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Power Two Podcast: Ten Big 12 Games for 2025 + WBB Bracketology
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With the Women's College Basketball Conference Championships out the way we review the projected top 16 and predict Selection Sunday. We also continue our lookahead series looking at ten games to watch in the Big 12 conference.
Recorded: 03/17/2025
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Transcript
Introduction and Mental Health Boosts
00:00:01
Speaker
What's good everybody? Welcome in into another episode of Land Grant Podcast Network's Power 2 Podcast. As always, I'm your host Jordan. I'm here with my co-host DJ. Yes. Hi. Hello. You know what really increases my mental health?
00:00:16
Speaker
It's the simple things. The sun. Yes, the sun. But I got some new cups and I just love a cup. So got it from my coffee.
00:00:28
Speaker
I got it from tar Walmart actually. Don't listen. We got to shop at the big corporations. don't you people me to do. I didn't go to Target, but yes, I got it at Walmart. It was eight bucks for four of these. They're so cute.
00:00:42
Speaker
ah And ah my mental health health has greatly increased since having these in my home. Yes, this is coffee. I like my coffee really light skin. I'm a great day. How are you?
Cups and Coffee: A Humorous Exchange
00:00:56
Speaker
I'm all right. um um Yeah. Well, so sorry. I got off track because this is the second thing that you've said in like two minutes where I'm like, do I podcast with my wife?
00:01:09
Speaker
Because I'm very positive that those are the cups that she sent me that is like currently sitting in our Amazon cart. We're not trying to shop on Amazon. That's partially why they're in the cart.
00:01:22
Speaker
But currently sitting on our Amazon cart. And I'm just like, I will send you a picture of the box. I still have them. I literally found them on the aisle, like with the barware um and don't and Walmart.
00:01:34
Speaker
you and And they're $8. $8 for four of these. If you're not going to buy them and ship them. I mean, I will pay, but like, if you're not going to, if you're not going to put it, if she likes them and you're not to put them in the mail, don't even send the picture.
00:01:46
Speaker
Why can't you just go to Walmart and go get the cups? There's Walmarts in New York. First of all, and different different states and things, they'd be having different stuff. Secondly, couldn't tell you... Walmart chain store. like Secondly, I couldn't tell you where Walmart is in New York.
00:02:00
Speaker
I will send you the cups. Lord Jesus.
Daylight Savings and Daily Joys
00:02:02
Speaker
I'll send you the link. I'll send you the link. Whatever. um Yeah, i don't i've i haven't I've been here for over a year. I haven't seen a Walmart once.
00:02:11
Speaker
I'm not kidding. I do not know where Walmart is. That is, correct well, you can order online as well. like you It's too big. Like, I'm sure it's somewhere, but, like, it's like it's too big to just be having out here. So, like, I have, yeah, I've been seeing a Walmart once.
00:02:28
Speaker
I know there's one in New Jersey. Really? I'm sure there's a one, you know what? Let's play a little fun game where's, and I don't shop at Walmart. Let's find out. Let's find the Walmart's in New York. Everybody.
00:02:39
Speaker
i did just, I did actually just send you the link to these cups. So they are literally 798. And I really feel like my mental health has increased. I just want to know though, what is a small thing that like makes you feel like, Oh, I'm going to have a good day today.
00:02:56
Speaker
Um, Not Walmart. Okay, hold on. Hold on. ah This is so stupid that I'm going to do this. This is so very stupid. But you know, what can I say?
00:03:09
Speaker
I think that you think that I was lying to you. Can you see this? Are we screen shooting right now? Yeah. Do i need to make it bigger?
Humor and Daylight Savings
00:03:18
Speaker
I could see. i mean, it's not very clear, but I can't.
00:03:21
Speaker
All right. We are screenshot. He went and did one presentation at a conference and he thinks he's somebody. You know, i listen, i am, I am me, you know, but no, I was just like, well, so part of the reason i did it is i was like, maybe I'm, maybe I'm just talking out the side of my neck. You know i'm saying?
00:03:38
Speaker
So like, Oh, they're very spread out too. Yeah. Yeah. And wow. oh You like, I don't live anywhere over here. don't Galley stream New York. Where the hell is that? exactly my point uh and then and then uh this one is new jersey all of these are new jersey you see all of these are new jersey uh and then yeah yeah yeah yeah you yeah so i was not lying okay wait but the fact that i we just now figured out that we have that feature is like i oh i knew we had it i just du just never really why have we not been using that what do we need to use it for
00:04:15
Speaker
like if there's certain videos of things like fights and stuff like that that we talk about throughout the season or like certain plays that you're talking about like we could have been screen sharing fam yeah so here's the thing you're correct i will take that the other thing though is don't be knowing what's copyrighted or not so like that's also fair but also like with certain
Simple Pleasures and Mental Health
00:04:35
Speaker
people like youtubers and stuff they've been using stuff that's not
00:04:40
Speaker
copyright it like i i watch a show that i thoroughly enjoy a excuse me a podcast where they like show like people's tiktok clips and stuff like as part of their show okay whatever we'll talk about this offline anyways a small thing that brings you joy like you just know you're like i'm gonna have a good day today for me it's when my coffee is perfectly sweetened in a nice cup um
00:05:10
Speaker
I'm going to have to, i don't know if this is top of the list, but it's just what came up since you're asking me this question at random.
Spring and Daylight Savings Transition
00:05:16
Speaker
When I go to the subway and there's nobody on the train, like, I like i get to, I get a seat.
00:05:22
Speaker
I'm chilling. I don't got to stand. I'm all right. It's good day today. We're doing something here. We're cooking. We are cooking. although Although yesterday. This was at the end of the day, but I knew I was go to have a good night because I walked out of the dungeon that is the New York subway and it was still light outside. And I said, oh, ah daylight savings. We are finally done saving the daylight.
00:05:47
Speaker
i I really do feel like- Now the daylight can save me. Now the daylight is saving me. no's we didn't we didn't save the daylight. Now it's time for the daylight to to save us. No, literally.
00:06:00
Speaker
All I needed was some coffee and some sun, y'all. That's all I needed was coffee and sun. No, I saw somebody tweet. They said, that hour was that the hour that we lost was the hour that I was going to start being nice to men. I'm screaming. I have seen so many funny tweets and things about like what people were going to do with that hour that we lost.
00:06:19
Speaker
But that one was the funniest one. That when was going to start being nice to men. Another one said, that hour that we lost was the hour that I was going to use to get my life together. Wow. Too late. Too late. i don't know what to tell
Buying Cups: Online vs In-store
00:06:30
Speaker
you. The hour is not yet.
00:06:31
Speaker
The hour is gone. But the sun is out. That is so very true. Like, because I have an office with a window at my job. And but my office getting dark at 4, 445, 5 o'clock was just not.
00:06:45
Speaker
That was just not working. I also have a lot of windows in my house. So I'm just like, it's dark as hell. Like, what time is it? 10? And it's 6. six Crazy. But no, seriously. Like, And I get off work at 6.
00:06:58
Speaker
So it was always dark. and they yeah But it would be like sort of kind of dark. And then I get on the subway and I would get off the subway. It's like 45 minutes. And it would just be like pitch black. Like dark dark. So yesterday, I literally went and bought a bottle of wine because the sun was still out.
