MNST: Souch wants Hughes, Faber, and Boldy to stay home and sleep for a couple of days!!

Summary

Garage Logic: “MNST: Souch Wants Hughes, Faber, and Boldy to Stay Home and Sleep for a Couple of Days!!”
March 3, 2026
Gamut Podcast Network

Episode Overview

In this lively and classic Garage Logic episode, “The Mayor” Joe Soucheray is joined by Pat, Mike, and a rotating cast as they cover the latest in Minnesota sports, everyday life, and their signature rants about common sense, nostalgia, and the quirks of Gumption County. This episode’s through-line: Joe’s plea for Hughes, Faber, and Boldy to “stay home and sleep for a couple of days” after an exhausting run of hockey, travel, and celebrations. From misadventures in hockey and golf, to the state of Minnesota print journalism and the eternal frustrations of the Minnesota Twins, the gang takes listeners on a wandering, insightful, and frequently hilarious journey through everything on their minds this week.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. PGA Drama: Shane Lowry’s Collapse ([01:19]-[04:08])

• Mike recaps Shane Lowry’s dramatic final holes at the PGA event in Palm Beach:
  • Lowry had a three-shot lead on 16, but hit into the water on 16 and 17 for back-to-back double bogeys, losing the tournament.
• Pat: “That’s why they call it the Bear Trap.” ([03:37])

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2. Gopher Women’s Hockey & NCAA Tournament Structures ([01:44]-[02:37])

• Pat discusses the Gopher Women's hockey bounce-back, beating St. Cloud 6-1 after a rare loss and historic losing streak break for St. Cloud.
  • “When St. Cloud beat the Gophers 1-0 in women’s hockey…it was their seventh victory in 123 games.” ([01:41])
• Touches on women’s hockey playoff structures and NCAA seedings.

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3. Saturday Night Live & Player Fatigue ([04:40]-[05:26], [08:01]-[08:41])

• The hosts joke about the Hughes brothers and hockey stars appearing on SNL in NYC before games the next day.
• Pat: “If I’m a season ticket holder, I’m unhappy I went to the game. …I don’t want them out late doing Saturday Night Live.”
• The group debates whether SNL is actually live (Joe confirms it is).
• Mike: “Faber, Boldy and Hughes ought to be put on mandated house arrest and made to sleep for a couple days.” ([08:01])

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4. Wild, Playoffs & Trade Deadline Talk ([06:28]-[07:41])

• Recap of the Wild’s recent losses and lackluster play following festivities.
• Pat holds out hope: “We’re not worried. We’re gonna get crochet. He’s gonna get a guy to win face offs…He’s gonna give up a couple more number ones. …Now we’re not gonna have a number one until 2052.” ([07:12])
• Discussion about the seriousness of the Wild’s playoff push and playoff structures, comparing to Olympic formats.

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5. Olympic Hockey, Rivalries & Scheduling Gripes ([07:41]-[08:32])

• Reflections on Olympic match-ups and the lack of Russian teams in international tournaments.
• Pat: “Not having the Ruskies there takes a little of the fun out of us.” ([07:55])
• Commentary on the bustling schedules for star players post-Olympics, including Miami trips and White House events.

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6. Washington, Congress & The Iran Situation ([09:02]-[10:12])

• A brief foray into political territory, covering military action and the lack of Congressional oversight in modern times.
• Pat: “That’s gone out the window 20 years ago—the idea you need Congressional approval for war.” ([09:43])
• Emphasis on the spiraling costs of war and friendly fire mishaps.

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7. Gophers Basketball Heart & Medved’s Impact ([11:47]-[14:26])

• Extended praise for Gopher men’s basketball overcoming adversity and the surprising contributions of bench players.
• Pat: “This Grove kid from Alexandria, he was going to be like the ninth man. He’s playing every minute!” ([11:57])
• On coach Nico Medved:
  • Pat: “I think so.” ([13:26])
  • Joe: “I do, too.”
  • Mike: “He gets so excited for those guys.” ([13:27])
• Tournament seeding, structure, and the challenging Big Ten tourney landscape.

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8. Free Throws & Women’s vs. Men’s Stats ([15:59]-[16:23])

• Break-down on Gopher women’s clutch free throw shooting (“Eight straight free throws to win the game” [15:59]).
• Pat: “Our girls are shooting 75.3% on free throws and our boys are shooting 68%...”
• Light ribbing of the Timberwolves’ free throw percentage in comparison to other teams.

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9. Standout Pitching Performance & Twins Woes ([16:52]-[18:14])

• Shoutout to Clemson’s Michael Charman for a 78-pitch, complete game with 11 balls in nine innings.
  • Pat: “That is what we like to see.”
• Twins pitching woes, injuries, and salary arbitration drama.
  • Pat: “It’s gonna be 1982. That’s bad. It’s gonna be 1982.” ([18:07])
• Pokes and frustrations fueled by the lack of spring training reporting from local papers.

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10. The State of Minnesota Sports Journalism ([19:04]-[20:13], [29:44]-[30:33])

• Observations on newspaper staffing shortages, 5 p.m. deadlines, and how late games are rarely covered in the print edition.
• Pat: “We’re not at spring training with anybody.” ([19:19])
• “You look at the website, there’s nothing in the paper. So you look at the website…still don’t have the baseball score from Saturday.” ([30:17])

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11. NFL Combine: Boredom & Banter ([19:51]-[21:21])

• Good-natured mockery of NFL combine coverage saturation.
• Joe: “They had six guys on the split screen from Indianapolis giving you an opinion. …I couldn’t believe it.” ([20:30])

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12. Vikings, Quarterback Speculation & AARON RODGERS ([23:18]-[24:45])

• Debating the Vikings’ direction at QB and speculation on bringing in Aaron Rodgers.
• Joe (joking): “Wonder get an ayahuasca sponsorship and a whole deal. It’d be great.” ([24:09])
• Pat and Mike laugh about Rodgers’ eclectic habits and relationships: “He’s a weird duck.” ([24:48])

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13. The Weirdness of Modern TV Advertising ([26:46]-[29:16])

• Extended comic riff on the endless cycle of insurance and pharmaceutical ads on TV—especially Liberty Mutual and Progressive.
• Pat: “Every ad. Every third ad on every show in America is Liberty Mutual. …Stop having so many ads!” ([27:51])

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14. Minnesota State (Mavs) Hockey Wins & CCHA Playoffs ([29:16]-[31:41])

• Joe brags gently about his Minnesota State Mavs clinching another McNaughton Cup, albeit without the actual trophy (“They carried out a cardboard cutout on the ice” [29:24]).
• Discussion of the CCHA playoff seedings; St. Thomas as #2.

