The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 692 - Mike Rupp, Ian Rapoport, Dana White & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: June 27, 2022

On today’s show Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys talk about Lordo Stanley being won by the Colorado Avalanche, McAfee Movie Review Monday, Stan Kroenke’s outstanding year accomplishments, potential NFL ...headlines for upcoming weeks, and everything else going on in the sports world. Joining the progrum in the first hour is Stanley Cup Chompion, That’s Hockey Talk Host, Studio/Color Analyst at NHL Network, a man who fought Chara, 11 year NHL Veteran, Mike Rupp, to chat about the Avalanche being champs, Lordo getting bent, Cup etiquette, the Bolts playing with injuries, and this NHL season overall (0:18:59.253-0:39:59.779). Later in hour two, NFL insider and host of the Weekly Wrap Up with RapSheet & Friends, Ian Rapoport, chats with Pat, AJ, and the boys about potential NFL headlines, talks about Sunday Ticket finding a new home on a streaming platform, his position on the Baker Mayfield situation in Cleveland, Jeremy Fowler’s Deebo news, and more (0:53:53.920-1:23:29.749). In hour three, UFC President, Dana White, comes on the show to chat with the boys about celebrating International Fight Week in Las Vegas, UFC 276, the matchmaking process, and the Australian competitors and fans (1:31:07.316-1:40:16.912). Make sure you subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show and listen on Sirius XM Channel 82, Mad Dog Radio. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hello beautiful people. It is Monday, June 27th, 2022. A new sports show on radio and the internet begins now. Let's Ride. Let's Ride. A little early, you dropped the gun, we're off today, Friday, I don't know who it was. It was me, I was excited for Let's Ride. You gotta wait for a damn second, I think, before we pow drive and beat the hell out of the dead horse that is the Let's Ride pony that we've done now for three weeks, I guess.
Starting point is 00:00:30 We hope you all had a fantastic weekend. Obviously, headlines in the real world kind of carried the conversation on the internet, and none of us understand why the fuck that would be something that people would choose to dig into at this particular time of life. But we will continue to obviously try to be the thing that we are every single afternoon, which is a bunch of stooges on the internet hopefully
Starting point is 00:00:48 distracting you from the everyday world that can sometimes be a little bit like why what the hell and if you're going through the why it's going to happen again yep you're going to feel why again and it seems to be a never-ending cycle of why. So we will be the mental vacation and hope to continue to do so. Up to something season is... Back on. What? Since when?
Starting point is 00:01:20 Lock on on. Lock on on. Since today? Really? There's a lot going on. Lock on on. Lock on on. Anyways, 4th of July weekend's coming up,
Starting point is 00:01:26 and we all assumed that this was going to be the weekend that we found out about Deshaun Watson and what's going to happen to him. We'll have Ian Rappaport on today in the second hour, 115 Eastern Standard Time. Everybody in the NFL media that normally takes this week off basically talking about how this used to be a weekend where nothing happened, or a week that nothing happened,
Starting point is 00:01:43 nothing happened. They said this week it's going to be vastly different. Is that because Deshaun Watson? Is that because Baker Mayfield trades? Is that because of anything else going on in the world? We shall find out with Ian Rappaport in the second hour. And then just 15 minutes from now, Mike Ruppert, former Stanley Cup champion,
Starting point is 00:01:59 will join us to chit-chat about the new Lordo owners, the Colorado Avalanche. Yeah. Congrats, Lon. Congrats to the Avs. Okay, listen, we were big fans of the Tampa Bay Lightning because Patty Maroon is a friend of the show, came on the show. Nobody from the Avs came on the show, so fuck them.
Starting point is 00:02:19 But they were a fast team, a great team. From the beginning of the season, they're talking about this team winning the Stanley Cup and that's for good reason. a fast team, a great team. From the beginning of the season, they're talking about this team winning the Stanley Cup, and that's for good reason. That son of a bitch right there is a defenseman and led the entire NHL in points. He was obviously the Conn Smythe playoffs MVP. Kale McCarr, they have McKinnon,
Starting point is 00:02:35 they have a team that was built in an interesting fashion, and they are now Stanley Cup champions. So from the six games, obviously the Lightning get a big win in Colorado on Friday night to push this thing. They lose in Tampa Bay, and the Avalanche get to ride off into the sunset with a damaged Lordo because old buddy named? Abe Kubel.
Starting point is 00:02:54 Abe Kubel can't skate. He's drunk immediately upon getting Lordo. How could you not with how beautiful that thing falls into the ice? And Lordo that was sitting here just a couple weeks ago is now damaged for at least the next run. They will have it fixed. Greatest trophy in sports, honestly. Greatest trophy in sports now that we got to see it.
Starting point is 00:03:11 I mean, the Lambo is what we're all looking for. But the Lordo is obviously a beautiful thing. Congrats to the Avalanche. And Stan Kroenke. Yeah, Stan. Stan Kroenke, who is an in-law to the Walmart family, I guess, has a shit ton of cash, had money beforehand this year. Stan Kroenke, okay? I don-law to the Walmart family, I guess, has a shit ton of cash, had money beforehand. This year, Stan Kroenke, okay?
Starting point is 00:03:28 I don't know how everybody else's year is going. Let me tell you about Stan Kroenke. He hosted a Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium, the stadium that was originally supposed to cost like $2 billion, ended up costing like $5 or $6 billion, and he paid for it out of his pocket, basically. Just him. Taking his team out of St. Louis, you can sue me,
Starting point is 00:03:43 I don't care, for a couple billion dollars. We're going to L.A. I'm building a stadium of the future. Looks like an absolute spaceship. Not a dumb. Not a dumb. I would like to have a little space in between the roof and the side. So if there's lightning, we have to delay the game.
Starting point is 00:03:56 But whatever the case, host the Super Bowl in the stadium in L.A. His team's in it. They win the Super Bowl. He also won the NLL title with the Colorado Mammoth. I had no idea. Let's go Mammoth, huh? That's the National Lacrosse League, I believe. Sure.
Starting point is 00:04:10 Right? Sure, yeah. I think it's Box Lacrosse. Which is indoor lacrosse. Which is indoor lacrosse. He also secured the 2026 FIFA World Cup at SoFi Stadium, which is what he. Huge. There's nobody in the middle of America that hosts a World Cup game other than Kansas City.
Starting point is 00:04:23 Everything's in LA, New York, and on the coast, basically. Kind of bullshit, but nonetheless. And now he's won the Stanley Cup with Colorado Avalanche. Stan Kroenke's one of those billionaires I assume a lot of people hate, but you can't help but say, hey, fucking good work. Good picking. Congrats, man. You did it.
Starting point is 00:04:38 The Talks at the Table, once again, has a new face at it. That's because this weekend, I do believe, Ty Schmidt and his lovely bride had a baby. Congrats, Ty. Congrats to you, Ty. We're incredibly pumped for you. I will try my best to be the best uncle. I assume everybody in here will. Sloan, the baby
Starting point is 00:04:56 is going to be incredibly spoiled. Absolutely spoiled. And I know that you two are going to be incredible parents. Happy anniversary. Happy birthday to Sloan. And congratulations to the Schmidz from all of us. Can't wait to see you back here in a few weeks, pal. Sitting in his place in the toxic table is a man who is ever toxic as anybody. At Nick Morota, you look fantastic.
Starting point is 00:05:16 Congrats on hockey coming and going this year. Thank you. It was a great season. A lot of clapping to start it. It's a good Monday here. And a lot of clapping. Well deserved. It was a great season for the NHL.
Starting point is 00:05:25 One of the best they've had in probably 10, 20 years. They were actually back on the map on TV. People could see games. It was a nice change of pace for them. Saw a couple tweets from people that said, I would have had zero interest in this game if it wasn't for Lorto making its trip to the studio. Let's hope that happens next season. Yeah, it was a good idea, right?
Starting point is 00:05:42 I saw Mike's big ass on camera last night more than a few times. His hair was flowing. I saw him doing an absolutely. Oh, the keeper of the cup guy. Yeah, it was a good idea, right? I saw Mike's big ass on camera last night more than a few times. His hair was flowing. I saw him doing an absolutely... Oh, the keeper of the cup guy. Yeah, Mike. Mike. Crushing it. Literally, I'm staring eye to eye with him right now in my head because that's where he sat, right there. Yeah, he was walking with the other guy that we didn't get. I think his name was Lance
Starting point is 00:05:57 the other guy? Good hair. Phil. Phil Pritchard. Phil and Mike, they looked amazing. They walked that thing in there. Lordo woke up in the town in which a game was being played. That's a special time of year. The Avalanche get to win. They were supposed to win all year, right? This is a team that everybody predicted to win this thing?
Starting point is 00:06:11 Pre-season odds on favorites, regular season odds on favorites, and odds on favorites going into the playoffs. From start to finish, they did what they were supposed to do. How come Tampa didn't soften that ice a little bit again? Yeah, a little bit. What's that all about? I think they tried. It was awfully chippy. But Colorado just overcome it. Is that why old buddy tripped with Lorto? Oh, again. Yeah, a little bit. What's that all about? I think they tried. It was awfully chippy.
Starting point is 00:06:25 But Colorado just overcame it. Is that why old buddy tripped with Lord? Oh, no. Oh, that could have been. Oh, no. Come on, guys. Easy out for him, though. Not to Zambone.
Starting point is 00:06:35 Yeah, obviously the guy that tripped with the cup named? Nicholas Abe Kubel. Sure. Nicholas. I didn't hear the name Nicholas the first two times. I hyphenated last name. Abe hyphen Kubel. Have you said Nicholas every time you've told me this? Once. I thought it was Abe name Nicholas the first two times. Hyphenated last name. Abe-Kubel. Have you said Nicholas every time you've told me this?
Starting point is 00:06:47 Once. I thought it was Abe-Kubel. Yeah, me too. I don't think you've said Nicholas yet. This is the first time you've said Nicholas. The guy's name being Nick is much fucking easier. Maybe I didn't want to slander Nick's. Well, listen. St. Nick, Nick Beraldo, Nick Abe-Kubel. What?
Starting point is 00:07:00 Maybe it was the goddamn ice that old buddy tripped with Lordo and damaged that beautiful piece. Now, Gronkowski, who has retired, congrats to Gronk. Congratulations, Gronk. He played baseball with Lambeau in Dented to Football, and it's still Dented. They'll fix Lordo. They probably already fixed Lordo, right? That's a good question,
Starting point is 00:07:18 actually. I wish we could talk to Mike to figure it out, because they will fix it eventually, but I don't know if they're going to take it away from the players. They're not letting that thing go right now. They just won that thing. They battled all year for that thing. I've seen Nate McKinnon take a little baby sip of beer out of the Lordo. Just a little one. There had to be others. At Boston Conner here,
Starting point is 00:07:34 I understand. Nate McKinnon, best friends with Sid, I guess. Nate McKinnon said that he was the drunkest one at Sidney Crosby's Stanley Cup parties, and he's hoping that Sidney Crosby will be the drunkest one at his party. I've seen him take just a little baby sip out of Lordo, and I said I said Nate that's why you didn't win the God Smythe pal yeah that was tough and I assume maybe hopefully his thought process was you know everyone's got to take a quick sip then everyone gets to chug a full beer out of it blood of Christ
Starting point is 00:07:55 yeah exactly were they wiping it down like the old the priest were or whatever I don't think they wipe anything how long is that team uh together for this team together for a while oh yeah they got to run here. Fuck. A couple guys will leave, but the core is intact. McCarr, McKinnon, Landeskog, they'll all be there for years. Well, they're going to have to sign Jack Johnson back. And if they don't, they're fucked. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:08:13 Ed Tundiggs, how you doing, pal? Good. How are you doing, pal? Great. How was your weekend? Good weekend. Got some home renovations done. You know, took care of some stuff that, you know, I've been putting off.
Starting point is 00:08:24 It was a good weekend. I ran some errands as well fix some things got new internet in the house there you go that was a big deal thank you nick and zeta for stopping by with old billy and then the uh metronet guy jake here you go jake jake the snake alex alex alex for metronet jake was somebody else that was there fish guy was also at the house i met for the first time nice yeah his name's tyler tyler is the fish guy uh he was very i I met for the first time. Nice. Yeah, his name's Tyler. Tyler's the fish guy. He was very nice. I met him for the first time. Learned a lot about fish. Took Friday off. Learned a lot. Got new internet. Learned about a fish.
Starting point is 00:08:52 Might have a new fish tank in the house at some point. Like a different location? Yeah. Can't have a shark, though, because people get pissed that you have a shark. Why? Well, because you have a tank, and no matter how big your tank is, shark could, if actual live properly, outgrow it. So you're containing something that shouldn't be contained.
Starting point is 00:09:11 What about piranha? Well, I think piranha is available. I think that is something that is available. But that's a certain type of tank, Diggs. Okay. The piranhas and the other fish are a certain type, and then there's a jellyfish group. Ooh, that'd be a pretty tank.
Starting point is 00:09:23 Yeah. I think I'm going towards jellyfish. Jellyfish stink, but they're cool to look at. What? Jellyfish stink only if they sting you and then you have to pee on yourself. But if it's in a tank, you're not getting in there. Who cares? Exactly, that's what I'm saying.
Starting point is 00:09:32 The barracuda, I do believe, is with the jellyfish, though. Blue barracuda. Yeah. Well, I don't know if it's a blue barracuda or just base gas barracuda. There's eels in there, too, I think I can point. Oh, eels. You also asked about the fish with the light. You call that the tank of death.
Starting point is 00:09:43 Yeah, you asked about the fish with the light. You call that the tank of death. Yeah, you asked about the fish with the light. It's a lantern fish. From Finding Nemo, yeah, to the bottom of the ocean. Anyways, I think we all got our shit done around the house, and I like that. I feel very accomplished when I do stuff like that. I very rarely get to do it because I spend my weekends either sleeping or chilling, getting stuff done. It feels damn good.
Starting point is 00:10:00 You feel like an old man right now. I do. I mean, it's great because, you know, you do it and there's some ups and downs. It's kind of like a Disney movie where, you know, everything's good and then there's a bad part. But in the end, you fucking thrive and you feel good. Yeah, you feel accomplished when you look back on what you had accomplished. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:17 Yeah. You used that internet this weekend? I did. I did. Did you watch anything good? So, you know, I tried to watch John Wick and we would dive into McAfee Movie Review Monday, but we don't have Ty here. Ty is actually a...
Starting point is 00:10:28 True, he's a movie guy. A scholar movie person. Went to school for movies, so I feel like we are doing... I mean, I minored in film studies. Boom. Did you? Where at? University of Pittsburgh.
Starting point is 00:10:38 Whoa. The prestigious. Noted film school. Yeah, Dan Marino made a movie. Scorsese. Ace Ventura Pet Detective came right out
Starting point is 00:10:48 of University of Pittsburgh I don't think I finished with enough credits to actually get the certificate for the minor but you took a class I took a couple classes yeah
Starting point is 00:10:55 I took a freezing class still don't have forehand you don't play ultimate I thought you had a forehand nah I don't have forehand no froff don't froff either because I don't have forehand
Starting point is 00:11:04 can't control it skipped the classes showed up at test days everything else was good forehand. No, I don't have forehand. No froff? Don't froff either because I don't have forehand. Can't control it. Skipped the classes. Showed up at test days. Everything else was good. Forehand day. Big F. So I ended up getting C in the class. That works, though.
Starting point is 00:11:12 No, I mean, it does, I guess. But really, that was one you expect. That's what you expect to get an A in. The GPA booster, sure. That was one of the, but you only got four tests. And if you fail one of them, you're kind of fucked. You know what I mean? And then the final had the final had four and then but it turns out i did not i did not
Starting point is 00:11:29 practice from the failed test to the final and i really took quite a bit out of my score there yeah i got a c in that class but that didn't make me a frisbee expert well you're saying you took in multiple classes and i guess i watched a silent movie class as well that was pretty good one the train robbery right yeah the great train robbery boom black 14 minutes into that thing yes I can't do this that class was four hours long they're showing these fucking biblical proportion movies it's like you need to slow down I ain't doing any of this I filled in a couple tests there's another C or D on that all these electables and people took and got like a zone I got bottom of the barrel on because it was very difficult to
Starting point is 00:12:02 understand we'll dive into the McAfee movie review i guess try to watch john wick i get it i fell asleep oh no that's the end of the mcafee movie review no how far did you get that's it that's the end of it why did you see him thank you mcafee movie review monday it has came and gone already i get it i get it his wife boogeyman great person the dog daisy yeah it was tough the boogeyman. Great person. The dog, Daisy. Yeah, it was tough. The boogeyman scared of John Wick. I hate that. Listen, I love everything about it. I like that the enemy, the leader of the enemy crew was like, fuck the John Wick.
Starting point is 00:12:33 He's got a great accent, but you missed it. No, John Wick is the boogeyman. No, no. At the beginning, they're singing a song about the boogeyman. The boogeyman's scared of John Wick. Baba Yaga. Yeah, he's scared. That's at the beginning of the thing. You're saying at the end, they... I always thought that of John Wick. Baba Yaga. Yeah, he's scared. That's at the beginning of the thing.
Starting point is 00:12:45 You're saying at the end, they... I always thought that John Wick was La Baba Yaga. No, no. I think he's scared of John Wick, right? Yeah, I think John Wick is like the head honcho in the world. Yeah, Boogeyman, listen, this is McAfee Movie Review Monday. I didn't watch the whole fucking thing. You were an expert two days ago.
Starting point is 00:13:00 I thought they were calling fucking John Wick Baba Yaga. That is his nickname. I think they were. They're doing like the. That is his nickname. I think they were. They're doing like the Chuck Norris fact thing. The boogeyman's scared of this guy. So he is the boogeyman, I guess. I was so distraught about the dog that I think I... Yeah, anyways, I think very aggressive.
Starting point is 00:13:14 You guys, mostly Ty watching at home right now with the baby. I mean, a dog gets killed 15 minutes into the movie. I mean, that is, that's tough. That is a tough... Yeah, but then you have to. Somehow you fell asleep. I mean, they made a baby face there. They made a baby face out of John Wick very quick. I mean, have his lady die,
Starting point is 00:13:32 then his dog die, and he has a sick car, and he gets a sick car. I mean, they made a baby face out of him quick, and he's an absolute stud, but I did fall asleep in the middle of it. Got home at 4 a.m. from Austin, Texas after SmackDown. Flight. Plane had an issue. Mechanicalm. from Austin, Texas after SmackDown. Flight. Plane had an issue.
