The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1313 - John Calipari, Maryland Freshman Phenom Derik Queen, Dick Vitale, & Darius Butler

Episode Date: March 25, 2025

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Hello beautiful people and welcome to our humble the bone the thunderdome on this are you serious Tuesday March 25th, 2020 this program starts Spore are fantastic and today we get a chance to talk about a lot of them now Obviously March madness is still taking place with the sweet 16 tipping off on Thursday We'll have coach Calipari of the Arkansas, you know, Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo That's it. I think that's what they are. That's it. Tell me that we are a disgrace to the whoopig sues whenever we do it on this particular program. I'd like to let you know, we think we're crushing it.

So the next time we get out to Arkansas, which will hopefully be sooner than later, obviously you've been out there for a couple of boozing evenings and a golf event. They have a legendary alumni over there. If you think about, you know, Jerry Jones, Walmart, John Daly, you're talking about a lot of people that are in on alumni over there if you think about you know, Jerry Jones Walmart John Daly You're talking about a lot of people that are in on sports over there. So next time we go out there

Maybe we'll learn the whoopig suey thing a little bit better But Western Pennsylvania Pittsburgh pies on John Calipari will be joining us in about 14 minutes or so cannot wait to chat About their next round, you know, this is another team He's led to the sweet 16 and he's saying that this feels like his most fulfilling and most gratifying Because of how they started remember 0 and 5 in the SEC to begin the season 0% chance to make the tournament whenever they were talking about the beginning of this Arkansas Razorback squad and instead what do they do? Ah, they make it to the sweet 16 because that's what Calipari does. He's been in 24 of these 32 March Madness tournaments and the guys experience's experience is obviously fantastic. And his team on the defensive side,

always gonna strap it down. And they certainly did against the St. John's team that wasn't able to shoot. And that's where everybody said. And then obviously Kansas with the incredible history that they have and the amount of success itself has had. It's been a hall of fame coach role thus far for Cal. Why does he think his team is still rolling?

We'll chat with him about that. And then at 12.45 Eastern, we'll have Derek Queen of Maryland, who is from Baltimore. Don't know if you knew that. And you know, there was an opportunity to potentially have a game winner down one, three seconds, 3.6 seconds left in a game.

Coach Kevin Willard of the Maryland Terrapin says to his team, who wants the ball? That guy says, give me a motherfucking ball. And then some people said he traveled. I don't know. You know, it could have had a nice little late dribbly six foot 10. So I think those steps are very, very long, whatever the case. They did not call it. He puts it up and touches with the basketball gods.

Big fundamental Tim Duncan, watch that thing and say, great work young lad. He is a freshman, the big 10 freshman of the year. He will be joining us in about 43 minutes or so. Can't wait to chat with him. He's awesome. Not only in the give me the, you know, ball moment, not only doing this, and this had to feel so good after he scores it and his entire team is jumping around him.

But his press conferences, just talking like he's a professional. And we did a little research on this guy. He played for a team in Florida last year. It's called- The Mount Verde Academy with Cooper Flagg and Liam McWhiteguy. Yeah, exactly. Him, Liam McWhiteguy, and Cooper Flagg were part of the starting five.

That would have been an awesome show to watch. I would have loved to be able to see them play high school hoops. I assume they beat everybody by at least 50 points per game. But I wonder, you know, these guys have just been treated and acting like... They move like... Cooper Flagg moves from Maine to Florida to go. He moves from Maryland down to Florida to go. It's like these guys have been living like professional athletes for the last few years. I know basketball has been like

this for a long time because they're like recruiting teenagers in the basketball world. Shoe companies have been doing it for a long time. Agents obviously get in there, but now with the way the NIL is and the way college is, they're like professionals already and this kid has braces, okay? That's how young, he still has braces. Cooper Flagg, I think, could be getting ready to go to prom because he reclassified. Like these dudes, seemingly at a younger age,

much more mature whenever it comes to handling yourself. Cannot wait to chat with Derek Queen. Then in the second hour, ladies and gentlemen, Dick Vitell will be joining us. What? Baby! It's unbelievable. It is gonna be absurd.

We'll also potentially have some NFL guests in a second hour. We shall see what comes together. You are the greatest people on earth for allowing us to do this for a living. I was in Scotland last night, woke up here in Indiana this morning, and I'll tell you what,

it is a great day to chit chat about sports. So much going on. We have pro days. We have storylines developing. We have draft conversation. We have pro days, we have storylines developing, we have draft conversation, we have free agency chatter still. Who's gonna be the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants? And JJ McCarthy was on Up and Adams this morning with K Adams on FanDuel TV and he said the Vikings have not told him he's the number one guy yet. So what is going on everywhere? We shall do our bullshit through it all. The Talks at the Tables here at

Boston Connor and at's I Schmidt con man New England Patriots Mike Vrabel joined Don't at me with Dan Dawkins We have not got a chance to hear much of that But you guys in a great spot with way the mock drafts are going sitting there at number four Yeah, I feel fantastic. Especially when Elliott wolf comes out basically the pseudo GM I believe he is still the director of player personnel and says hey look last year We kind of drafted on you know, what do we need the most this year?

We're drafting based on best available So you feel great hearing things of that nature you feel great because Mike Vrabel is also leading the way But also who knows you can't win any games in April in the draft, but you know, maybe we can They're saying number one's locked up. let's go to nine NFL vet Darius J Butler. Yes, sir. Daniel Jeremiah said that I think Rappaport said that everybody who said that Cam Ward is gonna be the number one overall pick Congrats, Cam Minus 700 is a massive favorite. That seems like everybody kind of understands it then he has his pro day yesterday Yeah shows out completely and I think he even says that Tennessee Titans people like hey, I'm gonna solidify this thing today

What did you see from that pro day yesterday? And how much should we be judging from pro day? You know a pro day is not a big deal. I think DJ said it yesterday for this guy for Ken Ward is pretty much a proof Of life. He just need to show up hold that day's newspaper and show that he was alive But he came out there and did I heard him speak afterwards? He said pretty much a bunch of their Miami stuff, you know running plays game like reps. We knew who he is Yeah, three step five step under center moving from the pocket things We typically see from the pro days. We all remember to Zach Wilson when he flew up the boards, but this guy He's been a dominant competitor everywhere. He's been

Watching his pro day again and then made me made me heartbroken again as a UN fan How the hell didn't we at least get into the 12 team playoff? What I mean, the record breaking season that he had at UN with what this offense did. So yeah, Ken Ward, he did what a ton of people expect him to do. And yeah, it's pretty much lockdown and he would be down there with one pick.

Yeah, his collegiate career is obviously one that should be chatted about a lot. Started at Incarnate Ward, then he goes to Washington State and then the NIL and the transfer portal allow him an opportunity to introduce himself to a bigger part of the world. Not that he didn't Washington State, obviously we knew of him at Washington State and what they went through, and once again we'd like to reiterate the fact we had no idea at the time that Washington State was not going

to end up in a conference. I apologize that's naivety out of me. I didn't know that there was that type of Ineptitude at certain leadership positions because well Washington State was building up there was awesome same with the organs I mean there was there was a lot of great happening with so whenever the Pac-12 Disappears in with the transfer portal and the NIL him get an opportunity to go to the you Flip their entire thick and then get prime time push. We all kind of get introduced to him I think it was a great play and that's one of the upsides I think of the transfer portal in the NIL especially for players. I think last year

correct me if I'm wrong, didn't he put his name, I think you said put his name in the draft and then came back I think it was between UM and Florida State maybe so you're talking about coming back and really betting on yourself and now becoming we all assume the number one pick in the NFL draft. Like that's impressive. You talk about Florida State and Miami. Florida State gets DJ Uwe Unglelele out of Oregon State. Miami gets Cam Ward out of Washington State and there's two different outcomes. Two different outcomes there. Not that it's DJ Uwe Unglelele's fault, but it did not work whenever he went to Florida

State at all. It worked whenever Cam went out of Miami. This throw, when I first saw a tweet, somebody said 82 yards. This dude's staying on his own six, throws it to the other 10 or whatever the case is. Then I found out, wait, there's no 50 yard line, there's no 40.

Yeah, we had 10, 20, 30, 20, 10. Yeah, it's something. You know, some people watch that video, they're like, that guy's throwing for the five, the other 10. Holy shit! Which is definitely worthy of the combo. I think it's like 54 yards rolling across your body fade away which is still a dime yeah absolute diamond he had a lot

of time to get it there we've talked about this off air here this morning uh-huh Rastrepo's people should have been doing everything they possibly could to either get a false narrative out there about an injury of some sort or just say let them just watch the film. Just let them watch the film. Don't need to run. Even in the pro day there. Look good, great catch, have a couple of sideline things.

Allegedly, this guy ran a 4.8 and a 4.76 or something, 4.72 or something like that. And then that led to a tweet, obviously, from he and many others going, you know, it's all about how fast you run on track. This is football, you know? This is football. We looked it up.

It is football. There's not a lot of wide receivers in the NFL that are running 4.8s that are gonna get open. Now, with that being being said this guy's the all-time leading receiver in the history of the University of Miami University Miami has a lot of history You start rattling through the names of the wide receivers that have played in Miami you think to yourself Wow, this is me. This guy has the most yards out of any of them Okay, and obviously was a massive piece of this Miami team last year. He and Cam Ward were spectacular. And obviously whenever you're able to find holes in defenses, that is certainly something that is an upside for a wide receiver. For eight though, at a pro day, because you know, at the pro day, they can even get the numbers out a little bit faster because it's scattered stopwatch.

That's tough. That's tough. I didn't like seeing that at all. Because I love watching him play football. And now I think to myself like yeah somebody's going to get him in hopefully somebody brings him into a building. They will and when he gets into the building hopefully his football speed is still what we saw whenever he was at college because in the NFL you know uh the third corner so a lot of people are saying put him in slot uh that those guys are getting paid now like 25 30 billion They're pretty good and those guys If you can get open and run good routes, so can they? They can as well. They're saying he's more quick than fat. How much should we look into a four eight?

40 potentially four seven something 40 at a wide receiver position Yeah, and what are your your thoughts about what he's gonna be at the NFL and can he play at the NFL at that speed? I mean thoughts number one over strepo, you know But being a South Florida kids kind of like how Queen said when you have that confidence when you leave South Florida as a football Player just like he does from Baltimore to DMV. Hey if I can make it here I can make it anywhere anywhere thrive the South Florida's a high schooler Obviously thrive that UM to break all those records So we know without a doubt this kid can play football at a high high level

Now it's a crap shoot when you go into the draft and all the evaluators the decision makers They take this into consideration the measurable so running a 4-8 and not being a big guy Definitely doesn't help you know the process for him. So he definitely lost some money I would say we always say hey people earn some money go then go into the combine run to four two people didn't expect that Had great tape. He definitely made some money So I would say he lost some money on the front end But if he gets into a building which I think he still will get drafted I think he'll still have an opportunity and I think honestly he'll still make plays

I really believe in guys that are productive on every level if they get to the next level They're gonna continue to be productive But it is important for him to get in the right system because the thing about the NFL your windows you get them but they close really really quickly especially when you're not fast so being able to get open and have a quarterback that can put the ball right on him he can definitely be successful in the next level. Good luck brother! Pulling for you. We have uh there's been some other you know slower 40 times documented during the draft cycle. Hunter Renfro, 4-5-9.

Now, once again, it's not a 4-8. That's not, that's not. Larry Fitzgerald, 4-6-3. Once again, not a 4-8. Big 4. But Larry Fitzgerald played like 14 years and- Yeah. 6-4.

Huge one. Monster man. Kenan Allen, 4-7-1. Now, this came after he tore his PCL, I believe, during the season. So they're saying he wasn't fully healthy whenever he ran his 4.71. And Jarvis Landry is the easiest comp everybody was making because he ran a 4.77 at the combine.

I guess he got hurt during that, and then his pro day, he would follow up and run a 4.51. So it's like seeing a 4.8 number is not normal. Like, that is not something that is normal, but also what Restrepo was able to do at Miami was not normal either. Maybe the football just kind of does its thing for him and I'm pulling for him.

He's a football player and I love the part of him that is the competitor. Hey, I'm gonna go out here and compete. I'm gonna go out here and run this time. Whatever it is, I'm gonna go and run it. I'm gonna go and do it. If I was his representative, if I was his big brother, shit, if I was his little brother, mom, dad,

don't go out there and put a four, seven, four, eight on wax. Just don't do it. Let him assume, you know, sometimes you just don't run. Hey, tweak the hammy, tweak the something, you know, something that we expect to recover in a couple weeks. Yeah, that need to get out there. Put the tape on. Put the damn tape on. Watch number seven play. We know he can play football. Sorry, I can. I can do routes with Cam. I don't think I'll be about it that explosion to get out there I got a little bit of a tight, you know this thing out here. This is a ITB ITB a little bit a little bit a little bit I don't know if I was do that today if I run it's gonna be slow Yeah, it's gonna be so I want to do that Obviously you guys don't want me to do that because the amount of plays he made up. Yes, but this comes into the full combine draft

But this comes into the full Combine draft process now. Slow 40s are talked about. Very fast 40s talked about. Very slow 40s talked about. If you just run like in the window, not a conversation, just kind of keep it moving. Like somebody said, who was, we don't even remember who the guy who said he was gonna break the record at Combine, right?

No, because he ran an okay one. He ran like a four four instead of a four two something, but it's like he's in the window, he's good. Four, there it is. Isaiah Bond, the Texas guy. Golden ends up running the fast one too. They were saying they were gonna get 4-2 or whatever. They didn't but they ran in the window so not a conversation anymore. If you don't hit the window it's like conversation all of a sudden. Yeah. By people that don't matter. Like we don't matter. People on the internet don't matter. If somebody thinks he can make plays, bring him into a building, he's gonna have the opportunity to do that. We're pulling for yeah

Another one that kind of popped up was Welker and he ran a four six five and obviously Wes Walker everyone You know, he's one of the most successful slot guys ever you could argue but for a strepo You're talking about systems like maybe this was planned. Maybe he said, you know what Tennessee Titans Who am I the best wide receiver with the cam ward? So if I just run super slow, I'll go undrafted and then guess where I'm going I'm going to Tennessee to pull my best friend cam war my brother who you know We won a lot of games with that you Miami you never know maybe that's the case And you know if it is one of those situations

Maybe cam ward also said to Borganzi and the boys like hey, Ristrepo is gonna run like shit today So you guys gonna be able to get him him in the sixth, seventh round if you want. There is a chance that with the way we've seen that indoor field built, maybe their 40 is actually 41 and a half yard. Yeah, maybe. It might be a little bit longer because it's 10, 20, 30, 30, 20, 10.

Maybe the individual yardage is a little bit longer as well. It's pivot away from pro days. Good luck, Xavier. Oh yeah. You were great at Miami. We hope you continue to do your thing in the NFL. Same with Cam. Congrats on having a great day.

And I liked the way he talked afterwards. He was chit chatting about like, yeah, for my teammates basically. Like all 32 teams were here to watch my teammates, which I'm very pumped about and thankful for. Like, and he was talking about going under center, play action. He was like, there's a lot of shit

that I didn't get a chance to showcase. I want to let people know that I do. And it seems like he did love his mentality, love everything about it. Good luck to him in Tennessee. Great. Coming to the AFC South. Let's go to college basketball. Shall we?

To a goat. Ladies and gentlemen, he currently has 59 NCAA tournament wins, most by an active coach. Wow. That's a lot of wins. Yeah. There's coaches that don't have that many wins in a regular season. This is in tournament time. 24 of the 32 tournaments have seen this man's name in face all over it out of

moon Tineship outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ladies and gentlemen the head coach for Arkansas John Calipari How we doing Pizon I'm doing good We're still playing. Now, we're 16 out of 16, deep 16, but we're still playing. Okay, so let's talk about it. There hasn't been as many upsets this year. You know, there hasn't been like a Cinderella story. Your team is the one that's being talked about. And obviously, I think as somebody who is a casual college ball fan, anytime a Calipari coach team is in a tournament, it's normally going to be,

this team's going to win, this team's going to do well. Now you're like the underdog, now you're like the Cinderella, now you've got people like, hey, it's Arkansas, let's go Arkansas, for the good of it all. How have you been using that with your team? Have you acknowledged that and how do the boys feel about where they are right now? We're the underdog, we know it know it but Pat you're just too young when I was at UMass and when I was at Memphis, we were always the underdog and You kind of like it you want them to play free and loose

But again This tournament you're right. There weren't a whole lot of upsets. And so people are all still alive. The good news, you're an athlete, you guys, you got to get in the ring. You got to step the ropes and you got to get in. And we bees in the ring. And let's see what happens. Now, Texas Tech, woo, are they good?

They talk about shooting threes, but they also can post the ball. They also play Iso basketball. They break it down on the dribble. I'm watching like, you know, what are you gonna try to take away? Well, coach team, I mean, they deserve all the accolades

They're getting really good players that make plays So we know it's gonna be a hard game for us But I tell you what we'll show up and let's see how we do that'll be on Thursday Sweet 16 for Arkansas take it on Texas Tech. How long have you started watching film on them? Did you do it before? I don't remember if you told us you're looking ahead or not. I, when we got on the plane after we won that game against St. John's, I said we got a three-hour trip. Give me some tape. And I watched two halves and I said don't, no, because I got to get in a different frame of mind. They didn't miss any shots I'm like what that I?

Don't want to watch any more of this because I have to get to where we got a chance. Yeah, so Yeah, I did watch it on the way home and I've watched Some I like to watch their last five games. Yeah. Because the last five gives you an indication of how they're playing now. You go and try to do something in December, November, who gives a shit, as you would say, who gives a shit. It doesn't matter. But and then the last thing, and I'm kind of of am I breaking this with you Pat come on I do a do the arrow is available. Okay

He is available now I played boogie who was available 15 18 minutes But he helped us win the game huge huge he made the steal, he made the plays, he made the assist. Now a do it's a different deal because we need his toughness and his athleticism. The most he'll play 12 minutes, maybe 15 maybe I doubt, but it'll be, but you gotta prepare now because we're a different team. Finally, we got a full roster. Yeah, I was about to say, you're getting deeper.

