Hour 2 – Carter Jensen Takes a Nap, Chris Russo

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Patrick Show — Hour 2

Date: April 3, 2026
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show
Host: Dan Patrick (plus crew: Paulie, Todd, Chris)
Notable Guest: Chris “Mad Dog” Russo

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Episode Overview

This second hour of The Dan Patrick Show brings Dan and his crew together for a lively “Meat Friday” edition filled with sports talk, pop culture banter, and signature humor. Major topics include a Kansas City Royals player’s oversleeping mishap, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson’s absences from The Masters, greatest sports collapses, coaching rumors in college basketball, automated balls and strikes in baseball, and a warm, expansive segment with ‘Mad Dog’ Russo examining current and classic sports stories and the culture surrounding them.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Nostalgia: Old ‘Man Cave’ Days and Meat Fridays

• Reflecting on the 7th anniversary of moving out of their cramped, original studio.
• Dan recounts how the tight space fostered camaraderie and creative segments like Meat Friday, now upscaled with a Rec Tec grill and elaborate menu:
  • "Elk bacon sliders, tuna carpaccio, filet mignon Oscar style, pesto crusted salmon…” (03:20)
• Amicable teasing about Todd wearing a vintage Dan Patrick Show hat.

2. Pop Culture: Zombie Apocalypse Movies

• Dan admits zombie movies aren’t his thing but was convinced by family to watch “28 Years Later.”
• “Ray Fiennes, holy crap, is unbelievable... Just watch the final scene where he has to convince the zombies he is Satan…” — Dan (05:00)
• The group riffs on whether such movies ever get serious award recognition.
• Jokes about Atlanta as an apocalyptic setting (origin of zombie outbreaks in fiction).

3. Sports News: Carter Jensen’s Nap Incident

• Kansas City Royals catcher Carter Jensen missed a game start after sleeping through his alarm, accepted responsibility, and joined late.
• Crew jokes about old-school players and how a legend like George Brett would’ve been treated differently.
• Discussion on sports nicknames and the possibility of Jensen being dubbed “Sleepy” or “Snooze” Jensen (08:14).
• Poll idea: Nicknames people hate from strangers (“Hey there, guy,” “shorty”).
  • “Don’t call me guy. What the heck, man?” — Dan (09:01).

4. Height Averages and Short Nickname Tangent

• CDC: U.S. average male height is just over 5'9" (09:36).
• Todd shares he’s “5’9 and three-quarters right now,” considering himself average but “unique and special in other ways.” (10:07)

5. Golf: Tiger Woods & Phil Mickelson Out of the Masters

• Tiger’s absence is tied to a widely publicized and messy arrest involving impairment and name-dropping the President (12:08–13:28).
• Dan muses on the rarity of both Tiger and Phil missing The Masters, traced last to 1994.
• “It’s the end of an era, huh?” — crew member (14:01)
• Discussion on the surreal nature of the arrest video and Tiger’s focus on retrieving his golf clubs from the vehicle (14:51):
  • “He said, ‘get my sticks. Get my clubs.’”

6. Listener Calls: Underrated Films & Coaching Rumors

• Caller suggests “Blue Velvet” (Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini) as an underrated film (15:54–16:06).
• Another caller asks about Dan Hurley and North Carolina; Dan stresses he was only speculating and not reporting a rumor (16:33–17:50).
  • “Nope, nope, nope…I said he could. Not that he should or will.” — Dan (16:58)
• Hot dogs offered for Meat Friday from a local fan.

7. Media Dynamics: Sports News Echo Chamber

• Crew critiques ESPN and similar networks for manufacturing and then amplifying their own rumors.
  • “We created the news. Now let’s send it down the rabbit hole...all our shows are now going to talk about it for 18 straight hours.”— Dan (18:31)

8. NFL Prospect Talk

• Dan relays an NFL scout doesn’t have a first-round grade for Ty Simpson, but that doesn’t rule out his potential (18:47).

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Feature Segment: Chris “Mad Dog” Russo Joins the Show (23:07–43:03)

1. Greatest Sports Collapses

• Discussion of Bleacher Report’s top collapses:
  • Falcons-Patriots Super Bowl (28-3), “hard to top”
  • Yankees-Red Sox 2004 ALCS
  • Giants-Angels 2002 World Series Game 6
  • Rangers-Cardinals (twice one strike away)
• Russo points out: “If you win a title later, it takes away some sting.”
• “28–3, that’s probably the worst…” — Mad Dog (25:48)
• Revisiting golf collapses: Spieth at The Masters, Greg Norman 1996 (“Norman always finds the banana peel.” — Rick Reilly recalling Saturday’s round)

2. Patrick Ewing: Misunderstood Figure

• Russo and Dan commend Ewing for his sensitivity and depth, counter to his public persona.
  • “He’s so miscast or mislabeled…a very thoughtful, entertaining, fun, sensitive person.” — Dan (28:22)

3. Tiger Woods’ Future and Golf’s Handling of Its Stars

• What does Tiger do without competitive golf?
  • “Something you love, something you’re defined by, but something you can’t do because your body is broken…” — Dan (29:42)
• Russo: Golf world “genuflected” before Tiger for 30 years—should they have intervened more in off-course behavior?
• Dan: “You surround yourself with yes people...Tiger got to where he is by not listening to anybody.”
• Barkley and others’ roles as friends (32:03).

4. March Madness and College Basketball Jobs

• Dan picked Arizona to win the title; Mad Dog and Dan discuss whether Arizona or UNC is a “better” top-tier college basketball job.
• "As far as the job goes, why leave? Tucson's a great place...there's not an incredible amount of pressure. You kill Arizona State, good weather, you can win a championship, why leave?" — Mad Dog (34:26)
• Rumors swirl around Tommy Lloyd (Arizona coach) and North Carolina opening.

