PMS 2.0 1376 - 5 Star Linebacker Tyler Atkinson Makes His College Commitment, Cal Raleigh, Dana White, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Pat McAfee Show, Episode PMS 2.0 1376

Release Date: July 15, 2025

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1. MLB All-Star Game and Home Run Derby Experience

The episode kicks off with Pat McAfee and his co-hosts reflecting on their unique participation in the MLB All-Star Game and its associated Home Run Derby held at Truist Park. Pat expresses immense gratitude towards MLB officials and star players for welcoming them into the event.

• Pat McAfee [00:00]:
  "Yesterday we had the incredible honor of being a part of the MLB All-Star Game in its Home Run Derby. What an electrifying day."

The hosts commend the welcoming nature of MLB representatives and share anecdotes about their interactions with players such as Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. A notable highlight is Cal Rawley, affectionately dubbed "Big Dumper," who clinched the Home Run Derby title.

• Pat McAfee [02:25]:
  "Big Dumper wins the Home Run Derby last night. Congrats to Cal Rawley."

2. Interactions with MLB Players and Observations

Pat and his team delve into their firsthand experiences during the derby, discussing the competitive environment and the camaraderie among players. They highlight moments where even seemingly reserved players like O'Neill Cruz exhibit sportsmanship and camaraderie.

• Pat McAfee [03:50]:
  "As soon as we walked over, he looked at us, started smiling, laughing. He daps me up, says I will try real hard. And I was like, my man."

The discussion also touches upon the strategic elements of the Home Run Derby, including the implications of new rules and how they influenced the outcomes of the competition.

3. Featured Guest: Tyler Atkinson's College Commitment

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to the announcement and celebration of Tyler Atkinson, a 5-star linebacker, committing to the University of Texas. Tyler shares insights into his recruitment journey, emphasizing the early start in the process and the pivotal role of his family and coaches.

• Tyler Atkinson [15:29]:
  "Begin recruiting in eighth grade... It means a lot. And I'm so thankful to be here."

Pat applauds Tyler's humility and gratitude, highlighting his family's support and the strong relationships he has built with his coaches. The commitment is lauded as a strategic move, aligning with Texas's robust athletic program.

• Pat McAfee [21:02]:
  "Tyler Atkinson officially going to Texas. Congratulations to him and the entire Atkinson family."

4. NFL and NFLPA Discussions: Collusion Concerns

The hosts pivot to a critical discussion regarding tensions between the NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA). Pat McAfee voices concerns about potential collusion and the opaque nature of ongoing negotiations, expressing skepticism about the transparency and intentions of both parties.

• Pat McAfee [30:17]:
  "There is a lot of turmoil, disagreements, and bad business between the NFL and NFLPA. It’s bad for all of us."

Darius Butler and Ty Schmidt add to the conversation, questioning the motives behind recent NFLPA actions and the implications for players, especially in the context of draft pick negotiations and contract deals.

5. UFC Segment with Dana White

In a dynamic crossover, Dana White, the president of the UFC, joins the show to discuss upcoming events, including Power Slap 14 and UFC 318 featuring Dustin Poirier's last fight. White shares exciting developments, such as the potential for historic fights like Jon Jones vs. Conor McGregor and plans for a groundbreaking event at the White House.

• Dana White [108:44]:
  "We're putting together an incredible event at the White House in the South Lawn. It's going to be one of a kind."

Pat enthusiastically engages with Dana, praising his vision and the innovative approaches he's bringing to combat sports. The conversation underscores the symbiotic relationship between different sports organizations and their leaders.

6. College Football Insights and Future Predictions

The discussion shifts towards college football, where AJ Hawk shares his insights from researching trends like the increasing importance of top-tier defenses in championship runs. The hosts speculate on how these trends will shape upcoming seasons and the strategies that teams might adopt.

• AJ Hawk [142:09]:
  "Number one overall defense wins the national championship. That's the trend I've been observing."

Ty Schmidt and Darius Butler provide additional perspectives, highlighting specific programs and players that are poised to influence the college football landscape.

7. Additional Highlights and Banter

Throughout the episode, the hosts intersperse light-hearted banter and personal anecdotes, enhancing the engaging and relatable nature of the show. Topics range from experiences at sports events, humorous interactions with mascots, to discussions on sports betting and promotional partnerships.

Notable moments include:

• Pat McAfee [136:56]:
  "Mustache and hats on! How do you stack your equipment?"

• Dana White [123:21]:
  "It's going to be one of the most epic events ever. We're pushing the boundaries of what's possible in sports."

8. Conclusion

The episode concludes with a recap of the day's events and a preview of upcoming shows, maintaining the show's signature blend of insider knowledge, insightful perspectives, and entertaining discussions.

• Pat McAfee [130:24]:
  "We're off to Los Angeles next. Stay tuned for more sports action and exclusive interviews."

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Notable Quotes:

• Pat McAfee [00:00]:
  "Yesterday we had the incredible honor of being a part of the MLB All-Star Game in its Home Run Derby. What an electrifying day."

• Tyler Atkinson [16:27]:
  "Acting up means to believe in yourself with the never outworked mindset."

• Dana White [108:54]:
  "We're putting together an incredible event at the White House in the South Lawn. It's going to be one of a kind."

• Cal Raleigh [44:27]:
  "Seeing father and son team up and win is just like a Hollywood ending."

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This comprehensive summary encapsulates the key discussions, insights, and memorable moments from Episode PMS 2.0 1376 of The Pat McAfee Show, providing listeners with a detailed overview of the show's content without needing to tune in.

Transcript

[Pat McAfee]

Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our humble abode, the ThunderDome on this MLB All Star Game. Tuesday, July 15, 2025 this program begins now. Sports are happening all around us. Yesterday we had the incredible honor of being a part of the MLB all Star game in its home run Derby. What an electrifying day. Big shout out to the commissioner for stopping by. Cece Sabathia for stopping by. Aaron Judge for stopping by. Shohei Ohtani stopping by. And obviously the jet, jet pass and swung by to keep us all in check for our baseball knowledge. He actually assumed what was going to happen in the home run derby inevitably did happen. Big dumper wins the home run Derby last night. Congrats to Cal Rawley. Proud of you, dunk. Proud of you, dunk me. And let's go to the toxic table at boss of Connor and Ty Schmidt. Great jersey there, con man. Ty, obviously you were an all star in the MLB this year. Congratulations on that. We kind of got a full make a wish experience for the MLB folks. I. I would say yesterday.

[Ty Schmidt]

No, yeah, without a doubt. I mean, we've talked about like, you know, my personal make a wish situations. Obviously the Golden Knights back, like that was one thing, you know, riding around on the Zamboni.

[Pat McAfee]

Sure. The Golden Knights started as a organization eight years ago. Ten years ago.

[Ty Schmidt]

Right, exactly. So what we got to do last night, I mean, it was very evident early on there after we did the intros, which is again, just still insane to think that we did that.

[Pat McAfee]

There was a lot of baseball people that really loved. Yeah, yeah. That's what I heard. I read it this morning. I woke up, I was like, pretty cool day yesterday. Experienced something brand new. I should have known. Anytime you drop us me into a brand new situation with a brand new group, everybody's reaction that is of a certain elk, I will say is the exact same. Yeah, we hate this guy.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yep.

[Pat McAfee]

Why is this thing yelling at me? We're in front of 41,000 people. Okay. Yeah, my voice projects. Sorry I'm not a little baby back. Okay, I do apologize for that. But the fact that the MLB let us do this and also I know the baseball people aren't going to love this. I think the players were pretty pumped that we were there too. Without a doubt, that was a weird development. So as we're hanging in T Mobile. Shout out to T Mobile.

[Connor McDavid]

Shout out.

[Ty Schmidt]

T Mobile.

[Pat McAfee]

Shout out T mobile. I saw a lot of people say, you can say no paycheck. It's like, you think we got paid for that yesterday.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, yeah. That is not. We offsetted some price. Shout out T mobile.

[Ty Schmidt]

Shout out T Mobile.

[Pat McAfee]

Shout out T Mobile. But I did see some. This guy can't turn down a check or whatever. It's like, I have turned down a lot of those. On that note, tough to turn down an incredible opportunity, though, especially with the boys. Whenever you get a chance to experience baseball at the level that we got to experience it yesterday, and the way the MLB embraced us and welcomed us in and the people that are at the top of the MLB are like, hey, we appreciate what you're doing here. And for us, it was a situation that we could have never seen ourselves in. Okay. Not a baseball program at all. Which I think is why a lot of baseball people are pissed off. Which then I go back to, like, why do you have to be gatekeeping about your product? Like, baseball is awesome. We are. I am finding out reasons to love baseball as a 38 year old, as a 37 year old over the last few years because I didn't grow up playing baseball. I grew up basically liking every other sport but baseball. So now that I'm kind of learning baseball, experiencing baseball, and I think I'm trying to basically speak from a perspective of like, hey, this is really. This is all brand new to me. Like, that is literally what I'm talking about. But I'm saying competition, okay? I understand what athletes have to go through. I understand goal of the game. I understand the strategy a little bit more now. It's like I'm learning the game as it's happening. And I do understand there's going to be people that hate that. Like, hey, this guy, new to the game, doesn't deserve all these things. We agree. Like, I don't think anybody deserves what we were able to do yesterday. We're sitting there during batting practice for the Home Run Derby. Yeah. And these dudes are walking in here and we're batting practice of the Home Run Derby. Dong shots just two feet from our face, talking shit to the people that are in there. O' Neal Cruz cannot speak English. No, not a whole lot. Not at all. And as soon as we walk over, he looks at us, starts smiling, laughing. And he goes, I try. Okay. Then he hits a couple big ones, laughs comes out. Dap them up. How you doing? Keep it moving. He goes on, have 21 in the first round. Hits a 513 foot bomb. And we found out, literally moments before it all started, he knows of our existence. He. I don't think he can understand what we're saying. Probably not, but he was very kind and cool to us. Daps me up, say, I will try real hard. And I was like, my man.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yes, you would.

[Pat McAfee]

I cannot wait to watch you do your thing. And he did put on a show, as did everybody that was batting last night. Now, one particular guy did not have a great performance. Yeah. From the New York Yankees. Yeah. And I would say we had a great conversation with him as well.

[Ty Schmidt]

Before the home run.

[Pat McAfee]

We had a great conversation with him. We would like to say thank you to everybody and also to Jazz. You don't change for anybody, bud. You play great baseball. You be yourself however you could be. They were all so cool, so nice to us. We learned so much about the baseball world. Everybody from Kershaw and Freddy Freeman, obviously. We hung out with Paul Skeens, who's Milwaukee Brewers.

[Ty Schmidt]

Tyler McGill and. And Mizarowski, the kid who. Everyone's pissed that he's there because he's only pitched in 25 innings so far.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Mizrowski's like, he understands the narrative about him too. Very much embraces it. I don't think he's scared of the moment at all. Five years he's been, you know, in the minors and trying to make it to this point. He and Paul Skeens, I believe, were supposed to go to LSU together. Out of Paul Skeens, out of the Navy. He was out of a JUCO somewhere. Instead, he gets drafted, hits the road, goes a minor a. A ball. Yep. Goes up triple A all the way through the entire process. Now he's in the All Star game. And it's like a lot of people are mad that I think a Phillies guy.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, a couple guys from the Phillies.

[Connor McDavid]

That's right.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Okay. That Darius Butler's guy's all star, nine year NFL vet. He very much understands the entire situation.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Like talking to him, what a great mindset. He's. He's been busting these games for a long time.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Like he knows the roads. That's what it feels like is the commitment to sport, in love of sport that all those guys had. That was cool to watch and also to watch. The Dominican guys all speak Spanish. Right. Right around all the English speaking people.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yep.

[Pat McAfee]

And then a couple of the whites that know some of the Spanish. Drop it. I got a chance to experience the locker room a little bit. I got a chance. Their shit talk is in both Spanish and broken English. And it was a spectacular vibe. It was a cool night.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

We got to stick around all the way to the end. Cal Raleigh will be joining us in 34 minutes or something.

[Connor McDavid]

Boom.

[Pat McAfee]

So big dumper goes in there as the league leader in home runs. Switch hitter does switch hitting in the Home Run Derby, which we will talk to him about. There were some strategy decisions as people that were standing on the field and we could hear the ball coming. Coming off the bat. He was cold on each side early, so left he started cold. Then he got hot. Then he took a timeout. Then he went to the right. Okay. Now we got to go through that whole process again. And then we get hot again. And it's like he ended up winning. And he clearly had a strategy. I'm gonna. I want to ask him if he thought about changing it. And then obviously the point one.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Of foot.

[Ty Schmidt]

Come on.

[Connor McDavid]

Difference for him of an inch.

[Ty Schmidt]

Well, hey, that's stat cast, baby.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, what do you want? We're going more in technology. Rules is rules. We was in the meeting.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, we were.

[Pat McAfee]

We were in the meeting when they were leading out the rules. It was us and the Home Run Derby competitors and then representatives of the mlb. They had a slideshow behind them. They're going through the rules. We were standing up there kind of in the way.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

They're one of these on the side as they were talking because it was a little bit of a tight room. They broke down all the rules. If there's a tie, it'll be the longest hit ball. We have trackers on all of it. Said that in a meeting. Lo and behold, tenth of a foot. Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

What are you going to do?

