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"The Professor's Semanalmente #56" ft. Omar 'Sports Professor' Fonseca 4
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Sports Excitement and Social Media Engagement
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You can't pretend, now get ready for the show.
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Yo, yo, yo, what up? What up? What up, friends? Yes, indeed. You see I was so excited. I was muted ah because I am so excited. you We got the Celtics going on up against the ah the ah jesus louise the Philadelphia Yeah, Philadelphia 76ers. Let's go Celtics.
00:00:39
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Up by nine right now with nine minutes ah in the second. And then the Mets. That's why I came on late. The Mets just had
WrestleMania Weekend Highlights
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a seven run. eight it's but Go Mets. That's what I'm talking about.
00:00:52
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So we are happy. It's been a really good day. Your boy is having a most excellent day. Yes, indeed. Things are all falling a line. A bunch of trips coming up in the future, including...
00:01:04
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Little NFL action? Overseas maybe? We'll see. All right. Hey, happy to have you all in. Make sure you subscribe at Ball and Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S on YouTube. There's a handy QR code up there at the top. It'll take you to our link tree. Go to the link tree. Subscribe to YouTube. And when you're done, then go follow Instagram.
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Cool. Appreciate that. Also hit that like button, whether watching now or on the replay really helps me out in the algorithm. Get this channel out to everybody so they can get this good ass content.
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Yeah, I mean, also. By the way, hit that notification bell. So that way, you know, every time I come on live and I ain't got to send out messages on Facebook and Instagram any more.
00:02:02
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That being said, let's kick this bad boy off. Got a lot of get let got a lot to get to in terms of sports. And then I'll be bringing my brother Amul, the agilist.
00:02:17
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on the program. This is running out of batteries. I don't know how this even, I don't even know what a battery would be in this. They even use it that much. It looks like there's maybe some, some of those, what are those called? The little tiny batteries they send?
00:02:31
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i don't know what they're called, but it doesn't really matter. It doesn't matter what his name is. And who is that? That is the rock. Do I still have the rock on here? I used to have a rock. I used to have a rock, um,
00:02:44
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soundbite on here. I don't have the rock soundbite anymore for some reason, but I do have the stone cold soundbite and in commemoration of what a great WrestleMania weekend it was. Yes, indeed. It was an awesome WrestleMania weekend. Where did my banner go? I know I had the right banner on here. earlier There we go. um What a great WrestleMania weekend. It was so much fun. Going to give you a recap of that. Then we're going to talk about the draft, the draft recap action, tell you about the teams there. Then as well, we'll get into a little NBA and NHL basketball. ah
00:03:29
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Hockey updates I'll bring on my brother Amul the Agilist For that to talk some basketball, baseball And hockey with me But I'm going to get done first with my Wrestlemania Recap and talk a little football And then I will bring him on I don't know why this keeps wanting to Does it doesn't want to just switch Every two seconds Because I'm very confused as to why you are doing this Just to stay there Leave it right there until I change it Jeez Louise This AI thinks it knows what you want, but it don't really know what you want. i don't know why I have these headphones on.
00:04:02
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I don't need them until a mole comes on. And they're bothering my ears now. all right. Anyways, let's kick this bad boy off, shall we? Oh, look, I even got the WrestleMania cup. So let's get that. Where was Stone Cold at? I said we were going to get a Stone Cold on here.
00:04:15
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Where's Stone Cold at? How was that? a How
NFL Draft Insights
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was the WrestleMania, you ask? It was one of the most amazing experiences ever. And that That's the bottom line. The Stone Cold sets
00:04:34
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Yes, indeed. Thank you, Stone Cold. Yo, me and my brother Mar went, had an amazing time. Stone Cold, we was with Stone Cold. Stone Cold was throwing out some Steve Weisers. Me and Mar was throwing out some Modellos. It was a Modello Miller High Life kind of weekend. My hotel had to clutch $3 High Life, so that was a very much needed clutch because know Vegas.
00:04:57
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We are already spending a grip of money in Vegas. So if you can get some cheap drinks here and there while you're in Vegas, let me let you know that it is a it is a good time for you. That being said, um no, it was an amazing time. Again, shout out to my brother, Mar. He went both nights with me. We sat floor seats. Why does this keep doing this? I am going to really, I know y'all ain't seen it, but it's on the right side and it keeps wanting to change the banner. All right, you know what? I'm just going to, you know what?
00:05:26
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Forget it. Forget it. I'm going to just have to bring another one on. right. Anyways, while I'm doing that. So, yeah. Shout out to Mar. Meanwhile. ah meanwhile
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Eventually.
00:05:59
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Yes, indeed. For a second time. No, your eyes have not deceived you like they may have been deceiving me upon the NBA broadcast tonight.
00:06:12
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Is it me? I thought I may have possibly been having some flashbacks to sometimes from, you know, maybe some shrooms or maybe something else past hallucinogenic medication that they use. I thought maybe I was tripping. that There were colors on the on the on the scoreboard at the bottom. Did anybody else see this? Let me know if you did. Or maybe because I was so delirious that my Celtics were losing the game.
00:06:42
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I am going crazy. It could be any of those, actually, and it could be a combination of all three, to be completely honest. So as I come back to you, yes, a second time indeed. I apologize to everybody.
00:06:55
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ah We're having some bad storms here in Nashville the past couple nights. So that being said, the storm knocked my power out and I was trying to get it back on for last little bit. And I think it was just...
00:07:09
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the sports gods saying, why are you not watching your teams? Now, that would be rude because then my team proceeded to lose, but my Mets are still winning 8-0. Ass whooping casserole, as we say, in the 703 boys. Shout out to everybody there. But anyways, yeah, so everybody...
00:07:30
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I got a special guest joining me today. You know my brother Amul, the Agilist, will be joining me in just a second. ah Before that, I do want to say shout out to, again, i was in the middle of my shout out earlier to Wildcar Mar and to Bobby G. ah Thank you, Bobby G, for hosting us ah in Vegas. What an amazing weekend, fast-paced weekend, ah lots of ah lots of partying, ah lots of... ah Let's just say shout out to the to the PH is all I'm going to say.
00:08:03
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If i you don't know what PH means and you want to do a little perusals in the Vegas area to find out what I may be talking about, um you know, cinnamon and and destiny and in April.
00:08:15
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They were all fun to hang out with ah for a little bit, even in the VIP. As they say, ah there is no sex in the champagne room, my friends. No sex in the champagne room. You've got to remember that.
00:08:28
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The ladies will get mad if you try. I'm completely joking. But anyways, that card was really good. I gave ah Sunday night a B minus. I mean, ah Saturday night a B minus. I gave Sunday an A. Sunday was awesome.
00:08:45
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Brock Lesnar retirement. Roman Reigns beating CM Punk. Just a a tremendous evening. Mara and I have four seats. Really good seats. We're about, I want to say, 20 rows from the from the ring ring. The only problem was a lot of times in these events, people want to be standing up.
00:09:03
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And so Mar will attest to this on the next show we do. But I kept having to tell people to sit the hell down. i was like, hey, y'all in front, you ain't made a glass, you know, windows, your doors, sit the hell down.
00:09:14
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And my my boy Mar will be like, yo, calm down. Omar will be like, nah, man, we paid a grip of money for these seats. for these people to be standing up blocking our view while I'm trying to see the ring. Sit your ass down.
00:09:25
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And everybody sat down. Ain't nobody have a problem. Because if they would have had a problem with the street professor, they would have got mic one and mic two. Check mic one. Check mic two.
00:09:36
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Amul knows all about that. I used to hit him with one, two back in the day on the basketball court. Anyways, let's go ahead and bring my brother Hey, Amul the Agilist is joining us. How are you doing today, my brother?
00:09:53
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Okay, to set the record straight, first and foremost, it was me pulling you off. were i and I had a feeling I was going to bring this up. Pulling you off some brook elementary school's like playground while you were trying to beat on somebody. um How are you doing, everyone?
00:10:08
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Probably too many times. Yeah, one too many times. I remember one time, and I want to apologize to ah this gentleman.
00:10:19
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um Do you remember ah Michael DiLorenzo from our LNU? I have no clue what he's doing these days. do you have Do you know what he's doing these days? I do not know what he's doing. have not Googled him in the last... Okay, I don't just Google. I'm Googling old schoolmates. What is wrong with you? Are you still kind of like Ed Bundy stalker or something? Are you going to start cutting up old classmates and we're going to find them in your fridge? That was my way of telling you I don't know what he's up to. I don't Google people. I remember just...
00:10:52
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one But I will say that is a very deep cut. That is a very deep cut. Well, because you talked about ah fighting. and We weren't fighting. We were doing a wrestling match, B&M, on the blacktop, like outside. And I picked him up and kind ah didn't didn't like mean to, but kind of like pile drived him.
00:11:07
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and dropped his head on the ground, and ah ah we got called into the office for it. and i like it It wasn't on purpose. I wasn't trying to hurt him. We were just wrestling and messing around. It happened to happen. So I felt really bad about that. So actually, i hope he's doing well. with all alllthough All best wishes and blessings to Michael D, wherever he's at.
00:11:26
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Hope he's doing well. And all the other Silverbrook, I'll bet you'll love it. And all the other Silverbrook
Social Media and Media Reflections
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VA reps. Let's go. The Silverbrook Seahawks. But anyways, Miss McCall, shout out to Miss McCall.
00:11:39
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Always wearing the purple. We love her. And then gave us, and then popped up on daytime to TV shows for the rest of our days. Yeah, and hey, I mean, if yes you can say that your're that you're ah your principal is now a a star of daytime TV, we got to give her a, ah you know, an applause. She up.
00:12:03
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so like She was just in the audience. You'd have to figure out where she was every every week. you don't wanna me You can make yourself a superstar if you want to be one of Well, that was my point.
00:12:15
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That's all I mean. Now, go ahead. Before we get this show kicked off, I'm going to have a banter back and forth. Pull your camera down just a tad so that your face is lit. There we go. And now, go ahead and let everybody know where they can find your account, what you do, and all that good stuff.
00:12:32
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am23photography on ig am23photography.com is the portfolio website and uh yeah just come on by ah there are new sets there will be new projects by the end of the year that i need to start um oh and you're yeah you actually might see some stories from me before the end of the year uh that have been long and you know long and wait so Just working on a lot right now, but getting back out there.
00:13:03
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so I'm having a good old time with it. Shout out to Portrait Meet DC. We had a shoot yesterday or night yesterday, but Sunday out in Jones Point, and it was fabulous. So shout out to the PMDC community.
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Hey, there you go. Shout out to PMDC. I'll tap in with him and you tap in with AM23Photography on Instagram. My brother takes some amazing photos. So go check out his spread.
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You definitely want to subscribe and tap in with him. Is that music too loud on your end, my friend? No. All right. Perfect. All right. Cool. Let us kick this bad boy off then. Let me know if it does get too loud though, because there are some loud parts. I'll turn it down if it is. All right. ah Are you throwing a rave over there after this? Are you throwing a rave over there after this? no No, no, no, no. I just like, okay, so I don't like when there's like get quiet in the record. I don't know. i don't know. It's just something with me. I know a lot of shows do it, and I know a lot of people like it that way. My mom doesn't like it with the music, but I'm just like, yeah I like it with a little bit of background just in case there's like causes, you know? So I just don't want to be loud, loud, though, and overbearing of our talking.
00:14:12
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Ladies and gentlemen, he may stop. If like a jazz solo plays, that is his thing. Just want to put that out there. Yo, if I bring out a jazz flute, just like and start twirling around, yeah know you know that I i got a good batch.
00:14:28
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ah anyway and It just means I'm carrying the show again. That's all. Well, that's that's if the internet goes out, which may happen. So let's kick the's go ahead and kick this off then because it might happen soon. Shout out to everybody joining on Instagram now. I just got you hooked up.
00:14:42
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My bad on that and internet got knocked out by the ah power outage that we had. So, all right, cool. NFL football draft. Yes. yeah What a glorious draft it was. I am going to give the grades from the draft. And there was a reason I am wearing the Raiders.
00:15:09
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And before I show this list, I must put a disclaimer on this. This list is not my list. So don't come at to't come at me in the in the comments talking about I'm a homer and I'm biased and this and that. No.
00:15:27
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This list came from Pro Football Focus, and it is based on winds ah wins above average added, from the players in the draft.
00:15:38
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Cool? So this is your 2026 best NFL draft classes. As you can see, both of our focus has my Raiders at number one with the most by far, you know, 0.5 almost wins average above average added with the players. So really good draft there. i will say about my Raiders, I was hoping my brother D Cleasy would be able to join me to talk a little bit of Raiders, but The problem with the Raiders draft that I did not appreciate was ah we missed some chances there.
00:16:12
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In the second round, instead of, and ah this is no hate at all, against Trady and Stooks, the great cornerback out of Arizona. But I really wanted Denzel Boston at this point because we have no number one receiver and we needed a receiver for Kirk Cousins and Fernando Mendoza. And Denzel Boston, big body, six three would have been a perfect number one, you know, um ah X receiver.
00:16:38
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We don't have that now. For now, we're going to have to sign a free agent. Maybe I know you're talking about maybe Jawan Johnson from the 49ers, who's a free agent. So we'll see.