You're getting deeper of a bench as you're getting deeper into the tournament. That has to be a good feeling, especially as other teams are going the other direction, right? Well, that and the fact that we had foul trouble against St. John's. My big guy fouled and I told him,

look, I'm leaving you in, don't foul. And he fouled. I said, what are you doing? He said, I did foul. You can't foul in those situations. Now I can't play you in the whole hat. But, and then the other guy fouls out, Big Z, who's playing better, thank God, because we need him. the other guy files out big Z who's playing better thank God because we need him. But now you got you don't have to go to a four man zone like who three got like okay let's play a diamond zone we only got four guys so it's it's still look and everybody wondered well, how will he? Affect the team boogie and I said boogie came in to me and I told you last time we were on and came in and said I don't want to hurt this team You just tell me how you want me to play because we're playing good and I said listen You're gonna play off the ball instead on the ball make place and I need you to defend and come up with steals

I don't know how much you'll play But be ready. I'll have the same talk with the dude A dude wanted to play He's the only reason he's playing is he said i'm playing That's I want to I want to help this team Okay, so let's let's talk about that you talk about his toughness and quickness and you same to said the same thing to boogie whenever he was our leading scorer Okay, so leading rebounder. Okay, so let's talk about it. Everybody's chatting about how Patino's team had no offense You know these guys have no offense. I feel like a Calipari team defense is the thing, right?

I mean that is kind of your animal that is kind of what gets better throughout the season How do you feel about your team's current state of defense? And do you think you have a chance to go on a real run here? You say you gotta step into the ring and fight, but do you think you have the pillars to have a championship team? All the 16 coaches know we're all 2 and 0. Don't matter what you did all season. We're now 2 and 0.

You have a chance. We're gonna have to defend like crazy. Let me tell you what else I saw on the tape when I watched Texas Tech. Their offensive rebounds are not to stick it back in the basket. They offensive rebound to kick it out and get a three. Their transition offense to get threes, really as good as I've seen. This will be a hard game. But I like my team. I like my players. I even let them drench me after the game, which I look, y'all. Yeah. I look at them. Don't you do that. And after this game this game I said bring it on boys bring it on. Look as

rewarding I've been doing this a long time and this and we've had some ridiculous we won 38 straight one year. Won the national title. This has been as rewarding as any season I've coached I can remember busting through at UMass and busting through at Memphis and what we did in a stretch at Kentucky. But we were dead to rights. We were thrown in the coffin. They pushed the top down, but they didn't nail him.

They said, ah, he can't get out. Don't even worry about the nails. And I'm not talking just me. I'm talking our team. It counted our team out. And so I came in with the shirt because I didn't want to get my suit wet. Yes. I told him, go ahead.

Very Pizan of you saying, hey, listen, don't touch the suit. Okay. We've got a good sport coat on here, we got a good button down, don't you touch it, but the shirt you do your thing and I heard you say this is the most rewarding and last time we talked to you you chatted about the 0 and 5 start and you know how you felt like everybody was kind of like hold on even yourself and with how it ended you know the last stop obviously we don't have to bring up that but you had great times, great times and then on the way out I think

Everybody was kind of ready for a fresh start you go out there starts terribly now You get a chance to get back to the sweet 16. I just did some I got some stats here This will be your 16th sweet 16 game Do you know his record is in the first 15 sweet 16 games that he's been in? What's that 12 and 3 2 and 1 of you mass 3 and 1 at memphis 7 1 in kentucky feels like you do a ok In the sweet 16 excited to watch you do it with this one But you talk about it being rewarding personally as well. I assume because you talked about the coffee with the team, but at the end Kentucky there you were this guy I just look I

It was great For me and great for Kentucky. They're doing great. You know, we put 16, 15, this is my 16th year in the SEC, 15 years, my heart and soul, you see my daughter, my wife, they're into this just like I am. And we gave everything we had, but it was time. It was time. Now someone could go in and match what we did over that period of time. I wish them well. I'm in another situation and I'm at peace. I'm at peace with what went on. I'm not being revengeful. I went into Kentucky. We

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

they could have let go and given up the rope and given up on me. They didn't give up on each other or the staff. And my staff was unbelievable through this because they could have scattered and they didn't they just kept working and now we're there but Texas Tech is real yeah they are they are they absolutely are we concur completely sweet 16 everybody's gonna be great especially this year you were being talked about as the underdog team because you knock out number two

ranked st. John's. On that note, Connor has a question for you. Yeah, coach, how was the interaction with Patino after the game? Was it like a Michael Jordan, Larry Bird situation or was it more so like a very jovial, good to see, you know, good luck the rest of the way type of thing? Before the game or after? After. After or both unless you guys talk a little chip.

Unless there's some juice. After or both unless unless you guys talk to all Look after the game He said good luck in the rest of the tournament I wish you well and now there was look I knew it's heartbreaking when you lose at this time of the year So I I I thought it was a gracious You know and and I was trying to say look If they made a couple shots, they beat us. So it wasn't like we just bowled them over. But you know, he had an unbelievable year with his team.

And it's heartbreaking. So he was good after. Yeah, how about beforehand? Hold on. I saw some shit. I saw some shit. I don't know enough about it because I'm college basketball You two obviously in Kentucky. There's a lot in that conversation of rivalry, but obviously incredibly Italian I saw like sit downs of you guys together what like 20 years ago?

Yeah, 96. Yeah 30 years ago And then obviously deep relationship because you guys have been in the same How is the relationship with you and Patino and other legends amongst the sport? Yeah, there it is. Well, golly. Well, young pies on there. You. This thing is so competitive. It's not like old school. When I was with Ted Owens at Kansas and Larry Brown, they would have dinner the night before

with the opposing coach. They would have breakfast with the guy. We're ours or peace peace brother, see ya. And it's just different. There's so much more. I don't know. I don't want to say what's more at stake, but you know, and then Rick was at Louisville. I was at Kentucky. We weren't going to be friends. It was like that game was like life and death in the state. And I tried to play it down, but it was life and death in the state.

And so I've always respected him. I've watched his, what he does and how he does it. And, you know, everywhere he's been, you know, even the last where he was in Greece and then he was in Iona. He gets it going He's at st. John's he gets it going. So, you know you you have to respect it, especially the number of years He's been doing it. I Wonder if he said he liked my coat by the way, there are other guys. It's were hit me. They didn't like my coat

Give a shit if you like my coat like my coat. I don't give a shit if you like my coat. But he's nice to hear from Patina though, you know, he's he he has a little extra salt, you know you pie zones, he has a little extra salt with how he dresses as well. Yeah, I mean that's a that's a good person to get a compliment from and hopefully one day, I mean who knows if either of you are ever going to retire from this, you guys are able to have a little Sunday gravy, you know a little Gabbagoo, a little Bershut together, you know able to kind of look back gravy. You know, a little gabagool, a little bejuut together. You know, able to kind of look back on the times the two Italians doing great things

for the obvious sport of college basketball. D-Bot has a question for you about now. Yeah, kind of on that note, I think Coach Pitino talked about not even recruiting high school kids or something along those lines. Like the team-building philosophy. Obviously you've been doing it for a long, long time. I remember some of your great teams, a lot of the one- done guys, but how much has your philosophy changed when it comes to

team building when you have to pretty much put this whole roster together then go on this run? And when do you kind of feel like you guys become that unit? So that's a great question. Here's what I would tell you. You're going to have to look up the year. It was either 15 or 16. We were in the national championship game. You know how many freshmen I started that year? Hold on. Is this when you missed all those free throws? All five? That was that was when we were that was Memphis. I'm talking Kentucky. I started five freshmen. That's not going to happen again because too many players are staying too long. So now I am still recruiting the best freshmen in the country. It's in my DNA to help them and their families and put it together.

But I got to get some returners and I got to get a couple transfers to go. We signed a couple now. We're looking to sign one more. Um, and they will be a big, they'll be the big part of what we do. We'll have hopefully three, four come back and we'll have a couple of transfers, couple of big kids, anybody that wants to get better wants to be trained Wants to be a part of something special wants to be made to be uncomfortable so you can learn to be comfortable

Being the best shape of your life and be on a team with other really good players Which you want to go somewhere to be the only player that's like going in a gym And you're by far the best player in the gym you're in the wrong gym yeah don't go to la fitness in the gym yeah i got dumped on twice yeah so agreed okay so on that note uh talk about recruiting and everything we we're having derek queen join us here in like 15 minutes good unbelievable unbelievable so he's always been good. Okay. He can pass. Yeah. He's like that guard skills. Okay. So let's talk about that. We saw his high school team down in Montverde and I don't know enough about high school basketball is what I'm learning. Him McWhite guy

from Yukon and Cooper flag. We're all in the same high school Academy team. Is that how it works? These academies are kind of recruiting some some but it's starting to move out because you know why and I L in high school yeah yeah yeah absolutely so you're not getting six guys at one school right now so now if your high school prep school is not able to help them with NIL you're probably not going to get as many kids. So I think that will kind of the same that like I said with us and I used to recruit six, seven, eight freshmen can't do it. Most you can get now are three to four.

Well hopefully, you know, college basketball only continues to get better and better because of all this. The NFL I think is getting or I'm sorry College football I think is getting better because of transfer portal in NIL Do you think same thing for college hoops or not? Cuz you didn't even have a team last year The only thing I said I was really disappointed in and it's happened There are kids in the United States that are freshmen that deserve scholarships to college That are not there's seven eight

hundred will not get scholarships and they're good enough but we're all waiting for transfers so now that is what disappoints me the most and part of the reason i won't change i just can't do as many um you know there are are kids, I had a friend of mine call, my son's a Division I player, he doesn't even have the offer because everybody's waiting for this transfer. How many of my guys are coming back? How many transfers can I get? I may only have one or two scholarships for a freshman.

That's happening in football too. Do you think there has to be something with the calendar? Because like the football calendar, people were talking about how there was a transfer window in the middle of the playoff Okay, which obviously caused the scene which I think you guys are dealing with currently right now And then there's a spring transfer window that is in the middle of some people's spring ball for football And it's like it is there's a lot like with that entirety of like scholarship transfer windows When people are leaving when coaches find out who they have. Sounds like in basketball,

it's pretty problematic as well with the way the calendar is set up. It is, and here's the other thing. There are a lot of kids that are gonna put their name in the portal thinking I'm gonna make money, and they got nothing. They're not getting a scholarship.

There are none left. And there are many of us that if you put your name in the portal, I'd probably say, you got to go now. If you're going to do it, I'll see you. Because you pour in so much to these young people. If they're not coming back with loving each other, what is this, one way? And so you would probably say to me, I'd be hurt. It hurt my heart.

You're putting your name in a portal instead of coming. And yeah, but I just want to see and maybe I'll come back. Well, no, no, it's not how that works. And so, you know, we got, again, great kids that were raised right, their family. Look, Duann Wagner, that's DJ's dad, played for me. Carter Knox, his brother, played for me. Billy Richmond, his dad, played for me. Even Aidan's father played for me. So like I said, these are good people

that wanted their kid here and it was hard and I am hard. I'm Italian, I'm loud. I'm not going to sit, hi, you're okay. Just, you know, I mean, I'm, I get aggressive. I can't help myself. Yeah, yeah, you're from Western Pennsylvania and you're Italian. We understand completely. We understand completely how it goes and obviously you've been able to bring out the best in a lot of people and the fact that family members are saying you should go play for that. I think that is the biggest compliment that any of your ex players could show for you. But I'll tell you what that does say you're an old ass brother. You're an old ass man. But that olive oil making you look young speaking of Anthony DiGiulio has a question for you. Yeah coach

Speaking of Anthony DiGiulio has a question for you. Yeah coach speaking of being old I'm getting old So I go to bed most nights before 1009 Eastern when your game is gonna tip off Thursday now Obviously the players are kids. Do you guys have to do anything different for a late tip on Thursday? Well, it's not late. We're in San Francisco. So for us It's anybody watching on the East Coast you got you're gonna have to stay up But for us, it's anybody watching on the East Coast, you got, you're gonna have to stay up. But for us, it's fine. The game that's a hard one, noon. Hard game, noon. You know, because at that time, whoever shows up is probably winning the game. And even in this, they'll be excited, but eight minutes in there someone will let go the rope so

Noon is a tough one. I don't care how late now. I'll be honest because Pat what'd you say I was? No, no Italian handsome successful old. Yeah, there's a lot of things successful, old. Yeah, there's a lot of things. A lot of things. Yeah. So I don't like coaching at 10 PM.

I'm normally in bed by 9.30. Yeah, all of us. Hey, but this is madness. You know, this is the madness. You know it better than anybody. On that note, Ty has a question for you. Yeah, coach. I know how every round is basically its own tournament

in and of itself, but when you get to the second weekend like this and you have two great wins against Kansas and st John's is there any kind of residual momentum that you guys are still playing with even though it's several days of passing your kind onto the next phase of the tournament? Anything in the past doesn't matter my record does not matter the other guy can be does not matter. The other guy can be 2-0 in his history and go in and win by 30. It does not matter. Now, what I've said is we're in a tournament with Florida, Maryland, Texas Tech, and us. That's all we're looking at. We're in that tournament. Now, all we're worried about is Texas Tech.

We know how good they are, how well they're coached, how they shoot, how they drive, how they post. I mean, I'm looking at them like I literally put it down. I'm not, and they weren't highlights. It was the game. I was watching. So yeah, you've got to stay focused now and our practices, I just want them spirited so that they're in that friend not one guy better act like I'm tired or I'm cool today I'm gonna cook hey no cool yeah you get slapped it's like you walk in the ring you think you're cool be

cool when you get punched in the forehead how about that punch yeah now you're not cool anymore you better protect yourself and be spirited about what you're doing I don't want anybody being fucking cool Yeah, I don't need it. Okay. I don't know you see the same Texas Tech team that I watch I try to watch it on the flight home after we beat st. John's motherfuckers are too good I said turn this off. I'm in a good mood right now. I don't need to begin a bad new coach We can't thank you enough for joining us, man Good luck on thursday. Thank you for taking time and uh, we can't wait to see your boys and congrats on a dude coming back I guess it's first game since uh, february 22nd is what rostean just reported. So

Let's go. Thanks guys. No problem. Appreciate you Hey, good luck to the boys Tell him to be spirited you playing music he's gone. Yeah I thought it was an exit. I thought so too. I didn't know when. He was so locked in on- He was trying to find the exit.

Yeah, the mouse. Yeah. I don't get the hell out of here. Where do I go? Leave. Hey. All right. Those are the best.

I'll be on Zoom and the mute button won't pop up for whatever reason. It's like, oh no, now the awkward sit here with whoever else is having the same problem that I'm having. Let me race out of here as quick as possible. Trying to hang up a call, and you just can't hit that. Then you can stay on too. You know, every once in a while Zoom will stay on on your phone when you leave the thing. And then it's like, oh wait, I'm still on this thing.

Holy shit, what just? You know why? I need to get out of here. What's that? We know who made zoom sports pope. CCP. There's chances to CCP. You remember sports pope? Oh yeah. You bet. He pretty much did invent it. Yeah. He said on our show. He did. Zoom's gonna be huge. This was before. This was before, you know, COVID. Really? A lot of interesting stuff coming out about COVID.

Yeah, before COVID, Mike Francesa, the Sports Pope. The GOAT. Of Sports, him and Russo, I guess, created, yelling at each other for sports and very passionate. And I'm not from New York, so I didn't know them until I watched the documentary. And I was like, these guys are awesome. And Sports Pope, they used to just stay on for like six hours just taking calls.

You're an idiot. Hang up just for six hours straight. You're talking about absolute beast. So we had him on the program and asked a few questions and I don't know who did somebody know I might have been tied. Yeah, I know you're an investor or whatever like anything you're looking at and he goes a couple things and he says zoom and what else I forget I can't remember I think the other one may have not fair as well yeah but he did he was ahead of the zoom train his zoom is gonna be huge it's gonna be big so take it for what it's worth and then COVID happens and everybody boom zoom zoom zoom

zoom zoom zoom zoom I'd be careful with these phones though man add people in group chats group calls that kid on accident that That can't. On accident. That's wild. That was a big, I wonder if that was one of those group texts that you have to click and then go into like a note section. You know? Yep, sure.

I assume with that. A shared iPod link. I assume reading that first like 10 lines and then it has like a little arrow. Do you want to continue? It's gotta be a joke. Yeah, I do. What the hell is going on? That was a wild piece of

information. Yeah you can understand how the names could get mixed up. You assume that you know the you know one of the names was some sort of guard and then the other was like that. That's exactly why. A wild times. I'm flying back from Scotland and what a time over there. Shout out to Glasgow. Shout out. Shout out to Glasgow. Nice day. Active city, the sun was shining. Every local person I said, I'm like, wow, what a beautiful day. Don't get used to it.

You know, like gave me a full on. This never, I legitimately was the, I walked around for four hours. Lot of people walking around. I was the only person with sunglasses on, okay? Cause I don't think they sell them. Yeah, probably don't own them. And the only, there was people that had um

Transition lenses transition lenses. So I saw a couple of those but it was I was like 15 20 minutes into the walk And i'm like, oh nobody has sunglasses like literally nobody has sunglasses on and it was like perfect sun And uh, you know, maybe some vitamins to carry it over, you know from the sure the the flight It makes sense or whatever and I was like nobody's wearing sunglasses. This is very This is very interesting. So I literally had like a 45 minute deep thought while I was walking around about could I find sunglasses right now if I had to. I don't think it's even a thing because it's very abnormal I guess for it to be such a perfect day but it was. City active clean people were very kind. They speak the same language as us, but I'll tell you. Tough to understand.

I couldn't understand. Yeah. They get rolling there and it's a, that, that, that, that, that, that's what it sounds like. And I'm like, I'm a little, where are we speaking the same language? I think we are. And then every once in a while you hear something

and a big laugh out of the group. And I felt like really left out of a couple of different things, but I would, I'd recommend Glasgow. Quick flight, you know, quick in and out. Only four hour time zone difference Which is good as opposed like a six or seven or not happen Yeah similar to Ireland as far as travel goes it feels like where did you get the kilt? Because the fit was oh you're talking about McGregor and McDuff the kings of kilts makers. Yeah, that was a big deal

Hey, look. Hey, thank you. I felt pretty solid about my the best one Yeah had to wear the Air Force's, you know, but McGregor and Macduff was the place. And I did not know, I mean, I guess we should expect this in Scotland, but like this is a really happening spot. There was like 10 people that work there. They were acting as if they were like bartenders, but they were kilt tenders.

