PMS 1553 - PK Subban, Jacob Misiorowski, Kendrick Perkins, Mark Schlabach

Summary

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The Pat McAfee Show #1553 – PK Subban, Jacob Misiorowski, Kendrick Perkins, Mark Schlabach

Date: May 15, 2026
Host: Pat McAfee | With AJ Hawk, The Toxic Table, Tone Digs | Guests: PK Subban, Jacob Misiorowski, Kendrick Perkins, Mark Schlabach

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Episode Overview

On this special “NFL Schedule Release / PGA Championship / Big Sports Comeback Thursday,” Pat McAfee and the crew break down the day’s massive sports headlines and entertain with their signature blend of insider perspective and relaxed banter. The show covers the NFL schedule release and its impact on fanbases, megawatt comebacks across the NBA, NHL, and MLB, on-the-ground updates from the PGA Championship, and engaging interviews with NHL veteran PK Subban, Brewers pitching phenom Jacob Misiorowski, NBA champ Kendrick Perkins, and ESPN’s golf expert Mark Schlabach. Key moments include passionate debates over prime time NFL slates, analysis of unforgettable sports comebacks, and the lighter side of viral schedule release “hype” videos.

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Key Discussion Points

1. NFL Schedule Release Day & Reactions

[00:00 – 13:00]

• Globalization of the NFL: Pat marvels at the NFL’s strategy to expand via international games, comparing football’s rise to the NBA's post-Olympics boom.
• Prime Time Game Drama: The crew debates fairness and the impact of which teams get marquee time slots, noting the pain of Colts fans lacking prime time exposure and how national scrutiny falls hard on teams performing poorly under the lights.
• Leaks and Rollouts: They discuss the fun of gradual itinerary leaks and speculate on early reveals like the Packers-Rams before Thanksgiving, and how New York Giants open with consecutive prime times.
• Flexing Games: Pat explains the mechanics and limitations of “flexing” teams in and out of prime time—emphasizing injuries and competitive balance.
• Quote: "If your team's ass during a prime-time run, that's going to be a hard narrative to fight against for the rest of the season." — Pat [03:24]
• Schedule Release Hype Videos: Heated takes on NFL teams’ social media departments and the culture war over “creative” or “corny” schedule videos.
• Quote: "Some teams are gonna have the best videos of all time. Some will be absolute ass. And we will judge them." — Pat [66:26]

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2. PGA Championship Update & Golf Talk

[11:43 – 13:14, 37:02 – 44:39, 110:36 – 115:01]

• Live boots-on-the-ground coverage: Highlights from John Rahm and Cam Smith, discussion of course conditions, and how a little rain may make Oakmont play easier.
• Michael Block’s Hot Start: The legendary club pro is off to a dream opening at 23 inches from the pin on Hole 10.
• Stanford Steve’s Inside Access: Steve shares stories of walking practice rounds with Scottie Scheffler and the relaxed, fun culture among top PGA stars.
• Talk of Birdies & Crowd Energy: The Johns (Philly fans) are steadily ramping up, and riser parties near the 14th tee are expected to add spice to the weekend.
• Memorable Lines:
  • “Michael Block is hot at the PGA Championship – you can’t even fit a block between his ball and the hole from 200 yards!” — Pat [37:05]
  • “Best thing about the PGA? Concessions are free. Except the beer.” — Stanford Steve [114:48]

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3. Big Sports Comeback Thursday: NBA, NHL, MLB Recap

[13:31 – 32:34, 101:40 – 105:18]

• NBA:
  • Huge comeback: Cavs erase a 9-point deficit in 3 minutes and stun Pistons in OT, despite Cade Cunningham’s 39 points and the star power courtside (Eminem and 50 Cent).
  • "If you told me Eminem and 50 Cent courtside, Cade Cunningham drops 39, and we’re up nine with 3 to go — I’d bet a billion we win…” — Foxy [15:33]
• NHL:
  • Colorado Avalanche storm back from down 3-0 to beat Minnesota, showing superior conditioning and depth.
  • PK Subban lauds Nathan MacKinnon’s physical prep at altitude as a game-changer and places his star power next to McDavid and Crosby.
  • "His explosiveness and power show his commitment to being in the best shape possible." — PK [24:06]
• MLB:
  • Brewers’ Jacob Misiorowski hits 49 pitches over 100 mph in a start (record as a starter), discussed later.
  • Multiple exciting walk-offs and comebacks are recapped in rapid fire.

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4. PK Subban Segment: NHL Playoff Deep Dive

[19:57 – 36:12]

• Colorado vs. Minnesota: PK notes missing key players left the Wild vulnerable; Colorado exposed the lack of depth.
• On MacKinnon: “He’s an absolute horse… leading regular season goals and playoff goals, in company with Ovechkin.”
• Conditioning at Altitude: Crew debates whether Colorado’s altitude training gives them a physical edge in third periods.
• East Playoff Chaos: Montreal-Buffalo-Carolina bar-fight hypothetical ranking (Buffalo boys drink the hardest, Montrealers the “classiest”).
• Vegas-Anaheim Outlook: John Tortorella’s impact, the necessity of depth without Mark Stone, and the role of “eating pucks” and “pounding Ds.”
  • Hilarious, repeated innuendo on “pounding Ds” and “banging dudes” (hockey jargon for grinding on defense), leading to extended banter [31:24-32:34].
  • “You gotta bang. Sometimes it is what it is.” — PK [31:45]

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5. Jacob Misiorowski Interview: MLB’s Next 100mph Phenomenon

[38:34 – 44:39]

• Record Heat: 49 pitches at 100+ mph vs. Yankees; release point of 7’6” due to 6’7” frame.
• Development: Tracked his velocity since JUCO, hit 100mph as a sophomore. “It’s mostly just adrenaline, but hope it’s just the new norm.”
• Longevity: Focus on arm care and lower body cramps — still learning nutrition and recovery.
• On being unique: “I just feel lucky to be here, man. Just happy to be here.”
• Crew’s awe at his delivery:
  • “He’s a state fair object out there.” — Pat [104:01]

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6. Kendrick Perkins Interview: Deep NBA Playoff Breakdown

[45:34 – 57:00]

• Cavs Comeback: Perkins says Harden “heard the chatter” (about soft playoff reputation) and delivered when “the game called.” But questions if he can “stand on business” late in the series.
• Pistons’ Pain: Cade Cunningham labeled “a bona fide superstar — just doesn’t have a bona fide Robin.”
• Narrative Change:
  • "Before playoffs, Cavs were known as Hostess Cupcakes — now Jared Allen and Evan Mobley are playing like grown ass men." — Perkins [50:37]
• Wemby’s Ascension:
  • Declares NBA will soon be “Jordan, Bron, Wemby” in the GOAT debate.
  • "This is Wemby's world and everyone is trying to get an apartment in it.” — Perkins [55:27]
• Historical Perspective: Wembanyama’s defensive instincts and maturity called “never before seen."
• Legendary Knowledge Transfer: Notes priceless value of Wemby learning post-workout wisdom from legends like KG and Hakeem.

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7. NFL Schedule Video Hype & Creative Teams

[65:22 – 76:15, 76:43 – 79:39]

• Panthers “Exclusive” Schedule Video Reaction: Crew receives a sneak peek—contextless, soundless, and panned as “ass” and “stupid,” yet acknowledges Panthers’ track record for innovative releases.
  • Banter about “explosions,” “Terrible Towel curses,” and bombs in feline butts ensues.
  • “Not every team should be creative — some of these are going to suck, and we’re going to say it.” — Pat
• Meta Debate: Pat stresses the importance of teams’ digital and creative teams, especially for nationwide fanbases.

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8. PGA Expert Mark Schlabach: Major Storylines

[76:15 – 83:33]

• Blocky’s Dream Start: Block’s opening dart from 202 yards becomes the day’s big feel-good golf story.
• Course Playing Tough: Spieth’s career grand slam bid, treacherous pin placements, and hard greens dominate the change in leaderboard.
• Rarity of Tee Time Penalties: Explains Garrick Higgo’s two-stroke penalty for a late start.
• “Grip it and rip it” Approaches: The theme for this championship per Schlabach.

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9. College Football Playoff Expansion Rumors

[95:58 – 101:40]

• ESPN’s Position: ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips says ESPN prefers playoffs stay at 12, no higher than 16 teams.
  • “If it goes to 24, everyone will say ESPN is ruining it, but actually they don’t want it.” — Pat [96:46]
• Crew Consensus: 16 teams will likely be the max; anything more dilutes intensity and reward for key rivalry wins.
• Push for Shortened Playoff Calendar: Mario Cristobal (via clip) and others want to avoid weeks-long gaps.

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10. Rapid Fire: MLB, More NFL, and Golf Odds-and-Ends

[101:40 – 105:45, 119:00 – End]

• MLB Recap:
  • Jays’ walk-off grand slam; multiple 10th-inning heroics.
  • Shohei Ohtani v. Skeens/Misiorowski heat: pitching is cool again.
  • Rising stars Murakami (White Sox) and the “must-watch” nature of top young arms.
• Malik Nabers’ Knee Update:
  • Underwent “scope” to clean up scar tissue post-ACL — likely a “cyclops lesion”; should recover fully.
  • Pat/crew describe the grueling “graston” method of breaking up scar tissue.
• Shoe Tape and Spatting:
  • AJ Hawk’s fondness for taping/spatting his own cleats for better “feel,” self-confessed as a psychological edge more than preventative care.

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Standout Quotes & Moments

• Prime Time Woes:
  • “If your team's ass during a prime-time run, that's going to be a hard narrative to fight against the rest of the season.” — Pat [03:24]
• Altitude and Conditioning:
  • “You can't perform like McKinnon without being in superb shape, and he's definitely mastered that.” — PK Subban [24:06]
• Wembanyama’s Impact:
  • "This is Wemby's world and everyone is trying to get an apartment in it." — Kendrick Perkins [55:27]
• Golf’s Everyman:
  • “Michael Block is hot at the PGA... You can’t even fit a block between his ball and the hole from 200 yards!” — Pat [37:05]
• NFL Creative Teams:
  • “Some teams are gonna have the best videos of all time. Some will be absolute ass. And we will judge them.” — Pat [66:26]

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Notable Timestamps

• 00:00–13:00: NFL schedule reactions and prime time debate
• 13:31–32:34: Epic comebacks in NBA & NHL; PK Subban on Colorado
• 37:02–44:39: Michael Block’s start, Misiorowski’s interview
• 45:34–57:00: Kendrick Perkins on NBA Playoffs
• 66:26–76:15: NFL creative “schedule video” culture war
• 76:15–83:33: Mark Schlabach golf update (Blocky’s birdie, silly penalties, course conditions)
• 95:58–101:40: College Football Playoff expansion, ESPN’s stance
• 101:40–105:45: MLB nightly recap, Shohei, new stars
• 110:36–115:01: Stanford Steve’s live PGA stories

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Tone & Style

True to the show's spirit, the episode blends unfiltered banter with sharp sports insight, mixing high-level analysis, comedic tangents, and relatable, behind-the-scenes stories. Guests bring both gravitas and camaraderie, while regulars challenge each other and riff on everything from locker room quirks to social media fails.

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For Listeners: Why This Episode Rocks

This episode features the ultimate sports day mashup, complete with deep dives into the business/politics of schedule releases, locker room level interviews with star guests, and a consistent, humorous look at the culture of modern sports. Whether you want expert perspectives, laugh-out-loud locker-room ribbing, or up-to-the-minute highlights, it’s all here.

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Transcript

[A]

Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdome. On this NFL Schedule Release PGA Championship Big Sports Comeback Thursday, May 14, 2026 this program begins. And now, sports. That's right, it is the NFL schedule release day.

[B]

Hallelujah.

[A]

We know who's playing who, when and where here in America and around the globe. I love that the game is obviously expanding to the entire tips of the planet Earth and that more folks are going to be introd to the greatest sport on earth. And with flag football, it's going to be able to expand more than ever, easier than ever. And all of a sudden we're talking 20 years from now, 30 years from now. The same type of thing that happened with the NBA whenever the Dream Team went over to the Olympics and dominated and became basically bigger than the Beatles and exposed everybody to a sport that they would fall in love with and then eventually, potentially in this modern era, almost take over the sport. Yeah, well, that same thing happened with football with these international games. I have no idea about the dominance, but I do know that Roger Goodell in the NFL loves if ball will be spread worldwide. But some NFL fans here in America say, what did Paris do to get a Pittsburgh Steelers game? The Saints don't get to experience yinzers coming down to Bourbon street because they've been preparing to watch that their vacations that they take once a year revolve around Pittsburgh Steeler away games. What city? Sweet of I'm going down and saying what did Paris is France do to get the Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans Saints over there? There's some people that feel that way a lot.

[C]

I saw the reaction.

[A]

Let's go to the toxic table at Boston Connor and 1/2 of the Hammer D Cowboys. AP Tone Tone NFL Schedule Release Day. Obviously, we already know all the international games. We know how some people feel. Yeah, shrink the game. Some people are saying, some we don't need that. But I think for the good of ball and for the good of the future of the sport, I do believe if we were to have a global type situation, I think that would benefit us. I don't think it would detract from us. But as we go through this entire thing, a lot of games moving overseas, a lot of teams missing out on moments. But remember, we're maybe going to add a game to the season soon with the next cba. Nonetheless, tonight we find out most of all the primetime games. You have some teams that are just wishing for a night game.

[D]

Wishing some.

[A]

Wishing for some teams. Okay, listen, allow me to speak. Okay. For those People, the Indianapolis Colts. The first year that it was allowed that you weren't forced onto a Thursday Night Football game. Amazon comes in, more money comes in. It used to be Thursday Night Football. Everybody plays on Thursday Night Football. This is how this goes. So you get at least one primetime game a year as soon as they drop that little clause from what had to happen. The Colts had no primetime games for two years. We made jerseys, throwback jerseys, Indiana Knights jerseys. She grew up tall and she grew up prime with Indiana boy on an Indiana 9. The pain that they were trying to kill. There's no night games. Had to wear that jersey during the day. We find that out tonight. What teams are going to be focused in primetime? We know that the New York Giants already with leaks. First week prime time.

[E]

Whoa.

[A]

Second week prime time. Once again, the schedule makers do go back on the hey, that's a huge market we can start the season with that we know is going to be watching, which is certainly, I guess, a part of the entirety of the job. But if they're ass in these first two weeks of John Harbaugh's kind of run, you're going to know it. And that's going to be a bad first taste in a lot of people's mouth for this new New York Giants. But if they're great, that could catapult them into a monster year over there in the NFC east where everybody thinks they're going to have much more success than they've had over the past. But there's a lot of teams looking where's the primetime games? When's the primetime games? And I think we can kind of get a gist of what the schedule makers, what the NFL and what the overall thoughts are on teams with how many games are put into prime time for each team. They've certainly gotten it right over the last year. Two years. There's been some down years where you can't really project injuries. Whenever there is a slew for a team of PrimeTime games. Week 5, Week 7, Week, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, whatever. Week 5, Week 6, Week 8. If there's injuries or your team's ass during that time, that is a big showcase to the world that your city sucks. Yes, prime time back to back to back. And it could be a great thing to be on prime time, but if you're on there in the wrong time, boy, that's going to be a hard narrative to kind of fight against for the rest of the season. Not that narratives matter, but it certainly makes your life a lot easier if you're in there. But if you get a primetime run here and your team hits it like the Giants the first two weeks, whole story is different, vibes different. I assume confidence is different. And maybe the story of the entire NFL season could be different. Tone?

