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Dan Patrick
You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. Remember when Florida Gulf coast was a thing? That was Dunk City. That was fun. Andy Enfield, then he parlayed that into usc and then USC he went to to see like, TCU or smu. Does that sound right? I'm not sure where Andy Enfield is, but I. Because maybe it's SMU. Yes, it's got some letters in it.
Paul Pabst
He's at SMU. Confirmed.
Dan Patrick
Okay. All right. Tar Heels had 95 points. RJ Davis is right now the active leader in NCAA tournament scoring. He's played in 11 tournament games. He's got 177 points. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Stat of the day.
Marvin Prince
Here comes that white.
Dan Patrick
Stat of the day. Alrighty. So North Carolina rolls Alabama State at the buzzer tonight. Mount St. Mary's against American Xavier against Texas. Jim Bayheim will join us coming up here in a little bit. Dodgers over the Cubs. They're two and, oh, they have two wins and nobody else in baseball has any wins right now as they go back. And now they're going to resume spring training. Shohei Otani. Homer Sasaki looked interesting. He walked five guys, struck out three and feels like you're either going to strike out or you're going to walk against him. Yeah, he started out. His first three pitches were 100, 100 and 100 pritz. He's not here today. He'll be back tomorrow. Dylan is here offering gambling advice.
Dylan McKay
Fade Arizona, Dan.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, gambling. You know, Luke and Charlotte called in he goes. Can I ask a betting question to Dylan? All right, Luke, go ahead. All right, Dylan. So I had a concept, a theory of putting $10 on every moneyline underdog in the first round. There's a couple that are negative on or minus money on both teams. So I think It'd be about 30 bets. Just straight bets. And I'm pretty sure it's like, guaranteed to profit something. Good move or bad move?
Dylan McKay
You're parlaying them or putting $10 on each game.
Dan Patrick
Oh, Marvin just hung up on him.
Dylan McKay
Well, at first I thought he said he was going to put a $10 parlay.
Dan Patrick
That's what I thought, too.
Dylan McKay
30 games, which is, I mean, basically as good of a guarantee as you'll get then to lose.
Dan Patrick
Yes. Yes. You are the king of losing parlays.
Dylan McKay
I am. Everyone is kind of the king of losing parlays. Though I just maybe do it more publicly than the average person.
Dan Patrick
It's. Don't do parlays.
Dylan McKay
There's a reason that they really, really want you to take them.
Dan Patrick
Yes, yes. Because it looks like, well, that's. I go, I get six points added to four points. I'm going to win this. And it's always the last bet, the, the last bet of your parley, the last leg of your parlaying, where you go, hey, that one's going to hit and I'm going to win. And then all of a sudden you don't. Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, thank you. That's our streaming partner. We say hello to our radio affiliates around the country, around the world. We'll talk to Jim Boeheim coming up now, we brought up something at the end of last hour and it's. There's a soccer league, the USL here in the United States, and they are going to do promotion and relegation. You have that with the Premier League and those, those last game, most leagues outside the United States. So those last couple of games are the last game on the last day of the season and you're either staying up in the top tier or you're being relegated. And I have said for a long, long time to anybody who will listen to me, including the head of the SEC and the head of the ncaa, relegation would be awesome. In college football, let's say I have 60 teams. Let's say that's what the model is going to be. And that will be your serie. Ah, how about that?
Seton O'Connor
Let's go.
Dan Patrick
The Siri. Yes. And to stay there, you have to maintain, you know, being one of the top 60 teams. Now, I don't know what's going to decide who gets relegated, who gets promoted, but I do think having that at the end of the year, let's say you had power rankings and you had to be the top 60. So that team that's 61st or 62nd is waiting to see what happens to you on your last game of the regular season. And even bowl games you can have. Bowl games matter and they would really factor in, let's say with some of these teams that you could fall out, somebody moves up, you get relegated. Therefore you're not playing with the top tier talent, man, the money won't be the same. You have this in, you know, soccer leagues around the world. Now the USL is going to adopt the Premier League model here with promotion and relegation. I don't know how we would unless we did power rankings. But to be able to say, all right, these are the top 60 and then the other ones after that, you know, if you win the FBS championship, are you now the 61st team? Like, how could you move up? Or how do you get relegated? But I am fascinated with that model because it makes every game important. And imagine if you did this in other sports. We talk about the NBA. These games don't matter. What if they mattered? What all. How about you had a team in the G League ready to go, that they were going to be that next team and they were going to move up. And all of a sudden the Charlotte Hornets now are, you know, playing in Sioux Falls in, you know, Maine and some of these places they get relegated. It's not going to happen. But I think it could happen in college football. I do. Yes. Yeah.
Paul Pabst
Pauline, if this were last year, for example, 2024 college football season, there is a thing, an official thing called the College Football Power Index each year and it goes from week to week and it's your schedule, your wins, your home versus away, your point differential. And last year, the power rankings, of course, Ohio State was number one. The last team in college football last year would have been the Kent State Golden Flashes of the Mac. So let's say Kent State got relegated and North Dakota State won the FCS title. They have the opportunity or choice or whatever or obligation to go up to the Mac and join Division 1. That would be promotion, relegation, cleanly in college football.
Dan Patrick
But we're talking about the top 60 teams.
Paul Pabst
Yes. I'm just saying last year.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, but I don't want to, I want to do top 60.
Paul Pabst
Yes, if you did. Okay, so the 60th ranked team, Kent.
Dan Patrick
State, was one of the worst teams.
Paul Pabst
In all of college football.
Dan Patrick
Yes.
Paul Pabst
So last year, the 60th ranked team, man, it may have been the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
Seton O'Connor
There you go. Perfect. Perfect. A team that could be up and sometimes is down, they kind of live on that line. That is a perfect example of what makes pro rail great.