00:16:49
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ah What did you say there, AP? How embarrassing is it that you have to wear Raiders gear to hide being a Mets fan? Whoa, whoa, whoa. I love that. i love that I love that. here but was ho'd I love that. I was hoping you'd wear your Mets hat tonight.
00:17:06
Speaker
Your Mets hat tonight. Well, I mean, I mean, have no fear. The Mets have always... around uh we can always slip on a mets hat because we won eight to nothing tonight so ap you can take that and shove it up your biscuit house all right i got something for you ap hold on i got something you doing ap uh let me give you let me give you something here this is uh let's see which
Mets' Season Analysis and NBA Playoffs
00:17:34
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which one will be good for you i think uh don't mind it tonight he's he's he's
00:17:40
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Yeah, you know how Omar is.
00:17:51
Speaker
Mario Dessa. Because your take is booty. Anyways, okay, moving on. no I wish the Raiders would have done better, though, really, in terms of we went too much in depth of cornerbacks. We picked up two cornerbacks and two safeties. I know that our ah you know defensive backfield needed help.
00:18:11
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but we don't need that much help. And we needed ah depth at defensive tackle, offensive line. We didn't pick a tackle until the seventh round. Shout out to my brother, Brandon Cleveland, getting picked. I'm be hoping he's on the team. um ah But so anyways, the Raiders in my eyes could have done better. Again, this is not me being a homer. This came from pro football focus, not me, anybody tuning in. I agree. I do not think it was the best either. I would have had them in the top five. It would have probably been top three. No, no, Alan, this came from pro football focus itself.
00:18:44
Speaker
So this did not come from me. All I did was put the list into chat GPT and tell the style that I want, and this is what it came out with. um You know what, ah Chris?
00:18:55
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I ain't got no time for you. ah You can take one of these, my friend. No, I love you, Chris. Glad you're tuning in. Yeah, the Raiders are not going to be that much better. um I think they're going to have – I'm sorry I'm covering your face. a moreo I wish I could move it. I can't. I will next time. um But, yeah, i think I think the Raiders will have – look, with Kirk Cousins – no, hold on one second. First of all, ah ah that's hilarious. That's a little fantasy football inside joke. ah But that's actually you impeach. But anyways, Kirk Cousins coming to the Raiders. Let's talk about it.
00:19:29
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Look, I like this move. I like bringing Kirk Cousins in. I think that having Kirk Cousins ah to not only – don't want to say raise like he's a baby – but help Fernando Mendoza get acclimated to the game of football. You know what I mean? In order to, um you know, lead this team that isn't that great. The offensive line still isn't great.
00:19:55
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I know we signed Tyler Lindobar. We got, we got ah you know, we upgraded. But I think you need to start with Kirk Cousins back there. and And just go with that. Start with Kirk Cousins. Go from there.
00:20:08
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Take your time ah with the rookies. And so that way I'm not blocking Amul's face anymore. i had to fix that real quick. Take the time with the rookie. Let him learn under Kirk Cousins. And then if he needs to start for some reason, Kirk sucks, or he gets, God forbid, injured or anything, then you can throw the rookie in. If not, then he can come in next year, just like you did a la Aaron Rodgers. What do you think, Amul?
00:20:32
Speaker
ah I'm good with it. um i i would love to see your top five ah instead of you relying on pro focus, pro football focus. I'd love to see your and would well honestly would love to see where you place the Raiders draft.
00:20:50
Speaker
ah know they would they would still They would still have been in the top five for sure. and they probably And they probably would have been top three. But I will say that I really like the Jets and Giants draft.
00:21:03
Speaker
Both of those got excellent. know the Giants are in the top five here, but again, not my list. I think the Jets and Giants had excellent drafts, especially the Giants getting Arvel Reese to drop to them and then Francis Mongoi. Great alignment. You know, they're going have a really ah solid draft there. And then the Jets, you know, if they had luxury picks with the tight end there in round one that usually doesn't go that high, but they had a really good draft as well. Field holes. The Ravens, really good, rounded out their depth.
00:21:28
Speaker
Right. What they needed as a playoff team with Lamar Jackson was to make sure that they had the depth around the team. And Baltimore does a really good job at that. That's why Baltimore was always one of the best drafting teams. And they still are.
00:21:44
Speaker
I'm surprised that Caleb Downs fell the way he did. I'm surprised that. Yeah, i' I will. I will say that because first I thought we would get him, the commanders. I thought the commanders would get him.
00:21:55
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ah But I was actually kind of happy that the Giants whiffed, not once, but twice. A little sad that the Cowboys got him, but we got a good guy in Sonny Stiles. So, you know, we got a guy to replace Bobby Wagner for years and we're good to go there.
00:22:11
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ah But I don't know necessarily if I'd place a sixth, maybe, you know, seventh or eighth, perhaps, because... I think that we needed at least a corner. We only had, what is it, six picks that I see?
00:22:27
Speaker
We only had six picks. We needed a corner. And we needed a bigger wide receiver. I'm sorry, i will I'm not going to throw a complete shade on getting in on Antonio Williams, but, you know, he's 5'11", so he could be a Santana Moss type.
00:22:44
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But ah I felt like if we got like ah ah a Boston, then we would have been okay. Like a big body receiver who could be a number two. That's what we're missing. um I'm curious to know with with the Raiders, are you guys filling out the O-line? Because I haven't paid that much attention to ah you guys in the offseason.
00:23:05
Speaker
Are you guys going to be able to protect Mendoza? Well, you would have heard that we signed Tyler Lindemann to the Saints on the Ravens. Yeah, I we saw that. But aside from that...
00:23:17
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say we know We still have him. Well, we have him now and we have Colton Miller, you know, still one of the best tackles in the league. Shout out my UCLA brethren, eight clap. um And we got so we got a couple of young guys on the line. So we'll see what happens there. I think there's still ah just an around average line 15 to 20 in the league somewhere around there. So it needs to be better. But that's why I'm saying start Kirk Cousins for a year.
00:23:39
Speaker
He knows how to work with with bum lines. You know what I mean? That's true. Yeah, i do know that's true. I do agree with. He had one in dc to a degree would to an extent. Yeah, and I do agree with your commanders. I think that they had a really good draft. I think getting Sonny Stiles there where you did um yeah you know was ah was a really good pickup, and I think that you filled holes as well, similar to what the Ravens did. Now, I think the Ravens are a better team in general than the commanders at this point in time, but if we're going back a couple years ago, the commanders were playing the Detroit Lions in the ah in the whatever that was, second round of the playoffs.
00:24:15
Speaker
Yes, we I think we're playing them in the second round and we lost so i mean maybe we'll get back there soon someday maybe it'll be like it was when we were kids but we'll see if that actually happens i'm i'm taking a more measured approach because we did not do well last year and to only get one win 1.87 win wins above replacement yeah okay um that'll put us at what six and eleven maybe six yeah Weren't we 5-12 last year? um i don't I don't know. your I don't remember what your record was. that's I'm guessing. I'm going off of that. I believe it was something like five. Yeah, it was like five or six wins, I thought. If someone wants to correct me, I'll stand corrected. But, um you know, we can get seven wins. That'd be cool this year. ah But I want to see how the rest of the –
00:25:06
Speaker
uh that's what it was the nfc championship thank you Chris that's what I thought I just didn't want to be wrong so I said the second round I remember because I was at uh I was at uh bungalows in uh in uh what are you talking about are you talking to us are you talking to me beach said they beat the lines in the playoffs a mole lost in the nfc championship game to the Eagles there you go okay thank you thank you for the correction Thanks, Shane. down, Chris. Just because don't know your team like my team. I don't need to you know your team. I just remember I was there watching the game. i don't remember what damn game it was, but yes, it was the Conference Finals.
00:25:41
Speaker
Anyways, my whole point was to the Redskins fans now blowing up the chat. I mean, excuse me. The Commanders fans now blowing up the chat. okay. You may pass. It's okay. You're going to pass. Oh, I know. I grew up there. I know I do. Which, by the way, Peach, I completely agree with you. You and the Guardians got the shaft while the Braves and the Chiefs get to skate along like nothing's happening over there. But anyway, he's, um yeah, I thought y'all had a better draft. the only reason I put you below the Ravens is because the the former ah former name that we will not say a team.
00:26:15
Speaker
your You hate us? You still hate us? hated y'all since I was five years old when the Raiders beat the Red, beat the skit, beat the Commanders in the 83 Super Bowl when Marcus Allen had 83-yard run where my man around and did a pirouette yes and ran down their throats And the only hogs that were being cheered that day were the ones that the DC fans were sucking on because they sucked ass and we won the game. And that's how I became Raiders fan. First off, you were three years old. you were watching Sesame Street. Sorry, I'm going to say it. Sure.
00:27:04
Speaker
Sure. Sure. i I watched it. sir First of all, see, don't be trying to call us out by age. everybody know our government.
00:27:14
Speaker
First of all, don't do that. No, no, sorry. But ah I was four when I saw it. and so And I saw it. age yourself life I saw it on tape.
00:27:27
Speaker
On tape. In the basement of my neighbor's house. He had a big screen. One of those, big you know, people you that used to have projectors in their basement. Yes, they still do. And he put in a tape.
00:27:38
Speaker
And I remember sitting down in the basement floor. I was four years old. I'll never forget this. And he puts in the tape. And I watched this game. And I'm like, yeah, I'm a Raiders fan for life. Forget the former League Commanders.
00:27:50
Speaker
I mean, I saw it live. So, I mean, it is what it is. But, you know. didn't see it it's live? You're the same age I am. did you see it live? i think Dad put it on.
00:28:02
Speaker
Like, that's what happened. would've been two years old! You wouldn't have remembered that. This was 85, wasn't it? No, was 83. No, 83. No, I was... you know eighty three oh yeah no i was Maybe we'll see. Anyway, moving on.
00:28:15
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um to Peach, what kind of record what kind of record do you got? What kind of record you got, Peach? Chris, too, what record do you got? Yeah, Peach, tell us what kind of record you you got. He says, I love what they have done in the offseason and draft, but they neglected the offense, which I understand because the defense was so bad, but I'm worried about the offense, especially the wide receiver position. And it seems like they're depending way too much on getting Iyuk.
00:28:37
Speaker
They are. like why? They've been talking about Iyuk the entire time. What if we don't get him? You're going to rely on Burks, who, yes, makes spectacular catches, but like, and he's six three But, you know, I mean, we need is someone who's a bit more seasoned, you know, yeah in that spot, I think. your camera just have it Just to to play it all on Ayut and just say, hey, listen, we're gonna we're just going to wait for the 49ers to be like, we're done with you.
00:29:12
Speaker
They can take all the 49ers have all the cards in this case. You were talking about Vegas earlier. The 49ers are the house in this case and the commanders can't beat the 49ers. I don't think.
00:29:25
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And that's what ah that's what Chris was saying earlier, telling the 49ers to stop acting like an ex-girlfriend with IU. So I haven't heard these rumors, but I guess that means that ah the 49ers are, are they trying to maybe sign him back? Is that what ah we're saying?
00:29:41
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Maybe. Chris, wow, that's crazy, bro. 11-5? I mean, you better hope y'all are fully back to form like you were, and you better hope Mr. RG3. mr r g three I mean,
00:29:55
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excuse me uh jane daniels mr jayden daniels yeah the rg3 part two is uh gonna be healthy and stays healthy god god forbid he gets hurt again but uh eight eleven and five uh says and chelon burks was a first round pick i mean he was yes he was he's not he was but i think he needs to put on a little bit more muscle and then you should be good to go Shane Peach says eight to nine win ceiling. There you go. That's more realistic, Chris.
00:30:25
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Eight to nine win ceiling. Most like, I don't know about five and seven. That's a little low, bro. I think James will at least get you eight, nine wins at least. No, I agree with Shane. agree with Shane. Really? Given where we are. yes Given where we are, like eight and nine is the ceiling at the moment, but I'm going to say seven. I mean, like y'all said, you were in the championship game two years ago. How could your team be that much worse now?
00:30:49
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Well, I wouldn't say that we're that much worse. You remember what happened when RG3 first came on, right? He set the league on fire, just like Jaden did. So, like, we were playing with House Money the entire time.
00:31:01
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ah And so it didn't really surprise me. I'm not saying that was a flash of the pan. It certainly wasn't. It got everyone reengaged in the commanders and, you know, everyone realizing here and in the D.C. area that you don't just have the Nats. You don't just have the Caps. You got the commanders and they're the ones that started it all. Like they're the granddaddy of all the teams. um So we'll see when they move into the new stadium. I know they're going to move into the new stadium the next couple of years. But next year, I believe the draft is coming to D.C. So ah is yes are you are you coming to D.C.? Are you going to.
00:31:38
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Hey, I wrote I may bring the show on the road. I may be there to cover the draft. Hopefully so. We'll see. Maybe I'll be on ESPN by then. I'm going to talk it in. We're going manifest that.
