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When Tiger was out, you know, for a variety of reasons, or had surgeries or the car accident, like the sport is hurt. Brady when he blew out his knee or maybe Peyton Manning when he had neck surgery, the entire sport loses. And that was the case last night for juju Watkins, because if you look at the chain of command, Paige Beckers was the national player of the year in high school. Caitlin Clark was in that same class. But this was Paige Beckers as the national player of the year as a freshman. And then all of a sudden, she had a couple of knee surgeries then that paved the way for Caitlin Clark to take the baton. And for the next three years, she was the face of college basketball. And then you had juju Watkins last year, who was starting to become the face of college basketball. She is the face of college basketball right now. You can't watch the tournaments without seeing her on a variety of commercials there. In fact, after she got injured, they go to a commercial break and it's a Nike commercial featuring her. She's going to be in college basketball for the next couple of years. You have to wait until you're a senior to go to the wnba. You have built in stars. They're here for a while. You get to know them. And for juju Watkins, she was going to be the next. And I said this earlier this season, she could turn out to be better than Caitlin Clark as far as a basketball player, not the phenomenon, but as far as a basketball player, she could turn out to be better than her. Women have come back from these surgeries. Paige Becker's has come back. If you've talked to doctors or you have children, you know, women seem to be more susceptible to these kind of knee injuries, believe it or not. And having had six surgeries on one knee, just the ability to try to come back, try to come back at a high level, try to come back and be normal, whatever that is. You know, it's a challenge. But modern medicine has made incredible strides here. Juju Watkins, this will be a while for her to come back because the season's almost over here with the tournament now you have surgery probably right away, but it was, it Was a shame to see that because you were going to have Connecticut and USC probably meet each other in the Elite Eight. And I know that people were critical of the tournament and how they scheduled it last year. We're like, why would you have, you know, Iowa playing LSU before, you know, maybe in the final? No, you want to make sure that they meet. And they did. And they wanted to have UConn and USC meet. So it's Paige Beckers against Juju Watkins. And look, that USC team is really, really good team between UCLA and usc. Really, really talented deep teams. And, you know, just a shame because you want to see the great players. But this hurt the sport last night. And even after UConn won and Paige Becker's in her final home appearance at 34, it was like, hey, we got to wrap this up to Gino or. Because USC and juju are going to start. He goes, oh, well, let's wrap it up now. I want to go watch her. This is what it sounded like last night when she ended her tournament. Russell top of the key, down the left side of the lane. Goes up on Erie again, stripped by a Kiki. Ahead to Watkins for USC down the right side of the lane and she grabs her left knee as she goes down. Watkins is holding the underside of her left knee in a lot of pain. Yeah, probably a torn acl. They'll do an MRI if they haven't already done it, maybe let the swelling go down. Here's her head coach, Lisa Gottlieb on the injury. I don't have an update on juju because I know that's what you all want to know, other than what the statement that was put out at halftime that she's getting incredible medical care from our, you know, Keck medicine and the people at USC and our trainers and doctors. But I am, I mean, I'm feeling a lot of emotions, obviously. I don't think I'll, you know, forget, forget this night for a lot of reasons. So that's, you know that that's your tournament where you're get caught up in the emotion of it, but you still have to think of your players. And that's what, that's what was happening last night. This, this was a loss for the sport itself. So she's out, but Yukon advances. I'm watching LSU against Florida State. I think it was a one point game at hafta. Next thing I know, LSU's up like 30. I'm like, what? What happened? What happened? So, you know, there's a lot of momentum around the Women's tournament. And did I have Coach Gottlieb's name right? Marvin Lindsay. Yeah. Okay. Okay. What did I say, Lisa? Oh, okay. Lindsey Gottlieb, the USC head coach. My bad. E on me. All right. We'll have a poll question here coming up. Phone calls as well. Couple other things. It's mandatory, I think, to a quarterback on his pro day, that you roll left and throw back right and throw for 60 yards to a receiver that nobody's covering. And, you know, it's the. Zach Wilson, you know, Mahomes did this, too. Where you go, oh, my God. Did you see that? I think it happens a lot more with a lot of these quarterbacks. Most of them can throw the ball 50 to 60 yards. Is it tough going left and throwing back right? Yes. But I'm assuming that most of these guys have pretty good arms to play the position. And you saw that with Cam Ward yesterday. It's. Oh, my God, look at that. It's the roll left, throwback right. And that's all you need now. Now we can solidify Cam Ward is the number one overall pick. Here is Cam Ward talking about going to the Titans. I said, I'm solidifying it today. And I said, locking it up. They heard you. They laugh. I made sure they heard me. So I guess off that tip, the Titans obviously have the number one overall pick. They like you. They've had you in the building. What did you want to show them today? I say not only showing them, but every other team just throwing on rhythm. Whether it's three steps on rhythm, five steps on rhythm for under and a gun. Heavy play action, you know, gunfire with movement outside the pocket. Just showing