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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Fox Sports Countdown. Countdown.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
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Speaker 3 (00:05):
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(00:29):
Rich Ornberger and Bill crack Crackenburger.

Speaker 4 (00:34):
Ah right, what is going on?

Speaker 5 (00:36):
Happy Sunday too you as we are off and running
the final round of the Masters.

Speaker 4 (00:41):
We got all going on here.

Speaker 5 (00:43):
NFL Draft is around the corner, NBA playoff.

Speaker 4 (00:46):
Action, so we got a special treat.

Speaker 5 (00:49):
Rich Ornberger in with us today, Yes, sir, what Jeff
is in Mexico?

Speaker 4 (00:54):
So good morning to you, Rich.

Speaker 5 (00:56):
And we got crack boots on the ground in Augusta
checking out the Masters.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
How you're doing crack for the Sea? Rich?

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah, good to see you too. Crack.

Speaker 6 (01:06):
I have so many questions for you live from Augusta,
Bill Krackenberger, First and foremost, what is uh, what's the
Azalea count up to? How many of those delicious lemonade
cocktails are have we gotten down?

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Well? Not me? Uh, look at me? I'm drinking hot
tea in the morning. I mean, this is this. I
am past that. But you know, everyone likes to have
things like that here. I understand. It's a nice little
classy party atmosphere here. And uh wow, what a finished
to yesterday. I wasn't out on the course for that.

(01:42):
Uh that, that last couple. It's so hard when you
come in from something like that and that just wave
of people. It's just out of control. When when it's
over there, there's two different gates, Northgate Southgate. When you
come in down, I gotta go into Southgate by the
refreshment stand in the gift shop, and it's it's amazing
how many people are at one time trying to get

(02:05):
out of the place. It's amazing that nothing's ever happened.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
Thank god.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
I don't ever want nothing to happen. It's that dangerous.
But there's hordes of people. But just like any other
big event, and big it probably more dangerous at a
Michigan football game at the end of the game. But yeah,
So it's been an unbelievable experience here though again I
have been here before, but this year was so different

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because ticket prices were just out of control. Lots of
European and Asian money coming in from overseas, and the
demand for ticket prices literally quadrupled from last year, So
a resale ticket for a four day badge normally around
twelve grand, every bit of four times that they were

(02:54):
on stub hub and eBay for seventy five and seventy
seven thousand and getting the price they were getting six well,
I shouldn't say they were getting that price. They were
getting sixty thousand. I know, I know someone that paid
sixty thousand for a four day and I know I
had some friends that re sold theirs for sixteen thousand
just for Thursday. So Thursday was the big day. Thursday.

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If you really want the Great Masters experience, you want
to come in, go on the course on Wednesday and Thursday.
So Wednesday you go in. You can bring your phone,
you can bring your camera. It's just so different than
the tournament, which is I like, I actually like that
you can't bring your cameras and phones in during the tournament.

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But it's nice just to take photos of Amen corner
and just to take a video of the sixteenth hole
where everyone's trying to skim their ball across the water.
Onto the green, gives the fans fun of fun time,
the caddies take a shot, the golfers take a shot,
and it's fan friendly. And as we seen yesterday when

(04:00):
Bryson was going into the clubhouse to check his score
after it was over, he was in there with the
fans and given high fives. I mean, making people's day,
making kids cry, females cry. They watching that at the
end got me so pumped up that I know, if
there's some controversy with Bryson and some people don't like
on him and don't like that anymore, went over to
Live and listen. I think it's great when someone's into

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the fans and he's had some experience in the past
where he wasn't like that, so maybe he's changing. Maybe
we give a pass. You know, there's a lot of
people down there that walk from green to the club
you know the score box at the end when it's over,
that don't have any acknowledge the fans. So I thought
it was pretty cool what he did. And we have

(04:45):
a great, great set up here for fourth day of
the Master's Sunday. What a beautiful, beautiful time for this tornerment.
You know, I talked to some guys in the note,
of course, the gambling guys in the note. I'm pretty
shocked because the guy in third, he's minus eight Connors.
I seen him last night at nineteen and a half
to one. I was like, wow, he's eight under. Almost

(05:08):
anything can happen here, you got, you know, I understand
the situation. And behind him, so it's twelve under, ten under,
eight under, and then six under. Two guys at six hunder.
And these guys are real smart analytical breakdown. One of
the guys is a golf golf better winning better. He said, crack.

(05:33):
You can't look really past one and two. You can't
look past worry or you can't look past de Shambo.
And I couldn't believe that, because you know, I love golf.
I used to play golf a lot, so I know
a lot about the game, but of course not on
this level and not even close to that. I mean,
you know, I go out now, I can't break one hundred.
So but however, I just thought there were some other

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people back there where I seen like thirty to one
or so. I don't know, just anything can happen. On
day four and Rory's had a little bit of a
history of some breakdowns on day four, and not that
I want him to. I don't know who I want
to win. Both of those guys. It would be fun
for Rory to do something that I think only I

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think only one other person has won all the majors before.
So I'm looking forward to it today. Look forward to
see him.

Speaker 5 (06:28):
You know.

Speaker 2 (06:28):
By the way, just let people know the odds, current odds.
If you were to bet right now live, you have
to lay about two to one on Rory to win
the Masters, or you're laying two to one. That's not me.
I am not laying two to one on eighteen holes
of golf. I know he's a couple of strokes up,
but that's not me. And then you have, of course,
at the Chambal you could bet. You can bet de

(06:50):
Chambeau like plus two fifty plus two. I've seen plus
two seventy five last night. That's gone. But and the
rest of the guys are, like I said, about fifteen
to one to twenty to one one behind them. And
it should be a good time though, guys, it really should.
This is a great experience I would I'll tell you
I have some great friends out here. I was only
paying five hundred dollars, which I know it sounds like

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a lot of people five hundred bucks to go out
on per day. People say, wow, that's a lot of money.
It's really not. I just told you what the resale
prices was. And then, don't you know, my friend tells
me on Friday and say, listen, I'm gonna go out
in the morning from like seven to twelve. Just take
the badge for the rest of the day. And he
didn't even charge me. So I went out from twelve

(07:32):
to seven and twelve to six thirty, and I thought
it was a great, great time out there. I have
one of those little scooters. Now, listen, that's the way
to go. You understand, this is a This course is
like one hundred and seventy five yards, you know, from
the shortest to the tallest. But it's not that it's
the mountains, the mountainous range. It's the hills, and boy,

(07:53):
I tell you a lot the terrain. It's really a tough,
tough course to walk. So you're at the scooter for
hundred and fifty bucks. Have got me all over the place,
and it was a great time and a great day. Guys.

Speaker 5 (08:06):
I hope they you talked about a south Gate. What
else crack a north Gate. I hope if they have
a Westgate. I helped to have a west Gate to
make me feel at home over there, right, like Vegas,
you know what I mean, Like, yeah, you got to
have that over there. But yeah, man, you bring up
Rory and the question is can he seal the deal?

Speaker 1 (08:26):
Right?

Speaker 5 (08:27):
You can't help but think about the twenty eleven Masters.
He had a four stroke lead heading into the final
day and he finished tied for fifteenth. Just fell apart,
began at ten. It's like shots are going all over
the place. I remember there was a video game at
the time and it literally like mimicked. Where the ball
was is by like a clubhouse somewhere out in the pasture.

Speaker 4 (08:50):
It's like he just fell apart.

Speaker 5 (08:52):
You also think about last year's US Open when Rory
had a lead against the Shambo and he fell apart again. Right,
He had a what was it a three stroke? He
was plus three on the final four holes. He had
a little putt to seal it and missed it. So
that's the question, can he sealed the deal? And I
think he's shown he's shown a lot of maturity in

(09:14):
this Masters, because at the end of day one it
was brutal, it was a terrible ending. He doubled Bogie
two with the final four holes, and then the last
two days Round two, round three, yesterday, he's been fantastic.
You're talking birdies all over the place. He's eagling a hole.
His start to yesterday was was amazing. So has he

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turned the corner because he really rebounded from round one
this year. In years past, he wouldn't have been able
to do that. So the maturity that he's shown so far.
The last question is can he keep writing that for
one more day? Heads up final pairing against the Shambo
that is made for TV right there, But that's the question.

(09:57):
Rich Can Rory close the deal and avoid well?

Speaker 6 (10:01):
And that is what we're all waiting to see, including Rory,
because a lot of times when you're in that situation
as an athlete, and I've been there where something's happened
to you before in certain moments, whether it be.

Speaker 1 (10:18):
The sixteenth green in.

Speaker 6 (10:21):
Augusta or it's on a football field and you're just
trying to stay on sides in a goal line set,
you know what I mean, Like, there are times where
you're like, oh, man, Like you know, I cost us
some points last time we were down here. I got
to lock it in mentally. And you may think about it,
but the truth is you have to subconsciously complete these
tasks sometimes golf, especially golf getting back to the golf course.

(10:45):
I mean, it's all mental and it's all muscle memory,
and it's all things that you've done a million times
over in practice rounds and frankly on the course out
of Augusta, because Rory's had some great times out Augusta
going into Sunday in the past, and like you outlined there,
he's really struggled on the final day of the tournament
and so chasing down not only to get that albatross

(11:07):
from off around his neck, but then also realizing that
he could put his name next to those like Ben
Hogan and Gary Player and Jack Nicholas and Gene saraz
In and Tiger Woods as one of the only fistful
of people to ever achieve a career Grand Slam. That's
a big deal too. That's a huge deal. So look,

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the pressure is what you make of it. The pressure
is in between your ears. He could go out there
and he could play like it's a practice round and
play loose and have fun, or try to have the
closest thing he can to having fun out there on
a golf course at this point because he's made this
his career. Or he could get tight, he could be stiff,

(11:53):
and this could end up being another one of those
moments in Rory's career where we go back.

Speaker 1 (11:57):
And we say what it could have should have?

Speaker 2 (12:01):
Yeah, good guy, I was just looking because yeah, we
know what I was reading this morning. Of course I
should have known Sarez and there's a whole plaqueut on
the course about that. But yeah, I guess it was
the only only in the last you know, twenty five years.
I guess it was, of course Tiger. But you know,
Tiger didn't show up this year. He had a bad achilles,
didn't go to the dinner. They have a big dinner

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every year every year at Master's dinner. A couple of
guys did. VJ Singh didn't show up, which is unusual
because he loves the course. But I got a couple
quick stories guys. One about VJ. Well, well VJ, I
won't I won't say that one yet. Let me tell
you the one about Rory. So first year I'm at
Hilton Head at the Heritage Tournament. My buddy has a

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place on the eighteenth toll, and he brings in a
beautiful place on the eighteenth toll. I mean, just unbelievable
overlooking the entire hole. I met many golfers there. Always
has a big barbecue, and Rory McElroy and his girlfriend
come over at the time. It's just, you know whatever,
twenty years ago, eighteen fifteen years ago, sixteen years ago,
and he's just starting out. He's a little thin guy. Nothing.

(13:06):
I got body parts the way more than him. He
was so little at the time, and sure enough he
was a nice guy. Met him and his girlfriend. When
he left, I told the guys, I said, I don't
know if that guy's going anywhere. I don't know. I
don't know if that guy's going anywhere. And my quick
story with VJ. One time, I'm following him because I

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knew his caddy, Casey Curve had him on my show
many times. His caddy's caddy for many many different people,
literally the Who's Who, Arnold Palmer, Payne Stewart or Fred Couples.
But he did caddy for also at the time VJ.
And I'm following him and I never met VJ, and
VJ look, I'm dressed like now, all black with the

(13:49):
hat on, and then by the turn, by the ninth
told I didn't know this till later on. VJ turns
to Casey and says, Casey, there's little mafia man following
every hole, just letting you know, just keep your eye
on him. He goes, Oh, that's my friend, that's my friend. Like,
it's just funny. It's some funny golf stories though, but hey,
it's a great time. This is a great time of

(14:11):
the year to watch some different uh, some different sports.
I understand basketball is over. I love baseball. I love
watching golf and base People are bored by golf and baseball.
I love watching golf and baseball. Nothing like coming to
a baseball game and nothing like seeing a golf event.
And and today I'm gonna be watching it on TV
with you guys, same thing.

Speaker 5 (14:33):
You know, it's funny, I'll say, real fast crack you
just mentioning basketball. It sort of makes me think of
like Rory McElroy being this close to winning the Masters,
completing the career Grand Slam, Like Rich said, being a
part of just a fistful of people in the history
of golf to be able to do that the career
Grand Slam, And it makes me in a random way

(14:53):
with you mentioning basketball, it kind of makes me think
of Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson for this reason. Right, Like,
for a lot of Rory's career, even though he's won majors,
a lot of it has been about what he hasn't done. Right,
It's about him. Hey, remember he choked in the twenty
eleven Masters. Look what happened at the US Open last year.