[Connor McDavid]

Well, why they tell that kid to.

[Pat McAfee]

Rob the home run, then. No, that kid was doing his own thing, which mad respect, by the way. Make a big time play. I don't know how often you're going to get a chance to steal a home run from an MLB guy in the Home Run Derby at Truist Park. So if you get the opportunity to go ahead and do that. They reviewed that. They gave him a home run.

[Connor McDavid]

They did.

[Pat McAfee]

So win, win, win, win, win. Here. This kid gets the highlight home run counted. We keep it moving. What we're saying is Home Run Derby was electrifying last night. Thank you to the MLB and shout out to all the baseball players. I guess watch the show.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

So I guess they get into the clubhouse around noon. Ish. On a daily basis. It's every day. So literally, I think as a lot of people, from what we've been told.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah. For night games. They're there right as the show starts.

[Pat McAfee]

From what we've been told, we are very Much a part of these baseball seasons.

[Darius Butler]

Judge told us now, most popular but American baseball player in the world, definitely in the country. Probably the first time I've heard Aaron Jug speak, like back to back sentences. He was dope. So, like the access that we got from the MLB talked to Jet kind of on the way out, he's like, man, I've been 25 years, haven't had the opportunity to sit down with Shohei. He was awesome. When he just popped up on stage in full uniform, kind of out of nowhere as we're getting ready to roll again, just that whole experience was dope, man. We talked about the big balls, you know, that's, that's obviously what you want to watch. And growing up, I grew up, you know, McGuire, Sosa, Barry. So every night we turned that TV on, whether you're watching. What's that?

[Connor McDavid]

It's a denominator of those three there.

[Pat McAfee]

What are you talking about?

[Connor McDavid]

Maguire, Sosa and Bonds, big ball hitter. Yeah, they all, yeah, of course.

[Pat McAfee]

That's what they put on, they put.

[Darius Butler]

On show last night, man, I hope Cruz does make his way out of Pittsburgh at some point, though. I hate, I know, I know some Pirates fans are gonna hate this guy's box on this guy's box office, all right? We need him on a roster. We need somewhere competing for the penny, okay?

[Pat McAfee]

He hits this shit out of it. It's different, man.

[Darius Butler]

Just like when you're on the field and you see quarterbacks throw the ball, you're like, okay, that kid. It's a little different. You see a linebacker hit somebody, you see something happen, it's like, okay, that pop is different. Coming off his bat, like, that was some difference.

[Pat McAfee]

That was some special 513ft. They put it in PNC park, which is obviously the play. That thing's in the middle of the river on the outside. Truest park was set up perfectly for the Home Run Derby.

[Ty Schmidt]

Incredible. I, I, I've never been there, and, and it's fairly new, but the way they have the kind of, I, I don't want to say short porch, but from where we're at in the hotel, which is right behind the the stadium and looks down the right field line like guys were hitting it out of the stadium all night.

[Pat McAfee]

I didn't even know she had full uniform on today too, do I?

[Ty Schmidt]

I mean, these are lulu pants, you know? I tell you what, I don't, that's the other thing. Hats off to these guys who aren't competing in full uniform. It was so hot out there, I.

[Pat McAfee]

Had to change my paint. Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

It was so hot.

[Pat McAfee]

I. I had to leave the game. I had to leave the Home Run Derby. Didn't have a choice to go change my pants. It looked like I pissed my pants cuz the sweat through front, back and down the leg. I look daughter when her diaper was full and it just kind of runs out. That's what my ass and legs look like because of how hot it was after we screamed. The introduction, by the way, Big Bob for old Olsen.

[Ty Schmidt]

Oh yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

Oh yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Dumper got a big one big time. He does have a fantasy.

[Connor McDavid]

He does, he does.

[Pat McAfee]

I'm just trying to give actual facts. Yeah. Number of home runs. We're trying to give a little intel.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yep.

[Pat McAfee]

We're trying to introduce these people maybe to people that don't know who was. Now I did say o' Neill Cruz plays for the Pittsburgh Steel.

[Darius Butler]

No, no, you said no, you caught yourself.

[Connor McDavid]

You were going to say shortstop but he moved his position.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, that's exactly what I was in the baseball world.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, exactly.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. I wasn't thinking of a football team that's in the same city that.

[Connor McDavid]

No.

[Pat McAfee]

But by the way, would love to see him play.

[Connor McDavid]

I was going to say good.

[Ty Schmidt]

He could maybe play receiver.

[Pat McAfee]

He's six seven fast too gigantic. Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

Dog Dumper felt like it was cool seeing the family line, like seeing his brother be the catcher. Seeing his dad like his dad, you could tell. Okay, now we know where big Dumper comes from because look at the ash on this guy.

[Pat McAfee]

But so his dad was a catcher.

[Connor McDavid]

Yep.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. And then he's a college coach now. Baseball coach. And obviously he's thrown BP forever. Boom. Baby dumper. Little boy dumper. 15 year old little Dump. He also a catcher? Yeah. He's going to go somewhere and be. They are a family, a catching family that also I think all respects hitting. I couldn't even imagine the immense sense of pride that Papa Dumper had to have there. I'm throwing it to my youngest boy. The Home run Derby.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Welcome to the Raleigh show. Okay. Throwing it to his youngest boy as his oldest boy is hitting more dongs than anybody else in there and he's the one pitching. It's like I'm almost getting like teary eyed thinking about goosebumps. How they have done that probably so many times with nobody around. Pitch black potentially with just lights on. So car lights on.

[Ty Schmidt]

I'm thinking in my head, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

So they could do this entirety. It's like what a moment for their family. Can't wait to ask how about it. We'll have Dana White in the second hour. He'll chitchat about everything going on. Massive stories coming out of the UFC in the fight world.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Let alone boxing that he has going on now with Turkey, tko, Nick Khan, and I mean, they got Canelo and Crawford. I mean, that's right around the corner. That's the first one. I think that's their first fight. I think they're probably going to do a great job. And ladies and gentlemen, we have the incredible honor every once in a while to be a part of moments that'll be chatted about in somebody's Live Forever. And today is another one of those. I had the opportunity to learn about this dude's existence just in the last couple days. Holy shit. Football's got a guy. Yeah, obviously. He's going into his senior year. Three weeks away from high school football starting.

[Ty Schmidt]

Wow.

[Pat McAfee]

He's from State of Georgia. He's currently the 6A state champion player from Georgia. He's the MVP of the state championship. Ladies and gentlemen, a man who had 197 tackles his sophomore year of high school. Absolute dog. Ladies and gentlemen, friend of the program, Tyler Atkinson. Yes. Tyler, everybody. Tyler. Tyler. Now's the time. Tyler. What's up, dude?

[Darius Butler]

Oh, yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

Good work, Bruce.

[Ty Schmidt]

Oh, nice work, Bruce. Don't hurt yourself.

[Pat McAfee]

Touch glass. Some good work, Bruce. Now, wow. You have to talk in the microphone this way and then go that way. You know what I mean? We didn't set the table up. Yeah, just the microphone. We'll look at you.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, the damn sweet should be good.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, Tyler, thank you for coming.

[Tyler Atkinson]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[Pat McAfee]

Thanks for having me, dude. Absolute beast. I would like to say friend of the program, Mulaguetta, who we are massive fans of and admirers of. I mean, his deal is currently causing bit of a ruckus butterfly effect in the NFL, which we'll certainly talk about once we get all the information. But it's hard to get information in that situation because nobody's allowed to talk because something is happening in that particular. So when Mulaguetta reaches out to me and says, hey, I got a guy in Georgia who's a linebacker, who's a dog. He said, he's obviously mulaged, is talking to you. You're very, very good. He said he wants to do the announcement on your show. I was like, that's perfect. We are honored to even be asked. And they say you wanted to come to Indianapolis and then you brought your whole family here. Victor, Laura, Brianna, Victoria in China, here Brought the whole family. We are so thankful that you came, Tyler, so we appreciate you. Thank you for letting us be a part of this process. Before you make your announcement, let's talk about the recruiting a little bit. I think you told me in there you started getting recruited in scholarship offers in eighth grade. Is that accurate?

[Tyler Atkinson]

Yes, sir.

[Pat McAfee]

And what has this whole journey been like for you?

[Tyler Atkinson]

The journey has been great. The journey has been a blessing to be in this position. Begin recruiting in eighth grade. So, you know, for me to just. To build relationships with coaches and just learn more from coaches and for all of them to have impact on my game and just like my top four, just to really talk about me, go over film and just go over my game with me, it just means a lot. And so the recruiting process has been great. I have no complaints on if it's been negative and negative, you know, about coaches blowing your phone. I think I've been enjoying every moment of it. And I'm so thankful to be here.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Because we're in a wild transition time right now for people like you. You know, in the transition process, recruiting process, especially with nil, I feel like probably four or five years, it'll all get sorted. But right now it's a lot of chaos. After meeting your family, it's like parents, high school sweethearts out of North Carolina. Obviously, we're all repping the gang here. We're all acting up. Yeah, we're all acting up. We're all acting up. It's like it feels like you have.

[Tyler Atkinson]

Let me tell them what acting up means.

[Pat McAfee]

Please do.

[Tyler Atkinson]

Acting up means to believe in yourself with the never at work mindset. It's a pitch off our last name. So that's what acting up means. And, you know, on the side it gets never outworked. So we. Hey, never outworked over here.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I love that. It's a great trait to have. And once again, I think your family is spectacular. You have to be so mature at such a young age with how much money and how much chaos, especially if you're being recruited as an 8th grader. Is it always football? Did you play any other sports? And when did you. I guess eighth grade is when you found out, okay, I'm going to get my school paid for at least in this particular sport.

[Tyler Atkinson]

Oh, no. I've really been playing football since I was four, so I've been playing this game since I was four. I've really been playing the same position since I was four. I've been playing linebacker and edge since I was Four. And so, you know, I played. I played a little bit of basketball, but I just realized that really wasn't my sport. You know, my dad was more into the basketball, but I realized it wasn't my sport. So I really just thought football, you know, just. Really just loved the game, and it just took off from there.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, I love that. DBOT has a question for you, Tyler.

[Darius Butler]

You talk about loving the game. Assume you watch. You watched a bunch of ball growing up. Are any players in particular that you modeled your game after?

[Tyler Atkinson]

You know, I definitely say I got some football favorite players that's in the lead right now, you know, comes from Michael Parsons, Fred Warner, and Roquan Smith. Those are some players. I'll actually watch their tape and really get to just study their film and just. That's what I like to watch on my free time and just see what they're doing at that level, you know.

[Pat McAfee]

Do you view yourself as like an X player? You can kind of go everywhere because you're 6, 2, 2, 15. You can move, obviously, but you can thump, too. I'm watching. Yeah, you're a thumper, too. Not scared of that. Which we respect, appreciate, especially at the linebacker position. But what is like the thought of what you can do at the, you know, in college or the next level?

[Tyler Atkinson]

Oh, you know, I'm just a quarter. I'm the. I'm a chess piece. I'm a chess piece. Linebacker. So I do everything, you know, when it comes on being edged, when it comes to dropping the coverage, playing a run, you know.

[Pat McAfee]

How are your hands? You got good hands.

[Tyler Atkinson]

Oh, I have great hands.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, no way. Linebacker.

[Tyler Atkinson]

You know, I have no cause one thing about it. I used to do boxing, so just doing that. And then I got a great pastor's trainer, Marcus Howard. Just been working on him with my hands and stuff. So that just. It just takes linebacker to the next level. When you have to use your hands, you have to get off blocks. You have to shed things. You have to be able to rest the quarterback in this generation now. So.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, okay. I love. I can't wait to watch you, man. Now, with that being said, I think we should bring your family up. If the Atkinson can come up here, I think it's time for a university and its fans to learn if a absolute dog is coming to town. Okay, so we have your final four. Yeah, let's get the handheld over there. And then we will. You can also do this number here. I think.

[Ty Schmidt]

I was gonna say, I don't see an Iowa hat. Yeah, I think You're a finalist.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so your final four. Clemson, Oregon, Texas in Georgia. 6 A state champion in Georgia. Obviously everybody down there very excited. Texas is in on every dog in the country. What they are building is spectacular. Uncle Phil, Coach Lanning out there in Oregon, beautiful place. I assume you feel the same way. And then Clemson dabo. What a phenomenal coach and a phenomenal program in operation. Now, before I steal any more time here, family. Victor. Yes. Laura. Yes. Victoria, China, Brianna, we appreciate you all for coming. And Tyler, if you would like to make your decision, I think we would all be very, incredibly honored to be a part of it. Let's do it.

[Tyler Atkinson]

Let's do it. Let's do it. First and foremost, I was thankful for God to be in this position. All hats to him, you know, without him, it would not be the situation. I'm very thankful for my family, my support system, you know, all the sacrifices they have made for me to be here. Definitely want to say the coaches. Definitely want to say my coaches, you know, without coaches, I wouldn't know the game of football. So definitely want to say thank you to my coaches and for them to pour into me and get me to another step in life. Definitely want to say my trainers were all pouring to me, training me hard and just working me out for me just to be the best. And I just want to say, all the recovery I'd be doing for my body, all the people that take care of my body, I just want to say I'm thankful for them.

[Pat McAfee]

Hell, yeah.

[Tyler Atkinson]

And I just want to say, let me make sure that's everything.

[Pat McAfee]

Very humble and grateful. Yeah.

