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Big T
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Big Cat
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Big T
That's good.
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Big Cat
All right, we are back. It is Nano Dosing and Big T. The Tennessee Volunteers once again have been eliminated in the Elite Eight.
Big T
Yeah, I don't know what much we could have done about that one. It's. I mean, there's a. In a vacuum, there is a solace to be taken in the fact that you could play that game a hundred times and I don't know that we win one of them. But when you compound that with the fact that we've lost in three consecutive Elite Eights, which is just like. Yeah, and people will make fun of that. Like, teams don't go to three Elite Eights in a row. Like, Duke's done it twice ever. So I mean, that really sucks. The last two were just over the second they tipped off. And I think basketball, college basketball is very similar to Major League Baseball in that winning a championship a lot of the time is just getting there year after year and putting yourself in a position to catch a break at some point, like the bracket's going to break your way.
Big Cat
There's a crapshoot in every tournament.
Big T
The last three years, we have played the highest possible seed in all 12 of our games. So I guess the quote breaking our way was in 23 when we played Florida Atlantic in the Sweet 16. Who went to the Final Four and had guys that went to Michigan and Florida and, you know, they were an awesome team. Also Dusty May. So, yeah, it sucks. Sounds like Rick's coming back for at least one more run at it. So I look forward to that. I think we'll, we've last three years, we've murdered it in the transfer portal. We've gotten elite transfers every year, so we'll see what happens. Yeah. Not a fun game to be at. Just never.
Big Cat
What was the vibe like in the building?
Big T
I mean, it was 80% Michigan fans, which is, you know, to be expected geographically. And, you know, we kept it close for six minutes and then they went on a 210 run and that was it.
Big Cat
Yep.
Big T
Yeah, they were just. We were never going to win that game.
Big Cat
It was over.
Big T
Which after beating Iowa State and like, all my friends were in town and we were having a ball and we went to Texan Taco Friday night after the game, and they were playing Rocky Top with a live band. It was awesome. And I was like, you know, like, what if we just. What if we just beat Michigan? Never had a chance.
Big Cat
Not. Not even close. Yeah, that was. It was. It was a butt kicking. But I do think that this is. You're not mad at Rick Barnes? This doesn't like the Rick Barnes disrespect. It peaked, I think, like, five years ago, and then ever since then it's been like, actually, Rick Barnes is a really good coach for getting all these teams as far as he does.
Big T
Prior to two years ago, we had been to one Elite 8 ever.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
And we've been to three in a row.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
So, like, if you want to make fun of that, like, okay, I guess.
Big Cat
But it's mostly people that are still thinking about Kevin Durant at Texas. Rick Barnes did with that. And then they're like, ah, see, he. Oh, Ricky did it again. He's actually taking teams that probably have no business making the Elite Eight and taking them there.
Big T
Yeah. Like, this team had a ton of ups and downs. It was better than a six seed, but ended up getting a six seed because they blew several games and, you know, got to the Elite Eight, played maybe the best team in the country and got killed.
Big Cat
What has been. What's the best team of the Rick
Big T
Barnes era two years ago?
Big Cat
The Dalton Connect. Yeah, that's the one. I was saying on part of my take that if you can't look at the last two years and be like, oh, Ricky choked it again. But you could look at the Dalton Connect team. That would be the team you would point out and say, like, he. He should have taken that team further.
Big T
I mean, we lost by four or five, I think, to Purdue in the Elite Eight, and Zach Edie was not called for a foul in that game. So if you go back and look, it was I. And again, that team played in the National Championship game. I'm very confident we would have played in the national championship game had we beaten Purdue.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
So. Yeah, that one sucks. 20192 was an elite team that also lost to Purdue in the Sweet sixteen on a phantom foul call. But whatever it. You know, maybe one day. We have been to 18 final fours. For all the sexists out there who say it's zero, but you know, we'll make a run at it next year.
Big Cat
Yeah, he's an optimistic about next year.
Big T
I think we might be getting some really good players.
Big Cat
Okay.
Big T
From. From what I hear.
Big Cat
Can you tell me what state?
Big T
No, I've just. I think we might be getting some pretty good players.
Big Cat
Okay. Is one of them from the. The great. Well, is one of them from a Commonwealth?
Big T
Not that I'm aware of, no.
Big Cat
Do you know which commonwealths are.
Big T
Yes.
Big Cat
Okay. I heard that there might be one from a Commonwealth. A Commonwealth?
Big T
A Commonwealth. I only know of three. Are there three?
Big Cat
So there's Virginia, Kentucky, Kentucky, Massachusetts. I think is Pennsylvania or is it the state of. Well, you. You already. You mentioned the one that I was thinking Kentucky. Yeah.
Big T
I'm not familiar with any transfer portal targets from Kentucky as of this moment.
Big Cat
I didn't say the University of Kentucky.
Big T
I'm aware.
Big Cat
Okay.
Big T
From any. Any school in Kentucky.
Big Cat
Oh, yeah. Four US States. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia.
Big T
And what makes something a Commonwealth?
Big Cat
I don't know.
Big T
Can you just declare that you might
Big Cat
be able to declare yourself a Commonwealth? The Commonwealth appellation is merely stylistic and carries no legal or political significance. The four states that use this term are all in the eastern United States and prior to the formation of the US in 1776 were British colonial possessions. At the time, Kentucky was a part of colonial Virginia. As such, they share a strong influence of English common law in some of their laws and institution. I think it's just like a shout out to common law.
Big T
Okay.
Big Cat
To British common law. Yeah.
Big T
I prefer my states seceded from the British, but that's just me.
Big Cat
You want states?
Big T
Yeah.
Big Cat
You want the independent state?
Big T
They want to. At least if y' all want to go back to. To England, you're more than welcome.
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Big Cat
All right, well, I'm sorry for your loss. Big T. Do we want to tap in at all on. On the Duke loss to Yukon? I. I do want to actually hear your thoughts on it because I know it's. It's been a day since it happened. It was the craziest ending in recent history.
Big T
Yeah. Better to lose like we did than that.
Big Cat
Oh, nobody remembers Tennessee.
Big T
No, it was no one. That was good.
Big Cat
Yeah. Completely forgotten about.
Big T
Yeah.
Big Cat
So. Yeah. So. So Duke with an all time choke job that's right up there with their last four all time choke jobs that they've had.
Big T
Yeah, I mean they're really going through it.
Big Cat
Yeah, yeah, they are.
Big T
I mean last year against Houston was I think still more improbable because they led by like 7, I think with under a minute left.
Big Cat
And also last year, I don't think Duke made a field goal in the last 10 minutes of the game.
Big T
Maybe.
Big Cat
I mean, only foul shots. Yeah, they didn't. They just went ice cold from the field.
Big T
So like you'll see teams be up 15, 16 points and over the course of the second half, like it gets chipped down, which is what happened yesterday. But then the final play, I feel terrible for Kaden Boozer. He. For all the flack he's taking. They did have two guys wide open on the other end of the court that if the ball goes one more inch over, was it Silas Demery that tipped it? Yeah, his hands. The game's over.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
So I understand, yes, you get fouled there and go to the free throw line. But like, what if he'd missed the free throw? Like if he now he could have just thrown it to the ceiling and they would have never gotten to it. So yes, it was his fault. He should have thrown it higher or gotten fouled or something. But yeah, I mean, tough. I think I found yesterday the. And I know there's a, there's a date delineation. Right. I think it's 1997. If you were born in 1997 or later, you're a Gen Z. Before that, you're a millennial.
Big Cat
I believe that sounds close Enough.
