MARCH IS HERE!!! CBB heats up!! Stafford back to Rams. Deebo to Washington. Ovechkin approaching Gretzky"s record!! Tank Davis vs Lamont Roach Controversy!! AND thinking about the KENTUCKY DERBY!!

MARCH IS HERE and CBB is HEATING UP!!

Auburn is REALLY GOOD!!

Kentucky"s chances at making a run without Jaxon Robinson.?.?

How long Mark Pope will be at UK??

NFL News!!!!!

Matt Stafford is back with the Rams and Blitz the Bookie LOVES IT!!!

Where will Aaron Rodgers end up???

Deebo traded to Washington.

Ovechkin approaching Gretzgy's record for most All Time goals scored!!!

Tank Davis vs Lamont Roach Controversy!!!!

And we start to think.....KENTUCKY DERBY!!!!

Transcript

Charlie (00:28)
All right. Welcome back to another episode of the blitz, the bookie podcast. I'm Charlie Winkle joined as always by Anthony Roberts. It is Monday, March the second last week of the regular season and college basketball for all conferences. So March is here. The madness is about to start.

And even though Kentucky got throttled by Auburn this weekend, Anthony, I'm still excited about March Madness. No doubt, You know, I've told you, Charlie, basketball don't have the same flavor as football does to me, but I will say, the always been different. Even in the years that I loved college basketball and I was crazy about it, I like it now, but I just don't have that same passion as I do for college football.

But as a tournament nears, I definitely can feel the excitement coming. It's still the most exciting tournament in sports. The Superbowl is the best event, but for a tournament, you can't beat March Madness. So the next four to five weeks should be, should be awesome. March Madness has the best tournament. Superbowl is the best event.

The best regular season is college football. I agree. So yeah, Kentucky got their ass kicked, but look, Auburn is the best team in the country. And I think they're the best team by a wide margin. I don't think Duke's as close as everybody thinks that they are. It's hard to read with Duke. Yeah. They haven't played anybody. Yeah, that's it. But they are good. So it's hard. It's just a hard

I'm with you. I'm a hundred percent. I've been getting on some of my, friends that are Louisville fans about some of the teams that they've been playing. So I looked at same teams. It's the same. Yep. So we'll talk some more about college basketball and what we think of Kentucky's chances. that look, loss to Auburn doesn't bother me that much, but there was some.

News after the game, Jackson Robinson out for the year. Wrist injury is having surgery, so that concerns me more than the actual loss to.

the best team in the country. So we'll talk about what we think Kentucky's chances are of making a big run here without Jackson Robinson. Do have a little bit of NFL news, some combine news. We'll get into all that before we do guys. Appreciate you taking the time out of your day to check us out. Thank you. don't forget to like and subscribe on your favorite streaming platforms and

check us out on the Blitz the bookie Facebook, Tik Tok and YouTube pages. All right, Anthony, how are you feeling after the ass whooping Kentucky took this week? for me, it all started when guess the 38 one team, Kentucky had, I realized right then

The regular season don't mean nothing in college basketball. It really don't. It gets you a little seed for the tournament, but you know that Kentucky team went 38-1. I would say that's bigger accomplishment than winning a national title. I mean, it's a hell of accomplishment itself, but people don't remember you. All that matters is that tournament. we've seen it with Cal, with the results. The tournament means everything to college basketball and how you perform in it, where you finish.

but you got to, you do have to build you a resume. You do. I mean, look at Kentucky right now. Look, we're 19 and 11. Yeah. On the surface, on the surface, give us one easier game. But at the end of the day, we're going to have to play good ball and we're going to be able to get through the tournament. But my point is on the surface, 19 and 11 is not a great record. Sure. But we had a tough schedule. a real tough schedule.

And we built ourself a resume to the point where we are 19 and 11 and we're a top four seed still. Sure. But if we didn't have that hard schedule, we'd have a lot better record. I get that. But you also got right now that are not in the tournament. Sure. My point is

The regular season isn't pointless. You do have to get in that tournament. Yeah, you got to look at North Carolina right now. I think they've got maybe the same exact record that we have. I think they're 19 and 11.

I don't even know if they're projected to be in the tournament right now. If they're 1911 playing the ACC, they shouldn't be in the tournament. but we could be 19 and 11 right now and be out too, even with our schedule. But you know why we're in because we've got three top five wins. We've got six top 15 wins. We've got all the quad one wins that we've talked about. We've not only played the hard schedule, but we've won a lot of big games.

beat a lot of really good teams. So I do think even with our schedule being as tough as it is, if those 11 losses come to different teams, we could be out. you do got to build that resume, but I mean, ultimately, yeah, it all comes down to just get in the tournament. And that's what's so great about March, especially for the small teams, the small teams that are playing right now. one of the tournaments

today two more start tomorrow. Those teams know that they got to win their tournament to get in. And for those people, you know what I mean? Wrong. I love there's some of them that get hot and can get to the second weekend every once in a while. But for them just to win it and get in event. That's their big event. Just go and dance and some of those teams, especially when we're talking 16 seeds, 15 seeds.

maybe even 14 seeds. in the tournament is their championship. Yeah. You see some 14. I never thought you would see a win. Tony Bennett. Yep. I didn't think it would ever happen either. I just thought that the 16s were really bad. I always thought the 16s was a

drop between the 16s and 15s as crazy as that sounds. it happen again? Like two years ago? I thought it just happened once. It happened twice. You might be right. I know there's been several 14. don't know why I'm thinking a second number one seed lost like two years later. I know for a fact, the first one was Virginia though.

There has been two. I want to find the other one out. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was just, it was like two years after that one. Okay.

probably just like two years ago. I want to say that the Virginia one happened in 2000, 2020.

I think it was Purdue and West Carolina. I remember that game. That was a few years back, no? No, Purdue almost lost to West Carolina in 96.

in 2023, the number one seed Purdue and the number. Yeah. Remember, I remember watching that game Purdue and FDU I remember So two number one seed. So yeah, I mean, maybe it's a trend in a different direction. It never happened before. And then twice in, you know, four or five years, the three point shots, the equalizer, it just is basketball is a game where if you're not hitting your shots, can be beat.

So

you want to talk about that little bit of NFL stuff we got before we go into this college basketball? few things, of course, Matthew Stafford and the Rams supposedly to make a deal. Yep. So yeah. So I don't think he's officially back, but they have agreed to

Hey, we're going to make this happen. We're not looking to trade. I don't think the deal was actually made was it was like an agreement to make a Yeah, but I think it sounds like it's pretty much done. So look, I think it's great. I think the Rams were really close. I think I had a really strong future bet with the odds I had. Man, I think I was close there. And I'll be honest with you. I know people probably think I'm a Rams lover from hearing this. Dude, I think they're right there.

Their defense was really young and got really good at the end of the year. They're going to have that defense on the cheap and what they got on offense.

So really excited about the Rams. I'm glad Stafford's back. then the day I think that was a good fit for him with McVeigh and he's five and two in playoff games since leaving Detroit. they won the Super Bowl the first year and last two years, they lost to the Chorts the year before last on a pass interference call, like in the second or third round. And then they played Philly tougher than anybody. The Rams for the last three years with in LA.

He's really, if he can have a really good year, maybe possibly go to a Superbowl winning the guy, he really could move up for status goals. feel like Stanford's a top guy, but he ain't at that elite level yet. If he wins that, does he go to the elite level? He's already elite. I know, but does he go to that Manning Brady? does he go to think he's the first first ballot hall of Famer? I do. I do too. I But there's that very elite level Montana.

If he wins another Super Bowl, yeah. I agree with that. I mean, if he makes it to another one, it takes him up, but it don't get him in that conversation with the when I say greats, I'm talking about the that four or five that's the greatest. He gets in that next group of five with the Aaron Rodgers and stuff like that. It'd be hard to put him in the top four, but I love Stafford. If he wins a Super Bowl, I think you got to.

If he wins the Superbowl, that'd give him two Superbows. he held the Detroit up during some bad years, man. Everybody's seen that. Everybody knew that. It'd still be tough. I like Stafford, but it's still, of course he, he wouldn't pass Brady. No, you can maybe argue maybe the Manning thing. mean, don't think he passed it. Manning had too many good regular seasons.

He Stafford had a bunch too. the guy can play. I, I hate it almost like Kevin Garnett a little bit. think, Kevin Garnett wasted his best years in Minnesota. he got to the Boston, but he was a little older and he played well there, but his best years he wasted in that city. I worry about that for Giannis. Now they didn't get a championship, but everybody would tell you that watch Detroit, Stafford wasn't a problem. he was keeping them above water in Detroit. So,

When Stafford broke his collarbone or did whatever dislocated his shoulder, whatever he did, he was damn injured and goes back out there and throws the game winning touchdown. You remember that, right? I know he still got a houndster on him. That was, that was some gutsy shit right there. And that was the moment that I knew that Stafford was about it.

You know, when you watch him and look, we know the game's changed. I'm not going down there and whether you like it or not, that's not the argument for today. But when you watch him throwing compared to some of these quarterbacks today, just the precision he puts it there, the arm, the halons. Now he don't have the legs those boys got and that's where the argument can be made for whatever side you like. But just the accuracy of the arm, the strength of the arm, the knowledge of the game, to me it's a thing of beauty.

Well, you know, he was going back there because people probably went up to New and went to the Raiders and talk to them and probably came back and said, look, let's make a deal. So I'm glad they got it done, I know we made some guesses on where we thought Stafford would go, but ultimately both of us wanted him

in LA and I think that's the best spot for him. Finish it out. weather. Finish it out with McVeigh and see what you see what you can do. You're not going to go somewhere else, especially not the Giants or the Raiders and do anything better than you're going to do with the Rams. So they're set up to win that, you know, everybody's talked about this young defense they got and they're to have them on the cheap for the next handful of years. That's how you win the NFL is through the, you know, the rookie contracts and drafting well.

They're set up to win right now. with that cheap defense, they got good pieces on offense. think they're trying to trade away cup, which I actually think is a pretty decent move. like cup. He's going to be moving. He will not be back in LA, but they'll get something out of him. they're trying to get some value out of him and I don't know they will get out of them. Yeah. I have to look at it. How much of a contract he got. And Deebo went to Washington for a fifth round pick. Sure. It's all, it's all about contract and, and, but 49ers had no leverage in

Washington knew they needed to get him off the books. I think Depot's contract from what I've read was bad compared to what his output was.

but I'm just saying if he brings a fifth round pick. But a lot of it, a lot of it goes from their contract. Like what, what's on the books? what are they buying out? I'm sure cups getting paid too. Yeah. I'll look it up. I I'm not saying you're wrong. you're probably right.

But yeah, Debo to Washington, think is great, great move for them, especially only giving up a fifth round pick. Debo is getting a little bit older. He is.

a little bit prone to getting hurt, but if he can stay healthy, I think that's a great addition for them. I like the move.

years. That's why they didn't get much. Debo does have a monster contract. He has a three year 71. Cups making a little under 20 a year. Debo's about contract ain't

look Debo solid, but he's been hurt a been hurt. Yeah. Yeah, he I agree. He's aging too. I agree. I agree with that. Let tell you the today's NFL is I'm learning about the contracts. It's all about the kind of like it's all about the rookie contract now. That's what it's about. hitting in the draft. Well, the Eagles the Eagles

they cut sleigh today. Darius sleigh he's like 34 years old, business decision. think it was the general manager that said, We're going to need some of our guys on rookie contracts to step up.

