March 29, 2025 • 44 mins
Big Ben talks about the Sweet 16 being set without any Cinderella teams, complaints from top head coaches about late start times in the tournament. Also, Eddie Garcia stops by the studio to visit, Maller's Mountain of Money: Mikey Madison Edition, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 1 (00:31):
Play the hits, Play the hits. One of the bosses
around here like to say back in the day, play
the hits. Don't bury the lead, my man Art, We're
not gonna bury the lead. So we'll start with the
madness of March. We have made it through the spectacle
that is the first weekend, really the weekend of engagement,
and it is one of the few events that we
have that the excitement goes down. It starts at the
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crescendo and then goes the other direction. But we're down
to the Sweet sixteen now and a rather uneventful, uneventful
opening weekend, and we did have a couple of dramatic,
somewhat dramatic Maryland game buzzer beater there to knock down
and knock out Colorado State. It would be the moment
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of the weekend. The game that A couple of games
that got my attention over the weekend. I went down
in Flames with Rick Patino and Saint John's he lasted. Well,
there's a joke there about how long Saint John's lasted,
but I think you know the joke and I don't
need to go down to that level to make the
joke about how long Saint John's lasted. And you don't
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really care about my bracket. You only worry about your bracket,
so it's not really that important. But on Sunday, the
game that I circled that I was I kind of
want to watch this more than the other games was
Yukon and the Florida Gators. I was like, all right, again,
we got something there. Yukon coach famously went out and
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had a little nice dinner, played foot seat with the
Lakers and then said screw you. I'm saying right where
I am, you losers, and I love that. I thought
that was great. He stuck it to the Lakers and
talked about Dan Hurley, the coach at Connecticut, So Yukon
trying for a three peat that the back to back
champions coming to play on Sunday and a game that
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came down close. Game came down to the bidder.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
A nail bier.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
It was a nail bier, but in the end, the
Gator chop gets it done. The Florida Gators the number
one seed and they're part of the bracket. There they
win seventy seven seventy They said a little we do
not have the number one. Lorrain is busy, she was
busy talking. So there we're going. Now we have the
number one. The number one was down. Oh my god.
(02:45):
All right, so that means for Connecticut turn at the last,
the parties over. They're done, the number eight seed out
as they have been exterminated from the NCAA tournament. Now,
what happened after the game is to me, the more
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interesting part of the story. The better story is in
the losing locker room. And so there was a viral
malmet that took place after the game. How he saw it,
maybe you didn't see it, but Dan Hurley was caught
on Camden camera as he was stomping off the court
there and he had a profane message to the team
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that was going to follow Yukon and Florida on the
court there in Raleigh, as a grainy cell phone footage
captured Dan Hurley seemingly admonishing the referees, putting the finger
of blame on the officials as he entered the bowels
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of the arena there in North Carolina. As he went viral,
he said, I hope they don't blank you like the
they blanked us. I think you can figure out what
the blank is there. I hope they don't do that
to you Baylor, And well turns out apparently they did
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because Baylor was pulverized by Duke in their game. So
the story here is Dan Hurley and he's the headliner
there for Connecticut basketball. He has been called out by
someone say internet trolls. Other people say they're supporting truth,
justice and sportsmanship way, but either way, people were upset
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saying that the head coach there of Yukon, it was
unbecoming of Dan Hurley what he did. He acted like
a toddler that had a conniption fit. So let us
discuss the question did Dan Hurley embarrass himself and Yukon
for being a sore loser as he walked off the
court so I've got Bruski medicine, cabinet and guillantine, and
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we will combine all of these things to get and
we are going to make a to ducan is what
We're going to make a nice to duckin to make
the agony go away. Enjoy your to duck and so
so A to answer the question, does Dan Hurley to
embarrass himself for being a sort loser? I'm shaking my head. No,
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I don't have that. I didn't write that on my
note card. I did not write that on my note card.
And to me, there's nothing to be ashamed of. I
didn't see anything there. He calmed down and gave some
poetic quotes to the assembled media later on. But the
raw emotion of a lot of competitions Early's walking off
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the court here. Now, I wish my take was diff
It'd be better talk radio for oh Man, Dan Hurley's
a deucee canoe and man, what a loser. I don't
feel that way. I don't know there's a natural reaction.
He's not a gracious loser. Did anyone think Dan Hurley
was anything but an angry loser when his team loses?
Is this is some kind of revelation from Basketball Nation seriously,
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and I'm okay with it. I'm okay with it. Why
last I checked, this is not a Saturday morning at
the YMCA teaching little children about how to play basketball
and sportsmanship. Dan Hurley all right, for better or worse.
His favorite ruski is Modello. He's got that fighting spirit
and I like that. I like that passion. It's a
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passion play and I think it's good as newt Rockney
and others have been credited with saying, when it comes
to wins and losses, wins and losses, you show me
a good loser, and I will show you a loser.
And so Hurley's not a good loser. We know that.
And let's be real, He's a professional coach. Dan Hurley
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is a professional coach. He's making eight million dollars a year,
over eight million dollars a year to coach in a
sleepy college town in Connecticut. And this is the This
is the test. The Ncaaight Tournament is the test. No
one watches college basketball other than the target that you're
a degenerate gambler. You're not watching college basketball other than
March madness. So this is the only time that matters,
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and he felt that his team was aggrieved by the
referees and he was upset by it, and that was
his reaction. But we know, we know about Dan. The
guy is a convicted whack a doodle. He is a
whack adoodle. A lot of these coaches are whack a doodles. Well,
the players are whackadoodles.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
All right.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
This is not a natural thing. That's the way it is.
He's a professional coach, Dan Hurley. The players are making money.
They're professionals, anil deals. It's professional basketball. That's what it is.
Student athlete, my fat asst it was never student athlete.
They're always getting money in envelopes. Now they're getting it
right out in front. Well, Dan Hurley, none of that story.
(07:55):
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about it a
little bit on the air, but they did a deep
dog I have on what makes Dan Hurley tick. And
you know he burns sage to ward off bad juju,
and he sprits his holy water on the court. He's
got bags of garlic bulbs he walks around with to
keep evil spirits away. I mean, he's going for it now,
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He's doing all that right, he's got all that stuff
in his repertoire, and so that's who he is. He
eats the same lucky blue m and ms before every game,
like he's got this routine. He only eats the color
blue unless the other team has the opponent has the
colored blue, and then he's got to switch it up
and eat like a red or a green, depending on
what color they have. So snapping like Dan Hurley did
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on brands, it's on brand. We're fine with it. We're
good all right now, turning the page. So we also
had a number of complaints over the weekend. Michigan State,
which is advanced, coach Tom is a good old Tom Is.
He's one of the old old cop You're still hanging out,
so Tom is Oh. And then UCLA's mccron was eliminated
(09:04):
over the weekend. But both coaches is Oh and mc
cronin were grumbling. They got that grumbling tummy over the weekend.
They were complaining about what what were they complaining about,
Oh my god, we've got to play those late games.
I got so late. Yeah, they were complaining about the
late start times in the NCAA tournament and the question
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do you have any empathy for Tom Is at Michigan
State and Mick Cronin at UCLA, both of them giving
the bad body language and the grumbling about the start
times for their teams. And the UCLA has been eliminated
at Michigan State plays on so on this one thumbs up,
thumbs down, I go thumbs down. I do not do
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not have empathy, do not have empathy for either one
of these guys. And my advice, unsolicited overnight sports radio advice,
is to go down the medical cabinet, medicine cabinet you
have there, and open it up on the second shelf,
not the first, not the top shelf, the second shelf,
right in the middle, the middle shelf of the medicine cabinet.
There's a little white bottle. And you take that little
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white bottle and you open it up. It's got the
child lock on it. You twisted a little bit. You
got to squeeze down and then twist you open it up.
You take one pill out, not two, not three to
one pill. It's a no dose and it's called caffeine.
And you can stamp. It's an amazing thing. Suck it up, buttercup, okay,
And why it's a TV show. Right, it's a TV show.
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And if you have a chance to be on a
TV show that pays a lot of money, you do
it whenever they want you to do the TV show.
That's the way that it works. In the NCAA Men's
basketball tournament has multiplied television revenue nearly seventy times in
the last forty years. Let me repeat that for those
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of you slow in the back of the room. The
NCUBLEA as a television show has increased revenue nearly seventy
times since the early nineteen eighties. Is there any other
TV show that has seen that kind of revenue increase consistently?
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Probably not one point one billion a year. One point
one billion a year. So this is a teachable moment. Now,
what is the lesson? The lesson? Those that make the
gold make the rules, and the ones that make the
gold are TV. And thus the TV advertisers who have
this weird, this weird formula that they have where they
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spread all the games out to certain television windows and
they determine where they can get the most bang for
their buck. And that's the way that it goes. And
if they tell you to play at two in the morning,
then you should be like you're in the United States
Marines and say sir, yesh, yes, sir, okay, we're there.
We'll be happy to do it. Now that said, there
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is something that Mick Cronin said. There is something that
Mick Cronin said that I completely am lockstep with. He
complained about the allegion Air flight back to Los Angeles.
He did not seem to appreciate the quality of Allegionaire. Now,
to be fair, I have not flown a Llegianaire. I
have friends that have and have not said kind things,
(12:26):
have not said kind things, So I can't say firsthand
that I've had a bad experience. But I have had
people in my circle that have not had very kind
things to say about Allegionaire. But you think this is
kind of big business and they should be able to
I don't know, afford something that you don't have to
pedal power to have the thing take off. But what
do I know? All right? Anyway, all right, now, last
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word here. So we have now whittled down, down, down,
down down. We have whittled down the NCAA tournament field
from sixty eight teams to sixteen teams. And how do
you die? Sect the clear and obvious lack of Cinderella.
Cinderella is not there. There is no Cinderella in the
Sweet sixteen of March Madness. So how do you dissect this?
(13:12):
So I have, after a special minutes long mallar dissection,
I have determined this is industrial strength chalk. Is what
this is? Obviously it's industrial straight chalk. So the Sweet
sixteen the total seed value, you know, they add up
the seeds fifty five? What does that mean in Layman's terms?
