man, it's a four-seam fastball. First one he's thrown ever for me.

I step in the bucket. I get the bat head out. All of a sudden, the ball starts chasing. It's going to hit me in the bucket. I get the bat head out. All of a sudden, the ball starts chasing. It's going to hit me in the chest. I'm like, oh, dear God. It's coming at my chest, and I've already committed to swing, right? So it literally is right on my chest. I end up hitting it.

It was one of the first balls ever hit over the Yankee dugout. Almost goes out of the stadium. Actually a bad piece of hitting. Next pitch, he throws a sinker. I didn't even know he had it. Throws a ball, runs away from me. Breaks my bat. Back to him.

Out. I came in and told Leland, hey, man, thanks for that bat. It really worked. You're the man. Sean, you're the man. Thank you for that. We're still very early in this baseball season, but if we want to watch anything, MLB Tonight

on MLB Network starts at 5 o'clock. Sean Casey's hosting it. And obviously the mayor's office is a podcast we assume still going, yes? Yeah, still going every day. Every day. Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, the legend, Sean Casey. Thank you, pal. Hey, thanks, Jim.

Thanks for having us. Thanks for letting me bat tonight, Jim. Thanks for letting me do that. I can't imagine seeing those pitches. I saw one curveball from a guy, the Frontier League. Boy, that thing's scary. Just changing. That makes no sense.

That makes no sense what it's doing. Crazy. It's like an actual magic trick. Because you see, it's so quick. First of all, you've got to find it. And then once you find it, it's like, oh, it's doing. Crazy. It's like an actual magic trick. Because you see, it's so quick. First of all, you've got to find it. And then once you find it, it's like, oh, it's gone already. What in the hell was that? And then some of them, it looks like, oh, I'm getting blasted right in the mouth with this thing.

And then all of a sudden, you're embarrassed. It's like, straight? Two more of those, huh? I hope that's not the case. It's a wild sport. It is. It is a wild sport tough to watch tough it's better now the shot clock has made it much better i think they might have to

back out of it yeah that's the most baseball thing ever for them to make something that makes the game more fun to watch and then of course it's just destroying the game itself no he's right though that's nothing to do with that it's like there are no guys every guy in the majors now throws 100 miles an hour. Every single one of them does. And they're off speed. Like the sliders and stuff they're throwing, they're throwing those like 94, 95. Guys just throw too hard.

And when they're asking guys to throw, you know, four out of seven nights or five out of seven nights a week, like he's got no shot. Well, I wish I could throw 100 miles an hour. That'd be fun. That'd be very cool. And I would do it every time. It'd be hard for me not to do it. Well, I wish I could throw 100 miles an hour. That'd be fun. That'd be very cool. And I would do it every time. It'd be hard for me not to do it. Oh, yeah.

Closers. So, Mario Nivera threw that same pitch every single time, right? Pretty much, yeah. How about him say, oh, first time ever for me. How many years did he do the same pitch? Yeah, close to 20. And the same pitch every single time. Yeah, and he's the best closer ever.

And we go. Bow, na, na, na, na. Yeah. Bow, na, na, na, na. Yep. Same pitch every single time Yeah and he's the best closer ever And we go I wanted to do that this weekend in Philadelphia Oh that would have been sweet Yeah but it would have been about 10 times more work for about 3 different people I was like I just run my shit. Yeah, all good. Well, I got to go. No, please.

All right. Never mind. Never mind. Yeah, I apologize for even bringing that up. It's a good idea. Play the song. Yeah, I'll bring Ken to it. No.

No, okay. All good. All good. Don't even worry about it. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, live from the NFL's broadcast boot camp. This man has been on TV before. We've seen him. He's absolutely crushing it on the field.

Pro ball. All pro. pro what legend of the game ladies and gentlemen from the saints cam jordan how are you man man i'm blessed i'm blessed you know yesterday i just saw your guy george kittle uh we just did a little convention with Little Caesars Pizza in Vegas. And now I'm here at the boot camp. You know, he was telling me all about WrestleMania. Hey, he had a good time at WrestleMania. Him and his dad were having a blast. I got to witness it. And obviously his favorite, Bayley, got a massive win.

He's now the champion. So WrestleMania, have you ever been, Cam? Are you a wrestling fan? Yeah, WrestleMania, I'm sure I've been back when Bam Bam Bigelow was wrestling. So that might predate a lot of, you know, that was my childhood hero situation. Back when Goldberg was Goldberg and, you know, the older guys who are still popping up, The Rock, Sting, everybody who apparently is still wrestling. And here I am thinking I'm impressed with going into year 14. They've been doing it for like 40 years.

I was about to say, you're an old ass man there saying that was your childhood. Those guys still doing it. Obviously, so are you. was about to say, you're an old-ass man there saying that was your childhood. Those guys are still doing it. Obviously, so are you. Let's talk about where you're at right now. You're at the broadcast boot camp right now. Are you – because we see you on TV all the time. So is this your first time? Have you done the boot camp before?

And for those that don't know, what is the broadcast boot camp? What are you experiencing? Yeah, I have never done the broadcast boot camp before. I feel like this is just dotting my I's and crossing my T's. I feel like I've done reps, you know, been a bit of sideline analyst, a sideline reporter for the XFL before COVID, you know, USFL in-booth analyst. I feel like I've done a lot of reps, but I've never actually gone to the broadcast boot camp. So I just feel like, you know, this is this is one of those things that it's like a rite of passage. I feel like why not? If we have all these, you know, all these available possibilities, why not see them all?

Yeah, there's like executives from every network there, right? It's a big audition. You get a chance to learn from everybody is what I've learned. Yeah. You know, beyond learning from everybody, I'm intrigued by that first part that you just dropped. I'm intrigued by that first part that you just dropped. You know, this is my Caleb Williams spin. You know, I'm here to, hi, hello. I'll interview for, is that possible? Can I do that? Oh, nice, nice.

I'm not even going to start saying names, but I am sure the happy hours in the networking is going to be fantastic, especially for you. One of the best personalities in the entire league ever we appreciate you stopping by go ahead aj cam uh did you know all along like it's unbelievably 14 years already and you're still playing at such a high level but did you know early on in your nfl career that you wanted to possibly get into the media world afterwards i think seeing your personality you kind of see everything you do it makes a lot of sense obviously people want to watch but is that something that's always been a goal?

Hell no. All I ever wanted to be was, you know, was a good football player. And once we were able to, you know, get a couple of Pro Bowls behind the name, you were like, okay, well, now we can show some personality. But, you know, you have to have a strong foundation. You have to be a great football player to even have opportunities to, you know, have possibilities strong foundation. You have to be a great football player to even have opportunities to, you know, have possibilities beyond football. And I think as they, as opportunities were presented my way, I took,

you know, I clawed at each and every one of them, whether they, again, whether that been USFL, XFL, whether that, you know, pertains to NFL network was, you know, back in those early days, just popping in and popping on back when nobody wanted me. And so now we're sitting in a better place. Now, with the reps that I've had, the people that I've been able to have great times with on camera, I feel like it's definitely helped get me to this point. I've got my guy, Mark Ingram, who came out of the Saints last year, went right on the TV. You just have those people that lay that foundation work

and make it exciting and fun. He's fantastic on Big Dune. I enjoy the hell out of him. We got to talk to him at Alabama, and he's electric. I've never got to be around him. He is electric. His energy is like his aura is just like a boost immediately. I think energy is a great thing to be on television and do anything,

but resume is a big deal too. So, like, the fact that you are who you are, you know, should give you the confidence and all that. Any of those suits change you at that broadcast boot camp. You hear me, Cam? Don't let any of those stupid suits change you at that thing. Connor's got a question for you. Speaking of changing, 14 years is a long time.

The game has changed. Go ahead, Con, man. Obviously, rules change in every offseason, Cam. question for you speaking of changing 14 years a long time the game has changed yeah obviously rules change in every offseason cam i was just wondering have you been able to start practicing unweighting yourself uh while you're playing next year just because that'll be such a big role for you uh going forward in the nfl i don't think we can unweight what does that even mean figure it out you're in the media yeah and you're yeah figure it out look at the You're in the media. You're in the media now. Andrew, yeah, figure it out. Look, at the end of the day, I'm still trying to get out of the bubble helmets,

the guardian helmets. You know, I'm not even going to put anything out there. Say it, say it, say it, say it. The first 12 years, no guardian helmet. You know, the concussions that happened, whatever, you know, that data just was, they said, you know you know concussion rates got a little high so then they put the guardian caps on but to my knowledge i feel like concussions might have been more prominent last year i didn't hear that stat gee yeah it's crazy yeah is. Look at your journalism right now at Broadcast Bootcamp. That's breaking news.

Just dropping casual bombs. You know, just things that have maybe, you know, turned my gears. Is Schefter or any of the insiders at this thing telling you, like, here's how you do my job. You get four phones, you tell your family, I'll see you in 10 years, and you answer every

text message that you have to do and you let these stats go ahead and tell a story is there any of that any insider conversation in there no man look i'm waiting i'm waiting for you to drop the secrets man you know build out your own studio right where you're at never have to leave you know leave the crib that's what i'm you know that's that's the dream is like you know you build a compound those suits you know i like that those hey I was rejected from the broadcast boot camp three times. Oh. Do you know that, Cam?

No. This is news to me. And then you said, screw it, I'll build my own broadcast. Bingo, yeah. Three times. The first time, I sent them a 90-minute stand-up special. Like, hey, here it is. And then they said, no, thank you. I'm like, alright, cool.

Yeah, I probably don't deserve to be there anyways. Then the second time, David Thornton, who's our player personnel guy, he's like, you need to get in there. You got your own show. You need to do it. I apply again. Nah, sorry, we don't have space for you. It's like, okay, well, never doing that again. And then the year I'm retiring, David Thornton's like, you need to get in there at least one last time.