00:07:13
Speaker
No, me and my best friend were like, we need to go do something. like what are we going to do? And we literally like found a rooftop bar and went and good went to a rooftop because we're like, oh, it's nice out. The sun is out. like we We need to be freed from our nightmare of daylight savings. But anyways, sorry I asked you those questions questions at random. I just be having random thoughts at the beginning. Y'all got dogs last time.
00:07:37
Speaker
This time you're getting you know sweet coffee and glass cups with wooden lids. right, so hear me out. Okay. you You messed up, Shorty. She likes the c cups, but they're sold out. I need you to go back to Walmart.
00:07:51
Speaker
No way. yeah i will pay for I'm not asking. All you got to do is all you gotta do is take you know go there and then go to UPS, put them in the mail. I'll pay for the shipping and stuff, but you got to go to Walmart. They're sold out online. Oh, They're only selling them in single packs.
00:08:05
Speaker
ah they're not doing that on They're not even doing that on the link that I'm on. they all They're both sold out. Oh, I see them here. Oh, they're out of stock for shipping.
00:08:17
Speaker
But you can get them delivered. I don't think... Oh, we're going to get you these cups. We're going to get you these cups. When is our birthday her birthday? Her birthday's coming up, isn't it? It already happened.
Misunderstandings and Music Reflections
00:08:26
Speaker
It's like $8. It's not a birthday gift. i won No, it is a birthday gift. I will send you $20 so you can go... It is a birthday gift.
00:08:33
Speaker
It's a gift from me to her. As long as you don't wait until May, now she wants some.
00:08:41
Speaker
Anyways... I'm thinking of birthdays. I'm going to get my life together for your birthday. Lord Jesus. It's around the corner. it literally is tomorrow. I was going to say, this is the last podcast before I'm 30.
00:08:52
Speaker
Oh my God. You're getting so old. Yeah, I am. Also unrelated because I do not talk about my wife this much on this show. No, this is the most you've mentioned. Well, it's because, yeah, but I was talking to you and we just happened to be recorded.
00:09:06
Speaker
But it is funny because I am about to be 30. um And i was listening to music. And, you know, every once in a while, you got something to say. You may throw on a little song to hear it to your partner, right oh yeah.
00:09:20
Speaker
So I don't really do that. But that's i just as the context of what's going on. So I was listening to music, and I was listening to my R&B playlist. And the song twenty s by um the song 20s by, what is that dude's name? I'm not going to know, because I don't even know what song I'm talking about.
00:09:38
Speaker
Okay, hold on. I do not listen to music, y'all. It's so weird. Gibeon. Oh, I know him. So the song 20 by Gibeon came on, and she was like, this is a crazy thing to tell me right now.
00:09:52
Speaker
You've never heard the song? No. Okay. I want you to comment on it. So we're pausing the podcast because, what you know, whatever. I'm going to play it for you, and then cause I'm not to get copyrighted, but I do want you to hear the chorus.
00:10:04
Speaker
What the? yeah Okay. Okay.
00:10:08
Speaker
All right, we're back. um That song is traumatizing. Yeah, yeah. No, no. What the heck? those of you who've never heard it, because I couldn't play it, I will read you a couple of lyrics. Again, in the context of I'm about to be 30 in like a week, dude says, six years going down the drain.
00:10:25
Speaker
I guess I'm half the blame. I don't know. i don't know. I'd be wasting my time spending my 20s on you. And she texted me. ah And then it and it said, I poured my heart into it. Don't get me started.
00:10:39
Speaker
Spend my time wondering why i spend my 20s on you. So she texted me and she was like, that's a crazy message. And i was like, what are you talking about? And then I was like, oh, I'm about to be 30. And this song is talking about wasting my 20s on you for my entire 20s. Yeah.
00:10:55
Speaker
for my entire twenty s yeah that funny but i was like i was like what are you talking about like and i was like oh this song because were you not listening to it you were just like sending it to her no i didn't send it to her i was listening it like we have speakers in the house so oh so she just heard you listening to it okay okay she was like that's a crazy that's a great that's a crazy message for me right now and i'm like bro what are you what And I was like, ooh, yeah, no, that's not me. That's Gibby. I didn't say that. i That's not me. That's Gibby.
00:11:29
Speaker
He has a baby with Kaliuchus, right? It's them two who have a baby together. Never mind. There's two artists that they do collabs a lot, and now they have a child together. And I know Kaliuchus is is the the mother. I don't know who the daddy is, but the daddy is R&B singer.
00:11:43
Speaker
That sounds like black. It's definitely not black. I don't know that Givion has ever done a song with Kali Uches, but I don't know any of her songs. So, but yeah, no, I just thought that was funny and that'll be it.
00:11:53
Speaker
um So to actually talk on the podcast about the podcast. Oh, I'm sorry. It's Don Tolliver. Child, I'm putting celebrities together. They're even together. Sorry. Sorry.
Gibeon's Song and Personal Milestones
00:12:02
Speaker
don't know who he is. Yeah.
00:12:04
Speaker
Whatever. Whatever. Anyways. That's Harry. Oh, so we're getting into the news. So now we're talking about the news, everybody. We are no longer talking about random shit. Here's the sports. Welcome. Stephen Curry was hired at as the GM of Davidson.
00:12:20
Speaker
The GM at Davidson. I have two things to say about this. Okay. One, how? Do you have a job, dawg?
00:12:32
Speaker
Like you, you, and you, you have a job in a family and kids and sponsorships. Now he is the assistant GM. He's not the main GM. Okay. Still, that's a, that is a luxury title. He's not doing anything.
00:12:43
Speaker
And then the second thing that i have to say is because people are hilarious on social media. Somebody said, someone said the economy is so bad. Even Steph Curry had to get a second job. I saw that. I saw that and I was like, honestly, facts. Like, I saw that and I was screaming. I think it's very interesting. So the role for him is obviously it's assistant GM. He will now become the first active professional player to take an administrative job in the NCAA.
00:13:11
Speaker
And he will be guiding both men's and women's players. um and he's working under the gm there named austin bunce and he austin bunce used to work at under armor and has sponsored which obviously is one of curry sponsors so there's probably a relationship there that's how he did probably get the job but and he graduated from there oh yeah of course he graduated from there he has him and his wife are boosters they've put a lot of money into davidson um so that's not you still have an active career what do you mean you're the gm I'm crying. This is BS in my opinion, because like Andrew Luck is the GM at Stanford. He's there. He's going to be in the office. He's going working. Steph not doing that.
00:13:50
Speaker
stepie Steph is getting paid as an occasional public speaker. I mean, think
Stephen Curry's New Role
00:13:55
Speaker
though, I think let's just be for real. Let's, let's be for real. Let's tell the truth. Let's shame the devil.
00:14:01
Speaker
That man is getting ready to retire from basketball. So this is also very much probably the first like signs of like him creating those next steps in his career.
00:14:14
Speaker
I know it's definitely not but because just it's just a title but hey I mean cool for him he's definitely not well Steph also has like other businesses and right that's what I'm saying like how got how you gotta that's it a wasted title like you just name the field after him or something why you gonna give him a job I'm crying. Well, there's another booster apparently who also is going to be an assistant GM. So i I'm wondering, it's very, it's giving very much like we're giving you a title because you give us a lot of money. It is giving that. So I don't know, but we'll see because I think it'll also be pretty cool to see ah like if he can be in some sort of like mentorship sort of like space for these athletes. Like that would be really cool once he actually has the time to be around because again,
00:14:57
Speaker
He is a professional basketball player. that is That's what he does first. But, I mean, I'm kind of obsessed with it. i love I love it. I love the idea of athletes staying involved in sport in a way that's not the obvious, like being and on TV and like, all this other stuff.
