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I-80 Football Show: Disaster for The Mavericks + The Big Ten's WBB Tournament
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The guys are back talking basketball on a football podcast! After Kyrie’s injury are the Mavericks having seller's remorse? + an overall of the Big Ten’s Women’s Basketball Tournament.
Recorded: 03/06/2025
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Transcript
Introduction and Personal Updates
00:00:01
Speaker
What's good everybody? Welcome into another episode of Land Grant Podcast, I-80 football show. As always, I'm your host Jordan. I'm here with my co-host Dante. Sir, how you doing man? What the hell was that?
00:00:14
Speaker
I'm alright. Yeah, I'm straight. Honestly, can't complain. How about yourself? doing alright. Week two of my new job and stuff. Doing good.
00:00:28
Speaker
We love that. Yeah. Truly love to see it. ah saw but Saw before and after, like a before picture from earlier this year when I was going to the gym.
00:00:39
Speaker
And now I can't be like, y'all just talking out the side of your neck. I see the difference now. I saw the the to change. I'm like, all right, y'all might be on to something.
00:00:52
Speaker
Yeah, no, I mean, I only ever see you sitting down and I can tell. Oh,
00:01:01
Speaker
shit. I couldn't tell, but, you know, you see this stuff every day. so Yeah, I was going to say, yeah people, like that I guess the science is true behind it, that you're always the last person to tell.
00:01:12
Speaker
They say i think it's like what a couple like it'll be like four or five months before you as yourself notice changes in your own body but people will see it like week one week two i didn't realize it was that long but i didn't know that that was yeah it's like it'll take i think it depends on the person probably more than likely but i think they say it takes a couple months before you start to notice changes in your body like everybody else does got you I just feel the changes, if anything.
00:01:45
Speaker
Honestly, honestly, that's the most important part. Mm hmm. Yeah. Feeling different, feeling healthy. That's really all that matters.
Lifestyle and Leisure Discussions
00:01:56
Speaker
I said it's going to be a hot boy summer.
00:02:02
Speaker
yes It's to be a hot boy summer of me being in the house. I said Columbus don't know a hit him. I'm outside. I'm going to be at our or our community pool.
00:02:18
Speaker
Back in the house.
00:02:21
Speaker
but it hey I am going to be, I'm tired everybody like, I know you ready for summer. If you say something about my skin.
00:02:32
Speaker
You know, here's the thing. I want to believe you. And I know that you mean what you say. i just also know your friends. so yo yeah Oh, yeah. Whether you want to or not. yeah I want to be in the house. I probably will be forced outside a lot. Alright, that's cool. umm I'm glad you want to be inside.
00:02:55
Speaker
Get outside. Like, bring it out. Look, last month, my friend group from that from high school was talking about going to New York, I think, next month in April.
00:03:05
Speaker
So, I ain't going to be able to not be outside, apparently. Yeah. It's not even that warm in April. Nope, but still got to be somewhere, apparently. ain't going to be able to not.
00:03:22
Speaker
Yeah, I was...
00:03:26
Speaker
I don't know, man. I'm going to be outside, but I'm going to as as as conscious as I can be while being outside. but oh, God, you step outside and you take one deep breath and that's $150. So yeah and um yeah I got i gotta to find a little cheap little happy hours and, ah you know, there's things like that and not not actually be at the events because that's where they get you.
00:03:51
Speaker
And it sucks because I love sporting events, but you can go you go to a sporting event, you get a Yankees ticket for 30 bucks. And then you double it on one drink and something to eat. So it's just like, what's the point? It really gets you.
00:04:04
Speaker
you didn't even win. I could have just watched it on my phone. I'm crying because you said that. And now i think I'm thinking, like, I did want to go to a Columbus Crew game.
00:04:14
Speaker
I do want to go to a couple Guardians games. Yep. Even a Cincinnati Ray game. Have you been to a Cincinnati game? Mm-hmm. I went last year.
00:04:26
Speaker
like so yeah so you So you know about the outside little situation? What you mean? Like you can drink outside the stadium they got all the... No, I didn't know that. No. so don't I don't even remember.
00:04:40
Speaker
oh we did. we did some Some guys gave us beers because they bought too many. But were you outside? Nah, were in the stadium. Okay, that's crazy. Love when that happens. Yeah. ah but i was I went to a... think maybe I told you this, but I went to a Rutgers game and we went to a bar and this group of people, they was drunk and do like bought more Jack and Cokes and but the he didn't realize they were leaving.
00:05:04
Speaker
So the lady next to me was like, do y'all want these? And I'm like... She's like, no, like seriously, we we're leaving and he bought too many, but my boy doesn't drink. So I said, I'll take both. I'll take both. So i but I had like a pizza and I bought like a pizza and like one drink, but I had like three, four drinks because I just got two free Jack and Coke my boy don't drink.
00:05:27
Speaker
I said, man, need to go out with you more often. yeah to Dude literally tapped us both. He was like, I bought too many. Y'all want a couple beers? We were like, a couple?
00:05:40
Speaker
He's like, yeah, here goes two for both of you. We were like, how many do you need? That's exactly what we're doing. I was like, what number did you tell the guy? I get beer as the cheapest thing there, but they're still not cheap. At bare minimum, that was $40. At bare minimum, that was $40. He was definitely drunk. As soon as he spoke, you could smell it, but I was like, there's no way you're that drunk.
00:06:07
Speaker
Where you're like, yeah, I got too i got too many beers or something. any You drink them, though. You definitely drink them. As you should. You know who else is drinking beer, Dante?
Mavericks Trade and Team Analysis
00:06:19
Speaker
The Mavericks GM. He's drinking more than just beer. don't know what it is, but he's drinking more than just beer. Oh my God. I hate...
00:06:32
Speaker
being right sometimes, especially for the wrong reasons, because like I didn't want Kyrie to get injured. I'm just like, this trade is just dumb for so many reasons. And then immediately AD gets injured. And I'm like, well, duh. I mean, he hadn't been injured this year that I know of. Yeah, he was injured.
00:06:50
Speaker
During the trade. AD? Yes. You'll know I'll be paying attention to basketball. I knew it was coming. He got rushed back and it aggravated the injury even more. and now And now they're talking about whether it's the injury or whether because it's Kyrie, they're talking about him sitting down just the rest of the season. I think it might be a combination of both.
00:07:10
Speaker
Yep. And then Kyrie tore his ACL, which is awful. Kyrie's been hooping. like I feel like it's under the radar a a little bit, but Kyrie's like better Kyrie was hooping the past two years besides the finals besides the finals it was bad in the finals other than that he's been balling for real And supposedly, I mean, just off the ACL and also I think off of, I guess maybe the severity, they're saying he may be out the full year. And like, I know like they football players come back from ACLs faster. It's still it's still like seven, eight months, but it they cut different.
00:07:49
Speaker
Basketball, the way you cut and jump, you got to be full. Like you can't just throw the brace and just run straight like football. boy You're not doing the side to side. It's a lot of... So they're saying he may not be going back until this time next year.
