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The Herd with Colin Cowherd: Best of the Week

Date: March 28, 2026
Podcast: The Herd with Colin Cowherd (iHeartPodcasts & The Volume)

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Episode Overview

This "Best of the Week" episode of The Herd with Colin Cowherd focuses on the top sports stories in college basketball and football (with a special focus on the NCAA Tournament and NIL impact), as well as major baseball storylines on Opening Week. The show features insightful segments (“Colin Right, Colin Wrong”) and topline interviews with UConn basketball coach Dan Hurley, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, and coach/analyst Rick Neuheisel. The tone is lively, opinionated, and rooted in Colin’s signature mix of perspective, humor, and big-picture analysis.

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Key Segments & Insights

1. Colin Right, Colin Wrong (04:29–09:22)

A recurring Monday segment where Colin assesses his recent predictions and opinions:

• NIL is Boosting the Big Ten:

  • Colin Right: The Big Ten is thriving in the NCAA Tournament (six of 16 teams left; conference record of 13–3), which Colin chalks up to wealthy alumni and aggressive NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) spending.
    • “The NIL is kind of what we thought it would do to the Big Ten, which has the wealthiest, well-heeled boosters out there.” (04:32)

• LeBron’s Defensive Surge & Lakers’ Winning Streak:

  • Colin Wrong: Didn’t expect older stars like LeBron to commit on defense, but the Lakers hit a 9-game streak and top-6 defensive metrics.
    • “LeBron is going above and beyond what is necessary. Luka’s playing like an MVP, and I’ll take an L on this one.” (05:10)

• NIL Favors Veteran College Coaches:

  • Colin Right: Experienced coaches thrive as transfer/NIL culture turns recruiting into an administrative game; Rick Pitino, Tom Izzo, and John Calipari are examples.
    • “It’s great for the players because now you get all the wisdom from the Izzos and the Kelvin Sampsons and the Caliparis.” (05:40)

• Bracket Busts and Tournament Surprises:

  • Colin Wrong: His own picks (Florida vs. Michigan in the final) flamed out early, surprised by Iowa’s upset of Florida.
    • “I had Florida playing Michigan for the national title. And this to me was the biggest upset in the tournament.” (06:28)

• World Baseball Classic Value:

  • Colin Right: Praised Fox for the WBC’s passion and star power, especially noting Venezuela’s emotional win.
    • “World Baseball Classic is massively undervalued as a property. I get patriotism, I get passion, I get big stars.” (06:57)

• Baltimore Ravens Over/Under Skepticism:

  • Colin Wrong: Views the Ravens’ high win total as dubious given key losses, coaching changes, and contract drama.
    • “Baltimore to me is an under bet... half these coordinators don’t work as head coaches.” (07:53)

• Minnesota’s QB Moves & J.J. McCarthy:

  • Colin Right: Noted that McCarthy lacks a signature “wow” trait and reaffirmed skepticism after the Vikings’ QB signings.
    • “Winning is not a trait. Personality, arm, mobility, toughness—those are traits.” (08:40)

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2. College Basketball: Tournament Talk & Interview with Dan Hurley (14:34–25:30)

Sweet 16 Schedule Analysis (14:34–15:14)

• Colin previews key matchups—Purdue/Texas, Iowa/Nebraska, Arizona, and Houston—emphasizing the importance of team culture and recruiting style (Purdue’s focus on high school players and loyalty to their own via NIL).

Dan Hurley (UConn Coach) Interview Highlights (15:14–25:30)

• On UConn’s Status and Seeding:

  • Hurley argues UConn could have been a one-seed, citing 31 wins, 19–3 conference record, and high-level non-conference victories.
    • “We feel like we’re as dangerous as any team in the country... Michigan State, that is going to be a war. It’s a real manly contest.” (15:14)

• Physical Matchup vs. Michigan State & Cohen Carr:

  • Discusses the challenge of dealing with MSU’s athletic Cohen Carr.
    • “Unless you’ve seen his athleticism and physicality... when it’s takeoff time, it’s like, watch out. He’s going to put you on a highlight reel.” (17:02)

• Talent Surge in College Basketball:

  • Colin and Hurley agree that more international players and older athletes (due to NIL) have raised the overall talent bar.
    • Hurley: “You’re 1,000% correct. We’re getting more of those high-level international players... guys are now staying longer.” (18:31)

• Decision to Stay at UConn Over NBA:

  • Hurley reveals candidly he does sometimes second-guess staying at UConn over NBA jobs like the Lakers, but values the control and culture he enjoys at college.
    • “I love the control you still have in college... you really do control your own destiny as a college coach. That’s something I would never want to give up.” (20:15)

• Coaching Philosophy/Pressure in Tournament:

  • Feels more relaxed in March (“killer be killed”), less pressure (“if you go down, there are no pieces”) than mid-season.
    • “When you’re coaching in December or January, you’re really uptight... where you don’t worry about picking the pieces up this time of year, if you go down, you know it’s killer be killed.” (22:11)

• Respect and Nerves Facing Tom Izzo:

  • Hurley emphasizes the challenge: “As you get closer to the game... their teams are so hard to beat... you have to win the street fight. And you also have to outplay him at basketball.” (24:42)

• Colin’s Closing Reflection:

