The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1351 - Feel Good Friday With Matthew Tkachuk, Peter Schrager, Ian Rapoport, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: May 30, 2025

On today's show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys discuss the Knicks forcing a game 6 against the Pacers in Indianapolis on Saturday, and Pat addresses the situation that arose with John Cougar Mellencamp, they also dive into the Oilers eliminating the Stars in 5 games and setting up a Stanley Cup Finals rematch with the Florida Panthers. Joining the show is Stanley Cup Champion, 4x All-Star, 2023 All-Star game MVP, Winger for the Florida Panthers, Matthew Tkachuk to chat about the Panthers makeup and why Brad Marchand has blended in so well, the challenges that the Oilers present and how much they’ll take from playing them last year, how exception Bob has been in goal, and much more. Next, Emmy Winner, former co-host of GMFB, and ESPN NFL Insider/Pundit Peter Schrager joins the show to chat about his Knicks forcing a game 6, and to chat more about all the different NFL news floating around. Later, NFL Network Senior Insider, Ian Rapoport joins the show to wrap up the week with all the pertinent news and information from the NFL this past week. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you, we’ll see you on Monday. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello beautiful people and welcome to our humble abode the Thunderdome on this feel-good Friday May 30th 2025 this program begins now. Spored! They're happening all around us and yes the Pacers lost to the New York Knicks last night in Madison Square Garden. All New York Knicks fans that I know have sent me a text over the last 12 hours saying Knicks in seven, Knicks in seven, Knicks in seven. It is wild in these seven game series, the best of seven series is that these sports have more specifically the NBA. All you gotta do is win one game and all of a sudden you're back in this thing. Wait a minute did we find it? Are

we gonna be the team that is gonna make every shot? You know the Pacers gonna become a team that can't knock down a shot at all Are the Pacers gonna become a team that doesn't try to run as fast as they try to were on any games that they win Or the Knicks gonna be the ones that are gonna control the tempo going forward That's what their fans can literally say on this feel good Friday because of what happened last night in Madison Square Garden They were the one that dictated the entire game. They were the ones that were dominant We were the team that tapped out at the very end. Oh, yeah.

Sub Tyrese, yeah. Yeah. Sub the entire crew out. Mm-hmm. Rick Carlisle basically lets the New York Knicks Faithful have a final two, three minutes up 16. Just get a chance to take the victory lap, take the tractor another round,

and take a chance to maybe win this Eastern Conference Final. Jalen Brunson goes bananas yet again. Kat continues to do his thing. Josh Hart even made some plays. And this New York Knicks team is the real deal. They're one of the final four teams in the NBA. With that being said, Pacers and six.

This thing comes back to Indiana on Saturday. And I know Madison Square Garden had to be an incredibly wild experience. I wish I could have been there last night. I wish I had some scheduling conflicts, had an incredible opportunity to introduce Jell-O-Roll at the Big Ass Stadium Tour been there last night. I wish I could have had some scheduling conflicts had an incredible opportunity to introduce Jelly Roll at the Big Ass Stadium Tour in Pittsburgh last night. That was an honor of a lifetime for Jelly Roll I will do anything because when Big Night Out was happening, I called Jelly Roll

I said hey, I'm having a show in Pittsburgh when I give away some money want to do some stuff Will you be a part of it? He says say no more Bubba. I'll be there I said Jelly Roll I need to pay you for this because I know there's probably amount of money that you could be making Instead of coming to Pittsburgh do my show. He said no problem Bubba, I'll be there. I said, Jelly Roll, I need to pay you for this because I know there's probably amount of money that you could be making instead of coming to Pittsburgh, do my show. He said, no problem, Bubba, no money needed. I said, well, I'm going to donate the money. He said, sounds good, Bubba, I'll donate as well.

He matched the donation. So it's like what a Jelly Roll has done for me. I felt obligated as a friend of his to do the same for him in Pittsburgh last night at his big ass stadium tour at PNC Park. It was phenomenal. Jelly Roll plays for an hour, okay? Straight banger, banger, banger, banger, banger, banger, banger. Like Seamus.

It, it, bingo. But it's just heat after heat after heat. Cover, promo, cuts a promo about Pittsburgh. Great one. How thankful he is in this entire thing, how lucky he understands he is, how much he appreciates everything. Banger, place for an hour. We get a chance to hang out with him afterwards. Incredibly honored that I got to be a part of it. Then I get to watch Post Malone do his thing.

Wow. First time I've ever been to a Post Malone show, and I'm gonna say this, guy's a rock star. Mm-hmm. Guy is a rock, hey. Show me. Hey, he is, we are. Out to do it.

He is in that music. I mean, he is in this, he is, we are, he is in that music. I mean, he is in this, he's, I see the videos of him dancing and getting lost up on stage. When you go to show it makes sense. From the moment he enters, he is inside of those songs that he is singing. I mean, he is, there was a lot of, like, I mean, he is, I'm telling you, this dude is a rock star.

He is so entertaining. It's just him on this big ass stage, I mean he is, I'm telling you, this dude is a rockstar. He is so entertaining. It's just him on this big ass stage, 40 some thousand filled up PNC Park. And as I was in the annals of the PNC Park, I knew there was a chance I'm probably never gonna be allowed back in there. With our relationship with the ownership

and everything like that. So I was taking photos of everything, so incredibly nice. Stadium, so incredibly nice. The view, nice. Posty spent some money on maybe some Zambelli fireworks They lot of fireworks a lot of fire. I mean that show was love that bang I mean, that's very good absolutely awesome So very lucky to be a part of that

But as jellies down there performing giving his testimony and crushing and as posty's doing his thing within the music We're watching Nick spacers on a little bit of an iPad, little cell phone next to us. Had good service too, by the way. It was great. And all I could think of the entire time was Bruce Brown, Michael Cole, even Michael Che sent me a text last night just with two emojis.

One of these right here saying the seven. Then you look at the celebrity row that they had over there, okay? I don't know if they're paying $171,000 a ticket if they are congrats all of them seems like they've afforded the opportunity to be able to do that. TJ McConaughey, Miles Teller, I've seen him there. Oh yeah. Saw his wife there as well. I sent a text I go, uh, Thought you were a Philly fan.

Excuse me, you're there for the Pacers is what I said. As soon as I, is that, is that my tie? Is this game? Hey, you're a Pacers fan, is that what we're doing? He responds to me, don't wanna talk about it. I go, no, I go, wait a minute, Miles. He goes, I'm here as a guest of New York Knicks fans and potential ownership or whatever. I'm like, Miles, you need to stand up

for the Pacers in there. You could be the turning point of this entire thing. You could be the lynch key of this entire thing, Miles. Nope, he's there with Chalamet. Kylie Jenner obviously in the building. Ben Stillers rocking. Spike Lee was there. They were all having time of their lives, as they should.

It's a very, very cool time to be a Knicks and a Pacers fan. This Eastern Conference Finals has been electrifying. And it comes back to Indiana Tomorrow night cannot wait to see how the Pacers respond cannot wait to see if Tibbs and the boys can continue to put the pressure On the Indiana Pacers does this go to seven like all New York Knicks fans are hoping for I don't think so That's possible. It's possible true congrats and the Knicks and their faithful in a big time Now when the Knicks are playing in Gainbridge, I believe there is going to be some boos. There might be some negative things said. What? Towards the other team. I hope not. There might be. It better not be. That is kind of how sports work I think. Not if we're

there. Well now, going going forward we are going to be an agent of only good things at sports stuff happening. Only positive cheers going forward because that will make John Cougar Mellingcamp happy. What a moment for John Coug yesterday. What's that? You mean who's your hospitality? That's right. In quotes like this. Mr. Mr. Kug, Mellencamp. I don't know what he thought he was doing with that particular quote tweet. I respect and appreciate the fact that he said, you know what?

I've made a pretty good living over the last few years, grandstanding higher than anybody else on everything. Yeah. This feels like a good time to do that right now. And he puts out this horrendous quote tweet horrendous graphic John can't tell you how bad everything you did here was everything the graphic the quote the timing You're two days late John. You're two days late, but puts this thing out there. Don't even say my name. No John

Shut the fuck up. OK? So they put this out, calls me somebody. I am somebody. And I normally don't want people to just get slaughtered. You know? Because I know we have a very active following. And I appreciate the hell out of those people.

They are very kind. The people that have followed our story are the greatest people on Earth. Because there's a lot of times they could have just said, no, we're not doing this anymore. They've stuck with us. They are very kind. The people that have followed our story are the greatest people on earth because there's a lot of times they could have just said no we're not doing this anymore they've stuck with us. They are active though and they like us John. I know you probably talk to people that say they don't like me you know and you probably read from journal we know who you hang and who you listen to John so you probably read a lot of people that don't like me. I don't think you or your team had any idea that there's might be people that are on my side, John

So I hope whenever you opened your ex account if it is you you've seen what everybody did and you could have taken the angle Be like hey, there's some people attacking Pat for what he did I'm actually on Pat's side because we represent this state of Indiana. We're lucky and thankful to represent the state of Indiana We don't have a lot of people pulling for us in the state of Indiana But you know what? I see another young buck that's doing it, and I appreciate him doing it. You could have easily done that, John.

But instead you're trying to think you were going to bury me? I don't think so, John. Hey, Kug, suck it, buddy! And hope I get a chance to see you real soon. I think we're probably going to be at the same place pretty soon. I don't want to hear your bullshit, okay? I don't like you.

I know your name, and I don't like you. I know your name and I don't like you. Your songs are pretty good. Yeah. Well, yeah. Lil Diddy, what's that mean? About Jack and Diane. Two American kids growing up in the hot land. That shit's great.

Yeah. Song. Song. He's got a couple. He's got a couple of bangers. He does. He does. Coos got a couple.

He's had a lot of success. He's been a great success bangers. He does, he does. Coon's got a couple of bangers. He's had a lot of success. He's been a great success story for the state of Indiana that is my home now. And it's a good thing. He could have, you know, he could have seen everybody trying to kill me for this and kind of had my back. He goes the opposite way.

And then what happens in turn is every human that's ever encountered him sees this as a bird call to tell their story about John Mellencamp. And it out I didn't say this but a lot of people are saying who the hell are you to speak about treating people right and we didn't say that we're just reading the responses to that and hey Kug have a good one brother I hope every sporting event you go to goes the exact same way that game four went and I hope your little head just explodes because you can't take it anymore. Talks to the tables here at boss of Connor

at Tyshman. What a day on X yesterday for Coog. Yeah I mean to be to be quite frank it was absolutely awesome because you don't ever see someone miss the mark so completely anymore. Like Coog was thinking that everyone was gonna be like you know what thank you Coog that's not Hoosier hospitality we don't do that kind of stuff. And like you said, I mean, yeah Kug has some bangers, he does, let's not get that twisted. Like this guy in his day was, I mean, a heat maker. Exactly, exactly. But I mean we're talking tweet after tweet after tweet after tweet after tweet. Because at a certain point you could be like, well you know like a lot of this could be BS there about 5,000 7500 responses all basically

saying like hey John don't you remember when I interact with you and so and so and so there's a lot of those a lot of those this guy this guy is a massive massive asshole apparently yeah I don't I don't know him from you know anything else but you know he saw 8 million views on his there's no way He thought that thing goes out Yesterday during the show I think like we're at the tail end of the show and it goes out and I'm reading it I think I think this gotta be a joke I thought it was that I read through it again

And it's like nope Nope keeps going and the number of views and interactions with that thing just starts climbing I see it as 1.5 million I'm like, that's a big, that's a big tweet. That's a, that is a good tweet. There's people that see these tweets that have like 40 million views or whatever. That is outliers. If you get like a million view,

a million impression tweet, that is gigantic. Like, those are big numbers. This guy's at 8.3 million or whatever right now on this thing. This thing has just been a runaway. And I, I want to be honest, it very rarely happens. I appreciate everybody going to bat for me, Similuk. Yeah, that was awesome.

Yeah, I felt like everybody was kind of on my side. I didn't everybody stand up unlike John Cougar did for our stars and stripes. Yeah, bingo. We can talk about Allegiance. Thank you, Tony. You're welcome. That's one half of the hammer.

Cowboys, AP, Tony. We can talk about the Allegiance stories that people have. We were in Lucas oil He put the coats in the interest because he's in a coach suite to And everyone in that suite was standing up except I think for maybe one person that was 90 plus years old and then you look over in Melon campus and standing up So I get it those other people are telling their stories one of the most respected newscasters in Indiana Angela. Good. No good No, yeah, she

Shared her two cents. She didn't really even go into it, but she basically alluded to she's been on TV for 24 years here in Indianapolis went to IU. She's like a TV legend She even felt it like as I was reading something like John Coog had no idea But I didn't know that that was not a good indicator for what's gonna happen our game. Yeah, he's basically fan allegedly You know each little few this whole life. He's basically he gets free tickets I think so he goes to shows up at these things takes over entire portions his little crew to they act like they created the place I've had to deal with this group numerous times before he's legend though little daddy had to deal with this group numerous times before. He's a legend though.

Little diddy, about to check and die. Sucking on chili dogs, our side tastes freeze. Great, like we are saying this. But yeah, I knew it wasn't good in the kidder for what was gonna happen in the game. As I was reading, I'm like, this is not good. And then everything I said, not good. And then how big that got, not good.

How empowered they had to feel, not good. Did not feel great about game last night Which is why Doran show yourselves like we lose this one's eyes best of seven because I had a bad feeling Game six back here in indiana. Oh, yeah Suck it all truly doll. Yeah, exactly We're gonna be doing just well and no game just fine. No camp I should didn't even get to see the game too because I Allegedly in the first quarter when the Knicks start boo just destroyed his TV. Really? He said this is not sportsmanship.

Yeah basically just are you kidding me. Well I thought maybe his high horse was so high he didn't have his binoculars to be able to watch the game. There's a chance he couldn't see all the way down there so basketball still happening. Who will the Oklahoma City Thunder take on in the NBA finals? We shall see. The NHL Stanley Cup finals, we know. Representing the West after beating Texas Hockey last night, the Edmonton Oilers are back in the Stanley Cup finals. And congrats to Connor McDavid and Jai Seidel and the boys

for putting on an absolute clinic against the Dallas Stars team. The goalie, Otter, who we love, we've become a big fan of. David and dry Seidel and the boys for putting on an absolute clinic against his Dallas Stars team. The goalie Otter who we love we've become a big fan of he's potentially gonna be team USA's goalie going forward which we love. He got pulled after two shots now that was also two goals up there in Edmonton. The coach was asked afterwards like why'd you do that he goes this guy stinks in Edmonton okay then we see two shots go by him we decided to make the change it did not help Edmonton would still go on to win this thing

Even though Dallas would fight back a little bit Connor Mcdavid would ice the game And now the Edmonton Oilers are going to the Stanley Cup final representing the west taking on the back to back Stanley Cup champions The men could be back the three time stand-up cup final appearance legends of South Florida elbow room regulars ice

dominators ladies and gentlemen from the Florida Panthers Matthew Kachuk Chucky what's going on man? What's up guys? What's going, guys? Thanks for having me on again. Hey, thank you for joining us. Congratulations on a big Eastern Conference Finals, Dubb, and heading back to the Stanley Cup Finals, a place that you guys have called home for the last three seasons now.

Looking to go back to back obviously would be a big deal in a dynastic conversation. How do the boys feel? Do you feel more healthy this year, or at this time of year, everybody kind of feels the same exact way and you're just used to it? Yeah, it's I mean those bumps and bruises along the way everybody's pretty banged up this time of year on every team But you know, it's what's nice about

You know our team is the depth and when guys have been in and out We've been having guys that are able to fill in the spots. But yeah I would say we're obviously knock on wood but we're pretty similar to last year with health going into it. So we're confident but so is Edmonton I'm sure. They're a hell of a team and it's going to make for an incredible series. And not very often do you see a rematch in pro sports in the finals. So I think that it's the two best teams in the league. And to be honest, I think it's pretty clear

that we're the two best and it's going to make for an incredible final. Yeah, it's been fun to watch you two get back to this point, obviously through the different roads that you've had. And you said it's been pretty clear that you two are the best teams. There's a clip coming out from you last year talking I believe to make David saying we'll see you again next year do the same thing or whatever almost calling your shot

What is it about that Edmonton team? Obviously, we see McDavid obviously, we know dry subtle, but they're just the same as you guys They're fast. What do you think it is about them? That makes you say the we are the clear two best teams in hockey at this moment You're obviously in the finals back to back years, everybody's gonna talk about that, but what is it about their team that you have so much respect for? Yeah, I'm pretty familiar with them going back to my time in Calgary and seeing a lot of those players grow, playing against McDavid a ton. I mean, I think that's pretty much, you know, when you're playing against the best player in the world, he's always

going to give you a challenge each and every night. But it's not just him, they're a deep team. They play really hard, both ends of the ice. Their goalie is playing incredible right now. I think the thing that's underrated with them is their defense. They make it hard to get to the net, they block a lot of shots. All the stuff that you've got to do to have a successful team. They started the playoffs down two games to LA and since then they've been 12 and 2.