Starting point is 00:13:46 Mechanical issue. Literally found that out after getting to Austin. I get a text like 10, 15 minutes before SmackDown starts. Hey, mechanical issue on the plane. Can't fly home. We're going to try to find you another plane, if not maybe tomorrow morning. I'm like, oh, I'm in Austin for a night. Did not expect this, but here we go.
Starting point is 00:14:03 Get a text middle of the show. Hey, available for midnight takeoff. You will land at 3 45 or whatever i'm like deal get me home so i got a chance to have a couple beers over there in austin yeah i met young jamie from joe okay i did not know he was such an ohio guy a lot of oh is being tossed around that he views uh the oh thing just like aj hawk oh it's sacred i'm like how come you two like are two of the biggest Ohio State people in the history of Ohio State, and you both are fucking disrespectful to the I.O.? You know what I mean? He said, well, people are mocking it.
Starting point is 00:14:32 It's too much. It doesn't have to be everywhere. They throw that thing around like crazy. That's what I thought. I think he's tired of that happening, potentially in outside places. It's like, hey, this isn't an Ohio thing. This isn't the hipster bar in Austin that we're at thing. Because he had an Ohio against the world shirt on.
Starting point is 00:14:48 So there was numerous, oh, hey, oh, hey, oh, hey. And he answered one of them, I think. And then I seen two not go unfulfilled. Yikes. And I was like, oh, so you and AJ both, huh? You guys hate Ohio State? Do you guys think you're the reason you lost to fucking Michigan last year?
Starting point is 00:15:03 Because you leave the ducks on the pond with the I.O.? And he said, no, what A.J. is doing is right. It needs to be held more sacred than just throwing a round out to anybody. He said, who knows if that person's an actual Ohio State person or if they're like you, just mocking it. I'm like, I never mock it. I'm trying to help you guys beat fucking Ish again. I'm sick of you guys just
Starting point is 00:15:19 losing and stinking and all the hype and all the money that Ryan Day needs to run that program. I'm trying to get the O.H. II-O out there more and more so everybody can feel the vibe. He said, well, it sounds like you're mocking it just by the way you described it. I said, valid. O-H. And then he didn't say anything. And I said, well, I-O.
Starting point is 00:15:36 And I went and got him a beer. And then that's kind of how it all. Great guy, though. First time meeting him. I chit-chatted on the internet a little bit. He was very nice. Seamus and I got a chance to have a pint. That was great.
Starting point is 00:15:46 More people at the WWE. Did you guys fight? Did you guys bar fight? No, we didn't have pints and fights. We just had pints. Thank God. I believe I was forced to have a whiskey as well. It was not an Irish whiskey.
Starting point is 00:15:55 It was not an Irish whiskey. Or maybe it was. I don't know. Maybe it was Jameson. I don't know. Does Young Jaime have his PhD as well? I'm not 100% sure if he's a doctor. I'm not sure if Jamie is a doctor or not.
Starting point is 00:16:05 I don't think he's a doctor. Great hair though. He's got good hair. Flo? Yeah. Cool guy. Great conversation. Good chatter with him.
Starting point is 00:16:11 They're in the middle of a vastly different world than the one we're in. Yeah. Like kind of can have a conversation about like our professions, you know,
Starting point is 00:16:20 that not a lot of people can have. Sure. But also can't really because the vastness of how big that show is and also the world that they're in, vastly different than our sports stooge reward. Yeah, a wide range of topics over there.
Starting point is 00:16:32 But, I mean, at least SmackDown felt like it was a pretty awesome little environment. And Austin, though. Austin was pretty cool. That arena that I forgot the name of mid-sentence on SmackDown and then almost dropped an F-bomb immediately afterwards. And then Michael Cole had to make up for it. He's the Moody Center. The Moody Center.
Starting point is 00:16:49 That's about to be the Archmage Center. Yeah, that's exactly what it is. Potentially, yeah. Bingo. No, I'm not going to say it. Whoa. Somebody down there told me that the Texas football fandom thing, not real. That person might have been trying to stir shit with me though to say it in the microphone stir shit with texas yeah but like i was like hey if i give a big hook
Starting point is 00:17:09 them right now everybody's just gonna lose their mind and this was at the little hipster bar he was like maybe not really like i'm like oh no in austin is it an oh situation no i don't think it's an oh situation i think austin has a lot of other shit going on right now. Like, I think Austin has a lot of other stuff going on right now that the Texas football team has kind of fallen back a little bit. But if Arch Manning gets there and they get in there and they win, they'll be all the way back. But with the person that was standing right next to me at the bar where there was two bartenders that were really doing a great job,
Starting point is 00:17:39 but there was, I don't know, 100 people waiting to get drinks. So it was quite a fascinating little scene there. So I got a chance to chat. He said, Texas football fandom, the stadium will always fill up, you know, because we're there, but it's not like a live or die situation like it maybe was in the past with Texas football.
Starting point is 00:17:54 But when it comes back, I think Arch Manning will bring it all the way back, which is even better for Arch, for him to hook them. But the Moody Center, two months old. We're one of the first shows in there. No way. Yeah, it's fucking beautiful. State of the art. Beautiful. Air conditioning was great. It was 104 when I landed. Jesus. Austin was so hot. Texas in the summer.
Starting point is 00:18:10 Speaking of hot, hockey. Hell yeah. Yes. Speaking of hot, the ice in Tampa. Uh-oh. A couple games ago, that might have slowed down the Colorado Avalanche, but not last night. Going into the third period, had a lead, and they never relented. They were diving in front of pucks.
Starting point is 00:18:25 Imagine that motivational speech from the Avalanche head coach in between the second and third period. Boys, you're one period away from eternal legacy. Every puck that is shot, your face goes in front of it.
Starting point is 00:18:42 Our goalie doesn't have to make a single save if you're really skating. We do not give up any cheap goals. Then they gave up two on one, like three minutes in there. Oh, yeah. There was a chance that the Tampa Bay Lightning were going to be able to get back into it. But nonetheless, the team that was the greatest
Starting point is 00:18:55 from the beginning of the season remained all the way through the end of the season. Joining us now, a fellow Stanley Cup champion, a man who hosted that's hockey talk this season. He's on NHL Network and now a friend of the show, which we are very grateful for. Out of Cleveland, don't hold it against him, Mike Ruff. What's going on? How are we today?
Starting point is 00:19:15 Hey, I'm great. How are you? He's still riding high from old Alordo celebration last night. Did you get into any of that with the Avs or any of them? a Lordo celebration last night? Did you get into any of that with the Avs or any of them? No. So down in Tampa right there, right next to the arena,
Starting point is 00:19:31 is the JW Marriott. And so, you know, that was a spot that was open by the time we got out last night. So we went over there, and all of a sudden you saw the bus pull up, and that was the Avs hotel. So I put something on Twitter, just the guys kind of passing through with the cup going up an escalator up to like the they must have had a some of the banquet halls uh kind of rented out or or or they were going to use that for kind of the post party and uh take a gander at it when you get a chance i love seeing the boys like it's always every year it's like who is going right here okay
Starting point is 00:20:06 so watch this we got bo byram who's gonna be coming up shirtless uh see him right there pumping the two fists yeah bo byram just turned 21 three weeks ago yeah so he's enjoying life right there but uh you know that's the closest you know last. But, you know, that's the closest. You know, last night, it's, you know, it's more, that's their special time, right? Like, you know, I mean, they earn that, stay up all night, do what you're going to do. It was impressive, man. That team was the real deal. And they beat a team that is absolutely the real deal as well.
Starting point is 00:20:44 Okay, so I'm happy you got a chance to kind of ride the wave of the Stanley Cup championship, too. team was the real deal and they beat a team that is absolutely the real deal as well. Okay, so I'm happy you got a chance to kind of ride the wave of the Stanley Cup Championship too, by the way, covering it in the arena. I seen you in a suit last night that looked... Hey, that was a Lordo suit you had on. Lordo suit, yeah. Bring out the good one, man. You got to bring out the good one for that. So, yeah, it's a special occasion.
Starting point is 00:21:06 Hey, greatest year for the NHL in some time this year. I think the games, the matchups, the television, the broadcast, the conversation. I feel like this year was a big year for the NHL and the Avalanche were a team all through the year that everybody thought was going to win. So I feel like that's a good
Starting point is 00:21:22 outcome and they topple the back-to-back Stanley Cup champs. Feels like this was a perfect storybook for the nhl this year or no yeah yeah no it was i mean we had the big the big rights deal with tnt and espn and i thought both networks did a great job i'm sure there's going to be some pivoting along the way and adjusting to different things but the viewership was up um you know it's just the nature of it, too. It's in more households with these two networks. So that helps a lot. And then, yeah, man, I thought the playoffs were awesome.
Starting point is 00:21:53 I thought the playoffs, I thought round one we had. So in round one of the eight matchups, we had five of them go to game sevens. And it's not too often that you have what people think are the best two teams that actually meet in the finals. And this is like the first time we've really seen that in a really long time. We had one team that was trying to make history with a three-peat. And maybe there's this other team here in Colorado who a lot of people think probably should have arrived a year or two ago and won their first cup of this. And they might be that next team that's going to grab maybe that Western Conference for the next number of years.
Starting point is 00:22:29 Man, I thought it was awesome. Star power galore. Hey, Kael McCarr. Yeah. Kael McCarr has been – we had it in the post-game show last night. I mean, insane. This guy's last number of years. So he's 22
Starting point is 00:22:47 years old. By the way, just real quick, Con Smythe playoffs MVP, he can walk through any place in America outside of Colorado. No clue. But next year, next couple years, because of what you're about to say, I think, he's young. Yeah, well, dude, I joke around, Nicky knows this, like
Starting point is 00:23:03 I call him him he looks like elf on the shelf he's always got these rosy cheeks he's got this like little you know unassuming face but he's a cold-blooded assassin out there on the ice he's his numbers he's putting up are up there with bobby or um paul coffee i mean you're talking all-time great he's 22 so he's won now in the last number of years he's won the hobie baker for the best, you know, the Heisman in college hockey. So he won the Hobie Baker. He won the Calder Trophy, NHL Rookie of the Year. He has won the – he was first-team all-star or all that kind of stuff too.
Starting point is 00:23:38 You know, it's a little bit lesser of a significance. But then there's he won the Norris Trophy, best defenseman. He won the playoff MVP. I mean, this guy, the next thing, he potentially could be in the conversation if things keep progressing like this. He could be a league MVP guy as a defenseman. He's incredible, and this is kind of a big coming out party for him a little bit. Who's the last defenseman that won MVP?
Starting point is 00:24:03 Because this is a big deal, right? Like a defenseman having more points than everybody else is a massive ordeal, especially when you've got McKinnon on the squad who started the playoff run where he was on top of the world. A defenseman leading in points and then also winning that is huge, right? This is not normal at all in the NHL. No, if I had to guess, I'd say Bobby Orr. Oh, yeah. I would guess because Bobby Orr had over 100 points. No, if I had to guess, I'd say Bobby Orr.
Starting point is 00:24:28 I would guess because Bobby Orr had over 100 points. No, no. That's the 20s? I don't think he led the league in points, but the last guy to win the MVP as a defenseman would be our friend Chris Pronger. Yes. Oh, so we're talking defenseman winning the MVP?
Starting point is 00:24:44 Prongs. Our boy Prongs. But, yeah, yeah. That was about 2,000. Bobby Orr had over 100 points. But that's just some of the stuff that some of these – you know, Kael McCarr is not far off that, right? And he's a young kid. He's just getting better and better.
Starting point is 00:24:56 But it's nuts, man. It is nuts what that young team did. And here's a little kicker to it. You know what? We talked about about on the show before pat it's like in the in the next coming days we're gonna see all the injury reports come out we see in every sport right when their season's done or the playoffs are done and they're always you you read it and you're like holy shit these guys like what i i've had a couple conversations
Starting point is 00:25:23 with people that have said, wait until you see what Tampa was dealing with. No excuse. The best team won. We know this. The best team won. Colorado was a better team than Tampa right now. But from what I've heard, there's, like, significant.
Starting point is 00:25:41 You heard John Cooper say at the head coach of Tampa after the game, if this was the regular season, we'd be playing with half of our minor league roster. That's how banged up our group is. So I love that, man. That's playoff hockey. It gives me goosebumps just talking about it. They were close, but both teams are dealing with a ton of injuries, and that's what makes hockey playoffs great, I think. I think hockey is such a throwback sport.
Starting point is 00:26:02 Now, I don't know if that's going to change with all the modern coverage and the money that's going to be handed out and the superstardom that's going to come with this. I think it's only a matter of time. Much more than lacrosse, much more than soccer. I think the hockey world is about to blow up because of the NHL. P.K. Subban's on first take right now, right?
Starting point is 00:26:22 I think hockey is going to see quite a growth, so maybe the throwbackness of the sport might disappear. But first take right now, right? Like, I think hockey is going to see quite a grow, so maybe the throwbackness of the sport might disappear. But it's just expected, right, of hockey guys? Like, are you hurt or are you injured? And even if you're injured, can you play? Yeah, then the rest of the locker room, your coaches, and even the entire community is like, what do you mean you didn't play with a broken fucking leg?
Starting point is 00:26:40 It's the playoffs. That's an old-school throwback mentality in a lot of sports that is still happening, and I think that is why the world is going to have a lot of respect for the nhl i can't wait to hear what the fuck these guys have been dealing with broken legs have come out like oh this guy actually has a broken leg you saw him play last night for 40 minutes on ice skating through there yeah he actually has a broken leg he'll be out for like eight months or something like that shit happens in hockey yeah you know it's funny that so the one of the big i mean there's been a ton of great storylines for colorado that's allowed them to win this cup but valnichuskin okay here's the guy he's a russian player uh he's big boy he's a big boy
Starting point is 00:27:16 he's probably six what was he probably six four six five maybe um two 225 or so. He's jacked. He skates hard. He's a fast skater, but he's big, right? And he was dominant in these playoffs in a lot of different ways. In my opinion, he may have been their best forward in the finals. So he gets hurt, and they don't know if he's going to play yesterday. So it's funny because this is like our pre-production meeting. So all eyes are on on bell bell goes out in uh pre-game skate yesterday optional pre-game skate he goes out no equipment
Starting point is 00:27:51 he's got like his he's got like his bike shorts on and like a t-shirt and he puts his he puts his hockey skates on and he's going out there and he's just kind of being gingerly on it he walked into the arena with a limp in a walking boot then he puts his skate on he goes out there and he starts going and as soon as i saw him the skate uh me and mike johnson that um you know another former player were like oh he's good he's going and they're like what do you mean he's going he they were seeing him coming in he can't walk they said he can't he's hobbling very badly'm like, if he can get his foot in the boot, the boot is like a walking – like it is better for hockey players with any ankle, leg injury, foot injury.
Starting point is 00:28:33 It's better to be in your skate than it is your sneakers because you don't – your foot's going like this, right? It immobilizes your foot in your boot. It's a cast. Oh, this dude's good to go. We're watching him in warm-ups trying to get a feel. This guy's fucking flying around like nothing. I mean, he's for sure.
Starting point is 00:28:48 I've been told there's like at least five or six guys that have broken feet. Jesus. It's like, it's nuts, man. They're blocking shots. You break your foot and the guys are just dealing with it. And it's incredible. I love the thought, though, of other people who weren't in the hockey world going, that guy can't even walk, so we'll have him down and he's out.'s incredible i love the thought though of other people who weren't in the hockey world going that guy can't even walk so we'll have him down is out and you guys look at him i'm like no he's fucking playing can he put his foot into the skate yeah then he's playing
Starting point is 00:29:14 what are we even talking about this is yeah well i mean like 2022 standpoint though what's that lord lordo's in the building all right bingo Bingo. Throw that thing up there, Pat. First off, that one's in much better shape than the one last night. You saw that thing get dinged up. Oh, you're talking about Nicholas? You're talking about when Nicholas nicked the bottom of Lord Stanley Cup? Just found out his name was Nicholas? Oh, they could go.
Starting point is 00:29:39 It looks like a fucking chunky soup can opener. Just damage it. Where the grocery store just pop. When you try to open it from this thing. When you try to spit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I understand what you're saying. That's awesome.
Starting point is 00:29:51 Yeah, that's unbelievable. But at least it was the bottom, I guess, right? But anyways. That little kid. Hey, that little kid holding Lordo like this in the front row. This little baby Lordo. That was awesome. Unbelievable.
Starting point is 00:30:03 Like Hawk NHl should have that photo yeah he's like that and then i think there's a zoomed out one where i think actual lordo is in front and i think he's wearing the same jersey as the person that's holding it like the nhl if they don't get the 8k photo of that and just talk about that is forever hey this is what hockey means yeah it's fucking awesome kid awesome, kid. Hey, good on you, child. You won the Lord O2, pal. Go on. So where we're sitting, our set, okay?
Starting point is 00:30:31 We're sitting there, and right where the tunnel came out, where the cup came, our set was right up there at the end of the top section. Right in front of us all game, we were in front of the, sorry, behind Colorado's family section. So all the wives, girlfriends had these, they had these sweet jackets made up. They had their, they had like their jean coats.
Starting point is 00:30:51 Like the Edmonton. Yeah, the McDavid. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like that. So they had all that stuff. End of relationship. So we're sitting there. And so the game ends.
Starting point is 00:31:00 The clock's counting down. And you're watching it count down. And I've never seen anything like this because like when we won we were on the ice and i haven't been this close to family members that have been a part of this grind with these with with the families uh you know with the with the guys on the ice everyone like bawling and i look over and the my the crew that we're on with, Mike Johnson and James McCoy, we look over and we're like, that looks like a lot. That guy looks like a lot like Jack Johnson. Is that Jack Johnson's brother?
Starting point is 00:31:33 And then we start putting it together. It was the best thing ever, guys. I can't even tell you. His hands were on his head. He's a grown man. Tears flowing down his face parents like you know like the parents are bawling and like everyone all of them came they're kind of scattered around the section the family section they all came together in this pack and it was
Starting point is 00:31:58 just like everyone i i was just i i wasn't even watching the ice it's right in front of me and i can't believe what i'm seeing. It's powerful. That's powerful rubber. It is, dude. It is. And then so when Jack – so Jack – I'm assuming this is his brother because then Jack got the cup, skates over, holds it over his head, and that guy just puts his hands on his head, his brother, and he sits down and he just buries his head.