  • Notes Hurley’s impressive 77% tournament win percentage and their infamous bad loss to Marquette, setting up UConn as a formidable Sweet 16 contender.
    • “That is just one of those—you can win a free beer at the bar with that trivia.” (25:30)

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3. Dodgers/MLB Opening Week: Interview with Dave Roberts (31:05–38:22)

Bullpen & Talent Depth

• On the Impact of Acquiring Edwin Diaz:

  • “Now you can work from the back end and have your guy at the back end and then sort of fill in the gaps there. So it’s huge... he just wants to do his job and be a Dodger. Huge get for us.” (31:05)

• On Kyle Tucker’s “Just Play” Personality:

  • “His personality is just, kind of, put on the hard hat, go to work, and then do it again the next day... he just wants to play baseball.” (32:26)

• Power vs. Manufacturing Runs:

  • “When you get into the postseason, people want baserunners, they want to get hits... one through nine, it’s a relentless lineup.” (34:06–35:17)

• Managing Ohtani’s Unique Usage:

  • “We’re not going to be beholden to like, he has to DH every time he pitches. We’ll kind of manage that, see how he feels. But yeah, there’s constant communication going on. But man, what a player.” (35:39)

• Roberts’ Message to a Star-Studded Club:

  • The “greyhound” metaphor—keep the blinders on and stay focused on the target (the trophy), not the competition.
    • “The lure is right there, that trophy, and we’re chasing that trophy. Doesn’t matter who’s beside us, who’s behind us, who’s chasing us.” (36:40)

• Trophy Display & World Series Run:

  • Jokes about not having the third trophy on his shelf—“it’s en route”—and celebrates the rare feat of a potential three-peat. (37:46–38:05)

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4. Coaching and College Sports: NIL, Culture, and Spring Football – Rick Neuheisel Interview (42:01–54:02)

NIL and Team Building (43:09–46:06)

• Spend Where it Counts:

  • “You would spend it on the same positions that you spend it on in the NFL... quarterback, pass rusher, alpha receiver, shutdown corner. Because those change the math of football.” (43:09)

• The Indiana Hoosiers’ Cinderella Story:

  • “Perfect storm... X and O coach, culture builder... Those 13 kids that came with him from James Madison were critical... and then Fernando Mendoza comes along and just wows people.” (44:08)

• NIL Isn’t Everything:

  • “I still contend at the college level, coaching and culture trump money. Or am I being naive?” (45:21, Colin)
  • “You’re dead right. I don’t think you can just throw money at problems and expect things to come together.” (46:06)

• NIL’s Impact on the Big Ten vs. SEC:

  • “I am [shocked]. I think the parody in the SEC has caught up to him a little bit... now a bunch of other teams are saying we can do it as well.” (47:55)

The Allure of Pro Spring Football (49:31–50:52)

• Why Take a USFL Job?
  • Neuheisel: Loves “nirvana” of pure spring football; “absolute nirvana for a coach... kids want one more shot at the brass ring... there’s plenty of guys that can play on Sundays.” (49:31)

NFL vs. College Coaching Today (51:50–53:09)

• College Coaches Now “Recruit Money”, Not Players:
  • “You’re not recruiting players anymore, you’re recruiting money.” (51:50)
  • “College sports are idiot-proof... it’s unbelievable how well they do. College football delivers. The numbers keep going up, even though we have no idea what the rules are...” (53:09)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On the Big Ten’s NIL edge:

  • “The NIL is kind of what we thought it would do to the Big Ten, which has the wealthiest, well-heeled boosters out there.” – Colin (04:32)

• Hurley on Michigan State match-up:

  • “We know that Michigan State, that is going to be a war. It’s a real manly contest. You know, there’s a reason why they’re called Spartans.” – Dan Hurley (15:14)

• Colin on NIL’s effect on coaching:

  • “It’s always been a better coached sport than the G League, but now more so than ever.” (05:40)

• Dave Roberts on star culture:

  • “The lure is right there, that trophy, and we’re chasing that trophy. Doesn't matter who’s beside us, who’s behind us, who’s chasing us.” (36:40)

• Neuheisel on college-NIL realities:

  • “You’re not recruiting players anymore, you’re recruiting money.” (51:50)

• On the World Baseball Classic airing at Fox:

  • “...The smartest thing we have bought at Fox Sports... you could just see the passion and the intensity coming through the television set.” (06:57)

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Additional Takeaways

• Rise of Experience & Administration in Coaching:
  • NIL and transfer portal have made recruiting less about tireless young recruiters and more about managerial and financial acumen—playing to the strengths of established, veteran head coaches.
• Changing Landscape in College Football/Basketball:
  • Culture and buy-in, not just cash, remain key drivers of team turnarounds (Indiana, Iowa).
• Baseball’s Evolving Player Management:
  • Dodgers and other teams are adapting to player-centric models (handling Ohtani, constructing the bullpen), shifting from old-school managerial approaches.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Colin Right, Colin Wrong: 04:29–09:22
• Sweet 16 Preview & Dan Hurley Interview: 14:34–25:30
• MLB/Dodgers & Dave Roberts Interview: 31:05–38:22
• Rick Neuheisel Interview & College Sports Commentary: 42:01–54:02

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Summary

This week’s Best Of episode captures why The Herd remains essential listening for sports fans: sharp opinions, top-tier interviews, and a clear-eyed view on how cultural forces like NIL are rewriting the rules in both college and pro sports. Colin and his guests dissect the pressure, the stakes, and the evolving business—always with humor and inside knowledge.