Dan Patrick
And if you went into the last game, I just, I think you could have. Now it may not happen. Like you're not falling out where you're going to be playing in minor league towns, you're still going to play, but your schedule now you make less money because you're not in the, the upper tier now you're playing secondary teams with, with the opportunity to get a good record and a power ranking to move up into the top 60. But I think that would be an interesting dynamic if you were able to do that. I. All these Professional sports that we have, it feels like it's. Nothing's interesting until it gets close to closer to the postseason. Now it would make all of these games, especially if you had college football where you have 14 games now, every week is important, every single week. And then you'll have games that are really important to get into the 14 team playoff and then you'll have really important games to just stay in the top 60 in college football. Yes, Marvin. And can you imagine the level of decommitments that happen if. If Oklahoma State ends up losing? Like, oh, they're relegated that Firestopper cruise and not coming to Stillwater anymore. Oh, the transfer portal, like, nil. Like, what happened? Like, oh boy, look at all this money we lost. But okay, what's this mean for soccer in the United States? Because this is something that we don't do well.
Seton O'Connor
So there's two really main bodies in soccer in the United States, MLS and usl. And they're, they're very much competitors and they're very much like sort of in a land war of trying to gobble up as many cities as they can to expand as fast as they can. So USL announcing that they're instituting pro rail is very much like a shot at mls. It's probably what a lot of people would consider to be a more pure form of the game. Whereas MLS is a closed league. Meaning if you lose, doesn't really matter. And the only way to get in, you can't win your way into mls. You have to buy your way in. So in order to get into MLS, you need about $300 million, a gigantic stadium and a city that approves. You need all these things in a league that has promotion and relegation. You could start a team today in Milford and be in that soccer pyramid and eventually win your way up to the highest level.
Dan Patrick
Like Wrexham is doing with Ryan Reynolds.
Seton O'Connor
Wrexham is a team that was once at the very top of the of soccer in England.
Dan Patrick
Top of the table.
Seton O'Connor
Top of the table.
Dan Patrick
Yeah.
Seton O'Connor
They're like the Dallas Cowboys say they're huge. And then they lost their way all the way down into what's called the National League, which is like almost like a semi pro league. It's, I think five tiers below. And then Ryan Reynolds and that group, they bought Wrexham and now they've since been promoted three, I think three straight times. So they're. They've won their way back up to the second tier now. It's a massive story. It's a huge thing in soccer. You don't really see Anything like that to be promoted, you know, two, three straight times. So they're, they're just outside of championship, they're just outside of the premier league.
Dan Patrick
And college football has that soccer atmosphere to it because you're talking about communities, you're talking about, you know, Ann Arbor, Michigan and Columbus, Ohio, Baton Rouge. And that's what you have with soccer as well. So that passion for your town, your city being relegated would be an interesting dynamic to add to it.
Seton O'Connor
Yes, there's definitely an element of, of civic pride to soccer. Like I could compare it to college. You think about high school, right? And you had all of the towns around you that you really wanted to beat rivalries with. All your towns will take that and put millions of dollars behind it and call it professional. Right. So say in the NFL. I'm a Patriots fan, but I don't really have a connection to the Patriots. I born in New Jersey, I'm in Connecticut. I'm mostly doing it for the bit at this point anyway. But if it was the Hartford team that got to play the Patriots, I would be all in because that's my hometown. That's where I live. I've lived there for 25 years now, you know, so that's like that when you put a team out there, it's like, those are our boys and they live in our city and they're representing us and I want them to beat every other city around us.
Dan Patrick
Give me the teams that hovered around the 60 mark of the top 60 teams in college football.
Paul Pabst
So let's say your model of 60 teams. Who would be in that relegation zone last year?
Dan Patrick
Oklahoma State is there.
Paul Pabst
Yep. The California Golden Bears would have been 54th. UCLA Bruins 55th. The Duke Blue Devils were 60 on the nose. The West Virginia Mountaineers 63. North Carolina Tar Heels 64. Those are some serious football programs. 60 semi serious football programs.
Dan Patrick
Yeah. Those games would mean so much.
Seton O'Connor
It'd be. The atmosphere is unreal. There's no such thing as. Well, not in college football, but if you take the NFL or you take the NBA or whatever, there's no such thing as tanking. Tanking is completely eliminated. You don't. Losing will never ever, ever benefit you. In a pro real model, you always have to win.
Dan Patrick
Joe in Ohio. Hi, Joe. What's on your mind today? Yeah, calling in about the relegation idea. I've thought about this for a while now and I was thinking, take it that 64 top teams make eight, eight team divisions. Winners of each of those divisions goes on and plays in a bowl in the playoffs, 18 playoff. Then take the last two teams and relegate them in a bowl game against the next 32 team or the next. What is that, 16 teams that finished 65 to 70, whatever. And then those teams, if you win, you stay in the top tier. If you lose, you go down and the team that beat you comes up. Yeah, I. There's something there. I don't know if we're ready for it, but once you have the top football programs secede from the union. I don't know if it's 50, I don't know if it's 40, but you're going to have more playoff spots. But I think you could have all the drama at the top with the playoffs and all this drama, this built in drama with the teams just trying to stay in the top 50 teams. I think it'd be. I think it'd be a lot of fun.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, Paulie, based off that model, he just said a playoff game to stay in Division one. Last year it would have been James Madison versus Duke. In a bowl game to stay and not get relegated.
Dan Patrick
Then you're watching a game that, you know, I do believe in keeping the bowl games because if you win the Orange bowl, then you're going to be playing in the, whatever Citrus bowl or the Rose bowl to get a national champion. I still want to, you know, ensure the integrity of some of those bowl games. But some of these other bowl games, you know, the, the pool and weed eater bowl, all of a sudden if you have these two schools that they have to win to stay or they get relegated. Yes. Marvin does have to be in somebody's contract that you have to play in this bowl game if there's nil. Yes. Yes. I need you to play Raya in Detroit. Hi, Ryan. Hey. Hi, Daniel. How are you doing? Hi. Good.
Marvin Prince
First time.
Dan Patrick
Long time is rather shocking to get through to you.
Marvin Prince
It's kind of funny.
Dan Patrick
I think I'm supposed to say 61, 95. So I just. I love listening to the idea of relegation just because it's so impossible for the idea that the owners of professional sports going to do that in the United States. Yeah, they won't do it. But I'm talking about in college. In college football is probably the only model that it would work.
Marvin Prince
I do have a suggestion for you.
Dan Patrick
That could work for professional sports though.