[Tyler Atkinson]

And I just want to say all four schools, it's just been a blessing for them to be pouring to me. I love each one of the coaches. I'm very thankful for them to be a part of my journey and just for them just to be helping me when it comes to learning and really just being there for me when I needed them, when they called on me, check up on me and, you know, so it's just been a hard process and hard decision making just to pick one school. I wish I could play for all four schools, you know, but that's not reality. But I'm just.

[Pat McAfee]

We're not getting there. We're not going to get there. We're not going to get. No, no, no.

[Tyler Atkinson]

So, yes, I'm just thankful for all of them and, you know.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Tyler Atkinson]

So I think that's it. And then like I said, for the next three to four years, I'll be attending. I know Y' all been waiting for this, you know, but I've been waiting for it, too. But for next three, four years, I'll be attending University of Texas.

[Pat McAfee]

Let's go, baby.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Let's do it.

[AJ Hawk]

Yes, sir.

[Pat McAfee]

Congratulations, Tyler. Congratulations to Coach Sark and everybody down there in Texas. 197 tackles his sophomore year of high school. Okay. He's obviously six A state champ and the MVP of the game. Number one linebacker in the country. Absolute beast. And from what we have been able to tell, incredible dude. Incredible family. Now, why was it Texas, you think, in the end, and who all knows this at this moment, other than before you announced that? Who all knew? Did Coach Sark know that this was happening today?

[Tyler Atkinson]

We had conversations. You know, I really just trying to. I really was just trying to pick when I come here, you know, just go from there. I didn't want nothing to get leaked or anything out. But, you know, what really chose me to go to Texas is the coaches, the relationship piece, the atmosphere. You know, I feel like I just can accomplish everything I want at Texas.

[Pat McAfee]

Texas.

[Tyler Atkinson]

And. Yeah, so it just. I just feel like, you know, the way they gonna have me playing is. Is just the best fit, and that's why I chose Texas.

[Pat McAfee]

Congratulations, dude. Ms. Laura. Congrats, baby boy. Going to Texas and. Yeah. And, Victor, your process, what has it been like for you guys? What has it been like to kind of watch him mature through this whole process and obviously see so many places, send so much love to your boy. Like, that had to be a very cool thing for you to witness for your kid.

[AJ Hawk]

Oh, man, it's amazing, man. It's a blessing as a dad to see your kids chase their dreams and.

[Darius Butler]

Accomplish the goals that they have set, man.

[AJ Hawk]

And I think the journey has just been tremendous because he's learned so much. His approach was just going on, the visits and what have you was just to learn from. From what?

[Darius Butler]

From the coaches and.

[AJ Hawk]

And see become a better player. And it's just. Like I said, it's just. It's just been a blessing, man. I'm just excited for him.

[Darius Butler]

I'm proud of him and.

[AJ Hawk]

And I'm excited to see him in the next chapter in Texas. Hook them.

[Pat McAfee]

That's right. And I would like to say to you, Mr. And Mrs. Atkinson, from what we have been able to observe here for the last couple hours and learning your story, obviously, high school sweethearts, phenomenal job as parents, you should be incredibly proud of what you guys have accomplished. Not only, obviously, with Tyler, but with Victoria, Brianna, and China as well, cool people. Not a lot of people come in here that we like. No, you guys. You guys have been awesome. So we.

[Tyler Atkinson]

At least I'm on a good side.

[Pat McAfee]

No, no, no, we're happy to be.

[Connor McDavid]

On your good side.

[Pat McAfee]

Congratulations, you guys. Tyler Atkinson officially going to Texas. Thank you big time. Thank you for coming, brother.

[Tyler Atkinson]

Appreciate you.

[Pat McAfee]

Appreciate you, man.

[Connor McDavid]

No, dude.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. Thank you. Yeah. Let's take a photo. Congrats.

[Connor McDavid]

Awesome.

[Pat McAfee]

Thank you for coming, man. Appreciate you, man. Hey, you want to take a photo? Let's do it. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, hell, yeah. Jabba might be stuck. Okay. Java. Stuck. Java, your partner. Good work, Liam. Thank you so much. Nice meeting you, Victoria. See you later, you. Congrats. All right. That was cool, man. Congrats to him. Congrats to Texas, too.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Hey, I'm pal. Legit Texas in everybody.

[Connor McDavid]

They're going to be so good.

[Darius Butler]

Think McConaughey's punting right now.

[Pat McAfee]

Glenn's playing Pow. That's all I thought of in my head was Glenn Powell in Scotland or something. This is the guy. Good work, Bill. Good work, Bruce.

[Connor McDavid]

Going one pool car gets a notification.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, that was a pretty cool little setup there.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Our first time seeing it was live, obviously, so I. That was. That was kind of nice.

[Connor McDavid]

That was very cool in the hats and everything. That was.

[Pat McAfee]

I mean, I feel like we really did. Yeah, we did a. Hey, we appreciate you guys.

[Connor McDavid]

I appreciate you guys.

[Pat McAfee]

See you, dude. Welcome. How about. How about. I'm saying I wish we could play for all. I could play for all four right now. We don't want it to happen, but that is possible. What a legend. Good for that kid.

[Connor McDavid]

That was.

[Ty Schmidt]

That's awesome.

[Connor McDavid]

The other ones have been much different because it's just one hat. You don't see any of them, and they just put them out. Put them on.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. He traveled here. Tyler, we appreciate you, dude.

[Connor McDavid]

So cool.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, no problem. By the way, he is a professional athlete.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Has been for about three, four years now.

[Connor McDavid]

In four years, they're talking about the.

[Pat McAfee]

Rehab, the training, the practice, the schedule. He's taking summer classes, obviously, because he's going to graduate early.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

So it's like what his schedule looks like. They're putting in practice and rehab into high school schedules because you take summer classes to remove summer. So it's like a full. You have a full blueprint, basically, for these high schoolers. And then I. I love that Mulaguetta is representing high school athletes.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

That is great for these kids. Like, great for These guys, whenever there's like a bunch of like, you know, agents that aren't really agents kind of getting their hooks in a young person. Not good. That's whenever you hear like terrible stories and people signing these deals or agreeing to things that are like future and everything like that. Molagueta getting invested in the next generation, obviously it's good for his business. Not gonna act like it's not, but that's also good for their business to have somebody like that in there. And we talk. A lot of people don't love, more specifically NFL teams don't love the deals that Mulaguetta is able to get done. But if you are a person that is being represented by Mulaguetta, that is the guy.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Like, hey, this is who we would like be chit chatting for us. So whenever he calls me and tells me about this guy, I know a lot of things. I know he's going to be very professional.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Mature and very good at football. And you look into this guy. Yeah. He's unbelievable at football. Number one linebacker in the country. Those four teams, I think legit. I think it was a very much.

[Ty Schmidt]

Like a nobody knew.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. I think. And I think. I think he was very conflicted on the entire thing.

[Ty Schmidt]

For a second there, I thought he was gonna change. So did I. I was like, oh, this is. This is gonna be awesome. He's. He's gonna change it up and we're not gonna know. But that actually, I mean, being from Georgia and picking Texas, like, that's a. That's a big deal.

[Pat McAfee]

That does feel like it's a.

[Connor McDavid]

And I think the number two linebacker in Georgia, who's also five star, is going to Alabama from Georgia.

[Pat McAfee]

It's okay. We know Kirby will have defense.

[Darius Butler]

What happens now is like, you know, some of these guys like him, they move. They move the needle. Like they'll go commit somewhere. Now you'll have maybe some D commits from school. You go to Texas to kind of join a guy like Tyler, but we didn't get to ask him. But like, I'm sure Archman had been there. Had something to do with, you know, just like you going. You look at these NFL teams, you want to look at the quarterback, you look at the coach situation. So, I mean, everything is going to be at his fingertips. Going to have all the resources being at Texas. And then you talk about dealing with a guy like David Mulaguetta, like the resource that he has with his clients, like the guys that he can talk about.

[Pat McAfee]

Micah.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Those are all yeah, exactly. Mulgata, here's group text with Mike. I don't know if you heard Micah. That's what he said about you. He's a big fan. Is there anything you can say to him? Yeah, maybe some drills that you do. Yeah, actually, like that is a weapon. I think it's good for the game long term. Great. There's obviously some negative for sure that come alongside all of this. Feels like he's pretty well shielded from a lot of it.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Now, granted being a professional, since you're 15, we'll see what the long term effects of that are, you know, because they talk about like people being teenagers and working, being famous and things like that. What are the long term effects of that? Who knows? We shall see what that is. But I think having a direction and knowing that you're going to be a pro and becoming a pro has a lot of upside too for how people operate whenever they get to that level.

[Darius Butler]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

And if you think about, he's got a senior next year, three, four years there. So it's like five years, four or five years until he's at the NFL and then what? That's like a four year deal there at the NFL before you get another deal.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yep.

[Pat McAfee]

So he's like nine years away from like real, real, real money. Yeah. And that is still very much. He understands that, you know, it's not just about money, obviously. It's about legacy and team and being good and winning. He's a state champion. I mean, the guy wants to win and all that. But it's like, if you're thinking strictly business wise, your second NFL deal is worth more than any of this shit. Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

Generation.

[Pat McAfee]

That is where we were trying to. In Texas, to your point about having all the everything, access to everything you could possibly want.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

I mean, forever. People are talking about those collectives. It's like Texas has like four or five of them. Yeah. Like people are talking about, does our school have one of them? If they got one of them, shouldn't. I think Texas has like four or five different groups of boosters that are like, what do you need? How do you need it?

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

We are here to help hook the shit out of them. We. That, that is what we're here. And that's great. If you're a Texas fan.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yes.

[Pat McAfee]

That's great if you're playing for Texas, for everybody else, it's like Texas is one of those teams that's up in that conversation. They're alongside Oregon, they're alongside Michigan, they're alongside Ohio State. They're alongside Penn State, by the way. We've been telling you about Penn State.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Penn State is in on all sports. If NIL is involved, Penn State is involved. They would like to be known for being a university that is great at sports. They've got the.

[Ty Schmidt]

Gavin.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah. Number one hockey guy, will be the number one pick in the draft next year.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

Without. Without a doubt. He's like the McDavid Bedard, one of those number one picks that they've known about him for years.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Penn State, like, this is what Penn State is trying to become, though. Like, obviously, football. We want everything. We're doing. $700 million revelation football stadium right now, cash.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't think people fully grasp all of.

[Connor McDavid]

Like, they don't.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't think they won't. I don't think you fully grasp.

[Darius Butler]

I gotta see the. Believe football.

[Pat McAfee]

I understand with Penn State.

[Darius Butler]

I agree they're gonna spend the money, but I gotta see them get it.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah. Two biggest sports, basketball and football in. In college. Need. They need to get it done there.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Well, you know, I think Penn State thought they were gonna potentially. And then. Yeah. Hours back, I mean, he might be the top five pick.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

Throw that interception. They might go the. To the national champ.

[Pat McAfee]

That's what I'm saying. Like, they. They're not good. It's like, you ask aq, he's like, we were good. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a Big Ten monster. I don't know if he's the number one linebacker in the country, but I know he's number one in the state of Ohio's heart.

[Darius Butler]

He was when it mattered.

[Pat McAfee]

Ladies and gentlemen, guess who's back. AJ Hog. Wow.

[Connor McDavid]

Back door in a full.

[Pat McAfee]

Full jersey. Whole.

[Connor McDavid]

The kids.

[Ty Schmidt]

That thing signed.

[Connor McDavid]

The kids signed that.

[AJ Hawk]

Ken Griffey Jr. Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

It's Pete Rose.

[AJ Hawk]

It's an authentic replica autograph on the back.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, you probably raise that seat up.

[Connor McDavid]

But that's also Griffey. That's not Junior.

[AJ Hawk]

This is Junior.

[Pat McAfee]

This is. This isn't Mr.

[AJ Hawk]

This is Junior.

[Connor McDavid]

Is there a Junior on the back of the jersey?

[AJ Hawk]

I don't know.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't think. Yeah, just Griffin says.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah. So that's. That's Ken.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. That's Senior Ken Griffith Jr.

[Connor McDavid]

It's not Griffey Jr.

[Darius Butler]

It's his.

[Connor McDavid]

You know, the thing about Griffey Jr. Is that on the back it says.

[Pat McAfee]

Griffey Jr. Now, with that being said, Ty Schmidt and I did meet Ken Griffey.

[Connor McDavid]

We did what I saw.

[AJ Hawk]

He's taking you as a. On. On assignment as a photographer. Right.

[Pat McAfee]

We complimented his picture. I mean, I want to say we hit all the beats with Ken Griffey whenever we saw him. Junior, obviously not single. He was. We were walking through the club. We were trying to get out. He had people on his back, of course. Mr. Griffin. Yep. Oh, yeah, a lot of that. As he was trying to exit, we were trying and we were trying to avoid the same thing going the opposite direction. And we made absolute ass over.

[AJ Hawk]

So.

[Pat McAfee]

Holy. It was like a. Literally a divider. Yeah, a divider. This lane we were on this lane. He had crew of people behind him. Certainly annoying this out of.

[Ty Schmidt]

Without a doubt.

[Pat McAfee]

I mean, no questions asked. Just, hey, can you sign? We photo the whole. And then we're going the other way. We have a couple, not as many, nowhere near as month crowd, obviously, but we certainly held him up in the middle of that crowd so we could let him know that we were big fans. Yes.