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Here we go. It's a Monday. It's our number two. I guess I shouldn't be shocked. Eight of the last nine NCAA basketball champs have lost in the round of 32 or earlier in the following tournament. The exception is that the UConn team, that great UConn team several years ago, but it caught me off guard. I filled out my bracket. I had a couple of red stripes before I filled it out, so it was a little choppy. Then you go to the Caribbe and got those crudo, few red stripes. You know a lot of vitamin D. I, I told JMac I overdosed on vacation. The good news, it was vitamin D. But you know, J Mack, I will tell you, when you go on vacation, it puts things in perspective.

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Yeah, how's that?

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And I've come to the conclusion that I like sports because I'm sitting there and it's 83 degrees and I'm like, give me a red stripe. I got to turn the tournament on Friday. And it's great. I just, it is a lot of fun. All right, we call it Colin, right? Colin wrong. We do it every Monday.

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And here we go, where Colin was right.

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Well, I said the NIL is going to favor the Big Ten. Major universities, rich alumni, massive endowments, six of the 16 teams left in this tournament. Our Big Ten, they have been 13 and three in the tournament. Iowa, a middle of the pack team, knocked off heavyweight, SEC, heavyweight, FL. So the nil is kind of what we thought it would do to the Big Ten, which has the wealthiest, well heeled boosters out there and they're spending money on their sports teams.

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Where Colin was wrong, well, the Lakers

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are on a nine game winning streak. LeBron's completely energized on the defensive end. I never thought this team could even be remotely elite defensively and at least during this winning streak, they're top five, top six. So it's hard to get stars, older stars to play great defense on a nightly basis. But LeBron is going above and beyond what is necessary. Luka's playing like an mvp, and I'll take an L on this one.

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Where Colin was right.

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I said the nil would be great for older coaches. Rick Batino still alive. Tom Izzo, Rick Barnes, Kelvin Sampson. Why John Caliper? Why? Because college sports recruiting now is much more administrative and less hustle. Rick Pitino acknowledges he no longer recruits high school kids. He's not going to AAU tournaments. He's got no interest. He'll buy the best players. And I think that's great for the players because now you get all the wisdom from the Izzos and the Kelvin Sampsons and the Caliparis. I mean, it's always been a better coached sport than the G League, but now more so than ever.

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Where Colin was wrong.

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Okay, in my blotchy bracket, I had Florida playing Michigan for the national title. And. And this to me was the biggest upset in the tournament. You know, Iowa at one point led early, and I'm like, yeah, this ain't gonna last. And Iowa was kind of a middling Big Ten team, but they had just enough size to match up. They got themselves a fiery coach and, and my finals Gators, finals team out

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where Collin was right.

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I said about the World Baseball Classic. I said, I know I kissed up to my bosses. I said, I think it's the smartest thing we have bought at Fox Sports. And I said this when I worked at the other place. World Baseball Classic is massively undervalued as a property. I get patriotism, I get passion, I get big stars. Listen, Venezuela winning is awesome. I mean, you could just. They just came through the screen how much they cared about you. Got total buy in from Aaron Judge and Ohtani and Bryce Harper. This is one of those properties in sports. Maybe it's a little bit like, I don't know, the Little League, World Series or something that we, you know, you don't talk about it a lot as a property. I thought this was absolutely fantastic. You could just see the passion and the intensity coming through the television set

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where Colin was wrong.

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I don't get the Ravens having an 11 and a half over under win total. That's best in the league. They got a new unproven coach. I think he's good. A new oc. They lost the best center in football, maybe Tyler Linderbaum. You got the Max Crosby mess. You got the Lamar Jackson contract. I mean, you know, if Aaron Rodgers sticks around, Pittsburgh's pretty, pretty good. Joe Burrow is often the best quarterback Sunday in the league. I mean, you're going to beat the Browns probably twice. But I don't. I think Baltimore to me is an under bet. And that's nothing against Jesse Minter. But I don't know. Half these coordinators don't work as head coaches. I'll take an L on that one.

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Where Colin was right.

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Minnesota has not only signed Carson Wentz, but Kyler, Murray Chase Daniel, quarterback turn Analyst said the second Kyler signed with Kevin O', Connell, J.J. mcCarthy's done. I always said about J.J. mcCarthy, he's got talent, seems like a good kid. He doesn't have a wow trait. And as much as I love Jim Harbaugh, when I asked him about him, he said, well, he's a winner. Winners, not a trait. Winners. What happens when you play at Ohio State in Alabama and a Jim Harbaugh college team? Winning is not a trait. Personality, arm mobility, toughness. Those are traits. So I'll take it. I'll take an R on that one. Colin Right calling wrong on a Monday.

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I think it was close. I mean, you know, if it's great being on Colin and I loved your breakdown and we played a couple of those teams, you know, and I mean, Illinois is excellent and, you know, they have as good a chance as anyone to get to a Final Four. And we were able to beat those guys, you know, Florida, who, you know, I think was a lot of people's pick to, you know, to get back to the Final Four, maybe go back to back, you know, we beat Those guys in the non conference this year. So you know, our high end wins, you know, the performance against St. John's at home, you know, we've showed an ability to be as good as anyone in the country. We haven't always come through in the championship moments, you know, but you know, the reality is we're 31 win team. We had as good a non conference performance as anyone in the country and then we went 19 and three in the Big east in 22 Big east games. So yeah, we feel like we're as dangerous as any team in the country. We know that Michigan State, that is going to be a war. It's a real manly contest. You know, there's a reason why they're called Spartans. They're very physical. Yeah, it's going to be a battle.