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So it means the average seed going forward now that
we've made it through the first weekend is three point
four to four? Is the average seed? The only the
only team that is worse than a six is one
team worse than a six. I believe it's John Calipari
and Arkansas. Does anyone think that at John Calipari Arkansas
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team counts as a upstart team? Probably not right. And
twenty oho seven, you gotta go back that. I mean,
I was barely alive in twenty I was a little
baby in twenty oh seven. No, I wasn't here doing shows.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
No.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Twenty oh seven was the last time that we had
this kind of a chrucky mcchalk situation. In the sweet sixteen,
and that was a no team worse than a seven
seed that was twenty oh seven. So you do the
math on that, and which was twenty twenty five, and
so that's eighteen years ago. That's a long time. So
if you were born in twenty oh seven, you've just
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gotten out of like high school now and you're off
to the real world. So I would say, welcome to
the new normal. I'm gonna go conspiracy theory guy. I'll
go tinfoil hat guy. It was a song years ago
that said video killed the radio star. I would argue
that Nil took the guillotine and beheaded the upstart Cinderella
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the mid major, that it's a guillotine to the Cinderella.
Here's why, all right, name image like this what I'm
not against it. It seems a little bit out of
control to me, but I'm not against it. Right, I'm
the guy that ranted from the bully pulpit. It's ridiculous,
you know, just say it keeps saying student athlete, these
guys should get paid over the table. They got paid
over the table. Fine, but name amage and likeness poaching.
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It's like whaling. And you hear stories about I don't
know how much that's true or not, but the whaling
and back in the sixties and they just destroyed the
whale population out in the oceans and all that, but
the poaching. If you're halfway decent at a mid major,
you're not staying at a mid major. You're not. There
is a dramatic decline of the underdog, the first sign
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of life you have if you're a mid major player,
and they're always on the hunt. They're always on the
prowl at these major schools, and they're gonna snatch you
away and give you a giant check. If you're a
diamond in the rough, you're not going to be in
the rough for very long. So for me, I can't
count John Calipart. I cannot count as an underdog. So
for me, I gotta go BYU. That Tater Tot guy,
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the Tater top bloodline guy. That's got to be the dog, right,
That's got to be the underdog. B Yu Tater Todd guy,
grandfather inventer of the Tator Todd, the kid for b Yu,
that's got to be the one.
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Just landing here from the hot Tub time Machine and
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doing there? You go to great Eddie Garcia. Hi, everybody
there is he stop by and you've got your sidekick
with you over there?
Speaker 5 (16:38):
Yeah I do, Uh Sirius Sean. Uh, you know I've
been meaning to come in and.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
See you guys. Yeah, you're any Tell me what I
always saying whenever you want to come by any.
Speaker 5 (16:48):
That's not really there's nothing on my way, you know
what I mean. It's that convenience.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
It's that convenient for you to make. It's out of you.
We're way far away from where you live.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
And uh.
Speaker 5 (16:58):
Also, I'm you know, I've got normal sleep schedule now.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
So now you're just rubbing in, Eddie. Now you're rubbing
it in that you're not a nocturnal place. He comes
in here and he throws a hay maker right away
at it.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
How do you just switch to the day sleeping hour?
Speaker 1 (17:12):
I dreaded dation. I'm weird, Lorena. It just it.
Speaker 5 (17:16):
I just did it. It wasn't hard. I just really Yeah.
I think I told you guys when I was still
here that anytime I lay my head down, if it's
dark and quiet, off all asleep at any time of
the day. So it's very unusual. But yeah, so it's weird.
It's weird getting up at like nine in the morning
and doing things.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
It's very unusually. I can I don't think even if
I didn't have this job, I don't think I would
get up early and all that. So I've always been
more of a nocturnal person. But I did. I saw
you the Charger games a few times in the NFL games.
I tried to see you at a King's game. Yeah,
the King's PR staff, who I used to have a
good relationship with, even right back to me. They've got
(17:55):
new people there. Oh maybe that's the problem. Yeah, maybe
I emailed the old people. Maybe the email didn't bounce back.
So I was like I told that. I was like,
I'm going to meet you at King's game, and I
issue was going to go out there and you kind
of get into the can. They're at hot right now. Yeah,
I know they haven't. They have like this the greatest
home streak in King's history or something like that, right,
and you do for those who don't know EDI's you know,
(18:15):
mister hockey of course. And you've got multiple hockey podcasts,
is that right? You've got I do, and I actually
have another one that's coming up, another one really, So
you got the Kings one, yeah, and then you've got
the one that you've done for.
Speaker 5 (18:27):
A long time, right, Yeah, that's just for fun with
that's just with my Yeah, for my old college friend.
And we've kind of been doing it for so long
now that we just like can't stop doing it at
this point. It seems like I don't know, uh, but the.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Other time you could stop it, could we could, but
it just it would you know, it would disappoint a
lot of people. And yeah, some people anyway. Uh. The
other one though, Yeah, I'm actually getting paid for that,
the La Kings one walked on La King. That's more important.
So a lot of Kings people will find that one.
Look at their podcasts of course. YouTube. Oh YouTube, you're
a YouTuber now, you're an influence of that. I hate
(19:03):
being on YouTube. Do you like being on YouTube? Yeah?
I don't mind it really, Yeah, I hate it. Uh.
Speaker 5 (19:07):
And also apparently it's on Amazon fire TV. Really yeah, okay, anyways,
what is that?
Speaker 1 (19:14):
I don't know. I don't have any so coup probably
knows you don't have a fire stick. I do not
have a fire stick.
Speaker 6 (19:19):
No.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Yeah, is that legal?
Speaker 7 (19:23):
It's like it's like roku right, yeah, okay, yeah, and
you're on there.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Yeah, I'm uh, if you don't mind me saying so,
I'm April to tenth starting a new NHL show. It's uh,
it's called NHL Game Night. It's wrapping up all the
names from your day and same thing YouTube podcast, Amazon Fires.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
It wasn't that around the time that the playoffs, though,
the playoffs start around it'll be it'll be one week
before the end of the regular seat and we'll get
ready for the old Stanley Cup playoffs. Is Sean gonna
be on the show with you? Sis? Sean gonna be
on with you? We'll see tune in to find out, Wow,
Sean's excited about Team is Dancing. The reason we played
the song is because serious Sean we've known. Now, remember
(20:03):
when he came in here and he was in high school.
I really do remember the day he came in with
the teacher. Yeah, I remember getting an email from his
teachers like Sewan's a big fan of show and he
wanted to come in. I was like, okay, this, I'd
love to meet Sean. And then Sean came in here
and now ten years out of high school, he's all
grown up. He lives in Phoenix now in the Phoenix area,
and he came in and he you know, you guys
are how do you feel? Knowing? Sincerely? What's that that
(20:26):
the highlight of Shawn's year is coming in to see
you and me? Well? No, you. I think it's more
you bad both of us and be a part of
the Ben Mallor show. He show, And I don't even that.
Mike words, is that might work? I think that might work.
Let's see, hold on, is.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
It for me?
Speaker 1 (20:43):
If not?
Speaker 3 (20:43):
You got to go sit by Ben?
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Oh definitely does not over here have people on both
sides of me.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
I don't know that. Oh, you're going to be sandwiched Ben.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
I don't know about that. All right, So you got
three podcasts. You're doing all right with that. I do
have to get out to a King's game, though I
would like to go out there. It was very I
felt hurt, Eddie. I felt I used to go back
in at the forum when they were playing there. I
used to go out there and cover the team and
I was like, wow, right back, that's a long time ago.
That's a long time Yeah, I'll I'll tell you the people.
You let me know. You're a made man over there, right,
You're connected, man, You're like a little bit. Look at
(21:16):
Eddie's connected over the high Sean sailor your fans serious, Sean.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Yay, go Eddie go?
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Okay, all right, come down. I wish there was like
a boss out there somewhere who loved me like Sean
does I know? Right?
Speaker 8 (21:31):
Yeah, Edie's the only one that goes with me to
all the games and wants to hang out and do
all the fun stuff.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Yeah, I know. What is Eddie like your hero? Is
he like the top of the list there?
Speaker 6 (21:42):
Yeah, aside from family the side.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
From family, he's kind of like family, all right, He's
kind of like family.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
Yeah, he is. He's a family friend.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
I would say, like Uncle Eddie.
Speaker 6 (21:51):
Yeah, I actually did have an uncle Ed back in
the day before.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
I did too. I had an uncle Ed back in
the day. Everybody ever, doesn't everybody.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
Have uncle No, I don't have an uncle ed all
the ready, you're weird.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
I had the weird one.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
I had a mister ed, mister, I have a.
Speaker 8 (22:04):
Russ, I have a Dick, and I have Tony.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
It is twenty twenty five, that's yeah, it's twenty twenty five.
I missed the drops. You know what was funny.
Speaker 5 (22:15):
I came in here and I was I was sitting
there and I heard a couple of drops, and I'm like, oh,
I missed not having drops.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
In my life.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
You want to hear our new ones?
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Yeah? I do. Okay, what do we have? Well, we
have a hollering James Ones a new one. We have
a hollering Yeah, that's James.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
And then we got this one yesterday.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Let's see all over my face ship. Yeah. Yeah, that's
our buddy in Vegas. That's our guy in Vegas.
Speaker 6 (22:41):
Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Yes, Las Vegas and Mexico. Sean, Yes, the big, big.
Speaker 6 (22:46):
Las Vegas, the only Vegas I've been to.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
That's right. You've never been to Vegas? Have you not
been to Vega? You live in Phoenix, you just drive
up to Vegas. It's not that far away.
Speaker 6 (22:54):
If you've ever taken the Super cheap from uh.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
I know you take the trade shoes kid, It goes right,
do Vegas new mac Sean is the he's keeping Amtrak
in business. You're literally keeping Amtrack in business, correct, Sean?
Speaker 7 (23:05):
Right?
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Only he could get a job working on the train.
I know you should. Why don't you get a job?
Speaker 7 (23:10):
You never want to get a job on something that
you love, yeah, occasionally, because then you don't love it anymore.
Speaker 5 (23:16):
I wanted I love sports, I wanted to work in sports. Yeah,
so I had a job for a long time, working
and and I guess I still do. But yeah, it
was great, it was not working.
Speaker 7 (23:25):
I mean, she has a point if you look at it, like,
because I used to listen to sports talk radio all
the time, and now you how often.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
Do you listen?
Speaker 7 (23:32):
Now?
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Kup? Never? Well I don't listen to it. But I
don't want to say I don't listen either because I
don't want to take stuff from you know, somebody else,
So I don't listen to sports target. That's just that's
different though for me. I don't. I'm not consuming it
or whatever and all that.
Speaker 7 (23:47):
So well, I think it's because you know, working on
the show, I mean, you're all the shows.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
The news is the same. You know what I mean.
It's no, it's not we're different.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
No, no, well there was a well, not a different
we have different takes on it. Well, there was a show.