And people were coming in and out, just trying to rent everything. Like they try to rent them for big events and everything, you know? And yeah, they gave me all my measurements. They sent it to a warehouse. I rented it for an evening. rent everything like they try to rent them for big events and everything you know and uh yeah they they gave me all my measurements they sent it to a warehouse i rented it for an evening that thing there is called a spawn i don't want to get it wrong but this thing is uh part of like your family scottish bell buckle oh what's that in your sock was that oh yeah it's a knife yeah i gave me it's a

knife yeah i had a knife in my right sock there just in case somebody comes okay somebody comes I'm going to the to the calf to the knife yep to the throat you gotta shake bomb to the top boom bang boom now granted there's a chance that thing slices my calf so I thought there was a little bit maybe an interesting design flaw in it all here but they said I just gotta be an athlete basically and I get that thing and then boom you know I could kill somebody so yeah I was ready to go war the Air Forces were ready yeah clean they were they were they were ready to go you know I probably first time those good tie too yeah I couldn't tie it Michael Cole had to tied obviously but uh sure he's great it was very professional evening I felt good over there and Scottish people are

very welcoming joining us now speaking of welcoming we'd like to welcome this absolute dog onto the program. Just learned of him. That's on me. Should have learned about him a long time. He's from Baltimore. We know that because he was asked why he's so confident in big moments. He said I'm from Baltimore. Which, shout out to Baltimore being a city where somebody can say that. We all understand. Absolutely. He is from Baltimore. Obviously had the game winner for Maryland the other evening after being asked by his coach who wants the ball

He said and we quote give me the motherfucking ball ladies and gentlemen Derek Queen How you doing brother I'm doing good. How about you? Good. Let's go back to that huddle that moment Did I just describe it exactly how it went is that is this been overblown or is that actually how this goes? And how often has coach Willard said who wants the ball, who needs the ball? He don't ask that often, but you said it right word for word. Okay, okay. Cause we didn't know. Cause he said in the quote, it was MF. We didn't know if you added the in at the end, you know, we didn't know if it was just mother fuck

ball. And then that sounds a little bit different. Sounds like you're a little bit nervous, but instead we obviously flowed with, let's talk about this Maryland team. Obviously you're a Big Ten Freshman of the year. Willard's been there for a few years now. Has made the tournament two out of three years. Whenever you get recruited to come back to Maryland and everything takes place, is this the vision?

Is this what, Terrapins are possible? And when did you know this team had a shot to make a run in the tournament? So this was my vision of doing what I dreamed of. And I figured when we had a shot, probably first game of the season or second game of the season where we really came together, Joe, we all came here to win, do something. I mean, it's kind of

like a whole new team from last year when they didn't make the tournament and Coach Willard just like got us like an old machine, like put it together and got us working well together. You're a Baltimore kid coming back to Maryland obviously having this massive moment. How has it been going back home? Because we know you went to high school down in Florida. You and McWhiteGuy from Yukon and Cooper Flagg, we're all on the same team. I assume you guys won by 50 every single game.

Going back to Maryland though, how has it been? I mean, it's been great. Like a lot of family members, friends get to see me. Campus been great. Like they really love the basketball players. They show me a lot of love. Try to like, they always give me words for encouragement and they also tell me that I'm one of their favorites.

Well, yeah, you're six foot 10, you move like a point guard and you just hit a game winner fresh out of Baltimore. Let's talk about Coach Willard a little bit there because you said he brings the best out of you. You did a press conference afterwards. And I want to let you know the way you handled things was as if you were like a 50-year-old man.

OK? I just want to let you know how mature you were. Here's a question about why do you guys respond so well to Coach, and then your answer. Willard's someone who basketball players listen to. And what has he meant to you guys in the short time he's been with you? First, he do pay us the money. So we got listen to him and we all trust him because he's like a player coach and then he want nothing

but the best for us and he just he coaches hard, he talked to us other than basketball, he's just always there he talked to us other than basketball he just always there and just want us to win. Okay so that answer obviously awesome just like every time you've been on a microphone it seems like you give great quotes but I think it's a great sense of where you guys are at nowadays in college ball you spoke basically like hey he's like the guy paying us we are working for him is that the mindset that you've had and do you think whenever you go to Florida for high school does that kind of like prepare

you to be, I don't want to say a professional, but a professional whenever it comes to all of this including a lot of money, a lot of spotlight, a lot of possibility, a lot of potential distractions as well. Have you felt like more mature than maybe most people your age because of the experiences? Yes, because I went to the Melbourne for three years by myself and obviously with my team, but I had to start washing my clothes by myself, had to start kind of cooking by myself. I had to do a lot of stuff by myself.

So that just really opened my mind up and like breaded me and got me ready for college. And then Coach Willard, like I said, he understands me because he understands my personality and stuff. That was a joke but it's also being for real. But Coach Willard, he understands me because I like to joke around, I like to show my personality and he's always there. He always laughs with me me He makes jokes to like and I think I also bring out like the like the happy or the funniness out of him, too

Hell, yeah great relationship nice tag team for Maryland currently Having a 610 point guard forward would be I make me happy Yeah, if I was coach, but also got a coach your ass, too You know, you're still young a lot of things that happen. D-Butt has a question for you Derek. Yeah Derek you talked about being in high school and that stack roster the whole squad. I want to know what those what those ones were like after practice what that competitiveness was like and how hard was it I know you said this was a dream you had. How hard was it to when it came to push came to shove to choose Maryland over all the other top programs in the country? So I practiced every day, like it was competitive, a lot of drills, like even in sprints, like everybody wanted to win sprints.

And then like 515, like here Coach Boyle switched the teams up and it'd be like different players. It was 16 years, so he would try to split three and three or sometimes four and two and put us with the younger guys. But we always competed every day because we always wanted to win. Of course, bragging rights, mess with each other in the locker room. And then coming back to Maryland, I came on an unofficial visit a day after my birthday, and then I think they played cop and state, and I was like, this is where I wanted to be. And then I waited until like February, I think 21st to commit.

But I always knew like for two months that I was wanting to come back to Maryland. Hell yeah. Hometown kid coming back doing his thing. Jimmy's, you ever have any Jimmy's famous seafood, crab cakes or anything? Yes, I actually have a meal with them. You have a meal like a Derek Queen meal? Yeah, it's like a chateau. It's like a meal prep.

Oh, shit. Genius. These guys are the greatest. So you're having crab cakes every day of your, this guy's life is on me. I'll go back to Maryland for that as well. Ty has a question for you. Yeah, Derek, obviously being Big Ten freshman of the year and first team all Big Ten,

like you're one of the dudes, but how important has it been leaning on the upperclassmen throughout the season, just kind of, you know, them helping you kind of go throughout your first full season of college basketball? So like at the beginning of the season and even the beginning of Big Ten play, like I had my struggles and then like it wasn't really me laying it to them because I'm still the youngest on the team even though I got first team and Big Ten all freshmen. Like they just want me to succeed and they just want like obviously like they want what's best for the team and they always push me and they help me grow and mature too by walking me through things,

giving me the steps, talking me through college. And then just always been there and like being big brothers to me. How come they said you traveled on that? I don't know, like I just don't like understand understand how they trap like I travel I just took regular two steps Yeah, I agree. I mean the ref saw the same thing. We're saying as well People find anything complaining about it, right? Yeah, they don't know They have no idea and you know what you got a problem once you go one-on-one with Derek Bald side tone has a question for you. Yeah, Derek, the long sleeve look is awesome.

I love it. It's very, very, very, very, very, very swaggy. It is very swaggy. Have you always done that? Or when did you start doing it? No, I started doing it this year again. But I always wore it occasionally when I had baggy long sleeves.

But when I was on the UA circuit and when I went to Mount Verde like they always had like compression tight and then I didn't really want to wear those and then and then Merlin they gave me like a like a baggy one yeah they gave you a 7x baggy so you're 6'10", is that accurate? Yes. How heavy? Like 250 to 245. And you're 18 or 19? How old are you? I'm 20. 20 years old? Wait a minute.

So Monverde, you were there for three years? You were there for three years and then you come to Maryland. So you're still 20 years old. I should have done more recently. That is 100% on me. But you're still going to get even, I mean, do you see your body still kind of transforming and shaping into what it's gonna be?

Yes, because my strength coach, he always show me pictures and he be calling me honey buns and like Reese Cup. So I gotta go through that every day and he just show me pictures often. All right well hey don't be fat because you could be something amazing for sports and your mentality, your humility, your personality, and your ability are all things that are going to make us want to watch forever. So thank you for the time and good luck the rest of the way. Thank you, thanks for having me. No problem. Okay so standard two steps there. That was standard two steps. Mm-hmm. Regular two-step standard. Ready for the NBA. You can go show some love to I'm from

Baltimore that's why if you go to md.nil.store this is currently available. I assume there's gonna be more quote t-shirts coming out of Dare Queen. Your an awesome one brother. We can't wait to watch you ladies and gentlemen Derek Queen Thank you, man, thank you 20 years old Jesus Christ should have got that one right? What's that all about? Now you know it's like you can graduate from high school and they they still you know you do like a postgraduate year And it's it's crazy 20 years and also the probably paying graduate from high school and they they still you know, you do like a postgraduate year and it's it's crazy It's 20 years and also the probably paying them in high school too I mean the amount of money you're probably making and the entirety go ahead

Yeah, like what Cal was saying, but that's like the opposite of the reclassify like Cooper fight goes down Some guys go, you know the opposite way go up and kind of do the entire school, you know football Yeah, football dads. Oh my kid back. He's gonna be a 20 year old senior. Five years of high school is casual, man. A lot of people do it. Yeah, up in the New England area. That's a common thing, OK, man? Yeah, that's what I heard. My family was trying to get me in school as early as possible.

Would have been cool to be the older guy in the class. It was. The younger guy in the class. It was very cool, especially in college. You turn 21 before everybody else. He's 20 years old, 6 foot 10, having this moment that he's having right now. I can't wait for him to be on the Pacers. He's going to be a great'10", having this moment that he's having right now. I can't wait for him to be on the Pacers. He's going to be a great Indiana Pacer. I don't know about that. He had Hoosiers in his uh, I think Final Four basketball team. Really? I know he

told us Maryland, but I believe the Hoosiers won. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to come to Indiana anymore because a lot of people in Indiana were saying, hey, best thing that's ever happened was Derrick Queen not coming. Well, that was a- I can't believe that. That's what I saw! That was double D. Hey, you're gonna think lost shots out there. He's happy with the Vries as he should be.

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Sports. Are happening all around us. We're lucky to talk about it. The talk to the table is here at Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidt. Ty Schmidt, how you feeling? Feeling pretty darn good. You mentioned it there before the break. Ben McCombs already just hitting the recruiting trail,

hitting it hard, getting guys to transfer into Iowa, which they need because Everyone on the roster pretty much transferred after they lost frame of Caffrey. So we gotta get going right now This man needs to shave his head. I love it I think he should let it recede even more and just leave like a little Widow's Peak there at the top Maybe Hulk Hogan it that's not a bad idea. He Hulk Hogan's it. We're in the final four next year, brother Yeah, well said now he has all the players from Drake transferring. Pretty much. Right to Iowa.

Pretty much. Good players. Good players. Just like DeVries is getting all the players that he knows transferring to Indiana. That's kind of how it works now. Yeah, West Virginia doesn't even have a coach. So I'm sure Wren will figure it. Come on, man. He's figuring it out. He's working on it. Is he? Have you heard from him about it?

I saw him. Good luck text. He said, thank you. It was good. It was a good interaction. Now, do I think I can potentially help a little bit if we have some questions and some things may be? You know, I think.

But it's all good. Rene will get to the bottom of it. He's a basketball guy. He was a basketball guy. He was one hired to vree. Oh, yeah. Everybody, bell with the ball. Remember, Wren Baker found him and got him to West Virginia

before anywhere else. He'll figure it out. Not in your NFL vet, Darryl J. Butler's here. Thank you very much. Your coach, who I'm a big fan of, is gonna do a self-reflection time. Maybe even ayahuasca. He didn't say that, but the answer he was giving me was like, wait, is this a re- or a reflect,

a refresh, and a reset for Dan Hurley? Because I hope we don't get anybody new. I hope we get Dan Hurley even more next year. Rapaport wants it, you heard him. Yeah, they're cheaters. They're doing an investigation in UConn. What are they investigating? I don't know. Threatening lines? Don't make me ruin your life. I just saw a breaking news investigation. I will. I'll ruin it. The whole reputation. So I didn't see this till later. I got a DM from the guy that had the video and he said, there's a lot more to the story. And I was like, this sounds fake. I'm not looking into this.

Also, I'm good on a plane to Scotland. So I didn't even- Gotta go. Just kept it moving. Was there a threat, Steve- Well, the follow-up to the story, I guess, was that the Connecticut SID said, oh, that's cute.

Delete it. Now. Delete it. I. Delete it. I'm gonna ruin your life. Yeah. Is that how it went? Whoa. Is this mob land happening up there?

You know, I respect it. We stand up for our coaches and I want that same coach to come back. The evolution has been from Daniel to Danny to Dan. And we would like to remain Dan, you know. I do appreciate, I do appreciate I do appreciate this ID coming out good You're gonna take that down now So I was just on the left right s ID I think okay, maybe we just call coach D now

Like he's gonna become cool to be clear old buddy. I'm being told fan of the program. So no there's just found that out Obviously, there is reason why we're like kind of a cool move We just found that out. Obviously, there is reason why we're like, kind of a cool move. I think it's kind of awesome. Basically our big dom. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, but big dom would have had that thing eliminated.

Yeah. You learned it. You learned it. There's levels to it all. I do appreciate his entire job is the brand in the image of the UConn Huskies basketball team. And having to work alongside Dan Hurley, who is not like the others.

He does not operate like anybody else and in the spotlight because they win so yep He's having to put out a lot of fire. He's passionate. So what well? Why do you tell the ref? He's the best coach in the league and he better turn around and look at me ask because he is okay next question He's handling things like he's a press secretary at the White House with Dan Hurley in the way It all goes so that video comes out and me, he's like, we're back at it. You, done, now. Now, the way he responded to it was awesome too though.

You know, like after that came out, he's like, yeah, you know, some reporter standing where he shouldn't be. There's no reason he should be there. And then it should be about Coach walking off with his seniors, arm in arm. Instead, this guy's doing it. Now we're all talking about, you know, how pissed off coaches is not right. It's not right.

And I don't think it is right. I do like it. He's like, standing in a place, definitely not supposed to be there. Trespassing. Trespassing. Okay, so anybody could just break into places they're not supposed to be,

take their phone out and all of a sudden it's a journalist. Okay, I don't think so. Next question moves on. I enjoy it. I like the journalists just said, hey, yeah. was he state doing standing there? He should be great access He might want to the bathroom. You never you know, there's a I've been caught in those situations before I think we all have actually whenever we're at a stadium or an arena and The nearest bathroom from wherever we are is up one of the bombs or up like a tunnel and then you go and you come

Out and oh shit everybody's coming i am not supposed to be here right now so there might have been somebody that like stopped him too as he was coming back from somewhere like not now teams coming in and then he just this pretty cool view i didn't know i was gonna be here gold yeah oh he's pissed off gold gold send it tunnel not sacred yeah no nothing is not anymore there's not even locker rooms not even sacred Always pissed off gold send it tunnel. Not sacred. Yeah Nothing is We get what 10 15 minute cool down period before we supposed to be in front of cameras as journalists I mean he needs to face the music. Okay, he's from Yukon Obviously that is how he feels for me for the journalists great get

And for you con love the response. Yeah, absolutely. Okay, so now we move forward I can't wait to see what that I like dan hurley acting like that like I do because that's who he is And obviously his team responds. I don't love the immediate reaction whenever somebody doesn't act how Everybody wants them to act at their position. It's just like oh bad. We hate it. It's like everybody wants them to act at their position is just like, ooh, bad, we hate it. It's like, no, this is just how this could be as well. You've seen the same. This is how this could go at this position.

Now, not saying everybody should be like that. Not everybody will be like that, but there are humans like that in sports and in competitive worlds. And it's just like with Sirianni. Like when Sirianni was talking his shit, walking out of a stadium, like I'm like, okay, that is not normal for a head coach.

But Sirianni obviously has the boys rallying around him. And his job is to get the boys to rally and play their best and lead them to a dub. So if these people are winning, I don't think there is like any grounds to be like, that ain't right. Now if they're losing and acting like that, it's like clown show.

Get them the hell out of here. And this is who basketball coaches have always been. You know, Jim Calhoun, Bobby Knight, like a lot of the great ones. Like they're more so a part of the action even more than like football coach. Football, you know, they got a lot to handle. These guys are right at the score.

Sometimes on the court, yeah. So, Kim Malky and LSU, like all these coaches, they have their different personalities and they're a part of the game and that's how they get their teams going. And sometimes the boys over to, you know, right after the game when our tensions and emotions are high. Okay, ladies and gentlemen,

one half of the Hammer Cowboys AP tone. Trends for March Madness thus far as we look ahead to the Sweet 16 and as we look ahead to our conversation with Dick Vitell. So obviously the money line for the underdogs hasn't been great you know our good friend Boston Connor bets on the money line for all the underdogs and that what was it 14 and whatever it was. Yeah it was bad it was 13 and 44 money lines for underdogs including the playing game so don't do that. But as far

as like as far as against the spread goes 28 and 24 were the favorites against the spread So I mean that that's that's pretty average about 500 for that and then the under was 28 and 24 as well Again against the number there So as far as like the the underdogs winning not so much But the underdogs 28 and 24 were the favorites against the spread and then 28 and 24 to the under as well The balls too inflated here about this. I did hear about it. Yes. I thought it was real shit Like the players are saying yeah, this feels like this is an issue It does it it sucks when the ball is like dribbling like obviously, you know bouncing out of him that does so I didn't know

That was a real thing. Yeah, they're saying it was a real thing Now let's go to the NFL and talk about something that's very real. Tom Brady dot com, the 199 newsletter. Of course. He's a, he's a writer now. He has seven total posts. Okay. The seventh one being the most notable publicly because he said there was a natural tension after 20 years together with Bill Belichick and the way the Patriots were looking to go

and the way they were kind of going. So this kind of is just a little bit more of a stamp of, yeah, there was some stuff that was happening, maybe behind the scenes, 20 years, two alphas, two of the goats working alongside of each other. That's a long relationship. You know, people live with their parents, you know, before they go to school

or before they leave for 18 years. Think about the relationship with your parents. Think about how that could potentially go with your siblings for that long. 20 years becoming the greatest of all time next to each other. There could be some differing of opinion. There could be some differing of what the future looks like.

Bill Belichick has to look out for the Patriots. Tom Brady's gotta look out for the Patriots and also Tom Brady. And then obviously you got Kraft in there trying to navigate the waters. He said the last few years, so that would have been three years. They had success during that time together as well,

which is also a wonderful part of this entire story. Yeah, big time. They won the Super Bowl in 2018 with the 13 to 3 victory, which was an exhilarating game against the Rams and McVeigh's first Super Bowl. But I mean, when you think about just the team construction as well, like you talk about how sometimes the offense and the defense are damn near two separate teams at points. And you can think with Mahomes and Andy Reed, like, hey, both offensive guys,

obviously the credit goes to the offense a lot of the time. With the New England dynasty, because it was so much Brady on one side with whoever was the OC and then Bill in the defense on the other. You can see where just even credit getting given to a certain sides of the ball. Cuz early on, it was Bill, Bill, Bill cuz Brady wasn't the guy. Like 199. 199, those first three Super Bowls, the dynasty you think about like Bruce Key and Richard Seymour and Vrabel obviously.

