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If I had to pick one of which I get to watch more of moving forward, would it be the rest of the Sabers in the regular season or the first weekend of March Madness? I would take all the Sabers games. The rest of the world. That's lunacy. Nope. That's crazy. Nope. I don't have a team in that. In that tournament. Yeah, but it's 15 years. That 40 is the best thing going. I would. I would skip out on the first weekend if you do. But you act like you would ski, like you'd skip out on the Giants for the Giants in a minute. Me? Yeah. That's different. No, it's not. Of course it is. It is not. That's. That's. That's my true love. And so this RJ loves to save us like that. It's just disrespectful. Now, I didn't have it 100% accurate. No, but it does show. Here's what it shows. Here's the troubling piece. It shows that he doesn't actually respect hockey, even though he alleges that he does. That's what. That's what I'm getting. He doesn't really respect the game. I wish you love the sport like I do is what I'm. That's what I'm saying. One of the. One of the cool things of doing the Rangers as long as I did is that I knew that when the Sabers were at the Garden, RJ would be there, and that's like your dream some of the times. They were the worst team in hockey. That's his team. Now. He might love the 49ers more. I don't know. He might love the Yankees more. But it's one of his favorite teams. And I'm sorry, Dave. I could be. Obviously, I would lose any debate because the numbers don't lie. But the best thing going is the first weekend of March Madness. Stop it. Stop it. It's cool. It's fun. The best thing going, it's better than championship weekend in the NFL, you know, it's better than, you know, the first round of the NHL playoffs where it's all up for grabs. All these crazy overtime. Stop it. Stop. And you're entitled to your opinion. And so is the rest of the world. But the jump rgb. Like, it's ridiculous to watch his favorite team for the rest of the regular season when they're on an historic run trying to make the playoffs for the first time in a decade and a half. He's supposed to all of a sudden just think that a weekend full of college basketball teams he doesn't root for is bigger. It is. It shows that you either don't respect hockey or you don't respect RJ's love of the Sabres. Because why would. Why would a tournament where you as much as fun as it is. And I mean, like I said when I was a kid, the first two days of the tournament were a dream come true, but over a t. Over one of my actual teams playing. Now I'm a football guy. You're a football guy. I love football. But the thing that bothers me about Dave about being a football guy is that I also don't think he respects the rest of the things he roots for. Like, he can't believe someone would put anything above football. And he also can't believe that anybody would hold hockey in that kind of a high regard. Because the dirty little secret about Davis, he really just doesn't. He disrespects the other sports. It's all about football. But he just said that's different. Why is it different? Why is his love for the giants different than RJ's love for the Sabres other than it's different sports? So that's what he's doing. Is he disrespecting the other sports in which he also has a rooting interest in. But I understand. I know why football is awesome. But you can't wrap your mind around the fact that somebody might like something more than football or that somebody might like Something more than the first weekend of the, of the dance when you don't have a team in it. Listen, there was a time, Don, when I'm telling you I would have put the first two days of the tournament above anything except the Commanders. But that just that time isn't for me anymore. But, but let me ask you this. During that time, would, would you have trouble understanding nobody disagreeing with you? Of course not. Especially for a team they love. Now, if they said, if they said, hey, we're just talking about. I, you know, the Masters is better than the tournament and I would rather watch the Masters Thursday, Friday than the tournament Thursday, Friday. I could see you getting into a hardcore argument. Although as I've gotten older, Grund really loved the Masters. I think I enjoy it now more than I enjoy the first two days of the tournament. But I could see that argument. But when it comes to up against something where you have a vested interest, you can't remove the power of the vested interest. It's all about the vested interest. I've got no vested interest. Do you know the records that Maryland's setting this year in college basketball? They're not ones you want, Don. We have more 30 point losses this year Maryland than they've had since Gary Williams retired. It's a disgrace. Crazy. 