I know there was a show here that did like
Sky is falling radio because some Juju Watkins or something
that was injured, Juji ben whatever, it's Juju whatever her
name is. I don't know that she's got heart.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
He got the he got it right. It's Juju Watkins.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
I got it right. Listen, I know I'm him. Man,
I know my women's basketball. Come on, I don't say
I have no idea what you're talking about. It's it's awesome,
that's great. You know when I left here, you don't
have to pretend like you're interested in that one.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
When I left here, the basketball left the face of
the earth for me.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Let me know, I heard Luca, I heard the call.
I could not hear that. It was such a.
Speaker 5 (24:40):
Big was annoying literally everything else, NCAA tournament, NBI.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
I knew nothing about it. And I'm so happy. Well
Eddie's stopping by. Hey, Kathy, and Madison says hello, Andy says,
welcome back, Eddie. Good to hear your voice again, and
el FaZe writes and says, can you let Loraina know
we don't play Sandstorm until Friday? Well, we had, Sean.
That's because of you, Sean guy.
Speaker 6 (25:03):
My theme song, it's my theme Okay.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
Well now everyone doesn't know what day of the weekend is.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
Now everyone's confused here.
Speaker 6 (25:09):
Well it's okay. It's only once every two years, maybe
one or two times a year.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
And that's it. One or two times you come in here,
one or two times a year.
Speaker 6 (25:16):
Yeah, that's when we play it, like when it's not Friday.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
And also I didn't play the drops with it, so
it's not the same.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Okay, yeah, No, do you care? Do you care about baseball? Anya,
you're done with baseball too, You're over with baseball. I
don't care about Cabot.
Speaker 6 (25:29):
No, it's our team's year. We're gonna win the World Series.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
It was your team. Sean likes the Pirates. Pirates.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Yeah yeah, oh yeah, likes the Pirates.
Speaker 6 (25:40):
We're gonna kick their in the Dodgers' faces this year.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Bet I'll tell you, I'll bet you ten grand right
now about ten thousand. Nothing.
Speaker 6 (25:47):
I would rather bet that they're gonna lose their next game,
don't bet bet anything.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
He still doesn't pay off.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
At this point, it would be disappointing if he did right. No,
I'd pay off my bet.
Speaker 6 (25:58):
I ate the the bull what I heard from Eddie.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
I think I don't believe that.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
I've literally never seen you like properly pay off my bets.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
I wore a paper bag in my head one time
for a show because the Clippers lost to the Cavaliers. Well,
I think you kind of just did that because of.
Speaker 7 (26:15):
You know, no.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
No, the cat is after Lebron went to Miami and
the Calves, they were one loss away from sitting the
North American record for most consecutive losses and they beat
the Clippers, and I was so embarrassed. I said, if
they lose that game, I want to put a paper back.
It was one time he bought pizza one time. I remember,
I did. I bought pizza. Remember Remember when I walked
to Arizona because of the Arizona Wildcast lost to Illinois
(26:40):
and the n cuale a tournament that was a long
time ago. And you did not do that. I did.
I did. I told management. I took two steps towards
Arizona and like they give a well Andrew Ashwood know
he did. He said, Ben, You're gonna die. And I
thought it would have been great publicity. And then you're like,
well no, I said, I said it would be good.
And then we did the man on how long it
would have taken me to walk to Arizona, and it
(27:02):
would have taken about four months, and they said, we
don't think we could do that for four month. I
could probably walk there in four months. Now. Now now,
back then, no, you would have you would have died.
You probably would have died. Actually, yeah, what depends what
time of the year it was. But that's where Sean
lives in series Sean and Arizona. You like to heat
their showing your big fan of the heat.
Speaker 8 (27:18):
Yeah, I've gotten it doesn't really get to me now.
It's like it's it's only here for like three months
and then that's it.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
It's only one hundred and thirty degrees for three months.
What's the big deal, right, Just turn the ac on.
You're good to go on that. Yeah it.
Speaker 8 (27:30):
Well, it's also monsoon time too, because you know we
got the rain. Oh yeah, monsoon, that's our rainy season.
In late June, the early September.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Any traveling, any have you been able to do any traveling?
And you're locked in with hockey, so you can't go anywhere.
Your same same issues. You never traveler, though you go,
you go, like for a football season, you go somewhere. Yeah,
we'll go somewhere. We're going to the Hall of Fame again.
Oh yeah, speaking of high Now I'm trying to get
to Ohio for a mallor meet and greet, and I
I don't want to be offended. I don't want to
(28:01):
offend anyone. However, I didn't say but however, So there's
a listener who's a big fan of the show who
runs this restaurant bar in Ohio. Right, He's like, where
in Ohio? Well, here's the thing, all right, this is
the problem. So he's been, he's been contact me. He's
very kind of loves the show. He listens to the
(28:22):
podcast they do on the weekends. He's a big fan.
And he's like, Hey, I want you to come to
my establishment. And I was like, okay. And so then
I did a little research over the last couple of
days trying to figure out travel arrangements to get because
I got to pay out of pocket the company doesn't
pay for this stuff. I pay out of my pocket.
So I was going to go and then it's in Columbus, Ohio.
There is wrong with that. There's no direct flights to Columbus, Ohio.
(28:44):
It's an all. It's like an eight hour minimum situation,
which means like a three hour layover. That's minimum, and
most of it is like twelve hours thirteen fourth. You
went to South Carolina. I'm sure there was no direct
flight for wherever it was he went there. It wasn't
actually that because you drove. We drove, we flew, flew
to Atlanta and then it took a little puddle jumper
to Myrtle Beach and then drove from Myrtle Beach. It
(29:07):
wasn't that bad. But this would be like a whole thing.
So I'm thinking maybe I should do like Cincinnati. Well,
you don't give me the eviliahy. I think Cincinnati or
Cleveland because there's more flights to those places. Yeah, I
will fly into Cleveland and drive down there.
Speaker 6 (29:21):
And you've checked every airline then for no direct flights,
and you no.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
There's no direct flights to Columbus from l A. I
know that. I don't think there's direct flights to Cleveland either,
I think Cincinnati.
Speaker 6 (29:33):
Unfortunately, there's lines that runs.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
He's taking every train line. Have you taken just about
every train line at amshrak Has at this point.
Speaker 6 (29:45):
I've taken the Northern Empire Builder and Capitol limitsed routes.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
But the Empire Builder. Have you taken the one from
like up the I ninety five corridor from like Boston
down the East coast? Have you done that one?
Speaker 6 (29:56):
I've taken the ESLA for.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
That's the one from like Boston to d See or whatever.
Speaker 6 (30:00):
And yeah, I took it from DC to New York
and then I took a commuter to the e w
R A.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
We should get sewn like a train podcast. Yeah, do
you have miniature trains? You have like a train set
at home? Do you have those trains?
Speaker 7 (30:12):
You know what?
Speaker 6 (30:13):
Some my uncle's friend of the my uncle's friend of
the family. Yeah, he gave me one that he made
and I put it right right, uh right right?
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Can you mess it up or something like that? You
screwed it up?
Speaker 8 (30:26):
No?
Speaker 1 (30:26):
I didn't, it didn't.
Speaker 6 (30:27):
It's up there all by itself and I haven't touched
it since I put it there.
Speaker 3 (30:30):
Wait, so do you only you only know the Amtrak routes.
Speaker 6 (30:33):
Well, I know there, I know several commuter routes like
Metrolink and New Jersey Transit and Sound Transit and all that.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
You have to travel all the countries, Like don't they
have a train that goes by through Siberia and Russia?
Isn't there like a Russian train that goes all the
way through Siberia. You can take that and go to China.
I'm sure they got a train in China. You can
go all of them, you know.
Speaker 8 (30:51):
I think the biggest ones they have are the ones
that go out of King's Cross in the UK. I
think that's one of the biggest.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
King's Cross and that's where Harry Potter goes to get
to Hogwarts.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
How about Japanese bullet trains? Oh yeah, my dad did that.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
He was shnsin.
Speaker 6 (31:07):
I think in Germany they have some of those too,
those bullet lines.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Or Japanese know it for the bullet train though, know
for that right.
Speaker 6 (31:13):
About China, I think China has someone too.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Oh, the China has the train that goes through the building.
I saw video and yeah I did see that. Lorraina
saw the baseball game in China. She was telling.
Speaker 7 (31:26):
The bullet trains in China. In Japan, the Shinknsin, they
go so fast. When we were on when my wife
and I were on our honeymoon, we got on the
Shinknsin going the wrong direction, and the problem we just
like took a nap eight. I didn't realize for two
hours we were on the other side of Japan.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
But only take your ticket and say hey, you're on
the wrong train. And then nobody took the ticket. They
just said they just let you go.
Speaker 7 (31:55):
And because you get you like you know the you
scan the ticket to get in to the I don't
know what the platform, and then you just you're supposed
to get on the train going the correct direction.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
So it's like Bart, I guess in a way, Yes,
very similar to Bart. Yes, yes, the trains in Japan
and Bart. Yes, a few less vagrants in Japan.
Speaker 8 (32:20):
I would think it sounds like what I'd use the
Clipper card for scanning it to go in and tap
again to go out.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Okay, there's a there's a shot. We got Eddie hanging
out with us, though you didn't be here for a while, right,
you're not going anywhere? R Yeah, I want to give
a shout out to Sure when the judge. We don't
do shout outs to any I just did it. We
don't do it's not a morning show. We don't do that.
He is listening to the show. Big fan of the
show is that former judge here in lawson? Ah nice man?
Sure when the judge? Yeah, awesome. How do you know him?
(32:49):
He contacted me after you know what happened. Yeah, and
he just kind of stayed in contact. Oh that's great. Yeah,
you find out how many people really love you, right,
You probably get a lot of love and people were
still I got a ton of love. I get a
lot of crap. If a guy and they think I
gave you the guillotine, I did not, had nothing to
do with it. But people get visa. I know I
should know this because you've mentioned it a million times.
(33:09):
How long was your vacation? Six months and twenty Okay,
so I still got two more months? You got two
more months? It was Jane, Well know what was it? No,
it's January twentieth of nine, the inauguration day, the new
president changing of the guard at the White House and
got whacked and then yeah, is that six months? Twenty
(33:33):
six months. Still still two more months. Enjoy your vacationy
two more months. You enjoy your time off.
Speaker 2 (33:38):
There be sure to catch live editions of The Ben
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Speaker 1 (33:44):
Let's set up the game. What do you say? Why
don't we set up the game right now? And we
don't need to play the imaging because we'll do that
on the other side. But let's welcome in our contestants,
game show contestant of the Year, the reigning Benny winner
from so cal in Gardina. We say hello to Manuel
in Guardina, a legend not only here but in the jungle.