Marvin Prince
That I thought would be interesting is.
Dan Patrick
That with all the revenue sharing that.
Marvin Prince
If your team loses or tends to.
Dan Patrick
Try and get tanking out of the.
Marvin Prince
Game, you could have revenue sharing proportionate to success. So you might get good draft picks.
Dan Patrick
By being bad, but you might lose out on revenue, which would maybe eliminate.
Marvin Prince
Some of the ideas of tanking.
Dan Patrick
So just thought I'd throw that out.
Marvin Prince
There for you guys, a suggestion for something. So have a great.
Dan Patrick
Thank you. Ildya. Yeah, I, I mean it's fun. I But you know, this is what leagues need to do. You have to have in baseball has done this where you have to say, okay, what's next? What do we need to do? How do we up the tension? You know, when I talked to the commissioner and I suggested to him make the NBA players play at least 65 games so they can qualify for postseason awards, he took me up on it. Don't have first, second, third team positions on all NBA, just basketball players. A basketball player, he adopted that as well. I don't know if I could suggest to the commissioner and that he hasn't entertained it already. And that would be what if you created something where you benefit by winning revenue? You win, you might get draft picks, you might be in the lottery, but you're going to win at one end and lose at the other end. I don't know if that ups the tension, but I think the NBA should consider these things. Baseball is considered a lot of things and down the in five or 10 years from now, we could look back and go, that's not the way it was. That's not what I grew up. Boy, that's different. Boy, that's unique. Boy, that's fascinating. This is what happens. Like these things, they move at a glacier pace. And then all of a sudden somebody makes a change. Next thing you know, we just accept him. Jim Boeheim will join us coming up next. We'll get more phone calls as well. Back after this, Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live. Hey, it's Steve Covino and I'm Rich Davis and together we're Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. You can catch us weekdays from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And of course, the iHeartRadio app. Why should you listen to Covino and Rich? We talk about everything, life, sports, relationships, what's going on in the world. We have a lot of fun talking about the stories behind the stories in the world of sports and pop culture. Stories that, well, other shows don't seem to have the time to discuss and the fact that We've been friends for the last 20 years and still work together. I mean, that says something, right? So check us out. We like to get you involved too. Take your phone calls, chop it up, as they say. I'd say the most interactive show on Fox Sports Radio, maybe the most interactive show on planet Earth. Be sure to check out Covino and Rich live on Fox Sports radio and the iHeartradio app from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific. And if you miss any of the live show, just search Covino and Rich wherever you get your podcast. And of course, on social media, that's Covino and Rich.
Dylan McKay
Have you ever wondered if your pet is lying to you, why is my.
Dan Patrick
Cat not here and I go in and she's eating my lunch?
Dylan McKay
Or if hypnotism is real, you will use the suggestion in order to enhance your cognitive control for what's inside a black hole.
Dan Patrick
Black holes could be a consequence of the way that we understand the universe.
Dylan McKay
Well, we have answers for you in the new iHeart original podcast Science Stuff. Join me Jorge Cham as we tackle questions you've always wanted to know the answer to about animals, space, our brains and our bodies. Questions like, can you survive being cryogenically frozen?
Dan Patrick
This is experimental. This may never work for you.
Dylan McKay
What's a quantum computer?
Dan Patrick
It's not just a faster computer, it performs in a fundamentally different way.
Dylan McKay
Do you really have to wait 30 minutes after eating before you can go swimming? It's not really a safety issue. It's more of a comfort issue. We'll talk to experts, break it down, and give you easy to understand explanations to fascinating scientific questions. So give yourself permission to be a science geek and listen to science stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Colleen Witt
Love at first swipe? I highly doubt it. What's your biggest red flag? No, no, no. What's your ultimate green flag? These days, reality TV and social media have us thinking love is it instant. We're marrying strangers at first sight. We're finding love through walls, or we're even judging people by balloon pops. But what really makes a relationship last? On this episode of Dope Labs, poet, author and relationship expert, Young Pueblo breaks down the psychology and biology of loving better. And he provides eye opening insights and advice that we all need.
Dan Patrick
It's a big realization moment that you.
Paul Pabst
Should not be postponing your happiness.
Dan Patrick
Like your greatest happiness is not necessarily going to like come from a relationship. Your partner, they should add to your.
Paul Pabst
Happiness, but your happiness is really coming from within you.
Colleen Witt
Listen to Dope labs on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.
Dylan McKay
Ever wonder what it would be like to be mentored by today's top business leaders? My podcast this Is Working can help with that. Here's advice from Go Google CMO Lorraine Twohill on how to treat AI like a partner.
Seton O'Connor
I see AI as an incredible co pilot.
Dan Patrick
You may use different tools or toys to get the work done, but ultimately, as editor, as creator, as maker, you own it and it needs to be good. AI is just the latest flavor of that. You're still the judge of what good looks like.
Dylan McKay
I'm Dan Roth, LinkedIn's editor in chief. On my podcast this Is Working, leaders like Indra Nooyi, Ray Dalio and Rich Paul share strategies for success and the real lessons that have shaped them. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Dan Patrick
Hey there Snafu listeners. I am beyond thrilled to finally share with you that this coming April my very first book is coming out and it is based on this very podcast packed with jaw dropping moments and tons of laughs. Please stop by snafu-book.com and pre order yourself a book or two or 100. Just keep them in the closet whenever you need to give out a cheeky, sophisticated gift. Take care.
Julie Stewart Banks
It's Julie Stewart Banks. I'm doing a new podcast from iHeart Podcasts and the National Hockey League and I'm paired up with one of my favorite players, the always quotable Nate Thompson.
Dan Patrick
I wore nine NHL sweaters and I have swimming story after story to share. And believe it or not, I have plenty to say and not just about hockey.
Julie Stewart Banks
Believe me, he does. Energy Line with Nate and JSB is the name of the podcast and it's gonna be, well, it's gonna be quite the ride. We're officially linemates, Nate. We're the Energy Line.
Dan Patrick
We'll have plenty of folks join us, current players, some of my former teammates, hall of Famers.
Marvin Prince
And wait till you see some of.