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15. Local College Facilities & Changing Neighborhood Dynamics ([31:41]-[34:00])

• Praise for the new Lee & Penny Anderson Arena at St. Thomas, improvements in event parking, and how initial neighborhood opposition has quieted.
• Anecdotes about student life, stolen cars, and creative parking solutions.

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16. St. Thomas, Fundraising, and Campus Expansion ([43:00]-[45:34])

• History and anecdotes about benefactors Lee & Penny Anderson, the new student union, and St. Thomas’s campus growth strategies.
• Pat: “That place is booming, man. They got over 6,000 [students].” ([44:43])

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17. Print Deadlines, Nostalgia, & Old-School Twins Ownership ([37:39]-[38:26])

• Discussion about old Metrodome days and Calvin Griffith’s blunt PR strategy: “He’d be great…‘these guys all stank, you know, I gotta get rid of them.’”
• Only 915,000 fans for the Twins’ first season at the Metrodome, despite the new park.

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18. Sid Hartman Memories ([39:12]-[40:07])

• Sid’s legendary tenure and column-writing, even after his passing, and a hilarious story about the after-game football gift prank.
• “He had a column after death.” ([39:37])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Pat: “Faber, Boldy and Hughes ought to be put on mandated house arrest and made to sleep for a couple days.” ([08:01])
• Joe: “He’s got a 4:00 clock game. Well, the whole team played like they were on Saturday Night Live.” ([06:22])
• Pat: “He’s gonna give up a couple of more number ones. …We’re not going to have a number one [draft pick] until 2052.” ([07:18])
• Pat: “It’s gonna be 1982. That’s bad. It’s gonna be 1982.” ([18:07])
• Pat: “That’s why they call it the Bear Trap.” ([03:37])
• Pat: “I don’t know what they want, but I know that I … look at the website, there’s nothing in the paper.” ([30:17])
• Joe: “Every ad. Every third ad on every show in America is Liberty Mutual.” ([27:51])
• Pat: “He had a column after death.” ([39:37])
• Joe: “Wonder get an ayahuasca sponsorship and a whole deal. It’d be great.” ([24:09])

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Segment Timestamps

• [01:19] Shane Lowry’s PGA Collapse
• [01:44] Gopher Women’s Hockey Recap
• [04:40] SNL and Athlete Fatigue
• [06:28] Wild Playoffs and Trade Discussion
• [08:01] “Mandated House Arrest” for Hockey Stars
• [11:47] Gopher Basketball, Medved Praise
• [15:59] Women’s vs. Men’s Free Throw Stats
• [16:52] Clemson’s Charman: The Ideal Pitcher
• [18:07] Twins Forecast: 1982 All Over Again
• [19:19] Decline of Sports Beat Reporting
• [20:30] Mockery of NFL Combine Coverage
• [23:18] Vikings QB Rumors & Aaron Rodgers Segment
• [26:46] Insurance & Pharma TV Ads Rant
• [29:24] Minnesota State Mavs’ Trophy Antics
• [31:41] College Hockey Arenas, Parking, Neighborhood Politics
• [37:39] Twins Nostalgia & Metrodome Anecdotes
• [39:12] Sid Hartman Memories

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Tone & Style

The episode blends nostalgic storytelling, playful ribbing, and sharp sports insights with the classic Garage Logic blend of dry wit, old-school skepticism, and Gumption County common sense. Each host’s personality shines through—Joe’s affable moderation, Pat’s fiery rants, Mike’s dry humor—making for an engaging and meandering listen that feels like sitting in on a lively roundtable at your favorite neighborhood coffee shop.

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This summary should give non-listeners a thorough, engaging sense of the episode’s structure, major topics, and the tone that makes Garage Logic a Minnesota mainstay.

Transcript

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[Mike]

A three shot lead standing on the 16th tee.

[Pat]

Chubby Irishman lost a lot of weight. Oh, that's a problem.

[Mike]

We on?

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You didn't watch Shane Lowry's class?

[Pat]

I did not watch the golf yesterday. I don't know why. What was I doing? I was. I must have been doing.

[Joe]

You were enamored with twins fever.

[Pat]

No, I watched about 10 minutes of that. Actually what I was doing was watching some of the. Because I was going to write something about it. The women, the Gopher women's hockey game against St. Cloud and then they beat him 6 to 1. But do you know that when St. Cloud beat the Gophers one to nothing in women's hockey on Friday night, It was their seventh victory in 123 games against the Gophers.

[Joe]

What?

[Pat]

Seventh victory in 123 games. And it ended a 30 game post season losing streak. And the W, they hadn't won a Postseason game since 2010 because you got the Gophers, Wisconsin and Ohio State and then you got everybody else getting their brains beat in. But the golfs came back and beat him the next two games.

[Mike]

So Shane Lowry, okay. Has a three shot lead on the 16th tee box yesterday.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Mike]

Hits it.

[Pat]

What causes that?

[Mike]

It's the PGA at Palm West Palm Beach.

[Pat]

Okay, that one's got some trouble.

[Mike]

Yeah. He hits it in the water, double bogey, he comes to 17.

[Pat]

What is that, a par 4? But it's got the water all the way down the right side there. After you get about halfway out, it's all the way down the right. I think I. I think I can see the hole.

[Mike]

The T ball went in the water.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Mike]

17, par three, hits it in the water.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Mike]

Double bogey, loses the tournament.

[Pat]

Now, is this Jack's famous?

[Mike]

No, that's Arnold Palmer's. Oh, this is Jax. Yes. This is where The Bear Trap.

[Pat]

The Bear Trap? Yeah, the water. The last three holes.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Pat]

So.

[Mike]

And he was playing great up until then. All of a sudden he played like a amateur.

[Pat]

That's why they call it the Bear Trap. We have some people trying to communicate with you here. Okay. And anyway, that's. Was wind blowing anything? Just hit the ball?

[Mike]

No, he just. He said he lost the feeling in my hands.

[Pat]

Wow. Yeah, he's had quite a career.

[Mike]

He hasn't won since the Open.

[Pat]

Really? Well, he's been there, he's been close, but he's, you know, he was.

[Mike]

He lived there now. That's his home course, where he hit

[Pat]

it in the water.

[Mike]

I believe he's in that area. Palm Beach.

[Pat]

That's. Yeah, that.

[Mike]

But there weren't any names in this tournament.

[Pat]

No. What was that? They don't like that golf course or what? I don't know.

[Mike]

It was.

[Pat]

It.

[Mike]

The tournament had a cut, maybe. The big guys love the tournaments that don't have cuts.