5. Danny Hurley Final Four Incident

• Russo: “He did touch the ref, that’s nonsense to claim otherwise. Not a technical, just exuberance. But the perception…not great. Still, credit Hurley—a lot of teams wouldn’t recover from that conference final loss” (35:26)

6. Automated Balls & Strikes in Baseball

• Dan advocates for fully automated strike zones; current “challenge” system only singles out umpires for criticism (36:38).
• Russo likes the strategy aspect but agrees the transition should be gradual.
• Both agree baseball has “juice” right now—faster games, strong World Baseball Classic.

7. Retirement Plans & Life Beyond Sports Media

• The two tease about eventual retirement (Dan aims to retire after the Super Bowl in Atlanta, at 71–72, and maybe live in Italy).
• Mad Dog offers to co-host a full show as a retirement tribute.
• “Maybe I end up in Italy doing sports talk over there.” — Dan (43:03)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Ray Fiennes, holy crap, is unbelievable…Just watch the final scene…” — Dan Patrick (05:00)
• “Does he get a nickname off of this? Sleepy Jensen. Snooze Jensen. Baseball players used to always have nicknames…” — Dan (08:14)
• “We're going to be talking about a thing that we, one of our guys commented...” — Dan on the self-feeding nature of sports networks (18:47)
• “28–3, that’s probably the worst one, you know." — Mad Dog Russo (25:48)
• “Something you love, something you’re defined by, but something you can’t do because your body is broken now…” — Dan Patrick, on Tiger Woods (29:42)
• “Tucson’s a great place…not an incredible amount of pressure…why leave?” — Chris Russo on Arizona hoops (34:26)
• “We could do it at the Super Bowl, you want to do it? Something like that, we can do it.” — Mad Dog to Dan, on a future co-hosting plan (40:38)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:20 — Reminiscing about the 'man cave' studio and today's Meat Friday menu
• 05:00 — Dan reviews “28 Years Later” and Ray Fiennes’ performance
• 06:41 — Carter Jensen’s oversleeping incident & nickname banter
• 09:36 — CDC height stats; is Todd short or average?
• 12:08 — Tiger Woods’ arrest video and Masters absence discussion
• 13:57 — Last time without Phil or Tiger at The Masters (1994)
• 15:54 — Caller recommends “Blue Velvet” as an underrated film
• 16:33 — Dan clarifies Dan Hurley/North Carolina coaching rumor
• 18:31 — Critique of media’s echo-chamber dynamic
• 23:07 — Chris “Mad Dog” Russo joins; sports collapses & baseball talk
• 25:48 — 28–3 Falcons/Patriots collapse: “That’s probably the worst one…”
• 28:22 — Discussing Patrick Ewing’s misunderstood persona
• 29:42 — Tiger Woods’ decline and introspection
• 34:26 — Arizona vs. North Carolina job prestige
• 35:26 — Danny Hurley/Final Four referee incident
• 36:38 — Automated balls & strikes debate
• 39:41 — Russo and Dan discuss career longevity and retirement
• 43:03 — Dan jests about retiring to Italy, possibly doing sports radio there

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Tone and Style

• The episode is a blend of camaraderie, sports expertise, gentle ribbing, and warm nostalgia.
• Dan Patrick sets a measured, humorous, and inquisitive tone, anchored by Russo’s energetic, classic New York sports radio gusto.
• The show is listener-friendly — even as it debates granular sports points, it’s accessible, fun, and peppered with stories and references that keep the conversation lively.

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Conclusion

This hour delivers a great slice of modern sports radio—rich with personal anecdotes, sports news, insider analysis, and media-savvy commentary. Listeners are treated to insights on everything from player mishaps and golf legends to media criticism, baseball technology, and life after sports. The banter between Dan and “Mad Dog” Russo is the highlight, blending seasoned perspective with the sense that for all the drama in sports, it’s really the human stories and relationships that leave a lasting impression.

Transcript

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[Chris]

1010 Shots Fired.

[Caller]

City hall building.

[Chris]

How could this have happened in City Hall?

[Dan Patrick]

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[I]

Politics.

[Rob Parker]

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[K]

Those are shots.

[Chris]

A tragedy that's now forgotten and a mystery that may or may not have

[Dan Patrick]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Dan Patrick]

It's hour two on a meat Friday. Gang's all here. Morale is high. Fritzi with a retro DP show hat on.

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That's old.

[Dan Patrick]

That's old. Old school.

[Todd]

DanPatrick.com on the back. It matches My little steak sweatshirts. I wanted to go a little red, pink, white.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know. You're just like me. You don't throw away anything.

[Todd]

I don't throw away anything.

[I]

That's an attic era hat.

[Dan Patrick]

That is.

[I]

That is. That goes back to the attic.

[Dan Patrick]

And today is the seven year anniversary of when we moved out of the old man cave. And so many great memories. You look back on how much space we didn't have. Now it's an embarrassment of riches. But I thought it was good for the show because you couldn't really go anywhere. Hide. Cameras were on. You remember we were doing Meet Fridays out on the. A little like a little grill or. I don't even know what it was.

[Paul]

It was a little grill and it was at the back area that was a metal walk downstairs, emergency exit, and it was treacherous.

[Dan Patrick]

But somehow we put together Meat Fridays and it brought us to where we are Meat Friday today. Thanks to rec tech, they sent us recipes. So we have elk bacon sliders, tuna carpaccio, filet mignon, Oscar style pesto crusted salmon, brussels sprouts, and glazed carrots. Who has it better than we do?