00:15:13
Speaker
Yeah. Period. um My piece of news that I obviously was not going to let go by is the fact that we now have a series of, now it's only two games, they've only scheduled for 2025 and 2026, there going a called but there is going to be a series called The Real SC, and that will be women's basketball played between University of South Carolina and University of Southern California um to determine who the Real SC is.
00:15:43
Speaker
And those games have been slated and they have been scheduled for November of 2025 and then November of 2026, hopefully continuing on to create a kind of culture around these two schools and the fact that you know me and Jordan talk about all the time that USC is only USC on this side of the country and USC is actually you you know University of Southern Cal on the other side so now they're finally leaning into it and giving us some fun competition around that obviously what's really cool about this is for these two years we will be guaranteed to see Juju Watkins and Malaysia Foo Wiley play each other, which is very thrilling for me personally. It's very good for my brand.
00:16:22
Speaker
um The brand is strong. The brand is strong. We get that for at least two years because they're both sophomores. that just got announced on like Sunday afternoon or Monday after all of the championships.
00:16:36
Speaker
I think that's good. I love that. also think it's fun because not only the players, the power, the things like that, like they are the two of the best programs. and so at the pop At the moment, yeah.
00:16:48
Speaker
Yeah, like they're not running away from smoke. like They're not ducking. I think that's cool. And also, it's just like and when you have these things, right? It's just like I love, well, maybe not as much as you do, but occasionally I love a good sports gimmick.
00:17:03
Speaker
Oh yeah. i I love a sports gimmick. The battle of the real SC, like that's, come on. That's so cute.
Women's Basketball: The Real SC Series
00:17:09
Speaker
I love it. i also love that. I find that with women's basketball, I feel like there has been so much, I think they, they leaned a lot into the competition and the parody that existed within the conference.
00:17:21
Speaker
Right. And the non-conference games are like, whatever. i love that we're starting to get more momentum around the non-conference games. Like The big game from last year that was announced early in the year was when USC was slated to play UConn.
00:17:34
Speaker
And then that became one of the highest viewed games all season, right? Because we want to see Juju Watkins play Paige Beckers. Like people want to see that, you know what i mean? So I love that they're starting to lean more into these out of conference matchups and what these can really create and become and the culture around it. Like we could be creating a new rivalry with this, you know?
00:17:52
Speaker
um And I love the idea of creating a rivalry of creating something to look forward to you know what i mean like even with the lakers and the maps i know that there's so much mess right now going on with the baver that's gonna be the christmas game next year but that's gonna be the thank you that's gonna be the game of the year next year like that's going to be the game game of the year it is gonna be the game of the year in the sense like it's gonna be highly anticipated like there's so many nba games like every single matchup every everybody don't give a crap about but people are going to care as long as luca is a laker people are gonna care about it every time he plays the mavericks
00:18:27
Speaker
Yeah, for sure. Only reason I said maybe not Game of the Year is because Kyrie may not be playing again. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah. It won't be like... But like as far as let entertain like talk, hype... Yes, yes. Like I said, it's going to be the Christmas game next year. like I yeah ah would bet money is going to be the Christmas game. so Yeah. yeah I love the idea of creating new rivalries, creating new energy around... like The same old stuff is fun. It's cool. It's great. like Everybody always wants to watch like what already exists, right?
00:18:52
Speaker
But... it's fun to start to create those other through lines. And I mean, ah ultimately platform women's basketball, even more, you know, so um I'm here
Justin Fields and NFL Opportunities
00:19:02
Speaker
for it. I love it. I'm excited. I hope that they keep going. And also people are saying that this is kind of an indicator of Dawn Staley, really trying to make sure that this, the schedule for you South Carolina stays very strong because of the whole number one seed conversation, which we'll get to in a second, but yeah.
00:19:17
Speaker
Yep. ah You know what else we love to see and we hope continues Justin Fields getting paid, which is good for the brand. I don't care what anyone says, personally. When Sam Donald can be a starting quarterback multiple times, Baker Mayfield can be a starting quarterback, and I will give Baker credit.
00:19:36
Speaker
Baker is... he doesn't suck. Yeah. But... he's gotten a second chance if uh jared golf got a second chance if ryan tannahill got a second chance people keep paying daniel jones is the highest paid quarterback uh jen i'm not gonna count daniel jones because this is just now happening to him like he's not old enough for this to be his second and third kind of thing but daniel jones did get a new con a new 80 million dollar contract or whatever it was originally uh who else keeps getting uh jimmy garoppolo
00:20:08
Speaker
keeps getting contracts. i swear that Jimmy Garoppolo is the second coming of... all of them keep getting contracts, then 26-year-old Justin Fields should also get a second chance to prove himself.
00:20:20
Speaker
And I don't think he got a real chance for the Steelers, although I still do think him sitting largely for a year is helpful for him. Yeah. I wish that the Steelers have, because he was playing well, but I still think him sitting was helpful for him.
00:20:32
Speaker
But Justin Fields got a new ah contract, two years, 40 mil, 30 guaranteed. I will be going to a Jets game. i never thought I'd say that in my life. But I have to go watch Justin Fields and Garrett Wilson, whether they could or not.
00:20:46
Speaker
um And so, yeah, it's just like, like, I get it, right? I understand. Justin Fields is never going to be a top 10 quarterback. That's fine. But he could be 12 or 13. And we've seen a lot of people at 15, 16, 17, maintain jobs for a lot of times. Like, I just don't believe that Justin Fields is so bad that he has to be a backup.
00:21:04
Speaker
So I'm glad that someone is giving him a chance. And it's a legitimate chance. It is we're giving you this money to be the starter, like the Jets have another quarterback. Now, if he fails again after these two years, then he's 29. And then maybe you have a different conversation. But I think he deserved this real chance and a chance. Like, it's weird to say with, like, not a bad organization because the Jets are a horrible organization.
00:21:29
Speaker
But their new coach and things seems to be, like, an adult in the room. So he deserves a chance with a non-Bears organization as well. And so, yeah, we love to see it.
Playful Banter and Upcoming Tournaments
00:21:42
Speaker
Period. noose So we'll take a quick break. And when we get back, we'll talk women's basketball. And then we'll continue our series of 10 games to look at. But this time, we're in the Big 12.
00:21:57
Speaker
So we will be right back after the ads.
00:22:02
Speaker
What's good, everybody? Welcome back to the Power 2 Podcast, where we are here to discuss the power of second chances and a good cup. Yeah, you're locked in because I told her you were sending them.
00:22:19
Speaker
I want to send all these caps, I promise. um Y'all heard it here first. No, you don't understand. if if the way that he reacted, cause again, doesn't talk about his wife much, but the fact that you were like, I'm talking to my wife right now, like look at the cup. That's a cup my wife wants. I gotta to get her the cups.
00:22:36
Speaker
Like this is, this is pure and utter advocacy on the, on behalf of you as a husband, you went out and you said, my wife wants these cups. Your wife is getting the cups. no'm sure you got it That's what you gotta to do sometimes.
00:22:48
Speaker
Um, you know what that you have to do sometimes? You have to talk about women's basketball. You have to talk about women's basketball. Oh my gosh, you do. Okay, so let me give you guys like some context. So we are recording early because people have the audacity to turn 30.