Dan Patrick
The connections that Julie has. She has quite the Rolodex.
Julie Stewart Banks
Okay, we'll lean into Nate's playing experience and tap into our interests away from hockey and try to do what energy lines are supposed to do. Provide an emotional boost. How do you feel about all that, Nate?
Dan Patrick
I'm vibing Julie. I'm ready to roll.
Julie Stewart Banks
Listen to Energy Line with Nate and jsb on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Dan Patrick
Is Jim Boeheim, he's the former Syracuse head coach, won a national title in 2003. I was wondering how many over your basketball career, how many teams do you think changed basketball with their style of play?
Marvin Prince
What kind? What is this? This is like a hard question.
Dan Patrick
I know, I know.
Marvin Prince
I was gonna say, like, Jamar Chase would like any city. He's getting paid 50 million, whatever it is. I mean, you could live in Syracuse. Yeah, I love God's place on earth.
Dan Patrick
Okay, how many teams change college basketball? Okay, first.
Marvin Prince
Okay, could you get rid of some of these things in front of you? What is this? Are you selling these things or what?
Dan Patrick
The Bible has people's like, I have friends, I have. You're not used to this. I have friends who send me stuff and so I. Yeah, they send you.
Marvin Prince
Ugly stuff and then you put them there. I mean, I'll send you something nice.
Dan Patrick
Geez, what do you. What would you send me?
Marvin Prince
I'll send you one of my little bracelets I just got. I'll send you one of these or something. But anyway, changing what teams? Changing what?
Dan Patrick
Give me the teams like unlv, Georgetown. Did they change basketball with their style of play? Loyal to Marrymont. Come on. You should know all of this.
Marvin Prince
Paul Westhead was unique and he play coach that way. And he coached that with women's. And won championships, championship for the Lakers. He won a championship in the wnba. People don't know that, it's a little known fact. But all he did was run and it really didn't work overall, I don't think. But it was unique to him. John Thompson had a style at Georgetown. Physical, tough. They haven't been so good since he left there. You know, Louie had a style at St. John's half court play defense. And he won more games than anybody there until this new guy's there now, Patino. You know, I recruited on this honeymoon, but he's got a whole different style. All coaches have a different style. Bobby Knight had a style. 1. Dean Smith had a more multiple style, more different things. Roy Williams coached like that. But Rick has a certain way of playing and he's. I thought it would take him a year to two to get to the tournament. He did it as he did in six schools. Six different schools losing records at six schools. NCAA tournament by the second year and championships and final Fours. He's probably the best coach of getting the most out of players in the history of basketball. He can take anybody and get them to play Louisville. One national championship with guys that. No, not nobody, but very Few guys recruited his players. The guys at St. John's not a lot of known players. And guys that struggles shooting. Doesn't matter. Rick Pitino can coach. He'll be coaching when you and I are retired. You're not. I'm retired, but I'm still. I don't call doing media stuff working.
Dan Patrick
No, no, no.
Marvin Prince
You don't call this work?
Dan Patrick
No, this isn't working. This isn't working.
Marvin Prince
I'm disappointed about my brackets. I don't think I'm going to win the bracket this year. I just couldn't get a good feel for it. In fact last night I didn't even realize it. Alabama State. I was almost pulling for St. Francis and then I woke up and realized I had Alabama.
Dan Patrick
Didn't you want it last year? Didn't you? Our bracket?
Marvin Prince
Yeah, over. But I picked NC State. I, I had a. I knew they were going to do that. I kind of picked North Carolina. That's why I'm wearing my North Carolina colors here. I picked North Carolina to go away in the tournament this year. I think it's a chalk tournament, but I think North Carolina is a lot better teams and everybody in the country says they shouldn't be in. They look at one metric 112 in the quad. They didn't look at the fact that they're ahead of the bubble teams and ahead of the last four teams in the overall combined metrics. Ken, Palm, net, all those. They're at 37. Those other schools at 40, 41. So North Carolina is 9 and 2 their last 11 games. Who do they lose to? Do I pick for the national championship?
Dan Patrick
Yeah. Oh, you got winning it all.
Marvin Prince
I got Duke. I got Duke. Their defense, Malawatch is one of the best big defensive centers I've seen in a long time. In a long time. He goes back to the like Patrick Ewing type defensive centers. People probably don't remember him. I can't get more. I get something more modern. But you know, con knipples. Tremendous shooting guard. Tremendous shooting guard. Kid from Tulane, transferred in, is really good, a physical man. Proctor is really good. And they got the best player in the country. You can argue about whatever. He's the best player. He's the best all around player that I've seen since Grant Hill. Grant Hill's the only guy that blocked shots, played defense, made shots, rebounded and passed and he won a couple national championships.
Dan Patrick
I think it's always what could have been. You know, I look at Grant Hill what could have been because before he had all those injuries and surgeries and, you know, he was. He was special.
Marvin Prince
He'd have been one of the top five, 10 players of all time. No doubt about it. They'll never catch Michael, but they're all. There's so many great players. You watch the NBA, people knock it, but to watch Steph Curry play is a privilege.
Dan Patrick
Giannis Dokich, did you recruit Jordan?
Marvin Prince
No, no. You know, he was kind of unknown, but, I mean, people kind of knew, but he was from. You don't go into North Carolina, recruit a kid that North Carolina wants to get.
Dan Patrick
What about Patrick Ewing?
Marvin Prince
We were One of the 28 schools that visited him in his. In Boston. And you almost knew he was going to Georgetown, but you tried, you know, you tried. You know, it was. But it was. You know, he was going to go to Georgetown. It's like Alonzo Mourning. He wanted to visit here, so we brought him in because he went to visit because he was friends with Billy Owens. He wanted to come up. I said, alonzo, now let's just get this out of the way. Like the first day. I said, let's get this out of the way so we don't have to talk for two or three days. You're going to go to Georgetown, right?
Dan Patrick
He laughed.
Marvin Prince
Yeah. Yeah, I'm probably.
Dan Patrick
Why did you hate Georgetown so much?