[Chris]

Nobody.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know Oscar style. I'm sure I've had Oscar style, but I don't know the definition. Paulie.

[Paul]

Of course I have that on my screen.

[Q]

Dan.

[Paul]

Veal Oscar is a decadent dish. It's usually veal cutlets, but now it's on steak. It's a rich sauce with crab meat, asparagus, and either bearnaise or hollandaise. It goes back to King Oscar the second. I didn't see the first one, so I was kind of lost on the second one of Sweden, King Oscar ii.

[Dan Patrick]

Now, are the Oscars named after King Oscar?

[Paul]

I will check that. It's a good question.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I'm not sure. By the way, I watched a movie last night. 28 years now. I'm not a zombie apocalypse guy. 28 years later, I think. Yeah. Is it 28 years? Maybe I missed the later part of it.

[Paul]

That's not your thing.

[Dan Patrick]

Not at all. Yeah. But my wife and two of my daughters are going, hey, we're going to watch a movie. And I go, okay, what do you got? They go, okay, just say that you'll watch a little bit of it. They go, what are we watching? They said it's zombie apocalypse.

[I]

I go, no, Ray Fines is crazy.

[Dan Patrick]

Ray Fines, holy crap, is unbelievable.

[I]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

He didn't get nominated. I don't think he got nominated.

[I]

I don't know that zombie Movies do a lot. Do they? Do they typically get.

[Dan Patrick]

No, but his acting is unbelievable.

[I]

He was phenomenal in that unbelievable character. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Just watch the final scene where. Where he has to convince the zombies that he is Satan. And it is. I mean, it's wild. It's not my kind of movie, but, you know, my. My daughters and my wife are so into zombie apocalypse. Like, if they could meet Brad Pitt, they would. They would only bring up World War Z. Okay. That's all they. They love those movies. And I'm not into them at all. Yes.

[I]

That's like 28 years later is in a series of films. It's one of those. Where it started with 28 days later and a dude. Gosh, what is his name? I'm blanking on his name now. Famous actor. Anyway, he goes into the hospital. I think he's in a coma or something like that. And he wakes up 28 days after that happens. Or he goes in for surgery, maybe something like that. And he wakes up. There's. While he's under anesthesia or he's in a coma. I forget which it is. A zombie, like, apocalypse happened. And he wakes up 28 days after, and the whole world has changed. And he's like, what the hell's going on? He has no idea what happened. So you have 28 days later. This is obviously 28 years later. The whole world is even crazier.

[Dan Patrick]

But Ray finds. Yeah, that's acting. But it's gory. They. They love, you know, that zombie apocalypse. Yes, Paul.

[Paul]

And that's based on a true story. 28 days. Yeah.

[I]

Really happened.

[Paul]

Yep.

[I]

I believe it started in Atlanta, if I'm not mistaken.

[Dan Patrick]

28. 28.

[I]

3. Nothing. Numerology, anyone?

[Todd]

That's a good one.

[Dan Patrick]

28. 3 later, the Falcons are like, would

[Paul]

you rather be attacked by zombies or the Patriots?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I'd rather be attacked by zombies, not the patriots. All righty. 8773 DP show email address DP danpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show I saw this story where the Kansas City Royals catcher Carter Jensen, he was removed from the starting lineup last night against the Twins because he slept through his alarm. He didn't wake up, and he said, I don't have an excuse. It sucks. It happens. I let my teammates down. But it was a home game, right? I think he got in in the ninth inning, but he did fall. He's 22 years of age. Was he living at home with his parents? But they're trying to get a hold of him and they're calling the house and he doesn't answer. So he ended up not starting in that game. Yes. Paul.

[Paul]

I read more about this. He did set the alarm. He didn't blame his alarm for not going off.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Paul]

Which is a classic move. He said he just slept through it.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Paul]

Wouldn't it be easier on the road? Because wake up, call your alarm. There's probably like a security guy with the team that would knock on the door.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, but this was a home game.

[Paul]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Todd]

And nothing against Carter Jensen. I'm sure he's a fine ball player, but that was George Brett or something back in the day. I think they're going to wink at him. Shrug up a little late to the ballpark. I'm just guessing.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm going to guess somebody's going to drive over there and.

[Todd]

Yeah, it'll be all right.

[Dan Patrick]

Nudge.

[Todd]

George still going to play third base in the lineup.

[Dan Patrick]

Does he. Is he going to be known as Sleepy Jackson? Get Stick. Does he get a nickname off of this? Sleepy Jensen. Snooze Jensen. Baseball players used to always have nicknames. You know, they Oil Can Boyd and who was it? Rick the Rooster Burleson. You know, when they had great nicknames,

[Todd]

call him Drowsy or something like that. Like it's one of the dopey.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, se.

[I]

This one's actually from social media based off of what Todd was saying before. But making a poll question out of nicknames. You hate being called by people who don't know you. Like Paul. Like Todd didn't like being called shorty or, you know, big man, sir.

[Dan Patrick]

Something like that.

[Lily Herman]

Like.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[I]

Hey there, guy. Don't call me guy. What the heck, man?

[Dan Patrick]

Well, what is short for a guy? What. What's officially is 57 the cutoff do you're either if you're 57 or shorter than you're short.

[I]

57 or below is would. I would. Would be considered short. But I don't know that five eight is. You're on what the taller side of short. Then I.

[Dan Patrick]

If. Okay, if Jumbo shrimp. The over under at five seven and a half. Because it's always got to be a half there. Paula, you got the average.