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So is it a hockey thing or is it just hey, I, I this should be hell? Listen, for you it is. But why are you bothering other people? I could disagree, but it's an opinion and it's not that crazy. When it's one of his favorite teams and they're playing there's, I think there's only four teams in the history of the NHL or five teams that have went on this kind of run over that period of time and they've missed the playoffs for 14 straight years. But he's supposed to forget all that because, you know, two colleges he doesn't care about are playing in an empty building at 2 o' clock in the afternoon. Because that's what it is. That's the reality. Oh yeah, well, you have some of those too, right? And remember as for as many times as there are Moments where it's like, oh, my God, what an incredible finish. And now we send you out to Phoenix for the end of blah, blah, blah. And that's incredible for as many as those are. There are a lot of Thursdays where nothing happens. It's chalk all day long. And again, I'm not. To me, it's fun. But to. Everybody's got to share the opinion. You know what? There's a lot of people, and I was one this year. It wouldn't have taken much if I didn't do this show. And something better was on at the half of the super bowl or going into the third quarter. I might have changed the channel. Does that make me a bad guy? I had zero, none interest in the super bowl, didn't care about the two teams, thought the game was completely ridiculous to have good done. I was with you. So that make me a bad guy? No, I told I was at a party, I was having fun. And I do this for a living. So I had to watch every single play. But if I was Don the Mailman starting the third quarter, I might have put on mash. And remember, we get into arguments who. Like John Winthrop, who don't even understand, like, they're scared about missing a second of the super bowl no matter who's playing. And then I'm missing a second of the hall of Fame game. And then there are fans like me and you, who adore the game of football. But, Don, I was waiting for halftime because you know what? Because we're not afraid. There's an intimidation that goes on. You have to love the first two days of the tournament. You're a moron if you don't. You gotta love every second of football, otherwise you're not an American. Well, how about this? I'm seeing a video now moving around from towards the end of the LA marathon when the leader was impeded by someone running alongside the track. I just saw that too. And he was led the wrong way, ran off the track, lost probably what I think he lost like 5, 6 seconds there. If it's more than 0.01, it's more than enough. It was 0.2. He kills him. And this is not. This is when the. This is when the guy in second place is already. I don't know. Anthony looks like he's like a hundred, 100 yards or less behind him already. It's tough to tell from that. But it. He's closer than. 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Peter I just wanted to take a quick second to thank some people over here at Ramapo that really made this day so special for me. I got a chance to be interviewed by President Cindy Jebb in front of a bunch of students that want to do what I do for a living. And it was really cool to be a part of that, that series that they're doing and give me the tour of the school and some of the places I haven't been to since I graduated in 1992. And of course, letting me do the show here from the radio station. So thanks to Cindy and also Andrea Busser and Brittany Williams Goldstein, who have been working with me for like the last month to put this together. It was really cool. It was an honor to be recognized and I'm looking forward to maybe doing some stuff in the future with the school. But they really went the extra mile getting me food, hanging out here. And of course, Dan from the radio station coming in. Also Lindsay, from a promotional standpoint, a lot of this stuff made it onto social media. So you can see a lot of what I did today. So thanks a lot. Wanted to give them a shout out before the show ended. Look at me at Ramapo actually doing a read. Oh, that's awesome, man. Shout out to Ramapo. I I dream of one day being beloved by my alma mater the way Ramapo loves doing on. Let's go to Griffin in Connecticut to get us down the stretch here with the last call crew. What up, Griff? Hey, guys. Peter, we love you. So that's all what matters if they don't love you, well, it's their loss. Thank you. We love you. So that's all matter. Maybe Yukon will honor me. I think. I think Dave owes RJ an apology because I get where RJ's coming from. He's a Buffalo Saver fan. Who he to him it feels like probably a decade since his team was good. He's probably been so. Watching his team be so bad, so awful, he thought this would never come in his lifetime, that they would be good and that they're having been phenomenal year. Dave is saying it's bigger than the NCAA tournament. I don't get where Dave's. I don't get where Dave's coming from. You know, he's one of those people. But that's because I wrote for Yukon. But I love steak. I wasn't grip but if somebody doesn't like steak, did I jump them and go, what are you crazy? They don't like steak. Not everybody. I don't like and enjoy things the same way you do. Now you can he certainly. He's probably in the minority of that opinion because people go gaga for college basketball this time of year. Most of them who didn't spend a second watching it at all during the regular season, which I find interesting. But how do you kill somebody for having an opinion Unless you're, I don't know, issues with yourself. Yeah. Especially when it's your own team that you love. But let's go to Steven Queens. What's up, Steve? Thanks for taking a call, guys. And congratulations, Don, on being honored by your college. That's pretty cool. I'm. I'm A professional