(15:14):
He was plus three in the final four holes and
just fell apart. A lot of it has been what
he hasn't done and what he could have accomplished and
that sort of stuff, And it just makes me think
of Kelvin Samson at Houston who's had success but has
never won a championship. And he's got a twelve point
lead against Florida and somehow, some way, the Gators come

(15:35):
back and they close the deal, and Kelvin Samson still
doesn't have a ring, and that dominates the conversation. That's
where our perception begins. And the point is for Rory,
with the win today, he can flip all of that,
Like all this focus on what he hasn't done, it
shifts and it's what he has done and career grand slam. Wow,

(15:56):
look at what he's accomplished. It flips everything. If he
can bring it home today, that's what's on the line.
I find that to be so interesting.

Speaker 6 (16:04):
Yeah, this is one of those career defining moments and
it's like ready or not, here comes kind of situation.

Speaker 1 (16:13):
He's played so.

Speaker 6 (16:14):
Well over the first three days, especially Day three yesterday,
that surge, the two eagles he's carded, and the fact
that he's in a tight race, still at the top
of the leaderboard with another golfer who we know is
fearless from the tea box, Bryson d.

Speaker 1 (16:30):
Chambeau.

Speaker 6 (16:31):
He can shorten just about any course he plays and
put the pressure on you. So if this is going
to be one of those moments where we look back
and we talk about the things that Rory is as
opposed to what he's not, He's got to settle whatever
that voice is in the back of his mind that

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haunts him on Sundays that has told him he's not enough,
because we know he is.

Speaker 1 (16:58):
Everybody else watches.

Speaker 6 (16:59):
It's very obvious that he has the skill set except
for Bill Krakenberg when he first met him.

Speaker 1 (17:04):
Uh, he looked at it and he said, he's not
going to be very much.

Speaker 4 (17:08):
You know, we got we got two burgers today.

Speaker 2 (17:12):
I just I just that's right.

Speaker 4 (17:14):
How could I not think that until now?

Speaker 2 (17:15):
Go ahead, I mean a double burger. Yeah, Hey, you
know I want to tell you guys, So I came
this close guys, within a hair of asking Scott Shapiro, Uh,
if we could bring on a caddy today because I'm
friends with a lot of the caddies. I'm friends with J. P. Fitzgerald,
who was on the bag for Rory for over ten years,
been out. I've been out with him many times. He's

(17:36):
the one that brought Rory over to the condo. Uh.
I really wanted to get in the mind and you know,
the guy that's been with him for over ten years,
to have him on to tell what happens on a
day four of the Masters. But I just didn't the time.
And he would have loved to come on with us,
but he didn't have I didn't have enough time to
uh call back La there and and and arrange it

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and see if you can I'm not for a few minutes,
because when you hear someone like JP talking, he's a
great talker. I'll tell you He's been on the bag
for many people since then, but to being on the
bag for this great champion for over a decade and
just to tell him, you know what his weaknesses are,
what his strengths are, and what it takes to win
today day four, it would have been pretty cool. But

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another time and another place.

Speaker 4 (18:22):
That's all all good, absolutely all right, We're off and running.

Speaker 5 (18:26):
That's Bill Krackenberger, professional sports handicapper. Rich Ornberger here at
today in for Jeff Rich is a Penn State All American.
I still think he should have gone a Notre Dame myself,
but whatever. Yeah, well, sometimes we have to settle for
second best, you know what I mean, Like every now
and then, I know it was God.

Speaker 1 (18:44):
I'm Brian Nel.

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impact the draft is that the Saints have a banged
up quarterback in Derek Carr. Derek Carr might need shoulder surgery.
It threatens his availability for the upcoming season. It was

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a bombshell just a couple of days ago where you're like,
holy cop. So if Shadura Sanders is on the board
at ninth, overall, all of a sudden, the Saints become
a real player. And here's my thought is if the
Saints are looking there, they're sitting there and they're looking.

Speaker 4 (20:52):
At Shaduur and the word is they're not too high
on the guy.

Speaker 5 (20:56):
It's not just about twenty twenty five, and hey, we
might not have at Carr and we need a QB
and this guy's a high prospect, and you just talk
yourself into it. You gotta be thinking about twenty thirty five.
And if your evaluation leads you to believe that, you're like,
I just don't know that he's gonna pan out in
the NFL. And be a franchise quarterback. If that's where

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your evaluation is and you think twenty twenty six gives
you a better crack at finding your franchise quarterback, you
should be thinking about twenty thirty five, not just twenty
twenty five. And if the Saints are sitting there ninth
overall and Chadeur is on the board, it's gonna be
really interesting to see what they do. They might be
high on the guy all along and we just don't

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know it, and he falls into their lap and they
take him and they're happy as can be with the guy.

Speaker 4 (21:44):
That might be part of it.

Speaker 5 (21:45):
But if their evaluation leads them to believe I just
don't know, then you can't go down that road. You
gotta go down a different road. We'll see what happens
if Shador is there for the Saints when they're picking
at ninth overall.

Speaker 4 (21:58):
Very interesting stuff.

Speaker 6 (22:01):
Rich Well, I look at the Saints as a team
that has more needs than just quarterback. Like I look
at their defense and they're a little soft on the
corners and both I mean that in the defensive backfield,
but up front, you know they need they need to
get better at edge. That is a place where you

(22:23):
win in this league. We know this is the truth,
quarterback being the most important conversation in the league. Right there,
almost side by side, is the guy on your defense
who's going to be chasing around opposing quarterbacks because you
can have a tremendous impact on every single play if
you're affecting your opposing quarterback. Now, obviously it is an issue,

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and Derek Carr being injured is the newest controversy in
New Orleans, which makes it all the more difficult. But
they need tight end help, they need help on the
offensive line. I mean, this is an incomplete puzzle that
if you add a quarterback to now and potentially the
quarterback of your future, if you pick the correct one,

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you may also be subjecting that player to life in
the NFL.

Speaker 1 (23:14):
That's a pretty tough road to hoe.

Speaker 6 (23:17):
When typically when you see a quarterback drop into a
stable environment where there are successful players around them and
there's a good culture in place and etc.

Speaker 1 (23:30):
Etc. Etc.

Speaker 6 (23:31):
You'll typically see those quarterbacks having an easier time acclimating
to the league than those who don't. And the Saints
right now do not offer much stability. So if I
were New Orleans and like you, said Brian, if the
correct player dropped to our draft slot, or if we
felt so, you know, enamored with a player that we

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had to trade up to go get them. Yeah, sure,
But I wouldn't jump out of my skis to go
after anyone one of these quarterbacks in this draft because
it's not the quarterback draft.

Speaker 1 (24:05):
To do that.

Speaker 2 (24:07):
Yeah, you know, guys, it's it's highly it's highly doubtful.
They're gonna go with their backup. Rattler of course was thin.
He was like, oh, win six for them last season
as a rookie. They have the ninth pick in the draft.
As you guys said, will Sanders still be an option
at that point? I mean it's possible, but you know,
I don't know can they count on that for one

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hundred percent? No, So they could look later in the draft.
Maybe had a couple different guys. Alabama's Jalen Milroe I
did not have a great finish to his career, but
he's been compared to like Jalen Hurts. I've seen by somewhere.
I've seen his scout say that.

Speaker 7 (24:44):
So.

Speaker 8 (24:44):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (24:45):
You also have Ohio States Will Howard, whose stock went
up after his great performance at the college playoffs of
the year, so there is some other options. The other
option is the Saints have to try to bring in
a vet maybe in free agency, you know, a veteran
so but there isn't much left out there really besides Rogers.
So it's interesting to see how this is going to

(25:06):
play out in New Orleans, especially especially since they'll you know,
they'll have the brand new coach Kellum Moore there at
the Helm this year, a former quarterback himself, So we'll
see what happens. Uh, we don't know what's going on
really over there right now. It's kind of up in
the air, Like I was reading a couple with the
Usually you can get a good grasp of what's going
on from a beat reporter. I know my number one

(25:30):
prop guy. He knows every single beat reporter on every
team who to follow. There's some sometimes there's multiples.

Speaker 1 (25:37):
This situation, no one's saying.

Speaker 2 (25:40):
Anything, so we don't really know, you know, what's the
what it's been ironed down to that right right now
as of yet.

Speaker 5 (25:47):
Well, you know, someone who is saying something crack is
Isaac Lowland Kron And lucky for us he is, because
if he wasn't saying much we'd be screwed right like,
we just wouldn't have updates. So thankfully, he says lots
of words. He's got words for you right now. I
low with the latest and the.

Speaker 9 (26:05):
Two words most prominent.

Speaker 8 (26:06):
Good morning fellas Rory McElroy, because he came burst in
with eagles in Round three of the Masters on Saturday.

Speaker 10 (26:14):
Ry McElroy pitch shot on the way. There's an eagle
pitch from behind the green on his way to the
hole and he's got it. A fist puff from McElroy.
He's down nine hunder par and has taken the lead
in the Masters.

Speaker 8 (26:26):
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Saturday night, the Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers
sixteen to nothing, and fourteen of.

Speaker 9 (26:55):
The runs were scored over the last three innings.

Speaker 8 (26:58):
Cubs hit four home runs as it's including two by
Carson Kelly, and among the social media reaction to that
result a couple of posts with sports betting related observations
at Meta monduc commenting, first bet on MLB and Dodgers,

(27:19):
then this happened, just how bad was I on my
past life unquote, and then at Harry Hall's berner, adding,
you know, the regular season of a sport is bull
bleep when a team can get handed their worst shutout
loss ever and their odds.

Speaker 9 (27:37):
To win the championship don't change unquote.

Speaker 8 (27:40):
Anyway, Elsewhere, the Arizona Diamondbacks ated the bottom of the
ninth thitting trailing the Milwaukee Brewers four to nothing. They
wound up scoring five runs in the bottom of the
ninth as the Diamondbacks wound up want to get five
to four. And the Seattle Mariners had a pair of
four run innings in a nine to two win over
the Texas Rangers.

Speaker 5 (27:57):
Guys, yeah, it's nice that they had all those runs
in a couple of innings.

Speaker 4 (28:03):
I needed Randy A. Rose Araina to get me one
hit there.

Speaker 1 (28:06):
I love.

Speaker 9 (28:08):
Were you at metamandak then.

Speaker 5 (28:11):
No, no, I just former Cardinal of Rose Arena. You
know I expected him to come through. It's been a
shaky start so far, so far as under the Mendoza line,
which is two hundred is your batting average. The rough start,
but you'll get it kicked into gear. It's just on
a day that I don't have them as a leg
in the parlay platter, you know, and that won't be
as good, not as good at timing, right, you know.

Speaker 2 (28:30):
I make more point there hearing that though, hearing that
one guy that said something about sixteen nothing. It's one game.
You know, you have one hundred and sixty two game season.
It's one game, so the odds aren't gonna change even
though it's sixteen to nothing. It's not like an NFL
team that got beat, you know, forty to nothing. You
know what, they're wanning in a different direction. It's one
baseball game. It's a rare outlier game. So just kind

(28:53):
of interesting though, Go ahead, Briy.

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(29:18):
wanted to go back to the Saints for a second
because listen, I am in favor of taking swings. If
I were an NFL GM and we needed a quarterback,
I would be taking swings. And that's the only way
you can play it. I believe in the NFL you
have to take big cuts. Remember, like was it Jose Uribe,

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one of the old school MLB players, used to swing
from his socks like huge cuts, and when he would
hit the ball, it would go four hundred and fifty feet.

Speaker 4 (29:49):
When he didn't hit the ball, he got a bunch
of air and.

Speaker 5 (29:52):
Almost fell over. That's how I would be as an
NFL GM. Well, I would take big swings and you're
gonna connect times and flourish, and you're gonna miss sometimes
and you're probably gonna.

Speaker 2 (30:03):
Be out of a job.

Speaker 5 (30:05):
But that's largely how it goes as an NFL GM.
So if I'm the Saints, I'm swinging in one direction
or another. That's exactly what they have to do. If
Shadura is on the board, they might have to swing there.
If they think that Jackson Dart, for instance, might end
up being a better NFL quarterback, you're gonna have to
take a huge swing and get him in the second round,

(30:26):
most like, or trade up and get to the bottom
of the first round. Somehow, some way, You're gonna have
to take a big swing. Because I would love to
have a better roster and a better It's almost like
rich you're a parent, Like when you have a new born,
you want to have everything set. We got the crib,
we got the blanket, we got the binky, and we

(30:47):
got all the toys. We're good to go, man Like,
you would love to have that as your roster in
the NFL. But a lot of times that's just not feasible.
And I look at the Patriots. Their rosters sucked last
year and they went with Drake May number three overall,
and it wasn't a disaster.