[Paul]

Yeah, of course. The CDC says just over 5ft 9 inches is the average American male in 2025.

[Dan Patrick]

Are you short if you're under 59 like in America?

[Paul]

Yes, but the worldwide average is 57 and a half. So we are a little taller than the average country. Eat it.

[Chris]

Other countries.

[Dan Patrick]

But Todd, are you considered short by our standards?

[Todd]

I'm considered Short by the photographer. I'm five, nine and three quarters, five, ten. Right now, based on the last measurement that the primary care physician's office, I

[Dan Patrick]

think you're just average. I think you'd be just listed as average in general.

[Todd]

And my. Everything about me or just what's my taking a shot?

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, no. I'm. I'm saying you would be listed as an average, but I'm very unique and

[Todd]

special in a lot of other ways.

[Dan Patrick]

You are, Todd. It's not about anything else.

[I]

All right.

[Todd]

I get sent.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[I]

Maybe she was saying, not shorty, but like, shorty, like S H a W T Y, like an affectionate term for a love interest. Not like. Not like, hey, short guy, but more like, what's up, shorty?

[Todd]

You need to express yourself better than. If that's.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, no, no, no, girl.

[I]

She said it's usually used for women, but, I mean, maybe in this context, I don't. That's 2026.

[Dan Patrick]

No, the photographer during picture day yesterday was saying, hey, you're not as tall as the other people. Hey, shorty, you come up in the front.

[Chris]

Are you sure?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Todd]

I think there was a hand gesture involved, too. Like, you just kind of did, like, you know, showing the height kind of thing with the hand.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Hey, I. You know, she had personality.

[Todd]

Yeah.

[I]

Todd, you choose to take that as you want. I thought of it as a romantic part.

[Todd]

I appreciate. I wish it was like that, but I got the vibe of, like, you're shorter than everyone, so you should stand here or get on a knee.

[Dan Patrick]

Shorty, I don't think it was up

[Todd]

for debate at all, actually. And she did a little hand emotion of like, you're this height and they're this height.

[Dan Patrick]

877.3dp show gets phone calls coming up. Mad Dog Russo will join us as well. Phil Mickelson will not be in the Masters. He's dealing with a family issue. Tiger, we know, will not be going to the Masters. And that video, the arrest video, came out yesterday, and it's messy. There's a lot of things going on in there. At one point, somebody asked Tiger if he's going to the Masters. And I think he says, well, that's up to you. The arresting officers. He also leaves for a little while. He's on his phone and comes back and says he just spoke to the President, which I'm going to guess he probably did call. And I think President Trump tweeted that out.

[I]

That's kind of a lame move for him, though. Even in the middle of a DUI name dropping like that. It's kind of lame.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Todd]

Todd, that was so weak. What are they supposed to say? You were on the phone with the president. You're free to go. Sorry, Tiger.

[Dan Patrick]

What happens? We'll help you flip your car back over.

[I]

You get out of here. You got more important things to do.

[Todd]

And it was an honest mistake. Here's your pills. I don't know what you're supposed to do with that situation. So what do he on the phone with?

[I]

I don't care. Any details on Iran? No. Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

But it. It's. It's wild. At one point, they asked Tiger to take off his sunglasses, and that's when they go. Oh, boy.

[I]

Yeah, it's never good. Tiger's on one knee, sitting there, and he's talking to them, and you just hear like, hey, you mind if I just take these off real quick? And they pull the glasses off his head. Yeah, that's not good.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. And then, you know, he takes the pills out of his pocket, puts it in a bag, a baggie there. Yeah.

[I]

See, you know his, like, explanation for it, that he's looking down at his phone. I know that there's pills he didn't take. The blood test, all that stuff, the urine test, whatever. I mean, I know definitely people drive and they're looking at their phones, and you look up real quick and, oh, crap, somebody's right there. And you try to swerve out of the way and clip the end of it and flipped his car. It's a totally, you know, believable story. I'm not saying that it makes sense or that that it's right, you know, but that's a very believable thing that people. Some people are always looking at their phone while they're driving.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, but he was impaired and doing that and impaired. Yes. The bigger part of the. Andy was impaired, but I think. I don't know when's the last time Phil or Tiger and. Or Tiger weren't in the Masters. You got to go back. Probably to the early 90s, maybe not. I was trying to think the last time we didn't have them, either one of them at the masters. Yeah, Paulie.

[Paul]

1994.

[Dan Patrick]

94. Wow.

[I]

Dang.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[I]

End of an era, huh?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. But it's weird how here you. I'm guessing these are the arresting officers asking him about the Masters, that we still put that. Instead of dealing with what is real right here. Then you're going to say, hey, are you. You're still going to go to the Masters? You know, that's the problem. It feels like, you know, you keep kicking the can down the road here. It's like, no, how about we just focus on this? Unless you're just trying to engage Tiger and have casual conversation. But it's like, hey, man, it was close call. You're going to go to the Masters. And then he says, well, that's up to you. Yes, Todd.

[Todd]

And Tiger himself was so traumatized by what he did or what he could have done to other people that he had them break the back of the window of his car so they can get his precious putter that he won a bunch of titles with that. And make sure they got that out of the truck.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, he did. They said, is there anything you want out of the truck vehicle? And he said, get my sticks. Get my clubs.

[I]

All right.

[Dan Patrick]

Sneak at a couple of phone calls here. Peter in San Diego. Hi, Pete. What's on your mind today?