00:08:01
Speaker
Yeah, and the thing is, is that even with basketball players, Kyrie, his game is such predicated on angles and quickness and those sharp cuts like you're saying that Yeah, he he could be gone for a year. We might not see what we've been seeing from Kyrie. like We might not see that anymore.
00:08:23
Speaker
Especially because sometime somehow he's like 32 already. so So he's not old, but like he's old basketball legend yeah he's towards the later end of his career. Yeah, this towards the end of his prime at least.
00:08:36
Speaker
So most greats get about to about 33, 34. So we're right around and the end of his prime. So that's Yeah. And especially as like a point guard, who's not a shooter, like not that he can't shoot, but like, he's not going, he's not going age like Steph Curry.
00:08:51
Speaker
And he' like he's not going age like Ray Allen where he can just, you know, put up 20, like, you know, 10 to 12 shots. He's a ball dominant guard. yeah which um but i feel I feel bad for Klay Thompson.
00:09:08
Speaker
In a way. In a way. He was on the Mavs. The Mavs really did try to go for it. they you know This is why I find it. so The one thing about this, right?
00:09:21
Speaker
You traded away Luka because you were afraid... that he didn't take his conditioning seriously or he didn't take basketball seriously and you were worried that he was going to become injury prone later down in his career because of those things.
00:09:38
Speaker
So you traded away a guy who is known for being injury prone is older than the guy you traded for by six years.
00:09:49
Speaker
And not only that, Doesn't really take the game that seriously after winning his championship. Yeah.
00:10:00
Speaker
And you put your ah whole window. And not only that, you put the whole championship window on the path. You shorten it to about three years. Yep. For three guys.
00:10:10
Speaker
Yep. Who are injury prone. yeah Well, Klay Thompson is not really injury prone anymore, but he's older after two bad injuries. So now there's a greater chance of him becoming injured.
00:10:23
Speaker
So you shorten your window down for three guys that are known for that that have had injuries or known for having injuries the past couple of years. while that and And the thing is is that that was after you traded away five first-round picks for the pat for the next five years to build around Luka.
00:10:46
Speaker
You traded picks away to bring in players to build around Luka, and then you traded the centerpiece away. Now you can't even rebuild because you don't have draft picks.
00:10:58
Speaker
Mm-mm. Stuck. yeah I don't get it. And again, since Kyrie Torres ACL, your three-year window to win a championship just became one Yeah, seriously.
00:11:12
Speaker
And it's just like, sure, you could say you didn't expect the Kyrie injury. But you should have expected the AD one. You should have expected a Kyrie injury too. you i Honestly. Not an ACL tear. At least missing a couple games, something. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? I expect Kyrie to miss a month once a season.
00:11:31
Speaker
Yeah, so it's just... Yeah, you right. He wasn't just on beers. He was on something else. he be He's getting fired, right? but he and they He's got you've gotta to get fired. Just off the fan reaction. You know what's crazy is that I don't know because in my eyes he would have been fired already.
00:11:57
Speaker
As soon as AD went down, he would have been fired. Yeah, like I would have fired him right then and then. And then the Lakers are winning and Luke is not even playing well. And nope, not really.
00:12:11
Speaker
not really i literally looked at it the other day because like i don't watch basketball but i do like read up on it so i have a decent idea he's shooting like 40 from the floor 30 from three like he's way under his averages he's like averaging like 19 points a game and his laker tenure or something like yeah i'm like he's not even playing well in their winning so before as we move on it's still do you have anything to say about the lakers at all are Like, are you happy? Are you...
00:12:41
Speaker
I'm just happy we possibly have a future because he still, Luka hasn't hinted that he'll res resign, that he wants to be a Laker long term and stuff like that. He hasn't hinted at that type of stuff, but at least we have put a potential future. That was my biggest gripe and my biggest concern about this team for the past two years is that we didn't seem to have a future at home.
00:13:04
Speaker
like we we didn't if if I feel like we're going to have that stretch we had with Kobe and after Kobe. before lebron the second year of lebron's tenure as a laker like that's what i thought was going to happen so we have a potential to have a future i will say this though if you were truly concerned that luca drinking beers and smoking hookah was a problem literally last year you were in the finals
00:13:38
Speaker
with that man smoking hookah and drinking beers on his off-season. Not during the season. Off-season. That man took you to the finals. And you won a game.
00:13:55
Speaker
And you won a game. Y'all weren't supposed to be there. Y'all weren't even supposed to be in the Western Conference finals. um And you went to the finals. And you're like...
00:14:06
Speaker
I don't know if we can win a championship with this guy, even though we were just in the championship with this guy.
00:14:18
Speaker
I think this has been a there's been a rumor that they think that heat they're trying to move the team. Move the team to Vegas or who either move the team to Vegas Or get gambling to be legal in Texas, in Dallas.
00:14:39
Speaker
Oh, well, they're already doing that. That's why. Well, it's still that's up in the air. It's still up in the air. I know, but that's why dode tra that's why dude sold the team. Mm-hmm.
00:14:51
Speaker
But, like, he sold, like, that's why he sold the team. But the people who they sold to or the team. Are also casino people. But that's, like, that deal was weird. He basically sold the team to get equity. Like, that was the, and and from my understanding, that was the entire intention, is that they're trying to do that. And then they also were talking about, like, stadium plans when it gets passed where there's gonna be a casino. Casino in the stadium. Yep. And he basically sold it for, like, cash.
00:15:17
Speaker
so so people So it's either that or they moved to Vegas so could so they could still be around their casinos and make money that way as well. Moving to Vegas is disgusting.
00:15:29
Speaker
If you move to Vegas, Dallas fans, my you might not own, you might not be able to live. Yeah. To see it happen. Like, they already, I think it's funny because like.
00:15:41
Speaker
That's not a franchise you can move. No, and not only that, it's that I think they doxxed the GM's ass. Lord. He's not going to be the GM for long.
00:15:53
Speaker
um He shouldn't be. He shouldn't be. They shouldn't let him make a single decision this summer. Not that there's any money or cap or anything to make a decision this summer. You can't do anything. You can't do anything. Whatever minimum decision he can make, they shouldn't let him make a single decision. The weird thing was that you were scared to give Luka the super max, but you were going to give Kyrie a max extension?
00:16:15
Speaker
and and again Again, you're worried about injuries. Yeah.
Cleveland's Soccer Prospects
00:16:19
Speaker
And you're going to give a 33 year old point guard who has history of injuries, a super max, ah not a super um max extension.
00:16:30
Speaker
None of that makes any sense. None, none, not at all. um And yeah, so in other news,
00:16:41
Speaker
Cleveland soccer did not get the NWSL bid. And they said, we don't care. Oh, we we we don't care. So supposedly they have already secured a bid for another professional women's team. personally think it's dumb because I think you could have just waited for the next round of and NWSL expansion.
00:17:04
Speaker
But I think, was this the podcast that I was talking about the Brooklyn soccer? Yeah, police I believe so, yes. I think it's that league. I don't know that. They haven't announced it, but like that league is trying to expand.