[Pat]

Yeah, the designated. So I looked at the top 10 and I said, who are these guys? This Echeveria. I had not heard of him.

[Mike]

You didn't? I don't watch Saturday Night Live, but I did watch the beginning Saturday so I could see the Hughes boys.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Mike]

And it was well done. They brought out the Hughes boys and then two girls from the Olympic team too.

[Pat]

Okay. But Hillary Knight from here, right? Yeah.

[Mike]

I don't know who they were, but I'm thinking, well, it's midnight in New York. He's got a game at 4:00 Sunday. Yeah. Leopold had to use his jet for that. Right? I mean, there had to be. He had to come back immediately.

[Pat]

I think you're right. If I'm a season ticket holder, I'm unhappy I went to the game. I don't want him. Yeah, I don't want. Although they do tape it earlier in the day.

[Joe]

No, see, that's what I thought too, Pat.

[Mike]

It's live. It's live.

[Pat]

I know they call it live, but I think they.

[Mike]

No, it's live.

[Pat]

Taping live.

[Mike]

It's live.

[Joe]

You know, I'm going to look that up because I, I thought the same thing, Pat, but I was thoroughly chastised by both.

[Pat]

Saturday Night Live. I guess it be live then. Right?

[Mike]

I don't know where Jack played, but he was there too. And he's a, he's a clever marketer of himself because he ain't putting that tooth back in.

[Pat]

Oh really?

[Mike]

That tooth was out.

[Joe]

Okay.

[Pat]

He has those guys play with. Who is it? Washington. Washington. Washington. I don't.

[Mike]

Who? Jack.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Plays for New Jersey.

[Pat]

New Jersey.

[Joe]

All right, so There is an 8pm dress rehearsal. Some of these segments, including the pre processed recordings are done earlier. But yes, the show is still live at 11:30pm Eastern for this.

[Mike]

So there he is.

[Joe]

All right. You were right.

[Mike]

He's got a 4:00 clock game.

[Joe]

Yes, well, the whole, the whole team played like they were on Saturday Night Live.

[Mike]

They played poorly, losing to the Lowly Blues.

[Pat]

We got all fired up to beat the ABs right out of the shoe,

[Mike]

right out of the chute.

[Pat]

We're now owing two.

[Mike]

Then you went to Utah and lost.

[Pat]

Ah boy, they were. Utah's got a decent car. I was in the car listening to Tom Reed and the play by play guy was pretty good. Boy, he can follow the puck, that guy.

[Joe]

Joe o', Donnell, Is that his name?

[Pat]

Yeah, he's pretty good. But they were a little down on the fellas. They were down three zero and it could have been four. Oh, they called him. They took a goal away from Utah and then we scored on a power play. We took a goal for offsides. Otherwise it's 4:0 in the middle of the second period.

[Mike]

They did not look good yesterday. No, but I'm not worried.

[Pat]

We're not worried. We're going to get crochet.

[Mike]

You want to. You want a deep run? You want a deep run.

[Pat]

He's going to get a guy to win face offs.

[Mike]

Who? Billy.

[Pat]

He's going to get this, this Olympian, this Trojek. He's going to get him. He's going to give up a couple of more number ones. He's good. He. Now we're not going to have a number one until 2052, but do you

[Mike]

think the mindset is they want to win the whole thing this year? Yes, the whole thing.

[Pat]

Yes, yes. If you beat the ABs, why not? Yeah, you're going to play the ABs in the second round.

[Joe]

You know, somebody made a good Point. If the Olympics had been set up the way the NHL playoffs are set up, you know, because you play the teams in your US Would have beat. Played Canada, you know, like the semifinals or whatever, it wouldn't have been a final game.

[Pat]

Well, and let's face it, not having the Ruskies there takes a little of the fun out of us.

[Mike]

Faber, Boldy and Hughes ought to be put on mandated house arrest and made to sleep for a couple days.

[Pat]

Yes, that's true. I agree with you. That's, you know, they, they too much. Too much partying.

[Mike]

Well, they win the thing on Sunday. Yeah. And they just live it up. They're really drinking the beer.

[Pat]

It's fine. They won. But I beaten Canada. Ain't like beating the Russians.

[Mike]

Then they go to Miami. Yeah. Then they go to the State of the Union.

[Pat]

Then he comes home, is still talking. That's the worst. They should have said, we're only coming to the State of the Union if you leave it to 45 minutes.

[Mike]

Talk for a long time.

[Pat]

Two and a half hours, you jackass. You know how long did it. I turned it on at the 156 mark and he was like lounging on the. On the stand there and said, there's Billy Schwartz. He fought in World War I, you know, and gonna give him a medal.

[Joe]

I used your. I stole your line on Twitter, by the way. And he's still on the air like Mackie and Judd when they had the four hour.

[Mike]

Where do you stand on the Iran situation?

[Pat]

Oh, boy. I don't know.

[Mike]

Let's get our attitude.

[Pat]

I don't know. This isn't. You know, we're just going to. Nettie wanted us to do it, so he said okay. Nettie's been asking presidents to do this for about 15 years. He finally found one who said yes. I don't know. Donald is a much more independent than he was the first time around. He's kind of doing what he wants to do.

[Mike]

Well, Congress should get involved occasionally.

[Pat]

They should. And they're supposed to have the. But that's gone out the window 20 years ago. You know, the idea that you need congressional approval for a war. I think the problem is if we get congressional approval, everybody knows what's going on. We want to sneak up on them, don't we?

[Mike]

Well, that's what we brought up today. I don't care. You still got to have it.

[Pat]

Well, at least once it starts, you got to say okay.

[Mike]

Yeah, well, anyway, what are you going to do?

[Pat]

You're expensive, though. A war is Expensive. We already lost three jets to our colleagues.

[Mike]

Friendly fire.

[Pat]

The Kati Kis. I didn't even know they had a. A gun to shoot us down with. And they got three of us. Y. How'd the pilots all live?

[Mike]

They ejected.

[Pat]

Just ejected when it got hit. Man. I wonder what each one of them babies cost.

[Mike]

A couple mil,

[Pat]

I'm sure. What? I don't know. We're. We don't. I wish that, you know, if you. If you were going to start a war, that you. You might not want to have your big party at Mar A Laga tonight. But what the hell, you know, That's. You know.

[Mike]

And then announce it from your house.

[Pat]

Yeah. Usually you'd back to Washington to say, yes, we're starting a war. But, hey, we. We got a. We got a pretty good party at Maralonga tonight.

[Mike]

So now, what is that drink? That's a new one.

[Pat]

It's Celsius.

[Mike]

You like that stuff?