00:31:50
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The sports professor on ESPN, Ball and Buzz. Call me ESPN. I love you all. I'm willing to work. almost for free. You got to at least go for and go for gu for Rich Eisen. Go for Rich Eisen. Rich. Yeah, he's back. Hey, Rich, call me in. Rich heney hosted SportsCenter the other day. for dead By the way, SBP, fellow Cherubin, baby, call me, man. Please bring me on the show. I would love it. Please, please. Anyways, before I keep begging, let's keep it moving. um So fun fact about Sonny Stiles, Sonny's father Lorenzo Stiles was a two-time first team All Big Ten linebacker at Ohio State and was drafted in the third round. And this is going to make you feel old. In 1995, his dad was drafted. Oh, wow. Okay.
00:32:35
Speaker
By the Falcons. And he won it. Yeah, he won a Super Bowl and super bowl with with the Rams. Okay. All right. Yeah, this was he won it in 99, right? With the Rams? Yeah, they won the Super Bowl 34, whatever 34 was. When Kurt Warner was it was at the helm, White Claws and Concussion. i'm pretty sure it was 99.
00:33:00
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White Claws and Concussion slash Mountain Dew. i Have you been having White Claws and Mountain Dew? ha I was super one year years. Oh, super bad schedule years ago.
00:33:14
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Played a lot of bad QBs and you all had a lot lot of last second wins. Yeah. Remember, because we talked about that a lot. um It was like the Pats last year and like the Bears last year. We would fall hard this year with a first place schedule. Ah, the first place schedule. Yeah.
00:33:28
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And the Roussini thing as a distraction. Now, look, I don't think that's going to be as much of a distraction for y'all as it will obviously be for the Patriots. But sure, yes, I think your team is ah involved. I forgot how you said it was involved, Peach.
00:33:40
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But I think your team is somehow involved with some, like, maybe she was hooked up with one of your, I think you said on the Sunday showdown with the guys that y'all are doing over there Clever D's channel. Now, ah y'all go check them out, tap them within. I think you said Roussini had hooked up with one of your people on the commanders, I think, to get, like, information. Let me let us know in the comments. I think it goes deeper than that because Roussini was originally, or at least I remember her being part of the DC contingent. on like yeah ESPN or something like that.
00:34:09
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So she was tied into like the local um sportscasters. So before she went national, um so um there might be that angle as well. I didn't know there was like another, i was totally prepared to like come on and talk about Rossini and Vrabel. I mean, hey, um I guess you, you more than welcome to you. I don't like to talk other people's business like that, but I know that you wanted to. So please go ahead and give your takes. All I, I'm gonna i'm in say it from this angle. All I know is that that the other pictures that came out, the whoever took those photos, like, is getting sued.
00:34:46
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but That's all I know. it's du wait way clay yeah are going to Why you other people's privacy like that? This. is like and the guys of the photo This. This. The guy that took the photo said, oh, well, I thought it was him and his wife.
00:35:02
Speaker
Well, even if you thought it was him his wife, there's more reason you shouldn't have been taking photos of them. Why you are you all doing this? Unless you're at conventions and they paid to be there, you should probably leave celebrities alone.
00:35:15
Speaker
In my opinion, you should probably unless you're like thank you walking on the streets of New York and you just happen to run into Bill Maher. That's a story for a different time. If you if look, it's fine to ask celebrities for pictures. It's fine to you know, as long as they're not eating dinner, as long as they're not using the bathroom or doing with their families, it's OK.
00:35:35
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But yeah the at the same time, you should not be taking private pictures of people in a bar kissing Especially if you don't know who they are or if if you try to be underhanded and you really did know who they were. Because if you knew who Mike Vrabel was, I'm pretty sure who you knew who the hell Diana Wuccini was. yeah Whoever you are, pick your person. you're ah You're not a good person for that.
00:36:00
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Photographer. Also, what the hell was that angle? I'm sorry if you're an actual photographer. I'm sorry. I'm going to speak as a photographer now. What the hell was that angle? Like, if you're looking to get a photo and sell it to TMZ, get a better angle. It's green. Get a better angle. Don't sell that. You sold it. Fine. You sold it for 50 bucks in a pair of socks. But, like, you know, what are you doing? Like, what are you really doing? Oh, that's right. That's what you said, that she was sleeping with her.
00:36:31
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mclaughlin your your gm at the time okay got it got it uh says and that's where i think she was tied in because i thought she was doing the beat with uh on fox on fox five for a little while i have memory i never knew she was in dc i never knew that yeah shame shane cross referenced this with me because it was either dc or or wjla um i know you're listening but um of course correct me on that if can can they get sued and lose there in public so they're allowed to take pics and or film no he's not gonna get i'm not saying he's gonna lose but they may have to like settle some kind of actually why am i answering this i've got a lawyer literally in the house with me right now so help us out on this legal question so um well it's legal not legal but um you yes you are in the public domain so they're allowed to take pics and be filmed you're right
00:37:25
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But it also comes from a moral and a values code. Morals code and a values code. That maybe you should probably leave people alone when people are having dinner or doing whatever. You are right, though. Like, can they get sued or lose? Absolutely. The case can be thrown out um and might get thrown out based on spec.
00:37:45
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But I'm not that person's lawyer. So we'll see. I am not a lawyer. Please do not ask me for lawyer advice. and And I am not a crook.
00:37:56
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How's that for political humor? That's a really old, yeah, you want me to bring up like a Connery impression now? I thought you would like the Richard Nixon film. I did like the Tricky Dick impression. I did like, I'm very impressed indeed, gosh. Gosh, I'm very impressed at your Tricky Dick impression.
00:38:17
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yeah i agree a go I agree it's legal, but it's not right. And I think there is some kind of probably civil statute, isn't there? where Yeah, there's a civil it's a civil suit. Yeah, a civil suit can be brought.
00:38:29
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So it's, you know, like it's legal. There'll probably be a civil suit brought up and we'll see what happens. Like, honestly, going to take pictures, take better ones.
00:38:43
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stop relying on i mean i've got an old phone i guess at this point but like stop relying on like an iphone 5 to take photos if it's going to be that granny or an android from like five years ago but again isn't that that the great investigative photos how's it for a a throwback silk stockings photo or a uh don't make me pull out my full frame camera i will pull out my full frame camera and point it hey i know peach would know this i know peach would know this but you might know this too uh you're a nerd peach is not as much of a nerd as you are but y'all both we're both nerds i know this uh the duck the duck that was the cartoon duck uh after silk stockings that was the comedy on uh on whatever channel that was
00:39:30
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You don't remember that? The duck, he was like Wasn't he like an investigator or something too? It was like a really raunchy like... Marvel bought him up and he showed up in like Marvel movies.
00:39:43
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Was that Duck Eye? Was that the name of it? That was the name of the show? but I don't know if it was Duck Eye. I don't know. Howard the Duck? Is that who you're thinking of? Howard the Duck was the movie. I'm talking about the show that came after Silk Stockings on a USA.
00:39:59
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think was u That I don't know. No, that that that the e you eu yeah that is not... No, I don't know that that show. Investigative... Now we're looking this up live. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to...
00:40:13
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on USA after silk stockings, which by the way, if y'all silk stockings, what a tremendous show. Also, if you're a pure breasted corny team, also fun to watch.
00:40:26
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ah Just talking about for a friend, not for me. um Let's see. ah Detective duck, it looks like. Duck detective. Duck detective. Something like that. Is going give us the right name? Is anyone to give us the right name on this show?
00:40:45
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I know I didn't just imagine this damn show. I know i didn't imagine this show. Hold on, Mike. Hold on. you're just you're just You just got the Mandela effect. That's what it is. He said, I promise you, softcore guy. I'm not going lie. Hey, little pubescent teen, pre, if I could speak tonight, pre pubescent teen action. Yeah, Silk Stockings was a little, I don't know what that was. Anyways. i i don't I don't see it, but I'm sure i'm sure it was a good show.
00:41:18
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um it definitely happened yeah i know that happened i know at some point in my life that i know i'm not making this shit up i know i'm not i don't think you are i don't think you are i think just the the name will actually come to you it'll be fine if that if it wasn't a duck detective i want you to uh the show okay so yeah i get I'm great I get to describe this again.
00:41:39
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So it was a show after Silk Stockings and it was a duck and he was like a raunchy duck and he was like a private investigator and he like slept with women and like cursed a lot. I know you know a show I'm talking about. I know you know, Pete, you're going to come through in the clutch for me on this one. I know it. All right.
00:41:59
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Throw out a a football player that got drafted and I'll give you a fun fact about them. a football player that got drafted any of them anybody okay ah two seconds uh um Okay,
00:42:23
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okay you know what? You could have been just just told told me something easier. I don't know how to spell that. Moving on. Never mind. Sunny Stiles. Sunny Stiles. I already gave you one about Sunny Stiles. It was Duck Man. Duck Man, not Duck Guy, Chris.
00:42:37
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Duck Man. Peach beat you to it. Don't even try that. I see Peaches first. Duck Man, that's what it was. Not Duck Man. Although, same thing pretty much, Chris. so so i give yeah Peach gets 20 points to his chosen Harry Potter house.
00:42:53
Speaker
Yes, yes. Duck Man. That's still something that we do on the show. I really thought you would have known that show, Amu. I really thought that would have been down your alley. I knew Darkwing Duck. I knew Darkwing Duck.
00:43:06
Speaker
I knew Howard the Duck. But I never i don't think i ever watched Duck Man. So well, as you mentioned, sorry, Charlie, ah just to let everybody know there was a record attendance in Pittsburgh. Shout out my brother, Klitsch, me, Pat McAfee.
00:43:20
Speaker
Hit me up, brother. Just get a brew and talk some business. 805,000. Yeah, was just going to say that for now, Washington, D.C. next year is well to hit over a million people for show. Also next year in the draft, the potentially loaded 2027 quarterback class with Arch Manning, Dante Moore and Moore, no pun intended. It might be five or six first day QBs just like we had in 2024. So we're looking at a really good class there. But you never know these days.
00:43:58
Speaker
You know, you never know. One of the mocks says Arch Manning going to the Cardinals. Okay, well, I mean, they they need a QB after getting rid of Kyler Murray. He's now up in Minnesota fighting with JJ McCarthy for snaps.
00:44:11
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Shane says, the best part of the show, Duckman was the voice. Oh, that's right. Jason Alexander from Seinfeld. That's right. He was the voice of Duckman. Yes, that's right. We're going to solve this real quick. We're going to solve it. those that want to stream Duckman, let's see if it's available on streaming.
00:44:31
Speaker
Oh, yes, let me know. I got every streaming platform, so I can definitely get into that. It was like a little Rick and Morty before it came out. Yeah, okay. I haven't really watched much much of Rick and Morty. Not going to lie. Duckman is available on Paramount Plus, Prime Video, and Pluto TV.
00:44:48
Speaker
I got all three. right The complete series is available for digital purchase on Amazon and Fandango at home. I would recommend getting the DVDs if you can't. if you are able to, DVDs, Blu-rays, whatever. school So have you been using DVDs a lot lately? Because I found my DVDs in storage and I was going to start using them again. I'm thinking about it i was I've been leaning back more towards possibly giving Blu-rays just, you know, as and when I need them.
00:45:16
Speaker
I have limited storage here the apartment, but I have storage, you know, in other areas and I can go ahead and do that, you know, like go ahead and store DVDs. But no, more or less, I've been streaming.
00:45:27
Speaker
But for certain things like vinyl, I've got a pretty robust vinyl collection, including your favorite artist, ty Taylor Swift. I've got a one album of hers. Yeah. um ah and Now you want me to dig through my crane? I don't know which one I have. I don't need you DITC in on the program. Don't worry. Just hit me up. there Chris H says, by the way, your boy McAfee got a receipt coming for CM Punk.
00:45:52
Speaker
Hey, WrestleMania was wild, bro. It was even better live like your boy was because I am a superstar and y'all are all marks. Sit your ass All right. Yeah, I wish you had baller money like me. You say that, but will you tune in to Jerome Powell's final mixtape of his term tomorrow?
00:46:14
Speaker
If you won't, then are you really baller? I mean, I may be recording my own new album. Yes, your boy the street professor is working on a new album. His magnum opus called Serenity Pass.
00:46:27
Speaker
It will be out next year. I got a whole bunch of artists joining me, famous artists that I got to jump on the album with me. So, and some of my friends from old times. So look forward to that. Pete says DVDs are the best with this. I mean, these motherfuckers charge, change things and cut things out. I was watching Roseanne Roseanne. That's what what a great show. And there seems there seems before she went on some racial rampage Roseanne. yeah There are scenes missing on streaming. That's all I know. Well, yeah, that's exactly why it's missing on streaming because Roseanne went missing after she had that racist rant of hers. Like, look, we don't have to agree on politics, but you also don't have to be an asshole and not like people because of their race or their minority or their religion or whatever.
00:47:13
Speaker
they doesn't even exist. and they're they're cutting scenes across tv shows like i gotta think for a while i mean we all know what happened with bill cosby but like a lot of like and stuff was cut from his show friends keep going like i can keep going like i think the x-files some stuff was so it just because he overdosed I think it might be because he overdosed or then they just think you might as well take everything off of streaming ever, because if you think that most of these rock stars and actors have never done drugs or you're you're very much tripping hard.