[Ty Schmidt]

Had to be done.

[Pat McAfee]

Had to be done.

[AJ Hawk]

I think he'll be all right with that.

[Pat McAfee]

You didn't ask him dap up, stop.

[AJ Hawk]

For 10 minutes and sign autographs.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, he got over to our lane and then he backed out. It was almost like a. We almost gave him like a small reprieve.

[Ty Schmidt]

Like an X. Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Does that make sense? We almost gave him that evac team. He was awesome. We saw Smoltz.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yep, Smoltz.

[Pat McAfee]

He came in second in Tahoe. Well, what place did you come in?

[AJ Hawk]

I believe I ended in 47th out the American Century Championship.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so how was the American Century Championship this year? We didn't get a chance to enjoy. We watched it on tv, had some.

[Connor McDavid]

Great Pavlovsky Pavel, Joey Pavs, he's hockey guy.

[Pat McAfee]

Eagles to win it on the 18th hole there on Sunday. And obviously he would have won. I think even with a birdie or anything good, he would have won. Smokes comes in second. Pav was really rolling it out. Yeah, we talked to Smokes. What's that?

[Darius Butler]

Rollins to the hole in one.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Great to see. Great to see. Old Mastercraft boat, which I checked out of me see it? Two recliners on the back.

[AJ Hawk]

Oh, that thing's got. That thing's gotta be $300,000. Like it's legit.

[Pat McAfee]

That's how much that thing costs.

[AJ Hawk]

Probably. I don't know, maybe more.

[Pat McAfee]

I live on water and I don't have a boat.

[Ty Schmidt]

You need it.

[Pat McAfee]

Bingo. But I'm not a big boat guy. I don't understand the water much. I'm learning it, though. I'm learning it. They showed that boat a lot because he won it. And obviously we've tried to win boats out at American Century.

[Connor McDavid]

You got close.

[Pat McAfee]

Very close. Yeah, I got like, a couple times. I think it was like, this far away from having a boat because in.

[Ty Schmidt]

My head I was like, I need both.

[Pat McAfee]

A lot of people try to win this. Yeah, I need a boat. I actually need it. I actually need a boat. So as they're a poster, that's a beautiful boat. Yeah. Congrats to Jimmy hitting the hole in one and win that. Smoke says he plays every day. Yes. We talk to him. He plays every day. He said he is trying to win. Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

As often as he can.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, he's getting out there and doing that. Do you feel like the competition is getting better out there or how do you feel? I think so.

[AJ Hawk]

I think everybody's getting better out there. I mean, there's so many people that. That want to play in it, that do plan it, but I talked to a lot of them, and dudes are bringing out swing coaches. They have, like, stretched people. They have like. They're like professional golfers. How they. How they approach the whole situation. I know Pavelski, he seems to have find a great balance of, like, having a great time and being the best golfer in the tournament at the same time, which is very tough to.

[Pat McAfee]

Hockey guys square it up. Like, they have to square it up their whole lives on the ground, you know, like baseball, it's in the sky. Hockey, it's on the ground. So it's basically the same place they're going to square it up. I think they have quite an advantage for the hips and the body to kind of time up a little bit better from just. This is just my experience of golfing with different professional athletes, basketball players, shooters. I think they're such a muscle memory crew that they can kind of get into there.

[AJ Hawk]

Silky smooth. Yeah. I played with Zach Levine, like, just unbelievable. Silky smooth swing all day long.

[Pat McAfee]

Kickers and punters, kind of a similar thing because of the mechanics. But I think you, like, have to get the hand swing motion, because leg different, obviously, than the leg swing there. And you were just. I'm going to actually grip it and rip the shit out of this thing. It's unbelievable. How good of go were you better or worse this year?

[AJ Hawk]

My score was not as good. I mean, you know, it's all putting. Like, I missed a ton of putts. Heavy. Oh, I got an eagle putt here. Sweet. You're walking down the Fairway thing.

[Pat McAfee]

I can't wait.

[AJ Hawk]

Eagle. I'm going to get. Get six points on this system and then I tap in for par. I'm thankful I didn't bogey like that's happened. That happened twice in the same round.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so a little heartbreak. Who all you play with? You play with Aaron obviously.

[AJ Hawk]

I played with Aaron on Friday and Jordo and Rob Mack, formerly Rob McElhinney.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

His wife was on game day. I saw his wife who came to game day did a very good job. She was awesome out there as well. Yeah, he was. He was awesome.

[Pat McAfee]

Did you let her know that we all legitimately thought she did great on game?

[AJ Hawk]

I think she did. I think she was like undefeated almost on her pick. She was on the top of the scoreboard most of the the year.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. So I don't remember the picks. I apologize. But I do remember her being awesome at the.

[AJ Hawk]

She was good. Yeah, she was really good. I played with Joe Buck and Jimmy Rollins on Sunday. Jimmy had just fresh off winning that boat with the hole in one. So he was. I played with some awesome people, man. It was really fun.

[Pat McAfee]

Joe Buck, how he's. How's he doing? He did good.

[AJ Hawk]

He played well. I think he ended with 12 or 13 points.

[Pat McAfee]

Crazy guy.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, he's the best.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, Joe Buck's good guy.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah. When we were. We got to sit in the broadcast booth for the Home Run Derby and all I could think of is like freaking Joe Buck was probably here.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, these dudes had the best seat.

[AJ Hawk]

In the entire spot where you were posting the pictures from.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, we got. We got lucky because Mike Foss, svp, he hooked us up with the like it was an empty broadcast booth. Cuz they were doing it on the fields.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Cuz so it all came together so late.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't know if you heard about the story, but there's a lot of people that did not want us to go, including a. It sounds like baseball purists. They were on the side of the gatekeepers. I don't know if Kirchen probably did not like a certified. I guess. I don't know. He's got good juice.

[Ty Schmidt]

I shook Kirk's hand. I think he was happy we were there.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah. Plus they were tossing him around like a rag doll in the pre show.

[Pat McAfee]

They were actually. I. They were doing way. That's what they were doing. I missed that how they pick them up like this. They're curling them. But it all kind of came together a little bit late. The ML Beef stepped up for Us Very, very thankful they did that. And we're like, well, can we watch this thing? You know? Are we able to maybe watch it?

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah. From your room.

[Pat McAfee]

I saw that.

[AJ Hawk]

Oh, so you're thinking about going back and watching from the hotel.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, the bus maybe for a little bit. And then the MLB made some plays. Mlb, like they have incredible. Made some plays. And then a booth was open because they took the thing down to the. The field side or whatever. So the boys got to sit in the broadcast booth. And while Ty and I were out there about to do our thing, we're scanning the entire stadium and we're like, wow, this is awesome. Holy shit is so big. And we look right at home play. Then we look up and we just see. Yeah, right. They are. They are the best seat.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

In the entire. I mean it was the best seat.

[Connor McDavid]

We were at the apex of the ball. So like when the. When these dudes are right behind home plate.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

Right behind home plate. Plate can see where the ball is landing.

[Pat McAfee]

Baseball purists are so mad.

[Connor McDavid]

Right?

[Pat McAfee]

So mad. I mean, we are so sorry that we got.

[AJ Hawk]

What's it like in person seeing those guys hit those shots in person?

[Pat McAfee]

Way better. I cannot imagine. Bp. We were there for the cruise miss.

[Ty Schmidt]

It's insane.

[Pat McAfee]

Him. BP just the ones that didn't even go out, they hit like the top. Like just watching the cuz he's.

[AJ Hawk]

Their hands are legit. It's unbelievable.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

But also everything this.

[Pat McAfee]

The. The torque hit and then the arms are coming and then the sound is just like a. Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

Shotgun.

[Connor McDavid]

It's barrel on ball.

[Pat McAfee]

It's unbelievable. We were right there. I typically. I don't think we were supposed to be where we were.

[Ty Schmidt]

Well, that's why it got tough later because for like the areas on the side, it's like you have all the all Stars and they were just kind of like with their families. Yeah. Like mingled in there with like.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

Picking up their kids snacks and stuff.

[Pat McAfee]

Like pick up a child. Yeah, a couple. A couple different kids I picked up. Yeah. I believe a little boy, three year old.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yep, that's right.

[Pat McAfee]

And go low five. High five. Miguel.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah. Eugenio Suarez's son. Because he's big WWE fan too.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Big WWE fan. Then the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes comes out. Oh, he's over. By the way.

[Ty Schmidt]

Boy, is he over.

[Pat McAfee]

Whole place sang the. Yeah, yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

Everyone obviously he's always dressed very nice. He didn't look on TV. Didn't look too bad.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, that's because QB1 don't sweat.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah. Ice in his veins.

[Pat McAfee]

But he. He was. He was hot out. Yeah, it was hot out there. Was good to see him. But. Yeah, everybody watches the. I guess everybody watches the.

[AJ Hawk]

Oh, yeah. Believe me, out of Tahoe, a lot of people yelling for you. Where's P. Pat coming next? I think he might. He's got squared away on this putter situation. Boy, does I saw something pre show. I think we might get him back. Boy, does he look out.

[Connor McDavid]

He.

[AJ Hawk]

With the. With the old man putter that you hold up around your chin and switching motion.

[Pat McAfee]

You did.

[AJ Hawk]

You were draining putts earlier.

[Connor McDavid]

If you showed that putter to an old man, that old man would die immediately. Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

Wow.

[AJ Hawk]

Future good luck traveling with that thing is 19ft long.

[Ty Schmidt]

Look at that piece of machinery.

[Connor McDavid]

Unbelievable.

[AJ Hawk]

Look, it's open state. Oh, yeah. Open stands. Here we go.

[Pat McAfee]

Just a little.

[AJ Hawk]

This is definitely going in guarantee.

[Connor McDavid]

Buckets.

[AJ Hawk]

That's a good two pot. But yeah, now you're back.

[Connor McDavid]

You got that thing. That thing is awesome.

[Pat McAfee]

This is going to change my life. Funnel golf course. And if not this one, got a couple others. We got this now.

[AJ Hawk]

That's the forearm. The Bryson forearm situation. I don't even know how he does it.

[Connor McDavid]

I think that's the one.

[Pat McAfee]

The big one.

[Connor McDavid]

I know the one that's in your hand right now.

[Pat McAfee]

I can hockey stick this one too.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, that one's better for your hockey stick.

[Pat McAfee]

More putters out there right now. Oh, yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

Why don't you knock one in?

[Pat McAfee]

We got. We got a guy join, ladies and gentlemen. Not just a guy. Sorry. This guy's caboose could be confused with a freight train. This guy has the fattest ass in all of sport. I'm not the one that deemed him that. The world has. That's right. Ladies and gentlemen, the reigning Home Run Derby king for the Seattle Mariners. Ladies and gentlemen, all star Big dumper cow rolling.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, Dumper.

[Pat McAfee]

What a night. What a night. Incredible performance. Thank you for doing that for all of sports. First thing I want to ask is, how's it feel? I know we've seen the video of you saying I'm the Home Run Derby champ and everything like that, but like, for real, that is a sense of fulfillment in a dream come true that I assume that you thought could potentially happen but never really expected it to happen. Is that how you're feeling immediately afterwards?

[Cal Raleigh]

Yeah, I mean, obviously, great honor to be invited. And, you know, I honestly didn't. I didn't think I was gonna win at all. I just. Especially after, you know, barely sneaking by by like Half an inch that first round. So it was crazy, super fun night. And you know, they put on a great show and you guys did a great job doing the whole, you know, starting it off last night.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, thank you for saying that, Cal. A lot of people are not saying that, so I appreciate you saying that and I appreciate your friendship and you being good to the program. You've made us much better. And obviously we were non biased in our thing, but if you listen to me announcing you last night, I actually go, and now like that is anyone even the last one? So there's a lot of pressure on you. I think a lot of people in the baseball world were like, hey, this home run derby goes well if Cal Raleigh does well. And then once we watch the battery, if you will, of what you had operating with your dad, you know, big dump. Dump. Yep. And then big dump and then little dump catching. It's like I got emotional thinking about it last night as we were flying home. And then on the show today, just the amount of pride that I assume you all felt, but your dad had to have felt so much inside. I don't want to say, did your dad cry last night, but was there a moment where you all got a chance to take it in and be like, hey, our family just took on the world? Basically what we've been doing in our yard and in local ballparks. We just took on everybody and we won. Like what did you guys have that moment? Because we think it was very beautiful to watch.

[Cal Raleigh]

Yeah, I mean, it was unbelievable. Obviously there's been a few, you know, father son duos, but to have father, son and brother all teaming up and doing it and seeing the whole little fan section there and, and Atlanta last night was, was super special. And you know, that was, it's kind of speechless. You know, you just, like I said, it's, you know, a family affair to go like that. And it's kind of just like a Hollywood ending in a way.

[Pat McAfee]

Yes, definitely a movie. I mean, we get chills thinking about it. You know, we're all kind of, I'm going to say emotional for your. Legitimately emotional for your family. Just how cool would be if, if I, if my daughter was in a home run derby and I was fast vision door and we won, I'd be like, our family just beat her.

[Ty Schmidt]

It's not your luck.