Look, You can't sign everybody and you gotta, you gotta look to the future too. So it's a, it's a business and it's not the team with the best players. It's the team with the best players on the best contracts. Yeah. So just cut him. And I read where they didn't want to do that, but it was just really just a, he's been there forever. He's a, he's an Eagle for life. No matter where he goes.

I feel like they feel pretty good about Cooper. Yeah. And they got the other, no, they got another young corner too. No, what's What's his name? It's right on the tip of my tongue, but the Eagles got two young ones and they're talking about

Possibly moving your boy Cooper the outside. Okay They're debating whether they want to keep him inside or or move him to the outside but they got that other kid the other kid. I think he's a He might be a rookie, too Dude his name is right on the tip of my tongue. yet slay and Mitchell know

That's his name. we'll find it here in a second, So what do you think about Debo to Washington? I don't listen. I like Debo when Debo's healthy. He's good. It's all about, can he stay healthy? Debo is really good. He of the most versatile wide receivers in the game, but he just can't stay healthy. when I was young, I used to always say,

I'll go and signing. That's just dumb luck. He'll stay healthy. But as I get older, I realize some people are just injury prone and I think some of it not all of it. I'm not saying he is but I do think there are certain players that just don't play through injuries they're not willing to do it. but before I sign guys like I do think that matters is I'm getting older. I'm understanding of the business side of it.

I do think it matters. A guy that stays healthy. A guy that gets injured all the time just through watching the NFL a lot, Certain players just get hurt Davis. I mean, I love Anthony Davis, but I feel like he's always hurt, But the big thing in the NFL now is the rookie deal. That's why teams like Philly, are set in suite. That's why...

Rookie quarterbacks don't set no more. That's not the strategy no more. The strategy is get that quarterback in, day one, throw him into the fire. Hopefully you got something good

So they're saying these deals can't be official until...

the league year officially starts, which is on March 12th. I gotcha. So that's when all that stuff, guess Stafford stuff and the Debo, all that stuff will end up being official on March 12th. And talking about the- Debo is 29. So if you, Debo's 29.

I actually thought he was a couple of years old. 29 years old. he can stay healthy, he's got a handful of years left. I'm surprised Washington spent that money there. I felt like their offense was really good. You know, I thought they might want to spend their money on defense. they got rid of one of the receivers though. Okay. maybe they didn't. Okay. Not McLaurin. think it was, it was the other one. Dotson maybe. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I think you're right. Yeah. Receiver they got rid of. they, now they have Terry McLaurin and, and Debo

If Debo stays healthy, I think it's a great pick. no doubt. No, if he stays healthy, he's great. their roster, that roster does need some work. And it's going to take more than just Debo. But I like the pickup. Yeah. And I like especially they get rid of one of their I'm pretty sure it was Dotson.

that's the big thing anymore is all about the contracts and, trying to hit in the draft. real quick take a guess. now that one piece fell with Stafford, where do think Rogers is going to go?

I'm leaning, I'm leaning that he's going end up in the Giants. Yeah, I can see that. the Giants and the Raiders are pushing for him. I think it makes sense. The Giants, need to win now. the Giants either have to go after him or they're going to have to take or take Cam and roll with their Darnold's still out there too. Yeah, but I don't think they trust Darnold. I think they go Rogers. They got the number two pick, so they could get Cam if he's there, which more likely is Tennessee moves that pick.

I don't think Tennessee likes the quarterbacks, but Tennessee has said that that pick is, wants it, they're willing to listen to offers. But as of now, I think a lot of people think if Tennessee takes the pick, they're going to take Abdul Carter, defensive lineman. They just don't they say they do not like the quarterbacks in the draft. And I kind of agree with them. Abdul Carter is a cannot miss. Yep. Cannot miss. I agree.

So I'm going to say Rogers to the Giants and I'm going to say Darnold goes to the Raiders. like both. think, but I think you're right on both. really do. Looks like Minnesota is all set. rock and roll with JJ rookie contract. them. They love like a rookie contract too, but I like JJ too. So let's All you was going to talk some, got a couple, a couple of notes on

I'm not going to get too crazy with the combine. I know some people are combine junkies. Just want to talk about a few losers, few Kentucky boy and where he's projected to go. And maybe then just touch on a little bit of something I read in college football as these teams get ready for spring practice. So winners and losers from the combine. They say two of the biggest losers was, Kam Scadabow was one of the biggest losers in the combine.

Bullshit. That's what they said. I'm just look I'm just going by things I read I wasn't at the combine. He must not have juiced up. Yeah, I tried He's four foot tall he ain't gonna he ain't he don't got the measurement. What do think his vertical was? It wasn't much ain't a guy that's gonna have the measurements and stuff so you just got to trust that they probably bench press Yeah, he probably got had that

probably had to do a drug test going into the combine. That probably was a probably the And they said the other big losers actually got that I like, Tez Johnson at was the number one receiver there and Tez Johnson, they said he just wasn't I heard a guy talk about there's game speed and there's 40 he'll be fine.

in the game, Devontae Smith, Philly, he didn't have a really but they say the guys that aren't as bulky, they can't run as fast in a straight line, but they're in and out of cuts a little better. Guys like Devontae Smith, Tez Johnson, know, the thinner guys. So I see both sides of the argument. Look, I'm not a just hard numbers guy with a combine. I understand why the NFL uses it because...

Everybody's in a different situation. It gets to see their athletic ability, but there's another part of that. Jerry Rice never was crazy fast, but Deion, I tell you, he never was fast like in those kinds of events, but when the ball was in the air, he was stupid fast breaking to the ball. And that's coming from Deion, maybe the best corner of all time. So, there's different speeds. There's straight line speeds and there's football speed, if you ask me.

So I mean, they use the combine for a good tool, but then we're your two biggest losers. And actually one of your biggest winners, and I hadn't got a chance to look into all of them. Hold before you get to the winners. Yep. I didn't watch any combine. I haven't looked at anything. I did see a couple. videos of some winners. So I'll let you talk about your winners and then I'll talk about the video I saw. speaking of losers, did you see anything about our boy, Dion Walker?

Because he's been a loser in the draft. I mean, not in the con. I don't know what he did in the combine, but in just his draft stock over the last few months throughout the season, he's been a loser when it comes to that because he dropped big time. So I'm hoping that he had a good combine to maybe get back up there. He was projected in the top.

I think he was projected fourth or sixth at the beginning of the year. Yeah, I want to say he's like a second or third round pick right now. Yep. No, it's a big fall. He'll have to go on his money. The good thing for him is he played earned a pretty good little amount of money from Kentucky. I'm going to guesstimate he made four or five million dollars at Kentucky. I might be wrong. You know how much he could have made? yeah. In the draft. Well, they don't make as much as like they say there's more. They say there's more money to stay in college and they say Jake Daniels. They say Jake Daniels. I think I only made a million dollars last year.

And like Carson Bay got a huge sign in bonus. I don't know how that works. I don't. don't. Their contract. Yeah. But sign in bonus and, endorsements and everything

they were comparing Jaden Daniels and Carson Beck and saying like how Carson Beck is going to make more money and I know that sounds crazy. Beck because he's not he doesn't have a chance to be the number six pick or the top five pick.

honestly, it comes to contracts and all that stuff, don't know a lot about them. I I'm getting better at them. I am. It's hard to keep track of what's good and what's not because the numbers always moving. It's so the markets always changing. If I as I've really got into NFL and I'll say that's probably my biggest thing that's changed for me is that I've really got a love for the NFL now and I'm especially as college football is changing. I'm as well like it because it's about the same thing. I hate the contract side of

But I've learned that it's not the best players. It's the best players with the best contracts. I know I said that three times, Dion Walker, dropping like that. hate that for him, but you know, he'll get his chance and he'll prove it. If he's good enough, he'll prove it. If not, he should be a pretty good player. As long as he puts all his effort into it, the dudes are dominating force down I know him cause I've seen it. I've seen it in my own eyes. And it was actually Charlie's wife, Casey.

Pointing out to Deion had been a freaking nature for us for about three years know, they were double one triple on him kept making excuses. Well, they're doubling him in case he kept saying he ain't given the effort It was about halfway through this last year And he she said that I kind said all they're just doing this I thing came to my mind. Well, then I start watching him

She was right, man. He was kind of dogging it. Did losing those games. I know the team kind of lost their mojo and kind of the, you know, the good culture they had. Did losing those games, playing that tough schedule, did that break the team? Did that break a guy like Deion Walker? I would tell him he's stupid for doing that. You played for three and a half years at a high level and like really gave it your all. Why wouldn't you finish out strong? But can losing do that to you, Charlie? I think it absolutely can. And we've talked about it before.

We talked about it maybe with Levis in his second year. Sometimes these guys are looking to the future. I don't blame them. And after a couple of losses and maybe their goals for the season are down the drain. Yeah. I do think a lot of them look to the future and

I don't want to say don't play as hard, but I'll say it. Maybe not. Maybe not play as hard. Yeah, I'll say it. Maybe not play as hard. And I get it. But at the same time, you're screwing yourself because how different Levice played that second year. Remember how you would never run the ball and we talked about it all year. Why is he not running? And then halfway through the year, we was like, hold on. Is he not running because he doesn't want to get hurt and he doesn't want to beat up his body?

And then later in the year, we're like, Oh, he's definitely, he's definitely not right. He's protecting his self and he's not the only one. It's just one that we noticed cause he played for Kentucky, but do you walker probably did the same thing? know, your team, is we watched like hockey. Yeah. Can't take a playoff. You'll get your fucking head rocked. That's right. But you would think the same thing in football, man. You go out there in the sec and you take a playoff there. You might get your head rocked.

No doubt. Look, I don't blame the kids. I guess he's big enough to maybe get away with He's a monster and he can move. Six, seven, believe 40 or something. He's fucking huge. I think he'll be really good. But one of the biggest winners from the combine was the guy talking about that. Look, I'm guessing and I've read a few things on it, and I liked the guy.

but did Maxwell Harrison at times? Was he maybe not injured at the end there? at times he didn't play. He's the cornerback. He had the fastest 40 of anybody in the combine. He was our, one of our star corners this year at UK. A lot of people got him projected late first round to the Baltimore Ravens, which I hate, but. Please he had the fastest 40. He had a really high vertical. He really helped himself out, but.

You know, I wondered at times this year if he wasn't kind of setting out, because he'd already was kind of happy with his draft status. Who was the, I know Chase did it at LSU. He didn't play a whole season. I know Bolsa did it at Ohio State. I don't blame these kids for doing it. I mean, if you're going to be a top five pick, well, I take the chance. and I hate that. I hate it. I don't know how you fix it, but I definitely understand why the kids would do it

I don't know what the answer is.

So who was the winners of the combine? So there was several, but the two that I'm going to highlight is Maxwell Harrison. He had the fastest 40 of anybody. It was like four, two, three, which was pretty a really high vertical jump. And then also Cam Ward. They say Cam Ward will not go past the number two Tennessee's got the number one pick. They do not like the quarterbacks in the draft. They said they will move that picko so somebody could come in there that wants a quarterback and take Cam Ward if they like him.