Speaker 4 (31:05):
He looks to be a player.

Speaker 5 (31:07):
And then in the offseason they had all this cash,
They're getting free agents left and right.

Speaker 4 (31:11):
It looks a whole lot better.

Speaker 5 (31:13):
So I wouldn't let the lack of a great roster
prevent me from taking a big swing at a quarterback
because that's what you have to do in this league.

Speaker 6 (31:22):
Well, I think that I like a lot of what
you said. I think we agree with more than you
may think after I finished speaking here. But where I'm
at is you want the right guy, but also you
want the right value. You know, just because Drake May
was parachuted into a bad situation, he looked Okay, I

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mean would you trade everything for him?

Speaker 2 (31:45):
You know what I mean?

Speaker 6 (31:45):
Like, would if the Patriots didn't have such a high
draft pick because they had such a lousy season the
season before, would you have leveraged, you know, a great
fortunes to trade up to overall and draft Drake May
last year? The answer is probably not. You know, Drake
May kind of fell to their slot. They were extremely

(32:08):
quarterback needy, and they have been since Tom Brady moved
on to the Buccaneers back in the twenty nineteen twenty
twenty season. So you look at where the Saints are
at and you say they're drafting ninth, Well, chances are
at that slot they're not going to have one of

(32:28):
the higher value quarterbacks available to them at that point,
and so they got to make a decision, is there
enough value trading up to go get one of these guys,
or do you wait and do you feather the bed
for a quarterback somewhere down the road? Do you put
a band aid on the gushing wound right now? And
if you can convince Aaron Rodgers to play in New

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Orleans because the Vikings have flat out refused to have him,
he can't find a franchise that's really on a playoff
path to sign him, and he just sort of set
in New Orleans for a year. Or or you find
some other situation, like you said, you could draft somebody
in the second round and sort of feed them to
the wolves. It could be a situation where, who knows,

(33:11):
maybe you unearthed some value some other way at that position.
But I think the Saints, considering where they're drafting, who's available,
and what their other needs are, you know, sort of
you know, right here hand in hand with a quarterback,
I think they would be doing themselves a favor and
chasing value in this draft as opposed to going over

(33:31):
their skis and taking that big swing. Yet I do
agree with you. I do think at some point you
gotta you gotta take the big swing. But you know,
not when it's Uh not when it's a situation like this.
I think the Saints should play it a little safer
this year.

Speaker 2 (33:48):
You know, guys, Rich, I know we love you filling
in here. You probably see me when I'm touching the
screen here because I have a live odd screen.

Speaker 1 (33:56):
Yeah, I knew you were updating something cracks. No, it's
so sick.

Speaker 2 (34:01):
The parley platter is coming up, right, Brian, Yeah, oh yeah,
all right, because I'm going to use this in the
parley platter. I'll be honest with you, I forgot where
I was. I went to bet MGM. They have a line.
They have a line on a game, and I'll be
honest with you, there's only one, two, three sports books
that all my live lines that have it up. Uh,

(34:22):
this is the fourth. One was bet MGM. But I'm
in a state that doesn't have bet MGM, that doesn't
have live they don't have legal sports betting. So I'm
not even thinking I turned it on. It gave me,
it gave me a warning you proceed. I'm not even
It's my normal routine on the show is to if

(34:43):
I'm hitting screens or something, something's moving around. So I'll
get to this when we get back from break here
for the parley.

Speaker 4 (34:48):
Platter, absolutely man, looking forward to that.

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Speaker 4 (36:13):
All right, let's do this.

Speaker 7 (36:15):
Check this out our late letter.

Speaker 5 (36:19):
Yes, we each have one selection for you. We pull
it together for a greater payout. Correct, we start with you.
What's something you'd like?

Speaker 2 (36:27):
All right, let's go to this Yankee game Yankees and
San Fran. Bet MGM has seven and a half on
that game. A couple of eights out there. Let's go
over Yankee seven and a half minus twenty interleague game
today for San Fran. Think some runs will be scored
in this game. Hopefully we get some of these big
bats out there over San Fran and the aches.

Speaker 6 (36:48):
All right, At Lakers Portland Trailblazers tipping off a little
bit after noon on the West Coast. Lakers are playing
absolutely nobody, no Reeves, no Rui.

Speaker 1 (37:00):
No Luca, no Lebron.

Speaker 6 (37:02):
The Portland's playing close to nobody either, So this is
going to almost feel like a preseason or summer league
game where you look at the bench dep I like
Portland's depth better. So I got the Blazers minus six
and a half today.

Speaker 4 (37:16):
Okay, Rip City shout out like it.

Speaker 5 (37:20):
I'm gonna stick with the NBA here, Rich, I'm gonna
look to the game that matters the most today. That
would be the Clippers taking on the Warriors. And I'm
on the Clippers plus three and a half for a
couple of reasons.

Speaker 4 (37:35):
Yeah, if you.

Speaker 5 (37:36):
Look at this one seating implications, the scary thing is
that the Warriors they're trying to avoid the play in.

Speaker 4 (37:44):
They lost at home. Harrison Barnes at a huge shot.

Speaker 5 (37:47):
They lose a home to the Spurs, and so the
Warriors they're staring the playing round in the face right here.
So this is scary for some people, not scary for me.
I look fear in the and say bring it on.
At least today I do. But the reason for the
Clippers they play real defense. They've been seventeen and three

(38:10):
very quietly over their last twenty games, and to me,
this line just stinks. You look at what Jimmy Butler
has done since being traded to the Warriors. Their record
is fantastic and somewhere around like twenty two and six
when he plays for the Warriors.

Speaker 4 (38:26):
The record is really good.

Speaker 5 (38:27):
They've been fantastic efficiency wise after the All Star Break.
And they're the Warriors, They're the brand name. And yet
last night the Warriors are only favored by two and
a half. Yeah, now it's three and a half, so
I get an extra point here. But I think there's
more value on the Clippers side. They're not the brand name.
There's more reasons to doubt them based on their past,

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but they play real defense, they've been hot lately, and
I like them plus the points today, I'll take the
Clippers plus three.

Speaker 1 (38:55):
And a half. Yeah, I think this is a good pick.

Speaker 6 (38:59):
I think this is gonna be a razor thin game,
and like you said, it's the biggest game on the
NBA docket. But I agree with what you said about
the Clippers. They play great defense out on the wings.
This is gonna be I think you stole a little value.

Speaker 1 (39:13):
I really do.

Speaker 6 (39:14):
I think a lot of people are gonna go with
the headlines and they're gonna think the Warriors is the
safe bet.

Speaker 1 (39:19):
But I like the Clippers there too. Very nice, very nice.

Speaker 5 (39:23):
You know, while we're talking hoops here, just got a
text from Jeff Schwartz, who's normally on this show, crag.

Speaker 1 (39:30):
Can you believe this?

Speaker 5 (39:31):
I don't know if you saw this, you might have
been updating the app in the break, but he wrote,
I hope someone this morning is checking Brian's anti Lakers
bias on the show.

Speaker 4 (39:41):
We can't let him get away with it each Sunday.

Speaker 2 (39:45):
Can you believe that?

Speaker 1 (39:46):
Greg?

Speaker 6 (39:46):
So?

Speaker 5 (39:47):
I dont have anything against the Lakers. I just have
something against the Lakers front court.

Speaker 4 (39:51):
They don't have one. They only have Jackson Hayes.

Speaker 1 (39:54):
That's it.

Speaker 5 (39:55):
Uh, whatever big they're facing in the playoffs, just ride that, dude.
Either points, rebounds, p R like combos. Oh, they're gonna
eat against the Lakers.

Speaker 2 (40:08):
I want to give you a major line move right now.
You know, you guys know I have the best screen
and my spank odds up and they're across the screen
in red and black. Golden State was just hit up
to four and a half. So let's let's let's make
that pic plus four and a half. There you go.
I must at bet MGM plus four and a half.

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Clippers getting four and a half, make that the official
number for our parley platter.

Speaker 5 (40:36):
Okay, love it beautiful with me extra value right there.
I'll take it all right, I move lines in the
opposite way. I come it up next and unintended outcome,
this was not the intended consequence here. We'll get to
that momentarily. Welcome in hope your Sunday is going swimmingly.

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so unintended outcome. A couple of stories. First off, it

(41:29):
would be my uh my Clippers today, which I got
at plus three and a half, and literally as I
was talking, it moved to plus four and a half.

Speaker 4 (41:37):
That's crazy. I'll keep an eye on these lines here.

Speaker 2 (41:41):
As I was talking instantly, it was.

Speaker 4 (41:45):
Like the opposite of was it?

Speaker 5 (41:47):
I can't remember if it was Goodfellas or Casino where
de Niro I think it was good Fellas. De Niro is,
you know, he's got his I'm taking Oklahoma plus eight
and the guys run to the payphones like Oklahoma Christ
the opposite for me because they.

Speaker 2 (42:02):
Left the ace Rutstein. Then they run out to the
phone boots and say a Scott down, I want to
get down, and the yeah, that's right.

Speaker 5 (42:11):
I'm like, give me Clippers plus three and a half.
Everyone was running the pay payfunt hey give me give
me Warriors minus three and a half.

Speaker 4 (42:19):
It's a believable crack quickly.

Speaker 2 (42:21):
When you can make fun of yourself that your stock
goes way up. When you can make fun of yourself,
anyone makes fun of themselves. That makes for the greatest
comedians too out there. But yeah, that was just that
was a very rare thing. That won't happen again the
rest of the year. You give out a play in
thirty seconds later it was the other way.

Speaker 4 (42:40):
Wow, it's crazy, wow, crazy full point.

Speaker 5 (42:42):
But hey, yeah for the parlay platter and that line
keeps moving right the juice is still moving. It's still
Clippers plus four and a half, but our parlay platter
is just under six to one, so that would be.

Speaker 1 (42:54):
Uh uh crack.

Speaker 5 (42:57):
You're on the uh over of this giant's key's game
over seven and a half. Rich, You've got the Blazers
minus six and a half, and I'll stick with the
Clippers plus three and a half.

Speaker 4 (43:08):
That's what it was when I got it in, So
we'll stick with that.

Speaker 5 (43:12):
Hey, how about this, While we're sticking with the unintended outcomes,
how about former Tennessee quarterback Nico IAmA Leyava. So the
story is he held out a practice a day, just
a couple of days ago, held out of practice. The
word was he was seeking more nil money, wanted a
new nil deal, And the next thing you.

Speaker 1 (43:34):
Know, he's gone.

Speaker 5 (43:35):
He's not at Tennessee anymore. The head coach, Josh Hipel says,
no one is ever bigger than the program. So they're like, hey, Nico, dude,
you had nineteen touchdown passes last season, four million dollars.

Speaker 4 (43:48):
Little steep, Little steep not willing to go down that road.

Speaker 5 (43:51):
And so Nico's hitting the portal and looking for a
new address. Over here, Rich, your first thought on this man?
What do you think with Nico? He thought he had
the leverage try to use it, turned out he didn't,
and now he's going elsewhere.

Speaker 6 (44:04):
When the little guy rages against the machine, it is
very difficult to.

Speaker 1 (44:11):
Get support for the little guy.

Speaker 6 (44:14):
And I know it sounds a little bit ridiculous to
use that, you know, sort of sweeping generalization in this storyline,
but it is true.

Speaker 1 (44:25):
Nico is one player.

Speaker 6 (44:27):
Obviously, the Tennessee Balls football program athletic department is a machine.

Speaker 2 (44:33):
You know.

Speaker 6 (44:33):
Their job is to recruit and to keep their eye
on the transfer portal and to keep all the players
that they want to retain on their roster happy. And
obviously they're going to be handling situations like this where
other teams or potentially players are going to assert a
value on themselves or on their players.

Speaker 1 (44:53):
Where you could lose a guy. And that's what appears
happened here with Nico.

Speaker 6 (44:59):
This is reminiscent of UNLV their situation with their quarterback
last preseason. I'm blanking on his name right now, but
he transferred into the program and he was looking for
money or he was promised certain things. Per his story,
and then he was looking to leave the program and
UNLV ended up having a good football season last year.
You know, the same could happen for Tennessee. They can

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move on from Nico, and they can end up having
successes even beyond what they enjoyed with Nico at the Helm.

Speaker 1 (45:28):
But here's the deal.

Speaker 6 (45:29):
Any time I hear a storyline where a coach is
almost eager to, like, you know, dispel the myth that
hey we're cheap or hey we're the problem here, like,
it feels like there's more to the story. I'm very
curious either A what was promised to Nico or b

(45:52):
what value they were discussing he could potentially be worth
before this whole situation occurred. I'm also very curious where
he lands and how much, you know, we end up
hearing through sourced reports he he gets paid.