So 12 and 2 is incredible in the regular season. It's almost unheard of in the playoffs. So they're playing the best hockey of the year so far for them and it's going to be a battle for us. We're going up there to Edmonton to start. And like I said, they're 12 and two in the last 14. So we got our hands full. We're gonna take that underdog mindset and mentality

and go up there and try to do what we did last year, I guess. Yeah, you have the experience, obviously you've been able to accomplish it. Hoisted Lordo last year. Did you see what Connor McDavid decided to do last night that caused quite a little bit of a stir in the hockey tradition and hockey tradition? I don't know, whatever. He lifted a Clarence Campbell trophy last night. Last year they did not touch this particular trophy after winning the Western Conference and they would go on to lose. So this year they decided for him

to touch it. Now the crowd said whoa whoa whoa! It was quite a reaction. You guys I've heard have done multiple different ways as well. Touched it, lost. Didn't touch it, win. So what is the conversation? Is there a vote on whether or not we're gonna hoist that thing after the conference finals or how do we go about getting to that point where Connor McDavid did that last night? I can't remember exactly how it went down two years ago when we when we played ended up playing Vegas in the final but I think just us as captains were talking and going back to that year like it was such an accomplishment us being an eight seed and kind of just getting into playoffs and then kind of going on, I wouldn't call

it a miraculous run, but it was pretty close to it that year. And so we just decided at that time, like we've earned this, like let's go, let's touch it, let's carry it around, let's be proud of it. It didn't work. So last year we went with the, you know, not to touch it. And last year was very similar to this year for us. It was kind of like that business leg. It wasn't so much of an accomplishment where it was kind of part of the journey for us. This year we just decided to do the same thing.

And Edmonton, if we were in their shoes, we changed it up last year. They're changing it up this year. It's pretty natural for them to do that. I'm not surprised by it, but I think that's more of a that creates a stir with you guys with us that really Doesn't mean anything because what you know the Stanley Cups the final goal. No, no that all matters what he did We got guys around the country for your team I assume that wear the same shirt whenever they watch and if they don't wear the same shirt you guys will lose and even though they've worn it door-to-door before they just didn't wear it the right way you

know that that shit happens hockey I feel like you guys have a lot of those though superstitions there there is some guys that are psycho with them I am not one of them I don't know how people could live their life like that I'd be so stressed out I'd barely sleep if I did that so I think as the years go by you get you get less you're less worried about that stuff and I know I am. There's some... Dan Hurley in his underwear. Yeah Dan Hurley wore the same underwear through the NCAA tournament I mean we've heard stories about some of the greatest of all time in hockey with what they how they have

to operate on a day-to-day basis. For me I got a chance to be around a couple guys in the NFL early in my career that had like, every day was a fool. We got to put left sock on, right sock on, we got to do this, we got to knock on this, we got to do this every single time. And I'm like, what if you don't do it? What's going to happen? Well, I'm going to get cut. And I'm like, so are we sure if you don't knock on this door here, you're going to not do your job well? Yeah, not I'm not risking it and then just building that up ten years ten years of shit how do you remember all the shit to your point yeah I would say I'm okay with I'm okay with the routine like I've got a pretty strict routine but once guys start changing it up after a

win or a loss or whatever and they start psyching themselves out that that's where I got an issue I've got no problem calling guys out for it too so I think that's our team does it pretty well too. That's good leadership now let's talk about a new superstition happening down there in Florida go ahead Con man. Yeah Matty it feels like after every big win you guys are just gunning rats at my beloved Brad Marsh and don't hopefully he's appreciative of it you know treat him kindly of course as always but I think it was you Barky and Rodriguez at the end here after closing it out against

the Canes. How did this come to be? Was it Marshy like, hey, you guys should just fire those things at me. That's going to get me all fired up after a win or how did you guys start this routine here? I don't, I don't actually recall how it started because I wasn't playing in the regular season. Like I think Marshy came and he played probably 10-15 games at the end of the regular season and I wasn't in them so I normally go out I leave the bench or

sorry I leave the ice second to last with Barkey after a win and once I came to game one of playoffs I know Marshy picked up a few rats I think maybe for his kids or for people that were asking during the regular season and then I know I think it started with Roddy. I think I think E Rod shot the first one Adam and then Barky was like all right well if you're gonna shoot one then I'll I'll nicely pass one into you and then when I came back we we started firing them Adam so it's been a fun tradition and yeah people seem to seem to like it and it kind of fits fits what our team's all about having fun and

Not taking anything too seriously. Yeah him being a rat too. I mean, it's like a perfect you him coming to your team seems like the perfect You know storm it really does feel like he was built to be a Florida Panther and now Boston Bruins fans here that yeah He was built to be a Boston Bru. And now Boston Bruins fans hear that, he was built to be a Boston Bruin, what are we talking about? But with the way your team is kind of pieced together, feels like he was a perfect addition, culturally, obviously his style of play, the way you go about doing things,

and also championship pedigree, which he has, which leads to this, go ahead, what are you gonna say? I was gonna say born to be a Bruin, but built to win a cup with the Panthers. Oh, I like that, I like what you just said I like that too. I like it too. Yeah, I'll take that as well. Go ahead, Tony Yeah on top of all that Chuckie, it feels like you know before Marshy was got there Maybe you and Sam Bennett and potentially some others were king of the pests on the Panthers and now that Marshy's there

He is he is kind of taking that spotlight of teams who are dealing with him being the pest. Do you guys have a competition for who can rile up the other team more while you guys are on the ice? And who do you think is king pest of the Florida Panthers? That's tough. Man, I think that maybe changes from game to game and series to series. I think that Well, Marshy got a puck shot at him last round. Yeah, that was why hey, let's talk about that So that was he takes the title for that last round, but yeah, I don't know I don't know. We'll see maybe this round will be different, but I feel like I got my money on Marcia He's he's pretty good. He's pretty good at that stuff and it's nice because if people aren't worried about us

doing it, we can just go out and play. But he's been a great addition, not only for that, but he is such a good player and people don't really see it too much. I get to see it every day, whether it's the games or practice. He is so skilled and so strong on the puck. And then like you said about him fitting in culturally, like I get he's, you know, he was a perfect Boston Bruin for a long time, but I don't know,

as he's almost born to be a Florida Panther the way he is like on and off the ice. So we're very, we're very happy to, uh, very happy to have him. Yeah. It feels like what the way your team has built is a perfect relationship. And the fact that the Bruins traded them there, I think he's made a lot of the Bruins fans go what are we what are we what are we doing so we're just sending the guy to make the champs even better who would be perfect for them um you talked about him getting rifle a puck rifled at him in the middle of a game after he takes a shot at the guy all right

we get a chance that's fair play fair play there and then just moments later. Oh buddy at his own blue line Shoots a puck at him out of nowhere, which obviously would turn to him going what are you serious fighting? And then him getting kicked out then him asking the refs if they know ball basically saying that the refs didn't what was your guys reaction? This is afterwards. It seemed like everybody even coach included said like we have a lot of thoughts on this We're gonna keep them to ourselves. We're gonna keep it to ourselves Everybody just thought that was like a bushel a bush league type move in your guys locker room was there ever was there like was there a conversation about how we're gonna handle this everybody can understand because it felt like the entire hockey world was like that's not supposed to happen in hockey that is not how this goes we'll fight each other we'll

cross check every once in a while but firing this puck at somebody that close is just kind of not acceptable. Is that an accurate read on how everybody viewed it and what was your guys' convo about it afterwards? I don't know, it was pretty greasy, but I don't really know. I definitely was staying away from Marvshev after that game. He was fired up, so I had to let him cool off a little bit after that game he was fired up so I had to let him cool off a little bit after that but I don't know it was kind of greasy but I don't know it's playoffs there's there's there's shit that happens that's that's way worse than that and I don't know it is what it is playoff hockey yeah but you guys didn't I thought there

was a potential five-on-five fight to start the next game yeah just take a stand obviously that would be stupid because the penalties and everything don't take place in the Easter Conference Finals. But the way you guys beat teams down, it's just like, you guys are the boys on the ice. And I think that's why Marci going to the team is just so damn perfect. Go ahead. Yeah, we're talking about Marci. You can't let that stuff take away from what's really important, you know? And that's winning the game and advancing. You know, right now we're the, I guess we're the, you know, with after that happening,

of course we would love to go out there and stick up for a teammate in a situation like that or at the start of next game or whatever, but you got to be careful the way you do it. Like you can't let, you know, the big picture is winning and you could take numbers and get them next year if that's what you want to do do but you can't let it get in the way of what what's the goal right now you think numbers remember a you remember he's got files yeah little bit more stake than not able to necessarily do this right now we are go ahead gonna have to say maybe not right now but i mean it happened with

our whole while you're in the penalty box chuckie i mean you everyone saw you kinda point and look at our home point your head and then at the end of the game while you were in the penalty box, Chuckie. I mean, everyone saw you kind of point, look at Ajo and point your head, and then at the end of the game, after it was kind of signed, sealed, delivered for you guys, I mean, you beat the breaks off. It was awesome.

Yeah, yeah, Chuck. Yeah, I mean, I guess that goes against everything I just said. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I don't know. I don't know. I've played with Ryan O for a bunch of years, hated to see that hit happen and it knocked him out for that game. We were obviously very lucky. He was

out for one game and we got him back in full force, but never liked to see that happen. The game was out of reach. So I decided just to, I'll take the two minute penalty to stick up for my teammate and got kicked out of the game and is what it is. Yeah, that's why we love your team and you just want to let you know, let alone the national anthem booing. We're fighting right now. I mean, you, you are everything we like about hockey, Chuckie. You need to know that. So even if you're lying to our face about how you're going to operate things and then we counter it immediately, we will still love you, Val. Go ahead, Ty. Chuckie, how do you guys either rattle or get into Stu Skinner's cage when this next

series starts? Last year or the last couple years, that was kind of like, I don't want to say the downfall of the Oilers, but everyone was saying, hey, Stu Skinner's gettable if you get some momentum, get some pucks on net and all that kind of stuff. Like, is there anything you guys need to do differently to kind of get inside his head when he has been standing on his head these last, you know, I mean, you mentioned it, they're 12 and 2 since the opening two games of the playoffs. I really think with Edmonton, like, they've got the experience over the last few years

where, you know, you're not going to really do a whole lot that's going to mentally get in their head or whatever. I think you just have to keep sustaining pressure and shots and offense and continued physicality. You know, not obviously can't be physical on him, but you know, the rest of their team and, and I think that's how you just, I don't know if we can really get to that mentally by saying stuff or doing stuff, but I think our team's mindset is just try to wear you down, wear you down. So even if you're up three and you lose, then wear them down enough where that game seven you could win. So we have that game seven mentality and we have it each and every shift in every game.

Whether that's Skinner wearing down or whatever I mean, he's been playing incredible from the games. I've been watching You know the last couple rounds so we're gonna make sure we're gonna have to make sure our shootings dialed in and we've got a lot of guys in front of Them to make sure he doesn't see it because he everything he's seen right now. He's stopping So got to give him a lot of credit. He's playing great. All right, let's talk about Bob also playing incredible Feels like you got to have a hot goalie He's always feels like he's just always standing on his head. This guy have feet He's he's incredible he is our backbone he's he's been our you know

He's just been so reliable the last few years and and he's just a guy you really root for like how he prepares his routine you know how dedicated the sport is how great of a teammate he is and just such a special human being so we got a chance every night with him and and that's all you can ask for and he's been absolutely incredible again for us this year goalies weirdos not not him he's he's incredible he's awesome I've played with a couple that are weird, but not our goalies. Love his Panthers team. Good luck, bub. Yeah.

Connor McJesus is flying right now. He's literally hovering above the ice. It feels like that's always happening, but obviously a hot Edmonton Oilers team taking on the reigning champs in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. It's a beautiful thing. You're the man. Keep representing for all sports, brother. Ladies and gentlemen, Matthew Kachov.

Yeah, Chuck E. See you, Chuck E. Yeah, you gotta watch what you do, especially the East Carver's Finals. You can get him back later. Connor, yeah, but what about whenever you... Oh, yeah, I didn't like that he did that. Yeah, had to handle the business. Game was put away though at that point.

Yes, it was. You know, there's a time and place, right? This is this is close game We can't be taking cheap, you know, but we can certainly remember we got you. I think fourth week next season Yeah that game matters Mmm, we can give up penalty or two though. You know, we got back-to-back days. What's that greasy? Yeah, so greasy is our new thing Mm-hmm. I guess that's the new world greasy. Yeah, that's lacrosse yesterday Chase Frazier talks about a Center having a greasy face off. So it started an entire line brawl and then Chuck goes Yeah, it's a little greasy move and everybody knows exactly what it means. Yeah, I like it

I mean those connotations used to be bushy with greasy. Of course, there's not What are you guys saying gosh the Spears not from Italy if that's what you're talking about. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, holy hell. Holy hell. I was back in Pittsburgh yesterday, saw a lot of Italians by the way. I bet it was awesome. Felt good to get back in there, felt good to get back into the mix, you know, how we do. Muzere, where's it at? Seat? Forty-some thousand people there. That's a lot. It was in every seat. It was one of those where there were spots. Like it was insane. Yeah, it goes straight up. The baseball shit goes straight up. And speaking of baseball, there's no hockey tonight. There's no basketball tonight, but there is baseball isn't there Ty? Thank God for baseball tonight. Yeah. Yeah, I mean if you want to stay up late, we have

Well, it's you know, 10-10 Eastern. Eastern watch first pitch. No way am I watching that? Yeah, Yankees West Coast Road trip. They played Dodgers We got a World Series rematch from last year potential World Series preview for this year Both of them have been playing very very well But yeah, I mean if you're not a guy like me or you know, I mean shit I don't even know if Bruce is gonna you know you know, stay up for this one with the Knicks tomorrow night. But yeah, 10 10 is very late, but this whole series, all three of these games are on national TV some some way, shape or form.

So if you do want to just get like a little, you know, a little morsel of what the baseball season has been so far, I mean, this is about as good of a matchup as you could ask for. I love to hear that all of the game stars are playing in one game. Yes. And I appreciate that it's on at 1 a.m. Eastern. Well, you know, 1 a.m. Eastern will be, you know, 8 innings. Can you call Passam please? 8 innings.

Specific. And this is also... Yeah, specific. Don't we move with... Wouldn't we want to see Aaron Judge for a show here with our thousand percent? That that's what's interesting is tonight is 1010 and then like tomorrow I believe is on Fox and that's 710 So I think I don't know if it's just because it's Friday and they want to make sure like both of the weekend games Sunday night This is Sunday night baseball. So that'll start Yeah, exactly just tonight is the 1010 start tomorrow to the Pacers started eight so you'll get a good three at bats Tomorrow's probably should be flipped where the baseball kicks off later, but this is a good reminder How these conference games we've been so lucky that none of them have been on the West Coast you forget games start that late

Because all these games have been you know every team has been what Mountain Tom? I guess Edmonton's the only one that isn't Central or Eastern. It's been kind of one of those blessing in disguise you don't really think about until you remember that games do start at 10 o'clock. Okay, let's go to the NFL. Kwesi Adofa-Mensa has signed an extension with the Minnesota Vikings. Congratulations to the general manager over there who put together a team that was competing to be the number one seed in the NFC in the last week of the season against

the Detroit Lions they would lose and Maybe even get a rule change because how great their year was from going first to a fifth seed in the NFC He is pieced together quite an outfit over there. Now, what are they doing a quarterback going forward? Well, it's JJ McCarthy's team now Obviously nobody has said that outright but they every move and everything that they've alluded to is basically that they're gonna rely upon the national champion out of Michigan Who's rookie year didn't even get started because of a surgery that had to happen in training camp So now that JJ's their guy Quasies locked in Kevin O'Connell is gonna be there for a long time

it feels like the Minnesota Vikings have found some stability if JJ can play quarterback well. There was obviously a conversation about, are they gonna bring in Aaron Rodgers? Does Aaron Rodgers wanna go play with, you know, this Minnesota Vikings offense that is absolutely loaded? Quacey was able to get Justin Jefferson paid while also bringing in a lot of other weapons on the offensive side.

He was also able to almost have a defensive player of the year candidate. They are stacked on both sides of the ball. All contracts are seemingly good. And the only question mark is, is JJ McCarthy a guy? They have rolled the dice and said, we are willing to bet on it. We believe in him. They drafted him. Jim Harbaugh, whenever he was coming out of Michigan, said, this is the best quarterback in the draft. The guy had the best workout I've ever seen, is what Jim Harbaugh said. Now, Jim Harbaugh did recruit him to Michigan. He did win a national championship with Jim Harbaugh at Michigan, but that's literally the only question mark. Everything else that has happened around

Minnesota, I think everybody would say, yeah, that's the right move. Kwesi, obviously a general manager, a large part of all of that. He gets an extension. Congratulations to him. That's a big deal. Yeah, yeah. And we all just have so much faith in Kevin O'Connell, where you feel like you've seen it. Remember the Pasternaut thing, I feel like solidified it for me when the Pasterna came in and they just started winning games with KOC telling him in his year what routes his receivers are running to the point where you know, okay KOC I believe came on this show and told us yeah, sometimes I had to shut up I had to stop talking because I was giving him so much information

But I mean he had a year to kind of watch How much do you think he was able to watch? Because with him being so hurt, we- It was on the sideline. I think we saw him in the building. There was articles he was in the building and doing VR stuff with the quarterback. Yes, we saw him around. We saw him on the sideline.