Big T
I have found the true marker of if someone is Gen Z or a millennial. And I used to. I used to always say, I feel. I identify. I was born in 97, and I think I identify with the millennials more just in. In the way I go about my business. But I do find that I don't necessarily fall into this category, which I think you and Big Cat illustrated this for me. I think if you. Titus as well. I think if you have, like, a visceral reaction to Duke with. No. If you're not a North Carolina fan or another ACC team or something, you just hate Duke for, like, you know, no discernible reason. I think you're a millennial.
Big Cat
That's actually the meanest possible thing you could say about Duke. What you just did was way worse than hating Duke for no reason.
Big T
Why?
Big Cat
Because you're like, I don't even think about Duke. Like, why would you.
Big T
I mean, I. I kind of feel that way.
Big Cat
Yeah. And that's the meanest thing that you
Big T
could say about, like, they don't have the origin.
Big Cat
No, they don't. That's. That's actually terrible. Duke fans out there listening to this like that, they hate you way more than they hate me now. Because you don't even care about them. Yeah. I mean, so. So Duke. Yeah. They have not had a. A ton of. I mean, they've. Coach K was a great coach for, you know, all his flaws and all the weird that he did. He was a great basketball coach, and he won a lot. When was the last time they won a championship?
Big T
2015.
Big Cat
2014. The Wisconsin one.
Big T
Yes.
Big Cat
And then before that, it was against Butler.
Big T
2010 against Butler, which they were an inch away from losing.
Big Cat
Yeah. I don't know. I feel like. I feel like millennials still are. Gen Z still has that resentment of Duke, but it was.
Big T
I don't see it. I don't see it as much.
Big Cat
It was really built up throughout the. The late 90s and early 2000s for me. So I. I have a probably unique story in terms of my history with Duke. When I. My very first favorite basketball team in the whole world was Duke University. Was Duke basketball.
Big T
Really?
Big Cat
I rooted for him. And when was that? 1989, 1990. Because Grant Hill went there. Grant Hill was from Reston, Virginia.
Big T
Outstanding player.
Big Cat
He was a student at South Lakes High School where my mom taught. And so I was like, four years old, five years old, going to see Grant Hill and watching him play. And then they're like, oh, he's going to Duke. So when he went to Duke. I was like, I'm rooting for Grant Hill. So then after he graduated, went to the NBA, I kept paying attention to Duke, and I was like this, I, I don't really like this team. And the other side of my waste, my mom's family, they're from Greensboro, North Carolina, All Tar Heels. And so every time I would stay with them, they're like, we're watching unc. This is an Eric Montross household. Okay? We respect Vince Carter and Rashid Wallace here. So then I, I, I started to turn against Duke and I bought a book that Coach K wrote and I read it and I was like, this book sucks. This is like, this guy is the worst. He's not, he's not a guy that I would ever want to play for. He sounds like he's pretty selfish, actually, and not really connecting that well with his teammates or with his, with his players. And then I was just like, duke, I'm a UNC guy. So then I, I would root for UNC over Duke at every point. But there was a good like three years, four years where I was rooting for both Duke and UNC at the same time as like a seven year old, as like a six year old. People are like, that's, that's a seven
Big T
year old thing to do.
Big Cat
That's insane. There you do. But it was, it was all because of Grand Hill being like, hey, he was actually my preschool teacher for about six months at one point.
Big T
Really?
Big Cat
Yeah, yeah. And so then he goes to. Because it was like the, in school, one of his classes.
Big T
Are there any pictures of preschool ft and Grand Hill?
Big Cat
I don't think so, but, but there was. Yeah, it was one of those things where the students, you could take like an hour and a half out of your day as an elective to work with the daycare that was inside the school for the teachers, kids and stuff. And so he was doing that. And then I was like, yeah, I'm gonna root for Grant Hill. Let's go, Duke. And then, yeah, that, that quickly. You know what else it was? There was another guy. So since my mom was also a T, she was a teacher at South Lakes, there was another guy that was next up after Grant Hill at South Lakes. Guy by the name of Joey Beard. And Joey Beard was an all time what if guy? People were like, this guy's better than Grant Hill. When he was in high school and he was dominant. He was McDonald's all American. Went to like all the ABCD camps and stuff like that. And he went to Duke too. He followed in Grant's footsteps, went to Duke and Coach K. Hated him. Never played him. I think he probably got into like two games, but he was like legit. Next up, superstar. This guy's going to the NBA. I think he was. He was really tall. He was like 6, 8.
Big T
He played in 16 games as a freshman. Average 4 minutes. Do you know where he transferred?
Big Cat
I did. He transferred to Boston College.
Big T
Boston University.
Big Cat
Boston University, yeah. And how'd he do there?
Big T
Solid.
Big Cat
So yeah. When coach.
Big T
Nice player.
Big Cat
When Coach K ran Joey Beard out of town, that's when I. That's when I soured on Coach K. But I think my generation hates Duke for their. The smugness that they really put out there in the mid-90s. That's when it was kind of.
Big T
Yeah. I mean, you remember Leitner and Grant Hill and Carlos Boozer.
Big Cat
Laitner was an all time jerk ass for sure. Yeah.
Big T
And like, I remember J.J. redick barely, so you get some of that. But I mean, after that, like, people hated Grayson Allen, but they didn't. They don't hate Duke. And. And now these guys are around for one year.
Big Cat
Yeah. You don't get to hate him so much.
Big T
And. And recently, like the Boozer twins were likable for the most part. I think people didn't like, you know, how much Cam got fouled, but he's an incredible player. People liked Cooper Flag, I think.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
He's pretty like and con canipple. Really likable guy. Yeah. So now it's like, I think people hated Coach K. Yeah. Which, fine. He was a. He was an odd guy, outstanding coach. But then Shire, like, doesn't do anything. Well, he does. He did make up the punch thing, allegedly.
Big Cat
And he kind of made up the, the thing last year.
Big T
What was that?
Big Cat
They had. It was kind of a similar thing. Right. Like a. Who was it that had the broken foot broken? Philipowski. Right.
Big T
Oh, that was several years ago. The Wake Forest thing.
Big Cat
A couple years. Yeah. Philoski's broken ankle and the.
Big T
And when the Wake Forest stormed the court. Yeah, we killed that team in the tournament. But yeah, I think millennials have a deep seated hatred of Duke that does not exist for most sports fans.
Big Cat
Younger Mad Dog McKenzie. What do you guys think about Duke University?
Mad Dog McKenzie
I agree, because I like despise Duke. Just generally like, I think they're just like hateable. But it's also like the Yankees are too, so.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Mad Dog McKenzie
But yeah, I agree. I do. I don't see it as often as I used to. Like, Big T said I Feel like
Tate
I don't think about Duke, but I
Mad Dog McKenzie
don't think about them anymore. Yeah.
Big Cat
Yeah. It's so mean.
Tate
I don't think about Duke in the way where I don't think about college basketball 99.9% of the day.
Mad Dog McKenzie
That's also the case.
Tate
I am not the college basketball girl. And on top of that, I don't think about Duke. I couldn't tell you one player on Duke.
Big Cat
I don't like Duke because they act like they are the only ones that practice hard and that understand teamwork and that understands selflessness. They act like they're. They're special because of that.
Mad Dog McKenzie
And it's like, it's kind of like the. Again, Yankee fans, but also like Notre Dame fans myself that like, didn't go to the college that are like, Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke, and everybody hates people like that, right?
Big T
I have a prediction.
Mad Dog McKenzie
A fan.