them all, you know, understand their stuff that I didn't get to show as much during the season. Let them know that I'm capable of it. The gun. Five. I'm ready. Sign me up. He's got me, got my attention. He was very confident yesterday. And if you're an NFL team like, you want that, you want the confidence of, hey, there you go. Take me. And unless somebody else wants to trade up for me. Then I started to think about this, that Cam Ward, you know, now is when you got people's jobs on the line. This is where you get real analysis behind the scenes. I'm not talking. That was courtesy of the NFL Network. This is about people who are going to tell the team yes or no, because let's go back to Shador and Cam Ward. MAN one, two. I don't know. Is it Shador, Cam? Is it Camp all along. It feels like those who do this for a living thought Cam Ward was a different quarterback than Shador Sanders. That's why you saw Jackson Dart start to move up. It's because when the professionals get in there, not us, the armchair analyst or scouts, you get the people who are really making decisions for their teams and jobs are on the line. That's why you get sometimes this separation where you go, well, wait a minute now. Shador Sanders might not go in the first round, but wait, they were one too. Well, it's because these are the people who do this. They get paid to do this. Their jobs are at stake when they do this. Now you get it. It's becoming real. And you're going to have other draft picks who might be rising or falling, but it's because now the real people are analyzing this. And I was wondering about this. With Shador Sanders. Cleveland needs a quarterback, right? Cleveland does need a quarterback. Now I've been told that Kirk Cousins is probably still going to be in Cleveland at some point after the draft, depending on what Cleveland does. If Cleveland doesn't take Shador Sanders. To me, that says they're going to get Kirk Cousins because maybe they don't feel Shador is a franchise quarterback. Maybe, maybe you get Travis Hunter, maybe you get Abdul Carter, maybe get somebody who's going to play. Imagine Abdul Carter with that team with Miles Garrett. Okay, got my attention. I don't know if Shador Sanders can play right now. And Cleveland needs a quarterback. Okay, then you would think they would take Shador Sanders. I still think that Kurt Cousins, now he has a no trade. And I think eventually after the draft he would go to the Falcons and say, I would like to be traded. You know, he's getting paid to be a backup quarterback. Be getting paid handsomely to be a backup quarterback. But I was just, I would just keep an eye on that. You know, the Giants need a quarterback too. Do they take Shador Sanders if Cleveland doesn't feels like he's going to go to the Giants. But then you have analyst at the Mothership who say late first round, maybe a second day draft pick. So that's a wide disparity here. And that's why you got teams that hit on draft picks and teams that whiff because of these opinions right now. And that's what's interesting, but also scary. Where you go, we're, we're looking, you know, when you go to an art museum and you're looking at the same painting and you're going, what is that? Or you get somebody to go, oh, it's beautiful. We're looking at the same thing. But you see it differently than I do. And I still think that they're. You know, Shador may have a comeback here. You know, he had the smear campaign that I talked about. Now he might have a little revitalization here, where it's like, he'll come back, they'll talk about his personality, they'll talk about his talents. You know, this is when he might have a comeback of sorts, which is still weird because he hasn't played a game in months. But this is when it's really interesting in this world. And thankfully, I have somebody that I've trusted for years now to just help me look at. We're looking at the same thing. You know, when I brought this up, when he said, Micah Parsons is the best player in the draft, he said, but there's baggage that goes along with him. When he said, Quinton Nelson at Notre Dame is the meanest guy in the draft, he'll be a Hall of Famer. Okay, well, he ended up being. He's been pretty good, and Micah Parsons been pretty good. But I think that's the key, is I just want somebody who does this for. They know what they're looking at. I don't. I'll go back to when we were. Whose pro day was it that we were told later that he got pushed around, went to the Texans jvon clowning. And I remember everybody was like, gushing. And so I end up talking to my source, and he goes, no, lower body. And I go. And he goes, you'll get pushed around. He had one incredible play in a bowl game, and everybody thought, oh, my gosh, can you imagine? Maybe that single number two always looks intimidating. Seven. Yeah. Like, man, he's wearing seven. He must be really good. And Jadevian Clowney has had a decent professional career, but nowhere near living up to the hype of what his pro day was. And here's somebody telling you his lower body, he doesn't have a. You know, you can move him. That was the expression. Yes, Marvin, the measurables for him, too. Like, oh, he's 6, 5, 2, 70, and he could run a 4. 