Speaker 6 (34:06):
Hello Manuel, Fanny Blocks and the box Lorraina, Oh my
uncle fan.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
What is up?
Speaker 6 (34:16):
My friends?
Speaker 1 (34:17):
Yeah, look at you man? Ready to go?
Speaker 2 (34:19):
Here?
Speaker 1 (34:19):
Are you? Are you looking to redeem yourself here? Manuel?
Is there some redemption?
Speaker 7 (34:23):
I am? I am?
Speaker 2 (34:24):
You know I had a crap showing last week, kind
of like the toilet type plunge.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Yes, well, at least you know, go like Iowa Sam
and just use your hand to plunge the who true story? Lorena,
Oh no, it's an Iowa think Iowa Sam revealed No, yeah,
he revealed that was he at a party or something
like that, or there was some I forget the story,
but he was somewhere and he didn't have a plunger
and I guess it wasn't.
Speaker 6 (34:51):
Got busy in a burger king bathroom.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
Yeah, he just went in there. And that's el natural.
You know, you gotta go. It's like mcgiver. That's an
outdate the reference. But you just gotta use what you
got and uh that's why. Hello, all right, man man,
Well who would you like to partner up with? Manuel?
Who do you want to You know I'm going with you?
All right? Then? Well well when of course with redemption,
(35:14):
hold on a sec we have door number one or
door number two, number two, number two? All right, you
picked far out Dave in all Hi, Hello far he's laughing,
he's snickering, Yellow far out Dave.
Speaker 6 (35:29):
Of course, good board.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
And of course when I get the chance to play,
I gotta go against the king and go figure.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Sometimes the king has a bad performance. It does happen
far out Dave. And I assume you want to partner
up with Coop or you want to go with the
rain and really press your luck.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
Wow, I really thought you were gonna choose me.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
It's not like that. You got too snacks?
Speaker 7 (35:55):
Give you.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
You're right, You're right.
Speaker 3 (35:56):
I'm gonna go snack, man, go snack.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
And it's like a whole music thing going on here
at night too. I walk down the hall, I hear
some jams bouncing around the building here. So what now?
I just want to say.
Speaker 7 (36:08):
You don't have time to say it, lorraina stop. Coop's
gonna get upset. Geez, Let's let's get the game going.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
All right? What are the categories? Are you such a
rules guy?
Speaker 3 (36:16):
He doesn't be called out right now? No, I just
don't hurry.
Speaker 7 (36:19):
All right, this is you're the one that she's This
is Malard's Mountain of Money, the Mighty Madison Edition. She
turns twenty six years old today. She won the Best
Actress Award at the Oscar has been that's that's.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
No idea who that is in the movie of Nora?
Speaker 3 (36:33):
Anyway?
Speaker 7 (36:34):
The categories are it takes three scream better things and
Anora and man, well you are on first?
Speaker 3 (36:44):
Which category would you like? All right? And Dave, how
about you?
Speaker 1 (36:51):
All right? Scream? Okay, hold on right there, Do not
hang Do not hang up, Do not hang up. We're
gonna get to the game. Very exciting. Oh my god,
you can attention. Who's gonna win? Manuel the reigning game
show call of the year, Far out, Dave. We'll get
to it. It's Malors Mountain of Money in its entirety
(37:12):
coop he.
Speaker 8 (37:16):
Is.
Speaker 1 (37:18):
He's getting so upset, like your hat today, Ben taking much?
Shut up? Well, you get to it next day. He's
getting so upset, he's so pissed.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
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what it takes to get to the top? Probably?
Speaker 8 (37:46):
Not?
Speaker 1 (37:47):
All right, let's do it. Here we go. It is
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for life out here? All right, very good? Manuel in
Guardina is teamed up with me far out Davis with
(38:20):
Cooper Loop and Coop. What are we doing here? Which categories?
It takes three, I believe is what you that's your category,
that's mine? All right, we're going first because we're on
the here first. All right, Manuell, these athletes all weere
where or war number three? Are you ready? Manuel in
socw the reigning game show caller of the year. Yeah,
let's do it, all right, forty five seconds on the clock.
(38:41):
We're on our way and go, mister unlimited for Seattle
and Pittsburgh. Yes, the Bambino for the Yankees. He was
the point guard for the Lob City Clippers. He's in
San Antonio. Yes, three point specialists for the Washington Wizards.
He went to the Phoenix Suns. He's on the Suns now.
He stinks with with Kevin Durant and whatnot. And you know,
(39:06):
all right, safety for the Chargers. Two time All Pro.
He's on the team right now. He's from Florida State
for the l A Chargers. All right, uh, shortstop played
with Alan Trammell in the eighties for the Den. No shortstop. Oh,
I say they're wrong, match up by me? All right,
(39:29):
quarterback from Oregon State times out, he interrupted me.
Speaker 3 (39:33):
That was a sad sixty ben.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
Yeah, well he didn't get Bradley Beal.
Speaker 3 (39:37):
Yeah, bris miss Bradley Beal and Durwin James.
Speaker 1 (39:41):
Well you would, you would have gotten a charger. He
played him twice a year. But all right, well that
was not very good.
Speaker 3 (39:49):
What was that sixty points?
Speaker 1 (39:50):
Oh my god? Okay, all right, far out? All right,
don't chunk far out, Dave, dude, not choke Dave. All right,
David read ready, dame? What's all right?
Speaker 3 (40:02):
You ready?
Speaker 1 (40:03):
The guy? I'm ready?
Speaker 7 (40:04):
All right, We've got screamed. These are some of the
scariest athletes of all time. Forty five seconds on the clock.
Speaker 6 (40:10):
Begin.
Speaker 3 (40:11):
A boxer that bit somebody's ear off.
Speaker 7 (40:14):
Mike Tyson, Yes, uh, the center for the Kobe Lakers,
big Diesel.
Speaker 1 (40:21):
What's his full name? Yes?
Speaker 3 (40:23):
Uh, the big unit pitcher for the Diamondbacks.
Speaker 1 (40:26):
Randy Downson, Yes, uh.
Speaker 3 (40:28):
This guy was a safety for the Steelers. He had
crazy hair, No, he had crazy frizzy hair.
Speaker 1 (40:37):
Oh.
Speaker 7 (40:39):
Yes, this guy was a linebacker for the Bears, and
then he was later the head coach for the forty
nine Ers.
Speaker 3 (40:44):
Uh, that's going to be Mike single care.
Speaker 7 (40:46):
Yes, this guy was a linebacker for the Steelers. He
had missing teeth. He looked like he was forty seven,
but he was like in his twenties.
Speaker 1 (40:53):
Kevin No, all right, Well was not that good too.
Speaker 3 (40:58):
Jack Lambert was that last on.
Speaker 1 (41:00):
That West there see for you toots behind man, Well, listen,
I think we're gonna come back here. How's luck treat you? Man?
Speaker 6 (41:09):
What everything? Are were about to?
Speaker 1 (41:12):
Listen? You know that sandwich shop by the way Guardiana
very good, I gotta tell you.
Speaker 3 (41:16):
In fact, I was on Manuel, do you want better things?
Or Anora?
Speaker 1 (41:20):
On the Rogan and Rodney Show.
Speaker 3 (41:21):
They were talking about that you want better things.
Speaker 1 (41:23):
He brought sandwiches to them as well, and man, all right,
and they're very good sandwich. Well he wants better thing, Yes,
he wants better things. Okay, better things. After years of losing,
these athletes went on to better things. Are you ready
Manuel in Guardiana? Yes?
Speaker 3 (41:37):
All right?
Speaker 1 (41:38):
Forty five seconds run away go the pitcher and outfielder
for the Dodgers from Japan. Yes, a quarterback for the
l A Rams. He came over from the Lions running
back for the Greatest show on turf, the Saint Louis Rams. Yes,
the safety for the Raiders. He also played for the
(41:58):
Green Bay Packers. All of f Yes, cuban reliever, played
for the Yankees and the Cobs won the World Series
with both. Yes. Center with a biblical name. In the NBA,
he's Yes, outfielder for the Giants. Kind of a white guy.
Didn't wear batting gloves. Kind of weird looking dude, long hair, No,
(42:21):
no white, no like ten years ago. Damn it.
Speaker 3 (42:27):
He's a current analyst on MLB Network hunter punter Pen.
Speaker 1 (42:30):
Nobody watches MLB Network.
Speaker 3 (42:31):
All right, get okay, Pen, you have three honey, you
have three hundred points.
Speaker 1 (42:36):
All right, we're in the lead. We're in the You
want to give up right now? Just clip right now?
Why not? Dame in the game, Dave, and I got
what you don't have. Don't chot to hey, don't choked,
all right, Dave, don't.
Speaker 7 (42:47):
Don't we have anura speak a pliant. These athletes have
all had strip club incidents. Dave, all right, that's the
ballet forty five seconds on the clock, chick in the
beard in the NBA. Yes, uh, this guy is a
point guard for the Grizzlies.
Speaker 3 (43:08):
He loves guns.
Speaker 7 (43:11):
Yes, I don't think. Yes, he didn't think. This guy
is the lead wide receiver. He was a rookie for
the Giants. He is a star rookie receiver.
Speaker 1 (43:21):
That's going to be a neighbor neighbor.
Speaker 7 (43:23):
Yes, uh, this guy is the wide receiver for the Giants.
Back of the day that shot himself in the leg
on accident.
Speaker 1 (43:32):
Bert.
Speaker 7 (43:32):
Yes, this guy's nickname was pac Man. He was on
the Bengals. Jones, Yes, uh, this guy was nickname is
Lemon Pepper.
Speaker 1 (43:44):
That's gonna be the guy that was enough points. I
don't think he was. I don't think. I don't think
it was enough. I don't think it was enough. Not
Pa John Moran, John Mort he did not catch. He
did not catch John Mort test. Let's go to replay review.