00:17:14
Speaker
I think it's that league, which, I mean, hey, it may work out, right? like I'm not saying it's not going to work out. I don't know, but I think they pivoted to that. like That would be my guess because they already wanted to do the stadium, and then I found out today as I was looking at this, they already got awarded a and MLS Next team, which is their lower division team.
00:17:39
Speaker
It's interesting, though, because I don't know if that team is going to be standalone or not, because in my quick research, most of the and MLS Next teams are paired with the team right as like the MLB, but there's only one team that's not paired, and um but I don't know who they would pair them with because the Columbus crew already have a Next team.
00:17:58
Speaker
so like I don't know if they're just going to be a standalone team or how that's going to work. and well That confuses me, too, because I thought it would ah thought it would have to be a women's team that they're paired with?
00:18:10
Speaker
Or is it just... No, no, no. The MLS is the men. So they have... so like Oh, okay. they were Yeah, so they were they were trying they were trying to get a women's team, and that was going to be like the main draw of the stadium.
00:18:22
Speaker
But then two years ago, three years ago now, they got a... it's A big minor league team. Let's just say minor. I don't know what they actually call it in soccer.
00:18:33
Speaker
They got a minor league team that's supposed to start this year. The minor league team is not enough to build a stadium. So like they were just going to pair the minor league team in the same stadium with the women's team.
00:18:44
Speaker
Okay. But they already had the minor league team. It's supposed to start this year. I didn't know that. i think I didn't think they really announced it, maybe because the minor league team. So they have the minor league team. Supposedly, they're going to be announcing the the professional women's team, which, again, I'm going to guess it's the same league that this Brooklyn team is in, the the the you Super League or something like that.
00:19:07
Speaker
um And then as just like continuing, because they're like, these people really just want to bring soccer to Cleveland. There is this soccer league called the WPSL.
00:19:18
Speaker
It's um amateur soccer. it's But it's like ah it's like a league that has like 30-something teams. So like it's very organized. It's just not professional.
00:19:30
Speaker
And they're also coming to Cleveland. I don't know if they're also going to use that stadium or not. But ah like this amateur league has been open for 27 seasons. Like it's been open longer than the professional leagues. It's just amateur. Like it's just like, you know, it's not, you know, whatever.
00:19:46
Speaker
But like, I guess like ah Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe started off in that league. Okay. So like, it's just like, it's basically like you play, you know, if you played soccer in college, but you're not good enough to go pro, but you still want to play, here's a league for you.
00:20:02
Speaker
So they're also coming to Cleveland. So like, they were just like, we just want soccer in Cleveland. So supposedly in the matter of a couple of years. As many soccer teams as possible. yeah we Yeah. And then like, of course, as with any stadium, they're going to try to get like the MAAC championship games there. They're going to to do concerts and a bunch of other sort of things to like make money. They're talking about trying to do 60 events a year.
00:20:29
Speaker
They've already talked with some of the local high schools about holding things there and stuff like that. But yeah, i was wondering like what they were going to do because like, but like, yeah, they're like, no, we, we want this stadium. Like we've already, we've already committed to this.
00:20:41
Speaker
We just go pivot. um Again, we'll see. I think we'll put somebody in there. Yeah. I think it's a bad idea just because like, I'm not wishing for the downfall of this league at all, but like, ah from my understanding, some of the other teams in this league are just playing places.
00:21:00
Speaker
Right. So like the Brooklyn team is playing in the field of like a minor league baseball team. So like, you're going to build a stadium. If this women's soccer league folds.
00:21:12
Speaker
you built a stadium for a new women's soccer league that you don't know if it's going to last a minor league team in the high schools.
00:21:24
Speaker
If it doesn't last, they'll just try to join the MLS women. And WSL again, yeah. Next time that comes around or whatever. But yeah, so, I mean, we'll see. um But yeah, Cleveland's getting soccer one way or the other. They said, we don't get it one way or the other. Like, you don't got worry about that.
00:21:40
Speaker
We're leaving him with something. Nah, for real. ah All right, so we're
Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Insights
00:21:46
Speaker
going to take a break. And when we come back on the other side of the ads, we are going to try to talk about women's basketball.
00:21:55
Speaker
and going on and i love women's basketball but i don't watch so much madness so we will not haven't even touched any college basketball yeah we will not be um giving detail let's just say that it'll be more talking about structure and just march madness as a whole we will not be picking champions and things like that because i don't know how to match too much madness and i don't i don't know who's good i i know the basic teams i know the three basic teams yeah yeah when it comes when it comes to women's basketball because i know i i it's south carolina uconn what's that orange team tennessee texas texas texas okay right now uh no no no you're thinking you guys you're thinking tennessee
00:22:45
Speaker
But I think you're thinking historically. I don't know how good we are right now. okay Texas is good now. Okay. So okay Texas, UConn. Historically, it's in south carolina it's Tennessee. in tech okay That's a Pat Summitt.
00:22:59
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, Oh, she's touching LSU. Oh, no. So then maybe LSU too, maybe? LSU is good, but yeah. LSU is good.
00:23:11
Speaker
They have Flaugia Johnson, the home. She's she's legit. yeah And I know and I know what's the name plays for USC, but i don't know how good they actually are. ah We're going to talk about that. They're very good. All right. So we will be right back on the other side of the ads and we will you know run through the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, talk a little bit March Madness, and then we got some video game talk for you. So we will be right back.
00:23:38
Speaker
What's good everybody welcome back to Land Grant Podcast Network's IED football show. um Women's basketball. So to start right the Big Ten Tournament is actually happening right now as we record the first couple of games.
00:23:54
Speaker
ah Started it kind of early. No mean season is over. i Yeah. oh Yeah it's just I don't know for me it seems like these tournaments go into the end of march and then march man it starts around april no no they go the tournament starts around april this is all the madness but yeah march madness starts the middle of march and ends in april the tournament start the the tournament start the early march and go to mid so it's like it's like the first two weeks of the big two other conference tournaments then there's like a day or so and then march madness i love how they try to i know it's funny because like the march madness tournament
00:24:35
Speaker
ah the championship tournament, the real madness is the conference tournament. so that's what And then seeding. That's where the real madness happens. Yeah, it's the it's the kind it what it's the conference tournament in the first round.
00:24:50
Speaker
yeah Every once in a while, you like you do get your celler Cinderella, but the real madness is the conference tournament in the first round. Anything can happen in them games. you Like this team, way because i like everybody makes it like every like almost everybody makes it to the conference tournament. So for the Big Ten, because there's 18 teams, they're only doing 14 teams. Sorry, 15 teams.
00:25:11
Speaker
But the 15th team is Purdue at three and 15. And Purdue could win like four games. Like, you know, it's just like it doesn't make any sense. Like they could just like I don't think they're going to be like they could just like up and win a couple of games. It's just like, why did this happen?
00:25:23
Speaker
so do is what they're three and 15 in conference we we got the 10 and 19 overall we gotta We got to start making sense of these tournaments a little bit. Like, I get it.
00:25:38
Speaker
But, like, if you're 3-15 in a conference, stop it. not why kind of Why are we putting you and you? You have a losing record all overall, but 3-15 in a conference?