[Pat McAfee]

That would be, that would be a cool, that'd be a cool thing. Okay, on that note, a couple quick questions about strategy. We talked to you beforehand, you know, and it did feel as if, hey, if the obliques get a little sore over here, we go over here. It's like we got your two guys battling against everybody else. We saw in that first round, it felt like it took a little bit to get loose lefty. Then you started stroking. Bang, boom, boom. Then time out comes and you go to the right side. Then it felt like the same thing. Kind of got to get loose again. And then once you started connecting on the right side, boom, boom, boom. We're hitting them. Then we get the bonus time, and you go back to the left. We're worried. We're like, you're hot right now on the right side. Did you have a strategy going in? Was that the plan? Or were you kind of feeling it throughout the entire evening on whether or not you were going to be righty or lefty? Which is an incredible feat, by the way, being a switch hitter, home run derby champion.

[Cal Raleigh]

Yeah, I mean, I wanted. I told, you know, obviously my dad and. And brother. I was like, you know, regardless of what happens, I want to. I want to at least switch it. And, you know, I feel like that was a cool moment for the crowd and, you know, for baseball in general to at least see me doing both. And so, you know, whether I lost or even advanced at all, I wanted at least switch it, and I accomplished that. And then once I barely squeaked by, I was like, I don't know, I just kind of felt a little better from the left side. So I was like, let's just. Let's just let it roll. And it worked. And at that point, I was like, you know, we're here. We might as well try to win this thing. And, you know, that's. It's kind of. What was the hot hand at the time?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, it was beautiful watching. How about the little T mobile pink balls? Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

Sweet.

[Pat McAfee]

The rotation. Watching that thing fly through the sky was awesome. Go ahead, D Budge.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, Kyle, did you feel any, I guess, extra pressure being being the home run leader, being kind of the, I guess, the main event, main draw there with the derby? Did you feel any extra pressure going into it? I know you said you didn't expect to win the books definitely did. I picked you. Not gonna tell you who all the other guys picked, but I picked you to win. But did you feel any extra pressure going into it?

[Cal Raleigh]

No, but watching a lot of home run derbies in the past, usually the. The leader doesn't usually end up winning or, well, whoever's leading in the league, you know, so it doesn't always translate like that. It did last night. And no, I didn't really feel any pressure. I was just anxious. You know, I was anxious in that first round to get going and excited and had to wait a little bit just because I was second to last to go, so. But it was. It was fun. It was just a great experience.

[Pat McAfee]

How'd you feel about the whole process? You know, there's a lot of conversation about the rules and everything like that. You just take the rules for what they are and just do your job. Or, you know, because the old school days was like 10 outs. Yeah. As a whole, and it was pretty easy to understand. Now it's like, if it's over this, if it's longer than this, you get this. I think they're trying to make it as fair and as big bombs, as many big bombs as possible. Did you have. Did you, your dad and brother, go through a strategy on what the plan was? Because it felt like ball was coming pretty quick after ball was sent out. Was that all something that was discussed? Yeah.

[Cal Raleigh]

I mean, I think you had more time than you realize. You know, obviously, with the new format and the time being a part of it, there is a little bit of strategy involved in the sense of, you know, you don't want to go too fast, but you also want to make sure that you get all the balls in and you get enough swings in time. So it's kind of interesting, you know, where they're at with it. And, you know, you watch a guy like O', Neill, Cruz last night who went 512ft, which was absolutely amazing. I never seen anything like that before. But at the same time, you almost want to, you know, admire it a little more. And you want the crowd to be involved. You want to be able to watch those and not have to, you know, pan back and. And go watch him take the next swing before it's even landed. So I think, you know, finding a happy medium there in the sense of maybe being able to watch some balls go a little further and maybe guys can put a little more thump into it rather than, you know, losing their legs and energy like that. So that could be maybe if something in the future.

[Pat McAfee]

I love that. Love you speaking up, too. I think a lot of people are going to be very appreciative of you speaking up on there. And if it's not as rapid fire, not only can you admire it, people that are maybe taking a knee down on third baseline don't think they're going to get drilled in the temple. Yeah.

[Cal Raleigh]

You know, kids out there in Arms.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. The kids for sure. Yeah, there's. And somebody snagged the home run. Obviously. Congrats to that guy. They counted it. And there was. I guess in the past there's been a couple that have. Have taken a few. Taking a few pumps.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

But me and Ty taking a knee down the third baseline as you're there. Because we don't want to be in anybody's way. We're not supposed to be here. They added our seats here. So we are just trying to stay out of the way. And I'm like, legit. Probably needed one thought about that a couple different times. Now we're on a few milligrams. Obviously, we're having a good time and we're enjoying baseball, obviously. But that big ball goes bang. And then as the ball's like landing. Holy hell. I hear crack of bat over here.

[Ty Schmidt]

Swing that head.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, my God. That thing might.

[Darius Butler]

Too late.

[Pat McAfee]

Right in the mountain. Yeah, exactly.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

I would have been dead. So it is a little bit. You're right. I think we should get the chance to see these bombs, especially with how many left the stadium last. Yeah. So Truest park was like the perfect place for it. Did you feel that? When you're like. Did you. Is that optically a good. I assume that's a good park for big ball hitters. That's last night. Perfect.

[Cal Raleigh]

Yeah, it was.

[Pat McAfee]

It was great.

[Cal Raleigh]

Right field is a good. That was a good spot. There's lots of fans and you had the chance to clear it, which is what everybody wants to see. And you know, I mean, that's what fans want to see. Right? They want to see, you know, how many balls obviously can leave the yard, but how many. How far they can go. And, you know, those are the ones that people. People remember those, you know, people are going to talk about O' Neill Cruz's 512 foot home run for a really long time and like I said, obviously didn't end up winning it, you know, but there's, you know, even as a kid, for me it was Josh Hamilton, you know, who put on a show at Yankee Stadium and how far he hit the ball. So I think, like I said, finding a happy medium there and maybe involving, you know, maybe doing a teammate version or like a tag team kind of.

[Pat McAfee]

Now we're thinking Cal, now we're thinking. How exhausted are you?

[Cal Raleigh]

I'm good right now. I think I'm still running on some adrenaline, so we'll see how long it wears.

[Pat McAfee]

I need some of that Dominican Republic chew. Yeah, I've Heard about it. Might need a little bit of that.

[Cal Raleigh]

I've heard that'll kick you in the butt.

[Pat McAfee]

All right, last question. We know you have to go from AJ here.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah. Kyle, what the was it like with your brother behind the plate? What kind of commentary did you have? You going. I know he was saying some things to you. Was he encouraging you? Did you get to speak back with him at all? And also, is that miked up somewhere that we can actually go back and watch eventually?

[Cal Raleigh]

Yeah, it's. It should be all mic'd up. I was miked up. He was miked up. You know, he's. He's kind of a, you know, awkward teenager, obviously, like anybody, but. So I didn't. I had no expectations of him speaking up, but he was. He was pumping me up the whole time. You know, I was kind of surprised. You know, he was. Every time I hit a good one, he'd be like, let's go. And just.

[Ty Schmidt]

He was trying to hype my dad up too.

[Cal Raleigh]

Yeah, he was like that back there. I was that. I was like, I didn't know he had that in him. So he was bumping me up and he had a big day yesterday. He's all jacked up. He got more follows on Instagram and he got a picture with Livy Dunn. He was just. I mean, he lived his best life yesterday.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. He won the home run Derby as 15 year old.

[Cal Raleigh]

Living the dream.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, congratulations. You. Congratulations to your family. Enjoy this entire all star work event for you guys. And that's what we learned. You guys don't get a lot of break. The baseball players, everybody else is like Pro bowl all star thing is like kind of a break a little bit like enjoy it. Baseball. They're working. Yeah. Hey. We are full unity. It's an honor and we're thankful you're representing the entire sport and thank you for your kindness. Congrats on winning, ladies and gentlemen. Big thumper Cal Raleigh. He was really nice to us.

[Connor McDavid]

He's the man.

[Pat McAfee]

He is. Watch before he warmed up. So they all had time and be to BP with their pitcher and with their catcher and the mechanics of moving the L Shield or something.

[Ty Schmidt]

L screen.

[Pat McAfee]

Yep. Yeah. Because some people are closer, some people are further, you know, because you're allowed to move that. I guess. I think we were told Harper and.

[Ty Schmidt]

His dad like on top of each other. Almost like.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Oh, like right. Like.

[AJ Hawk]

Almost like he throwing soft toss to him.

[Pat McAfee]

No, but it.

[AJ Hawk]

But I think he was slinging.

[Pat McAfee]

It's fire exit.

[AJ Hawk]

Right?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. So all the L. The L screen moves the distance. And then some guys were way back.

[Connor McDavid]

Interesting.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, it was a.

[Connor McDavid]

It's a bit of a game.

[AJ Hawk]

You got to find you get to not wear yourself out in warm.

[Pat McAfee]

The pitchers are.

[Connor McDavid]

They're the gate.

[Pat McAfee]

They are.

[Connor McDavid]

Yes.

[Pat McAfee]

They are very much in too. Like when we were walking around for BP or beforehand, it's like the pitchers know, like, this one's kind of on us. Like, because if you. For holding. I think I could miss a kick for a kicker if I wanted to. So if this is the football. Boom. It's the football right here. Boxer, can you get this one? So this is a football right here. Let's say it's a righty kicker. I'm over here. Okay. Most tilts for a righty kicker, soccer style, you just kind of move it down this way right here. Okay. Takes away the hook natural, because their foot's gonna come in this way. Okay. So like, normally you lean it away from a little bit. Right knee. Whenever I'm down is where I'm leaning. If I was just to do that miss guarantee. That's a miss guarantee for like, if it's a 25 yard kick, might be able to sneak it in. But if you literally just hold it like this and just go bang, that's a guaranteed 40 yard kick.

[Darius Butler]

Nope, no chance.

[Pat McAfee]

No chance. Now granted, the kicker might see it. Oh, this holder is crap. And like play the. That's about to come in both how quick the OP is. Like, if a holder really, it's. It's a miss. That Home Run Derby is the exact same thing.

[Ty Schmidt]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Especially with the limited amount of pitches you throw low and outside or something. And it just tails a little bit and it hits the. But no chance of that thing going. And some guys are waiting for it high. And then for 15 straight seconds we don't have a high one. And then all of a sudden you're rushing at the end. It's like the pitchers need more love. Yeah. And they need more credit in this entire thing.

[Ty Schmidt]

Well, and I talked to Cal's dad after they did, I think their second round of bp and he was like, you know, the switch hitting part's tough because as a lefty, he wants it middle, middle. As a righty, he wants it, you know, kind of low and away. He was like, you know, you. You get locked in on a spot and then he switches sides and it's like, okay, now I got to drill this spot. Like, that's a lot of pressure. That's a lot of pressure on the derby.

[Pat McAfee]

It's like, all right, he's flipping over the right side. Not only does he have to warm up this side of the bat again, dad has to also find it. All right, we got. Oh, we're going this way. Yeah, it was. That was a spectacular event.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, without a doubt.

[Pat McAfee]

I didn't. I didn't watch the TV portion. A lot of people say, hey, we need this. The rules too. I think the 10 feels like everybody knows it.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, they need to do three point competition rules.

[Pat McAfee]

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[Darius Butler]

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[Pat McAfee]

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[Darius Butler]

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[Pat McAfee]

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[Connor McDavid]

You want to take it from the top.

[AJ Hawk]

You hit a putt.

[Darius Butler]

Long night.

[AJ Hawk]

Hit that new putter.

[Connor McDavid]

You want to take it.

[Pat McAfee]

I was going to try to tie in the collusion case that's going on in the NFL and that was just a little bit of an aggressive take. I don't think I should have been doing that. There's a of lot happened in the NFL and the NFLPA nine year NFL event. Darius J. Brother is here. Great to see you again.

[Darius Butler]

Great to see you.

[Pat McAfee]

Last night was fun.

[AJ Hawk]

It was.

[Pat McAfee]

Did you Guys have any little jacking diets out there?

[AJ Hawk]

Right?

[Pat McAfee]

We had a few years.

[Connor McDavid]

Dude, sorry. Can I. Can I talk about that for a second?

[Pat McAfee]

Actually, it was delightful. Yes.

[Connor McDavid]

The sweet we were in.

[Pat McAfee]

And Fox, you could attest, this was wild.

[Connor McDavid]

We actually didn't have.

[Pat McAfee]

Just. First of all, I just want to let you know, you saying this suite we were in and then going on to say whatever you're about to say right now is tough for me to have any empathy.

[Connor McDavid]

Well, once. Once again, I was in the broadcast.

[Pat McAfee]

I was broadcasting as well.

[Connor McDavid]

Me.

[Pat McAfee]

Me. God had his headset on.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Dana White]

The slate was nice.

[Cal Raleigh]

Called the first five pitches great.

[Connor McDavid]

Sweet was great as well. Very nice. Everyone in there was really cool for the 20 minutes we were, you know, stopped in there. The bartender there. We asked. I asked for a Jack and Diet, or they didn't have Jack. So it was a whiskey diet. And Foxy had a.

[Ty Schmidt]

Should have walked out.

[Connor McDavid]

I thought about it. There's a reason I didn't stay fair. He's not into that broadcast booth, but just a regular. Hey, I just want. I just want a whiskey diet, okay? I don't need. I don't need any bells and whistles. This lady who is a bartender, very nice. Great vibes. I feel great about my order in the fact that she's making it, and she starts to make it. One shot wide, two shots wide, three shots wide, little splash of Coke.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, my gosh. You thought you were tired on a.