And those kind of teams wasn't so much about Brady. Brady was kind of almost in the purdy Situation then towards the end it became much more Tom Brady bill can't do it without Tom, you know Brady's the reason they're winning all those games So the natural tension does make sense in the Jimmy G drafting a lot of people point to but The fact that they were still able to you know win and who knows when it started because 16 they won the Super Bowl as well 17 they went to the Super Bowl lost against you know the Eagles and the Nick Foles

Philly Philly play and then you know the the Rams Super Bowl they still won so sure there might have been tension Yeah, there's tension Three Super Bowls win two of them in the entirety of it obviously you're in that building Yeah, with both of them as a second round pick for the New England Patriots. What is your thoughts on it? Natural attention? I think was Tom saying yes, like yeah, there's gonna be that's gonna exist let alone being together for 20 years I mean, it's normal anytime something like this comes from, you know, the greatest player in the game I'm just gonna be be a big deal, especially on you know, March 25th, but I can't think of any be a big deal, especially on March 25th. But I can't think of any great player that stayed into a place

anywhere near 20 years that didn't have some type of natural tension. And you talk about Bill, he wore both hats as far as the GM and the head coach. So- And Tom always gave a team friendly deal. I mean- Yeah, I mean, literally any player that I could think, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, LeBron, Peyton Manning, Drew B any, at some point in their career, there was some bumps. Aaron Rodgers has been some bumps in the road with other people. Wayne O! Even Wayne got traded, right? Wayne was in the club. Everybody, if you stay, like you said, you mentioned it, it's a marriage, it's a long-term relationship. You're going to have some ups and downs, you're going to have some natural tension. So I don't think it's a big deal. I kind of just mentioned like they were they were winning So if this was the opposite way and they were they were losing over at the bottom of the barrel to be a different ball Game, but I don't think this is a big deal, but I can't wait for the next one

I didn't I like it is coming around a lot of those instances with those other guys like the player always wins out because like very very Seldom is it like a guy plays with the same coach for 20 years? Like how many coaches did Kobe have you know? even MJ went through like a couple different guys Like Brady is really like the only one where it's like it was him and Belichick pretty much the entire time And I don't think that will ever happen again. Yeah different relationship whenever you're 22 verse whenever you're 35 Yeah, 36 37 and I do appreciate I think we all do that

He's come out and been like yeah Cuz they both all been like we love each other which you will by the way once you you kind of separate You know the heart grows fonder if you know and then you look back and it's like a lot of great things were accomplished But in the moment there was probably a lot of grapes from both of them about how things were going and then obviously You get away you say all the good stuff, but this is the first time where we've really heard him say like yeah There was some shit. It's like we all expected it We all knew that that was reality and now we know from the 199 newsletter. He's a blogger now I guess so yeah added to the resume. Mm-hmm. Love that. You can do it all to see him

You might be doing it on a typewriter. Yeah, definitely Jammed, fuck. Shit, that was supposed to be an E. It's actually probably a better chance he's noralinking it. Oh, straight from brain to paper? I mean, there is a chance. I had no idea this existed until this one. This is the seventh one.

Writing takes a long time. I'm not even gonna get into it. What's that? I told you guys a couple weeks ago, I learned about the. Oh yeah, talk to text. That's crazy. Game changer. Really smart phone.

Other things that's getting dumber, which needs to be talked about, you know, with Timmy Apple. Like something's going on here where my smartphone's getting dumber. Don't think that should be how this whole thing goes. But for that whole ba ba ba ba ba thing. I mean, that makes life a lot easier. You have the new update?

Or the new phone? I have the newest phone. I haven't done the whole song in days. It's your one. I got to turn off some signal. I'm tired of Apple intelligence summarizing my tech. My emails. Just emails.

Yeah, the whole thing. Playground on the playground yet? What's that? The playground? I haven't. No. Get on the playground. Have some fun out there.

What? What the hell are you talking about? I don't know what that is. There's a playground app. It's an AI picture app. It's fun. It's a good time. So they're Grok. So they have a Grok? I don't know what that is. There's Playground app, it's an AI picture app. It's fun, it's a good time. Oh, so they're Grok.

So they have a Grok? I don't know, I don't, what? Chat GPT? I don't, I've never used those things. Grok actually pretty talented. Grok's awesome. No, I tried Grok. Grok is pretty talented.

Well, you. No, this iteration, we're on like Grok 3. Yeah. Yeah. And he's amazing. And it always says beta next to it. It is Grok 3.0 beta That means they're testing grok 3.0 correct. Well, they did that to grok 2.0 the entire so then we got to 3.0 We're still testing always getting better. Are we ever gonna not be in the beta stage of

Grok or any of these maybe grok may be just the beta stage in general and then they might change it to like brock or something Yeah, exactly. And then that's just the new AI. I just don't agree with Brock. I'm a big green guy, but I hate Tesla. You sound pretty red right now. I'm a big AI guy, but I hate Brock. Okay. You love news, but... Yeah, I hate Twitter. Yeah, it's a wild thing. That's what happens when you only listen to OAN. Yeah, it's a wild thing. That's what happens when you only listen to OAN. Last story. The world right now is in a wild spot.

Yeah. There are some people that, I mean you're talking about just way, and have never heard the other side I don't think. That's why those people should just watch sports. Come to our world. Come to where we live.

Watch the games on Thursday and Friday. Might change your fucking life. What do these people do that don't watch sports? I'm learning now. It's like, oh, they're just. Yeah, this is it. They're cementing themselves into more of, I'm a better person than you are. Yeah.

And I appreciate their passion. Okay, everybody's saving the world, it seems like. Everybody who has the right idea for how the world needs to be and how it, and I respect it. And everybody, you know who I'm talking about. And it's like, I appreciate your passion, but boy, don't get lost in there.

Come on in to watch some sports. Yeah. Watch some sports. Dive into a conspiracy, look into the pyramid. No, there's a lot of those, what we're saying is stay, come over to sports, those things all kind of get into the entire, what is going on? Holy shit.

Holy shit. We got a lot of talk about that yesterday, what is going on? Holy shit. Yeah. We got a lot of talk about that yesterday all day. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, joining us now. When we talk about sports, we talk about come enjoy sports, come enjoy competitions, come enjoy moments that are magical, that can only be created from a moment

having to change the course of not only people, but entire schools. A guy who has voiced over a lot of those moments of our childhood and not only ours, potentially your parents childhood as well. 41 years he's been working at ESPN, baby! Ladies and gentlemen, the voice of college basketball. He's in pro and college basketball hall of fame,

Dick Vitale. Yay! How you fame, Dick Vitell. Yay! How you doing, Dick? Well, I'll tell you one thing, Pat. Forty-five years I've completed at ESGF. Forty-five! Okay?

Okay. I am honored. I finally got a call from Pat McAfee to be on his unbelievable show, man! That's incredible! Dicky, Dicky, Dicky, we would have had you on day one if we knew this was even possible. The fact that you have blessed us with your presence, especially during March Madness, we are grateful for especially with everything you've been through over the last few years.

You're inspirational. You're a badass. And we appreciate the hell out of your commitment to sport for all of our entertainment. Guys, I'm talking to all you football, unbelievable fanatics, football guys talking basketball. I think it hurts you guys. I think you guys talk football. We've now that is valid.

Yes, that is certainly true. But there are times where basketball takes over the zeitgeist. And this is certainly one of them. We just talked to Cal. Obviously Arkansas is like the underdog Cinderella story this year. Calipari is the team that everybody's pulling for to go on a run with all the high ranking teams surviving.

What is your takeaway on this year's March Madness? Dickie V, how should we be reviewing this? You know Pat, it's chalk city. I mean there's no doubt about it. I mean 13 of the teams there I've been to the final four You got eight of them that have already won national titles So it's all Chalk City and it's all new you know why the NIL man the schools that are paying big-time cash

It's all about that and we got chaos. I'll share this with you guys. They just opened up the transfer portal, which I think is a joke. I think it's absurd to have the transfer portal doing the horror of March of Madness. I think that's crazy. It's ludicrous. You ready for this?

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

least in the pros you got a contract yeah I think they got to think about a contract I think they think about you know Dickens deserve money I have no problem with that but the bottom line is this chaotic movement no stability yeah it's happening in football to diggy V obviously we're seeing that they had a transfer portal in the middle of the playoffs transfer window in the middle of the playoffs as well and there was actually players that were in the playoff 12 team playoff this is what you work for there's team players in the playoff that were like i'm leaving i'm leaving it's like how is this what's right i think they're going to figure that out though how much of the chatter has been done for college hoops like college football obviously

we live in that all fall we got a ruling coming this month or whatever on what the future is gonna look like for rev share. We did a lot of that with football talk. How much of that's happening in college basketball, you think, and is there guardrails on the horizon for how it's all run? Well, I just tell you this, Pat. I just think that there's so much chaos

in the wild west and into collegiate sports. It really is. I just think that somewhere there's no rules or regulations. There's none. Zero. Do what you want. Do anything you want. And the big schools, I'll tell you what else is happening. You don't see any Cinderella's. You're not going to see many Cinderella's anymore because it's all the schools that can pay the big dollars. The SEC has seven teams. that can pay the big dollars. The SEC has seven teams, seven teams in the final four. Why?

Because the SEC has gotten with the times. The ACC hasn't gotten with the times. So they got one team, Duke. Duke gets it. Duke has the dollars. They have the unbelievable talent level. But I'm telling you, Pat, something's gotta be done because you ain't to see the little guy rubbed out

The other problem with it with the transfer portal if you're a good player I'm gonna make Pat McAfee dream dream. He's a jump shooter dream He's an incredible player and't look at the ball. Don't look at the ball. Keep your head up. Head up. What are you talking about? What are you talking about?

What are you talking about? What are you talking about? What are you talking about? What are you talking about? You're at a mid-American school. What? And all of a sudden you play it really well. You know what happens?

You're gone. Just like a little brick right there. But you're gone. It's an air ball, Nick. Even when? You're absolutely gone to another school. So they're taking all the stars away to develop the mid American schools from the actual world, the mid major schools.

Yeah, so that's going to take away. You just got to hope that a team is able to build, you know, and everybody stay true and hopefully the madness will remain in the March tournament because Calipari being the underdog Cinderella story is certainly something out there at Arkansas But they're one of those SEC teams you talked about Greg Sankey came on the show was like hey We told the schools our men's basketball has to get better So they did a concerted effort to invest in it and to your point it has worked for them

Well, everybody else we shall see D, but has a question for you, Dickie Yes, sir, Dickie V. First of all absolute honor me youon husky. You've called some of our biggest games from our national championship So an honor but you've been on the air for so long and being iconic on the mic I want to know how did some of these your most iconic sayings come about where they practice in the mirror the night before they Just come out live PTP or diaper dandy like when did these come about? How do they come about? You know what really I steal a lot of it man I steal from people people write me little notes letters suggestions I use them I get credit

not to be serious it's just I always when I started on the TV I make believe I'm talking to my buddies at home and I just talk to my heart you guys do that you talk to me a heart twice connect so well with Everybody because you're regular you're downish shooting the breeze I've never looked at the red light with the red light has intimidated me and I've always had fun doing it The only it's intimidated me is having five major vocal cord cancer surgeries and all that stuff that I'd like to get a little Help here. I'm trying to get a little help here. I'm trying to raise money for kids battling cancer, Pat. It means so much to me, especially after what I went through.

I want you to notice the first live interview I've done in three years. Doctors have put me on unbelievable, unbelievable voice rest. Like I said, I had five major open word surgeries and I'm just honored and thrilled and always moved to tears I've even talking because about a year ago. I went eight like I think it's eight weeks I couldn't talk about one word write everything down

So I made that recovery but going through what I went through I can't imagine a mom and dad with little kids going through what I, now I'm 85 years old, man. I got the energy of a 20 year old, but I'm 85. And I'll tell you this, Pat, no child should ever go through what I did in terms of the scans, the blood work, constant always to the doctor's office, doing chemo, six months, I did radiation 65 treatments.

No child should do that. So my goal is to raise money through the V Foundation for kids battling cancer. So far, I'm so proud of this. Probably in my whole career, I'm in, I don't know, multiple Hall of Fame's and all that jazz. But my real, real, the heart of me is so excited about to tell you this. We have raised $92.8 million. And this year we're going to go over to a hundred million more because we're honoring people like Mike Strayer, we're honoring people like Grant Hill and all these stars and with Calipari. And we have a great event there it

is right there we have a great event it's held down in Sarasota the Ritz Carlton anybody wants information they call 941-350-0508-0 but the best thing they can do and donate donate at Dick what you gotta do is go to DickVitale.com. It's as simple as can be. DickVitale.com. You can donate. It goes to the Re-Foundation. And you might save someone you love.

I get passionate about this. Because I've been, Pat, I spoke at several funerals for kids. And it just tears my heart out. Yeah. Tears my heart out. Yeah. And it's not just the kids. Obviously it's the entire family, the anxiety alongside all of the appointments.

We're honored that this is the first interview you've done in three years and thankful for it. And also inspired by your mission. I will obviously donate and help out with the gala. We will continue to promote your mission to helping out families of kids battling through cancer. And let's talk about the vocal cord surgery. So they told you, no talking. Um, so I've thought about this before,

as somebody who is a professional speaker, I'll lose my voice at the end of like football season. I'll go through it. I won't have my voice. I won't know. Like, that's my biggest fear whenever we're on a microphone is that I'll have something and I have no idea if it's gonna if it's gonna Make any sound I have no idea if my voice is gonna be able to create it because I'm horse I've been yelling and I'm a very loud person to begin with but for you I assume you've gone through times of going horse and losing your voice when you're told you can't speak as a professional orator

I mean, what is the initial reaction and That had to be mentally, that would be very difficult. You know what, I was telling my friend the other day, I go to a game like I'm usually selling games. I'm so glad to do that was like the best medicine in the world. But it's so difficult when you go into doing game and you in my position because of my vocal cord problems, instead of thinking about the strategy of the games and all, I'm thinking about what happens if my voice breaks down right now during the middle of the game. And I shouldn't be thinking like that, but the bottom line is that's what you live with.

And the strategy I can do in my sleep, you know, talk a basketball. People write, oh my God, he hasn't missed a beat. Well, you know, just like you talking football or whatever, I can talk the basketball in my sleep. You know, talk a basketball. People write, oh my God, he has a Mr. B. Well, you know, just like you talking football or whatever, I could talk that basketball in my sleep. And to say this, before I wrap up here, my final four are still alive. Michigan State and Florida, looking on board here in my house. Michigan State, Florida, South and West, in one semi-final, Duke and Houston in the other. When it's all set it up, Duke and Florida. And when it said to cut the nets down and they're going to scream and yell, I get this all the time and I laugh about it.

That was like, Duke, he by town, not Dickie by town. He loves Duke. Well, what's there not to like about it? You know, this Pat, think about why they're good. They're the only team in the nation, the only team that is in a situation where there's a draw, the only team that was in a situation where they're top five in the nation, offensively and defensively efficiency. Well, when you would sell in both those areas, you got a chance

to win. And then they got the best player in the land. And no doubt about it. I mean, Flagg has been on fire. He's been on fire. But the kid, when you talk about Sterling Flagg, he is so special. He makes those things happen because his presence on the floor creates space for guys like Proctor to get free to shoot the three. So he's one of those guys, it's like I guess in football you have them as well, but he's one of those guys, his presence makes everybody better. Oh yes, absolutely. And also I think he reclassified, he's supposed to be a senior in high school. He's special, special special talent and that coach down there I'm learning more about white Mike

Over there in Chicago and his basketball playing career feels like they got it right Just like the basketball gods did whenever they blessed us with you for the better half of the last five decades We appreciate the hell out of you, Dickie Well, I'll tell you this I'm hurt for one thing though. The best linebacker in the history of Ohio State football is not on the show, AJ. Where's AJ? He's on spring break. He's got another spring break. Yeah, Ohio.

That's what we're learning. Hey, AJ, did I say it right? You're the best linebacker in football. You told me to say it. Yeah. Classic. All right. We appreciate the hell out of you ladies and gentlemen

I need a lesson from you how you connect man you have to connect and that connection you made I say what I would love to have my cash registered go ding-a-ling-ding you're the man ladies and gentlemen Dickie Vitale What a legend that's awesome, yeah, we put in a request for him a few weeks ago and We got this big long response It was like want to come on the show love the show love you guys love everything about your program But strict doctors orders not allowed to talk right now and we're like damn didn't know it was like that and then we learned more and more It's like he's on like like right there. We probably took

Too many of the things throughout the entire process, but imagine being Dickie Vytel. Yeah, like speaker loudspeaker Animated speaker and then being told can't yeah like think about it gatherings. Yeah told can't yeah like think about it gatherings yeah yeah loves it hold in court I shoot the breeze he said like he loves doing that just talk with the guys you know do the entire thing and then they're like yeah by the way not only are you gonna have to battle cancer here and very serious and go through all these treatments you're not gonna be allowed to speak like that I mentally that would be a wild thing but obviously Dickie Vytel has done exactly what he's always done with everything which is just commit fully and 92.9 million dollars

crazy that's unbelievable that is absolutely unbelievable baby are you serious I'm saying I jack other people's shit they will they'll write me letters and I'll have stuff in it I like that but on a serious note yeah it drops into the other stuff. Shout out to him. And if you can help raise money, I assume this would be a fantastic place to do it. I mean, a hundred million dollars,

that's a great legacy to have. Shout out to him and shout out to the V Foundation continuing to raise some money. Let's talk a little bit about NFL hoops. Oh, we should say in college hoops Juju. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. That was tough. That's like her and Paige are the two The two that are carrying women's college hoops right now. And obviously we saw the clips from this past weekend where she was chatting with Jaden Daniels and Jaden Daniels' mom

Throughout certain stuff. I think Jaden Daniels, I don't know I was following on the internet and then I watched it then I checked back in later I thought Jayden Daniels as mom was in between them to start then she left and they were sitting next to each other It was being reported and once again, I do not know I do not know which one is real cuz you know timing of it all but there's a chance You know, she actually go up and left. Yeah, you know, and then Jayden andden and Juju said actually I don't I somebody would have to correct us on that whole thing But you're talking about this a power duo here. Yeah, you know just sharing secrets just sharing secrets about competing and Life in the spotlight and there's Jane Danos mom. We saw her whenever we were at Radio Road the Super Bowl

I think she said she would come on show and tell us the real She didn't so we were sending requests to need that for Jayden Danos his mom But juju one of the superstars of women's college hoops tears are ACL that is absolutely devastating that sucks Yeah, that sucks So she's she's you know what she's probably the face right now of Women's college basketball her along with Paige who Paige has suffered some devastating injuries as well While at Yukon because she was kind of at the top of that level as well, but Juju I mean she's awesome unbelievable business. She's doing off the court as well

I know on the court on pace to be to score the most points in women's college basketball history I think she broke Caitlin's two-year mark. So she was definitely off for yeah So she I mean she cooks and her game her game is nasty and aesthetically pleasing as well so hopefully she gets a quick strong recovery man cuz she's awesome to watch play basketball. Godspeed to Juju and also I guess West Virginia women's basketball team got hosed down in North Carolina. I tell you what they gave the Tar Heels everything they could handle. Yeah but I heard the refs were playing for Bubba's team. Oh UNC keeps it again

That's what I read. That's what I read. Oh the score the close. It's like 67 North Carolina What because the refs wanted them to about 11 11? I think it wasn't that close Oh, of course, how many refs are on the court three two three three three Follow the screpancies playing eight on? Three? A file of discrepancies. Playing eight on five. You gotta be kidding me. What, eight North Carolina? I mean, is West Virginia taking it to the hole? Is it Sweet 16? Was that Sweet 16?