[R]

Good morning, gentlemen. Hi, Dan. I just. I've got a couple things. I. I thought you were miscast in the Happy Girl Gilmore 2 movie. I think they should have recreated the Bob Barker role, and you could have had a brawl with the sandman on the golf course. That would have been hilarious. And then I also wanted to say that a couple months ago, you guys were talking about underrated films, and you didn't mention the one that came to the top of my list. So can I get a stat of the day?

[Dan Patrick]

All right, Here comes the stat of the day.

[R]

That's awesome. So I think that the unedited version of Blue Velvet with Dennis Hopper and Isabella Rosalini should be at the top of your list.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I like the movie. I didn't. I didn't see the unedited version, but I did like Dennis Hop. That was a. That was a bizarre movie. Really bizarre. But Isabella Rossellini, beautiful. But Dennis Hopper, he played Dennis Hopper. He played creepy really, really well. Emmett in Connecticut. Hi, Emmett. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Hey, Dan. How are you?

[Dan Patrick]

Good.

[Caller]

6, 2, 2, 20. And I. I have to apologize because my ears are still a little bit definite from the Duke Yukon game. Did you say that the UNC job would. Dan Hurley should go for the UNC job?

[Dan Patrick]

Nope. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. I said he could, like, if North Carolina said to Dan Hurley, hey, do you want to come be our coach? You know, he could. He could do that in one phone call if he wanted it. I'm not saying he is or should any of that. So I. This is where we kind of hear A little bit. And then all of a sudden Dan Patrick said that, you know, Danny Hurley thinks North Carolina is better than a connect, you know, Connecticut. Not the case. Not the case. So. So Emmett, I'm not, I'm not saying anything other. If North Carolina wanted Dan Hurley and they, you know, or he wanted them, he could make a call and he could make that happen. I'm not saying he's going to do it. Should do it. And North Carolina is not a better job than Yukon. Okay.

[Caller]

I have another question for you though.

[Chris]

Okay.

[Caller]

I know you're a fan of hot dogs and up here in New Britain we have the best hot dogs in the state and we'd like to bring some down for meat Friday for you.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, maybe give your information to Tyler. And we appreciate that, Emmett, but I don't want that headline, you know, I'm saying something about Dan Hurley leaving, going to North Carolina. Yes.

[I]

If this is another news organization, though, sports news organization, you would say that in the morning, then they would send a reporter to the press conference later to ask about the reports of that happening and then you would drive that content all day on that network.

[Dan Patrick]

And if you look at what ESPN did that with Dan Orlonsky.

[I]

Yeah, they do it all the time.

[Dan Patrick]

It's, they, hey, we created the news. Now let's send it down the rabbit hole where all of our shows are now going to talk about the next 18 straight hours.

[I]

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commented and I, I have a source who's an NFL scout and he said I don't have a first round grade on Ty Simpson. He said now it doesn't mean he won't go in the first round. He said, I don't have a first round grade because I asked him yesterday because I said, look his orlovsky onto something. He goes, I don't have a first round grade on it. That's all I can tell you. Doesn't mean he can't be a first round pick. Can't be a starter. I don't have a first round grade on him. I said, okay. All right. Mad Dog Russo is going to join us up next. We'll take a break. We're back after this.

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[Chris]

The only problem with the Yankees and Red Sox is that the Yankees beat the Red Sox the year before, you know, and they did it with heroic fashion with the home run by Boone after they were down 52 in the eighth. So it's hard to sit there and kill the Yankees. Eventually, the Red Sox, we're going to beat them, but I understand they had a 30 lead. I got to put the giants angels. Oh, two game six three two giants five nothing. Bottom seven. Well, you got to put that in there, don't you, Danny?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, the Rangers lost to the Cardinals is in there too.

[Chris]

You know.

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[Chris]

One strike away twice. One strike away. Winning that championship twice. Yes. Now, I don't know how you feel about it when you win a World Series after you blew one. Does it make up for the fact that you choked one away. Texas is one, Giants won three. Does that make up for the fact that you lost an O2 and lost the Cardinals? If you're a Rangers fan, Atlanta has not won a Super bowl since they blew the lead to the Patriots. So you got to put that in the equation because if you're a sports fan, okay, we lost to the Angels, but I won three World Series since. Takes a lot of the sting away. That's something you got to think about.

[Dan Patrick]

Do you think. Do you think anything can surpass 28 to 3 in our lifetime?

[Chris]

Well, Houston against Buffalo, 35. 3. Now, it wasn't a Super bowl and it wasn't in this century, but that was a terrible loss that. And that was also. But yeah, you're right. Now it was against Brady, but you know, that's going to be tricky one. I'm sure we can find one. I know the Duke thing. And you got to put Duke in last year, too. So they've had back to back. So you probably could add Duke. Not in this level, but that was terrible for Duke. But 28.3 is. 28. 3. That's probably the worst one, you know. Is there a golf one?

[Dan Patrick]

Well, Vanderbilt would have been in there with the British Open, but that was 1999.

[Chris]

Where about Spieth? How about Spieth at the Masters? Five stroke lead.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, they're going to the 12th, I think. Did he have a five stroke league going to the 12 hole.

[Chris]

There's the back nine.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Chris]

How about Mac? Now McElroy is since one.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Chris]

How about his 40 on the back nine that one year? Yeah, you could put that in there. And how about Norm or Norman was 96. Norman against Valdo.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah, yeah. I was there for that one.

[Chris]

You had that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, that. That one wanted. And you know what? Rick Riley, to his credit going Saturday, I saw him after Saturday's round and I said, what do you think? And he said, greg Norman always finds the banana peel.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

And I never forgot that going into Sunday.

[Caller]

And.