[C]

Yeah, I, as a Steelers fan, I used to love primetime, especially when I was younger, because I didn't care about staying up past midnight or whatever. And they were always really, really good on primetime. Ben was thrown for 500 yards a game on primetime. Stuff like that. That was awesome. Now you fast forward to these days when they have not been so good on primetime and you look at their schedule and they have three straight primetime games, week six 12, week 13 and week 14. So the whole country, you're on blast for the whole country if you're not playing well. Yes, that could be bad for fan base. Some fan bases just love. They're just so used to going to that one o' clock game. Their tailgate's the same. They always go at the same time. They always come home at the same time. They're good for Monday morning. But no, like tonight with the prime time games, there's like, if you're a Seattle Seahawks fan, you want every week to be prime time. Like, you're so confident in your team. You're like, especially out on the west coast because that's so much earlier than here on the East Coast. Yeah, you love the primetime games, but no. Yes. There are some fan bases that love them and some that hate them.

[A]

And there's been leaks of games. Patriots kicking off the season, potentially Con man. What have we been Learning about the NFL's slow rollout of a few games here, a few games there. Thanksgiving Eve, we learn on Netflix, two Goliaths battling, then the leak. Thanksgiving Day kind of set up Marquee. Could be an incredible Thanksgiving. It does feel like we're starting to learn a little bit more about these schedules days in advance, as opposed to everybody waiting until like 8pm on Thursday night, which is what I think they used to try to do with this whole thing.

[D]

Yeah, exactly. It's kind of fun, though, you know, like, especially right now where we are kind of scratching and clawing. You know, there are playoffs in the NBA and NHL, and that's been fantastic with the PGA Championship. That's great. The NFL drives the ship. Okay, so now we have some things to circle on the calendar. I mean, for a Patriots fan right now, you don't really want to be on prime time just because then everything is front and center and everybody is

[A]

going to continue to talk about offseason chat. Open it this season open.

[D]

Okay. Yeah. We opened the season against Seattle and yes, Cardi B's just mad at her baby daddy. Okay. And he's not on New England anymore. So I'm sick of hearing about that too. But could be, could be, might be, probably will be. But for right now, in time.

[A]

And also Marty Staphon, we're happy to see you.

[D]

Glad they're back.

[A]

You guys are happy.

[D]

Yeah. Glad to see them talking in the same area. But now we know. Now I know on Wednesday, November, whatever it is, before Thanksgiving, I'm going to be watching Packers, Rams. That's remarkable because sometimes when you look ahead to them and you mentioned like teams being injured and stuff, the Bengals and Ravens kind of come to mind from last year, at least that were in prime Chiefs. Towards the end of the season, those teams come to mind. It feels as though they've hit the ball kind of right where it should be. As far as early in the year. Like the, the first week is going to be fantastic as far as primetime games go and then the rollouts of it. I think the schedules are just hilarious. Some of those big teams, the Giant. We have all 17 of the new York Football Giants games. So that is what kind of.

[C]

Somebody got anxious.

[A]

Yes.

[D]

Someone just wants everyone to know like, hey, the Giants are one of those teams that could be, hey, fourth overall pick to 30th pick who are making a run in the playoffs and that might be the story of their year. Now you get to look at the schedule. Holy shit, here we go. I as a Patriots fan know, hey, Seattle, week one, who knows Week two, Pittsburgh, we're going to beat the shit out of. Okay, we are going to at least have one.

[A]

After Week 2, the Steelers got three straight primetime games, brother. In mad meaningful football season.

[D]

They're already looking forward to.

[A]

No. Yeah. That's what I'm saying is the schedule makers think. I think the NFL thinks wait a minute, maybe the Pittsburgh Steelers are a pretty good football team. Now we do know that all these primetime options have the ability to flex out. A lot of these networks have not used the flex out option every time that we as fans have projected them to use the flex out option. I think it has to be like 17 days in advance or something like that or three weeks in advance. It can't start until week 10. You have to give a heads up on when the predictions because if a team is just decimated with injuries and they're on prime time two weeks from now I think you are allowed to flex it out for another game. But then now with all the games having rights for what you got to negotiate the rights out of that. I don't think it's just as easy as pick them out and get them out of there. But we would like it to become that easy, please. We would like that to start happening. We would like every week, whatever teams are good playing on primetime and that's what these schedule makers are trying to do. We will watch it tonight. The official schedule release show will be happening on prime time 8 to 10pm Eastern on May 14. That's a great day.

[C]

Great day.

[A]

We're going to learn so much here today. We're going to learn what teams are potentially not going to be asked and who are we going to know nothing about going into the playoffs if they end up getting hot and winning?

[D]

Sure.

[A]

Because there's going to be teams that are going to be one o' clock across the board, regional television and then all of a sudden they're not great. Yeah, right. A young nucleus comes together and rallies and maybe they always rise to your

[C]

king trying to speak something to existence.

[A]

What's that?

[C]

You just talk about the Colts.

[A]

Hey, we don't know how many primetime games Danny Dimes going to call for. They were the number one offense in the NFL through 10.

[C]

They were.

[A]

Let's not even worry about that. You might want them out there tonight. Eight to 10, though, as the NFL ESPN crew alongside Kyle Brandt representing for the NFL Network, Dan Orlofsky, fresh off a speaking engagement in Richmond. I know he's got it. It's old train station, also current train station. There's a train right over there. Tears.

[D]

He's been thinking about that since we talked about it.

[A]

He's the best. Dan Orlovsky tonight is going to have so many opinions and ideas about things that he sees. There's going to be, obviously the mile high football games in Denver, you know, where it travels a little bit further, maybe a little bit harder to breathe late in the season. Who has to go out to Denver whenever? Maybe you're a little beat up and banged up throughout it. Who has to go to Denver early? Maybe their lungs can't handle the altitude too early in this entire thing. Who has to travel down to Miami in December? Northern team that is used to the cold. Then they go drop down into the massive humidity. Is that more of an advantage or a disadvantage can they not be able to handle? How about early in the season in Miami? Somebody has to go down there and just There's a chance that that is quite a benefit. Laura Rutledge, Andrew Hawkins, Shragy baby Kyle, Brandt Schefter, and I believe Joe. Is that Joe Buck?

[C]

That is Joe Buck.

[A]

Joe looks young, don't he? Yeah, Joe looks good.

[C]

Hair still glowing.

[A]

All right, that's tonight. Eight to ten. We can't wa. Follow along. Last night it was in the title of this show. Today's show name is NFL schedule release. Okay, that's happening right now. Important PGA Championship happening right now. We got boots on the ground that we will be talking to in a second hour. Down there already some immaculate highlights. Yeah. John Rom representing Liv. Holes out from 101 yards out for an eagle this morning. Cam Smith represent. Here's John Rom with that short baby backswing because of the way he was born with his foot. So he takes a pure.

[D]

That's gorgeous.

[A]

101 yards out. How you doing? Keep it moving. That's an eagle and a major. My name's John Romcam Smith representing liv. It feels like maybe a weight was lifted off these guys. You know, maybe we're watching on TV more. Maybe they're playing a little bit different. Maybe now they know that there's a light at the end of the tunnel where maybe this will all get resolved, however the case goes. And maybe the live guy's really shiny this weekend. Or they don't. Scotty Scheffler, Rory and the big dogs just kind of do their thing. Bryson Dechambeau tapped one about 50ft by a hole.

[C]

That's the mink, baby.

[A]

I mean, that is. You're right. That is the auronomy. And the PGA Championship plays tough. What should we be expecting and what was the gambling move here for this particular tourney? Go ahead. I know Michael Block was plus 500,000. I can't wait to follow. Yeah, I'll sprinkle a little cheddar on that.

[C]

So the story of the course leading up to this was whether it was going to be wet or not. They got a quarter inch of rain last night. They figured if it was going to be wet, it was going to play easier. Obviously, if it's dry and fast, it always plays hard. But with the rain all week, they thought it would be easier. Rory talked about he doesn't really have a plan this week other than to bomb it and then figure it out from there, wherever it goes. They talked about it being a bomber's course all week long, so we will see that. But as far as far as gambling, you know, it was your classics up at the top, Rory and Scotty. Scotty was your favorite then followed by Rory and then all the other guys that are normally up there, your Brysons, your roms, your Ludwig Oberg, Shoffles, Cam Young, they're all up the top there. But no, right now, the top of the leaderboard is a lot of guys you wouldn't think are up at the top, but that'll filter out as the week goes on.

[A]

Can't wait to continue to follow along with the PGA Championship live from Philly and how the Johns go. Can't wait to see who rises to the occasion in a major, who's going to become undeniable or who will come back to their greatness. Is Scottie Sheffler going to be able to putt?

[D]

Perhaps.

[A]

Is Scotty Sheffler going to be able to go crazy? Is Roy McIlroy going to be able to continue with that blister on his toenail? He said he got a bigger shoe in his right shoe, so he can maybe handle that while he's walking around the course. We will follow along. Stanford. Steve did a round of golf with Scotty Scheffler.

[D]

No way.

[C]

That's cool.

[A]

They were just walking together. I don't know if you saw him

[D]

in fairway the other round.

[A]

No, it was round. Oh, the other day. Yeah, it was the other day. It was D round, though. Him, Scott Van Pelt, Scotty Sheffler walking the course. I can't wait to catch up with him to see what he learned there. Are you going to pick it up? It's not just pjj. It's also big. Sports Comebacks Thursday.

[C]

Hey, huge.

[A]

Listen, when you're watching a game, this is why sports are the best. Because everybody has to feel it. You have to feel it.

[B]

It.

[A]

When you're watching a game, you have an idea of what's going to happen at the end of the game because of how the rest of the game has begun. For instance, usually there is a chance that a team just goes wire to wire and you feel that way at the beginning. You feel that way in said quarter. Halftime, you go, this is kind of ass. And then just. It does finish that way. Little bit of a letdown, but you live to see another day. Yeah, but sports provide something so magical. I think movies are trying to do this to you. Movies are trying to make you feel a certain way. Songs are trying to make you feel a certain way throughout the song. That's why there's so much, like, climactic build up for all these things. Sports have an opportunity to make you feel something that nobody else can make you feel. It can make you feel like some team is about to get pounded. And then in real time, you see inspiration. In real time, you see resilience. In real time, you see grit. And then you see people become the happy side of a game as opposed to the this is ass side of the game. All because they execute. When the moment is its biggest, when the lights are its brightest, you show up. And last night, three sports hit for us. Last night, three sports had miraculous comebacks, fun comebacks, incredible comebacks. Things that make you go, wow, if you fell asleep, you missed it. Let's start with basketball, shall we? Let's go to Detroit with Eminem and 50 Cent courtside. 50 Cent rocking Detroit stuff with his guy Marshall. Obviously, those two have incredible history together. They've made maybe two or three of the best albums in history together. And I'll tell you, it looked like it was Cade Cunningham's night. It looked like it was the Stones night till they collapsed. They're feeling these traps. And then Cleveland, 90 run to end the game, to send it to overtime, pick up the win in overtime. Everybody in Detroit was rocking their hands in the 313, having a blast that they were about to beat the Cavs. And instead what happened is Donovan Mitchell, James Harden, Evan Mobley, and the boys said, excuse me, has this thing ended yet?

[C]

Yep.

[A]

And the Detroit Pistons are like, yeah, yeah, we're already out of here. Cavs. Turn it on, close the door, get to overtime. Big time win, huge comeback. Congrats to the Cavs. And is that a heart filled with Kool Aid or blood over there? We'll ask Big Perk in about 25 minutes whenever he joins us. Obviously he's had a lot of thoughts on his Cavs team. Obviously a lot of thoughts on his Stones. And Foxy. You were one of those guys who thought mom spaghetti. You weren't even nervous. There was no worry. You were feeling great for that. Nick, you were texting Stones, baby in front of Eminem and 50 Cent. Bruce is texting into the group. What the hell did Dolan do to 50 Cent? Good question. Why is 50 Cent in everybody else's gear? Basically, what is going on? I think he was just supporting Eminem, obviously. Eminem supporting the city. He's become a big time figure in the sports culture up there in Detroit. Performing, putting together performances, showing up at every game, loving the teams. That was a huge night last night for Detroit. That's how it's supposed to be. Yeah. 100. Pat, if you would have told me that Eminem and 50 Cent were courtside in the game and that Cade Cunningham would have 39 points and we would be up by nine points with three minutes to go, I would have bet a billion dollars that the Pistons win that game. Instead, for whatever reason, with three minutes to go, we did nothing on offense. A bunch of shot clock violations, and the Cavs just answered. That's what they do. And I'm going to blame Big Perk because he woke up James Harden. James Harden, since Big Perk said all that stuff about Kool Aid in his veins. So I'm mad at him. And ultimately I'm mad because we have an all star center that's not showing up. You're not going to win games if your all star center hasn't showed up for the entire playoffs. Cade's doing his best, but he needs some help, so we'll see. Cade looked locked in last night. That was awesome. Yeah, he is spectacular. And obviously basketball has that massive comeback in front of Eminem and 50, which we don't like. Okay. We want Stones do their thing. Yeah, we'd like that night to be legendary. Who knows what happens? They put a microphone in 50s hand afterwards, hand on the court. Right there. I got a chance to experience a 50 concert just a couple weeks ago. Yeah. Yeah. 103. Still on the tape. By the way, we've got Jacob Mizorowski joining us in about 13 minutes. He threw 49 pitches over 100 miles an hour last night. That's a record. Obviously, he'll be joining us from the Brewers. Rookie sensation. That's what 50 still doing on the mic. I assume Eminem is as well. That could have been one of the greatest nights in the history of Detroit last night. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, am I crazy to say that those are the two, like, greatest rappers of all time right there? Like, together in one place? Like, it's insane. Hey, listen, you said stones and you got judged for that. So if you want to judge rappers as well, you can certainly get into that game. I appreciate you doing that. Let's pivot away from the basketball comeback. Let's go to the NHL. Hey, listen. Three zip this Avalanche team cooked. They lose one game finally in this series, and they can't respond. We wondered about teams that had clean sweeps going throughout the playoffs. 404-04-040 Are you ever going to be able to have to deal with a loss? What about when adversity strikes? How's the locker room? The change room? Going to go. Are they going to start pointing fingers or nubs at each other? Are they going to be able to handle the loss, adjust and move forward? The Avalanche lose to the wall. Uh oh. Uh oh. Has Quinn Hughes figured it out? Maybe, perhaps. And they go down three nothing. You turn on tv, it's three nothing wild. Oh, holy shit. Quinn Hughes has done it.

[C]

Oh, going back to Minnesota.

[A]

Wow. And then all of a sudden, the Avalanche said, why don't you guys check some stats real quick? Does it. Is this a one period game? Is this. Is this a two period game or is there three periods in hockey, we would like to know, in the first period of the playoffs, they have no idea they're playing in a game. They have no clue what's going on. Minus two goal differential in the second period. Plus two. Hey, not bad here.

[C]

That'll do.

[A]

Third period, that's why we're doing the flippers in the pool. We are training at altitude all the time. We are in better shape than you. We will pound you plus 12 in the third period. And obviously they come back from down 30 last night to win in a thriller. To basically celebrate them being what everybody has said they are. This team's the one potentially and has been since the very beginning. Joining us now is a 13 year NHL vet. Amanda will tell us a little bit more about what this meant for this Avalanche team and what this means for the playoffs going forward. Ladies and gentlemen, friend of the program. PK's a band.

[D]

Yeah. PK,

[B]

you thought AJ F K. Ole, ole, ole, ole.

[A]

AJ A. We got no. Aj, Good to see you, man. They were doing that last night in. In Colorado's change room, I assume, going, holy, holy, holy shite. Down three zero. They come back. What did this say for you? And were you worried about them early? That maybe the adversity came and they weren't going to be who they were potentially for the rest of the season.

[B]

Ironically, ironically, at the time when Minnesota had looked like they were going up three nothing, and there was the debate on whether it was the goal was going to count or not. Dave Gibson from ESPN had called me and we were discussing that and he's like, oh, is this going to count? He's like, man, I don't know. This doesn't look good. And I said, well, this game's long from over. It's long from over. And the reason why is, you look at that second period when Colorado scores with, you know, under 10 minutes, I think it was left in the second. I think there might have been two minutes or three minutes left in. That changes the whole game, right? They get the goal, now they go back in, you know they're going to get another goal. And to me, their execution down the stretch, being down three nothing and we saw Minnesota do it, come back being down 3 nothing, 4, 3 earlier in the series and then ended up losing the game to me. Colorado showed over this series that a their depth weighed heavily on Minnesota's non depth in certain situations. I said it earlier, losing Middleton, losing Brodine. Those are key pieces.