4 or whatever. He ran. Yeah. And that big hit, it all kind of came together. Yeah, that one play, and it was like, man, I'm sold. Well, he came in unblocked, I think. Right. It was just. He ran and he hit the Michigan running back, and you're like, yeah. Well, I. I want to know, can you make moves can you overpower somebody to make those plays? If you just give him a free, you know, head start, free run at him. Looking back on it, maybe not as impressive. Yes. Seaton it. To be fair, it was an awesome play. It was a hell of a hit. It was. And there are a million dudes in the world who don't outlive the hype of one great play in college. He seems to wear that more than anybody, but there are. There are a lot of people. Did Desmond Howard really become a better pro than he in college? Probably not. There's. There's a million dudes like that, but for some reason, Javan Clowney is like, yeah, but. Yeah, but nobody gushed over Desmond Howard's pro day. The mothership sent a team for his pro day. Yeah, I. Look at. That was the hype. Look at him. Hell, yeah. Of course. Yes. Dude looks like a superhero. He's like, straight out of a Marvel movie. Yes, but they weren't looking at him as a football player. You know, the way some scouts did that he. He can be overpowered because he has no lower body. Like, I never would have thought that. But I got guys from the mothership who just said, oh, my God. I remember that afternoon. They were. You know, this is one of the great pro days of all time. It's in the eye of the beholder. That's the tricky part of this. I watched Cam Ward play at three different colleges, and I wanted him like he had the ball and he was going to make a play a winner. I would say he's. He reminds me a little of Air McNair, that he just. He knows how to play football. He knows how to play the position. I don't know if he's going to be as good as Eric McNair, but that's the feeling I got when I watch him. Like, they're just certain guys where you go, he'll somehow find a way to win. Yeah. Paulie the clowny hit was against Michigan in the Outback bowl, and the running back was Vincent Smith. Yeah. I'm watching the play. It looks like something in a sports movie about football where there's a guy that's too big and you make. Look what he did. Yeah. Does look real. 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. 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If you watched it live, you knew juju Watkins had suffered a severe knee injury. Now we're finding out that she did tear her acl. USC did advance, but they will have to advance without juju Watkins as she will be out for the rest of the tournament and for quite a few months of rehab. She'll have surgery immediately and they'll try to move on without her. And you know, the selection committee did set it up that USC was going to play Connecticut in the elite eight. And you know, this was the same philosophy with Iowa and LSU last year where why not wait and let them play in the national champion? You want to ensure that they get to play. And Iowa and LSU lived up to that billing. And we were hoping for another rematch with USC and UConn. UConn won big last night and Paige Becker's her last game, her home game. And you know, you start to see, because the women are there for four years, sometimes five years if they get injured. Paige Becker's gone through a couple of surgeries and you could see the emotion on Gino or his face and I, you know, kind of came out of nowhere. But he realized right there that she, he was saying goodbye to her on her home turf at UConn. And you know, when you, we see college athletes now, certainly in basketball, you're one and done. So there's not that relationship with the fans or the coaches. It's a six month process there. You're dealing with years and everything, the highs and lows that go into that and that's where it is a business. But then there's still that personal attachment that you see with some coaches, some players, a community. And you saw that with Paige Beckers last night. But she gets to continue to play while juju Watkins is out for, well, quite some time. You know, it's probably seven months having torn an acl, but I wasn't coming back to anything. You know, it's a long, long process. And as great as she's been the face of the sport, all of these commercial, you know, I'm watching this morning, she's there with the, you know, they're, they're promoting March Madness for the women. She's got a State Farm commercial, got a Nike commercial. I mean, she is a, this, this is one of those, not just a basketball player. She's more than that. And playing in Los Angeles, she had become the face of the sport and she brought out celebrities. You know, Jaden Daniels coming out this year. You know, she's that kind of magnetic. Personality. Talent, yes. Marvin, if you're the head of women's college basketball, the ncaa, what do you guys do as far as focusing your attention on another player, like Hidalgo from Notre Dame? Like, what do you guys do? Or just focus on South Carolina as a whole? I don't know. I, I mean, do you change your focus to go more Connecticut centric? South Carolina doesn't have that one. They have a lot of players that's really their coach. Lsu, it's about their coach for the most part. Although they do have the Johnson. Yes. She's. She's a, she's a talent. She's personality, got a music career. You know, she's a good basketball player, you know, Bets at ucla. But I, you know, I don't, I don't know how ESPN is going to sell this. Spin this now be. Because it was going to be about juju Watkins, that she was going to be leading her team to a national championship. Yeah, Paulie. Yeah. Flaujer Johnson for lsu. She's in a lot of ads. She's in like a financial services ad and like how to manage your money. And it's not. In theory. She's actually dealing with this at a. At 20 years old. All right. 877-3-DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show. We stumbled upon a. Is your school a basketball school or a football school? You may want your school, because I was thinking of Arkansas. Arkansas, they want to be a football school, but they're a basketball school. You're in SEC country and you desperately want to be a football school. I get it. But you're not. You know, Kentucky is a basketball school. They've had success in football. They want to be a basketball school. They're fine with being a basketball school. Indiana would like to be a basketball school again. They've sort of like, wait a minute, come on, football team. Don't get too good because we don't even make the tournament here. But, you know, so everybody getting territorial here. I don't want to hear about, well, Arkansas back in the 60, you know, 1969, playing for a national championship in football. Yeah, I got it. Or Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson played for. I get