He got a chance to experience it. A lot of mental reps. We talk about rookie quarterbacks not having to start early. Now, he had to miss some time, and he had to go through rehab, which might have helped, actually, if he's in a training room with the boys you know throughout the entire season what you hear what you pick up what you learn there's a chance that he got like a master

class on how to be an NFL quarterback last year while rehabbing becoming the healthiest he could possibly become. There's chances the guy I mean like everybody that's talked about him says this is the guy they actually say that the Vikings are gonna get better. Sam Darnold was their quarter he was up for MVP throughout a lot of part of the year. Sam Darnold was their quarter, he was up for MVP throughout a lot of part of the year. Sam Darnold reinvigorates his entire legacy, his entire career last year. He doesn't get re-signed to go, wait a minute,

this is what you wanted. Kirk Cousins, same exact thing. They don't re-sign him, isn't this what you wanted? Now they're going with JJ McCarthy, the young guy, and it's like, you listen to Kirk Herbstreet talk, he's like, they're gonna be better. And it's like, they were- Orlowski thinks that too. They were playing for the number one seed in the NFC last year. He's like you listen to Kirk Herbstreet talk he's like they're gonna be better and it's like they were they're playing for the number one seed

in the NFC last year he's like gonna be better I don't I don't know if they're gonna be playing for the number one seed because it might take him a little bit to learn but in the long run team is gonna be better and JJ McCarthy is built for the moment in the big moments JJ McCarthy is there he's got it is basically what everybody says IMG had it soon as he got the Michigan he had it as soon as he completed his career Michigan he had it and says IMG had it soon as he got to Michigan He had it as soon as he completed his career in Michigan He had it and he would have had it last year if they would have let him play that is what everybody that knows JJ McCarthy says so let's just assume he's the guy and let's assume that the Minnesota Vikings are set for the next 10 years

He's in 10 years in the NFC North. Yeah, and like people might snicker at the oh he was doing VR work last year Like I'm sure that helped him a ton Jayden Daniels talked about how the VR stuff was some of the most important you know routine kind of prep that he had during the NFL season you can get a hundred reps you get a hundred reps in like three minutes so as opposed to everybody having to walk through and reset everybody it's just like boom put them out there we're doing walkthrough bang reset it walkthrough boom we move this guy here this what you got you can just get so many reps so efficiently, so conveniently, so quickly without having to call up the practice squad or read the card team, get everybody set up, get everybody realigned. It's

like you just lock in, everything's realigned. Oh, let's show you too high. Okay, so when they do this, they're going to do this. Let's do that again. Here's a hundred different forms of that. If you're willing to put in the work and invest in the time, which they say J.J. McCarthy is doing. Harbaugh guy. And they exactly and they say Jayden did and all these guys that have success they invest the time. If you're willing to invest the time with virtual reality and technology the amount of reps that you can get is a thousand X what it used to be so you can learn much quickly and it feels like guys are doing. So I just read so what they did was they put a camera on Sam Darnold's helmet during practices and walkthroughs and then put that footage into the VR so that JJ McCarthy could see what Sam was seeing during

Walkthroughs and practices then obviously the game stuff, you know, you could do that as well Yeah, and the amount of trivia and there's just so many things that they could do in there with how interactive it is I assume JJ is gonna be great just because everybody that knows him says he's going to be great. That's what I assume. And he's got Justin Jefferson Jordan has and TJ Hawkinson and Aaron Jones. Yeah. And Kevin O'Connell. And they invested in the O-line. And they have great defense. And they have great special teams. And still got B-Flo. Yeah it's like you're in a great, JJ might be the perfect guy for the job but also that might be the perfect team to be a first time starting quarterback in the NFL. Good luck to them all. Congrats to Quacey.

Ryan Gregson gets a bump in title. He is now assistant general manager. Congrats to him. Happy for him. Happy for him. Still just, oh yeah, just an ox. By far the most jacked general managered assistant general manager in the NFL. No questions asked. 305 I think still walking around. Beard game very tight. Obviously I was in Indianapolis when he was hired as a general manager in his 30s.

I think all parties would say he didn't necessarily handle it the perfect way with everything that comes with being a general manager. Not just finding talent, putting together a team, but also negotiations and you know communication And how you operate in a building and everything so I think he got thrown in the deep end I think he had a chance to learn he has a chance to kind of look back on the mistakes that he made Look back on the things that he did very well. We won whenever he was there and now he's continuing to climb the ladder I'm happy for him

I'm very happy for him And I hope he gets another opportunity at it feels like the second time after getting hired very young is normally a Successful thing he's obviously moving up the ranks over there in Minnesota might win a Super Bowl Yeah, maybe for sure joining us now as a guy that might know a little bit more information on quasi signing and if anybody else Because we had no idea that was coming. No. I mean, I'm assuming people did. Is there any other big money moves going to executives? Is there any other moves about to happen around the NFL?

And how happy are the New York Knicks fans? Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now, Emmy award winner, one of the founding hosts of Good Morning Football. Now ESPN analyst and pundit, ladies and gentlemen, and insider, Peter Schragger. How you doing, Schrags? I'm doing awesome.

Smiling, just took my kid to school this morning and everyone's in blue and orange. Back on the bandwagon. New York is beautiful this time of year. Kind of wish you would have been able to witness it, but I understand. I love Jelly Roll. Saw Jelly Roll in Post Malone in Vegas, at Allegiant Stadium a couple of months, a couple of weeks ago.

Outstanding. Was Tyrese Halliburton with you in Pittsburgh last night? I didn't see him on the court. Okay. Yeah, he didn't have his best night. Okay, two of seven. Okay, only had seven shots, not great. Yeah.

And every once in a while, you know, we'll have a game like this where it just doesn't go our way and it goes the other team's way. We look out of sorts, but the other team's playing fantastic ball. This other team just so happens to be in Madison Square Garden with a place that was rocking. I was watching along. It looked awesome.

I know you were not there as well. I was not going to pay $171,000 for a ticket. So that is, and also bail on jelly. Right. Not bail on jelly roll No way, but I would have been able to make it just not a hundred seven one thousand worth I saw a lot of Knicks fans calling me a coward Valid I respect it

I would have been saying the same thing but I'm not paying 200 grand to go now watch the Indiana Pacers Against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals while getting bullied by all of New York I don't have that type of fetish in my life. I don't have that type of need for attention. But I will say, watching the game, I could see how Knicks fans all of a sudden have hope that this is their series. I was getting a bunch of texts, Knicks in seven. We saw the chance outside, Knicks in seven.

That's really what the hope is at this point. And whenever they have a game like they had last night where everything's fallen, Kat and Jaylen are going bananas. Indiana's not able to make much. It's like, well, is that Indiana or is that maybe Nicks defense? Just kind of figuring it out. Are those all the thoughts that you guys are having this morning? Like, wait a minute, maybe this is our series. Yeah, and like the truth is, you know, we're up by five with a minute left in the first half of game four. And I'm in the building looking around to the 10 other Knicks fans that are with me

in Indiana. And I'm like, we got a shot. And then at the end of the half, you guys really put a nice run together. And then it's just an avalanche. And then we get the promo cut. And I'm like, we're not winning now. Like this thing, this place is the building was on fire. So it was like, you felt me a shot. Now we go to game six and all of my friends and I'm not talking about sports media. I'm not talking about people who are sitting on the court side. All my friends who are going to the Knicks games when they're playing the Clippers and the Kings and the Pelicans, they're texting me,

should we go on Saturday? Is it gonna be hostile? And I'm like, no, no, no, you don't understand. These Indiana fans are amazing. They're not hostile towards Knicks fans. They're welcoming. They want you to enjoy the experience. They're just smart, good good and loud as you know

What my ears are still ringing from that game? So I don't I don't imagine it's gonna be a little smattering of Knicks fans on Saturday I think a big contingent is coming Weekend Saturday, and I I'm urging everyone go if can afford it, if you can find a way there, go. Whoa! Go, go, go, and represent the Knicks in Indianapolis. You have to. You want invasion of the big city.

Okay, geez, Louise. That'd be good for the sport. It'd be good for the sport if it was loud. I mean, we got people in this building that are inviting Knicks fans out here, his friends taking them to the game. So I think they are trying to have a little coyote situation Where they're trying to sneak them in in the entirety Pacer fans aren't gonna let that happen. No, they're fans are no

That place is going to be packed out. I don't love the yellow out just with like sure the way it optics Just how i'm built, you know, you're not gonna really see me in a light shirt on a regular basis You know, you're not gonna really see me in a light shirt on a regular basis. Just, I'm built like a spark plug. My complexion, not good for like, that's a tough color, you know? But it'll be a yellow out, I assume. And it might be a little bit orange and a little bit blue scattered throughout there. But inevitably what's gonna happen? You know what Tyrese is gonna do?

You saw the game he just had? You think that's gonna happen? Yeah, I don't think so. That's the thing. It was the greatest performance I've ever seen live in a playoff game three nights ago. Tuesday night he was unbelievable. He had 32, total 15, zero turnovers. And then he was nothing last night. So I don't know what's going on and hopefully... I'm sorry. I'm saying like it is. I respect the hell out of that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, no, I understand. I have to say, oh, whatever. I just didn't realize that the concert poster was Jelly Roll Post Malone and Tyrese Halligan.

Okay, all right. He wasn't at the biggest stadium tour in Pittsburgh. He was at Madison Square Garden. Rick Carlisle and the Pacers have not lost back-to-back games since March or something like that. March 10th or something. Pretty good. I assume Rick Carlisle's message to that Pacers team was a

Pretty enthusiastic. I would assume pretty harsh if I had to guess and Back in Indianapolis on Saturday should be a beautiful thing last question about this particular series before we move to NFL stuff good Connor Yeah, just so you know to Pat some people are right next fans out here just to watch them lose Just to see the tears and next fans, you know that that would be my case there Okay, there's some Celtics fans that You know, that would be my case there, okay? There's some Celtics fans that are out here that are going to the game just to invite Knicks fans out to watch them cry and losing the series. Bingo, yes.

More exact. Yeah, just to make sure we're on the same page. There are some people doing that. Some people are doing that, not everybody. Smart people, you could argue. But, Shrakes, you know, a lot of people are talking about Bridges, Og and and Oby being the key. Is Mitchell Robinson kind of the key to the Knicks winning here?

And do you think they need to give him some more minutes here? Because it feels as though that six minute span with Mitch last night was kind of, it was early, but it almost kind of set the tone where, hey, Indiana, you're not coming into this house and winning. Well, hold on. Wait a second. Al Horford just hoisted up another three and just, oh wait, no, that didn't go in. Sorry, man. Oh jeez. Yeah. No,

you can't talk shit to me, Schrager, cause you guys aren't worth shit. You're not going to win anything. And you see this trophy right here, you son of a bitch right here. You better take a good long look bitch. Cause you're never going to see it again. All right. So you can hang the banner for winning a second round, you know, playoff series that cool. Wow Celtics fans a little rattled right now. Tyrese Albert, no, no, I'm not taking no shit from some guy who's never even sniffed the finals since,

you know, before he was married. Wow Celtics are rattled. I didn't even know that Celtics were rattled. I'm not, I'll take it from the Baysers fans. Cause they got a team that you can respect. I'm not respecting these Knicks fans. I'm not I'll take it from the Bezos fans take a team. I got it respect. I'm not respect Don Mellencamp is not gonna be well guess what I'm not who's your hospitality I think who's your hospitality stupid first of all It's real, but I think it's stupid hospitality we host more events here convention

It's real, but I come from a place where I want a little hey can you get the ffff out of the way? Hey can you just shut the ffff up? You know I like that stuff from the people in my city and it's very nice like you know everyone's oh everything's great you know there's nothing wrong with telling somebody to go to hell or somebody to go. Listen out here you come out to Indianapolis you have a good time. No no. You have hospitality, we'll host you. We got great hotels, you got good restaurants. It's an awesome city. Awesome city. One of my favorites. That's Hoosier Hospital you. We got great hotels. You got good restaurants. Everybody else awesome city. Awesome city Yeah, that's my favorite. That's who's your hospitality. No, no doubt about it. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna talk trash to 18 championships I know better and I grew up having nightmares of the Celtics. So I was just happy

Mitchell Robinson That guy's been on the team for seven years. Mitchell Robinson's the actual heart and soul of this team. So as we're flipping the team and we're getting Josh Hart at the trade deadline to really kickstart this thing a couple years back, and then we bring in Brunson, and of course we get Kat and Bridges this year. Mitchell Robinson was there in those dark days.

So Knicks fans have like a real place for him. So when he comes in, and you know he's bringing defense, you know he's bringing rebounding, and you saw him in the corner there, Jalen Brown in that game, like you know he's bringing that. But when he starts scoring and gosh, when he's getting those offensive rebounds and dunking, like that is an extra good feeling

because it brings you back to those days where these teams were not making the playoffs and the Celtics were beating us by 20 and the Pacers were beating us by 20 and the the Pacers were being played 20 On our court. So yes, Mitchell Robinson not only brings it on the court, but he brings it with the fans There's a special connection with that player. Yeah, we need him to not have a good game on sorry No doubt the need him play dog, you know more and everybody play but Jalen Brunson doesn't know how to play bad now There's some stats coming out about Jalen and cat being on the court the same time last night having success

As opposed to the early games where they weren't having success. And it was hard for me to understand people saying they need Jalen not to play and they will be better because as a Pacer fan I'm like yeah yeah let's definitely do that let's have Jalen not play because every time that guy has the ball it feels like it's going into hoop. I mean every single it makes no sense how he's able to create his own shot and how often it falls. Like if he has just a window of hope, the ball's going in. Then they talk about on the defensive side though, and how they're trying to run play-through and how they can't, don't work out.

It feels like last night they were able to really make it happen. I hope that means they didn't find a recipe. No, no. I hope that doesn't mean that they have figured it out in the Eastern Conference final. I hope that means it was one night of magic in Madison Square Garden with all the stars out shrags. How about that TJ McConnell photo in front of Miles

and Kelly and Tim and Kylie? Had to tag it because if you do it, it's like a where's wall though. It's just every face in there. That's Lance Thomas and Chris Dudley former Knicks in the back of that picture. Like you've got Mike Novogratz, the crypto king in the orange.

You've got all sorts of people. Stiller is kind of hanging halfway. He's standing up. That's Stiller's kid next to him. It's an incredible image. And the fact that it's Jinser, TJ McConnell doing the three point thing right on the side. He's wearing those kicks.

Those are like the John Marantz, but the most like TJ McConnell version of the John Marantz. What's that mean? I love it. What's that mean? Sick. What's that mean? I don't know. They're just plain sick.

No, no, no. Milk you're saying? Those are the milk? Those are the most plain? We got you. Those are basically- I'm so good. Sorry.

TJ's a dog, yeah. He's from Pittsburgh. And there was a time last year where he was marching up and down everybody's court in front of the crowd. Love watching it. Great series, great atmosphere. Can't wait for tomorrow night, game six. Now let's talk a little football, shall we?

There's a lot going on down in Miami. A lot seemingly going on down in Miami. Go ahead, AP Tone. A ton going down in Miami with the Finn fam and the dolphins Yesterday there was a report. I don't know if I buy it or not Shregs That's why I'm asking you that there's potentially trade talks between the Steelers and Dolphins for John who Smith Specifically because Artie Smith loves John who Smith even though the Steelers have it a few tight ends already that they love So, you know, you could talk to me about that, see if that's bullshit or not.

And then also Tyreek Hill's been on a lot of streams lately, which is always a good idea. He's been saying stuff. Is there any chance that Tyreek is potentially in trade talks as well this summer? Well, there's a lot of credibility behind the John who stuff. Schefter has got it and then field Yates at a good point that in Tennessee and Atlanta Johnnoo Smith was one of the favorite players for Arthur Smith. So if Arthur Smith has a voice that makes a lot of sense that Pittsburgh would add another weapon to that offense

after losing George Pickens. Johnnoo Smith's not going to replace George Pickens but it's another receiving option for whoever the quarterback's going to be. As for Tyreek, so much chatter and yet from what I gather he's not going anywhere and now, Jalen Ramsey's more likely to be traded than Tyreek Hill. Truth of the matter is, both of those guys have massive contracts and you're gonna have to find teams that are gonna be willing to take them on. And for all the chatter with Miami and how public he is

with some of the stuff he said at the locker room with the last week of the season, and then he's been on all these streams, and I don't know if there's a directive for him to maybe not be talking so much about it. The truth is, when Tyreek Hill's there, he's fine and he's one of the best players in all of football. In fact, the NFL network did a poll last year. This time, the number one player in the entire NFL was Tyreek Hill. So like you don't trade that player because he's said some comments that upset your fan base online fan base online. When he's there he's great and the truth of the matter is he and Tua actually do have a really good connection. So I don't think Tyreek Hill is going anywhere. I think he just

likes being on social media, likes doing those podcasts and truth of the matter is it's pretty entertaining. Yeah he got a good pop whenever everything he says gets pretty good pop both uh with the people he's with and then on the internet it gets a massive reaction He did say in his press conference He's doing a lot more personally with what he's going through and he feels like he understands Well coach Mike is trying to do in the culture locker room more now than ever and also to a more now than ever So I guess that's good things and then they asked him about his quote and he said it was high emotions You know, I just try to move on look focus in the next day. There's a lot going on feels like everybody's passed it

He feels like he's passed it every time he goes on a live stream though. There's something coming out of it Yeah, something coming out of it. Tyree is a good talker. Yeah, Tyree is a good talker I'd say it like he was traded from Kansas City cuz he wanted to get paid they couldn't afford like I know those Kansas City guys from Veatch to, to Borganzi who's now in Tennessee to Andy Reed. Like they love Tyree Kill. Like people who play, like had Tyree Kill is like the man once you're in the building.