But they say will not go past the number two

He seems like a guy that would do good at the combine. Well, this is a thing that whether he did good or not, Sander at Chador, he didn't throw. I told you before we got started tonight that I seen a little thing where him and Cam got a little chirping thing. Cam was calling him out, who's the top quarterback? Cam said, got your completion percentage because all you do is bubble screens and check downs. And then Chador...

came So you're telling me they got all that on camera? Yeah, something like that. And I seen it my own eyes. And they came back and he said, well, I didn't have a running game. I didn't have a running game. But then I seen Shador do later. Man, the guy seems like he's into himself. I mean, I'm not going to get into the interview, but he was just playing the victim role. And it was like, you're trying to interview for a job. Don't play the victim role. It's a bad look.

I guess is, listen, I like Deion, but I don't know. I'm not blaming it on Deion, but just don't play the victim role. I don't like it. Even if you are the victim, don't play, you know, be bigger than that. So the only thing I saw on the combine was it was the guy for South Carolina. Yep. The safety. Yeah. I read that. He he wasn't want to highlight it here, but I did read that.

They said he completely dominated in like three different events. he ran like a four, three, 40. His vertical jump was 43 inches, which is ridiculous. And then broad, here it is right here. 11 foot six on the broad jump, which I don't know what a good number is on a broad jump, but I'm assuming 11 foot six is cause he got, was the best. was the number one in the broad jump, number one in the vertical.

It says number one in the bench press.

and second in the 40 yard dash. I'd heard he really well second broad jump first vertical jump first bench press first. put him on your track and field team. Holy shit guys an athlete. Yeah, he's an athlete. That's look at big part of it. It's not all of it, but it's a big part of it.

I do have a bold prediction.

I listened to those guys talk about Travis Hunter. That was a big topic There's a lot of people that believe that he won't be a two-way player, that he's listed as a corner, but there's a lot of people believe that a better wide receiver than he is corner. He's a very unique player that they've never had a player come out that's good on both. But there's a lot of people say he's good on both.

And he might be one of the greatest athletes, overall ever. But he ain't really a freak prospect at either one. he's a really good prospect at both, but he's not a freak prospect at either one. he ain't one of the best corners they've ever seen. And he ain't one of the best wide receivers they ever got two chances. You do. I I with that. I agree with that. They say, and a guy made a point, I think it made sense. He said, it's a lot easier.

Because the question was, well, what room do you go in during the week? film study. And he said, it's a lot easier to play defensive back first and know all your responsibilities there and dabble on offense versus being an offensive wide receiver first and dabbling in defense. Because I think what he's saying is, you got to go those meetings during the week. You got to study the coverages and stuff on defense. As a wide receiver, that's kind of the position where it's plug and play.

not as much to learn them defensive coverages the zones the different looks the the man the You know how they're trying to do it how they're trying to disguise things. I think it's a lot harder to be an offensive guy first and dabble on defense because I think you really got to focus to become a good corner corner's tough position to play I Still think he's gonna play both. Yeah, I think there's a lot of people to do but I was just listening them

Yeah, I still think the one guy made a point that at Colorado he didn't have to tackle much and they said in the NFL, corners have to tackle and you know, taking that way or of having to tackle all game. Can you do it NFL season? Can you play both ways? That's one thing that Maxwell Harrison actually had a really good came back a winner on to the people really liked how he was as a tackler,

gonna be fun to watch. It's good draft. I don't like the quarterbacks personally, but some people do like them. I'll go down real quick, Charlie, just some stuff I've seen on a mock draft board. So most people had Tennessee at one taking a dual-carter if they move on it. They said they wouldn't move down far, but they would move on it. Cam number two The first round is gonna be full, of defense alignment.

If you're the Giants, taking KM Ward or you taking Aaron Rodgers?

Just depends. the GM. What's when you taking money's not an issue. What do you tell who you want? I'm not a huge Ken warden. I don't hate emo. I take Aaron Rodgers and I, but I, so if I'm taking that, then I still got my number two pick. So it's, don't know what I'd use for the number two pick. I'd have to look at what they need overall. They need to win right away. cause you got to coach.

Trade the one for the two and maybe a second rounder and then take Abdul Carter. Okay. You think that's it? Yeah. He's a good, that's a good man. No, is. They need somebody that's going to be good right away. I think he's one of the camp miss. I'm with you. I'm with you on what team. I like him a lot. And so, you know, that'd

so the number three a lot of people Hunter going to the Giants I like I think that pick makes a lot of sense for them. They need immediate help It makes sense. number four they got McMillan kid That's the Arizona wide receiver going to New England

skip down to number this updated list after the combo? Yes, it was. It this is just like I gonna say, because we read one last week. Yeah, so was a little bit further down. He moved up a little bit. I'm wondering how different it is from the one we talked about. And this is just this is like I looked at four and these kind of were the general senses. This thing works Xax. But I've seen more of this. If I've seen two, I was like, okay, so and then I've seen the Raiders at number Gentie.

I don't hate that pick for the Raiders. the Raiders want to build like Philly. They are trying to take that blueprint of, being a physical running team. Gentie, I get that pick. The only thing the Raiders got going for him is Thomas Brady. Yep. They got Max Crosby. They got a few little things, but not a lot. You're right. They do got Max Crosby. I forgot about him. He's baller. He's a baller.

So I want to mention this pick because I'm predicting a big year from the Bears or a big improvement. I like the coach they got the Bears will take Will Campbell from LSU. He's listed as offensive tackle, but he has like, he'll have like the second or third shortest arms ever.

And a lot of people think he'll never play tackle with the Bears, but they said he'd be a stud guard. He'd be a starter from day one. And the Bears are really trying to focus on building their offensive line that they had struggled with. that makes sense. Jumping at number 11. A lot of people think the 49ers are going to take Mason Graham, the big DT out of Michigan. He's a stud. And just rounding out. I mean, we're going to jump all the way down to 27 just because he's a local boy. And I know we got some Ravens fans that listen.

I seen two draft boards out of five that had Maxwell Harrison going to the Ravens at number 27. Maxwell really helped itself with the combine. He was already a good player for us, but I would say he was more of a second round pick, but he really moved up to a late first round pick, it looks like. Where's my boy at? Who's that? Warren? McCord. Kyle McCord, I didn't see, but we can look.

I see one, one jets. I've seen a couple of jets on him. I just didn't mention him, but I've seen a couple of early, like top seven, eight picks. what about the Louisville quarterback Tyler Shuck? don't know. I didn't see it. don't, I know. I want to say that I heard that he did pretty good at the combine. I'd heard he, uh, Rex told me, my son told what, that he had helped himself out at the car. I think I heard the same thing.

So they got Kyle McCord. He now carries a round grade and holds the number three spot on this ranking. Super sleeper in a third round. Somebody's going to look into a great quarterback in a third round. Kyle McCord, the dolphins. Hey, if I needed one, I would take a chance. Please let the dolphins draft him.

Kyle McCord. So that was it from the combine guys. I love talking a little football got one more note. Yeah. Jimmy Johnson retired. Jimmy, Jimmy Johnson. he was on the very first episode of Fox NFL Sunday in 1994. The first, the first time that Fox got the broadcast, that's how long he's been on there. 31 years. Now he was on there for two years.

Then he went to the Dolphins and was the Dolphins head coach for like four or five years and then went back. But yeah, he's been there. He's been hard to believe that Jimmy Johnson has been in the booth since 94. Been in football a long time. Four or five years stint there with the Dolphins. when he was with the Hurricanes? We were young. We were really young. We were young. We were young. Then it was the, then it was the Cowboys. I want to think, did he start off at Oklahoma State? Like, I think I read that. I would have been too young to remember, but I don't know where he's.

sure about that. Yeah, I'm not either. look, I've always been he's always carried himself with class, never really got no trouble. he's had a good career always thought Jimmy was pretty good on there. So no doubt, Jimmy, he gone,

we get to college basketball, let me touch on one thing. One note, one note real quick. Reports are Mike Hartline is for the quality control coach. Been hired at UK brother, Brian Hartline. I think he was offensive coordinator for Ohio state or maybe quarterbacks coach. He's really made a name for himself. Actually, he might be in the NFL now, but Mike, Mike, yeah, quarterback for us over the years. I like it. His brother's pretty sharp. had a really good senior year too. And he was, he was

Smart. He never was a freak athlete, but he was the guy that was smart. They got the most out of his body. His brother, Brian, they come from a coaching family. His brother Brian's made a big name for his self and coaching. He was a good receiver to our state. if he played for the dolphins too, I think for a while, Brian, Brian did. He was a receiver for the dolphin and they never were freak athletes. It's one thing to make it when you're a freak athlete, but when you're just, got just average talent, but you make it.

And you're smart and his brother's done good as a coach. I anticipate Mike doing good. Mike was always a heavy guy at UK. I liked the quality control guy and I look for him to move up. that will be fun to watch. Cause I was always a Mark Hartland guy. I never thought he got the credit he deserved here. He wasn't a freak, but dude, he like, he was the general, the offense. did what he had a good senior year, man. He was solid. didn't make a lot of mistakes. Somebody got hurt, didn't he?

Yeah. Was that a, I forget. Was that that guy right after Lorenzen that was putting off the big numbers? What was his name? Like Boomer Bonner, Dusty Bonner was he, don't know. was somebody because that's how he got his chance because somebody got hurt and he ended up, he had a really good senior. that when more they were trying to force Morgan? Yeah. You know what? I think that's who it was. I think it was Morgan Newton. Well, they had a two top prospects at high school.

Malachowski and Morgana they were both four star recruits both pretty big recruits We've missed on every big quarterback besides Tim couch. We had Tim couch and we had Jared Lorenzen we've had guys like some high rated guys Morgan Newton Mike Alsky Matt Jones that played in New England in Alabama. He was committed to us for two years

Alabama missed on their two targets that their five-star guys because he was a three-star guy and they swept in and got him in the 11th. I don't blame the kid for going to Alabama. But he was committed to us for two years. Patrick Toews was a big recruit, a high four star. So was Drew Barker. Both those guys were supposed to be big prospects. They were Not just misses. We had Andre Woodson. Yeah. had Jared Lorenzo and Tim Couch. we have had a lot.

think they just hype them up so damn Well, they were big recruits. They were big recruits. know, we just. Yeah, it sucks. So and then I felt like for a while Louisville was hitting on every quarterback they got for like seven straight years. They had either Teddy Bridgewater or Lamar and Teddy came from the Miami deal when that fell apart. they were riding in all the luck and I felt like we couldn't grab a break if we needed it. But that finally changed him, you know.

Things turned around. got lucky. Yeah, they lucky. They're six straight years having, Teddy or Lamar. I mean, them are both two good NFL quarterbacks. Yeah. You know, all right. Two quick notes before we get to college basketball. One, the boxing match this past weekend, tank Davis, he's a Baltimore boy actually undefeated. he fought Lamont Roach.

and it was a draw. Okay. And there was a little controversy. Davis took a knee after taking a shot. I think it was the ninth round. Took a knee. was weird. You got the, have to go back and watch it, Anthony. He takes a knee after taking a shot. Not a big shot, not like a knockout shot, not even a really big shot at all, but he did kind of back up, took a knee.