Round of 32. Oh, okay. Yeah, that's close for women's college basketball, round of 32. That's close. Yeah, 58-47. You go look at some of those sports. 58-47? Yeah. Oh yeah, it's a barn burn. There was a double overtime game last night, Maryland and Bama I was watching yeah now that's a barn burner and I saw one of the girls for 40. Yeah dropped 45 points

Getting they lost. Yeah Yeah Bet on everything women's college hoops as well. Yeah, the spreads are tough the first couple around Yeah, I believe Texas in the first game was minus 48 and a half. How do we feel? Okay? What you call it by 60? I believe Texas in the first game was minus 48 and a half. How do we feel? Okay? Like these games trust me there's a new car for four years like you knew the first you know Like us us he won 71 25 Yeah, first game and then obviously West Virginia keeps a close alongside UNC and the refs obviously doing their thing I asked about the gambling because I've seen the commercials. We've all seen the commercials. Yeah, it's crazy

Yeah about the college player prop bets. I feel like that's a big push I think Charlie Baker who's president in the NCAA he was in here and I think he said that's something that he's really trying to get behind the college player preps I get our props are obviously problematic for like professional athletes, but they're professional athletes. For the college kids, they're professional athletes too,

or they're not professional athletes. I don't, you know, it's an interesting world that we're in right now, because do we view college athletes as professional athletes, or do we still view them as college kids? And I think we should still view them as college-aged kids because they're 18 19 20 years old Obviously you're still trains like figuring out who the hell you are as a person then can still go through things still feel things especially nowadays

With the social media world, but I guess the prop bets are the ones that really get people the most animated Yeah, you know the team will win but old buddy did not have 10 rebounds old buddy did not have uh ten rebounds. Old buddy did not have seventeen and a half points. So, he has seventeen. Didn't have seventeen or didn't have eighteen to to beat seventeen and a half. Maybe he even has a triple double. Has seventeen. He goes for ten and then let's say eleven boards or something like that and he'll get terrible things said because he

didn't go over on his points. Obviously, this is something that is going to happen in professional sports But I think the college world they're really trying to get rid of that. I think they are really really Really trying to get rid of that. Yeah, not even every state has the uh prop bets for college I know in ohio, you can't bet props for college games indiana I think you can so I assume those commercials we were seeing too, were specific to Indiana. Like lobbying. Yeah, bingo. Well for a while when you were here,

you couldn't even bet on Purdue or Indiana. Right, I think it's still that way. That's how it is in Connecticut too. Yeah, I think the states are still like that. I think like Illinois you can't. Jersey. Yeah, Jersey you can't bet on a few. The prop bets themselves though,

they're thinking about kind of getting rid of. I don't think there's a need for the prop bets in college. There's enough options. I agree. I mean, not only. This guy hosts a show called Hammer. Dad. Which is a daily sports gambling show.

And you know, let's go to the other half of the hammer. Dad. Cowboys, bubble gumpino. Gumpi, how many player props are you doing in college ball? I don't do player props, just bet the games. Okay, are you saying that just because you have no idea what's going to happen each night? Yeah I just rather ride and die with the team. I'm not a big player prop guy myself. I don't know many people that are really diving into the college props that much. So I assume it's other college

kids probably it's probably college kids probably doing it again getting into gambling their first like a couple years of gambling. They know they've seen we understand a little bit more and Obviously if you think you haven't figured out that is gonna be what you gamble on and to play a prop That's it's you know easy to there's some bets that seem like pretty easy especially if you know a team but it is it does feel like the other side of it is pretty heavy and with how much they're pushing against it feels like there is a Big effort to kind of get rid of those prop bets and I don't know what the reaction will be but I assume everybody would be okay with it not that we've seen much of it in like

the recent you know like the last really since it got super popular but not only like kids getting a lot of shit on Twitter but I assume they're also thinking like this is much more susceptible for like games getting fixed and stuff like that you know because we just saw it in the NBA with that Jontay Porter I think that was his name like if that starts creeping into college basketball like even in the slightest where you know it's like four and a half rebounds or points or something like that like you could see like you were saying you know a college kid who maybe isn't getting as much NIL

money as as he thinks he should be getting like that would be a very easy way To be like, okay I'm supposed to score, you know my over under is 14 and a half tonight like I can score 12 You know and just I can produce on defense. Yeah, exactly I have a good game, but not too good of a game and we're not saying most athletes are thinking like now All you need is one or two and then obviously everything goes down. So I'm okay with the push I think that'll be something that'll probably get passed in most places, I think.

I agree. I think so. And what's his name? Last week, tonight? John Oliver. John Oliver ran a clip of Tyrese Halliburton talking about the player props on his show, from our show, where Halliburton was like,

yeah, I'll still get somebody telling me that I didn't do enough for them or whatever. It's like in pros- Won't be me. Well, I'll tell them Halliburton was like, yeah, I'll still get somebody telling me that I didn't do enough for them or whatever. It's like in pros- Won't be me. I love telling Halliburton's player pro- Locked. Nine assists, locked. He's, what, like I don't know how many games straight he's had where like,

Double, double, triple, double. He's had 11 assists, one turnover I think last night. He's unbelievable. Yeah, he's amazing. As hard as you can be. He's got so much moxie too. He does have a lot. And he's a good friend of the program.

He's talking a lot of shits against the Nets. It was awesome. I don't know if you saw that clip No, also whoever does the like trash talk leak is so good at it I don't know how but they can turn up the sound of the players and you can actually Hear them talking shit, but he was talking to this guy that was kind of I don't know if he was bad mouthed and Mathurin at the free throw line Benedict Mathurin but it was towards the end of the game and Mathurin kind of like went to give the guy on the nets a handshake just screwing with him and then Tyrese and him went back and forth and Tyrese got him real good. But again whoever is doing these NBA mic'd up leaks keep going because

they also did the Carl Anthony Townsend Draymond Green one and that one was Pure comedy. So are they using like the Dark Knight? You know that when old buddy goes down the basement and they have that entire board With that the supercomputer and they have all the sounds they're like we can do that Is there like some AI that's just taking everybody's cell phone and every camera that is in there and Piecing together the audio because how are they turning? Because I watch the videos they'll have the audio like somehow. Yes I'm like, where are they getting this microphone from?

Are they just gathering all of the microphones and doing it? But you're right We are getting clips of people talking that were definitely not on the live broadcast No, and then somehow hearing them much clearer than you would think and then all of a sudden I go like is that fake? Like is that fake or is that real? And then you got people saying, no, it's real. Every different arena, like to your point, like how are they? I don't know. I think, I want to say it's league pass,

because with the NBA league pass, you can use so many different camera angles. You can click on specific ones. Typically they don't go to commercial break. So you're just getting like a legitimate look at like the stadium camera. And sometimes that is where sometimes that is just a hard cam yeah yeah hard cam but sometimes even during timeouts like they're zoomed in on huddles and you can kind of see stuff but I also thought AI of course this is bullshit but then when

you watch yeah Tyrese and I'm talking it's oh no this is exactly what they are saying to each other it is so cool but I think it's the leap the lip readers are also cool On the internet. I really appreciate them, you know deaf people have been able to read for a while on the internet It's like certified deaf lip reader here I always go right into it. Yeah, they have to go off Look at the lips. I can see how that's I can see how that's being said. It was like the entire thing last year with Harry Styles spitting on Chris Pine when he showed up at the Oscars thing or the premiere of the movie or whatever.

28 years old, been lip reading for 27 years. You can see it. I know exactly what's being said here. Speaking about what's being said, Texas has their pro day leg. Good luck to all the boys down there. We're in Pro Day season right now for everybody except for anybody that's into Big 12, I guess. What is that? They got a comeback. I don't like that that's happening. But whatever the case, I shout out to DJ and the boys for covering that. Quinn Ures today is obviously a big story.

Golden down there, Bond down there. A lot of superstars on this team. Speed is kind of the story of a sarc offense. Quinn, yours can do a lot of good for himself today, Tone, or what is the conversation around this Texas pro day? Yeah, Quinn's fascinating because of coming into this year after last year, I mean, he went,

he took the semi-finals, he threw for 300 in basically every playoff game that he's basically ever been in. But coming into the season, he was like, bona fide, guaranteed first round pick. And then, you know, the report comes out that he played the season with the torn oblique after he got hurt and he kind of dropped down some boards. But it'll be interesting because him throwing at these pro days is actually

important because you saw the last season and then how he threw this year was much different. So I think this one's big for him. Yeah, Golden ran the 4-2-9 at the combine. So I think this one's big for him. Yeah, Golden ran the 429 at the combine. So I don't know if he's gonna run. Bond ran a 439, but because he said he was gonna break the record, people thought, you know, not a great time. So we'll see if he runs it. And then Gunnar Helm, the tight end, who I don't know, almost snapped his ankle doing

the 40 and then chose to run it. And then, you know, didn't have a great time in the drills and stuff like that because of his ankle. So yeah, there's a little big pro day down in Texas. Yeah, the corner too, on the top corner. I think he was the top corner on DJ's board. I think he had him at 11, Baron. Interesting to see what he does.

But yeah, I think this is a huge day for Quinn because of what you mentioned, playing through that injury. So I know a lot of people want to see really how much juice does he have on his arm and his throwing motion and how that'll look on pro day. So this would be a big day for him. This would be a moving day for Quinn, I think. Sarc is just going to create NFL guys down there.

Oh yeah, factory. Dickie V just talks about the amount of money that some schools have and everything like that. They have like three different like funds or something like that. That's why they were talking about it being hard to coach at Texas. They're like, it's not easy to coach at Texas

because there's a lot of hands in the pot. Like there's a lot of chefs in the kitchen because a lot of people are giving money. A lot of people have ideas. There's a board of trustees. They chat about all the bad things that could potentially come with coaching at Texas. And it's always everybody else that has a piece of it.

But if you're able to rally all those people and get on the same page, it's like, you got a lot of access to a lot of different things. Coaching staffs as well, I think they're gonna have like one of the largest coaching staffs in America, that's just becoming like a new thing. And then players, they're able to get whoever they want. And if you get offered to Texas, like,

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

made some big plays down the stretch. But this team from top to bottom is dead. We saw their combine too. Obviously, their tape is one thing, but then for them to go out there and put the numbers up that they did. I'm excited to see what the future holds with old Arch taking the helm as well. Exactly, I believe it wasn't leaked officially, but people are already speculating that, you know Jeremiah Smith Ryan Williams and Arch Manning are the cover of the next video game for the college football

I saw they up that money. They doubled it or whatever. They went to a thousand When the game made over a billion so, you know think what you want But yeah, but everybody was mad about Arch Manning not signing the deal or the arts man He only plays that it's like you think the Manning family's like, yeah, you want. But also- Yeah, but everybody was mad about Arch Manning not signing the deal or whatever. They're like, Arch Manning, the only player who's that. It's like, you think the Manning family's like, yeah, you'd give us 500 bucks? I don't think so. Okay, a lot of people are gonna be using old Arch Manning,

even if he's backing up Quinn Ures, because he is a dog. Yeah. Arch Manning is about to be a guy. He's on a game this year, right? Yeah, he was on a game, I, maybe it was just number 16. I don't know, either way.

I think he did come to an agreement before. Thought he was still in the game, but- But anybody that was trying to make that look as a bad thing, I thought it was just number 16. I don't know. I think he did come to an agreement Yeah, I thought he was still in the game But but anybody that was trying to make that look as a bad thing. I thought was an awesome. I thought it was an awesome I was on a complete opposite inspection. I'm like hell yeah EA sports is about to learn quickly. Yeah, like yeah, you're not just fucking okay 200 bucks 600 bucks Okay, I don't think we haven't worked our asses off for generations. Okay for a $600 Let's get in there but arch being a part of now everything they're building. That's an easy sell too You got the money you got every all the resources and also we got a quarterback named arch manning that you have seen

Literally grow up in front of her eyes. He's gonna be a guy too, especially just waiting too. Mm-hmm You know, like I had a source During the season sure. I think you can say sis with the way I said that sentence waiting to, you know, like I had a source during a season. Sure. I think you can say sis with the way I said that sentence. Reach out to me and say like, hey, we're not, we're okay with Arch, like, we're okay with this whole development thing, like, we do not expect him to just be

bum, bum, bum, bum, bum right in there. That was the decision they made going into Texas, knowing everything they were gonna know then Quinn gets hurt Arch goes in That could have got real loud especially with Arch winning and stuff like that now he made some mistakes Obviously they're picking apart like well. He didn't do this one. It's like is this guy's first fucking? Yeah, second game in this entire thing did well Yeah, then Quinn goes back in Quinn has struggles later still nothing just like understand the process of it and when he gets in there He's gonna be experienced. He's gonna be comfortable

He's gonna know the offense and they're gonna have dogs all around him which goes back to the conversation We're talking about right now Well in the entire thing of when he did go in it wasn't as if it like the guys didn't like him like we talked About with little Will Howard like he's doing dancing with Dances with other guys the linemen after he's throwing touchdowns are turning around and celebrating with him Like clearly he's also just a football guy, normal dude. One of the boys. One of the dudes, yeah, exactly.

So even that aspect of it, do you think having all the Mannings around will also be a massive benefit for Texas football or what do you think? Yeah, I think so. Obviously, I think it's good to have the Mannings around, especially whenever they do the Manning Academy. Yes.

And the whole family's been doing that for however long down there in Louisiana I think the biggest thing is the money gets your players, but what players does it get? Well gets the guys that run very fast 40s, right because they go these Nike camps. Yeah, they get these times It's like all the big recruits that you're paying out of high school At least yeah our guys that can jump high run fast and are projected to be incredible athletes So when you think about NFL draft picks, it's always like the guys that are just like incredible. I think Texas is about to have a pipeline. The more we think about it here, with the resources that they have, with what

they've already shown in the last couple years, speed, speed, speed is what they're looking for. Sark offense is looking for that feed and that. I think they're becoming a pipeline. You talk about the defensive side. Yeah, first of the year. last year to beat out Jeremiah Smith edge Simmons yeah That's what money gets you though is the freak athlete and then you have the coaches and then also they've been in the SEC because now You know you're gonna be competing in that in the best Conference in fall football even though Big Ten did her thing last year wasn't last year

I think that's his the best covers of football. So that's also a top to bottom. Now, with that being said, talking about resources and money, a lot of teams up north have the resources and money for football. I think that is a genuine conversation that's happening behind the scenes. We should ask Senki about that next time. Like, hey, Senki, are you worried about all the yuppies

up north who create all the CEOs, all the suits basically? I'm not saying there isn't great business schools in the south. I haven't done enough research on that. But a lot of- Arkansas though, you just mentioned the Walmarts. Boom, they got money. Jerry. They got people.

You need to have a few of those people at your school. You need it. Up there in the north, all these big- they got a lot of money people that are around. Michigan. Michigan recruited one. Yeah. They recruited maybe the richest. So I would like to let the world know that

for West Virginia, I am currently recruiting billionaires. Okay. Okay. Cause it feels like that's the game you're going to need. West Virginia doesn't have a lot of them coming out of West Virginia University. Doc Kendrick. Yeah.

Great to see him taking a picture of a ride. of West Virginia University. Doc Kendrick. Yeah, great to see him taking a picture with Rod. Okay, that helps. Need him. Yeah, need him all the way in. Need him in. Brother, we love you. Okay, we love you. We need you all the way in in that particular game. But like Penn State, I don't want to bring it up every time we talk about this, but literally direct messaging from their school is we can afford anybody and anything in any sport. We got it. And they put a, they're doing a $700 million remodel

of the stadium. They got that cash, brother. Like that is, let alone building a roster. They're talking about a $700 million just remodel of the stadium. Like we need to make this place, yeah, yeah, yeah. Boom, boom, boom, boom. I'll tell you what, you donate 10 million,

you get access to SpeakEasy right down here. You can have your own little parking spot, walk in here. Got a place to go to the bathroom and a drink during the game. 10 million a year, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, no problem, bang, bang, bang, bang. They're just able to, they're not the only ones. Oregon's able to do the same thing.

Big Ten at the top has more cash than the SEC at the top. Yes, definitely. When you, Oregon, Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State. Penn State. Yeah. Lot of money. Lot of money. And a lot of people ready to give.

And like, hey, this is the game now. Deal. We're all the way. Money won't be an issue, but Penn State, every one of them programs where you gotta see it to believe it. Yeah. I gotta, you know, you gotta see it to believe it. This is for you.

Even like A&M, you know, Texas A&M for years. All the money. Oh, they got all the money, all he's got to see to believe like A&M, you know, Texas A&M for years. All the money. Oh, they got all the money, all the resources, Jimbo's making, but like never could really get over that. Hump Oregon has, you know, gotten their close, but the teams that we know have done, like even Texas, Texas have been there before, so we can kind of visualize that we can see them being a dominant program. So I got some of these other programs. I got it. I got it. I got to see it. Well, and they're not in the conference, but that's why I like Notre Dame this year. It feels like kind of turned a corner just because.

They got 12,700 employees. Yeah, well, bingo. I can't imagine what, I can't imagine how many employees Texas has. They said they were the number, the number one company voted on, I guess, by 200,000 employees across the U.S. employer of 2025 Notre Dame. It's from boardroom. I saw something about innovative companies from them Who's they put the Catholics up there at number one brother Mm-hmm, you know, yeah, but I mean once you you know Once you start releasing I was pretty good employer. We pretty good employer. Did you guys give you guys do any votes? They didn't ask and I'll tell you what's what you guys would say though. That's what you guys would say

I wouldn't put Notre Dame at number one. That's for damn. Yeah, and also it isn't Delta having a bunch of planes blow up Whatever the case Congrats all these companies. you're really doing it. Yeah, that Nvidia logo looks interesting too. They're doing great up there. What's wrong with the logo? I don't know, why don't you tell me? Just check it out.