it with that. I would say Nolan Richardson, you know, Eric Musselman, now coach Cal. I mean, that was the point. You're looking at Arkansas in the sweet 16 and they're a basketball school. I mean, there's no shame in it. Like you have to Oregon. Oregon to me is a football school. Even though they're having more success, it feels like basketball wise. USC football school, but not having great success as a football school. But historically, I'm talking about now like it is Utah. Utah's a football school. Right. Arizona basketball school. Florida State football school. Even though they haven't been. Here's one. North Carolina. North Carolina. A basketball school or football school? Marvin. Basketball. Okay. They've won national titles in the last 10 years. Okay. Yeah, Paul. Overwhelmingly basketball. But the coverage lately is about their football team. Positively. South Carolina, Women's basketball. No, I know that's what they might be known for. But are they a football score, A basketball school? Well, just. You don't need to say women's. It's just a basketball school. Okay. Because that would include the women's. Okay. Well, they're terrible in men's basketball, so that's why I only said the women. They're average. They. Although they were one of the two teams out of the SEC that didn't make the tournament. Jamie, that's embarrassing. Jamie. And Iowa. I mean, that's embarrassing. Yes, of course. Everybody made it but us. Hey, Jamie. Big morning, fellas. That was my question. It's ironically, you guys are talking about juju and then you bring up women's basketball. Because that's what I was going to ask. I wanted to hear your opinion. Is like South Carolina, when you think of Don Staley, do you think of South Carolina as a football school or a women's basketball school? Or like last year when our women went on a couple runs, were we a football school in Iowa or were we a women's basketball school? You were a women's basketball school the last couple of years. Plus you were seeing so much offense on the women's basketball team and no offense on the football team. Way too soon. All right, Todd. Thank you. Vincent. Kansas. Ivan. Hey, good morning, guys. How are you doing? Great. So I'm calling as a Kansas State graduate. You know, up until Bill Snyder, K State was just a basketball school. And now I consider it's probably a football school. Likewise, my arch enemy, ku, hasn't really been able to produce a football team even though they spent money on it. Yeah, Kansas is still a basketball school. You know, as long as Bill Self is there. K State. I'd say a football school. Yeah, I'd say a football school. Shuffles in Phoenix. Hi, Shuffles. Good morning. Good morning, Pat. I've never called into the Pat Patrick show, but this is awesome. And I wanna. I'm here to say Arizona, which I'm a fan of and I know Dan, you and Marvin like to disparage them, but I think Arizona is a football school during football season and a basketball school during basketball season. No, no, no. You can't do it that way. Shuffles. And I don't disparage Arizona. Arizona does a good job disparaging themselves when it comes to basketball. We should have three national championships. I don't know what happened in 1998. And in nineteen 2001, Mike Dunleavy Jr. Went off on the Steph Curry before. Steph Curry. I don't even know where Mike Dunleavy Jr. Is now. But that should have never happened. We should have had three national championships. Yeah, but you. But you don't. You don't. Mike Dunleavy Jr. Is the GM of the Golden State Warriors. Yes, Todd. I think they stopped giving out the should have awards a long time ago. You have to win some. We should have won quite a few sports Emmys, Am Right? Yeah. Yes. Paul, the job you want is a football coach at a basketball school. So let's say you're the football coach at Kentucky. You win eight games, everyone's happy. No one's going to get upset. Mark Stoops, how long has he. He's been there 12 years. Stoops. There it is at Kentucky. And he'll go 5, 7, and 6. Then he'll throw out a 10 and 3. Yeah. Everyone's happy. And he gets an extension. It's like being the head football coach at Duke. Yes. You know, it's like, oh, look at what you guys did. Like, you know, you pat him on the head. Look at what you did. Just be above 500. Yes. Those schools are like, hey, I think we got a guy this year that's actually pretty good. Yeah, you know, like, it's nice. Bubbled up like, I think we got a guy this year. We got a guy named Danny Dimes. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Marvin. Remember a few years back, Kansas went to the Orange Bowl, And I was like, kansas, who? Get out of here. Give that guy a lifetime extension, please. Yeah. It's like you got to go back to the Gail Sayers days when you're like, kansas. Yeah. Heck, yeah. Let me see. Aiden in Utah. Hi, Aiden in Utah. Hey, Dan. How's it going? First and foremost, University of Utah is a ski school. Okay. 16 national championship. Yeah. I think we won seven straight. Okay. Aiden, my apologies. My apologies. I didn't realize how dominant. Yeah. That they've been in skiing. Thank you. Okay. I think he accepted my apology. They're the UCLA basketball of skiing Utah. My bad. Should have known that. Although if you ask the athletic director, what do you want to be known as? You know, we're the skiing school. Or do you want to be known as a football school? We want. We're going to change our name to skiu. Jim in Michigan. And people are getting territorial here. Hey, Jim, what's on your mind today? Not too much, Dan. And good morning. You know, Michigan. And I'm going to say Michigan football school. And not even. Just because, you know, even though we're playing great basketball right now. When you hear the word Michigan, you automatically think of the big house. Yeah. I think of the helmets. Yeah, absolutely. Let me see Caleb in Augusta. Hi, Caleb. Hi, Dan. 62260. And question for you and the boys. How many championships would Bill Belichick have to win at UNC for it to be considered a football