Big Cat
See, I, I don't. I don't mind the people that didn't go to Duke that are Duke fans because if you like, if you like their style of play, right? If you like. There's no denying that Duke has had some awesome players. Like, if you like JJ Redick as a basketball player, I, I get that he's a. He was a very fun college basketball player to watch, even if you hated him. But I, I don't blame people that didn't go there that are Duke fans. I have no problem with them. To me, it's just like the, the school and the organization. They act like they are their doesn't stink and like they are special and different from everybody. It's like, no, you have a good basketball program with a coach that understood the value of working at a school that does not honor freedom of information acts because they're a private school. So you can't dig up any dirt on the guy. And he probably like, there's no difference between the way Coach K ran his team and how some of these other great coaches like Tom Izzo have. Has run the Spartans. I think that Duke just for some reason feels like they're. They're entitled to be. To be treated differently as a special program like Hallowed Grounds at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Big T
I have a prediction. Dan Hurley is 53 years old. If he doesn't leave for another job, which he reportedly could have gone to the Lakers could have gone to Kentucky. If he stays there for the next 20 years, Connecticut will be to a generation what Duke was to yours.
Big Cat
They will hate UConn that much.
Big T
Yeah. I think he is a figure that would Stir up that kind of animosity. Whereas Duke, like, Shire, like we said, Shire, I don't think has that about him.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
North Carolina went from Roy Williams to Hubert Davis, who was there. We'll see who they hire. Yeah, but, like, these programs that had those guys. I don't think anybody hated Roy Williams, but I'm just these legendary coaches. I think Hurley has that in him to beat that guy. And they, you know, without a doubt, Final four three, the last four years, Without a doubt.
Big Cat
He has that in him. And I. I personally like coach Hurley. I think that he's a psycho, and I like psychos. I like insane head coaches, and Hurley definitely fits in that model. But if you don't like Yukon, if you're like a big E school and you're sick of. Of watching Yukon, then absolutely. Hurley becomes, like, enemy number one for you, and then that will spread eventually as he wins more. And if he wins. If. If they win a championship this year, that's three and four years. That's the Yukon dynasty, then I think you'll really see a bunch of people hate Dan Hurley right now. It's still kind of like, he's still a lovable scamp, you know, Like, I can't believe this guy. But nobody. I don't want to say nobody. He does. People do hate him. Some people do. But I think the tide will definitely shift even worse one if he gets his third.
Big T
Yeah. And I think if he's there for another 20 years, they'll get more than that.
Big Cat
Yeah. But, yeah, I do understand why. Why people would hate Dan Hurley. The. The leaning into the ref, the headbutt. Right.
Big T
That was the shot.
Big Cat
That is kind of crazy. It's kind of crazy that the ref didn't call anything. I'm glad that the ref didn't call anything. But. But Hurley pretty much headbutted him, and that's his new move now. The only thing I can think of is, like, my dog does that sometimes.
Big T
Get up in your grill.
Big Cat
Yeah. But it's, you know, it's out of love, right? Yeah. Cats do that sometimes, too. They. They butt their heads into.
Big T
Eyes generally look different than his, though.
Big Cat
Yep. Yep, that's true. He. He looked like he was blacked out.
Big T
He might have been like, that's.
Big Cat
That's a pure blackout on. He got so happy. He got angry.
Big T
That's his default.
Big Cat
That's what happened. It's like the shot went in, and his brain doesn't know how to process all that joy at once. So it converts it into something that does understand, which is just anger. And right next to him, there was a referee, his number one, you know, the target of most of his anger. And so he's like, I just have to headbutt this man. Yeah, I don't know. Probably could have been called. Very glad that it wasn't good.
Big T
Final Four.
Big Cat
Yes, great. Final Four. What else we got in the news today? Big T, we got anything new about Iran today? I'm sure you guys talked a lot about Iran last week.
Big T
I saw something about Trump said he's given him a week, like an ultimatum.
Big Cat
Well, he gave him originally 48 hours, and then I think he. He cut that and he said, we're actually, we're gonna do a week because we've already had good progress on the negotiation. Somebody gave him a prize. He said, did you guys see that part?
Big T
No.
Big Cat
He said somebody gave him a gift, and it was a gift and it was a great prize. And he won't say anything else about what it was to Trump. Yeah, but he says that the prize was so great that he knows that now he's negotiating with the correct people.
Big T
Those are the best kind of prizes
Big Cat
and that those are the best kind of people.
Big T
Right.
Big Cat
The correct people.
Big T
President Trump on Monday put Iran in the speaker of the Islamic Republic's parliament on notice after Tehran attacked Israel's biggest oil refinery and told the New York Post his response is coming, quote, shortly. Iran escalated its attack on infrastructure by striking a water and electrical plant in Kuwait. And an oil refinery was set ablaze in the northern Israeli city of Haifa after the Iranian missile attack. As for his response on the strike, he told the Post, quote, you'll see shortly.
Big Cat
Yeah, I think that what's happened is Iran has figured out the number one way to influence Donald Trump to do anything, and that's by. With the market, with the economy. And so if they do something that messes with the. The. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, then Trump will be more likely to. To cave on something because he just wants to see that number going up into the right. That's what he wants. I think Iran's kind of figured that out. Yeah, I've heard that we're putting more troops over there to take on an island that nobody had heard of until, like, three weeks ago.
Big T
What's that? I still haven't heard of it.
Big Cat
Was it something with a K? Basically, we're. We're thinking about going boots on the ground to take over this one island in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz, which I don't think Anybody wanted to do or knew about until three weeks is probably, I'll say, like a week and a half ago. And they're like, we need this island. Nothing in. Nothing in my life has ever been as important as this one Iranian island is to me right now. I do think that it would be a good law. Good law. And this goes back to, like, Vietnam. If you want to send troops to war, then your children have to enlist in the military
Big T
as. So the. The. The officials who vote for it.
Big Cat
Yep. Officials who vote for it. Your children have to be in the military. And if you don't have.
Big T
But, you know, they'd get them in some cushy job maybe.
Big Cat
But I do think that. Yeah, you're probably right, but it's better than not having any skin in the game whatsoever.
Big T
Sure.
Big Cat
Like, you're. Your. Your children should have to live in the same world that you're putting other people's children into.
Tate
Kai Trump, you are not going to Miami. You're actually going to Hormuz.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Thank God she was okay after the.
Big Cat
Yeah, I heard that she was close by. I heard that the Secret Service had a rule in place that Tiger was not allowed to drive her anywhere.
Big T
No, I think they put it in place now.
Big Cat
Oh, it's. They just now put it.
Big T
That's what I. I believe that's what I saw. To which I responded. That was allowed before.
Big Cat
Yeah. I mean, Tiger, he's.
Tate
Yeah. You want to talk about that?
Big Cat
Yeah, we can talk a little.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Is it her mom that's dating him?
Big Cat
Yeah.
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Tate
Mom is dating Tiger.
Big T
Really? I'm. What. Wait, you're. You're telling me for the first time
Big Cat
you didn't know that?
Big T
You didn't know?
Tate
Remember they had the. The Tiger Woods, Vanessa Trump hard launch,
Mad Dog McKenzie
and they were, like, sitting out there like this very.
Big T
Okay, I do recall that now that
Tate
you mentioned it, they were on a hammock.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
That was. That was, like, years ago.
Tate
That was like, last year.
Mad Dog McKenzie
A year or two. Yeah.
Tate
But it was like. We would really appreciate privacy. Our families are very happy for us.
Big T
Okay. I do. I. Now it is coming back to me.