[A]

Even though you got other.

[B]

Those are key pieces in big holes. And Colorado exploited it by their consistent execution. They showed that they have championship pedigree. Nathan McKinnon, my goodness, I know the Kentucky Derby happened, but he looked shot out of a cannon from the Kentucky Derby coming through the nutri zone before he ties that. He's an absolute horse. So they got the star power in him and Cale McCarr to put it all together. Minnesota's got that star power, but too many holes right now for them. And even as the management, I'm sure if you ask Bill Guerin or even John Heinz, they're proud of their group because they know missing those two guys are key cogs. You're not going to beat a team like Colorado. Missing those key players, you just can't do it. So I think what happened was bound to happen. The team that was well equipped for that moment is Colorado and they're a well oiled machine right now.

[A]

Yeah, talk about a well oiled machine. Let's talk about the machine. McKinnon, who you were talking about. 53 regular season goals that led the NHL, seven playoff goals. He leads goal scoring in the playoffs. Last player to do both is Alex Ovechkin, the greatest goal scorer in the history of the game. So I think he's in pretty good company. Obviously the change room is stacked and packed over there. You know, a lot was made of him and his flippers down there in that pool when people were recording it. And then we show you the goal differential plus minus from the first period second period into the third period. Is it a chance at this team because they are at Mile High, which has been. I think everybody, every scientist and every guru has come together and said hyperbaric chamber. Good, right. I think everybody has kind of came together and said that, which is training at altitude. Are they the most. You said depth obviously helps them, but are they in the best shape as well at this stage? Do we think that is also something when you're bigger and in better Shape and stronger. Could that be a story of the Avalanche team as well? Or am I making too much of the flippers in the pool, actually being purposeful as opposed to just want to go flop around in a hotel pool?

[B]

I believe that they are. First of all, Nathan McKinnon. Over the years, I've talked about Kucherov being in that MVP situation, and rightfully so, for his impact on his team. But to a man, when you look at all of the top talents in this league, Nathan McKinnon's got to be right there with Conor McDavid. And he's such an explosive player. You know, personally, I've eliminated Colorado in the playoffs. They've had many battles against Nate. Even though he's on the Western Conference. I've seen him grow as an individual, as a teammate, and now a leader. You hear it in his voice, the way he does interviews, all of those things. His influence from Sidney Crosby, Jared Bednar, you know, the Colorado Avalanche as an organization building that team around him. He is a product of all of that, and it's one of the best things that you're ever going to see across sports right now. What he's doing. I got to give him real flowers because, you know, Kucharov's been great. McDavid's been. Been great. But this guy's been absolutely the eye test, the numbers test, the entertainment, the explosiveness, the understanding of elevating his game in the moment. You're damn right he's in hell of shape. You can't perform that way without being in superb shape, and he's definitely mastered that. You know, when we thought Sidney Crosby set the standard for how you need to be in shape. I think Nathan McKinnon and McDavid now, but I think even Nathan McKinnon to. To a certain degree, that explosiveness and power in his game shows his commitment to being in the best shape possible.

[A]

McDavid's from Canada. Sydney's from Canada. Where's McKinnon from?

[B]

Canada.

[A]

Fuck.

[B]

Hey.

[D]

Still got silver?

[B]

He did. You know what?

[A]

They got a lot.

[B]

Hey, listen, so do we.

[D]

Happy birthday, Jack Hughes.

[A]

Happy birthday, Jack. Hey, Happy birthday, Jackie.

[B]

Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, baby. Yup. Happy birthday to him.

[A]

Where's he from?

[B]

Yeah, we got a lot of. He's from Michigan. He's a Michigan boy.

[C]

That McKinnon goal last night kind of looks familiar. Oh, no. He missed the wide open game.

[A]

Well, I. I do. I do see that as a potential super positive for us. So we appreciate him doing that for us, obviously, for everything he's done in the United States of America. I was trying to get Sidney Crosby to be USA as well, because he had been in Pittsburgh for 18 years. That's a full adult, right, that can register to vote. Yeah. In that particular city. So maybe he came over and played for Team usa. Seems like the Canadian guys have a lot of pride in playing for.

[C]

Sid loves hockey. He's going to play in that ihl,

[A]

whatever the championship with Kachak right now. Yeah.

[D]

Against actually like Sid.

[C]

Jesus Christ, you're 40. You just played another 21st season.

[D]

Whatever.

[C]

Just take a break.

[A]

They're addicted to hockey. These guys are addicted to hockey up there. I mean, they're actually addicted.

[E]

Yeah, but.

[B]

But Pat, Sid also knows, and he'll be the first to tell you this, he's got to continue to play like he's still playing at a level that's all these guys that we're talking about. Sid's right there. But he's got to take care of his body in order to do that. He's got to keep playing. Like as you get older. The one thing that guys talk about consistently is you got to stay on the ice. You can't get away from the ice. And he also, he's been consistent this way throughout his career. Set an example for the country and for players that everybody wants to play at the Olympics. Everybody wants to play at the major events. But you know, the world, the World championships is still important. It's important for Team Canada for guys to get together like it is for Team usa. So Sid doesn't want to bail out of those things just because. Right. So for him, it's a double edged sword. He's got to play and he's, he's our leader. So we got to see him all the time wearing that jersey.

[A]

Yeah, we get, he's great. We are super duper human.

[B]

He's got a lot of.

[A]

He's. He, he threw a football 30 yards for a million bucks, no questions asked in the middle of a shot. And then Gino and Letang, I said, do you think he'll be able to throw this football through this hoop? They both immediately, yes, he'll do. He'll be able to do whatever, whatever you need him to do. If you had him do something else, you give him a Rubik's Cube. He never did it before. He'll be able to figure it out. They're like, he's a superhuman. We've been very lucky in Pittsburgh to experience him as Penguins fans. Obviously, Canada lucky to have him. I think you should try playing for USA at one of these, though.

[E]

Would be cool.

[A]

Just like, see if you can, you know, as Matthew Kachuk goes for the triple goal. Matthew Tkachuk's gonna be the first American, if they win the gold in this, to win a Stanley cup and Olympic gold and a world championship gold medal. So there's only, I think, six guys that have done it or five guys that have already done it. He would either be the sixth or the seventh and the only American to ever do it. Sidney Crosby, obviously. How many? 30 guys. 30 have done it, but he would be the first American. There it is. Okay. Wow. 30, 30 have done it in the history of triple gold. He would be the first American. That's what's possible. And Sidney Crosby said, you think you're getting into our club, huh? Let's. Let's see how that goes. Let's continue to talk about the playoffs, though, shall we? The. Let's stay in the West. Go ahead, Connor.

[D]

Yeah, PK. Another great Canadian, Mark Stone. I know he's been out lately for the Golden Knights. I'm sure Ty has been pulling his hair out, wondering what the hell is going on with them. How important is it for Vegas, do you think, to close it out tonight? Especially because, you know, Colorado, now we're mentioning how great they are, but they might have a few extra days rest if the Golden Knights can't pull it out, which will make them even more dominant. Do you see this thing going? 7. Do you think the Golden Knights can get it done? They had a great comeback the other night as well. What do you think about tonight?

[A]

Well.

[B]

Well, we have to give a lot of props and flowers to John Tortorella, because what he's done with Vegas since taking over is exactly why they're in the situation that they're in now to take over this series. Him getting more out of Thomas Hurdle, him getting Dorofea to find ways to get on the score sheet, not allowing these guys with the excuse to get pushed out of games, pushed to or to have any other result than what's destined for him. So I think he's squeezing the life out of him. But the loss of Mark Stone, it's a huge loss and it's a massive loss for them down the middle of the ice. It puts a lot of pressure on Eichel and Marner and Barbachev to have to deliver offensively. So when you can get Dorothea now, who's not just a power play specialist, he's breaking down plays five on five and can put some Pressure on Anaheim's defense and on some of their younger forwards to pay attention to the defensive side. Like, to me, that's the shift in the series. Hunter G, Leo Carlson, Troy Terry. These guys are tilting the ice, and they're doing it, like, as if this is their fifth and sixth year and running the playoffs. I think Coach Q and everybody in Anaheim knew something that we didn't when they built that defense, because they're built for this moment as well. So it's hard to say because you can't count out those young players, their size, skill, the plays that go Che and Carlson and these guys are making out there right now. It's ridiculous watching these guys out. Out there playing. So Vegas is going to have to elevate. And then at the end of the day, it's the goaltending. It's doll. And. And Carter Hart. Carter Hart has been up to the task. You know, like Tortorella, he wanted to ride with them for a reason. This is why. So, you know, we're seeing Vegas kind of come together, and if they can find a way to win this series without Mark Stone, I think that says a lot about them potentially being able to compete with the Colorado because you're going to need everybody playing at that level. And hurdles turned it on. You know, Dorothy's finding that consistency. Their D getting active now. I like what's going. And they're blocking shots. Like, Torch has got those guys eating pucks, too. Yeah, we like crazy.

[A]

Eating a good D. Eating pucks.

[D]

Much pucks.

[A]

Yeah, pounding Ds.

[B]

Yeah, pounding Ds. Getting in on the Ds. Banging dudes. It's all happening. Yeah, yeah, you got it. That's. It's a part of the game. No. And guys don't want to do it. They think they get on the score sheet and it's good enough. You got to wear guys down. Dale McCarr last night, he's holding his hip. He's. He's wobbling up the ice. You gotta wear. You gotta get in and bang. Guys, sometimes it is what it is.

[A]

Yeah. You need jam and sandpaper. Clearly.

[B]

A little bit.

[A]

A little bit of grit goes a long way, especially when you're just banging dudes. Yeah.

[D]

Seven game series. You don't pound the D, you're kind of screwed. Once you get to seven, I'm kind of screwed.

[A]

You're getting definitely screwed.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

I'm on the sidelines. You're on a sideline.

[B]

Sidelines. You're watching.

[A]

You're in the chair. There yeah, watching. Yeah, I understand what you're saying.

[B]

I was a pucks in deep guy. I was a pucks in deep guy.

[A]

Oh, dump it down in there. Yeah, I understand what you're saying.

[D]

You should get pounded.

[A]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. On the defensive side.

[D]

Yeah, they were trying to pound.

[A]

All right, let's, let's wrap this up, please. Okay. Let's do the hockey. Let's go to massive one tonight. Obviously, the environments are a topic of the conversation, but much more. Go ahead, Tone.

[C]

Yeah, PK Game four in Montreal was kind of weird. There was a long, long goal review, which was weird. And then obviously the puck off of the stanchion that goes in for a goal. It was, it was just kind of like a weird game. Obviously. Great environment, great game. That series is awesome. What do you feel like it's going to be like Buffalo and Montreal tonight?

[B]

Well, Montreal has to understand this one for seven on the power play is not going to cut it. Their power play has to put pressure on teams. Why? Because you're, if you get through this series, you're looking at a Carolina. They're not going to let you waltz up the ice and set up on your power play. And if you power play play isn't effective, if your special teams is, is out of the game, it's going to be very, very difficult for Montreal now, once again, they, they were able to win games with only nine shots, and those things can happen. I'm just saying the numbers don't work in your favor that way. So I, for them, they have to get connected on their power play. Good things. Cole Cockfield's getting active. He's finding ways to get on the score sheet now. And I don't think he was playing bad before. So I, I Slapkovsky, you know, he's going to show up. I think if their power play gets going, he's got to be the guy in front of the net. They got to get more net front. They're playing too far on the outside and they're not shooting enough pucks. They got to put that pressure on Buffalo because they're a team that can score and you're short handed. So you got to keep them at bay. And for me, Montreal's got to play fast in this series. Buffalo was the faster team. You could see it early on in the game. And like Marty said, he didn't like their start. Well, I understand because you guys aren't skating. It's against Tampa. They lose that game in overtime where Moser comes around the top because they're Standing around watching for five minutes. So for Montreal, if they're going to have success, they got to be the faster team and they got to be connected on their special teams. They got to get going. So that's how I see it from Montreal's perspective. Buffalo's just got to continue to do what they did, get physical. I like how Lindy set the tone with saying that Montreal's diving and flopping. Let's get some of that action going on in the game. I like it going to add to the environment and we'll see what happens today. But, you know, Buffalo's got to continue to be physical and frustrate Montreal, that. That'll work in their favor.

[A]

Who do you think would win in a scrap? The Montreal Blade boys? The Buffalo Blade gang or the lads down there from Carolina Vandy South?

[D]

Jarvis boys.

[A]

Jarvis boys. Jarvis boys. Which lad do you. Okay. Three groups of lads walk into a bar. Three groups of lads drink out the entire bar. One group of lads ends up walking out with the most unscathed appearance out of bar.

[C]

Easy choice.

[A]

Although all the lads do high five on the way out and stack stick tap to towards each other on the way out. How would you view. How would you rank the three?

[B]

I definitely have Buffalo being number one if that's the case. I think those guys, they know how to drink. Montrealers, they know how to party. But it's all around the celebration of the team. There's a lot of class and elegance in Montreal. So I would suggest that Montre be third on the list. I got the Buffalo Blade boys. First, Second. And then who would be second after that?

[A]

Carolina.

[D]

Jarvis Boys.

[A]

Boys. They're from Manitoba. Yeah.

[D]

And Jarvis boys have said they're on PEDs, FYI.

[A]

Yeah. Because they said the reason why the one guy was getting to crank that thing is because he's clearly on peds. And they asked him if that was true, and he said absolutely.

[C]

You know, if they're Jarvis boys, they probably played Puck.

[A]

Manitoba, I think that's a tough part of town. I don't know, man. I never been to Manitoba.

[C]

And the Montreal Blade boys are probably French, so they're definitely third.

[B]

Oh, he's. They're playing with cork bats. They're corking the bat before they. Okay.

[D]

Which. Why not? It's legal.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Hey, teach his own man. To each his own. I like it.

[A]

Okay, so you got Buffalo, Carolina, Canada. That's what we thought. Okay. We appreciate you, brother. Have a good one, pk.

[D]

Yeah. All right.

[A]

All right, all right, all right. But The Carolina boys are Canadians, which does happen seemingly a lot in hockey. Every time we brag about our teams, and they're like, hey, seven Canadians on your team. Just so you know, you basically are.

[D]

That ain't the. That ain't.

[A]

That ain't what? That.

[D]

That ain't the fight. That. That ain't the rule.

[A]

Sidney Crosby's been here for 19 years.

[D]

Exactly. He's the injured. He said that before.

[A]

Okay. That. Boom. You're welcome. Okay. He's basically American. Speaking of American, we got a major going on around here.

[D]

Yep.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

PGA Championship over in Philadelphia. American dream stories coming true. True. Every once in a while, you'll hear a story about somebody that wasn't supposed to be in a place getting into a place and showcasing his talents to the world for maybe the first or tenth time ever.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Michael Block is hot.

[D]

Stop it.

[A]

At the PGA Championship. His first hole. Hole 10 from 200 yards at 23 inches. Stop it. 23 inches for B. Yeah. Yeah. You can't even take up Block and put it between the hole in the ball because the block wouldn't fit with how close he is. From 200, right where Blocky likes it. Swagging yesterday with the crowd, he said, I'm aiming right at that tree right there. Wait till I hit it. Pushes it a little bit. The Philadelphia guys boom instead. Holy One shite of a major. Looking clean in the khaki. Puts it to 23 inches to start a PGA Championship dream.

[D]

Block is hot, baby.