Bracketology and Team Rankings
00:23:04
Speaker
um And so usually we record these episodes on Sundays, obviously. So technically, like we would be recording this on Selection Sunday, but we are not. We are a few days early. out from that. yep So we're going to do a little bracketology. going do a little prediction. We're going to do a little, what do we think? What are our ideals for selection Sunday, the top 16? What, you know, what's the tournament that we want to see?
00:23:25
Speaker
Um, realistically speaking, I'm really only looking at like the top 10 teams right now. Like, Yes, the whole 16 is interesting, whatever, but, like, I'm sorry, some y'all to be bounced about it here. Like, you made it, but you're about to be bounced out. Sorry.
00:23:38
Speaker
So, as far as it as far as I see it, number one, i' am very, very confused as to why University of South Carolina is not the number one seed. I don't understand, but as it stands right now, the rankings are UCLA is number one. They have two losses.
00:23:55
Speaker
I know. They got number one by beating the team that beat them twice. You know what? Never mind. Beat twice? They, USC beat them twice and they got the number one seed by beating USC who beat them. Right.
00:24:09
Speaker
Is that not insane? Am I stupid? No, that's what I'm saying. I'm saying that's crazy. Oh, okay. Okay, we're agreeing. Okay, I was like, am I stupid? Because I don't understand how being... It's good for my brand because they're a Big Ten team, but I think that doesn't make any sense.
00:24:21
Speaker
That's insane. To get smacked. Mind you, when they played USC the first two times, they got smacked. Double digits. And then they won by the skin of their teeth towards the end.
00:24:34
Speaker
Like if that game had five more minutes. That game is that game becomes you you see USC's game. They jumped three spots. They jumped three spots just by beating USC.
00:24:45
Speaker
Now, and i don't want and here's the thing. I don't want this to be a let's shit on UCLA moment, okay? UCLA has had a great season. They won 30 games. They've only lost two. They were on a winning streak. I think they won like 15 straight or something silly.
00:24:56
Speaker
So I'm not coming for them. I just think it's sort of insane to put them at the number one seed all because they beat a team that that had already beaten them twice. And the fake USC beat the previous number one seed, smacked them
00:25:11
Speaker
So, okay, but UCLA is the number one seed right now. USC, South Carolina, is number two. UConn is number three. University of Southern California, USC is number four.
00:25:22
Speaker
Texas is five. Texas fell out of the force out of the top out of the number one seed. Well, they lost the SEC tournament yeah by a lot. True. By a lot. Yeah, okay. Okay.
00:25:33
Speaker
Like, and and South Carolina beat them. South Carolina won the tournament. No, was more thinking maybe they got the last spot over ah USC. but they No.
00:25:44
Speaker
yeah And that's the thing that's interesting. And I know that obviously the rankings is not always based on record. But technically Texas has won more games than USC. But I think it's more based on their losses. Because Texas' has losses have a heavier weight than USC's losses.
00:25:58
Speaker
um But then we have TCU at six. Duke at seven, Notre Dame at eight. I think Notre Dame being at eight is very low for them. Who lost, like, three games in, like, three weeks, though? They they did have their winning streak snapped. They won, like, so something stupid, like 20-something games straight.
00:26:16
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And then they lost boom, boom, boom towards the end. Obviously, they lost in north ah they all lost to NC State in a regular season game in double overtime.
Final Four Predictions and Analyses
00:26:23
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And then they lost to Duke in the ACC tournament.
00:26:28
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And they lost to somebody else. I can't remember. But that it did all happen in about two weeks. um NC State is nine. LSU is ten. OU is 11, University of North Carolina is 12, Kentucky is 13, Baylor is 14, Ohio State is 15, and West Virginia is 16.
00:26:45
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That is, if we stopped today, that would be the sweet 16. i have very strong opinions about the top eight. I do not feel like the top eight is in the correct order.
00:26:59
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But this is not a shit on the rankings moment. This is more of a, okay, first election on Sunday, do we think that this is what's actually going to occur? I do not think that UCLA is going in as the number one seed.
00:27:10
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I don't think that's happening. I think they're putting, i would appreciate, let me put it this way, them putting South Carolina at the number one seed because when you look at strength of schedule, I'm so sorry, South Carolina had a stronger schedule than UCLA. And
00:27:26
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y'all can shoot me, I don't care. Y'all see me. I think that South Carolina needs to be the number one seed. I think that UConn needs to be the number two seed. And then USC and then UCLA. Yes, I want UCLA all the way back down to number four.
00:27:40
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I don't think that's happening, but i I do agree they probably should not be the number one seed. But I also don't hate the idea of moving Texas up some. I know they lost the SEC tournament, but I don't hate the idea of even Texas being in the top four because Texas also had a strong season. Like their losses do weigh quite a bit, but they also are competing and they had a strong schedule as well.
00:28:05
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so that's the interesting thing for me i like where i think there could maybe be be changes is i think usc sorry this is now this is confusing me south carolina could be number one over ucla and i think texas could get the last ah number one seed over USC because before going into the tournament, they had Texas over USC.
00:28:33
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So if they both make it to the conference championship game and they both lose, then their resumes are technically the same unless you factor in style of losing. And if the resumes are the same, if two weeks ago they were above them, then now you could argue that maybe they're still above them, especially if you give...
00:28:53
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South Carolina the number one seed. I guess what, like, if you pair it where it's like, if UCLA gets the number one seed, then USC should get the, you know what i mean Like two Big Ten teams or two SEC teams, depending who's number one. I guess that sort of makes sense because like, that's how you value the losses based on which team you think is better.
00:29:12
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But like, I think that, that would be an interesting thing to follow to see which one gets one and which one gets four. Yeah, so between those four schools. UCLA and Texas USC.
00:29:25
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um Obviously, by the time we are back on the show, i think March Madness would have already started.
Championship Scenarios and UConn's Chances
00:29:31
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Yes. I believe. so Yeah, we'll be like three rounds in.
00:29:37
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we'll be three rounds March Madness is very, very quick. Like very, very quick. It is so fast. It is so fast. I think at this point, my way too early predictions for the Elite Eight is all the schools that we mentioned, UCLA, South Carolina, Connecticut, USC.
00:29:51
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I think Texas falls out of that. I think TCU falls out of that. I think Duke, Notre Dame, North Carolina, and LSU are the ones who make it up to Elite Eight. o Personally, I don't see Texas or TCU getting past 16. I don't.
00:30:08
Speaker
Because Texas, realistically, no shade to Texas. All they have is Madison Booker. Like, they do have um their fifth-year point guard. I think her last name is Harmon. They do have her. And when she scores, she can score. Like, she can't score at will, but she's not instant offense in the same way that Madison Booker is.
00:30:25
Speaker
And so Texas only goes as Madison goes. And if she's not going, ciao. So if the four number ones are South Carolina, UCLA,
00:30:38
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uconn and usc
00:30:42
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and they're not also the final four because in most cases all four number one seeds do not make it to the end up yeah which is the one that's not making it i think i'm making i don't see two of them losing i think three of them make it two one if it's those four which is the one that doesn't make it to the final four i don't think ucla is making it to the final four i was gonna say that I don't think UCLA is making it to the final four. If I really had to say, I think the final four is South Carolina, Connecticut, USC, and Notre Dame, because I know that Niel is whipping that Notre Dame team into shape for this tournament.
00:31:17
Speaker
So I feel like Notre Dame is the one who ends up jumping and climbing up and making it actually to final four. I don't think they make it to the championship because depending on who they play, I don't think they can beat any of the other teams in the final four.