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Yeah, I mean I watch the UCLA game and I really like UCLA's guard play. But when you got hot before the half. My take was the second half. It was Yukon basketball. It was physical, it was tough. Michigan State's fascinating. They have one of my favorite players in the tournament, Cohen Carr. He is a relentless player. He just jumps through the television screen. And I want you to talk a little bit about him because I do think you and you and Michigan State Carr makes it a very interesting matchup. It's going to be very physical. It's going to be hard to officiate. Does Cohen Carr jump off to you? I think it's going to be a hard game to officiate. Tell me about Cohen Carr. What do you see with him?

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Well, we saw him and obviously it wasn't a regular season game. It didn't count. But we, you know, in the exhibition we, you know, we played these guys in October so we shared the court and unless you've seen his athleticism and physicality and the way he runs the court, how fast he gets down that left lane and when it's takeoff time, it's like, it's like, it's, watch out. So as a cutter on the baseline, the lobs, the offensive rebounds, the driving, his left hand, the getting out transition, if you're not dialed into those things, he's going to, he's going to put you on a highlight reel and you. Yeah, those are, those are things that are controllable. And now he's made, he's made some threes the last couple games too.

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So, you know, I love where college basketball's at. I said there was about a 20 year period where it just didn't have enough good players. And then I Said a couple years ago, I'm watching your title team. And I said, okay, they can compete against Billy Donovan's Gators. You got four or five, you got NBA length, physicality, coaching. That was the precipice to me. That was the beginning of the, oh, the international guys are coming over. Oh, the nil's keeping guys. I feel like right now, Dan, the sports got so much damn talent. When I watch these games, they don't shoot quite like the NBA. But do you feel, do you notice that you've been there eight years over the last four years, there's just more, there's more dudes, there's more, there's more pros. Do you feel it?

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Yeah, you're 1,000%, you know, correct. We're getting more of those high level international players are coming over. Those younger players that, you know, aren't quite at the top division over there making the real money. It's more appealing to come play, play college basketball. And then yeah, I mean you're getting players are now staying longer. Those guys that are fringe first round picks, those guys that non lottery players that aren't guaranteed to go in the go in the lottery or in the first 20 picks, most of those guys, you know, are making the smartest, a smart decision of staying in college where basically they can now get the same amount of money. But you're also, you're going to get developed better at the, at college than you will in the G League. You're also going to live better, you're also going to live better, you're going to travel better, you're going to stay in nicer hotels. Yeah, you're going to, you know, you're going to, you're going to be in the actual $40 million practice facility as opposed to being in, practicing in community colleges in the G League.

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Yeah. So you have 20, 23, UConn, five NBA guys, 2024, four NBA guys. Castle was on that team. Lakers made you an offer, you turned it down. The story is now that Izzo came and you talked to Tom Izzo. I one of the things I like about college basketball now, the old guys are crushing Calipari's Izzo, Patino, Rick Barnes. The NBA's gotten very young. Actually there's a bunch of young guys. But I said at the time, I said now I think you're a college coach and that's not that you couldn't coach. I think Billy Donovan and you could both go either way. When you look back at it now, the decision to stay is It. Was there ever one second of regret?

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Yeah, definitely. Well, I don't know about regret, but I mean, second guessing, I don't think that there's, you know, many people that would honestly say that you don't second guess decisions that you make in your life. Huge decisions, you know, beyond just career decisions, but marital. I mean, people make, you know, all types of second guessing on things that they've chosen. Especially when you, when you see how well the Lakers are playing right now or, you know, you see the trade, or you see the trade for Luka and, and you watch LeBron playing at the level he's playing at, you know, you definitely do at different times. But I just, I love the control you still have in college. You know, like the college coach and college football and college basketball coaches still has the control to really run the organization up to his standard and his level of accountability. And I think that's. So you really do control your own destiny as a college coach. And that's something I would never want

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to give up, so. Izzo BARKS I've been, I'm defending guys that use volume as coaching this week. I've been saying guys, you know, obviously Bobby and I went over the line a few times, but you bark at officials more than you bark at players. You're probably tough one of those guys that's tough at practice. But you, you're really on the officials. When I wonder, because you have the highest winning percentage of any active coach, you've won almost 80% of your tournament games. That's insane. Do you, do you coach a little differently in the tournament? For instance, if I was an official, I would run you out of an arena in November. I'm not running you out now. Do you think you get a little more leeway in March? You can raise the volume a little to the striped shirts. You have a little more, little more leeway.

[D]

I actually flip it. I think, I think I picked up a couple of technicals this year that I really didn't deserve because not a lot of attention is drawn to some of those regular season games on a Tuesday night. Some, you know, the 12th conference game of the year on a Tuesday at Providence or whatever the situation is. You know, I think there's more eyes on everybody this time of year. So if you hand out a weak technical foul, you're going to get called out on social media. You may not ref the next round of the tournament. So I think, and then I also feel for myself, I'm more relaxed this time of year. I think you Work so hard to put yourself in position where you're in contention. Now you find yourself with a team that's in contention. You got, you're more relaxed this time of year. When you're coaching in December or January, you're really uptight, man. It's like if things start going bad in December, now you're looking at that staring down the barrel of man, I got two or three more months of hell with this group. If we get on a two game losing streak where you don't worry about picking the pieces up this time of year, if you go down, you know it's killer be killed this time of year. If you go down, you don't have to worry about picking the pieces up with your team the next day. There are no pieces. It's over.