I have to go on. Nvidia, they're worth a hundred trillion or something like that. Google, remember they had little sleeping pods. I saw that. They did, yep. Those sleeping pods. In-n-out out inexpensive burgers, right? You know, yeah, but they're the best in the world that case you better employees happy trader Joe's 45 seconds

Yeah, oh, yeah real deal. I lost. All right, we'll continue on YouTube ESPN plus Disney plus and tick-tock live Which is the exact same place other than the ESPN plus and Disney plus that big night out will be we will see you tomorrow here on ESPN goodbye okay yeah I announced that last night shut down a little bigger announcement did you know you were announced we decided four minutes before no calls like what am I supposed to say here I'm like what are you saying he goes I'm saying bye bye bye sell it and bye bye bye and then do you want to what are you gonna say He goes, I'm saying, bye bye bye, sell it and bye bye bye. And then do you want to, what are you going to say? I was like, we should just say I'm streaming it. I don't think that's been announced yet.

All right. Literally 35 seconds later kind of comes together. You know, it was, it was kind of a forced announcement, rushed announcement. I say not forced, a rushed announcement. But with that being said, yeah, YouTube, TikTok Live, NX. Didn't know, you know, cause didn't know if there was going to be a want to go see it, you know.

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

I know there's other platforms that people love. I can appreciate whatever your reasoning is, but on X for giveaways, it's easiest for us because search hashtag, we can find literally the time that it's mentioned. And if you mess up the hashtag, it's on you. So you gotta do the entire thing. So we'll be doing giveaways throughout the entire evening

to those watching at home. And it should be a wonderful Wednesday night over there in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Those friends, are those their actual silhouettes? Those are not their actual silhouettes, those are bland silhouettes. And also, I don't know if that's the proper amount of people that will be there that evening.

Okay. Keep guessing. I was about to start making some guesses. There's a lot of people guessing on the internet, I do appreciate that. Those people guessing things on the internet have led to some uncomfortable conversations between me and people.

You know? Hey. I'm coming? Is this real? That'd be cool. I guess I can make it work. I'm coming to you. Quick turnaround.

It's a cool position to be in where people do want to actually be on the show. Which I thought would be the complete opposite, you know? So I've got a couple of text messages. Hey, I've got my mentions. Have you, is there a... What, uh, what am I doing? Is there something? This'll be fun.

It's like, I don't, uh, I don't think so. Well, why not? Uh, well, it might be an excellent with a, would that be cool? But it's been a lot of, uh, that's going to be fucking cool, man. Oh yeah. That's gonna be fucking cool man. Oh, yeah, that's gonna be really cool the people that I'm working with at the WWE To piece the in production shit together because they obviously do arena shows around the world They are showcasing that it's been a lot of fun because it feels like they're actually

Pumped up about it as well And I don't know if that's just strictly because they want me to feel good about it or if they actually are pumped But it feels like they are genuinely pumped up and the amount of ideas that are being pitched now not only by the WWE and the production folks but also like the people that have been Booked for said show like there is a lot of positive energy going around too much. Maybe no such thing There's positive energy. Yeah, you're right, because the universe responds to positive. That's right. Go, Mono.

It is, Ouse. It is. You see that Ouse-Klehamer drill? I did. That was cool. That was wild. See that? I mean, I didn't know rugby's doing the Oklahoma drill.

That was wild. But I'll tell you what. George Foster, 72. Good follow. Former teammate of mine, offensive lineman in the NFL for a while. He is a good follow. And I'll tell you what, the Ouse-Klehamer drill,

I don't know if they're doing this in rugby or if this is every day happening, but for a while. He is a good follow. And I'll tell you what, the Uscla home drill, I don't know they're doing this in rugby or if this is every day happening, but what a collision. Thought the ball carrier lost. Turns out he ended up winning. They had him in the first half, you see. And then in the second half he flipped that entire thing around. What a collision with no pads on no helmet. That guy's vertical. Gotta drive your feet on contact. Sure. Can't stop your feet. Gotta drive your feet on contact. Isn't E. I don't know drive feel contact isn't equals MC squared I assume there was a math equation happening in old buddy's head last he was running at him If I hit him clean and leave my feet, there's no way this guy stays standing and at the beginning he was right

Yeah, that sternum was collapsing a little bit But then who's just respond no put his foot in the ground it runs him over what a collision tishman I mean that both those guys should be dead Realistically both of those guys should be dead and I'm guessing that we didn't get the footage But they probably popped back up and did this like 15 16 more times especially with that crowd around you How could you feel anything with that amount of people especially under the lights? What a night and thank you to them for doing that there's other magical videos circling around the internet you know did you see Luca hit this shot oh my god what Luca Donchich

from the corner from the vault okay so I believe those are called bombs in arenas you take a bomb to go back to wherever you need to go before he heads back to the locker room Luca Donchich who has a million trick shots in his arsenal hits that I don't know how that goes in. Okay. I'll put that one out there and I go What the fuck is this or something like that? I forget my actual tweet about it It ended up getting like six million a lot of people felt the same exact way because the physics of that

I don't think that is supposed to How high you have to shoot that to be able to come down the mortar without closing it and then also skips off the front yeah and it still goes in it's like what a shot he has that bounce shot he has off the jumbotron shot Luca you could tell just grew up throwing a ball at a hoop his entire life this shot unbelievable I mean these guys obviously do it for you know this is what they do for living doing all their life so they they got trick shots out there, but this is crammy. This is like a flop shot like right over like that's That's like unbelievable

We saw the day with some other guys doing it too, but it's Luca This is something you would expect if you look if I had to pick a guy who can make a guy like this a shot Like this would be Luke and probably two other the thing about Luca is whenever you do that You have to say wow looks big tonight is whenever you do that, you have to say, wow, hoop looks big tonight. You know, you make, you had 20 in the first quarter after making it, how could you not? After you make that, it's like, everything's falling.

Lethal shooter got to do it. Lethal shooter will be able to pull that off. Let's see if he understands that. Lethal shooter will be able to put a bottle in the hoop and he'll throw a gummy somehow over, I understand it, and somehow that fucker will drop right in there You know who I don't believe and never will anymore Great shooter in the history Tom Steph Curry from one vom all the way to the opposite end of the court

Remember we saw sports illustrated video a few years back where Steph Curry made five full court shots in a row Then he told us it was just green screen. He wouldn't be able to do that before a game HOOOOOOLE Can't fake that one Wow Good shot I lost my mind I said holy shit Steph Curry's a guy

That didn't go in What? Saw it Other angles Are you shitting me? There's multiple other angles that didn't go in Yeah that didn't go in That's not Steph's fault Didn't go in. Yeah, I didn't go in. That's not Seth's fault. Didn't go in. Now they clap for him.

Yeah. Okay. So he's just got to kind of take that and kind of move, I guess? Yeah. I'm not believe this guy. You think he knows it didn't go in? Huh? You think he knows it didn't go in? Yeah! He's Steph Curry. He knows. Watch his reaction after this shot.

He puts his fingers up like just so close. I almost made that. Okay, so you think he was trying to tell the crowd I didn't do it. Exactly. But the internet didn't understand that. I was forced this on my algo saying, look what Steph just did.

Wait for it. Oh yeah, he shook his head, yeah. Oh yeah, I got you. So close, right there, so close. Okay, okay, okay, so we shouldn't leave Steph for this. I apologize. Yeah, we guy. So close right there. So close. Okay. Okay. Okay. So we should apologize. I apologize.

Yeah, we do apologize. All right. Okay. Not Steph's fault. Internet's fault for sure for telling us it was, it was make-up. Definitely. Cause we go from Luca to this. I'm like, these dudes need to,

these dudes need to go on Thor. Yeah. Okay. I don't know what all trick shots they got in their bag, but this is an unbelievable thing. So it's not Steph's fault. Sports Illustrated thing. That was his fault. Yeah, that.

That can't be happening. It can't. Very makeable. I think he would have been able to make. On the other side though. Especially after watching that. I think he would, cause he read the curve. And where he was in the Sports Illustrated video, he wasn't in a vom. He was like in front of the net and in this, yeah, there it is.

It's like, okay, now I definitely believe he could do this by never would if he did. Yeah, like why wouldn't be able to do this? Of course he can Maybe we're not the demo. What do you mean? I mean cuz we were kids there were some commercials that completely captivated I think Beckham, LeBron, Mike Trevante, Andre Johnson, Michael Vick, Steve Jackson, Mason Crosby kicking the bell tower. That was awesome. There are some great ones. I mentioned it there, Beckham hitting the garbage cans. Do you remember that out there on the leash?

I thought yeah, he could probably do that. I thought David Beckham could do that. That one? I thought yeah, Steph could do that. Was it Ronald I thought that yeah, David Beckham could do that that one I thought yeah Steph could do was it Ronaldinho off the goalpost. Yeah. Yeah Tom Brady just did one in jugs. Well, you can tell you can tell hit all of his or damn Marina Yeah, all over on it from the boat. That one was real Too far damn Reno, it's fucking real. Yeah, I know Vic actually threw that football out of the stadium at the Power 8 commercial. At the time I thought he did.

The coolest one was the NBA. Which one? The Jingle Bells one, where they actually shot all those balls. Oh, you're talking about the eight hoops? The eight hoops, yeah. Are you saying that wasn't real? That was fun. It was fun to see them all get on the same page like that.

That's good to see teamwork. I like that type of stuff. Speaking of LeBron James will be on the show page like that. That's good to see teamwork. I like that type of stuff. Speaking of LeBron James will be on the show probably tomorrow. What? Okay. Probably tomorrow. Holy shit.

That's pretty, yeah. That's insane. None of us really fully, nah, that's gonna happen. I believe it when I see it. That's the big thing. When I see that it is currently happening. Would be so cool if it was to happen and we'd be very pumped about it

yeah, but a lot of things seemingly have to fall into place here and We're hoping that it does. Yeah, we're open at it. Our show is not based Dine-Tine, Indianapolis No, so we are just hoping that that information has been It's within the vicinity. I've been told it has Vicinity is a good way to say it. Same state. Same state. Get a workout in.

Yeah, I mean why not do the shoot around here? It's a little bit of a drive though. He's used to it though, LA. Yeah, it's like the same thing. Oh, it's way shorter than LA. Like, I mean, it's going to take, you know, 20, 25, 30 minutes to get there. No big deal. You're used to it.

I just, I wanted to make sure that that message was said to them because I don't need him to land and then get told what it is. And I'm not doing that. Yeah, true. So I just would like it to be told. Smart. Hey, did you relay the message? Yep, they said he does know. I'm like, that's what it is right now though.

Like you guys Google the map now, what it will be at that time. Yeah, it'll be all right. He's in. It's all right. Can't wait to talk to you, Bronco. King James, LeBron James. There's some good songs going on, going around the internet.

What's that? LeBron James. Oh man, the LeBron James mixes. Someone did, I won't be listening to, was Hey There Delilah, you know that song? Yeah. And someone did Hey There LeBron. I mean, there are these mixes of songs going around

in there. Are they saying LA City or New York City? What's the next one? To be honest I don't remember specifically. Or it's like what's it like being the goat or something like that. Okay so we're completely I was just saying LA city. Okay sweet. So I hadn't heard it but sounds like I it's a TikTok thing. I understand it now. Yeah bingo. TikTok's wacky man. Zane. Yeah. We're on here. We're on there a lot. Yeah. A lot of people get their information from our Tik Tok. I guess. Oh yeah.

I find that out when I'm out and about, you know, that's a interesting little piece of information. I'll say it every time. They're the most positive community out there at all social media. So they're real. So positive. Yeah. So positive. They're very nice. Daughter's one of them. Your daughter, big. Oh, yeah Okay, her friend group like a huge stick talkers. They dance. Oh, yeah, but not as much that that kind of gets annoying

Got a standard or kids so, you know, I'm going to practice I'm sitting on the sideline and they're over there You know five minutes before practice in there Yeah, I just gotta relax, you know, hey, we're not ticked off. Okay, I'm gonna ban it from the locker room You can be on tick tock. You just can't dance on tick tock. That's a rich. Yeah I know they're gonna be on it. So I can't just ban the app. I wish I could fuck I was good They just can't fucking dance on the app You see they can fucking open it But when they open it, I better not see them in fucking tats in our locker room dancing. Okay hard edge

What's hard edge about you fucking in your Spanx love dancing around on tik-tok? That was rich Rod's message to the team to come s made sense great mess in you Don't eat yeah Great message. And you. Delete that. I really do wonder how these kids feel going from Neil Brown to Rich Rodriguez. Yeah. I mean there's a reason.

I'm sure Neil had a similar message. Yeah, okay. So many people entered the portal. I would like to see the numbers on the West Virginia. I mean I couldn't imagine. We went from Rich Rodriguez to Bill Stewart, rest in peace, peace who's a legend but with Bill Stewart came a new strength coach who's still there Mike Joseph is a great dude But just the entire culture was very different than what it was with Richard. Rich Rod is like hey, we're on time

We're working our asses off And we're just we're all we are You are all in this is all the time This is what we are and then everything else is like, you know Like it's just a little bit different like everybody's culture is a little bit different from what I got to experience briefly with Neil Brown's culture and what we know about Neil Neil Represented West Virginia with a lot of class and I think he's an incredibly nice guy Was giving credit to the other coach all the time, you know credit to team credit to that team. He was very respectful like I do appreciate that

but I think they had a Different culture than what Rich Rod would have and I wonder now after one spring Especially with that transfer portal thing available like what guys are gonna do, you know Cuz I assume there's an easier way that they've already like maybe experienced like hey, it doesn't have to be You know So I do wonder about that But are we at a time now where people are understanding where uh, you're it's good to be held accountable Whenever you're trying to become like an adult like it's good to be coached. It's good to go really hard

It's good to do these things like I think at the beginning of transfer portal was like I don't like you and transfer you're mean transfer all those things he just talked about 700 guys in the portal whatever it is in an entire thing I think at the beginning of the portal there's a lot of that I wonder if we're getting to a point now where maybe there's a little bit more like hey got to go through a little bit of adversity. I hope so. I hope so too. You need it. You need it. You hear a lot of the coaches talk about I'm sure players probably talk about it amongst themselves so many people going to the Portland and get just get left high and dry And then I feel very very bad for the high school kids where they don't have the same opportunity that we had we were coming Out so if you are in a spot mom if you are in a spot where you can't compete you got a coach who cares

About the program cares about your development Obviously every situation is different and unique in its own, but as a general statement, I would say grind it out, man. You're gonna have some adversity. You may have to get the playtime out there. Life is gonna have some. Take the hard coach or whatever it is,

ain't gonna have them. Most coaches have an open door policy. I'm sure Rich Rock was like this when you guys were there to go in there and ask him, hey, what can I do better? What do I need to do better? What do I need to do to get the playing time that I want? And most coaches will be real with you, because shit, you got options now anyway.

So, had a man to man conversation, a woman to woman conversation, depending on whatever program you're in, and get it done, and fight through some adversity. There's an open door policy over there, but he also will open a door for you to get in there a couple times. Oh yeah.

Yeah, those are good convos. I've heard five different fucking stories from last night. But he also will open a door for you to get in there a couple times. Oh yeah. Yeah, it was a good convo. I've heard five different fucking stories from last night. They all started your fucking house. It was a duplex, you know. I was in bed, whatever. Yeah. Well yeah, it was your house.

Yeah. I was in my, I was there. I was at my house. How come everybody's saying? I don't know what you're talking about. We were gathering. You check I was there. I was at my house How come everybody's saying? We're gathering we had a swear camaraderie Chemistry building cookout. Oh, yeah yesterday My guess that's where everybody started out. You know where you're gonna start each day for the next week

Fucking stairs 6 a.m. I'm fucking sick of it. All right, okay. I'm gonna get the fuck out of here stairs 6 a.m. I'm fucking sick of it all right okay I'm gonna get the fuck out of here how to go in there terrible 6 a.m. stairs tomorrow yeah oh yeah yeah that's how everybody reacted that's how I started the season the basketball gym stairs or no no football stadium oh yeah 6 a.m. yeah that was the beginning of the season because this is after training camp you see we asked yeah we asked that was our punishment to yeah yeah that was no fun no fun at all saying back to cuz our state was we had to run cuz our stadium was off campus but the old stadium was still on campus Memorial Field much shorter stadium so

wasn't high enough 60 pound sandbags Geez, so yeah. Yeah, you guys did have that lower Because no one cared well the old state Oh, then we built show the new one that was Phil How's that? Oh bill or lost our allows you bill exactly and then you know got ranked for the first time played on ESPN a bunch But to BCS bowl, would you play on the ESPN all the time? Oh you guys Pittsburgh go Rutgers, Sancy Louisville even Louisville a lot of bangers They have a great time playing up You know they were ahead of the game, you know that tricky shit with Pat White

Blimey just running like That white and Steve Slater were unstoppable. Yeah, that's some video game shit for like a year and a half two years It was just like unstoppable and then packets hurt. I Pat White and Steve Slayton were unstoppable. Yeah, that was some video game shit. For like a year and a half, two years, it was just like unstoppable. And then Pat gets hurt. I have a terrible first quarter. We don't play well. And now it's like Rich moves on to Michigan.

And then that whole era just got like, forgot about. Like, don't even talk about it. Ended bad. We don't want to hear about it. And I'm just like, god damn. Like, I understand that it ended bad, but I think we should talk about Pat White to see Slayton a little bit more. Because what Pat was able to do here, there is just he won five straight bowl games, including the senior bowl, obviously, like one of the best leaders of all time.