Marvin Prince
You know, I never. I really didn't hate. It was such an intense rivalry and the fans hated. They really hated John and I at first, really bumped heads. It was so. I mean, it was such a big game and there's so much on it. But after a few years, it took a few years, it kind of mellowed a little. Mellowed. And we became friends and the rivalry wasn't what it was, but there was nothing like the Big east then. I mean, it was. I love the acc. It's a great league. It's down more than it's ever been down right now because they don't understand about paying athletes. They understand that in some of these other leagues, they've been doing it a while, but they have to pay. You have to pay athletes. But the old Big east, you played everybody twice, nine schools to start out, fierce rivalries. You know, Rick was talking about this patino. You know, he's in the league. Luke Carnage, second. Jim Calhoun, John Thompson, Rolly Massimino. You know, I think he mentioned me. I'm not sure. I think I was sixth. Jim Boeheim, but, you know, Paul Evans was a great coach, was at Pittsburgh. P.J. who was a great talker, was at Seton hall. And A great coach too. It was a different league and you know, and then Jay came to Villanova. I kid Jay all the time. You never won when we were there, but he won a lot after that. It was a great league and we had a fierce rivalry. No lie, no nothing. No question about it. 34,000 people came in here to see big John Thompson and the game. He got thrown out. He was so happy. He was just waving to everybody and, you know, 34,000 people were on their feet. It was a great spectacle and I enjoyed being part of. Was just one of a kind. And Rick Patino is keeping it going. He knows how to coach.
Dan Patrick
He's Jim Boeheim, hall of Famer. Well, you know, I tried to explain Rick Pitino. It feels like, you know, when he was at Providence and Billy Donovan is playing and he had guards, they were shooting three. Like he was ahead of his time with that.
Marvin Prince
Yeah, well, he was ahead of his time in terms of practicing. They worked out in the morning. You know, they'd come back for individual instruction during the day and then they practice and then they would do study table and then they would shoot foul shots at night.
Dan Patrick
Wow.
Marvin Prince
And Saturdays they'd practice morning, afternoon, maybe night. Sunday. You can't do that today. I mean, theoretically, not supposed to, but it was, it was intense. The coaches worked out. He pushed and he still pushes. He demands everything from his players. His three hour practice is as intense as anybody's ever and he does all phases of the game and he understands the game. He sees the game better than anybody that I know in terms of coaching 24 hours a day. And he, he still probably is right on the limits of hours.
Dan Patrick
Let's don't get him in trouble here.
Marvin Prince
Oh, no, no. He's unfound the rules.
Dan Patrick
But I mean, but do you put him up there with Coach K? Do you put him up there with John Wooden?
Marvin Prince
Well, John Wooden's by himself. He went 10, 11. Forget that. He's by himself. Coach K is the best coach in modern era basketball. You know, there's no question about underrated. Jim Calhoun, media people didn't like him, so they don't talk about him. Very underrated. Coach Danny Hurley is an up and coming guy in that category. But for a guy to take any team, any players the furthest, it's Rick Patino, no doubt in my mind.
Dan Patrick
Where's Jackson in that?
Marvin Prince
Well, he's an NBA coach. I usually don't really talk about NBA coach. He's, you know, it's him red our back, you know, Popovich, those are the NBA coaches. And everybody says, well, you had great players. Nobody ever won anything without a great player. You know, if you win a championship, in most cases in the NBA, you have a great player. You had Shaq, you had Kobe, you had Jordan, you had Duncan. You know, name the team that won, they had a great player or two.
Dan Patrick
Do you worry about Danny Hurley being that intense?
Marvin Prince
No. No. His father was like that, and he's.
Dan Patrick
Still alive, but he was doing high school basketball.
Marvin Prince
Danny's Bob Hurley was more intense than Danny Hurley. He coached, he took. He was a probation offer. He took two weeks of vacation and coached summer camp all day long. During summer camp and at night. During the summer, he coached at night, every night. So Danny's like his father. He's a little crazier, I think, a little bit more. I'm glad he didn't go to the NBA. I don't think it would have worked. But he's a great college coach. You know, when you lose, you go crazy. That's what we do. He just go, he's always been like that. He didn't do it the last two years because he had a great team. You don't have to go crazy when you have great teams, but when you're losing, you tend to look at everything as an insult to you.
Dan Patrick
And how many times did you get thrown out of a game?
Marvin Prince
I only got thrown out of one exhibition game, and it was. It was in Syracuse and it was. I was yelling at one guy and the other guy threw me out. What the heck.
Dan Patrick
And it was an exhibition game?
Marvin Prince
Yeah, exhibition game. It was crazy. But I got. I never got. I only got the last 20 years I coached. I got maybe 10, 12 technicals. Maybe they don't do any good.
Dan Patrick
How many times you do it on purpose, though?
Marvin Prince
Well, most of them, yeah. They don't do any good. And it doesn't help you. The referees, they don't.
Dan Patrick
Do they hold a grudge?
Marvin Prince
I don't think so. I think most officials, you're on them a little bit. It's human nature. If you're not on them at all, they probably think they're helping you. So you gotta be on them a little bit. They go, why isn't they.
Dan Patrick
Why isn't he down here?
Marvin Prince
And you can't tell me that guys like John Thompson, Dean Smith, they influence referees. Trust me. Not all, but a lot of them.
Dan Patrick
Thanks for filling out a bracket, and good luck to Carolina there. My best to the family as always.
Marvin Prince
As always. Thank you.
Dan Patrick
And send me some Send me some stuff. Send me some.
Marvin Prince
Yeah, I'll send you something better than that.
Dan Patrick
Send me some gear. I mean, I don't know. Send me something.
Marvin Prince
I don't have gear anymore.
Dan Patrick
I'll bet you.
Marvin Prince
You want some ESPN gear. I can send you that. You used to.
Dan Patrick
Thank you, coach.
Marvin Prince
Thank you.
Dan Patrick
That's Jim Boeheim. Of course his wife loves me. What's not to love? We'll take a break. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow. Right after this, be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.
Dylan McKay
Have you ever wondered if your pet is lying to you?
Dan Patrick
Why is my cat not here and I go in and she's eating my lunch?
Dylan McKay
Or if hypnotism is real, you will.