Starting point is 00:32:22 Oh, man. That's awesome. There's that stuff. There's Nathan McKinnon came over, taking the pictures with his dad he sits down and he just buries his head and you know like there's that stuff there's um nathan mckinnon came over uh taking the pictures with his dad right in the little entrance way and nathan mckinnon's mom comes out and it was the coolest thing because she's just this little thing nathan mckinnon's a bull she comes out he gives her a long hug and then she just gives the biggest smack on the back like it's like it's like the coach you'd be like yeah just
Starting point is 00:32:46 pounding in the back and i'm like his mom's so fired up like this is these kids have talked about this they've played these things out in their household since they were three or four years old especially the canadian guys right so they're seeing it play out it was powerful man it was really cool well that's just it's the family's dreams too you know they've sacrificed a lot i've a couple years back they in baseball is not a sport that I fancy to watch. I just can't get into it. I apologize. But they had like the cam on this guy's dad.
Starting point is 00:33:14 It was his first ever game in the big leagues after all these years in the minors. And his dad was there, and they showed his dad. And I think he hit a bomb. And his dad like went crazy and was crying. I'm like getting teared up thinking about it the amount of balls that that dad Right the amount of balls any amount of time that they were invested in this dream to come true You getting to witness that last night is an absolutely glorious thing because that's all their dreams, right? And they've heard all the bad shit that has been said about their kids and about their boyfriends or husbands or whoever's out there.
Starting point is 00:33:46 That whole dream to the top is from every part of the village almost. And getting a chance to watch that had to be so cool. You probably thought about your family whenever you experienced it, what was happening, what was going on. It's a that's a cool thing. And that's what happens. That's what Lorto can do for the whole family. That's what Lorto can do. I got a I got a funny story about real quick about when when um not to make this about me but just about
Starting point is 00:34:09 winning the cup right this guy won a stanley cup everybody this guy congrats maybe i should set up like this if you guys didn't know i won one of those so anyways no what i want to say, so I was a rookie, right? And this is all stuff, everything that goes into it. And that's why even Colorado had that opportunity to close out in Denver, right? There's so much going on, man. You've got family, friends, everyone's coming in. They're staying at your house.
Starting point is 00:34:39 It's a lot. And teams try to do their best to get everything situated, tickets, passes. We will take care of everything. You guys play the game. I think it's a little bit easier on the road. But anyways, so we have game seven. And I was a rookie. I mean, as far as the totem pole, I didn't have status as far as rank on the team.
Starting point is 00:35:00 So there's tickets to go around. Each team, the team only had X amount of tickets to go around each team you know every the team only had x amount of tickets to go around and so my parents uh my mom and stepdad came in uh wanted to come in and my dad came in i didn't have tickets for them and i'm like i guys i don't they don't everyone used all the tickets like i didn't i didn't have any tickets and um so what ended up happening is it was so cool. Earlier in the season, my mom was at the game and met a season ticket holder. And she just thought it was cool that, you know, it was a player's mom. And they became friends on Facebook.
Starting point is 00:35:38 So they were like, are you guys coming in for the game? We should meet up and grab a drink before the game. And she's like, yeah, we're coming. We're trying to find tickets. And the season ticket holder, think about this. Season ticket holder for the Devils was like, wait, you guys don't have tickets? And she's like, no, we'll find them, whatever. They gave their game seven tickets to my parents.
Starting point is 00:35:56 They gave them. Like, dude, that's why you have fucking season tickets so you can go to that game, right? They gave them to my parents. My dad was scalping tickets outside. So he got the nosebleeds up top. But I'll tell you what, in that moment, just thinking about that family stuff, like in that moment at the end of the game when I saw them down in the locker room, it was one of the coolest moments in my life.
Starting point is 00:36:18 I'll never forget it. And it like almost didn't happen, but without someone's generosity, man, I don't know. I would have snuck them in probably somehow, but I don't know. It's nuts. That's amazing. Have you followed up with – because the Devils have never been back, right? Have the Devils ever been back?
Starting point is 00:36:35 They've been to the finals, but they haven't out won since then. Oh, that season ticket holder is just waiting on it. Hey, we appreciate you, though. The Rupps enjoyed it. Nick, your question for old though. The Rupps enjoyed it. Nick, your question for old Stanley Cup champion Ruppert. Well, maybe that season ticket holder was just so sick and tired of watching these guys trap and
Starting point is 00:36:52 slow everything down on the way to win that cup that they were just bored with the game. A little inside hockey. Ruppert, as a Stanley Cup champion, you were one of the guys who received the cup after the game. Everyone knows the captain goes up. They're the first to touch the cup after it's awarded from the commissioner or last night the deputy commissioner bill daly but then there's kind of like an unwritten rule in terms of order
Starting point is 00:37:12 of who gets to lift the cup can you talk about that a little bit yeah so a lot of times i mean the captain's obviously who gets it from the commissioner or in last night's case the deputy commissioner um and i mean depending on what each team's situation is, if you have a veteran that's been around a long time, that's been chasing a cup, whether it's with that organization or even with another organization, there kind of just becomes this unwritten rule of who's going to get it next. Otherwise, you just go, like, captain and then three-year assistant captains
Starting point is 00:37:42 and three-year lineup. But yesterday was cool because we find out about it later go like captain and then through your assistant captains and through your lineup but um yesterday was yesterday was cool because um we find out about it later because eric johnson was the second one so eric johnson was the first overall pick he was one of the original he's the veteran on this team right he's been there for a long time and he's helped mentor these kids and uh you know he he he was the second one to get it there. And they asked him afterwards, did you know about this? And he said, this is what's cool.
Starting point is 00:38:08 Because remember, this team was close the last couple of years. In a lot of people's mind, people thought they've really underachieved because they haven't won one yet. And so I guess Gabe Landeskog, the captain told eric johnson a couple years ago we're gonna win this and i'm giving it to you i'm giving it to you second and they're like best of friends right so that's sure as hell what happened last night and then and then it goes even from there to um what it went from ej to uh then you start going through like and Cogliano. This guy was up for the Ironman streak in NHL history. Yes, Cogliano. Wildly.
Starting point is 00:38:53 He's bounced around. He's played 1,100, 1,200 games. So he's going to get it early on. Then they just kind of go through. So it's cool. It's a neat thing because you can be a guy that's chasing cups for chasing a cup for jack johnson years yeah and they're gonna and you're gonna get that honor like right away put this in this baby's hands and the guys genuinely like they they love especially when guys have
Starting point is 00:39:17 already won a cup they love giving it to a guy who's worked his whole career for one and uh so there's a couple situations like that last night well i appreciate your coverage all season i appreciate you doing that talky talk you were a great addition to our family hopefully we'll be able to bring you back now enjoy the offseason pal yes thank you guys uh everybody enjoy and uh yeah we still got some hockey news but maybe we'll wait for the big stuff to hit. But a little downtime would be nice too, right? We'll get geared up for next season. Well, and officially, by the way, that's Hockey Talk. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:39:51 That's Hockey Talk. Hell of a run, Hockey. Hell yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, Mike Ruppert. Thank you, buddy. Thank you, guys. Let's ride. Here we go Come on
Starting point is 00:40:06 If we're gonna continue to do it Don't need you all Stepping on top of each other Gotta nail it Alright Ty Schmidt obviously out But the talk's the table He's here
Starting point is 00:40:13 At Nick Moraldo At Boston Connor At Tone Diggs One half of the hammer Done Cowboys We'd all like to say Congrats to the Schmidts
Starting point is 00:40:22 Yeah There you go Schmidts Send Ty And I don't know If his wife's Twitter and Instagram is necessarily public. No, I don't think so. I don't think I should be the person that's giving that away. But you should certainly send Ty congratulations. They had a hell of a weekend. I believe they celebrated their anniversary and the birth of their child in the same weekend.
Starting point is 00:40:40 We are incredibly happy for him. He'll be off for the next few weeks as he tries to build the mana with the baby. That's right. The mana. Make sure they learn. Skin to skin. You have to. I'm your dad.
Starting point is 00:40:51 Listen. Me. John Wayne Gacy's from the same town that I'm from, but you are not from that town, so you're going to be better. That is not what Ty's saying, and I need not make fun of that because that baby is beautiful, innocent, and going to go on to do great things, and there's no reason to bring up that clown JWG from Waterloo, Iowa.
Starting point is 00:41:08 Thank you. That's very mature of you. I am very mature. No matter what he did for KFC. Campy, you know. He created the double diddle. Double diddle. Joining us now is a man who did not create any sandwiches for KFC, but he certainly is a double diddle.
Starting point is 00:41:23 Sure. Maybe a triple-diddle, if you think about it. College football national champion, Super Bowl champion, Ryder Cup champion. That's a triple-diddle if I've ever heard of it in my entire life. Ladies and gentlemen, COVID survivor, private plane survivor, face of the Ohio State,
Starting point is 00:41:40 A.J. Haas. Hey, A.J.! What's up, buddy? Oh, hey, guys. Happy Monday. Hey, happy Monday to you. How was your week? New haircut. Fresh cut.
Starting point is 00:41:48 Fresh cut. Yeah, fresh cut this morning. Hey, how's it going? Give me the AJ Hawk. What's the AJ Hawk? Ah, like drill instructor. All right, got it. Let that thing fly.
Starting point is 00:42:00 We love the fact that you're getting all freshened up here. Is this because tahoe's right around the corner it's because i needed a haircut oh well but all the sides get really long really fast and that just bugs me yeah me too that's because we have huge heads so when this grows out you it makes your head look even more obnoxiously sized right uh yeah i guess that is that is definitely part of it i haven't thought about it too much but yeah i just think it's this feels terrible. Well, that's the reason why.
Starting point is 00:42:26 I would assume, like anytime I try to grow my hair out now, like it grows out this way and my head looks cartoon-sized. It's like, all right, too large of a head. So I have to power through that at some point in my life. I will grow back, hopefully something that is close to the majesticness of Conor's mullet. Probably not. But that will come someday in the future. Yeah, with those new for the brand hats.
Starting point is 00:42:49 I mean, you throw that hat on for two, three months, and then all of a sudden you got a mullet. Hey, we got Nike hats now all of a sudden, AJ. How does that work? Well, I don't know. See if Phil just works magic. Boom. We talked about it one day.
Starting point is 00:43:01 It was on the store the next. Literally, the next day. Look at that hat. Zito's wearing it. Looks like a hat model. day. It was on the store the next, literally the next day. Look at that hat Zito's wearing. Looks like a hat model. Yeah. It is. That's because Zito has an incredibly handsome face or whatever.
Starting point is 00:43:12 AJ, hope you had a great weekend. Did you watch any of the golf? Shoffley got a big win on the PGA there. An amateur almost got into that thing. That would have been a tough look for the PGA if an amateur wins. But instead, Shoffley brings it home. And an incredible golf i enjoyed the hell out of that sunday watch yeah i watched uh a little bit of it i got to see the
Starting point is 00:43:29 fireworks at the very end i was i was busy uh prepping for the abs to close this one out in tampa i was honestly i don't know why i was thinking this was still in colorado though they're oh man it's in tampa well it's because two two one one one or whatever you know you figured that out but i was going to try to delay this conversation as long as possible because you were the only one on this program that was pulling for the avalanche in the Stanley Cup championship. And that's because your brother-in-law, Jack Johnson, who was trending on Twitter this morning when I woke up,
Starting point is 00:43:58 over 1,000-plus regular season games, never getting to hoist Lordo. Now he goes out to Colorado, plays big time minutes for him, wins the Stanley Cup. Congrats to your family. Congrats to Jack Johnson. Thank you, Jack. Thank you. I know you guys are upset that the Lightning couldn't figure it out, but I
Starting point is 00:44:17 feel like they handled it well. They were very classy in defeat in the abs. I thought it was awesome. Old buddy skates with Lordo, drops him, kind of sets everybody off. I'm looking forward to seeing what this parade looks like for Colorado. Jack Johnson, have you chatted with him? How pumped is he? Was there emotional moments?
Starting point is 00:44:33 Oh, juiced. I mean, there's pictures of Jack holding the cup. He got it real early on. Seeing that, yeah, was awesome. I saw Ruppert talk about that would be his brother Kenny, who Kenny is a 6'4 version of Jack, who I believe is still playing at Penn State playing hockey. And it makes sense.
Starting point is 00:44:47 Yeah. With hearing Rupert talk about his brother getting emotional, I had to be pretty awesome. Did you get emotional? Yeah, a little bit. Watching with my kids. Yeah. I was FaceTiming.
Starting point is 00:44:56 My wife is out of the country. And so I had to FaceTime the TV screen for her to watch. What a moment. Old school. Hey, congrats to Jack. Yeah, so cool. Awesome. And after shaking his mitt
Starting point is 00:45:07 at your little cult festival, I'm surprised it wasn't his hand that bent that Lordo. Really? Big guy? Boom. Lumbering dude. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:45:15 Like, his hand, literally his hand came in and it was like, holy shit, what is this guy? Obviously calloused up. Sure. But it's,
Starting point is 00:45:23 did he ever talk about Lordo escaping him after all those games and all those years? Because he came to Pittsburgh, what, after we won? Yes. Came to Pittsburgh right after we won. So literally everybody on the team had already won a Stanley Cup. The deal was set up in a way that it was
Starting point is 00:45:37 because of something that happened in his life, and the Pittsburgh people were not too kind on that. So that's really how I knew of him. And then I got to meet him at your little cult event where we were raising money. He was very nice. Now he ends up at the Avs. He was a feel-good story for the entire NHL. Did he ever chat about that off the ice with family?
Starting point is 00:45:55 Like, you know, my hockey career has certainly been something, but 1,000-plus games, who gives a fuck if you don't win the Stanley Cup? Is that how he viewed it, or was he at peace before this run, you think? I mean, Jack always seems he's always in a good mood and just an overall positive dude. But I'm sure it was something he wanted. He felt like he played in the league for so long. I know 1,000 games was a big deal.
Starting point is 00:46:15 But, I mean, what a story for him. Obviously, he has a crazy story with what happened, his family, whatever, all this stuff. It's public. It's brutal. And Jack is a victim, and he's an unbelievable guy. But Jack wasn't even going to play this year. He went to Colorado, like, on a tryout, basically, at camp,
Starting point is 00:46:29 and then made the squad. I know, like, was up and down a few times during the season, then gets to play in every game, at least in the finals, and do that. Yeah, like, what a – yeah, I'm happy for him because I know him very well, and I know what he's been through. So it's just really – it was awesome, man. Hey, he was hitting some bodies now, too. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:46:44 Lasting dudes. My kids were so pumped. We were watching him like more intently than we normally have this whole series. And I'm like, man, this is awesome. Jack just blasting dudes in the back. I'm like, I don't know what's a penalty, what's not, what's interference when you hold guys or whatever. But Jack seems to find a way.
Starting point is 00:46:59 Hey, you know who was on a collision course last night potentially? You know Patty Maroon? The Goon Maroon and Jack Johnson. They both were playing the very similar course last night, potentially. You know Patty Maroon? The Goon Maroon and Jack Johnson, they both were playing the very similar styles last night, which I respect and appreciate it. Patty Maroon getting caught not only on camera, but by a guy where he's about to baseball swing his stick off the back, and then the tweet,
Starting point is 00:47:19 here's three-time Stanley Cup champion. Like, just so condescending. That's hockey, though, and Ruppert told us that all these injuries are about to come out that everybody played through. That's such a throwback league over there. There's going to be, like, broken feet, broken legs probably that guys were playing 35, 40 minutes on just yesterday.
Starting point is 00:47:37 It is the hockey. I think they had a great year this year. Great year for publicity, PR. I think fan bases grew everywhere. What a great year this year great year for publicity pr i think fan bases grew everywhere what a great year for uh for hockey and i can't wait for people to hear what a lot of these motherfuckers are playing through this entire season yeah this is the first their first year on espn abc right this year and tnt yeah i mean i feel like it went great i feel like a lot more eyeballs got on obviously i'm more invested with a family member on a team that went and won it all but i don't know like i guess numbers have probably
Starting point is 00:48:08 been good that they're reporting aren't they up 160 or something from last year's juiced escrow escrow check just went up then players love that yeah they always want bigger cities to win so that the uh viewers more but i believe the viewers are up because of the ability to be seen as opposed to in years past where it was like, oh wait, the Stanley Cup's where is it? Well, it's after the preakness. It'll start on CNBC and then they'll move the second and third period of the Stanley
Starting point is 00:48:36 Cup to main NBC if there's no hold up at the horse track. No offense, NBC, but I do believe that getting into the Rolodex or the lexicon of the sports community was a great thing. P.K. Subban was our first take this morning. Giving takes on the NBA. Yeah, Kevin Durant.
Starting point is 00:48:51 How'd he do? I didn't get to see it. Great takes. I have no idea. I didn't have it on. I didn't have the sound on. No. Didn't have the sound on.
Starting point is 00:48:57 I only saw it happen because got in the office a little bit later today. I had to catch up on everything. I looked over. I saw P.K. Subban. I'm like, all right, here we go. Hockey's on. I assume they're talking about Lordo. Look at the over. I saw P.K. Saban. I'm like, all right, here we go. Hockey's on. I assume they're talking about Lordo. Look at the bottom. Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving. I'm like, of course.
Starting point is 00:49:10 Okay. But P.K. even being on there being, you know, like representing the sport of hockey in that type of situation is great for everybody, which leads me to this. Have you seen what's going on with Sunday Ticket? Everyone's bidding for it? So DirecTV for the last however many years, 1990 maybe they said?
Starting point is 00:49:28 The only thing keeping DirecTV alive, I would believe, is this, right? Yeah, by the way, only thing keeping probably Fox alive, CBS alive, everything is these NFL deals that are happening, and I'm sure they would survive other ways. $1.5 billion a year is what DirecTV had been paying for Sunday Ticket. And the NFL is looking for a 100% increase on that. We would like $3 billion a year. And there's only a few companies that can afford paying $3 billion a year,
Starting point is 00:49:56 and it's all the streaming platforms, basically. They're saying Apple's in the game, Amazon's in the game, maybe even Netflix getting into the game. And Disney potentially getting in the game. Amazon's in the game. Maybe even Netflix getting into the game. And Disney. Disney potentially getting in the game. Would that mean ABC or would that mean Disney Plus? Who knows? And Albert Breer wrote this entire article about how the NFL doesn't just make decisions because
Starting point is 00:50:15 of financial reasons. A check is going to have to be there, but they like to look into the future to see what the future customer will like. And streaming platforms are the future. Just like when And streaming platforms are the future. Just like when the DirecTV decision was made, the satellite seemed space age. And the NFL said, ooh, that's what's going to take our company somewhere. So they will look into the future and what will be good for their customer both 10 and
Starting point is 00:50:37 20 years from now as they make this decision. And it's probably heading to a streaming platform. Now, with what you just chatted about there with the NHL getting ESPN and ABC, do you think this is a good thing or bad thing to go directly to a streaming platform now with what you just chatted about there with the nhl getting espn and abc do you think this is a good thing or bad thing to go directly to a streaming platform and are we in a time now where everybody is going to log in and be a member and subscribe to every single streaming platform going forward especially if there's an nfl game well aren't they are they're already bundling streaming platforms where you buy like bund of them? But if you said Disney's going after it, I would imagine then this would be huge for ESPN+.