Immediately got up off the knee. He didn't stay on the knee. He was down for maybe one full second came back up the referee started counting one two and as he's tank scurries over to his corner and the referees looking at him like what are you doing? And then he sticks his head through the ropes and His corner wipes his face off, which is illegal. You cannot do that in the middle of a round then he comes back in real quick and

The referee didn't even call it a knockdown. Didn't know what to do. And it ended in a draw and almost certainly tank Davis loses that fight. If that's a call to knockdown. It was weird because it wasn't like a situation where he, he was hurt. He, don't even think he was hurt. what he said was he had some kind of grease in his hair. And it got in his eye, which is not an excuse.

because the rules state that your corner cannot assist you unless the timeout is called by the referee. So little bit of controversy, but boxing is good for some controversy. it is. great fight though. And they're talking about a rematch by late May. That's quick turnaround. I think the reason there's so much

questions in box and actually heard Dana White talk about this the other day or maybe it was Joe Rogan. now they are investigating it their biggest gripe was it might have been Joe Rogan, but they said what's the worst thing about and he said the referee in he says the referee in is so shady at times and you know people's been investigated but

You think about it, you got, what happens in these boxing matches is they'll have a match, but then they'll have a second match set up with somebody else that's gonna pay like hundreds of millions of dollars. So they need that person to win. A lot of money involved they have access to the judges. They need to fix that. need to... I've said this for years. I've always been a huge boxing fan. Of course, the boxing has changed a lot.

and it's not as big as it you UFC. Let's just be honest. UFC is crushed boxing. You know, you say that Charlie. No, that's exactly what happened. But why, why do the boxers make so much more money? Because they only do it because they have really good promoters. Okay. Cause they're killing them. They're killing them in money, killing them bad in money. I mean, a good UFC guy might make $2 million for a fight. A good boxer might make $50 million for the fight. Yeah.

it's the promotions the promoters that are doing okay? I because I've wondered that like cuz I I've heard what you said, that UFC's bigger But I'm like there's still all kinds of money in boxing compared to a really and I mean I'm not saying you're wrong cuz I've kind of heard that but

I'm not sure that UFC guys get paid as much as they should. That's a whole nother argument. I'm just saying UFC over the last 10, 15 years has, they have crushed boxing. is it because the UFC owns it and they're not getting their own contracts on these fights? You know, UFC is only only showing town because the product's better. Yeah.

I like boxing. yeah, don't mind UFC. but I like boxing. Yeah, I like boxing way better than UFC. I'm not even a big UFC fan. I watch it like on big fights, but I'm not dumb enough to think that if we sit here and watch it, let's say we watch three UFC fights tonight and three boxing matches. I guarantee you the three.

UFC matches will be more entertaining. Sure, sure. But it's because well, it's because one punch can change the match. I've watched several UFC fights where somebody was getting beat pretty bad. It's just a better product. It's and I don't even like it. I like boxing way better. I like I love boxing. Well, I think it's the excitement of look, I'll say this about boxing. I do think they have the most disciplined fighters in it. it's the most strategic fighting.

I've seen so many UFC fights where a guy could be getting beat pretty bad and one punch wins it for the... And I've seen that in boxing too, but you see a lot in UFC, guy gets him in a choke hold or the guy just messes up for a second. That's what makes it exciting. And I do think it's an exciting thing to watch, but where boxing is more of a strategic deal, stay into the game plan and then you don't get the choke holds and stuff like that. And so much of the big punches to take them out, I guess that...

the changes the game, but it's definitely exciting. I agree with that. I'm a boxing guy. I enjoy boxing more, but I see the argument. definitely see that. Back to what I was saying though. I've been saying this for years. You can fix the problem of the judges very simply. And this is how you do it. If you're one of the three judges, you have to show your score of the round after the round. I agree.

I've heard that several places right after the round show your score. I agree with that. it to the crowd. Show it to the camera. Show it to the fighters, the corner. Everybody in the whole place knows what the score is. And we know if you're full of shit and you put up some bullshit number, we know what we just want. It might make boxing more exciting because if a boxer knows he's behind, he'll start pressing. That's just what they should do. This it's bullshit the way they do So you think a boxer should know if he's behind at that point? Yeah. I'm not. I'm not a concierge. Yeah.

like it. I'll tell you what it'll make say, you know, you're behind, you look up, you know, you're behind the only way you can win is a knockout. Yeah, I like it. I do like it. And to me, I kind of like that aspect. But to me, it's more about the audience knowing. Yeah, because the audience can call you out real quick. Well, of course, the fighters in the corner could call you out real quick, too. But look, if we see if we know that what we just saw was this.

fighter A won and they throw up fighter B won two out of the judges. Then we know we kind of know what's going on as it's happening. The whole at the end. just throw up the score and I just don't like it. I've never liked it. And maybe one day we'll get a chance to we got some boxing buddies. Maybe one one day we'll get a chance to to ask.

them what they think about that because I've always said that man and I stick by it. Show the score. I like it after the round. I like you got about 10 seconds to make your decision. yeah. And yeah, I like the fighters in the corner getting to see it too. Why not? Yeah, at least you know if you're behind. I like every bit of I think the problem is and why I won't change and I hope it does but these promoters the ones that are making these

fights happen and making all this money as part of, they need that next fight. They almost build a brand with certain people. I've always been a, I know a lot of people don't agree with it, but I think Mike Tyson was a little was in that era that when marketing got real big and they were building a brand, I thought Rhonda Rousey got a little bit what they did. They build a moneymaker and they don't want to lose their moneymaker. that's the guy that's going to give them the next $75 million fight, the next $100 million fight. And I think those promoters

From what I've heard, think it was Joe Rogan that said it, they get to the judges. Boxing is probably the dirtiest sport of all. he acts like UFC is right there with them. I don't watch enough UFC, so I can't say it, but because Behemoth and Billy Walters were talking about, Billy Walters was asking him. Well, you know, I've never really.

bed on UFC what's dangles. And he was telling me about like the different fighting styles and stuff. He said, but the dirtiest part of the games that, and this is a guy that's involved with it. He was a announcer and you know, kind of a small partner, I think in it. And he just said it, the judging. So I'm sure it happens in UFC set the same way, but I haven't heard of it nearly as much as there's been a lot of shady shit go on unboxing over the years. I I agree. agree. A hundred percent.

So maybe we'll see a rematch of tank Davis and Lamont Roach. I liked the Roach kid. I think he's only got like one loss and tank Davis is undefeated. Anybody with the last name Roach probably could fight. And he's from Roaches from Washington, DC and tanks, tanks from Baltimore. So tank's a little beltway. That's a little beltway rivalry. I think of tank, I think of that guy was that, of like backyard fighter. What was that tank? He was like a UFC, but like,

He was old school guy. He was good. He was good. right. My only other note is we can start a fight club. Maybe you're about to, ever seen them backyard fights on YouTube? Kimbo slice was the king of when that dude, that's crazy. That is crazy. started, man. I used to watch that stuff all the time. So they got this train wreck. They got, you know, I told you about it. If y'all have never seen it, this ain't good fights.

Okay. I'm not saying it is, but it's what it's white trash, but it is train wreck. And I'm a sucker for a train wreck. It's called redneck brawl. If you don't watch it for the fights, watch it for the permos leading up to the fights. feel like there's a bunch of people doing that now. is, there is. Or still does one every like month or two. I feel like that redneck brawl really was the first one to kind of get bit. feel like others would follow suit because they see the success they're having. It's white trash dude, but it

I could easily see where it's successful. It's the promos are where it is. I'll call you out, Charlie. I live in Kentucky and you know, I call you out. yeah. Yeah. I'm just white trash. They running their mouths on the promo Charlie. You get your fucking ass down here. The girls and everything. they're trash. Trash.

all right. My only other note here before college Alex Eight hundred and eighty four total goals. is ten goals short of Wayne Gretzky's all time record. A lot of people thought that that record might never, never get get beat.

But he is 10 away. away. It looks like he's probably going to get it. Ovechkin is on his way to fighting for that goat. He's fighting for the record and goals. He's, already holds two or three other major records

Is it because he's played so long or is it like his average is pretty good? He's played 20 years. So he's been around a while, but no, he's one of the top player. Okay. He's definitely top five of all time. I some people get like records because they just hang around forever. No, no, it's not him. Okay. He's been one of the best players for 20 years. he actually has 135 game winning goals to tie tied Yager as a rush for first.

All time. Yager still playing. He's like 40. Look up how old Yar, Yarmer. Yager is he's almost 50. Yeah. No, and he's still playing. But they're tied for first all time, 135 game winning goals. That's a lot of game winning goals.

Shout out to him. So Alexander Ovechkin, I'm cheering for you, big dog. 10 more. He's going to get it. They said he missed like 16 games. He broke a bone in his leg or something. He missed about 16 games in November and December, but he's still got like 31 goals on the year. So he's probably going to get it this year. The capitals are the number one seed in the, in the East right now.

so they're going to be playing in the playoffs. He's probably going to get it this year. Was the Gretzky an American or Canadian? He was from Canada. Okay. I was going to say I didn't want him to passing because he was American. No, Gretzky's Gretzky's you didn't see. Well, you didn't watch the, and I missed it at the beginning anyways, because we were at baseball practice, but when the, had the four four nations thing last week, championship game. Yep. Remember how in the, the game before they fought.

three times to start the game. Yeah. Well, in the championship game, I guess to save face, the Canadians brought Wayne Gretzky out like during the national anthem and the American, it was almost like the American fans like didn't want to, they didn't want to boo him because you know what saying? It was like a good play by Canada. They brought him out and it was like half the crowd wanted to boo.

But then they didn't boo because Gretzky came out. Good deal. Not a good deal. You know, it's On a side note, here's one last thing that I want to mention. I've read it a little bit before I got here. So I've done a lot of research on it, but I thought it was interesting. There is an article wrote that all these big 10 schools are going in huge deficits to try to keep up with and compete with the SEC, which they're doing. Last year Ohio State just in one year ran a

38 million dollar deficit, Michigan State a 16 million dollar deficit, Rutgers a 70 million dollar deficit, and UCLA a 30 million dollar deficit. And there's others, but them are just some of the key ones. But that's a one year deficit for those teams trying to keep up with what they say is trying to keep up with the SEC. So I'm going to want to read more to...

They're spending some money and not winning. guess. Who's in charge of their money? Yeah, I'm with you. Doge and Doge and your boy, Eli need to go investigate the Rutgers because that is way too much money for them to be spent. It is for not winning. Like, no, they're terrible. If I'm spending that much money, better be winning. So it's like BYU, man. Rutgers and BYU are doing it. Ain't they? Yeah. Yeah. Shit. Who's giving?

Rucker's money. Who's the... They're on a deficit so they're behind. Yeah, we got to look up the alumni that they got. There must be all kinds of money in this. If you're running a 70 million dollar deficit for the year and your people are still letting you write checks, don't even understand it all so I'd have to look country does it. Yeah. That's a whole nother. Yeah, but that's a lot of different factors. This is paying kids to complain for you and you're still not no good.

All right, college basketball. Like we said, Kentucky got just throttled, man. They did.

Look, it was never really close. After the two banked in threes in the first half, right? Two banked in threes, Anthony on back to back possessions by the same player. I have to know if this has ever happened before.

I don't think you ever aim for a bank shot on three. Would you agree with that? two bad shots that accidentally when do you ever aim for a bank shot on three a college player division one player? Yeah back in 1940. Maybe but in today's game. No, no, no, you might bank in a 15 footer, but you ain't banking in a three-point shot on purpose. No way. There is no in the first half of a game. No way. Maybe you're up 40 and you're messing around and at the end of the game.