[A]

Yeah, that Marquette game was that you were uptight. End of that game. Yeah, I remember.

[D]

Oh yeah, yeah. That, that was crushing. I mean that was, I mean that was crushing. And I was literally breathing down the neck of my guy John, who's an excellent official who ref me going back to Wagner College. I think John was on my game where I really started to believe I could have a career as a college coach. I took my Wagner team, we won at Pitt. I think Pitt was ranked top 10 in the country. And it was second year of Wagner College and we went and won a road game at Pittsburgh and John was on that game. So anytime I see John out there, I actually feel really good. Just not, not that day in Milwaukee.

[A]

It was your only bad loss of the season. You lost Arizona and St. John's those are good losses. You're fun. Creighton's good. All right, good luck. You're coaching against your mentor. You're a little nervous. Just a little nervous going up against Izzo. Little tricks from Izzo. You're a little nervous.

[D]

I think you're. As you get closer to the game, I mean the film doesn't lie. Like when you coach against the best coaches, you know, their teams are so hard to beat. I remember just when I first got here and Jay Wright was at Nova and you start watching his team and you just say they don't give you a lot. You know, they don't give you anything free. Like they just, they make you earn it. You have to, you know, you have to play, you have to win the street fight. And you also have to outplay him at basketball. So you know, you just know that going to have to earn it. And yeah, Coach Izzo is a, you know, he's a. He's a great friend and a great mentor, you know. But again, for both of us tomorrow night, it, it's, it's killer be killed.

[A]

Good senior. Great senior. Good luck to you,

[D]

Kyle. Great seeing you, brother. You're the man.

[A]

All right. Dan Hurley, eight seasons at UConn, won 77% of his tournament games. That is just one of those. You can win a free beer at a, at the bar with that trivia. That's, that's an unbelievable number. And yeah, they had a real bad loss. He got ejected really late in the game. I think there's only a couple seconds left against Marquette, they had a meltdown. That was a really bad game. Lost the St. John's Arizona, Creighton. Creighton's always. I think Creighton's been pretty good. That Coach is retiring. McDermott's retiring. So you can look at the schedule one more time. Purdue. Keep your eye they're not a dark horse or what are they? A two seed. Purdue, they don't bring in a lot of transfers. They pay their guys in the nil. They go high school. Purdue is a tough out. I like, I mean one of my, one of the things I really like tonight is Purdue. All right, hour two coming up, the Herd.

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[C]

It does. You know, I think it's one of those things that, you know with whether it's any type of leadership, CEO, business, managing a baseball team, you sort of go with what you have, assess it and then you kind of try to make the most of it. Right. And I think that we really didn't have a defined closer last year and so we were trying to find spots for Tanner Scott, you know, different guys. And then there was injuries, there was performance and you're just trying to figure out how to get 27 outs. But yeah, now you get Edwin Diaz who, you know, left money on the table to come to Los Angeles, to come to the west coast. And so now you can work from the back end and have your guy at the back end and then sort of fill in the gaps there. So it's huge, man. And he's a very business like guy. Colin. He just wants to do his job close to his family and then just wanted to be a Dodger. So huge get for us.

[A]

You know, Kyle Tucker's interesting in Chicago. He frustrated fans because he's kind of just comes to the ballpark and plays. He's not, you know, not a big personality. And you know, in Chicago, Wrigleyville, it's, it's like, you know, watching English Premier League Soccer. It's rowdy, it's wild, it's everybody's lubricated. I kind of think his personalities works in la. Let's talk about that on a star studded roster. How he fits your culture.

[C]

Other I think he fits seamless and I do think that you nailed it in the sense of his personality is just kind of put on the hard hat, go to work and then do it again the next day. And so he doesn't do the self promotion. He doesn't kind of do the crazy celebration antics. He just wants to play baseball, just had a baby, so he's excited about that. And again he left money on the table to play for the Dodgers. And then so when you're looking at Shohei, Freddie, Mookie, you know, Will Smith, Yamamoto, some other guys. We have Blake Snow. I just think that, you know, even for me, you're going to see him hitting second today, and that's what he's going to be doing at the outset and looking out beyond and just get on base. We don't need you to slug, play good defense, run the bases, do you, and help us win baseball games. So I do think that this fit makes a lot of sense, you know,

[A]

Dave, and it's certainly not a weakness, but it's something I thought about, knowing you were going to come on the show today, is that, listen, he's another big stick. I mean, if, you know, if he hits 30 bombs for you, it wouldn't. It wouldn't be. It wouldn't surprise me. But as you know, you can be as gifted as Freddie Freeman or Ohtani and struggle in the postseason because the pitching so good in the postseason. Do you worry about with this team that you have so much power, does it hurt your ability to manufacture runs without, you know, like I said last night, the Yankees had nine singles. I'm said they want. Aaron Judge was over five. I'm like, that's actually, in a weird way, encouraging. Do you worry that, man, we got a lot of big sticks. Can we still manufacture runs? Do you think about that?