So there was no like bad blood when he left. And I think the same thing with Miami, always going to run his mouth, always going to say things, but like the people in that building, they love Tyree Kill. And he's a well-received player. It's not like he's some can't tanker his guy or a cancer in the locker room I do appreciate his quote on Aiden's live stream is right out of a movie. Let's go Yeah, Aiden Ross is live stream. Those streamers are that business is wild that business is why congrats all of them

That is a whole new genre of entertainment Truman show like that these dudes were doing and women I assume assume I haven't seen them. But I saw at Streamer University There were some there were some pops off down there. So what these Men and women are doing in the streaming world. It's the future. I believe obviously everybody says that's future. That's future. That's future. You got to be on. They will be on. Yeah. All the time. That's the future. You got to be on. They're gonna be on. Yeah all the time like Hey when you're being boring, this is not word. You gotta be on on on on on

Congrats all of them doing her thing and for being as electrifying as you have to be for people just to watch you live your life But every time when Tyreek was on there and every time Tyreek has gone on there He's given a clip that seems like it's out of a movie The most recent one was yeah, I wanted to punch him in the face because he wasn't throwing me the ball Yeah, like that's straight out of a lot of receiver movie. Yeah, you know it is big pop though big pop on everybody rivers I think he was trying to be funny And like you said everybody in the building loves him. It's like if you can get Tyreek locked in he's a weapon He says he still wants to go for 2k. What are we talking about? Let's keep it moving we appreciate the hell out of that and we appreciate the hell out of you strength congrats your next are you

coming tomorrow I'm not no I've actually been texting with our mutual fan Jerry Ferraro you know him from entourage of course he's texting me as we speak like should we go how do we go do you know a hookup like I'm not your private jet guy and I certainly don't have a hookup in Indianapolis but I will say this it is an amazing experience if you do go and I urge all Kn have a hookup in Indianapolis, but I will say this, it is an amazing experience if you do go and I urge all Knicks fans to represent. Now I'm gonna go take all my Mellon Camp albums and burn them in the back here,

because I'm Team Mackle. Let's go. The music's good, the music's good, don't burn them. And hey, Turtle, get the jet. We'll see you soon. Shregs, we appreciate you. We'll see you in the next hour, goodbye. When does fast grocery delivery through Instacart matter most? hour goodbye! Your groceries covered this summer, so download the app and get delivery in as fast as 60 minutes.

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begin June 5th on ABC. presented by YouTube TV begin June 5th on ABC. Spore are happening all around us. Congrats to the Knicks and to the Edmonton Oilers. Knicks get a big win to extend the Eastern Conference Finals of the NBA and the Edmonton Oilers bury the Dallas Stars and become the Western Conference Finals champions and head to the Stanley Cup Finals in a rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Finals against the Florida Panthers. The Edmonton Oilers were playing a Dallas Stars team that had a chance to reach Stanley Cup Finals and instead they lose last night in pretty devastating fashion. The Dallas Stars goalie who we love, Otter,

Pretty devastating fashion the Dallas Stars goalie who we love otter Got pulled after two shots to two shots Totals two total shots he saw I mean he saves you not Yes, two goals hotter. I mean get him out. All right, Otto then Connor McDavid said I'm gonna take this thing over does some glide on it boom pow Assist bang, you know Ed Assist bang. Oh, hi, I'm Ed. I'm Connor McJesus. I'm faster than your whole team. And I'm gonna who's the schoolie? I don't know. I was

waiting for an honor. This looks more like you do know don't stop. Casey Smith. No, no. The goal. Yeah. No, no, no. That was the goal. Yeah. Oh my God. I was watching Nick Spacers. I didn't know they put the goal in the goal was sitting behind the honor this whole time. Uh Gumpy. I watched you go through it all night last night. We're

watching Nick Spacers here. Jelly Rolls performing here. Post Malone then comes out Rock star. Holy hell. Actual. Screaming. Carrying it and then right into singing. I don't know how his. Little bit of rapping too. I don't know how his vocal. I don't know how he does it all. It's impressive. He's a real, real talent. Like we saw Taylor Swift and Taylor Swift does her thing in a different Avenue Post Malone has just the same amount of these are rock stars crowd control yeah it's like it's a different when you watch like Taylor had the entire stadium exactly okay it's like

oh this is a rock star and then post comes out and he's in his songs I mean like he is within the lyrics real passion really like in there as he's I don't know how you're able to do that every night. Like I don't know how you're able to every song is like it is he's writing it is singing it for the first time. He really got after last night, but that's happening. Then we got Gumpy sitting two doors down here. Fuck what's going on. Otter gave up to. They pulled him. They pulled Otter. They pulled him. They sat him. And he turns his phone around.

And it's Otter skating off to the side. They make the Otter do the skate of shame basically over to the bench after everything he's done. And now the season's over for the Dallas Stars. And Gumpi, I'm sorry, it was a hell of a run. You made it to the final four. Made it to the final four Gumps. The Dallas Stars could have been in the Stanley Cup finals

if they just didn't run into the McDavid train that is back in the finals. You should probably go out with one of your best players playing though. I would say two shots and then DeBoer throws him under the bus after the game as well. You know who took the fucking penalty to score the first goal?

A kid that hasn't played since April 26th. Who made that decision, Pete? Who was it? That would be you, Mr. DeBoer. So guess what? Otter's going to be in Dallas a long time before you were and a long time after you are. Oh, you're saying get this guy out of here?

I'm not going to go. He's in a Western Conference, man! I'm not. That's three in a row. I'm not going to go that far. That's three in a row. I'm not gonna go that far. You don't throw your goalie, franchise goalie under the bus after the game. They weren't bad goals either. Yeah.

So you guys are the Carolina Hurricanes in the West, right? More or less. We've won a few more games, but yeah. But at the end. Long story short. Gumpy was calling for heads to roll. It was crazy. Heads to roll last night.

I mean, it was was we're flying home in Literally, we're I don't know 20 minutes into not that conference probably just chilling cuz we're just hanging kind of taking in the concert And then all of a sudden jumping just starts like the bar Like loses his mind in the entirety let's go to one half of the hammer that Cowboys a P tone I also thought it was insane. I mean the first goal was a was a power play where it went from dry settle with McDavid to Corey Perry in under a second maybe and he's standing in front of the net by himself okay so I mean that's not it. That's not a what is that? Almost saved it. Almost saved it and then the second one

it's basically it's basically a breakaway that he slides five hole like these are not terrible This is not like oh, he didn't catch it or anything like these are not these I've these are pretty normal goals for a goalie to give it was saying the puck the board knew it Yeah, have you seen his record up in Edmonton to board like the whole world the sky never wins up here either I don't know if you've looked into it. Yeah, he's a franchise guy the guy stinks We had a poem anyways long offseason for all teams except for one Stanley Cup winner It will not be the Dallas Stars although you guys had a great season. Let's talk stable at boss Connor

Attaik-Schmider here and joining us live from an attic in Ohio. Ladies and gentlemen a college football national champion, a Super Bowl champion, a Ryder Cup winner ladies and gentlemen AJ Hawker. Hawker how you doing pal? I'm doing great but I want to ask Gump how does hockey work? Did Otter know like hey you're on a short leash tonight? If it goes poor early that you're out of here? Zero chance. He's like top five goalies in the NHL. There's no way that was even a conversation. They were actually talking about him being the reason why they could win the Stanley Cup.

Yeah, that's what I thought. He made that save against the Jets. That's why we got to where we are. Like he's been unbelievable all playoff. The diving one back across. Yeah, like he's absurd dude. Good player. He hasn't been his best in Wednesday conference finals.

I understand that. But still you end your season with him and not with fucking Casey De Smith. I mean, the Boar seen De Smith and he's like, Well, you know, Yeah, how do we know De Smith didn't look at the Boar and say, you know, do y'all want to win? Put the Smith in. You think the Smith actually was the one that was hanging over the stats?

You know, this guy's done up here. Yeah. Yeah. There's a cat. See this coach, you see my stats. And then who'd they have them sitting next to? Who was Otter? Oh, Ray Ferraro, Mr. Edmonton Euler himself, that guy never heard more bias.

If I close my eyes, it's like I'm back in Canada watching sports that listen to him call an Eer stars game Gonna be a tough time last year. Yeah, it was brutal. I'll be a tough time. It's actually the most bombed. I've ever seen him Yeah, he's asking for heads or all you know, I love that team the stars give you hope not like the Miami Dolphins You know, well, my me don't got a lot of stories going on but straight since all noise don't worry about it He's he's dropped him. What's that? He's dropped the fence fan of the shield now No, I haven't fully dropped it. You are no longer a fan. I'm still a fan, but I just...

You refuse to be emotionally invested? I'm at the point where I wake up every day and there's more bullshit. It's like, Joe Newsmith was our best player, only pro bowler, and you want to trade him? Chris Greer, every time a guy knocked on the door, here's more money. Tyreek, more money, not more years, just more money. Xavier Howard, more money, more money, more money. Jalen Ramsey, here's more money. Oh, Joe New Smith's getting 4.8. I can't give him anymore. Our best player. It's great. It's a master class again in Miami. It's fucking everything's great.

Happy for you, Gump. Yeah. Let's feel good for out of age and how we're supposed to feel good with the Knicks beating the Pacers last night. Gump is calling for the head coach of these, our Western Conference final team, three straight years, to get fired, OK? And Grock was bullying me last night.

Did you see this, AJ? I did see. This is a new, like a creative way where you can kind of, yeah, Grock can do some creative things It feels like I think a lot of people learned that last night and I'll tell you I get back to my phone After the concert and after the Knicks Pacers game and I see a bunch of Knicks fans going hey Grock Put Pat in a clown costume and guess what Grock was doing. He's doing 10 seconds put me in different clown costumes.

And all of a sudden I go, hey Grok, because Grok does what you say, right? That's what Grok does. I've earned very well. So I said, hey Grok, stop doing it. Okay? Shouldn't Grok listen to me? No, no. Instead, hey Grok, stop it.

Okay? That's me telling Grok to stop. Should listen to what I say. Didn't listen. Picked everybody else. There must have been 10,000 clown pictures of me last night from Grock. People just, TJ Lang explored the space.

He really explored the space. He said he had no idea that this was possible. And he started sending me texts. Just, I didn't know this was scary, he was saying to me. This is scary that this is possible. I go, yeah, so stop doing it. He goes, well, I just gave so stop doing it he goes well I just gave you tattoos I can't I just got you a pacifier I just put pigtails on here I'm like stop doing what you're doing TJ he goes this is scary man I'm like yeah I know so stop doing it he said I'm not

gonna be able to sleep tonight just exploring what Grok's capabilities are I'm like go to bed TJ enough of it he wasn't the only one there's a lot of that now there was some good ones as well a lot lot of me is a clown. Sure. Yeah. And I'll say Grock you are a talented artist. The way you were able to do this so many different ways for people in a matter of seconds is certainly something. I asked you numerous times what are you doing Grock? Can you stop bullying me? There's people that made me look jacked. There's people that made me look stupid. They even put me on top of New York City. Did you see what Grok was able to do? Put me on top of New York City.

I was kind of the king of New York at different times. They had me wrestling, they had me hanging out with Ben Stiller. I think a lot of people learned last night that Grok can literally do whatever you want him to do. There was a couple people that utilized Grok to respond to John Cougar Mellon Camp as well last night. Man, those were masterful too.

No, those weren't even photos, Hawker. It was almost like a short story poem if you will. Oh yeah I saw a couple of those pop up. I saw some of those pop up. So John Mellon camp who was he standing up for? Who was he grand standing for? Like he not Indiana Pacer fans. No good people in Indiana. I was a terrible person. I was somebody. It was nice to feel like somebody though for one. Not in Indiana. I was a terrible person. I was somebody. It was nice to feel like somebody there for one. Yeah, not even though he was standing up for the big city bigwigs because he said he was like he called out, you know, these these Knicks fans down there and they got booed and that's not who's your hospitality. So he wasn't even say, you know, he wasn't even like some average Joe Knicks fan.

He was he was upset that you were calling out the big city bigwigs who were down there. No, he was saying this is not what we do. He was standing up for real people of Indiana. No, no, I think Todd is right. I saw him taking a knee, kind of doing the whole entire thing. I'm basically bending the knee

to the greedy corporate fat cats of New York. Well, I appreciate the fact that he made the graphic It was a good graphic, you know I appreciate the fact kind of tough to read kind of tough to read the white overlay in the picture behind it It's good picture. I mean the white on white shirt didn't do it. Yeah, but little diddy To make kids growing up in hot lane. You know what they say Jackie gonna be That's a heater yeah, okay, that is an absolutely I get you Don't hurt so good

Banger this guy makes good music and he you know has been from Indiana his whole life So I respect that seeing a lot of events Don't respect him sitting down at those just yeah everybody else standing, but it's tough Do you think he has any idea of? The you know specific individual stories that people reach out to him and let them know happened? I don't know if you can hear what all the peasants are saying. Yeah, no, I agree. Your high horse in the way John Meltzer can't pass. And think about how much his horse has grown over the last few years. Oh yeah. It was a high horse. Now that some bitch is a giant. Giant, yeah. That thing's a giant. And he's giant and he's just hey hey this guy fucking made

people boo in a sport event I don't think so he came riding in paint today little diddy but what the fuck I think on his high horse yeah can't hear what everybody else is saying bingo yeah I can't hear what everybody's the same and I don't think he was the one that I don't know I always try to make the benefit of the doubt for these olds sure no, I think he was in in in all that software doing it I Was trying to think of the Anything software, but I couldn't come up with in my mind. Yes on 299 a month meme app

Yeah on his phone you think he made that yeah, I think there's a chip how bad it is I think there was somebody that told him he should say something because he probably read like the There was the hollywood reporter sure variety. Yep at least sports illustrated Many others new york post new york, but yeah, he was reading all these he was reading all these he's going Oh Oh And somebody around him was like, oh

You should say something, John. And he said, took the toothpick out of his mouth because that way he does, he looks super cool. Yeah, I should. And then he said something and then somebody goes, we'll put that on X-ray. He goes, yeah, make sure people hear that. Bingo. And then he walked away.

Exactly. And then they were like, we're going to make this look sweet. It's a good quote. If I can put it on a picture, Bang, bang, make this thing artsy. Has anybody told him how this is gone? I think I would guess word has gotten back to him at this point. John, don't ever. We're not doing that again.

Okay? We're not doing that ever again. Trying to tarnish your reputation overnight. You've been making bangers for 45 goddamn years now. Everyone hates your guts overnight No, it turns out he just learned that everybody hates his guts. Yeah, I think that we all did I did not expect that reaction to be honest. I thought I was in one there. I thought I was in one there I was like, yeah when I saw the quote, I'm like, oh no Cuz John's at every event if he can get free tickets John's gonna be there sitting but who was like I said that who's he?

If he can get free tickets, John's gonna be there. But who was, like I said, who's he, like first off with it, with your whole promo that you did, the whole place, the whole arena was jacked, the players were jacked, everybody was pumped. Who was he standing up for? Well, you heard that Ben Stiller maybe wasn't happy, because remember that Ben originally, I think, was a little indifferent about it. Then Ben, I think, watched it back, heard that I said, ears ringing, and not just said, get these sons of bitches to New York.

And then Ben was like, oh, cool, you should come out to it. He was past the point of everybody that he thought he was standing up for getting past it. They're like, oh, OK, this understand, makes sense. Not that there was a large majority of people that were against it, but there were some people that are like, this dude just said, get these sons of bitches back to New York. Like, that does come off a little bit. You know, like the people that are normally the grandstanders.

I guess it was not for the national TV audience though. That was for that arena right there. I'm talking to the arena right now. Yeah. And we're trying to win a game. We are trying to win a game and this atmosphere can certainly help, especially with what I heard happened after the race on Sunday. It's like, okay, here we go.

So I think everybody that like maybe at the beginning were like, that was unexpected. That never happens. Then they're like, oh, okay, here we go. So I think everybody that like maybe at the beginning were like, that was unexpected, that never happens. Then they're like, oh, okay, moved on. Ben Lilley, Ben Stiller was like, invited anytime. Obviously this game not possible because the ticket's already taken, but invited anytime, which is very cool with Ben Stiller, by the way.

Would like say that to Ben, appreciate him. And I'm texting with, you know, Miles last night, like we all got, everybody understood what was going on. Yeah. I think there was like a respect type thing. Now I did throw myself into the fire for the New York Knicks fans. Now I made myself a target, which goes back to Grock. But that's sports.