Maybe the only way I'm banking a shot in any ways, if I got that perfect angle on the side, the score was like 12 to seven when it happened. No, no, he didn't do it on purpose. But seriously, do you think it's ever happened? The same player back to back possession, I'm going to say in three point shots, I'll it's happened, but I bet you it's stupid rare. kind of it's almost hard these days to think about stuff that's never happened.

because it seems like everything's happened. not have. It might not have. But seems like something that I've never seen. Are you going to bet that it hasn't happened? I'm going say it has happened, but maybe once or twice more. But you're saying maybe you don't think it has? By the same guy? I'm not saying you're I don't have an opinion. I'm just kind of going opposite. think it would be super rare that it's happened.

just in two back to back possession by anybody. it's stupid rare. Whatever it is, it's stupid rare. I think it'd be stupid rare even if it was just two back to back possessions, but same guy back to back. And let's just add it was the opposite sides of the court too. It was the first one was from the left wing. Then it was from the right wing. This motherfucker, dude. And again, it was early too. was like, like you said, we were down by like,

five when that happened or six or seven when that happened. And then we were down by like 13 or 14 and just like that off two bank shots. Right now just felt like a fricking just got stabbed in the side, dude. Like right, right now Auburn running on all cylinders. I seem like I'm on a team of destiny right now. They're the best team in the country. They are. I said it to start the show. I'll say it again. I think it's a wide margin. Duke is good.

think they're the only team that could be as good as them and I'm not sure they are. are like Houston. Houston's good, but I don't think they're as good as Auburn. I think you can make an argument with Duke. They're probably as good as Duke. Okay, Duke has not played anybody. Charlie. I'm with you. I'm not saying you're wrong. I just like with the margins. They're winning that I think you can make an argument not that I agree with it or don't agree with it, but I think you can make okay, but we won't know until they play,

Duke could be as good as Auburn. They might not be. But I don't think Houston is as good as Auburn. And Houston might be better than Duke. But it's just, I don't think watching Houston, I think I've seen them enough against decent competition. I don't think they're as good as Auburn. Duke's a wild card to me because I have seen them row people, but they haven't played nobody. Duke's a hard read for me. I'll honest. Duke's played like 17 games since January 1st. They've played like nine, nine.

of those 17. I agree. Nine of those 17 losing records. agree. But they're rolling them. You know how many? Two of them, Clemson and Wake Forest got 20 wins. They got Koopa flag. Koopa flag. out of 17 teams they've played in 2025 have a losing record. Koopa flag. Yeah, he's good. He's good. flag. And I know they're good, but I...

Larry Bird. That schedule, dude, is not, it ain't going to help him. You haven't seen Cooper Flagg play, man. Whatever. Duke's not winning at all. I'm calling it right now. Duke's not winning. Cooper Flagg might take him to the promised land. I like Houston better than Duke. I'm messing with you, Charlie. It's, don't. Flagg's good. Auburn is really good. Auburn's the best team in the country. So.

The loss, it is what it is. We, know, I know me and Anthony both picked Kentucky to beat Auburn, but I always pick Kentucky and most people didn't expect Kentucky to win that game. So, and it didn't knock us down too much on any kind of standings or rankings. Now do think it makes, this game tomorrow night against LSU a little bit more important because there is a chance that if we were to drop LSU and at Missouri,

We could probably end up as maybe a nine seed and having to play on Wednesday and not get that by. So I'm not very important to get in that tie. We need to avoid playing on Wednesday. I agree. We just do Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. That's almost impossible. It's been done. I'd like to see how many teams won the, won the sec tournament that had to play on Wednesday. Georgia team did it. Remember I

We talked about that tonight. Yeah, they did. But I bet you it hadn't happened very often. No. We need to get the bye. So I think the LSU game is important, but LSU is not very good. So we should win that game. Hopefully, we can win out and slip back on maybe the three line for the NCAA tournament. But to me, I'm more worried about trying to get that top eight seed in the SEC and not have to play on Wednesday. I got So tomorrow at LSU.

Is that that? No, that's at home.

home, right? Because we're at Missouri. yeah, LSU at Kentucky tomorrow.

Without Jackson Robinson for the rest of the year, that does suck. He averaged just about four threes for us when he was playing. So it is a big loss for Kentucky. I think it's, I think it really kind of hurts our chances of making a deep run, but I'm not giving up completely because this team has already played with injuries all year and we've beaten good teams.

while some of these guys have been out. So I think we can win without him. I think butlers are only couldn't win without. Yeah. But look, Butler played like shit against all we did, but he's been, but he's been a good player for we just got to him back rolling and getting back locked in. So yeah, he needs to, he needs to get it going because he, he did not play. I don't know how many minutes he be playing her day, but he had zero. I'm sure he's playing her. He's got, he got that huge brace on his, shoulder, zero assists.

And I'm sure he played at least 25 minutes, zero assists, and he probably missed five layups. I'll just hope that if things were to go bad, the UK fans, they give Pope time. I don't think you get much time in today's college basketball world because of NIL and your by-and-routy-mate teams, but I do think Pope gets this year because he came in late. I know they spent money on this team. And so I'm going give him a true, true pass, but he got here late. He had to throw his team together.

whatever happens, whether it's good or bad, keep a positive vibe. The negative shit, it ain't going to do nothing for nobody. I'm glad you said that because it was about 15 minutes after the game, after we got beat by the number one team in the country, the best team in the country.

They've got two losses on the year. They've got one loss in the best conference in the history of college basketball. And 10 minutes after we lose, I get a text that says, how long will Pope be in Kentucky? And you want to know what my response was? A long time. That's what I said. your guess? How long? Seriously, how long you think Pope will be at Kentucky? Okay. This is what I'm going to say it two different ways.

I'm going tell you what I think and what how it should go down.

He gets a pass this year. Now I will say this, at first I didn't think he got a pass. Because I thought in today's college basketball world, you're buying your team. You know, I know, I know, I'm explaining myself because I'm kind of in the middle about it, we spent, you know, double on this team is the team we did last year. We spent money for this team. I've said it all year, you people want to say, these kids playing for the name on the front of their jersey. No, they're not. I mean, they are, but they're not. Maybe Perry and what's his name, but.

they're hired hands and if they get a better contract next year, they're going to leave. I just don't like to say that the kids like in the yesteryears and only one cared about money. These kids are here because of money, which is fine and they're part of it. That's just what the game is now. But he had to put this team together last second. He spent money, but it was put together last second. So he gets a pass in my eyes. In years past, I say a coach gets three, three and a half years letting him get all of his own kids in here. But I say in the NIL world.

you get one or two full seasons to your team together because you're buying ready-made teams now. And especially if you have a decent budget like we do with basketball. So he gets one more year from that standpoint just as a pass. Now, how he gets judged after that will come down to if he wins or he don't. But for me, I see a winner in Pope. I see a winner in Pope that they got as long as he can keep NIL money and you know, he'll have a full season to kind of pick out who he wants and who he don't want.

I would like to see his defense get a little better. Him to focus on his defensive part of his game. I know he can coach offense, but I'll predict that he's going to be here for years to come. But far as being judged, I don't think he gets judged this year. I don't think any logical person could. Well, they already are. That's, that's, that's how they're not. Those people aren't logical. Yeah. It's an, don't think you get much time in the NIL world, but I do think he gets this year. Look, barring a major.

major collapse the rest of this year and a major bad year next year. Mitch Barnhart is not firing Mark Pope within two years. I think Mitch Barnhart would even probably give him three to four years unless he was it was some Kenny Payne results. I think in today's world, if the NIL change, had some good wins this year in the first year.

with all the things going against him that you said. Cal was able to take us from the shit house to the penthouse overnight. I know. I went. Yeah, that was different. Cal Cal was in the middle of being literally being the best recruiter in the history of the sport. That's fair. That's fair. So that was what he was doing was just crazy. Yeah, but

Look, if we lose in the first round, let's say we lose in the first round of the tournament this year. Let's say we get a four seed. Let's say we get a four seed and we slip up and we lose in the first round.

Mitch is not thinking even not even thinking about this year. No, no, but I think even next year Even next year if you had saying another first or second round exit I Do they change gonna give up on him? No Mitch won't it was Mitch was Kenny Payne next year if it was a if we drop out in the first round this year and miss the tournament next year, I Still don't think he would fire him. But I think that third year would be like

Deceit's as hot as it gets. don't think that's I don't think that's gonna happen. Mitch don't make quick decisions. No, absolutely not. He's gonna give Pope three years at least he will now I will say if I was an athletic director I Do think it's different in the NIL area. I've thought about this. I've actually put a lot of thought into it With the way you buy your teams It benefits a guy that don't like her hurting or what very good at it because now you're gonna essentially put your teams together If you have the NIL budget

If he has a top NIL budget, I expect a good year next year. But I'm with you. I only think I'd make a quick decision on it. I wouldn't really say nothing after three years, but I do think there are some people that would, and I think they might have a fair argument, but it would have to be a bad year next year. It wouldn't have to be a mediocre year. It'd be bad. But if he had a mediocre year, then I do think the seat gets hot because in the world of NIL, you're buying your teams. Well, guess what he's going to have this year?

What's that? He's going to have a whole summer to recruit money records do everything. Yeah, but he's still recruit. I'm sure he's still out there doing whatever it is that the recruiting is these days. He's still doing it. So he's going to have a whole summer as opposed to one month. I agree with that. And next year, guess what? We'll be better. I would like to see how much it'll be a better coach and we'll continue to get better. And I don't think

Yeah, I think if Mark Pope had like two or three crazy bad years, I think he's the type of dude that would damn near say, look, I ain't getting it done. But I don't think Mitch Barnhart is quick to fire anybody and especially not a Kentucky guy unless he ends up like Kenny Payne. He's going to be here for a handful of years. And I just I think he's going to be here for 10 plus years. He's going to be successful.

You cannot judge this guy off. no, I don't either. Before this year, Anthony, after we found out we was getting Pope, but before the game started, if we said we'll beat Duke, we'll beat Gonzaga, we'll beat a third ranked Florida and a fourth ranked Tennessee twice. What do you think all our fans would say? We'd take and we'd beat Louisville. They love it. They take it. They would take it. There's some of the things I don't like about our fans about how they

I just because somebody's from Kentucky or you know, so I think some of our fans can be redneck inbred dumbasses. Okay, but then I think we have some great fans too. but there's a big part of the fan base. You know my one knock on Pope's this I think he kisses the fan base's ass too much. He's too fucking fire. But there's times that Patino used to fire back. I'll get Patino credit for this.

at the fan base. He's fresh. I know, but I feel like he's like he's trying to cater to the fan. I get it. He's his dream job. know, but give him a few years. Stand up there, motherfucker.

There's no reason to clap back at the fans, dude. That's what I'm not saying, but you got to your ground. Dude, he goes and ask kiss more bad. He goes and he goes and bullshit. Be you. I mean, I don't mean there's times I feel like he's look, I love I love him, but there's times he goes over the top to try to appease in the fans. They say that's the type of dude he is. He's like, oh, he's a goober. He's a goober. I agree. I agree with that's how he is.