(44:09):
Let's go to a boot review. We got strewed Manuel
that and you didn't know who Bradley Beal was and
George Drwin James, but no, essentially, John Moran, he didn't
say John Moran, he said that. Mort he didn't say
John blah blah, he said, blah blah, Moran blah blah,
Morne is what he said. I heard it
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Speaker 2 (00:24):
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Speaker 1 (00:31):
Play the hits, Play the hits. One of the bosses
around here like to say back in the day, play
the hits. Don't bury the lead, my man Art, We're
not gonna bury the lead. So we'll start with the
madness of March. We have made it through the spectacle
that is the first weekend, really the weekend of engagement,
and it is one of the few events that we
have that the excitement goes down. It starts at the
(00:56):
crescendo and then goes the other direction. But we're down
to the Sweet sixteen now and a rather uneventful, uneventful
opening weekend, and we did have a couple of dramatic,
somewhat dramatic Maryland game buzzer beater there to knock down
and knock out Colorado State. It would be the moment
(01:17):
of the weekend. The game that A couple of games
that got my attention over the weekend. I went down
in Flames with Rick Patino and Saint John's he lasted. Well,
there's a joke there about how long Saint John's lasted,
but I think you know the joke and I don't
need to go down to that level to make the
joke about how long Saint John's lasted. And you don't
(01:38):
really care about my bracket. You only worry about your bracket,
so it's not really that important. But on Sunday, the
game that I circled that I was I kind of
want to watch this more than the other games was
Yukon and the Florida Gators. I was like, all right, again,
we got something there. Yukon coach famously went out and
(02:00):
had a little nice dinner, played foot seat with the
Lakers and then said screw you. I'm saying right where
I am, you losers, and I love that. I thought
that was great. He stuck it to the Lakers and
talked about Dan Hurley, the coach at Connecticut, So Yukon
trying for a three peat that the back to back
champions coming to play on Sunday and a game that
(02:21):
came down close. Game came down to the bidder.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
A nail bier.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
It was a nail bier, but in the end, the
Gator chop gets it done. The Florida Gators the number
one seed and they're part of the bracket. There they
win seventy seven seventy They said a little we do
not have the number one. Lorrain is busy, she was
busy talking. So there we're going. Now we have the
number one. The number one was down. Oh my god.
(02:45):
All right, so that means for Connecticut turn at the last,
the parties over. They're done, the number eight seed out
as they have been exterminated from the NCAA tournament. Now,
what happened after the game is to me, the more
(03:06):
interesting part of the story. The better story is in
the losing locker room. And so there was a viral
malmet that took place after the game. How he saw it,
maybe you didn't see it, but Dan Hurley was caught
on Camden camera as he was stomping off the court
there and he had a profane message to the team
(03:28):
that was going to follow Yukon and Florida on the
court there in Raleigh, as a grainy cell phone footage
captured Dan Hurley seemingly admonishing the referees, putting the finger
of blame on the officials as he entered the bowels
(03:49):
of the arena there in North Carolina. As he went viral,
he said, I hope they don't blank you like the
they blanked us. I think you can figure out what
the blank is there. I hope they don't do that
to you Baylor, And well turns out apparently they did
(04:10):
because Baylor was pulverized by Duke in their game. So
the story here is Dan Hurley and he's the headliner
there for Connecticut basketball. He has been called out by
someone say internet trolls. Other people say they're supporting truth,
justice and sportsmanship way, but either way, people were upset
(04:32):
saying that the head coach there of Yukon, it was
unbecoming of Dan Hurley what he did. He acted like
a toddler that had a conniption fit. So let us
discuss the question did Dan Hurley embarrass himself and Yukon
for being a sore loser as he walked off the
court so I've got Bruski medicine, cabinet and guillantine, and
(04:57):
we will combine all of these things to get and
we are going to make a to ducan is what
We're going to make a nice to duckin to make
the agony go away. Enjoy your to duck and so
so A to answer the question, does Dan Hurley to
embarrass himself for being a sort loser? I'm shaking my head. No,
(05:19):
I don't have that. I didn't write that on my
note card. I did not write that on my note card.
And to me, there's nothing to be ashamed of. I
didn't see anything there. He calmed down and gave some
poetic quotes to the assembled media later on. But the
raw emotion of a lot of competitions Early's walking off
(05:40):
the court here. Now, I wish my take was diff
It'd be better talk radio for oh Man, Dan Hurley's
a deucee canoe and man, what a loser. I don't
feel that way. I don't know there's a natural reaction.
He's not a gracious loser. Did anyone think Dan Hurley
was anything but an angry loser when his team loses?
Is this is some kind of revelation from Basketball Nation seriously,
(06:06):
and I'm okay with it. I'm okay with it. Why
last I checked, this is not a Saturday morning at
the YMCA teaching little children about how to play basketball
and sportsmanship. Dan Hurley all right, for better or worse.
His favorite ruski is Modello. He's got that fighting spirit
and I like that. I like that passion. It's a
(06:28):
passion play and I think it's good as newt Rockney
and others have been credited with saying, when it comes
to wins and losses, wins and losses, you show me
a good loser, and I will show you a loser.
And so Hurley's not a good loser. We know that.
And let's be real, He's a professional coach. Dan Hurley
(06:49):
is a professional coach. He's making eight million dollars a year,
over eight million dollars a year to coach in a
sleepy college town in Connecticut. And this is the This
is the test. The Ncaaight Tournament is the test. No
one watches college basketball other than the target that you're
a degenerate gambler. You're not watching college basketball other than
March madness. So this is the only time that matters,
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and he felt that his team was aggrieved by the
referees and he was upset by it, and that was
his reaction. But we know, we know about Dan. The
guy is a convicted whack a doodle. He is a
whack adoodle. A lot of these coaches are whack a doodles. Well,
the players are whackadoodles.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
All right.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
This is not a natural thing. That's the way it is.
He's a professional coach, Dan Hurley. The players are making money.
They're professionals, anil deals. It's professional basketball. That's what it is.
Student athlete, my fat asst it was never student athlete.
They're always getting money in envelopes. Now they're getting it
right out in front. Well, Dan Hurley, none of that story.
(07:55):
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about it a
little bit on the air, but they did a deep
dog I have on what makes Dan Hurley tick. And
you know he burns sage to ward off bad juju,
and he sprits his holy water on the court. He's
got bags of garlic bulbs he walks around with to
keep evil spirits away. I mean, he's going for it now,
(08:18):
He's doing all that right, he's got all that stuff
in his repertoire, and so that's who he is. He
eats the same lucky blue m and ms before every game,
like he's got this routine. He only eats the color
blue unless the other team has the opponent has the
colored blue, and then he's got to switch it up
and eat like a red or a green, depending on
what color they have. So snapping like Dan Hurley did
(08:42):
on brands, it's on brand. We're fine with it. We're
good all right now, turning the page. So we also
had a number of complaints over the weekend. Michigan State,
which is advanced, coach Tom is a good old Tom Is.
He's one of the old old cop You're still hanging out,
so Tom is Oh. And then UCLA's mccron was eliminated
(09:04):
over the weekend. But both coaches is Oh and mc
cronin were grumbling. They got that grumbling tummy over the weekend.
They were complaining about what what were they complaining about,
Oh my god, we've got to play those late games.
I got so late. Yeah, they were complaining about the
late start times in the NCAA tournament and the question
(09:28):
do you have any empathy for Tom Is at Michigan
State and Mick Cronin at UCLA, both of them giving
the bad body language and the grumbling about the start
times for their teams. And the UCLA has been eliminated
at Michigan State plays on so on this one thumbs up,
thumbs down, I go thumbs down. I do not do
(09:50):
not have empathy, do not have empathy for either one
of these guys. And my advice, unsolicited overnight sports radio advice,
is to go down the medical cabinet, medicine cabinet you
have there, and open it up on the second shelf,
not the first, not the top shelf, the second shelf,
right in the middle, the middle shelf of the medicine cabinet.
There's a little white bottle. And you take that little
(10:11):
white bottle and you open it up. It's got the
child lock on it. You twisted a little bit. You
got to squeeze down and then twist you open it up.
You take one pill out, not two, not three to
one pill. It's a no dose and it's called caffeine.
And you can stamp. It's an amazing thing. Suck it up, buttercup, okay,
And why it's a TV show. Right, it's a TV show.
(10:37):
And if you have a chance to be on a
TV show that pays a lot of money, you do
it whenever they want you to do the TV show.
That's the way that it works. In the NCAA Men's
basketball tournament has multiplied television revenue nearly seventy times in
the last forty years. Let me repeat that for those
(10:59):
of you slow in the back of the room. The
NCUBLEA as a television show has increased revenue nearly seventy
times since the early nineteen eighties. Is there any other
TV show that has seen that kind of revenue increase consistently?
(11:20):
Probably not one point one billion a year. One point
one billion a year. So this is a teachable moment. Now,
what is the lesson? The lesson? Those that make the
gold make the rules, and the ones that make the
gold are TV. And thus the TV advertisers who have
this weird, this weird formula that they have where they
(11:44):
spread all the games out to certain television windows and
they determine where they can get the most bang for
their buck. And that's the way that it goes. And
if they tell you to play at two in the morning,
then you should be like you're in the United States
Marines and say sir, yesh, yes, sir, okay, we're there.
We'll be happy to do it. Now that said, there
(12:04):
is something that Mick Cronin said. There is something that
Mick Cronin said that I completely am lockstep with. He
complained about the allegion Air flight back to Los Angeles.
He did not seem to appreciate the quality of Allegionaire. Now,
to be fair, I have not flown a Llegianaire. I
have friends that have and have not said kind things,
(12:26):
have not said kind things, So I can't say firsthand
that I've had a bad experience. But I have had
people in my circle that have not had very kind
things to say about Allegionaire. But you think this is
kind of big business and they should be able to
I don't know, afford something that you don't have to
pedal power to have the thing take off. But what
do I know? All right? Anyway, all right, now, last
(12:48):
word here. So we have now whittled down, down, down,
down down. We have whittled down the NCAA tournament field
from sixty eight teams to sixteen teams. And how do
you die? Sect the clear and obvious lack of Cinderella.
Cinderella is not there. There is no Cinderella in the
Sweet sixteen of March Madness. So how do you dissect this?
(13:12):
So I have, after a special minutes long mallar dissection,
I have determined this is industrial strength chalk. Is what
this is? Obviously it's industrial straight chalk. So the Sweet
sixteen the total seed value, you know, they add up
the seeds fifty five? What does that mean in Layman's terms?