So I'm like, nope. They applied for me. Rejected a third time. I'm like nope they applied for me rejected a third time i'm like okay we get it suits we get it you know it's a whole different story but i am incredibly thankful that it happens for a lot of guys in the league because like you getting the network there there's a lot of gatekeepers there and like whenever you talk about what we've been able to do we're incredibly lucky i got an incredible team like very very very very very lucky but like i think the thing you need to do and this is just me uh saying my secret you need to be you forever cam you are one of one you are it's your game it's your league you know you've been in a long enough you've affected it enough so like having producers tell people what to say

like that doesn't make that person that might you be you cam because the game is lucky to have you tie is a question for you pal yeah cam appreciate it just curious uh i don't know if i mean well maybe they'll talk about that at the broadcast boot camp but uh the media for whatever reason and maybe it was just this last year but it seems like derrick carr kind of gets a bad rap you know they kind of cherry pick a little bit there's him and a couple of his linemen yelling at each other and obviously you guys didn't have you know the most successful season last year didn't do what you wanted to do but what is Derek Carr like as a teammate on a day-to-day basis obviously you've played with guys like Drew and some of these incredible leaders but what is Derek Carr like on a day-to-day

basis that might be different than like what the media kind of puts out there. Yeah, I mean, we had whatever that fallout from the media was, right, about Derek Carr and somebody else getting into it. Eric McCoy, I believe, was the offensive lineman. But at the end of the day, don't you want a competitive quarterback? What did I miss? I get that in today's age of the 2020s, everybody's sympathetic towards feelings. But at some point, it's okay to be, the 2020s, everybody's, you know, sympathetic towards feelings. But at some point, like, it's okay to be on the sideline,

get into it with your guy, and then at the same time, come to an understanding. That's perfectly fine, too. Maybe it's just, you know, the tales of me being older. Because, you know, you grow up through high school ball in Arizona in 2000 and whatever that is, 2005, 6, 7. You know, you get into it with your coach. Hell, your coach may not even call you your name for the first couple of years, you know? So

it's just the way that I grew up differently. I didn't see anything wrong with it. I came up to him after. It was like, hey, I saw this in the media. What about you guys good? And it literally was like, yeah, but we just talked it out. It like oh well that was that well you probably get closer from those moments too and everybody like uh in this modern era i think is um not scared of argument but scared of confrontation there it is and so a lot of people just like kind of just move along go ahead and press it down and then all of a sudden we're wondering why there's potential like mental stuff going on with people. It's like, well,

nobody ever confronts anything that's potentially bothering them. Back in the day, to your point, confrontation led to normally better understanding, which led to people being closer. Now it's just like, nah, I don't agree with you. I'm going to complete opposite direction. I like to hear that that's how you viewed that little competitive fire out of Derek Carr.

Nobody's talking about that with Derek Carr, a little competitive fire down there in the NFC South D-Bot's got a question for you yeah Cam man congrats on going into year 14 number one how does the body feel what if what have you uh changed I guess over this long career I know you had a a procedure recently but what have you changed over the last few years in your career going into this stage and then for the next stage is there a specific place in the media you'd like to see yourself like an in-studio analyst uh in the booth calling the games like where would you like to be in your perfect world man um you know i've been i've been blessed enough to to finally play a 17 game season albeit i did it on a bum ankle for the last like eight games of the season but um i think when it comes down to, you know,

my playing days for the next two years with the Saints, I'm just trying to win a Super Bowl. Whatever that takes. I know that there's a Super Bowl in New Orleans, and I'm trying to be a part of that, you know, and not just on the outside looking in factor. I want the Saints to be in New Orleans playing for the city, playing for our championship.

And I think, you know, even pre-draft, we had a team that came on strong at the end and we had a chance for a playoff push. All we need is a chance. And so that, you know, the next phase, whenever I do retire and move on into media, we don't know what that looks like. You know, I'm going to keep the main thing the main thing, and that is hopefully getting back to winning football in black and gold. Go ahead, AJ.

What's your head coach Dennis Allen like? He kind of has a low profile, I guess, when it comes to head coaches in the NFL. It just seems like a consummate professional that you players all seem to really respect, but what's he really like behind closed doors? I mean, consistency is key in this league.

You feel like, even though we fell short this year, there was times where a game more, we're in the playoffs. A game more, we win our division. I mean, we finished nine and eight. And it hurts that we didn't make playoffs. At the same time, you realize that Dennis Allen as a coach brings that same consistent level of energy, things that we knew of him when he was at DC as a head coach. And so it makes it real easy as a coach brings, you know, that same consistent level of energy, things that we knew of him when he was a D.C. as a head coach. And so it makes it real easy as a transition for, you know, vet players as well as younger players to be able to rely on somebody who, you know, as a head coach wants to have the locker room go the right way, wants to have all the facilities in the right way. It's redoing our weight room currently as we speak. You know, there's things that we want to be to become a contender and i think those steps are happening with him at the forefront you

talk about younger players and like older players obviously you know handing over the game and everything like that and trying to reshape and get the black and gold back into some championship game 13 million guaranteed i think was go to chase young Have you chatted with him? It's a good one. Hey, Chase Young, baby. Way to go, Chase. Proud of you, Chase. Proud of you, Chase. Have you chatted with Chase yet? And what are your thoughts on what the move was? Go ahead. Absolutely. I mean, I talked to him probably that week of even hearing about him possibly signing. I think I tweeted about him having a visit with Carolina. We're like, well, we know that's not happening. Come on down to this, you know, this black and gold. And he ends up in the black and gold. So I feel like a fortune teller. I think, you know, you got a young guy in

Carl Granderson, who's a hell of a player. And then you pair him up with Chase Young and myself rotating in. I love, you know, that's a great three-headed monster that could push a lot of quarterbacks. I'm super excited about his addition. I think he just had a procedure as well. So I think he had a, I'm going to say neck? Yep. Okay, there we go. Hey, journalism, journalism.

Good journalism. And then, you know, so whenever he's back and healthy and in it, you know, we start up next week, so I'm sure he'll be in the building because it seems like in our team, everybody sort of wants to be at OTAs. So come Monday, we're going to be open, gearing, and ready to try and get us one. Okay. OTAs are coming quick. Obviously, the offseason is coming to a wrap here at the broadcast boot camp for you. How did you spend the offseason?

What did we do? Did we do any trips? Did we work? How did we – what did we do? Man, we – I was hoping my ankle would heal naturally. And while I was hoping it would heal naturally, I slid into Liberia with my guy, Alvin Kamara, you know, amongst the people he met with, you know, the president of Liberia or vice president of Liberia started started talking to the mayor of Monrovia. What got it? He got his ears on the ground. I mean, my man was making electric moves and helping and just helping the people giving, you know, just giving people what they needed. He bought all types of like, you know, sanit sanitization products trying to clean up some of the streets my man is really really a people's champ like he's not gonna be said loud enough my guy ak is really uh not even just in new orleans

liberia back you know he goes back home for the first time and shows out in a major way and me and me and mark ingram gotta witness it well i love that i love everything about that now the final boss is the people's champ officially has the title but alvin kabar sounds like he is championing liberia i know i so you're in liberia this offseason right right got a dip got a dip in for for a little less than a week he was there for like two or three we get there like you know he's he's like the people like literally literally felt like royalty out there. You know, like wherever we were going, he got treated with like the utmost respect. And I was like, oh, shoot.

I mean, I feel like I do well in New Orleans. Worldwide. Well, I appreciate the fact that you guys are giving back to the world, making the world a better place. I hope it carries over into good karma this season for you guys. Enjoy the rest of that broadcast boot camp. Shake the hell out of those suits' hands. But remember, don't change for any of them, Cam. To hell with that.

No doubt. No doubt. I'm on my idea of being like, you know, like another Cal great Marshawn Lynch. You know, change for nobody. And take care of your chickens. Except you. Make your own world. Take care of your chickens, too. You know what I mean? You got to make sure you do that if we're going Marshawn. Take care of your mentals. Take care of your chickens, too. You got to make sure you do that if we're going martial. Take care of your mental. Take care of your chickens.

Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, Cam Jordan. Thank you, buddy. Those cow players don't change. Yeah, those cow players don't change. Well, that's because they are enlightened. Yeah. Which you could argue they do change.

Because they are enlightened, they get better. I don't know. There's some stuff coming out about one particular Cal player that we know. There's some information that one particular Cal player that we know is going to victory lap a bot. That's awesome. Yeah, there's some more. One Cal player we know a bot. I don't know about everybody else there, but one that we know who throws the ball real well.

There's some more stats and information coming out that he's going to be yeah don't you think AJ did you see what I saw did you see the tweet that I just saw I'm pretty sure I know what you're talking about yeah we'll see hopefully nobody lied well that's not

hopefully not well I can't wait to see Aaron's response. That's all we're saying in this entire thing. Did you go to broadcast boot camp, AJ? I did, yeah. Number five overall pick. D, by the way, did you? I went to one in Golden Green, I think.

Second rounder. They too got. Yeah. They didn't want me. This began a long time ago. It is a really, really, really cool concept, though. Oh, so every person that controls a checkbook at these networks is at these things? Yeah.

And you just get to audition pretty much for all of them in order? Yeah. That's genius. Yeah, we think so, too. We really like it. You should apply. Okay. Yep.

You can't go. All right. Cool. I do like that the NFL does this, though. This is beautiful. Everybody's story means something, especially now. With the ways you can make money, I don't think there should ever be a story of an NFL player going broke again because of how wonderful

it is. So shout out to the broadcast boot camp. Shout out to Cam Jordan for joining us. Sean Casey. Also, Coach Dan Hurley, fresh off of back-to-back national championships. We'll be back tomorrow with a big one. JJ Watts joining us. See you then. Goodbye! Right on. We'll be back tomorrow with a big one. JJ Watts joining us. See you then. Goodbye. Right on.

I mean. That home was money. Yeah. It was in there. Same home. Yeah. So that home run was the same exact ball. Same exact ball.