I don't think he's putting on a show, but I do think he's overdoing it. He's feeding into like because he is literally in the if he had a dream of the best job for him. of his life. He's in it, but that only you gotta I don't know to me you know, you want to be strong and like hey guys where I'm working hard. know, I'm sure point and I'm not judging his coaching style because you know, it's work for him but

I feel like sometimes he's of the nice guy even like talking about a fish. Get mad There controversy two games ago. I like it there. The referee. Call them out. The referee blew the whistle. they were about to inbound a ball or something. So the play wasn't happening, but it was about to start

Pope was staring him down the, referee was like at one side of the bench and Pope walked down into the corner of the court, down at the end of the bench and he, but he was staring at the ref. Like he was, he was staring at him and the referee blew the whistle. Stopped down face to face with Pope, just stared at him and then turned around and walked away.

Yeah. that I think the sec was even investigating the refer or at the, what happened with the referee. I would like for him to even like, and I'm not saying he's got to do this, referee went out of his way to like, go post game, get petty, go post game, say you're going to send the video in, get you a fine, a little white trash stuff. I don't give me a little bit. Give me a little bit. I know we don't, but like, you don't have to cuss.

I don't know. I'm reading too much into it. I don't want to go down that because I'll start that. He's just a nice guy and he is living his dream right now. So he is just he's on cloud nine is what he is. and he is kissing everybody's ass. I think that'll change over time.

just because he'll get comfortable. And I don't think Pope's going go. I know. I just don't want my coach to I've said it about stoops. I've said it, when he what's his name in the U of L game. I thought that was fan pressure. what's the quarterbacks name? anyhow, the young freshman quarterback this year.

Starting me you a bowl game. It was cold and windy after he threw a couple good passes. It wasn't the right game to start him. Let it, you know, let the kid ease into it. We got a good one here. think I felt like he caved to fan pressure can't believe I can't think of it. He's the boy from here in Kentucky. I know you're talking about, I just can't think of it. can't. I gunner. No, I went blank. No, he's really good. he was a bicker. Kurt is, you know, he's our future right now. played those last couple of

started against Juvelle and I felt like Stoops caved to the pressure. And I felt like he's caved to the pressure a few too many times, almost like he's reading the internet. I appreciate Stoops wanting to be with the fans, And I don't think that's what Stoops is about. I think if Stoops had to do it over tomorrow, I think he's trying to change and get back to who he was. Look, we can all lose ourselves sometimes, in what we're trying to be. And you're trying to do all the things

you I don't have no problem with that part of it and the wanting that do it right. But catch yourself and I think he is. I don't think Stoopsie think he's realized man, I don't like the things I've done. The person I've become in a sense to give any and I'm going to go back to being hard nose, creating culture and doing the things the way that a football coach should do them in my opinion. It's I could see how it's easy to get tied up in that.

But I think you got to fight that urge. So how long, so how long is Pope going to be at Kentucky? How long will he be there? He'll be there for a long time. think he, I think he has success. I think he has success. Uh, how long before he gets judged? I'd say two to three years. So no, it's already happening. That's all right. That's already a fair. You know, Give the guy some slack, We've got some good wins this year. We're having a decent year. We've battled some injuries and we're going to make a run.

What do you think about our chances at making a run without Robinson? I think they're decent. We're still going to make it run. I think they're decent. I do. really do. A second round game kind of worries me as a four seed. You'd be looking at, you know, like a five seed in the second round, which that game could go either way. So I'll say we got a 40 % chance to make a nice little run. I'm not saying championship. I say we got 40. I say we got 35, 40 % chance lead eight final four, 35 % chance to lead eight final four.

I feel like most of the fan base would say they'd be we get to that second round. Okay. And I probably say the same thing. Why? I guess the second round because we haven't been there in so long. Yeah. missing Robinson for the rest of the year is going to hurt us on making a deep run.

look, this team's shown that we can of the top teams, maybe except we're not going to get matched up with Auburn in the tournament. We wouldn't get matched up with them probably until a final four or something. I think we're fine. I mean, I like Robinson a lot. That's just one injury. We're a pretty deep team. We got Butler back. So I think we're going be all right. He ain't very deep. Robinson was pretty At the guard, at the guard, I feel like we got some other spots. So we got some players. I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.

Not when Garrison plays like shit. You gotta be able to lose one player and still be good. I think you do. And I think we are. Yeah, we've lost two though. Yeah. We don't think about Creesa, but Creesa was the backup point guard. Yeah. So ultimately you're missing your backup point guard and you're starting shooting guard. know, I know a lot of people kind of forget about Creesa, but. And it was easy to forget about him when Butler was healthy and Robinson was healthy, then that.

Once those two got hurt, now you're thinking, shit, where's Creason? They have not officially said if he's done for the year, but I'm pretty sure he's done for the year. I don't see how he would come back, but I still like our chances at at least a little bit of a run. the good thing about Kentucky is we've shown that we can beat good teams. So I'm not scared of anybody, but we are one of them teams that probably can get beat by just about anybody too. So I'll be honest with you. I do want us to

like in the year turning up, because I would be, listen, I wouldn't judge him on it, but I would be disappointed to have the success we've had early and really fade out into the year. That would disappoint me a little bit. Not that I wouldn't be nowhere near ready to quit on him or even like really judging him yet, wouldn't feel good. No, I agree. Because man, I'm looking forward to March, dude, and this has happened the last few years. It flames out real quick and it's pretty disappointing when we...

can't even cheer into that second weekend, man. I guess so. I guess that's really what it is. It's like a mindset of just getting through that first weekend. Yep. If can, we please get through. That's what it is. It was St. Peter's in the first round. was Kansas state in the second round. And then it was Oakland in the first. We've got to get two wins. please just get two wins. I want six, but realistically,

Let's get a couple and like you said, I like to to lead eight. like it. love that. mean, think we're capable. I think we're capable of a lead eight. I do. I think I we're capable of anything. Yeah, but I'm just saying that we beat a lot. We haven't just beat one or two good teams. We beat like seven or eight really good teams. I'll be honest with you. Five of the top teams the country. I'm okay with sweet 16,

I like it the final like I like to find a way for me. That's that's where I'd like to get. That's right. And then I think we're dagger though, because you're looking at we win this and we get to the final four. We're going to keep trying to win at that point. But I hate losing in that elite eight. I hate lose the one you're playing to cut down them nets in the region and go to the final four and you lose that one. Man, I hate that one. I don't like any of them. But there's something about that elite eight loss, dude.

I'm with you 100 % because you're right there getting to that next weekend get into that big stage of the final four man, and I just I can't stand it But yeah, I'd much rather get to the elite eight and losing the elite eight and losing the sweet 16 So Let's just make a need to finish strong. We have to get this win tomorrow of that. Let's guess the spread real quick. Yeah, let's do it. I'll ask you at, Kentucky

LSU's not good. I'll say Kentucky It's probably already out. It might already be out. Kentucky 8. Kentucky 9.

You going to say bigger? I'll see if I can look it up real quick. It's probably already out. I'll say, would you say eight? Yeah. I'll say seven.

12 and a half. Holy shit. One thing is already proven in just two weeks that I'm not good at picking basketball spreads. I don't. Well, I'm not. Look, I'm watching it. I'm keeping up. They're a lot. But I'm not locked in like I am football. feel like I could have worked for Vegas this year. I was so locked into the data watching I became addicted to it.

And I'm trying to get there with college basketball. I'm working on it. I'm working what'd you say it was? 12 and a half. 12 and a half. Man, That's a lot. But you know what? After the ass whooping that we just took, and then Auburn's players acting a fool after the game? They got embarrassed. At home, senior night.

Got to have it. Yup. covers. I agree. Kentucky. I like it. Tomorrow, Auburn at Texas A &M. That's a big time game. Auburn still ranked first. Texas A &M is, I don't know, top 10, I guess, Auburn at Texas A &M. Auburn minus six. Auburn minus six. What are you going to say? I'll look it up. Eight. Auburn's minus five and a half. You almost hit that one.

I'm taking Auburn. Yeah, I mean I like A &M too, dude. A &M have probably played them tough, but I'm not betting it's Auburn right now. I'm not betting it's Duke right now either.

there is another rank BYU at Iowa state. I haven't seen BYU this year. put up pretty good Iowa state's at home. I'm going to say just bounced back the other day and got a win. Pretty sure on Saturday they beat somebody at BYU at Iowa state Arizona. Yeah. They beat Arizona. I'm going to say Arizona. beat Arizona by 17. I'm going to say Iowa state is.

Oh, four. I don't know. was trying to go first that time because you've been going and I've been way off. So I was just trying to not. Is that what it you looked it up? I'm going to say I was eight minus eight. I have no clue. Let's look it up. It OK, here we are. Eight and a half.

Our state minus eight and a half.

BYU is ranked. I'm gonna take BYU in the points.

BYU is the rank something. I don't know. 20th or something. They're low 20s. They're decent. Eight and half, that's a lot. be different. I'll take Iowa State. Iowa State. All right. I'll Iowa State. That was all I had for tomorrow. Did you have anything for? Wednesday, had wrote down Florida will travel to Alabama, five versus seven. at Alabama. I'm going to say Alabama is.

Minus one and a half. I was going to say too. This has got to be a close game. Florida is fucking good. They're good. I'm going to take you know what man, I'm going say, I'm going say Bama minus Bama. played Tennessee and I did. I did have Alabama bet that I had lost a little bit this week, Alabama was one of my winners. So I'm going to roll back with them this week. I'm going to take, I'm going to take forward on the upset. All I don't think it'd be much of what's your prediction online?

I said four. I'm going to say one and half or two. I bumped it. I said two first, I'm going to bump it up to four. Bump it up to four. Just because fucking Bama scores, dude. They score 90 points every game. I know Florida can score two, man, Bama. You're probably right. You're probably right. You're probably right. Maryland is traveling. Yes. Let's go. This tomorrow? No, this Wednesday? Yep. are traveling to Ann Arbor.

Big game. I'm going to say that Michigan will be minus two, minus two or three. I am going to take Michigan. So this is a big game. This is one of the only major conferences that still are up for grabs. Michigan is in second, one game back of Michigan State and they and they play each other on Sunday. So.

Michigan has Maryland and Michigan if they win both of them, they're probably going to win the big 12. I guess it come, it'll come down to some tiebreakers, but I would think they probably got the head. Well, I'm sure they probably play each other twice. When you think those two teams probably play each other, Michigan, Michigan State twice. So, but this is a big game for Michigan. if, if Michigan loses this, they don't have a chance.

Well, yeah, they do because Michigan State still has another game, but they play Iowa. Iowa's not very good. So still a big game for Michigan. They're at home, but I'm going take Maryland. The Terps. I do think Michigan will probably be minus three or four, but I'm going to take the Terps on the I'm going take the Terps. They got a win. They bounce back after the buzzer beater. They bounce back with a tough win.

They played Penn State, but they actually historically have trouble winning at Penn State. So they got that win. I think they're going to go to Michigan and get that win too. I still like Maryland as a sleeper. Is Steve Francis, does he got any eligibility left? I wish he did. I caught a little bit of flack for not know, hesitating on the names of.

trying to come up with Lonnie Baxter and Chris Wilcox. Dude, I was on the Wilcox thing. I'm not even a Maryland guy. was, I said, Wilcox. I didn't do it. what it was. Yeah. I was on it. I was on it. had a couple of people tell me I was screaming at Lonnie Baxter, Wilcox. don't, I can't believe you couldn't remember. I'm like, dude, I, like I watched a lot of college basketball. I do not remember Lonnie Baxter. I still don't know that name.