00:25:50
Speaker
Stop it. i we can We can narrow it down. we We really can. We can make this go by faster. Some of these kids can go home early. like what do Yeah, you can go home early. Don't you got midterms? You are clearly not committed to basketball.
00:26:05
Speaker
That's all I'm saying. like There's no reason to have these kids playing still. like no I get it. It gives everybody a chance. Everybody gets to play and keep on playing. I understand it. like I fully get why it's happening.
00:26:19
Speaker
But 3-15 in the conference?
00:26:23
Speaker
Stop it. It's like, I think they need to change the NFL. If you got a losing record, but you won your conference, you don't make the playoffs. like They need not going to that. um So yeah, so yeah USC, who who we were talking about right the break,
00:26:43
Speaker
they're legit um they are ah twenty six and two overall seventeen and one in the conference Who did they lose to? Ohio State or something? No. Wisconsin?
00:26:55
Speaker
They didn't. ah Who did they lose to? It was ah it was a shocking loss. I will tell you that. um Was it Maryland? Who's also good?
00:27:08
Speaker
Who did they lose to?
00:27:12
Speaker
I'm going to have to figure it out. I'm going to look it up right now because I honestly can't remember. um i know people were sort of surprised because the team that they thought that they would lose to did not.
00:27:25
Speaker
They didn't lose, which is UCLA, as I'm looking for this. No, they beat Maryland. They destroyed Rutgers. Good God. They beat UConn.
00:27:37
Speaker
They beat... Okay, this is non-con. Who did they lose to? Am I blind? This is great podcasting, by the way. In case you all were wondering.
00:27:51
Speaker
We're really good at this, y'all. Don't worry. Huh. I wonder. oh okay. They lost to Iowa. That was going to be my next guess. They lost to Iowa. And it was like shocking because I was not that they're bad, but they're not good this year. Like they're not, they're not, they're not they're not what they were two years ago.
00:28:09
Speaker
there it is They lost to Iowa. So they lost to Iowa and then they lost one non-conference game to ah someone. um To someone. It was a loss. I can tell, I can tell you for absolute sure that they did lose a game.
00:28:24
Speaker
ah What game did they lose? Well, you know, It could have been any game. No, i'm just kidding. They they they lost to Notre Dame, who's also really good. So they lost to Notre Dame, and then they got a surprising upset by Iowa.
00:28:37
Speaker
UCLA is also really good. Shout out to the Pac-12. ah They're only good. i mean, it's the outside of Oregon. Shout out the Pac-12. The Pac-12 is dominating basketball right now.
00:28:49
Speaker
they um Are you say they not a part of the Big Ten now? No. I mean, but you know, it's been a year. been a year. This is a Pac-12 team. It's been a year. UCLA is 16-2 in conference. They're 27-2 overall. Their only two losses came to USC.
00:29:08
Speaker
Okay. So like those two teams, ah in my opinion, have just like separated themselves. Okay. Like they're they're they're they're good. Maryland is next, they're 23 and six, 13 and five. Ohio State is next, they're 24 and five, 13 and five.
00:29:22
Speaker
Those two teams are gonna make it to like the elite eight, one of them and then lose because unfortunately, especially Ohio State, we just cannot get as far as we want to, but they are like consistently good. Then Illinois is the fifth seed. Michigan is the sixth seed. They're both 11 and seven in the tournament.
00:29:37
Speaker
Michigan State is the seventh seed, also at 11 and seven. Indiana ah indian is eight. Iowa nine. Nebraska is 10. Oregon is 11. They're all 10 and eight in the conference.
00:29:48
Speaker
Washington is 12 at nine and nine. And everybody else has losing record, in case you were wondering. Minnesota is 14 at... Sorry, Minnesota is 13 at 8 and 10.
00:30:00
Speaker
Wisconsin is 14 at 4 and 14. Ugh. And Purdue is number 15 at 3 and 15. And the it's happening the tournament's happening right now. um i would be...
00:30:14
Speaker
I think, honestly, i would be surprised if we don't get another USC-UCLA in the championship game. I guess anything can happen.
00:30:27
Speaker
But I do feel like those are the far and away the best teams in the conference. Minnesota's playing Washington. That game is probably over as we're recording. Rutgers is playing Nebraska, which that game shouldn't even be played.
00:30:40
Speaker
Wisconsin is playing Iowa. And then the next round, Indiana is playing Oregon. Those are the games that are already decided. And then obviously we all know how tournament brackets work. But fun thing about the conference um game tournaments, which I always find is hilarious, is that teams win a double bye.
00:31:00
Speaker
Like that's like this. They bring so many teams into the tournament that like the best teams get a double by. So like you see, Maryland, UCLA and Ohio State, the top four teams, they don't play until Friday.
00:31:12
Speaker
So there's going to be two rounds like they play on Wednesday and they play on Thursday. And then those teams don't play until Friday and then it play Saturday and Sunday. I also think the funniest thing, and this is why you were saying like March madness is the conference tournament games.
00:31:25
Speaker
It's because yeah, they play every, every day, every day, every day, there's games all day, every day from both men and women all day long for about two weeks. Yeah. Yeah, it's legitimately two weeks because they alternate them. Women go first and then the men are the week after that. So it's literally every day, two weeks.
00:31:43
Speaker
And it's just like, if one of these teams makes a run, which they're probably not going to, but let's just say one of these teams on the first day makes a run, they would potentially be playing Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
00:31:57
Speaker
Yeah. So NBA players crying about back to backs. You ain't never like literally a lot of y'all ain't never had to play like some some of the people that are complaining about back to backs ain't played five straight days in a row.
00:32:15
Speaker
And here's ah here's the thing. There's going to be at least three or four teams that play three games in a row because someone in the in the second round on Thursday is going to make it till Saturday.
00:32:26
Speaker
And then, of course, someone on the third round, which starts on Friday, is going to be playing on Sunday. So there's going to be somewhere between two and five teams, just depending on how it works, that's going to play three games in a row.
00:32:38
Speaker
like just Like, it's just going to happen. And if it gets real crazy, someone may play four. I don't think that's going to happen, but if it gets real crazy, someone may play four. So, like, yeah, these tournaments are crazy. Back to back to back to back to back. Yeah, yeah.
00:32:52
Speaker
Honestly, bro, if I was one of the worst teams, I wouldn't even want to do it. And then, so this is, i'm not going to pretend that I know this. Because, like you start to, you if you you win one game, you start to think, like, oh, I've got to play Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday if we really pull this off. We're not going to be able to pull this off. off Yes. It's like, bro, why are we doing this?
00:33:14
Speaker
Like, what what did I do to deserve? So, and then on top of that, right.
College Basketball Tournament Scheduling
00:33:20
Speaker
I thought baseball schedule what was hilarious. No, for real. And then on top of that, right. You play, but then you get less than 24 hours too.
00:33:29
Speaker
So like they were talking about like, so this, they were talking about this with the sec because ah Texas and South Carolina won on a coin flip. like that's how they ended up having to determine it but the way that it works is like if you play if you're the second seed right you play the later game so you're not gonna play until like eight right uh no you're gonna so you're gonna play at 6 30. the next time you play is 5 30 the next day
00:34:03
Speaker
so it's less So whereas the number one seed, they play at noon and their next game would be at three That's a four hour difference.