[Connor McDavid]

Month on a Monday night.

[Darius Butler]

Thank you.

[Connor McDavid]

I take one sip of the thing and then just watch the ice melt because I can't drink it. It was a nightmare.

[Pat McAfee]

What are you talking about? And you ordered a tie, Schmidt.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, but I think. I didn't.

[Pat McAfee]

I didn't say I didn't order a tie.

[Connor McDavid]

Can I get a Jack with a little Coke that. That adds the ta.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, sorry. The lady try to hook you up a little bit more whiskey.

[Connor McDavid]

And I appreciate it.

[Pat McAfee]

You have to be very direct whenever you're ordering this, because a lot of people. What I've learned. And once again, there's people that would like me dead, so maybe they would just put stuff in my drink to kill me. But there are a lot of people that serve food and booze that happen to be fans of our particular program, and they all think that they're hooking me up.

[Connor McDavid]

Sure.

[Pat McAfee]

So they all. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

You want one, don't you?

[Pat McAfee]

Well, you know. And it's like, no, I don't. I really like the taste of Jack and dieting. You Know, I. I don't. I don't mind it. So I get a tall glass single shot. So then it's kind of just like a. You got to explain that. I think. I think that's on you.

[AJ Hawk]

See?

[Connor McDavid]

See, I. It's funny you said. Because it came up. Why didn't you just say, can I get a single? I feel as though in. In situations where maybe a fan program is pouring you a drink, you can kind of read that situation and let them know this was not a fan of the program. And I also.

[Pat McAfee]

This lady hated my guy. She was so nice. That's what made it hard.

[Connor McDavid]

I also feel like you Typically, if you're just asking a bartender, you don't have to tell them, hey, less boost.

[Pat McAfee]

No, you do.

[AJ Hawk]

No. Yeah, you do.

[Pat McAfee]

They're.

[AJ Hawk]

That they're doing you.

[Pat McAfee]

Do they all think they're helping you out?

[AJ Hawk]

Absolutely. 100 of anyone I've ever come across will say, thank you so much if you put three shots in a one.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Now, granted, John Taff or bar rescue will say that bartender is going into business for themselves because they're giving you a little extra booze. So you give them a little extra tip. And who's getting screwed? We all the restaurant. That's why we need this POS system. And they put the bottles on it, do the whole thing. Yeah. So that's a big part of bar rescue. With that being said, shout out to all the bartenders. Love them. That have certainly given me a little bit extra. Whenever I've only ordered maybe one shot. Maybe we get shot and a half. Two and a half shots.

[Connor McDavid]

Sure, that'd be fine. Once again, gentlemen. Okay, I'm getting six shots in a.

[Pat McAfee]

In a.

[Connor McDavid]

In a little jacket diet that I just wanted to sip on.

[Pat McAfee]

This lady down in Atlanta's trying to take care of you.

[Ty Schmidt]

Boy, I agree.

[Pat McAfee]

And you don't even understand.

[Connor McDavid]

Is she the donut Foxy?

[Pat McAfee]

Did you get the same situation? Yeah, I got Tito soda. 3 shots of vodka in that thing. Yeah, but that's a foxy. It was like a trailer park boys gift where the guy takes a sip and just pull. Boom, boom, boom. Falls over the stage.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, falls.

[Pat McAfee]

It was brutal. But she was so nice. I didn't have anything to say.

[Ty Schmidt]

Boohoo for these guys.

[Pat McAfee]

It was Monday. Any other day. It was a home run. It was a home run derby night. It was so hot out.

[Connor McDavid]

That is the other thing.

[Pat McAfee]

Now, to be clear, Ty actually ordered me my jack and diets last night. And when they showed up, they were a Little saucy. And I also walk. I also walked over to the table that they were sitting on. Ty, full hand in drink, stirring.

[Ty Schmidt]

It was two fingers.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, right. It was in there. This thing was stirring. And he goes, here you go. He gives me the other one or whatever. So I only am. I mean, there was seemingly a little swirl to my drink.

[Ty Schmidt]

There certainly was not. I would never do that.

[Pat McAfee]

That was awesome. Did you just finger the. Out of my drink? No, I mixed in a little line into his, not into mine. Was very kind, but it was a Ty Schmidt Jack and diet. And we go out onto the field with this and didn't even think we should not do that. Well, that's what I got out there.

[Ty Schmidt]

And I was like, man, there are a lot of kids around here.

[Pat McAfee]

And guess what?

[Ty Schmidt]

None of the players are drinking.

[Pat McAfee]

Nobody. We're the only ones. So we. That's why we ended up going around all the way. I mean, we started, like getting away from party. We're. We appreciate the hospitality.

[Connor McDavid]

I love derby.

[Pat McAfee]

I love derby as well. And I also love that the bartender lady in the suite's like, these bottles are only good for one night.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

So you're gonna have to drink them.

[Connor McDavid]

Which was the.

[Pat McAfee]

A man who thought that the bartender was just trying to help you out. And the reason why we are so excited about today, a man who said sports on time. Ladies and gentlemen, college football national champion super bowl champion rider cup winner, A.J. hawkins.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

Go.

[Pat McAfee]

Red light.

[AJ Hawk]

Thank you. The bartender, I would say.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't want it.

[AJ Hawk]

You can hand it to somebody that wants a nice.

[Pat McAfee]

Get a cup of diet.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

You guys, right?

[Ty Schmidt]

I'm the.

[Connor McDavid]

I'm the. Okay. I asked for.

[AJ Hawk]

I asked for a little drink.

[Connor McDavid]

They gave me a mask, I shooted a hat. You know what?

[Pat McAfee]

Again. How about that? Oh, my.

[AJ Hawk]

What if you ask somebody for a cigarette and they gave you a whole pack? Are you gonna be pissed?

[Connor McDavid]

That's a complete. All of them at once.

[Pat McAfee]

Can we talk a little bit about drama that's happening in sports world, not just in your ordering world. And by the way, I don't think you're that nobody.

[Connor McDavid]

Also, sorry, I didn't mean to say that per se.

[Pat McAfee]

Slip through. Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

You know, I don't use that one word. Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

I apologize. Yeah. He really. Yeah. Really went for it there. I don't think that's what you are. Teddy Bridgewater situation is really interesting.

[Ty Schmidt]

Very much so.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, now there's different numbers coming out. Like the amount of money that he spent on his players. Rehabilitation, Uber Food, transportation, things like that. So that is the narrative that is from the Teddy Bridgewater camp because he's been suspended for a year from a league, I guess that he no longer coaches. His statements like, I don't, you can't be suspended for something. I'm not coaching it. Because he's now back with the Lions or whatever. He wins state championship as a high school state coach, dominant, watching his team every week. We enjoyed the ride watching Teddy be, lead a squad down there in South Florida to win a state championship. So now he gets suspended. And I assume we all think that the suspension looming was the reason why he left and went to the Detroit Lions maybe, or who knows what was going to happen. Nonetheless, interesting thing to do to a coach in the modern world that we're in, especially with the way the nil is like, I assume the other people are saying he wasn't paying for Ubers, who's buying cars and all this stuff. It's like, who? Like, is that against the rule? I don't know if that's against the rules. I don't fully comprehend why this would happen. This feels like one of those NCAA things back in the day, not now, incident. Ncaa. You guys have changed and you guys care about things that matter. That's right. And you guys invest resources and things that are going to make the lives of student human athletes better and everything like that. But back in the day, the NCAA just used to investigate the most dumb things. It's like, why are you and why there's this going on? Why would you do that? This doesn't make any sense. From what I've read about this situation, this feels very stupid and this feels like they were trying to get Danny Bridgewater the hell out of the league.

[Darius Butler]

I hate it, man.

[Pat McAfee]

You're a South Florida guy.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, South Florida guy. He's obviously a South Florida guy. Miami guy went back to his alma mater, Miami, Northwestern, after I think they went like 4 and 6 maybe the previous year before he took over. Then he goes on and wins like a 6A state championship in Florida, which is a huge deal. And Teddy, you know, Foxy knows this. Anybody that knows this, that he's any program he's been a part of, he's always been a stand up guy, class act. I believe he even self reported some of this stuff. So just. And the things you, you look at the list, Uber rides, you know, rehab, all this, you know, feeding kids field.

[AJ Hawk]

Paint, paint for the field so they can have lines in the field.

[Darius Butler]

This is shit that we all would Hope a coach or somebody in the position to be able to bless others would do so for him to be punished like this is absolutely ridiculous, man. The impact that I know he's had on his community, not only being a player, but, you know, well beyond his years on the field, even though he's still playing put pouring into those young men, man. Hats off to Teddy, man. I hope this all gets sorted out. He's back on the sideline, Coach, because this is what young kids needed. This what I needed. I needed a Teddy Bridgewater, a guy like that or a young lady like that, you know, in your life looking after young kids. So I hope this gets figured out, but it sounds very, very dumb.

[Pat McAfee]

I, I don't. In the world we're in right now, I don't know how this is even still. I, I, I don't get it. I, we have kids on our show. We're very lucky.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

We have kids commit to colleges and they got like doordash. Yeah. Right here. Amazing canes right here. They got all these things. It's like, so they're allowed to get deals from. But, you know, they don't know it must.

[AJ Hawk]

I would assume that their explanation when they suspend them is that other teams can't do this. Other teams, coaches maybe not have the money to do that. But why is that? You shouldn't punish for that.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

What if it was apparent this all.

[Pat McAfee]

Feels so stupid to me that, that this just feels dumb. And I think everybody is on the same side. Yeah, I think everybody thinks this feels dumb. Feels like an agenda, doesn't it? Feels like one of those agenda. But also, I assume there's somebody down there is like precedent, you know, and.

[AJ Hawk]

Are they saying he's recruiting players there illegally? That's the only thing in high school, if they claim you're bringing people in and like saying, hey, he lives and.

[Pat McAfee]

Given once again, is that not allowed anymore? You can, I think, at this stage of life now. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. With how everything is wide open with ni, like, literally nil. Just kind of opens up the door for everything. Got a lot of millionaires, 16, 17.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah. I mean, even when we had Derek Queen on, like, Derek Queen, the center from Maryland during March Madness, he did his entire, you know, postgame press conference, and when he talked about the coach, he's like, well, the coaches like the money I'm getting is coming out of his pocket.

[Pat McAfee]

So, yeah, that's, that's college saying, saying the high school diner, Miami, whatever the case, Teddy B. We Appreciate you looking out for your players. That feels like a waste of.

[Connor McDavid]

Well, that.

[Ty Schmidt]

That's what it is. I mean, you hit the nail on the head. I. I would guess that it's the other coaches who are like, hey, this guy came in, this team was 4 and 6 before he got here. And then he runs rough, shot and wins a state championship. Like this is. We got to get this guy out of here.

[Pat McAfee]

I also know the NFL has a situation looming right now, and it's summer, you know, so this is certainly a thing. We've alluded to it a couple times. The only reason why we haven't dove into it yet. First of all, we were awful last week when this thing was all kind of happening. But also trying to call and get actual information about this has been very difficult. I would say that from my own point of view. I know a lot of people on both sides of this. Nobody's saying anything about anything. Basically. I think there's people that aren't in necessarily the home office in the NFL Penns that are like, we're not. We don't. We don't know. And also I don't think we're allowed to even act like we. Like there's a lot. I think there's something very big happening with the NFL in the nflpa with collusion, where the executive director of the NFLPA potentially on the consulting firm at the end. Like, there is a lot going on here, but I think whenever old buddy here was hired to become the head of the nflpa, there was some sort of legal thing happening. Yes. Somewhere else as well. So it feels like that does happen with this particular gentleman a couple different times. But the NFLPA people, whenever they voted him in, Lloyd, how were like, he's great for us. Like, he's good for us. And it felt like there was a very positive reaction to how he was leading. And I think a lot of people liked him. So then I think a lot of people potentially blindsided by this potentially being a thing. So I think there's a lot more questions right now than there are answers. And I think there's an actual investigation happening potentially into it all. I don't know if that's by their own parties, if that's by an outside source who's doing the invest. But I just know that there is. This is a real thing that's happening and I have no clue what it is because I've not been able to get to the bottom it. I think there's a lot of headlines, there's a lot of things being talked about, but I don't know the actuality of what's going on, which is why we have not addressed it. To be clear, I am somebody who has not been easy on the NFL pa, And I don't think I've been easy on the NFL. I think I view myself as a business person, even though people, you know, see me as a big dumb doofus. I and the NFLPA have had a lot of disappointment disagreements on how money is being managed, what deals are being signed, how much licensing percentages are going, where, how they treat the players, how they act players, how, where money's going, how many people are employed by the nflpa, how many people need so many questions about the nflp? I am. I actually didn't even sign up for the nflpa. I think like the last two years of my career because I didn't want to sit in the meetings because anytime I'm meeting, it's just like, that's what you just said there. That's. And it's at the end of a long day, I don't need to hold up everybody's day. Okay? So that is, that is literally my relationship with the nflpa. It's not a good one, Never has been a good one. And on the other side, the NFL, it's like we have to be able to negotiate a better deal with the NFL. And why is everything an absolute war? It's like, well, because that's how Damari Smith was. Now this guy I don't think was the exact same way. So hopefully for the betterment of ball, this isn't a bunch of real shit because anytime you get turmoil like this, then you get disagreements, then you get business, bad business. And that's bad for all of us. I think each side needs to know that they need each other and they need to work, work together. But if there's collusion and fraud, like all these things that are getting thrown out there, like that's not good for relationship between NFL and nflpa.