Tate
Yeah. Kai Trump involved in all of that as well. Yeah.
Big T
So she's been in the car with Tiger.
Tate
It's.
Big Cat
I would. I would imagine that she has. Yes.
Tate
She's at, like, TGL every week and stuff for him.
Big Cat
Yeah. They're trying to make Kai Trump into, like, an influencer.
Tate
They're trying to make Kai Trump a thing. Kai Trump will never be a thing.
Big T
Why do all these people not have drivers it's insane.
Big Cat
Good question. Well, I think most do. Tiger. Just my theory about Tiger.
Big T
Well, it seems Kai Trump doesn't my
Big Cat
theory about, about Tiger. And this is pure speculation, but a person that I could imagine being in Tiger's position might think along these lines. He's not an alcoholic. I've, I don't think the speculation has ever been that Tiger is drinking and driving. And if that was the case, I think he would probably, if he liked booze, he would probably be more open about getting a driver and having like a full time driver to take him around because people would see when he was drinking, I think his problem might be more on the pharmaceutical side and he's probably telling people around him that he has quit doing that. And if he had a driver that was taking him around, that would have people asking a lot of questions like, why do you need this driver, Tiger? I thought that you were off the other stuff. But since he might still be taking the pharmaceuticals, then he still thinks that he should be driving because if he didn't drive, people would be suspicious about his sobriety. And that's a very, very dangerous I'm, that's my speculation about.
Big T
But driving is like, do you love driving?
Big Cat
I mean, it's fun and it gives you like a, a sense of independence. Like, I can go anywhere I want right now.
Big T
I, I, he can pay someone to take him wherever he wants 24 7.
Big Cat
Right.
Big T
And you could get like a six sprinter van with lights and in it and you could just sit in the back on your, on your phone and do whatever you want and never have to worry about some cutting you off
Big Cat
and yeah, I don't love driving enough to the point where I would like resist having a driver.
Big T
No, he could pay a driver six figures and he would not notice that that money was gone.
Big Cat
Now, Big T, are you discounting the fact that maybe that's the one place in the world where he goes, stop. To feel normal?
Big T
Stop.
Big Cat
We all have hobbies and driving under the influence might be his passion and you're taking away the last shred of humanity that he has his love.
Big T
Oh, again, but that's what I'm saying. Like, if it was, there's not even a good example for this, but like, if it was something that's fun.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
Like, okay, but it's dry. Like, yeah, oh, I get to go sit in traffic today. Like, just have somebody else do it. I don't, If I had, let's not get specific. If I had way, way less money than tiger.
Big Cat
Call it $100 million.
Big T
Call it way less than that. I would have a driver.
Big Cat
See, I, I think we're kind of split into two camps as a society of people that would never drive again, and then people that see having, like, their cars taken away and, like, autonomous vehicles and all that as, like, a massive infringement on their way of life.
Big T
But, dude, like, I'm sure Tiger has plenty of land somewhere. Go drive ATVs.
Big Cat
And, like, also dangerous.
Tate
He'd be dead in an instant.
Big Cat
Yeah, also dangerous.
Tate
He'd be.
Big Cat
I mean, ATV is not that safe.
Big T
Sure.
Tate
Far less safe than a car do
Big T
it of, of sound mind and body.
Big Cat
Okay. Yeah. Yeah.
Rianne Fran
I'm sure that's what they say about
Tate
the real car, too.
Big Cat
Let's just get Tiger. Race car simulator.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Yeah.
Big Cat
How about that?
Big T
All right.
Big Cat
Get him driving in one of those leagues. Yeah. It's stupid what he, what he continues to do, and it's been stupid for a long time. Like, Tiger should not have been behind the wheel of a car, we can say, for the last, like, 15 years.
Big T
Yeah.
Big Cat
So it's, it's also sad because there's definitely, like, psychological and, and maybe some medical issues as well that have led him to this point. But now he's just, like, he's a, he's a giant for contin. Continuing to do it because he's going to kill himself or somebody else if he doesn't stop. So. It was a very funny day, though, because we had, we did have the divergent takes from Dan Rapaport and Riggs that were fired off at about the same time. And you, you wonder how these two people worked on a podcast together. It's like, inside you, there are two wolves. You're either a Rigs or a Rapaport when it comes to this. And where do you find yourself? And, like, it would. Listen, they, they both got a lot of engagement, I guess, but they also, they both made me laugh for very different reasons watching both of them.
Big T
I'm sure Dan Rapaport's a great guy.
Big Cat
I've enjoyed hanging out with Dan when he's been around. I really have.
Big T
Yeah. I, I, I have nothing against him at all. I don't want to disparage him. I, how do you post that? I, you know, even if, okay, the take can remain the same, that's fine. I don't, I don't find anything. He said egregious. The crying, though.
Big Cat
Yeah, I mean, I, I think you could say it was somewhat egregious to be like, this is the one place where Tiger finds Peace. And it's.
Big T
I don't agree with it, but if that's your take, fine. People have bad opinions all the time.
Big Cat
Because Tiger means a lot.
Big T
The crying, though. Why. Why the cry?
Big Cat
This is. This. This is also maybe a nice millennial versus Gen Z conversation.
Big T
Okay.
Big Cat
If you lionize Tiger woods as a God, that's.
Big T
You're a millennial.
Big Cat
That's a millennial.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Yeah.
Big Cat
And if you look at Tiger woods as, like, I don't know, how would you guys describe Tiger?
Big T
Troubled.
Mad Dog McKenzie
I just. I don't know. Like, I just remember when he crashed his car and, like.
Big Cat
Right.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Was cheating on all those women. Like, I thought he was gonna go to jail.
Tate
Yeah.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Because I was like, oh, he cheated on somebody.
Big Cat
He's criminally horny.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Yeah. Because I was so. I was, like, so young when I. That happened. But that's, like the biggest. That's the biggest thing that ever happened for, like, people our age.
Tate
He's an enigma because then when you hear him talk, like, for press and stuff, he seems pretty, like, boring.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Tate
Like, he's not like a. A John Daly type where he's ripping cigs and drinking on the course and
Mad Dog McKenzie
you're, like, open about it.
Acorns Advertiser
Yeah.
Tate
Where you're like, oh, yes, this might be. And this is not to, like, offend John Daly, but, like, has a more eccentric personality that would lend itself to something a bit more irresponsible.
Big Cat
No, I. I think John Daly embraces who he is, and that's why John Daly probably has people drive him around more often.
Tate
I was gonna say, I don't wanna, like, put a DUI on John Daly's name that isn't there, but Tiger does not have the. In my head, the personality that matches with someone who does all of these reckless, reckless activities. But I don't know the guy.
Big T
I do think some of that is probably due to the fact he was trained to be a golf assassin from the time he was a year old.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Yeah.
Big T
And like, Wright Thompson, who, you know, a little bit like my favorite author of all time, he said if Tiger woods, his dad wanted him to be the best concert pianist in the world, he would have been.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
Like, he would have been whatever Earl woods trained him to be. And he, I think, has never lived a normal life from the time he was 13. And that lends itself probably to some odd and irresponsible behavior.
Big Cat
Yeah, without a doubt. He. He had. No. Didn't really learn how to cope with feelings as a child. I think the. The feelings that he would feel were all directed into Getting better at this one physical activity.
Mad Dog McKenzie
I wonder if like Gen Z or like, younger people think of it him as like a brand because now he
Tate
has like Sunday Red.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Yeah. All his clothing and like his logo.
Big Cat
Like, they don't.
Mad Dog McKenzie
They never saw him play in any tournaments, like.