00:34:15
Speaker
Like that four hours does matter. Like you, it goes 28 hours. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So it's just like, it's like that does those little things matter. Little things matter. You know what saying?
00:34:27
Speaker
Like, so it yeah, these tournaments are insane, which is like, yeah, you like you're not lying when you said the real March Madness is the real March Madness is the tournaments before the actual championship games. Yeah.
00:34:37
Speaker
And then you got to go play in the tournament. Like, bro, please leave me alone. And those are every day. There's a game every day. You play every other day in that tournament. Yeah, think it is. If you win, you play every other day.
00:34:49
Speaker
And for like the final four or something like that. yeahre like Then you get like a little bit of a break. but there's a game There's games every day, but you play legit every other day. Yeah, and I know the schedule is nuts because I'm i'm going away for a work conference and i'm going and then I'm going to stay out for my birthday.
00:35:05
Speaker
And I was looking at like recording, which, you know, a little bit of podcast business. um And I'm like, I'm going to be gone for... like nine or so days combined.
00:35:16
Speaker
And I'm going to miss like the first three rounds. Like I was like, we don't talk about, but we don't talk about women's basketball as much on here. So like, I wasn't having the conversation with you, but I was talking to DJ for the other podcast because she wants to talk about it.
00:35:27
Speaker
And I'm like, by the time I get back and we record, we're going to be at the elite eight. Like, we're going to miss, like, I'm like, I don't, like, like, I don't know what you want to do about this because I know you want to talk about it.
00:35:39
Speaker
But, like. Like, Big Ten Championships are going to be picked. All are going to be determined. Every every conference championship, we're going to have all the big upsets. every Everybody's bracket is going to completely bust.
00:35:50
Speaker
By the time you get that. By the time I come back.
00:35:55
Speaker
And I'm just like, we're going to at that point where there's like only 3% of brackets is still correct. Yeah. Yeah. And then I'm coming back like, oh man, let's talk about this. Everybody's already mad. Everybody's sick. Nobody cares anymore. Nobody cares about this, bro. Like, what are you talking about? Yeah. ah so But it was yeah it was funny because I was just like, i was like, ooh.
00:36:18
Speaker
this is I mean, I can't help when my when my birthday is when there's conferences, but literally, so I'm leaving, right? I'm leaving on whatever day, right?
00:36:31
Speaker
And this is the schedule. This is the schedule, right? Selection Sunday is the 16th.
00:36:41
Speaker
eight All these ads on these, like, websites I'm just like hearing noise and no one else is hearing it. So now I sound crazy. Like, what is that? Like I'm hearing voices. I was.
00:36:52
Speaker
So it's like Sunday is March 16th. The first four is the 18th and the 19th. The first round is the 20th and the 21st. The second round is the 22nd and the 23rd.
00:37:06
Speaker
I'm missing all of that. Yeah, you are. I'm missing all of it. I'm missing all of it. Like, I'm just like, yeah, it's just like, you're definitely missing all of that. Yeah. And then technically, right, technically, because that if we were going to drop on our regular schedule, because we drop on Mondays, our first episode would be the 31st.
00:37:33
Speaker
And so if we didn't like, if we didn't like try to change our schedule, which we're going to have to, i would then also miss just by the nature of when we record, we would, I would also miss the sweet 16 and the elite eight because our episode would drop on the 31st.
00:37:50
Speaker
And so will, technically we could talk about those. That would make sense to talk about, but like we wouldn't be able to talk basketball until the final four was there.
00:38:01
Speaker
I'm not even going two weeks. I'm not even going two weeks. I'm not even going be gone two weeks. I'm literally missing. It seems like you missed a whole month of basketball. Seriously. I'm like, man, these schedules are, this schedule is condensed, boy. Like, this is crazy. They, they, they get them up out of here. Yeah. you gonna Get them in and out. You get your, get your March Madness, get these championship does do your finals, go home. know Get out.
00:38:26
Speaker
Yeah, if you're if you're counting the first four, there are six rounds of basketball that happen in three and a half weeks.
00:38:42
Speaker
Three and a half weeks, exactly. Six rounds of basketball that happen in three and a half weeks. you know that ah You know the video of the scared straight when they're waking the boy up in his and he's like grabbing his pillow, he's all confused?
00:38:58
Speaker
That's the basketball tournament. like That meme from scared straight is the basketball tournament. um It's crazy. but yeah Get over and go play basketball. I swear I just did this yesterday. Get Do it again. do and And you got to remember, they travel.
00:39:16
Speaker
Not a lot, but they travel in between as well. let' say ah So the first and second round are in the same place. Right. for the march This is for the March Madness tournament.
00:39:29
Speaker
Yes. For the conference. Okay. Well, both because they have to they have to travel for the conference, too. Yeah, that's all i was asking. In the conference ones, those are in certain places, right, as well, right? So I think... If I'm not mistaken.
00:39:41
Speaker
Because of the schedule, it all has to be in one place. yeah yeah It's all in one place. And then they go home. Because you have to travel like that. It's stupid. every year And then they travel again. The first and second round are in the same place. But then if you make it to the regional, then you travel again for the Sweet 16 and the Elite Eight.
00:40:01
Speaker
And then if you get out of that, you travel again for the Final Four in the championship. That's a hellish schedule. That's a hella schedule. That's crazy. this And they really tried to say they weren't they they're student athletes. They're student fans. No, they're not. They don't get a chance to be students.
00:40:20
Speaker
To that tournament come around. Yeah, like they don't get a chance to be students. For the same way when they were saying that about, like, you say that about football players. They're students first. When? When?
00:40:32
Speaker
Please. Tell me When that happens. Let me know. When you know, I'll know. Because let me know. It's like, what? Yeah, no, they'd lying. But um so, yeah, ah but the last thing I want to talk about this is UCLA and USC are really good.
WNBA and NBA Draft Debates
00:40:50
Speaker
The Big Ten hasn't won a basketball championship since 1999. I don't know if it's going to happen this year. But it might. i don't think juju goes I don't think Juju goes out like Kaitlin.
00:41:02
Speaker
And that's not shade to Kaitlin, but I'm just saying, I think Juju wins one. She has three more years. So, and again, UCLA is really good this year. Ohio State. in Two more years. No, she was a fresh she' was a rookie freshman.
00:41:13
Speaker
Rookie, freshman, whatever. One of them, that means first year, last year. And in basketball, they got to stay all four. Women's basketball, they have to stay all four. Oh, they haven't changed that yet? Nope. Stupid.
00:41:25
Speaker
That's dumb. I think the one-year rule is stupid. And I think having them, it i look at it like it shouldn't be a rule. You determine when you leave or not. So you know why it's a rule though, right?
00:41:38
Speaker
There's just not enough teams. There's not enough roster spots. yeah Yeah, I know why it is for them. yeah So when they actually you know put on their big girl pants and expand the league, hopefully they then change that rule. Actually, it's not even going to be a hope. They're going to have to change the rule because there's just not going to be enough players. There's not going to be enough players. And this is why i said I was happy DT retired because you're taking up a roster spot.