Speaker 1 (46:07):
In uh in nil money. But I do know my
knee jerk reaction was this.

Speaker 6 (46:13):
This feels like either somebody within the program or outside
the program got in Nico's ear and talked to him
about what he's really supposed to be worth, and and
the snowball started falling downhill from there.

Speaker 2 (46:26):
That's exactly what happened rich someone got in his ear.
That's exactly what happened. And uh that was UNLV you
were talking about. Correct with that.

Speaker 1 (46:36):
I remember that.

Speaker 2 (46:37):
You know, I had coach owed him on my podcast.
What a nice guy. I tell you what, barrioed him.
What a nice man. Just just just a really cool guy.
Uh Codin, Yeah, he was a good guy. Man. I
remember when that happened last year. I was kind of mad.
I just just this is listen. My grandfather, God bless him.
My grandfather. I was real close to my grandfather and

(46:57):
he used to say a word that burns me up.
That was his way of cursing. My grandfather didn't curse.
I never heard him say a curse word. It just
burns me up. It's like the It really is the
wild wild West in college athletics with this NIL area. Listen,
the NCAA desperately needs to tighten their rules and regulations

(47:18):
with the NIL so situations like this don't continue to
come up. It almost seems like extortion. I know it's
a big word. I'm being a little dramatic, but when
these college quarterbacks are jumping from team to team, trying
to make more money with each move, it would be
really interesting to see where Nico winds up. It's already
to spring, and you know, team rosters are set and

(47:38):
he's asking for two million plus. At this point, I've
heard organ Is in the mix. We'll have to ask
Jeff when he gets back for I don't know where's
he even at the Glopicus Islands where. Yeah, I've seen
some of the photos of the bright blue he reminds
me of Ace Rotstein with these colors bright bright neon.

Speaker 1 (48:00):
Blue and green pink shirts.

Speaker 2 (48:02):
That's what Ace Rutstein, you know, That's what the real
lefty rosesol in real life were in casino. But yeah,
we'll see what he says it. Just like I said,
Grandpa burns me up.

Speaker 4 (48:14):
Well, that's kind of like you crack. You don't cuss either,
isn't that curse?

Speaker 2 (48:17):
No? I curse, don't get me wrong. I absolutely curse
a street kid from back where I'm from. Absolutely, But
I don't curse in front of girls. I never curse
in front of kids. I don't curse in social situations.
Why what's the purpose of it? Now? People just blatantly
throw around the F word like it's nothing. You know,

(48:41):
I come from a pretty old now I say, I
come from an old fashioned family. My mother Italian from
the Bronx. She every curse word in Italian in the
world she used, and even some in English. But my father,
you know which I told you, My grandfather, his dad.
They were hard working, blue collar people from the country.
Uh literally, My my father lived on a farm in

(49:04):
West Virginia, Ohio border. My dad too, my grandfather too,
my grandfather, there were hard working people. They just didn't cuss.
It's not what they did. I'd never heard once, never
heard my grandfather say a curse word ever, or my
grandmother for that point. Uh, it just why why it's
it's not necessary. It's just listen.

Speaker 1 (49:22):
I like, I love like.

Speaker 2 (49:24):
I'm friends with. One of my good friends is Andrew
Dice Clay. Do you think you forget about it? No, yeah,
I'm you know, I go over I used to when
he lived in Vegas here was I used to go
over his house. And it's just every day you just
just cursing. I mean, I love it, it's funny. I laugh,
but I just choose not to do it in situations.

Speaker 1 (49:43):
So no doubt.

Speaker 5 (49:44):
The day Laughter died one of my favorite yeah comedy
shows of all time, but getting back to Yama Lava,
here's the deal. Holdouts are going to be commonplace in
college football. Let's just get that straight. And I hear
you crack. It is the mild West. It's not like
you have a binding agreement. It's sort of like a

(50:05):
phone call, like yeah, yeah, we'll give you a two million,
Sure we're good for it. And maybe they are, maybe
they aren't. But there's no there aren't really any rules
and regulations. There isn't anybody. There's no like Overwatch. There's
no like neighborhood Watch. You know, like you could kind
of come into a neighborhood and do what you want
and you don't have any sort of oversight. Because what

(50:28):
happened with UNLV, According to Matthew Sluca and his representatives,
he was offered one hundred thousand dollars and he only
got three thousand dollars and he's like, I'm out of here,
I'm leaving. I'm red shirting this season. Maybe that's true,
Maybe it's I don't know. I don't know who to believe.
But all I know is someone's lying and someone's not

(50:49):
telling the truth and holding up their end of the bargain.
And so holdouts are going to become commonplace. Even if
you had like this legally binding con tracked. Essentially, that's
what you have in the NFL. You've got contracts that
are binding, and you still have holdouts because you're always
gonna have some players that have leverage and they're gonna

(51:12):
utilize it to get top dollar.

Speaker 4 (51:15):
That's just the way it's gonna be. And so for
college football fans that are not used.

Speaker 5 (51:19):
To that because we've never had that before, I'm here
to tell you get used to it. You don't have
to like it, but that's the way it's gonna go.
Nko it turns out didn't have the leverage. He only
threw nineteen touchdown passes last season, and I think eighteen
were against bottom feeders. Say like he didn't have the
leverage to say give me four million dollars or am

(51:40):
Oud of here Tennessee was like, well, good, go see
you right like. But players that do have the leverage,
they're going to use it. They're going to hold out
and there will be instances where they will get the
money that they're seeking.

Speaker 4 (51:54):
That's the way it's gonna go. You don't have to
like it, but that's where we're headed.

Speaker 3 (51:58):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (51:58):
The holdout is a it's a classic negotiation tactic, and
sometimes it's a bluff, and sometimes a bluff is called.

Speaker 1 (52:09):
And sometimes a player.

Speaker 6 (52:11):
Or whoever is enacting a holdout in whatever business discussion
is occurring, either folds or they end up having to
move on tail tucked and accept a lower amount Elsewhere.
That may be the case with Nico. Now here's the reality.
He may be unhappy anyways, So this might be a
win win for him. You know, he may say, Hey,

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you know, I didn't love the system we were playing him.
I want to fresh start elsewhere. I think I'm being
under utilized.

Speaker 1 (52:39):
You know, I don't know.

Speaker 6 (52:40):
I you know, I don't know how he feels personally
about the offense he's running or his place in the
program with the volunteers.

Speaker 1 (52:48):
But I do know this.

Speaker 6 (52:49):
I know that if he's seeking more money and he
puts a price tag on himself that high, well there's
two things that can happen. One he may have to
or he he may eventually have to bring that price
tag town or one of these other universities may say, hey,
we're quarterback desperate.

Speaker 1 (53:08):
Enough to have that conversation.

Speaker 6 (53:10):
And so there are times where negotiation tactics look really
really silly right up front, Like you remember when Lamar
Jackson was restructuring his contract and everybody's like, what is
this idiot doing? He doesn't even have an agent. You know,
I can't believe he would be going. You know, he's
feeding himself to the wolves, trying to hammer this out

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with zero representation. And he went and he hammered out
an awesome deal for himself. You know, he reset the
quarterback market. It it feels it feels like sometimes you know,
when the mass opinion is one way, the reality ends
up working itself out the opposite way. Do I think

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Nico at this point in his career is worth four
million dollars based on how he's played, Well, maybe not,
but there could be a team that sees that.

Speaker 1 (54:01):
Type of potential in him.

Speaker 6 (54:03):
And also you have to remember there could be a
program who's desperate enough to make that move. We'll see
where this storyline ends, Like crack, I'm interested to see
where he ends up and who ends up being lured
into this conversation. But one thing we do know, based
on maybe some of the transgressions that might be too
strong that we've seen aired on either side now, especially

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the volunteer side. I don't think he's going to be
playing for the Balls next season. That's almost a guarantee.

Speaker 2 (54:30):
It's a shame, though. It's a shame the way it
is in college here. So in other words, just because
one college has more money to give than another college,
and that's what it's coming down to, a bidding war,
like you said, But I like that word I used earlier.
I know it's a strong word, extortion, but I just
don't think it's fair to other teams. But then again,
you can go across everyone. Is it fair to the

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A's that they don't have a big payroll compared to
the Yankees? And I understand, And the team in the
bigger market, with a bigger market share, with the more
money coming in, gets the you know, the cream rises
to their top. I understand. But that's the old saying
they bought the World Series or whatever it may be.
I don't like it. I wish they never would have
done this. It's like I said, they have to tighten

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their rules and regulations. It really bothers me. So we'll
see what happens.

Speaker 5 (55:20):
I'll tell you what the question becomes, do you have
a problem with holdouts, right and real fast, I'll go
because I want to get all your opinions here, but
real quickly, I have zero problem with it, because here's
the deal. Let's use the NFL, because the college football
is starting to mimic the NFL in a lot of ways.
But with the NFL, you have a legally binding contract. Right,

(55:42):
some player has a contract in place, and he went
off last season, and he actually wants more money, and
he might have to hold out for more money.

Speaker 4 (55:52):
People only viewed that side of it.

Speaker 5 (55:54):
But there's also a legally binding contract in place, and
maybe a different player had a bad season last year,
maybe's a little bit banged up in the NFL says huh,
do you have that contract, handy, And they get it
and they crinkle it up and say, yeah, no more contract,
You're released bye, like and we only look at them,

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these greedy players holding out for more money, and no
one blinks twice. When NFL teams just cut guys left
and right, there's a contract in place and they don't care.

Speaker 4 (56:25):
They'll release you.

Speaker 5 (56:26):
So I have zero problem when a player has the
leverage and might have to play hardball and hold out
for more money and crack. You call it extortion, Yeah,
I get it, But it works the other way, where
teams just rip up a contract in front of a
player and say yeah, we're going in a different direction, goodbye. Right,

(56:46):
So we can't forget that it works both ways. And
when it becomes like that in college football, right, like,
if players are holding out and trying to get top dollar,
that's still a drop in the bucket compared to the
money that they generate at these power force schools. Four
million sounds like a lot for Yama Lava or Carson

(57:07):
Becket Miami. The money that the Miami Hurricanes football program
is generating for that school, four million is nothing. And
those players they don't see a dime of any of
that money. This is just nil money. So I have
no problem with holdouts NFL.

Speaker 2 (57:24):
Or college right. Yeah.

Speaker 6 (57:26):
Interesting, Well, look, it's it's become a business, right for
the players. It never used to be. It used to
just be a player a business on the side of
the teams and the coaches. And I've said this, and
I've been consistent about this. What coaches will say publicly,
and it's not all coaches who have jump ship on

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a school, you know early to go chase a better
opportunity elsewhere, but many of them have done this at
some point in their career. And what certain coaches will
say publicly about players either holding out for more money
or transferring from their program, you know they're so disappointed,
or hey, we're only concentrating on the players who want

(58:08):
to be here, and those types of things. It's like, yeah, well,
guess what that player is concentrating on setting himself up
for the.

Speaker 1 (58:14):
Rest of his life. Because even if it just means.

Speaker 6 (58:17):
A couple hundred thousand dollars more to play for a
different football team, guess what, that's a down payment on
a house that that player can raise his future family in.

Speaker 1 (58:26):
So don't waste.

Speaker 6 (58:28):
Your breath trying to convince me that you stand on
the moral high ground, because what you think that he
should sacrifice, sacrifice a down payment on a house, on
a property that maybe one day he could pass on
to his children or his future grandchildren because you want
to win more football games, get lost, Kick Rocks. It's

(58:49):
a business. Grow up. Put your big boy pants on,
just like you did when you negotiated your coaching contract.
Coach and play ball, because that's the game now. And
if you don't I get quit just like some of
these other old schools, those old school coaches who couldn't
handle it in the NIL era because they want to
control and they want to hold their thumb over these

(59:10):
players the way they had in the past, and they can't,
so they put on pastel suit jackets and they.

Speaker 1 (59:15):
Go talk on you know these sports networks now And
that's the truth.

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Speaker 1 (01:01:05):
Let's do this.

Speaker 8 (01:01:09):
Breaking news from Fox Sports, WAFB and w BRZ Television
out of Baton Rouge Louisiana, as well as veteran football
reporter Nick Underhill are all reporting that former LSU receiver
and NFL draft prospect Kyrone Lacy passed away on Saturday

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night in Houston, Texas. Lacy had a breakout season in
twenty twenty four for LSU fifty eight catches eight hundred
and sixty six yards. He led the Tigers with nine
touchdown receptions. Lacy had also been facing a negligent homicide
charge after being involved in a fatal crash last December,
and a grand jury was actually due to begin hearing
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four years old.