[Pat]

That's okay.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You like it better than Diet Coke?

[Pat]

No, but I've already had two or three today, so.

[Joe]

Jesus, those are energy drinks.

[Pat]

No, not these.

[Joe]

Yes, they are.

[Pat]

Oh, yeah. No, but I haven't had two or three of these. I had a couple of Diet Cokes. Oh, okay. I wanted to switch because the Diet Coke gets. Gets a guy full of air, you know?

[Mike]

Well, you get the Royce. You like Gas attack.

[Pat]

That's right. You get the Racing Light Gas attack.

[Mike]

You were terribly pleased with the Gophers beating ucla, huh?

[Pat]

That was amazing, considered. I looked it up, and when they got beat 83 to 60 by Missouri in the third game of the season, this Grove played six minutes, Reynolds played 18, and Durkin played 14. Now, these guys are all iron men. You know what's really fun, though? This Grove kid from Alexandria, he was gonna be like the ninth man. He's playing every minute. And then if we're fortunate, he'll get fouled. And then we could. Then he goes to the line. I said, it's like watching a penalty shot in hockey goes to the freezer line.

[Mike]

Bang,

[Pat]

clatters around. You can hear it a block away. It's unbelievable. The kid. The kid the other night, yesterday, or where they won Saturday, no points, played 38 minutes, but that's damn near impossible. Six rebounds, seven assists and three steals. Just. He only took, like two shots.

[Joe]

So help me refresh my memory. Is that the first time they've played UCLA since the tournament

[Pat]

and first time at home since 69 or 7? No, they played him last year. They beat him out there.

[Joe]

Oh, that's right. What am I thinking?

[Pat]

Yeah, they went two and oh, remember on the.

[Joe]

That's right.

[Pat]

Two and oh, on the California swing and.

[Joe]

That's right.

[Pat]

He might save his job. And then they won about one game after that.

[Mike]

Is Nico Medved the real deal?

[Pat]

I think so.

[Joe]

I do, too.

[Mike]

He gets so excited for those guys.

[Joe]

Plus, he's got a good track record. He had a good team at Colorado State.

[Mike]

He says interesting things about him. You know, he's very impressed that they're doing this with everybody's in a cast.

[Pat]

And I talked to him on the phone after the. When they were. After they got hammered by Washington and his goal, and he thought that Crocker Johnson was hurt, and he was. And he said, I just hope we can figure out a way to win two and stay out of having to play the first day.

[Joe]

Sure.

[Pat]

You know, and since then they were. They're three and ones since then, you know.

[Mike]

When's the tournament?

[Pat]

One more week. And then the Big Ten tournament is next year.

[Mike]

When is the March Madness announcement thing?

[Joe]

That's always the Sunday of the Big Ten tournament.

[Pat]

They won't make that. But there's about 12 tournaments that you can end up in because the Big

[Joe]

Ten's always around St. Patrick's Day.

[Pat]

Right.

[Mike]

The coming Sunday is not the selection

[Pat]

end of the season. Yes. No, no, no. You got to have the tournament first. Right. The Big Ten tournament. All right, but we. They still got two games left, right?

[Joe]

I think so.

[Pat]

And then you got the big. You know, the Big Ten tournament. Joe. We had to. Last year. We only let 14 teams in.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Pat]

People, that was unfair. We didn't give the dogs a chance. So now they got the dogs playing on Tuesday.

[Joe]

You're kidding.

[Pat]

Thing goes Tuesday to Sunday.

[Mike]

Now is that tomorrow or next Tuesday?

[Joe]

A week. A week from Tuesday.

[Pat]

But you got. Boy, they'll pack a man. You got 15 playing 18 and 16 playing seven.

[Joe]

And you know who would drag me there? My dad.

[Pat]

Dad thing. Oh, you probably get into that obsession for eight bucks or something.

[Joe]

Dad, I don't want to watch Maryland play Rutgers. I don't want to watch that.

[Pat]

And. And then we have to play the next round. But the women missed two rounds, right? They. They got in the final. They top four, so they got in the top four, so they don't have to play the first two rounds. And they're. They're. If they win a game down there, or maybe they're going to end up hosting a first. Second round here at Williams Arena. Okay, So I don't think it'll be like when Lindsay and McDonald when they filled it up. But they. So I looked this up.

[Joe]

They.

[Pat]

They were tied 70 to 70 and they made eight straight free throws to win the game. So our Girls are shooting 75.3% on free throws and our boys are shooting 68 on free throws. And the, and I looked it up. The Lakes shot free throws better than the Timberwolves.

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[Pat]

The ball's a little smaller, but it's still no excuse for the free throw.

[Joe]

I found a pitcher that both of you guys are going to be fans of. We're going to go to Clemson. Did you guys see this over the weekend?

[Pat]

No.

[Joe]

Clemson has a pretty good baseball program.

[Pat]

Yes.

[Joe]

Their pitcher, his name is Michael Charman. He threw a complete game on 78 pitches. He threw 11 balls in nine innings.

[Mike]

Can we get him?

[Joe]

I said this is Joe and Pat's guy. Oh yeah. He threw 67 of 78 strikes. That guy is a pitcher.

[Pat]

Yes, that is. That is what we like to see. Oh, for sure.

[Mike]

Twins are a little short on pitching.

[Pat]

Oh boy. Especially now that. Now, now that. Who else?

[Joe]

Well, Ryan's got the bad back and Festa's hurt.

[Pat]

Ryan's pitching but. Right. I think Ryan's got the bad attitude. I think he either wanted to get traded or get a multi year contract and he just ended up having to go to arbitration.

[Joe]

Really? Well, yeah, that's right. They did take him to arbitration. I forgot about that.

[Mike]

Did he win?

[Pat]

I think they beat him. Oh, I don't remember. I think they beat him. Yeah. Which is not a victory you really want.

[Joe]

No, that's not something you do to your all star pitcher. That's not.

[Pat]

Honest to God, Joe. It's going to be. It's going to be 1982. That's bad. It's going to be 1982.

[Mike]

Oh man. Shades of 82.

[Pat]

Oh, but I would like to see him get another left handed hitting outfielder. I'd give him an eight. What the hell? What do we got these guys? What do we got? Outman for the aptly named Outman.

[Joe]

Did you see the road that he took of that ball against Boston?

[Pat]

Why do they keep playing him? The Dodgers? You know he had a good year like three years ago as a rookie. Yeah, he was just awful for two years. And they, they, they're playing him every day like he's going to offer them something.

[Joe]

They were at. Is it. It's JetBlue, right? That's the name of the boss. Okay. They were at JetBlue. He's in center field because Buxton went to go with Team USA and it was a fly story. Hits a fly ball and he's running around like he's on my 11U team. Just catch the ball.