That's what's, that's part of it. That's key to competition. I'm in it. Exactly. And I understand that. Right. And I say this in the first hour, AJ. John Kuh coming after me, day of the game. Okay. Then Indiana deciding

to just, I mean just, I mean it was an awesome. It was a bloodbath. It really was. It was a bloodbath. I don't know if he knows how to open X, he should not. And his people that are did this for him and posted this for him, you're probably going to be fired if I had a guess. I'm not, maybe had to guess I'm not maybe not though I'm not her said sure whoever relays the message is probably not gonna get a good good response You know that entire thing so you got a pick and choose who's gonna do that But it's like then we got a little infighting happening here in Indiana now, okay Now everybody's kind of on one side it feels like but still that's a little negative

Then the amount of juice that I kind of added into this with the thousand negative you worried Just last night. I thought we thought last that was gonna be a tough one. You think the Cougar will be there tomorrow night? Oh, I hope I hope so. I hope to go. Oh, yeah, give him like from for fourth quarter Oh, yeah, I'll be great. I love to hear that would be great. Actually, there's no chance if he goes little diddy Everybody would sing along that'd be a positive experience for free. Yes. He is I don't know if they'd all sing along after this whole ordeal Follow deaf ears now Indiana would give I mean here's a You could hit a hip hip hooray, like you want to believe I bet you're right a boom boom

He could hit a hip hip hooray like you want to believe I bet you're right a boom boom Are you stopping over at the memorial this weekend? I don't know I might it's it's a torrential downpour still pretty much over there I got a son selling gatorades and waters outside one of the gates trying to pick up some extra cash So are you donating that money or is that coming back to the hawk house? that's going directly to my son's uh safe in his room i like that good hustle out of the kid how much you charging for these gatorades? they're certainly not allowed to be up for resale yeah that's part of the that's part of the the process what we're doing probably five bucks a pot maybe maybe you know three for ten if you want three for twelve and like we bought punch one for five that's a good yeah that's good steal. That's a good deal. You gotta take advantage of the drunk guys coming in.

You go towards the end of the turn, all the drunk people stumbling out of the thing. I was driving by on the road last night and saw multiple people having a tough time putting one foot in front of the other. So they had a good time. They would have needed three for 10 there. I don't know where Axel was

or who's the one doing the exact sales. Are these cold Gatorades? Has to be cold, right? They gotta have a cooler? Yeah, he and a couple of his buddies have been doing it for a couple years we bought like 15 ponchos last night too we can upcharge big time for those some ponchos we got a little stance blueberry muffins or anything maybe the cheese crackers peanut butter crackers that's good for the drugs as well should buy whole oh yeah buy a whole bunch of Zen I don't know real I don't know if

you want your you know you make sure he's not you know and him and his buddy yeah I sold six in fifth grade it was good 50 cents a sig that's good that's good profit I don't say yes we do then would be good he said guys are asking for beer all the time so he wants to be able to sell beer I said well you gotta watch out because there's cops all over the place they want watch out beer let's see if you're gonna sell these beers we're gonna have to put them beer all the time so he wants to be able to sell beer. I said, well, you gotta watch out because there's cops all over the place. They want to watch out. They're selling beer. Let's see, if you're gonna sell these beers, we're gonna have to put them in Gatorade bottles.

And you gotta tell them you stole them from your parents too. We didn't give them to you. Yeah, we did not help in this process. Zin you could sell for 50 bucks a can. 25 bucks a can for sure. And those things will go like hotcakes. All right, so think about letting your child

sell zins to these drunk adults. He, they don't know what it is. He doesn't know what it is. Just tell me. My dad told me these are magic vouchers. 25 bucks. It's caffeine. 20 bucks kid. How about 20 bucks deal?

Yeah. Pow. Sell some extends to this kid's gonna buy your house. Oh yeah. I don't know. I don't know if that is part of it. We've brainstormed a lot of different things. That would go well.

Narcan. All right, let's start. Ben Griffin's in the lead. He's seven under at the Memorial. It's gonna be a muddy track. Everybody's there though. I saw Scottie go from a Peyton in the program. He's up to fourth.

Scottie's hot today so far. So Scottie's gonna win that. Yeah, there's a good chance. Did you rent your house to anybody? No, I'm in my in my house this year going strong. Let the kid make the money Yeah, thanks Mark. It's either the house or the kids one or the other we didn't rent the house Get out there and sell Scott. He's currently plus 120 to win this one. Okay Rory's not on his heels I'm pretty sure though. No, so is the memorial Roy's terrible. He's not Didn't even call Jack to tell me he wasn't coming.

Yeah, there's some beef with Rory in this tournament now. It feels like Rory's on the outs with some of the old heads at golf. Okay, so the Memorial, everybody plays in it. It's not a major obviously. It's an elevated event though, one of those deals. It's an elevated event. It does feel like it's always packed. It feels like- Yeah, it's Jack Nicklaus. Yeah, you know, it's Jack's course. So that's why I think, and it's now it's an elevated event. It's a big, big, awesome place. So yeah, I think it's a big deal.

So Rory's not doing the elevated event. Isn't that like kind of the entire thing that he was fighting for? Is he hurt? Do we know? Is he okay? I think he's fine, but it's- Getting ready for the US Open.

Getting ready for the Open, I guess. He has like a whole process before the US Open, I guess he likes to do. And remember at the PGA Championship, he didn't talk to the media after any round and that was a really big deal and no one really knows why he had something with like they tested his driver and they don't know if it was officially like legal to use so there's been a lot of stuff with Rory going on is he okay I hope he's okay I think he's okay Rory we hope you're okay but look at us who's your hospitality he won the Masters he's happy he's got to be happy. They're not happy with him

Just call the Golden Bear next time. All right, exactly. Let him know you're not coming make a graphic like to exactly Exactly. Sorry to go. Sorry. Like you remember those 3d photos you had to cross your eyes with. Oh, yeah That's what I felt like graphic. Yep There's no way he's reading it There's no way he's reading it. Oh, Kug's not happy. Is that Kug's nip? He said it. That's somebody.

Got it. How did Kug respond to the malice in the palace back in the day? I bet he struggled when the Pacers got in that fight. Well, he was too busy sucking on chili dogs outside to taste the freeze. What a line. True. That's why it's such a bummer because all the songs are so good. I know.

I've been out on them for a while So this is just kind of the chair. Yeah, don't stand for the flight. That's it Actually, yeah, I mean that was a big deal. He's in the Colts box doing it two years after it's already stopped Doing it in the Colts box. So it's like now Everybody has to answer a question take the free seat though. I understand John takes free spots. I do what you gotta do His hair is so cool, too, it's like a little whoooooo. Always kind of messed up a little bit.

Like that cry, you ever see the movie Cry Baby back in the day? That's literally what he looked like there. Little Travolta in Greece. And he's got that toothpick coming out of his mouth. So cool looking. So cool looking. Instead, he's a sack of bones. He could have had my back age.

You know that? I mean, it doesn't make any sense. Who is he standing? He's apologizing to the New York fans when he is supposedly a diehard Pacers, like everything Indiana fan. Yeah, I don't know. Like he just could have won a different way. He didn't have to say anything at all you had the thing with Ben Stiller than Ben Stiller was like it's cool, man

Hey, it is what it is. Whatever and the game end of story like he did that Like you said it was two days after the fact. I believe there's a TMZ article Pat McVie responds to John Mellie camp Shut the fuck up That's a good byline. I love that. Yeah, had to do it. Had to do it. Had to do it. Just a little Diddy by John Kudekamp. Oh look at who's in the background of that that post right there. I don't know that's John. To the left. Oh Geez, what is that? It's the Documentary that's Diddy's trial. Hey, I would I haven't been keeping up with that a lot of stuff's been being said about a lot of people Yeah, a lot of people don't get into it, but feel good Friday, and I never know what's real and what isn't real You know, I'll see like one account recap everything that said and I'm like, how's this person know and like well they're in the trial it's like are they is anybody else reporting this no seems like they're saying it's pretty crazy stuff yeah it's pretty crazy in there so

well how come nobody else's you know there's a lot going on in there yeah to the internet was she was televised yeah why hmm well isn't it the judge's decision I believe I mean there's a lot of things that are judge's decisions, it sounds like. And you get that gown thing, you got a lot of power. Yes, you do. A lot of power. Yeah. And if you get called to testify, you have to answer.

Just so people know. Yeah, you get subpoenaed. That is the way it goes. I think that is how it goes. He's taking a lot of shots. All right, let's talk about some news around college ball. College football, interesting time. A lot of changes have to be made. A of changes are gonna be made who's gonna make them

We don't know when are they gonna be made no clue. There's just stuff that has to happen Everybody acknowledges it. Nobody wants to actually do it because the amount of work it is but college football is gonna remain awesome, right? That's a breakdown. Yes, that's gonna play on the field. It's always a play on the field stays awesome We're good, which it is. I think Ohio State actually has a night game too We got one you one. Yeah, guys got a uh you got a night game it is against ohio university bobcats bobcats that's a tough one not sleep on the bobcats rivalry game um you guys are playing grambler yeah is that rambling yeah it has who is that? I don't know. I think so I was gonna say I don't play Georgia this year. So they're playing Tunisia, too

It's just a national team that's yeah, that's rambling. Yep. Okay, so they got Texas noon. That's a big one That's a big noon game. Yeah, that's a big noon kickoff huge That's a big noon game. Yeah. That's a big noon kickoff. Huge. They got Grambling 330, night game against Ohio. Cause you Buckeyes fans have been complaining this entire time.

We don't get any night games. We don't get any night games. It does feel like it is some bullshit that we don't get any night games, but every game is a noon kickoff. You got a night game. Okay. Now you guys can booze all day and showcase that beautiful stadium.

I assume you guys are gonna go ape shit with the fireworks and the lights. We only have two of these all season. It's gonna be a playoff game and this one against Ohio because every other home game has to be at noon because Fox has made that their new main slot. That's an interesting move. And I wonder if the Big Ten commissioner,

and I don't think it was Petitie who did this deal I think it was Kevin Warren did this deal I wonder if he truly understood that this could potentially turn an entire school schedule Into just noon games noon games noon games, which has happened to you guys, right? And that was this happened to Ohio State basically. Oh, yeah I mean, I don't know how everything works But yeah, they get to pick the games that they want for for the noon games And of course, why wouldn't you pick Ohio State? I'd want them as many times as possible team up north Tunisia, okay, so

But that was surprised all of us said it was not that there is the ability to have these big ten games as night games It was announced that Penn State's whiteout game is going to be Oregon at home. I believe that one's going to be at night, if I remember correctly. At least I know it's the whiteout game. So like, yeah, I mean, have your big noon game, but also it doesn't have to be Ohio State's every, every game doesn't have to be.

It does feel like it is Ohio State every week though, isn't it? And you know why? Cause like I've learned this through the college game day run here for the last three years. It's like the amount of people that are watching college game day in Columbus and in the state of Ohio is like the most in the country, I think. And then you look at the college football ratings. It's like what state is watching at a higher percentage than

every I think like Ohio is like by far number one always has been that way. I assume AJ. I mean, yeah, I'm sure there's been ups and downs but yeah I mean there's huge school, huge alumni base all over the world yeah why wouldn't it? Yeah so if you're Fox it makes sense like hey we've invested a lot of money in this conference. We've invested a lot of money in this game and our stats and analytics tell us that if Ohio State is playing anybody if they're at noon we're gonna draw a big number regardless even if it at noon, we're going to draw a big number regardless. Even if it's a blow up, we're going to draw a big number. So you see why Fox does it.

But I wonder if Ohio State knew that this was a potential ripple effect of this. No way, right? There's no way Ohio State knew this. No, their new AD, Ross Bjork, he's awesome. He's been there about a year. He wasn't here when this all started. I know he's been trying to push back and figure it out and have some of these night games but yeah what do you do like you're you're locked in if you're Fox I get it if you're high state

you're screwed like what are we doing and I don't think Petite did the deal either so Petite is like probably hearing it from I assume Ohio State which is a very prominent school in the Big Ten has a lot of a lot of people a lot of power a lot of success obviously so Petite's got to deal with it too I assume from Ohio State in Fox is just like what he wants to do We gave you guys billions of dollars and this is a guarantee Maybe create other teams that I don't know what Fox would say out of that Well that that's what cuz I understand like the Fox Aspect of it, but and I'm sure they have maybe like once or twice

But I don't think they've been on CB, you know, cuz there's like the CBS They had the late afternoon game in the night game too for Big Ten and then there's also like the peacock game That they've been doing we're like they have night games on those like it's interesting that for at least a couple of like their Non-marquee Big Ten matchups that they aren't night games on one of those. So Ohio is a peacock game. There you go So that's the only way that the Oregon Penn State one that I reference also a peacock game. There you go. So that's the only way, then. The Oregon Penn State one that I referenced, also a peacock, also a NBC game. It's not Fox. So I think the way that deal was set up

is Fox owned all the games. Fox then subleased games to other people through Big Ten negotiation. So then Fox had to give up games ahead of time, I think, so that they could market it. So they're not gonna give up any of the, they're not gonna give up any Ohio State game. yeah oh you can get them when they're taking on the bobcats Ohio University for sure uh everything else we would like first glance at at least

from Fox's standpoint if that's allowed it's like makes sense understandable but from Ohio State's standpoint can we cap this we have like yeah quick can there only be like two or three of these things that are allowed to be at noon because I assume that Columbus at night is insane. I've never been there. Yeah. We had tennis. Oh, you were there Insane freezing cold. Yeah freezing Drone show. I mean there was a whole yeah, there was a whole thing Yeah, and every single game is at noon and it's like everybody's watching us Oh, I stayed to atmosphere pretty good. You're pretty good. Penn State though

they do that whiteout with the fireworks and everything. That's great. That's what a good atmosphere is. People at Ohio State are like uh, you don't think if we had nighttime, we'd be able to do some other shit as well. It's just the world you're in, I guess too much success. And after Ryan Day golfs with Nick Saban for an entire round at the Memorial, who knows if Ohio State ever loses another game? Yeah, who knows if Ohio State lose another game in this entire thing? Yeah, it's a smart move to Bifast just because if they kick the games off a little later It can boost the ratings of other shows they have but when you look at that Oh, you're talking about like a 1220 kickoff

Yeah, and usually it's just noon, but they decided to do it at like 12 15 get that average peak up Whatever the hell it is. It's all fake You know, I look at that schedule Ohio Bobcats grambling grambling state you know it kind of does make sense the SEC is all up in arms because the SEC is kind of running through the gauntlet and I see Ohio State with a bunch of cupcakes up there on their schedule and you know all of a sudden I kind of get what Glenn Kiffin says I know I said the boo- Hoo Lane Kiffin rule yesterday but hold the phone it looks like the Big Ten's got a bunch of I just got corrected I just got corrected Jim Delaney who was the Big

Ten Commissioner before Kevin Warren and Fox the ones that set this up for Ohio State and Michigan to be stock mostly is the information that I just received from source says and I assume when stock mostly is the information that I just received from Source CIS and I assume when they're negotiating the deal they knew like it's going to be probably one of these two schools they didn't tell Ohio State that they said it'll be whatever the best whatever the best thing is will be a noon we get I mean this entire network is basically like going to give us some major slots it's good news billions of dollars too for everybody and all of a sudden. What's week one? The last day what's week two you ever play in Ohio State? What about week four?

Buckeyes club is new Week five. Yep. Yeah, you guessed it Six Michigan. Yeah, how many more years? How long are they locked into this deal? I think it's pretty long, brother. Yeah, it's a good one for the... I think you're locked in there pretty long, brother. I think this is, I think it's early mornings for the Columbus folk. And I would like to say to the Ohio State fans, because I think game day is going to

be there, I don't know, I assume numerous times throughout the season. Don't get bored with us. You know, we're not the one scheduling the noon games. Tennessee took that thing over for the playoff college game day. Ohio State is a place that gets a lot of college game day. You know, so their fans maybe not always jacked up to go out to college game day. You know, and I would like to tell the Ohio State people, we love doing it on your campus. We appreciate your hospitality and come hang with us. They should embrace it. Like embrace the noon thing.

Instead of bitching about it every week, you know, embrace it. Yeah, you're welcome. You get to watch one of the best teams in the country play right at noon. No, they want to showcase their university. That's what they want to do. Yeah, it's light out. You can see better. Yeah, I guess when I can see all those trees better, because it's like, if it was dark

out, I want to be able to see AJ Hogg's tree. Yeah, but you can't see fireworks. You can't see the light show You can't see the back You guys haven't they should build a dome so they could turn off the lights put a roof on it I Guess then yeah, we could make it look like a night game indoors. They go I mean step it up to Biddle, you know, all this light show stuff. I thought you were to Biddle. Why don't you just do, play your drums, drum boy,

you know, do one of those. They do, drum boy does play the drums. Why don't you play a louder drum boy? Yeah, they do. They do the whole thing. You want to show off your entire atmosphere. It starts and ends with the Biddle. Forget about the fans and everything,

which are obviously very important in this entire thing, and I feel for them. The players having to play at noon every fucking week, every week. You're the best team in the country. You just won the national championship. You gotta play noon. What's the wake up call?

7 a.m., 6 a.m. This is what we're doing every single time. It's like, I think they deserve to have a little bit of a prime time game. It's under the lights, under the lights, do the attorney. Just a couple. That's not gonna happen. of helps the college football playoffs though

we're like you do get to those night games then you kind of know this feels like a big deal yeah here we go this is what we're playing for so cold so cold so so cold that was part of the winning factor yes it was all right let's pivot away from college ball congratulations to the WWE and the Big 12 reaching agreement for SmackDowns. I believe to go to a lot of the big markets before the couple of the Big 12 games. I don't know how many games it is, but I do know that this is a continuing relationship that is being built between the WWE and the Big 12.