00:47:51
Speaker
I mean, I'm not disagreeing with you, but that's what these streaming services want to do now is that they basically want cut for time. And it makes you want to go get like, I don't the seven season, you know, series of like suits or something on DVD. I mean, look, I understand if it's racist or really, really bad, I guess, sexually or something like that. But what are you going to do? Go rate it. Everything from Beavis and Butthead. Like, what are we really talking about?
00:48:19
Speaker
I don't know. Shout out to Chris Oba. Oba. oh oh love fey oh man that entrance the trick Williams entrance and the Usos entrance were the top three entrances the whole crowd I know it didn't look like it because I watched the replay on ESPN I know it doesn't look like it on TV but the whole place was going bananas um anyways all right cool here's I got a question for you um that's that's slightly back on topic Spencer Fano do you remember Josh Fano
00:48:52
Speaker
Yeah. Our elementary school days. is Yes, sir. and cherry I'm curious if they're related. i'm curious if they're related. Interesting. Interesting. Yeah. i don't know.
00:49:04
Speaker
I know. Interesting. That could be. But hey, shout out to Josh. fander You know what's really funny about that is earlier when I was trying to remember Michael Michael D's name, I was thinking of Josh Fano first. ah Josh Fano. What am I? Oh, man. One of our oldest friends. haven't seen Josh in a long time, but I love Josh. Me neither. was great.
00:49:22
Speaker
Hopefully he's doing well. Shout out Josh. um Everyone's doing well, man. his his Yeah, his mother was very nice to me. Everybody back in Silverville. Shout out. Says, why does Barney get to drug women in How I Met Your Mother, but Crosby gets heat for, I mean,
00:49:37
Speaker
I mean, I don't I don't know. i don't know I don't know what sick. Yeah, it sure was. jacket Yeah, that was great. It went down the whole entryway. don't know how much they paid for that. I mean, it had to be fake. I mean, it couldn't be real, obviously.
00:49:53
Speaker
Extensions, maybe? i mean, it had to be because it it was like his whole coat went down the whole WrestleMania entranceway, which is like probably like half a football field. It was like a robe like following. Yeah. It was pretty great. He had ah he was wearing a house coat, as they used to say. a Very, very long one.
00:50:12
Speaker
All right, cool. Well, let's keep it moving on. um Wait, who did you say earlier, by the way? um oh that's what no no you're Spencer Fano. You wanted me to give a name.
00:50:25
Speaker
no no we talked about you yep okay well oh oh yeah you did say spin okay hold on one second i'm gonna give you let's give you a fun fact on sp i got see i got the beast up here from the athletic shout out the athle i also said carnell tate i thought you were pulling this from your from like your memory come on man no why would i why would i know these things off the top my head that makes no sense bro because you can easily remember of them um Not just all of these random facts. Now you got me looking for, I can't even find, there he is.
00:50:55
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pitch fan el Let's see.
00:51:00
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He has four uncles that played in the NFL. Holy cannolis. Talk about good news. Okay, so maybe tangentially related to Josh Vando, perhaps. I highly doubt it. I don't remember Josh having any football player family, but maybe.
00:51:12
Speaker
And then you said... Second cousins, third cousins. Yeah, Carnell Tate. Let me give you a fun fact about Carnell Tate. His fun fact is He says that if he would watch one movie for the rest of his life.
00:51:29
Speaker
Oh, this is you bum. Carnell, fast and the furious, fast and the furious. You, you Vin Diesel bum. You Vin Diesel. What?
00:51:41
Speaker
Get up. Get out of here. You're not, you're not about family. You're not about family. Oh, is that what you're doing now? Are you part of the, are you part of the family? Is that what you're about to say?
00:51:53
Speaker
Are you part of the family? Go ahead say it. I'm part of a different family, but you know what I mean. Do you have a Vin Diesel? Do you have Vin Diesel impression? No, I don't. I do not have Vin Diesel impression. I haven't been working on it at all. It's all a part of the family. I don't know if that was like a half Godfather, half Vin Diesel mixture. That was half Godfather, half... Yeah, what are you... Are you doing Pacino from The Godfather? Ah!
00:52:18
Speaker
ah ah By the way, great movie. yes i watched I rewatched Heat the other day with Pacino and De Niro. What a tremendous movie. Heat's amazing. provey then What a tremendous movie. That's made me ask. Okay, i want to ask you a question then.
00:52:33
Speaker
Not like what movie would you watch over and over again, but what modern movie that you like do you actually really want to see? Or have you seen that has just stuck with you?
00:52:44
Speaker
like recently or in the theaters or what in the theaters or streaming well see I watch a lot I watch a lot of uh hold on I watch a lot of horror movies so I gotta a things hurt in my ears I'm gonna turn my thing on um I watch a lot of horror movies so a lot of them uh you know no one's gonna really why is this no one's all right say something real quick Check one, check two. oh Ground control to the moon.
00:53:17
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I'll be right back because... That's all right. I'll carry it for the usual. so Can you hear me now? we're Yes, I can hear you now. Can i hear me? can not hear you though. Okay, hold on one second.
00:53:30
Speaker
You might need to. Yeah, let jump back out and jump back in. Keep talking for 2.5 seconds. I'll be right back. so i was gonna ask i was asking him that question while we're waiting for um to jump back in i was gonna suggest or sinners oh um because sinners for me from a cinematic standpoint <unk> talking for a second was fabulous uh just the way it was shot just the way and i have i have other friends who can speak better on this than I can, but the way it was shot cinematically, the way it took you from a visual aspect, what you were seeing, and then
00:54:11
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how that the dancing scene that won so many awards ah just, you know, kind of blew my mind. Plus I'm a fan of the blues. ah And I do believe BB King was, ah think that was his last role. So Sinners for me would be the movie that I would more than likely rewatch. I think I have it on DVD at this point.
00:54:39
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I think I do. um As far as other shows, I've been watching, I got through Suits. I got through Billions. Billions is f freaking amazing.
00:54:52
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How many people out there watching Billions? What are you guys watching right now? I'll pop into YouTube to see if you guys having each have any, have any, uh,
00:55:07
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But as far as TV shows, that's what I've been watching. I'll say this. I'm going to start early a little bit on the um on the Red Sox talk. I know we're we're saving that for the end.
00:55:19
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But
00:55:23
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I've talked to some of my friends who are both, you know, they're they're Red Sox fans. They didn't want to see bad news happen to, you know, our hometown team. ah and others that were, you know, just joyous. I'll save the illusions for later.
00:55:40
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But ah it was very much a split community in regards to what's going to, you know, who they, you know, ah whether how we felt about Korra.
00:55:52
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ah Personally, um and I'll save some of my other stuff for later, the illusions and such, I just felt like it was time. ah you're you know you're You're at a job for a certain amount of time. You think about retiring. You think about, hey, I could stay there forever.
00:56:10
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But inevitably, you lose some of the, ah I guess, the magic that you had before. couple years back, i was at Fenway, and they had ah Bernardino opening.
00:56:23
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And this is back when they were using openers. And I was like, what are you doing ah Between that, between the mismanagement of the bullpen and just not being able to connect with the younger players, I think that's what effectively did Cora in.
00:56:41
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ah So we will see how the Sox do moving forward. There is some talk that, you know, we might win the...
00:56:54
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World Series next year, i don't hold much credence to that just yet. i want to see if we can actually build out our bullpen. ah And if we can, great. If not, then c'est la vie.
00:57:10
Speaker
You know, well there's always next year. ah But there's one... ah Yeah, Jared Carrabas, shout out to Jared Carrabas, who posted this tweet a couple of days ago, actually yesterday, said that ah went back to 2003 when the Sox fired Grady Little and then the Sox won the World Series the next year, ah followed it up with 2012 in 2013 and then 2017 and 2018.
00:57:38
Speaker
then twenty seventeen twenty eighteen ah when they fired Feral and then they won the World Series the next year. So we'll see what happens. 2027 is also scheduled to be a lockout year.
00:57:49
Speaker
So for anyone who's planning on going down to spring training, ah my suggestion would be, you know, save your money for right now. I have feeling there's going to be a lockout coming.
00:58:01
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ah Without going too much into other things, because I think Omar, yeah, I think Omar is still... Okay. Anyway, um there has been some talk. I'm going to move it over to ah go back to the NBA for a second.
00:58:19
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I'm curious to know what you guys have been thinking about ah the NBA playoffs thus far. ah Celtics are certainly doing decently well, even though they lost ah last last tonight.
00:58:35
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um But um how are we all feeling?
00:58:43
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I can't.
00:58:47
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I can't. Maybe it's under.
00:58:53
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Trying to pull up the live stream so that way we'll be good to go. I can't find the live stream. All right. ah Well, if you're on YouTube. Almost there.
00:59:05
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Okay. if you're on youtube i'm going to try to see if the comments are on there where are you pulling the comments from where are you pulling the comments from uh over on my side they're on my side okay they're on the admin yeah don't worry about that okay um all right never mind so chris i i have been i have been yeah i've been talking i've been talking a lot about entertainment stuff a little bit of red sox stuff and i was just about to get into the kd uh to dc thing um go Chris Haynes said watch weapons on HBO. Yeah. Director is from Manassas. Your wife knows him. I watched it. I was not very happy with the ending.
00:59:44
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I thought it could have been a better ending. um But you know, hey, a lot of people did like the the movie in general was good. I was just disappointed by the ending. I thought it could have been better and it took away from the the movie the movie quality.
00:59:55
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ah says he's up for multiple awards. Yeah, like I said, a lot of people have to say it was good. Shane said, you should have talked to Dan Howzen to take the curse off your match. Hey, we won 8-0 today. So shout out to my Metropolitans. Hopefully it's over. No, look, where our season's done.
01:00:10
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Our season is done. Soto was hurt the first two weeks. He comes back and then Lindor gets hurt with the same injury. We're cursed this year. There's only been, i think i think it was...
01:00:22
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31 teams in history have had 12-game losing streak and none of them ever made the playoffs. Or no, there was like two. Was it two? Might have been one or two. Yeah. That made the playoffs. So it's very, very hard to do. And the worst part about it is, is that the beginning of our c or the beginning of our um our schedule was the easy part.
01:00:43
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We played all shitty teams to begin our season. So if we are this bad now against crappy teams, there's who says we're going to be anything against the better teams when we're playing them down? Now, thankfully, the Phillies. Well, you've got the Nats. The Nats are coming. I'm going to go into a Mets-Nats game.
01:00:59
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in a couple weeks. So, you know. Should be able to for a a dollar and a paperclip. That's not the way it works. Anyway, too horrible team so so I know someone. He's my investment guy. Shout out to Chris.
01:01:13
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um Who is also a Mets fan. and he and i were talking about you actually recently and i mentioned how you were a mets fan and he was like listen first and foremost like he used to go to games all the time with his wife when he was in new york now he's in tampa but uh um he was like hey listen you know it's a long season You're going to win some.
01:01:38
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you're definite We're definitely going to lose some. Like, try not to worry about it, which I know you can do, but that's his take. I'm not worried because the season's over. I've already proclaimed it over. There's no way. The season's not over. It's his point. And I trust him because and I'm not going to say I don't trust you, but like, you know,
01:01:55
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I kind of trust him in this regard. Whose name is the sports professor and has a live TV show featuring themselves as the sports expert? Huh? I mean, sure. i Sure, who gets me back on investment returns?
01:02:12
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I don't know. Geico? Geico? I don't know. No, no, no, no, not that, not that, not the half that. Affleck? Affleck! No. Affleck! All right, anyway.
01:02:24
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um No Affleck? No like Duck? No Affleck. I don't do Affleck, man. You know the impressions I do. well You've known for years. Anyway, um has anyone seen Billions, aside from me, or I the only one out there?
01:02:40
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and We got some people commenting, and now that Omar's going to comment back up. Has any anyone seen what? Billions? Yeah, Billions. It was on Showtime for years. And I just dreamed like i streamed the whole series recently.
01:02:52
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Wow. yeah I haven't. But if anybody else has, let us know in the comments. I don't watch series because they take too much time. And I don't want to be investing time into a series having to watch five, six, 10, 12 seasons. Ain't nobody got time for that. That's why I like it. Says the man who liked Duckman for years. Well, I mean, I said I liked Duckman. You didn't have to watch every episode. It was a comedic show where you could just come in and out.
01:03:20
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That's what I'm saying. I don't want to have to watch all these. So I don't even, I won't even watch a show if it's more than five seasons. And so, and that's why I also wait till the shows are done.
01:03:31
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So I know how many seasons I have to watch. So like Stranger Things, I haven't even watched yet. And if it goes to a sixth season, it's getting very... yeah It's done. It's done. Spoiler alert, I'm not in it. I thought I was going to be in it in 2018.
01:03:44
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Turns out I was not. So we've moved on. Yeah. You don't remember this? I lived in Atlanta in 2018. So I used to walk by where they were filming. you've never we've never talked about this before i think what you were just gonna be some so you were gonna be some rando in the in the in the back crowd is that what you're saying honestly yeah there were a couple places where they were were not only stranger things but other marvel movies at the time were filming and you would just walk behind and if you know they're lucky enough to catch you then great if not then say lovey i think i think adele has something to say for you hello
01:04:23
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John Cena!