(13:33):
So it means the average seed going forward now that
we've made it through the first weekend is three point
four to four? Is the average seed? The only the
only team that is worse than a six is one
team worse than a six. I believe it's John Calipari
and Arkansas. Does anyone think that at John Calipari Arkansas
(13:54):
team counts as a upstart team? Probably not right. And
twenty oho seven, you gotta go back that. I mean,
I was barely alive in twenty I was a little
baby in twenty oh seven. No, I wasn't here doing shows.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
No.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Twenty oh seven was the last time that we had
this kind of a chrucky mcchalk situation. In the sweet sixteen,
and that was a no team worse than a seven
seed that was twenty oh seven. So you do the
math on that, and which was twenty twenty five, and
so that's eighteen years ago. That's a long time. So
if you were born in twenty oh seven, you've just
(14:27):
gotten out of like high school now and you're off
to the real world. So I would say, welcome to
the new normal. I'm gonna go conspiracy theory guy. I'll
go tinfoil hat guy. It was a song years ago
that said video killed the radio star. I would argue
that Nil took the guillotine and beheaded the upstart Cinderella
(14:51):
the mid major, that it's a guillotine to the Cinderella.
Here's why, all right, name image like this what I'm
not against it. It seems a little bit out of
control to me, but I'm not against it. Right, I'm
the guy that ranted from the bully pulpit. It's ridiculous,
you know, just say it keeps saying student athlete, these
guys should get paid over the table. They got paid
over the table. Fine, but name amage and likeness poaching.
(15:15):
It's like whaling. And you hear stories about I don't
know how much that's true or not, but the whaling
and back in the sixties and they just destroyed the
whale population out in the oceans and all that, but
the poaching. If you're halfway decent at a mid major,
you're not staying at a mid major. You're not. There
is a dramatic decline of the underdog, the first sign
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of life you have if you're a mid major player,
and they're always on the hunt. They're always on the
prowl at these major schools, and they're gonna snatch you
away and give you a giant check. If you're a
diamond in the rough, you're not going to be in
the rough for very long. So for me, I can't
count John Calipart. I cannot count as an underdog. So
for me, I gotta go BYU. That Tater Tot guy,
(16:00):
the Tater top bloodline guy. That's got to be the dog, right,
That's got to be the underdog. B Yu Tater Todd guy,
grandfather inventer of the Tator Todd, the kid for b Yu,
that's got to be the one.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
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Speaker 1 (16:20):
Just landing here from the hot Tub time Machine and
our longtime friend and part of the Fox Sports Radio
Alumni Association. Get up Eddie Garcy about that? How you
doing there? You go to great Eddie Garcia. Hi, everybody
there is he stop by and you've got your sidekick
with you over there?
Speaker 5 (16:38):
Yeah I do, Uh Sirius Sean. Uh, you know I've
been meaning to come in and.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
See you guys. Yeah, you're any Tell me what I
always saying whenever you want to come by any.
Speaker 5 (16:48):
That's not really there's nothing on my way, you know
what I mean. It's that convenience.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
It's that convenient for you to make. It's out of you.
We're way far away from where you live.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
And uh.
Speaker 5 (16:58):
Also, I'm you know, I've got normal sleep schedule now.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
So now you're just rubbing in, Eddie. Now you're rubbing
it in that you're not a nocturnal place. He comes
in here and he throws a hay maker right away
at it.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
How do you just switch to the day sleeping hour?
Speaker 1 (17:12):
I dreaded dation. I'm weird, Lorena. It just it.
Speaker 5 (17:16):
I just did it. It wasn't hard. I just really Yeah.
I think I told you guys when I was still
here that anytime I lay my head down, if it's
dark and quiet, off all asleep at any time of
the day. So it's very unusual. But yeah, so it's weird.
It's weird getting up at like nine in the morning
and doing things.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
It's very unusually. I can I don't think even if
I didn't have this job, I don't think I would
get up early and all that. So I've always been
more of a nocturnal person. But I did. I saw
you the Charger games a few times in the NFL games.
I tried to see you at a King's game. Yeah,
the King's PR staff, who I used to have a
good relationship with, even right back to me. They've got
(17:55):
new people there. Oh maybe that's the problem. Yeah, maybe
I emailed the old people. Maybe the email didn't bounce back.
So I was like I told that. I was like,
I'm going to meet you at King's game, and I
issue was going to go out there and you kind
of get into the can. They're at hot right now. Yeah,
I know they haven't. They have like this the greatest
home streak in King's history or something like that, right,
and you do for those who don't know EDI's you know,
(18:15):
mister hockey of course. And you've got multiple hockey podcasts,
is that right? You've got I do, and I actually
have another one that's coming up, another one really, So
you got the Kings one, yeah, and then you've got
the one that you've done for.
Speaker 5 (18:27):
A long time, right, Yeah, that's just for fun with
that's just with my Yeah, for my old college friend.
And we've kind of been doing it for so long
now that we just like can't stop doing it at
this point. It seems like I don't know, uh, but the.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Other time you could stop it, could we could, but
it just it would you know, it would disappoint a
lot of people. And yeah, some people anyway. Uh. The
other one though, Yeah, I'm actually getting paid for that,
the La Kings one walked on La King. That's more important.
So a lot of Kings people will find that one.
Look at their podcasts of course. YouTube. Oh YouTube, you're
a YouTuber now, you're an influence of that. I hate
(19:03):
being on YouTube. Do you like being on YouTube? Yeah?
I don't mind it really, Yeah, I hate it. Uh.
Speaker 5 (19:07):
And also apparently it's on Amazon fire TV. Really yeah, okay, anyways,
what is that?
Speaker 1 (19:14):
I don't know. I don't have any so coup probably
knows you don't have a fire stick. I do not
have a fire stick.
Speaker 6 (19:19):
No.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Yeah, is that legal?
Speaker 7 (19:23):
It's like it's like roku right, yeah, okay, yeah, and
you're on there.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Yeah, I'm uh, if you don't mind me saying so,
I'm April to tenth starting a new NHL show. It's uh,
it's called NHL Game Night. It's wrapping up all the
names from your day and same thing YouTube podcast, Amazon Fires.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
It wasn't that around the time that the playoffs, though,
the playoffs start around it'll be it'll be one week
before the end of the regular seat and we'll get
ready for the old Stanley Cup playoffs. Is Sean gonna
be on the show with you? Sis? Sean gonna be
on with you? We'll see tune in to find out, Wow,
Sean's excited about Team is Dancing. The reason we played
the song is because serious Sean we've known. Now, remember
(20:03):
when he came in here and he was in high school.
I really do remember the day he came in with
the teacher. Yeah, I remember getting an email from his
teachers like Sewan's a big fan of show and he
wanted to come in. I was like, okay, this, I'd
love to meet Sean. And then Sean came in here
and now ten years out of high school, he's all
grown up. He lives in Phoenix now in the Phoenix area,
and he came in and he you know, you guys
are how do you feel? Knowing? Sincerely? What's that that
(20:26):
the highlight of Shawn's year is coming in to see
you and me? Well? No, you. I think it's more
you bad both of us and be a part of
the Ben Mallor show. He show, And I don't even that.
Mike words, is that might work? I think that might work.
Let's see, hold on, is.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
It for me?
Speaker 1 (20:43):
If not?
Speaker 3 (20:43):
You got to go sit by Ben?
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Oh definitely does not over here have people on both
sides of me.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
I don't know that. Oh, you're going to be sandwiched Ben.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
I don't know about that. All right, So you got
three podcasts. You're doing all right with that. I do
have to get out to a King's game, though I
would like to go out there. It was very I
felt hurt, Eddie. I felt I used to go back
in at the forum when they were playing there. I
used to go out there and cover the team and
I was like, wow, right back, that's a long time ago.
That's a long time Yeah, I'll I'll tell you the people.
You let me know. You're a made man over there, right,
You're connected, man, You're like a little bit. Look at
(21:16):
Eddie's connected over the high Sean sailor your fans serious, Sean.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Yay, go Eddie go?
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Okay, all right, come down. I wish there was like
a boss out there somewhere who loved me like Sean
does I know? Right?
Speaker 8 (21:31):
Yeah, Edie's the only one that goes with me to
all the games and wants to hang out and do
all the fun stuff.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Yeah, I know. What is Eddie like your hero? Is
he like the top of the list there?
Speaker 6 (21:42):
Yeah, aside from family the side.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
From family, he's kind of like family, all right, He's
kind of like family.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
Yeah, he is. He's a family friend.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
I would say, like Uncle Eddie.
Speaker 6 (21:51):
Yeah, I actually did have an uncle Ed back in
the day before.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
I did too. I had an uncle Ed back in
the day. Everybody ever, doesn't everybody.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
Have uncle No, I don't have an uncle ed all
the ready, you're weird.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
I had the weird one.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
I had a mister ed, mister, I have a.
Speaker 8 (22:04):
Russ, I have a Dick, and I have Tony.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
It is twenty twenty five, that's yeah, it's twenty twenty five.
I missed the drops. You know what was funny.
Speaker 5 (22:15):
I came in here and I was I was sitting
there and I heard a couple of drops, and I'm like, oh,
I missed not having drops.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
In my life.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
You want to hear our new ones?
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Yeah? I do. Okay, what do we have? Well, we
have a hollering James Ones a new one. We have
a hollering Yeah, that's James.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
And then we got this one yesterday.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Let's see all over my face ship. Yeah. Yeah, that's
our buddy in Vegas. That's our guy in Vegas.
Speaker 6 (22:41):
Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Yes, Las Vegas and Mexico. Sean, Yes, the big, big.
Speaker 6 (22:46):
Las Vegas, the only Vegas I've been to.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
That's right. You've never been to Vegas? Have you not
been to Vega? You live in Phoenix, you just drive
up to Vegas. It's not that far away.
Speaker 6 (22:54):
If you've ever taken the Super cheap from uh.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
I know you take the trade shoes kid, It goes right,
do Vegas new mac Sean is the he's keeping Amtrak
in business. You're literally keeping Amtrack in business, correct, Sean?
Speaker 7 (23:05):
Right?
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Only he could get a job working on the train.
I know you should. Why don't you get a job?
Speaker 7 (23:10):
You never want to get a job on something that
you love, yeah, occasionally, because then you don't love it anymore.
Speaker 5 (23:16):
I wanted I love sports, I wanted to work in sports. Yeah,
so I had a job for a long time, working
and and I guess I still do. But yeah, it
was great, it was not working.
Speaker 7 (23:25):
I mean, she has a point if you look at it, like,
because I used to listen to sports talk radio all
the time, and now you how often.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
Do you listen?
Speaker 7 (23:32):
Now?
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Kup? Never? Well I don't listen to it. But I
don't want to say I don't listen either because I
don't want to take stuff from you know, somebody else,
So I don't listen to sports target. That's just that's
different though for me. I don't. I'm not consuming it
or whatever and all that.
Speaker 7 (23:47):
So well, I think it's because you know, working on
the show, I mean, you're all the shows.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
The news is the same. You know what I mean.
It's no, it's not we're different.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
No, no, well there was a well, not a different
we have different takes on it. Well, there was a show.