Speaker 5 (01:01:55):
Guys back to Wow, yeah, I appreciate that, Ilo, It's
obviously horrible news to say the least twenty four year old.

Speaker 4 (01:02:03):
You think back he had a really good season.

Speaker 5 (01:02:05):
I think back to you had a really good game
against Old Miss last year in this crazy high scoring game.

Speaker 4 (01:02:12):
And now he's gone.

Speaker 5 (01:02:13):
That's insane to think about before he's twenty five years old.
So listen, thoughts and prayers with all of his loved ones.
This awful, awful news. But hey, listen, we can't make
any smooth transition, but we'll move it forward to this
follow the money, real good money, all right, like to

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welcome in Christian Zippolini, BETMGM Trading Manager to brighten our
spirits here. Good morning to you, Christian. I hope your
Sunday is going well. Okay, what do you need in
the Masters? Because it seems like you guys typically get it.
You need Rory to go downhill?

Speaker 1 (01:02:52):
Is that what you need?

Speaker 4 (01:02:53):
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final round of the Masters?

Speaker 7 (01:02:58):
Yeah, we're gonna know a lot of how up on
this one. It looks like we're gonna be taking a
back here because Rory is no good for us and
Bryson's even a little bit worse. So the book is
open that Corey Connors can come back here because that's
the best one, best one that we have out of
the remaining players, I guess with a realistic chance, because
even o'berg is it much better. And if Scottie Scheffler

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starts having a good Sunday at thirty six to one,
that'll creep up into our liability as well. So Conners
is our only saving grace. But I don't think we're
going to get it.

Speaker 6 (01:03:32):
Hey, when when you're looking at baseball, switching gears here
because I know many better's minds are on golf. But
that goes away here after this weekend and then we
have this long NBA postseason. We'll get to that, I'm
sure a little bit. But yesterday on Countdown, Jared Smith
mentioned that his favorite baseball prop to bet is the

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total hits runs in RBIs by players.

Speaker 1 (01:03:58):
And you know, for the novice back or maybe somebody
who just downloaded the bet MGM app.

Speaker 6 (01:04:03):
Is there a specific baseball prop or specific way you
like to bet baseball because you see better value?

Speaker 7 (01:04:13):
Yeah, I mean a couple of popular ones that actually
is decently popular because it's kind of all compassing. You know,
there's plenty of times where you bet a player to
hit a home run and then he knocks out a
few RBIs or hit the double, and you know you
end up losing off that. So that one kind of
hits you at all different spots. I mean, obviously people
like to hit the player home run, but that's really
not the best bang for your buck. They really don't

(01:04:35):
hit as many throughout the season, especially for the odds
that you end up taking. So something like total runs
or hits things like that. Usually you can do a
little bit better.

Speaker 2 (01:04:46):
On Hey Christian Bill Krackerenberger here and I'm down here.
Actually I totally forgot. I was trying to get on
bet MGM, and I got sent a warning because I'm
you know, at Georgia and I guess South Carolina. Both
the don't I'm not even thinking, I'm thinking anywhere I go. Uh.
Of course you can't bring your phone on the golf
course here in Augusta. But I'm just thinking to myself, well,

(01:05:08):
you know, it's just just to see what the odds are.
You could check the odds, though, you just can't log
on and try to bet. But my question is this now,
by the way, that the sharp guys that I know
in this uh sports betting business, one of which is
a is a golf guy, and he says that, yeah,
it's it's gonna be Rory or Tchambeau. He can't see

(01:05:28):
even Kito Connor's had some good value. And and you
know last night I seen like almost twenty to one
and he's like no, he no, he can't finish. There's
no way Connors can finish. I mean, I shouldn't say
there's never say no way, but situationally he likes he
likes Rory. But I want to tell you now, I'm
looking at your live odds right now, tournament winner Rory

(01:05:50):
McElroy live, so of the I'm gonna tell you I
just looked at three others big sports books. You guys
are the best price your minus live where their minds
two to one. So do you do you adjust that
a little bit or no? Are you actually looking for
some Rory money because you have a little bit too

(01:06:11):
much exposure on Bryson? Is that is that why you
guys have that best line or do you guys just
have good line?

Speaker 7 (01:06:19):
You know, this is probably a situation where we're, like
I said, we're taking a bath either way, So I
might as well just think a few more bets here
and there, give a little bit better price. Rory is
a little bit better than Bryson. But you know at
this point we're going to take a hit either way.
So every now. Now, you know, we try to stay
competitive and try and give out good prices. This is

(01:06:40):
one I guess we're worked top of the market.

Speaker 5 (01:06:42):
Cool man, Christin, I'll tell you what final day of
the NBA regular season I would imagine you guys are
all for it because it has to be a nightmare
with as many players are sitting out, whether it's a
tanking team or it's a team that has their playoff
spot locked up and they're resting guys because for on
a day to day basis, like the Lakers were playing

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OKC the other day and they were expected to rest everybody,
and then all of a sudden, they're playing everybody, and
it's like, what all that news impact sides, totals, props.
It's got to be a nightmare for you guys right
down the stretcher. You got to be happy that the
regular season is going away.

Speaker 7 (01:07:20):
Yeah, this is usually my least favorite day of the
NBA season. Good luck finding any under player prop bets anywhere,
because it's were most books aren't gonna offer. You know,
we're not going to offer those just because so much uncertainty.
There's a few players out there going for iron Man records,
trying to hit eighty two of eighty two, and we
know they could just have them go in for the

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tip to get that and then come right out, so
we avoid unders in this spot. This year has actually
shapen up a little bit better than other years because
most of these teams just really don't can't move in
the standings either way, There's not too many incentives to
tank and purposely lose games in this an area. But yeah,
this one is not a fun one. I get excited
for the playoffs starting, but this day is chaos. And

(01:08:05):
I mean even if you look at the board here,
there's only I think two games that are under a
three point spread, So with a twenty three point spread
out there too, which is something crazy.

Speaker 6 (01:08:14):
Yeah, what is the best way for somebody who again,
you know, going back to the novice better to take
a look at the NBA postseason? Would you say let
a game go by in a series before starting your
wagerings so you could get a look at the teams,
or is there a better edge on the front end
of the series before a matchup tips off.

Speaker 7 (01:08:38):
You know, if you have an idea, especially for more
of an underdog team, especially if you think they can
possibly steal game one, usually before is the time that
you'll have the best odds. You know, we'll list a
ton of series pops two, and a lot of them
will only be listed before the series starts. So if
there's something on there, you think a player that maybe
can end up being the top point scorer of the series,

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or rebound something that you just find the odds being off.
Usually actually before is the time that you can get
the best odds and you know, make the best bag
for your book.

Speaker 2 (01:09:08):
There, Christian, two quick questions. When I was in Vegas
the other day, I tried to bet a good amount
of money on an NBA side and I even text
the director because they have me limited at three hundred bucks.
I was like, wait a minute, what's going on here?
Usually it's on the Apple usually at least three thousand,
and he said to me, Bill, you're trying to do
some stealing here. I understand, he goes for the last

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couple of days, but the season I got to put
limits on the A. But anyway, I'm sure you guys also,
I mean everyone, I get it.

Speaker 1 (01:09:37):
I get it.

Speaker 2 (01:09:38):
Listen, it's us first few guys. I get the limits,
and of course we'll be lowered in situations. My second
thing is, let me ask you something. How's baseball going
so far for you guys? Are you guys seeing a
lot of action? Are you seeing are you happy with
the action? Are you guys holding your own what's going on?

Speaker 7 (01:09:55):
Yes, I'll start with the baseball side of things. So far,
it's been a good season. From the book make perspective,
it's actually we've had a you know, the tournament wasn't great.
We had a couple of bad NBA days in there too,
and so baseball has actually really helped propping us up.
I haven't done a super deep dive into it because
I'll do that in the summer when there's less things
going on and I can go through and manage that. So,

(01:10:16):
so far, so good on that front. From the NBA perspective,
we talked about I even know today in particular, our
limits are at least half of what they normally are,
just because there's so much uncertainty. We don't nobody knows
who's gonna play. No one knows who's gonna play hard.
Uh So that's really what the book can do here,
is just to protect ourselves on a daily today.

Speaker 4 (01:10:35):
Cool cool, well, Hey, Christian always good stuff. Man, here's
the Corey Connors headed like setting a course record. I
guess right, yeah, yeah, I mean something like that. Yeah, absolutely, Bud, Well,
you have a good day. We'll catch you soon.

Speaker 2 (01:10:50):
Man.

Speaker 3 (01:10:51):
Yeah too.

Speaker 7 (01:10:51):
It's a good Sunday. Everyone, have a good one, all.

Speaker 1 (01:10:54):
Right, you too?

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Unfortunately, guys, some very heavy news that broke a short
time ago, in very sad and tragic news from football
WAFB and w BRZ television out of Baton Rouge, as
well as veteran football reporter Nick Underhill, all reporting that
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away on Saturday night in Houston, Texas. Lacy in twenty
twenty four a breakout season for LSU. Fifty eight catches,
eight hundred and sixty six yards led the Tigers with
nine touchdown receptions. Lacy had also been facing a negligent
homicide charge after being involved in a fatal crash last December.
A grand jury was actually due to begin hearing evidence

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in the case tomorrow morning. Kyrone Lacy was twenty four
years old. After three rounds of the Masters, Rory McElroy
has a two shot lead at twelve under par overall
after a six under sixty six on Saturday. Bryson deshambo
two back of ten under lt off the final pairing
of the final round today at two thirty Eastern Baseball

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Saturday night. The Cubs beat the Dodgers in LA sixteen
to nothing, scoring fourteen runs in the last three innings,
and the Arizona Diamondbacks scored five runs in the bottom
of the ninth inning to stun the Milwaukee Brewers five
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Speaker 2 (01:12:53):
Let's go what Anthony Edwards? Minnesota. I've won with them before,
go on with them again. Minnesota needs a win here
to improve she and Edwards's been shooting ten plus three
is a game, so he's also been really hot from
beyond the arc lately, so just see the jazz, the
jazz to keep up. Keep it somewhat close though, that's
so Edwards place in the fourth quarter. That's always what

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you worry about in these situations. The spread in this
game is the highest spread in the NBA. Can remember,
it's like twenty three. Like Christian said, Oh so you
might have to do it in three quarters, So we'll
see what happens.

Speaker 1 (01:13:25):
No kidding.

Speaker 6 (01:13:27):
Give me Quentin Grimes guard with the Philadelphia seventy six ers.

Speaker 1 (01:13:30):
They got the Bulls today.

Speaker 6 (01:13:32):
That's actually a tip off coming up an hour after
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make the most threes. He's been on fire this season
from beyond the arc.

Speaker 1 (01:13:42):
So give me Grimes.

Speaker 5 (01:13:44):
Okay, I'm gonna go with our guy Sam Houser over
here with the Celtics. It should be the Celtics B team.
They can't move up or down their seeding, so everybody
who's anybody as far as stars should be so it
should be a heavy minutes game. I would assume for
Sam Hauser. Again, I kind of squint my eyes, not

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knowing who the hell is gonna play any particular day.
But I'm assuming he's gonna play, and if he does,
I would expect him to get a lot of opportunities
to get today against the horrible Hornets. So I'll go
with Sam Hauser and he cashed in gosh, what was
it about three weeks ago? He hit eight threes in
a game against the Blazers, So hopefully there'll be a

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big dose of Sam Hauser today is what I'm gonna
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So there you go.

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I've got Sam Hauser of the Celtics, Richie Oh he's
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He's going with Anthony Edwards, who lets him fly about
ten three point attempts per game.

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Taking on the Jazz. Come on, Jazz, keep it close.
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So there you go.

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Prop it up player plays.

Speaker 4 (01:16:24):
Okay, crack, we start with you the betting market.

Speaker 2 (01:16:28):
What do you let Let's go to Golden State's Kevin
Looney rebounds over four and a half minus a dollar
thirty five. This game should have some playoff atmosphere with
teams fighting proceeding. The Warriors will need Looney to cover Zubac,
so I expect him to play fifteen to twenty minutes
in this one. Should be able to get five boards
as long as he stays out of foul trouble. So

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over rebounds by Looney over four and a half.

Speaker 6 (01:16:54):
Okay, I'm going to bring you to the Masters where
Rory mclroy. I'm bet MGM to shoot seventy or lower
again plus one hundred odds, so even money there.

Speaker 1 (01:17:07):
I like Rory.

Speaker 6 (01:17:08):
I think that he's absolutely got the stuff to h
to submit another sub par and I don't. And when
I say subpar, I don't mean below average. I mean
an actual sub par card on Sunday.