01:04:30
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I said that to you the other night. It still cracks me up and so you know That's a good one. All right. Let's get back on topic. Chris Haynes says, why tie Simpsons in the first round to the Rams?
01:04:42
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um It's not like you drafted. Yeah, when you drafted Kerry Collins in our fantasy draft. Why tie Simpsons to the Rams? Because the Rams didn't, because Les Snead didn't know what the hell he was doing.
01:04:54
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Sorry, are we allowed to curse? Sorry. My bad. He didn't know what he was doing. That's why. Because Les Snead was, Les Snead basically let Nike, I mean, I don't know where Nike is now, you know, Bill Belichick's dog. I don't know where Bill Belichick's dog is now, but like, Les Snead let Nike make the pick.
01:05:13
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That's what happened. Yeah, I heard i heard that. Les Snead made the pick. That's why Sean McVay did not look very happy. There's no need to draft him. After the pick was made, I agree.
01:05:25
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No need to draft him whatsoever. That's a luxury pick. You needed receiver. You should have got Makai Lemon at that point. If not, there were multiple other people out there that could have helped your team for this year when you're trying to win a championship in what could be Matt Stafford's last year.
01:05:44
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You could have waited and got many other quarterbacks. Now, look, is Ty Simpson going to be good? I don't think so. I think he's an average at best high career backup in my opinion. But some people, my boy Bobby G, shout out hosting me in Vegas, thinks he's going to be better than Fernando Mendoza.
01:05:58
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I don't believe so. But, you know, some people want to say that. But look, If you're going to sit him for a year like we're doing with Mendoza and you think that it's going to work out and it actually does, then great. In the long run, that's fine.
01:06:12
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But if it costs you win it if you if the opportunity cost is you losing or not winning the championship this year, then that's way worse in my opinion. Unless you're planning unless you're prime on throwing him on the field as like a tight end.
01:06:30
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If you're planning on throwing Ty Simpson on the field as a tight I totally doubt that. I highly doubt that. They're not going to do that. They're not throwing his soft asses. Tight end. My boy would be crushed in 2.5 seconds. He would lose a speed. I was thinking like arch comes across the middle and hits him with a roman reign spear i would just thinking of the quarterback that that does that. What's his the travel um
01:06:57
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tribal chief around here yeah you see me the caseable chief that's right
01:07:04
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All right, let's move it on because it's already been an hour and we are not even, we haven't even, we just got through NFL. Jeez Louise. Yeah. um All right, let's get into it. Let's go talk a little basketball.
01:07:16
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We got a little playoff update. I got the bracket here. Let me add that. Boom. Got a little bracket action here. So this is the updated bracket as of today.
01:07:27
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um So as you see here, oh, wait a second. That's not the one. There it is. All right, cool. So as you see here, we got the bracket going on. OKC swept the sun. Sorry, Clubber D. And as well, we've got you know all the other series are OK so far.
01:07:46
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um The Rockets have been a disappointment. The Magic have been a disappointment, both down 3-1. The Knicks are whooping ass right now. I think they may be about to win the game. They were up 20 last I checked over the Hawks, but that's been a good back-and-forth series. My Celtics lost tonight.
01:08:03
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It's now 3-2. Them over the Sixers, I still don't see us losing. spurs are up three to two over the blazers uh wolves up three to two over the nuggets surprisingly yokich has been held down by the wolves the stifle tower rudy gobert who also started covet around the world i'm just messing um uh that's a throwback that is a throwback you remember when he rubbed all the microphones when he was in utah Yeah, I remember that.
01:08:32
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And then the next week we were all lockdown and it was like, you asshole Rudy Gobert, you French That's exactly how it happened. That's exactly how it happened. That's exactly how it happened. No, I'm not joking, but it is how it happened. But anyways, what do you think You know what Ernie Johnson called him? You know what Ernie Johnson called him? The Shaquille O'Neal of the modern era.
01:08:52
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That's wild. He was he was trolling Shaq. Thank God. and god Thank God. All right. What do you think about the playoffs so far? Any thoughts? I want, okay. What do we know about Victor Weminiata's injury? Can he come back? Is because that sort of hinges upon my response. he played love if it If he played last game, looks like he's going to play the next game too.
01:09:19
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um I want, I want Victor to to kind of, think they'll beat the the Blazers. Wolves pull off the upset. Lakers stave off on their time um only because KD is like deciding it's Cancun time already, i guess.
01:09:38
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um And has, you know, ah and OKC's already moved on. ah Detroit at this point is a pretender. As much as I want them to be a contender, they're, I'm sorry, you're you're you're done.
01:09:52
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ah
01:09:56
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I'm going go down the Knicks series. Knicks and Celtics. As far as the Cavs, Raptors go, who's up in that series? ah The Cavs, I think, are up 3-2 or it might be tied 2-2. That's the only one that I'm not like tied much into. Give me the Cavs. I'll take the Cavs on that. as far as as your yeah Just give us this. Give us your NBA finals and your champion. How about that? Give us that. and If NBA Finals, if Victor stays healthy, then I'm going to have for the Finals probably the Spurs. you with a
01:10:36
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Give me the Spurs and Celtics. All right. But then but then the Celtics to win. own these now And then Victor is not healthy...
01:10:49
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Give me the T-wolves. And just to shake things up, don't hate me for doing this, but ah let's go Knicks. ah And then let's have the Wolves win it.
01:11:03
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If Victor is not, if Victor ends up, yes. Yes, that's where I'm going. you There's only one person that ever gets a caveat on this show, and you are not him, sir. So save your caveats for later. You get one pick.
01:11:16
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All right. Anyways. You asked me. You asked me who I thought. I told you if Victor was in. One NBA finals pick and a chance. Yes. I didn't ask you for both. Yes, and I quantified it. I said if Victor is healthy, if he's not healthy. There were two different directions I was going with that. He already played.
NBA Controversies and Proposals
01:11:32
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He's healthy. All right. Also, I should get the caveat because I've known you for ages.
01:11:36
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Who is going to be the MVP? Shy or Yoko.
01:11:42
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Ooh. If Victor is healthy, Victor. If not, give me Ant.
01:11:49
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Also, Rookie of the Year. ah who Wait, what did you just say? Ant. There's only two in the voting process, okay? It's Yoko and SGA. There's no one else even involved in the voting process.
01:12:05
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one of the four Why do you keep drawing outside the lines? You're one those kids that used to draw outside the lines when you were in class, weren't you? Bum, I think pick two. Jokic or SGA?
01:12:19
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By the way, i love i do you guys do love it when he does this, right? I've known him but one of the longest, probably. Omar doing this is just classic, isn't it? Jokic or SGA?
01:12:33
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Stop talking. Oh, sorry. SGA. My bad. SGA. My bad. SGA. I got SGA too. Rookie of the year. What'd you think about this? I picked Cooper flag to win the rookie of the year. He did, but a lot of people are surprised. of saying con caneple should have won. It was the closest finish in 25 years. Flag received 56. I don't think it was that close though. I know 26 points separated them, but that's a lot of first place votes to separate. That's a lot of first place. Yeah. No, that's not close.
01:13:02
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thought vj edgecom was better which was probably the the beat writer in philadelphia for being completely probably probably shout out to the beat writer in philadelphia you probably picked him good for you um good what do you think of i'm fine with cooper i'm fine with cooper I hope Adam Silver is happy. That's just what I'm going to say. i hope Adam Silver is happy. i know what you're talking about, and I am right there with you, my brother. Oh, There ain't no conspiracy theory anymore, Adam Silver. We see what you are doing, okay? And the ghost of David Stern just floating through your attic, just telling you what to do at night. We see what you're doing, sir. We see you.
01:13:44
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of All right, let's keep it moving. More NBA news that came out today. lot of NBA news coming out today. So first of all, we've got new news on the front of the federal charges for the bribery.
01:13:59
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So it came out yesterday. about Chauncey Billups being charged formally. And then it came out that Terry Rozier is facing even more charges for soliciting, accepting bribes and other things. As we remember, I talked about on this here program, the professor Seminole Mente about the the charges and how these they were running a gambling ring and a legal gambling ring where they were using like they were using all this high-tech equipment amul like they were using like scanners under the table to to check cards and all this yeah what did you get that craziness i mean i think if you can get away with it go for it but wow why coming from a man of probably that's not what i expected you probably shouldn't you probably shouldn't it's not what you've ever told me why didn't you tell me that advice i like that advice
01:14:52
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Because the reason why could give that advice is because I'm not the one doing it. Now, if you were to be like, hey, Amul, would you ever do this? Probably not. um I'm a really smart guy.
01:15:05
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Actually, legal extraordinaire, I don't think that's solid legal advice. First, I am not a legal extraordinaire. I like to play one on TV, but I'm not a legal extraordinaire. Yes. and You know, i I think that they, I mean, should they have done it?
01:15:20
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No, but they did and they got caught. If you're going to do something, don't get caught. way If you're going to get caught, if you know you're going to get caught, if you know what you're doing is wrong, don't do it.
01:15:33
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You know, that's going say. mean, it's kind of hard to run an illegal gambling. It's kind of hard to run an illegal gambling ring with a bunch of people and not expect to get caught at some point, especially with the. omin It's going to catch up to you. It's going to come out. Have some rules, have some values. Like stop, you know, mucking about.
01:15:51
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And already, if you've got a decent life. Nah. Yeah. You already got enough money that you really don't need to be doing. Yeah. Right. Like. You're retired NBA point guard, Chauncey. Like, you know. I love Mr. Chauncey Phillips. Terry Rozier, you're a retired, what, shooting guard? He's not retired, but he's a damn. Yeah, I guess he is.
01:16:16
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He is now. were revered in Portland, and now they won't open the door for you. um I mean, like he really thought – I mean, he's a former Celtic too. I love Terry Rozier. But like he thought that ah that telling somebody he was going to be sick and then having massive amounts randomly bet on the game that he gets pulled out of because he's like that – come on, bro. They're going to flag something like that. Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't just don't do that.
01:16:40
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It's a risk just not worth thinking. Yeah. Or at least tell them two weeks before. You know what I mean? Like, let them know, like, hey, in a couple of weeks, I'm going to just bet like a little bit or something. I don't know. no Come clean. i'm Come clean. You know, I mean, I shouldn't be telling people to do this. I'll put it like this. I'll put it like this. Gambling has become such a big thing in our sports, right?
01:17:03
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I'm clean to the commissioner. Let him know you're doing it. So at least... you know, he's here, the but they have alerted the commissioner's office and maybe just maybe you'll skirt by with a fine.
01:17:15
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But, you know, because it's, it's it would in that case in that frame, I'm thinking that it would still be under the gambling umbrella that the NBA, the NHL, everyone else already, you know, is okay with.
01:17:28
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But if you're betting on games like, you know, you were back, like people were back in the day, um like in baseball you know that's you know i don't know i mean but by the same token pete rose should already be in the hall you know the hall of fame that's a different you know but that's a different ball wax we can cover later but yeah just anyway next question um cool uh moving in on to the next thing there also other big news today was tanking um they are now going to or the governors voted on instituting some anti-tanking proposal for the draw draft lottery which yeah is termed three two one lottery this expands the lottery teams to 16 teams with flattened odds in a relegation zone where the bottom three teams would be penalized with fewer lottery balls and the lottery balls are the ones that if you get picked obviously if if you don't know then you get the number one pick and then they pick those different lottery balls out of the basket and does them corresponding with the number pick that you get this is going to start in the 2027 draft there's been a lot of talk about tanking this year including your dc wizards formerly known as the bullets what do you think about this proposal
01:18:53
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First, props to them. Okay, here's what I really think. I'm not going to BS around. like It seems like they're doing this to to include some play-in teams, which is nice because the play-in teams, I'm sorry, like i love the tournament. I i really do love this the the tournament that they have, the NBA Cup, but the play-in team should probably be in the lottery, as it were.
01:19:15
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um I can accept that. Props to the whoever came up with the the phrase 3-2-1 system because you you got it from 3-2-1 contact. Try to convince me otherwise that you didn't. And for those that aren't aware, that was an old show. hungry old Very deep cut.
01:19:33
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Very, very deep cut. um I'm okay with this for the moment. I want to see where the what the Wizards do. And that's, I mean, you and I can talk about that later if we want, or I can spend some time here on it. But I want to see what the Wizards do, because it impacts teams that have been basically rebuilding, like the Wizards, like the Clippers, forever. Like, at some point, you have to stop you know, rebuilding and end up like the Rockies in the MLB who lost, you know, all lost all those games last year and i have already won like what, the 13th, 14th game this year?
01:20:08
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You know, like it doesnt here the parity has to, you know, the parity has to increase is my point. So i'm I'm okay with it for for now. What I am curious to know is if some of the lottery balls are going to end up sticking.
01:20:24
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So we had frozen envelopes years ago, right? when we were kids. Like, will some the lottery balls stick? Oh, that's right. I forgot about that. That's great. with With Patrick Ewing in the light.
01:20:36
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um good But, you know, Patrick Ewing to the next. But I want to see if the lottery balls will stick. Another David Stern conspiracy? yeah True and true?