Starting point is 00:51:09 Wouldn't they put every single NFL game on ESPN+, then? You would think. And Disney+, remember, Don Batista had that commercial where he was in a canoe where it was... A streaming... Oh, my bad. Yeah, where it was Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu. And Hulu were all together in one package
Starting point is 00:51:26 don batista announced that so disney's in that that was the first commercial for that yeah remember that oh yeah it was a great fucking crush yeah yeah it was a great i'm still remembering it right now june 27 2022 so you'd assume if they get it it would just be a part of that entire package right yeah and sorry to cut you off in the middle of that. I pictured that commercial in my head. I just started laughing for a minute. Either way, it has to go streaming. What's easier to do?
Starting point is 00:51:54 Go to a streaming platform or get a stupid old school dish for your house? Well, so I think if Xfinity wanted to take one more shot at existing and surviving. Yeah. Right? Better have at existing and surviving. Yeah. Right? Better have three bill a year. Yeah. And they said it historically lost money for DirecTV. Is that true?
Starting point is 00:52:13 No. Come on. They need to relax. They were charging over $100 a year per season per customer. It might have been even per month. Yeah, but $300. But do people have DirecTV strictly because Sunday Ticket's there and are they accounting those people just because of Sunday Ticket
Starting point is 00:52:27 if they use the rest of DirecTV? That's why those like affiliate link deals are all bullshit. And no, I'm happy we're at a stage where we don't have to do them anymore. A lot of young podcasts and digital companies have to do that. You have to prove how many people you can drive by using this link and doing that whole
Starting point is 00:52:43 thing. Well, what if somebody doesn't need it right now but they remember it from the show and they go and do it do you still get credit for that type of thing that's kind of what i think when direct tv says no it didn't necessarily make money directly off of that but how many indirect direct tv customers were there because of sunday ticket being an option and i don't know if they can calculate that you know i also heard direct tv going to be done in the next, like, four or five years. Absolutely. I'm dead. They didn't redo their contract with the satellites.
Starting point is 00:53:10 Satellites are dead. So dead. I'm so pumped that the times of snow fucking up my national championship and Super Bowl are no longer. Got new internet in the house, AJ. Here we go. Hey. You got fiber out there?
Starting point is 00:53:21 Oh, yeah. Hell yeah. That's awesome. TV still froze last night in the middle of the Stanley Cup, but it got back much quicker than it had in the past. Yeah, and that's what you need. Might be the TV's fault. Joining us now, maybe a man with a little bit more information on this.
Starting point is 00:53:35 Is $3 billion the asking price or $3 billion the actual price for a Sunday ticket? What's going to happen with Deshaun Watson? Then, in turn, what's going to happen with Baker Mayfield? What about Debo Samuel Jeremy Fowler's breaking news and then kind of retelling news as breaking news every once in a while joining us senior NFL
Starting point is 00:53:54 insider for the NFL and NFL.com a man who knows all things about the NFL and is host of the weekly wrap up with Rap Sheet and Friends us being friends he being Rap Sheet he being Rap Report Hey Rap Sheet! How. Us being friends, he being Rap Sheet, Ian Rapoport. Hey, Rap Sheet! What's up, dude? How are you, man? I'm good. How you guys doing?
Starting point is 00:54:09 Okay, we'll put a bow on this particular combo that we're having before we move forward. DirecTV on Sunday ticket after this season. Apple, Disney, Amazon, Netflix, probably every streaming platform is in on this. $3 billion is the asking price or the for sale price for Sunday Ticket?
Starting point is 00:54:27 And how long will that deal be, Ian Rappaport? I have not heard the Netflix thing. It could definitely be true, just haven't heard it. But the other streaming services, I have heard it. And I think kind of like you talked about before, a couple minutes ago, it does seem like, I don't know, I guess everyone is kind of going away from satellite streaming is where it's at. So, you know, taking this package there makes sense. There's a lot we don't know. As far as the three million billion, I think that was more of like a
Starting point is 00:54:59 baseline. Like, I don't get the sense it's going to be like, all right, I'll pay three and then it's done. There's actually a lot more that goes into this, how they want to structure it. What kind of availability does the streaming service have? Like, is it sort of available for everyone? How prevalent is it? Is this something that's going to affect the potential partnership with NFL Media? Because NFL Media, which I work for great job nfl media i'm still looking for i'm still looking for a partner we don't know if it's going to be related or not
Starting point is 00:55:33 um but yeah it does sound like direct tv and out and yes what do you know about NFL Plus? I went to a summit. Perhaps you remember. I believe we talked from there. You called it useless and extravagant. Hey, what? Learned a lot about NFL Plus there. What is it? It's going to be a service that we're going to provide.
Starting point is 00:56:01 I'm actually the one laying the fiber and creating the app. that we're going to provide. I'm actually the one laying the fiber and creating the app or whatever. So I'm really good on the technical side there. Basically, it's going to be all of the extra stuff, including Game Pass, which is getting, sounds like, upgrades. All the stuff that people would pay for,
Starting point is 00:56:18 including live games. I don't know how normal this is. I watch a lot of live games on my phone or iPad. It seems like people do that nowadays, mainly so I can keep my wife happy. We can watch one show on the TV, watch the football on the phone or iPad. NFL Plus is coming out, I think, August, either late July or early August. It seems to be pretty cool. Yeah, it seems to be quite a good business move by the NFL.
Starting point is 00:56:44 Hey, if you don't want it, we can make our own. With that being said, you want to buy this and other stuff involved in the Sunday ticket package is $3 billion a year. Seems like a great business move. I think a lot of the local teams are creating content for NFL Plus, right? The stuff that maybe doesn't end up on social media or bigger videos, the local teams are going to be tasked with creating stuff for NFL Plus? I think that's right. We're going to have a lot from the teams on there, as well as like we're going to create stuff,
Starting point is 00:57:13 guide games, which people like, game pass. My assumption is more me, which I think will help a lot. Nice. I don't know that for sure. I'm just kidding. So I think it's going to be great and everyone should, you know, subscribe. All right. Well, congrats to NFL just creating another cash wagon in NFL Plus.
Starting point is 00:57:35 Five bucks a month. That's, hey, anybody can pay five bucks a month for more NFL access. And also that price can get run up real quick and then that can go for sale for something immediately. It's always good business. They're one step ahead. Let's move along. Let's talk about one step ahead. And also, that price can get run up real quick, and then that can go for sale for something immediately. It's always good business. They're one step ahead. Let's move along. Let's talk about one step ahead.
Starting point is 00:57:52 Feels like you're like that with a lot of breaking news. This week, you told me it's going to be a big one. This feels like a big week in the NFL's history. Florio tweeted out, normally this week is boring. Not this year. Why is that? We're all expecting a Deshaun Watson punishment, which then immediately leads into a baker mayfield decision is that why this week is so big or or is there something we're
Starting point is 00:58:11 missing well i don't know for sure about when we are going to get a a disciplinary resolution um from the jointly appointed judge i think it is, but we don't know for sure. What's going to happen is Deshaun Watson, the current Browns quarterback, is going to meet on Tuesday and perhaps Wednesday as well in person with the third-party arbitrator. This is significant. This is his hearing. And basically what's going to happen here
Starting point is 00:58:39 is the NFL is going to present its side, obviously pushing for a lengthy, indefinite suspension where he would be able to reapply after a year. The NFLPA is pushing for a lot shorter, perhaps even no suspension, arguing that he did not violate the NFL's personal conduct policy. And at that point, whenever this is over, either tomorrow or Wednesday, then the judge has some options she can issue a ruling which is okay like he violated the personal conduct policy here's how many games or she could say he did not violate the personal conduct policy in which case that's a wrap and it is over or she could ask for more she could ask for briefs which would then have to be filed within three days,
Starting point is 00:59:25 which would prolong it a little more. So there's several things that could happen. But, yes, this is the first time where it's like a resolution is imminent, and that will tell us a real lot about this coming season. So she technically does have final say. Like, let's say she comes out and says 10 games. Doesn't Raj have to go through the appeal process? Yes.
Starting point is 00:59:48 So will we know anything tomorrow? Will we know her suggestion? Will we know? I don't think tomorrow we will know. It might not even be over by tomorrow. I mean, look, this has taken us, I don't know, how many months? It feels like it's been, I think it's been more than a year, maybe 14, 15 months.
Starting point is 01:00:06 There's a lot. There's a lot of stuff. And several of the accusers have, some of the accusers have spoken to the NFL. There's all sorts of information. There's what Watson has provided. There's all sorts of witnesses that, you know, the NFL and documentation the NFL has provided based on their investigation. There's a lot. So it might not be over tomorrow.
Starting point is 01:00:27 Could go into Wednesday. She will issue her ruling and then both sides can appeal. So if it is, I don't know, you mentioned 10 games, let's say 10 games could honestly get a situation where both sides say we don't like that. That is definitely possible.
Starting point is 01:00:41 Okay. And then that goes back into Sue Robinson's court. that. That is definitely possible. Okay. And then that goes back into Sue Robinson's court. I believe when Roger Goodell ultimately is the one that would decide this, you know, it used to be, he would decide, and then there would be an appeal and he would decide that. Now it's this, uh, now it's Sue Robinson who would then decide, and then Goodell ultimately, ultimately has the final say here. But they're appealing Sue, not Goodell ultimately ultimately has the final say here but they're appealing Sue not Goodell uh they are appealing Sue yes that was an unbelievable Judge Robinson AJ how about them working that you know in the CBA listen I'm assuming Roger Goodall in uh Jenny Fox's words, will 100% take what Sue says and be like, yes, this is the punishment.
Starting point is 01:01:28 But the fact, and I'm only saying this from the player's perspective that was a part of the last CBA. The thing every player was pissed off with the last CBA was the judge, jury, and executioner is Roger Goodell. And then if you were to appeal, guess what? Same jury, same judge, same executioner. So you're just saying like, I think you're wrong. Well, I don't.
Starting point is 01:01:49 So see ya. You know what I mean? So now there's an added layer in there, but ultimately in the end, Roger Goodell is still the one making the decision. And I think what AJ, and I think what AJ wanted to know was,
Starting point is 01:01:59 will we ever hear what Sue said? Unless, like unless Roger Goodell says, the honorable Sue Robinson suggested this, this is what we are going with. If he doesn't say that. No, I think we're going to know. You think so?
Starting point is 01:02:13 I think we're going to know. I don't know how. Like, I don't know if it'll be jointly. If she says something that Goodell doesn't do. Won't the appeals take longer than this week? Forever. If they're going to appeal, doesn't this take a while before we know what's going on it all takes a while and we still i mean so it seems
Starting point is 01:02:29 like we might not know anything this week so it's a house oversight committee this week so it sounds like we we might not know anything this week right i mean i think we're gonna you know look we've seen how much has been in the media no way you going to fall over on your chair just then. You looked like you were going to fall over. I mean, I've almost fallen over on my chair because it's like I thought we were going to get it. Because this is a domino effect for everything else, right? Then it's right into the Baker Mayfield. Then we don't have to continue to talk about this, I don't think, every single day because this is obviously not something that's great for the nfl but the appeal process that's a whole nother hearing right for both sides almost yeah but we also have a month like my sense is by a month from now which is
Starting point is 01:03:16 when the browns open camp on the 26th i think um i think we're gonna know it sounds like it is best for everyone if we were gonna know know. So at least we got another month discussing this. You mentioned the Baker Mayfield part. I know this sounds like it doesn't make any sense, but I am not sure that Baker Mayfield's status hinges on whether or not Deshaun Watson is suspended a year or 10 games or four games. The Browns and Panthers had some talks two weeks ago right before minicamp. Right before minicamp ended.
Starting point is 01:03:50 It didn't get where it needed to go. They didn't consummate a trade. But they did have some talks, which makes me think at least the Browns are willing to trade him not knowing what's going to happen to Deshaun. So I don't think, like, if the league gets what it seeks and gets a year, I don't think the Browns are then going to say, all right, we'll just keep Baker because there's still so much, it's possible,
Starting point is 01:04:13 but there's still so much work to be done to get to the point where Baker would be the starting quarterback of the Browns. Albert Breer, I think, wrote this morning in the Monday Morning Quarterback about how he has heard that there's zero chance of fence mending with Baker Mayfield and the Browns. And then
Starting point is 01:04:27 we had Schultz. Money does that. Yeah, I understand. I'm on your side here. We had Schultz on last week. Jordan Schultz, dad who you know slips in the liquid cane sugar in a couple of the drinks. You need not do that.
Starting point is 01:04:43 Good month. Love coffee. Huge Starbucks guy. You like not do that. Good month. It is good month. Love coffee. Huge Starbucks guy. You like the box, huh? I mean, I'm a big coffee guy now, too. It helps me live forever. But anyways, he came on, and he said that everything around the internet and around the NFL is that Baker's immature.
Starting point is 01:04:57 What is it about Baker and Cleveland? Why is it unbendable? How did it get to this point? Is this just because the you never know podcast with actual with real Mike and Baker saying that it will never. Is it because him requesting a trade and them saying fuck off? Is it because they put him in a game where he couldn't throw the ball? Had him throw 60 times? Is it because the Odell Beckham senior stuff and nobody really went to his back? Is it because he walked down the sideline after a bad play and nobody said hello? How did we get here?
Starting point is 01:05:28 How did this happen, Ian, that we got to this point with Baker in the Browns, you think? That is so many things. Like, think about all of the things you just mentioned. And it's all, I mean, a lot of that is true. A lot of the incidents happened. I would take issue with one thing that Jordan Schultz said, and look, we all talk to different sources, so this isn't against him. It's just the immaturity thing. I don't really know about that.
Starting point is 01:05:54 I have not heard that with Baker. Like he's brash. He's pretty cocky. He's very confident, but when he's winning, we all call it moxie and we say like, Oh, he's got the right stuff to be a franchise guy. Then when he goes out and plays on a torn labrum, probably should not have been playing, obviously affected his accuracy, seemed to affect his decision-making, and then we all say he's immature. Well, like, he's the same dude.
Starting point is 01:06:19 You know, so, like, I don't get all that. To me, like, if he's healthy, and I think the Browns as a roster are really good. Regardless of who's quarterback, really good. AJ tried to put Schultz's feet to the fire. He said, can you give me an example of that? Good job, AJ. He did. I don't think he heard me.
Starting point is 01:06:38 No, I think he did. He just kind of, you know what I mean? I just. He did tell you to fuck off. Without using the words. What are you, some Dunkin' bitch? That's what he was saying, Dunkin' Donuts. Gas station coffee.
Starting point is 01:06:52 Yeah, I'm not answering this. Gas station bum. It's piss mud. No, I like gas station coffee. Well, that's because it is double... Filtered or whatever. Double, triple filtered. Oh, hell yeah. Get me jacked up. What was that? Speedway? Speedway's weird. Double. Filtered or whatever. Double, triple filtered. Oh, hell yeah.
Starting point is 01:07:05 Get me jacked up. What was that? Speedway? Speedway's gas. They had a big run on them being triple filtered or something like that. It doesn't make any sense. Them being the best coffee. I was on Bob and Tom the morning they had the I'm jacked up guy in studio right next to me.
Starting point is 01:07:20 Man, think about me with that guy. Yeah. Just so I was so happy. I was asking him a thousand how do we get here like before coffee you just saw the big energy guy that was your audition like like you just gotta be so good and what's the coffee better well it's triple filter he to be clear great guy and he was jacked up juice i'm not 100% sure if it's just the mud getting him going you know what a lot of people accuse me of. I certainly was accusing him of in my head.
Starting point is 01:07:45 They accuse you of that? Cacania? Oh, that. I thought you meant, like, juicing. I was like, I've never heard people accuse you of that. What the fuck? Kind of fuck off. Bill Burr.
Starting point is 01:07:57 Yeah. Yeah, Bill. You ever heard of Bill Burr? I'll ask you if you're on a cycle. You ever heard of William Burr, pal? The white tiger? Vaguely rings a bell oh good he accused me and aj both are taking all these right well aj he said after you podcasters are done with
Starting point is 01:08:12 the roids they'll be able to make me live to a 90 or something like that i was like thank you bill that was very nice you i think it's actually really i think he was talking about that guy but yeah i just all of it i mean none of it really makes sense to me because like him and Stefanski, they don't get along at all. When did it go bad though? Was it ever good? I think it was good, but with Baker, it's always a little tense, which is really, again, fine and like – What does that mean?
Starting point is 01:08:38 AJ. He asks a lot. He demands a lot. Sounds like he's immature. Can't have it. No, that's not immature. That's what you want a starting quarterback to be like, though, by the way, AJ. And, like, you know, look, we've –
Starting point is 01:08:49 He's got to be a psycho about details. Right. When I was coming up in this business, it was all about how Peyton Manning and Tom Brady were so demanding that they would make people uncomfortable. I mean, Manning would call people at 2 in the morning to talk about a play. Like, it's not normal behavior, but they're so good and so detail-oriented
Starting point is 01:09:07 that we, like, champion that. And we should. So it doesn't have to be all, like, you know, cookies and rainbows. Like, it is okay for a quarterback and a head coach to clash because they are both demanding and definitely both want to win. Right. So, like, I don't think the relationship between the Browns and Baker mayfield is
Starting point is 01:09:25 unmendable it just needs to be mended because and you know i've said this for forever there are there are certain situations where it is best for baker and best for the browns that he's their starting quarterback assuming he is their best option we've seen him get to the playoffs with the browns we literally have seen it. So, like, there's nothing that makes me think it can't happen again if that's what they need. So Stefanski having him throw the ball 60 times just days after saying that he knows Baker can't be as accurate because of the sling on his left shoulder,
Starting point is 01:09:57 even though it's not a throwing shoulder, and then people, you know, talking about that might have been Stefanski saying, good luck out there, but you didn't, you don't get that sense at all from around there? No, because they want to win. I mean, to me, that's, now, first of all, I don't know how many times Baker changed the play. So, like, I don't, when we look at run pass,
Starting point is 01:10:16 there definitely are times where a quarterback will audible out of a run. Oh, Carson. Yeah, I know. We got Jonathan Taylor in the back. You're aware. Yeah. Yeah, I am aware. Yeah. I didn't get my stats out. We got Jonathan Taylor in the back. You're aware. Yeah. Yeah, I am. Yeah. I get my stats out. We got a fucking horse back here.