[A]

The block is real hot. Hot right now. That boy, blocky. Come on.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Me

[A]

shutting him up. We will continue to follow along with the PGA Championship. Let's go to another incredible story that is happening right in front of our face, ladies and gentlemen. We might have. Have in our current society, an ace pitcher in MLB who is going to own the top, maybe 100 fastest pitchers by starting pitcher in the history of MLB. That guy happens to be a monster of a man who I think understands what's possible. Chillest guy of all time.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Got voted in the All Star Game early rookie year. Only had five starts or whatever. Gets voted a lot of heat for him going into the All Star Game. Maybe over somebody else. He gets asked about it. Hey, I'm just happy to be here. Lucky to be here, man. Just happy to be here. Lucky to be here. Let me go ahead and do it. And then he gets on the mound last night, 49 pitches over 100 miles an hour. Come on. He's throwing 100 miles an hour in the seventh inning. These baseball batters are having a. And then their eyes get a little bit tired as the game goes. 103.6 is the max that he has hit.

[D]

She.

[A]

This guy's outrageous. His first four pitches last night. 102. Welcome to the baseball game. Here's first hit. Okay, 102 miles an hour. I can't get much faster. Sorry. 102 again. 102 again. 102 again. Then 97.

[D]

See ya off speed.

[A]

This guy's must watch from the Bruce. Ladies and gentlemen, the Miz Jacob Mizorowski.

[D]

Yeah, man.

[A]

How you doing, buddy?

[F]

Doing good. How are you guys?

[A]

Good. I hope you enjoyed the description of you that you were forced to listen to right there. Didn't want to put you on the screen because of probably the discomfort, but just know that is how we feel about you after getting to meet you. This is absurd what you're doing right now. I remember opening day, there was 104 mile an hour bet that you and I would have had if you would have been able to lead the season with 104 miles an hour. That would have been absolutely absurd. But it seems like you're damn close and you've been throwing it.

[F]

I'm getting there.

[A]

Yeah, I am. So tell me how you feel. Why do you think. Think you've seen this extended amount of speed that you've been feeling and do you think this is just going to become your new norm forever? Like, is this just what the pitcher you are and who you're going to be?

[F]

Yeah, I mean, I, I sure hope that's the norm. I mean, I think it's more just like a adrenaline coming into effect and, and kind of going that way with it. But no, against the Yankees, like that was definitely straight adrenaline the whole game and was riding on that. So it felt good.

[A]

Okay, so tell me about how old are you again?

[F]

24.

[A]

Okay, so have you obviously been tracking your pitches for when did you hit 100 and how much incrementally do you go up each year? Have you been tracking that and what is actually possible with you being at 24 right now, hitting the speeds that you're happening, Are we going to continue to build speed? We think longevity with the speed that we have. Like what do we think the forecast is for your arm?

[F]

Yeah, I mean, I think I think it's going to stay right around this, this for, you know, as long as I can possibly do it. But, you know, there's no way to tell exactly how long that's going to last. But no, I I started tracking speed in junior college. That was when I hit. I hit 100 my sophomore year of junior college and in the World Series. So it was kind of cool.

[A]

Yeah, kind of cool. Seeing triple digits up there, I bet that would be sweet. I mean what you're doing right now is just very abnormal. I think you have the seven fastest pitchers in the history, fastest pitches in the history of MLB for a starting pitcher as well. So it's like it's historic what you're doing right now because closers obviously. Chapman, Heraldis Chapman, sorry I read his name earlier, I got it completely wrong there. Heraldis Chapman though, he had like 105.8 or something. Closer right now. Mason, Miller, Yinzer, he's out hitting.104, 105. I think he's closer. So closers only have to come in, get three outs. So it's not an extended thing. What you're doing as a starting pitcher is just incredibly abnormal. Who do you talk to? Who do you call? Is it coaches? Is it other pitchers? Like how do you kind of, I don't want, I don't want to say like gather intel but you're doing something that hasn't been seen before. Who do you kind of lean on and what is kind of the daily conversation on how we keep your arm like this as you continue to grow into who you're going to be in the mlb?

[F]

Yeah, I mean there's a lot of talk with our, our staff in the, in the training room and stuff like that of you know, arm care that we're doing in between starts and so no, there's a, there's always good, you know, talks with Woo and you know, Chad, C.P. you know, all those guys, they always have something they want to add and you know, we'll talk about anything and everything.

[A]

Last question here. Miz. You had cramps last night. Happens in sports. I wondered about the blood flow in your arm. Okay. Throwing 100 mile an hour at least 49 times in a game. First time that's ever happened. Are you throwing 100 in any warm up pitches?

[F]

I'm maybe. I mean I'm not like, I'm not aiming for it to be 100. I'm more just aiming to get my body moving again from the, you know, sitting and waiting in the dark out.

[A]

Because I'm wondering if you threw like over 60, 100 mile an hour pitches just in the warm up pitches, you know, like, because not just the starting ones, you're also re warming up in there. But the blood flow, I would Assume the whip and everything. Are you getting cramps in your arm? Are you getting cramps in your body? What happened last night? And is this just something you're gonna have to change your intake whenever you're going to certain places?

[F]

Yeah, I mean, I had a. Had a cramp in Washington as well, in the hamstring. And every cramp I've had this season has been lower body. So, you know, I think. I think it's just going to end up being like, maybe a little bit more food in the middle of the game, like having like a, you know, PB and J or something like that to, you know, get some more carbs in.

[A]

Yeah. Okay. So we're still figuring out how to be a pro race. Yeah, you know, we're still. Yeah, we're still figuring out our damn routine in this. I know. The sky is the limit. That's how everybody who knows you around baseball talks about you. You're so fun to watch, man. We appreciate the hell out of you.

[F]

Thank you. Thank you.

[A]

Do you think you're cheating, though, with how close you are to home plate whenever you release the ball? Do you think that is A little bit. How tall are you again?

[F]

I'm six, seven.

[A]

Yeah. And they're saying you're a strider, too.

[D]

Like, you're like, lanky six, seven.

[A]

You're like, you know, elbows way over table beer.

[D]

The wemby of.

[F]

So the Release point is 7ft, 6 inches. So, yeah, I'm getting out there.

[A]

Is that the most any in baseball, or is there other.

[F]

I. I would have to look it up. I couldn't tell you off the top of my head.

[A]

I like that. You don't even know. I like that. You're the man. Ladies and gentlemen, picture for the Brewers. Ace for the Brewers. Maybe the fastest arm in the history of baseball. Jake. And miserable.

[D]

Yeah. Miss. Let's pin away from baseball the real Miz.

[A]

Hey, so you're 7ft 6 inches. Release spot. What is normal?

[C]

No idea.

[D]

It's a great question.

[A]

Let me look in somebody. Somebody will have that.

[D]

Like, what's Randy J. Johnson's?

[A]

Exactly.

[C]

He was 6, 11.

[A]

Yeah. So what is it? Because they talk about him str. Like, he. I guess a big part of his pitching is he gets very close to home plate. I mean, it is, like, on purpose, I think. Seven feet, six inches. Him knowing his stat. Anyways, he's the man. Skeins. All is on tomorrow. Baseball obviously has some magical stories developing through their season, which only has 400 games left, which we'll Certainly try to pay attention. Basketball, not a lot of games left. Not a lot of games left. We got to enjoy them all. Especially when there's a massive comeback in front of Marshall in 50. Come on, boy. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now, NBA legend in champion 15 year event, Kendrick Perk.

[D]

Yeah, Big Per.

[G]

My God, Perk.

[A]

Good to see you. Thank you for joining us. You look spectacular. I just want to let you know that. I want to let you know you look amazing. Obviously, the blue hue around the blue suit, it appears, is, you know, fantastic. I'll have you know I try to

[G]

do what I can when I'm in my home studio, Pat. You know, I don't. I don't have the makeup artists and stuff like that, so I try to, you know, color coordinate and do what I can, especially when I'm coming on here with, you know, my guy.

[A]

Oh, you're at home. You're at home, right? You're in shorts, right? Now, this is.

[G]

You're exact. You're exactly right. Shorts, no socks. Yeah. Top only.

[A]

Yeah. Respect. Hey, business on top, party on the bottom. We get your mullet of outfits, right? Okay, let's talk about last night. You want to talk about business and then party. 90 run to end this thing for the Cavs to send us to overtime. They steal a win in Detroit. Cade Cunningham obviously goes bananas, but they can't finish it down the stretch. Evan Fox, diehard Pistons fan, says this is your fault because whenever you did the whole James Harden, Kool aid or blood thing in his heart, maybe you woke up the monster. Now, James Harden, parton in his postgame interview after he went crazy, had this to say about the outside chatter. You've been in the league for a long time. How did you silence the chatter tonight

[C]

and have this sort of response in game three?

[D]

What chatter?

[A]

What chatter? That's exactly the answer to the question, what chatter.

[D]

I play basketball and, you know, whatever

[A]

this team needs me to do, I'm

[D]

gonna go out there and do it. So, you know, letting the game play out. Fourth quarter, my number was called and

[A]

I go to work, but, you know,

[D]

they made a run up 17. We've seen it before. Stay composed and win the game. And that's what we did.

[A]

What chatter? Obviously got really loud. You were a part of that. Your thoughts on what you've seen from James and what you see from this cav scene finishing this last night?

[G]

Well. Well, first of all, he was listening. I was a teammate of James, so he heard the chatter and the chat. Chatter at the time was warranted. But the thing that I, that I've witnessed with James is that he's been more of a prolific scorer looking to get buckets more so than trying to be a facilitator. So when you think about James being a scorer and when he focused on doing that, he's one of the greatest scorers that we've ever seen in the game of basketball. One could argue he was Luca before Luka when he had on the Houston Rockets jersey. And no one ever doubted that James Harden couldn't win you a few playoff games. It's all about James Harden completing the mission and closing out the series. We know one, games one, two, three and four, he's going to do his thing. And even in game five, game six and game seven, that's when we want to see him stand on business. That's when I want to see him get his feet high. But all in all, he did what they brought him here to do. Go on the road in a crucial game five and get a win for his organization, for his team. Their first roll win. But I thought collectively this was a character win for the Cleveland Cavaliers because Donovan Mitchell double figures. Max Strutz double figures. Evan Mobley and Jared Allen both had a great night on both ends of the floor. Completely took Jalen Durant out of the game. So I thought, you know, being down on the road and the way that they came together and got stops and timely buckets was a huge character win and arguably the most important win of their postseason.

[A]

Yeah, Stealing one on the road, obviously great. Stealing one that you're supposed to lose, obviously spectacular. In a vibes riddled kind of sport, which the NBA is. What does this tell you about the Pistons? Are you worried about the hey, you got 50 and M and M there. Cornstarg. Who knows what that turns into? I was at a 50 concert a couple weeks ago. Fountain blue. He still got it. Hey, he still got it. Still got it. We're talking Jacob Misarowski, we're talking 103 on the pain if he wants to. So if he was to get a mic, Eminem gets a mic. Huge playoff win. You're already in an arena. It's going to be one of the greatest nights in the history of Detroit. We could be having the greatest night in history. Detroit was of them. Now, granted, you got to win a title, but I'm just saying this could have become something epic and instead just shit the bed down the stretch. That's kind of what we see happens in sports. Obviously, you get unlucky and everything like that. What did you learn about the stones and what are your thoughts about Cade Cunningham being a guy? I mean, he is a guy.

[G]

It feels like, oh K. Cunningham is a bonafide superstar. He just doesn't have a bonafide Robin. Tobias Harris has been good for them, but he's not a guy that's going to be a second option that's going to take you to where they're trying to go. Go and ultimately get to the promised land and try to win a championship. And I know a lot of people been giving a lot of damn heat to Jalen Duran and rightfully so. But the big fella is 22 years old. This is his first real playoff experience. Him walking into the postseason and being relied and being relied on as a second option offensive guy, this is one of those moments that's going to make him stronger and better, better in the near future. The Cavs, on paper, offensively, they're better than the Pistons. So when we look at this, this series, yeah, I picked the Pistons to win the seven, but usually when you pick a team to win a seven, that means you really don't really, you know, it could go either way. I'm not making excuses, but again, all the Cavs had to do when they're doing it is match their physicality. And we're seeing that from the bigs. Cuz let's be real. Before the playoffs started, the Cavs had a nickname of Hostess Cupcakes because they was premium in the middle. But now they're changing the narrative. Jared Allen and Evan Mobley are actually playing like some grown ass men now.

[A]

They're calling them the Cream Field in the pink Cavaliers.

[G]

Yeah.

[D]

Twinkies.

[G]

Yeah.

[A]

I don't like that. I don't like that one bit. Oh, I always hated the cream on the inside. I'm going say it. What if I been into that thing and there was cream inside? Hated it. Give me the Ho Ho. That has like the solid. I can't do those. Soft, creamy.

[D]

When I get in like a Boston cream donut.

[E]

I agree with you.

[D]

I'm with you there.

[A]

I bite in there, I think. Oozes out.

[C]

So not a Twinkie guy.

[A]

No, not at all. Get it out of my face.

[C]

I mean, the Ho Ho's got the cream inside too though.

[A]

Yeah, no, but it's a little harder crisper because it does the.

[D]

It's more like the Oreo cream.

[A]

Yeah, I'm talking about the texture of this. Like you bite into that thing and it's, you know, you don't want that. That's what he's saying. He's saying. That's what they were saying.

[C]

Not on the basketball court, you don't.

[A]

Not on my mouth either. Your mouth? It sounds like you want that. Whatever.

[C]

I'll try anything twice.

[G]

Yeah.

[A]

This is your fault, Perk. This is your fault. We did not know they were calling them cream filled down there. I'm happy they're changing that entire narrative. Okay, let's talk about what's going on in the West. Obviously, it's some pretty special stuff. I had somebody call me that said they're picking San Antonio strictly because they have an alien on them. They have an actual alien on their team. Go ahead, con man.

[D]

Yeah, Perk. And he's not the only one. It feels like Castle and Harper and even Devin Vassell are kind of stepping up as they've gotten older throughout these entire playoffs. You know, you mentioned Duran being a young guy. This team is full of young guys, but they seem to be kind of meeting the moment, especially after Popovic told Wemby and gave him a little pee pee whack for getting kicked out the other night coming off the plane. But this is kind of the last series that we're looking at here in the west until the OKC one. We don't have a game tonight, unfortunately, but this would be the next one. What do you think for game six? Is this a Minnesota, you know, Ant Man Force? Game seven? We're going back to San Antonio. Or do you think Wemby had that night off of reflection? Hey, I can't be elbowing guys in the layer larynx just because they deserve it. I just need to go out there and get 40 and 15 every night and we'll win a title. What do you. What do you see from game six here tomorrow night?

[G]

I believe this series is going seven. Now we know that Wimby has a hatred for losing and so do Anthony Elwood. Anthony Edwards is going to protect this house. It's going to be hard, but he's going to protect his house. By the way, can anybody tell Julius Randall that the playoffs has officially started? Because they need him. They need him to be a Robin. They need him to fix his damn body language. They need him to be engaged and on both ends of the floor because right now he's getting punk. Jay McDaniels, yes. One of my favorite players. He's getting punk. And when we talk about Wimby, let me. Let me tell y' all this real talk, and I really Feel this deep in my soul. Okay, 30 years from now and no particular order, the goat conversation is going to go. Jordan, Braun and Wimby. This man is about to. This man has officially taken over the NBA. The NBA belongs to Wimby for the next 10 years. This is Wimby's world and everyone is trying to get an apartment in it. I have never seen a guy that is so dominant on both ends of the floor. I'm already watching the greatest defender by greater greatest defender I've ever seen with my own two eyes. We know that he's going to block shots. We know his capability of being able to switch out and guard on the perimeter. But the thing that stands out to me the most is that when he's able to go and contest the shot shot with one hand and the other hand while he's in the air, take away drop off passes to the bigs. I've never seen nothing like that in my damn life. He's though he. Yeah, he special is an understatement.

[A]

Okay.