And whenever he was on a football field, it felt like he was going to score every time he got the ball. And if not him, somebody else was. and we were obviously running the fucking You know option zone or whatever you get it RPO. I guess they call it now, but you had Owen Schmidt who is 260-60 pound whatever it was Hankling in like 400 pounds just like an absolute Monster he's either taking the dive or Steve Slayton's getting the pitch or Pat White's gonna cut it and go and it was like Yeah, it was unstoppable. It't because it's something you only saw maybe once twice a year and nobody else had a Pat White and Steve Slayton and Darius Reynald we had all out there and they went on to get the Vine and all these other athletes so yeah it was it was but I mean never biggies Pat White

murdered a guy against UConn right back murder. Yeah, it was legal I would be kicked out of games Bush Lee Those biggies days were some good days Shady McCoy and that Pittsburgh Ray Rice Brian Leonard and Rutgers and up Kenny Britt like I think I just got Shady's number. Yeah, Brian Kelly He's on facility Yeah, what's it go facility? Yeah, I think he is on the facility. Mm-hmm. I just got his number I just got connected with him. I wonder I don't think I've I haven't talked to him in a long time. Yeah, he was great

Yeah, I mean just fuck. Yeah, Donald Brown obviously can't go out with him to first round traffic 2000 yard back Indianapolis first round pick I believe from you good You guys stop giving him a ball against us as senior year. He had a fumble in the first half and then the second half you guys didn't give him the ball. We won. But like, feels like if you would have given him the ball,

he had something going. He had something. He was our offense. Yeah, he certainly was. And he was awesome. He ran like perfect form running. He was a good dude. That was like, we played Calvin Johnson and Roman Reigns in the Gator Bowl and they didn't throw to Calvin Johnson in the whole second half

It was awesome. It was like we were so happy and thankful. They didn't do that It was just like I was I didn't fully I wasn't like a I don't I feel like my football IQ good Not great next to everybody else. But at the time it was very limited I was just like a football fan at the time and boy you'd see some teams do some stuff and it's like they got this guy we don't like why not see number 21 before we played and my coach was like if I was Georgia today I would throw the ball to 2150 times every play just live with the result like the first time I lined up against Calvin like I like you see him on tape but when he stood across

from you it was like his fucking hands scraping the ground while he stood in his stance and then he was faster than anybody else in the field the shit he did like even on the video game like it was like he was a video game out there in real life. I think was Reggie Ball the quarterback or was it Taylor Bennett the lefty? I think it was Bennett. Lefty white dude? Yes. Okay. I don't know I don't know. Okay Reggie Ball was a super athletic number one. Righty. Yeah. He was Bennett. Lefty white dude. Yes. Okay. I don't know. I don't know. I don't Okay, Rage of Balls is super athletic. Number one, righty. Yeah. He was either one of those to try choices. Is this a Yukon hit? Is this Yukon hit right here? Okay, let's come on. Let's relive this. I think this is on Thursday night. Steve Sighton gets the pitch. Owen Schmidt murders somebody.

Somebody fills the gap. Crack back coming. Boom. I remember that. That that's bad white man a horse horse call that was me diving early extra 15 hopefully got there yeah that was a quarterback though yeah that's you know especially here's a nice slow look at a my air maniacs getting after a great good times back there there's a here it is how old are we hey look at look at the anytime I look at old highlights it's like wow it's amazing how much technology has changed bang dad that's bad white football baby good effort but that was you know great effort yeah take it down take it away to touch oh

there's a dive with Owen Schmidt yeah I mean just classic literally what we did there pitch cut back now we're running either a dive or a pitch. Not fun. Boom! Boom! Took out two. If you're a good man get one, if you're a great kid too. That's about what I did. Dana Dulles. Big Eastman. I was probably Thursday Night Football too. Those shoulder pads too. That was before the NFL was on Thursday so our numbers on Thursday night were absurd And it was a spectacle and then on the side that was Rich Roderick is We got some coaches to rich Rod I think once did yeah, is it a pit and Brian Kelly Cincinnati But Patrino Patrino Louisville. Yeah, there once that are the once that was there. He went to Stanford after

camera then Big East was awesome Shaw day Holland You know Louisville. Yeah, there once that are the ones that was there. He went to Stanford after Come over then Big East was awesome. Shaw day howlin No, that's basketball Ben. All right, Jamie Dixon. Yeah Also basketball Big East was great. It was good days. It was an honor to be a part of it. We don't run. Gentlemen wasn't on It's good run Louisville was really good at that time. Yeah, Brian Brom. I won't on it's good run was Louisville was really good at that time. Yeah, Brian prom, bro I won't hear it. Doug like Bush. Yeah, he was a fucking tank He's there was a bush chant the one game we played where he came out. He just broke his leg

So he was on crutches and it was I think was a Thursday night game We only we always played on third. Yeah, like before my time was always like a Thursday night game He came out that entire place was chained for him ahead of feel so cool. He was so big. Yeah, and who was the uh, We just talked about it Detackled kid who was super young Nigerian name yeah, I'm Bobby. Okay. Yeah, I think he's young like 17 when he first got seen he was just pecking dude. Yeah 16 17 So I think he went to the league like 19, 20 or something crazy like that.

Who else was there? Tight end, Barnett? Was it Barnett? Gary Barnett? Tight end. I don't remember. I remember Harry. Kelsey was in.

Since he? Same with Jason Kelsey. Harry Douglas, you were going to say? Yeah, I think I saw him run by me one time I returned. He spit in your face, didn't he, bud? Yeah. He spit in teammates in my face. He hit do but yeah, uh, he's been a teammate So my face he kicked me. He hit me in the nuts

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melt. It's mind-bubbling. Feel the arrow bubbles melt. It's mind-bubbling Great work yesterday by Ian rap support Appreciate you doing that rap sheet. He took a victory lap on the insiders I don't know if you saw that talked about how much he crushed it and I agree It was an honor to chat with him from Scotland. Obviously last night's Monday night. Roll over and Glasgow was insane Did you see John Cena? Crazy. What's he doing?

He's calling, he's saying, you're horrible people. I know. He's saying you're horrible people. Yeah, it's over for John. Then he talks about that kid, like just buried him yet again, and he said, you guys cheered for me, burying that kid, you're terrible people.

You shot profanities, you're childish, you're terrible people. He's just letting these people know. And I saw some kids in the crowd over there in Glasgow. What do we do? And I said, John and John Cena said, what did you do? Not enough. And that was that was an uncomfortable situation out there. I'm going to say the bunch, nine year NFL vet, Darrius J.

Butler, I was uncomfortable listening to John Cena talk to the crowd like I was too. And I was sitting about two seats down right over in the Thunderdome, the think tank from our D bone And he was shouting profanity at John Cena really he was going along with the chair Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, so everything that Cena was saying was saying it right to him So it was good to see exactly who he was talking to and I'm gonna stand on what I said last week They deserve it. Oh Everybody that John Cena talked about damn right all of them

Everybody that John Cena talked about. Damn right. All of them. All of them. In every universe that D-Bone is in, he deserves it. Okay, I don't love that about D-Bone. I don't think D-Bone loves it either, but D-Bone has been a supporter of John Cena since the beginning. Since the very beginning. We're talking wearing the headband on the head.

And wearing wristband on his bicep And you can't see me Joe Wasn't funny. It was though ever been for it was funny. Look that is D bone right there He is that kid. He was once that kid. That's how long John Cena, you know has has been doing it and D bone was heartbroken and I saw a little boy over here to my right last night who very obviously was being told to boo Cena but he didn't want to yeah sweet boy he didn't want to do it tearing him apart he was he was tearing you up man Cena was doing yeah legit it was bad who was telling the boo you tell people around people around like we don't like that's how Scotland rolls

Yeah, I think it's just calling. I think it's WWE Universe right now. I think there's some people that when that music gets you know It all goes yeah natural reaction is John Cena's here, and then people have to be reminded We don't like this guy. You don't like us. He sold out. He said some terrible thing. He has sold out He sold out to big corporate fat cats. He sold out to. He sold out to many many things and it feels like now John the clock's ticking and I'm glad his time is up now with that being said d bone has purchased the newest shirt Fresh off of last night's promo John Cena said he's gonna win the title then he's gonna retire for and they're gonna. Oh, yeah Obviously 4x is alarming. Holy fuck man.

Come on, Bone, some vegetables! I walked out there, he was eating fortune cookies. He wasn't even taking the paper out of it. He was just housing fortune cookies. He had four to five of them, which means he ordered enough for the Chinese food company to think that this was a four to five person meal because they try to give as many fortune cookies to as many people

They think are gonna be eating so we need to watch his D bone I saw him eat for he might have given been given six how many orders did this guy? I want number two. I want a ten. I want a 38 and then they're like well This gotta be a hundred people. Yeah, how many and then he's just eating them D bone good Lord Tell me he got Chinese again today Did you know yesterday? He got Chinese yesterday as well after a I wasn't here dirty breakfast T-bone enough You're gonna die. Okay, take care of yourself. I know you're Huh? They shrink. Okay, the shirts shrink

We're happy to see you're not Oh, so you know he does the marks. I mean we know, we can't say it. You know what, you might be onto something there. Alright, good call D-Bone. We're happy to see you're not 4X on your way to 5. Is what he's saying. It also doesn't help, you gotta wash it a hundred times when you're spilling mustard all over it and all that kind of stuff every single time you wear it. So, you know, most people are washing that thing, what, two, three times a month. D-Bone's gotta wash it, you know,

four, five times a week. Is this D-B You know first place at work feels like we I believe you work for the Kane County Cougars Which is a you know a ball team so he was what was he doing from home? I think he's doing a lot of like I know stuff I assume he said like hey if I can't come in and get at least like ten hot dogs from the concession stand every single Day, I'm not working for you guys part of the contract Yeah, yeah, and he's got to watch it too cuz boy does he smell bad right now. He's sweating like a grease pig man Yeah Last week we came to stood out that way that was rude Okay, you be sitting over here you you be saying P.U. just like me.

No, you're so... Yeah. No, that wouldn't even do it justice. D-Bone, take care of yourself. Okay? We love you, D-Bone. Graveyard's yawn when he's rolling. Okay.

That's when you know. That's when you know. Boy, oh boy, we got a sh got a shade smelling fatso on our heads. That's not true. D-Bone, that is not true. We don't agree with that. But I will say, D-Bone, you're really good at what you do. You got great energy in here.

We need you to live. Yeah. You're way too young. Yeah, we love you. For these things to be being said about you. You get to 30, you get a kid, you get married. Then you let yourself go. Those things happen.

Fine. Right now, can't be happening, D-Bone. His national champion jersey's hanging in the locker room. You know you get a kid you get married then you let yourself go those things happen fine right now Can't be happening D. Boat his national champion jerseys hanging in the locker room bone or sorry D Butts gasp yesterday said that's how that's how you the size you used to be now. Those are tight jerseys Listen, we don't need to be making this guy is a big guy right now. He's living he's retired athlete national champ Hey, you're right. You must say football player. I've not seen you haven't seen how long's it been hanging in there Maybe I've seen it. I always thought it was a replica. That's his actual yeah, I believe that's his actual and I know he's retired but you know, you hope for like a fanica retirement not a I Don't want to bury the person that I was smart. That's very nice of you to do that and let's continue to

Lift up D bone D bone. Well eight or ten of us can lift him up That maybe as a team. Uso's back. Jimmy and Jay! That was positive. That was great to see. That was really great to see. It was. It was. Connor just showed me who he was going to refer to. It was good to see

Jimmy and Jay. I'm happy you didn't do that. Me too. I'm a fan. Nobody ever talks about those moments. No, no they don't. Yeah, everybody always talks about when we, maybe too much, how about whenever we choose not to? Yeah, restraint. That's very nice of us, very kind of us.

We're adults, so are you. Jimmy and Jay, last night was great to see. How about motivational speech from Big Jim as well? Needed. He slipped right in front of me. What was he doing? Gooder was reeling. Then he's going to Spear, he slips right in front of me.

It's like, what are you, Jay, just spear the fucking guy. Yeah. What are we, you know, and Gunther obviously attacked from blind side, which we don't like. Yeet, the whole place obviously. Scotland was eating 10,900 plus, eating alongside of him. And I'm very thankful we didn't do last week's 10 minute yeet, did you remember that?

We were watching here from the Thunderdome and the entire Netflix Commercial break which is also international. They're watching through the entire time just eating for ten minutes straight. I'm happy that then I wouldn't have made it Yeah, especially in my kilt obviously, but yeah, okay and Grayson Waller Aussie lad calls himself an Aussie icon him and Austin are They it feels like they could they have the mayor strapping young they have the they have everything you just right here It's all right here. When are they gonna when are they gonna flip the switch? You know, when are they gonna become professional odds?

When are they gonna take it to the next level? We all wait, but we know the usos are going to be in hall of fame And it was great to watch them work in scotland one half of the hammer down cowboys ap tone is here cam Uh cam ward tone Do a little chat yet again this time with Rich Eisen about Aaron Rodgers potentially coming to the Pittsburgh Steelers Remember there was a quote a cam Heyward say you want to be a steeler you don't and then obviously that was Aggregated and taken out and cam was like I'm just like I'm gonna just say that like he clarified a little bit with Rich Eisen Here it is. No, it's funny. Everybody gave me crap. They said I called it called him out. I don't think I really called him out I just said I was go I was not gonna go on a darkness retreat to recruit him

If he wants to be a stealer he can be a stealer like right It doesn't that's that's the pitch I just want to win games play good football in all seriousness and I will give you the floor on this guy signs You got on problem anybody who signs I welcome to the team You know, I don't have a go and think like we can't win with the guy. I get excited for a team You know you bring a guy on like that. He's got a good knowledge of the game And I think you can only help you're 15 man. You want to talk about how things have changed for the Steelers? Trading a draft choice, A, for B, a wide receiver, and C, giving them the contract that they

gave DK Metcalfe. If I told you that over the first few years of the Steelers, you'd say, what team is this again, right? You know, I think we're in a state of, you know, urgency. We have a lot of guys that, like myself, that are in the latter stages of their career and we all want to win It's not just enough to win a playoff game, which we haven't won in a couple years And there's a bad taste in our mouth because of that Yeah, and and that's why you're talking about an urgency with a bunch of you know

Oh geez that that are might might be looking at the clock on the wall a little bit here. To be honest, that's why Rogers is kind of a fit there. If you think about it, right? I mean, like, I don't know how much time he considers in his head that he does have left, but it would be similar to what you might be thinking, Cam, you know, and others on the team. That's kind of why it sounds like it's a fit.

So, with all that being said, shout out to Rich Eisen, by the way, him dropping OGs casually. Pretty sweet. And you know, the editor there making cams, uh, had the entire screen. I understand the different sizes, especially for TikTok or a real cam here does have a gigantic head. It's actually a part of the reason why he's so damn good. It's in his family.

His dad's name was iron head. So him being on the squad 15 years in certified hall of Famer, I think everybody says, Yens are a legend. Him talking about the state of urgency. I saw as soon as he said that to Rich, you nodded your head as a yes. And also him saying, I wasn't calling out Aaron Rogers. I'm just saying like, hey, you either want to be here or you don't, which I think is what Aaron's potentially trying to figure out right now. I've not talked to Aaron. How'd you take away from what Cam just said? And how do you feel about where the state of the Steelers is right now? I couldn't agree more with what Rich and Cam

were both saying. And yeah, I mean, Cam's been there for 15 years. TJ's been there for a long time. Minka's been there for a long time. Last year they were the highest paid defense in the NFL. And not only the team are they getting antsy, the fan base is getting super antsy. It's at a- Loud.

Yeah, loud. It's at a boiling point, to to be honest if it keeps continuing like this But no, I agree with everything they said in cam of his original comments. I had no problem with You know because I think the longer that it goes on I worry that Aaron is not gonna be a stealer and I do want Him to be a stealer You know, they had the meeting the six-hour meeting on Friday, which everyone said went well. Rap said everything went well. Your sources said everything went well. Not sure what the hold-up is at this point. Well, everybody assumed my source was Aaron. I don't know. I just, you just said

sources, so I don't know. Yeah, we have people from Pittsburgh. Yeah, I reached out. But a lot of people said it wasn't positive. Everyone said that he was great in the building who met him They said he was great. So I yeah, let's let's get a name on a dotted line and let's let's play some football Yeah, and oh, yeah what I do wonder like you said the longer it goes the yeah I'm less likely you feel like he's gonna be a Pittsburgh Steelers, especially after a six-hour visit It's like I do wonder what all he's contemplating. The Aaron Rodgers brain though does operate in that fashion. Especially first time ever being a free agent I think.

Yes. First time ever in his life he's been a free agent. Also certified career like Mount Rushmore. Letting you see built. Football yeah. Rich. Just became philanthropist of the year. That's right. And Cali. Yeah. You know, for giving back to everything. Yeah. Like, I think everything he's accomplished would already say like, hey, you done good, you know? And you can just literally ride into the sunset. And if that sunset is you actually hopping on a ship

and trying to get to the sun or to the moon, whatever. Like, you could go do all of those things. I do wonder what, and obviously, he and I have not chatted throughout this entire thing. I assume he's talked to AJ. Honestly I assume that there has been some sort of chatter with AJ. Has AJ brought it up? Probably not. I mean that is classic AJ Hawk football. But what do you think is all going through his mind and have the more you've thought about him with the Steelers where do you kind of sit at now nine-year NFL player? The more I think about it the more I

see it happening honestly you don't want it if you especially if you're a stiller fan you don't want it about it the more I see it happening Honestly, you don't want it if you especially if you're a stiller fan You don't want it lingering but and more I see it happening on if not going into the draft Once the draft hits I feel like that's why I kind of give up hope and start looking at hey Jackson Dart or Quinn Maybe depending on how it's program. I do wonder if you start kind of mind-shifting there But you talked about all the things and the accolades like if those guys if they come back You know, it's always more, you know, they always want more So I'm sure Aaron Rodgers want to go more you going to a place that is built They have pieces where they can win right now and that is a place that is a program where Get to the playoffs winning a division. Those things aren't good enough. You want to compete and win for a title

It's been a long time since they've done that so up there I saw one of the bullet points said money was not discussed during the six hours I was already agreed to alleged so the money's already there's already been like Yeah, he's not issue that money's on this okay allegedly money has already been like yep, that'll be enough We got it, and they say yeah We'll give it to us so like now granted that getting down into the nitty-gritty when's everything guaranteed and what the bonuses look like That's all another nother conversation, but allegedly there's already been contract

in parameters that both sides have said that's good. Back to what you said though, that was a very good point, about once the draft, then we'll kind of pay attention. I do wonder if there has been a draft deadline by both sides. Like I do wonder if the Steelers are like, if you could give us a heads up before the draft, that'd be great great because we'd obviously

Be looking at who our future is gonna be and what we're gonna we already got Mason Rudolph We'd be looking at the draft or if there's a date before the draft where they're like we if we don't know by this point We'd like to dive into more draft kind of like I just wonder what if there is a Deadline because deadlines are the things that obviously draw decisions from people in the entirety of it all that's I wonder what the years are because let's say instead of just a one year He does a two-year and you would kind of assume almost already like hey, we're gonna draft a QB Like we want you to be the QB this year, maybe next year But no matter what this isn't gonna be a four-year deal like they need a quarterback and maybe you know

I don't know what the 20, 26 draft class looks like. Yeah. So maybe they're, they're already looking there as well. But you would think if, you know, for instance, a Will Howard, which we haven't really brought up since the combine or another guy that might be in that second or third round that's available there, like Quinn, yours, that they might be thinking, Hey, we're gonna take this guy either way But if it's a two-year deal like would that shock you would more than one year? I think they would definitely put multiple years strictly for the

Southern Cap Gymnastics thing, you know And who knows how many voided years on the back like who knows what the game is that Mr Omar Khan the con artist does the general manager and Aaron Rodgers representatives in this entire thing put the deal together but Giants allegedly still in too. Yeah, and from what we've heard he hasn't traveled to New York right? Yeah, James I feel like that doesn't change it at all that's interesting to me with. Well Ian Rapport said that contract says he's a backup contractor. That's what he said. I wonder if that's the Mason Rudolph thing as well right? Or if that just kind of assumes? Yeah Mason got similar similar money as well but no I don't think whether

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

or number two and get get the quarterback. Pittsburgh on fire In your city, could you imagine the Yenzer's there has been a trade? The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded for the number one overall pick that place would go upside down no matter who got drafted Yeah, no matter whether arch stays or not because he's only it'll be a starter for one year No, Nico could come out drew Drew Aller could progress again. You know, there's a lot of quarterbacks coming out next year. Yeah. So maybe Mason and Aaron this year.