Starting point is 01:10:29 Yeah, I do. And that might have been Jim Mercy, brother. We need to get a fucking new guy in here. Who doesn't want to give the fucking ball to that guy behind us? I know Saquon's taking pictures with a shirt on. That's what JT looks like with a shirt on. So I couldn't even imagine what he looks like without one absolute stud. But go ahead. I'm sorry. You're thinking of Baker might've checked those places.
Starting point is 01:10:47 What you're here. I just, it is hard for me to imagine that a head coach, a respected one who has been to the playoffs and who was an all around pretty good guy. Like Kevin Stefanski says, you know what? I am going to put aggression against Baker before the team winning.
Starting point is 01:11:05 Like this doesn't make any sense. He would do what he believes is necessary for the team to win. And if he wanted Baker to throw that much, it's not a personal slide against Mayfield. It's just, that's what he thought the team needed to do to win. And I don't think he would put a personal grudge over that. It just seems weird.
Starting point is 01:11:21 He is literally judged by wins and losses. Well, he wouldn't chip on TJ Watt trying to chase a sack record. And I do believe that was referenced by the quarterback who ended up taking the record-breaking sack. Go ahead, Connor. Yeah, rap sheet. Is the Debo Samuel and 49ers relationship unbendable?
Starting point is 01:11:39 And then also, why is Jeremy Fowler telling me the sky is still blue every time he breaks news? Also, why is Jeremy Fowler telling me the sky's still blue every time he breaks news? We like Jeremy Fowler, dude. Great guy. We can't have these weekend sports that are breaking news as though saying Aaron Rodgers threw a football because he'd like to work on completing a pass this week. Like, that can't be breaking news. We know that's breaking news.
Starting point is 01:12:04 Saquon Barkley had his shirt off because he wanted the world to know that he is in incredible shape. That can't be breaking news. Come on, guys. Things that we assume are happening. We love Jeremy. Love. We have to say.
Starting point is 01:12:15 Very good guy. Love Jeremy Fowler. Probably a great guy. I like him, too. But my phone, you know, when there's breaking news about the NFL, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and then I have to stop everything I'm doing. Okay. All right. Russell wants to stop everything I'm doing. Okay. All right.
Starting point is 01:12:26 Russell wants to work on camaraderie. Okay. All right. Thank you, Fowler. He has sources. We appreciate his work. But there's some times where maybe let's save the breaking news thing for, you know, actual breaking news.
Starting point is 01:12:40 But nonetheless, he said that the Debo 49er situation is not risk right he hasn't rescinded his trade request yeah he has not rescinded mentioned on SportsCenter this a.m that there's been no official rescission rescission is that the word yep is it Ian you want to that super smart school yeah I, I've never heard that word before, but it seems right. Or would it be recension, I feel like? I've never used that word before. It's a cancellation. Recension of the trade request, at least that I'm aware of.
Starting point is 01:13:13 But he did show up for minicamp, which is positive. And there's not a lot of league-wide chatter about a potential trade right now, which is good information. Once again, we love Jeremy Fowler. We love Jeremy Fowler. There's just been a couple breaking news situations at a sports center on the weekends that I would rather not get a full vibrate in my pocket for. Yes, legalese. Legalese.
Starting point is 01:13:31 Okay, shout out to Jeremy Fowler. We appreciate that. You're teaching us all something here. But there's been no rescission of trade requests by Debo, but he's there. What does that mean? They're trying to work on a deal still. And Jimmy G coming back, what, next week? Early next week? And then that coming back, what, next week? Early next week?
Starting point is 01:13:45 And then that kind of expedites the whole process? Well, first of all, not to defend Jeremy Fowler, but I don't know how it works over there, but it is possible he does not control the breaking news updates. So maybe he doesn't control when you get the alerts. Also, maybe you've got to change your settings to when you get the alerts. So just go to the NFL Network app and get alerts. Also, maybe you got to change your settings to when you get the alerts. So just go to the NFL Network app and get alerts there. Get NFL Live too. This sounds like a guy that's had this happen to him. NFL Plus, yeah. When you've said something and then NFL Network's
Starting point is 01:14:17 been like, breaking news, Ian Rappaport is reporting. My guys would never do that to me, but we do have discussions before I report something to be like, here's how we would handle this. If this happens, we have breaking news, then we have news alerts, then we have team alerts. Anyway, shout out to Jeremy Fowler. Thank you, Jeremy Fowler.
Starting point is 01:14:38 And you're doing the same thing we are, which is there's not a lot going on, we understand, but I'm tired of thinking that there's some... Oh, he's got to show him. Russell Wilson is looking to make friends on the team. There's not a lot going on, we understand, but I'm tired of thinking that there's something. Oh, he's got to show them. Here we go. Russell Wilson is looking to make friends on the team. Okay. All right, we get it, father.
Starting point is 01:14:51 Jesus. You know, that one got me. I was so upset about it. Me too. I fucking sprinted to a place with service. This is before I got the new internet. I'm like, oh, ESPN SportsCenter breaking news. Oh, Russell Wilson looking to make friends.
Starting point is 01:15:05 Okay. I'm sure he's going to be easy. That guy was training in fucking Monaco yesterday. Unbelievable. Sorry. Go ahead. No, hey, I get it. Fuck.
Starting point is 01:15:16 Debo Samuel. Hey, this is a – I understand. Debo Samuel. Yeah, I don't get the sense anything's changed there. He did show up for minicamp, which was good. I don't think he did anything's changed there He did show up for minicamp Which was good I don't think he did anything But just being there, not wanting to get fined
Starting point is 01:15:30 Sound business decision Don't say goodbye to your money like that In a way Don't get the fines, I think that was smart I would expect them to make some moves As far as their potential contract extension I think they know Something's got to happen before the season. But I don't think, as I said with Baker, I think everything is fixable.
Starting point is 01:15:53 But this one will take a lot of work. And it's not just going to be money. It's going to be money. It's going to be a plan. It's going to be how they're going to use them. He's going to have to feel really comfortable that his future being in their hands is a good thing. So there's a lot here. I in their hands is a good thing. So there's a lot here. I think it starts with a contract extension, one that he would be okay with,
Starting point is 01:16:11 but I don't think it, I don't think it ends there. And as far as his trade request, like, yeah, I mean, I don't, I don't think he, it would not make any sense for a player to go, all right, just kidding. Like if you meant it, then you meant it now. And it's on the team to kind of fix it. So Jimmy G's entire situation is just him getting healthy. And once he gets traded, is that when Debo's deal gets done? I think it might help just for cap space, but I don't think it's necessary. Who wants Jimmy Carolina? The only team right now who seems to want to be in the mix of trading a quarterback that we know is the Carolina Panthers. So they would be the team that makes sense. This is an injury, though. Think about it.
Starting point is 01:16:56 He hasn't thrown in four months. He's going to throw. It should be actually pretty shortly, probably in the next couple weeks, which is good. But then if you're a team trading for him, trading a significant something, compensation, maybe a mid-round draft pick, maybe better, certainly could be better. He's a starting quarterback. Plus paying him, you need him to make all the throws. When is he going to be there?
Starting point is 01:17:18 Right? Like is it – if he's throwing – you know how it goes, right? Like if he's throwing, let's say, in two weeks, it's not going to be snap your fingers and he can, you know, throw a deep out. Like it's going to have to show some things. So I don't think it's going to be snap your fingers and it's immediate. But then of course, this all gets thrown into flux if someone has a quarterback injury,
Starting point is 01:17:40 because then it's like, then he's out there. Then the 49ers have real real leverage then it gets real interesting got it Ian so do they have a plan for Jimmy G does he have to come in and prove to the Niners like hit the steps in the process and that he can start to make the throws and how do you prove to other teams is it a trade pending a physical and you got to come in and throw for him and will they trade film with other teams that want to see him throw? Training camp practices are generally open to the public. So I think it would be as easy. Now, look, if the 49ers want to trade him,
Starting point is 01:18:12 my guess is they will do everything to facilitate it, right? So let's say there's not a lot of precedent for this. So I don't even know if this could happen. But, like, I mean, look, they could provide film. They could – he could do a – I mean, there's a lot of things they could do to tell a team, like, he is healthy enough. Also, would a team take on a one-year, $20-plus million contract without redoing it? Take that big salary cap? I don't know.
Starting point is 01:18:37 So Jimmy G would probably have to be on board, maybe work out a new deal with a team. So everyone will have to be on the same page to get a deal done. But I believe the 49ers would facilitate it because it's in their best interest too now they wouldn't trade to the seattle seahawks right who we heard were in the business with for baker mayfield or no i haven't heard the seahawks baker mayfield stuff i think if he was released which he's not going to be they would probably be interested just because the money would be way down but um as far as the 49ers trading jimmy g the seahawks like i don't i don't think that's happening well you could get debo samuel his money that he wants that'd be cool you got your quarterback have his room now
Starting point is 01:19:15 you might have to run into the buzzsaw that is the paisan garoppolo a couple times a year but you know what if he beat you yeah well yeah but he's you might run into him anyways right wherever he goes? Yeah, but not twice a year. Not that team. Like, no way. I don't see it. I mean, look, division rivals have traded with people before.
Starting point is 01:19:33 It is not unprecedented. Patriots and Jets traded a couple times. But, like, a starting quarterback, Sonny McNabb was traded in division. But I think we all realized what that meant. It took a couple years, but I think we all realized why he was traded in division. But I think we all realized what that meant. It took a couple years, but I think we all realized why he was traded at the time because he was going like this. Whoa. Whoa.
Starting point is 01:19:52 Jeez. He was still in that chunky suit. Go ahead, Tom. Ian, what's going on with Kamara? The number six for game suspension has been tossed out. Is he going to get the same option as Deshaun Watson where you can settle for less games? Because that was reported last week.
Starting point is 01:20:11 So people that do stuff wrong are just going to be able to settle for less games. Is that a thing? Well, let me address the second part first. A settlement happens actually like somewhat frequently. We don't always find out about it. But when it's a weird number of games, a lot of times that means there's a settlement. Let's say someone suspended eight games.
Starting point is 01:20:30 A lot of times that means it was a settlement. So the league will push one thing, PA will push another thing. If all sides know that the player did something wrong, a lot of times they will say, all right, we agree on these facts. Here's the settlement terms. It's this many games.
Starting point is 01:20:45 And then there's no appeal. It's just cleaned up and it's over. Like that does happen. As far as Kamara, he's still got his legal situation. So, like, I saw Florio, right? I saw Florio. Post. I think it was the New York Post.
Starting point is 01:21:01 Was it? So whoever reported six games, I saw that. I mean, that's the baseline for like a significant physical altercation. But his legal process has not kind of gone through yet. There's been no trial. There's been no settlement. There's been no nothing. So almost always the NFL waits until the actual criminal situation gets settled,
Starting point is 01:21:24 handled, whatever it is. So it seems early, really early for me for that one to be decided before the season. Absent some sort of settlement. Would that be one that Sue hears as well? I don't know that for sure. I don't want to say something that's wrong, so I don't know that for sure. Is Sue still working as a regular judge, federal judge, and also working for the NFL on the side? I don't think so.
Starting point is 01:21:51 I need to look up her resume, but I don't. Usually these are retired judges, but I would have to look that up. Okay, well, this has never happened before. Well, no, that's not true. They've had Roger Goodell designees before. They've had judges's not true they've had roger goodell designees before they've had judges do sort of investigation so they've had judges work for the league or be jointly appointed before just not in this disciplinary role oh i did not know that that's something i just learned
Starting point is 01:22:15 yeah i mean there's been because there's been some times when he has you know sort of passed it along like all right this person is best to that. It's a retired judge who kind of handles the discipline and then he handles the appeal. Zeno just told me in my ear that Judge Sue Robinson, your honorable, retired in 2017. So she's five years in retirement. By the way, maybe July 14th, it's coming up on the retirement date. Maybe she got a little court rust too early as she was kind of getting through it. of getting through it. I'm happy to see her back in there, and we appreciate her service. Ain't that right, Ian? Yeah. I mean, retirement sounds great, but then they put you to work. I don't know. Maybe
Starting point is 01:22:53 that's... I would just want to be playing a lot of golf. Maybe she does play golf. Yeah, but you do that while you're working. Yeah. So that's a thing. I played really well on Saturday, thankfully. Is that course you walk at? No, I played one in Connecticut, destroyed my friend Ross. It was really well on Saturday, thankfully. Is that course you walk at? No, I played one in Connecticut, destroyed my friend Russ. It was really quite a moment.
Starting point is 01:23:09 Eat shit, Russ. Fucking Russ stinks, dude. Yeah, go to hell. Russ has to be so bad at golf. He lost to this guy? Yeah, Jesus. He played well. He shot 87. What did you shoot? 86. Oh, right. You destroyed him, man. Holy shit. Hey, we appreciate you, man Please keep us updated
Starting point is 01:23:25 On all the things Happening around the world Ladies and gentlemen Ian Rapaport Hey, R.I.P. This show Tired of my mic This show fucking stinks
Starting point is 01:23:36 It's Why is it the mic's fault? I don't know if it's Why don't you join us? Because I feel like it's If I was to do that It'd be like the crown tire
Starting point is 01:23:44 And the message You know Yeah, but You know It's Let's ride You know Because I feel like if I was to do that, it'd be like the crown tire and the message. Yeah, but, you know, it's let's ride. I think it's like a bird call type situation. Who do? And then on the way, you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. But I'll get in there if you need me to.
Starting point is 01:24:00 And wait until you hear my fucking emotional let's ride one day. You know, because there's many different ways to say let's ride. We've obviously seen Russell. Did you see him training in Monaco, AJ? I mean, first football ever thrown on that field. Yes, I did. Let's go. That soccer pitch was gorgeous. And I have gotten to play soccer in Europe a few different times,
Starting point is 01:24:18 so I've gotten a chance to practice at some of the academies and fields. Some of those views, dude. What's those mountains? The Alps over there, right? They do have the Alps. The Alps. I was on a field in Switzerland, I believe. Practice field.
Starting point is 01:24:31 Practice field that literally you miss the net and then miss the net behind it. You have to walk onto the Alps to get the fucking balls. And it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. And that was just like practice. We were just like fucking around and doing it. You turn around, it's like, oh, this is the most beautiful thing of all time. So watching him at Monaco on the edge of a cliff with the whole thing, that was beautiful.
Starting point is 01:24:54 But Russ is always going to get that work in. You know what I mean? And he's obviously pumped about the Avs being Stanley Cup champions because he's a Denver citizen just like you, AJ. When are we getting Russ on this show? You think it's going to be a round up around let's ride we kind of get him on this show for a convo and how tight are you with Russell AJ I am I don't know you know no Russ uh personally but I've just been a fan from afar for a long long time so I appreciate his support of the abs how about him bringing shoulder pads to fucking Monica, dude? That's how you win. Why not?
Starting point is 01:25:27 He had a whole, he did a sit-down over there, a Q&A, I believe, to help grow the game. There's been a few of those. I saw Cameron Jordan was there, and I forget. Was he there as like an NFL ambassador? It's been happening in a couple different countries, like a sit-down, almost like South by Southwest type conference, sit-down Q&A session with all the objectives of the Q&A listed behind. You know, brand builder.
Starting point is 01:25:51 Hell yeah. Motivate. Like that whole thing happening. It's been a big tour over there. But I do like seeing Russell Wilson have his pads and have a practice publicly over there. Because that will always make us think, russell wilson is always working russell wilson's never stopping russell wilson's always getting better he's always riding to success yeah no matter what i mean now that he's done this he's a lot for the mvp right but everybody on earth yes
Starting point is 01:26:14 everybody he's never won it every everybody on earth mocks like well if you didn't put it on the internet did you do a workout it's getting to the point now where if you don't put your workouts on the internet a large portion of society thinks you have a worse work ethic than the people that put everything on the internet aj yeah i mean if that's the case that's stupid that's dumb and i hate it but yeah cool i mean bob carpenter every morning maybe i'm sure definitely it's generational it's like aid you know different age groups definitely some of them probably do like i've never i haven't seen this guy post one of his highly manicured and highly produced uh workout videos in like three days he must be taking some time off so that's i don't think that's necessarily the case i think once you start posting workout videos you're
Starting point is 01:26:57 automatically high work ethic but some people who don't have that person as a quarterback go i wish my quarterback would be fucking doing that. You know? That's true. That naturally happens, I think, in the era of social media. So what I'm promoting is, hey, Matt Ryan, need you fucking. Yeah. Need you throwing the ball.
Starting point is 01:27:16 All right? We'll send you Foxy. We'll get a good promo, a nice highlight reel of your workout. I want everybody on earth to know that this guy's an astronaut. This guy's a Navy SEAL. This guy's working harder than the guy that took his shoulder pads to fucking Monaco because that's what we have right here in Indianapolis. And I feel bad that I feel that way,
Starting point is 01:27:33 but honestly I think that's how all NFL fans are starting to feel about this type of stuff. Yeah, it feels like the game will really change when an offensive lineman comes out and they're like, all right, you know what, I'm going to put together my highlight reel because they're the only position group probably and even D linemen that don't put them out. Did you see that offensive lineman that just got signed somewhere? Who's the most flexible offensive lineman? He was doing splits and rolling around and everything. And all I thought about was
Starting point is 01:27:53 all the other offensive linemen that that guy's going to the team to and they're like, yeah, I think it's Bama. Yeah, going to Bama. I'm just thinking about when he gets the NFL. Oh, yeah, yeah. I've seen him. when he gets the nfl though oh this is the oh you're the super flexible guy oh yeah oh yeah it's usc not bama still a lot of spotlight on it but oh is that what'd you say like hey i'm gonna stretch put this on the internet like
Starting point is 01:28:19 offensive lineman gets so mad about that type of stuff and now though i think it's going to change it eventually i think it's all going to change. We're going to see everybody out there. I hope so. At least it makes me better. I get it. I understand that. I see what you're saying.
Starting point is 01:28:31 Like, if a fan sees someone continue, oh, Russ is doing all this, he's throwing, doing that, and you don't see anything from your guy, then you're thinking, all right, well, and then your guy posts a video in Monaco or some other place on vacation, you probably get pissed. What is this? So this is, I just want to see. Quentin Nelson, need this video tomorrow.