school over a basketball school? One. Thank. Thank you, kid. You stunned him with that. Yeah. Yes. If Bill Belichick wins a national championship in North Carolina, their football school out of Carolina. Yeah. Well, no, they may not want that, but they would be viewed as. They would be viewed as a football. They made Michael Jordan. They're never going to be a football school ever. They didn't make Michael. The football team is wearing a Jordan logo. They kept Jordan down. They. Right. Yes. They didn't make him. They kept him down. Never will Carolina be a football. Never. They could win three straight and they're still. North Carolina won three straight national titles in football. Yes. Yeah. But the basketball team, you know, they just barely. They'd limped in. They trickled into the first four. Yes. Mark. But they went to the final four in 2022. So it's not like they've been on a 40 year downside. Okay, so when's their last national title? I'm going to say 2017. Okay. Yes. Paul. Yeah. North Carolina in the past 25 years had two seasons with 10 or more wins. Yeah. If they won a title in football, they'd be like renting themselves as like a temp. As a football school. Okay. And like a holding pattern till basketball took over. Be a pretty big deal if they won a national title at North Carolina. You got that right. I'm just. I'm just putting on. It would be a pretty, like, devastating blow to nil. Actually. It'd be like, okay, now Nil has gone too far. If these dudes are winning, if this school is winning a national championship in football, we need to curb Nil right now. Look, if Bella Check's girlfriend is running the collective, they're going to win. She's going to make some deals, she's going to get some things done there behind the scenes, guaranteed. I mean, if you get Bill Belichick to lie on his back on the beach and hold you up like you're an airplane, he. She can do anything. It's like, hey, Bill. Yeah? How about you lie on your back and we let something go viral? What's viral? No, it'll go all around the Internet. Oh, so it's not something I have wrong with me, a condition? No, no, no. You want it to go viral. Okay. You lie on your back in the sand with your shorts on and those big, muscular thighs, and then you hold me up, and then I'm gonna be like, I'm flying. Okay, if she can get him to do that. Come on. Yeah, Paul. Bill's girlfriend would be like, who's Michael Jordan? Who's that? It seemed this, you know, his name is the same as the Jordan brand. Imagine that. You play basketball. Yeah. 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 with the Stock up sale at Safeway and Albertsons. Stock up and earn four times points at your local store when you purchase participating products. Save on family snack favorites like Frito Lay chips, Tim's Cascade chips, Dan and Yogurt, and Oreos. Clip the offer in the app for event savings and look for participating items throughout the store. Shop in store or online. Plus, you can even have your groceries delivered or use Drive up and go to have your groceries brought to your car at the store. Restrictions and exclusions apply. Visit Albertsons or Safeway.com for more details. 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. They were like superhero crusaders turning the page on a system that didn't work, wasn't fair, and was corrupt. 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 podcast. In 2020, a group of young women in a tidy suburb of New York City found themselves in an AI fueled nightmare. Someone was posting photos. It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts on my body parts that looked exactly like my own. I wanted to throw up. I wanted to scream. It happened in Levittown, New York. But reporting this series took us through the darkest corners of the Internet and to the front lines of a global battle against deepfake pornography. This should be illegal, but what is this? This is a story about a technology that's moving faster than the law and about vigilantes trying to stem the tide. I'm Margie Murphy. And I'm Olivia Carville. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart Podcast, Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast. Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes, host of Divine Intervention. This is a story about radical nuns in combat boots and wild haired priests trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover in a hell bent effort to sabotage a world. J edga was furious. Somebody violated the FBI and he wanted to bring the Catholic left to its knees. The FBI went around to all their neighbors and said to them, do you think these people are good Americans? It's got heists, tragedy, a trial of the century, and the God damnedest love story you've ever heard. I picked up the phone and my thought was this is the most important phone call I'll ever make in my life. I couldn't believe it. I mean, Brendan, it was Divine intervention. Listen to Divine intervention on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We ready to fight? I'm ready to fight. Is that. I thought it was. Oh, this is Fighting words. Okay, I put the hammer back. Hi, I'm George M. Johnson, a best selling author with the second most banned book in America. Now more than ever, we need to use our voices to fight back. And that's what we are doing on Fighting Words. We're not gonna let anyone silence us. That's the reason why they're banning books like yours, George. That's the reason why they're trying to stop the teaching of black history, queer history, any history that challenges the whitewashed norm or put us in a box. Black people have never ever depended on the so called mainstream to support us. That's why we are great. We are the greatest culture makers in world history. Listen to fighting words on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. 