And then what happens next year, we shall see and figure out. But I'm excited to figure out when he's going to make the decision, you know, and what is the deciding factor? Like, what is the whole what is the moment? What? Not only the moment, but right now, what is the I thought it was the Vikings for a while? I think we all did like cuz I think he wanted potentially like a clearer picture of who yes, what is all an Option right now still kind of do what what's that with the Vikings? No, you think there's still an option I still kind of do yeah a little bit really didn't tell Pellicero come out and say no, he's not

Oh, I forget what the Yeah, the report was at the Vikings that they haven't said that but they're they're going with JJ McCarthy is what Tom Pellicero Correct. Mm-hmm. JJ said to Kay this morning him that Yeah, they have not told him. Yeah, they have not told him but and he said I think he said he liked that as well They didn't know been a competitor going there earn it which I respect me too so who knows we will certainly ask him if we get the opportunity to and hopefully the Pittsburgh Steelers or the New York Giants or The Minnesota Vikings I'm just saying I mean I'm reading now what's on that graphic cuz you know during this time

It's so much bullshit floating around but I'm not seeing anything like they're definitely out on Aaron Rodgers But you heard from JJ that he's not been told he's the guy Yeah and then I see not pursuing Aaron Rodgers at this time that kind of reeks of like well right now we don't like Aaron but Tomorrow we might but again, I you know if Pellis Aro said it no hey listen I appreciate the fact that you're like hold let's just let's not rule out anything at this exact time, especially as You know continue to do research continue to figure things out continue to talk to each other Continue to learn about each other which I think was a big part of that trip to Pittsburgh

Which is like let's learn about how this would potentially go because maybe you didn't do that last time, you know with the With the Jets remember they flew out to him. Yeah, I don't think that he did I don't think he won over he got that he got the heroes Welcome when he first showed up, but that was like after it was a done deal like hey You're gonna be the Jets quarterback. He's already said that he loves the city of Pittsburgh. He respects the city of Pittsburgh I think he just wanted to know what the building was probably like and I assume they wanted to know What this dude was like in person as well? Well, and you talked about it yesterday. I believe you mentioned it yesterday that Steelers brass Omar Mike Tomlin What this dude was like in person as well. Well, and you talked about it yesterday I believe you mentioned it yesterday that

Steelers brass Omar Mike Tomlin they did not go to Michigan's pro day and there's a lot of guys at that point where Kenneth Grant or Will Johnson who could who are all definitely on their board? So I think it was big that they did not go to their pro day to meet with her I wonder if anybody in Pittsburgh is told Aaron Rodgers that Cain Woods back. Oh Have you heard? Have you heard? Have you heard? Well, have you heard? Have you heard the news? Kenny what is all the way back?

They were up for sale weren't they guess what they sold and guess who bought it record time a fucking amusement park family Oh, yeah, that's right So they're coming in and they're doing it and Kenny would Park family. Okay, that's right. So they're coming in and they're doing it and Kenny Wood has so much opportunity to be the greatest amusement park on earth yet again and I say that because if you do recall in the back in the past Kenny was right there at the top. Rollercoaster enthusiast said Kenny would at one maybe one a behind Disney World. Now very close. What was that? What was the publication? Rollercoaster enthusiast enthusiasts number one roller coaster enthusiasm

never heard about not much a roller coaster guy then are you yeah I'm a coaster heads I don't know if you've heard about that this Florida even have roller coasters yeah they got the biggest in the world a couple weeks later? They didn't have the potato patch, which was certainly something, which Kennywood does have. So maybe score one for the black and yellow here. Yeah, okay. But basically everything else Disney World did seemingly have more of what Kennywood had. Yeah, I didn't expect that. More of the bad stuff.

Sure. What? You know, I didn't go to Kennywood. I didn't go to Disney World. Disney World's not an amusement park. Only went to Kennywood, you know, and uh... Disney World. That's the, they're in their own category. Universe. Yeah. Well, yeah, you're right. That's a universe.

Kennywood's big with six flags and some other bullshit. We can gimmick this Kennywood thing. They sold. For as long as we want. None of you guys have been to Kennywood in 10 plus years. Wrong. And also, yeah, Kennywood might be better now because they sold, because whatever was running,

whether it's the Kenny family or the Wood family, either family that was running it, now they've given up the reins, it makes more sense it'll be decent. Yeah. Just please, please, please, before we go any further, the Attractions Group podcast has a message about Kennywood, please.

Ricky Spacuza, Kennywood's general manager. I know you're all excited to see the- The attractions group podcast has a message about Kenny would please General manager, I know you're all excited to see scroll down a little return I'm excited for you to tackle this record-setting coaster in addition to what work We might have seen during the Phantom Fall Fest and holiday lights last year We've had columns delivered this offseason. Oh, yeah Oh going up all around me. These new columns will help ensure that the steel curtain is around. Whoopty whoop. Is that steel factoring about?

Is that the interaction on this tweet? Our maintenance team is going to add the two trains back to the track and test runs will begin. Fuck yeah. Don't move that rental. You might even see work in testing of the coaster during your first visits this spring. Over the past few months, I've seen this project come to life and the wait is almost over. So get ready to go upside down nine times on Pennsylvania's...

Nine times? Whoopty-Whoos! Can't wait to announce an opening date soon. Stay tuned. Thank you, Mr. Spicasa. Ricky Smith-Couser. I got good paisan out there running that thing. You see that? Nine Whoopty-Whoos. You know a good pies on out there running that thing you see that nine whoop-de-woo's You know okay days, huh? You're an opening day is what is it April 12th? So if you want to stick around a couple days, I'll see you there. Wait a minute

Maybe we can make a few phone calls see if we can get in there a little couple days earlier. Holy shit You want to talk about will paint? Wait, you're gonna test out you you guys okay? I'll get off you're gonna test them up Yeah, okay, I thought now whoop your boots I don't know it's a sign the forms what do you talk about wait till I get fans revenge steel curtain you name it I'll be there. I'm here star man. Here's inside. Oh buddy come on brother Kenny was all the way back You heard mr. Ricky there. This is Ricky was talking about it. I'm trying to to Kittyland and ride the teacups. Oh, and maybe the swings. I like the swings and the teacups. I'm fine with that. I'll say this best swings in the country because the music selection during the swings is great. Black and yellow.

Renegade, non-stop. Yeah, over and over again. Good vibe. Nelly. And also you get a chance to see a steel mill. You see that in the background? It's a reminder of all the hard work that Has been done to make sure that this place is what it is they sell it reinvest in it Kenny was back Just know that if you get a chance to stop by you should definitely go and support it and go to the Good potato patch Get some fries and cheese okay, and then walk out there and say this is the best fucking fries I've ever had in my life, and that's all you need maybe Noah's Ark stopped by I'm glad I'm glad they're still bringing it I was sure that family bought it. I'm just gonna tear that shit. No, they're not still going What I mean, I thought they're still bringing it. They're not

Cards there are bumper carts there and you can go get after it and they all go very fast on the up and up I don't like the swing one, but they got one of the swing ones Oh, yeah Remember correctly the the same family who owns adventure land in Des Moines, Iowa Which might be the best amusement park in the country? I believe they did by Kenny was so it makes sense never ranked it back on the up and up. That's good to know What's your place called in Des Moines adventure land? That's a fake name's not done. So real. It's not Kenny woods a fake name I mean, that's Kenny's would yeah, it's not even the fuck. I don't even know it anymore Well, well certainly it's Kenny with our own and dude not just a family thing wasn't the movie adventureland filmed where Kenny would

Because that venture was about a scary zombie apocalypse and that is exactly what they filmed in that dump I'm not gonna go that far Michael Sarah wouldn't do that He was I was disgusting. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it is an adventure land Jesse Eisenberg same guy No, that's fucking that's my stuff. Yeah. Yeah, that's a big deal. I'm cold Anyways, I can't wait to take us to Kenny woods. How many razz did he show all of them? Yeah, there's only two Oh, okay. No, there's only two. Oh, OK. No, there's two headliners, brother. Come on.

I just don't remember showing like four. Yeah, can't wait to see it. No, because the steel curtain was the detail on the steel curtain is pretty sweet. Football? The football laces on the ass. See that? That's neat.

I do like that. I do like that. I'm guessing that was Spacoozr. Is that the name? Can we run that video once again? Please, start from the beginning where he says his name. They don't even put a graphic up his name. That worries me. But that's the talking group

What's the name of the podcast talking? You're not even that locked in group coaster get word here that a exterminators final run is 2025 and then they're gonna knock it down a little bigger one, so Coaches are gonna be great in 10 years huh no overnight is Pittsburgh what do you think it says bud oh we need some steel to build it okay well fucking go down by the river see also whatever bullshit I was trying to sell that the other company already owned that park they sold it to next they hate interest place no it's way better than Kenny would you guys know if you've been there do we have this guy's podcast again? He's looking. Oh, we lost it. It's gone

That piss that pisses me off I will say I'll open my phone And my natural reaction is just to hit an update and I'll see a tweet. I'm like, oh and it's gone forever I'm never gonna find it same on IG Yeah, I was watching a video and maybe I'll like scroll out of it by accident and I'll try and find it again. It's gone. Gone forever. You got no shot. It's gone. I am happy that Instagram seemingly has stopped putting things at the top of the page that drop you into live things. Yes.

Do you remember when they were doing that? Oh yeah. Whenever a live would pop up and it was the entire top of the screen where you would be resetting it and then all of a sudden there's one fucking live viewer Candice and who is it me? Yeah, and by the way the person that's dreaming knows that you're here I'm so so good to see you. All right There was like four or five of those. I'm like a suck. Can we fucking knock it off? Mm-hmm. I get we want people go in there but like that is a very pivotal part of the screen here, you know And you're dropping me into this whole thing

Feels like social media is really figuring it all out in it. Oh, yeah it is Group text was tough. I'm mute most of I Think they were hoping one guy did yeah He was in there You do gonna watch, you know people get new phone numbers Sending the old phone numbers that scares me. I got to check is this like new Insert name new or is it insert name newest? Yeah, or Enter name new new newest, you know always have to check that

Accidentally putting somebody into a group text. Oh Not good the worst not good cuz now everybody's got their number exposed You're gonna send warplanes. I don't know if that's the way to do it. No chance. She's gotta be an email He's put in a drop box Yeah, or make one big long video. That's impossible to text bingo or have a pack. Why is that happening? I have no idea. Yeah, it's terrible terrible It's gotten so much worse back in the day. I could send you three four five six minute video. No problem Yeah, you can't even do two minute video can't do it. They want people to airdrop. They're pushing airdrop

I know but airdrops not always possible. Yeah, it's not always feasible. I know it's iCloud link That's what they're pushing. They're pushing iCloud Yeah, and then people's iClouds get full so you can't send that video then what guess what you got to do? 399 for more iCloud. Gotta buy more. Yeah I looked at the number of photos and videos that I have the other day on the flight Because I like put I started putting things into albums. Sure. Sure like that. Yeah, it was a cool thing making playlists Yeah, it's a cool thing. I'm putting photos in albums, you know, so I I feel like they're forcing us to do that with the way they all just sit there. The number of photos and images that I have on there is absurd. It is a very very very very very very very...

I assume you pay a lot for iCloud every month. I'm kind of curious. It's a huge number. I don't even know if like I want to say it with how big it is. Oh wow yeah. Huge number. Yeah. 20-27,300 items. You're at 27,000? Yeah. Okay, that's pretty good numbers It's pretty good numbers. Yeah, a hundred thousand in there

97,000. Yeah, there you go. I'm like what and then voice memos. Do you remember when I would send you an open? Voice memo open every single day for the podcast. Yeah for the show. Yeah. Oh those are in there I was going through my voice memos, you know, because there's like, I have like, you know, like some things, like some comedy story concepts that I thought of that I put in my voice memo, just over the years that I've created, thought of and had and curated or whatever.

So I'm scrolling back through my voice memos, obviously none of them have a name, they just have numbers. And I'm like, well, this one's two and a half minutes long, let's see what this is and it's hello beautiful people. Then I go the next one same exact same exact same exact I'm like how many of these fucking things and I go through the day it was like a hundred something straight I mean you're sending these voice modes that are still just sitting on my phone they have to be eating up something somewhere

I have no idea they exist. Definitely space. And then all the I mean missed text messages 38 of them never gonna be able to find them no where are they? No chance. How I have no idea they definitely space and then all the I mean missed text messages 38 of them never gonna be able to find them. No, where are they? No, she is. How come I can't just get rid of those Tim They're in the cloud. Yeah, they're in the clouds. That's why I've reset my iCloud I switched my iClouds in 2020. I believe how good of a place that it was great But I mean, it's already you already build it back up But if you haven't ever if you've never done that then yeah My texts are only for one year though where your pre 2020 on my old Laptop as a back. I was gonna say if you're gonna do that back it all up because it will erase everything Yeah, but so like I did it. What do you need pre 2020? That's what I'm saying. Yeah all the numbers

Memories man, I didn't have family I didn't have memories back but like all the numbers that you have, you know, like think about all the numbers Yeah, it's a crew over time that you just don't use it. Yeah, so I have like the one year for the text. Mm-hmm I scrolled all the way back to the began where these 38 are. Yeah, I literally want all the way There's so much time I've had on planes Obviously whenever you're doing this because I'm sick and looking at this number. I'm like, where the fuck is it? I don't know where they are. Yes, our delete what just no there should be an update where it's just like mark all is red bingo yeah like you can do with emails yeah and on emails at least you can hit

that lower left button it's show unread right and then like even if you can't find it they'll pop up some bullshit that second email down that you definitely saw yeah but they marked as unread then you can easily get rid of it. It's like this text one I don't know how you beat the game. I don't know how you beat it. It used to be bigger and then I responded to a bunch of people like six months later I'm like hey sorry I missed this I'm so sorry like a birthday response because I'm trying to get rid of the number and I don't want to be an asshole and then now there's just 38 since I don't know if it's a new update but you can definitely click read all I just did it where

so In the upper left right next to the text button. There's those three dots. No, I don't have yeah, it's update them So I can just get rid of our upper right upper right up right? That's my fault Yeah upper left is edits though, right there it is. Yeah, he's right. So it's the new update select No, I don't have the new one. Yeah,, your three dots hit select messages I don't have it I don't fucking have it Of course I don't This fucking thing I'm so sick of it

Do you have it? It's under edit too, if you click on edit I can filter by it I can filter by it Oh yeah, read all, yeah So if you click edit select messages, yeah yeah yeah Oh my gosh Oh yeah, okay

Zero! Zero! Thank you! Thank you in the back Great work Oh my gosh. Oh yeah, okay. Zero! Zero! Thank you! Thank you in the back. Great work. Oh my gosh! It's like an Apple Genie. Oh, if you're watching and I haven't responded to the text message, I'm so sorry.

It's never coming. Never coming. It's never coming. Got it done. Did it. Oh my gosh. What a day. I used to have to like do math.

Like okay, 37 is a new text now, today. That sucks. 38 means one new text. And then I have like 47 sitting there. I'm like, am I opening up to nine new text messages here or is this potentially a new number? We just beat the game. Thank you, Tim.

Hey Tim, thank you. Proud work, Tim. I knew you'd be thinking of that, Tim Apple. Thank you for doing that. Would have been cool, I'd make that shot with Dickie V. Definitely. Yeah. Instead, I missed it. He was on top of it. He was. Yeah.

Stop looking at the ball. Mm hmm. Coach. Classic coach. How long? So many follow up questions. How long do you think they're doing like the reps thing on his records? Oh, yeah Is that forever like that? We just did we just take up like four days worth of time No, cuz he just did the ACC tournament for basketball. It's that good. Yeah, I mean like I would assume after that Maybe he probably has to go an extended period without really talking

But he was you know, like he was doing the games like he had always done them, you know, being very demonstrative and like yelling, being excited and everything. It's not like it really changed how he called the game. Yeah, like last week, I bet is when he wasn't doing rested up. Yeah. It is nice to go for a while without talking, you know, as professional talkers, it is nice to just kind of, but then every time I wonder is it still there? You know, that's a wild weird place to be, you know,

when you have no idea if anything's going to come out. Like I wonder if that entire convo, he was wondering if it was going to drop out like he said he was during the games. Scary. Yeah, especially cause if you like, you know, any of that, that's not good. And it's no, you know, it's no monotone with him.

It's no, it's juice. All the time. All the time. We appreciate you Dickie Vick. Hell yeah Dickie. I love you Dickie. Shout out to Coach Calipari, Derek Queen, and shout out to all of you for allowing us to do this

for a living. We will, yeah, well, I think LeBron James gonna be on the show tomorrow. Pretty cool. Yeah, I'd say. Hell yeah. LeBron James. LeBron James gonna be on the show tomorrow. Pretty cool. Yeah, yeah. I'd say. Hell yeah. LeBron James.

LeBron James. Is he gonna be on the program? That's crazy to think about. Insane. Let's have a little fun with the king. Amen. Let's learn about LeBron James. Let's peel back the onion a little bit.

And not do an interview, but have a conversation with him. Like that. Okay? Every podcast host ever. I don't wanna do interviews, I wanna do conversations. I wanna learn about you as a person, not as your profession. Good mindset, good goal.

Hopefully we are able to do that with LeBron. And I can't wait to learn about this guy. How is he in such good shape at this age? How has he been able to kind of navigate the waters of being one of the most famous people on earth since he's like a teenager? How has he been able to navigate coming from nothing, having everything at a very young age?

Remember that Hummer was a massive story when we got in high school, obviously. Signs a massive deal. I think he was supposed to go with one company. His mom tells him, go listen to another company. Nike ends up signing him. He's rich since he's, you know, put all of his friends on, you know, and family. I can't wait to chat with him.

All right, we'll be back tomorrow. Be a friend, tell a friend something nice that might change their life. We're in this thing together. Team on me. Team on three. One, two, three, team. Good night. Hey, I'm Brad Milky.

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