[Dan Patrick]

And I've never been in. In a crowd that wasn't cheering for fo. They. They just felt terrible for Greg Norman. And it's weird because at Augusta, those crowds, that's part of the ambiance that's as good, if not better, than any other sporting event when somebody does something great. The crowd didn't know how to react with what unfolded on that back nine that day, 100%.

[Chris]

And I think. I think if it wasn't F chasing, I think Norman could have figured it out. But you know, Faldo is very, you know, steel minded. He had won a couple times already. He knew how to handle it and make the guy lose the tournament instead of him trying to win it. So I think father had a lot to do with it, too. And I know Riley wrote a great story called Norman Mr. Saturday Night, if I'm not mistaken, which is one of the great lines.

[Dan Patrick]

Great lights talking to Mad Dog Russo. I'm worried about the voice here, dog.

[Chris]

Yeah, I know. All of a sudden, I'll be all right. I got a, you know, I had on yesterday who was a great spot. You've known him forever.

[Dan Patrick]

Patrick Ewing.

[Chris]

Yeah, it was very good.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I listened. Yeah, I listened.

[Chris]

Oh, you did?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Chris]

Good, Danny.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. And you know what? He's so miscast or mislabeled. He's really. And I understand why Patrick is defensive. Everything that was said about him characterized what fans were doing, throwing bananas. You know, I mean, there was so much. And then, you know, they got close in New York. They didn't win in New York. But you sit down with him. He's a very thoughtful, entertaining, fun, sensitive person. And I've been fortunate to have a relationship with him. It's one of those where you go, yeah, I'm. I'm covering the Big east tournament back when he's playing. And you know, they didn't talk to the media, nobody, Big John, none of that. And all of a sudden if somebody said, hey, you'll be. You'll be friends with that guy, be like, nope, I don't think so.

[Chris]

I agree with you 100%. And I probably sat in that summit Rooting for Elijah one in. In 94, at least for a game seven. They were down three two. And I feel bad about it right now after Ewing because he's such a nice guy. Jeez, I was really. And I tell you, Danny Frank I saw to help me with him. I texted him because I got his number at 3:30 and he came on at 405. Yeah, that's pretty nice. That's pretty nice.

[Dan Patrick]

The Tiger woods situation. I'm wondering. Tiger doesn't have anything. When you, when you think about where he is in his career, his body golf is kind of over for him. I mean, it's maybe going to be ceremonial if he. Is he able to come back. And I know he's got other things to worry about, but I, I want to talk the sports element of this, having that where something you love, something you're defined by, but something you can't do because your body is broken now. I wonder what happens like truly happens to Tiger woods when he doesn't have that outlet, he doesn't have that ability to be able to go out there and play and play at, you know, a high level.

[Chris]

Well, he hasn't had it for a while though. I mean, he's had the hope that he could do something, but he hasn't had it for a while. He seems to be in that executive council where they're trying to change, you know, some of the scenarios with the Tour with the signature events. Maybe down the road he can figure out a way to get sham, you know, the ally, the live and the PGA Tour sort of back together. So we can see dechambeauty and Rahm and Cameron Smith. I think, you know, you'll probably see him as a Ryder cup captain, you know, down the road. I know he's not gonna do it next year. Maybe down the road. Yeah, it's, it's a bad situation. I feel bad for him now. I do think the gov community as a whole should have done something about this a long time ago. I think they've bowed down a Tiger and have genuflected in front of him for 30 years.

[Dan Patrick]

Chris, he's too big.

[Chris]

I guess he's too big.

[Dan Patrick]

You know, you surround yourself with yes people, you know that. You don't surround yourself with people go, you know what? You probably shouldn't be doing that. You know what? Let me take away those pills. You know what, Let me drive. That's. Tyler got a tight. Tiger got to where he is because he had a single minded focus and he wasn't listening to anybody. You know, he'd, he'd listen to, you know, a golf instructor or his dad, but other than that, you know, Tiger was focused. Now you gotta, you gotta take away some of that, that he, he's gonna listen and I don't know if he will.

[Chris]

Yeah. Freddie Couples, Justin Thomas, his agent.

[Dan Patrick]

But don't you think they tried that, Chris?

[Chris]

You think?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but I think you, it's weird to, you know, Tiger got rid of some friends here a while ago, you know, Barkley, some of those guys that, you know, he kind of, you know that people said, oh, these might not be great influences on you or whatever the reasoning was. But I, I just don't know if somebody's going to get his attention and

[Chris]

say, you know, I don't know if Barkley tried. I mean, did they really try? I mean, I mean, did his agent try? I mean, you can't have, I mean, it's Been three times now he's been driving. You know, whether it was in California when he fell asleep 3 o' clock in the morning the other day. I mean, geez. I mean, you would think somebody would have said, tiger enough, and he would have listened.

[Dan Patrick]

But, Chris, Chris, those are the ones that we know about, right?

[Chris]

There might be some more.

[Dan Patrick]

There's. Those are the ones we know about.

[Chris]

Who do you like this weekend, Danny?

[Dan Patrick]

I have Arizona winning the national title.

[Chris]

Did you have. I'm sure you picked them a while ago, correct?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Chris]

Yeah, I think so, too. I didn't pick them, but I think you're right. The one thing that I've. I had lapis on and a couple of others that did make a good point. The youth of Arizona worries people. They got three freshmen in the back court, correct?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Chris]

And Michigan's a little older. And I know a couple of coaches. You talk to the same people more than I do. It seems like a little. And after we saw Boozer make the mistake at mid court that there's a couple of people who think that could hurt Arizona in a close game. Now, they played a lot of close games all year. They played at Houston, Iowa State, played a great schedule, won at UConn. So, I mean, it's not like they're not used to it, but this is the semifinals of the championship. So there you go. Semifinals.