00:42:03
Speaker
Yeah. Sorry, old lady. i didn't talk I didn't talk about this on this podcast, but in my opinion, I think that like they were trying to talk about going to 16 or something like that, but they had 12 solid bids.
00:42:19
Speaker
And I'm like, if it was me, so they're at 15. They're talking about going to 16. I said, if it was me, you have 12 solid bids. um doing I'm going straight to 20.
00:42:29
Speaker
I wouldn't go out 12. I think that's crazy. by um' I'm going straight to 20, which would be 5 of the 12. I think that's solid. Go straight to 20. And then when you get to 20. Why are we at 15 anyway? Why are we at an odd number?
00:42:42
Speaker
Please. oh What are we doing? You know what I'm saying? Especially since you do a tournament bracket for your championship, too. Why are we at... I don't know. Ever had an odd number. I don't know.
00:42:54
Speaker
So I'm like, go straight to 20, right? 20 by 20, 28. And then at the same time, you go to 20, you expand the lead, you expand the schedule from 60, from 40 to 50, whatever it is.
00:43:07
Speaker
You expand the tournament where the first round goes three games instead of one or whatever. And you do the old tournament style for the NBA. Which is what? Three, three, five, five.
00:43:20
Speaker
3, 7, 7. think they do 7. 5, it was 3, 5, 5. Yeah. so there would be three five five yeah cause they don't do seven game series so three five five yeah um Do that. So, yeah, you expand, you expand the schedule, you expand the playoffs, you go to three, five, five, and you lower this rule to at least three years, but maybe two, at least three years. I'd say two.
00:43:46
Speaker
And then all of that happens at once. And then you say stagnant. Yeah. Then you stay stagnant for at least five years. So you can evaluate, you can do your whoop-do-whoop and then you can decide after five years, okay, are we going to stay at 20 for another five?
00:44:01
Speaker
Are we going to go to 22, 24, something like that. But I also just think for the nature of the players, you do need to expand pretty aggressively. Like you can't keep this going for another 12 years because then it's like every other year for 12 years, there's something changing.
00:44:15
Speaker
So you go to 20 now and then after five years, because you do need some time to settle, maybe around your new media contract, something like that. Boom. Add four more. You go to 24. And then i don't know if they need to be at 28 or 30 like the other leagues. You go to 24 and you're probably at you once you get to 24.
00:44:33
Speaker
If you get to 24 by 2032. So that's seven years. I think you're good. You can stay there for 10, 15 years. Like I think 24, you get you hit the major cities. You expand because of how basketball and women's basketball and and college is expanding. You're at a good number.
00:44:49
Speaker
There's because there's still the professional leagues. over like I think that's good. Yeah. but I don't run it. So who listens? I was going to say, I think it should be two years because now with the NIL, that's, it's definitely a choice whether I want to be pro or not. I can still make money in either, either one. Whereas now with, with like, uh, before I itching, like I need to get out of here. I need to get out of here. I need to get out of here where it's now it's, it's a choice. It's definitely a choice that they can consider and think about. Like I can, I can stay and get my degree because I make enough money to take care of myself and things And unlike football, if you make a bad decision, you can still go overseas.
00:45:27
Speaker
Whereas if you go pro in football, I mean, technically the US, the separations between those are so huge. Like in some places you still make more money overseas than you do in the US. s So like that is a viable option where it's not. So i i' I'm fine with you. I've always said the men should be too.
00:45:47
Speaker
I just make them both make them both too oh would say women too the reason why say women too because they don't have enough I say for men's make it a choice it's their choice or not so in my opinion for men it needs to be two or let so so what i'm what i think should happen for men is you let them come you bring back coming back out of high school that's what i'm saying so but but if you go to college you got to do two years so like someone like cooper flag he could come out maybe high school right zion maybe height i'm not i don't know i'm just saying like like don't am me those i'm not saying a lot of you i going out coming out early probably would
00:46:28
Speaker
his career even faster. But yeah I know what you mean. Not everyone coming out makes a good choice. I'm just saying the one, two people felt like they could have done it because it's really not that many.
00:46:39
Speaker
Cooper's one. Zion maybe be one. like Whoever. ah like Those guys. And then everyone else is two. I can't think of many other players in the past. Especially because there's there's just not any. there but like that I'm trying to think of the past 15 years. I can't think of that many people that was ready out of high school.
00:46:57
Speaker
AD wasn't because he just started playing center. ah who who Who are the? um Kyrie wasn't. No. Were they trying to say Wiggins?
00:47:10
Speaker
were they trying to say wiggins I don't think he was, but where they was they hyping him at that level? No, not at that level. Yeah, I don't... ah can't think of nobody we I can't think of Maybe DeMarcus Cousins.
00:47:26
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe Boogie Cousins might have been. yeah Other than that, I can't think of any people that was coming out of high school that had to play, coming right out.
00:47:39
Speaker
I can't. KD? KD? Oh, maybe. But that's at like the 15 years. Yeah, yeah. It's like it's LeBron in 03, KD in 07. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I'm like, yeah. Matter of fact, sir, that's out of the 15. If he was in 07, that's out of 15. That is 18 years ago. That's 18 years ago if we're talking about 07. That's 18.
00:47:58
Speaker
ah he was an oh seven is out of the fifteen that is eighteen years ago
00:48:05
Speaker
that's eighteen years ago if we're talking about o seven that's eighteen I don't like that. but so Okay, I'll give you in the past 20 years. All right, since LeBron did it because, well, I'll say Dwight Howard, because Dwight Howard was the last one to come out of high school.
00:48:19
Speaker
So since Dwight Howard did it, three people, KD, Zion, and maybe Cooper Flaggin. I don't even know if I fully agree with Cooper.
00:48:30
Speaker
I don't know if I agree either. I just think he would have. Yeah, those are the only three that he did in the Olympics. Yeah. Yeah. Because Kyrie was good, but I don't think he was that good.
00:48:43
Speaker
I think he had to go to. He didn't even play in college. So maybe he didn't play in college. Yeah, because he got injured. He got injured. Yeah, he did. He did. He did. He did. he did I'm trying to think. Is there anybody else?
00:48:56
Speaker
I really think that's it. I'm going to have to think about this. I don't want to it on the show now because we're going to take too long and we're on a good thing. I want to go back and look back at the... Yeah, and just try to see... That's what I'm saying. Oh, DeMarcus Cousins. I forgot I said him too.
00:49:12
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. DeMarcus Cousins, he had an in ah ah NBA body in high school. yeah That's what I'm trying to think. That's what's going through my head. I'm also trying to think of players who like weren't good in the league, but like we didn't know that when they were coming out.
00:49:29
Speaker
You know what I'm saying? You're thinking of people like
00:49:36
Speaker
Michael... not mark Like this Carl Anthony Towns? Not that he should have. but that my Cat might have. Cat might have.