It looks nice. I'm finding your sweet spot a little bit. Yeah. You put it right there. Yeah, I know. I didn't think it was a great pitch either. The two marks are literally, what, three inches apart from each other? Yeah.

Because I can't hit TV. I have before. You hit the back wall? Huh? The brick? Yeah, right there in the middle above the brick. That is the home run. Zoom in right next to the camera on the black part above the brick.

Right there. Right, right, right, right. You can see the black there. There it is. Right there. That is. Look at you. Those are the balls. Doubted. Yeah. Jeez. That's what I'm doing. And those go are the balls.

Down in. That's what I'm doing. Those go over the fence. That's the yellow. Those are gone. It's a giving fence. Those feel good. You do have to look at the ball.

Just trying to barrel something up too. We don't need to be hitting anything off the end of the bat. Don't need to be jamming. What's nice about the camera is a nice short swing, too, making solid contact. So that's all I'm thinking in my head is actually look at the ball. Right. Because those first couple strikes, I think I was just like, yeah, I'm swinging. I'm trying to hit it out of the roof.

It wasn't even look at the ball. Yeah. You got to look at the ball. Keep your eye on the ball. What an easy, simple concept. Hey, the thing I'm trying to hit, you should look at that. And then actually focus on, oh, I'm trying to hit, you should look at that. And then actually focus on, oh, I'm going to hit this. Yep.

And then let those hands go. And then just violently throw your hands at it. Let those hands go. Homer. I think I'm a righty, clearly. Yeah. Found it. See, the neck.

Oh. Gone. Got under it, too. Gone. Case loved it. I was running towards the wrong plate. Okay. Over here.

What a time. I'm happy this has become a part of our... the wrong plate. Okay. Over here. What a time. I'm happy this has become a part of our – we talk baseball. Yeah, we do. We play. We do it all. Just lose the third base coach there. In the dugouts. That's a dugout.

Yeah, we did it, boys. It was first inning home run. Case, he's losing his mind. He's losing his fucking mind, brother. Yeah, I mean, how could he not? You've got good water on that. Good hack, Pat. He's losing his fucking mind, brother. Yeah, I mean, how could he not? You've got good water on that. Good hack, Pat. He's the best.

People say that he's my father. Because the juice, he's from Pittsburgh. That whole thing. Very proud of him. Very proud of Sean Casey. He's the man. He's always had that attitude, that aura. That's why he's the mayor.

I guess he used to just park it at first base, and every person that had a hit, congrats, you're in a full conversation. You should have seen him, bro. It's a big reason why I am a Reds fan. I mean, I grew up a Reds fan, but I got to watch Casey. His whole routine, every time he stepped out of the box with his batting gloves and his weird stretches, like everything about him was so awesome. And you see anyone, anytime someone gets on first,

Casey's got a big old smile, and he's just roaring to go. Way to go, man. Nice hit. We're coming. We're coming. He was a great hitter. He's an unbelievable hitter. That's why he was a hitting coach for the Yankees. It's amazing that the Yankees are still able to put wood to ball

without him there. Tied for the best record in all of baseball. Congrats to the Yankees. Unbelievable baseball team. Tied for the best record in all of baseball. Congrats to the Yankees. Absolutely. Congrats to the Yankees. Bucco, too. Bucco, Jim. Unbelievable baseball team. All right, let's get to a break. Hour three is going to be a good one. A couple cold calls to people, I assume.

You have to. A couple cold calls to people. I don't know who, but it'll come up in conversation. What a weekend for the WWE. Maybe a cold call or two there. Yeah. Destroying. Got some news out of the UFL.

Not happy about it. No. Some other stuff happening around the sports world that we cover. And then we'll send you all into the greatest Tuesday night of all time. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice that might change their life. Hey, listen. This is a real deal.

I didn't have any in the hotel we were in in Philly. That's different. Oh, yeah. Nightmare. Did you really? So did I. You should have let me know. I would have.

I had enough. I knew when we got there too, we're going to be eating a bunch of cheese steaks and just shit like that. I mean, it's going to be bad news. Speaking of cheese steaks, shout out to Compost. Yep. Compost. Compost.

That's the spot. Compost. I believe it's Italian instead of compost. Compost. The Compost cheese Compost. That's the spot. Compost. I believe it's Italian instead of compost. Compost. The compost cheese sticks. So good. Really good. Compost are cool.

C-A-M-P-O-S. Since 1947, brother. Bingo. Elijah. Pilot. Where's the box? Okay. Yep.

Stack of subs. Not a sack. A stack of subs. Clean stack, too. It's in the back. They were cold. They'd been sitting out a little bit. Bread was intact. Meat was still moist. Cheese was perfect.

Cleany. Yeah, it wasn't all over the place like stupid meatball subs. It was great. Compost is my new favorite cheesesteak. Better than Thales-Sanjurus? Way better. Look at that. Whoa.

Hey, Thales, San Andreas. I couldn't even imagine what their fucking cheesesteaks taste like fresh. We had to have had it an hour and a half, two hours afterwards. And hailed it. That's what I felt like, and it tasted delightful. He is enjoying it. Yeah, he might have fallen asleep. Oh, God, it's so good.

Can we zoom on him? He might have choked on his gum like L.A. Knight did on to sleep. Oh, God. It's so good. Can we zoom on him? He might have choked on his gum like LA Knight did on Smackdown. He could be choking. Hope we helped that guy. Hope he's all right. I'll tell you what. Look, he's got two of them, too, in front of him. He's in heaven, boys.

Is that guy alive? Yeah, I think he could be in a coma right now, three cheesesteaks deep. But that's what the compost cheesesteaks are. Yeah, that's the compost coma. That's the compost coma. That's what they what they do now you're doing great bud we look like you last night we look like you last night that place was delicious so good shout to Elijah going to get that he threw he flew Philly to Indy three times 24 hours dog well six times, I guess. Dog. And it had that stack of subs ready to go.

Those wings didn't get touched. No, they didn't. Shout out to Philly. I didn't see shit except for WrestleMania. But you guys, I think, got to see it a little bit. This got brought back to Constitution. Goddamn right, I did. It's right there.

Yeah, the whole entire Constitution. Actually, it's called a Constitution in a bottle. And you could pop that thing open. That's not real. And the entire Constitution's in that thing. That's fake. They were fixing the Liberty Bell when we were there. Yeah. I'm not throwing that in the ocean, Hawker.

I heard there were some people that ran the Rocky Steps. Yeah. Zeke, heard you ran the steps? I did four times. Four times? Four. I've burned 880 calories in my afterwards. Why four times?

What? I was sweating. Yeah, yeah. Four times is impressive. Four times is a ton. I'm proud of you. That's good. What did we do?

We just wanted to? No, they were just waiting in line to take a picture of Rocky. Yeah. And I just kept going up and down, get a quick workout in. You were bored? Smart. Kind of. Good for you, Z.

Did the music stop? The lines are so long. Yeah, the... To take a picture with the statue? Yeah, it was 50 minutes. Gumpy said he waited 35 or something like that. Had to do it. I'd never been to Philly before.

I didn't know we were such a big sites office. And the bell, too, by the way. You're in a city for five days. Yeah, and Philly's different. Philly's. I didn't know we were such a big sites office. And the bell, too, by the way. We're in a city for five days. Yeah, and Philly's different. Philly's different. It's East Coast. It's one of the original 13 colonies. I was very bummed out that I didn't get to see any of the shits.

Yeah, it was fun. We the people, brother. Yeah, I'm going to say Philly kind of gets a bad rap. It was nice downtown. Well, it's not Philadelphia. The city's nice. The people are just like the worst people in the country. Okay, so it's not what we're saying. I broke a record last night. They did. We kind of did. The city's nice. The people are just like the worst people in the country. Well, they broke a record last night.

They did. Good casino, too. Yeah, kind of figured out why a lot of those fans pretty pissed off when they entered the stadium. Now you can stop the music. So quite a racket happening in Philly to Philadelphia sports fans, and they don't even know what's happening. No, they don't. They don't even know what's happening.

Philadelphia sports fans, and they don't even know it's happening. No, they don't. They don't even know it's happening. But there's one parking lot that has baseball, football, and casino connected. In a row. So let's say you go to a football game. You bet on the Eagles. They win.

You win. Okay, you won your money. Eagles win. It's a good day, isn't it? Pumped. On your way out, well, Philly Casino Live's right there. Oh, we could double this. There's traffic. You're going in there. You're losing that immediately. Right away. So you're walking out a loser.

That's why they're throwing batteries at Santa Claus. Exactly. That's why they're doing the things that they're doing because even when they win, they're presented with a very good opportunity to lose right in front of them. To make it out of that parking lot, a winner. The team has to do their thing. The bet has to do their thing. The bet has to cover.

And then the casino you have to win. So many things have to go right for them to leave as happy fans. We don't think that's right, but we do appreciate what they're battling. Smart. Smart play. Absolutely. It is genius, but to be fair, what they're doing to the people of Philadelphia is just not kind. It's not cool.

Think about winning. It was awesome. You have the opportunity to double your money. What do you mean? They're giving us a great opportunity. But no, to what Pat was just saying, think about their NFL season last year. First 10 weeks, their first 11 weeks were 10-1. After that, they lose every single game.

What happened over there? That Philly Casino line? Yeah. Philly Casino line got hot, Philly Casino Live got hot. Took all the good mojo for the city with that parking line, for sure. Great over 35 line. You just slide right through. No line.

You old as fuck? Come on in. That was awesome. You don't have to wait. Everybody's waiting for like 20 minutes. Just walked right through. Hey, you got an actual job? All right.

So you want to blow your savings in here? Sweet. Come on in. Come on in. You don't have to wait in line with these youngs that are just here to get free drinks. Anyways, Philadelphia, great job hosting. We'll take a break. These, I needed.

I missed them this weekend. Oh, yeah. Big time. Single ply in that stadium. Yeah. Can't be doing that. Especially when you're serving, you know, Philly cheesesteak, egg rolls. Yeah.