[Dan Patrick]

If you're. Tommy Lloyd, is Arizona a better job than North Carolina?

[Chris]

Yeah, it's a good one. No, he did not comment about it again. Somebody said that you would know that. Jordan called him last Friday. Tough to say no to Jordan. Does he have a good relationship with the Arizona staff?

[Dan Patrick]

I was told the administration that there might be something fractured there.

[Chris]

I heard the same thing, so. And if. And maybe he doesn't have a great relationship with the AD or somebody, and so as a result, he leaves North Carolina. As far as the job goes, why leave? Tucson's a great place. Duke's not eight miles away. There's not an incredible amount of pressure. You kill Arizona State, lot of players, good weather, you can win a championship, why leave? So that's. If he's. And he didn't even bring it up, you know, yesterday, I'm focused on Arizona. He didn't say, I'm not going to North Carolina. He said, I'm focused on. Well, of course you're focused, Tommy. What do you think? Well, yeah, you know what? I'm not thinking about our game. We know you're focused. So I think he might take the job. I Think he might take the job.

[Dan Patrick]

I think North Carolina is preparing for that.

[Chris]

I think so, too.

[Dan Patrick]

I, I get that. The Danny Hurley incident. How did you.

[Chris]

Yeah. I mean, listen, he's, I mean, I don't have a major problem with it. He did it out of exuberance. I don't know if it affected Ales getting the job in the Final Four. Everybody says he's a great ref and people love him. I guess Danny's got a good relationship with him. He was excited. He did touch him. The idea that he didn't is silly. We all saw it. Yeah, but I'm not gonna make. You can't give him a technical foul. I mean, that's ridiculous. So I'm okay with it. But it is a little. It looks, it looks. The perception looks bad. The perception, and I'll tell you right now, give that Connecticut team a lot of credit. Danny.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, man.

[Chris]

Culture. The vibe.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Chris]

The toughness. I mean, they got killed by St. John's in the Big east final. A lot of teams don't recover from that. And they did. And remember their first championship? They lost Marquette in the semifinals of the Big east and won the title. I mean, they recover really well. Let's give Hurley a lot of credit for that.

[Dan Patrick]

You know, when I wanted to have you on initially, it was for the automated balls and strikes.

[Chris]

Right.

[Dan Patrick]

I, I, I love it, but I want baseball to embrace all of it. I don't like the, hey, you made the wrong call. Now, everybody in the ballpark knows the umpire made the wrong call. I think if you are able to just say all the calls are, you know, just like tennis, automated balls and strikes. It can be up on the Jumbotron. It can be, you know, a game show feel to it. You can, you know, have some fun with it. And nobody is getting embarrassed by this, because even when you miss a call, I can miss a call by, you know, a centimeter. But the crowd doesn't know that. They're like, you're a bum. You miss. I, I just think. And they're going to be headed that way. I just, I don't know if Manfred thought that this out of. These umpires are going to be singled out even when they might get 96 or 97 of the calls correct.

[Chris]

Yeah, I like the strategy of it, but I do know what you're saying. CB Buckner look bad last weekend. I think that was probably a little bit too big of a jump to go from, you know, umpires, balls and strikes. Now we're not gonna have a home Plate umpire. I think you need a gradual step. So I think eventually you might be right. You might see this. But I think they probably were looking for something halfway, and then down the road they do it full way. You know, baseball's got a lot of juice right now. You know, they had a very good wbc. The abs. People are into it. I mean, outside of Netflix, which was awful in the first game of the year, you know, they. You know, there's. There's some energy in the sport. I think people are into it. They had some decent ratings. Fox, the first game of the year, Yankee pitching, the Mets are always interesting. I think baseball right now has got a little momentum, and it'd be interesting to see how that plays into this labor situation when we get through the season. But I think baseball really, you know, had a great World Series, as you know. You know, they had 11 million watched the Venezuela USA game a couple weeks ago. So I think baseball right now is in a good place. The game is quicker. I give him a lot of credit. Now. It's going to go in and out of the clouds because you got the masters, the NBA, and all the. So people are going to forget about it, and it gets into that long season. But I think baseball's got a little juice right now. I really do.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Are you going to sound this way this afternoon?

[Chris]

It's a good point. I do have Mick Cronin on. I think you had him on this week. Good job with Izzo. I heard that. I got Cronin on because he played all four teams, so I thought that'd be a good spot. And he's funny, so I have some juice. You know how it works, Danny, at our age, you know, when my first kid was born, I took two days off. Now you get six months off. So from that standpoint, you know, you got to play hurt. So sometimes you got to dig through it and get through three hours. You've done it for how long now? 35, 38, 40 years?

[Dan Patrick]

40 years? Yeah.

[Chris]

40 years?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Chris]

40 years, yeah. TV and radio? Yeah, it's pretty good.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Maybe we should do a show together one time, you know what?

[Chris]

Did you announce your retirement yet, by the way?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Chris]

When is that going to be?

[Dan Patrick]

The super bowl in Atlanta.

[Chris]

So you got another year and a half to go.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I.

[Chris]

Let's make a deal.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Chris]

Okay. That's a long way off. It's a year and a half. But sometime in the next 18 months, I'll come where you are and I'll co host with you.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Chris]

And you'll come to Sirius and you will co host with me.

[Dan Patrick]

Or I could just go to your house.

[Chris]

I do that three days a week. I don't know if you want to sit on my third floor and listen to my wife, you know, babble away, but you can. But you. Why don't we do that?