16 times to the sweet 16. His yearly visit with the Dan Patrick show. He is hall of Famer Tom Izzo joining us on the program. What's your schedule today? My schedule, I got in here about 7, 7:30 and did a little film work, answered some Texas and then talked to my staff about what we're going to do in practice. And I got a press conference in a little bit, some more staff meeting and then practice. That's my day. How's the voice? It's great. Great. Get a little sleep. I got a little sleep last night for the first time, night before, not much, but it's the same as every other coach. It's just I'm a little older than some of them. The balance of coaching this week and the transfer portal, how do you, how do you focus on one when you need to and the other one when you need to? Yeah, you know, I, I'm putting everything towards my team. I owe them to that. I think, you know, recruiting is very important. Transfer portal to me isn't as important yet, but recruiting is very important. And yet my old boss used to have a theory. He says problem with young assistants, they spend so much time getting the next player they forget to take care of the one they got. And I think there's some validity to that. You know, there's a happy medium. My happy medium when you get to the sweet 16 and on is, you know, you don't always get here. So everything's going to be for my team, the players on my team. We'll let everybody else worry about the transfer portal. Hopefully winning helps somebody, even though you and I know it doesn't. It's all about the money now. But that's okay too. But help me with the philosophy of recruiting because you don't have many one and dones like Jason Richardson was a one and done. I don't. Do you go at per. You know, do you try to go after the one and doners or do you have that philosophy of I'll take the guy who might stay here three or four Years. No, I'd love to have Jaren Jackson, Miles Bridges, you know, where guys, Gary Harris, that were one and two years and done and, you know, you got to have some. Those kind of talented players, you know, to do that. But no, I don't shy away from that at all. It's just they're not as easy to get. You know, for the most part, a lot of those programs, you know, Duke and Kentucky has had more of those kind of players. Maybe Kansas, some. But I don't think there's as many programs as you think there are that are getting those kind of players. How do you coach differently in March than November? You know, I don't think I coach that much differently. I just think that there's kind of a culture and a feel here that when it comes to February, everybody knows the NCAA tournament, we've had some success in it. And I think. I think the players that come here expect everything to be ratcheted up a little bit as you get to the end of the year. And it's exciting. It's not a. You know, like my players, after we. We won on Sunday, the first thing they said in the locker room, because usually we give them Monday off, is, let's practice Monday. That came from the players, you know, so they know what time of year it is and they know what they got to do. Is Michigan State a football school or a basketball school? It's a football school, which I think 90% of these schools are. You know, we all. I have such a great relationship with all the football guys here. I've always had a great relationship with them because I realized that they're still making 70% of the money. What I think is unique about Michigan State, and there's a couple schools that have this is. We've been pretty successful in both. You know, nine years ago, we both went to a Final Four. Those are what's really exciting about schools like this. Ever coached against a coach that you don't like? Like. Sure, sure you do. Even though I get along with most of the coaches, but there's coaches I. I wouldn't say don't like. Maybe I didn't respect as much because of things that were going on. Now that's changed now because we don't have any rules anymore, so it's easier now. I can like everybody. Okay. But if, you know. So are we talking about if somebody was cheating? Like, you're going to face somebody and you know they were cheating, that's when you have that. I don't respect you. That's what I have privately. I don't share that publicly very often, but, I mean, but what's it like in the handshake line? You don't walk by and go, cheater, and then just, good game, good game, good game, cheater, good game, good game. I don't do that at all. I. I think I respect every coach I go against because even the guys that I thought were doing stuff back in the day, I know how hard these jobs are. And Judd used to say the game makes fools of us all. Well, that there's some truth to that. When's the last time you asked Magic Johnson to help you with the recruit? I ask him all the time, but I really don't have to ask him. You know, he's always tweeting out something or he's saying something. And, you know, now they're actually allowed to help you legally. Yeah. If you come to campus and they get there. It used to be where, you know, if you had a football game and just happened at Magic, seats were behind the recruit seat. I mean, but now you can sit them right with them as long as they're on campus. But, you know, Magic's been great. I mean, a lot of the former players that I coached have been great with it, and. And it helps when you have a Jason Richardson, a Jace Richardson, son of a player that's getting good. I'm going for grandsons, though, now. How much longer you got? These coaches are saying I can't. I don't want to do it anymore. You know, it's the transfer portal nil, and it's just not the way it once was. So what's motivating you to continue to do this? Stubbornness, you know, to be honest with you, it's total stubbornness. I. I still love what I do. I don't like what. What has gone on. I don't think anybody does, to be very honest with you. And, you know, some say it, some don't say it, but right now I've taken a better, better stance with myself. For a couple of years, I was on all those committees, and I just kind of gotten off where I. I worry about my team and not worry about all the things that I can't control. And unfortunately, nobody can control what's going on right