01:20:50
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um want to see if that what if Adam Silver's got it in him Like, what's he going to do? You know? That's where I would, that's what I think about it.
01:21:00
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It's a good rule. It's a good rule. I mean, I don't know how much it's going to change. I think teams will still change. They're going to do a little bit more than that, I think. But it is a start. And that is the thing that they need to do, is start, t because look, man,
01:21:14
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Yes, taking is good if your team sucks and I would want my
NCAA Changes and Impacts
01:21:17
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team to do it too. So I mean, I I wanted it last year for my Raiders. So we got the number one pick. um Now, athletes don't do that.
01:21:24
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It's the teams that want that. Athletes don't want that because they're obviously competing for their own jobs. So it's a lot different. But in terms of fans, most fans like me, I'm like, man, we suck. Yeah, tank and get a better pick. But in terms of integrity of the league and if it hurts the league, sure. Yeah, it hurts competition. Of course.
01:21:42
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Yeah. Or at least it just meant it makes you it makes it different because there's some games that maybe a team is tanking that come as automatic wins and there's a playoff race, you know, things like this. And especially. But they also throw games too.
01:21:54
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Yeah, they also throw games. Yeah, now we're talking about it. Now we're going back to the gambling thing. Well, let's stick on that. Let's stick on gambling because you talked about gambling. and We talked about gambling earlier and you mentioned how it's so embedded now. And that is the problem. The problem is, is that all of these leagues and it starts with Adam Silver first. This is his fault.
01:22:14
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who he was the first one to accept gambling in his league. All of these leagues are now intertwined with gambling and even the NCAA is intertwined with gambling to the point where they even were letting their former student or athletes, as they called them, now ah regular NIL and soon to be salary revenue recipients, um They were allowed to bet on pro sports. So now we have this story that comes down today with the NCAA investigating Texas Tech Red Raiders quarterback Brendan Soresby, who is taking an immediate leave of absence from the program as he enters a treatment program for gambling addiction. Industry sources confirm
01:22:57
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that Soresby bet on Indiana football when he was a redshirt freshman for the Hoosiers. So he wasn't playing, that should be noted, when he bet on his team.
01:23:07
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He placed hundreds, maybe thousands of small bets on sports as well, but this was legal at the time for them to to place bets on pro sports. In January, Soresby transferred to Lubbock after starting two years in Cincinnati. Or remember, he led them to the playoffs a couple years ago as the undefeated team.
01:23:27
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ah His deal with Texas Tech is expected to be more than $4 million, dollars one of the highest paid figures in sport, But what can the NCAA do when, as we mentioned, they're so intertwined? Players who bet on games, this is the rule, players who bet on games involving their own school face potential permanent loss of eligibility.
01:23:48
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Betting more than $800 on pro sports could, like any person would know this, could cost a person at least 30% of a season. anyways, last year it's so anyways Essentially, you there are there are rules and fines and eligibility losses for betting on your own team and on more than certain amount of money on pro sports. But this is a big deal because this is the first person that got really caught in terms of NCAA football, but also the first college athlete to put themselves in a treatment program.
01:24:20
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That's true, which is good for him that he put himself in a treatment program. I think it's forced. forced. But also, wasn't he getting and NIL money? Yeah, I guess you got to do that to get the money.
01:24:32
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They're probably like, we got to send you here just to clean up your your your image real quick. So so if you're getting NIL money, I'm just curious, like, are you that? I'm going to hate to say it this way, going to say it. Well, this was before he got the NIL money, though. This was before. Oh, okay. Okay. Well. These are when he was a freshman at Indiana, redshirt freshman. He wasn't playing. Oh, okay. I thought he got the NIL money, like, while he was redshirting as a freshman. No, no, no, no. This was, like, a couple years ago that he was doing the betting.
01:25:01
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Yeah, no. um Probably best for you not to get caught, young sir. I mean, good on you to to be in a treatment program and enjoy the NIL money, but you've got a couple years, maybe more, until you're you know reputations untarnished uh it's bullshit if you're gonna be so intertwined with yeah but just let the people bet uh yeah you should bet your own team that's a given I think anybody right that Pete Rose but other than that I mean who the hell cares y'all are the ones that are making money hand over fist and what people can't just bet a little bit of money here and there get out of here with I mean I won't derail it because I know we got to get back on it but like there's so many like
01:25:44
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Have you talked about Kalshi on your show yet? No, you can't talk about it. So, real quick, basically, it allows you to bet on anything. And... That's to me, it's appalling because I'm like, you can bet on like there was literally, what is it?
01:26:00
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ah There was a lecture. I read about this recently. Somebody had bet ah that a biology teacher wouldn't say a certain, no, it wasn't a biology term. Sorry. This was um an earnings call.
01:26:14
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my How did Anyway, this is an earnings call and somebody had said that somebody had bet that the CEO wouldn't use the terms Broadcom, ah Web, ah wouldn't use the term ah cryptocurrency or blockchain.
01:26:31
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And so what he did, what the CEO did was, hey, I've heard about this on Kalshi. I'm going to go ahead and say those words right now for those who didn't, who bet that I actually would say the words.
01:26:44
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So basically you can sway anything. um And it's kind of appalling to be, I mean, it's funny when used in that context, don't get me wrong, but like, you know, if you're going to yeah I don't know, it's just something is a little skeevy about that to me.
01:27:01
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um Well, look, I mean, at the end of the day, this is, they are now getting not only NIL, but they're about to get revenue. And right it's going to be set up where it's just going to be there should be it's going to be like free agency and MLB.
01:27:14
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There's not going to be a limit on compensation right now. There's that twenty and a half million dollar revenue limit for universities. That's not enough to pay all these damn players that want the money for the basketball team. Right. But the leagues are going to have to see which players move to that.
01:27:30
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move to that cal she platform because you can bet on basically anything like that is an exclude that isn't included in this in this scam under this gambling um um umbrella of like hey please don't gamble or i know we're gambling you know we've got you know ties some some schools have know especially in the midwest have you know sponsorships and whatnot um but you know it's it's as long as they're not on that particular because you can bet on them you can bet on when you're going to trip again
01:28:01
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That's how bad that I wanted to get on there, but they want your social security number. And I was like, no, I'm not going to that. Yeah, no, no, stay away from that. But I did join because I do like the I do like the the theory and or the concept rather of of of betting on these little things because like it's like, oh, are we going to go to Iran, go to war with Iran before April? before Like I wanted to bet on that. And I was like, i know exactly where we're going. I got my insider information.
01:28:30
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But anyways, what about this, though? More NCAA. Tons of NCAA news. More generally in basketball, there was NCAA reveals the details of the Fordham.
01:28:42
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Hey, you smart boys over there, point shaven. ah So there's an alleged gambling ring under federal indictment that approached players under the guise of and being NIL agents targeting Fordham men's college basketball players in 2024, leading two former Rams, oh, like the Rams like VCU, there you go, being ruled permanently ineligible.
01:29:07
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The NCAA on Tuesday ruled that former Fordham players Elijah Gray and Will Richardson allegedly communicated with known betters and former NBA player about throwing a game at Duquesne. That's how you pronounce it, you marks out there. It's not Deuskins or whatever you want to say. It's Duquesne. On February 23, 2024, in exchange for to
01:29:30
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payments Gray told the NCAA he had agreed to lose the game but ultimately reconsidered and gave his normal effort. Well, no one can prove that now, buddy. And then Gray also said Gray agreed that he violated ethical conduct rules.
01:29:43
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um Let's see, what else? NCAA said Richardson did not cooperate with the investigation by knowingly providing false information and failing to preserve the probe's integrity.
01:29:55
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He has now declined comment. So, I mean, it's only going to keep getting deeper and worse. and And, I mean, at some point, you know, if for those that are listening or watching watching this who like have kids that are are you know going to be going to college or something like that, you got to look out for something like this because it's prevalent, especially if your son's an athlete and they're not on yeah and they're not on n NIL.
01:30:26
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You really have to look out um because I know several people who ah have decided, you know, it's probably in their best interest that that they want to go ahead and gamble. But I think the difference between them and college students are college students are still one in the world, whereas the other individuals that I'm referencing are in their 30s or in their 40s. They want to do it because they know they have enough cash. they able to lose the money all it somewhat Yeah, they they can lose the money a little bit.
01:30:55
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But, you know, I'm not going to say kids have to be protected. I don't want to take that stance because I know people are going to be coming for me in the comments. But, you know, kids.
01:31:06
Speaker
Parents have to teach their kids better. That's all say about that. And what I'll say to your idol, Mr. Warren Buffett over here wanting to sit on his high horse. Oh, y'all areall stupid marks for gambling. That's why they get you because y'all are all dumb and they're taking advantage of you. It's about the no. And is he right? Sure. You should be investing your money into stocks and bonds. Of course.
01:31:30
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But don't be calling out the little man that only got $100 and maybe want to try to hit a jackpot on Michael Jordan sinking a game six shot against Ujah in the finals. I don't know, buddy. Maybe that's just what we Okay. I mean, if that's what you want to do, fine. Mr. Buffett to put in the stocks, I'd have done that.
01:31:48
Speaker
So if that's what you want to do, if that's what you want to do, fine. but But I think what he was really referring to, but I know he stepped out from Brookshire recently. um So he's not the, I think he's the element the chairman. Yeah, but he said this earlier today. He was like, he's like, stupid people. That's because that's because he believes as... The old curmudgeon.
01:32:10
Speaker
you he time I wouldn't say he's an old curmudgeon, but, know. He's 95 years old, sir. a lot of people are living past their 90s now. They just aren't. They're living into their hundreds.
01:32:23
Speaker
And how much is he worth? 3.5? 5 million? Something like that. facts Like, I mean. He still has girlfriends younger than me. he's He's got his money tied up in FAG and ETFs, and It's just great to see how he's, you know, um how he's giving counsel to the next generation.
01:32:44
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ah And by next generation, I mean kids our age, basically. Yeah, this program has been all over the board. It's crazy. It really has. it's It's been all over the board. ah But, I mean, we're all waiting for Liberation Day, second version of Liberation Day.
01:33:00
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um to be honest, and that when it comes to finance. so Liberation Day for the NCAA. They move one step closer to allowing athletes five seasons and eliminating the red shirts so there no longer be red shirt seasons. Instead, every college athlete will now get five seasons to play after you're 19 years old or graduate high school, whichever comes first. So now we're going to get the fifth year fifth year seniors playing college of all. baby so So does that mean because I i went to VCU for five years? Would get the yeah when I get eligibility?
01:33:38
Speaker
You'd get out a year in chess club. No, no, I wasn't in chess club in college. I wasn't in chess club in college. I played basketball. No, I was in the student government and wrote for the Commonwealth Times. Did the government have a team in basketball?
01:33:53
Speaker
No, but the basketball team played us several times. Like, it's okay. yeah are you and Are you saying you played basketball in college because you warmed up in a game against the actual team? I played intramural. I played intramural in college. But because basketball team...
01:34:14
Speaker
Because of where I was living, the team lived across the courtyard for me. So when we just wanted to go practice, we practiced over at Seagull. My boy, Stale, who used to be a manager george of George Mason when they were on their champ. That sounds like something he would say. i was the manager for George Mason. I was putting up three points.
01:34:33
Speaker
Look, if you didn't actually play on the team, I don't go that far. I don't go that far to say that. I mean, almost just we just tried to act like it. You just tried to act like you was on the team. I thought you were saying you played basketball. No, I know my place. I found in the Rowdy Rams. We're good. I know my place. I found in the Rowdy Rams. What do you think about five years in college?
01:34:54
Speaker
I'm fine with there There are a lot of kids. A little Stifler action. No, there are a lot of kids out there who do five-year programs. Whether it's to get a master's or whether it's to walk through a pre-law program or pre-med. So, I mean, by all means, go ahead and do that. um I think where it gets a little sticky is, and I'm not pointing fingers, so don't come for me, especially if we knew each other or dated in college. But if you decide to change majors one too many times,
01:35:25
Speaker
and you're extending that five years out. What happens then? Do you still call yourself a five, year do you still sit there and say, well, I'm a fifth years, you know, fifth wasn't when you should have corrected me. Who was it?
01:35:39
Speaker
The one that six years in college? you know I don't know. I remember American Pie. I don't know the reference, but you know, I remember American Pie and its movies. I do, but i don't remember who was six let's say who spent six years in college.
01:35:56
Speaker
ah Let's see. Van Wilder. Van Wilder, You remember Van Wilder? What a great movie. remember Van Wilder. Van Wilder was a great movie. It was. But seriously, shout out to VCU SGA.
01:36:09
Speaker
Shout out to the VCU basketball team. Shout out to Commonwealth Times. uh producing great journalism even today i still i still read you guys so um know if you're allowed to say this on daytime television but on in very wilder when they jerked off the bulldog into the into like the pastries and then fed it to the i died i absolutely died All right, moving on before we to it. NCAA has initiated, how about this, brother?
01:36:38
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76 teams. The tournament is officially expanding to 76 teams from 72. March Madness will have four more teams announced today.
01:36:53
Speaker
76 teams? Up from 65? I at 72 already. already I guess we are at 72. They're going to add four more teams, I believe.