00:49:47
Speaker
Ben Simmons. Ben was hype crazy. Ben Simmons definitely would have. Ben Simmons definitely would have done it because he didn't want to go to college in the first place, so he definitely would have done it. DeAndre Ayton?
00:50:02
Speaker
I don't remember how hyped he was. I know he was the first pick, but I don't remember his high school. They would have told his ass to go to college. yeah because I don't think he would have done it.
00:50:14
Speaker
getting Getting closer to LeBron, Greg Oden? Greg Oden was NBA ready. yeah Greg Oden was NBA ready. I remember him. Yeah, he was.
00:50:25
Speaker
That's also the KD draft. Greg Oden and KD went back to back. Yeah. yep yeah yeah So both of them, okay. Blake?
00:50:37
Speaker
No, okay. yeah He got his height by being in Oklahoma. You're right. You're right. And all the dunking and everything like that. John Wall's not going to college, but I'm not saying he should have. He's not going. He's just not. You're absolutely correct. John Wall is not going to college.
00:50:57
Speaker
No, he is not. He's going straight to the You are absolutely correct. Even if the AT throwed up gang signs at the draft. Absolutely correct. He's not going to the draft. So if we include people who we don't think should have, we get to like, oh, we get a good amount.
00:51:14
Speaker
We get to eight or Oh, yeah. like um yeah If we go on off a straight shit, up we get a good amount. A lot of idiots are not going to college because they think they're going to be good enough. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:51:28
Speaker
oh That's funny. I forgot about John Wall. John Wall. Zion's definitely not going. Someone is fucking him. Zion is going. He's not going to college. one of the one yeah um The thing is, is that, so here's my thing, right?
00:51:42
Speaker
I just started thinking about it. Make these kids go to college. Make these kids go to college. right right Here's why. Here's why. Because you brought up Zion. Anthony anthony Edwards is also not going to college.
00:51:56
Speaker
but ah I was thinking about him, but like, I don't. Anthony not going to college. But here's why I'm saying, make them go to college and make them go for two years.
00:52:07
Speaker
there is going to be predator women who are going to try to encourage them. They're doing that anyway. Yes, but right now, but if there was the, if that rule wasn't in place, it the first people telling them to go to the league is going to be those predator women.
00:52:25
Speaker
because You get your money quicker. You get your money much faster. ain't got to wait for you to do this year and be 19 to do it. like As soon as you come out, I can start messing with you because you're 18 and you're making millions.
00:52:39
Speaker
and It is crazy the number of young basketball players that have like a 35-year-old baby mom right now. It's disgusting. Those women are foul.
00:52:50
Speaker
foul. Because if I know i look crazy talking to 23 year old and I'm only 30, You 35. And that's, and that's the other thing with like, when people get money, they act like it changes like their age, right? Like you go to the NFL, you go to the thing. It's like, no, no, you're still 19. You're just 19 with a bunch of money. That's all. Yeah. I mean, like, like Zion with, with shorty, like she was older, Anthony Edwards, older, the one, uh, Dre, I think her name was one of those. She's 40.
00:53:22
Speaker
Jalen's. yeah knew it was one of the jaden kayland's jaden something i knew it one of them uh yeah that's already doing this and this is her third one
00:53:36
Speaker
yeah we gotta move on this but this is making me mad all right um so that was that was basketball um so as we wrap up the show you know we always end our show with the pit stops our pit stop is our chance to talk about something that is not sports related not big ten related We're talking video games.
Gaming Discussions
00:53:53
Speaker
That's the thing. custom video games Yeah, technically, but it's also a video game as the lead.
00:53:59
Speaker
Oh, no. I played, and this is literally, this is not even for the podcast, Dante. This is for you. Because okay we don't talk anymore outside the podcast. So it's just like, I'd be like, i think I mean, I need to tell Dante because I think he's played this game.
00:54:12
Speaker
But, you know, we're recording. It's whatever. I played lot of times. ain't going to play. Okay. So I started playing Cyberpunk 2077. 2077.
00:54:20
Speaker
twenty seventy seven um I play the trial. The trial is like five hours. This game. to And to be fair, that's a long time. Oh, actually, know because because of course, I was a 10 year part of it is me.
00:54:34
Speaker
Right. Because that the the creating of your player is so detailed. I probably spent like 45 minutes on that or something. But I played five hours. And I don't think, like like the first real mission, you know, like when they're like teaching you the game, you have these little like side missions and whatever that take a look. the i don't I didn't finish the first full mission in five hours.
00:54:56
Speaker
umnna how you were You were going yourself. But I'm like, yeah, but I'm like, either this game is going to be like Assassin's Creed where it's like 60 hours of content, or there's only going to be like two missions and all of them just take some time.
00:55:09
Speaker
I have some like mild things with like the controls. like It's too fast. like It's like the shooting is is weird. like it's It's too reactive where it's where it's not real. like you can I think you can you can adjust those. it's probably's nots that I'm not fully sure because, again, I didn't play. I think it's also how the... I think it's a little bit intentional in this game with just like the futuristic kind of whatever.
00:55:32
Speaker
ah But no, I just wanted to say that the game was fun. I'm going to... I'm gonna get the, I'm gonna buy it. But like, for me, you know this, it's like once a year i buy a non-sports game. So like, this is news for me. I'm like, I've had this trial downloaded for like a year and I never played it. And I was just like, I was just like, man, i was just like, you know what?
00:55:54
Speaker
I'm not gonna play. football or baseball today, the two games that I spend all my time on. I'm to try something new. And I like this. I'll be able to buy it. And I'm going to play a non-sports game. That's going to be my non-sports game of 2025. And maybe, you know, maybe I'll get real crazy.
00:56:12
Speaker
I'll get real crazy and I'll i'll get a second one. But I got to it for July. Oh. over a When a new NCAA comes out, it's done. but you Especially if they put high school in it. GGs. I'm good. I'm not playing nothing. I'm not playing nothing until this time next year.
00:56:26
Speaker
It's funny because that game, I know the game. i i played Like i said, I played a little bit. Game's beautiful. It's a beautiful game. yeah um You're funny because when it first came out, I don't know if you know anything about it.
00:56:39
Speaker
It was a complete shit show. I do remember that because they rushed. Didn't they rush it to to coincide with the PS5 launch or something happened and it just didn't work. They messed up. So the game was supposed to just be on PS5 at first.
00:56:55
Speaker
It was supposed to be on the PS5. But then they realized that getting a PS5 was going to be very, very difficult because of the pandemic and how sco scalpers and stuff were acting.
00:57:07
Speaker
So they started to late in the development. develop it for the ps4 and stuff like that like it was supposed to be only for next gen and then they started developing for uh current gen or previous gen now i'm i'm not calling that current gen anymore we're five six years into this game into the system it's past gen uh so they started designing it for the past gen consoles which ended up messing it up so most of the people who had all the problems were on ps4 and xbox whatever it was called uh that's where most of the problems came from
00:57:38
Speaker
It's so funny. It was so bad. i got that game for five bucks. Jeez. a Because they had to give refunds back. I got it for five bucks at Best Buy.