[C]

You know what? I do. And I think that that was more of an indictment probably on teams we had a few years ago in the sense of we just slug and we can't get hits. And it's interesting that, you know, the batting average is devalued, has been devalued over the, let's say, the last 10 years. But when you get into the postseason, people want baserunners, they want to get hits. And how do you drive in a run when you're facing the best pitching? And I will say this is that our guys, to a man, know how to get on base, they control the strike zone, and they know how to get hits. And so that's talking about getting a hit, you know, with two strikes, with guys in scoring position, with two outs, facing good pitching, knowing how to hit the outfield grass. And so I don't worry about that with this ball club, and I'll tell you this right now, is one through nine. It's a relentless lineup. And so that pitcher is going to be at 100 pitches in the fourth, fifth inning, and that's a grind. So I think that with our lineup, we should be able to get to starters and get to the pen early and see how it goes. So yeah, I'm not too worried about, you know, just a slug because I do feel we can manufacture runs if we need to.

[A]

With Ohtani, Shohei Ohtani, do you have a game plan going in or is it one of those. We're just going to communicate, we're going to see how he feels, you know, I mean you've, you've got essentially a player that does something nobody else does. How do you management manage it? Opening day on. Do you have to be super communicative in this relationship?

[C]

Yeah, absolutely. So he's going to start the fifth game of the season and he's already up to 85 pitches. So I think it's for me as far as managing the game when he pitches, we're going to manage it. I'm going to manage it the way to help us win a game and obviously manage his stress in a particular game, the pitch count, all that stuff. And then as far as the hitting, you know, last year we started out with him with throwing one inning and then repeating that a couple times to then build a two, then three. So it didn't really impact the DH role where now the jumping off point is five, six innings. So that's something we're going to monitor and see that we're not going to be holding, be beholden to like he has to DH every time he pitches. We'll kind of manage that, see how he feels. But yeah, there's constant communication going on. But man, what a player.

[A]

Yeah, what, what, what was your opening message in spring for this group of star studded Dodgers? What is the me coming off back to back titles? Can you have a new message? What is the message?

[C]

Yeah, you know, some of the, some of it is like, you know, the old. Continuing to reinforce that our guys do a very good job of mining the little things. And I think it's just the whole idea of just winning a baseball game and you know, whether it's spring training, it's game seven in the World Series, it's opening day in 2026, we have a certain standard of excellence and I think that even when you watch us, Colin, how we play the game, run the bases, play defense, it matters how we practice. I think the message as far as keep the blinders on, get the blinders on, look forward, I reference a greyhound. You know, when a greyhound's in a race, they're chasing the lure and they're not looking at who the competition is to the side. And I think that the Lure is right there, that trophy, and we're chasing that trophy. And it doesn't matter who's beside us, who's behind us, who's chasing us. And I think it's just more of just keeping the focus on ourselves.

[A]

Well, you've got. You know, you've only got two trophies behind you when you just won your third as a manager. What? What? What? Where's the third?

[C]

Yeah, the third. See, the trophies, they gotta.

[D]

They gotta come back.

[C]

So I'm trying to move so you can see them. The third one is en route. So I got 20, 24, 25 is en route. Tomorrow we'll get our 25 World Series rings. So hopefully we do this again in 12, 14 months, and then I'll have four behind me.

[A]

Okay, Just. Just cross your fingers on Amazon. You never know. They're usually on time. You just hope they. Hope they deliver. It's great seeing you, and I know you got a little golf in, but you're just a credit to the sport, and you're a gentleman, and I love you coming on the show, and I appreciate it. Thanks, Dave.

[C]

I love what you do, man. Thanks for having me on.

[A]

You bet. Dave Roberts already in the office. They're heavy favorites to 3 Pete. And listen, man, it. That Edwin Diaz in the close closing it for this team, that was a. We said it before, 26 saves last year. Think about that. You win a World Series. They went into the playoffs having blown 26 saves. So it was a. It was a Dodger fans. You know, it's so funny because when the bullpen struggles, the manager gets all the heat, you're not pulling the right levers. It's like, you got to get people out. There's only so much a manager can do. J. Mac, we had. We don't do many. Four guest shows, but we had all of the guests we wanted to get on this week called us back.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So thanks to Dan Hurley, Joel Klatt, Carlos Boozer, Dave Roberts. Carlos Boozer is one of the nicest guys.

[B]

He is.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Just, you know, it was interesting when he was talking about that. Such an advantage. You know, his kids are practicing against NBA guys. They've been in the arenas. That's why so many professional athletes. That's another reason why, you know, their kids do well. It's like a constant internship. From the time the kids are 6 years old to the time they're drafted. They're around all these coaches and all these arenas and intensity. So, you know, high iq, kids. Dad was smart. Kids are not a Surprise. Yeah. You know, John Shire, I believe is what, 38 years old? Do we have the age on the, on the St. John's is he like 73 years old? Well, I mean, the gap in these coaches is crazy. One of them has seen everything. So rare. I mean, Jim Calhoun left, I think it was Kevin Ali took over the job. They had some initial success, but it didn't really work. I mean, it just, it just doesn't happen very often. Generally in college football. You, you know, here like Harbaugh leaves and they hire somebody that's got proximity on the staff. This happens all the time. You hire somebody that the players know and already like and the guy goes to the NFL or he goes to another job and it's like, well, but proximity to greatness does not equal greatness.