[Pat]

But yeah, he. I don't want to offend anyone at my newspaper. No, I'm not the kind of guy to do that.

[Mike]

He never would.

[Pat]

Never would. But we no longer have anybod in Florida. Okay. Bobby Nightingale, who's great, is home for like three weeks and then he's going back for a week. So we don't, we are not at spring training with anybody.

[Mike]

Lavelle is not there.

[Pat]

Well, the Val's going, but it's on what we jokingly refer to as pto, which is preferred time off or something.

[Mike]

Paid time off.

[Pat]

Paid time off. So he's going to go down and socialize, but he's not gonna work. So we got. But we did have two people at the combine.

[Mike]

Why at the combine? The football combine. Who cares?

[Pat]

Oh, God, who cares? I breezed by it a couple of times and these people are sitting there. Oh, he looks kind of. How much combine have you watched in 30 years?

[Mike]

None.

[Pat]

Well, I'd say I watched six minutes.

[Mike]

Okay, that's six minutes ahead of me.

[Pat]

What are we watching? Some guy. Oh, he ran fast. So what, you know. Well, you know, it drives me nuts.

[Joe]

Will likes to watch Sports center in the morning before we head off to school.

[Pat]

Oh, half of it's combine and he

[Joe]

had the, the Greenberg show, the get up show or whatever that that came on. It was not Olympics, it was not NBA. It was not spring training.

[Pat]

It was.

[Joe]

They had six guys on the split screen from Indianapolis giving you an opinion. I thought, I like football just as much as the next guy.

[Pat]

But quarterback from Abilene, Christian looked pretty cool. Wow.

[Joe]

I couldn't believe it.

[Mike]

Is this for people who are drafted?

[Joe]

Yes.

[Mike]

If you've drafted him, then you already know how fast he runs.

[Joe]

That are going to be drafted. They're coming to the draft.

[Mike]

God almighty.

[Pat]

But, but it's just on constantly and you know, they're trying to act excited, the people on the panel, but they're bored to tears. You can tell. They just want to Go out and drink afterwards.

[Joe]

The steak. What is it called?

[Pat]

Steak joint. That's the one where Sean Payton gave parcels the bill for, like, 300 bucks for a bottle of wine or something like that. There's one steak joint in town that they. All the big shots go to. And Indy.

[Mike]

Have you ever been in Toledo?

[Pat]

Yes, a couple of times.

[Mike]

Did you ever hear of a steakhouse there called Mansys? No.

[Pat]

Is it supposed to be fantastic?

[Mike]

I'm reading a book about the Edmund Fitzgerald.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Mike]

And the Captain McSorley.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Mike]

That's where he died, because he lived in Toledo, and he said. And it was one of the greatest.

[Pat]

Well, one time I was there. This was sad.

[Mike]

I've never been to Toledo.

[Pat]

One time I was there. This is sad. Wick's first wife, who died, was from Toledo, and that's where the funeral was. But. And then I was there another time doing something on the Twins.

[Mike]

Well, they had the Mud Hens. Yeah, that was a Twins team.

[Pat]

Twins team. But then now, for years, it's been a Tigers team, too. And I was in there. Something to do with the Tigers, and I'm not sure what, but. Yeah, it's an old town, man. Old manufacturing town. I don't know. Did they have. Did they make cars there? One time.

[Mike]

There must have been a steel plant there because the Fitzgerald unloaded a lot of stuff there.

[Pat]

So they're that close to the water.

[Mike]

Well, they're just due south of Detroit, but in that southwest corner of Lake Erie. They must be on the water. The lake must be. Right.

[Pat]

There must be a port there, then. I guess so. Yeah.

[Mike]

But I thought for sure you would have.

[Pat]

70 miles, is it?

[Mike]

Yeah, I thought for sure you would have seen the Mud Hens a few times.

[Pat]

I did go there once, too, for. For a piece, and I. I can't remember what it was, but I remember making the drive and was shocked how fast you could get there. It was like an hour or something.

[Mike]

What are the Vikings gonna do? Are we getting rid of McCarthy?

[Pat]

No, we weren't getting rid of them, I don't think. But, hell, they can't get rid of them because it causes too much conversation. Right. What would we be talking about if we Weren't worried about McCarthy?

[Joe]

I'm starting to get the feeling that they're gonna sign Robin Rogers.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Oh, no, that's.

[Joe]

I'm getting that feeling.

[Pat]

Oh, that'd be fun.

[Joe]

Oh, hell, yeah.

[Pat]

Yeah, it'd be. It'd be fun. And maybe 43.

[Mike]

He doesn't have it, though.

[Pat]

He's not he won't pass deeper than from you me to the garage Logic sign over here anymore. He won't throw it. He doesn't like to throw it down the field. But he'd be interesting. Man. He's a weird duck.

[Mike]

Well, that part would be terribly fun.

[Pat]

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

[Joe]

Wonder get an ayahuasca sponsorship and a whole deal. It'd be great.

[Pat]

Why wasn't that. Why wasn't the NFL concerned about that? Isn't that the same thing as marijuana? Well, I think marijuana is probably legal now, though, right? Yeah. In the NFL?

[Joe]

I would think so.

[Pat]

You can. You can smoke it if you got it. I would think.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Remember when we.

[Mike]

But he'd go to South.

[Pat]

That was a big scandal.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat]

We caught two members of the Padres smoking marijuana.

[Joe]

Remember the night. Speaking of the draft, what was the guy? Laramie Tunsil, with the. With the gas.

[Pat]

Yeah, with the gas mask. He's still in the league. Great career. But they. They came up.

[Joe]

Draft night comes around. He was supposed to be the top pick, maybe even number one overall,

[Commercial Announcer]

so

[Pat]

he could get more of the smoke. But I think he's a Pro Bowler.

[Joe]

Oh, yeah. He's been a good player. Where?

[Pat]

Dallas or something?

[Joe]

No, he was drafted by the Dolphins and they trade him to Houston.

[Pat]

When he was doing it, it was still.

[Joe]

It was illegal then. Yeah.

[Pat]

I mean, is it. Are there states where it's still illegal now?

[Joe]

I think so. There's got to be. I don't think every.

[Mike]

Doesn't Rogers do the weird deal where he goes to South America and they eat leaves or something or.

[Pat]

Well, yes. What was his girlfriend's name?

[Joe]

Well, he's married now.

[Pat]

Yeah, but she's been private compared to all his other girlfriends. But this one was like little bird or something. The one bird, Bird, sky or some damn thing. His girlfriend in Costa Rica. What was her name?