So good. Oh, my God. Coming right out. Stadiums or arenas, I would imagine, should eventually get, like, Dude Wipes sponsorships where they have them in bathrooms. Yeah, but think about the amount of toilets in all these places. So the amount of toilet paper, single ply, is just so cheap. That's probably such an easy.

Yeah. Dude Wipes, though, needs to think about getting with Balmer out there. Yeah. Because he feels like he understands a clean butthole is good for the fan experience and that needs to happen more at these places because all of a sudden i got poop in my fingernails right because i got single pliers i'm going out to do wrestlemania and i won dude what dude wipes needs to do they need to figure out something that you can install so that it is like a roll that you can just pull it out that it always keeps it wet as well. That's the next step.

I do worry. Maybe a container that's a legit paper roll. Let's get to a break. They'll figure it out. Yeah, yeah. I worry if everyone poops at the same time and they all flush like eight dude wipes down the toilet at once. RFA. They're good.

RFA, brother. They're RFA. They're good. RFA, brother. They're flushable. They're good. Just making sure. What is it? The reflushable? Yeah, the responsible flushing alliance. Rafa, brother.

Yeah. Right there. Checks out. Wipe your ass. Flush the wipe. Live your best life. Boom. Dude wipes.

Sports. Oh, wonderful. That's A.J. Hawk. Sports! Avant. He played corner, safety, nickel. Now he's host of everything DBs, good D, bad D, and also the NFL matchup show on ESPN, the Ocho. Ladies and gentlemen, Darius Butler. D-Botch, how you doing, pal? I'm doing great. Still on a high right now. My first mania. Had a couple mania moments and then obviously back-to-back. I heard you, and congrats

to your UConn host. Appreciate that. Thank you. We're very happy for you. Yeah. Thank you. If you lose your coach to another school after going back-to-back, that is going to be an embarrassing thing that you're going to have to deal with forever. We won't.

Okay. There's a chance. He's done something. He didn't say no. He didn't say no. Yeah, but he doesn't sound anywhere near wanting to do that. He seems to be in the camp of, like, let's not let this happen. Yeah.

Okay, let's not let this even happen, which is all in UConn's end of the court here. We know how business goes, though. Say, hey, do what you got to do. Say what you got to say. Get some leverage going. I want him to get every dollar he can get. He deserves it.

But he's not going anywhere. Okay, let's talk about Mania. I heard you picked up Dirty in Philly whenever Undertaker came out. Is that real? I just learned of that this morning. Honestly, I couldn't tell you. I blacked out. The first night was great with the tag matches and the things that went on. Second night was awesome as well.

But when that bell rang. Oh, my God. And I don't know where Gertie went. I remember I was right next to Conor. I know that. I think I might have hit Ty in the back of the head as well. But I blacked out and then obviously the entire stadium blacked out.

Then he popped up. Out of nowhere. Yelling at the final, turn around, Rock! Turn around, he's right behind you, brother! All The Rock was saying is, I'm the final one. I'm the fucking final one. His awareness a little bit lower than we thought it used to be at least.

Because Tank was standing behind Rock for a few moments. He was. And Rock didn't know that he – I think he did know, but he just didn't want to face it face-to-face at that exact moment. I get that. He had that belt. And that Cordillo weight belt would have – I'm the final boss. Oh, no. I was yelling

I was yelling whoa the dead man he's seen a ghost that died man what a moment Tony Rhodes strung out underneath the roof

that was so sick holy shit and we were sitting right there I don't know where the hell he went I don't know how he got there how he got out Oh, man. That was so sick. Holy shit. And we were sitting right there. I don't know where the hell he went. I don't know where he got there or how he got out. That's the dead man, brother. Yeah, I mean, there's videos of him now potentially sprinting through the stadium. 4-2.

With like seven people around him. A.I. Shout out to Ruben, by the way. Ticket guy running. I think I saw him back left. Ruben. He's a happy guy. Not fanatics. Oh, okay. I think I saw him back left. He's a happy guy. Not fanatics.

I heard fanatics people were very hospitable and nice to sit by. Boy, oh boy. If you go to a sporting event and you see some fanatics hat, fucking find another seat, brother. I bought brand new Jordans destroyed. Come on, Simon. Stuff to my feet. Z had to get eight different drinks because they knocked over like six of his iced teas

the whole fanatics bunch I guess very normal you go to a sporting event and you know people get up and walk back and forth 155,000 times during a three hour and they care though they're very care well that was the one thing I was like oh maybe an excuse me

like once or twice would have been cool but that yeah at least the main event, though, they were. No, I thought so, too. And then they left before Cena and Undertaker and any of the surprises happened, which is kind of an interesting move. Main event, guys.

Biggest Mania main event in history. But, hey, you know what? You have your WrestleMania moment how you'd like. Exactly. WWE World was awesome. It was. That was a good fanatics event. It was.

That was a good fanatics event. Got some merch. Yeah, had a great time. Great merch. Lucky to be in the WWE World. But I turned around and I saw the entire crew of dudes. And I was like, well, who's this? Because last night it was 2 Chainz and Wallway.

Everybody. What was the lady's name? I'm not sure. Winnie Harlow. Yeah, there it is. I mean, she was very active. She was a big fan. She was the lady's name? I'm not sure. Winnie Harlow. Yeah, there it is. She was, I mean, she was very active. She was a big fan. She was screaming. She almost jumped over

the barricade. Vanessa Hudgens was there two nights in a row. Her dude used to play for the Indianapolis Baseball. I got a chance to chat with him a little bit. Diplo. I saw Diplo. I was looking at Diplo while Diplo was recording me at one point.

I didn't know if it was... Who's that one... There's like a Spanish artist that has the blonde hair. I see him on the internet. Because it was dark. It wasn't easy. Cisco's good. Cisco's not a Spanish artist, but he does have the platinum hair.

I think I know who you're talking about. I think there's a Spanish artist that has platinum hair. Nectat? I think so. Yes, I think I know exactly who you're talking about. But it was kind of dark. Cody Rhodes. Cody Rhodes is's a Spanish artist that has platinum hair. Neck tat? I think so. Yes, I think I know exactly who you're talking about. But it was kind of dark. Cody Rhodes. Cody Rhodes is not a Spaniard.

Once again, Cody Rhodes. He's got the neck tat and he's got the blonde hair. He's the American nightmare, though. I thought it was a Spanish-speaking human that was potentially there, his big star that I seen on the internet, because it was so dark. Then the lights came on. I was like, that's fucking Diplo? Yeah.

Diplo is here right now? And then he put out some videos. Diplo put out some videos from where he was. He was two feet away from us. He was this close from offering D-Butt 10 grand for D-Butt's Mania jacket. He was like, that thing is so fucking hard. Where'd you get that? The jacket was over.

Big time over. Yeah, as soon as you bought it, you didn't take it off for five days. I had three days. Smart play. Diplo had good juice, though. Yes, he. Yeah, as soon as you bought it, you didn't take it off for five days. I had three days. The whole run. Smart play. Diplo had good juice, though. Yes, he did. He was in it.

Diplo had very good energy. But then when it wasn't Diplo and it wasn't Titty Boy and Wale, it was just this group of dudes. Yeah. And I was like, who the – they got to be – who the fuck do these people know? Because that right behind us is normally a pretty – Yeah, prominent. who the fuck they gotta be who the fuck do these people know you know that was cause that

right behind us is normally a pretty prominent cause there's camera there and obviously in and out there is a lot easier than in some other places

so then Ruben came I saw Ruben come and I'm like oh this must be like the fanatic boys that's who this must be so then I accidentally asked the boys

about hey who was that crew? And then obviously the way Ty and Darius even got into the mix there. Connor just got into the mix. I heard the whole story. So Ruben's Fanatics crew, I think what the boys were saying is, thank you for your passion, your energy, and what you guys do. For sure.

But also my wife was there. Dwayne Johnson's mom was fucking there. The CIA person was there You're not the only people that have Successful lives that have been in that area And are trying to enjoy the fuck out of a show So chill out I think is what a lot of people were saying

But I did enjoy it You can see that there's all these people down there And you can act like you're in your living room That is pretty Hats off I can appreciate that and you can act like you're in your living room. That is pretty... That's off. I can appreciate that. I do appreciate that. I love that. Shout out to Fanatics. Great weekend.

They should be celebrating. People are getting up. We're not saying sit the fuck down the whole time. The guys in between us, was it the Impractical Jokesters? Yeah. They got up a couple times. Hey, excuse me.

Sorry. Humans. Yeah. Very humanistic. Sal. Sal's must watch. He's also very thin. Yeah, he is.

Sal's got like a jawline. Looks great. As an Impractical Jokers fan, I turned around because I heard two. Somebody was yelling, only two. They were screaming. And I turned. I made eye contact. It was Sal.

He goes, only two, Pat. And I looked at Sal. I was like, Sal, you look good. Thank you. Sal're screaming. And I turned. I made eye contact. It was Sal. He goes, only two, Pat. And I looked at Sal. I was like, Sal, you look good. Thank you. Sal looks really good. He does. He was like a full on. And then he went back to accosting whoever was in the ring, which I appreciate, which

is what you're supposed to do. But yeah, the whole Zito shoe is completely ruined. Ruined. Oh, God. Just completely ruined. Brand new Jordan. Just on top of it. Yeah.

So it's not like around the edge. It's like just. Wait, they were stepping on your Jordans. Did they say anything? No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. jordan just on top of it yeah yeah so it's not like around the edge it's like just wait they were stepping on your jordan's did they say anything like no no no no brother i step on anybody's shoes i know like that i cannot do this yeah i mean that's what we're saying like humans got stuff to do people to see get the fuck out of my way they had cameras so you knew oh did they yeah there's one phone with the they have the microphone on the... Oh, yeah, the road on top of it. The clip mic.

Hey, it was awesome. That place was... It was so sweet. It's hard not to just look up at the very top and just be like, holy shit. 201,900 or 240... I forget what the exact number is, but over 200,000 tickets sold. 200,000 seats over the weekend.