Starting point is 01:28:47 Oh yeah, Quentin. Need this video tomorrow. This is Cooper Lovelace. He is offensive lineman who has gone, he's signed to USC. Most flexible big man of all time. 6'5", 320. Former, another position, then he hit a growth spurt,
Starting point is 01:29:04 became an offensive lineman. I love how flexible that big son of a bitch is. I don't think there's a lot of humans that are like that. And when that went viral, I was incredibly impressed because I can't touch my toes, was a former punter in the NFL, can't touch my toes, have no idea how to do it. And then my immediate thought was all the other offensive linemen watching that going, I fucking hate this guy.
Starting point is 01:29:23 Yeah. And he doesn't deserve it. AJ, I don't think he deserves it. He was just trying to get a little recruiting bump. You know what I mean? Yeah, that's why, of course, everyone watching, going, who is this guy? This is my new teammate.
Starting point is 01:29:32 And then you get to the first practice, and the dude is rolling everybody up, smashing heads. Like, okay, cool. Maybe I'll start stretching a little bit. Hey, flexible guy. Also, a little bit of a stallion, that whole thing. But I think that helped his recruiting. You know, I think that helped him. So I don't think anybody would knock him for that.
Starting point is 01:29:47 But I do believe in the positions of superstardom, the more and more social media content is just going to grow, and I think people will be judged off their social media content, what they're showing and what they're not showing. Honestly, I do believe that. It is generational, but Brady, I feel like in the past three years, has kind of transitioned to showing some of the stuff that he actually works on on social media.
Starting point is 01:30:06 Oh, yeah, he hit the fucking moon. Yeah, hit the moon. I mean, what, did he throw the ball? Throw it into that jugs machine. Throw it into the jugs machine, yep. All in one. I don't want to be an absolute selfish prick here, but I was big on social, obviously, while I was in the league.
Starting point is 01:30:20 Hated showing anything I was doing. But then if I didn't show it, and I'm doing social, everybody's like, is this guy even care? And then I have to answer questions about shit, so I'd always put some stuff up, like, hey, I'm doing something. I think a lot of guys in the social world
Starting point is 01:30:34 are just doing that same exact thing. Joining us now, one day before International Fight Week, 10th Annual Celebration begins. Let's go. The President of the UFC, I just watched this past weekend, UFC on ESPN.
Starting point is 01:30:51 Great card, great fights leading up to Thursday's Hall of Fame. Then Saturday night, the biggest card in the history of UFC. Stylebender Panamere is the main event ladies and gentlemen Dana White what's up boys good morning hey congrats on a big time this is fucking big week
Starting point is 01:31:14 right I mean is this is this like Super Bowl week WrestleMania week international fight week 10th straight year of that and then this card on Saturday is this the biggest week of the year for you guys? Yeah, International Fight Week's the week where people come in from all over the world and there's all, everything fighting is going on in Vegas. We got, you know, all the legends in town, all the big superstars signing autographs, pool parties,
Starting point is 01:31:40 you name it. It's all going on here this week. When did you decide to make this happen? 10 years ago, obviously, but how did you get to the point to have International Fight Week? Like, what was the thought process? Like, hey, let's have a celebration where people can feel comfortable coming back and everything. Is that kind of the thought process? And then now, obviously, the business behind it has to be spectacular.
Starting point is 01:31:59 Yeah, we wanted to sort of have our week where we celebrate everything fighting and uh you know celebrate the past the present and uh you know so we came up with international fight week and and we've been growing it over the last 10 years and uh it's it's a fun week if you're a fight fan it's it's a uh you know it's definitely a bucket list you gotta get here for one of them what's it like having all of those Legends and all these savages back at the same time I would imagine it's the the only situation where you get all of them in the same place any like fun stories or any issues over the 10 years no you know it's it's a it's a fun time obviously for them for us and and for the fans to have all
Starting point is 01:32:40 these guys here uh that week signing autographs taking pictures and being a part of all the things that go on here in vegas that week so it's just it's a really cool thing for everybody who fought is involved in fighting or loves fighting so wrestlemania wwe has had this obviously for years and years you know the old wrestlers come back they have signings everything and then if they're in good shape everybody's like i can still work i think i can still work anybody address you in international fight week and say hey how about one last you know is there any uh politicking to get back in the ring during international fight week over the years that you've experienced not in this sport man this is a this is a young man's game so you know there's still some guys that that are here that fight that are, you know, legends already.
Starting point is 01:33:27 You know, like Shogun Hua is one of those guys off the top of my head. But once you get to a certain age in this sport, it's a wrap. You've got to be pumped for how this card is coming together on the weekend. Obviously, the Internet and a lot of people our age are pumped for Sugar Sean's return into the octagon. Then, obviously, Stylebender in the main event. You've got to be incredibly thrilled. And I watched UFC on ESPN. I think that was on Saturday.
Starting point is 01:33:50 Is that the time? I don't know if it's a fight night or a UFC. Those are fucking great fights, too. It feels like your sport is just one-upping itself every single weekend, and this card this weekend is supposed to be, you know, the fucking best of them all. You've got to be pumped about the sport right now, Dana. Yeah, I agree with you 100%. It's like, you know, we'll of them all you got to be pumped about the sport right now dana yeah i i agree with you 100 it's like you know we'll have a fight on saturday and you're like
Starting point is 01:34:08 damn how do you beat that event and then the next weekend is insane so um yeah yeah it's been good i mean it's just it's a testament to the level of talent that is involved in the sport now and as the sport continues to grow around the world you you know, kids that would have played soccer or football or rugby or whatever it might be are training in mixed martial arts, and these great athletes are becoming fighters. How do you feel about after every fight, you know, you guys give the opportunity for the winner to speak? This past weekend, I think two guys were like,
Starting point is 01:34:43 yeah, I'm going to be the champ. I don't know if UFC likes it or not. I gonna be the champ whether that's tomorrow next year two years and it feels like especially on Saturday with how many eyes are going to be on this I assume after every fight somebody's going to be calling out somebody do you love that or hate that enjoy the whole what it has become or is that something that kind of makes your life a little bit more confusing and the decisions you have to make maybe publicly? I like people to be whoever they are and say whatever it is they want to say. We don't muzzle anybody here for any reason whatsoever.
Starting point is 01:35:11 So if there's somebody you want to call out, there's somebody you don't like, even if it's me, who gives a shit, I don't care. Do you like the drama, Dana? It seems like you thrive off of any kind of drama, especially when you are involved. It's part of the sport. It's like this huge soap opera that's real.
Starting point is 01:35:33 Every day there's something going on here. There's somebody saying something, or somebody's not happy, or somebody's thrilled, or whatever the deal is. It is what it is. The beautiful thing about it is every ounce of drama that happens here ends in a fight. So you couldn't have a better outcome. Do you have somebody on your staff that is just like, good morning, Mr. White. Here is the shit that started overnight while you were sleeping.
Starting point is 01:35:59 This tweet, this tweet. Do you have that in your life? Yeah, Lene. Lene, our head of PR, is that person for me. She's like, okay, here's what's going on today. Here's who's upset and pissed off today. Here's what was said today. Uh-oh, this guy just did this.
Starting point is 01:36:16 Do you have to scale it on importance, and how do you take that in whenever you're trying to create these fight cards in that room that you're sitting in with the fight makers and matchmakers? Not really. It doesn't matter what is said or what happens it's always about who's next and who's the best and who you know there's rankings and this guy should fight that guy but when you do have a really good grudge match um you know you try to make it okay uh this weekend you're expecting a lot of buzz. It's International Fight Week.
Starting point is 01:36:47 The card's stacked. Is there a country that has gone into that octagon, into Vegas, and really been awesome? I was there. I think two Brazilians were fighting in the main event. It ended up with a punt to the face. I forget who it was. But it was a mostly Brazil audience.
Starting point is 01:37:02 And they were like a soccer audience almost, like humming through most of it and then explosion. Then obviously the Irish, we've seen what they've done with Conor McGregor. Is there a certain, you know, a fighter that's on the card that you know is going to bring an insane amount of fans and the type of fans you're probably looking for in the arena in Vegas? Well, yeah. I mean, obviously Sugar Sean O'Malley is a huge fan favorite. He's one of the most popular fighters in the arena in Vegas? Well, yeah. I mean, obviously, Sugar Sean O'Malley is a huge fan favorite.
Starting point is 01:37:26 He's one of the most popular fighters in the sport today. But, I mean, you got Australia and New Zealand represented big time on this card, you know, with Israel Adesanya and Volkanovski. They're wild, those motherfuckers, huh? The Australians? Those sons of bitches are insane. In our sport, they're the, those motherfuckers, huh? The Australians, those sons of bitches are insane. In our sport, they're the punters. They're all 6'5", and they just drink all of the beer,
Starting point is 01:37:50 and they bomb balls, and they don't give a shit about anything. The Australians are a great team. Never been to New Zealand. Obviously, watched Flight of the Conchords, so I feel like I know them. But the Australians go bananas in the arena, yeah? Yeah, yeah, of course. And, you know, every time we put on an event over in australia it's it's incredible i mean the fans are are amazing and uh yeah we're actually excited to
Starting point is 01:38:13 get back over there again it feels like every time we do a fight in australia no matter whether it's a fight night or it's a big pay-per-view there There's just this energy and buzz over there, much like the UK. I fucking love them. Go ahead, AJ. Robbie Lawler is fighting Brian Barbarina. I've been a Robbie Lawler fan. I'm 38. Maybe it's right in my demo.
Starting point is 01:38:35 The dude's been fighting forever. Just an absolute monster. How do you think that thing is going to go, and what made you put that on this card? Yeah, I mean, you're absolutely right. You're talking about two savages in that fight i i expect those two to stand toe to toe and uh i i you know pun intended i expect fireworks uh on that fight it should be awesome you're absolutely right hey last question when you're
Starting point is 01:39:00 putting together a card are you trying to put together like a buffet like because those guys obviously you're expecting them just to bomb on each other. Then Sugar Sean has actually said he's trying to put on a performance, so he's trying to do his thing. And then Stylebender has actually been quoted as saying, I'm willing to die. Whenever you're putting a fight card together, are you trying to get all different types in there, or is that not something you can consciously think about?
Starting point is 01:39:21 Listen, we're just trying to put on the best fights we possibly can. All these guys are acting like maniacs right now so it's uh style bender says yeah the belt's great i love what it's done for me in my life but i want to pull off you know he wants to pull off moves he wants to pull off spectacular uh uh what's the word i'm looking for um you know like finishes and highlights. Yeah, like highlights. He wants highlights. That's what he's looking for.
Starting point is 01:39:50 So, I mean, when a guy who's the world champion, he's the number three power guy in the world, he's got 15 wins by knockout, and he's one of the biggest stars in the sport. He's the main event, starts talking like that. Yeah, that should be fun. It's a good day to be Dana White, and we appreciate you stopping by.
Starting point is 01:40:06 Have a great International Fight Week. Have a great weekend. Thank you for the time, boss. Happy 4th, boys. Thanks for having me. Hey, happy 4th, ladies and gentlemen. Dana White. Yeah, Dana!
Starting point is 01:40:19 Let's go to the phones. On the Fiverr Energy phone line, go to FiverrEngine.com. Use promo code McAfee to receive 10% off your order of delicious and incredible 5-Hour Energy shots. Let's go to Mike in Denver.
Starting point is 01:40:29 What's going on, Mike? It's the amygdala. How we doing, boys? How you doing? Just keep it moving, Mike. Hey, fellas. Did you guys like that Stanley Cup last night? Pretty electric.
Starting point is 01:40:40 Of course. We were driving around Denver last night. People were going crazy. There was some dude in the middle of the street playing the drums. I think he was trying to play the Blink-182 song. What's the parade going to be like, Mike? What's the parade going to be like? Is it going to be big or are you guys not going to show up?
Starting point is 01:40:54 You guys are going to be too high on marijuana out there. Dope heads. Yeah, so the vitamins were definitely flowing. I can say myself they were flowing. No, not at all. I think there's going to be a parade on Thursday is what I'm hearing. Nothing's been confirmed yet. Okay, parade
Starting point is 01:41:10 on Thursday. AJ, keep an eye out. Are you flying out for that thing? I don't think I'll be flying out, but I definitely want to watch. We'll be off Friday, by the way. We were supposed to have a show live from Vegas due to some technical difficulties that is not able to happen. Maybe we do one live from Phoenix. We We got to figure it out.
Starting point is 01:41:25 We got to figure out life. This show is coming to an end here on this glorious Monday, June 27th, 2022. AJ, anything to say to the Chris Mad Dog Russo listeners coming on in six minutes? Enjoy Mad Dog Monday. I know he's going to be juiced up and ready. That's right.
Starting point is 01:41:41 He's going to talk about Stanley Cup. He's going to talk baseball. He's going to talk about all things happening in the world. That's going to be much better than our show. That's right. He's going to talk about Stanley Cup. He's going to talk baseball. He's going to talk about all things happening in the world. That's going to be much better than our show. We'll see you in about 21 hours. Cheers. Did it, AJ. No.
Starting point is 01:41:53 No. AJ, you see my fucking Hummer I got, dude? I didn't know that was out yet. That thing is sweet. Dude, it's fucking bananas. I will send a photo right now to ZeetanM to use to put up. It's got to be pretty fast, right? Dude, a thousand horsepower, allegedly.
Starting point is 01:42:14 I mean, should you have an electric vehicle, though? Well, I'm saving the fucking world. Are you? No, I mean, as far as reliability, I could see you easily not plugging that thing in. Come on. Come on. I plug this phone in every night because I need it. And this Hummer, where I park it, it lit.
Starting point is 01:42:34 The Pat Mobile right there. Wow. Look at that thing. The Pat Mobile. It's one of the best parts now, too. I didn't even think about it. You don't have to go to this fucking gas station. No, yeah.
Starting point is 01:42:43 We talked about it earlier. No, you said that one specifically or a gas station. No, yeah, we talked about it earlier. No, you said that one specifically or a gas station? Oh, you're talking about downtown gas stations. Yeah, that is great. Downtown gas station I go to, I got to take off. All right, take off the pinky ring. Take off the watch. Take off the fucking
Starting point is 01:42:57 necklace. Here we go. There's no reason to stir anything. Let me dishevel this tank top a little bit. Let me go and fill it up now it's a whole thing geez a little indigestion is that from the mocha here i thought i was supposed to live forever with coffee i can't get through this it is so awesome aj i a grotesque price tag okay absolutely i'm like far and away though because I said, buying a loaded Tahoe is very expensive. This one, I mean, you can Google it.
Starting point is 01:43:30 The price is just one up, I think, even more. But Graham Rahal, IndyCar driver, he has Graham Rahal Performance, which has, he's just got sick car after sick car. He has a museum, basically, of cars for sale. This one came to him from another IndyCar driver, and I'd asked him'm like i feel like i need something you know big like i used to have my f-150 still have it but i'm looking to upgrade a little bit i need something that's big you know i'm driving around this little aviator i feel like i'm gonna get run off the road it's like this was not an upgrade from the f-150 i need something as soon as this came in he like gave me like a facetime and was like i think you need this and i was like i think i do too yeah and then he sent me the video of this
Starting point is 01:44:09 thing crab walking turning some bitch sideways and driving sideways and he him and his ray hall paint project they wrapped that thing in a satin black it's fucking gorgeous i'm very very thankful for graham ray hall and his people it's un-fucking-believable i'm luckiest dude on earth aj hawk well i i saw um that lebron commercial back in the day of it crab walking right isn't this the car yeah this is the car and i honestly so it's press the button i want to see a crab walk it's kind of well i think there's more buttons that got to be pushed touchscreen is the touchscreens giant I'm sure. It is. Touchscreen's an IMAX in there.
Starting point is 01:44:49 What's it like in the back? What are the seats like behind you? Large. It's like a... I think it has a bench, but it's... No, two bucket seats with a middle seat, but it's a lot of space. It's bigger than my F-150. You got a little baby truck bed back there? Yeah, a little... No, truck bed is just as big as my F-150 truck bed i mean this car is fucking huge yeah it is yeah that thing's
Starting point is 01:45:09 got to be gigantic massive dude had no idea from the pictures how big it is and then in real life it shows it just dwarfs my truck just completely dwarfs my truck yeah it's do you know how uh sports teams offload bad contracts were you able to to do that with the Jeep that you got at Macomb? The Jeep is eating a salary cap. Do you even know where it is? A lot of debt money. Yeah, it's in the barn of bad decisions, right where it should be. There's other things in there.
Starting point is 01:45:39 You know, the aquatic vehicle is in there and numerous other scooters and such. Oh, yeah. Can I have that thing? The aquatic vehicle? Yeah. How much? The aquatic vehicle? Yeah. How much? You know what? I told Jack.
Starting point is 01:45:48 I said he needs to swim in it. He has a pond. He needs to swim in the pond with Lordo, Stanley Cup, or ride a little paddle boat. If we took that thing from the land into the pond with Lordo sitting shotgun. All right. You can have it. Yeah. Deal.
Starting point is 01:46:01 All right. We'll drive it. Can you drive that down here? I get to release the video, though. Yeah, I don't care about the video. I just want to do it. Well, if you do it and you don't video it, it doesn't happen. It didn't happen.
Starting point is 01:46:12 No, someone will video it. Yeah, of course. All video. All Jackson in there and all video. Speaking of, when you were talking about workouts earlier, you posted a pretty impressive workout over the weekend. It wasn't you working out, but it was a rather impressive workout by an individual.
Starting point is 01:46:26 Oh yeah, maybe Matt or maybe Mike. I forget his name. Mike maybe. Mike maybe me. Mike Matt maybe me. This dude. Mikey maybe me. Hey, you should check out
Starting point is 01:46:40 this fucking guy's Instagram page, AJ. Look at this. He's got 135 pounds puts it up into a curl position some core strength great core strength and then this in vans no yeah not just a holly he's gonna holly no more kickflip lands on the edge of the platform holds the 135 up cracks open the ice cold rain, chugs it. This guy is unbelievable.
Starting point is 01:47:10 Is that the guy who had the Crocs on his... Yeah, on the edge of his... Did you see the video I posted of this guy lifting? Oh, when he had like a million things hanging off of him? Yeah, baseball bat Crocs. 135, full helmet on there, did a full deadlift thing. He's fucking awesome. That guy, he said he's ready to prepare me for SummerSlam if need be.