[C]

No.

[A]

And I grew up in the Pacific Northwest where Oregon State basketball, Washington football, you know, would go with a guy that was closest to the legendary coach. So for Duke to go with John Shire, who has a totally different personality than Mike Krzyzewski, knows the program. And for it to be this good, I mean, go look at the look, go look at North Carolina. They just fired Hubert Davis. But define this good. Define this good. Because they were the favorites last year and blew it down the stretch. Well, blew it. You know, it's, it's. Well, that was a historic meltdown. Now I may have been heavily invested in Duke last year and that one still stings. I remember where I was when the meltdown was happening. It was, it was J. Mac was down bad in that one, Colin. And that was a meltdown. There's with Cooper flag, I mean, and con canople. You got two guys who are dominant

[B]

in the NBA and you lose.

[A]

That's fair. That was brutal. So Shire's got. If it gets tight against Patino, who I did look up, he's 73. Who gets the edge? Well, I think you gotta go Patino. Yeah, Patino. There's an argument he's the best coach in college basketball. And if you include the NBA, he's a top 10 coach. I mean, he's all time.

[B]

That worries me, man.

[A]

Yeah, well, they beat beat UConn a couple times, Hurley. So Bettino knows and St. John's can't really shoot. So to be a Sweet 16 team without really knock down guys on the perimeter at all.

[B]

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[A]

And with that, Rick Neuheisel. He coached Colorado, Washington, ucla. Former NFL coordinator has taken the job of the Dallas Renegades. You know, it's interesting pro football and I had this discussion once with Herm Edwards. He's like, if you don't get the quarterback right and Bill Belichick knows this, it gets ugly really fast in the National Football League. In college it's more, I mean, you were lucky. And Marcus Tui Osasopo, you got to a Rose bowl and wanted at Washington, I think against Purdue, if I remember. That's right, quarterback matters, but roster is probably bigger than quarterback. So I want to ask you about the nil. It's important, Rick, we know that. And a place you used to coach is ucla. Well, UCLA is an international university, as you well know. You're not paying your assistants two and a half million dollars. The sec, they'll do it. They're not doing it. I want to ask you specifically, if you had the money in college, where would you spend it? Because you know, I'm watching. Iowa spends no money and they're in an elite eight team in basketball, where would you spend it?

[B]

If you had the money, you would spend it on the same positions that you spend it on in the NFL. You would go to those difference making positions which are quarterback, pass rusher, alpha receiver, shut down, corner. Because those change the math of football. When you have those particular players, a left tackle is a premium position. The NFL has done a great job of identifying those positions. There are some outliers like the Bijan Robinsons and the Saquon Barkley's at the running back position. But the most, I think they've done a nice job of realizing where to spend their money.

[A]

Well, and before we get to the Dallas Renegades, because I have a lot of questions there, Kurt Signetti comes in. In your life, did you ever in your life think if I told you a team went 16 and 0, it would be the Indiana Hoosiers to you, when you watch Signetti, what is the secret sauce? Or is a lot of it just Mendoza?

[B]

It's the perfect storm. Number one. He's a fantastic X and O coach. He's a culture builder. He has a real belief in what he does and the players buy in. Those 13 kids that came with him from James Madison were critical to the deal. Not just because of their talent, but also getting the other kids at Indiana to buy into the thing. And then the Nil and the ability to go and get a bunch of transfers identifying older, experienced players who had that kind of chip, that DNA to, you know, weather storms and stuff. And then Fernando Mendoza comes along and just wows People, and literally, he's got, you know, brilliant acumen. He was going to go to Yale. That's what kind of bright kid he is. But, but those throws, Colin, those, that, that accuracy with the back shoulder throw to the wide side of the field, that's rare air. So it was a perfect storm. And Indiana fans rejoice that. I mean, I, I, my realtor out here in Dallas, she's an Indiana fan. She went to the Rose bowl, the Peach bowl, and then to Miami. She said she never spent money so wisely.

[A]

Yeah, no, it's really interesting, Rick. You were a quarterback, you played, you were a coordinator, you were a college coach, you're an analyst. I mean, you've worn a lot of different hats. I, I, my take on the nil, it allows, it allows for Indiana, it allows a coaching staff to rebuild quickly. But my, you, you watch USC and lsu, they've had a lot of nil money and they haven't delivered. Rick, I think we overplay nil. It's valuable. I'm not saying it's not valuable. I still contend at the college level, coaching and culture trump money. Or am I being naive?

[B]

I think you're dead right. I don't think you can just throw money at problems and expect things to come together as you hope they will, that you have to have the ability to create the culture. And I said that was the number one attribute to the Indiana story. The ability to create a culture that everyone bought in and 13 kind of disciples coming from James Madison to tell guys how we do things at Indiana, I think was absolutely pivotal. You look at this Iowa basketball story, right? The kid from the Division 2 school goes to Drake for one year. This sturts kid, right? He's a culture creator at Iowa. Ben McCollum doesn't have to just tell people how it's going to look. He's got a guy that shows him how it's going to look. That's really, really important as you're building something and trying to change the paradigm of what people expect from a particular program.