Dan Patrick
Use the suggestion in order to enhance your cognitive control.
Dylan McKay
But what's inside a black hole?
Dan Patrick
Black holes could be a consequence of the way that we understand the universe.
Dylan McKay
Well, we have answers for you in the new I Heart original podcast Science Stuff. Join me Jorge Cham as we tackle questions you've always wanted to know the answer to about animals, space, our brains and our bodies. Questions like, can you survive being cryogenically frozen?
Dan Patrick
This is experimental. This may never work for you.
Dylan McKay
What's a quantum computer?
Dan Patrick
It's not just a faster computer. It performs in a fundamentally different way.
Dylan McKay
Do you really have to wait 30 minutes after eating before you can go swimming? It's not really a safety issue. It's more of a comfort issue. We'll talk to experts, break it down, and give you easy to understand explanations to fascinating scientific questions. So give yourself permission to be a science geek and listen to science stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Colleen Witt
Love at first swipe? I highly doubt it. What's your biggest red flag? No, no, no. What's your ultimate gre? These days, reality TV and social media have us thinking love is instant. We're marrying strangers at first sight, we're finding love through walls, or we're even judging people by balloon pops. But what really makes a relationship last? On this episode of Dope Labs, poet, author and relationship expert, Young Pueblo breaks down the psychology and biology of loving better. And he provides eye opening insights and advice that we all need.
Dan Patrick
It's a big realization moment that you.
Paul Pabst
Should not be postponing your happiness.
Dan Patrick
Like your greatest happiness is not necessarily going to like come from a relationship.
Paul Pabst
Your partner.
Dan Patrick
They should add to your happiness, but.
Paul Pabst
Your happiness is really coming from within you.
Colleen Witt
Listen to Dope labs on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
Dan Patrick
Whoa.
Dylan McKay
Ever wonder what it would be like to be mentored by today's top business leaders? My podcast, this Is Working can help with that. Here's advice from Google CMO Lorraine Twohill on how to treat AI like a partner.
Seton O'Connor
I see AI as an incredible co pilot.
Dan Patrick
You may use different tools or toys to get the work done, but ultimately, as editor, as creator, as maker, you own it and it needs to be good. AI is just the latest flavor of that. You're still the judge of what good looks like.
Dylan McKay
I'm Dan Roth, LinkedIn's editor in chief. On my podcast, this Is Working, leaders like Indra Nooyi, Ray Dalio, and Rich Paul share strategies for success and the real lessons that have shaped them. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Julie Stewart Banks
It's Julie Stewart Banks. I'm doing a new podcast from iHeart Podcasts and the National Hockey League, and I'm paired up with one of my favorite, the always quotable Nate Thompson.
Dan Patrick
I wore nine NHL sweaters, and I have story after story to share. And believe it or not, I have plenty to say. And not just about hockey.
Julie Stewart Banks
Believe me, he does Energy Line with Nate, and JSB is the name of the podcast, and it's gonna be, well, it's gonna be quite the ride. We're officially linemates, Nate. We're the Energy Line.
Dan Patrick
We'll have plenty of folks join us, current players, some of my former teammates, hall of Famers.
Marvin Prince
And wait till you see some of.
Dan Patrick
The connections that Julie has. She has quite the Rolodex.
Julie Stewart Banks
Okay, we'll lean into Nate's playing experience and tap into our interests away from hockey and try to do what energy lines are supposed to do, provide an emotional boost. How do you feel about all that, Nate?
Dan Patrick
I'm vibing, Julie. I'm ready to roll.
Julie Stewart Banks
Listen to Energy Line with Nate and JSB on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Dan Patrick
Prohibition. It's no secret that banning alcohol didn't stop people from living it up in the 1920s. When we're five years into prohibition, the government is starting to go, okay, this isn't working. In fact, you might even say it backfired spectacularly. I'm Ed Helms, and on season three of my podcast snafu, we're taking you back to the 1920s and the tale of Formula 6. Because what you probably don't know about Prohibition is that American citizens were dying in massive numbers due to poisoned liquor. And all along, an unlikely duo was trying desperately to stop the corruption behind it.
Paul Pabst
They were like superhero crusaders turning the page on a system that didn't work, wasn't fair, and was corrupt.
Dan Patrick
So how did Prohibition's war on alcohol go so off the rails that the government wound up poisoning its own people? To find out, listen and subscribe to snafu on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Jamar Chase plays for the Bengals, and he was asked about why he likes playing in Cincinnati, and here's what he had to say. For me, I like Cincinnati because it.
Marvin Prince
Gives me the opportunity to come here and focus. You know, I'm not distracted out here.
Dan Patrick
It's not too much, too many things to get me, you know, off pace out here, you know, and it's strictly.
Marvin Prince
What I'm focused on.
Dan Patrick
That's really tunnel vision for me to play football. So, I mean, at the end of the day, the food's not the best.
Seton O'Connor
We could work on that. But.
Marvin Prince
I'm from New Orleans.
Dan Patrick
I'm just.
Marvin Prince
I'm not used to the food yet.
Dan Patrick
Okay, but for $40 million a year, you can hire a chef. He's from New Orleans. So let's be fair. If you're going to compare Cincinnati cuisine to New Orleans, Cincinnati is going to come up just a little bit short there. Skyline Gold Star, White Castle. Some of the great food groups there in Cincinnati. You know, we didn't know better. I mean, I grew up and I was like, pizza Hut, man. You know, so my wife's from New York. She goes, have you had good pizza before? I said Pizza Hut. She goes, no, I mean good pizza. I go, like, what do you mean? And then you go to New York and you go, okay, I get it. Skyline chili. Gold Star chili. I was fine with all of that. White Castle hamburgers. I'm good with that. I just didn't know that once I got out of Ohio, then I started to realize that once again, I grew up in a household where I thought seafood was Mrs. Paul's fish sticks. I had never had seafood. And so, yeah, I'm, you know, I had to develop my palate. Jamar Chase has already developed his growing up in New Orleans. So, yeah, maybe there's not a lot of excitement in Cincinnati, which means there's more reason to believe that you can focus and lead this team back to the playoffs. He didn't say boring, right? He just said that there's not a lot of things that'll kind of take him off his schedule. Yes, Paul.