01:37:07
Speaker
Okay, sure. ah Another couple playing games. Why the heck not? No, why the heck not? if you're Wait. Where did we go from 64? 68, right? Because they had four teams. 68. Yeah, they they out went from 64 to 68 to to 76.
01:37:24
Speaker
seventy six So they just keep adding four teams every couple of years is what they're doing. It sounds like that's what they're doing, yeah. Are they looking for the tournament to go an extra week or two?
01:37:34
Speaker
because i'm in favor of that i'm in favor of that i'm fine with it i don't have a problem with you expanding the tournament it allows more teams to come in and it's not like a lot of the first round games now are competitive anyways when you're looking at 116 we've only had two of those upsets and the other one's is not i mean it's on it not till the 10 10 and you know 11 and 6 10 and 7 8 9 that you really start to get those throw up games where you might get an upset or something like that so Well, so I wonder how this is going to affect mid-majors because you've got mid-majors, I'm going to call us out, like St. Louis or or VCU, my alma mater. um Like, are we one big league still? Are we two big leagues? How are they going to balance that out?
01:38:20
Speaker
like Are you talking about for football or for or for basketball? No, for for basketball, for the NCAA tournament. Well, we know for basketball, if you win in the tournament, yeah I mean, your your conference tournament, you're already in.
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01:38:32
Speaker
figure gone right I know, but in there but if there but if they're expanding it to 76, right? Are they going to include, like, is the A-10 going to get one more mid-major? assuming some more mid-majors will get in. That's what I'm assuming. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's what that's what I mean. I'm sorry, but I think the CAA is going to get shafted again.
01:38:53
Speaker
But, you know um you know, it is what it is. don't know if you would do that well anyways. I had hopes for VCU, and look what they did this year, damn it. We jumped to the at ten We might jump again, actually, to the Big East. That's what i heard. so Is that the rumor going around? There you go, breaking inside. That's the rumor.
01:39:10
Speaker
um it's not really it's I mean, I guess it's insider information, but it's been out there for a month. so I don't know how you missed it. All right. Well, let's move it on. Final so of the segment of the day. Excuse me. The mixed bag, bag, bag.
01:39:26
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The sports professor's mixed bag. Asia Wilson signed the richest deal in WNBA history. Yes, after they got their new media rights deal. They now have more money. Supermax contract.
01:39:38
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Three years, $4.7 million. And yes, I know that pales in comparison to the men's sports because I looked at that and I was like, I thought they were going more in the Supermax. But hey, still can't be mad at $1.5 million a year. What you think about Asia Wilson, the best player in the game?
01:39:59
Speaker
Congrats to her. But I would say this also as a side note, and I know you you haven't covered this, you may not, but shout out to Paige Buckers or for, yeah, Beggars, thanks, for ah protecting her relationship a little bit and saying this is the only time I'm going to talk about it and moving on. that That showed class.
01:40:22
Speaker
So I'm glad you brought that up. I don't think that showed class at all. Actually, what what I think that is, is a a very incorrect judgment on her part.
01:40:32
Speaker
First of all, ma'am, bre you are the ones that put this in the public forum. Once you put something on social media, you are no longer private and you can expect it to be talked about as any other person would like to talk about with the First Amendment a la Jimmy Kimmel and Donald Trump right now.
01:40:52
Speaker
ah By the way, any idiot who thinks he meant assassination is stupid. He was talking about Donald Trump's age. So stop being ignorances. Anyways, I digress. We're not going to talk about it because we don't want to get you in trouble. I digress. um Look, Paige Beckers, you're going to put that out there and you're all going to put it on your Instagram and you're gonna say that you're a couple and you're going to have her picked up and put on your Dallas Stars team.
01:41:17
Speaker
These are all things that if you expect the public to know, you need to expect the public to have discourse about and you need to be okay with said discourse. Now, if you didn't want it out there and didn't want it to be talked about, you should have never mentioned it. None of us would ever known whatsoever. Now, do I think people should talk disparagingly or do I think people should denigrate the two for their relationship? No. Let people love, live, and laugh like a home decor photo at Bed Bath & Beyond, all right? Just let them do what they want to do. I don't care who you love. You can be gay, lesbian, bi, hetero, or otherwise. I don't care. Love who you want to love. I have no heaven or hell to put anybody in. But what I am going to say, as a journalist,
01:42:03
Speaker
If you are going to put something in a media journalist at that, if you're going to put something out in the public space and social media is the public space and announce something of the sorts, then you should expect not only that it's talked about, but you should expect a question. So for that, for the lady,
01:42:21
Speaker
In that press conference, to block Paige Beckers from answering that question about the relationship is bullshit. Because that's an honest question that I kind of want to know the answer to. How are they both tied on the same team?
01:42:34
Speaker
No, I didn't see the block. I thought she was able to answer the question. No, no, no. no the The lady, the coach that was there put her hand in front of the mic and said, I know you have to ask that question, but we're not going answer that.
01:42:45
Speaker
Like, that's an honest question. I want to know how are two superstars dating on the same team going to be able to coincide? I want to know that. That's interesting information to me. I want the human element. It's psychology. I want to know what's going to happen. but i But it's fair.
01:43:00
Speaker
It's fair for her to ask. But you've just got to know once you put things in the interwebs on social media, it's no longer public. And it's on the internet forever. Kids, remember. When you put something on social media, it's there forever.
01:43:13
Speaker
You're right. You're absolutely right. Yeah. Even if you delete it'll still be stored on Rockhub somewhere. yeah And it'll be pulled out. Yeah. How about this? We've got a couple more stories I want to go through here with you before we get out of here. um Sticking in the women's realm, shout out to Allison Felix. How do you like this? U.S. Sprinter Allison Felix, excuse me, is teasing a comeback.
01:43:41
Speaker
The retired 11-time Olympic medalist said she wants to compete at the 2028 LA Olympics. She is 40 years old now. She will be 42 years old then. But as we know, she is, and I had her.
01:43:55
Speaker
If you go back, y'all, shameless plug, Go check out my top Olympic athletes ever. It's a series I did on YouTube shorts. It's very short, five minutes. You can watch them all. Alex Felix, Allison Felix was in my honorable mentions for all time U.S. Olympic athletes. And it's well-deserved.
01:44:12
Speaker
Not only that, but, you know, she stuck up for mothers and, you know, the postpartum stuff and all that stuff. So she was really big for like women and advocating for them. What do you think about the the lady almost our age coming back to run some Olympics?
01:44:26
Speaker
I mean, I look forward to dapping her up when I'm in LA in a couple years. It's going to be awesome. ah Yeah, I've already got my tickets booked. Actually, I've already got. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, man, I'm telling you, I've already got my. I might have to talk to you about that.
01:44:42
Speaker
Yeah, we can talk about that. um But ah yeah, I'm planning on going sometime in like in July. Yeah, I look forward to to seeing her around the the, not the Olympic Village, on the but like just walking around. If she, I don't know what they, if if like on their off days they're allowed to like walk around and like sign autographs or whatever probably not but it would be cool to just you know check out like trials and and the like um i'm pretty sure i won't be able to get into any of the events but uh uh you know it never say that maybe maybe i'll be covering it we'll see um but no i mean that'd be cool
01:45:20
Speaker
I definitely want to go, but if the ticket prices are going to be as high as they are for FIFA, get the heck out of here. We got to talk FIFA. You want to know why you're struggling to sell tickets? Because your tickets are freaking out the roof expensive.
01:45:34
Speaker
I just yesterday because I wanted to go watch a a World Cup game in Atlanta. I looked at yeah the cheapest tickets I could find because I wanted to look at I was like, let's just see what like a, ah you know, a couple of shitty teams, you know, whoever. Saudi Arabia and and and and more and whatever, Czechia or whatever. Yeah. Anyways, the lowest ticket even for the the worst teams was $600 for a nosebleed. I'm like, no, I'm not doing that. FIFA, you got to lower the tickets. Learn like WrestleMania did, like WWE did. With WrestleMania, they were struggling in ticket sales. They lowered the prices. They sold out the damn arena. You got to learn. That's why you're not selling tickets. It's tiered. On the Olympic side, it's tiered.
01:46:14
Speaker
So the earlier rounds are cheaper. The later rounds are more expensive. However, if you decide to be like, Hey, I'm going to go see the U S men's basketball team destroy Slovakia, sorry Slovakia.
01:46:28
Speaker
But, ah you know, that's going to be like $900 in the nosebleeds, for example. you know um it For any USA games, I understand that. But if I'm going to Atlanta to see two random teams that no one wants to see, and you're still charging me almost a half G for nosebleeds?
01:46:46
Speaker
it's It's legit. It is. The prom is legit. Like, we were looking and um I wanted to go to, I think, some of the baseball games. And ah they were like $1,000 to like $1,500. And I was like, well I'm sorry, I can't, if I'm going to get buy a ticket for $1,500 and go see a game at Dodger Stadium, I better be sitting behind home plate.
01:47:09
Speaker
Yeah, for real. Come on now. No, go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. No, go ahead. Finish what you were going to say. All right. But let's finish with my thought. Okay. Anyways, no, you're right. You would need to be be sitting behind the home plate at Dodger Stadium or something. This is getting outrageous. Look, y'all, I get that these high-ticket, you know, events deserve their high-ticket. Look, I paid a grip for two nights at WrestleMania, so I already know. But the point of the matter is that if you want, if your ticket sales are lacking, there's a reason for that. The prices are too high.
01:47:40
Speaker
Lower your prices. You got six weeks to figure it out. And I want to be at a game in Atlanta, so figure it out. Moving on, two last notes here. ah One kind of weird and one a good one um that we will end off on.
01:47:56
Speaker
Netflix continuing their boxing push. let's hope Let's hope this time it's better than when they froze on Mike Tyson's ass last time.
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01:48:06
Speaker
But Netflix has now scheduled... I remember that. Yeah, you remember that? Netflix has now scheduled...
01:48:14
Speaker
Tyson Fury versus Anthony Joshua, the British super fight that should have came five years ago is finally coming and Netflix has signed it. It's going to be in the fall winter of this year. What are your thoughts?
01:48:28
Speaker
I mean, Is this why Netflix is raising their prices? Shout out to the boxing promoters who are able to put this fight together. Congrats to you guys.
01:48:38
Speaker
But like, you know, I hope it's a good fight. over kids while you're i' going up but i will I will do my best to tune in if Netflix isn't frozen. You know, um if Netflix isn't frozen, I'm going to watch Disney Plus or something else. Like there's plenty or plenty of Letterkenny and other shows that I can watch, you know, or Star Wars shows, maybe. I don't know, whatever's on. Landman on Paramount.
01:49:06
Speaker
um But, you know, I'll don't figure something out. But that's what Netflix's bag is, is that, like, they they say promote these events, they raise our prices, and then they go, oops, it didn't work.
01:49:20
Speaker
Never five dollars. I mean, at some point, that's why it goes back to our earlier conversation about buying DVDs and Blu-rays, because if they're going to keep doing this, you might as well just you know, buy what you want to rewatch over and over again and be good with that.
01:49:39
Speaker
um But I look forward to the fight. I look forward to the fight. Me too. One last story. I mean, it should have been five years ago that when that shit when they were in their prime. Not now, but whatever. I'm selling go still going to watch. That's okay. ah but have do I don't know if you watched the golf tournament this weekend, the Zurich Classic, which they have a nice taste to it. It's pairs and teams of ah four competing, right?
01:50:00
Speaker
Yeah. So what happened here, though, the great story about this, the Fitzpatrick brothers, ah Matt and what's the other one? Alex. Matt and Alex. Yeah. They are brothers that are, ah that both play golf.
01:50:15
Speaker
And they were competing together in the Zurich Classic. And they won the tournament as brothers. But that's not even the greatest part. The best part about this is Matt ah ah matt Fitzpatrick was, hold on.
01:50:35
Speaker
Yes, it was Matt. Okay. So um Matt is the one, hold on.
01:50:45
Speaker
Yes, that's what it was. I keep getting it confused. So Alex was the one that putted in the shot. I get confused with the brothers. Alex is the one that put in the shot at 18 for them to get the win.
01:50:57
Speaker
And Matt is the older brother. Matt actually got his PGA card because they won this tournament. So his brother won the tournament on the last putt to win his brother a PGA golf card.
01:51:12
Speaker
um Congrats to them. Congrats to them. That too, I mean, enjoying, ah like, during the first week of the Orleans Heritage Festival down there, like, you know, it's hard to, when you go down there for anything other than golf, like, you get distracted, right? But it's Nova, so, like, you know, you're going to have a good time. Congrats to, ah to I'm looking, no, to both Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick. What a great story. does Yeah, that's a fabulous story. um Yeah.
01:51:43
Speaker
I hope they're able to compete like, ah you know, as the season goes on and, you know, we'll be in some of the other majors, ah maybe the British Open or and the one of the other ones. i got I got I got I got. Oh, you know what? We've we didn't we didn't even talk baseball, did we?
01:52:06
Speaker
We did. You were out for a little while. We got old we got so off target. Okay, never mind. We're not done yet. We got a couple more things to do real quick. I know. them My bad. First of all, let's do this real quick.