[Joe]

I'm trying to look it up here. You're gonna have to give me a second here.

[Pat]

He. You know what he did about it? You know what he. He had those girlfriends. You know what he did, too? He always left them mad. They didn't like him at the end. Danica Patrick didn't. She introduced him to the one that he ended up dumping her for. You know, the actress.

[Mike]

Maybe they didn't like Green Bay.

[Joe]

Yeah, Charlene Woodley.

[Pat]

That's not Charlene. No, no, no. Charlene was a. Was. Is an actress. And she's the one that he started dating after Danica introduced him to her. Yeah.

[Joe]

All I'm seeing is Mallory Edens.

[Pat]

No, no, no, no. And I'm just put in their Costa Rica girlfriend. Yep.

[Joe]

Aaron Rodgers girlfriend in Costa Rica. And apparently there was a girl by the name of Brittany, but they also

[Pat]

referred to her as Sky Bird. Sky. Some goofy name.

[Joe]

Skyrizi. It's just saying Britney, that's all I can see.

[Mike]

Speaking of Skyrizi, you can't avoid all these medical pill ads that are on TV all the time. I don't know what they're for. There's. There's so many.

[Joe]

Well, the Sky Ridge, if you take

[Mike]

Trafalga, you'll be dancing in the park. And what the hell are these things?

[Pat]

18 seconds they tell you about all

[Mike]

the ways you're gonna die, and then

[Pat]

for 40 seconds, they tell you why it's gonna. To kill you. You know what?

[Mike]

There's so many of them, you'll be

[Pat]

drooling and you'll be mentally deficient, but

[Joe]

your skin will look great.

[Mike]

I don't get it. I think Sky Rizzy's one of them.

[Pat]

Be careful if you have to walk hunched over. You know, it's unbelievable. It's 30. It's 20 seconds a man. This will help you.

[Joe]

And you know who'd endorse it? Rookie.

[Pat]

Oh, God, yes. Yes, he would. It is. You know who's got too much money? Drug Liberty Mutual.

[Mike]

Yeah, Liberty.

[Pat]

Every ad. Every third ad on every show in America is Liberty. Mitchell, stop having so many ads. You won't have to charge people so

[Joe]

much money for their insurance.

[Pat]

God almighty.

[Mike]

That. Note that and the. The guy with the ostrich.

[Joe]

That's what Pat's talking about. That's Liberty Mutual.

[Mike]

That's Liberty, isn't it? Also, the two that are sitting by the Statue of Liberty, That's Liberty.

[Pat]

You're right.

[Mike]

They got too much money and is.

[Pat]

Now, what's the one where the guy tells the other guy to stop interfering? That's on. Is that Liberty?

[Mike]

That's progressive.

[Pat]

Progressive. And that one is on constantly, too.

[Joe]

Although the campaign of don't become your parents was pretty good.

[Pat]

Yeah, well, it's still underway. Yeah, it's underway and it's on constantly. I mean, those two companies are sponsoring television as we know it.

[Joe]

Yes.

[Pat]

Unbelievable. I will say that the. Yeah, the progressive one is a good idea, but they. They beat you to death.

[Mike]

That's the one where they got the gal.

[Joe]

Flow.

[Mike]

Flow.

[Joe]

Yeah, that's progressive.

[Mike]

Okay. That's great.

[Pat]

Flo's got. Got pushed aside. I believe Flo's got.

[Mike]

Oh, I see her all the time.

[Pat]

I'm thinking. I'M thinking of the one don't become your parents. Which one's that?

[Joe]

That's also progressive, I believe.

[Pat]

God Almighty. They spent a lot of money. What?

[Joe]

So I was going to bring something up really quick. Did you see what happened to my Mavs over the weekend? We won the McNaughton cup again.

[Pat]

I saw that.

[Joe]

And they were. It was an unexpected victory. They didn't have the actual trophy, so they carried her out on the ice. A cardboard cut out of the trophy.

[Pat]

Where you went in at? Where was the game?

[Joe]

It was at. It was, Wasn't it at MS?

[Mike]

It was these 5pm deadlines are ruining.

[Commercial Announcer]

Did.

[Mike]

You don't know who wins anything anymore.

[Pat]

Did you see our Sunday paper?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Four pages had nothing to do with anything that happened Saturday.

[Mike]

I don't get it. Do they want us all to be online?

[Pat]

They want us all to be. They. I don't know what they want. I don't know what they want, but I. I know that I. Look, now here's the problem. You look at the website, okay? There's nothing in the paper. So you look at the website Sunday morning. We still don't have the baseball score from Saturday.

[Mike]

Well, the Wild played at 4:00 clock yesterday. Wasn't in the paper.

[Pat]

4:00'? Clock? Yeah, yesterday. Our deadlines are. And yours are probably the same. 5:00 clock for sports.

[Mike]

Well, that's not.

[Pat]

But on Saturdays, for the Sunday paper, it's 1:30. You can push it to 2 if you want. So once in a while, if the Gophers kick off at 11:05, you can get it in the paper. But it's. We're, you know what the rest of the sections, okay, the news and stuff. I mean, if a war breaks out after four o' clock on Saturday, you won't have any info on it. But.

[Joe]

So Joe, I got. Okay. Yeah, they did win it at home over the weekend. I just saw the tweet. I didn't. I did not go to the game.

[Pat]

But hey, if they didn't, why was an unexpected.

[Joe]

They didn't have it in the arena, apparently. I don't know because I know they won it last year.

[Pat]

But what I'm saying is, why were

[Joe]

they the home team if it was still regular season? Right? Because.

[Pat]

Oh, the regular. Oh, I see. So the playoffs start this week.

[Joe]

In fact, Joe, my Mavs are the one seed. Your Tommies are the two seed.

[Pat]

Yes.

[Joe]

In the ccha.

[Mike]

They're going to play each other.

[Joe]

Not until they get to the final.

[Pat]

Tommy's had an O2 weekend. Otherwise they would have been one. Okay.

[Joe]

You got to get to that arena, by the way. I was there on Thursday night. That's a great. They did a really nice job with that arena. Yeah, I haven't been there for hockey, just basketball.

[Pat]

Hockey's been doing well. But where'd you park?

[Joe]

In the ramp, right next to the.

[Pat]

Oh, you got in there. Yeah.

[Joe]

And it wasn't. I mean, they had a good crowd and the ramp wasn't terribly full.

[Mike]

I don't think the neighborhood uproar has panned out.

[Pat]

No, it hasn't.

[Mike]

I think things have been calm.

[Joe]

Well, you can get in and out of that ramp over there.