Big Cat
Right.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Maybe they just think of him as that.
Big Cat
So. So I think the reason why you're seeing, you know, some of these t, like Dan breaking down in tears growing up, if you were a golf fan. I was not a huge golf fan growing up, but guys like Dan definitely were. You see Tiger take over the tour by the time, like, he's 18 years old and he's instantly the most exciting guy in the world and they just dominates. Like, nobody has ever dominated before for that stretch. And he. It was so, so entertaining watching him play at the peak of his ability that he was bigger than golf for a lot of people. Actually, like in the United States, Tiger woods was bigger than golf. People were saying, like, he could start. I remember back in like 2003, people were afraid that he was going to start the Tiger Tour with, I guess the original idea for the live tour where he would just leave the pga, try to bring guys with him because more people would watch Tiger play than. He was a one man attraction. So he was so massive and he changed the way that, that golf was looked at. It was no longer just a bunch of, like, frumpy, nerdy white guys that were really good at it. It was like, now athletes were playing golf and then all the guys that you see that are really good right now, they came up watching Tiger woods and they took it seriously and they took, like, their athleticism seriously. So it did. It changed the sport entirely. For a guy like Dan Rapaport, he. He just, he's struggling to understand that his hero growing up is a bad person.
Mad Dog McKenzie
But, like, it's not the first time.
Big Cat
Right?
Mad Dog McKenzie
So, like, the crying. The crying is crazy no matter if it's the first time or the 10th time. But, like, we kind of known this has happened before.
Big T
Yeah.
Big Cat
Tiger woods is unfortunately not a great dude. Not a great dude. And. And there's a lot of reasons that go into him not being a great guy, a lot of which, like, we alluded to not entirely his fault, but his actions are that of a very selfish human being.
Tate
Totally.
Big Cat
And like, the way that we'd be talking about this if. If the crash was more serious and he had killed somebody else, it's like he's very lucky.
Big T
Yeah.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Like, he wouldn't be joking about the
Big Cat
crying or We're a, we're a, a results oriented society sometimes. But I'm talking about the pro, the process of Tiger driving that car and continuing to do it. Like, okay, I'm not, I won't get into any details, but we've all made mistakes in life. I've personally, when I was younger, made one or two bad mistakes. Did I repeat those mistakes ever? No. If I had gotten like a DUI or if I gotten arrested for, like, causing an, a car accident when I was messed up, would I ever in my life have even thought about doing that again? No. That's like, most people hit that rock bottom, and sometimes it takes people getting arrested for it to happen. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it takes people getting into an accident. But the scary thing is somehow Tiger has not hit his rock bottom because he continues to do it. So it's like, what does it take for him to get to that point? And that's what gets really scary. So I hope he gets the help that he needs. I hope that he takes it seriously. But I mean, the, the bottom line also, like, because his dad forced, you know, the, the mentality on him to just, like, become a, a complete psychopath with his golf training, it also shows that now, like, he probably shouldn't be playing golf right now. His body's so messed up. And he continues to do it because he knows he still gets that rush, because if he's feeling good, he can hit a shot that's as good as he's ever hit, but he just can't do it repeatedly because his body's breaking down. But he's in a lot of pain right now. And so that is not a mentally healthy place for him to be if he's trying to escape from, from potentially being addicted to painkillers.
Big T
With all of this said, if he had a one shot lead at the Masters next week on the 13th hole on Sunday, it'd be the biggest story in the history of sports and people would be losing their minds. Yeah, like, he would be getting the biggest cheers you've ever heard in sports.
Big Cat
It would be so funny because it'd be like, and what a, what a story of redemption for Tiger, which It
Big T
was in 2019 when, when this happened. And I remember, I remember sitting there, like, I remember who I was with watching it, and we were like, wow, man. Like, good for Tiger. Like, he's done it.
Big Cat
Yeah. It is crazy that he won the Masters in 2019.
Big T
Yeah.
Big Cat
It's absolutely insane. And I think he could win the, the Masters would be the one tournament that he still could win potentially at some point in the future, but he just can't walk.
Big T
I mean, is he 50 now?
Big Cat
Yeah, I think so. And I don't. He will never be the guy that drives a golf cart. First of all, Augusta would never let him do that. And, and secondly, he's been very public about not letting guys that have legitimate injuries use a golf cart, even though it is in the rules on the Tour.
Big T
Well, I asked that because if he somehow, I mean, there's no way he can play next week, Right?
Big Cat
I don't think he. No, I don't think.
Big T
But, okay, say next year, he gears up, he doesn't play anything. He's like, I'm making one last run at playing in the Masters at 51 years old.
Will from Chicago
Yeah.
Big T
And he somehow won it. I would still say that might be one the greatest story in the history of sports.
Big Cat
I think that what Tiger's more likely to do is to join the Senior Tour, Champions Tour, but, like, who cares? And just dominate the Champions Tour.
Big T
But that would be.
Big Cat
People would watch.
Big T
Would they?
Big Cat
Yeah, I would. I'll be honest. I would watch. That's. I mean, if Tiger woods is playing golf, I will want to watch it.
Big T
I think that would be an NBA situation where it would go nuclear on social. But nobody's actually watching it.
Big Cat
Okay. You might be right. I would watch on Sundays if Tiger was within two strokes of the lead, I would say maybe, yes.
Rianne Fran
Question.
Tate
So is it a thing that, like, he's addicted to Percocets?
Big Cat
We don't know.
Big T
I don't think we can say that definitively.
Big Cat
Okay.
Tate
Because they said he has a dui, but they said he blew zeros.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
He refused to do further analysis that might have revealed other substances. So then you automatically get booked for dui.
Big Cat
They said he was impaired at the.
Will from Chicago
He.
Big Cat
The officer said that he was allegedly impaired at the scene. And I think some people deserve a benefit of the doubt when it comes to that. If they blow a 0.0 and all you have to go on is, like a cop. But I think Tiger woods has kind of lost the benefit of the doubt a long time ago. So I, I, I don't want to speculate officially on the record about what he, what he may or may not be consuming, but I'll just say there might be some doctors in Central Florida that are very, very nervous this morning because they might be getting some unwanted attention and phone calls from people that they don't want to be getting phone calls from.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Right.
Tate
I didn't Mean, to like put that on him. But like, I, I've have, I've seen that take floating around and I didn't know if that was a confirmed. Like he struggled with painkillers in the past. Fruit, obviously he's had loads and loads and loads of extensive injuries.
Big Cat
Yeah. I don't think it's, I don't think it's out of bounds to like look at his medical history and to see like all the stuff that he's, like, the painful stuff that he's had to fight through and to think maybe what could possibly be putting him in an impaired state while he drives.
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Right.
Big Cat
I think you can draw some lines there. Right.
Tate
I feel bad for his kids.
Big Cat
Yeah, it sucks. It sucks having to deal with this. But again, I hope, I hope that this is rock bottom for Tiger. I hope that he gets help and I hope that he doesn't ever endanger anybody else ever again. But he has to have a driver now. Like, that's got to be court mandated.
Big T
Well, he said, you saw, he said he doesn't do that because he doesn't want people to know what he's doing, which was kind of like a terrible answer.
Big Cat
What do you mean? Like, he doesn't want a driver?
Big T
Was a report that came out that said he has refused to hire a driver because he doesn't want someone knowing what he's doing all the time.
Big Cat
It's bad operational security for him.
Big T
Yeah, but like, what are you doing that someone can't know, you know?
Will from Chicago
Right.
Big Cat
I just hire, hire somebody that you already trust to do it.