[Dan Patrick]

All right, I'll do.

[Chris]

I'll go one day where you might be. And if you want to do it at a big event, we could do it at a big event. Do it at the Super Bowl. You want to do it? Something like that. We can do it. You pick the time. Have Todd Fritz take care of it. Where? I will do one. The whole show.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Chris]

Not 10 minutes. And you come to me and we'll do me first because it's your show and you are retiring. So we'll do me first and then I'll go do you. How's that?

[Dan Patrick]

When are you retiring?

[Chris]

That's a good question. How old are you? You're a little older, right?

[Dan Patrick]

70. In May.

[Chris]

May what?

[Dan Patrick]

15th.

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[Chris]

My wife's. My mother's. May 9th, I think. Let's see. So you're going to be 70. So you're going to retire. You're going to be 71.

[Dan Patrick]

71. Yeah. Almost 72. Yeah, 72.

[Chris]

Yeah, I will. I won't be too far behind you.

[Dan Patrick]

You can announce it right now.

[Q]

No, no,

[Chris]

I won't be. I won't be first off. I got another year. I got some time to go on some. On a contract with Sirius. I won't be too far behind you, you know, 72. Do you have some plans, what you're going to do?

[Dan Patrick]

No.

[Chris]

Are you going to go travel the world?

[Dan Patrick]

I'd like to maybe live in Italy for a while.

[Chris]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

My wife's Italian.

[Chris]

That very. Are you going to, you know, go cold turkey on sports or you still follow it carefully?

[Dan Patrick]

I think I'll be a casual fan, probably.

[Chris]

Casual.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Chris]

I mean, we use. Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

I might get into soccer.

[Chris]

Chris, if you go to Italy.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Chris]

Yeah. So you might. When you say live in Italy, talking about, like, for six months or like a couple years.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, maybe six months. Yeah, something like that.

[Chris]

You have a second location where you can live now out of the cold weather or not?

[Dan Patrick]

No.

[Chris]

Will you do that?

[Dan Patrick]

No.

[Chris]

Oh, really?

[Dan Patrick]

That'd be Italy.

[Chris]

Wow.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Chris]

Have you thought about it?

[Dan Patrick]

I might use sports radio in Italy.

[Chris]

Can you speak Italian, Danny?

[Dan Patrick]

And the meatballs, you know, bring your whole crew.

[Chris]

Bring your whole crew.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Chris]

But we have a lot of time to reminisce about your career. We're going to do that one each, all right?

[Dan Patrick]

I promise. Okay.

[Chris]

I love you. See you there.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you. Dog. That's Christopher Mad Dog Russo. Mad Dog unleashed weekdays at 3 Eastern. And I tried to tune in. I don't listen to sports talk. I watch First Things first with Nick Wright. Usually I'll listen to Colin with just how he, when he starts his show to see who he has on Rich Eisen. You know, occasionally I'll just check in to see if he's on a show and then Mad Dog in the afternoon for a little while. But yeah, maybe I, maybe I end up in Italy doing sports talk over there. All right, let me take a break. We'll get some phone calls here. We're back after this.

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[Caller]

You got it.

[Dan Patrick]

Hey Sue.

[Q]

Morning Dan and Dennett.

[Dan Patrick]

Morning.

[Q]

I've got a pretty funny story about a autograph that my wife got from Sandy Koufax, which was almost an impossible thing to do. My father in law in late 50s took her to a Dodgers game and Sandy was pitching. She's between 8 and 11 and as they're walking out of the ballpark, they walk by where the cars come out with the players and as as she's walking by, Sandy's car comes by and has to stop because the traffic. She runs over and there's, I think it was a convertible or window was rolled down. And she asked, can I have your autograph? And he says, no. So my wife, hard headed as she is, runs in front of the car, puts her hands on the front and won't let him drive until he lets her come back and actually gives her a ball. Signs it, and it's a ball that the other players actually signed as well.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, thank you for sharing that. Somebody sent me a Sandy Koufax autograph baseball, but I don't know if it's real or not. Somebody also sent me two Pete Rose autograph baseballs, which I know those are, were real. Somebody sent me a Hank Aaron autograph baseball. I don't know if that one's real, but the Sandy Koufax one, that would be rare if it's real. Yes, Todd.

[Todd]

And the P. Rose, one of the balls said take the over. So, you know, that had to be him. That's what I think.

[Dan Patrick]

No, he would write, I bet on baseball. Like there are baseballs out there that Pete, you know, autographed. And like, he was like, I already got punished. What are you going to do? I bet on baseball. So I, I mean, I just saw the Sandy Koufax ball. It's in the back of the man cave. And then the Hank Aaron one as well. Yes, Todd, based on that story, I

[Todd]

would question the authenticity too. It is like he was in a big rush to sign anything.

[Dan Patrick]

No, you know, Bill Russell never did. Bill Russell famously never signed an autograph, even for teammates. There's a story that one of his teammates asked for an autograph, I think Satch Sanders. And he wouldn't sign. He just, he didn't believe in signing autographs. Yes, Todd.

[Todd]

I was gonna say, because back then there was no ebay or anything like that. It wasn't like you're just gonna sell it online back then. That wouldn't have been a reason to not sign something.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Final hour on the way. Louis Riddick. He was at Fernando Mendoza's pro day. What's he think of the Raiders adding Kirk Cousins? More of your phone calls as well. Still waiting to get an update on Luka Doncic. I believe the MRI on his hamstring won't be until Monday, but he looked pretty banged up yesterday. Final hour in this meet. Friday, right ahead.

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