01:52:18
Speaker
Let's look at the hockey before we get out of here. Hockey Stanley Cup playoffs updated. Yes, my Kings were swept. We suck. ah Didn't even deserve to make the playoffs. What a poor horse showing that was. The Kings also swept the Senators.
01:52:33
Speaker
um Your Capitals didn't even make it, so I don't want to hear that. know. Sorry, Pete. I said sorry. I just said sorry. and the Kings got swept. What do you think about Ovi? Is he going to come back for one more year or not?
01:52:45
Speaker
Yeah, he's coming back for one more year. Okay. And what do you got in Stanley Cup playoffs? he's He's coming back for one more year the same way I came back in 2012. What do I think about Stanley Cup playoffs? I've got Flavors and Avalanche in the finals.
01:53:03
Speaker
I would like it. Ooh, Sabres and Avalanche. Okay. I'm going to go with the Sabres and the Oilers. And far as the... It's not looking good for you because the Oilers got their butts beat last night.
01:53:16
Speaker
Actually, what do you do? It was a controversial call. What happened was the puck. I don't know. Oh, you know what? I got a picture of it. Yes, I'm so glad you reminded I got an image of this because I wanted to show it. Look at this.
01:53:31
Speaker
That was the goal that the Anaheim beat the Oilers by. So they couldn't even really see if it actually crossed the thing, but they said the the refs called it a goal.
01:53:42
Speaker
Okay, I'm going away from my sentimental pick, Ben. Buffalo Sabres, because their crowd sang O Canada unprompted. which was fabulous in my opinion. ah And ah okay, fine. ill I'll take the avalanche. They seem to be the most ready.
01:54:00
Speaker
ah As far as who wins it um give me the Sabres. Why not? let's Let's upset the apple cart. I know the Avs are probably going to be favored ah because they played good hockey this season. From what I've seen, they've dominated.
01:54:15
Speaker
ah But ah let's give it to the Sabres. See if they can do it.
01:54:22
Speaker
Yeah, you're definitely right. There you go I would like to see either. I mean, if the Sabres win, that'd be cool. I just think the Avalanche, they've been the best team all year long. They have been. So let's go ahead. I want to show this crazy shot that happened in the Bruins game. if phil Look at this. So the the guy shoots.
01:54:42
Speaker
um I forget who it was from the Bruins, but they shoot the ball. Might have been past her. Goes over the goalie, comes back, hits him in the bottom. and then goes into the goal. So it caroms off. Look at that. You see it?
01:54:57
Speaker
It's coming here. Look at it. It's going to hit off the wall right there. Comes back below the goalie. Off the screen. How crazy is that? That's mad. What a horrible bad luck goal. But it kept the Penguins in the series.
01:55:09
Speaker
um yeah that's That's a good luck goal. That's what
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01:55:12
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that is. That's a good luck goal. It's not a bad luck goal. That's a good luck goal. let go that's that's so that that That's geometry and physics in motion. That's what that is. You know what else? And i want add I'm glad you said that because I got a couple other. ah One more video I want to show you from last night. A little gift. Check out this dunk last night at the end of the Pistons and Magic game. I don't know if you were watching. Oh, is this the one that is this the one that I saw where he posterized what's his name? Oh, my God. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Jalen Duran. Put it up for everyone else. Yeah. Look at this. Comes down the rain.
01:55:51
Speaker
Get off me. um Do you have the freeze frame of it? I don't have the freeze frame. I don't i just have i just have the gif. ah Or the jif, excuse me. um Boom. Look at that. All right. going you. I got another angle, though. I got another angle of that. Let me let me show you the other angle. there is There is an angle here that he's about to show you, ladies gentlemen, where it looks like he's kicking Jalen Duran in the face. I think he's the one you're talking about.
01:56:17
Speaker
It's wild to me. about this? Boom! Yeah. How about this? Come down, I... Boom! Put them nuts in your mouth, sucker! Boom! so So, if you guys are a reader of The Athletic, if you're a reader of The Athletic, they actually have the freeze-frame picture of... Yeah, they have the the picture of... Like, his foot extended out.
01:56:41
Speaker
And that's what, you know, that was that's what made it an awesome shot. I'm like, alright, like... that's that's that's amazing buckle inside of but not least amul you said this video um no we're gonna talk to baseball i'm just messing with you we still got actually you know what no we're gonna save the baseball talk because it's been a long night sorry it's been two hours we got baseball next week everybody next week ball and buzz check out our ah baseball super uh or month of april uh may preview this is gonna be cinco de mayo Early start time, 6 Eastern. It's going to be a special one. We're going to do that for about an hour before I got Country Box. um So we're not gonna talk it tonight. You're going talk all – you're going to eat your crow, though, about Alex Cora and the Red Sox. So don't think I'm not bringing it up.
01:57:26
Speaker
I will. And you'll talk about it next week, and I'll talk about my – Alex Cora, Victor Orban? I mean, you know – Yeah. what What is that reference? I don't get that. Explain for me, please. So think about it it. For those that have been paying attention to world events, and I realize Omar covers a lot of world events, you guys are aware that Hungary basically is really happy that Viktor Orban, you know, was not elected.
01:57:49
Speaker
ah Whatever your your political feelings are, he was not elected. ah So a faction of the ah Red Sox nation, the fandom, ah believes when Cora left, they danced in the streets because now we don't have an opener. And I mentioned this when Omar was at O was a away.
01:58:07
Speaker
um We don't have an opener. You're actually gonna be able to coach up the young kids and we're actually gonna have starters that last into the sixth and seventh inning as opposed to pulling them in five. So, you know, I think Alex Gore from what I hear is gonna actually, hate to bring this up, please don't yell at me. Yell at me next week, but the Mets are looking at him from what I hear and the Phillies,
01:58:34
Speaker
are looking at him. Hey, come on through Alex Cora. Yeah. also Y'all were stupid to fire him. No, I'm stupid. No, I don't think so. I think i think it it's time for a voice or a change. Sometimes have the same That's what I said. That's what I said while you were out is I think it was a voice. there It was time for a change. But I think he deserves more respect and should have gotten it through the end of the year at least.
01:58:55
Speaker
i I agree with you. I also think Veritek should have gotten more respect because that what they did with him was disrespectful. I'm sorry. You don't reassign him. He's not going to come back. he's What, is he going to take Chad Tracy's job ah you know in Worcester? Probably not.
01:59:12
Speaker
So, you know, what are you going to do? The players were upset that Axe Corr was fired. so Yeah, no, and and that doesn't surprise me. It's the way they did it. The way they did it and then the way they walked away as if they were, you know, it was the Godfather or the end of part two or something, like walking away from that Baltimore you know bar.
01:59:33
Speaker
And, you know, what's his name? Not showing his face when he owns the team. um don't Don't do that. You spend enough time overseas.
01:59:43
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I have my own thoughts about that, but I'm going to save it for next. hey you guys You guys have been treated to to ah to Omar's Mets crash out, so you're going to one from me. yeah Next Tuesday, catch us at Cinco de Mayo, 6 Eastern Baseball. Me, Amor, AP, Averill, maybe some others will be joining us. There be a Cinco de Mayo special before I go to Country Box.
02:00:04
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um But before we get out of here, and we'll do that baseball talk then, how about this video you sent me? Let me see if I can blow this up. Oh, yeah. Yeah, this one. I had to.
02:00:16
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i have to see if I can blow this up. The goose, the Canadian goose. Well, the the reason I want to blow this up, if I can, does it look like it's blowing up there? Yeah, it does. no How do i make this? It does.
02:00:30
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How do I make this full screen? um it's I think that's all you can do, more or less. Really? Okay. i mean if People can see it. People can see it so Okay.
02:00:41
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Well, just listen to this, y'all. Let me ah pause the music real quick. Oh, did I share with audio? Hold on. Let me share with audio real quick. Yeah, share with audio. Share screen. Yep. Also share tab audio. All right, y'all.
02:00:55
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So Amul sent me this earlier today, and I thought it was just an innocent seagulls fighting over a pizza video. But no, just wait till this reckless announcer comes in and apparently talks so about his private life. Let's see what he has to say.
02:01:12
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Oh, I didn't hear that. Oh, you didn't? that's for No. I thought it was just the nevermind. Play it. Roll footage. Roll tape. Hold on. Can you hear it? Oh, wait. No, it's not on the screen. My bad. Whoops. sheron There we go. du better na ah What am I going to do with it?
02:01:31
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It's too big.
02:01:35
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So watch this. There's some seagulls. These seagulls are fighting. Oh, he lost it. Yeah. You've got to watch the beginning and hear what the announcer says. I'm going to let it come back and play again for you.
02:01:48
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Listen to this.
02:01:51
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they're nothing It's great. You get all excited about it. you get in your mouth. You figure, well, what am I going to do with it? It's too big. Sure. Sure.
02:02:04
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Sure.
02:02:07
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sure sure
02:02:12
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Sure. two Okay, you know he could have been talking about pizza, right? Sure. Yeah.
02:02:26
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bro
02:02:36
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sure yeah This is just weird. If you so excited when you get in your mouth and you don't know what to do with it because of how big it is, and your team!
02:02:56
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Anyway, the singles were fighting. There were about five of them, and they couldn't keep the pizza slice in their mouth, so...
02:03:06
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Use that as you will. I know were were we're wrapping things up. so Fuck you. Fuck you. sir You're cool.
02:03:19
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And fuck you. I'm out.
02:03:23
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Hilarious. happening That's what I would say. so Shout out to Jerome Powell for dropping the beat tomorrow at the Fed. Decision will come at 2 for those watching it'll be on cnbc shout out to you go ahead and give uh everybody where they can find you thank you for coming on tonight brother i appreciate it am 23 photography is uh my insta you can find my website in the bio uh it's just am23photography.com
02:03:56
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uh shout out to portrait me do you see a shout out to omar for letting me come on every now and again and taking over his show, not really taking over, but helping him out. No, I appreciate you carrying it while the storm knocked me out. Really, it's to help. It's really to help him out. Much like the same way I've been helping him out most. No, no, I'm kidding. He and I, we're good friends. We've been helping each other out. But no, this is a nice little, this is a great enterprise that you've got going. But um happy to be on, ah you know,
02:04:31
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I would say I'm trying to leave you guys with with with words of wisdom. um Stay safe, I guess. Remember what you put on social media. It's going to stay there forever.
02:04:44
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And buy the dip, as my finance friends would say. um Which doesn't mean, by the way, it doesn't mean buy smoking dip.
02:04:55
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For finance friends, it means buy when by low, sell high. um Sorry, had to clarify that because I don't know who you're. It's a unique cross-section of your audience.
02:05:07
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The one thing I forgot to tell you when I was about to drop off, because you asked me about movies, I was going to say the one that I watched just last night is the new one on Netflix, Apex. Okay.
02:05:17
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Theron as a ah as a um mountain climber who loses her husband and then gets hunted down by, so I'm not going to ruin the movie, but it it's it's a good a it's a good movie. It's a good movie. You should check it out. Brand new on Netflix, just released, Charlie's Theron. It's pretty good movie. I liked it. Okay. i recommended Sinners.
02:05:36
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Because Sinners was fantastic. I still have not watched it yet. There's a reason for that. I have a a friend coming over and we're going to do shrooms together and and watch Sinners.
02:05:49
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I mean, I prefer popcorn. Well, you know, I i like i like to... That's ah how I get Randy, baby. Okay. Well, all right. Anyways, that's enough of that. anyway Thank you, Amul, for coming in. I really appreciate you. Thanks for having me. Yes, we will. yeah We need to talk about that course idea you had as well. We'll need to touch on at some point.
02:06:17
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ah Yeah, sure. or Identities or whatever it was you were talking about. I don't remember what you said. Anyways, it doesn't matter. It's late. I need to go and get some food. My brother, thank you so much for coming on. Check him out at AM23Photography on Instagram, am23photography.com.
02:06:33
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Go check out his profile of photos. It is awesome. And yeah, for a more, I am Omar, the sports professor Fonseca. This has been The Professor's Upgraded.
02:06:52
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02:07:15
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ah You know, be blessed. Go out there. um Be kind. Do good things. And until – oh, tomorrow night, I'm burying the lead. Tomorrow night, we got total evisceration.
02:07:26
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Hot Take Jake versus the Sports Professor. If you have not seen this show yet, it is the hottest show on the interwebs. Hot Take Jake and I argue about the craziest subjects. We'll be talking NFL draft. We'll also be talking should Klay Thompson have cheated on Meg Thee Stallion. We will be arguing about all this.
02:07:45
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We will also be arguing ah if grown men should be stealing baseballs from little children at games and yeah little girls cry. We will talk all this tomorrow in total evisceration. Everyone is it's the it's the show that Omar always wins. Basically, it's a show that Omar always wins. I've seen it It's wonderful. You should watch it.
02:08:06
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Jake always loses. Spoiler alert for those that care. Everybody likes us yelling at each other. It's hit. All right, yo. I appreciate it, brother. I will see you next Tuesday for baseball. See next Tuesday. Tuesday, 6 Eastern, y'all. Cinco de Mayo. All right, brother. Take care, everyone.