Big T
Tiger woods has refused to hire a driver over the years due to privacy concerns, according to a new report. The athlete, quote, doesn't want anyone. Oh, here's a pop up ad, you son. The athlete doesn't want anyone to watch over him or know what he's doing. A source explained to People on Sunday. The insider added that the 50 year old thinks he's fine to drive.
Big Cat
Yeah, everybody has.
Big T
I'm sure sometimes he is.
Big Cat
Yeah, everybody thinks that they're fine to drive always.
Big T
What is it? You, you cut hair once. You're not a barber, but you get in three car crashes and all of a sudden, yeah, you're a barber. You're a serial car crash guy.
Big Cat
You roll over a couple of cars.
Big T
Nobody's talking about how often he probably drives and gets there safely.
Big Cat
That's a good point.
Big T
Yeah, probably 99% of the time.
Big Cat
That's the old, the old drill tweet. Sure. Drunk driving causes a lot of deaths, but it Also helps a lot of people get to work on time.
Big T
Right.
Big Cat
Who's to say if it's bad or not? Big T, you're as. As a golfer who has been in a rollover accent before.
Big T
Wasn't my fault. Guy that was in the card will
Big Cat
tell you, you have some unique insight into this.
Big T
Well, that was a golf cart, not a car, but.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
It was also on a 45 degree incline. One day, I don't know, we're gonna. We need to find something to do in Atlanta, and I'm gonna take y' all to this golf course and show you this. It's unreal. I can't believe it's allowed.
Big Cat
Okay.
Big T
It's crazy.
Big Cat
So does the. Does the path go on this hill sideways, like the.
Big T
Yes. You can only enter the fairway at this one spot. There's ropes the rest of the time.
Big Cat
Okay.
Big T
So it's the only place you can go onto the fairway. And it's crazy. I'm going to make you do it.
Big Cat
Okay. I love it.
Big T
But, yeah, it's. It's a sad deal with Tiger, man. He was. I mean, you said the millennial Gen Z thing, and I didn't align with the millennial stance on my example, but I remember where I was watching the 2008 US Open. Like, I mean, Tiger was it.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
And he was just so awesome. And everyone. He had his own Gatorade. He had video games. He had any product. There was a Tiger woods thing. And just to. To another generation, he's a completely different guy.
Big Cat
He had his own. Yeah. His own, like, Nike sub brand. Yeah. That he was dealing with. I remember the legendary segment on SportsCenter. Who's now.
Big T
Who's Now.
Big Cat
Yeah. You don't. You don't remember that? Probably. I think it was the summer of 2006, 2007. It's Mount Rushmore season, so there's not a lot to talk about in sports.
Big T
Sure.
Big Cat
And the big wigs at ESPN decided to come up with a bracket of who's now for who the Most now athlete was. And sure enough, Tiger woods won. I believe he beat Kobe Bryant in the finals.
Big T
Wow.
Big Cat
Yeah. So he was the most NOW athlete in the world. Above. He was bigger than Kobe. And now this.
Big T
I had a. Several years ago, I had a hat that was the Tiger head cover.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
And it was a sick hat. And then eventually I just, like, I got rid of it when I moved or something. And you can't buy them anymore. And they're. They're on ebay for, like, $200.
Big Cat
Really?
Big T
Yeah. Because it was a Nike hat. So Nike doesn't make them anymore. And. Yeah. Here's one for 170. 150. Wish I'd kept that hat. It was a great hat.
Big Cat
There were some. Some really solid Tiger merch back in the day. Some great video games. Tiger woods, PGA Tour 2006. Maybe the best golf video game of all time. That was one where you'd hit the ball and then you tap, like, L1 with the direction while it was in
Big T
the air to make it spin. I hate that in golf video games.
Big Cat
Yeah. You can make it spin different directions after you.
Big T
They still have that?
Big Cat
Yeah, it's.
Big T
I hate it. But, yeah. Sad to see.
Big Cat
Very.
Big T
But again, I mean, if we could get him in contention, just like on Saturday, can you imagine?
Big Cat
It would be. It would be great.
Big T
It'd be so awesome.
Big Cat
It'd be. It'd be very funny to see all the people, like, try to figure out how to talk about Tiger being in contention and, like, whether or not this was a good story. But meanwhile, you know that you have record number of people tuning in to watch.
Big T
Yeah.
Big Cat
Oh, yeah. That'd be good stuff.
Big T
There's no way he plays right.
Big Cat
I don't think he can show up at Augusta now. I don't think that he.
Big T
But if he did.
Big Cat
But if he did, he should probably do it.
Big T
It's the. The meme of the girl drinking the thing. Like, no, no. What?
Big Cat
Yeah, he probably should. He probably should show. Why not Tiger? Just do it. Jim Nance. Can you imagine Jim Nance talking about, like, Tiger as he's coming down the 18th fairway?
Big T
A personal triumph, overcoming all the obstacles, placed in his own way.
Big Cat
Yeah. And now the ultimate flip for Tiger Woods. Back into the champion circle. And Driver. And he selects driver on 18. A bold choice for Tiger, but always one to put himself in the line of danger. Tiger woods, ladies and gentlemen.
Big T
That's good.
Big Cat
And he's stepping out of a lawsuit and into a green suit. Have you ever seen something like this?
Big T
That's good.
Big Cat
Okay, what else we got? Anything else we want to talk about today?
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Big T
I've just been so dialed in on the tournament, I don't know what else is going on.
Big Cat
You did send over a news story about a 10 pound, $140 chocolate Easter bunny today.
Big T
Yeah. Should we get one of those? They're at Costco. We could go today.
Mad Dog McKenzie
I saw something. You have to like, hammer it open.
Big T
Yeah. They tell you to wrap it in a towel and smack it with a hammer.
Big Cat
That's a bit violent.
Big T
I might call the Costco nearest to here and see if they've got it.
Big Cat
22,650 calories for the whole rabbit.
Big T
Am I that's.
Big Cat
This seems like a barstool after dark stream.
Big T
I don't think That's. You said 10 pounds, right? I would expect more.
Big Cat
10 pounds. 22,000 calories of chocolate. Yeah. Yeah.
Big T
So 2,000 calories for a pound of chocolate.
Big Cat
A pound of chocolate is a lot.
Big T
Yeah.
Big Cat
That's a ton of chocolate.
Big T
I would have guessed double that.
Big Cat
Who do you think could finish this the fastest?
Big T
One person or a group?
Tate
An after dark group.
Big T
Let's say three people. Let's say you get three Deutsch.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Is he eating?
Big T
Yeah. I don't know, Dana. You could put up there trying to think if there's any out of the box.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Mincy.
Big Cat
No.
Big T
Well, he's off sugar. I would consider him in the box.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Yeah,
Big Cat
I got one.
Big T
Who's that?
Big Cat
Tate. Take and eat.
Big T
Yeah.
Big Cat
Yeah. Take and eat.
Tate
Who eats a lot during streams?
Big Cat
Guys, I. I sneaky. I snack a good amount. But yeah, Tate I out of the box.
Tate
Jacob Ames, maybe like that Zach.
Big Cat
I. I've never seen Zach really like house food.
Tate
Well, he. Well, his whole thing when started was like, we have so much McDonald's. Two pints of Ben and J.
Big T
Have y' all never taken him to McDonald's?
Big Cat
I've never seen him at it.
Big T
I think how y' all were in Arizona for a week. You. You weren't like, we got to go see this.
Big Cat
He does it in private. He does it, like, behind closed doors.
Big T
Were y' all going to, like, nice dinners out there?