now. There is no control. That saddens me for our profession, but it is what it is. So I'll. When in Rome, do like the Romans. You know, it sounded like a grumpy old man, get off my lawn. Where you were talking about playing games after 10 o'clock on the west coast in the tournament. It was grumpy. I just think it's very difficult to do that. You know, we do. Dan, I don't know what you did at Dayton, but we do go to school here too. You know, we are student athletes. Yeah, we never did that at Dayton. I know, I know. I understand that. But when you get back at three in the morning now you got to prep. It's just more difficult. I understand that. TV pays the bills. I love all the TV people, so I got, I got no problem. But it does get to wear on you, sitting there all day and that it, it's one part I'd like to see changed a little bit. But it is what it is. So I, I don't think I sounded grumpy about it. I just express my opinion. But you express your opinion all the time. I'm grumpy? Yes. I'm a get off my line guy. I think this had to do with your bedtime and that's what you were bothered by. I don't go to sleep now. Hey, listen, with that, with the transfer portal, you don't go to sleep ever. You kind of. You got to go over and sit with your players, make sure nobody's flying in. Do you have your phone on vibrate? Yeah. By your bed? Yeah. Okay. After midnight? Oh, yeah. All the time. I mean, you never know what's going to happen. You know, there's a lot of things that happen, but, but, but if you had to bail somebody out of jail or anything like that. Have I had to in the past? There's things like that that happen. Yeah. You know, sometimes, sometimes. Not always for bad things, you know, parking tickets and he gets picked up or something. But yeah, any coach that tells you they don't have their phone on at night or they sleep, probably lying to you. Single best player you ever coached against was who? Ah, boy, you know, when I was an assistant, Shaq, we played against, I played against Grand Hill I thought was one of the greatest players. But, boy, that's a, a loaded question. And I'm not saying that against anybody. They're just. Man, when you're at this level, you play a lot against a lot of great players. What was the scouting report on Shaq? Really big. I was just a GA back then. That was in my early days. And I, I remember telling Judd, boy, that guy's a big guy, you know, but he was good. He was good. I like Shaq. But, you know who was so good was Chris Jackson, he was. He was more my size, too. That's why I should like a lot more. But he was. I mean, imagine him in today's game. He would. He would break you off the. I mean, off the dribble crossover. And he was so quick with that jumper and he could shoot it from long range. So he probably would fit in since the three is more prevalent now. I don't even think the. The three had just come in then. It was right around that time because I know we had Scott Skiles and we didn't have a three point shot then. That was an 86. Now help me, is the story true about Scott Skiles and John Thompson? The. It was actually. It was in Dayton yet at the tournament, right? Yeah. There was nothing bad with John Thompson, but they really got after him the first half. And I think Scott was over nine. And I just remember that halftime he was sitting in there and we're playing Georgetown and I mean, he was seething, you know, and he played really good. The second half he won. So, you know, Scott had a tendency to talk stuff, but tell you what, he was a home player. Did he. Did he say to Thompson while dribbling the ball to John on the sidelines, why don't you get somebody bleeping out here who can guard me? They guard me. Yes. You know, I didn't hear it. I heard about it, but I do believe it. I do believe it. It was. It was one of the things that Scott was. He was good at, but he backed up what he said, so you got to give him credit there. Great to talk to you again. I'll talk to you next year at this time. All right. You and I still going to be here? I will be. Were you in a transfer portal? Are you going somewhere else? I got three more years. Do you have three more years? I got seven. You're going to be there seven more years. Oh, I got seven on my contract. Yeah, but you guys don't live up to those contracts. Well, do you live up to yours? Yes, I'm. I'm my boss. You know what? Because I do enjoy you. You're. You're crazy in your own way, but so am I. Someday when we're done, we'll play golf and get along. I would like to play one on one with you in basketball. There you go. I'm going to slap the floor. Just to let you know, I'm going to lock you down. Coach, you can bring in Steve Mariucci if you want to. I don't care. I'll bring in Mooch. He doesn't scare me. Mooch doesn't scare me either. Well, I appreciate you having me on, Dan. And you have a good wrestling tournament. I'll try to do the same. All right, Coach, That's Tom Izzo, hall of Famer with the Stock up sale at Safeway and Albertsons. Stock up and earn four times points at your local store when you purchase participating products. Save now on your favorite beverages from Red bull, coke, monster 7up body armor and Pepsi. Clip the offer in the app for event savings and look for participating items throughout the store. Shop in store or online. 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The Dan Patrick Show - Episode: The Best of The Dan Patrick Show
Release Date: March 25, 2025
In this standout episode of "The Dan Patrick Show," host Dan Patrick delves deep into pivotal moments and pressing issues within the world of sports. Featuring an insightful conversation with Hall of Famer Tom Izzo, the episode navigates topics ranging from significant player injuries and their broader impacts to intricate discussions about the NFL draft and the evolving identities of collegiate athletic programs. Engaging listener interactions further enrich the dialogue, providing diverse perspectives on whether universities are predominantly football or basketball institutions.