00:31:30
Speaker
But I think Notre Dame is the one that ends up in it over UCLA because UCLA has a similar problem to me that Texas has which is that all they have is Lauren Betts no shade to the other girls at UCLA they're great UCLA is a good team they're full of McDonald's all Americans just like South Carolina but I think that they're the same they're in the same situation that if Lauren Betts is not hitting if Lauren Betts is not doing exactly what she needs to do where do they go from there And I think more and more as basketball, on the women's side of basketball, because this I don't think is the case for men, more and more the teams that are obviously more complete and have threats at all positions are the ones who are winning.
00:32:13
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And that's why I see South Carolina or UConn at the end of the day hoisting up that trophy at the end of the at the end of the tournament.
00:32:22
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Yeah, I think –
00:32:26
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i don't know what I want more. South Carolina versus USC or South Carolina versus UConn. I'd be obsessed either way, to be honest. or UConn versus USC.
00:32:40
Speaker
I mean, I would love to see Paige Beckerson and Juju Pagan. We did see that last year. um We did. That was pretty tough. um We did. i
00:32:52
Speaker
For the championship game, to be honest, I'm going to be happy to see a championship game with South Carolina in it. I really would not even care who they're playing against. I'm going to honest. Now, i'm because I'm a South Carolina like Stan, obviously, but I will say for Paige Becker's sake, I really want her to make it to the – I want her to – two have a good actual shot at a championship.
00:33:13
Speaker
That is why she came back. That is why she's playing a fifth year. So for the brand of me and the players that I care about, I want so badly for Paige to be able to have that moment.
00:33:25
Speaker
Cause I know that that's the only thing that she's missing. She's done literally everything else. She's broken all these records. She's right she's already made it you know into the UConn history books. She's made it into the D1 college women's basketball history books. She's the only player to win Big East Player of the Year three times. like She's done everything else.
00:33:41
Speaker
So I would love for her to get her to get her championship and to get her MOP for sure.
00:33:48
Speaker
Yeah, I will say if Paige does not win a championship, UConn is never breaking the curse.
00:34:01
Speaker
Hot take. Here's the thing. I don't think that's true. And the reason why I don't think that's true is because... i mean, like, not until he retires. Not until Gino retires. And I don't think... Okay, so I just listened to... You know you listen to the to the Athletic Women's Basketball show. Number one, pause. Did you see that they're rebranding? Mm-mm.
00:34:21
Speaker
They're rebranding. They're calling it... um No offseason, I believe now. It's the same show. It's the same people. They're just not calling it the athletic women's basketball show anymore that has like a name. um But and they they're dropping two episodes a week now.
00:34:34
Speaker
This is not an advertisement, but you really should listen to the show. It's really good. um They were they had a all access interview with Gina Ariema and I just listened to it yesterday. um And he spoke about the team.
00:34:46
Speaker
I think they so I think they still have a shot at winning a championship with the team that they currently have. because Sarah Strong is amazing and she's a freshman. They have KK Arnold, who is doing really, really well. Once Paige is out, I think KK will be the kind of next one up as far as like the floor general.
00:35:03
Speaker
And then you've got AZ Fudd. Now people are saying AZ might, might declare for the draft and all these things. I don't know about all that, to be honest. I don't know. i don't think she should either. I think she needs to play one more year off. as of vulnerabilit yeah Yeah. That's why I'm just like, I don't think they should. They they actually talked about that. The fact that,
00:35:21
Speaker
Paige and AZ have been on the same team for four years and they've only played like 30 games together. Insane. Which is crazy because of their, both of their injuries. So I think that UConn has the pieces, but I do think their strongest chance at winning a championship within the next couple years is right now.
00:35:39
Speaker
And I don't, I don't know. I don't think Gino's going to retire. I feel like he might not retire until he does it again.
00:35:46
Speaker
i feel like that's I feel like that might be what it is. is like He's going to get that one more championship, that 17th or 18th banner, and be like, all right, now i'm done. I would. But everyone knows that I'm a huge proponent for retiring on top. so I also agree with that.
00:36:02
Speaker
It's also hard because like you don't know if you're to get that. so Yeah, but when you've done it 16 times... you know what to do to get there. You know what to do. And he has add he's been dealt a really shitty situation because the girls are not healthy.
00:36:19
Speaker
Like it's not because they're not skilled. It's not because they're not good. The reason why UConn smacked up USC is because that was one of the first times that the entire roster was healthy and playing together. Yeah. Yeah. And playing good basketball. So you take that and you put it in a sweet 16 context, which Paige just put the team on her back and took them to the final four. Damn. that Took them to the freaking final four. And there was six active players.
00:36:43
Speaker
You give her a healthy team. Child bye. They're winning championship. I can see it. I'm not, I wouldn't be mad at it. Yeah. I would like it if she gets one.
00:36:54
Speaker
And then I would like it if Juju gets one before ah time is up. i think Obviously not everyone wins, but you know, that would be, yeah that would be, that would be good for me. I also, for my brand, need Paige Beckers to win a championship. So that way I can always say Paige is better than Caitlyn because Paige actually won.
00:37:10
Speaker
So I need that for my brand because people are already trying to act like, Oh, well, Caitlyn Clark is the best player to ever exist. You have to win something for that to be true. I don't care. You have to win.
00:37:23
Speaker
If Paige wins, then she's going to be the white girl besides Breonna Stewart. Because Breonna Stewart's the only one who's like, hello, she won four times. so But I'm just like, because even s Sabrina Ionescu, sorry to that lady, she didn't win.
00:37:38
Speaker
Like, Caitlin Clark didn't win. Paige Beckers needs to win. We'd love to see it. But anyways, we'll see what happens. um I love women's basketball.
00:37:49
Speaker
That's all.
Big 12 Football and Key Matchups
00:37:51
Speaker
It's a great final thought. All right. So moving on to our power sweep, we are talking about the big 12 and I will tell you, I will admit to all of you fine listeners that this is our weakest conference.
00:38:04
Speaker
So there will be less notes. Less discussion. you Are there of these, but we're doing it anyway. I'll go first. Period. My game is also the first game in general because it's week zero.
00:38:19
Speaker
Like it's legitimately the first game. What is that like a Friday? i don't, i that's a good question. I don't know, but I know it's the first game. will look. i will look It is on Saturday.
00:38:30
Speaker
Yeah. And it's in Ireland. Oh, this is the Ireland game. Okay. Okay. Okay. Yes. I'm going to go to a game in Ireland. Like, I'm going to make that a bucket list. I already you want to go to Ireland. I told you I want to go to Ireland for my 35th birthday.
00:38:43
Speaker
Really? didn't know this. No, this is news to me. Why? You just want to drink the Guinness and eat the, what do they eat? Cabbage? I don't know what they eat. I just, I'm a fan of the Irish.
00:38:56
Speaker
Oh, so that your time to shine is coming up, you know, St. Patrick's Day. I'm that big of a fan of that. I don't really do St. Patrick's Day. It's just like, so like, it's like, um so I'm not a historian or anything like that.
00:39:11
Speaker
I just like, I really just think like, i throughout history, the Irish have always been on the right side. right side. that is so true. Because they haven't forgotten the atrocities done to them.
00:39:23
Speaker
That is so true. And also it just seems fun. So it's just kind of like of all of the European countries and all of the things, i just have an affinity towards Ireland.
00:39:34
Speaker
And then you add in the fact that it seems fun and I want to go. i coach swear I told you this before. Maybe it was my day, but like, I want to go for whatever and we do whatever because a beautiful country.