[A]

You were a very good college quarterback, and I'm old enough to remember all of it. And your son's also a coach, and you've been doing, you know, SEC stuff for a long time. You know, I watch every weekend is for a long time. The SEC, 20 years. And I defended it. I'm like, they care more. They spend more. I got no, the facilities are better. The coaching staffs. Are you shocked over the last three years? I looked it up this morning in the March madness. The last three years, Big Ten teams that are favored are 32 and 5. Three of the five losses are Wisconsin. It's literally the paradigm has shifted, Rick. It's like SEC dominates. Wait a minute. The Big Ten is clearly number one. Are you shocked by it?

[B]

I am. I think the parody in the SEC has caught up to him a little bit. It's hard to build the super team as Nick Saban and Kirby Smart did. Right. The ability to stockpile defensive line talent that both of those guys did and certainly Kirby learned it from Nick, how to do that has gone by way of the Whales. Now you've got a bunch of revenue in those programs in the Big Ten and eager programs in the Big Ten to join the fray. Right. You look at what Brett Beelam has done at Illinois, you look at obviously the Indiana story was one that resonates. These programs have figured out, listen, we now can use our money to go out and bring capable players here. And we have as much now in the way of eagerness to join the ranks of the big time, the blue bloods, if you will. We've seen Michigan and Ohio State do it for years. Penn State's been right nipping at their heels and now a bunch of other teams are saying we can do it as well.

[A]

So you've had opportunities to coach and you've broadcast, raised your kids and now the USFL calls, which I've been saying for three years is watch the games. Quarterback, receiver, back corner. There's NFL guys here, there's lane, there's speed, there's twitchiness. I can O line. If you're good, NFL is going to grab you pretty quickly because the O line play in the NFL is not great. What turned you on to this opportunity because you've had more than a few over the last 15 years.

[B]

It you know, spring football. I played spring football. I was in that USFL when Jim Kelly and Doug Flutie and Herschel Walker and Anthony Carter and Reggie White. Yeah, I was played for the San Antonio Gunslingers. So I have great memories of having had that experience and know how talented players can be at that level. And then I coached in the alliance of American Football just a couple years ago in for the Arizona Hotshots and getting coaches to come back with me. Colin was like getting the band back together. I mean it was and so we enjoy it immensely. It goes quickly. It's a three month stint. It's not a year round deal for if you're worried about your energy level. I mean it is just absolute nirvana for A coach. Coaches love to coach. Kids love to do what they're asked to do because they want one more shot at the brass ring. I could not imagine a better coaching scenario for anybody, especially with someone with experience, because this is the purest form of football. You were just talking about Nil. These kids are on scholarship. Everybody makes the same. Everybody just wants one more chance to play. And I promise you, having been on the practice field for now the last five weeks, there's plenty of guys that can play on Sundays.

[A]

Yeah, no, I don't think there's any. I don't think there's any doubt. And I have been a believer in spring football. I just think it has to be quick, succinct, to the point you got to get the right cities. You know, Rick, it's interesting, as a quarterback, you coached, as a coordinator in, in NFL head coach. College and I talk about this a lot, is I don't know if I would leave college football. I think there's a renaissance in college basketball and college football with older coaches because it used to be you had to have that young guy energy to go recruit. Now it's administrative. Now you just write checks. Belichick may work. I mean, seriously, there's a lot of check writing. It's, it's, it's. You don't have to be as a coach at an AEU tournament. Patino refuses to recruit high schoolers. So would you rather today if you were offered the Ravens job or Oregon two great jobs, respective of their industries? What's the better job as a coach, college or pro?

[B]

Well, knowing Phil Knight like I do, that Oregon job's pretty good. I promise you. That's a good one. But having been in the Raven organization, I enjoyed the heck out of that, too. Steve Buschati is a guy's guy. He's a blast. I think both are fun. Both have their complications. Right. Given the expectations that come with them. The college job. Right now, as I talk to my friends, the old buddies in the coaching profession, you're not recruiting players anymore, you're recruiting money. And somewhere along the road, the leaders of college athletics, and I know they had kind of a summit at the White House a couple of weeks ago. It was kind of a. We are the world of college football trying to, you know, we come together and such. I think that Cody Campbell, that billionaire from Texas Tech, said it best. We're going to have to deal with some pain before we're going to get to the other side. People are all going to have to give a little and hopefully we can get there because as my friend in the Chris Childers on my the radio show that I participate in says all the time, college sports are idiot proof. We're watching it in March Madness. It's unbelievable how well they do college football delivers. The numbers keep going up even though we have no idea what the rules are. Ask Dabo Sweeney. He'll tell you what the rules are. No one has any idea but yet we can't wait to tune in.

[A]

Yeah, it's great seeing you. Your son's been a wonderful story. Now he's at Northwestern now he took, he took a quarterback coach at Northwestern.

[B]

And I let me take this opportunity to again apologize to Penn State fans for losing my neutrality in the course of a network. I put on dad goggles like no tomorrow, Colin. No tomorrow. That was a lot of fun.

[A]

Yeah. You also have a law degree if I remember, don't you?

[B]

I do, I do. I haven't had to use it of late and hopefully I don't have to anytime soon.

[A]

Rick, it's great seeing you look great and congrats on the job with Dallas.

[B]

We're going to have fun. I hope you'll tune in and it'll be hopefully Kevin Sumlin and I are one in one against each other. We got each other. Tomorrow we'll see who gets the rubber match.

[A]

All right. Appreciate it, Rick. Thank you.

[B]

See you, my friend.

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