I still do not know that name, but you were, you know, tied in with Maryland. The other one we didn't mention was Juan Dixon. Yeah, Juan, he was good. was the other guard that they had. was real good. Juan Dixon was a killer. I used to love Will Cox. He was like a fucking athlete, dude. He was like a bull in there, dude. Will Cox, you know how he reminds me of kinda?

Montrez. Yeah. He's better. Montrez was really good. Same kind of player. Yeah. Yes. the dunk on your face. They don't get they don't make those kind no more. And they that's all he wants to do. They don't make those. Is there any players that out there in college basketball like it anymore? They're hard to come by.

I googled Chris Wilcox and every picture on Google is him smashing all just dunking as hard as he possibly can. So I'll touch on this just because it talks about basketball. So we played a team that I, my son's little basketball league he's in. This team that he they got one of the better players in the league. He's really long, really athletic. They're middle school kids. This kid's, he's a lot more longer and athletic than the other kids and he's a good kid, good player

But I knew when playing him, you know, he's gonna have to keep his boy from the basket. He's so long on athletic, he can get anything close, it's an easy point. So I just, you know, I coached Rex through keeping him from the basket, kind of pushing him out. Not when I say pushing, I don't mean physically pushing, but working him out.

blocking him out, just really giving him my old school type game, kind of little body to him, nothing dirty. Charlie, I already told you about it. They got tore up over it. does people not teach any kind of contact? They're like, they thought, you're pushing. I mean, it wasn't nothing dirty at all. It's just a little blocking out a little body. does the game of basketball, do they just not like any contact no more? They don't teach them to block don't like that. free movement backs. They don't call reach ends.

Game has changed a lot. has. Wilcox, they probably, he probably get fouled out today's game. He was a super physical athletic guy. many times when you were playing, look, I know, I know the game's changed. I'm not even saying it's for the best or the worst, but how many times you remember playing it playground or wherever it's cool.

And you should be banging with somebody down low, dude. You remember that? I mean, just banging the shit out of somebody, dude. Just like trying to get positioned on a boom, boom, I told you, I took pride in getting rebounds, man, when I was younger. When I was in high school, I think my junior and my senior year, I led the team in rebounds. And I was only 6 foot

But I took pride in it, man. How many times though you remember bumping with them like boom, boom, I mean just shots, they just shots into each other. And my son didn't have his best offensive game. It wasn't his best offense and he's a decent offensive player. And he come out and he said, I could just see that, we should even really been close as team. This was the best team in my opinion in league. Charlie thinks another team. They're one of them, but anyhow, it wasn't his best offensive game. But when he came out, I always critique him. I'm pretty hard on him.

I said, dude, you played a good game. I think he was surprised. I said, not every game's gotta you you got a bunch of points or this or that. You can affect the game by taking their best player out of the game. And that's essentially what he did. They still beat us by like four points, but that team probably should have beat us about 15 or 20. They were just better than us. And, I told him, I said, you can affect the games in other ways. These kids today think the only way they can affect the game is through scoring points, old Charlie. And my son's one of them. You know, he had that belief.

I just told him how proud I was of him and I thought he did a really good job playing that kind of defense. Playing that, you know, rebound and playing physical, trying to keep their best player out. That takes a lot of energy, dude. It's going to take offense away from you. And that's where I make the argument for these guys I know they're good shooters. I know they're really skilled, but

no contact. I mean, it's easy to stay fresh. It's easy to, have great form and, put up all these points when, there's no contact. And I don't know what it would look like in yesteryears versus today. And I know today's people think they would just roll over them because all them guys ain't skilled, but it wears on you when people are physical with you in a game. I mean, it just does. So that's my take. Yeah, there's no more Charles Oakley's and

Who'd he used to battle with? Charles Oakley. was when the Heat, man, when the Heat and the Knicks played for about three years straight in the playoffs. That was some of the best basketball ever. You had... Morning? You had PJ Brown and Alonzo Morning on the Heat. And you had Mason and And of course you had Patrick Ewing.

they fought every single year. They did. They fought that matchup played in the playoffs for like three straight years and they fought every single time. That was when mash burn was on the heat. So I a heat fan right, right in that time. remember when you used to get a rebound back in the day and they'd be on you clear them out with the elbows. The heat had a hell of a team back in dude. Tim Hardaway, Jamal mash burn, Dan Marley, PJ Brown, line zone warning.

They had a good team. Game was different. The game NBA was. You remember the elbows off? were doing a podcast back then. We'd talk. We would talk so much NBA. yeah. You would talk so much. Yeah. Because the NBA was awesome. You remember clearly. I mean, I'm not saying I always did it because you could get a foul called on it, but you didn't always get a foul called on it. But you know, people get around you. start swinging the elbows, trying to get them away from you. I'm trying to teach my son how to, when he gets the ball just like off of a rebound or when.

the defense is real tight on him. How to hold the ball strong with your elbows out. Yeah. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? But then you got to say, don't swing him elbows. Yeah. you can pivot, but just don't swing those elbows because that's how it wasn't our day. That's what people were doing back in our day. They swing them. Swing and get off from me. Get off from me. You were pivoting and

little bit of action with those elbows. They catch them in the jaw every once in while. unless you caught somebody in the jaw, you probably weren't getting called back in our day. They let a lot of that stuff go. And it might've been worth it. what they didn't let go back in our day was reaching. No, they let them reach. They let them reach. Reaching back in my day, even if you reached and got all ball.

half the time they were calling it just because it looked like you reached. But they let your hands shake. now these kids, and I've seen it in the NBA, I've seen it in college and in high school, but I really see it with these young kids. They reach all the way up and down the court. Like at half court, instead of teaching the kid to slide your feet.

play defense with your hips and your body. happen no more. It does not happen no more. They all reach and they never call the fouls. And I'm going to tell you something else that and I saw it bad hat. It's just creating a bad, but I say that, but they all the way up the ranks, they're all letting them all reach and they don't none of them get a defensive stance they get a defensive stance, but not a really athletic like I'm going to do you up, slap the court. I'm going to go everywhere you go. Yeah, they all want to steal at at at half quarter three point line.

people always say too, that, people are rewarding. good pick. Good. That's a reach him foul, That's not a good pick. That's a reach him foul. Don't tell your kid that. After you get it clean, you get a clean. Unless it is all the way completely clean. They have got to clean that shit up. They've got to, they got to start calling it. Cause I'm watching 11 year olds and then I got a nine year old.

And the nine year old, their league is even worse. is theirs is like a football game, but the 11 and 12 year olds, dude, they reached too much and it's not their fault because they're allowing them to do it. And I guess it's just part of the game now. I hate it. I'm going say, I'm going to say something is my number one pet peeve on youth basketball right now is the reach in. can't stand it. I'll tell you, look, I'm not saying they should do it because I don't think they should do it.

Because it ain't right. should be able to play it you want to play it. But I do think it'd make the game better, funner. know, they're trying to make some improvement, take the zone back away. I know the NBA went from it, went to it, take the zone back ever run it though. I know, Make people play man to man. I'm not saying, and I don't think they should have to do it, but it would make the game funner to watch. I think it allows unathletic people.

to be in the game. And I get, you should be able to do that. I'm okay with that. But if you want to do something to kind of bring back the athleticism and stuff basketball, the zone allows people that can play defense to play defense. You probably for banning the tush push too, aren't you? I don't have no problem with this. Stop it. I don't, I don't think you should be able to push players period,

I don't like, thought that was against the raw. Anyways, the push players, was for a long time. then they apparently they said they stopped calling it because it was hard to judge or too hard. I'm okay with lining up, but you should not be able to push a player. No, I don't think. And if so, the defense should be able to push you back. thing is like, your receiver catches the ball for a six yard gain and he's about to go down and then three people come up and start pushing him.

blow the they'll blow the whistle. Yeah, but if it's a running back inside the box they'll let that **** go. They'll let it go. They're not. You can push them 15 yards. I've seen it Charlie. I've seen it on that. Watch if it happens on the outsides. Watch if it happens down the field with a receiver or something. They'll blow the whistle quick but them running backs then the push push anything inside the the box. It's like the

Let it free game. Free game. Just push them as long as you Here's my problem with it. Let it go a half a yard backwards and see what happens. Yeah, they blow the whistle. That's bullshit. Immediately. have no problem with forward progress, but if you're going to give them forward progress on offense, you can't give them all that too. That's too many advantages. I can't give you forward progress. So let you jiggle around and try to get out of this. But if you don't get it, I'm going to give you this mark up here.

And sometimes they'll call it back dude, but I'm telling majority of time they'll give them that mark further ahead. Even when they weren't pushed back or tackled back. A lot of times they caused it theirself trying to get more yards. All right. We got a little off there. Sorry. my sleeper team. Do we still got a couple of games that we go few games Saturday we got Kentucky will be traveling to Missouri. I want to say Kentucky and Missouri. I'm going to say Missouri is going to be two points in that game.

or three and I'm gonna take my wildcats. say Missouri's minus five. Okay. And I'm gonna take the cats. All We have Alabama will be traveling to Auburn. I'm gonna say Auburn in that game will be eight points, seven or eight points. And I will take Alabama. I I actually think Alabama will beat them.

And I do think Auburn is the best team, but I am Alabama fan. Where's this at? Auburn. we just see this game like a week and a half ago, two weeks ago? I we did. I'm going to say Alabama gets a little revenge here and finds a way to win that game, but I'm taking the points, which I think is going to probably eight or nine points. Yep. I took Florida to beat Alabama on Wednesday, but I'm going to say Bama bounces back, and beats Auburn to finish the season.

That wouldn't be the worst loss for Auburn. And I think Auburn's already, they already wrapped up the SEC. So maybe they load management or some shit. Who knows? Maybe they sit some guys. I like Alabama. used to swear that Patino, when he had his really good teams, he would lose right before the tournament on purpose. I used to swear about that. He admitted that not too long ago in a podcast. he? Okay. Yeah. I believe it.

Remember Mississippi state game right there before the tournament. So he was on pardon my take, I think on barstool and they asked him, is it ever good to lose a game going into the tournament? And he said, he said, he mentioned the Mississippi state game and he said that he took Antoine Walker out of that game. Sure.

I remember everything about he said he made up some excuse, like in the middle of the game to take Antoine Walker. He said it was some bullshit. I forgot what he said. think I had Kentucky bat in that game. think I was pissed. I think I remember being bullshit. I'd never heard this, what you're saying, but think I had them bed as a kid and I think I needed them. And I thought that was bullshit too. He sat him down and he said, I knew if I sat him down, we had a chance to lose.

Twine was good. said I had to play it off when the game was over. was like, I was kind of happy that we lost. You know, of course it worked out. We ran through the tournament and won it all that year. talking about Blitz the bookie and talking about game one, our boy and Twine like the gamble, didn't he? He lost it all, I think. Yeah, he did. Twine liked the gamble. They said it wasn't nothing for him to be coming in because he made a lot of money.

some big contracts and he made a whole lot of money and he got in there playing that blackjack son. Yeah, I think Antoine had a, he had a big problem with that because I'm pretty sure he might've lost all his. I would love to hear and they're never going to say it. but I'd love to hear some stories from casinos of athletes coming in or people coming in, them taking fortunes from them. I don't want to hear it because I think it's

Yeah, you do. want to hear it. There's lot of out there. there's a lot. I read one time a guy lost 240 million dollars. He sold his family farm. He didn't want to be a farmer. The parents died. He sold his family farm like 240, 250 million dollars. Lost in Vegas for like two or three years. He tried to sue him saying they kept him drunk and up with women. Whatever. At what point do you quit? Like you get down to your last 10 out of 240. You're like, okay, I can still live a good life off 10 million. He's chasing.