Remember they have a title, I believe Undertaker was there, giving out the championship. And now Friday Night SmackDown will hopefully kick off a big 12 big weekend At some of these places. I like it. I think it's beautiful I think it's a wonderful thing and if you already got a city that's ready to explode pop Smackdown in there on Friday Come have a night then roll into the weekend. I think it's a great relationship. Congratulations to all parties I assume Morgantown West Virginia is gonna have a few of these in their world especially with what I'm hearing what are you hearing well I'm

just hearing Rich Rod's still a coach I did hear that he's gonna bash someone over the head with a keyboard like Urban Meyer what happened or sorry that was Charlie Strong Urban Meyer gave it to him didn't that happen oh you're talking about AEW oh yes excuse that Oh, you're talking about AEW? AEW. Oh yes, excuse me. That was not actual coaching. That was AEW professional wrestling down there. I believe that was Stadium Stampede, is what you were referring to,

where they rolled through Urban Meyer's office. Yes, there it is. And remember Urban Meyer, one of his first things down there in Jacksonville, he said, everybody uses this word, elite, elite, elite everywhere. The name of the wrestling promotion that is founded in that stadium is All elite wrestling and he said we need everybody's

not everybody's elite we need to be on the edge I'm tired of hearing this word elite it's like well it's a rest all right urban all right let's go to the NFL shall we joining us now ladies and gentlemen is the host of the weekly wrap-up with rap sheet and friends us being a friends he being rap sheet ladies and gentlemen Ian Rapoport. Yeah, rap sheet. What's up? What's going on? You're in a big city right now?

That's a great- I am in a big city. Yeah, I'm framed kind of nicely actually. It's pretty cool. Yeah, got some trees around your head. You got a good building in the back, good lighting, good polo. How are you?

Everything good? I'm good, man. This is, yeah, it's very nice. I heard you guys talking about college football. I had no idea what you're talking about, but I guess that's okay. Yeah, well just know that Ohio State's playing at noon unless they're playing Ohio University, then it's a night game. And the Big 12 and the WWE have built their relationship.

Seeding is coming- That was a good one, I saw that. Seeding is coming to the college football playoff as they're gonna continue to evolve and trying to find the right answer. And there's a bunch of dogs coming out of college football. So the sport's always gonna be good. football playoff as they're going to continue to evolve and trying to find the right answer and There's a bunch of dogs coming out of college football So sports always going to be good, but the chaos around it is going to survive now Let's go to the NFL quasi signs an extension over there from Minnesota. We knew this was coming and Is this the time of year for executives to get paid normally? It's actually normally not you guys hear me. Okay, by the way. Yes, you sound great Yeah, it's actually normally not. You guys hear me okay, by the way? Yes, you sound great.

All right. Good. Um, yeah, it's actually not usually the time of year that executives get paid. This is one they've been working on really for some time. Kevin O'Connell, uh, the other leader of that organization got paid, uh, right around, I think it was February, right? I think it was either late January, early February. So Kevin O'Connell gets paid.

The plan was always to pay, put a place here, Dofamensa as well. And if you're the Vikings and you've kind of built this really good budding team that should be on the rise, these are the two guys kind of behind it. So locking in both of them longterm makes a lot of sense. And I don't know where the Vikings are gonna go, but they got a lot of talent They got a young quarterback that they like a lot like this

You know should be a team that does really really good things in the future Might as well sign the guys behind it before you do anything else So I think very very good things for Minnesota. Okay, you're probably getting updates right now on your watch as you're talking to us on your phone. I appreciate that. If you have any news to break, just go ahead and spit it out. OK, just go ahead and let it out. We'd love to hear that on a feel good Friday. The Minnesota Vikings only question mark is quarterback.

Is J.J. McCarthy going to be a guy? What have you heard from Minnesota? There were some rumors about potentially Aaron Rodgers coming in. There are some rumors about what they were gonna do. JJ McCarthy solidifies himself, I think, from everybody's perspective as being the next quarterback for the Vikings. Herb Street said they're gonna get better because JJ Orlovsky said it, Jim Harbaugh said it.

Everybody has said this guy is made for the moment. With how great that team is, if he can play exactly how everybody expects him to play, this team's gonna be in a Super Bowl hunt for the next 10 years. Is JJ the guy and what are you hearing out of Minnesota? Yeah, I mean, I would say everything I've heard has been very positive for JJ McCarthy. Now, I mean, he didn't play as a rookie, so there's always going to be that, you know, sort of not concern, but just question mark. It's like, what is it like when he actually plays when the lights come on? You know, is he any different or is he everything you would hope? Right?

There's been a lot of positivity and you know, through the Vikings, they know more than we do. They've seen more, they've seen more behind closed doors. Obviously they have a relationship. They've seen him during training camp. They've seen all of the things they could have brought in a veteran quarterback. And you know, they made an offer for Daniel Jones. We know that, but wasn't that big of an offer. They, you know, if they knew, if they really felt like he wasn't ready, they would have gone all out for a veteran and they didn't. That to me probably says more about their confidence than any words

should be really good. I mean, if he's just pretty good, then as a team, given where the defense should be, given the weapons mean if he's just really good then as a team given where the defense should be given the weapons like they should really be they should be very very good. Excited to watch the Vikings continue to grow. Ryan Gregson also assistant general manager happy for him and his great beard. Hopefully he'll get another shot at running the team. Until then maybe they get a Super Bowl ring in Minnesota. Let's talk about the team that did win the Super Bowl last year. Schefter is reporting that Bryce Huff is being traded or they're finalizing a trade for him to go to the San Francisco 49ers. Obviously he has history with Robert Sala. This would be the third player now from the Jets under Sala that is being sent to the 49ers. Do we know this is possible and what are your thoughts on the San Francisco 49ers moves thus far? Yeah, I mean Bryce Huff has not been present with the Eagles that obviously it like they paid a lot of money for him last year

And free agency did not work out. I think they've tried you know for a while to To send him somewhere to kind of make it make sense still do a bunch of money I think there's some still some questions about like how they figured this one this one out. But if you're the 49ers, it's a player who's got talent, who obviously, again, was a big ticket free agent item a year ago. He's healthy now, which I assume he is to complete the trade. Add him to the mix, some help off the edge. I'd say given the familiarity with Salah like that that makes a lot of sense and just knowing

You know Salah's thoughts and views on Bryce Huff. This is a player really really really liked and I know You know, I'm sure he's gonna be extremely happy right now Yeah, absolutely And the Eagles are gonna pick up nine million of the salary is what's being reported. And then the Niners will pick up the rest of that. That's kind of the conversation for all these veteran players after salaries have kind of been figured out and contracts have been figured out.

It's like, who's paying the bill here because that's a big part of it, especially at this time of the calendar year for NFL teams. Yeah. And, you know, I would say for this one, like if you're going to trade a player who obviously did not perform with the Eagles and he's got a lot of money, like they're, if they want to trade them, they're going to have to eat some of it. You know,

I would say it's a similar conversation. Um, you know, similar conversation with Jalen Ransley, like, you know, obviously the dolphins are certainly open to trading him, but it seems like he's open to leaving, do $21 million. Like how much money are they going to pay if any? And if it's none, then it's like, all right, like, out, how does this one make sense? So that's, you know, when you get a veteran who has not lived up to what you hope, generally, if your team wants to get rid of them, you got to eat a little bit of money. And that's obviously what happened here. Go ahead AJ

Shetty word, excuse me We're just mentioned that the chef Tweet and everything hey it was in my brain sorry about that John who's Smith getting traded rap sheet? How much do you, is this a serious situation here? Is this real? I think John New Smith wants to make money. It feels to me, and you know, there's been some teams that have kind of nosed around some veteran tight ends.

John New Smith is one, Kyle Pitts is another. You know, usually you get to this point, you can do some trades. They can happen. It's just a little more rare and a little, like a little hard to do. You know, again, it depends on how much he wants to get rid of a guy like the Bryce off Eagles are motivated to, to do the deal and basically move on for a player who didn't, you know, didn't really figure into anything they wanted to do. It's different for John who's Smith, because like he is actually a part of what the dolphins want to do.

Feels to me like he wants more money and would like to stay. Uh, you know, I, I know he wants a lot. Um, we'll see what they end up doing, but again, going back to the Ramsey thing, like if they are able to trade jail and Ramsey, that's $21 million. Some of the $21 million will come off the books, depending on how much they pay. So that might, trading Ramsey might help John A. Smith get the contracts he wants as well.

John A. Smith being traded to the Steelers would be awesome for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yeah. I mean, got a chance to see some Pittsburgh Steelers last night, I will say. Got a chance to chit chat with a few Pittsburgh Steelers. Good lads. Which ones? I'm not gonna say their names chit chat with a few Pittsburgh Steelers. Good lads. Which ones?

I'm not going to say their names. Herbig's a good dude. Herbig's a hilarious guy. He was one of them. Cam's head. Still. Unbelievable. Yeah. I saw Cam Hayward eating a salad at 8 p.m. last night.

He was in a suite that had everything available. Chicken wings, pizza, sandwiches, you name it. Everything was available. Cam Heyward, 8 p.m., lot of chips, cookies, you name it. Delicious. 8 p.m. salad sitting down right in front of me. Committed. Watching Nick's Pacers, we're in between Jelly Roll and Post Malone.

Literally here, turn around, look down. I see him eating a salad. I go, this is a game. There's gotta be a work. He's doing this for show right now. What is it? Eats the whole thing, cleans it up. Cleans it up.

Obviously, I like that. Did you expect him to eat like a big old, like, you know, meatball or something? Yeah, big old meatball. Big old meatball. One big meatball. Yeah. One big one. Yeah, grazie for the meatball. Massive, just old meatball. Big old meatball. One big one.

Yeah, grazie for the meatball. Massive, just like a massive... I just ate him salad in the suite that we were in. I did not expect, and I told him, nobody in the history of football with a T in their position title has ever had a salad at 8PM at a concert with everything that has been available around us. Keanu wasn't even thinking about it. Not even. Keanu, dog. Weapon. By the way, I really like the Steelers team. After last night chitchatting with them, I really like what the cut of the Steelers gym. I am a big fan of the way they operate. Who's gonna be their quarterback, Rap? Who's gonna be their quarterback? Do you know yet?

I mean, I will say it again, I would be surprised if it's not Aaron Rodgers I'll be surprised if it is not Aaron Rodgers. Oh you talk to Just is somebody here might know more than me it is possible but to me god That is what makes that rap sheet or the Steelers telling you that no, no I think the Steelers are more kind of like it we want him, but and we hope we get him, but we just don't know. And like, you know, they have been so I do think they've handled this the right way. They have been so patient, making sure that everything that happens is exactly as he wants and plans that they've never been like, like, when I've had conversations with Steelers

people about this, I've never felt like it's some I've had conversations with Steelers people about this, I've never felt like it's some sort of like power play where they're trying to get this done, want to force it. They're like, when he decides, like we'd like to know when he decides, he decides and that's okay. And like, it feels like the off season, they're going on forever. Um, but there really is a ton of time before the season starts. So there's, there's some time. I concur, but the way you all have been reporting it is as if the Aaron Rodgers is the Steelers quarterback. So all the people in Pittsburgh are like I'm tired of seeing this guy with water guns out there. What's his name? Mike? Bob? Mike? Doug? Mike? I don't care. Why is he not at OTAs with the rest of his teammates? And it's like well he's not a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers and He's clearly come out and say he's not gonna be a member of any team

And so after all the OTAs until the summer and if teams don't want to wait around for him He completely understands He doesn't want to have to do the whole song and dance of being the bad guy for missing Some of the offseason workouts like he was last year even though he wanted 98% of the offseason workouts Yeah, so he said he got a lot going on so now everybody's just run with it like up He's signed with Steelers. He signed with Steelers. Signed with Steelers.

Then OTAs happens. He's doing a Q and A with some shorts on with Mike Studd down there in Texas. And everybody in Pittsburgh's like, why is our quarterback answering questions about Chicago Bears and Texas when his teammates are up here in Pittsburgh working to win the Super Bowl?

And then you gotta remind everybody, he's not a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Never has said he was, but it's all just been kind of alluded to the fact that he is. I get it. That's what it feels like. Yeah, literally. Everybody has said that. It's an interesting situation. It's a very interesting situation because I hear a lot of insers. Sure. Me. Then get it. Last night heard a lot of insers and also completely understand if they're being told this guy's your quarterback, this guy's your, he's just not your quarterback, right? But he's gonna be your quarterback, he is your quarterback.

You might as well view him as your quarterback. And then he's not doing it, it's like, where is our quarterback? Where are the Pittsburgh Steelers? What's this guy think? This guy thinks we're the Arizona Cardinals? What is this guy? What does this guy think we are?

We're the Pittsburgh fucking Steelers. That is how the people in Pittsburgh feel. Volunteers not hostages is what we've always, what we've always said. And little did Aaron know is if he would have just, he would have just signed and probably missed OTAs because of reasons that he said, it probably would have the backlash or whatever

probably would have been less than it is right now where not signing, playing this game, Steelers fans are waiting around. Playing this game. Look at this, this is it. Yep, playing. This is it. Tell you what, if he signs, he's been playing games. What?

He's been on it. Guys playing games. He's dealing with personal things. Bingo. What if he hasn't even had the thought of whether or not he wants to play? What if he's still trying to figure out whether or not he wants to play?

Well, if it's taking you this long to decide if you want to play or not, hang him up. Coming from a guy named A.P. Turner. He's done. Yeah, not a 41 year old guy who has committed his entire life to football. I mean, it is, it's a fascinating situation. I too, and I think AJ's even said,

we've got to get an answer at some point. I think AJ's been on the record of saying that. I think we all feel that way, but there's only one person who truly knows. And I think we all know that. Good luck Aaron, pulling for you buddy. Good luck. I will say being in Pittsburgh last night,

asking a lot of people, who's going to be your quarterback? Who's going to be your quarterback? That's my first thing there. They love that. They go, Aaron's our quarterback. Do you know? Do you know? This is not Steelers players obviously.

A lot of Steelers fans though, bumped into. And they go, big one, we're going to get it this year. I'm like, who's your quarterback? Who's your quarterback? And they go, big one, we're going good. This year, I'm like, who's your quarterback? Who's your quarterback? And I go, you know, you know. And I'm like, I do not know. Do you know? Aaron's our quarterback.

And it's like- This is what AJ's life is like, I assume also. Like every second now, it's just like, AJ, what do we hear? Let's put, and AJ lies to us. Just like, that's why he said, are you hearing that from the Steelers? Cause AJ wanted to know what all he's allowed to say Cause AJ wanted to know what all he's allowed to say.

AJ wanted to hear what all he's allowed to say and what somebody else has already said. It's obviously going to be a story until it's not. And then once it isn't a story, there'll be some new story about Aaron. Cause that's the way his life works. Let's talk about some of the other stuff happening around the NFL.

There was a yacht party that everybody saw. Go ahead, Boston Connor. Yeah, we're actually situation brewing with Stefan Diggs in New England my sources are telling me that the things that are seen in videos were pop rocks they were actually sealed because there were kids on there looking for pop rocks that's also why he's being referred to as daddy in said video I'm just curious if you don't want to mix pop rocks with pop here. No People don't even want to know what happens when pop rocks go in the ocean It is not just bad for the environment. It's bad for fish plaque algae. They all die

I didn't think about the plaque. It's terrible. Yeah, and that's in the water And that's why I step on days kind of caring for you know, not just the kids on his god I gotta get to the is step on it's gonna get in trouble at all. Right? She does ready Situations looming from the league or from the Patriots in general and what Mike Frabel said about it? Does that make you think? There'll be any team discipline as well. Yeah. I mean, my thought from from variable is that just listening is maybe not like the most thrilled of all time, especially when you have a big free agent sign still coming back from an injury partying on a boat with

I think Cardi B right, which could be anyone's girlfriend. To you rap sheet. But there was a lot of I mean, there was seemed to be several girlfriends. I don't know that situation. I'm just saying there But there was a lot of girls. I mean, there was seem to be several girlfriends. I don't know that situation. I'm just saying there seemed to be a lot of them. He was very close. I mean, in physical proximity with whatever he was on boat. There was things that I mean, why don't we see we should not be seeing this like as somebody who is Stefan's been on the show before love how good of a football player he is. It's like, hey, come on. You know, that's not but he's living. He's living his life. But the whole

thing is like, uh, he knew what the reaction was going to be. Right. The reaction has been exactly what we thought it would be. And that's what I don't understand is like, like, look, I don't know what was in the pink, whatever. And we'll probably just told you watermelon pop rocks. I thought it was the, um, um what's the thing it's got the four flavors of powder with the milk thing that you dip in fundips that's white powder or excuse me purple powder that's not are you okay we funded they're not coming for me by the way anyways that whole thing it's Oh, excuse me, are you okay? They're not coming for me by the way, anyways that whole thing it's just like you see no look it's like okay He's so in his life, but also knew this is gonna know but also like you can't like how does the video get out?

No one said to anyone like hey like this guy's part of the Patriots like maybe don't post this on social media I got I think it's the like stupidity part of it, which is just as bad as the whatever he was doing. They're going dummy. Yeah, he was going dummy out there. They're going mad dummy out there on that yacht. I've never done the yacht thing. Looks like it's a good time.

I think I get seasick though. Do they do a lot of this when they're on there? Oh yeah. A lot of dancing, jumping up and down. That's only the stabilizers are working. They dance like that? Yeah. That's not dancing. jumping up and down. Like, vroom. Yeah, that's only the stabilizers are working. They dance like that? Yeah. That's not dancing.

That's the boat. I'm riding the wave, brother. Oh, got it. Got it. I'm riding vroom. They probably dance like that, too. What if, perhaps, she was on that boat? How awesome would that be?

You were up there with him. Yeah. Floaties on. I mean, my wife wouldn't have been that happy, if we're just being honest. Well, she could be with him. I would have had some. How deep is this?