Unbelievable. WWE Universe is awesome. Yeah, that's the most impressive live event I've ever seen. Indy 500, obviously F1, Super Bowls, games. But seeing that shit and then obviously being able to be a privy to some of the behind-the-scenes type of things, but just seeing how it all works, it's unbelievable. They do it every week? Every week? You do that,

and then you're right back to Raw? Smackdown? That's insane. No off-season. We're back. Four hours of off-season now. We've got to figure out Mania after Raw, which is going to be the biggest Raw of all time, and also everybody's going to watch. It has to be a good show. The thing I love about WrestleMania after getting to go here

these last few years, being a fan my whole life, such a good positive. Everybody's in it together. That's why when everybody's just trampling on shoes and shit, it's like, hey, that is not like, hey, this is like a big community. It's like a celebration of professional wrestling. It's always good vibes

at WrestleMania. Best fans in the world. It is. 1,000%. It's not even close of professional wrestling. It's always good vibes at WrestleMania. Best fans in the world. It is. 1,000%. It's not even close. Best event, too. Yes. By far, best event every single year.

Especially in places like Philly and then the first one where we kind of all went to as a group. I think it was the first one you were actually working with at WWE in New Orleans where it's like, hey, going out on Bourbon Street, all these people hammered. Usually, it's like head on a swivel. You never know. Bourbon Street, all these people hammered. Usually it's like head on a swivel. You never know. And instead, like, we're going bar to bar, and they're just singing people's intro music, like impromptu fights breaking out.

Matches. Yeah, exactly. Putting titles on the line. And just refs coming in and counting people out. Like, it is just like the biggest celebration. Whereas, yeah, like the week before, it's like you get people getting stabbed on Bourbon Street. Like, you just don't have to worry about any of that stuff.

Like, everyone knows why they're there, and they're all on the same page. And even if someone's a crybaby or they're rocking with Roman, there's no actual animosity between them. It is a beautiful thing. Kyle Brandt put out a video about experiencing his first WrestleMania with his 10-year-old son. I think it's a good kind of description of what it's supposed to feel like. So obviously WrestleMania 40 hit a home run for

that. Thank you to everybody that was a part of it. Speaking of somebody that was there, saw him. He was like 15 yards from me to my left. He looked handsome, obviously. Marking out with his family. Senior insider for NFL Network, ladies and gentlemen, Ian Rapoport.

Rap, we were just chit-chatting about how awesome WrestleMania was and how the vibes are just so positive. It's just such a good time. Did you experience that? We didn't get the chance to hang out. Obviously, I saw you, but did you experience the same thing in Philadelphia?

I was going to come by and say hello, but you were a little busy. It was maybe the best sporting event I've ever been to yeah i've been to i mean pure entertainment literally electric seats were good not gonna lie seats helped um you know i this might surprise you but i haven't had a ton of time to really watch and get into the storyline so i was actually like how much am i going to enjoy it it was unbelievable it was electric a couple great moments for me okay one one jude my uh my nine-year-old

cannot so logan paul comes to the ring and everyone's booing and he's he loves prime and loves logan paul and it's like i don't understand why everybody hates him. Why are they booing him? And then when Logan Paul wins, he yelled so loud that he started coughing and needed to drink water because he couldn't control himself. Like, it was out of his mind. That's awesome.

He's so excited. That's a good story, Ark. Why is everybody booing my guy? He is a babyface, though, once you start learning about his story. Now, he's made mistakes, okay? He's been famous for the last 20 years Or whatever the case is

But he is And that prime shit's got like 1.3 billion in the last year They've done What's the other electric moment Had to be Well full transparency I've never lied to you guys

Our kid's at school the next day So midway through the... Hey, reality is in having a family. You will be there, my friend. You will be there. I will be there, yeah. Yeah, bingo. So, avoid the crowd.

We're not leaving before the fucking main event. It's always one way or the other. I didn't... First of all, nobody told me that Cena was going to be there. WrestleMania rap sheet. There's surprises. Nobody told me Undertaker was coming out either. You should have seen that.

Where did he go? Back to the grave, brother. He's the dead man, brother. I'm happy you had the greatest sporting event you've ever been to and just have no clue what just happened in front of you. There's him getting out. Allegedly. That's him allegedly getting out. I'm happy you had the greatest sporting event you've ever been to and just have no clue what just happened in front of you. I do love you. There's him getting out. Oh, there he goes. Allegedly.

That's him allegedly getting out. It looks like him kind of, but I don't know if he was wearing that outfit. It actually might have been the Fanatics guys getting run back for their eighth trip to the bathroom. Did the Fanatics guy come over and knee-jerk in the face on the way out? I don't know if you saw that or not. Shout-out to Fanatics. Shout-out.

Fanatics. Hank out. Fanatics. Any news in your world breaking after a great WrestleMania weekend? Well, hold on. Here's one other thing. Well, yeah. I mean, we broke some news that morning with the Duggar extension, which is not as good as I thought it would be. Hell yeah.

Hell yeah. No. So my boys are sitting there. And again, like they, you know, they see Uncle Pat over there doing his thing, and they go, when's Pat McAbee going to get involved? And I'm like, now, last year he had a match, and then we went, and so I explained to him that, like, you know, Pat's getting a little older.

He's obviously not, you know, like these other guys. And so we get home, and all they want to do is watch your match. Yes. That's it. Oh, yeah. Leave them wanting more. watch your match. Yes. That's it. Leave them wanting more. Leave these kids wanting more. That's what it's all about.

Tell them that's the work, kid. Tell them that's the work. You know, whenever you put together such a masterpiece like me and Miz did last year, why would you want to follow it up? No. The people that were performing at WrestleMania, those spots, not easy to get, first of all, to get on the card in there. I thought everybody did a great job. Especially with how cold it was Saturday.

You weren't there Saturday, right uh not there saturday tall it was it they said it was 46 windchill or whatever but the wind that was coming through was like 30 that felt like it was 30 degrees yeah it was freezing like for shoot and everybody you know they got their oil yeah and then they start sweating and then like for a tag match, you're just standing over there. Going through tables. And wind is just I was so impressed with everybody. It was a great weekend. It was great to see you. Okay, let's go to NFL. Is there anything happening?

What do we have happening? Anything? Knee deep in draft process right now. So basically what I'm doing is calling everyone I know and trying to get as much draft intel as I humanly possibly can, and then I will share as much as I can as we get a little closer. Connor has a question for you,

rap. Yeah, rap. It has a possibility to be an absolutely insane draft night, but yes, what's up, Connor? You have no idea. You have no idea how insane draft night's already gonna be, let alone whatever takes place. Go ahead, Connor. Yeah, right. Undertaker gonna be there again? Could be. Maybe. Kinda. Go ahead, Conor. Yeah, right. Undertaker going to be there again? Kind of. Go ahead, Conor. Yeah, rap

cheat. How come Malik Neighbors knows who's drafting Jaden Daniels when none of the rest of us do? Is that real? Is Jaden Daniels actually kind of set in stone coming to New England? And also is Malik Neighbors a problem for some of these teams now after two weeks ago being the number one receiver and now he

is possibly going to the colts at like 18 and tread lightly because we will bury you yep let's let's get to the the malik neighbors past stuff first okay um i don't think i don't think that the team that teams will spread misinformation about the guys to hope they drop i know some people will say that i don't think that happens what does happen is teams need more information. I don't really like the, you know, off the field, like teams are trying to figure out where players are right now. Like is Malik Nevers someone the teams need more information about?

Yeah. Like there was a charge at, I believe it was Mardi Gras a couple years ago. Does that make him a bad person? Like, I don't think so. He's an unbelievable receiver. They need information. There are players who are a problem and there are players who make mistakes. And what these teams try to do now is figure out which are which. I have not heard of Malik Nabors being in the bad guy category.

I have not, but I know teams are trying to figure out where he stands now. Okay. Well, this seems like a bunch of draft bullshit that we're going to have to continue to get through. But if you're a Mardi Gras, every year, if you're a Mardi Gras,

you young adult, I mean, come on, there's a chance I could make a mistake. Yeah. Every once in a while, it's kind of being forced into this form of a hurricane, I believe is what they call them. And it's, I mean, it's a long Island once in a while. It's kind of being forced into this form of a hurricane, I believe is what they call them.

And it's a Long Island times six. I have been there. I bet you have. And there's a couple nights where you were there, but your soul wasn't. And that's what we're talking about with Malik Navers. Gotta judge a little bit differently back in the day. But I don't like this shit coming out

just for, you know, bullshit reasons. Go ahead, AJ. Well, I... Let me ask you the other just for bullshit reasons. Go ahead, AJ. Let me ask you the other thing first. The Jaden Daniels, I do not know where he's going. I do not. And I have a hard time believing that anybody does. Really, the only thing that matters is, is he going to Washington?

Because if he's not going to Washington, and look, he is a quarterback that I think Cliff Kingsbury would like. He's highly touted. He's got a high ceiling. Seems to be a very good person. Draft process has been interesting because he hasn't gone to all the different places. But it's really just, does he go two or does he go three? And if he doesn't go two, then it

gets really, really interesting because I think the Patriots phone absolutely lights up. Oh, but the Patriots won't want him. Okay. Yeah, what's that about? Well, no, it's really, really interesting because I think the Patriots phone absolutely lights up. Oh, but the Patriots won't want him. Okay. Yeah, what's that about? Well, no, it's just how much you can offer. What's it worth? Eight first round picks. Eight.

Okay. Probably gets done. Okay. And Justin Jefferson. Go ahead, AJ. When you're calling and talking to these execs and GMs and people in the front office and agents, and you're extracting information from them, how much information are they trying to get from you? I would assume they

want to know, too, what other teams are telling you just to try to jockey for position. Yeah, that is a lot of it. I toe the line between sharing what I can. Obviously, you never want to burn anyone. And I always tell people like, and I tell you guys the same thing.