[Pat]

You know, it's not. Yeah, it's that, you know, it's. Yeah, I don't think it. I see. The signs are no longer there. They've given up. Yeah, for the most part.

[Joe]

Well, at this point, what good does the sign good?

[Pat]

I don't know.

[Joe]

They built the damn place.

[Pat]

They just want you to know they're unhappy.

[Joe]

They want to shame you. Parking.

[Mike]

They ever create a permit situation?

[Pat]

The neighbors, I don't know what they were trying. But, you know, it still remains. Now, when you were a student there, you didn't drive over, did you Drive.

[Joe]

His car got stolen.

[Pat]

Your car got stolen in St. Thomas?

[Mike]

It did one time. Not at St. Thomas, in front of the house we were staying in. A bunch of guys were living in his house and the morons washed my car get stolen and told me when I got back, I think your car got taken. Yeah, thanks a lot.

[Pat]

One of those claptrap houses over on the other side.

[Mike]

Portland or.

[Pat]

Yeah, thank you. Well, I appreciate that ramp or, you know, the other parking over there. Because it beats when you go to a football game in the past and you have to mark, walk, park on Marshall Avenue and hump it over there by five blocks. It's not good. And then we got the G. McGiver Memorial parking spot. The former SID who never paid for parking in his life over there. They charged, you know, the employees had to pay. Gene always parked in Creighton till 3 o' clock in the afternoon, then moved it and then put it back on Creighton at 6:00'. Clock. But you have to. There's. That's. That's always been a quite, quite the struggle to find that spot.

[Mike]

We're getting to the scooter season here. I could see a game in warm enough weather to take the scooter over there. You could put that anywhere.

[Joe]

Hey, this weekend. Yeah, take it in this Weekend. Aren't they playing? They're playing Lake Superior State in hockey.

[Mike]

I need a Saturday night ticket.

[Joe]

All right.

[Pat]

Well, no, the women's. The women. The women's. The woman's are there for the WCHA semifinals and finals on Friday and Saturday or Saturday and Sunday.

[Joe]

Well, this says March 6th through 8th. So are they doing Friday? Because it's the best of three.

[Pat]

Maybe the. Maybe the men play at one in

[Joe]

the afternoon and then the women will play after that. Okay.

[Pat]

Because the Gophers play Ohio State there. Abby Murphy, my gal Abby Murphy, who just set the all time Gopher record for goals scored, is playing against Ohio State, coached by Nadine Muzarel, who held the record for most gold scores.

[Mike]

What does St. Thomas do with the ice sheet when there's a basketball game? Just put the boards right on the ice.

[Pat]

They covered it up and you can't tell. It's pretty good. But you know what they have, Joe? They got the practice hockey rink at the main level, and then above that they have two basketball arenas. One for the men practice arenas, one for the men and one for the

[Mike]

women above the main floor arena.

[Pat]

Yep. Now they got.

[Mike]

I got to get in there. Yeah.

[Joe]

I got Friday night at 7 and Saturday night at 7 against Lake Superior State at Lee and Penny Anderson Arena.

[Pat]

Look up the WCHA women.

[Joe]

Okay? And you were right, Pat. They lost Friday to Bemidji, then tied Bemidji on Saturday.

[Pat]

You know who the Bemidji coach still is? Tom Serratore.

[Joe]

Really?

[Pat]

And if you want to have fun, and I'm always threatening to do this, Frank is the Air Force coach. And Frank is also a coach and one of the funniest son of a guns that ever lived. And they say if you ever want to have fun, go to the Serratore family reunion on the range in July and hear these guys telling stories. It's unbelievable. And I don't think Frank had a very good year this year at Air Force.

[Joe]

So I'm trying to find the women's schedule. It's not on the website.

[Pat]

You know what I got to do?

[Mike]

I'll just call over there. I need a press pass.

[Joe]

Well, there you go. You'll be chronicling the event.

[Pat]

Yeah, my gal Kelsey will take care of you. I'll text you Kelsey's phone number.

[Mike]

You'll forget, so I'll bother you to text me, okay?

[Pat]

You think I'll forget, huh?

[Mike]

I know you will.

[Pat]

Memory like a steel trap. I feel like there's something we should be talking about, but I don't really?

[Joe]

Let's see. We got spring training done, we covered the.

[Mike]

Is almost over.

[Joe]

Well, plus it's weird with the.

[Commercial Announcer]

What?

[Pat]

March 24th is their last game.

[Joe]

Yeah, because I was looking.

[Pat]

That might be.

[Mike]

I guess it's.

[Pat]

That's one of those. When they leave on noon or something, they play it early and leave.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Boy, oh boy, it's going to be lonely over there. 17 home games in April.

[Mike]

That's ridiculous. Yeah.

[Pat]

How do you think they'll pack them in for those babies?

[Mike]

That's a shame when you don't have a club that's going to be in the hunt.

[Pat]

Yes, that's true. That's true.

[Mike]

If you were in the hunt. But you could get away with it.

[Pat]

You know what, too? It was. It was better when they were lousy and Calvin ran the club. Yeah, because Calvin didn't try to tell you.

[Mike]

He didn't promise you anything.

[Pat]

He'd be great. He'd say, these guys all stank, you know, I gotta get rid of them. I hate. You know, the best. The best PR move in the history of mankind. They move into a new stadium. 1982. It's our new stadium. He watches it for two weeks and trades everybody. Smalley, Weidiger, Corbin. He starts dumping them. Dumping them. New stadium. They drew 915,000.

[Joe]

Well, for the whole year.

[Pat]

First year at the metronome, they drew 915,000. I believe part of that, though, was that.

[Mike]

That was such a dump.

[Pat]

Yes, it was. You pointed out a couple of times.

[Mike]

I did. I didn't like that building. No, I really didn't like that building.

[Joe]

Anti. You were. Anti.

[Mike]

I was.

[Pat]

I've been getting some heat about threatening to retire after the Ryder Cup. And now the next Ryder Cup's coming to town. Yeah. Somebody. The other day, they announced that there's

[Joe]

going to be a. I saw this. It was Guardsy.

[Pat]

They're going to have the 1945. They're going back to Toledo, right? For the Gulf. The Invertus.

[Mike]

1945.

[Joe]

2045.

[Mike]

2045.

[Pat]

They're going back. And he sent out that Ricey has announced his retirement after. He's going to retire after that U.S. open at Inverness. You know what? I'd be two years younger than Sid if I didn't.

[Mike]

It could happen. It could happen.

[Pat]

It lasted until 1945. I'd be two years younger than Sid. And Sid had a good excuse for retirement. He died.