[G]

I don't even know a word to describe him. Yeah, I don't even know what to say about him no more. He and this youth, this whole narrative of this youth thing. Before I switched over and went to the Spur, I mean, I mean pick Minnesota for this series, I did come out and say that the San Antonio spurs could win the NBA championship. Right? And Wimy kept saying we don't care about people saying we don't have experience. You know why? Because they have they young. But like my grandma used to say, they got old souls, baby.

[A]

Yes.

[G]

Yeah, they got old souls, traveled souls.

[A]

I mean when we heard Wemby fresh out of the draft, this guy from France is number one. He might be the greatest of all time. He was talking about how the universe and he kind of understand each other. Then he went and trained with monks for his mind. And then he went with Kevin Garnett. Then he's playing chess. Then he's elbowing people in the face. He's pump faking into paint and passing it off. He's swatting, he's dunking. This guy seems to be everything. I'm excited to see what they say.

[G]

And Pat, I'm glad you brought that up because see going trained with kg, Akeem Olajuwon and even our guy Jamal Cross offered. See the training part is one thing, but what people is missing is the knowledge that he's getting after the training. Those two, that, that extra hour when they took, when he takes off his shoes and all of a sudden they're sitting down and all of a sudden they get. He's getting that conversation. That's what people are missing.

[A]

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[E]

I'm doing great. How about them Cavs last night? I know Foxy's a bit upset, but yeah, great win for, oh, Ohio.

[A]

Showed up in Michigan. In Michigan, quit in the. In Ohio remained kings in front of Eminem and 50 in front of. In front of a raucous Rock Detroit sports town crowd. Stones I mean, the whole game. 15 at one point. They're down 15 at one point, nine at the. And they go in a 90 run to force. What? That's Ohio grit, AJ. Is that why you're shouting this out right now?

[E]

I mean, maybe they should split maybe 50 and and Eminem should come on over and come to the. The cab.

[A]

Whoa. Yeah. They're gonna do that?

[D]

Yeah Right.

[A]

You know who you have as a celebrity fan? You have Mike the Miz. So congrats to you. That's really cool, Hawk.

[E]

Thank you. He's a huge superstar.

[F]

He has been for 20 years.

[A]

When's the last time he's won a match? Hawk? It doesn't matter.

[D]

Don't forget about the gun, Kelly. Bruh.

[A]

Machine Gun. I do love mgk. He's awesome. But he doesn't go to the games. He doesn't care about. That's cuz he's working. Him and Whiz right now, obviously. About to go on tour, releasing songs. Right now they're both back seemingly in their absolute apex. Cannot wait to hear that entire album. On that note, let's go back to this though. The Miz, maybe it has been. Since when did you say Miz last won a match?

[E]

I said 2003, but I believe I'm out of line. I think he's won, you know, at some point.

[C]

No, I don't think so.

[A]

What would you say would be some point though? Because that's. That's.

[E]

Give me 2009 maybe.

[D]

No, it was like 2000 days ago.

[A]

He's a tag team champion.

[D]

Yeah. With our truth.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

I guess I'm thinking. I'm thinking maybe Mania matches. He hasn't run a Maria match yet.

[A]

Mania, okay. Wrestlemania is obviously whenever the Rock is involved, okay? Because we're teraman all the OO around here, pal. But yeah, the Cavs. Big time comeback shot to them. How about hockey? Do you see Minnesota? They had Colorado just d and i3 zip. And then the Colorado Avalanche wake up. Did you see the point differential per period for these lads? Obviously Makar and McKinnon are outrageous. And the goalie can stand on his head. And the team is spectacular. And they're in flippy floppies in pools so they can work out the lactic acid at a deeper level at Mile High. Seems like they're in better shape there, buddy. Just absolutely stomping, folks. As the game continues to grow on. This is the classic. Take them out into the deep end. It feels like with this Avalanche team, aj.

[E]

Yeah, it is. I guess I would assume if you're the coaching staff, you're thinking like, hey, what do we need to do to get out to a hotter start? That's not every football coach talks about, oh, we need a fast start, you know, control the game, whatever. And Colorado is good enough to where they get out to these super slow starts and they still just find a way to pour it on them late.

[A]

Yeah, And I think there is a chance that they just want to kind of see how the game is going to go. Let's get a feel for this thing. All right. And then they like figure it out. You know, there's. I think Aaron could potentially be this way. I think Aaron Rodgers, first couple quarters, he's trying to figure out what the defense is doing. You know, then he come out and then in the end he has it figured out.

[F]

Out.

[A]

And that's why Mike McCarthy's been on the record. Everybody else been on the record. It's like two mental. We want Aaron's hands. We want ball in Aaron's hands. He has figured out the defense and what they're trying to do. Maybe they're a team that just is trying to figure out what the game is going to be. We know they're physical though.

[E]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

They'll hit you late, they'll beat you down. They know that in the third period you're probably going to be feeling a lot worse than you felt in the first period in a massive comeback like that. Great for hockey. That has already been up into the right con man.

[D]

Yeah. And it feels like they're just smarter. Like even this last play, he's throwing it off the side of the board so his guy can go get it who isn't even supposed to be on the ice, by the way. And then for him to hold it, you know, like Nikis wasn't supposed to be the guy who was coming on, but he knew exactly what to do. And then even when you watch the tendy, the tendi is kind of waiting for him to shoot. Comes all the way at the top of the crease and then pass. Nope. We're going to the other side. Like they are. Their IQ is even higher, which makes it feel unfair. Fair. Feels as though they shouldn't be able to do this. So kind of Colorado being this good versus the Vegas Golden Knights who use that IR cap space thing. Kind of two Titans of. Hey, that's not allowed. Coming together in the Western Conference finals would be cool. And then maybe Carolina to bring it home on the East.

[A]

I don't like the way you're saying ethical roster building conversations have happened in hockey.

[C]

They still do.

[A]

That's a good question because I remember the Tampa Bay Lightning did this. I believe the Florida Panthers did this with Marshy. It seems as if the Vegas Golden Knights were doing it a few times. But what is the thing? You basically put somebody on ir, then their contract doesn't count. Then you can sign other people Then when the playoffs start, you can bring back the contract because the salary cap can be adjusted a little bit whenever it's postseason, especially with an injured player retiring. So you're able to kind of fill up your roster with more money than everybody else because you're designating somebody to injury because their contracts were won't affect what the salary gap is. Is that accurate, Nick?

[F]

More or less, yeah. But they closed that loophole so you can no longer do that.

[D]

That's why. That's why Stoner right now, genuine teas and peace. Before, it was always like, okay, Mark Stone. Yeah, you're hurt for sure. You got the last three weeks of the season. You guys are just bringing people in. But now, for real, it's like, hey, they need Stoner back big time.

[A]

Yes, they certainly do. Good luck to all the NHL teams that are up and to the right. Hockey his been spectacular. AJ do you know what this is?

[E]

Skull and crossbones.

[A]

What type of skull, though? Dude, you never. You probably would know, actually.

[E]

Oh, well, is that something to do with an author that we know?

[A]

Oh, well, maybe at some point. And we do love Jack Carr and that is certainly, I believe his most recent book, Fourth Option is coming out or is out. Should be read by you soon.

[D]

Out now.

[A]

Go get it now. Fourth option. This from Jak Carr. We love Jack Carr. Hell yeah. We love Jack Carr's brain. We love Jack Carr's commitment to our country. We love the way Jack Carr operates. And he's also saved the world like three to four different times for us. So if you can go buy Jack Carr book, not only are you going to be incredibly entertained, not only going to take a ride, this one is, I believe, about a retired CO or CIA operative and kind of getting back into it like. So this is going to be a great trip with Jack Carr, like every single story. Fourth option available.

[D]

Now, Bill sat down last night, said he was just going to read a chapter to find out what it was about. Said he read 15 chapters, just. Just immediately could not put it down.

[A]

And we will say Bill is one of the leaders of the Jack Carr fan club. But how could you not be, to be honest, with the way he talks? Shout out to Jack car. But now this is not from Jack Carr. Good guess now, because the score. Skull in crossbone looks cool in Jack car. Certainly that. No, this is. This would be a jungle cat, actually. Skull. Yeah, that's a jungle cat. See that?

[E]

Okay.

[A]

Looks like a dinosaur maybe. No, that's a. That's a jock.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

Okay, so who was that affiliated with?

[A]

Oh, the Carolina Panthers. And watch that one right there, pal.

[F]

Oh, oh, there it is.

[A]

Oh, watch your tail. Get it, get it.

[E]

Watch your tail.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

That has many different meanings, I guess.

[C]

Does it?

[D]

They're. They're great at the releases.

[A]

Carolina has been OG of schedule release. Remember they had the throwback back to whenever we were kids bicycle into the house with the Nintendo 64. I believe in the entire thing. This one they said is going to be explosive. This one they gave a little teaser. I believe there are bombs involved in this thing. So yeah, that's. We need to celebrate.

[C]

Remember Tannerite or bombs?

[A]

I think they were. Tannerite was being used. But I do believe they did have quite a bomb effect. There was a lot of this going on when I was watching.

[E]

Are all the videos coming out at 8 or the videos going to come

[A]

out before this 8pm launch on social media for the social media and creative teams to be on display. Some of your teams and our teams are going to potentially have the greatest products of all time.

[C]

Maybe.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And then some social media creative teams, digital teams are going to be on display for being ass tonight. Okay. We need to remember that and we should judge them. They're getting paid a lot of money. They have a lot of power.

[E]

Some teams don't want to jump into the game and say, hey, like why don't we're about ball. We don't need to make these hype videos.

[A]

I think then you just probably need to get out of the NFL and go to like the UFL maybe or something like that.

[E]

Probably get out of the marketing department if that is.

[A]

Yeah. This is the NFL. Okay. So you have a. You're going to have to have a social media digital team that creates things content for your fans because everybody else does. Does it? But I will say if you want to be just like an Amish football team and do all that, I would respect it as well. I would say good on you for running your business that way. But that's not the case. They employ and pay millions of dollars in salaries into creative departments, digital departments, social media teams. You're talking about these jobs literally being a massive piece of what these franchises are to a lot of people. I tried to explain way the early days of Twitter. I was lucky to get on Twitter very early in my life. I'm not saying I was early in the Twitter world, but it was like talking to the Colts at the time about how important their Twitter account was. Because there's a lot of people who don't live in Indianapolis that their only interaction with the Colts is through that social media account. That's it. Only see what that social media account puts out. Only know really what's going through there. That was back in the day. Now obviously everything's so widespread and we got a lot more content of everything. But I think like the Colts have had like a social media department for a long time time now they're like fully invested, full fully invested in this type of thing. And they're not the only ones. I think it's like a majority of teams now understand that the hand is where these people are going to fall in love with our brand now as opposed to just, you know, out and about at the stadium. So tonight's a big showcase. The digital teams in the creative teams and I think that's our big takeaway always is like this video is awesome. These don't know ball. Okay. It's clear they don't know ball. This one's awesome. That's what tonight be becomes. And also who's getting all the prime time games? Who's playing where? We already know the international games. Now we just need to know who's going to be broadcasted to the world. A.J. anything you're looking forward to?

[E]

I. I'm definitely looking forward to. Like I want to go to specific teams first off, hey, it's going to be fun to look at the list of how many prime time games certain teams have and then the teams that don't get any prime time and may get upset. I think the Colts was that last year. You were pretty last couple years.

[A]

Thanks. Please just move on.

[E]

So I mean maybe this is the year they're due right. With Danny Dimes there. I think they're going to have a couple of prime times correct.

[A]

I would hope so. Listen. Well you never know.

[E]

There's so many prime time games now though with all the different there is every days they're playing like there's a lot more I guess that you could consider. Prime time.

[A]

Yeah. So if you don't get a prime time game with how many prime time games there are now, I mean that's a real problem. Now we have an international game so we do know we'll be the only game on in the morning, you know Indiana mornings on Indiana time. But it would be nice to get a couple more prime time games because it's good for your team team. Unless you're ass Giants weeks one and two prime time games. If that's a slow start for Harbaugh and Jackson Dart, that's going to get real loud real early by a lot of people. But that comes with being a giant. Ain't that right Bruce?

[E]

Yeah, the second we are, hey, are

[D]

we maybe going to be decent?

[E]

We're going to have a ton of prime time games. That's just kind of how the cookie crumbles. I don't, I don't love it. But like our Cowboys game games, like

[A]

we lost a ton of close games

[E]

last year and our Cowboys games were both bangers. So hopefully they will be at least

[D]

fun to watch even if we do

[A]

get off to that slow start.

[D]

Also, I do believe and definitely check this, but I think New England and Seattle Both started either 2 and 2 or 1 and 2 out the gate last year. And then you saw I know they both definitely lost week one because it was the first time ever the two teams in the super bowl were zero and one after week one. But that is one of those things where like new culture might might be a slow start and then in prime time sold out Are you a little

[A]

bit worried about the Houston Texans? We got this in the mail earlier today. AJ Hawk and the PMS game spelled it right.

[D]

That never happens.

[G]

True.

[D]

It'll all make sense on Thursday.

[E]

Huh?

[A]

Some pads with one Auto. You got blood on the shoulder pads. What's coming tonight for you from the Houston Texans schedule release? I don't know.

[D]

Something. I know that son of a Toro is probably up to no good. I know that there's some jokes that some people are probably going to be making due to low hanging fruit. And then there are some things also that you know, maybe we'll see come in some sort of video. I I typically am a pessimist when it comes to this stuff. Oh great. They're going to make us show these bloody shoulder pads and there's going to be some stupid Mickey Mouse thing that we're going to have to watch tonight and be like oh this was good when it isn't. However, the Texans are one of those teams like the Chargers, like some of these social media teams that you can kind of hang your hat on them being great bloody shoulder pads. First thing I think of is Brian Cushion when it comes to to Houston Texans. I don't know if there's some or J.J. yeah J.J. wad. I don't know if they're not J.J. wah. I don't know if there's some sort of VL connection as well since he coached there in Houston, but I do think that it will probably I don't

[A]

think they'll be Taken. I think we could probably assume that that one's not.

[D]

I'm going to guess that a lot of these social teams saw New England on their schedule and like, oh, I got a great idea for our schedule. Feel when it comes to this is

[A]

why you've been kind of against it. Connor's been kind of against these social media teams getting a chance to be on display.

[D]

No, I just don't want to be let down. I think what they have done the past few years is great videos. Like, we all look forward to them. Now that they're adding gimmicks, now they're adding shirts, now they're adding bloody shoulder pads. Okay. The only. The only once you get to the top with these social teams, typically the only way they go is down. And I'm not saying. And I think the AI thing has gotten so out of hand that teams will now take pride in not using AI, which I think is great, actually. So I think that will kind of go away a bit. Little bit. But I do worry that some of these teams are just going to try and out creative themselves when they already have a great.

[A]

Yeah. That's why it's on display on who's asked and who's not. Bingo. That is a big one. I think the Colts are going to come back in a strong way after what happened last year.

[D]

They need it.

[C]

What did they do last.

[A]

Last year was bad. They. They didn't get the rights. Remember? It was like Minecraft or something and like multiple teams. Another team had the rights already.

[C]

I do remember.

[A]

And then I think it was Chargers did it.

[D]

I think.

[A]

Yeah, I think it was Chargers. Chargers did it. And then Colts did it. Chargers got like the rights to it, actually. And then there was like a whole thing. And Chargers obviously was much better, but I think there's been a lot of changes made and I think.

[D]

Good.

[A]

Brad Michaels, ladies and gentlemen. We have received an exclusive from the Panthers. They're rich. Yeah. We need a sound. Can we go back to the beginning? I mean, Gez Louise, we got an exclusive here. Can we go back to the next level? Where are we at? I got a bunch of the golf

[E]

stuff up, so I got to close

[A]

those out and we'll go back to it.

[D]

Wait, wait, we're.

[A]

I got a few. I got a few of the golf broadcasts up as well. We're trying to do a show.

[D]

We were going to do the golf watch along.

[C]

Tell you what, from what I saw, that looks like ass.

[A]

What? They just gave us an exclusive. I almost.