Big Cat
We went to two nice dinners. One was chicken wings.
Big T
Nice.
Big Cat
Yeah. I went to the same chicken wing restaurant twice out there. Shout out. JT's in Scottsdale. They do the. The fried wings, and they put them on the grill afterwards. Very, very good.
Big T
Have you seen the video going around of the steak on a stone? Have. Have y' all seen this?
Tate
Yeah, I've been to one of those places.
Big T
This is, like, the most viral video on the Internet right now. Go on Twitter and search. Search Zip sauce.
Big Cat
Oh, I've seen this one before. Yeah.
Big T
Oh, you have seen it. Yeah, that's. That's probably, like, the number one viral video on the Internet right now. Mm.
Big Cat
Yeah, that's. I've been to some places that have a hot stone where you take, like, slivers of steak and you put it down for a few seconds on each side. This is really trusting you a lot to cook your own steak if it's that big.
Big T
But she says in the video, like, this won't cook it through the way you want it to then. And she, like, picks it up off the thing, and it's just glued to the stone with, like, the worst sear you've ever seen. And then she's like, now you'll cut a piece off and do it. And then she goes, here's our rock sauce. It's like a zip sauce, which is just a sentence that makes no sense.
Big Cat
Yeah, it's.
Big T
It's a hilarious video.
Big Cat
Yeah, I. I think that it's too much of a. A trend to have you cook your own food.
Big T
Yeah, that's what I'm paying you for.
Big Cat
Yeah. Korean barbecue. It can be fun sometimes, but again, they give you, like, little slices. So you just put it down for a couple seconds, and then you eat it. But this is a whole new ball game where it's like, here's an entire hunk of meat.
Big T
What's the pancake place where you do that?
Big Cat
I don't know.
Tate
Pancake.
Big Cat
I would never do that, though.
Big T
This might not be a chain. Funky griddle. That might just be in Nashville. Look up the funky griddle. They. It's like it's pancake hibachi.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
And they sit. They sit you in front of a griddle, and they give you batter, and you're supposed to make your own pancake. Like, why am I paying for this? I could do this at my house.
Big Cat
I do not want to do that.
Tate
Oh, funky with a P in front. Too silent.
Big T
P. Uh huh.
Tate
The coolest pancake joint. Wait, so are they just bringing batter out to you?
Big T
Yes.
Tate
And. And toppings?
Big T
Yes.
Tate
And you pay.
Big T
Yes. I think a lot. It's like a. A very hipster Instagram spot.
Big Cat
Oh, the casino butter.
Big T
Yes.
Big Cat
She's like, this is the casino butter.
Big T
Yeah.
Big Cat
So rock sauce. It's like a zip sauce. Yeah, No, I don't. I don't like that. And if I go to a place that's making pancakes or waffles. Yeah. You damn well better cook those for me. I do not want to cook my. I never want to cook my own pancakes.
Big T
I want my waffles prepared by a guy wearing arm sleeves of the establishment I'm at and employees who look like they are very annoyed that you're there and who could get into an altercation at any moment. And maybe like horse describing the waffle home.
Big Cat
Yes. Maybe like a 60 year old waitress. Yeah, yeah. It calls you sugar. And maybe a cook that like has been in prison a couple times. Yes.
Big T
Those that I prefer it.
Big Cat
You're going to get a damn good waffle. An establishment like that. Damn good.
Big T
I need. I don't remember last time I was at a Waffle House. I got to get to one. We need. Why are those not everywhere?
Big Cat
We got to get back. I don't know. It's a good question. Where's the closest one you could make a fortune. I think if you open. Opened a Waffle House in Chicago.
Big T
Oh, I mean there. No telling. Now Indiana has to have waffle houses, right?
Tate
Yeah, they do that. Ohio has waffle houses.
Big T
Hang on, I'm searching. Okay, so they're in Indy. That's what, two and a half hours?
Big Cat
Mm.
Big T
I'll do that. Who wants to go to Waffle House?
Big Cat
I might.
Mad Dog McKenzie
I've never been to one.
Big Cat
I might go to that. What? What?
Tate
The only time I've been is with them.
Big T
Is that a bit.
Tate
No.
Big Cat
You're kidding.
Big T
I guess, yeah. If you're from New York.
Tate
The only time I've been to Waffle House was in Knoxville with you.
Big T
Are you serious?
Tate
I didn't grow up with them around me.
Big T
All right, we gotta drive to Indy, do another episode and go to.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Yeah, I wasn't there for that.
Big Cat
You were kidding me.
Big T
It's the best dining experience you'll ever have.
Mad Dog McKenzie
I've heard great things. Well mix mixed, but it's a great experience.
Tate
It is good. It also is really good. If you've had about 10 to 12 cocktails, it's delicious.
Big T
Either way, but I mean.
Big Cat
Yeah. Let's figure out a way to get you to a Waffle House asap.
Mad Dog McKenzie
I'm down.
Tate
What is it? The. Not the Grand Slam.
Big T
That's All Star Special. Please, to. Please don't ever.
Big Cat
Please Denny's.
Big T
Please don't say that again.
Big Cat
He's shit.
Big T
That's really disgusting.
Tate
Like, I grew up going to Denny's.
Mad Dog McKenzie
Yeah, Denny's in like Iowa.
Big Cat
199. Are you out of your mind?
Tate
Yeah. Or Bob Evans. That's a regional thing too.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Tate
Do you know Bob Evans? Big T?
Big T
I'm familiar with it. I don't know that I've ever been.
Big Cat
It's a good bowl game there. They've got strong bowls.
Tate
Yeah, they got. They got strong pancakes. They have good biscuits and gravy, too.
Big Cat
Good sausage. That's what they're known for.
Tate
Mashed potatoes.
Big Cat
Now it all pales in comparison to a wh.
Big T
Totally. I'm really offended that you said the GS word. That's.
Big Cat
What is the. What is the best first time waffle House order for first? I think it is a waffle and one of the hash brown bowls. I would say the hash brown bowl with cheese, American cheese, scrambled eggs, peppers, tomatoes and Tabasco. I think that's the best first timer order and a cup of coffee.
Big T
You just get the All Star.
Big Cat
What's the All Star?
Big T
It's a waffle, bacon, hash browns, eggs,
Big Cat
toast, all served independently.
Big T
What do you mean?
Big Cat
Like I'm describing one of the bowls that you can get there.
Big T
Okay.
Big Cat
With the hash brown bowl, which I. I really like. Maybe sausage in the hash brown bowl too. But you're saying get them all. All these items separately.
Big T
Well, it comes from the All Star special. Yeah.
Big Cat
Good order. It's a good order. I just can't wait for you to go for the first time.
Tate
It's really good.
Big Cat
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Will from Chicago
this is Will from Chicago. Love the show. Long time listener since day one. My question is, if you had to pick one spectrum of water. So you get room temperature water and then you get anything on the cold side or you get anything on the warm side, which one are you choosing? This is for everyday life. This is drinking, showering, everything you use water for. Yeah. Hang up and listen. Love the show. Stay beautiful. Stay gorgeous.
Big T
That's a good question.
Big Cat
That is a very good question. I think the answer is you take hot water. I would take hot water.
Big T
I think so too because I drink room temperature water. Unless I'm exercising, in which case cold water is great. But you're doing hot water every single day.
Big Cat
Yeah.
Big T
Like a room temperature shower for the rest of your life. That's tough.
Big Cat
I can drink room temperature water all day.
Big T
The best shower beats the best cold water by a mile.