I will never go into a draft process and say, I truly know that this will happen because even the people really, really close to you, you know, they're not going to lie, but they may mislead or they'll say like, I can't go there. I just, I'm not going to. So what I'll generally do is I'll ask people, I almost will never say, who are you taking? But I might say, like, what areas are you looking at? Or I'll say, like, what do you hear about the teams around you?

And it's like a big gossip-sharing circle. And I don't know if you guys know this. I'm a little bit of a gossip. And I really enjoy it. I love that. Yeah, yeah. Loose lips sink ships. And you're getting as boozed up as you can to sink as many ships as possible.

We know how you are. You're a lot of hands shaking. Here's a paddle. Let me get you out of the Schitt's Creek that I just threw you into. Want some Jager? You are part of the process, though. Insiders are a massive piece of the entire thing. Insiders, though, don't need to be the ones breaking this through.

It's kind of sad. Actually, very sad. Go ahead, Tom. Yeah, don't need to be the ones breaking this news. Kind of sad, actually very sad. Go ahead, Tom. Yeah, Ian, Texas D-Lyman 2023, I believe Big 12 defensive player of the year, Tavondre Sweat got a DUI, I think Sunday morning or Saturday morning. Do you know what's going on there? I assume that is going to hurt the

draft stock a little bit one month before the draft, or a couple weeks before the draft, to be honest. So, I think it was, I believe it was Sundayay when it came out i think the incident was saturday night um i do not have all these specifics i know there's you know obviously you do the breathalyzer then you do the blood work i don't have specifics on that you know if it was close if he was at the line i think the blood work will be specific and show that um i believe that there was a it was a crash involved and i believe he was struck um so not as opposed to causing he was the one who was struck is my is my understanding of the situation i don't know that makes it better or worse it's just what i was told happened um this

is going to be another one, right? Because like, you know, is it going to hurt his draft stock? It obviously doesn't help. But he had visits scheduled and he went on all of them. So today's Tuesday, right? So he had Titans yesterday, and then he had one today. And so it's actually it's none of it. Nothing's good. He's a very good player, but none of this is great. But it is a good opportunity for him to sit down and face a real-life situation and address it head-on and tell teams, look them in the eye, and really learn from it and be transparent and talk to teams a little bit. It's not good, not going to help,

but you hope it is not. It's certainly not the end of the story for him, and I think good can come of this, definitely. We need Uber. Yeah. We need, we need like back in our day. They have Uber. Bingo.

I don't want to talk about how old we are, but like some places impossible to get a taxi back in the day. So, and I'm not making excuses for anybody, but I mean, there was some drunk driving going on back in the day. Cause it just, there wasn't any really options for people. They seemed to think that. I was never a drunk driver. I actually chose to walk home the evening in which I got arrested

even though car was there, so I'm not doing that. We're going to walk home. Turns out, also bad idea, especially if you maybe stumble into a body of water, which is what they claim. Which I can have. Anyways, these young guys getting these DUIs, this needs the... Yeah, can't do it.

Yeah, this needs the... Your generation, you guys have answers. I'm not saying you need to not have a good time. You should. Sweat worked his ass off. He got himself in a position. If you want to have a couple pops on a Saturday night, you do what you got to do.

But let's be fucking smart about this. Not only for your future obviously which is being affected but like lives we've seen we know too much now about the dangers and risks and we've all had friends that have died from drunk driving incidents and accidents and it's like come on boys come on hey younger generation come on it's right there on your phone you're allowed you're allowed to just uber your way home I think they do need to figure out a driver. These are drivers. They're so easy to get now.

You get your Uber Black, get a good one. Hey, you got a car, get your buddies. If you got some guys you can hang out with or entourage or whatever, hey, you're the driver tonight. And I get it, especially when you're young. But, hey, you want to be behind the wheel. You want to make sure, whatever, whatever. But, like you said, you're getting blown up if you've been having any a little one two especially at this point in the process at any point in life man

just just make those decisions please come on boys please be smart come on be smart yeah let's talk about another draft prospect ty has a question for you yeah rap sheet what are you hearing about cooper jeans uh draft stock? Because if you go by the raw athletic score, which, I mean, who knows? Some people swear by it, and a lot of people think it's bullshit, but I think he was in the one percentile of D-backs who have ever done it going into the draft. And obviously very weird for a guy from Iowa to kind of have his own pro day so far removed from everything else.

Medically, he was cleared. He kind of said that. But like what what does working out like that do for his draft stock? I think a lot of people had him slot us slotted like twenty three to end of round one. Like, could we see him potentially going much earlier now because he performed so well? Yeah, I think it went really, really well. You're right. I mean, the only reason you do a workout is just so everyone can, like, is he normal or not? Does he look like himself or not?

It seems, I mean, it kind of honestly looks like a bizarro Tom Pelissero, just being totally honest. Not the jacked part of it. No, not the jacked part of it. We saw it, Tom Pelissero. But facial. Yeah. Cooper DeGene does not look like Tom Pelissero. I don't like him. I don't like him. Anyway. No, not the jacked part of it. We saw it. Facial. Yeah. Cooper Dijon does not look like Tom Pellister.

Oh, he's human. Anyway. Well, he's white, of course. Yes, he is white with brown hair. Does he play the bass? He's white. We get it. He's white.

Okay. Way to go, Rap. I'm just saying. I didn't say any of that. Oh, he's milky looking. Okay, Rap. I don't see that. Well, it seems like he's supposed to not run that fast.

We get it, Raph. We understand what you're saying. He's such an idiot. I'm not saying anything. I think it was really good for him. And if you say to me, do I believe he's a first-rounder? I definitely do. And it's not like, you know, it seems like a totally fine corner class,

but high-end-wise, there's not that many of them. And I can look at teams and the teams and not like, you know, it seems like a totally fine corner class, but high-end-wise, there's not that many of them. And I can look at teams and the teams and be like, he needs a corner, he needs a, you know. So I think this is really good for him. I think the, you know, he showed that he's back to the player he was before his injury, and everything is positive now going forward. You know what? He kind of looks like a cult the more I look at him.

Yeah, something about him makes me think Indiana would love him. I mean – What's that? There's something about him. That would also be sweet. Can't put your finger on it. Can't put my finger on it, but I feel like Indiana would love him. Yeah, Green Bay, they'd love him up there too.

Ball skills, cover skills, playmaking abilities. Maybe you guys pick him at three up in Boston. Is that what you're saying? No, no, no. New era in Boston. I don't think we don't want him. We don't need a corner. We got Christian Gonzalez last year in the first round.

All right. Blue chipper. Oh, my God. He is blue chipper. He is. He's talking about Christian Gonzalez. Oh. I thought you were talking about him.

This guy, if he stayed healthy last year, he could have eased. I think could have been a top 10, 12 pick. But that's just my opinion. What did he do? He broke his leg. Yes. Broke his leg. That's a tough one. Potentially have eased. I think could have been a top 10-12 pick. What are you doing? Broke his leg. Yes. That's a tough one. Potentially doing offensive stuff.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. It was a practice injury. No, like slot, I think. Why does it got to be slot? What do you mean slot? Oh, don't. Don't flip the game. I'm just asking.

Son of a bitch. What are of a bitch He's like Wes Walker He's like Julian Edelman Danny Amendola 2.0 We get it We get what you're saying Save this for draft coverage on NFL Network Geez Louise 4-4-3 I thought it was going to be a 4-3

But it's coming from Broken Lake No that's fast. Yeah, definitely. And look how jock he is. He's incredibly explosive. How heavy was he? I think 202 or something like that. 202 pounds running a 4'4", 3. With the

highlights he has from high school, playing basketball, somebody's going to fall in love with him. I assume that's how a draft will go. This guy. Oh, he played basketball. Did he play basketball? Yes. Rap.

Look at his no-look pass right here. Vision. They didn't have a quarterback in Iowa last year. Remember that if you watched that no-look pass. Off the backboard, alley-oop. No problem. How you doing? Keep it moving.

He's the man. Last question here from D. Butch. Rap report. Yeah, standing in that same vein with Cooper Duzini, I think Terryon Arnold, outside of him, Dallas Turner as far as pass rushers, I feel like every draft you kind of have three or four of those blue chip pass rushers, even DBs. Who are those guys that you're hearing when you're on those lines that may be a little hotter than I guess the casuals may know?

Yeah, I would say for me it would be Turner you mentioned verse another one probably in that category that teens I ought to let to from UCLA is gonna be the most interesting one you know because super talented really natural really high-end has some health concerns but seems to be have come through them. But you're gonna have to do your research there. But like, if there were no health concerns, this is probably a top 10 pick. And maybe he's fine for the rest of his career. But like, that's the most interesting one, because it's going to be teams going to the doctors and being

like, what do you believe? And like, again, like, I think the medical stuff has been as positive as you could possibly hope for thus far. But everything's a risk, and that's a little bit of risk. But, I mean, I think some of your top-end pass rushers, not a hugely, hugely, like, high, high-end class, especially with a bunch of quarterbacks going early, but I think those are a couple of the big ones. We're all excited for draft night two weeks from Thursday.

Can't wait to get up to Detroit, Michigan. Gonna be the biggest draft ever. Can't wait for that. Ian, can't believe you missed the whole thing. Yeah, you fucking idiot. It's

mostly my kid's fault. Actually, it's my wife's fault. She was like, we gotta go wife's fault. Let's just be she was like, we gotta go classic rap. How about this? So how about this? We the guy we're sitting in front of we ended up so we saw checking out the next day like I how you know, when you get back to am he also stayed to take the chair you're allowed to take the chairs you're sitting in my chair. Okay, what time do you get home?

chairs you're sitting in uh yeah i didn't have to keep my chair okay what time did you get home what time did you get home uh 10 45 kids were in bed sleeping at 11 15. this guy's so very long all right ladies and gentlemen ian rappaport it's my wife's fault leah of course i mean he's the biggest his first kiss there's kids under the bus his oldest one's nine, so the younger kid got thrown under the bus. And he's like, you know what? Actually, that nine-year-old was on my side. We want to stick around and drink a little bit more. It was Leah, this lady.