[C]

When I first thought I almost said a worse word, but that looks like ass.

[A]

Okay, well, I appreciate you not using the worst word. We don't even know what it is. We haven't even heard it. We have. No.

[C]

Why can't we just put up a schedule with words and where we're at and who we're playing?

[A]

Sh.

[D]

The game, man. That did look like a.

[C]

Send me a. Send me a. Send me a magnet I can put on my fridge. Okay, please send me something I could touch.

[A]

This is your 2026 magnet right here. No sound. I mean, are you kidding me?

[D]

They're just too.

[A]

They're gonna come after us.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

There's no sound. Oh, there's no sound. Okay, then what was that? We hear stuff.

[E]

This is just a.

[D]

Is that their new logo?

[E]

Okay, what kind of information did we gain from this?

[D]

That they're using AI they're melting steel.

[A]

AI is good.

[E]

There's some good AR videos out there.

[A]

Okay, so it's doesn't know sound. All right, I will say that was kind of ass. That was stupid to give us.

[D]

See what I mean?

[A]

That was a bad idea to give us that, but it'll be a part of a much big. That was out of context. No sound. Yeah, right. Like, that should not be given to us. Like, give us a little bit more. That's a terrible towel there, though. Obviously getting shredded right there. That never worked out. Oh, the Florida Panthers Speedo. You think that's what's happening?

[C]

Tell you what.

[A]

I like what they're doing.

[C]

Maybe it's never, never, ever, ever been a good idea to do that to the terrible towel. A lot of teams have been cursed by what that just happened.

[A]

Oh, with the explosive. Okay, that's a. Okay, so now I'm starting to piece it together, right To a bomb ends

[D]

up in someone's butt. Cuz, watch your tail.

[A]

All right, let's move along. Let's get away from this. Let's go to a major place. We never know.

[D]

Just try to connect the dots. Watch your tail.

[A]

That's what it says.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

Probably is a bomb in a butt.

[A]

Maybe that's what it is, actually. Maybe that's the sound. Oh, and it just saws through. You never know. Cats.

[E]

That's the sound of the. Where's the. Where's the cat going?

[A]

No, it's just the sound that goes right through The Terrible Tails. October 17th. There's a chance. I just found out.

[C]

We play the Panther Panthers. That's awesome.

[A]

That's a w. I don't know if that's true.

[D]

That is a good football team.

[A]

There is good football team.

[D]

Possibly a great one after that draft.

[A]

Yeah, we'll see. Also with this scheduled release. Let's go. Let's give a little grace here to the Carolina Panthers social team. I don't think we should have been ones to necessarily do what we just did right there.

[D]

But Dan Morgan is just tearing apart his office right now.

[A]

Since. Since joining us now is a guy who's wasting his life in a tiny little cube over there. Ramanink. Ladies and gentlemen, gentlemen, our golf expert, Mark Schlawball. Yes. How you doing? I saw blocky go from 203 yards out to 23 inches on hole one. How you doing? Keep it moving. I'm a majors champ. What other storylines do we need to know from the early starts here as another major kicks off?

[H]

Well, I mean, Pat, that's the biggest one. I mean it was an absolute dart from 202. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, no. Can't even compliment blocky arts.

[H]

You know, for a second there I thought if you don't. He doubled the. The third hole.

[E]

Yeah, he did.

[A]

All right, let's go. Let's reconnect. What?

[B]

Okay.

[A]

No, the only thing we hear from him is that Blocky doubled the third hole. That's not fair.

[D]

No, I thought.

[A]

True. Can we reconnect with.

[C]

Blocky has won over. Yeah.

[A]

So. But why do you think the universe. Oh, and he's back. Okay, so we couldn't hear anything that you said other than than and he doubled the third hole. Just want to let you know that that's all we heard and we learned that in real time. I appreciate you bringing the actual facts and stats to us so we know who we can potentially get behind who should do well here today. You think?

[H]

I tell you, I told you earlier in the week that DeChambeau or Rom winning this thing would be the big storyline. But if Jordan Spieth wins, he'll complete the career grand slam and he's in a four way tie, five way tie for first right now. That three under just had a back to back birdies. I mean it would be the biggest story in golf bat since Tiger woods won the 2019 Masters. I mean he's still a guy that moves the needle, a fan favorite. He's a roller coaster. I love him because he plays golf like me. After he hits a bad shot, he's like, God, you suck.

[A]

You're terrible.

[H]

And you know, got a five way tie up there. Pac eater from South Africa came into the week ranked 127th in putting he's gaining five strokes on the greens right now. Probably not going to sustain that. Stefan Jaeger from Germany. He was number three in Data Golf's course fits this week. I didn't take him. And then Minwu Lee, the chef who's cooking this week and cooked like hell when I took him in the Masters in my pool.

[A]

Yeah. Chef could potentially go crazy. Did you see guy was late to tee box for hole one one. Garrick Higgo shows up a minute late. They give him a two stroke penalty before he even tees off. He would go on to double bogey one here has any. How often does this happen in a major? Don't you kind of know where you're supposed to be when you're supposed to be there? This feels like a very amateur mistake. Was he potentially just maybe dumping his pants? Like, what, Maybe he didn't make a putt on the putting green before going over there. I gotta make one before I get like, how do we get to this? And how normal is this?

[H]

It happened back in 2019 at the PGA Championship of Beth Page Black. It's rare. It's inexcusable. It's probably, you know, not to blame the caddy, but that's kind of the caddy's job to make sure he gets there on time. I can't figure out if he knew before the end of the round or if they told him in scoring because he seemed quite surprised and had a long conversation with PJ of America officials in the scoring 10. Give the kid credit, though. I mean, he shot three under 69 or excuse 367 the rest of the way. And if it wasn't for that two stroke penalty, he'd only be one shot

[A]

off the lead had to be so uncomfortable. I, I assume it had to be a, you know, maybe I wanted them Philly cheese steaks over there with some extra green pepper. You know, a little bit of a couple there. Just had to get it out. I. Is the putting green right next to first? Like how.

[H]

Yeah, they're, they're, they're right there. I mean, he was only one minute late. There's Strickler, stickler for rules. But yeah, if what you're saying is true, I guess it would be the true definition of body time.

[A]

Yes, it would be. AJ has a question for you, Mark.

[E]

Yeah, I know they got a lot of rain, I believe, yesterday. I guess we've watched some different clips of guys putting the ball off the green and stuff. Are they like, are we expecting these greens to possibly Dry out and get super fast as the weekend comes.

[H]

Yeah, A.J. i mean, it's a Donald Ross course, so the. The dreams of the defense guys have talked all week about there not being much strategy off the tee. As I said earlier in the week, it's kind of a grip it, rip it course off the tee at least. But you saw Bryson struggles. He chipped off, putted off the back of the green to about 57ft away past the hole. A lot of spines, a lot of slope. They got about a quarter inch of rain last night. It's not supposed to rain for the rest of the week. I get up to about 89 degrees on Sunday, so they can make these things as diabolical as they want. The pin placement on number four today is absolutely lethal. And there's still some room back there for a Sunday pin.

[A]

Okay. We can't wait to see where they decide to torture these guys throughout the weekend as another major's at hand. It's not just obviously the core stuff. Conditions on the ground. How about in the sky? Go ahead, con man.

[D]

Yeah, Marky Mark. It looked windy as shit when we were watching the earlier rounds there. Is that supposed to be something that's constant this week? I mean, even on, you know, Rombo's hole out, it looked like the flag was going fast. Are we expecting a very windy round? And how much do you think that's going to affect these guys as they try and figure out these greens?

[H]

Yeah, I mean, look, it's about controlling the spin. Spin. Most of these guys are bombing it. If you get a wedge in your hand, you got to control the spin, the false fronts, 15, 16 miles an hour. I think that's absolutely why Michael Block yanked his tee shot down the left side on number three, and then.

[A]

Easy, come on, into a bunker.

[H]

Look, guys, we watched him putt the other day on the Putting green inside 20ft. Never missed. Yeah, absolute machine.

[A]

That's what he said.

[H]

Be it at 20 yards long, longer, you know, hit it. As far as Roy, there's no telling.

[A]

All right?

[D]

I mean, that. That's true. Okay, you mentioned the ball.

[C]

He said it himself.

[D]

You mentioned the ball. Mark, what's the deal with Cam Young's ball? Why am I seeing people calling him a cheater for using some golf ball that everybody basically uses? What's that situation there?

[H]

I say he's more of a visionary ahead of his time. You know, the USGA and the rna, which two of the governing bodies. Bodies talking about changing the testing standards going forward, starting in 2030 to get 15, 20 yards off the drive shorter. Make them shorter so that the courses don't become too obsolete. Cam Young unknowingly had been using a ball that is going to be approved in the future under those new conditions. And you know, he started using it to win them champions championship last year and that was the first time he'd won on tour after seven runner up finishes. I think used it again at the players this year and down at Doral a couple weeks ago when he went wire to wire. So, you know, golf geeks love it. I can't stand it. Writing about anything more than rollback.

[A]

You're the best because you are a golf geek, but you certainly don't ever portray it. You certainly sound like an optimist about everything that we ask about over there in a golf world. And that's why we love you, Schlaw. Appreciate you, man. Enjoy the time over there.

[H]

I was happy to guy today.

[A]

Well, the first thing we heard you say was he had double on three blockagers.

[D]

Double.

[A]

That was the.

[H]

That was.

[A]

That was the only thing we heard from you. Everything else froze up. So literally your first words were. Yeah, yeah. But let's, you know, it was good. I liked it.

[H]

Well, you know, like for a second there I thought, look, if you don't birdie the first, you can't birdie all 18.

[A]

Here go we.

[C]

We have bingo.

[A]

That's what we're talking about. Listen to the optimist. Ladies and gentlemen, your next shot, your best shot with Mark Schlaba. Appreciate you. Man, what a stud that guy is.

[D]

Yeah, he is the man. He's. Go dogs.

[A]

Ladies and gentlemen, Blocky's back to even after a phenomenal party couple. He might. Come on birdie 13 there. Which 13's a par four? 365 yards. It's a short one. 13th. Whenever it comes to how hard the hole is compared to the rest, what normal score is. He has a birdie to start this thing we saw from 200 yards out. Schlabout just said inside 20ft. He never misses.

[D]

Yeah. That's sweet.

[C]

I mean, he's playing.

[D]

That'd be fun.

[C]

Could be a lot worse. Bryson's 7 over D. Shambro.

[D]

Yep.

[C]

Guess YouTube golfers are cutting it out easy.

[A]

What are you talking about? What are you talking about, guys?

[C]

A YouTube golfer. Now he's only playing major championships. And guess he's only playing the first two rounds of major championships.

[D]

That's not true.

[A]

Just because he rolled one from one side of green to the other side of green. Got him bummed out a little bit.

[F]

Very.

[A]

Yeah. Got him bummed out a little bit. He moved on.

[C]

Oh, yeah. He also had hit from someone's front porch too.

[A]

Well, I mean, Tiger woods was a scrambler as well. We don't know what D Sham is going to do tomorrow on this course.

[C]

You're right. It's gonna be tough. But yeah.

[A]

Dechambeau seemingly going through it a little bit. He's got. He's seemingly going through it a little bit. We hope he finds his way because whenever he's golf, what a moment for him. We got kids staying on stages next to tee boxes on 14. We got a. I love that there was a. Hey, did you see the elevated. There was like five ladies who had. Yeah, the elevated stages on 14. I guess the lads just right next door. Oh, yeah, it's right next to me. It's right behind house. What do you mean right behind our house? Well, like there's like an eight foot fence and then it's hole 14 right there. It's one of the benefits of living on this course. Is there any way you can fix this for us? What if we build a 10 foot kind of like rise?

[C]

Sure, the course loves that.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

The PJ loves that.

[A]

The bros over there like, yo, you could do that. Yeah, let's go, bro. We will hang. They're just standing there, just right above them. Good luck, boys. Think about Sunday 14. Oh, it's going to matter.

[C]

They're about to see block.

[A]

Yeah. Oh, hold on to the lids, boys. At 14. They're gonna want to explode up there from the riser. You can't hold your blocky like, excitement in just a little bit more until he gives you one of these.

[D]

Hey, throw me a beer. I'm sure. Let's shotgun one right now, boys. Right after I drive this thing 250 freaking yards.

[A]

It'll be no surprise if blocky post hole 14 today scores a six under after he runs into those. I'm going back.

[D]

I gotta go back.

[A]

Yeah, I. Ladies and gentlemen, football is king. We understand that. We're lucky for it. And if you're a Super bowl champion and you represent a city, you're going to be asked to voice over the open to a major for golf.

[E]

How much is Philly figured in the history of America and golf? I am at liberty to say.

[A]

And that says everything. My town has seen it all.

[E]

Huge moments made possible at men determined

[A]

to set a new course. Horse or tame it all on.

[E]

Philly demands respect for all it stands for and everything it's seen inside stately

[A]

buildings and on tricky fairways and greens

[E]

here where independence was declared.

[A]

We the people are united by love of country, city and this week, the PGA Championship.

[D]

Well done. Good work, Dominic.

[B]

Very good, Very good.

[A]

We the people could understand every word.

[E]

Who else was in consideration, you think, for that?

[A]

Nobody. Jason Kelsey, maybe, but I assume he's got something else going on.

[C]

Wahlberg.

[A]

I I Walberg's from Boston,

[D]

possibly.

[A]

What the was that? That was unbelievable.

[C]

Was he not any.

[A]

Oh, you wanted to be Vince Papali. Okay, maybe Vince Papali.

[D]

Nick Cage from National Treasure up there

[A]

or just doing Philly movies.

[D]

Yeah, just, just people. Whoever. Philadelphia.

[A]

I mean, Stallone would be incredible.

[D]

Stallone?

[E]

Tom Hanks.

[C]

I don't think he.

[A]

You're talking about that one from way back whenever he was.

[D]

Philadelphia with Denzel.

[A]

Yeah, absolutely. I guess that could be a good tie.

[E]

What about coupe?

[C]

Oh, yeah,

[D]

they missed. They screwed it up Sunday.

[E]

Maybe Sunday they'll have a special presentation where he's there live and he like starts the whole tournament.

[A]

Yeah, I assume there'll be multiple things. I assume they're. Sirianni better get in in game too. But I want to see him up on that high. Ross.

[D]

I think they asked him to, but Big Dom was like, no, just me.

[A]

We got a massive deal happening down there in Miami. Devon. A chain, a chain has reached a new to four year, $68 million contract with 32 million guaranteed. Schultze is the one that reports that Schefter amplifies it. Congrats to the Dolphins getting the running back signed up. Feels like the running back position is all of a sudden getting a little bit more paid, getting a little bit more more appreciated. Is that a sign of the times or a sign of the players? Let's get a bubble gumpina a die hard Dolphins fan. This guy has been something that you've been proud of. Wasn't there a little bit of a contract conversation for like the last year or so happening around him?

[C]

Yeah, there was always rumblings that he could be traded, but I'm glad we paid him. It is a rebuild. I get that. But keeping guys like this, there's rumors we're going to pay Jordan Brooks as well.

[A]

These are the cornerstone guys of the franchise.

[C]

You got to keep around.

[A]

Okay, A.J. as you're trying to build the future, obviously with a couple different Green Bay packers people coming down to Miami and kind of turning over the entire building, there is a floor for the amount of money that you have to spend. It's fascinating whenever teams are like, trying to figure out who they're going to be, what they're going to be. They pay Malik a good amount of money to play quarterback. They just paid a Chan feels like they're trying to pick and choose what they want their building to be through the guys that they're keeping around or bringing in and paying.