[Ty Schmidt]

Well, and that's what's weird, like when you say, like how when he first got the job, like they, they were excited about it and like, hey, this is going to be a good situation. Like all that previous stuff, like, you know that whether they're allegations or like it was actually happening, the PA was aware of that. It's not like this stuff all came out after he got the job. So I mean, you know, I, I suppose maybe you knew that, that something could happen. But yeah, this, this whole situation is, is crazy.

[AJ Hawk]

Who started the investigation. Like, who said, hey, we're going to investigate the pa? And who or did they say, are they saying we're hiring a third party? So we look, we get in front of this, like, what is.

[Pat McAfee]

I talked to multiple people yesterday, and I've never had this reaction from anybody.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, like, what did you say? They don't know.

[Pat McAfee]

It was like, we. We're not. We're. We don't know. And also, we were not allowed to react. Really in the dark. Yeah. Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

Borders or whatever.

[Pat McAfee]

It's like a very. Yeah. It feels like they don't think it could be, but they also think it could not.

[Connor McDavid]

Like, could just be nothing.

[Pat McAfee]

Feels like everybody's out of the loop.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah. The main. The biggest issue for me as a former player, and even if I was a player, if there was some type of backdoor agreement that the players weren't aware of or even like, the. The player reps weren't necessarily ripped, that would be a big issue. The quote, unquote, quote, collusion between the owners. I don't think that would take anybody by surprise after the. The Watson deal came out. Like, yeah, they probably had conversations. This is what they do to one per club meeting. That wouldn't surprise anybody involved with football, watches football. Know anything about the National Football League. But the two sides maybe in secret doing some shady. That would be an issue. Now, I don't know the ins and outs of what this. What's going on here, but I'm sure at some point, point somebody will get to the bottom of it. We'll have some more to talk about.

[Pat McAfee]

Tagliaboo was before. I guess he had a great relationship with the nflpa, right? I think there was a guy who's.

[Darius Butler]

Gene Upshaw.

[Pat McAfee]

Upshaw was running the nflpa, right? Yeah. I think they had, like, a very good relationship, like, such a good relationship that I think there was, like, people thought this was the case, but it was like, I think they got along pretty well. My understanding, because I was always like, why do we hate the NFL? Like, why are we walking in negotiations? Just like, like, that's not.

[Connor McDavid]

Let's do this.

[Pat McAfee]

How do we need them? In my eyes, that has not been the easiest way to do business. Now, don't be scared to put this up if you have to, but I don't think the entry conversation should be, we're, hey, we're ready to fucking kill you. Like, I don't think that should be the first combo. I think if we, if we get to the end, you can do it. So I Always ask those questions. They said, well, the union in the NFL is. Used to have a good relationship. And then there was a bunch of people that thought maybe it was too good a relationship. And then you go the other. Then the lockout happens and it's like.

[AJ Hawk]

It doesn't have to be. They don't have to have a bad.

[Pat McAfee]

Relationship either, I don't think.

[AJ Hawk]

Look at the NHL.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah. Look at the other CBAs.

[Pat McAfee]

Exactly.

[Connor McDavid]

The NHL, the NBA. Like, they're getting those done years in advance. You would assume that's because their relationship.

[Pat McAfee]

Is really what's going on. The. I talked to Mr. Bors.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Scott Bors, yesterday.

[AJ Hawk]

He runs. He runs.

[Pat McAfee]

The MLB has pretty good. Good setup for their players. Feels like. Yeah, feels like it's pretty good setup.

[Ty Schmidt]

For the players, especially if you're repped by him.

[Darius Butler]

What are.

[Pat McAfee]

He looked awesome. Yeah. Oh, slicked back.

[AJ Hawk]

He's been running the show forever.

[Connor McDavid]

Long time.

[Pat McAfee]

Slicked back, hair clean. Yeah. Not a single button down shirt. Okay. Top couple loose, tucked in the jeans, tailored to his legs. Jean sandwiches. Legs sick. Cole Han looking shoes. And he just looks so cool. Then he turned around, I shook his hand. I congratulated him. Cornering a market like an entire league, like, that's not something that just happens. Your name is synonymous with great deals for players. Congratulations. And then boom. We got right into a 10 to 15 minute conversation about MLB players, collective bargaining, the deals, negotiations, where baseball was. Where baseball is everything. You're just talking about an onslaught of information coming out of this guy's head. I'm like, geez, why don't you come over the NFL?

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Why don't you come over to the players or whatever. Because he has ideas obviously for all these other leagues. You know, I would assume that he is prognosticated on what the other leagues need to do because he's kind of done what he's done for the players in the majors. It was a crazy combo. It was like very enlightening. It was like, holy, this guy just gave me a lot of game right now. We were. I don't want to say we were boozed up, but we had a couple Ty Schmits down at that point certainly. And we were standing in like a circle in the club area and he just broke down the entire business to me. And Tyler were like, holy, thank you for that, man. Can we talk to you? And me and Ty walked away. Was like, that guy just broke down the entire MLB to us or whatever. And it was just like, literally cheers. Our drinks like all Right. We'll get the hell out of here. I don't know if I could change anything, brother, but I appreciate it. It was. They got a good setup, the NFLPA and the NFL. I never, I don't know.

[Darius Butler]

You basically talked to both sides for baseball. You talked to the commission, talk to Scott. So what's the chance, you think a salary cap actually happens in mlb?

[Pat McAfee]

I think there's no chance. I think there is. That's going to be a tough one. Toothpaste is already out of the tooth. Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

Bingo.

[Pat McAfee]

Just kind of go. This is just like nil. Like, I don't know how they're going to stop this. I don't know how they stop the freight train. I have no idea how you do it. Because anytime you stop money from going to somebody or a group of people, there's going to be a lot that's just going to happen, especially whenever it's a lot of money. So it's like, I think it's going to be tough to put a salary cap onto it. Now, granted, it sounds like for the good of baseball and the system of baseball and all that shit, there's going to be a big push for it. And I would assume for the state of baseball, there's probably a lot of need for it, I would assume. But it's going to be tough to get everybody to end on that. Like, I don't think you're going to get.

[Ty Schmidt]

They literally canceled a season of hockey over that issue. It was the salary cap was the main concern and they lost an entire season to it. So that's the kind of damage you're talking about. Like if, like the commissioner and owners really want to try and force it through and they're all on the same page on it, and I don't know that they are, but if they are, that's the kind of outcome you could.

[Pat McAfee]

And the owners can sway the public opinion that the owners always win the public opinion because the owners are going to be there long after these players.

[Darius Butler]

Yep.

[Pat McAfee]

Remember, these spoil spoiled millionaires are just here for a couple, couple years. We're going to be here for the city forever. You know, these guys are lucky to wear our uniform, represent our city. We're a pillar of the community. This is what they're. This is what, what we're giving them. Think about if this was you. This is what we're think about walking into your house telling your family, this is what you're being on. This is what these spoiled athletes are being on. That's what they do around every CBA negotiation, they get those things out through journalists on TV who have their source says coming from one side of the negotiation and be like, my sources are telling me that the NFL is offering up all the good things of the deal, bang to bang, bang, bang. The bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. And then the players have never. The players have never come out.

[AJ Hawk]

No, players don't have that, like, built in. Years and years of legacy media to push your narrative through the media. Because players come and go so much. The PA is round.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

But players don't have that relationship with the insiders that maybe, hey, here's a nice little pup. This is. This is the great things we are doing. They don't have to tell them, hey, make the players look terrible, make us look good. It just naturally happens.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, exactly. And I think it's also, maybe the players don't think that that is a focus they need. Players of all leagues need to understand that that is a very important role. The outside pressure is literally what makes deals happen in this particular situation. So it's like people, a lot of.

[AJ Hawk]

People don't know the difference between a strike and a lockout too. Like, we got locked out in the NFL. People are, oh, you guys strike like it's not us.

[Pat McAfee]

But they lock picketing, brother.

[AJ Hawk]

They lock the doors and say, you can't come in. I think some people don't even understand difference in that.

[Pat McAfee]

I was not allowed to talk to people that worked for the Colts during the entire time. We were not even allowed to text each other.

[AJ Hawk]

We had to get. Okay, so that came out. We won the super bowl when I was in Green Bay, and then we got locked out in March. We had to get like a special exemption to have our ring ceremony. So we all flew back in June to Green Bay, got our super bowl rings and then had to leave.

[Pat McAfee]

You're allowed to talk to each other. Yeah. Technically you're allowed.

[AJ Hawk]

I think they may have even said something like, oh, you can't be talking ball. I'm like, oh, yeah, we were trying to talk ball. Come here and get our super bowl rings. Not just drink 15 drinks and get our rings and be excited and celebrate together. But we, yeah, there was like a special thing for us just to get together and do that.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. No talking to each other. Okay. We're not friends in this entire thing. Also, no insurance from us. You guys can't figure that you're out yourself.

[Darius Butler]

Get some cobra.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. Cobra.

[AJ Hawk]

Cobra.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, you bear. Start saving this thing to be a long time war chest. Do you Guys have more money or do we have more money? We'll see. We'll see how that goes. Goes. And that was the NFL's entire play. I was like, these guys are running out of money. They'll have to get a deal. That was literally their strategy. It was like, these guys are going to run dry, they're going to start complaining. And when they do that, then we get a deal done. And it's like, as players, you're never going to be able to keep up with them if that's the case. Which is why I don't think you should try to get into a pissing match with billionaires. I think you should try.

[AJ Hawk]

The only power you have as a player is to sit out is to strike. That's like the main. The threat of missing games to the owners that that's the only. And players don't want to miss. Your career is too short. I don't want to miss a game. I want to miss five games.

[Connor McDavid]

I mean now too. Like the career is too short isn't even a thought. Because nil. Like the. The second round pick debacle.

[Pat McAfee]

That's interesting. 30 of 32 second round picks have not signed. And the reason why it's a big story is because Chargers. Yep, Charger Chargers reported because they're in the hall of Fame game and their second rounder did not report. So now this is like the first time where they can actually say, hey, we have some news. Second rounder hasn't reported. Now I believe what happened with the second rounders now because we assume these draft picks are slotted and what money are going to make. That's why the Shemar Stewart thing with Cincinnati so interesting out of nowhere because we thought we had this figured out with the cba. And whenever we think about the second round is when I first hear about this, I'm like, hey, second rounders, the NFL does not care if you sign. Like that's my first natural reaction. These teams do not care if you sign that this league will have its season next year with or without a second round class. But I do appreciate the fact that second rounders are seeing some other teams do some things and they're going, wait a minute. If that's available, we'd like to do that too. Looking out for their clients. But I think inevitably the teams hold all the cards here. But I didn't know that we had so much wiggle room in the CBA with the draft picks. Did you know this?

[Darius Butler]

I did not know that.

[Pat McAfee]

I thought it was all that's why the Shamar Stewart thing. I was like, what are we doing, dude? And then you start learning. It's like, well, they try to drop something new in there. I like, I didn't know you were allowed to drop something new. I thought this was signed Seal deliver with new cba. Seems like there's certainly options for teams at least.

[Darius Butler]

Definitely something. I was a second round pick many moons ago and it was actually another second round pick. Same team Ron Brace got rest. So he went 40, I went 41 and just it was like, all right, what did the guy get before the year before we're going to fall right back in that slot. And it was certain little languages, like, you know, maybe having some money deferred until the next season or different things like that. But not huge, huge issues. 30 of 32 guys. That doesn't happen by coincidence. I think it's something, you know, who are the two guys that sign?

[Connor McDavid]

Do we know? So the first pick of the second round, the Browns. Linebacker, swinger. Right. And I think the real problem is the Texans gave Higgins, Jaden Higgins, a fully guaranteed contract. And if I remember, he was in the 40s or 50s. 50s, and he got fully guaranteed. So I mean, I assume if you're the 33rd pick and you get the fully guaranteed deal, that's one thing. But if. If you're in the 40s-50s range, which again, I'm not 100 sure when Higgins got picked, but if you're in that range, I assume that becomes a problem.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, good luck to everybody signing their deals. It's all drama. It's summer.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yep.

[Pat McAfee]

Football's gonna happen.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yes, it is.

[Pat McAfee]

High school football is three weeks away in Georgia. That's what I learned.

[Ty Schmidt]

Exactly.

[Pat McAfee]

Because this kid's like in season shape and it's like, what's schedule like now for you? We got workouts or whatever. He's like, bag. I can't. Coming up. I'm like, camp. He's like, three weeks we had a game. I'm like, football season, three weeks. Excuse me, high school kid. You just reminded me football season is three weeks away. He's like, yeah, we got a game. Three weeks wherever. I'm like, tyler, great news. He's like, yeah, I'm excited. I'm like, me too. Football season is right around the corner. But until then, we got bullshit. Yeah. Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

Even the hall of Fame game is in July.

[Pat McAfee]

On that note. On that note, we will be live from Canton, Ohio, at the hall of Fame day of this chargers Lions game July 31st and we can't thank the hall of Fame enough for the hospitality. They're putting us, I believe, right on front steps.