I know there was a show here that did like
Sky is falling radio because some Juju Watkins or something
that was injured, Juji ben whatever, it's Juju whatever her
name is. I don't know that she's got heart.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
He got the he got it right. It's Juju Watkins.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
I got it right. Listen, I know I'm him. Man,
I know my women's basketball. Come on, I don't say
I have no idea what you're talking about. It's it's awesome,
that's great. You know when I left here, you don't
have to pretend like you're interested in that one.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
When I left here, the basketball left the face of
the earth for me.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Let me know, I heard Luca, I heard the call.
I could not hear that. It was such a.
Speaker 5 (24:40):
Big was annoying literally everything else, NCAA tournament, NBI.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
I knew nothing about it. And I'm so happy. Well
Eddie's stopping by. Hey, Kathy, and Madison says hello, Andy says,
welcome back, Eddie. Good to hear your voice again, and
el FaZe writes and says, can you let Loraina know
we don't play Sandstorm until Friday? Well, we had, Sean.
That's because of you, Sean guy.
Speaker 6 (25:03):
My theme song, it's my theme Okay.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
Well now everyone doesn't know what day of the weekend is.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
Now everyone's confused here.
Speaker 6 (25:09):
Well it's okay. It's only once every two years, maybe
one or two times a year.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
And that's it. One or two times you come in here,
one or two times a year.
Speaker 6 (25:16):
Yeah, that's when we play it, like when it's not Friday.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
And also I didn't play the drops with it, so
it's not the same.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Okay, yeah, No, do you care? Do you care about baseball? Anya,
you're done with baseball too, You're over with baseball. I
don't care about Cabot.
Speaker 6 (25:29):
No, it's our team's year. We're gonna win the World Series.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
It was your team. Sean likes the Pirates. Pirates.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Yeah yeah, oh yeah, likes the Pirates.
Speaker 6 (25:40):
We're gonna kick their in the Dodgers' faces this year.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Bet I'll tell you, I'll bet you ten grand right
now about ten thousand. Nothing.
Speaker 6 (25:47):
I would rather bet that they're gonna lose their next game,
don't bet bet anything.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
He still doesn't pay off.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
At this point, it would be disappointing if he did right. No,
I'd pay off my bet.
Speaker 6 (25:58):
I ate the the bull what I heard from Eddie.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
I think I don't believe that.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
I've literally never seen you like properly pay off my bets.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
I wore a paper bag in my head one time
for a show because the Clippers lost to the Cavaliers. Well,
I think you kind of just did that because of.
Speaker 7 (26:15):
You know, no.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
No, the cat is after Lebron went to Miami and
the Calves, they were one loss away from sitting the
North American record for most consecutive losses and they beat
the Clippers, and I was so embarrassed. I said, if
they lose that game, I want to put a paper back.
It was one time he bought pizza one time. I remember,
I did. I bought pizza. Remember Remember when I walked
to Arizona because of the Arizona Wildcast lost to Illinois
(26:40):
and the n cuale a tournament that was a long
time ago. And you did not do that. I did.
I did. I told management. I took two steps towards
Arizona and like they give a well Andrew Ashwood know
he did. He said, Ben, You're gonna die. And I
thought it would have been great publicity. And then you're like,
well no, I said, I said it would be good.
And then we did the man on how long it
would have taken me to walk to Arizona, and it
(27:02):
would have taken about four months, and they said, we
don't think we could do that for four month. I
could probably walk there in four months. Now. Now now,
back then, no, you would have you would have died.
You probably would have died. Actually, yeah, what depends what
time of the year it was. But that's where Sean
lives in series Sean and Arizona. You like to heat
their showing your big fan of the heat.
Speaker 8 (27:18):
Yeah, I've gotten it doesn't really get to me now.
It's like it's it's only here for like three months
and then that's it.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
It's only one hundred and thirty degrees for three months.
What's the big deal, right, Just turn the ac on.
You're good to go on that. Yeah it.
Speaker 8 (27:30):
Well, it's also monsoon time too, because you know we
got the rain. Oh yeah, monsoon, that's our rainy season.
In late June, the early September.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Any traveling, any have you been able to do any traveling?
And you're locked in with hockey, so you can't go anywhere.
Your same same issues. You never traveler, though you go,
you go, like for a football season, you go somewhere. Yeah,
we'll go somewhere. We're going to the Hall of Fame again.
Oh yeah, speaking of high Now I'm trying to get
to Ohio for a mallor meet and greet, and I
I don't want to be offended. I don't want to
(28:01):
offend anyone. However, I didn't say but however, So there's
a listener who's a big fan of the show who
runs this restaurant bar in Ohio. Right, He's like, where
in Ohio? Well, here's the thing, all right, this is
the problem. So he's been, he's been contact me. He's
very kind of loves the show. He listens to the
(28:22):
podcast they do on the weekends. He's a big fan.
And he's like, Hey, I want you to come to
my establishment. And I was like, okay. And so then
I did a little research over the last couple of
days trying to figure out travel arrangements to get because
I got to pay out of pocket the company doesn't
pay for this stuff. I pay out of my pocket.
So I was going to go and then it's in Columbus, Ohio.
There is wrong with that. There's no direct flights to Columbus, Ohio.
(28:44):
It's an all. It's like an eight hour minimum situation,
which means like a three hour layover. That's minimum, and
most of it is like twelve hours thirteen fourth. You
went to South Carolina. I'm sure there was no direct
flight for wherever it was he went there. It wasn't
actually that because you drove. We drove, we flew, flew
to Atlanta and then it took a little puddle jumper
to Myrtle Beach and then drove from Myrtle Beach. It
(29:07):
wasn't that bad. But this would be like a whole thing.
So I'm thinking maybe I should do like Cincinnati. Well,
you don't give me the eviliahy. I think Cincinnati or
Cleveland because there's more flights to those places. Yeah, I
will fly into Cleveland and drive down there.
Speaker 6 (29:21):
And you've checked every airline then for no direct flights,
and you no.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
There's no direct flights to Columbus from l A. I
know that. I don't think there's direct flights to Cleveland either,
I think Cincinnati.
Speaker 6 (29:33):
Unfortunately, there's lines that runs.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
He's taking every train line. Have you taken just about
every train line at amshrak Has at this point.
Speaker 6 (29:45):
I've taken the Northern Empire Builder and Capitol limitsed routes.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
But the Empire Builder. Have you taken the one from
like up the I ninety five corridor from like Boston
down the East coast? Have you done that one?
Speaker 6 (29:56):
I've taken the ESLA for.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
That's the one from like Boston to d See or whatever.
Speaker 6 (30:00):
And yeah, I took it from DC to New York
and then I took a commuter to the e w
R A.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
We should get sewn like a train podcast. Yeah, do
you have miniature trains? You have like a train set
at home? Do you have those trains?
Speaker 7 (30:12):
You know what?
Speaker 6 (30:13):
Some my uncle's friend of the my uncle's friend of
the family. Yeah, he gave me one that he made
and I put it right right, uh right right?
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Can you mess it up or something like that? You
screwed it up?
Speaker 8 (30:26):
No?
Speaker 1 (30:26):
I didn't, it didn't.
Speaker 6 (30:27):
It's up there all by itself and I haven't touched
it since I put it there.
Speaker 3 (30:30):
Wait, so do you only you only know the Amtrak routes.
Speaker 6 (30:33):
Well, I know there, I know several commuter routes like
Metrolink and New Jersey Transit and Sound Transit and all that.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
You have to travel all the countries, Like don't they
have a train that goes by through Siberia and Russia?
Isn't there like a Russian train that goes all the
way through Siberia. You can take that and go to China.
I'm sure they got a train in China. You can
go all of them, you know.
Speaker 8 (30:51):
I think the biggest ones they have are the ones
that go out of King's Cross in the UK. I
think that's one of the biggest.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
King's Cross and that's where Harry Potter goes to get
to Hogwarts.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
How about Japanese bullet trains? Oh yeah, my dad did that.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
He was shnsin.
Speaker 6 (31:07):
I think in Germany they have some of those too,
those bullet lines.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Or Japanese know it for the bullet train though, know
for that right.
Speaker 6 (31:13):
About China, I think China has someone too.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Oh, the China has the train that goes through the building.
I saw video and yeah I did see that. Lorraina
saw the baseball game in China. She was telling.
Speaker 7 (31:26):
The bullet trains in China. In Japan, the Shinknsin, they
go so fast. When we were on when my wife
and I were on our honeymoon, we got on the
Shinknsin going the wrong direction, and the problem we just
like took a nap eight. I didn't realize for two
hours we were on the other side of Japan.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
But only take your ticket and say hey, you're on
the wrong train. And then nobody took the ticket. They
just said they just let you go.
Speaker 7 (31:55):
And because you get you like you know the you
scan the ticket to get in to the I don't
know what the platform, and then you just you're supposed
to get on the train going the correct direction.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
So it's like Bart, I guess in a way, Yes,
very similar to Bart. Yes, yes, the trains in Japan
and Bart. Yes, a few less vagrants in Japan.
Speaker 8 (32:20):
I would think it sounds like what I'd use the
Clipper card for scanning it to go in and tap
again to go out.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Okay, there's a there's a shot. We got Eddie hanging
out with us, though you didn't be here for a while, right,
you're not going anywhere? R Yeah, I want to give
a shout out to Sure when the judge. We don't
do shout outs to any I just did it. We
don't do it's not a morning show. We don't do that.
He is listening to the show. Big fan of the
show is that former judge here in lawson? Ah nice man?
Sure when the judge? Yeah, awesome. How do you know him?
(32:49):
He contacted me after you know what happened. Yeah, and
he just kind of stayed in contact. Oh that's great. Yeah,
you find out how many people really love you, right,
You probably get a lot of love and people were
still I got a ton of love. I get a
lot of crap. If a guy and they think I
gave you the guillotine, I did not, had nothing to
do with it. But people get visa. I know I
should know this because you've mentioned it a million times.
(33:09):
How long was your vacation? Six months and twenty Okay,
so I still got two more months? You got two
more months? It was Jane, Well know what was it? No,
it's January twentieth of nine, the inauguration day, the new
president changing of the guard at the White House and
got whacked and then yeah, is that six months? Twenty
(33:33):
six months. Still still two more months. Enjoy your vacationy
two more months. You enjoy your time off.