[E]

AJ Yeah, I think that's like, that's one of the toughest things. That's what makes. Makes great GMs and great, like scouts and evaluators and coaches. Like, hey, yeah, who do we pay? Because you know that when your team is good, you cannot pay everybody. And when you're going through a rebuild, you got to find, hey, who are the cornerstones that we trust to pay and who has also been productive for this franchise. And obviously a chain has been very productive for them. So good on him for getting a big extension. I'm just glad that you mentioned it. Like, I think the running back position has. I don't know, it's coming back into a good light. It was like it lost its luster. People thought, you know, could just, we can get a couple guys in there and we'll just give them the ball. It doesn't matter. We don't need, like a stud back. And I think now that's. We're coming back to that a little bit. To where like, a. A great running back can really, really make a team. Like, take them to the next level.

[A]

Yeah. Gonna have to be too. In this modern NFL, you're gonna have to be able to run the ball. Quarterbacks have to be able to complete a pass. We're gonna need a third and 15, third and 12. At some point, if we want to win a Super bowl, quarterback is gonna have to complete a pass. There's gonna. That is gonna have to be a part of your offense. But if you can't run the Rock, you ain't going to do in the playoffs. Got to be able to run the rock. Got to be able to have somebody do it. Paying a running back, obviously, to your point, a few years ago was not worth the salary cap percentages allegedly, to people. And then you watch Philadelphia Eagles or Saquon Barkley win a Super bowl and everybody goes, oh, I didn't know that this is what this was. And now everybody's going to continue to mimic that. We have Jonathan Taylor here in Indianapolis, so hopefully we're rewarded with a lot of primetime games.

[C]

Sure.

[D]

Yeah, sure.

[A]

Hopefully. Because we got Jonathan Taylor. Taylor. But I do like that. That is a sign of the times of what football is, we're pounding the rock, con man.

[D]

Yeah. And offenses seem to be kind of taking like those top eight, 10 guys. Like there is a separator. It feels like in HN's, one of those guys Jameer gives Bijan, we're like, hey, McCaffrey, of course we have a running back that we're going to hand the ball to, you know, 18, 20 times a game. But he's also going to catch, you know, nine to 12 passes a game. Like that seems to be the difference.

[A]

Difference.

[D]

And in NFL offenses now, that seems to be like a focal point. Like, hey, yes, Achan is going to get the ball, he's going to get tosses, he's going to get, you know, in between the tackles, but we're also going to put him in the slot and then he's going to run, you know, a bunch of routes the entire game. Like Jeremiah Love, for instance. There's a clip of him running just a little angle route. And that in itself feels like a complete game changer for some of these teams. Yeah, here it is. That's the one. And it feels like covering that. Yeah. If you have a running back that can do both of those things, you're in a very good spot to be paid.

[A]

Obviously, that juke is filthy. And being able to run a route as an extra weapon, especially because linebackers, you have to cover them with the way a matchup is for a running back. So if you're able to get out, catch, and create magic, you certainly become a quarterback's best friend. He's got tape on his left ankle, but looks.

[D]

He just wants to look sleep.

[A]

Oh, you think it's like a one glove type thing would do? One spat. Spat.

[E]

Yeah, I think so.

[A]

One spat's not a bad idea.

[D]

That is cool.

[A]

I don't think I ever really thought of that. You were a click clack guy. So what, you had to spat, right?

[E]

Yeah, I did early on. No question. I was. It was the first year they had cleats and they were not, you know, they weren't licensed yet in the NFL.

[A]

The spat was so cool looking.

[D]

Yeah, that was the best.

[A]

It had such a good run.

[E]

Feels so good too.

[A]

Oh, really? You, you like the cast, like, feel there. You feel like you can kind of do whatever you need to do.

[E]

Yeah, I use, I mean, I spat it every day for practice and games, but I used like, like stretch tape, though. I didn't use. It wasn't like locking my ankle. It was not for ankles through.

[A]

What was it for?

[E]

Feel and it's just how I. How, you know, once I started in college, you weren't allowed to spat weight. We would try to trick Luke Fick, our linebacker coach, come out for warm ups, no spat, nothing on. And then I. Every once in a while, Luke would. After our team meeting, he would go take the elevator up to the box, and we'd spat real quick and come back on the field. And Luke was up in the box. The game started. He couldn't yell at us for spatting, so we knew you had to win the game because we lost the game. And we spat it behind the scene. His back, you know, he might, you know, fight us.

[A]

Yeah, you gotta win that. Yeah. If you lose because of a spat, especially on his back. Yeah. I think Luke, if you lose, you

[E]

know, it's because we spatted too, though. That's the thing. You guys out here taping your. Your cleats in the bathroom after I leave the locker room. Why? You think I'm stupid? I know what you're doing.

[A]

Well, you guys think you're. You're special.

[D]

You.

[A]

You think this is what you need. And then we lose the game. How you do anything is how you do everything. And now I'm gonna fight you. There's a nice little spat there from.

[E]

I got kicked bad in the. I got real tight high spat there in that left.

[A]

I like a little high spat, little mid range spat, little low spat. You were. You were spatting yourself. To those that don't know, a spat is a taped ankle outside of the cleat. Looks really cool. I mean, it was a super cool look. I like that you're doing your own spat. Okay. Because you're doing figure eights and Ls around there kind of going around up and down. But the. The sauce out of AJ Hawk could have never expected. He was spatting himself down there with functional tape. What's it there for? It just feels good, man. I just like the way it feels.

[E]

Locks you in. And I never wanted to have my laces flopping around. I always felt like you might click a. You know, a cleat, might catch one of the loops.

[A]

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[H]

yeah, ESPN's been pretty clear with all of us that they'd like it to

[A]

stay at 12,

[H]

maybe 14, but no higher than 16. And so that is, you know, that's important. They're our partner, they're our partner with

[A]

the cfp, obviously, they're our full partner here as it relates to the acc.

[H]

And so we'll continue to talk with them as it relates to the cfp. Piece of it, the championship game part

[A]

of it, I don't know. I mean, that's down the road.

[H]

But I have said before, it's, I,

[A]

I, you know, when you look at

[H]

championship games and, and if you expand the playoff to that number, I think

[A]

you end up going from regular season

[H]

right into the playoff.

[A]

I just think you, you end up doing that. Okay, so obviously a lot of people have opinions on what the next schedule looks like, what everything looks like, what the playoff obviously looks like. We're in the middle of creating this college football playoff, so there is some evolution taking place right in front of our eyes. The ranking, who has home, when has home. They're trying to move the calendar so it doesn't last as long. Espn though, coming out and saying we would like this to remain at 12. Okay, if we're going to go up to 16, cool. We cannot be doing 24. That's a fascinating piece of information for that. If it does get to 24, everybody's going to say ESPN's ruining it. They want more teams they want more games. And ESPN is actually here now on the record, I guess with Jim Phillips, ACC commissioner. I wonder if ESPN knew that he was going to be saying this publicly, saying hey we, we would actually just rather let's get it right. Like let's, let's get to 12. Interesting because they are partner have paid a lot of money. Interesting because ESPN is kind of the landlord of the college football playoffs where they can lease out to other networks and everything like that, which they have tried to do. But also interesting because ESPN and the people that are in charge of the college football and we've gotten to see this because of college game day and meet these people, these people are obsessed with college football, old school college football people. So I think anytime the ESPN people are always painted in like they're trying to take every dollar. It's like bowl season became a little ridiculous. But I think a lot of people wanted to play in bowl games. That kind of became its own thing. But when you talk about the people with the college football decision, they are obsessed with it now. Does everybody agree with how the way in which they are obsessed with it? Maybe not. But I do appreciate the fact that it's come out now that ESPN's like we don't want all this actually, even though people would assume that we would want that because it's more shit for us to put on air. And how do you feel about the potential expansion now that we know? I think Petiti wanted to move. ACC commissioner there just kind of gave a little on the fence answer. ESPN doesn't want to move. How do you feel A.J. and what do you think inevitably ends up happening with it all?

[E]

I think from what I hear everybody talk about it's going to go to 16 games. We've heard that, hey, you're not going to go to 14. Like if you're going to go from 12, you're not just going to go to 14. I think you go to 16 teams now it sounds like it's not going to get to 24. That's just what they're guarding against. Okay, 16, we're cool with 24. We're not, we're not even going to talk about that. I, I like, I like where that. I like what they're doing now with 12. Mario Cristobal, I know he had a clip come out yesterday or whatever talking, hey, like I like 12 teams and let's end the season is much earlier than we do right now, I guess what national championships January 20th, something this,

[A]

this upcoming year after way after A transfer window. Window.

[E]

So hard for coaches to do anything. Like how do you. If you are there, like if you are lucky enough to be playing a national championship game, like you're spinning a lot of plates trying to figure that out.

[A]

Yeah. And you know, college football, the product is awesome.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Up until the right. Has been for the last half decade or so since post Covid, everybody really has fallen in love with college football. Obviously there could be more, but the playoffs have become, you know, incredibly. I guess they always have been. You go back to the bcs, you go back to the old school, you go back to two teams, you go back to four teams, there's always going to be like some contentious mindset around it. But as the playoffs continue, you can tell who the two teams are. Yeah, I think, I think you can kind of tell. Or the three or four teams, like hey, these are always going to be the three or four. If you add on a bunch more teams. Do we think we're going to miss potentially the teams that could have the massacres?

[E]

We have some massacre maybe.

[C]

But like, I mean Notre Dame would have got in like last year and they were one of the best teams in college football last year. Miami was what, a 10 seed last year. So Miami would never would have made the national championship. And obviously in the four team era, Ohio State was what, a six or an eight, eight, eight when they made it. Like so. Yeah, I mean I think it has been really good going from 4 to 12. I don't think 24 is the right move because I, I am, I am in the boat where I don't want it. Like I don't want, not that it would. I don't want guys in Ohio State, Michigan resting because they, because that game doesn't matter. Like hey, we're already in the playoffs or whatever. So you need to, if you did do that or if you go to 16, you need to incentivize where there's more rounds at home in the playoffs so that you don't have guys resting. You need the to have a reason to play in every single game. But no, 24 is a lot. 16 is probably where it's going to go. And yes. Can we shorten the time between rounds, please?

[A]

We need to do that before the first round. Here's the first round. If there was a 24 team, this was by CBS Sports I believe. Piece this one together. Iowa makes it against Miami. James Madison obviously represents in the Power 5 against Alabama, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Houston, BYU, Tulane, Texas. Is that, is that West Virginia no, no, just.

[D]

Just normal Virginia.

[A]

I mean, Virginia.

[E]

What year?

[C]

Yeah, last year.

[D]

Last year.

[C]

You can make an argument for a

[A]

lot of the dogs in this one. Well, yeah, but I do think, like, inevitably, do we get down to Indiana, Miami. Inevitably, yeah.

[D]

And that's the problem with this one is like, hey, number 24, James Madden Madison. Yeah, they were in it last year. Like that, that can't happen. And I get that James Madison covered, and it was a hell of a cover. But at one point, that was a, what, five score game? Like there even right now, there still has to be that type of change if we're just looking for the best

[A]

teams to be in it. Okay, let's pivot away from college ball and let's go to the mlb. We had Jacob Misarowski on with us and we talked about the comeback in basketball. We talked about the massive comeback in the NHL playoffs. MLB last night had a bunch of comebacks, bunch of walk offs. We're talking about fireworks all over the place. AJ let's go to Toronto. Jays in race, bottom of the 10th, 3 1. Tampa, Toronto grand salami, walk off dub in extra innings. Varshow says goodbye high. Let's go to Mets, Tigers, Carson bench, bottom of the 10th, whole shot, bring them home. Mets win over the Tigers. Tigers having a tough in Detroit.

[C]

Yeah, they're.

[D]

Yeah, they're. They're.

[A]

Astros, Mariners. Here's Zack Cole in the 10th, extra innings. Walk, golf single. Congrats to the Astros getting a massive dub. Rangers, Diamondbacks this.

[D]

Boom.

[A]

What a shot. Bottom of the ninth, bring them home. That's a dub in extra. Celebrate the hell. Love the hat. Going off. Nationals, Reds. How about this Reds team? They're on a bit of a schneide. Then they found it. Then let's go to the top of the 10th in Cincinnati. Washington, goodbye from Dalen Lyle to Ron, homer in the top of the 10th. And then let's go to Padres, Brewers, San Diego slam. Diego gone. Brewers heartbroken as a big dong in the top of the ninth sends the slam. Diego, Padre, Rays out of Milwaukee with a dub. MLB showing up. Man, every single night there's fireworks. Obviously Paul Skeens is pitching like seven, eight innings of no hitter stuff in that game there before. Slam. Diego decided to win it late. Jacob Mizaroski, 49 pitches over 100 miles an hour. This guy's literally a state fair object. AJ that's what this thing. Go watch the fast baseball throwing guy here with the Milwaukee Brewers.

[E]

AJ I mean, how long until this guy's arm Falls off him. He was awesome. He always is when he comes on the street show. But, man, it is fun to watch. It truly is. Look how skinny he is as well. I know he's got long levers, a strong lever, as we have said. I know he's tall and he can really torque it.

[A]

Shohei Ohtani is on a mound again. He's on a potential run to win all the awards in the pitching category. The hitting has been up and down, up and down, but Shohei on the mound has been dominant. I love this. He told us at the All Star Celebration press conference for the Home Run Derby and All Star Weekend there that he views himself as a pitcher who can hit. Now he's getting an opportunity to do a full season con man. And he is delivering. He is filthy on the mind.

[D]

Yeah. And it feels like pitching is as cool as it's ever been. Because of the pitch clock. Maybe. Or maybe it's just because it is something that I respect a little more after seeing some of these guys and what they're doing like him, Skeens Misarowski. It feels as though before, you know, summer slam home runs are cool, but now we have these pitchers who are balling out and Shohei is one of the guys that can swing the fricking bat, too.

[A]

Only two batters, Judge and Schwarbo, who are both having incredible season seasons right now, have more MLB home runs than Shohei Ohtani since Shohei's MLB debut. And only one pitcher, the Grom legend, has a lower ERA with 500 plus innings than Shohei Ohtani since Shohei's MLB debut in the batter's box in On Demand. That's baseball.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

This guy's best.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I can't believe we get to watch this guy. He's fun. I. I mean, baseball is really doing it right now and the stars are showing up and he might be the biggest they've ever had.

[D]

And there's some new stars. Have to mention more. Murakami, the. The guy from the Chicago White Sox is electrified. Bingo. Yeah. Power. Yeah. That's all he's got. I think he's also tied for the lead in home runs as well. Or at least he's at that 1516 mark. He is electric.

[A]

Okay, let's go to the NFL briefly here. Malik Neighbors had another procedure on his knee and that had ACL recovery happening. He got a scope done because he had some stiffness. Now, I did a little bit of research on this, aj. You know, anytime you're doing a second procedure after An ACL surgery, you have to wonder, is everything going to be okay? Is Malik Neighbors going to be all right? Obviously he's incredibly fast and he's twitchy and he is a prospect that the NFL could potentially tell stories about with how great he could be, especially at prime time. Week one, week two, brand new offense. Neighbors goes crazy fresh off an acl. Okay, so he got another pursuit because he was experiencing stiffness. Bruce Brown, who follows along with Malik Neighbors is one of Malik Neighbors biggest fan actually said seems like Malik Neighbors social stuff, not the most positive right now. Okay. It feels like he might be going through a little something. What I think potentially happened after making some calls to people that have been in the rehabilitation of NFL athlete situation, is he potentially got a cyclops lesion in there. Okay, what is a cyclops lesion? Well, a cyclops lesion is a cluster of scar tissue that kind of builds up and it prohibits you from full extension. Okay. So after you get a surgery on anything, there's scar tissue that builds up whenever the skin is put back together, both under the skin and onto skin, there's something that is done where it's a metal wand that is basically trying to break up the scar tissue. It is cruel and unusual punishment. AJ would you not agree?

[E]

Yeah. Called graston.

[A]

Okay. It's called grast. It's the worst. They are rubbing, Rubbing.

[E]

It hurts a lot.