If she was on the boat with me, minus the substance, whatever that was, the fun dip or whatever, I have no idea. Pop rocks, damn it. You don't have to do it. You don't have to do it. That would have been fun. I like a good boat. It's just we're in that time now, I guess, after OTAs, where there's going to be a lot of freedom and opportunity for people. Stevon Diggs has put a lot of great tape out there as a football player. I assume

the Patriots are excited for him to get on the field but all this other stuff you got New England fans going like what are you talking about? It was a pop rock. How did we know they weren't shooting a video? Yeah, could be shooting a movie. Maybe it's a movie style. This could be an opportunity. Yeah, exactly. It could be the next Cardi B video. Maybe she's got an album dropping that we don't even know. This could be an opportunity. Yeah, exactly. It could be the next Cardi B video.

Maybe she's got an album dropping that we don't even know about. Bingo. Maybe. Maybe. I'm sure somebody on the internet knows, but whatever the case, Stephon Diggs in New England Patriots, we hope that your relationship works. It's going to be glorious. Drake May obviously will do well with the Stephon Diggs as wide receiver.

Vrable is going to win. That's what Vrable always does. We're coming up on a hard out here on this Feel Good Friday. We'll continue on YouTube, ESPN+, Disney+, and TikTok Live. I just want to say it's been a great week quickly here. Favorite things that happened this week? We'll start with you, Boston Connor. Hard to say, not the concert yesterday, but man, that Mellacamp address is gonna carry me for its window to my sales, brother Ty favorite thing that happened this week. Yeah, it's a layup the coup getting declawed. Yeah for sure. No doubt for sure Hey Pete own your favorite thing that happened this week doing the show down at a game brush. It was very nice I was this week. I know I mean jage jage coming in AJ what's your favorite thing that happened this week?

Shriggs hitting 10 threes in a row on film. Yeah, he does have a clean jumper. Rappaport, your favorite thing that happened in sports world this week? Shot 89 at Bayonne Dog Club, kept the ball in the fairway, except for 17 when I lost it. Still shot an 89. In every fairway, though, one. Unbelievable. Coolest thing in the sports world? New Yokozuna. There is a new yokozuna Yeah, there's a new yokozuna that has been crowd. We told me about this. That's big deal. We'll continue

We'll be back over reaction Monday be a friend. Tell a friend something. I might change their life. Goodbye All right. Now we continue. What's your favorite thing my first thing? Yeah Game bridge was cool. Yeah. That game was cool. It was. I mean Triple H, Nick Khan, my wife. Yeah, Daz. King of Kings.

That was a good time. Tyrese doing what he did. Tyrese won bananas. Yeah, that was awesome. Yeah, that was cool. Jelly roll yesterday. JJ being here was cool. It was a hell of a week.

Saturday night's main event happened on Saturday. Was that last Saturday? Yeah. Then Monday you were somewhere too to Patty maroon back in Tampa yep any 500 any 500 that was all this week yeah the cross-nation championships good week hell of a week Paul skeez birthday hi birthday Paul skeens games yep Japan has a new Yoko Zuna On a Sato Daiki Correct that is top-notch beginning the first Japanese man in eight years to be named a Yokozuna or grand

The highest title in the sport. I forget the exact number 125 men in the history. It's been like yeah It's been I think they mentioned nine years. Eight years right there. The eight years. The way you go about it is there's a counselor that has to vote for you. There's 75 of them, 75 in total. Yoko Zuma is in a history of sumo wrestling. That's not a lot. Were those two photos or are they holding up fishes

watching a match? Why are they holding up? Two photos. No, that is Anasato holding up the, I presume after he was, you know, named it, he's the one on the right there in the lighter blue. Yes. And they get a fish. Well, he eats to fish. That's just one fish, two fish, who fish new fish, Yoko Zuna, big fish, that's what they say. And, uh, we're happy. And now that we know the sumo wrestling business a little bit more in detail after hosting, won it boom, big night out.

Ichi was known as the Yokozuna killer. That's correct. But neither of these men were deemed Yokozuna's. You got to get voted in by your peers. You got to get these studs. Boom. Boom. Shane Gillis, obviously one of the greatest sumo wrestling

refs in the history of referee. Massive respect though. Dudes are so big. Yeah. A lot of power. So big, a lot of power. The guy that was right over, right there, boom. Can we go back and pause it?

Boom. Oh. Boom. That guy licking his lips right above Shane Gillis' head right there. That guy loves sumo wrestling more than anybody. More than anybody on earth. By far. That is the USA sumo lead. His name is...

Gregory? Bruce would know. Bruce. He said, ah fuck, he's looking up. Gallagher? We could just call him Goat, because that's kind of what he was. This guy was passionate about sumo wrestling. This guy loves sumo wrestling and because of him I am now more passionate about sumo wrestling.

Andrew Fruin. Andrew. Andrew loves sumo and he's not scared to get in there and mix it up with the boys either. He was supposed to be a yokozuna but his body never developed into one that could be 500 pounds Exactly. So he's just a little fella, spry little fella. He's not scared to get in there and grab some belts though No, he's not scared to get in there and show you what to do. I think he's like the top trainer in the world, too He's like Freddie Roach kind of for you know in the boxing world. Yeah in terms of everyone You know are flying from Japan to come find him and

Daiki actually I believe so I believe he's one of his pupils. Yeah. All right rap Have a great weekend anything we should look forward to happening Playing golf on Monday Talk about the NFL. Oh my bad Don't think so We got a couple things for him, but hopefully we'll have a couple fun things before we all go away from the cell. How about this?

Scott Hanson, back. That's right. With NFL Red Zone. Nice. I read, is that official? I have not heard that. I read something of it, but. Yeah, you're right.

Who knows if that's real or not. I guess Ari Mirov broke it and we should have double checked it, but I just saw it and got all zeked up. Did he? If Ari broke it then. I'll tell you this, I hope so. Yeah, we all do. Scott's the right man for the job.

Every once in a while, Scott Hanson 100 days from now equals NFL Red Zone. And for those wondering, yes, I will be there. We have a lot of touchdowns to watch together. Hashtag NFL Red Zone. Hell yeah! Scotty! NFL, hell yeah. That's great news. Love that with Scott Congrats to him. I assume

that's a big deal. I assume he's getting paid a handsome amount of money for that because that is a very valuable property for the NFL as it continues to shop its entire media properties. And as are you rap sheet. What a weapon the NFL has in you I appreciate that Pat thank you have a great weekend we appreciate you ladies gentlemen you too guys do we ever get ratings for that for a red zone like to ever say the number it's got to be gigantic No, all everybody Yeah, like throughout the day, I mean, yeah everybody

Especially now with the quad box Not his octa. I'm talking. Yeah our quad boxes You just put boom top left is where I put it red zones there Normally sound on that one and then Colts game top right and then bottom two best games available. Yeah time Then that's how we do the day. Mm-hmm, and it's become a nice routine. It's incredible It's become a very in Scott once again has become a soundtrack of my NFL Sundays Basically whenever I'm at home now when the Colts have a home game We had been going to the gamests have a home game we had been Going to the games which is a hole to do as a whole to do

Yeah, we call your eyes by the way. What's that that you go upper? My eyes are lazy So they naturally droop so I go up lower for Steelers and and the red zone. Oh, so red zone lower, right? Yeah, cuz it's a close. It's yeah, so I don't look Tony. That's awesome. Good for you Yeah, what I've realized is this top one's tough for a long time straighten strain on the eyes never thought of that it's gotta be in a grand scheme what do you got a fucking IMAX theater at your house? I'm the fucking worst. I don't know. No, you're not told G You're the best eyes naturally droopy just said Condition any news we haven't talked about Charlie Woods wins his first amateur event at Taylor made invitation He's down to go to Sunday ends up winning by five or something

Yesterday was actually pretty sweet Oklahoma softball big-time comeback, right? Yeah, and the girl they're playing Tennessee like she was shutting down all day I think she has the fastest recorded pitch ever. She's throwing like 79 I mean like 110 equivalent if it was like from an MLB mound They had been shut down all day and then they hit a three Three run walk-off homer in the bottom of the seventh to win their first game is pretty Patty gas. Oh, it's gals have no quit. I had a chance to meet. I think I know her Probably I think I know her. She's the I think she's better on their team. She had two homers yesterday Okay, I think I met her whenever I went out and we did the Oklahoma game day and then they asked me like hey

Do you want to go meet the Oklahoma softball team? I was like Absolutely. I would like to go meet cuz they're Dynasty. Yeah. Oh, yeah, so go over this is Ella Parker. Is that the name? That's what it says on the that the name? That sounds right. That's what it says on the screen. Yeah, that sounds right. Coming in a second here. Okay, Ella Parker.

I assume I got, they were all awesome. Just wanna let you know, the entire team, awesome. Gasso, dog. And we saw Tennessee in the first inning, I think got two run lead on Oklahoma, cause I think Ketcher dropped the ball and I think something else happened. So we were worried about Oklahoma and the Gas Oh team maybe it was an early exit instead

They say what do you think we fucking came here for boom gone? Yeah, love that love everything about that Boomer yeah, so Thanks, hi drama Tennessee by the way, if you start looking at their sports, oh, yeah, they're starting to really don't pretty good That game day was Oklahoma, Tennessee wasn't it? It was cuz that's when Hypo went started looking at their sports. Oh yeah. They're starting to really. They're going. Pretty good, pretty good. That game day was Oklahoma-Tennessee, wasn't it? It was. Cause that's when Hypo went back. Oh yeah, cause that was when Hypo's defense.

Yeah, that game, yeah. Hypo's defense knocked like four guys out of the game in one series with just regular hits, like legal hits. I'm like, whoa, this Tennessee team's flying. And then both of them obviously ended up not being the national champs. How Tennessee season ended last year, geez. And how it started off season.

Yeah. Nico Iamaliava. Oh yeah. Where's he at? UCLA. Yeah. Who's Tennessee's quarterback? The UCLA kid, right?

Yeah, they swapped. Oh yeah. He never played at UCLA. He played at App State for three years. He was a starter there. Went to UCLA to start there. Never made it to starter cause Nico came in to know he started at Tennessee.

Okay. Wild. Pump for football. College football time's coming around. It's gotta, gotta memorize who's where. Yeah, they just dropped the trailer for NCAA football 26 yesterday. So that's gonna start, you know,

all that mumbo jumbo's gonna get going. Mumbo jumbo, what do you mean? Yeah, I mean, you know know we were excited last year big time Oh because it hadn't come out in like 20 plus years, and then you watch this and it's just like okay It's just last year's game. You know different guys different places so kind of a madden thing, but you know What do you want to do you want to make changes? Yeah, I do look I do you know much fucking money. They made selling this thing last year Fucking let's take some of that cache and let's let's maybe upgrade the product a little bit starts with a B by the way

What's that how much they made? Well? I would hope so right cuz how much money they probably put into it grab it You're just getting on there Yeah, see that's what I'm all Hall of Famer. Yeah, that'd be sweet I did that if they do you know right there. Yeah, T Bows a ridge Marcus Freeman, I see Every year Kirby smart. He said I don't know how I can put this any more clear I want to play USC every year. They should period. That's not a good look for Lincoln Riley there There I've heard there's a lot of people not happy with Lincoln Riley

I mean if you don't win, they're not happy that that's basically yes that if you don't win, they're not happy. That's basically what it is. If you don't win, they're not happy with you. That's college football. Yes, for sure. They need to do the errors. If they want to take this game to the next level, with the NBA 2K, they do errors, where the 90s, you can be a team, 2000s, 2010s, present day. If you were able to go back and play as like the 2007 Mountaineers or the 2003

USC Trojans and do full seasons with those guys, that would really take the game. Yeah, they'd have to pay a lot of people. I was going to say, I probably get a lot of people. That'd be fun. A lot of people. But to your point, starts with a B, brother. Starts with a B. They're going to need a lot of it for a lot of people.

Yeah. They can go back to that Tennessee team that Peyton Manning led. Yeah, without a doubt. Starts with a B. They're gonna need a lot of it for a lot of people. Yeah. They even go back to that Tennessee team that Peyton Manning led. Yeah, without a doubt. Have Peyton play against Archie. Yeah. Randy Moss. Oh, Marshall.

Come on, dude. Come on. They need Pat White in that game. I don't know if he is. That's what I'm saying. I assume they are. Coaching, right? Is he coaching at WVU?

Yes, sir. Yes, he is. I think it's good news to have him back. I hope the boys do well this year in West Virginia You know picking up a culture and make it a complete opposite of what it was Complete I usually takes more here couple months Well, I mean with the end of the transfer portal. Yeah, and then I own everything like that. You can't make that rich I was thinking about this rich rod will win games just because his teams win games

Like you will figure out a way to win some games. So I they're gonna be okay. Do I think they're gonna be like You know this year, it'll be bowl out. It'll be bowl eligible better be Okay Yes, they will be both you five or six wins fucking hope so yeah Eligible heads a roll. Yeah, that about a hundred and six? Fucking better. They're not bowl eligible. Heads will roll. Yeah, that is, and not by me. Six and a half.

Okay, they will win six. Right on the cusp. We got Nico spinning it. Nico, we got another kid, Jayden, I think his name. We got like a deep quarterback room, actually. Like very deep quarterback room. But, Rich Rod's, our pace and everything will win games. Hard it. Like everything will win games.

Like that'll win games for us. So I think that over is very nice. I didn't even think about bowl eligibility being the goal of this entire thing. And then six and a half, it's like, that is the exact goal. That is the exact goal, I guess, for this season. I think like two years, like next season, it'll be like, all right, we got to culture it.

You know, it's going to be hard to do that. Then you got to have to worry about what, you know, Signeady mentioned the other day down there at IU. He's like yeah, there you need a whole new roster. I felt the pinch. I don't have as much money as I used to have. He was telling the truth there. He was absolutely telling the truth there. There's a lot of schools that are gonna have to deal with that. Ohio State, obviously not. Oregon, obviously not. Michigan, obviously not. Penn State, obviously not. And that's why a lot of people are like hey

We gotta get this under control because the big ten has all the money Yeah, and they're gonna continue to do that AJ for real I don't think this is getting picked for getting fixed for a long time long time No, it's definitely not and I know each one of the big schools though I am sure that they still feel the pressure to continue to bring in all this like you said if you're a big old donor You're paying a couple million dollars, like, okay, cool, now I'm going to come back to you in six months and you better re up this situation because we need to continue to keep these players

on the roster and continue to recruit the guys, the type of caliber we have. So it's a never ending system, never ending thing. I feel bad for, I don't feel bad for him, but to try to raise this NIO money for all these schools has going to be brutal. That's a full-time job. That's a full-time job. For a lot of people. Think about how nice it was for Notre Dame last year because they are not in a conference. So they go to the National Championship last year and they get $20 million to do whatever they want with.

And Pete Pavacqua, who's the athletic director, they're big brain. Big brain. I assume he's managing it perfectly. Why doesn't West Virginia just go independent? All right, sure. Sit on that one over the weekend. Keep all the money. Okay, let that simmer. Put the basketball team in the ACC if they won't take it, put it in the Big 10 if they won't take it, put them in Big East. A lot less travel. Playing in a great conference right there. Less travel playing in a great conference right there Gymnastics we got great gymnastics put it hey

Fucking go to the SEC. Yeah baseball baseball put them in the ACC soccer soccer same thing shooting rifle I think Be independent. Yeah, they're gonna have to join West Virginia's league for shooting Yeah, we run around and then for the football just put a schedule together. Let's take on Maryland's through Virginia Tech, through Pitt, through Penn State. Miami. Just play Miami. Yeah, shit. BC. All big East. Play Miami. Hell, don't be scared to go down there in the

SEC too. Marshall. Yeah, don't be scared to go down there. Put that thing there. Then win and then get the players and we just collect all the money and then we don't have to travel all the way the fucking Across the country for every sport. Why don't they do that? Good. Yeah, they might We're probably locked into a deal for another 20 years. Yeah, I would assume so randall get those boys right nether dame hasn't made yes Notre dame hasn't made that's why why would you join a conference? They going to. Never will. Never. Not never.

You know? Everybody's got this apartment that they're living in over here, this building complex that they have like their apartments in over here. And then Notre Dame just builds their own building across the street. It's like, yeah, we'll come over, visit, have some meetings, and we'll just go back to our shit here. We own it all. We get to schedule it all.

We get to do whatever we want. And the profit's all ours. Any questions? Nope, sweet. All right, we'll come play you guys. I guess we you don't want to all right We got it. What a setup good for nether damn great for nerdy, especially they make the playoffs So they get all the money. It's like first year of the big boost. It's like whoop. Here you go Yeah, and it's only going to continue with marcus freeman as the head coach you would imagine And then all the other sports are great as well and they also don't give a shit about like the

as the head coach you would imagine and then all the other sports are great as well and they also don't give a shit about like the the cut from like the TV deal because guess what they have their own TV deal with NBC and that's not going anywhere either and guess what I think there's people with a lot of money that have graduated from Notre Dame yeah quite a few Catholic Church you know that's not a cheap institution either they have and now pockets are pretty well like yeah he probably loves Notre Dame. There's a lot of Chicago Notre Dame. It's not a doubt. All of them. Who's without a dot like Ty's like, yeah, he does. He certainly does. Thanks. He does. He'll probably be at their opening game this year. Who's the, a lot of people are

saying that college game day should go over to the Vatican and do a game day from over there. Be cool. I did see that. I agree. Why? Why not? That'd be cool. I think everybody's just saying it because we have an American pope, so

we try to figure out how American we can fucking make this place. Okay. Have Pope Leo decide, you know, have his guess for who's going to win the national championship. Is he going to put the headgear on, you think? Yeah, the whole thing. Yep, he is. Maybe that is the thing going forward.