Even if you chase you chasing yeah 240 million you got 10 million left like dude I'm walking away at some point like I thought I can take to her 230 still a fucking shit ton to lose But then you got ten left and you've done lost everything you but you got to me left at some point I'm just gonna cry have a bad night like okay. got ten. I still I'm gonna be wealthy the rest of my life. I'm walking away I'm putting all ten on

the greens on the left. God. Letting it ride. And then what? Go blow your brains out? No, I'm getting my 35 back. I know, but if it don't, Is that a blow your brains out moment? Yeah, I mean, fuck, I don't know if you didn't lost three, however much you're saying he lost. It might be, dude. It might be. that's, I can't even imagine that. But you got 10 million left. like as much as this sucks. We've talked about it. Once you make a certain amount of money.

and you're used to a certain amount of money, you got hundreds of millions and then you got 10, 10. He was probably a son of a farmer. They probably didn't just throw money at him, you know, but his parents died and it was all his. was like, I don't know. I'm just saying. I'm with you. I get it. Once you're used to a certain lifestyle it's hard to.

I've never I'll be honest with you. I've never understood people like Antoine Walker that are worth 50 or 100 million wanting to gamble I've never understood that because you got to gamble so much why I've just never understood it because to me I gamble Look, I gamble in hopes of hitting some money. I don't gamble for the shit of a dude I'm trying to win like flat out I'm not saying I always do but I'm trying to win I'm sitting here. I'm worth 100 million dollars

I can do other things for excitement. I can go buy some horses that and race them at the track or something. I can take that next step. I'm not going to sit there and give my money to a I'm just not doing that. You could dedicate your time to being the best Trotter jockey. You could do all jokes aside. I've thought about that actually you know, you could be big and do that. you can the Joker.

He's into that stuff over there in his country. Have you ever seen that stuff? Like in the off season? I'd love to see that video. No, it's out there. That was a big thing. Like in the off season, that's what he does is he's a trotter jockey. I'm sure he owns the horses. Yeah, I got to look that up. I knew a guy that was did what I did. Hardwood floors own a little small business what he funded was buying horses and being a jockey. He was a trainer too. He did it all. I bet you'd be fine, dude.

in the buggy, like, yeah, we're never gonna be small enough to be on thoroughbreds, but I bet you it's fun to get on them buggies with that whip and- That'd be wild, Yeah, they lean back. They don't look like they're going fast, but I bet you if you get in that little fucking cart, I bet you'd be like, shit. They'd be leaning- Hope the wheels don't fall off of this thing. Well, what kills me is they'll be leaning back. Cause that's the thing they do is lean back. And then the horse right behind them will be like right over their head. surprised they don't bite them or something.

Just on a second note, you remember that horse race we was watching probably about three or four years ago, Frenzy Fire. If you ain't never seen it, I think it was Frenzy Fire and like Yamma or Yarma, they were coming down the stretch, dude. They were having a hell of a stretch duel on a horse race. Hell of a stretch duel. Going at it back and forth. Yarma. I mean, they're just fighting and horses have personalities. have heart. They fight. People might not believe it. I've seen it. I mean, they're in a dog fight.

going at it. Coming right at the finish line. The one horse says, fuck it. He goes over and bites him right in the middle of the. Not once, like three, four times. it was the wildest thing I've ever that happen was it Flightline? Who was the other horse in the classic that year?

The one that we went and see in the classic. It was a flight line? Flight line life is good. Didn't one of them two do it? No, no. I've seen some different little things happen. It was a big horse. But I've never seen in a stretch duel where they were like they're right beside each other, man, just fighting. I mean, you could tell the horses were fighting and then one horse said, I'm not losing. here you go. they say there's horses. I've talked to trainers They say there's some that.

There was one trainer I knew he said there was this horse he had. was really good at money making horse. He said he had to get him out of his barn. he sold him for half the price. He was going to hurt one of his girls that was working for him and stuff. He said it was just a mean horse, dude. mean horse. Things are powerful to have nothing to mess with. Have ever seen on the internet? There's that horse. He's like over in Arabia. If you haven't seen it, look it up. I'm sure a lot of people see it because it was running around as a internet thing for a while.

But the Arabian horse, as the other horses were walking by his stall, he would go up and kick up, or he was walking past their stall and their head be hanging over the stall, and he would raise up and kick them right in the face on purpose. Mean ass horse, man, wild. Trying to get ready for horse racing, guys. It's right around the corner. Derby time is getting close. It's real close. What about, probably about seven, eight weeks? Guys, if you're not into horse racing,

we'll show you the way. just give it a chance. All I'm saying is this, is you listen to us, get you some Derby horses sheer. it's just like ballgames. They got players, guys coming from different areas. The Kentucky Derby is the first time. They have different circuits around the country. They have the West Coast circuit, Kentucky, you know. And the Kentucky Derby is the first time for three-year-olds where they all meet. they've been winning their circuits, winning their prep races.

the Arkansas Derby, Florida Derby, but they all have their own little circuits around that area. And they meet in Kentucky on the first Saturday of May. good time. 20 horses, which is way too many horses in a race. Shouldn't be 20 horses in a race, but that's why it's the Derby. Most races are like 10 horses. I love it. It's lot of horses on the track, but it makes for a fun day. And just like ball games, try to analyze it. pick who you like.

trainers and jockeys, got personalities and it's a lot of fun, especially if you can pick some winners. There's no fun or gambling. I'll say this, it's hard. but there's no fun or gambling. There's no fun or thrill than having your horse come down the stretch and you win a race and win some money. There's no fun or gambling. It's two minutes a lot of times or somewhere around there.

when you get a good stretch battle, like between two horses and you see them fight and your horse is able to come out on top, it's a high. Wouldn't you say, Charlie? It's a little high. Hell yeah, it's You're sitting there pulling for them, everybody. got some money riding. Other people's pulling against you because they got the other horse and you're hooting and hollering.

got the whip out with your program and you're tearing up your leg like you're on the horse and your horse comes out on top throwing them like it. Charlie, have you ever needed something, you need like a horse for a good little hit, something's going to pay you good and he comes and he's flying and it's getting close to the wire. It's going to be close and your horse wins it edges it out.

That feels good, dude. Yeah. And I've had it the other way. had the biggest bet I've ever made. I think on hot rod, Charlie hot rod. They finished third and had a chance. had a chance. He had a top of the stretch. I was exactly what you said. I was smacking my leg with my program busy with it. And dude, he had a shot when he passed us.

He was sitting right where we sat for Oaks last year. I was sitting there for Derby, He at that point, he looked like he had a good shot. He did. He did. I'm not saying he liked the winter, but he looked like he was like watching horse racing. I kind of know when horses have momentum and they can stop and had a shot and he kind of hung a little bit at very end, which caused it. But when he passed where Charlie was, which is getting close to the finish line, not real close, but a little ways, he looked like he was going to have a big time shot.

He was nine to one and I had a significant bet on him. It would have been, it would have been nice. It would have been a real nice. Yep. So that, there was three prep races this There's probably a couple more prep races this week. Right now. My horse is socialism. I actually bet the race this week. I won. I didn't win a lot on him, but he's kind of a horse. I like, so I'm going Journalism. Yeah. Journalism. Yeah. I'm sorry. Journalism. Journalism.

I did bet him. Is he the one that beat Barnes? Yeah, but I'll give Barnes a pass. Barnes is good hoarse He was, and there was nine gaps between them and the rest, so was them two. But Barnes, he was on the front end and I felt like the fractions were pretty fast. Yeah, Barnes looked good. He did, he did. I give Barnes all the credit. I would go with Barnes just as much, but I always say, if once I win one and win a little money with him, I get tied into him. So journalism as of right now, I'm not, you know, he ain't my...

lock, but I didn't win some money with him. So I might try to stick with him. I'm still on citizen bull. Unfortunately, he is the favorite, which I hate. I hope he does not stay that way. cause I'd like a little bit longer odds, but I'm sticking with him. had him in the juvenile in the breeder's cup and I'm sticking, sticking to come down a few wins. next prep. Yeah. And he can't, he came back strong this year.

All the good ones are coming up here in the next few weeks. Cause I mean, Derby is first Saturday of May, two months. Yeah. We're about eight weeks away. So yeah, you got about four to six weeks of the, all the big preps coming in. So we'll try to talk a little bit more about them as Derby approaches

got anything else for Saturday? good on the game? We're Kentucky needs two wins this week. Anthony. Yep. No need to win tomorrow against LSU. And then we need to go and get a real big one to finish the year, at Missouri and Please don't have to play on Wednesday next week. And if you're not doing anything, guys, y'all got free time. Turn a game on because I'm telling you tomorrow.

There's two or three other conferences that are starting their tournaments and the stuff gets fun. These, especially these early tournaments, those teams only get in the tournament, the big tournament. And if they win their conference, hope the upsets stay there. the NIO, I'm worried about it, but I hope a lot of the upsets are still so happened. think you're right, but I am worried about it.

I'm just worried that a lot of those teams maybe have had their talent picked from them because of NIL. But I'm with you. I want to stick with that. We're going to still see the upsets. I think it's working both ways though, because some of them guys that are playing for your bigger teams that don't get chances the first year or so, they're also going to the smaller schools that will pay them and they'll get the chance. I think it goes both ways. Your top guys for the mid-majors and stuff are

going to Duke and Kentucky, but your second, I also think that's kind of like, we are now going to those schools. Maybe some of those, they needed to be in those schools all along. Yeah, that could be true. And maybe they got the lesser guys maybe deserve to be in the bigger schools all along, but didn't develop out or underwrite. And I don't know, we're going to see, I want to see the upset. That's what's fun about March.

I'm with you. think there's still be on, but I am scared. is so much different than football. Like the best team don't always lose. And I mean, you're right. You're right. Couple shots a little here and there. Any team can win. You keep it close and you throw up one from three quarters court and you could change a lot of things. Yeah, that's right. I've that last week, but you know, just keep it close in these games. So I'll be watching some of the smaller conferences because I think that's fun.

because like I said, that is their championship. I'll be honest with you. If you want to watch nine NIL, what it looks like, that's what it is. Cause a lot of those schools don't have NIL budgets. Yeah, you're probably right. And a lot of them don't spend pretty much anything. don't, a lot of them, a lot of them don't have collective. So, you're seeing basketball at its purest form right there, which I like it. All right. Well, cats go get it done.

get us two wins. We'll come back, talk to you guys next week. depending on what day we might be sitting here on Wednesday. Hopefully we get it done before Wednesday, but if we're sitting here on Wednesday, we'll probably be sitting here watching the first round SEC tournament game. Hopefully it's not Kentucky. Hopefully it's not one o'clock at night. Yeah.

That's it guys. If y'all listen all the way through, thank you all as always. find some games, win some money this weekend, figure out who you like in the tournament. Cause these next couple of weeks are going to be fun. But it's the bookie guys. See ya.