Speaker 4 (01:17:23):
Now, is it gonna be enough to Is it gonna
be enough to fend.

Speaker 1 (01:17:26):
Off Bryce and d Shamba.

Speaker 6 (01:17:28):
We'll find out, but give me Rory to shoot seventy
or lower at plus one hundred.

Speaker 9 (01:17:33):
I love how you, uh.

Speaker 4 (01:17:36):
Described it fully right, you.

Speaker 1 (01:17:38):
Know, like I'm not talking this. I don't want to
take anything.

Speaker 5 (01:17:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm thinking something similar here. But
I'm on ah, I'm an opposite team. Hey, we both
could be white, but I'm on the shambo. I'm gonna
take him to shoot seventy or lower.

Speaker 4 (01:17:54):
Is that even money? I just think that.

Speaker 5 (01:17:58):
It's a little bit like the five hundred. You know,
we're restrictor plate racing. You almost don't want to be leading.
You want to be in second place or near the front,
and you can just sling shot past the guy in first.

Speaker 1 (01:18:14):
That's sort of the position.

Speaker 5 (01:18:16):
Yeah, we're doing a little bump drafting here with the
shamba where he's done this before at the US Open.

Speaker 4 (01:18:22):
Tremendous comeback.

Speaker 5 (01:18:24):
His putting has been fantastic, and so I think that
he's gonna be two under par today. I would pick
him to win the event as well, especially when you're
getting close to two to one odds on that, and
as great as Rory has been the last two days,
it's just gonna be hard to duplicate what he did

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yesterday where he was so good.

Speaker 4 (01:18:47):
Birdie's Galore had an eagle.

Speaker 5 (01:18:50):
It's just gonna be tough, and I think you have
to battle what's happened before.

Speaker 4 (01:18:55):
So I like the shambo in this spot.

Speaker 5 (01:18:57):
It's kind of like a middle linebacker playing golf, Like
when he won the US Open last year, the winning putt,
he's like, it's looked like it was taking on a
full back, you know, in the a gap over there.
So I love the intensity of the shambo. I just
think he's got it all working right now. I'll take
him to be two under today shooting seventy or lower.

Speaker 2 (01:19:17):
Nice plus two fifty eight mgm by the way, plus
two fifty to win the tournament an energy m Okay.

Speaker 4 (01:19:23):
So is it still that good crack?

Speaker 2 (01:19:25):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:19:25):
I know, I mean markets over here, yeah, plus one
way or the other.

Speaker 4 (01:19:33):
Right, Yeah, well that's pretty good man, that's not bad
at all.

Speaker 1 (01:19:37):
Let's fifty.

Speaker 6 (01:19:40):
I think that parlays a lot of times. They're they're
just as fun when you keep the odds a little
bit closer and you don't get too far over your
skis because yeah, maybe when the big ones cash, you know,
you have five to one or better odds on it
something like that longer odds. Yeah, those those feel good.
Those are big wins. But there's so much more rare.

(01:20:01):
So it is a little bit better when you when
you keep the odds a little bit lower.

Speaker 1 (01:20:05):
And a little bit closer to earth.

Speaker 5 (01:20:07):
By the way, Rich, you think you think there's a
fighting chance both of you guys, anyone not named Rory
or de Shamba winning this thing.

Speaker 1 (01:20:15):
Man, that's tough. That's tough. You think so crack?

Speaker 2 (01:20:19):
Listen. They both can blow up. I mean, uh yeah,
there's a lot of it's a lot of pressure. Dave
four the Masters, This is a lot of pressure. They
both can blow up, and someone can come from Listen.
My guys don't think so. They're the sharpest guys in
the world. But I'm telling you anything gonna happen.

Speaker 4 (01:20:34):
Yeah, yeah, it can gonna be tough, all right? Coming
up next? How this guy reminds me of a basketball team?

Speaker 3 (01:20:42):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (01:20:42):
What's going on? Help?

Speaker 5 (01:20:43):
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Speaker 4 (01:20:47):
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Speaker 4 (01:21:07):
Okay, so trust.

Speaker 5 (01:21:09):
First off, Rory McElroy reminds me of a basketball team.
He reminds me of the Houston Cougars. That's what Rory
reminds me of because we just had March Madness and
in the Final four.

Speaker 4 (01:21:24):
This is what you heard all the time, like, no, no, Houston's.

Speaker 5 (01:21:27):
Offense, it's good, it's way better the best at Kelvin
Sampson's had.

Speaker 1 (01:21:32):
Look at them.

Speaker 4 (01:21:32):
Look how they shoot the three. Wow, I'm like, that's cool. Still,
can't trust them. Sorry, I know they're better.

Speaker 2 (01:21:39):
I know it.

Speaker 4 (01:21:40):
I can't trust them. And they're scoring sixty three points
against Florida, you know, Like, and.

Speaker 5 (01:21:46):
That's how I feel about Rory. I can't trust them.
I can't trust them on the Master stage. I can't
trust them because back in twenty eleven, had a four
stroke lead and finished tied for fifteenth. Close your eyes
and envision this. Can you envision Rory with a two
stroke lead this time? Like half as much as he
had in twenty eleven. Can you imagine him finishing tied

(01:22:07):
for fifteenth today? I can't imagine it either. That's what
happened in twenty eleven. So can't trust him?

Speaker 4 (01:22:15):
What does that mean?

Speaker 5 (01:22:16):
It doesn't mean I'm right, It doesn't mean anything really,
because he could put it together and close the deal.
He's been tremendous the last two days. And also a
little counter argument to this, who is a team that
you can trust? You can certainly trust the Kansas City
Chiefs right heading into the Super Bowl.

Speaker 4 (01:22:35):
How could you not?

Speaker 5 (01:22:37):
It's Mahomes, it's Andy Reid, it's Spags. They never beat themselves,
YadA YadA. How did that work out against the Eagles?
Mahomes look like Nathan Peterman off a late night bender.

Speaker 2 (01:22:49):
You know.

Speaker 4 (01:22:50):
They're committing mistakes left and right.

Speaker 5 (01:22:52):
So just because you trust or do not trust a
team or a player or what have you, it doesn't
mean it's going to work out the way that you
envision it. It doesn't mean Rory's gonna come up empty
here today. But Pellas, I can't trust him. I can't
back him in this spot.

Speaker 1 (01:23:08):
That's just me, I get it.

Speaker 6 (01:23:10):
You know, Look, history precedes you whether you like it
or not. First impressions are lasting. We've heard that our
whole life, who you are is who you've been, and
to change that is to change a tremendous amount of
inertia or momentum in one direction. Is it impossible. No,

(01:23:31):
People change all the time, and people change for the better.
And obviously, if Rory starts carting you know, better rounds
on Sundays when he's in contention for majors, well then
he's going to start shifting the paradigm. But that's a
big battleship to.

Speaker 1 (01:23:49):
Turn Kenny Kenny do it? Yeah, I think he's capable.
Will he do it? That's a whole nother discussion. And
that's where there's friction.

Speaker 6 (01:23:58):
That's where your brain starts grinding to a halt almost
to say, like, Okay, if I had one hundred dollars,
just one hundred dollars and my life depended on it, uh,
and I had to put it on Bryson or Rory today,
even with the lead, I think I'm still going with Bryson.

Speaker 7 (01:24:21):
Like you know.

Speaker 1 (01:24:22):
And that's that's that's the the whole, that's the whole
psychology of sports at play.

Speaker 6 (01:24:28):
There, it's it's not because I necessarily think Bryson's a
better golfer. It's not because I necessarily think Bryson is
is more capable in these moments. It's because there's so
much momentum and inertia and so much time and so
much talk, and some of it's a self perpetuating cycle

(01:24:48):
that he has to be on the inside of the ropes,
listening to himself and and he's got to defeat those
demons as well. That that that is where my money
would go if if I was forced to make a decision.
Now does that again, Does that mean anything in the
grand scheme of things. No, that's just one man's opinion.
But that opinion is shared amongst a lot of golf fans,

(01:25:11):
a lot of golf analysts, a lot of golfers, a
lot of caddies on tour who have seen the meltdowns,
who have experienced it.

Speaker 1 (01:25:18):
And who just like Rory.

Speaker 6 (01:25:21):
They're groaning because it hurts your stomach to see somebody
have failure when they are so close to the apex.
I hope it doesn't happen today for Rory. I'm not
betting against him. I honestly, I have no dogs in
the fight as it stands right now, clean sheet. But
if I had to take one hundred dollars and put
it on a golfer today, Rory or Bryson, I was

(01:25:42):
down to two choices. I would take De Shambo because again,
history precedes the moment, and unfortunately the history for Rory
is he's really kind of gone belly up. Unfortunately in
these moments.

Speaker 2 (01:25:57):
You know, this is a different McElroy than eleven years ago.
I'm sorry, actually twenty eleven, fourteen years ago. So this
is a different Roy McElroy. This is no to quote
a movie quote. My life's made of movie quotes, by
the way, every day going back to casino every day.
Every day it's something. You know, I'm sitting in a house.

(01:26:18):
Here over my right shoulder, there's one floor over the
cuckoo's nest. On the left shoulder, there's Jaws scenes with
quint I mean, that's my whole life is based on
fifty movies that I can quote almost every line. That's
how shallow I am. It's just just what I like,
you know, what I love. There's nothing like putting on
a movie in the background when you're trying to multitask

(01:26:39):
that you know every line to you don't have to
worry by paying close attention to. But going back to
that casino movie Ace Rothstein, when the guys hit come
in and you know, hit the three jackpots for ten thousand.
He is back in the early seventies. Ace tells the
slot manager cannot happen, will not happen. The odds are
in the billions. And yeah, I'm going to tell you

(01:27:01):
for the first part of the question, will Rory finished
fifteenth cannot happen? Will not happen. No, it's a different
Rory McElroy today, a much more season Rory McElroy. But
I want to just I read something here on Twitter.
When you watch the post round interviews for Bryson d.
Chambeau and Rory McElroy, two things become clear. Bryson is

(01:27:25):
the Capitol Letters last person Rory wants to be playing with,
and Rory is the Capitol Letters exactly who Bryson wants
to be paired with. Bryson craves the moment Rory wants
to stay in his bubble. Well, Rory's been a little
bit outspoken about live and different things. Listen, it's really
easy to be outspoken when you have hundreds of millions

(01:27:47):
of dollars in the bank, so, you know, but for
the starving golfers, and listen, none of them are starving really.
But I want to tell you something. You know, talking
to Shane Lowry last year, I really don't want to
put his business industry. But what do you think it
costs someone to come to the Masters, to go to

(01:28:08):
the Masters for the week. Well, I want to tell
you something. Don't be surprised if it's not twenty five
to fifty thousand dollars. These guys have to bring. Well,
they don't have to. But in the case of the Masters,
rent two different houses for their family members, their their self,
their caddy stays in Like I told you, I stayed

(01:28:29):
with the caddy before. And you know, how about this,
how about your own private chefs, private chefs to cook
right for you, cook for your family. It's an expensive,
you know, a job to have also without getting a paycheck.
One thing I love about the hilton Head Tournament and
some of the other tournaments now now they have raised

(01:28:49):
the PGA has raised the prize money so much so
if live brought anything to the PGA, the prize money
has literally quadrupled. At the Heritage at the Hilton had
the last seven eight years. That's why a lot of
the pro show up. Roy's not coming this year, but
Scheffler's coming. Over All these guys the following week tournament
usually take off. You know, first prize was a million bucks.

(01:29:11):
Now it's three point six million, so that has been
in favor of the PGA. Prize money has went way up.
They have these tournaments where everyone gets paid. I think
the least at the Masters was forty two five I think,
or forty thousand this year. But that could be a
break even for someone that there's a lot of money
to be made, is what I'm trying to say. I understand.

(01:29:33):
But there's a lot of outlay, a lot of quests.
You know, I know a lot of the caddies and
these caddies, you know, it's not like years ago where
the caddy gets a straight ten percent. That's not true.
The caddies get paid on A lot of them get
paid salary no matter what. So now they're on salary
even if their golfer makes no money. So it's their

(01:29:53):
job to keep that golfer in great shape. Oh, by
the way, you know, I got a text in the
middle of early in two hours ago on the show,
someone said to me, crack, you know all these caddies,
you got any inside information? I want to laugh. You
want to know something. These caddies have destroyed people with
their picks. They don't know anything. That's like almost watching

(01:30:13):
no I mean, it's almost like watching the X coaches
and players on the networks give out that don't gamble,
that don't know the pulse of the industry. These golfers,
these golf caddies, I love them to death, great guys,
absolutely love them. But I want to tell you something.
It's tough to know sports betting. And you know, up

(01:30:37):
until a couple of years ago, you couldn't even talk
sports betting on these networks and around the golf course.
And even though it went on, some of the biggest
cowcutters in the world. That's right, the biggest cowcutters in
the world had been based around golf, around the Masters
with millions millions of dollars in it, you know, two
hundred and fifty three hundred thousand dollars first prize. There's

(01:31:00):
been some big, big gambling around golf.