Starting point is 01:47:28 And I said, thank you, sir. Wow. Is that this Friday? No, that's Money in the Bank is this Saturday. I was actually doing the math because somebody said like July 27th or something. Saturday's coming. Yeah, July 30th is SummerSlam. That's only a month and three days away.
Starting point is 01:47:45 I thought we had a lot more time for that. You know, this morning, had to fight four guys for a reason. Is there a premium live event coming up this weekend? Money in the Bank, Saturday. Just chatted about it. It's in Vegas. Friday night is SmackDown. It's in Phoenix.
Starting point is 01:47:59 But you still have SmackDown Friday and then Money in the Bank Saturday. Yeah, SmackDown Friday in Phoenix. Money in the Bank Saturday, Yeah, SmackDown Friday in Phoenix, Money in the Bank Saturday, Vegas. Same time as UFC? I believe we are right before. Right before. I think we're right before. But there will be overlap between the two. Money in the Bank, what do you mean?
Starting point is 01:48:19 It's a premium live event. It's going to be 17 hours. What do you mean? It's not going to be done before. Hey, listen. UFC goes until like 1, 2 a.m. The main card is like the first fight or two on the main card is where there might be a little overlap.
Starting point is 01:48:35 It was midnight on Saturday, and they said our co-main event is just now starting. I'm like, are you fucking kidding me, dude? What are we doing? And it's like, oh, they're in Vegas. They don't give a fuck. Yeah, exactly. They get an extra three hours over there.
Starting point is 01:48:46 I like the fact that Dana from Vegas is like, nah, we'll do it on our time. Yeah, don't matter. Hey, East, good luck out there. You're going to have to stick with it. It kind of adds to the whole appeal, I think. But yeah, Money in the Bank is Saturday, where two superstars, one male, one female, will change the trajectory of their career as they climb up a ladder and snag a suitcase
Starting point is 01:49:08 that is locked and inside of it is a contract that says you can challenge any champion at any time. When they are at their absolute worst, you can challenge them, pin them, and take their title from them. Just like at SummerSlam, when Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns take each other on in a seven-year build to a last man standing match. If you win Money in the Bank on Saturday, that last man standing match means what?
Starting point is 01:49:36 There's an ass beating coming to both men. So as soon as they win, they're probably going to be a little bit tired. Going to be a little bit beat up. Probably not going to be able to do much. So you cash in that money in the bank, and you become the undisputed WWE Universal Champion. That's on the line this weekend. Money in the bank, AJ.
Starting point is 01:49:55 So I know the money in the bank thing. I've seen the suitcase. What do I do? Do I hand it to the person and then go pin them and then take the title, or what do I do? You give it to the ref. The ref then says to the timekeeper's table and hands over the thing. And then it is announced.
Starting point is 01:50:13 Then the bell is officially run. It is a sanctioned match at that point. Then whatever happens happens. Do they have different sanctioning bodies, like depending on what state they're in? So the sanction is within the state. Actually, there is indie wrestlers that have to have a license to wrestle in almost every state.
Starting point is 01:50:29 I think I have it with the promoter that I work with, WWE. I believe I have it, but yeah, it is a sanctioned thing in the states that you're in. And that suitcase says, already sanctioned whenever you want. Wow. I didn't know that's how Money in the Bank worked.
Starting point is 01:50:44 That's cool. It's a game changer. It's like, hey, you're in WWE? Hey, you have a documentary about what you did in WWE. It's two different lives coming up this weekend. Isn't there a match tonight about who will be in the Money in the Bank? Oh, there's qualifying matches. Yeah, tonight Ezekiel or Elias or Elrod will qualify for Money in the Bank.
Starting point is 01:51:04 Elron? Elrod. Elrod. Hubbard? No. No, Zeke's younger brother, Elrod. Oh, Money in the Bank. Elron? Elrod. Hubbard? No. No, Zeke's younger brother, Elrod. Oh, we have another one. We don't know. We haven't met him. We'll see. We have three. What's their last name? Well, we don't know. They're like Tiger. It's just one name.
Starting point is 01:51:18 We don't know this either. Well, we do. They're like Zito. We don't know anything about his name. That is true. What we do know about Zito is the hat he's wearing is fucking awesome. So sweet. Sick hat, dude. Hey, sweet hat. Very hell yeah.
Starting point is 01:51:31 Hey, Bruce, great mustache. Yeah. Yeah, thanks. Great hat, too. Thank you. No problem. It's not a new Nike one, but still cool. Still good.
Starting point is 01:51:40 Anyways, yeah, Elrod might make an appearance tonight. We don't know. I hope. I will say. How many more are there in this big family? We don't know. It's a huge tonight. We don't know. I hope. I will say. How many more are there in this big family? We don't know. It's a huge family. We don't know if they're Italian.
Starting point is 01:51:49 They are Italian. They're an Italian family. So let's assume. You know what that means. Yeah. He doesn't know what that means. Here we go. You know.
Starting point is 01:52:00 I don't want to give their last name away, but it ends in a. Eenie. A vowel. You son of a bitch. You sack of shit. What? I thought that's what he was going to say. No.
Starting point is 01:52:10 What were you going to say? No. A vowel. I thought that's what... You know his last name. So you said that only to take a shot at a tie-in. No. I thought that was his last name.
Starting point is 01:52:20 Seamus called me Padraic. Padraic, which is the Irish Patrick name, while we were having a couple pints with the lads there. How was Jamie? I saw you got to see Jamie. He's a super Ohio guy. I didn't know that he was at Ohio. You knew that?
Starting point is 01:52:33 What do you mean? I knew he was from Columbus. He had Ohio against everybody shirt on, and a couple people gave him the OH, and he, just like you, was like, no, not everybody deserves it. You know what I mean? Yeah, he's smart because they were probably sarcastic he just like you was like no not everybody deserves it you know what i mean yeah he's smart because they were probably sarcastic just like you i'm not sarcastic i'm hoping that
Starting point is 01:52:50 we don't fucking lose to ish again again okay we okay we yeah yeah how many cult events has other ohio state people gone to huh you're right you right. You were there. You can say we. You were a part of it. Okay. Thank you. O-H. No, no, no. But, you know, other people I will.
Starting point is 01:53:11 That's kind of how young Jamie was, by the way. Yeah. He's like, I'm actually on AJ's side in this whole thing. I do like how. It was fucking unbelievable. I did not know. There was an Ohio Chris Farley at the bar we were at, too. All that fucking guy wanted was an I-O from Jamie.
Starting point is 01:53:23 And now he's just sorry about it. Are you serious? I don't want to diminish this thing. Well, the Ohio Chris Farley was clearly blacked out. He had just spent $12 on American Spirits. Nice. $12 on at this point. In Texas?
Starting point is 01:53:36 This guy's voice, by the way, was as if he smoked seven to eight of those $12 packs a day. And he was proclaiming he was from Ohio. I think strictly because of Jamie's shirt. And Jamie had his like kind of radar up on this guy. But me and Jamie would be talking and this guy would drop, Hey boy, you know, a lot of people say they're not from Ohio, from Ohio.
Starting point is 01:54:00 I'm proud to be from Ohio or whatever. And it was like, nobody ever says that. What you just said at the end, nobody's are proud. And then Jamie basically told me to go fuck off or whatever. And it was like, nobody ever says that. What you just said at the end, nobody's that proud. And then Jamie basically told me to go fuck off. And then that guy was like, oh, hey, try. And then there was no answer, and then he walked away. And I'm like, Jamie, you and AJ are the reason why Ohio State is falling from grace.
Starting point is 01:54:19 Why the basketball team loses in the first round. Why Harbaugh is able to utilize an NFL opportunity to get a new contract with Michigan because you guys lost to Michigan for the first round. Why Harbaugh is able to utilize an NFL opportunity to get a new contract with Michigan because you guys lost to Michigan for the first time. It's your guys' fault. And he basically told me to fuck off just like you do. So I don't know how I feel about it all. Good for Jamie. Jamie's a star, man.
Starting point is 01:54:38 Yes, he is. It was hard. Like, I guess we're in the same world, but not really. They are in, you know, they're in a different stratosphere in what they talk about and how large they are but it was cool to talk with him very it seemed like he's normal human by the way which you would not expect from somebody in that particular position i enjoyed the hell out of meeting him and chatting with him and he was cool guy good hair good hair on that seems like yeah i've never met him in person i've just you know talked to him like text and email and over the phone over the years like i used to ask him questions about equipment
Starting point is 01:55:07 like different kind of technology stuff that you get yeah he talked about no he's i think he's a fan of yours as a human i believe i well back in the day i mean i don't know how he what'd you say huh well i'm a state legend what what why i don't know where's red band but i just put something together uh on why aj treats and has treated jack johnson the way he has for a majority of his lifetime kind of the black sheep of the family uh jack played at ishigan jack just graduated from michigan well this week whoa you said it. It was big news, yeah. And the press are leading up to the finals. They said it. He just graduated.
Starting point is 01:55:46 O-I-O-I. I didn't know we pronounced M's around here. I've been calling myself Acoffee this entire time. Welcome to the Pat Acoffee Show right here on Sirius X this entire time. And now this guy is like, Michigan, he just graduated there with a master's degree. Wow. It was magnificent. The celebration.
Starting point is 01:56:14 I mean, geez, I didn't know we did that, AJ. What's the deal? Jim Trestle. I'm grandfathered in. Jim Trestle. We said Michigan. Jim Trestle. See how many more we can go ah i love the ohio state cult it's a very real one the north doesn't have a lot of them so i like it yeah yeah a lot of them are in the south you're right yeah especially when it comes to the football world speaking of some random hipster at the bar
Starting point is 01:56:40 that i was at with ohio chris farley, young Jamie Seamus and the lads. Great bar, by the way. Great place. Great wings. Ooh. They said they had the best wings in the city. Really? I think everybody does that.
Starting point is 01:56:52 Sure. But I took them up on, like, if somebody says they have the best something in a city, I'm going to try. Have to. I'm going to try. They get me every time. Best meatball sub? Meatball sub. That's a good point.
Starting point is 01:57:03 I mean, maybe. Oh, meatball sub. What city is it in? Great name. Texas. Sub. That's a good point. I mean, maybe. Oh, Eat Ball Sub. What city is it in? Great name. Texas, that's hard to tell. Tuscaloosa. Is there Italians there?
Starting point is 01:57:12 Yeah. Hey. Ends in a vowel. It does. The city? Yeah, right. Checks out. Alabama does, too.
Starting point is 01:57:20 State, yeah. Indiana does. I don't see. Doesn't check out. Doesn't hold up. Anyways Anyways he was a cool guy They said best wings in the city Fucking fantastic They were that good
Starting point is 01:57:30 Saucy Really dry Wings are subjective It's like pizza though Like everyone likes Their different thing I think we all can tell When a pizza shit
Starting point is 01:57:37 Just like we can with wings Yeah But I would put it In a conversation Like good wings But like old There's different kind of wings Like old school Hooters wings don't have any sauce, right?
Starting point is 01:57:46 They didn't back in the day. They're breaded. And the other ones have sauce. I think Hooters wings are breaded, right? They always make me shit my pants. Oily. A lot of butter. A lot of butter in those.
Starting point is 01:57:55 And they're breaded. Yeah. Kind of. Yeah, they are. They are for sure. Yeah, they make me shit terrible. I haven't had them in 15 years probably, but I remember back in high school when it first came out.
Starting point is 01:58:05 Yeah. Oh, I'll go to Hooters tonight. And then the next night. 9-1-1. Yeah, and then. Oh, Hooters is fine. Saw a girl that I never talked to in high school, kid. Shit my pants, you know.
Starting point is 01:58:17 Tastes good going in, but it sucks going out. I don't even think it tastes that good going in, right? If I do recall. Every once in a while. I mean, you're just not saying that the wings were terrible because they told you that they were the best in the city, I think says more about them. I had a couple beers, you know, so went hand in hand with it.
Starting point is 01:58:34 Tried to get as light beer as possible because I'm trying to do the keto. And obviously Seamus and the lads order the thickest IPA they have. Yeah, that's Michelob. Hey, can you put a forest in a beer? What are we doing? What? How is that a thing? How is that still a thing?
Starting point is 01:58:53 People love that shit, dude. Those heavy beers. Give me three meals worth of calories and every single bush in the forest and then put it into some liquid form so that we can go oh that was delicious i mean i hate them i can't do it so bad i can't do it can't do it uh corbin you think he's going to answer my uh challenge oh yeah you're trying to set up a program is he ducking you i don't know we'll find out yeah seems like watching that little preview too when i was in between uh during the break man you really
Starting point is 01:59:25 I said it was very rude of you to try to laugh the guy out of the place but then I see this is he going to engage with you or not do we know find out bitch me a cat well yeah that's what I think what if Michael Cole just gets up and smacks him he will hammer me what if Michael Cole in the middle of that would have said here's a message from happy there's gonna be a time You know, you and Michael Cole are going to have a program where you guys turn around. No. Me and Cole are tag team partners, pal, forever. Hawk and Animal.
Starting point is 01:59:51 Just like Ezekiel and Elias. Exactly. Cole's a bag of bones. He can't get in the ring. What? Come on. He wears a singlet every night. He's ready at all times.
Starting point is 02:00:01 He'll take that tie off and fucking get in the ring. He's undefeated at WrestleMania. That's right. But so are you. Does he still have take that tie off and fucking get in the ring. He's undefeated at WrestleMania. That's right, but so are you. Does he still have that cage that he used to get in? The coal mine? Whatever that was. Was it the glass box? Yeah, the coal mine. What an awesome thing. It was great.
Starting point is 02:00:16 I bring it up on a very regular basis about how awesome he used to be whenever that was all happening. He was a heel then, too. He was a heel. Think about him being a commentator allowed to be a heel as the play-by-play guy with how good he is. He's fucking. Should almost.
Starting point is 02:00:31 How do we spark that back in or start stealing his beer a little bit? I mean, maybe he does. If he takes some booze away from Cole, he will get incredibly miserable. Maybe he does smack you in the face. You know, you can dog on any of the teams he roots for because they all fucking stink. Yeah, but he knows it. The Jets, the Mets. Oh, the Mets are good, aren't they?
Starting point is 02:00:46 The Mets are good. I thought they were falling off. No, I think they're very, very good. Well, they're getting two guys. World Series is right around the corner, right? Yeah. Two months. The Yankees are too good.
Starting point is 02:00:54 You should start off the next show with like Cole saying, like, there's one. That's awesome. He shouldn't have let his tie go through the coal mine. That's the only – this is like when a lion is outside of the little glass box in a safari. When it comes around, you've got to get away from the holes. Like that orangutan. The orangutan.
Starting point is 02:01:13 Grab an old buddy. That's what – Grip them up. I mean, Cole's trying to get away there too. Look at his face. They could bring that box back during COVID. It would have worked out perfect. What in day?
Starting point is 02:01:24 That's a big miss. Dude, 25 years. 25 years straight on the road, that guy. I'm telling you, I just want to watch him. I hope he lives in a cul-de-sac and they have barbecues. And people are like, oh, what did you do this last weekend? And he just walks you through what he did. He does live a relatively normal life outside of the WWE,
Starting point is 02:01:46 but he's not going to be able to stop. When you're on the road for 25 years straight every single week but two of them, you're not going to be able to stop. Like, that is, you know what I mean? He'll be bored out of his mind probably. Yeah, so I'm excited. His wife is a great person too. I'm a big fan.
Starting point is 02:02:01 I've met her via FaceTime a few times. She's been with him through this entire thing. I think she understands, too, like when this all stops, it's going to be an interesting turnover. Probably just have to travel the world to a new place every week. I think so. Like, I think he's just going to have to stay on the move. He's already been everywhere, though, hasn't he?
Starting point is 02:02:15 Yeah, he's been everywhere, but just like you with the NFL, when you go to games, you don't really – I mean, there's some cities I assume he's taken in and enjoyed and everything like that but that's mostly plane car hotel show hotel plane out you know you never really get the sucking down booze in the middle of some lowly hotel bar hasn't been to the galapagos i bet the island all the tortoise has there ever been a wrestling match there because i assume that there was he has been. Exactly. But I'm saying there's places you can find.
Starting point is 02:02:47 He does suck down every single ounce of booze that all these hotel bars have. And he stays at these. Some hotels are very nice that he stays at. Sure. Most of these hotels he stays at. Shithole. Shithole hotels. And he's like, they don't have Jack.
Starting point is 02:03:03 I'm drinking fucking whatever some college kid would drink. Evan Williams. I'm like, well, they don't have Jack. I'm drinking fucking whatever like some college kid would drink. Evan Williams. I'm like, dude, are you kidding me right now? He's like, is it whiskey? I like it. I'm like, you got a problem. I don't respect that. I'm like, you have a problem.
Starting point is 02:03:16 Because he's been to all those places, he probably does know the ones, though. He would like to retire. Yeah, I want to go back to that place and actually experience it. Fort Worth. Bingo. Stockyards. Need to go there. Yeah. For an extended period of time place and actually experience it. Fort Worth. Bingo. Stockyards. Need to go there for an extended period of time. Two, three days.
Starting point is 02:03:29 So sweet. Hop on one of those Texas Longhorns. Got to bring back that first ever gambling parlor or whatever that was in that little car. That thing's dead. Yeah, it's been dead for years. Don't you think his wife's a lot happier knowing that he's going to do WWE instead of getting his head chopped off in some part of the country or some part of the world?
Starting point is 02:03:48 I mean, did you see that photo of him getting smushed against the glass? It's not like the WWE is the same. It's called that safe work environment. True. I guess I didn't think about that. I was in person. Basically the same thing. Brock chased him and Pat with a chair.
Starting point is 02:04:01 Oh, shit. That scared the shit out of me. Wee Man almost gave him a heart attack. You're right. Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky. Michael Cole is the best. He deserves a lot more respect. Yeah.
Starting point is 02:04:14 Love you, Mr. Cole. Love you, Mr. Cole. Love Cole Train. All right, we're out of here. Hammerdown's in about 15 minutes. Can't wait to watch it. What are we betting on, pal? Oh, no.
Starting point is 02:04:23 Oh, no. I opened Fando Sportsbook today. It was MLB tennis. We bring in Brucie for the country club sports. Wimbledon has just started. Goes on for a fortnight. So we'll bring in Brucie for two weeks. Did Joker win?
Starting point is 02:04:43 Joker is favored. There are no Russians. He won today. Okay. I was not letting in. Yeah, no. So no Zavarev. So there's not tennis players from Russia?
Starting point is 02:04:52 T-P-F-R? Like the Olympics? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Russia's not allowed here. But with that being said, Olympic athletes from Russia. A new country. We say, uh.