00:39:46
Speaker
But I told Shorty, I said, I need one day. And I'm sitting in the bar the whole day and I'm going shot for shot with the Irish. And when I leave, i will know Irish drinking songs.
00:39:59
Speaker
Okay.
00:40:02
Speaker
Okay. Period. I love that. By the time I leave, need to lead one. Like i I'm learning one. Not I need to lead one. Yeah. i need to lead one. i'm goingnna learn it throughout the day. And then before I leave, I'm a lead one and then I'm going So pause, I want to get your opinion on how do you feel about the whole concept? Because this is going on in basketball too, of the inaugural games and things like that happening overseas. Like last year, I think the women's season opened and they had a game in Paris or somewhere in France.
00:40:30
Speaker
um I think last season they had a game. Did they have a game in Ireland last season too? Football? Yeah. Football has done Ireland for a couple of years. Yeah. how How do you like, what is your thoughts on like taking these sports and going global?
00:40:44
Speaker
I like it for a couple of reasons. um the main reason is that a lot of these athletes i black and people of color.
00:40:55
Speaker
And when you take the game global, you're making their college pay for their, trend for their passport. yeah And also they're getting a chance to experience something else. And there are so many, not just, you know, we, you know, we're black, we talk a lot of about, but there are a lot of people who just, for various reasons, low income, first year, whatever, just don't get that opportunity. So to see the world, yeah.
00:41:16
Speaker
to take these kids of various whatevers and and pay for them to go and spend time in another country. And a lot of times they do it where it's sort of spread out. So they're not like rushed home.
00:41:28
Speaker
Yeah. A little bit early. And it it is still a business trip, but you do get some time to kind of be like immersed. And it's just also like the culture is different. Like the Irish, the Island football game last year, their payment system broke.
00:41:41
Speaker
So they just gave free beer to everybody. Oh, I remember that. I remember that. You're that here. So I just think it's just, I think it's cool. And also like, don't, I'm not like an advocate for we got to grow the game. Like, you know what I mean? I don't really care about that.
00:41:53
Speaker
But, you know, I do think it is cool, especially when you have like other people do care about these sports and they also don't get the chance because they may not have the money to cut to come here. Yeah.
00:42:07
Speaker
And also pay American prices for kids. ah home Yeah. I mean, I, I think it's cool. I don't, I don't have a problem with it, but mainly um ah mainly for the players. Like I don't really care about anything else. The actual game.
00:42:22
Speaker
I love it too. I love it for the same reason, like for these athletes to be able to get the opportunity to travel and see the world and all these other things. But I do love the idea of growing the game. Like I even love the fact that there was an NBA games in Paris ah some weeks ago.
00:42:35
Speaker
You know what I mean? Like I do love that we talk more and more about the NFL having games overseas and what that looks like. Cause I don't think the league, especially NFL, I don't think the NFL will ever actually able be able to be like global. Cause yeah.
00:42:47
Speaker
playing football and going ah all over the world and all these different times zones and stuff like that's crazy. But I love that. Like, there's just more and more conversation of like, how can we and grow this game? Because also we know that there are strong fandoms for these sports that,
00:43:03
Speaker
in other countries. We are very, very aware of that. So how much can, how, how much can we cater to that fandom? Like, that's such a big deal to me. That's such a big thing. Like even s Sabrina Ionescu, she had gone to the NBA games in Paris. That's why she missed a couple of Unrivaled games because she was already slated to go.
00:43:19
Speaker
And she talked about how this was just so great because the fans, like they knew who everyone was. The fans knew who they were, the the WNBA players. And they were just so excited to have a game there. And she was like, I hope that the WNBA does a game here because These people love the sport.
00:43:34
Speaker
They love the sport. They love the athletes. They know who we are. They know our culture. They know what the game is. And we should cater to that and bring more of the game to them. So I think it's really cool. And I love that colleges are getting in on it too. But yes, Iowa State and Kansas State play each other in Ireland.
00:43:52
Speaker
Yes, that is my game. Oh, that was it. Okay. I mean, it's going to be a good game. Like these are two, like that we'll talk about this. So we won't get into it much now, but like the big 12, literally every single year is going to be like a who's who of who's going to be good.
00:44:05
Speaker
Like there's not going to be like, there may not be done like in the big 10, right. it's going to be Ohio state, Oregon, Penn state with a sprinkle of Michigan or Wisconsin or whoever. Right. And the SEC, it's going to be, if SART keeps it up, it's going to be Georgia, Texas, and a sprinkle of this team or that team, right. The big 12,
00:44:24
Speaker
ah you can't name the four teams that are always going to be good and and sort of in competition. So going into next season, these are Iowa State and Kansas State are two of the teams who are expected to be good and getting them play week one, ah week zero by alone, essentially in Ireland, I think is going to be fun.
00:44:45
Speaker
Period. I love it um My game, these obviously are not in any particular order. Oh, am I? I didn't. Hello? Hello? can you hear me now? All right. So you're not muted. garre Your video is just lagging.
00:45:01
Speaker
I was like looking at you, but I couldn't hear but you. you hear me. Yes. Your video wasn't matching your mouth. And so it looked like you were muted because I was watching you speak and there was no sound. But you're not muted.
00:45:11
Speaker
Your video is just lagging. We love technology. Okay. um My game is Arizona State and Utah. um Obviously, I think for me, Arizona State is the team that I'll be watching in the Big 12 most of the time just because of how the Texas game went. um I just want to see where they're at. And Utah was pretty good last year.
00:45:31
Speaker
So um I don't know what week this game is in because I did not do the wonderful due diligence that you did and put down the weeks that they're in. But – Yeah, I just chose that game because I felt like it was going to be very competitive um between the two of them.
00:45:48
Speaker
Love that. Arizona State is also the team to watch this year. They are, for sure. Arizona State. My next game is Arizona State-Colorado because I just felt like I needed to have a Colorado game.
00:46:01
Speaker
That's really why. And it's like I need to pick something, and I want to know if Arizona State's going to be good. And, you know, there I do have interest in, like, what Colorado is going to be without Travis and Shadour.
00:46:14
Speaker
And Shador, and this, and Arizona State Colorado game is week 13. So we're gonna have a lot of information but about both teams by that point. Speaking to Colorado, I also had a Colorado game. And the one that I chose was the BYU Colorado game because BYU is not anything to sneeze at. They're not anybody to look, you know, side eye. Like they were pretty good. they were very competitive last year.
00:46:35
Speaker
um And again, it's kind of the same like logic of like, where is Colorado? What does it look like for, you know, coach prime to be in the first year where he's not coaching one of his own children? um So, yeah.
00:46:50
Speaker
Yeah, I have Arizona State again. Arizona State, Iowa State. And it is outside of the fact that it's not an island. It is the same thing as the first game is that these, you know, if you go into the season and you're like, who are, who do you think is going to be the good teams? You're probably going to say Iowa State, Arizona State, and Kansas State. maybe BYU again, something like that. And so I want to see Arizona State, Iowa State play. And it's week 10. And also week 10 last year is when the Big 12 exploded.
00:47:22
Speaker
so Yes, well we didn't know who was going to be. Yes, yes. I also have an Iowa State game. is BYU. So it's, again, the same concept. So the biggest thing that me and Jordan had discovered, to give you guys a little bit of insight on how the sausage is made, we do sit down together and talk through these so we don't pick the same games.