What a fun police, my wife. That's awesome. She drives while I drink. Those things do get late. Those things do get late. Yeah, they do. Not this year, though. They kept them on schedule this year.

11-15 was out. That's huge. Because those things in the past had gone 12-31. It's like, hey, come on, come on. I do forget, though, getting out of there. You know, if we actually would have done the whole song and dance of, like, leaving. Because, like, there's so much traffic. Like, a lot of people probably didn't get home until.

Not a single city has it figured out yet no and i've been to no about arenas or stadiums emptying and it being a lot of human beings that is quite a game every single monday it's like okay gotta get out of here before this crowd does because every city becomes gridlocked because the cops who we appreciate very much so they block roads because they're trying to like create a lane funnel but it's like half the people need to go that way so now you got people trying to re-figure out where they're going so they're stopping so then that's causing a lot of walkers and then yeah and walker as soon as you pause walk can't turn right okay

pause well now you got a thousand walkers coming and then it's like uh no city has figured it out yet just to be clear i'm not saying one city is better than another nobody has fucking figured it out it is a real those football stadiums oh yeah 77 254 on the first night 77 588 or something on the second night it's like that's so many people let alone all the workers and crew and everybody backstage that has to go out. It's like, it is deadlock, gridlock, every single block of the city for three hours in some of these places getting out of there. And like some of them, even the ones that have like train stations,

like in Boston, the Garden has a train station. So you'd think that would split it. But it's like, no, if you take the train, then you're just sardines on a train instead of being, you know, in gridlock traffic. And they you're just sardines on a train instead of being in gridlock traffic. And they've legitimately built a train line to Foxborough en masse for the same exact reason. It doesn't matter. Yeah, it's like that many humans and cars. Might not be a way.

And being dark. It's like just being night in general. I think there's just a part of it. So we appreciate everybody that fights through that to make these things fantastic. Sal Volcano is on TV right now on Practical Jokers. Good to see him. That's about 50 pounds ago. He looks much better now that he does on that. We got some news out of

the UFL that we don't like. Our team, the Braumas, saying in tone, beat the Memphis Showboats after the Memphis Showboats sent me a tweet saying, okay, what happened? What happened? They had a lead.

And then in the fourth quarter, they gave it up completely. The Brahmins came back. Come on, Showboats. Classic social media person fucking shooting themselves right in the foot. They deleted the post. I saw it.

I'm in the middle of WrestleMania weekend, though, so I got a lot going on. I look down. I see this Memphis Showboats tweet. I'm like, oh, I guess the Brahmins lost. Congrats to the Showboats. I do a show. I think we did the Countdown show. I get to the other side of it. All of a sudden, it's like

the Brahmins come back and win. So I start searching like shit for that Memphis tweet. I'm like, where is it? Where is it? Deleted. I'm like, you son of a bitch. You can't become from the team account. You cannot get caught from the team account. Who's the coach? The Memphis Showboats. That head coach is going to be pissed.

Can you imagine an NFL coach if he found out that happened? Oh, social media ones as jinxes? Okay. Yeah, you're never allowed to do what you're allowed to do. Fire him. So the Memphis Showboats lose, I believe, to the San Antonio Brahmins, who are a team that we have gotten on the bandwagon of. San Antonio Brahmins have also lost their

kicker. Yeah. Destroying, obviously, the very famous YouTube athlete kicker personality who we are all big fans of. Hit a kickoff. Another one he was hitting bombs in the first week, was doing in the second one. Gets in on the tackle. Lowers his head, though, as soon as he makes the tackle.

Great tackle. Takes a shot at the guy. The guy comes, talks shit at him. He talks back. Destroying, lowers his head, gets into it. I'm once again in the middle of WrestleMania weekend, so I'm seeing the highlight. I'm like, okay, Donald, way to get in there.

As soon as I saw him hit, though, with his head down like this, I was like, ooh, that was a dangerous hit. I appreciate him laying on the line. A lot of people tweet me, Donald, love a kicker getting into it. It's like, I do love it, but also that looked kind of a little... Turns out he broke his neck. He broke his neck? Are you serious? Yeah, broke his neck. The thing says,

thank you all for the good wishes. Turns out that tackle, due to bad form, I fractured my neck in a couple places. Although this sucks, I'm grateful because it could have been all bad. Obviously, kids, please learn how to tackle a proper form. Thank you, Braumas and UFL for giving me the opportunity. It has been a blast, and thank you all for supporting me on this journey.

I'm going to sit my ass down and focus on healing up. Love y'all, okay? Hey, we're pulling for you, buddy. Godspeed. That's dangerous. Obviously, we know what that could be with head-down tackles that we've seen. That's kind of the entire story of heads-up football there. And I think anybody that played football, as soon as they saw that tackle, were like,

ooh, that was a top-of-helmet collision. Very thankful that it ended up in a spot where he thinks he's going to be okay in the long run. But obviously his UFL season is over. And I don't even think he got to kick a field goal. No, I don't think so. Oh, yeah. No, I don't even think he got a chance to kick a field goal.

No, he did not. Which sucks completely for the entire story. But obviously, Godspeed. Nothing but T's and P's over there. And thanks for mixing it up. Not being scared to get in there. Thanks for getting off the field, too. Thanks for getting off the field.

He didn't want to lay on the opposing team's sideline, too. He understood. You're going to be all right, D. Need to see him hit a professional kick, though. You know what I mean? Good tackle. Hey, credit to him for having the courage to throw his head in there and make that tackle though well i appreciate the fact that in his head he's like yeah i gotta do it you know like i gotta do it now granted i think you know if you

don't make a tackle you're gonna get exposed if you don't get in there you're gonna get exposed and he's like no way he's like one of the most athletic humans on the internet there's no way he's not gonna get in there but the way he went in, I appreciate him acknowledging too. Let's get some proper tackle fundamentals in there going in next time. But, D, we can't wait to see you back, buddy. Bigger pitcher, you said he didn't get to kick a field goal. They also don't kick extra points. And if this is supposed to be a feeder league for the NFL,

I think you may need to talk to the final boss and say, hey, if you guys do kick extra points, 33 yards, it's a lot better way to get these kickers some looks if we're not kicking field goals. Well, Larry fucking David. I don't know if you heard. I did. I did.

It was him. Thank God Curb Your Enthusiasm's over. What did he say? Well, he makes great shows. He's hilarious. We get it. Big fan. Da-da-da-da-da.

He's trying to eliminate kickers and punters from football. So, fuck him. That's how I feel. He is a hilarious human being. He is a hilarious human being. He utilized his network and was able to call the Rock and say, we need to get rid of field goals. We need to get rid of the uprights. I hate it. I don't understand it. And he obviously

has an incredibly good reason for why he hates it. A hilarious reason. His brain is a phenomenal one. But then the Rock was like, don hilarious reason. His brain is a phenomenal one. But then The Rock was like, don't worry, we don't kick extra points. He's like, thank God we're getting there. It's like the kickers and punters are the star of the UFL. Yes. Jake Bates hit another 60-plus yard field goal this weekend.

He hit 64, then he hit 62 like it's a chip shot. Hit another 50-plus yarder. And then obviously Brad Wing of the Brahmins throws a touchdown to a center who is also... Yeah, unfortunately he was placed on injured reserve as well. Two of the three guys we interviewed are no longer playing for the Brahmins, but that doesn't mean we're off the Brahmins' wagon. No, no, no. But the punters and kickers are the stars of the goddamn league.

Let's make sure we remember that. Okay, Larry David. I didn't know Larry had so much hatred for kickers and punters. Oh yeah, and then Rich Eisen has him on the show and obviously it's fantastic to watch but Rich is like got any new ideas about kickers and punters? it's like Rich we don't fucking need you don't egg him on

you're supposed to be on our side Larry David's people are like is there anything Larry should be preparing for and Rich Eisen's people are like kickers punters how do we get ready what's the deal? Rich I thought you were on our side. Rich, I thought you were our teammate. You love punters and people, too.

Remember, you started. Yeah, that was you. And then Larry David, one of the most successful comedians of all time, just give him a full platform. Fucking kill us. Just saw him down. 33-yard field goals would be good for those guys to kick. The fact that he's trying to kick, nothing.

Nothing. Yeah, that's a bummer. That is a bummer. Three games, two games? Two. Damn. Yeah. It's tough bummer. That is a bummer. Three games, two games? Two. Damn. Yeah. It's tough, man.

Not one. I don't like it. Yeah, it was tough, tough to see it. And obviously, being away from the game for so long, and then you finally get in there and mix it up. Probably, you assume he's done, or do you think he's going to go back? He's got to. He's got to try one.

Break your neck, I feel like. Yeah, but he's so successful. Yeah. Yeah, he doesn't need it. But just to get one field goal, it's just an attempt. Finish the story. He has to finish his story. He doesn't finish his story.

He doesn't. Finish your story, Donald. We're on your side. We all survived the solar eclipse. Good for us. How did rockets go from NASA? Do we know? I saw the astronaut was on the live feed with NASA.

I don't know if he threw a football at the sky or not, but how'd the Rockets go? And my wife watched it here in Indianapolis. She said it was phenomenal. It looked sweet. She said, like, there was diamonds and things that were coming out from the side. It was like, it was two different waves of things that happened whenever it happened. That's cool. Yeah.

Indianapolis was like the epicenter, and we had perfect skies for it. And it lived up to the hype. It lived up to the hype. People were talking about getting emotional while watching because how beautiful it was and everything like that. And there were some people chit-chatting about us, maybe like a 2K type situation. Oh, we're dead whenever there's no sun. You know, when The Rock decides to block out the sun in the middle of the afternoon, when he decides to go ahead and flex the final boss one last time. That's

it. We're good. We're on the other side of it, but I did see an uptick in searching of why do my eyes hurt after people stare directly at the sun? Humans are always good at human and we survived. We beat it. Way to go. Not sure how the Rockets did, but I

assume we won't find out because if they did work and they did find something, they couldn't tell us anyways. No, we're in a new time. No, no. They will. The secrets that they would have uncovered if they did uncover something would be too powerful for the common knowledge. Oh, you're right. I saw a national TV show, talk show, said that solar eclipse was because of global warming.