Maybe the celebrity puts on the headgear. Oh As a good idea dump that Yeah, dump that I don't know or maybe they retire there I would guess they'd lean towards that but retiring. Yeah, but that is a good idea because you could pay homage To Lee Corso that a lot of decisions have to be made there in that world. I am not Consulted with on those and thankfully so. Good luck out there. The way Lee Corso is viewed for a good reason. He like build college football. Like hey, as college game day and Lee Corso got bigger and bigger, college football got bigger and bigger, they just kind of became

synonymous with each other and Lee Corso was incredibly proud to represent. So hey, you want a speaking event? Yep, I will certainly go and represent college football, like for so long. That's a crazy thing that has happened. You know, I think obviously decisions had to be made and I assume coach was on board but it's like now after, what do do you because he's such a huge That's a huge aura in the space of college football. That's a that's a big That's a big decision. I'm happy to yeah think about the people that had to be a part of it You've done good coach you've done good

He's making his last pick right? I know what they said. Yeah, that's gonna be a He's making his last pick right? I know what they said. That's gonna be a week one or whatever. Wherever the hell that is. The guesses are either Ohio State, Texas or Florida State where obviously he has ties. I believe they play Bama? Someone. Oh, interesting.

They go Florida State or do they go with Ohio State and Bevo? You know, because aren't those two... And his number, yeah, his number one, his most headgear is Ohio State. That's interesting. Oh, another decision. That's more shit than like I happy we don't have to be a part of. All right. Let's move along to the great weekend.

And not just a weekend that we'll remember forever, but a weekend that we'll talk about forever. Mm-hm, that's right. Because you know what's happening tomorrow here in Indianapolis, Indiana, AJ? I think there's a big basketball game. I wonder if the Coug is going to be there. I think the Coug will be there, I assume. Coug will be there. Coug's at every event in Indianapolis.

Is he? Every one of them. Toothpick, he looks super cool. Chilling in his chair super live out by smoke I Do think that he's actually down there where smokes I think we're Cabela's stories I thought smoke was trying to sell that property. I think he was just basically saying that somebody wants to give me fucking 50 You know, I assume I said it's far too

It's gonna be hard to move out of that place with how big it is certainly But it's only once pay for it, I'll certainly move out of this place He's got a fishing pond and Creek in his house. Yeah, that's the in the living room I remember seeing the pictures when that thing went up for sale Like there's so many properties on that place like so many buildings and not like it looks awesome Do you follow Zillow gone wild? I Do not I will though. I follow Zillow Gone Wild on Instagram. Good account. There's some, okay, there's some good shit that pops. I'm a big Zillower personally myself. Oh I like this place.

If I wanted to live here, how much does the nicest house in the area cost? And then you just zoom out, you circle, and you put the filter on the most expensive and then you see these houses around town. It's like damn, damn, damn. And then Smoke's house goes up for sale and you see it, it's like, oh, I don't know if any other state's got one of these. Smoke's, Smoke's got- There's no comps,

there's no comps in the area for Smoke's house. He's got a Cabela's store as a house. I think he actually sleeps under the waterfall. Yeah. Really? Like a grotto? That's cool. Well, a grotto is the pool behind the house.

Would you pee your pants? Would you pee the bed then, if you're sleeping under a waterfall that water gushing over top you? No, I think that's no wives tail. Yeah I don't know about that I do think I know the p-testers used to turn the sink on if they thought guys are when they get in the little catchers umpire stance to watch you take a leak when they're drug testing they would sometimes they'd always turn the little sink on I Remember when they would do that for me. I don't know, I didn't need it, but maybe if you put your hand in it, it would help.

Yeah. If you're in a dream and you're about to go pee, that's why you're peeing. You gotta wait, that's a real pee. Hey, that might be a dream, but that's a real pee coming. That's right. Always, whoa, shit. Let me get out of here.

Startling. Can't be an adult that pisses the bed. No. Well, I was trying to pee in a dream, of course, but that's... Of course. Your bladder doesn't know that. Your bladder's working hand in hand with your dream at that moment. Letting you react, let you do your thing. All right, let's get the hell out of here. What's on tonight? Baseball. Yep. Baseball. Friday night. Smackdown. Yep. Mm hmm. Tomorrow, Pacers. Mm hmm. Yeah. Golf all weekend. Golf. Correct. Sunday, any races? Detroit, I think Indy. Car? Yes.

I'd assume there's a NASCAR race. Yeah. There's an F1. Dale Arnhardt Jr. responded to one of our tweets where Darius Butler said that F1 was the most boring sporting event he's ever watched. Dale Arnhardt Jr. said we had a good time in North Carolina Saturday. Hell yeah. There's a new Dale senior doc on Amazon Prime right now as well. Very good. I haven't watched it yet, but Bone was just yeah He's been texting me while he's been watching saying it's unbelievable. Hey Bone any new music out today that we need to check out?

Bone? Washington saying it's unbelievable. Hey, bone, any new music out today that we need to check out bone? You saw general and posty maybe one of the top five takes of all time from bone. Why did he just turn back around? Which one? He just walked away. Bone! Yeah, um, yeah, Culpepper Jones just came out with some new heat actually. Did you get him the handheld mic? I think he's behind you. We can talk about Joe Duffy all morning. You're the fit on this guy. Shout out to North Central Football National Champions.

Your mic's off. Hold on, we'll turn it on. Okay. Yeah, no, that's yeah. You're good. I know, I fucking take it. Dickhead. There we go.

D, about any new music we need to check out this weekend from any of your favorite artists Nope, I haven't seen anything. I'm still grinding the Morgan Wallen album So he did see Lilo and Stitch last weekend said it was love-changing. It was awesome Lilo and Stitch after Mission impossible. He still hasn't made it.. He still hasn't seen mission, so yeah. What's your goal for the weekend? D-Bone, listen to some more music, eat some burgers with no cheese and have a great weekend? We're pacing.

Oh, you're going to game more? Yeah. Did you hear Schrags say he wants to invade the city? I heard that. Are you going to represent out there or no? Yeah. Did you last time you went to a Pacers game, you represented for the Pacers?

Oh yeah. No, you didn't. Yes, I did. You were wearing a Lebron jersey. No, I was in the sweep for game three. That doesn't count You're wearing a LeBron Jersey the last time you're on TV But that was right after LeBron was on the show it was the post LeBron conversation So yeah, I think you had a full circle moment with the watts there. That was a sentimental moment this week Yep, good for you. Good graphic to you made for them. Thank you. Always have had the talent

Trying to figure out the words and where they go is something we're trying to evolve into right? Yes, sir favorite song from the Morgan Walden album Yeah Shit any upbeat any upbeat ones like fast ones la night. Yeah, la nights good my yeah Miami's good. Miami's good. Leaven's the least I could do I think is my favorite. Leaven's the least I could do I think is my favorite. He's talking about uh.

Hey this relationship is unsalvageable. Oh my god. I invited him over here. I forgot I forgot. I invited him over here. That's a good song. What about TN? You like TN? Skull Chevy and Browning I know you love that one. You all like Skull in a Pinch. Yep, be like skull in a pinch and Morgan Wallen albums

Would you have known all the songs that post he was singing last night that I heard? Definitely like on the countryside of it. He did country and he did some of his yeah He only did one of the country while we were there But we missed you know, we had to leave with like an hour left. So I'm sure he did more, but he did all three. He did the Stoney album. He did his morning album and he did his country album. He's a real rock star. I would recommend watching Post Malone do anything

after watching him last night. Male country artist of the year. Posty? Lil Man J. Now, have you heard anything about LittlemanJay? I have. You've done your research on LittlemanJay? I respect LittlemanJay. Really? The comparison some of you guys have to him? You guys? What does that mean? Everybody in the office. Not me. Not me.

LittlemanJay, I've watched this kid become a man. He's good. On the internet. I watched him go from making beats and rap songs to now becoming this country sensation. Yeah. He's taken everything he's learned and then we've watched him learn and taken it and applied it to country music. And I think Lil Man J has found his home. And you need to welcome him into the community.

I respect him. I do. That sounds like it. He even wrote a song for Morgan Wong. Where'd he cut his teeth? Morgan, no more. Yeah, Bone said, Bone said, I love him, but let's stay away from the acoustic is what he said earlier. Well, I mean, acoustic stuff. I mean, fucking Jelly Roll had me try to sing in front of 45,000 people last night. That was certainly something. That was a lot of fun. So I go there. I go, Jelly, what am I doing? What do you want me

to do? You know, because we've got three options for you. First of all So I go there. I go, Jelly, what am I doing? What do you want me to do? You know, because we got three options for you. First of all, I love that. I love that somebody has three options for me I got three options for you because he started out Jelly Roll by the way Businessman, I believe it. He is a he's a good I'm a big some very awesome combos back there Yeah, I'm a big fan of the way his brain operates Like I am I enjoy the way he views things. I enjoy the way he attacks things I enjoy his professionalism his pre-show routine getting his voice ready and how much he appreciates what he's doing And I'll see you could tell he's genuinely thankful for what he's getting did like I I really enjoy that He said we got three options for you. I chose the second option, which was me starting off with

Coming out saying hello and then starting with Renegade in singing Renegade I had to start the band in my ear there is the fucking band so one two one two three four one downbeat oh. I was leading of the 11 piece 36-hour band there in my so I do my talking. Okay. I do my talking Welcome Pittsburgh's to be the greatest night of the big-ass Stadium tour and everything that comes from Pittsburgh is great I rattle off some things everybody knows then I call out some local personalities from Pittsburgh to help shape my life Sally Wigan Joe Nardo rest inave a full shout out to him. Iron City, Primani's. Didn't shout out Rudy's,

because I didn't think enough people would have known Rudy's. Didn't think it was right time for the occasion, but Rudy's knew that they were deep down in there. And I talked about Steelers being six time world champions, Penguins being five time Stanley Cup champions, and we're in the home of the five time World Series champion.

Pittsburgh Pirates. Five times. Did you know that AJ? I asked Grock. Pittsburgh Pirates. Five times. Did you know that, AJ? I asked Grock. That son of a bitch. That two-timing, bully tag team son of a bitch. Grock, I asked Grock, told me that the Pirates won five World Series.

I thought that was pretty sweet. So I mentioned that. Booze rained down. But it was the most beautiful park. And then I mentioned how Jell-O-Roll asked me to come out here and start a Pittsburgh concert the only way that a Pittsburgh concert is supposed to start and Me and the band coordinate. I think his name is chill child chill for his name. I'm so sorry very cool guy very nice

He goes hey when you want me to start the cuz I had to think in my ear that Thing in my ear to start the entire fucking band and we're talking about I was like I'm gonna ask them if they'll help me and then I guess a good indicator would be like I'm just gonna do Stone Cold Steve Austin I'm gonna say will you help me give me a hell yeah hell yeah and I was like so once I do that we're good and then jelly social media guy long hair good dude yeah weapon weapon Southern California kid I forget his name it's dash great good hair yeah everything.

He was a good dude. He goes, you need to do the Hell Yeah twice, don't you? And I'm like, what do you mean? He goes, you're going to do it once and then you need to do it again, right? I'm like, good call. So I go right back to the band guy. I go, hey, second Hell Yeah. So literally as I'm like, you guys are going to help me, right?

Give me a Hell Yeah first time. They go, yeah. I go, I am a shit singer. I'm going to need you to help me. You're gonna help me, right? Give me a hell yeah. And then as I hear it, he goes, one, two, as they're screaming hell yeah,

and I'm like, holy fuck right now. I got the, and I turn around and the entire band is sitting there with their shit, and it's like, oh no, here we go. And then they do the one, two, one, two, three, four, one, downbeat, oh mama. And then you hear him in the back come with me. I'm like, holy shit, that's pretty cool. Two one two three four one down beat Oh Mom and then you hear him in the back come with me. I'm like, holy shit. That's pretty cool Then I'm in the middle of singing and I'm like, I'm pretty exposed out here

Okay This voice is not meant to be doing this and I didn't remember what me and jelly agreed to when he was gonna come out And save the fucking day, you know Cuz I did say a couple times like I don't know if my voice is meant to be out there by itself 40,000 people 11 11-piece band behind me. Oh, I'm just trying to sing this entire thing. So they got to a point, I think, in the second one, Uh, Long man is putting into my...

And there's a part there where you gotta, like, actually sing. You see me turn around and be like, where the fuck? And you see Jelly Roll walking up, like, thank you, Bubba! Thank you, Bubba, for coming out here. It was, uh, it was a really cool moment it was a very it was a very cool moment but what Jelly in the 36 hour band did after that was just heat just fucking oh yeah that hour slot I would assume if you're Jelly Roll with the amount of songs that he has Like an hour of just like boom boom boom has to feel so good for everybody Because the entire place is singing for an hour straight with you that is Yeah, it had to be I was I was lucky to be a part of it very lucky to be pork chop the drummer

Did a stone cold blow a kiss to the camera on the way out? Yeah, cody Cody's a dog. They call him pork chop. Legend joe hadley who was with us hattlebags He'll clean your windows if you call him, his number's on the internet. JoeHadley.com. Joe Hadley, not happy you did that. His hair looked phenomenal. So good.

He came, he loves music, he's very, and loves Jelly Roll, obviously loves Posto. Asked me if he wanted to come, he comes, and as we're watching Jelly Roll, he points at the drummer, he goes, Pork Chop's so fucking good. And I'm like oh you know cuz I know him cuz he's been incredibly cool to me and I follow him on Instagram and he gets a lot of love for a drummer gets a lot of love for a drummer and he fucking murders it

and had these like porkchop so good and I'm like okay so he's like known amongst the drummers right cuz I like follow along I say this guy's good he goes first of all if you're on a tour like this, you're really fucking good Yeah, you're really good. But pork chop. Yeah, the guy is be loved by everybody seemingly. He does the fucking Twirling the whole chugging dude whole thing. Yeah, the whole band very cool Look, yeah, a lot of time great moxie Joe's very good the guitar backup singers phenomenal. Mm-hmm They got a good crew. It was very cool to hang out with guys Joe didn't play last night Why I was trying to get him. I was trying to get him. I was like, hey, he can like shred a guitar pretty good and

Joe's like bring him down national when he come down, you know They all would like me to record an album All the country people that I know would like me to record an album Cuz you know the music issue with us is a problem So they're all like you need to record your own songs brother And then whenever you come to our shows we could just do a couple songs. It's easy. It's easy thing I'm like think about it boys Can't sing okay? That's a big part of the entire thing can't carry Uh-huh, I just say too much

You know I've done a lot of damage here a lot damage here, and you're like no we got you We got you general sending me a fucking 30 minute class For how to take care of my vocal cords and how to train my vocal cords. Ernest has just been sending me shit. Bod, you can do this for sure, can't you? Videos, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Everybody in Nashville is basically like,

you need an album, you need an album. It's like, I don't think so, brother. They're like, we got you, we got you. So I'm gonna bring Hadley down there. I'm gonna do what I think so Hadley can get down there. Let him experience a little fucking. Let him be. Hadley down there. I'm gonna do it. I think so had to get down there Yeah, let him experience a little fun. Yeah, let me also shred Have these always been incredible

Incredible on the guitar. You just never really you know in a band for a long time long time dad was in a band It's got a show this weekend. Oh, he is playing. Yeah just That'd be cool a photo of him fucking see ya Then national with that hair. We didn't get one of those cool hats to he's got one. Yeah, we gotta dress him up Yeah, he don't he needs a full costume in this though. Yeah, he's got yeah Last night he had a good costume. I had his hat attached to his fucking love that He looks super cool, this is good night last night in Pittsburgh. So many people from Plum were there.

Got a lot of, holy shit, are you, that's you? I look at my phone. We're here too. Photos, photos, photos everywhere. Saw some people from a couple sweet towns I haven't seen in 20 years. I'm like, oh, I wonder if those people still hate me over there. Hey. Good to see you. All right, it's good. Great news. It was great great night in Pittsburgh bad night for the Pacers in New York Great night for Edmonton bad night for Dallas and this weekend's about to be great for all parties except for Nick's fans. Yeah Be friend telephone something I might change your life when I sing together have a great weekend in the back great work boys Graph design boys Really good work out of you. Work boys. Work boys.

Really dominated that microphone today too. Thank you. Didn't he? Yeah. You always do. Mitt, good work buddy. Mitt let two high school seniors into the property this morning and said it was his food and those are my food. Fuck. They were supposed to, they were doing graduation pictures in front of pictures in favor build up never seen an outfit like that I was we're going what was the hot he was wearing man What was he did say though that after what I realized is what are you done? He went out there and said you guys gotta get the fuck out of here, dude Not my food fucking peeled out

You let a car in. That's my food. Loaded in. And they were wearing full graduation gear. Take a picture. Oh yeah. And they didn't know what that was. Right out the front door.

We're going live. It's literally as we go. Connor's like, uh, there's two graduates out front taking photos or whatever. Oh, that's awesome. And Mick goes, oh no. I'll handle it fuck these people dude be different over it's nothing I so I change your life we're in this thing together have a great weekend we appreciate you all so much team on me

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