Speaker 1 (01:31:02):
There.

Speaker 2 (01:31:02):
There used to be a summer shootout in Myrtle Beach
in the summer every year, where the pros used to
try to sneak into the tournaments. I'm telling you now,
five different pros I know used to try. Of course,
they want to get that three hundred thousand dollars in
cash and I want to get that prize. There was
always always gambling around the golf some of the biggest

(01:31:24):
gambling in the world I've seen, by the way, I've
never seen bigger gambling in the world than following some
people around a golf course. I'm not going to name,
but they were betting fifty thousand a hole. I watched
it myself, So there was There's some big some big
gambling stories about golf and stuff. And I know I'm
kind of going off the subject here, but hey, we're

(01:31:45):
a gambling show. So the bottom line is can someone
catch them? Yes, they both I said it before the break.
They both can blow up. This is a big moment
for them. Now, these guys, like I said, much more
season now, Rory, much more season now, probably not going
to happen. I have never in my entire golf career

(01:32:05):
of watching golf looked forward to a day four more
than this. Now. I know, there's been some great ones
over the years, a Jack winning five of these things.
I mean, there's been such great tiger coming back and
big ones.

Speaker 1 (01:32:19):
I get it.

Speaker 2 (01:32:19):
I get it. But maybe I'm just so much into
it now because I'm down here a couple of years.
You know, you can never afford to come down to
the place like this. Two years ago I came down.
I got tickets for like five hundred dollars, which is
dead cheap. It's still clush you eight thousand for the week.
You know, you have to airfare. Hotel rooms. You know
they charge you for the biggest dump hotel room. I

(01:32:41):
mean Motel six is five hundred to night, hampedon in
six hundred and night. I mean, I'm not picking on them,
I'm saying that's what it is. And if anyone knows
anything about Augusta outside those gates, boy it's nothing special.
I'll tell you right now. You look for a nice
restaurant to eat downtown Augusta. I went to a place
called Frog Hollow that was unbelieva. Matter of fact, when

(01:33:04):
I was at Frog Hollow, guys, Josh Allen was at
the next table, and the next table to him was
Roger Federer. I mean that that that that was really
cool sitting sitting around those guys two nights ago. But yeah,
so some of the best players in the of the world,
of all different sports love to come to the Masters.
It's a great special event and today I really look
forward to. I'm guessing both of you guys today you

(01:33:26):
are watching Round four the Masters. Correct.

Speaker 4 (01:33:29):
Oh, of course, I'll tell you what crack.

Speaker 5 (01:33:31):
We have Jeff off the show for one week and
you have time to talk, and you are Usain Bold
today only hell oh that was a rant for the Ages.
He didn't call it prayer for nine minutes.

Speaker 2 (01:33:43):
Oh my guys, I'm sorry that happens sometimes, you know. Yeah,
you know, you grow up Jewish Italian from the Bronx.
You just you gotta talk your way out. You can't,
you know.

Speaker 7 (01:33:55):
Wow.

Speaker 5 (01:33:56):
Uh, by the way you started off with your big
movie guy, you're a text tone crack. Whenever you text
me is can't do it, Sally, That's what it says.

Speaker 2 (01:34:06):
Every time. I love that. I thought you, Hey, Tom,
can you get me off the hook? Can't do it?

Speaker 4 (01:34:12):
Yeah, Father, for old Love's sake, you can't do it.

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Speaker 4 (01:35:55):
All right, so listen.

Speaker 5 (01:35:57):
It's funny because uh crack, you were talking of about
one of your buddies, one of the Sharps is talking
about this is not the pairing that Rory wants. This
is the exact pairing that the Shambo wants. And there's
a lot of truth to that. They interviewed the Shambo
and they were like, hey, what do you think about
this final pairing? And he was like, couldn't ask for
anything more?

Speaker 11 (01:36:18):
Just like brought the mic walk off, like wow, okay,
he didn't forget any of that stuff Rory was talking
about with live golf, and there are many things bryceon
de Shambau has not forgotten.

Speaker 5 (01:36:30):
So I love the backdrop of that final pairing between
those two and a couple other things. One Rory said
and I thought this was great. He's like, this isn't
a rematch. That's important in his mind, Like this isn't
what happened with me, you know, wetting myself at the
US Open last year against Bryson. This is not what

(01:36:51):
today is. This is not a rematch. I thought that
was important for that to get squared away in his mind.
And also this this is something that Justin Rose said,
and it applies directly to Rory McElroy.

Speaker 4 (01:37:06):
So this was after day two for Justin Rose. Justin
Rose was leading right.

Speaker 5 (01:37:12):
After day two and so he was on ESPN with
Scott van Pelt and I think you need to hear
the entire question because the context matters. But listen to
what he says about not strangling the moment, because I
think it applies directly to Rory McElroy now that Rory
has the lead.

Speaker 4 (01:37:28):
Check it out.

Speaker 12 (01:37:29):
Here's Justin Rose twenty times here you've turned up and
now here you are with youet another chance to win?
Does it feel different on even though it's for Friday
and there is so long to goo. Yeah, right, knowing
where your name sits, it's up these leaders board, you
can't miss it. Does it feel like there's a bit
more weight on the shoulders just given what you're carrying

(01:37:49):
with you from that position, even as early on as
it is.

Speaker 13 (01:37:54):
I don't know if I'm trying to deflect, but honestly,
I feel like there's less Quite honestly, I feel like
I could. Yeah, I do feel like I'm excited about
being in this, having this opportunity. They know that at
this point in my career, I'm working hard to have
these opportunities. I think it's really important that when I
have them, I don't strangle them.

Speaker 5 (01:38:11):
Don't you think that applies to Rory today? Right where
he's right there, He's got the lead. He had the
lead like fourteen years ago. Think about that. Fourteen years ago,
year in and year out at the Masters, he's battling
that didn't happen this year, battling all right, top five,
battling all right, not even close to the top five.
Now he's here, he's got a two stroke lead. This

(01:38:32):
is the moment, and you don't want to strangle that moment.
And it starts starts to work against you. There's a
great quote. I gotta grab the audio one of these days.
Steve Fisher was the former coach at Michigan with the
Fab Five, right with Chris Weber and Jalen Rose, all
those guys, and he said in the thirty for thirty
doc where he was like, it's kind of like trying

(01:38:53):
to catch a feather, and it's like Michigan the Fab five.
They're trying so hard and you try to grab the
feather and it's actually causing the feather to fly away
from you more where it's really hard to let it
just kind of like fall into your hands. But I
think that's important for Rory. Like Justin Rose just explained,
don't strangle the moment. I think he's more like now

(01:39:15):
Deshambo's a middle linebacker, he could just strangle his club
and it might work for him. But Rory's not like that,
and it's really hard to do. Is sort of like
let the moment come to you instead of reaching for
it and squeezing it too tightly. Because I think that
can work against him here today. It's gonna be what
he's battling I think in the final round for Rory.

Speaker 6 (01:39:37):
Yeah, I think you said, you said a lot, and
so did that interview unload or unpack a lot of
what you have to do as an athlete, Like you
have to constantly play mind games with yourself, whether it's
making a moment maybe bigger than it needs to be.
Like when we all sat down and we watched the

(01:39:59):
last and documentary during the pandemic, and Jordan outlined how
sometimes to get his motivation up, he would manufacture storylines
where he was in direct competition with a player who
said something about him that they didn't actually say, Like

(01:40:21):
he had to sometimes create this menacing narrative to propel
himself to have the best possible game, which obviously worked
because most of the best possible outcomes occurred for Michael Jordan.
But then sometimes you got to shrink the moment. Sometimes
you have to play within yourself. Sometimes you got to

(01:40:42):
take you know, the arena and all the eyes not
only on the course but around the world, out of
the equation and shrink the game just to a combination
of you know, sixty five or so swings that is
going to potentially change your life, you know, and just
concentrate on the task. I think one of my favorite

(01:41:02):
athletes to hear speak about the mindset of the athlete
is Mike Tyson. And it's because Mike Tyson played, or
I shouldn't say played, He competed in one of the
most brutal sports we have that's legal here in the
United States and across the world, and that's boxing. And
when you're in a ring and you're facing somebody who

(01:41:23):
wants to knock your block off, who literally wants to
render you unconscious as like a real way to win
this match, the mind games you have to play with,
it's just it's ceaseless. And what Mike Tyson used to
say is I just became the task. Whatever needed to
become or needed to happen, I became. So if the

(01:41:48):
task was was beating this guy up in front of you,
just that's what he became. And I don't know how
exactly he did it, but I remember the way I
did it is I just prot ended like nothing really mattered, right,
you know, when I was playing on a football field,
whether it be at Penn State in front of one
hundred thousand screaming alumni or.

Speaker 1 (01:42:08):
Across my career in the NFL, I just pretended.

Speaker 2 (01:42:12):
For me.

Speaker 1 (01:42:12):
It worked.

Speaker 6 (01:42:13):
I pretended like nothing mattered. It didn't matter what they thought,
it didn't matter what I thought. All that mattered is
that I just did my job this one time. I
shrunk it to just seconds at a time. I just
needed to do my job this one time, and then
I can move on with the rest of my life.
I had to shrink my life to seconds and do

(01:42:33):
that repetitively so that I didn't get caught up in
the circus. So Rory is attempting to do that right
now as he gets ready to tee off in the
final pairing on the final day of the Masters, which
may determine some of the rest of his career.

Speaker 1 (01:42:49):
I mean, that's the.

Speaker 6 (01:42:50):
Stakes we're talking about. How does he shrink the moment?
I don't know, but that's the mental game he's playing
this morning.

Speaker 2 (01:42:57):
That was great. That was great. It's always great. He
hit these moments here that you just said in the
mind of an athlete or something, how you just explain that? Fantastic? Fantastic?
You know, who do I want to win here? I
got to tell you, I'm in a situation here. I'm
in a situation here. It's unbelievable. So I would love

(01:43:19):
for the moment of golf for the storyline for Rory
to win. But then you know, I was with a
buddy the other night at dinner, you know the guy.
I went to that Frog Hollow, which is the nicest
restaurant in Augusta, and he if Bryce and d Chambeau wins.
He went to one hundred and fifty thousand because he
bet him before the tournament started, and he bet a
lot of money on him. He bet like seven grand

(01:43:39):
on d Chambeau to win one hundred and fifty thousand,
so or maybe maybe you bet nine think you met
nine nine doing one to fifty ethy was his bet.
But he's a big gambler, good guy, and uh, you know,
he's one of my best friends. I don't really have
many best friends. It's a real strong statement. And he's
a guy, believe it or not that you know when

(01:44:00):
I go out, I like to pay for I like
to pay. I enjoy paying. This guy likes to pay.
You know, he pays. He'll sneak behind you and pay
more than anybody. I think I bought him one time
in my life. I bought him a ninety nine cent
sausage biscuit at one of the drive ins that's about it.
But anyway, just to make you laugh. But you know,
we went to the club We went to the clubhouse

(01:44:21):
and bought stuff at the gift shop. And I wanted
to tell you guys to and tell all the public
listening to us, this is amazing what goes on at
this gift shop. The masters will do. I'm reading from
someone on the internet. It's actually a higher number than this,
because we know we have someone that is on the inside.
He's saying seventy million. I know it's more than that.

(01:44:42):
Seventy million in that week. And merchandise alone, ten million
a day, a million an hour, sixteen thousand a minute,
two hundred and seventy seven dollars every second. The largest
purchase was thirty six thousand and twenty twenty two. Golf
dies said, yeah, it's that house and to be inside
that gift shop absolutely amazing. And even myself, I got

(01:45:06):
caught up in the moment that you can't move. It's
just giant building. It's huge, and you can't move. It's
shoulder to shoulder. So whatever they're doing, I want to do,
and I want to do more. So when I'm done
with my bags, bring them all to the counter. I
still don't know why I bought twenty Masters hats. I

(01:45:27):
don't even know why I had like nine for people,
I had nine different people. I just was in the moment,
like I just you know, And by the way, prices
aren't as bad as what you think, like those nice, beautiful,
beautiful golf shirts. There's a giant line of you know,
giant counters fit up with so many people at the

(01:45:48):
counter that it's so easy to get in and out.
They're seventy nine bucks. I mean, that's nothing for a
Master's jersey that you can only get in AUGUSTA or
double the amount on EBED. So I got caught up
in a moment two and I don't want to even
say when I spent the stupid amount, but I just
I looked at the twenty hats and I said to myself,

(01:46:09):
why did I buy all these hats? And I text
rich during the break, send me or I just only
got a half for you, like I don't even know why,
like I know, like, oh, by the way, Brian, Richie
don't know. Brian and Jeff gave me their sizes for
their shirts. Jeff like he's the kind of guy that
goes into a restaurant and wants to make a He says, oh,
give me a knee high grape soda please, like like

(01:46:31):
he ordered a pink three XLT. I went to all
four counters. Nobody had pink three XLT. So I couldn't
get him a pink I had a chose a different
color and his wife might get mad. I don't know.
But yeah, So anyway, he's got he's got a shirt coming,
but they just didn't have the pink three three XLT.