Starting point is 02:05:03 You say, uh. We say, Russia. That's what the Olympics did. We say, uh. You say, uh. We say Russia. That's what the Olympics did. You say, uh. Is that not happening in Wimbledon? No. How about fucking Ovi? Playing soccer.
Starting point is 02:05:13 Oh, yeah. That was awesome. Dude, he is a monster. When you look at him, you're like, oh, look at that retired, gray-haired, old, out-of-shape fucking guy who's retired from being a professional athlete. Then you see him run. It's like, oh, that's an ox. Yeah. Who can who can move still scores a goal in the first 10 minutes of the game was that a celebrity game or is that a league no i thought that was the in actual league yeah he
Starting point is 02:05:33 signed a one-day contract like you did with the wild things and scored in the first 10 minutes yeah one-timer lefty by the way that team is very fucking good i think they are they were doing one touch passing up over somebody's head, then behind the back, I think a Cruyff passed to him, then a goal scorer was like, wow. Him being able to outrun said guy, though, and embody guy and keep going, I'm incredibly – he's got to be 220, 215.
Starting point is 02:05:58 He's 250. How tall? 250? Playing hockey? He's listed on the NHL's website at 238, so I'm going to estimate he's above that. 260? Playing soccer. What a stunt.
Starting point is 02:06:10 He's gigantic. How tall is he? That clip of him knocking that dude down while dribbling. Is he 6'4"? How tall is he? 6'3". Yeah, 6'4", 6'3". Soccer, too, though.
Starting point is 02:06:21 FC Dynamo, I believe, came in third this year in the Russian Premier League to that 2021-20 Houston Dynamo FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo well I saw Ovi was playing for a team where I didn't even understand the alphabet that was described oh yeah it was like a house with a little bit of a squiggly on the end and then something else hey I think I think they were OAR oh no might have. There's no Russian. If you're Russian born, you can't play in Wimbledon this year? Correct. Medvedev.
Starting point is 02:06:53 His dad, I think, was a professional soccer player in Russia. What a fucking ox, this guy. Did he score that play? Not this play. He did score. He did have a goal that game? He did have a goal. He had a one-time.
Starting point is 02:07:01 Ten minutes into the game. 0-0. First goal. Fucking side panel right off the post. Far post. Is that the captain's? He only had one, though. Putin would have like 12.
Starting point is 02:07:11 Okay, so there was a full buildup, one-touch passing buildup. And there was even one pass where they chipped it over a guy's head, like within the 18. And then he, behind his back, I think it's a Cruyff. And then he one-timer far post off, like, side panel off goal. I was like, is panel off goal. Yeah. I was like, is this the greatest celebrity soccer game I've ever seen? It is. And also follow-up, hell of a shot from Ovi, not just like half at. I was watching that beautiful game.
Starting point is 02:07:37 What was that game in Seattle? Steve Nash was playing in it. Ocho Cinco was playing in it. Is it in Miami? I thought it was in Seattle. Celebrity soccer game? Yeah, it was like beautiful game or something like that. I it was in Seattle Celebrity soccer game? Yeah it was like Beautiful game or something like that
Starting point is 02:07:46 I forget It was a celebrity soccer game Yeah A lot of Ronaldinho was in it Ronald Oh shit I think it was Miami
Starting point is 02:07:54 Because Jimmy Butler was playing Steve Nash can play Old Ronaldo Yeah Old Ronaldo It must have been That makes sense Miami and why Ocho Would also be there
Starting point is 02:08:01 Yeah But it feels like That's something Ocho Would travel for If he was invited to There's also a game Soccer Aid game out in UK. It's a celebrity game. I think that is
Starting point is 02:08:10 something that in the future I will attempt to try to get into one of those games. And possibly the celebrity basketball game. Celebrity basketball game is going to take forever. I don't know if they'll ever have any respect but I'll keep putting out soccer highlights until I can get invited to one of those games. And I am the beautiful game Saturday.
Starting point is 02:08:26 Drive. Drive Pink. Or Pink. Drive Pink Stadium. Yeah. Where's that? I still don't know. DRV.
Starting point is 02:08:41 Maybe Miami. Fort Lauderdale. Lauderdale. What a place, by the way, Fort Lauderdale. Oh, it's where Inter Miami plays. They play in Fort Lauderdale. Lauderdale! What a place, by the way, Fort Lauderdale. Oh, it's where Inter Miami plays. They play in Fort Lauderdale? Oh, so San Francisco 49ers playing in Santa Clara. They play in that stadium
Starting point is 02:08:54 in Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale's a great place. Hollywood Casino, also a good time. You see the Indy 11 are building a new stadium? What? Like a billion dollar stadium. You're paying for that. I'm not paying for it. You're a citizen of this city.
Starting point is 02:09:09 You're right. Based on previous stadiums being built, I probably will pay for half of it. But there is a there should be a agreement, though. It's supposed to be done by 2025. How is the World Cup not going to use that stadium? It's in the middle of the country.
Starting point is 02:09:25 Well, it's not big. 2026, just let it happen. Well, it's Crossroads of America. Come on in. Yeah. Kansas City. It's only 20,000. How's Chicago not get a game?
Starting point is 02:09:34 That's, I think Chicago fucked up in this. Probably because Soldier Field's a dump. It's their field. Yeah, but they would change the entire field for that. Yes, in a heartbeat. Yeah, in four years too. No, Chicago wouldn't. The World Cup would be like, we're getting this out of of here we're actually built on top of this we're going
Starting point is 02:09:48 to put an actual field on it oh yeah could they do that chicago not getting that though i think is a massive we host a lot of games too yeah but i want to let your city know like why did you guys up for all of us over here in the middle of the what's that about you guys are supposed to be our big representative right i mean you guys are supposed to be the ones supposed to be a big city and you probably have to pitch this is probably something i had to pitch to get this What's that about? You guys are supposed to be our big representative, right? No, I know, for sure. It's supposed to be a big city. And you probably had to pitch this. It's probably something they had to pitch to get this done. And you guys just dropped the fucking ball.
Starting point is 02:10:11 Jeez, come on, Chicago. One time. I'm mad about it, too. Zito, thank you for being mad about it, feeling our pain. It doesn't really sound like it. It matters. It does matter. Chicago, which was a host site for the 1994 World Cup.
Starting point is 02:10:26 Great time. Pulled out in 2018 because it didn't want to meet FIFA's financial demands for hosting. There you go. There you go. Good for them. Yeah, money's going to better places, let's assume. Well, hey, we don't want to pay $85 million fee to these guys so we can host a game. This makes so much money.
Starting point is 02:10:43 We don't know that. We don't know that. We don't know that. Chicago's actually hosted another game and they said, no, we're not paying. That is nowhere near what we made. And the FIFA's like, do you want the game or not? And they're like, no, not at that price. Fuck you. No games in the middle of the country then.
Starting point is 02:10:57 We'll go to Kansas City. Patrick Mahomes will give us that money. He owns a baseball team, a soccer team, and the Kansas City Chiefs, basically. He'll give us all that. How'd Kansas City get it over Chicago? Is Kansas City the new Midway, dude? Whoa. Okay. No, no, no.
Starting point is 02:11:10 Whoa. Chicago can't afford a World Cup game? Uh-oh. They can't afford us. Uh-oh. They can't afford us. Jesus. We don't want that.
Starting point is 02:11:19 That's tough. Come on. What do they got now? Everything. Chicago couldn't afford it. Jussie Smollett? No, no, no. All right. Where's they got now? Everything. Chicago couldn't find it. Jussie Smollett. No, no, no. He's there.
Starting point is 02:11:28 He was at the BET Awards last night. Yep. Jussie was? Yeah, Jussie. I've seen him on Red Car. He's on a clique. He looked very professional and very comfortable, not awkward at all. And the internet, obviously, you know, is very kind to Jussie.
Starting point is 02:11:42 Got their jokes in. They bring out Subway again. Subway. That was allegedly... The Chappelle skit, too. Congrats to Diddy. Diddy won a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Starting point is 02:11:56 He said it was actually his mom. I believe he's donating to Jackson State. Deion Sanders, I believe he's giving some money there. What a night. Jack Harlow was in there. Brandy made a return. Kanye. Kanye was dressed hilariously. And I don't know if he's gained 150 pounds or if he's wearing extra layers,
Starting point is 02:12:13 but I don't know how Kanye's face looked. Body looked fantastic and super fashion-y. Yeah, I do believe he said he was debating whether to legally pronounce himself being dead, actually, for a year. And he said that into the microphone. But he was like, yeah, but, you know, P. Diddy. If anyone's going to pull me out, it's going to be P. Diddy. He said P. Diddy?
Starting point is 02:12:32 Yeah. Or Puff, I don't know. Puffy. Oh, yeah, that's what I was about to say. Watch it. I don't know. Yeah, Diddy, maybe. I don't know.
Starting point is 02:12:38 What's his name right now? Diddy. Diddy. I can't keep up with it. Papa Diddy Puff. See, it sounds like that one was bullshit. A joke. No, that's what Ben Stiller called him in the music video.
Starting point is 02:12:51 You remember that? Yeah. I do. Papa Diddy Puff. See, so what you just said there was truthful. Yeah. See, but if you listen back, though, the way you delivered that, I think we'd all...
Starting point is 02:13:03 Is that the voice? Is that what actually goes? I don't know. Okay delivered that, I think we'd all. Is that the voice? Is that what I should go? I don't know. Hey, you'll find your voice. All right. You'll find your voice. Come on. Come on.
Starting point is 02:13:11 Let's go. What do you got? He's writing down notes. Find my voice. Find my voice. Is there any singing competitions on there? What do we watch? We need song land.
Starting point is 02:13:20 What are we supposed to watch right now? Yeah, it's bad news, Bears, right now. It's running dry. We got to buckle in on baseball. There are we supposed to watch right now? Yeah, it's bad news, Bears, right now. It's running dry. We got to buckle in on baseball. There are a couple 30 for 30s. Like, I think that AM1 mixtape won. Oh, Unrivaled, the ESPN thing on the Red Wings back whenever they were 16. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 02:13:35 It was supposed to be very good. Yeah, I heard it was awesome. I saw Teej Lang fucking beating the drum last night. I saw him going real hard on himself, you know, beating the hell out of himself. You know, just pounding away at his meat about the Detroit Red Wings and everything going on. I guess we should watch that. It's really good.
Starting point is 02:13:52 I loved it so much. Not even coming from a bias, the Red Wings. I'm not fucking watching that. Hockey in the 90s was 10 million times cooler than it is now. See, that's what you would say if your team hasn't been good since the 90s. We should watch it. I've heard it's amazing. Yeah, I'll give it a run, but I'm just going to hate every second of it.
Starting point is 02:14:10 They made Steve Asherman into a bitch-made cat, though, in that doc. See, I disagree with that. He was never much of a fighter. He was not really in it. It was just like Joe Sackick. Was Joe Sackick much of a fighter? No, absolute stud assassin. Goal-scoring sniper.
Starting point is 02:14:24 It was awesome. So you guys, this is Detroit, by the way. I love Clyde. They do love to remind you of the one time they won a fight 20 years ago. Well, greatest fight
Starting point is 02:14:32 in the sports history. Mouse at the Pals. 100%. Watch it. Watch it. You guys can't even think of another fight right now. Rangers Capitals in my head
Starting point is 02:14:40 just two years ago. Fucking Tony Twist. Not even close. This went on for like three or four years. Watch it. You ever seen George put someone through the ice? Okay. That's what I thought. Just two years ago. Fucking Tony Twist. Not even close. This went on for like three or four years. Watch it. You ever seen George Leroy put someone through the ice? Okay.
Starting point is 02:14:47 That's what I thought. You ever seen fucking Tony Twist and Francois Leroux, dude? How about Darius Kasparidis, huh? Have you ever heard of him? Hell yeah. That's right. John Francis would hop on the back of some motherfucker too if he had to. Keep going.
Starting point is 02:14:58 You guys don't even know what you're saying right now. Oh. We do. We do. Because we are from Hockey Town. And if you're trying to put out some propaganda video
Starting point is 02:15:07 to save Hockey Town in Detroit, I'll watch it. Because I would like to be stern but fair on this show. And I also heard it is awesome.
Starting point is 02:15:14 What's it on? It's supposed to be quite good. ESPN. ESPN? ESPN Plus. And there's nothing else to watch.
Starting point is 02:15:18 I'm not watching baseball. You know what? Maybe I will. Pirates are actually good, right? Great. They'll trade away that guy that's
Starting point is 02:15:23 really good at baseball. That's what the Pirates do but you know this baseball keeps rolling around on my desk I might tap back in yeah why not O'Neill Cruz I mean yeah there is baseball it doesn't really pick up until after the all-star break which is the day after the ESPYs I believe so who's hosting this year Russ oh is it, is it? Sue Bird. All right.
Starting point is 02:15:46 See, we don't know. No, those voices, those are lies, those two, I think. If we're reading it, that was a lie. Well done. I honestly don't know.
Starting point is 02:15:55 See? Can't have it. And that's our wedding show today. Just fucking misinformation train. And we can't do it anymore. Can't have it. Anthony Mackie will be hosting it.
Starting point is 02:16:07 Oh, let's go. Oh, he's ready to go. Oh, Tony. Leading man. Tony Mackie. I agree. It's going to be great. New Captain America.
Starting point is 02:16:14 See that movie with Dwayne Johnson, that workout movie. Black Adam? Nope. Pain and Gain? He and Wahlberg. Oh, yeah. That is Pain and Gain. Rock was not in that, was he? Yes. Oh, yeah that is pain and gain rock was not in that was he yes
Starting point is 02:16:26 oh yeah was he into the mac unit anti-mac he was definitely in it yeah mark walberg was definitely in it yeah the rock was definitely in it yeah i think hey shout out to the rock by the way dude thanks man yeah that was sweet shout out to the rock thank you rock thanks man hashtag i smell it people are wondering in the wrestling world right when you say somebody else's catchphrase it's kind of uh you know a thing you give them credit then right yeah give them credit also don't want to go too in the weeds here but did get permission beforehand from dwayne johnson to be able to say it hell yeah that's cool yeah and if you do recall uh in my last program austin theory when i was allowed to speak into the mic,
Starting point is 02:17:07 I was in the middle of doing it, and then I got interrupted. That was around the time when I originally got the okay to say it. And that was in Miami, I think, that night, actually. So it would have went bananas. So I apologize for not, you know, it seems like I kind of ripped your thing, didn't give you credit. Well, they started music, so I didn't get that. It was kind of a whole situation. I do not know they were hitting music.
Starting point is 02:17:34 But this is, I'm the only person, I think, in the history of the company, and maybe in modern era, where literally I'm kind of told like some things, but not all things. Like, hey, you only need to know what you need to know here. So I'm getting a chance to speak tonight is what I need to know. Yeah, you're speaking tonight. Okay, perfect. Then I'll send like a, okay, so I'm thinking, hey, is there any way I could potentially drop a. And he actually responded and said, hey, give me some context on how you're going to do this.
Starting point is 02:18:03 Give me some context on how you're going to do this so we can really get this thing going. So he gave me an entire, like, hey, here we go, here we go. Dwayne? Yeah. So I'm very, very, very, very grateful and thankful for The Rock, and I appreciate the hell out of him on the backside of it saying, hey,
Starting point is 02:18:20 pretty good usage of it. So I'm very, very thankful for The Rock. I can't wait for your episode of Young Rock. You asked me. It I'm very, very thankful for The Rock. I can't wait for your episode of Young Rock. You asked him. It was a season probably 10 or 12. Hey, that's huge, though, in the wrestling world. You know, he's the guy on the microphone. I think it's cool that he's still so engaged and he still follows it so much.
Starting point is 02:18:39 I don't know how, dude. He's running the XFL workouts in Hawaii. He's got a movie. He's doing Hawaii. He's got a movie. He's doing Hawaii. He's got ZOA obviously taking off. I'm very thankful. I appreciate the hell out of you, man. I appreciate the opportunity to do it.
Starting point is 02:18:55 And then when I finally got the opportunity to do so for saying, Salute, I am very, very thankful. Aloha. Big Oos. All right, that's it. That's a good thing to end on here. Hammered Down will be in 15, 20 minutes or so. We'll be back tomorrow.
Starting point is 02:19:07 Hopefully the show will be better. Kenny Pickett is joining us tomorrow. Be a friend, tell a friend. Also, other guests potentially. We'll figure that out in the morning when we send DMs and text messages in a frantic manner trying to figure out guests. That's today's show. Big shout-out to Ruppert, Rappaport, Dana. Obviously, AJ, you're the man.
Starting point is 02:19:22 Thank you, Bob. Thank you, guys. Good to be here. Great haircut. Great cut, AJ. I feel like we've been gone a month since we had Friday off. Yeah. Yeah, I know.
Starting point is 02:19:30 We're off the week after Tahoe. We'll be off that week. And while we're in Tahoe, we won't be able to go live, but we'll be updating our socials and YouTube basically as if we are live. So we'll still be making content then, I believe. Hey, Nick's figuring out, you know, shot tracers. Oh, to make videos. Hell yeah.
Starting point is 02:19:53 Oh, yeah. That's awesome. Yeah, so be nice to me or I won't make any for you. I don't. How would you make any for me? We'll be in the same group on Friday, right? Oh, you mean Friday. You're going to use it there.
Starting point is 02:20:02 I thought you meant leading up to it. No, no. We're talking about when we're there. Oh, that'll be awesome. Yeah, I need a tracer to track my ball flight because it's going to be perfect. Well, that's the thing. That's the thing about the tracers we have found, though. It's a lot of manual work thus far.
Starting point is 02:20:19 Hopefully, we find a real cheat code if anybody out there knows one. And even if it's inexpensive. It would be helpful. We would love to hear from you. Send it this way. We would love to hear, because Nick's entire existence in Tahoe is going to be walking around a golf course like
Starting point is 02:20:32 this, I think. Where'd that land? One right? I ain't picking it up. Golly. Next shot. Ah, fuck it. AJ hit it straight, I guess. Just get the one that the TVs use. Alright. Nick, get that one that the TVs use. All right. Boom.
Starting point is 02:20:46 Nick, get that one. We're good. Call Romo. Romo's in with the CBS. Call them. He's out. His back hurts. He was cat-cowing on a green.
Starting point is 02:20:52 Cat-cowing. That was awesome. That was awesome. Yeah. People on the internet are rude. That's why we try to ride away positive. We'll see you tomorrow. Goodbye. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Bye.

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