00:47:41
Speaker
um And I think that was the biggest thing that we came to the conclusion of is like, there's only a couple of teams that I really, you know, want to watch in the big 12 at the moment in BYU and Iowa state are two of those teams. So obviously seeing them matched up against each other, I really wish I knew what week this was.
00:47:55
Speaker
I want to say BYU and Iowa state are a little bit later in the season as well. Maybe week 10 or week nine. um Oh, week nine. Listen,
00:48:07
Speaker
I have the memory of a f freaking elephant, okay? Word to my Delta sisters. But yeah, so we'll have a lot of information. And again, it was ah right around the time where everything was starting to blow up. So we'll see.
00:48:18
Speaker
For sure. ah As anyone who follows me in any sort of variety should guess, The Holy War is on my list. um I won't say anything about the game. It's The Holy War. You know what it is. i will take this brief second to say, why is this game not during... During Rivalry Week!
00:48:44
Speaker
This was one of our most viral clips last year was you going off about the fact that it wasn't.
00:48:53
Speaker
So dumb. so i know. I know. I'll never get over it. You seem very unentertained. i am. i will never get over it.
00:49:05
Speaker
Especially because it's not even like there's a secondary rival that they're playing. They're just picking random games. Like, I think... I shouldn't have gotten started on this. I think BYU plays Houston or something dumb last season. Let's see. I'll look.
00:49:21
Speaker
I already have it pulled up They play the UCF.
00:49:29
Speaker
Case closed. Thank you so much for coming to our TED Talk. The Holy War should be, if you guys don't know, the Holy War is Utah BYU, but yeah. Yeah. And that's the thing. And the thing about it too is again, based on previous empirical evidence, this should just generally be a competitive game because both of those teams are not trash.
00:49:47
Speaker
So it should definitely be during rivalry week. They should be a part of all the fights that are going to happen that week. There should be somebody putting a flag somewhere on a field and it should be happening at the same time as everything else, but you know,
00:50:01
Speaker
We can't have it all. I don't even like. Oh, never mind. I know. I know. We can't have it all. um my But we can have this.
00:50:14
Speaker
ah you You write. You write. We need to write a letter, um like handwritten. um So my other game, my fourth game, which is not in any particular order.
00:50:25
Speaker
um Speaking of rivalries. Oh, my gosh. OK, again. OK, so yes, me and Jordan do pick these at the same time. But the through lines we'd be discovering while we talk about it on the show, because, again, I also picked a rivalry game, Kansas, Kansas State.
00:50:36
Speaker
Both of them stand to be pretty good at this point. Again, why don't I know what week it is? I don't know. Okay. You guys are asking too much for me, but Kansas, Kansas state. It's not during rivalry week.
00:50:47
Speaker
Is it? I'm not sure. Let me see. Farmer get it. I think is what is that week? 14 or 13? 14. think it. not week week 13 either. It is. What the big 12 doing? It is week. Oh, hold on. 10.
00:51:00
Speaker
is what is the big twelve doing it is weak oh hold on on it's not week ten Not week 11. Not week 9.
00:51:10
Speaker
It's week 9. It's week 9.
00:51:14
Speaker
Please go to week 14. Like... Who are they playing? Can we get the rivalry games during rivalry week? Please. Who are they playing? Please tell me. ah The last game of the season for who? Kansas or Kansas State? Both.
00:51:25
Speaker
The last game season for Kansas is going to be, excuse me, my internet. The last game the week for Kansas is Utah, which is going to be good, but it's not a rivalry. Yes, we know. And then the last game for Kansas State is going to yeah Once it loads, it'll be Colorado, which will also not be a bad game, but they're not. It's not. Playing with me. The big one is so stupid, bro.
00:51:50
Speaker
i'm I don't even want talk about. Maybe this is why we're having a hard time Can we fit yeah i don't want talk about them? i'm not talking about them all year. This so i didn't dumb.
00:52:00
Speaker
It's first of all, just take out the rivalry. Just take out. college football and the pageantry and all of these things off the name alone the holy war and farmageddon and you got them week eight and nine nine are you dumb maybe they want it to be like the marquee game of the week so that way they don't want to get lost in the sauce of rivalry week they want it to happen it i'm trying to help i don't know i can't be helped i i don't know I don't know.
Social Media and College Athletes
00:52:30
Speaker
i that is That's the best I got for This is trying to like help a baby pick up an ice cream that dropped on the sidewalk.
00:52:36
Speaker
It's done. Ice cream's gone. You can't do it. What a metaphor. You can clean it up, but you can't pick it up. It can't be saved. What a metaphor. I'm crying.
00:52:46
Speaker
i hate this. Let's finish. Okay. Well, you got to do it.
00:52:54
Speaker
It's your turn. Is it?
00:52:59
Speaker
It is my time
00:53:02
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um what is my turn. West Virginia, Kansas, because West Virginia, you know, shout out. Yes. go what's virginia I mean, I do think that's going to be a good game, but also West Virginia has a new coach who is also proving to be an idiot.
00:53:21
Speaker
Because he's been there a week and he's already talking about banning TikTok dances. Oh, that's the coach. What's like, hear me out. Oh, I've heard about this. Okay. I didn't know it was West Virginia.
00:53:33
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Do I love when I get on TikTok and I see Ohio state football players doing TikTok dances? Yes. I personally don't. Oh, but do I care? Also? No, they're 18 and 19. What do you think they're doing?
00:53:49
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Like, what do you think they're doing? And like, even when I was an undergrad, they did a social media ban for the football players. Like they weren't allowed to like be on Twitter or Instagram or something like that. I got to ask Cortland, but like, what, why?
00:54:04
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Like, Why? this is This is a part of life now. You can't be like, oh, no, don't do... like And again, to me, as long as it's not causing an issue in the locker room or with play or anything like that, it really shouldn't be an issue if the if the athletes want to be on social media. like That really should not be an issue.
00:54:23
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Especially now in the era of NIL where... you are going to have a lot more players leveraging the fact that they are on certain teams and associated with certain brands. Like there was one guy for LSU. He doesn't even hardly play on the basketball team, but he makes hundreds of thousands of dollars off of NIL deals. Cause he's big on Tik TOK.
00:54:41
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So like, Now, personally, personally, I do have a problem with you doing it if you're not, like, actually playing. Because there was a walk-on at Ohio State that was doing he was lying. He ended up getting kicked off the team. i don't think he just got kicked off the team because of that.
Land-Grant Colleges and Educational Impact
00:54:59
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Like, he was lying. Like, he was, like, he was taking clips from, like, previous years and pretending that he was with the team during the playoffs. Oh, see, now, okay. Okay.
00:55:10
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So much so that literally Ohio State football players would go in his comments to be like, you're not even on the team anymore. Like, i don't I'm sorry, I don't need to walk on making TikTok content about day in the life.
00:55:24
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I do understand, but I also just feel like if they want to do the social media, let them do the social media. Like, who cares?
00:55:33
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And I get maybe like, okay, don't do it in the locker room or don't do it in certain like spaces. I can understand that. You know what i mean? Like only do it on your own time or something like that. Okay, fine. But like to completely say, just don't do it at all. I think that's, I don't, I don't love that.
00:55:47
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Yeah. Agreed. Um, between five stop being a weird. Literally. Speaking of Kansas, my last game also features Kansas. um And it's kind of the same reason for your other game, Kansas, Iowa State.