(01:46:53):
Sorry anyway, guys, I know I can go off on
tangents anywhere. Go ahead, Brian.

Speaker 5 (01:46:58):
You know, uh, you know who else rocks the three
XL pink T shirt? Oh know this right, it's Isaac
lowan Kron. That's it, exact size for the he might
get people, Hey, for the people who are just listening,
you know, theater of the mind and all that. I'll
tell you what imposing physical But you think Schwartz is

(01:47:20):
something or Ornberger is something. No, no, no, myself and
Isaac lowen Kron physically imposing us.

Speaker 4 (01:47:29):
We would you agree with that?

Speaker 8 (01:47:30):
I Loo, Brian and I are available to walk you
guys to your cars after the show.

Speaker 2 (01:47:36):
Nice, thank you very much.

Speaker 1 (01:47:40):
Yeah, chaperone believe it at that. Yeah, we' lieve it
at that.

Speaker 9 (01:47:44):
Theater of the mind.

Speaker 8 (01:47:45):
Indeed, all right, fellas, we begin, unfortunately with some really
really sad news that we got just about an hour.

Speaker 9 (01:47:53):
Ago from the world of football.

Speaker 8 (01:47:56):
Former LSU receiver and NFL draft prospect Iran Lacey died
on Saturday night in Houston, Texas. Lacey had a breakout
season in twenty twenty four for LSU. Fifty eight catches
eight hundred and sixty six yards. He led the Tigers
with nine touchdown receptions. Lacey had been facing a negligent
homicide charge after being involved at a fatal crash last December.

(01:48:17):
A grand jury was actually due to begin hearing evidence
in the case tomorrow morning. Kyen Lacey was twenty four
years old. After three rounds of the Masters, Roy McElroy
as a two shot late of twelve under par overall.
He shot at six hundred sixty six on Saturday. Bryson
Deshambou two back at ten under McElroy and de Shambeau.
We'll see off the final pairing of the final round

(01:48:39):
today at two thirty Eastern and baseball Saturday night, the
Chicago Cubs beat the Dodgers in LA sixteen to nothing.
The Arizona Diamondbacks scored five runs in the bottom of
the nine thinning to stun the Milwaukee Brewers five to four,
and some breaking NBA news came down a short time
ago ESPN reporting Portland Trailblazer's head coach Chauncey Billips has
agreed to a multi year contract extension.

Speaker 9 (01:49:00):
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off the year. By the way, you want to know
the most fools gold start in baseball? If we talk
a little MLB here crack, it would be Rich Ornberger,
San Diego, Padres. Oh boy, here we go, such a
fools gold star day. Yeah, they're nine to zero at home,

(01:49:42):
they're twelve and three. It's the best record in MLB
I'm sure every day. Look at this team, look at tatistude,
look at look at what we got going on here
and so cal right, it's not true at all. Look
a look at their schedule. They swept the Aves, who suck?
That was the first four day of the season. They're

(01:50:04):
about to sweep the Rockies. The Rockies are the only
team that has a worse record than the Braves.

Speaker 4 (01:50:11):
What's that?

Speaker 5 (01:50:11):
I didn't check the schedule. Are the Savannah Bananas up
next at all? For the Padres?

Speaker 2 (01:50:16):
What's good? Yea they are?

Speaker 1 (01:50:18):
They are right there.

Speaker 5 (01:50:19):
Yeah, I can't wait for the Cubbies to get to town.
That's the next home series. I don't know that they're
gonna win the next series.

Speaker 4 (01:50:25):
They're rich fools. Gold start by the Padres.

Speaker 5 (01:50:28):
Props to the hot start, but it is not built
to last based on the competition here.

Speaker 6 (01:50:32):
I mean, for San Diegan's sake, for the fun that
it's been in town, riding the high of the regular
season as I am living and make my home here
in San Diego, it has been awesome. But yeah, they're
gonna run into some issues here in the latter half
of the month of April that you mentioned the Cubbies,

(01:50:54):
they're coming to town. They also have to face the
Giants later in the month, who are off to a
hot start as well, and then a West. I mean,
it's it's not gonna be like this the whole season. Obviously,
they'll be ebbs and flows. But I will I will
say that the Padres have done something very strange over
the past call it half decade. They've taken these opportunities

(01:51:17):
against I would say, against lesser teams and they've turned
them into They've they've turned them into.

Speaker 1 (01:51:28):
Momentum. Yeah, momentum is such an important part of baseball.
We all know it.

Speaker 6 (01:51:32):
Hitting is contagious. Good pitching feels like it's contagious as well.
And they've they've created a home field atmosphere. A lot
of people show up.

Speaker 1 (01:51:40):
For these games. But yeah, to start the season as
hot as they did.

Speaker 6 (01:51:44):
If you were to ask me through fifteen games what
their record would be, I would not tell you twelve
and three. If we were back at opening day, I
would not tell you twelve and three. So it's been
better than I thought.

Speaker 2 (01:51:57):
I love, by the way, I love going to peck
O Park.

Speaker 1 (01:52:00):
Oh yeah, it's it's a great part.

Speaker 2 (01:52:03):
It's the greatest and guess what, I'm root for the
Padres to be that team, that little engine that could.
I mean, I'm actually rooting from the gets Ruthie's series
and see what happens here. It may be fools cold,
like you said, though.

Speaker 5 (01:52:17):
But hey, crack real fast, I got a story for you.
You jogged my memory. Rich might hate me after this story.
Part of me kind of hates myself. But I went
to a game at Petco years ago and this is
a true story. While I was walking in, they were like, hey, hey,
can you sign this petition here to keep the Chargers

(01:52:37):
in San Diego?

Speaker 4 (01:52:39):
And I'm like, no, I'm good.

Speaker 1 (01:52:41):
I'm like, what what was I gonna do?

Speaker 2 (01:52:42):
Right?

Speaker 4 (01:52:43):
I was not gonna do anything. How about you pay
money for a stadium like LA is willing to do? Like,
how about you do that? But anyway, it's like, can
you please help save our Chargers please? I'm like, nah,
I'm good.

Speaker 6 (01:52:57):
I walked in the uh the the proposition you were
talking about it was, it was actually it was meant
to fail, you know. Unfortunately, after the fact, it tumbled
out that they they never really wanted that to work.
They wanted to get to LA and like you said,
there were a couple of different avenues at the time,

(01:53:17):
teaming up with the Raiders, you know and Carson or
you know or or the way it ended up working
out is Stan Kronk forced the NFL to allow him
to LA and they went, well, if you're going to
force your way to hollyw Hollywood Park, we're going to
force you to take the Chargers with you. And so
that solves two of our problems. And that's exactly how
it went down. But I can't believe you wouldn't sign

(01:53:38):
for our beloved Chargers.

Speaker 4 (01:53:40):
Sorry, Sorry, it was Jack.

Speaker 5 (01:53:43):
It wasn't worth the time right now, Yeah, it was
Jack Murphy. Then it was Qualcom for a little bit,
remember Qualcom, the Q and all that.

Speaker 9 (01:53:53):
Yeah, but yeah, it wasn't worth it.

Speaker 5 (01:53:56):
Like like sometimes, listen, I'll fight for things if there's
a legitimate shot that it happens me signing like Brian No,
and the Chargers are staying in San Diego. No, that's
not gonna do one thing based on the whole backdrop
real fast before we move it on. Sorry, Rich, Sorry,

(01:54:17):
there's another reason to doubt Rory McElroy today. Okay, crack,
you'll love this he is not a fan of heavy metal.
How can you trust the guy who's not a fan
of heavy metal. He's actually a hater of heavy metal. Really,
I don't know what he gets down with. But this

(01:54:37):
is from two years ago. Okay, you'll like this audio.
This is from the Ryder Cup Europe's IG feed. All right,
So Victor Hovland, he's a golfer, he'll be out there today.
He's a big fan of heavy metal. So they gave
all of his teammates on Team Europe like a little
sample of his music.

Speaker 4 (01:54:59):
Right, So so this starts off with Vic. This is
what Vic likes. Check this out.

Speaker 1 (01:55:04):
It's by Humanity's Last Mareath. It's called in Still.

Speaker 5 (01:55:15):
Okay, so that's what Victor Hovelin is working with. He
loves like Swedish metal, like he's a metal guy. But
this is Rory McElroy's reaction to hearing that music from
Victor Hovelin. Sounds like the devil, that's what that's what
Rory thinks about about metally.

Speaker 4 (01:55:33):
It gives you a little bit more. Check this out
here you go.

Speaker 8 (01:55:35):
That's like the most horrific thing I've ever heard in
my life. Actually, the music and the beats okay, but
then when the guy starts to sing this horrendous.

Speaker 4 (01:55:45):
How can you trust him? How can you trust he's
not gonna blow the lead with that in mind?

Speaker 1 (01:55:49):
Right de Chambeau? Was he plus two fifty? Yeah?

Speaker 4 (01:55:54):
All right under the window right there?

Speaker 2 (01:55:57):
Absolutely?

Speaker 1 (01:55:58):
Yeah, all right.

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Speaker 4 (01:57:46):
All right, we got some picks to make.

Speaker 1 (01:57:48):
Let's do it rapid fire.

Speaker 4 (01:57:55):
All right, crack, we start with you. What's something you like?

Speaker 2 (01:57:58):
Man? All right? Art with NBA Steph Curry Golden State.
We're gonna go with his points assist over thirty one
and a half. I've seen over thirty and a half
minus twenty five too, but over, let's go over thirty
one and a half. That's the number here. You know, listen,
they want to win this game today. They know they

(01:58:19):
don't want to have this playing game, so I think
they'll be out there firing away. Hopefully they can keep
it close and keep Curry in there. Played thirty five
minutes or so, and here we.

Speaker 4 (01:58:29):
Go, right, we you like rich?

Speaker 1 (01:58:33):
Okay, all right?

Speaker 6 (01:58:35):
I like I mentioned the Blazers minus six and a
half earlier, But how about another one out of the NBA.
Give me the over in this Detroit Pistons at Milwaukee Bucks.

Speaker 1 (01:58:47):
It's two twenty four.

Speaker 6 (01:58:48):
Pistons have been averaging a Bucks seventeen themselves over their
past three I don't think Milwaukee is gonna get in
their way, and then we know they can score, So
give me the over the two hundred twenty four points
there Detroit in Milwaukee.

Speaker 5 (01:59:05):
All right, I'm still on these Clippers. Give me the
plus four and a half. It's funny during the show,
it's fluctuated. It went back down to plus three and
a half, back up to plus four and a half.
It's we're going up and down, up and down. Major
scheme on the Brooklyn Nets. How often do you get
to say that Brooklyn nets plus four and a half
today against the Knicks. And it makes sense. The Knicks

(01:59:27):
should be resting everybody right there. Guys play heavy minutes.
They're not moving up or down in the playoffs like rest. Ever,
this should be Tyler Kohlik getting like thirty some minutes
for the Knicks today. I'll take the Nets plus four
and a half and also all the trash I talked
about your fools, gold padres Rich. They're gonna roll Colorado today.
I'll talk you about the run line minus one and

(01:59:49):
a half. They're gonna win by two runs against Colorado.
I feel like we've got time for Cracks play the day.

Speaker 1 (01:59:54):
Let's do this. This is the best play of the day.

Speaker 4 (01:59:59):
The man, all right, Crack live from Augusta.

Speaker 1 (02:00:03):
What do you have for us?

Speaker 5 (02:00:04):
Man?

Speaker 2 (02:00:04):
All right, We're gonna go to baseball, though. Mackenzie Gore
Washington Nationals right from BEDMGM site. Over five and a
half strikeouts minus a dollar thirty five. I think he
gets it done today, keeps these strikeouts going. Mackenzie Gore
over five and a half.

Speaker 4 (02:00:21):
Love it, okay, love it.

Speaker 5 (02:00:23):
You don't stray, you don't get caught up with I'm
at Augusta. Give me Corey Connors.

Speaker 1 (02:00:28):
I love that crack. You are a wise man.

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