I did see something about that. Who said that? Who said that? It was the eclipse, earthquakes, and cicadas all because of global warming so i did see something about that i said that uh glow it was the eclipse uh earthquakes and cicadas all because of global warming i think it's the the the look i think the show is called the look look what channel is that fashion show i know look it makes sense that's like one of those fashion shows yeah yeah check it out This is the site, maybe? You're talking about The View, Tony. There it is. Oh, I see. We're in the

optics. Ah, The View, yeah. The Look. Whoopi? No. Whoopi is actually like, that's completely wrong. Open dialogue's good. Sharon Osbourne said it. The View co-host Sonny. Her name's Sonny.

With the eclipse taking a year. Okay, I appreciate that. Sunny Hostin, or was she hosting? You know, this is an interesting name. Sunny Hostin. It is, actually. Sunny Hostin blames eclipse, earthquake, cicadas on climate change. The View co-host Sunny Hostin suggested that for some people, an earthquake, emergence,

cicadas, and eclipse all occurring in the same year could convince them that climate change is real. Per Coe, it's disagreed. Coe, Sonny Houston blamed Monday's solar eclipse, Friday's earthquake, and cicadas as climate change. All those things together would maybe lead one to believe that either climate change exists or something's really going on.

Okay, so she also alluded to something really going on. Yeah, I think Elon. What the hell is this lady talking about? Elon quote tweeted this. The clip is all time. Oh, interesting, I'm pretty sure. No, he's been quote tweeting some other stuff. Elon's been certainly wide open on his platform that he bought for $40 billion while he still has $189 billion.

$198 billion? I thought he bought it for like $65 billion. I thought it was $40 billion. I forget. I thought it was $40 billion. So many. That was $40 billion. So many billions. It doesn't matter. There's so many more. It's a good open-ended statement though. You really can't be wrong with it.

What? There could be something really going on. Yeah, Sonny hosted news. I think it was a sheet. Sonny's a sheet. Something is going on. Sonny with an O, male. Sonny with a U is the Disguised Weather Man to Woman. A great sonfire. I believe. No offense if you're a male with the name Sonny with U. is the weather and a woman. Sunfire. I believe.

No offense if you're a male with the name Sonny with U. Obviously, you do what you got to do. But in our existence, our research, Sonny with a U normally woman name. WWE superstar Sonny. Who? Thanks for your service to WWE, Sonny. I don't know if it's good right now. You know what's not good?

What's that? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Yeah. Rob Wave. Steph Blurry. Larry Blurred. Bud. Gone.

Yeah. He's leaving a second one. What? No way. UConn. UConn's going to get him. Here in the transfer portal. I'll tell you what. Dan Hurley, I think, would love the cut of Rob Avila's jib. Yeah. He's leaving the second one. What? No way. He's going to UConn. UConn's going to get him. Here in the transfer portal.

And I'll tell you what, Dan Hurley, I think, would love the cut of Rob Avila's jib. Yeah, he's got it. But what everybody's saying is that Rob Way's probably heading to St. Louis with the head coach of Indiana State. That's where he's headed. But he has entered the transfer portal. And I assume there will be offers in abundance for Rob Avila, especially after the world got to see him handle the NCAA right here in the Thunderdome in a 5-0. Dominant

beating of the NCAA. Good game, what I saw. I'm bummed out. NCAA looked so embarrassing. Tried hard. Smack in the floor, though. A couple good moves. He was saying he looked older. NCAA is old, though.

NIT? What do you mean? Yeah, but they said the joints just looked like they weren't supposed to be on the court. They said that. NCAA is old, though. The NIT? What do you mean? Yeah, but they said the joints just looked like they weren't supposed to be on the court. That's what the NCAA said. I must have been reading other comments. Everything I saw was really positive. About who? NCAA. Oh, what were they saying about the NCAA and that matchup? Work rate was unmatched.

Oh, your work rate? Work rate, yeah. Work rate. People were tweeting? People were saying it? Work rate. Offensive work rate. Work rate was yeah. People were tweeting. People were saying it. Work rate. Offensive work rate. Work rate was unmatched.

Yeah. Actually had possession for longer, too, they said. Really? So NCAA. No points, but did have the ball a lot. Put up a lot of shots, NCAA certainly did, as the NCAA will normally do. Put up a lot of shots. Wasted, all of them, though.

Sycamore big man Robbie Avila has gone ahead and entered transfer portal. Oh, no. Knew this was coming. Yikes. Putting all five Sycamore starters in the portal. Hey, it was a good rebuild over there in Terrevelle. So we can pick them up, guys. Guess that meeting's on.

The mayor, it's going to be hard to get a meeting with them when they're all in a portal. Maybe WVU takes the whole squad. Come on, boys. Come on, boys. We got the guy from DeVries University. So, like, whatever you think about. DeVries University?

That's Huggie Bear anymore? No, you got DeVries. You got DeVries from Drake. From Drake. Oh, okay. But, you know, same idea. Not from a trade school? I was certain he was from DeVry University.

All five of your stars are in the union. That's right. Out of mechanics out there. Shouts to the Philly Union. They got real locked out on a lot of things over there. Yes, they do. And they made it work in the end. So we appreciate that.

Thank you, Philly Union. We'll never do another show in Philadelphia ever again. That is A-OK with me. Love the city. Enjoyed everything. Just everything behind scenes is like, okay, yeah, it's too much. Yep, not doing this again. Worth it, though, if you get it accomplished.

And thank you to those that accomplished it for us and got that all figured out, but also it, though, if you get it accomplished. And thank you to those that accomplished it for us and got that all figured out, but also, like, geez, Luis, chill the fuck out. You know what I mean? Please. This one's for the Sycamores. Okay. Here we go. All five starters.

For the whole school? How about the mayor? The mayor was fucking awesome. Yeah. Oh, yeah. He's having a tough day. He's trying to round up money from Ballyhoo, which is the local bar. You guys got extra tips you can kind of steal from the bartender so we can give Avila and the boys? Please.

Everybody's gone. Everybody's gone. How about how sweet that point guard is? He's gone. Coach Suter? Probably St. Louis. No. No, Coach is gone.

He went to St. Louis. Coach and all five starters gone. Damn. Damn. Good year, though. Hey. That's what it is. Good year. that's what it is good year that's what it is enjoy the nrt final indiana state will be back if this goes okay okay indiana state was a solar eclipse oh man that's thanks hello and no good though oh good via to west virginia gotcha

West Virginia? Yep. Gotcha. Spokey B. His name's Avila. I got you. And he's going to DeVries University. West Virginia University as the Mountaineers are about to climb back to the top of the basketball mountain.

Hey, Dan Hurley, you can wear your dragons all you want. Because when DeVries U comes through town over there where? In Newark in Providence, Rhode Island. Good luck. I hope you really did a good job recruiting because we're taking the Indiana State Sycamores to the dance. It's a fun time. I will be excited to see how much money those

boys get because they earned it. Congrats. Hell yeah, they did. Alright, let's get the hell out of here. We did it. Okay? We did it. Yes, we did. There was a chance last night as I was watching the game on the flight back home, there was a chatter about six more hours. Six more hours.

What just happened from Thursday night all the way to today has been quite a blur. Truly. Quite a blur. Spent a lot of chit-chatting. A lot of time. A lot of time. A lot of chit-chat. A lot of events.

A lot of situations. A lot of legendary moments that I can't thank everybody that has allowed me to be a part of them enough. Thank you for a great weekend. Thank you for a phenomenal Tuesday. We'll be back tomorrow with a good one. Hell yeah. Tomorrow's a good one.

Then we're off Thursday, Friday for the Masters because the Masters is on every ESPN network. There's no reason for us to compete against the Masters. No. We learned our lesson on March Madness. Yes. Because we would like to be watching the Masters as well. Bingo. Just like we would have been like to on March Madness. Yes. Because we would like to be watching the Masters as well. Bingo.

Just like we would have been like to watch March Madness, which next year, 1,000% chance we are not live during March Madness' first two days. Yep. That's going to be awesome. Oh, yeah, truly. That's the most we've ever planned ahead before. It really is.

By far. What we just did. By far. Look at that. Next year, boys, first two days, we're off. Congrats to us doing that. Look at that. Next year, boys. First two days. We're off. Congrats to us doing that. Look at us.

We're adults. This is the future of our program. We're learning and growing. That's right. We're off Thursday, Friday, but tomorrow we got the biggest one we've had in a long time. Amen. Big guess. Huge. Oh, my God.

Holy fuck. Physically big as well. Huge. Yeah. Remember? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, let's get big as well. Huge. Yeah. Remember? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, let's get to a break. Yep.

About 21 hours. Mm-hmm. All right. Be a friend, tell a friend something nice. It might change their life. That's for real. This weekend, it felt like at Mania, there were so many people just, like,

saying nice stuff to each other. Oh, yeah. And you just see how the vibes are just immediately up. You know, you don't always have to say the obvious which could be negative like for instance in the moment you guys didn't tell the fanatics people like hey out of 72 788 people you're the only ones acting like right you didn't say that no no we didn't no because we want the vibes to be high so what you guys said instead was man thank you so much for stepping on my shoe. That was the best I've ever felt in my life as they walked out. Because vibes are high.

You say something nice to somebody, it makes everything feel better. Now, there's sometimes you're going to have some hard conversations with folks. Let's pick and choose when those are because you never know what somebody's going through on the back end as well. So be a friend, tell a friend something nice.

It might change their life. We're in this thing together. Team on me. Team on three. We're back with a big one tomorrow. Massive. One, two, three. Team.

Goodbye.