00:55:59
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I think it's going to a fun matchup. I think it's going to be competitive. um And clearly the teams to watch, if you guys have caught nothing from this show, is Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, and Arizona State. All the states.
00:56:12
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Shout out to the state schools, baby. You know what I'm saying? i'm just Period. We love a state school. Well, yeah. Yeah.
00:56:20
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i will give you a brief brief history lesson brief it won't go ahead it will be most if not all schools that have state in their name are land-grant schools period between like like ohio is a state school so is ohio state so it's kent state but like ohio state iowa state kansas state michigan state Like a lot of times when it's like, why do you have Michigan and Michigan State? why do you have Ohio and Ohio State? Why do you have ah Arizona and Arizona State?
00:56:56
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yeah Typically, the state school is a land grant school. And I won't tell you what the land grant schools are because then my brief history won't be quick.
WNBA Draft and Team Strategies
00:57:06
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period um Love that. Shout out to land grant.
00:57:09
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um For the two minutes one. in mine is Mine is short. And I also have things to say about yours. Mine is short. They just announced the WNBA draft. I cannot believe we are basically four weeks away from the 2025 season.
00:57:25
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five WNBA draft class. um So much to talk about, so much to unpack, so many things to chitter about, but we won't do that until post ah Sweet 16 because post, excuse me, March Madness, because usually that's when everybody's draft stock either goes up or down. So it's no point in talking about it now, but it has been announced that it's going to be April 14th. It is going to be in New York.
00:57:46
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I do believe that they will also, they will be pretty much repeating the way that they did it last year. If you guys are unaware last year, the WNBA draft, it was the first time that they really had made it into ah a fuller like production and had a live audience and all these other things and made it like the professional drafts that you would see for others, so other leagues like the NFL and the NBA and things like that. So they're really trying to create some more momentum around the draft and,
00:58:09
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the production of it and the experience of it. So hopefully we get to see even more with the orange carpet and more with, you know, um the players background stories and the, and the videography, you know, all the things that come with the draft, they're really starting to level that up. So I'm so excited. Also the draft will just be very, very interesting because there were so many draft pick trades that occurred in the last couple of months during free agency. So um some of these teams are going to clean up.
Airline Industry Changes and Impacts
00:58:39
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Very excited. So April 14th, get ready. For sure. Mine.
00:58:50
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i know. I just want these brands to know what they're there for. Have you ever, like, you know what Like, it's just like, this is I need to stop doing analogies on this show. i like like Like, you know, like, it happens all the time where it's just like, there's a ah person, I won't gender them. There's a person who is maybe tricking a little bit.
00:59:17
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And then they're like, don't want to spend money no more. It's like, that's why you were around. You thought it was your personality? Like, I'm crying. That's a bad analogy. No, it's not, but it's that's not the point.
00:59:29
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Southwest airline does not know where its bread is buttered. Not where its bread is buttered. Why people were flying Southwest. It wasn't because it was comfy.
00:59:40
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It wasn't because the internet was good. It wasn't because the food and drinks was good. They didn't have those. It wasn't because there was a TV where you could little watch things in the back of the seat. They didn't have that either. It was two free tech bags.
00:59:52
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Two free check bags. That's it. That's all. Two free check bags. Why are you flying Southwest? Two free check bags. Because at the end of the day, Southwest was not always the cheapest, but then when you added in the price of the check bag, it typically ended up being cheaper because just on like Delta and all the other ones, the check bag going to cost you anywhere between $40, between $80 $120 both ways. Southwest used to some deals of both ways so southwest used to get some deals off of Say it with me.
01:00:23
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Two free checkbacks. Two free checkedbacks. Now, they're saying no more free checkbacks starting in May. And also, as ah as ah in relation to this, all the airline companies can screw themselves right now.
01:00:40
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Because I i remember when Delta and American Airlines last year snuck in basic economy and took away.
01:00:53
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The ah what did they change?
01:00:57
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They took away the the ah one of them created like a basic economy and they made you pay for a carry on what they never used to do. They made it more like South which more more like um ah Spirit.
01:01:12
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what I don't buy a whole lot. and One of the United's... Maybe it was United because I'm like... Snuck in a basic economy and you had to pay for things you didn't used to have to pay for. United will nickel and dime you for everything.
01:01:25
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Everything. If you want to change your seat, $20. If you want to do this, $40. If you want to bring a bag, $100. I'm like, oh my God. What frustrates me about the Southwest thing is that, number one, it's been two free check bags for 54 years.
01:01:39
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That means... For double almost our lifetimes, this has been a part of your business model. And now that you have a new CEO, because they do have new leadership, Southwest has new leadership, and then they sold some of their equity.
01:01:52
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Now, all of a sudden, we want to do the most. Now, all of a sudden, we want we don't want to have open seating. Now, all of a sudden, we want to need we need to do, they want to do also, what is it? What's it called? The same thing that Ticketmaster does? um Surge pricing or whatever it's called. what Yes, they want to do that.
01:02:05
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they They want to. And then, of course, now the bad thing too, just to be clear, everybody, It's based on your loyalty, right? So certain members, like high level premium advantage members or things like that will not be affected by this new policy. They will still be able to have two bags. Three times a year.
01:02:22
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I know they will still have their two free bags and then like a tier under that. Or if you buy certain seats like business select and things like that, you'll get one free bag. But if you're just like a regular degular passenger on a Southwest plane starting May 28th, your bags will not be flying free.
01:02:36
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And I just hate that we're losing the plot. That's the biggest thing is we're losing the plot Southwest. You couldn't possibly think that we were all flying with you because we just love Southwest. Yeah.
01:02:48
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We were all flying with you because you were providing us with something that your competitors were not. And that was the fact that we could fly with our bags for free. And what pisses me off is a better way to do this.
01:03:09
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So that way you could still advertise that the bags fly free, but you add an extra fucking whatever, $40 onto the flight price. And then that goes towards the back line. And then we are none the wiser.
01:03:20
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Also, also, you could have just done one free check bag. Just give us one. Maybe we don't need to fly two free check bags because realistically, where are you going where you need two bags most of the time anyway?
01:03:32
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Just give us one.
01:03:34
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Just give us one. Because that was what was separating you from United and Delta and Frontier and American and whatever. I will never fly Southwest. Why do I need to fly Southwest if I can't have my free bag?
01:03:47
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but cut Especially for my job, we prefer to fly Southwest because we're always taking bags with us because we take our event supplies with us. We travel with it. And that was the main thing was we are going to buy a checked bag. So that way, every time we fly to wherever event we're going to, we don't have to pay. We don't have to pay for our bag.
01:04:05
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Crazy.
01:04:10
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I just, I don't know. And I'm not trying to get like doom and gloom and existential and all this and all of this, but like, and this is everything that's wrong with capitalism is there's a certain point where you get so greedy and you feel like because there's a certain level of brand loyalty or because you're providing a service that people actually need, then you can just do whatever you want and you can charge for whatever you want and you can, you can milk us for all of this and all of that, but give us less.
01:04:39
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Cause those swipe prices are still gonna be the same. They probably gonna be higher. And you want me to pay for my bag?
01:04:46
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Girl.
Conclusion and Future Discussions
01:04:47
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Trippin'. Well, on that note, I'm gonna enjoy the sunshine because I will not be enjoying traveling. Give her the check bags and planes are flying, are falling off the air. That's insane.
01:05:00
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We will catch you not next week, in two weeks.
01:05:06
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And we'll be back regularly scheduled after that. Catch you in two weeks. Thanks for listening as always.