00:57:48
Speaker
I got the whole box cover for five bucks. but but And now I hear that it's almost back up to full price. It is. And the game, that's crazy to be because the game is still legit five years old.
00:58:03
Speaker
It should not be full price. that's I don't care if you fixed it to completion and it works all the way. You still have had this game out for five years. That should not be a $70 game. No, not at all.
00:58:19
Speaker
But beautiful game from what I saw and what I've seen people play of it. It's a beautiful game. Yeah, no, I mean, it it is fire. I wish I would have gotten it when it was $5 and just sat on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah you I just saw somebody tweet about it. It was like, bro, they got Cyberpunk for $5 Best Buy. I was like, all right, it's a brand new game for $5. I don't care if it don't work. I'll just wait.
00:58:44
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I'll probably just buy, what is it, Days of Summer or something like that when I do games crazy. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Day of Play. their play, whatever it is, whatever it that is. That's probably what I buy I'm going to have money this time.
00:58:58
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Yeah. I have never had money for that this year. I'm i'm banking on it. I'm going to have money. I just, it's I think it's June, right? June or July. Okay. I'll just. okay i'll just I never had money for it either, but I always i try to get like one game. I just try to get like a game that's like old. like I think I bought like Red Dead during that time when the Red Dead was like five years old, so I got it for $20. I've never... Because the new games, ah like instead $70, they're $40. don't ever got to waste. so I'm getting i'm getting like the games. and i'm don't even
00:59:30
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but i get it will june on paying is my phone bill in rent Oh, God. Well, I can't. And I'll do everything else later.
00:59:41
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yeah I can't say that because I'm going to a wedding and I'm in a wedding and I just realized what's this? I shouldn't even admit this. None of my friends are getting married this year. Lucky you. I shouldn't even admit this out loud. I was in my closet. I have so many dress clothes and I realized i don't have the three suits.
00:59:57
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And it's probably because I didn't really need them. But now, especially with what I'm trying to yeah now and like as I move up in my career and I'm trying to do the public speaking and things like that, I need them. So I'm using one of the weddings as ah as an excuse to buy like one of the three suits. i might have to buy Which means it's going to be a little bit more expensive than like, you know.
01:00:17
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And that's the other thing. like I had suits, but I was getting them from like JCPenney's and Macy's and you know I'm 30. I can't do that no more. so yeah i've been spending money this summer unfortunately yeah i gotta buy a black blazer because i have to take headshots on tuesday um yeah it's crazy But that's why I'm to make mine quick because I really don't want to rant. I've already rant about it all day, for real.
01:00:48
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But if y'all haven't been paying attention, I am a big wrestling fan again. And I have been enjoying wrestling. I've been playing the games for the past two years. This is about three years in a row.
01:01:01
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um I think 2K ruined their game. And their reason why is because they're making it just like their basketball games. They have VC, they have a whole city and stuff like that.
01:01:13
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Instead of just it being a wrestling game, like it has been the story mode looks like it's going to be pay, pay to play in a way and i I don't know if y'all have known, but like I gave up basketball 2K over a year ago.
01:01:27
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It's definitely been a year now. I get rid of it. i think I got done done of it in a March, either February of last year or March of last year. But I'm definitely on a year now.
01:01:38
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And I've saved so much money because I wasn't buying VC and stuff like that. And now where I'm getting into, um I'm having fun with these wrestling games and I, and ah I stream them all the time they're they're introducing VC and stuff like that they introduce the city ah you gotta instead of just having clothes I think you have to buy them And stuff like that. So since I'm just upset.
01:02:06
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like how when You want to buy the clothes? I think you have to buy it. No. No, you could just create a player. No, no, no. no no I'm saying like you think moving forward you have to buy the clothes. That's the biggest scam. and Because if they're going to do this thing called the island, like it's like the city, that means it's going to have stores and itself and shops. yeah That's disgusting. That you really got to go buy your clothes and stuff. and You remember when tattoos were free?
01:02:31
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Yes. Yes, I do. Yes, I do. And then I remember when they made them overpriced. Yep. i Yeah, it's... I think they're ruining their game. I'm going to be upset if they keep doing this.
01:02:45
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Hopefully, with how I play the game, how I play the game most of the year isn't that way because I could usually create a universe. But if VC is somehow incorporated in this,
01:02:58
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I might be coming close to the head of playing these games too. Yeah, you do anything made by 2K, the studio, you just got to get... just Yeah, yeah. Take two, you won. you you you You're going to win if you do it like this because...
01:03:13
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To introduce VC and stuff like that, I was already sickening when I saw that. Because in the trailer, it was real quick. But they showed that they had a city. And I was like, I know that's not what I think that is. Why are we adding in something that the NBA 2K community has been complaining about?
01:03:33
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No one likes this city. Not a single person likes this city. And you're like, you know what we should do? Add it to another game. And a game where it makes even less sense. Less sense. Where has all weird wrestling ever even been out in the city? It's always like 95% of the promos are just... because and you already I already know how the storyline's going. You're going to be an indie wrestler.
01:03:58
Speaker
And that's why you're doing the whole island city thing because you gotta get through that. I can i can already tell the storyline. and like Are you going to have two different islands for a female wrestlers?
01:04:13
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Because again, the whole island thing is to be online with other people. That's what it is. So now, do you split that up? Because you had a storyline for the women and you had a storyline for the men. Are are you messing that up now?
01:04:25
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Oh, the women have a different storyline? Mm-hmm. No, I did know that. I didn't know the storyline was different. i thought Yeah, it's completely... it's One it is called Undisputed and one ah other one is called... ah I forgot what the man one is called.
01:04:39
Speaker
I have the wrestling game. i don't know if I told you that. I haven't played it. The the storyline are different storylines are different. Usually, I know last year, the girl one was better.
01:04:51
Speaker
Both these years. This year, I don't like either one. yeah I think I have this one. and i was like when You have to decide if you're going to go next or if you're going to be like basically his little... like um like I don't like either storyline. so Then I stopped playing.
01:05:07
Speaker
What? Yeah, I got to redo the man one because that's if you go to NXT or NXT, you unlock a ah championship belt that you can use and other things. so But I don't even know if I should do that now because the new game is about to come out soon.
01:05:22
Speaker
So, who knows? I'm trying to get a code for it. I'm not even trying to pay for it. I'm to have somebody get it for me. Fair enough. I'm very...
01:05:33
Speaker
that i'm so i'm very very worried that that's what this is going to be. hate it. Truly, truly hate to see it.
01:05:44
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But as always, thanks for listening. We'll catch you next week because will still be here next week. and but Yeah, we'll see you next week. Hopefully we have some news. Hopefully something happens. Otherwise, we'll, you know, be talking about men's basketball, men's college basketball, which we also aren't watching. I definitely. Oh God.
01:06:06
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I keep up with women's college basketball. I couldn't tell you a single thing happening in men's basketball, except there's two good players on Rutgers, but Rutgers sucks. So that's about all I can tell you. I don't know. I don't know single thing on.
01:06:21
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with college basketball when it comes to the news. No, no. So please, for you all's sake, hope that there's some news. We'll catch you next week.