Speaker 2 (33:38):
There be sure to catch live editions of The Ben
Mellor Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
Let's set up the game. What do you say? Why
don't we set up the game right now? And we
don't need to play the imaging because we'll do that
on the other side. But let's welcome in our contestants,
game show contestant of the Year, the reigning Benny winner
from so cal in Gardina. We say hello to Manuel
in Guardina, a legend not only here but in the jungle.
Speaker 6 (34:06):
Hello Manuel, Fanny Blocks and the box Lorraina, Oh my
uncle fan.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
What is up?
Speaker 6 (34:16):
My friends?
Speaker 1 (34:17):
Yeah, look at you man? Ready to go?
Speaker 2 (34:19):
Here?
Speaker 1 (34:19):
Are you? Are you looking to redeem yourself here? Manuel?
Is there some redemption?
Speaker 7 (34:23):
I am? I am?
Speaker 2 (34:24):
You know I had a crap showing last week, kind
of like the toilet type plunge.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Yes, well, at least you know, go like Iowa Sam
and just use your hand to plunge the who true story? Lorena,
Oh no, it's an Iowa think Iowa Sam revealed No, yeah,
he revealed that was he at a party or something
like that, or there was some I forget the story,
but he was somewhere and he didn't have a plunger
and I guess it wasn't.
Speaker 6 (34:51):
Got busy in a burger king bathroom.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
Yeah, he just went in there. And that's el natural.
You know, you gotta go. It's like mcgiver. That's an
outdate the reference. But you just gotta use what you
got and uh that's why. Hello, all right, man man,
Well who would you like to partner up with? Manuel?
Who do you want to You know I'm going with you?
All right? Then? Well well when of course with redemption,
(35:14):
hold on a sec we have door number one or
door number two, number two, number two? All right, you
picked far out Dave in all Hi, Hello far he's laughing,
he's snickering, Yellow far out Dave.
Speaker 6 (35:29):
Of course, good board.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
And of course when I get the chance to play,
I gotta go against the king and go figure.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Sometimes the king has a bad performance. It does happen
far out Dave. And I assume you want to partner
up with Coop or you want to go with the
rain and really press your luck.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
Wow, I really thought you were gonna choose me.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
It's not like that. You got too snacks?
Speaker 7 (35:55):
Give you.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
You're right, You're right.
Speaker 3 (35:56):
I'm gonna go snack, man, go snack.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
And it's like a whole music thing going on here
at night too. I walk down the hall, I hear
some jams bouncing around the building here. So what now?
I just want to say.
Speaker 7 (36:08):
You don't have time to say it, lorraina stop. Coop's
gonna get upset. Geez, Let's let's get the game going.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
All right? What are the categories? Are you such a
rules guy?
Speaker 3 (36:16):
He doesn't be called out right now? No, I just
don't hurry.
Speaker 7 (36:19):
All right, this is you're the one that she's This
is Malard's Mountain of Money, the Mighty Madison Edition. She
turns twenty six years old today. She won the Best
Actress Award at the Oscar has been that's that's.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
No idea who that is in the movie of Nora?
Speaker 3 (36:33):
Anyway?
Speaker 7 (36:34):
The categories are it takes three scream better things and
Anora and man, well you are on first?
Speaker 3 (36:44):
Which category would you like? All right? And Dave, how
about you?
Speaker 1 (36:51):
All right? Scream? Okay, hold on right there, Do not
hang Do not hang up, Do not hang up. We're
gonna get to the game. Very exciting. Oh my god,
you can attention. Who's gonna win? Manuel the reigning game
show call of the year, Far out, Dave. We'll get
to it. It's Malors Mountain of Money in its entirety
(37:12):
coop he.
Speaker 8 (37:16):
Is.
Speaker 1 (37:18):
He's getting so upset, like your hat today, Ben taking much?
Shut up? Well, you get to it next day. He's
getting so upset, he's so pissed.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
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the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio
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listen live now Malor's Mountain of Money? Do you have
what it takes to get to the top? Probably?
Speaker 8 (37:46):
Not?
Speaker 1 (37:47):
All right, let's do it. Here we go. It is
Malors Mountain of Money and the sports of the show
made possible by Tractor Supply. Tractors fly those at. A
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Speaker 3 (37:57):
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for life out here? All right, very good? Manuel in
Guardina is teamed up with me far out Davis with
(38:20):
Cooper Loop and Coop. What are we doing here? Which categories?
It takes three, I believe is what you that's your category,
that's mine? All right, we're going first because we're on
the here first. All right, Manuell, these athletes all weere
where or war number three? Are you ready? Manuel in
socw the reigning game show caller of the year. Yeah,
let's do it, all right, forty five seconds on the clock.
(38:41):
We're on our way and go, mister unlimited for Seattle
and Pittsburgh. Yes, the Bambino for the Yankees. He was
the point guard for the Lob City Clippers. He's in
San Antonio. Yes, three point specialists for the Washington Wizards.
He went to the Phoenix Suns. He's on the Suns now.
He stinks with with Kevin Durant and whatnot. And you know,
(39:06):
all right, safety for the Chargers. Two time All Pro.
He's on the team right now. He's from Florida State
for the l A Chargers. All right, uh, shortstop played
with Alan Trammell in the eighties for the Den. No shortstop. Oh,
I say they're wrong, match up by me? All right,
(39:29):
quarterback from Oregon State times out, he interrupted me.
Speaker 3 (39:33):
That was a sad sixty ben.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
Yeah, well he didn't get Bradley Beal.
Speaker 3 (39:37):
Yeah, bris miss Bradley Beal and Durwin James.
Speaker 1 (39:41):
Well you would, you would have gotten a charger. He
played him twice a year. But all right, well that
was not very good.
Speaker 3 (39:49):
What was that sixty points?
Speaker 1 (39:50):
Oh my god? Okay, all right, far out? All right,
don't chunk far out, Dave, dude, not choke Dave. All right,
David read ready, dame? What's all right?
Speaker 3 (40:02):
You ready?
Speaker 1 (40:03):
The guy? I'm ready?
Speaker 7 (40:04):
All right, We've got screamed. These are some of the
scariest athletes of all time. Forty five seconds on the clock.
Speaker 6 (40:10):
Begin.
Speaker 3 (40:11):
A boxer that bit somebody's ear off.
Speaker 7 (40:14):
Mike Tyson, Yes, uh, the center for the Kobe Lakers,
big Diesel.
Speaker 1 (40:21):
What's his full name? Yes?
Speaker 3 (40:23):
Uh, the big unit pitcher for the Diamondbacks.
Speaker 1 (40:26):
Randy Downson, Yes, uh.
Speaker 3 (40:28):
This guy was a safety for the Steelers. He had
crazy hair, No, he had crazy frizzy hair.
Speaker 1 (40:37):
Oh.
Speaker 7 (40:39):
Yes, this guy was a linebacker for the Bears, and
then he was later the head coach for the forty
nine Ers.
Speaker 3 (40:44):
Uh, that's going to be Mike single care.
Speaker 7 (40:46):
Yes, this guy was a linebacker for the Steelers. He
had missing teeth. He looked like he was forty seven,
but he was like in his twenties.
Speaker 1 (40:53):
Kevin No, all right, Well was not that good too.
Speaker 3 (40:58):
Jack Lambert was that last on.
Speaker 1 (41:00):
That West there see for you toots behind man, Well, listen,
I think we're gonna come back here. How's luck treat you? Man?
Speaker 6 (41:09):
What everything? Are were about to?
Speaker 1 (41:12):
Listen? You know that sandwich shop by the way Guardiana
very good, I gotta tell you.
Speaker 3 (41:16):
In fact, I was on Manuel, do you want better things?
Or Anora?
Speaker 1 (41:20):
On the Rogan and Rodney Show.
Speaker 3 (41:21):
They were talking about that you want better things.
Speaker 1 (41:23):
He brought sandwiches to them as well, and man, all right,
and they're very good sandwich. Well he wants better thing, Yes,
he wants better things. Okay, better things. After years of losing,
these athletes went on to better things. Are you ready
Manuel in Guardiana? Yes?
Speaker 3 (41:37):
All right?
Speaker 1 (41:38):
Forty five seconds run away go the pitcher and outfielder
for the Dodgers from Japan. Yes, a quarterback for the
l A Rams. He came over from the Lions running
back for the Greatest show on turf, the Saint Louis Rams. Yes,
the safety for the Raiders. He also played for the
(41:58):
Green Bay Packers. All of f Yes, cuban reliever, played
for the Yankees and the Cobs won the World Series
with both. Yes. Center with a biblical name. In the NBA,
he's Yes, outfielder for the Giants. Kind of a white guy.
Didn't wear batting gloves. Kind of weird looking dude, long hair, No,
(42:21):
no white, no like ten years ago. Damn it.
Speaker 3 (42:27):
He's a current analyst on MLB Network hunter punter Pen.
Speaker 1 (42:30):
Nobody watches MLB Network.
Speaker 3 (42:31):
All right, get okay, Pen, you have three honey, you
have three hundred points.
Speaker 1 (42:36):
All right, we're in the lead. We're in the You
want to give up right now? Just clip right now?
Why not? Dame in the game, Dave, and I got
what you don't have. Don't chot to hey, don't choked,
all right, Dave, don't.
Speaker 7 (42:47):
Don't we have anura speak a pliant. These athletes have
all had strip club incidents. Dave, all right, that's the
ballet forty five seconds on the clock, chick in the
beard in the NBA. Yes, uh, this guy is a
point guard for the Grizzlies.
Speaker 3 (43:08):
He loves guns.
Speaker 7 (43:11):
Yes, I don't think. Yes, he didn't think. This guy
is the lead wide receiver. He was a rookie for
the Giants. He is a star rookie receiver.
Speaker 1 (43:21):
That's going to be a neighbor neighbor.
Speaker 7 (43:23):
Yes, uh, this guy is the wide receiver for the Giants.
Back of the day that shot himself in the leg
on accident.
Speaker 1 (43:32):
Bert.
Speaker 7 (43:32):
Yes, this guy's nickname was pac Man. He was on
the Bengals. Jones, Yes, uh, this guy was nickname is
Lemon Pepper.
Speaker 1 (43:44):
That's gonna be the guy that was enough points. I
don't think he was. I don't think. I don't think
it was enough. I don't think it was enough. Not
Pa John Moran, John Mort he did not catch. He
did not catch John Mort test. Let's go to replay review.
(44:09):
Let's go to a boot review. We got strewed Manuel
that and you didn't know who Bradley Beal was and
George Drwin James, but no, essentially, John Moran, he didn't
say John Moran, he said that. Mort he didn't say
John blah blah, he said, blah blah, Moran blah blah,
Morne is what he said. I heard it
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