Big Cat
Agreed? Agreed. 100 and what else do you use cold water for? A cold plunge? Use to shock pasta after you've boiled it in hot water.
Big T
Brushing your teeth.
Big Cat
I'll brush my teeth with room temperature water. That's not a problem for me.
Big T
I know this is unpopular. I prefer washing my hands with cold water.
Big Cat
Okay. Just feels better.
Big T
Yeah. I just. I don't know. It's what I've always done. And sometimes you'll go places where you don't even have the option. It just comes out hot and I'm like.
Big Cat
I think most times it just comes at room temperature and then you just kind of. If you wait long enough, it'll go one way or the other.
Big T
United Center. Yesterday it was exclusively hot. And yeah, UT was getting our kicked in. It just made the day even worse.
Big Cat
Yeah. I don't know. I don't know what else you'd use the cold water for. If you like. If you're young and you play a lot of sports and you're outside in the summertime a lot, then cold water I think has a higher ceiling.
Big T
Yes.
Big Cat
Right. But for me, I. I'll drink. Even I'm working out, I drink room temperature water anyways. Just because I'm lazy, I don't feel like putting ice in it.
Big T
Pools. You don't want to be too cold.
Big Cat
Anyway, room temperature pool is great.
Big T
Yeah.
Big Cat
Yeah. Fantastic.
Big T
So, yeah, I think you definitely go hot.
Big Cat
Yep. What do you guys think?
Mad Dog McKenzie
Yeah, I think Hot based on all your guys reasons.
Tate
But yeah, but I love ice cold water. That's my one thing. And I drink water all day long but I couldn't do an ice cold shower all the time. Couldn't do. Yeah, it's hard because the thing I use water for most, which is drinking might make everything else way worse. So I feel like I'd, I'd go, I feel like I'd go lukewarm, kind of cut it down the middle. But I love ice cold water. But yeah, I'd have to go lukewarm.
Big Cat
All right.
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Will from Chicago
Hey, how's it going? My name is Josh from Erie, Pennsylvania. With the, with the start of baseball season starting, I always tend to think of this one question that I kind of want to ask you guys, which is if you were in the mlb, if you're a hitter or a pitcher, like a closer, what would your walkout song be? You know, whether you're going up to bat or like going into like the bottom of the ninth inning, like Edwin Diaz, for example, he's got like that sweet trumpet song. And then, you know, more recently we got Mason Miller, you know, coming out with blind by corn. That was pretty cool. I'm more of a heavy guy myself, so I would probably, you know, come out to something by like boundaries or knock loose or something like that. But you know, what would your guys walk out song be? You know, very curious to, you know, to hear that from you guys. Also shout out Chase the Lauder rookie of the year. You know, hopefully go guards. Anyways, I'll see you guys later.
Big T
You know where Chase Dilauto went to college, don't you?
Big Cat
James Madison. Real. Yeah.
Tate
Playing for my good old team.
Big Cat
He's a beast.
Tate
He's a beast.
Big Cat
Yeah, I remember when he, he was in that playoff game last year. We all bet on him. Yep, yep. Okay, so Fair question. I was thinking about this the other day because I saw the Mason Miller walkout to Blind by Corn, and that was a song that my band played in seventh grade. And then the other iconic walkout song, Enter Sandman by Mariano Rivera, also a song that my band in seventh grade played. So I think the key is to having a song that's so simple that a seventh grade band could potentially attempt to play it. And there's one other song. We could play three songs. So I think I got to go with the third one. Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. That would be. That would be a good walkout song, wouldn't it?
Tate
Yeah,
Big T
I've got mine.
Big Cat
Like, I would get the people instantly going.
Big T
I just want y' all to hear it, though. I want to put this. This visual into your mind.
Tate
Are you a pitcher or a hitter in the situation?
Big T
I'm a closer. I'm coming in like Mason Miller. Lights go out. A. A. What is the. In a Western, when, like, the thing rolls across. What's that called? Tumbleweed. A tumbleweed. On the big screen, a tumbleweed rolls across an empty plane. Okay. And then this comes on as the bullpen gate opens.
Big Cat
I. It seems a bit too wistful. You need. You need some aggression. It's got to be something that makes you.
Big T
By the way, since we cut it out of the episode, I played Loud and Heavy by Cody Jenks.
Big Cat
It's got to be something that makes me want to break your face tonight. Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit would be another strong choice.
Big T
Okay. It's really just that first part.
Big Cat
Just one of those days.
Big T
Oh, here's a playlist of country songs.
Big Cat
You have to, like, bleep out every other word, which might be an issue. So I'm gonna go back. I'm gonna say Smells Like Teen Spirit. Probably number one choice. We also could play Self Esteem by the Offspring, but I don't think that that would be great. Great, because it's just. It's about a guy getting cucked and doesn't send the right message.
Big T
Yeah. I searched Loud and Heavy and country walk up songs. The playlist came up. None of these are really that good. Live like you were dying is on this. That's going to be your walkout.
Big Cat
Nope. Nope.
Big T
Said I was in my early mornings. Yeah, this playlist stinks, actually. But yeah, I think Loud and Heavy, Cody Jinx.
Big Cat
All right, Good question, though.
Big T
You know, a walkout that does rock, I mean, it's already owned by somebody, but Texas A and M does the instrumental of Power by Kanye west, and that goes pretty hard.
Big Cat
That is pretty good too. Yeah, there's a few. There's a few Kanye songs that actually would. Would be pretty good. But I'm going to go with the early 90s, smells like teen Spirit, Nirvana. Some closure to do that. All right, we will see you guys on Thursday for more macro dosing. Excited to come back? Excited to talk. We got. We got a lot of stuff coming up this week.
Big T
How long's this golf tournament?
Big Cat
I think it's today and tomorrow maybe.
Big T
So do we have Aran?
Big Cat
I think Aran should be here. All right.
Big T
I just don't want people, you know, going online being like, Arian hadn't been there. They, you know, starting rumors. We thought we had Aryan today. We didn't. So maybe we got him Thursday.
Big Cat
All right, love you guys.
Big T
Goodbye.
Date: March 31, 2026
Hosts & Cast: Big Cat, Big T, Tate, Mad Dog McKenzie
In this episode, the crew dives into two major topics: Tiger Woods’s continued refusal to hire a driver despite multiple driving incidents, and a discussion about changing public attitudes toward Duke basketball (and, by extension, sports hate in general). They also recap March Madness, the Tennessee Volunteers’ heartbreak, and meander into Waffle House rituals and outrageous Costco chocolate bunnies. The episode crackles with typical Macrodosing banter—unfiltered, irreverent, and self-aware, sitting at the intersection of sports, pop culture, and generational divides.
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| Segment | Approx Time | |------------------------------------------|---------------| | Tennessee/March Madness recap | 03:48–09:47 | | Duke basketball & sports hate | 10:50–22:37 | | Dan Hurley, sports villain succession | 21:41–23:34 | | Tiger Woods, driving incidents | 28:01–46:47 | | Hot/Cold Water Dilemma | 61:36–64:46 | | MLB walkout songs | 65:25–69:29 | | Waffle House discourse | 57:10–60:49 |
The crew maintains their signature blend of sarcastic wit, honest self-reflection, and casual sports talk. They mix earnest concern (especially about Tiger Woods) with irreverent humor and the occasional sharp cultural observation. There’s a notable stream-of-consciousness flow, with side-tangents and callbacks peppered throughout.
Use this summary for a rich sense of the podcast’s major beats, humor, and perspective, especially regarding generational differences in sports culture, Tiger Woods’ ongoing struggles, and idiosyncratic sports fandom.