Paul Pabst
I went to Cincinnati for the first time at age 14. I had heard about Skyline Chili Dogs. I thought they were fantastic. A big mound of cheese and huge chili dogs. I was 14.
Dan Patrick
Yeah.
Paul Pabst
People in all cities get really defensive with their home foods.
Dan Patrick
Go ahead, Seaton.
Seton O'Connor
I'm sorry, T Ball. There is a little bit of like.
Dan Patrick
A go ahead, you know, like, oh.
Seton O'Connor
You'Re going to sit today. All right, which one? Skyliner Gold Stars. Like, neither.
Dan Patrick
But then you have a favorite hamburger place or.
Seton O'Connor
Well, yeah. I mean, it's not my fault that for a city as large and as populated as Los Angeles, their main output is a cheap, you know, fast food burger place. But, yeah.
Dan Patrick
Seaton, how dare you. Seton goes out of his way to mention In N out Burger.
Seton O'Connor
It is one of my most favorite.
Dan Patrick
I know. Oh, I know. Oh, I know.
Seton O'Connor
I'm gonna. I'm gonna get. For the next two weeks, I'm gonna get people very upset that I just don't see what's so great about in and out. You just haven't had the right thing. Who ordered for you?
Marvin Prince
Who?
Dan Patrick
Well, that's the problem. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't take it personally when somebody said they didn't like Gold Star Skyline Chili. It's like, okay, it's spaghetti with chili on it, and you throw cheese, you can get a three way, a four way onions on it. You know, it's all right. I'm okay. I survived. Yes, Dylan.
Dylan McKay
Well, did you survive because you haven't been living there for however many years.
Dan Patrick
Well, I lived there long enough that that was a food staple that we would have.
Dylan McKay
Since he runs on chili.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, yeah. I'm okay with it, but people get territorial, especially pizza. Pizza feels like that's the. The one seed or a burger. Yeah. I was in Panama. I went there to go undergo stem cell for my body. All this inflammation I have, and I'm with a guy who's from Ohio who's in there for stem cell. He says to my wife and I, have you had the burger at the hotel? I said, no. He goes, it's the best burger I've ever had. And the guy was probably close to 70 years of age. And I go, come on. The best burger goes, I promise you, I get done with my stem cell treatment, go back to the hotel. I'm there with my wife. And she goes, do we order the burger? I Said, I have to. It's the best burger I've ever had in my life. It was spectacular. And I would go back. Not for stem cell. I'd go back for that burger. It was. I don't know what they did. It was spectacular. And it was where I. I said to my wife, I said, all right, on three. One, two, three. Take a bite. And all of a sudden. And I said, you go first. She goes, no, you. I said, it's the best. And we said it at the same time. It's the best burger I've ever had.
Dylan McKay
How skeptical were you of it actually being any good?
Dan Patrick
Oh, I. I mean, I've. They have great food in Panama. There were great restaurants. I just didn't know at a hotel that I'm going to have my best burger ever. But I did, by the way, get your brackets in. Do we have any updates on celebrities who are joining us? Paulie?
Paul Pabst
Yeah, a bunch more. Just turn theirs in. Ross Tucker. Jim Parsons. The lovely and talented Rebecca Lowe is in. Joey Vato from Japan sent his in.
Dan Patrick
Okay. He's from Canada, but he's in Japan. Okay. Yeah. Okay.
Paul Pabst
Kevin Mala and Jason Garrett. Johnny Bench is in.
Dan Patrick
All right, jb.
Paul Pabst
And the great Brent Musburger is in.
Dan Patrick
Hello. You were looking live. Yeah. I gave hello, friends to Brent. You were looking. Hello, friends. You're looking like I. I know. Fritzy reached out to some women, usually local news anchors or Jennifer Lawrence, the actress. Yes.
Paul Pabst
No response.
Dan Patrick
We did not hear. That's good. I'm glad we did.
Seton O'Connor
Well known college basketball.
Dan Patrick
Yes. Jennifer Lawrence knows her hoops. She's from Kentucky. She probably does know her hoops this day in sports history.
Paul Pabst
Paul, I'll just give you one. A little hockey. Brett hull of the St. Louis Blues became the third NHL player to score 80 goals in a single season. That was 1991.
Dan Patrick
He's a character. His dad's a character, but Brett, he's character as well. Let's go around the room. What we learned on the program. Dylan in for Fritzy. What did you learn today?
Dylan McKay
We should have all bet on UNC last night.
Dan Patrick
I know. That's what he said. I said, why didn't you say that yesterday?
Dylan McKay
Because hindsight's 20 20, Dan.
Dan Patrick
Thank you. Seaton, what you learned?
Seton O'Connor
RG3 left college early so he didn't.
Dan Patrick
Have to play basketball. I know.
Seton O'Connor
Not really.
Dan Patrick
Marvin. You're not a guy that reads books. Paul. On the beach. I don't.
Paul Pabst
Paul, se's a pro.
Dan Patrick
Well, pioneer, that's promotion and relegation.
Seton O'Connor
We made it Happen, fam.
Dan Patrick
Yeah. Let's go.
Colleen Witt
Are you hungry? Colleen Witt here. And Eating While Broke is back for season four every Thursday on the Black Effect Podcast Network. This season we've got a legendary lineup serving up broke dishes and even better stories. On the menu. We have Tony Baker, Nick Cannon, Melissa Ford, October London, and Carrie Harper. Howie turning Big Macs into big moves. Catch Eating While Broke every Thursday on the Black Effect Podcast Network. IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast. Wherever you get your favorite shows, come hungry for season four.
Dylan McKay
Dressing. Dressing.
Marvin Prince
Oh, French dressing.
Dylan McKay
Exactly.
Marvin Prince
Oh, that's good.
Dylan McKay
I'm A.J. jacobs, and my current obsession is puzzles. And that has given birth to my podcast, the Puzzler.
Paul Pabst
Something about Mary Poppins?
Dylan McKay
Exactly.
Dan Patrick
This is fun.