[Joe]

And he still had a column.

[Pat]

Yes, he did. He still had a column after death.

[Joe]

Wasn't that your line? I don't believe or no, was it. Who was it that joined that said, I don't believe he's dead? He had a column on Sunday, right,

[Mike]

that had to be checked. He had to check and see if he was really dead.

[Pat]

Well, the only guy to die at 100 and a half. And everybody was shocked.

[Mike]

Well, he defied that whole medical deal about old people cannot survive breaking their hip. No, he survived that just fine.

[Pat]

Oh, yeah, I went over and visited him and he was kind of tucked up in there. But the greatest prank ever, Bobby Hagan through the Vikings. They had gotten beat 30 to nothing that Sunday when he was in the hospital with the broken tip to the Colts, right?

[Joe]

Was it the Colts?

[Pat]

Just the worst performance ever. Bobby, about Tuesday, when he knew Sid was going to survive, brought him a signed football from the. He had the team sign. This is for Houston. Now, it had already been signed, but he said that he had him sign it after the game.

[Joe]

Did you have the game ball?

[Pat]

And I would have.

[Joe]

Have.

[Pat]

I would have paid to be in there. See his reaction to that, 30 to nothing.

[Joe]

Oh, and it was at home, right? It was a whole game.

[Pat]

It was a hope. The worst performance ever in the history of the Dome. And he came and gave him the ball. Unbelievable. That's. Anyway, you know, are you gonna. We gotta. We gotta get you to a hockey game. When they start taking it seriously again here.

[Mike]

I think his brothers.

[Pat]

You got to go see Quinn Hughes in person.

[Mike]

I do. I do.

[Pat]

You never seen anything like it. The way you positioned.

[Joe]

Wait, I thought you were going to go. When the kid came to town that you're a fan of the celebrity kid Macklin.

[Mike]

Celebrity.

[Pat]

How much do they love him in Canada that He's on the one line? He's on the number one line for 30 minutes.

[Mike]

Did Bedard play for the Canada Olympic team?

[Pat]

No, the. Apparently Crosby did. Crosby, who was the captain with a lot of influence was bad because Bedard didn't play in the Four Nations Cup. So he. Now that was the Canadian rumor. But Crosby denies that. But they didn't have Bedard on that team. And there was. There was some reason for it and. But, you know, somebody in Canada reported that it was Crosby who blacklisted him. But I. He felt like the guys who made a commitment to the Four nations cup the year before should blah, blah, blah. But now they finally got a system where they're going to have what, an Olympics. Then two years later, they're going to have a World cup or something. So every other year they're going to have an international event, because these are. That four nations cup came out out of nowhere and, you know, so these guys had to play back to back. Four Nations Cup. Did that happen during this. That happened during the season?

[Mike]

I think so, yeah. I got to get to see Quinn. I got to get to see that St. Thomas Arena.

[Pat]

Yeah, St. Thomas Arena. We can. That. That.

[Mike]

The Lee and Penny Anderson Arena.

[Joe]

Yes, Sir.

[Pat]

I think 90. I think they gave him 90.

[Mike]

I know Lee and Penny.

[Pat]

Do you. Army guy, a West Pointer man.

[Mike]

Well, but he's also the premier boat collector and.

[Pat]

Oh, really, the world.

[Mike]

And he also, just for the hell of it, he wins Pebble Beach Concord d' Elegance car.

[Pat]

Really?

[Mike]

He had a car put together for that? Yeah.

[Pat]

So what. Oh, for the car show. Where's the. Where's. Where did Lee become somewhat prosperous?

[Mike]

I think that. Well, in the construction business. But I think it started with those fire hydrant. What do you call it.

[Joe]

It.

[Mike]

What do you call sprinklers. The sprinkler systems, I think.

[Pat]

I think that was a valuable thing. If your house falls, you know, starts on fire.

[Mike]

He's a hell of a guy.

[Pat]

He is.

[Mike]

Went to West Point all of a guy.

[Joe]

Is he?

[Pat]

You know, I think. I think Deenhardt got him interested in St. Thomas. I think Denard. Well, kind of.

[Mike]

They got the whole training building was his, wasn't it?

[Pat]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Finance the student union deal or two in the previous. The previous arena, which is still there. And then the student union, which I was opposed to because it took out that nice parking lot. Right.

[Mike]

No parking.

[Pat]

Every year when I go to Caruso's sign football players thing, I raise my hand and say, any. Any chance we're going to tear down that building and get that parking lot? Any word on the parking lot? That parking lot. Remember going into that parking lot and driving around it like 300 times, hoping somebody backed out. You know, it was right next to the football stadium in the arena.

[Mike]

Was right on the corner of Cretan Thomas.

[Pat]

Yeah, that's right where they put the student union. Yeah.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Pat]

It's a hell of a building, though, the student union. God, that place is booming, man. They got over 6,000.

[Mike]

Well, they want two more blocks. They're talking about the two blocks south of the campus. That would be. Would be grand. And then. Are they going to summit in grand?

[Pat]

They're trying to buy the land.

[Mike]

I don't know if they're trying to buy it or what.

[Joe]

Well, the residents will be okay with that, right?

[Pat]

Oh, sure, yeah. Yeah. I mean, they Got all of this on 82 acres. That is counting across the street. 82 acres is, you know, because when I was out to Harvard to see him play St. Thomas, that kind of fascinated me that Harvard is built on 5,000 acres and they're built on 82.

[Mike]

So there's still no new word on a football stadium, is there?

[Pat]

They're not going to, they're not going to upgrade for football. This is it. They're going to play in that non scholarship. It's to go, it's millions to go up to what league? Even the league that North Dakota State was in, they'd love to get him in that league, but they're not going to that. They're going to keep playing in this non conference league, in this non scholarship league. And if they fly around a country. But what they do is like when they go to San Diego to play a football game, they get a bunch of California alums and they, they wine and dine them and you know, they're so and so, it's not all that bad because they, they can get alums and when they go on these trips and, and try to get a little money out of them. So. All right, all right.

[Joe]

Can you sell us a car before we go, sir?

[Pat]

Certainly would like to see my guy Brett Paul out at the valley group of GM dealers. That is on 147th and Cedar. You go straight out there. Tremendous number of Buick SUVs, prices, low interest rates, high factory rebates. And Brett and his financial people will make sure it happens for you. I have dealt with the Valley Group for 15, 16, I don't know my last five, six cars. It's been fantastic. The financial people make the numbers work for you. These Volvo SUV's come in all shapes and sizes. They're fantastic. The valley group of GM dealers, Buick SUVs, GMC trucks. You can't beat it. They sent me a.

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