The episode kicks off with Dan Patrick addressing the recent and unfortunate injury of USC's star basketball player, Juju Watkins. Watkins sustained what appears to be a torn ACL during a high-stakes tournament game, effectively ending her participation for the remainder of the tournament and necessitating extensive rehabilitation. Patrick underscores the gravity of this injury, not just for USC's championship aspirations but also for its reverberating effects on women's college basketball as a whole.
Dan Patrick:
"You have to wait until you're a senior to go to the WNBA. You have built-in stars. They're here for a while... Juju Watkins, she was going to be the next... she could turn out to be better than Caitlin Clark as far as a basketball player."
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Patrick draws parallels to past sports injuries that have notably altered the trajectories of entire sports, citing legends like Tiger Woods and Tom Brady. He emphasizes how certain injuries transcend individual athletes, impacting the broader ecosystem of their respective sports.
Transitioning to the NFL draft, Patrick provides a detailed analysis of emerging quarterback prospects, focusing on Cam Ward and Shador Sanders. He scrutinizes their pro day performances, assessing their potential fit within NFL teams and speculating on their draft positions. The conversation touches upon the nuances of scouting, the importance of positional versatility, and the unpredictable nature of draft outcomes.
Dan Patrick:
"Cam Ward is talking about going to the Titans... He's got the confidence. He's ready. Sign me up."
Patrick also explores the dichotomy between public perception and professional evaluations, highlighting how media narratives can sometimes diverge from the assessments made by seasoned scouts and team executives.
A significant portion of the discussion centers around the influence of coaches in shaping draft decisions and the intricate processes behind selecting the right talent. Patrick examines how coaches like Tom Izzo navigate the challenges of recruitment, player development, and maintaining team cohesion in the face of dynamic player movements and evolving NCAA regulations.
Dan Patrick:
"These are the people who do this. They get paid to do this. Their jobs are at stake... that's why there's dispersation."
Engaging with the audience, the show features a series of listener call-ins posing questions about their respective universities' athletic identities—whether they are primarily football or basketball schools. Hall of Famer Tom Izzo provides expert insights, dissecting the cultural, financial, and strategic implications of these identities.
Tom Izzo:
"North Carolina is a basketball school... But if they win a national championship in football, they could be viewed as a football school, but they’d probably remain basketball-centric."
Izzo's responses offer a nuanced understanding of how schools balance their athletic programs, the impact of dominant sports on institutional reputation, and the potential shifts in focus based on championship successes.
In his conversation with Tom Izzo, Dan Patrick delves into modern coaching philosophies, particularly focusing on recruitment strategies amid the rise of the transfer portal and the influence of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals. Izzo shares his approach to fostering team loyalty, prioritizing long-term athlete development, and navigating the complexities introduced by contemporary NCAA policies.
Tom Izzo:
"Stubbornness... I still love what I do. I worry about my team and not about things I can’t control."
Izzo emphasizes the importance of maintaining a steadfast focus on team dynamics and player welfare, even as external factors and institutional pressures evolve.
Adding depth to the discussion, Izzo recounts memorable experiences from his coaching career, including facing off against legendary players like Shaquille O'Neal and Chris Jackson. These anecdotes provide listeners with a glimpse into the competitive spirit and strategic thinking that define successful coaching.
Tom Izzo:
"When you're at this level, you play a lot against a lot of great players. Chris Jackson was more my size, too. Imagine him in today's game... he probably would fit in since the three is more prevalent now."
Dan Patrick on Injuries Affecting the Sport:
"When Brady blew out his knee or Peyton Manning had neck surgery, the entire sport loses."
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Tom Izzo on Coaching in the Modern Era:
"I'm putting everything towards my team. I owe them to that."
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Dan Patrick on Draft Speculations:
"It's becoming real. And you'll have other draft picks who might be rising or falling, but because now the real people are analyzing this."
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Tom Izzo on School Athletic Identities:
"North Carolina is a basketball school... But if they win a national championship in football, they could be viewed as a football school, but they’d probably remain basketball-centric."
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"The Best of The Dan Patrick Show" masterfully weaves together critical discussions on player injuries, draft prospects, and the strategic identities of collegiate athletic programs. Through the expertise of guest Tom Izzo and dynamic listener interactions, the episode offers a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted world of sports. Listeners gain a deeper appreciation for the challenges coaches face, the unpredictable nature of player careers, and the ever-evolving landscape of college athletics.
Patrick and Izzo's dialogue underscores the delicate balance between maintaining team integrity, adapting to external pressures, and fostering environments where athletes can thrive both on and off the field. The episode serves as a testament to the show's commitment to delivering insightful, engaging, and informative sports commentary.
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