Dylan McKay
You can get your daily puzzle nuggets delivered straight to your ears. Listen to the Puzzler every day on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Dan Patrick
I'm Mary Kay McBrayer, host of the podcast the Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told. This season explores women from the 19th century to now. Women who were murderers and scammers, but also women who were photojournalists, lawyers, writers, and more. This podcast tells more than just the brutal, gory details of horrific acts.
Julie Stewart Banks
I delve into the good, the bad, the difficult, and all the nuance I can find because these are the stories.
Dan Patrick
That we need to know to understand the intersection of society, justice, and the fascinating workings of the human psyche. Join me every week as I tell some of the most enthralling true crime stories about women who are not just victims, but heroes or villains, or often somewhere in between. Listen to the greatest true crime stories.
Julie Stewart Banks
Ever told on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Dan Patrick
Hi, I'm Bob Pippman, chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia. I'm excited to introduce a brand new season of my podcast, Math and Magic Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing. I'm having conversations with some folks across a wide range of industries to hear how they reach the top of their fields and the lessons they learned along the way that everyone can use. I'll be joined by innovative leaders like chairman and CEO of Elf Beauty, Tarang Amin, legendary singer, songwriter and philanthropist Jewel. Being a rock star is very fun, but helping people is way more fun. And Damian Maldonado, CEO of American Finance. I figured out the formula.
Dylan McKay
I just have to work hard.
Dan Patrick
Then that's magic. Join me as we uncover innovations in data and analytics, the math, and the ever important creative spark, the magic. Listen to math and magic on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Mark Seale. And I'm Nathan King. This is Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli.
Marvin Prince
The five families did not want us to shoot that picture.
Paul Pabst
This podcast is based on my co.
Dan Patrick
Host Mark Seals best selling book of the same title. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli features.
Paul Pabst
New and archival interviews with Francis Ford.
Dan Patrick
Coppola, Robert Evans, James Caan, Talia Shire, and many others.
Marvin Prince
Yes, that was a real horse's head.
Dan Patrick
Listen and subscribe to Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli on the iHeartRadio app.
Paul Pabst
Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Summary of "The Dan Patrick Show" Episode – Hour 3: Gambling Advice from Dylan the Graphics Guy, Jim Boeheim
Release Date: March 19, 2025
In this episode of The Dan Patrick Show, host Dan Patrick engages with guests Dylan McKay and former Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim to delve into topics ranging from gambling strategies to the intriguing proposal of implementing promotion and relegation in college football. The discussion is enriched with insights into sports management, betting advice, and the dynamics of collegiate athletics.
Dylan McKay opens the segment by addressing a listener's query about a betting strategy involving placing straight $10 bets on every moneyline underdog in the first round of a tournament.
Dylan McKay's Response:
Dylan cautions against the listener's approach, highlighting the risks associated with parlays and the improbability of a guaranteed profit.
He emphasizes that while placing straight bets on underdogs might seem appealing, the cumulative risk across multiple bets makes it a precarious strategy.
Dan Patrick concurs, reinforcing the advice to avoid parlays for long-term betting success.
The conversation shifts to a revolutionary idea proposed by Dan Patrick: introducing a promotion and relegation system in college football, inspired by soccer leagues around the world.
Dan Patrick's Proposal:
He outlines a model where the top 60 college football teams are maintained in a premier tier, with the bottom teams facing relegation based on performance.
Jim Boeheim's Insights:
Jim Boeheim elaborates on the benefits of such a system, drawing parallels with the USL's adoption of promotion and relegation to create heightened competition and community engagement.
Discussion Points:
Implementation:
The logistics of determining team rankings through power rankings and the criteria for promotion and relegation.
Impact on College Football:
Enhancing the significance of each game, fostering rivalries, and increasing fan investment across all teams.
Comparison with Soccer Leagues:
Highlighting the competitive edge and fluid team movements in leagues like the Premier League, and referencing Wrexham's success under Ryan Reynolds as a case study.
Community and Rivalry Enhancement:
Marvin Prince emphasizes the potential for increased civic pride and local engagement if teams face the threat of relegation or the opportunity for promotion.
The guests explore how the introduction of promotion and relegation might influence other American sports leagues.
Seton O'Connor's Perspective:
Seton draws comparisons with Major League Soccer (MLS) and the USL, underscoring the challenges and competitive aspects of a promotion system.
Potential Challenges:
Discussions include the financial implications, fanbase considerations, and the structural differences between collegiate and professional leagues.
A rich segment delves into the unique coaching styles within college basketball, with a spotlight on Rick Pitino's methodologies.
Marvin Prince's Analysis:
Marvin praises Pitino's adaptability and ability to maximize player potential across multiple institutions, positioning him among the elite coaches in basketball history.
Comparative Insights:
Comparisons are made between coaching legends like John Wooden, Dean Smith, and modern coaches, discussing their philosophies and impacts on the game.
The conversation circles back to how increased competition and the threat of relegation could transform fan experiences and team strategies.
Dan Patrick muses on the heightened drama and sustained interest throughout the season, envisioning a landscape where every game carries weight beyond just playoff implications.
As the episode progresses towards its end, the hosts recap the key takeaways:
Gambling Advice:
The risks of parlays and the importance of informed betting strategies.
Promotion and Relegation in College Football:
A transformative idea that could revolutionize college sports, enhance competition, and deepen community ties.
Coaching Excellence:
The unparalleled contribution of coaches like Rick Pitino in shaping successful basketball programs.
Dan Patrick concludes by acknowledging the depth and potential impact of these discussions, setting the stage for future episodes to explore these innovative concepts further.
Notable Quotes:
"Fade Arizona, Dan."
[04:27] - Dylan McKay
"You are the king of losing parlays."
[05:19] - Dan Patrick
"Every week is important, every single week."
[06:55] - Dan Patrick
"USL announcing that they're instituting promotion and relegation is very much like a shot at MLS."
[12:22] - Seton O'Connor
"He's probably the best coach of getting the most out of players in the history of basketball."
[36:03] - Marvin Prince
This episode offers a multifaceted exploration of sports strategy, betting wisdom, and the evolving landscape of collegiate athletics, providing listeners with a comprehensive understanding of the intricate dynamics at play.