sports guy. The last time I was really interested in college basketball or even college football was years ago. For someone to say that your team being in the NHL playoffs isn't as good as the top college teams is ridiculous. I don't care what it is. Pros are the best thing. Well, and. But then that's also an opinion. Somebody else might think college is better than pros to jump somebody. You know, you can obviously have disagreements, but when you're just talking about opinion, he's. And it's not. It's not that crazy. If Buffalo was out of it and. And said I'd rather watch the rest, then I'd say that's kind of weird. I wouldn't jumble. But I'm like that. Really? That's weird that you're still gonna. But hey, I don't know this for a fact, but I wouldn't be surprised if Anthony would rather watch the rest of the Rangers in the regular season. Now that's. Now that's your question. I bet you're right, Anthony, Would you rather watch the rest of this hockey run J this horrifying nightmare that you hate more than the tournament. I'm going to sit through this. Rangers. I'm going to do it. But no, no but, like. But is that what I. What I want? What's better? For my sanity, watching March Madness? What I'm going to do is probably watch the Rangers. But is this. Is this out of your fandom or like Sick massacre? I don't. I. Both. I mean, I think that there. And Don knows this. There are guys on this team that you have to see show improvement or at least some level of competence that are going to be a part of this team next year. I didn't enjoy the way that the game ended against the Devils on Saturday. That wasn't great. I'll watch this Flyers game tonight. There's a good chance they lose it. It'll probably be frustrating, but it's also better for them to not win so they have a better chance as top pick. So I don't get mad anymore. It's frustrating, but I don't get mad. He's scouting. He's in scout mode now. Speaking of scouting and you're talking about March Madness, how do you not talk about some of the drops? I'm just going to remind people of some stuff here. I'm not going to give any indication, but some reminders to think about what could be coming up when we reveal on Friday. Somebody went behind a couch and found like a harness Wagner rookie card or something. You never know. Harness Wagner, Horness, Hornus. It's still a stupid name on 880, ESPN New York and ESPN Iraq. We're so bad. Why? We're so bad that. That Honus Wagner. If I made that mistake on the case show, he might have taken a swing at me. He'd be disgusted. Absolutely disgusted. Don and I talked about starting a what's up? Group chat, and Don and I are the only people in our group. What's up? What's. What's up? That's because it's WhatsApp. It's not WhatsApp. I know, but I didn't care for that job. Oh, you don't think. You don't think it belongs? No. Little yo, yo, monkey boy. He wanted me to jump up and make the jokey jokey. So the people go, laugh time. If that's not number one, I'm walking. Well, I got good news for you, buddy. That's a number one. Listen, I'll say this, Don, and you're right. That's not. WhatsApp is not strong. But most. Most tournament conference winners aren't strong. They can. They can't all be. Yeah, but should. Should it. Should it have been because you had the decision to make? I did. Now, that was in the flub region. It was. So this doesn't matter. So this doesn't help. Are you living? What? No, it wouldn't. It wouldn't help there. Now, granted, that's a better drop, but it is what it is. Should have won its conference tournament. Yeah, you really can't do that. It was first four out. It just didn't have a place. If he was that bad, you know, that's going on a run, it's like being the second best quarterback in the league, but the best quarterback is also on your team. I really do like that one. It's. It's. It's. To me, it's the context of that drop that we were making fun of Gary Cohen saying. What was it? The polar bear. Yeah, it was like breaking the record for Mets. But what was the line? It was like the. You know, the polar bear freezes. You remember what it is, Ray? It was some line that was like so clearly planned with an iceberg. Yeah, the iceberg. He stands alone on the iceberg. And I said, why didn't he just scream out a polar bear sound instead? And what also makes it great, that's more seal. That's more seal being attacked by polar bear than polar bear. But this is all what you can look forward to later in the week. You know, I'm really looking forward. We're very much looking forward to the first March Madness Drop Madness in two years. So that'll continue as the week goes on. Alan's back with us tomorrow. Have a wonderful night. Enjoy the weather. We'll catch you right here at 3pm tomorrow. Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg Podcast. I don't want to know how the sausage is made, but I just want to know it's good. Hear more of Don Allen and Peter weekday afternoon starting at 3 on 8 80, ESPN, the ESPN New York app and your smart speakers. Shot clocks, big shots, upsets, aces TGL playoffs are here. First Atlanta Drive starts their repeat run against Los Angeles Golf Club. Then Rory's Boston Common Golf and Tigers Jupiter Links face off in their playoff debuts. Who will advance? Keep up its playoffs. Tune in Tuesday, March 17th at 6:30pm and 9pm only on ESPN and the ESPN appliance.