[A]

Exposed nerves. I mean, it is both on top and on the bottom of the skin. And they're just rubbing this metal bar just across it. Okay. Just right up and down. It's a part of the recovery because scar tissue being broken up is a huge piece of full recovery. So, Malik Neighbors, what we think this is just according to source says, and also somebody that's been through some knee surgeries, not an acl, but through some knee surgeries, is a cyclops lesion potentially formed of scar tissue, not because he wasn't doing it, but just potentially because something happens. So they did a procedure to clear out that scar tissue. They will have to now once again beat down the scar tissue on the other side. None of this is fun. This is all very miserable stuff, very painful stuff that you have to sign up and go through. But from who we talk to, and I assume they feel the same way. As soon as he's able to get full extension after this, which he will be able to to do this should be no hold backs at all for what Malik Neighbors is doing. So that's. That's basically in a nutshell, what I've Learned about the situation. But anytime you do surgery or procedure, some things can go wrong. Even the shit you don't even think about, like, oh, scar tissue potentially coming together in prohibiting full extension, which especially would be needed for a wide receiver.

[E]

Yeah. Don't you think? What was interesting, I guess in the tweet, they didn't, like, update his timetable. They didn't say he's going to be an extra six weeks or four weeks. That's a good sign. I. I would imagine, right?

[A]

Yeah. The people that I talked to, multiple, they said he's just. Now we just. Yeah, this will be. He should be good. And the stiffness that he was experiencing was probably the lack of an ability to fully go, which happens afterwards. And then the good news is they found out why. Like, not knowing why you're not able. That's problematic. Like, hey, is it a muscle thing? Or whatever. Them finding out what it was, like some scar tissue that we need to clear out is probably the reason for this. Good news. We'll pull for him. Come on, Leak. We can't wait to watch you back out there. We're not. We did not talk to Leak or his doctor, but we are talking. We've talked to people that have experienced these types of things in the past and what it potentially could be. Obviously, whenever it comes out, whatever it comes out, just know that we are super positive and Malik is going through things that are not fun right now. The scar tissue, it is. You got to sign up for it, too. You got to wake up. Hey, you're up at 5:30am what are you doing? Well, I'm going in here, get recovery, and then they're going to be just scraping every nerve, and you just got to sit there. We'll take a break. Thank God. Still hurts during the break?

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Cuz it's irritated.

[E]

That's.

[C]

Can't use Toro.

[A]

I don't know actually get treatment like that. Could you imagine? Yeah, that's a very slippery slope. We. Yeah, don't say that. Okay, Don't. I'm just saying we don't need to be powering up for that. But, boy, I don't know how I didn't think about that at the time. I'm happy.

[E]

Guys that have. I know guys that have had, you know, getting acl, they had to get all doped up to have them do the whole, you know, you bend your knee, especially early on out of surgery, like they couldn't handle it and they

[A]

had to take just a tiny little movement is such an accomplishment. But to get to it after surgery. Especially for like. This is Malik Neighbor is one of the most explosive athletes.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Of all time. Time. So just weed. Having to move knee and then slide knee lift, knee lift, body. Just. It all is so minuscule. And it's all so annoying. Leak. We all can't wait for you to get back out there. Sorry you have to go through it. We hope you'll be okay. Let's pivot away from that. Back to a major. Ladies and gentlemen, boots on the ground. A guy who did a golf round with Scotty Scheffler the other day. Ladies and gentlemen, Stanford. Steve.

[D]

Yeah, Steve.

[A]

How you doing, Steve?

[F]

What's up, boys? How we doing?

[E]

Okay.

[A]

Where are you at right now? Looks gorgeous. The clouds look like they're out of a movie set.

[F]

It's spectacular here. I'm sitting on the 18th green on our setup. Rory is right over there. You can't see it, but he's on nine. He went a little right on his drive. He's finishing up his round. I'll tell you one thing, guys, the confidence of the players. The la. The last three days, walking around with them playing, they thought they were going to absolutely murder this place. And I thought the score, after hearing them talk, I thought the scores were going to be a lot lower, and I thought we were going to have a lot more guys. Guys, lower. I know the afternoon wave is just getting going here. I thought. I thought somebody would shoot a 63 today. It sets up perfect. Guys love drivers off the deck, you know, on the tee box and then hitting pitch wedge nine in. It seemed pretty simple for the first three days, but we got a bunch of rain last night, so the guys were talking how much difference, of course, going to be on Thursday. I think we're playing. I think we're seeing it play a little tougher, which is great.

[A]

67 is the current lowest thus far that has been posted. There's obviously a lot of golfers still to finish their rounds. Day one here of the PGA Championship. You were out there with Scotty Scheffler two days ago. Well. Or yesterday, maybe. What was that like? And how's that happen? You just go off and walk and hang with Scotty Scheffler and Scott Van Pelt, like, randomly or what? How's this go?

[F]

It is a very thing I am thankful for, Pat. Like, we go out, you know, everybody's playing Monday and Tuesday, and Scott and I, you know, for years now, since we've been doing the pga, we'll go out to the range. Hey, when are you guys going to play a practice for round? Would you mind if we, we joined and Scotty's always out there. Him and Gary Woodland, Sam Burns, we, we walked with Tuesday, Scotty was just playing by himself Monday and you know, somebody was out there, you know, grabbing pictures and that's what you saw. It was, you know, overcast day. He was in a hoodie. I was like, I don't know if I can ever play golf in a hoodie. But he's the man. So down to earth. It's literally just, you know, we stay away. Like if you, you know, we. There's an acknowledgment if he's working on something with his coach, Randy Smith or his great caddy Ted Scott. You know, we keep, we keep our space but you know the, the size of these fairways, there's a lot of downtime and you know, we're talking, we're talking Texas football, we're talking Cowboys stars got eliminated. His Mavericks, you know, a rough season. But Cooper flag. But I mean he's a giant sports fan. You guys have had him on and that's what it is. I mean these guys are awesome. Gary Woodland obviously, his story is incredible, but all he wants to talk is nil and what KU and Bill Selford doing. He's obviously a big Chiefs fan too. So it's just great to be able to pick those guys brain about what they're trying to do out here and, and then we're, we're just having a good time in sports. It's an awesome deal and I feel so fortunate. It's like it Tuesday was 70 degrees and beautiful. We're out with those three guys. It was like fake life.

[A]

Like it's all of it's a fake life. And I'll tell you what. Yeah, you're crushing it all. And we're thankful that there's guys out there that aren't living a fake life and grinding on the range of to become the golfers that they're becoming. If somebody shoots a 63 here to start this entire weekend, that would be absurd over there. Especially with some of the misses that we've already seen earlier. The crowd sounds and looks like it's going to be awesome throughout the weekend. There's 10 foot risers. Go ahead, Tone.

[C]

Yeah, Steve, I was wondering how the Johns are doing out there with the golfers. I know the PGA Tour has been talking about how the crowd has been recently this year. And then I also saw some Johns yelling at Scotty about being a Cowboys Fan already. How's the crowd out there?

[F]

They are. They're. Let's just say they're still getting warmed up. Tone, when you see we were out here, Scott and I on the porch and you know, the eagles. Chance already started. You know Scott saying he's obviously commander's fan. He says go Birds, but he doesn't mean it. But yeah, it's. It's steadily been. Been climbing. I just think with the energy and these guys, as they get, you know, more familiar with the course, we're going to get a ton of birdies. We've seen some eagles. Eagles, you know, rom hooped one in the energy of this place. It's spectacular. The Johns are great. They're spread out all over the place. Friends of mine that they came, they said they haven't had. It was the easiest event they've been to getting in and out. And the best thing about PGA is, you know, concessions are free. You just walk in, you know, freshly made burgers, dogs, soda water. It's awesome.

[A]

Yeah, it is.

[F]

No, no, you have to pay for the beer, sir.

[A]

Okay. Hey, have a great time out there. We'll continue to follow along. You're the best.

[F]

I appreciate you guys having me, man. Good luck.

[A]

Hey, we're back. I was back in college football for like six minutes the other night. Saw your big ass head miss those days. Can't wait for the season. You're the best at Stanford, Steve. Ladies and gentlemen, what a good time it's going to be for golf. This weekend has another major tease off here on his Thursday, May 14th. That's A.J. hawk. The boys are here. We'll continue digitally for a little bit. Huge day in this program's history. Should be a lot of fun. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change their life. We'll see on the other side. Goodbye. Well done. I feel like I really.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

I didn't know where I was going, by the way. You know that.

[C]

Found your way?

[A]

Yeah, we're found kind of out there in the woods.

[C]

Choose your own story.

[A]

You hold the pen.

[C]

Bingo.

[A]

But do your actually. Or is it maybe some super being, maybe God or Jesus Christ or, you know, the universe? Who's actually holding the pen in your

[C]

life or is pen holding you?

[D]

All we have to think about is who's holding the golf club. Okay, where's Blocky?

[A]

Where?

[E]

The question is top of the leaderboard. That's where he is.

[A]

He better be, dude. 203.

[C]

He's even 36.

[D]

Boom.

[A]

202 yards.

[B]

Good.

[D]

I saw Rory's plus three.

[A]

Three what? That blister.

[D]

That's what I just looked at.

[A]

I mean, how is he supposed to walk around Philadelphia with a blister all over his feet?

[D]

And that's why he's so smart. He had this ace in the hole excuse before he even.

[A]

It's not excuse.

[C]

You ever ripped a toenail off?

[A]

I.

[D]

Yes, I have. I. And I ripped a fingernail off. And you know what I didn't do? Tell everybody about it. So.

[C]

I think I remember you.

[A]

He had the. He had the limp. Why you limping, Rory? There's a lot of conversation about you. You're obviously one of the most famous golfers on earth right now. We're at a major. Why you limp? And he said, hey, just blister.

[C]

Take a look.

[D]

Looks like. Looks like we know how the golf gods feel about him hanging around the Masters for two months before the. Before the tournament started.

[A]

Not how that's gonna be judged.

[D]

Okay.

[E]

Okay.

[D]

But he's on his way to missing the cut, so maybe it is.

[A]

We'll see how he closes out. He's Rory Mac.

[D]

That's true.

[A]

Where is blood block you right now? That's a good question.

[C]

Even.

[A]

He's even.

[C]

They're six.

[D]

He.

[E]

He did go about to make a push.

[A]

Somebody said he was going to be six over through three. Who was that? That was me. A lot of time's wrong again. Detroit's having a tough one last night. The Tigers give up a massive shot to lose late. The Pistons give up a 90 run at the end of the game to go to overtime and then lose.

[D]

Red Wings are never gonna be a playoff team again.

[A]

And Foxy's sitting over here going, this guy stinks. He. He doesn't. Okay? He hit from 202 yards to 23 inches. Maybe you need to show a little bit of respect. I will say I called Blocky a yesterday, and I take that back because this guy's a gamer, okay? Hole one has all the pressure in the world. He knows the Internet.

[C]

All the pressure in the world.

[A]

A couple inches. That's pretty good. Now, he did double bogey two holes later. That's you. Okay? We heard it. They got a birdie to get back to T. Boom. How about that? I give Blocky some credit.

[D]

Michael, get off his block. Block more like it.

[A]

Yeah, Absolutely. That is what it's like.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. You guys think Those Johns on 14 are going to give him beers and, like, cheer them on? I think they're going to raise so much hell from 14 to 18. I bet he shoots six over on

[G]

those

[A]

guys are going to rattle him.

[D]

I'll take that action.

[B]

Kind of odds.

[A]

Yeah. That might have been what the Stanford Steve conversation was whenever he said with the, with the boys this week, they felt really confident. I thought somebody was going to shoot a 63. There's no way. The lads on 14 were literally hovering over their shoulders during the practice round. They had no idea that the end of that tournament, you got real, real adversity. And it's 10ft in the sky staring right down on you at the tee box. That's something you can't prepare for. That's the John's difference.

[D]

You also can't prepare for the fact that those kids are probably going to have some sort of speaker and they're going to be by bumping on my block. And Block is gonna walk up. Oh, that's my song.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And he's gonna pipe a drive 350 yards.

[A]

Everything is everything.

[E]

He's gonna lambo leap right into their arms.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And they're only five deep right now. Wait till Saturday and Sunday. I bet they're about 20, 30 deep. Yeah. That thing was built for power. Look at the amount of metal that was.

[E]

I hope that. I hope the PGA gets pissed and starts building a wall taller. And the boys just have to keep building their stage higher and higher to see over top.

[A]

I have faith in this. No offense to pga. They just got a lot of other things to deal with. Feels like these lads would only focus on battling against who can get higher. I would say the lads on the stage would win every single time here if they went from an eight foot fence to a 16 foot fence. I think the lads get the 17ft within 30 minutes or so.

[D]

Yeah. Or just.

[C]

I hope, I hope it's good craftsmanship. That's all.

[A]

I hope. Yeah. It's Philadelphia. Those guys will buy deer blinds. That's not a bad idea. Yeah. I like that these people who live on these courses, this course are doing that. Like you saw the ladies that just had their. They had little umbrellas. They were just sitting right there, right on the edge of the fairway in their backyard. I'm gonna go up to the house, invite anything good, come back down, sit there. That's great. Very rarely do you see that. The major shot in Europe. Right. That one house was cows. Yeah. It's like that's one live on a golf course. They say it'll be fun. They say, say, I didn't know. They also say, like, just park it at 10ft above the sky here above earth. Just watch them play. And also, you're going to be eating

[C]

golf balls in your bag at Jack's tournament every year. It's not a major, but it's. It's up there. It's an elevated event.

[A]

What does AJ do?

[E]

He goes, yeah, there's the houses there. Have they built a fence up on everyone's backyard. They got to pay for a gate cut if you want to get in and out. But yeah, people have gigantic house parties. And yeah, that's a. It's a huge party. Like, I realized that when I was in college and I went to Memorial tournament. Like, geez, this is. This is a giant awesome party with some golf happening.

[A]

Golf's good.

[C]

It's golf, but louder.

[D]

It's a party. Yeah. Party sport

[A]

lives. Kind of. Have a little one. John Rom 101 yards out.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

What's he up?

[C]

Ramy's even.

[D]

Tom Smith, I think, had a hot start. He's back to even.

[A]

The lads are okay being even, I think.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

All right.

[D]

And maybe we get scoot here. Let's go.

[A]

Yeah. Kepco was one under whenever I saw him. That was a long time ago. I don't know where he's at now.

[D]

I think I saw he was still one under.

[E]

Well, Scooty's about to tee off too. And if that wind dies down, he may shoot a 61.

[D]

Yep. Let's go.

[A]

Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're back tomorrow for a beautiful feel good Friday. I think it's going to be packed to the gills.

[C]

Hell yeah. Always is.

[A]

We'll be with great vibes as we go into another weekend. That's going to be the best weekend all time. Because it's the next one.

[F]

Hell yeah.

[A]

That's how we should be viewing it because we're lucky to be here. We're thankful to be here. We'll see you tomorrow. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're in this thing together. Great job, boys. Great job, boys.

[D]

You too, dude.

[C]

Great job in the back.

[A]

Good work out there. Major weekend out there, boys.

[C]

Good show, boys.

[A]

And remember, we can't do any of this without you. We appreciate you and we'll see you tomorrow. Team on me. Team on three. One, two, three.

[B]

Team.

[A]

Goodbye. From the lights above the stadium to the jerseys athletes wear sports run on energy.

[C]

Oil and natural gas help create thousands of everyday products.

[A]

From the rubber and equipment to the synthetic fibers and uniforms. And the fuel that gets teams and

[C]

fans to the game behind the scenes.

[A]

Energy transfer helps safely deliver the energy

[C]

that keeps it all moving, because from

[A]

everyday life to game day, it takes energy. Visit ittakesenergy.com to learn more. You can't reason with the sun.

[D]

Trust us, we've tried. This summer, it's time to put that angry ball of fire on mute. Columbia's Omnishade technology is engineered to protect you from the sun's harsh rays that can burn and damage your skin. The sun is relentless, but so is our gear. Level up your [e-mail] to spend more

[A]

time outside and less time slathering on aloe lotion. You're welcome, Columbia.

[D]

Engineered for whatever.