[Ty Schmidt]

Oh, sweet.

[Pat McAfee]

So I think we're gonna be right on the front steps celebrating the launch of a new season. Celebrating. Celebrating a new class of hall of Famers and celebrating the greatness that the game has displayed for over a hundred years over there in beautiful Canton, Ohio. AJ Hawk, we're going over to Ohio, doing a show.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, I've been to Canton a few times for different, like lacrosse and old soccer tournaments for my kids. So it'll be fun to be there tonight. I tell you what, around that area, you know, around the stadium is pretty sweet.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. So I've never been to the hall of Fame. I've never gone through the hall of Fame. I think obviously we're gonna get to do that. I think we're going to watch the game. I think we're going to do the show. I think we're going to talk to some hall of Famers. I. And we're going to kick off a new season of the NFL. Cannot wait to be over there. Come see us. I think you're going to be able to come see us. Nice. I think they're having.

[Connor McDavid]

That's cool.

[Pat McAfee]

I think it's going to be pretty open area set up there for the entire thing. Come see us. Chargers, Lions, Foxy kicking it all off. Mcdc versus Horrible. I'm fired up. I just can't wait to see mcdc in the flesh. Just how big, muscular, and ready to go he's going to be after watching that quarterback series. I've never been more pumped up to have a great head coach, have a great quarterback. This is all that matters. I'm fired up. Let's head over to Hammer. Don. Don. AP Tone. How's it going, pal?

[AP Tone]

What's up, brother? How is it going? It's been a great show so far.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, thank you. How about Tyler going to Texas? How about big Dumper hitting big bombs? Him saying the 10 ounce will be good. What are you guys gambling on right now at Hammer? Are we looking ahead? Are we doing futures bets at this point? Or what are you kind of thinking about?

[AP Tone]

Whenever we're eyeing sportsbooks, we are 100% looking ahead. This is the driest, slowest week of sports in the entire calendar year because Wimbledon just ended. We're coming up on the US Open for golf, so we'll be. We'll be gambling on that. But as far as, like, the major sports, the major US Sports are concerned, this is the slowest week because obviously the baseball all star game game is. Is happening tonight. But after that, you know, NBA is done. NHL is done. We're looking forward to college football and NFL. So that's kind of what we're looking at. The US Open is kind of the big gambling opportunity this week.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah. Tomorrow. The only thing on is the W. All other. The. All of the four major sports. Usually there's two sports, maybe three sports on. The only thing tomorrow is the. The big.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

It's a queer to dance for.

[Pat McAfee]

They can watch. Are they treating this as if it is like the NBA on Christmas?

[Connor McDavid]

I think they should be, but it used to be.

[Pat McAfee]

Now they need to move. NBA needs to move Christmas Eve.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Correct. That is a decision that needs to happen. Adam Silver. I. I don't know if you still watch program or if this clip will make it to you. Sorry it happened. The Grinch stole Christmas and the Grinch is Goodell. You need to move Christmas Eve.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Because we're all at home on Christmas Eve and we're thinking to ourselves, we got four NBA games tomorrow. We got three NFL games tomorrow. And right now, what do we got? We just pork. Let's do Christmas Eve. Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

Need a Lakers game on at 10pm Eastern.

[Pat McAfee]

Who's gonna be playing for the Lakers?

[Ty Schmidt]

I don't know. From the sounds of it, maybe not LeBron.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, have we gotten to the bottom of that at all?

[Ty Schmidt]

Well, what was it right after we. We had the discussion last week or, you know, before we were on break and then now all of a sudden they're saying, hey, multiple teams have reached out.

[Pat McAfee]

14. Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

They want to trade for LeBron.

[Pat McAfee]

I did send a text, ask if they. The Pacers are one of the teams I didn't see.

[Connor McDavid]

That'd be stupid.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yes. The first one to call, I assume so.

[Pat McAfee]

What I was told was no.

[Ty Schmidt]

Oh, okay.

[Pat McAfee]

Why not?

[AJ Hawk]

Why wouldn't they go after him?

[Pat McAfee]

You tell me. That's what my question was.

[AJ Hawk]

Is he going to play for the Lakers though?

[Pat McAfee]

For real? Like, is it possible?

[AJ Hawk]

Not with the Lakers.

[Connor McDavid]

1000% get him without the NBA.

[AJ Hawk]

I wouldn't be shocked if he's not there.

[Pat McAfee]

UD said that he thought Giannis will Milwaukee too. He'll stay there.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, I. I could see that too.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

What can LeBron win?

[Pat McAfee]

When he was talking to Speed.

[Darius Butler]

Speed Stream.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Speed just beat RG3 in a race in Estonia. I don't know if you saw Speed. I don't know if we need to be.

[Connor McDavid]

I was gonna say.

[Pat McAfee]

What do you mean?

[Connor McDavid]

The only one that beat RG3.

[Pat McAfee]

RG3. The Internet is his name.

[Darius Butler]

Speed.

[Pat McAfee]

Internet's an interesting place. Should not be racing Speed. Should I. We need maybe Scoot. Scotty Miller. Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

Okay. Go.

[Pat McAfee]

Race, Speed.

[Connor McDavid]

Scoot. That'd be good, huh?

[Darius Butler]

Still bringing it, Scooter?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yes.

[AJ Hawk]

What made you say Scotty Miller in my head?

[Pat McAfee]

Thought quickly of a Caucasian. Flash and scoot. Scoot. Scott Miller was the first that popped in my mind. Do you have any. Do you have anything?

[AJ Hawk]

I bet Amadola can still run.

[Pat McAfee]

See, now you're just making them all. I appreciate you. And also, Speed. Got.

[Ty Schmidt]

Working out with Aaron.

[Connor McDavid]

We need the halftime show kid from Iowa.

[Pat McAfee]

Well. That the track guy?

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

I forget his name, but he ran.

[AJ Hawk]

What about the dude that runs the. The warning track that races everybody? Freeze.

[Darius Butler]

Freeze.

[Pat McAfee]

He's more of a. Speed.

[Ty Schmidt]

He's more of a. Yeah, he got his ass beat the other night by Speed.

[Darius Butler]

Somebody young lady ran tracking in high school. She's a cop in Georgia, I believe.

[Pat McAfee]

She was striding.

[Ty Schmidt]

She dusted.

[Pat McAfee]

Freeze. So Freeze. Got to retire now. Put somebody else in a costume.

[Connor McDavid]

He's been.

[Pat McAfee]

Is it over?

[Ty Schmidt]

I don't know.

[Pat McAfee]

He.

[Ty Schmidt]

I was going to say he. He's not the same Freeze he was.

[Pat McAfee]

A couple years ago. How about Blooper? We got a chance to see Blooper do his thing. That's the Atlanta Brave.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah. I've never seen anyone ditch a gimmick that fast in my entire life.

[Pat McAfee]

Ditch a gimmick? What? What do you mean?

[Connor McDavid]

I personally am a. I'm a mascot guy, okay? I. I respect them. I honor them. I mean, the guy walks over and says, hey, what's up, man?

[Pat McAfee]

I'm a Blooper.

[AJ Hawk]

Right?

[Pat McAfee]

What?

[Connor McDavid]

Hey, hey, Blooper. Shut up, okay? Mascots don't talk. Dude, why are you saying stuff to me? So immediately I'm like, okay, well, this isn't a real mascot. This guy doesn't know shit about the game. He's not committed.

[Pat McAfee]

You don't think he respects the game because he wanted to come over and say hello immediately?

[Connor McDavid]

My thought is this kid shouldn't be talking, kid.

[Pat McAfee]

He's an adult. You're right. This guy cut his teeth.

[Connor McDavid]

He did.

[Pat McAfee]

This guy cut his teeth in Japan. He's an adult. He speaks Japanese to the Japanese players because he cut his teeth as a mascot in Japan.

[Ty Schmidt]

He shouldn't be speaking at all.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, exactly. Ohio to you, too, brother. I'm just saying, man. Hey, shut up. Your job isn't to talk.

[Pat McAfee]

I love his personality. I Loved his moxie. He and I got a chance to make a video for the Oregon duck because the Oregon duck came in here and made a shot, and we did it. Da da da, da, da, da, da. I didn't remember doing that, obviously, but it was explained to me by Blooper. The video we're gonna make.

[Connor McDavid]

Obviously, he talked to you.

[Pat McAfee]

That was all inside the video? No, silent.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, camera.

[Pat McAfee]

Right. He doesn't talk as a mascot. If he sees guys that he likes or knows, I think he will come up and chat.

[Connor McDavid]

He talked to me a little bit as a mascot. Hey, I'm Blooper. Nice to meet you.

[Pat McAfee]

No, he didn't.

[Connor McDavid]

He did. See, that's why.

[AJ Hawk]

You know, why, you know, he didn't do it.

[Pat McAfee]

Do it.

[Connor McDavid]

Because if he did do it, then you would think, oh, it's a good mascot.

[Pat McAfee]

But he didn't do that.

[Connor McDavid]

He said like, hey, what's up, man? My name's Jeff.

[AJ Hawk]

That's exactly what he did.

[Connor McDavid]

And I was like, dude, come on, man. Like, they come over, do the whole like, all right. And then say, so when you go.

[Pat McAfee]

To the mall Christmas time. Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

Oh, yeah, I do that.

[Pat McAfee]

Turns out it's not.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, what's that?

[Pat McAfee]

Santa sitting there.

[AJ Hawk]

He works for Santa.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, he works for Santa. Okay. He's a. Not a real.

[AJ Hawk]

When you're sitting on his lap, you.

[Connor McDavid]

Tell him that, you know what? That guy has. Has a different job for 11 and a half months out of the year, and it's non Santa. Blooper. Hey, buddy, you're full time.

[Pat McAfee]

Blooper.

[Connor McDavid]

Shut up. Do the Blooper thing.

[AJ Hawk]

And then Blooper's probably an attorney or something during the day. That is kind of concerning that he's speaking to you in that tone.

[Pat McAfee]

He went in the water after Olson got knocked out of the home run third.

[Connor McDavid]

He's definitely getting fired. After the first initial contact, it's like, let me see your stuff, kid.

[Pat McAfee]

Let me see what you got as a mascot. He does have the hip.

[Connor McDavid]

He does, yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

What do you mean?

[Connor McDavid]

I wouldn't know because he just came over and immediately was a human. And I was like, no, dude, you're a mascot, and then you're a human, so you should first and foremost play your role. And then after, when I'm like, hey, man, you're really good at this. Where'd you learn how to be a mascot? Then you tell me your. He just right off the bat like, hey, you guys know my buddy Blue, right? No, dude, I don't know your buddy Blue. I Know the guy inside Blue, but I don't want to talk about that.

[Pat McAfee]

Guy because that's not who. I know.

[Connor McDavid]

I know Blue. The guy on the outside.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Blue is a weapon. And Blue, if you're listening, feels like the mascot community's got a lot of respect for you. We heard that. We heard that.

[Connor McDavid]

Exactly. Get your camp in order. Blue need these guys. Go back to basics. It sounds like the fundamentals of mascoting are kind of losing its fastball.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't think that's right. I think mascotting is getting better. Sky cut his teeth.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

In Japan.

[Tyler Atkinson]

That's no nonsense.

[Connor McDavid]

Well, he should have led with that. He should have led with.

[Pat McAfee]

He did.

[Connor McDavid]

He didn't leave with that. He didn't leave that with me. He's just like, hey, you guys know Blue in the Duck, right? Like, yeah, dude. Why again? What are you doing, man? Like, what.

[AJ Hawk]

What if he wouldn't. What if he would have done this whole. The whole time and never talked to you like a human? Then he would just been killed while this old Grove.

[Connor McDavid]

No, no, no. The opposite. Then I'm walking away like, hey, just so you guys know, the greatest mascot lives in Atlanta and his name's Blooper. But instead. Okay, there's a guy in a costume.

[Pat McAfee]

All right, let's talk about a guy who just got paid. Congratulations to Garrett Wilson, big time deal. Obviously, Dustin Fields is now his quarterback. He remains with the New York jets where they. There's massive turnover. New coach Aaron Glenn, formerly defensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions, who is an absolute dog, wants his team to resemble that. Garrett Wilson, by all accounts, is that as well. A superstar four year, $130 million deal. Obviously, the Johnsons had to be on board with this. Aaron Glenn had to be on board with this, and the entire franchise had to say, yeah, we would like to keep five in our building as our superstar. Aj, Your thoughts on Garrett Wilson getting a deal with a new quarterback, new franchise, new everything. That's a lot of money. And I'm not saying he doesn't warrant it. I'm just saying whenever you're a team in turnover. This is an interesting move. I don't think any of us expected this to happen for Garrett Wilson. Congrats to him, especially after year three. Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

I mean, with you're the jets, though, it doesn't surprise you. Of course, you drafted this guy. He's your. He's a franchise cornerstone piece that you have on your offense now. Yeah, the thing is, you got Justin Fields. What's this offense going to look like we know the, the type of production that Garrett Wilson. Wilson is capable of. But what's the jets team as a whole like? What do they look like now with Aaron Glenn as the head coach?

[Pat McAfee]

How do we feel about the jets team as a whole? And how do you feel about Garrett Wilson, D. Budge?

[Darius Butler]

I mean, you know, it's a new coach, first year, Aaron Glenn, so I, I still like to give coaches time to kind of implement their culture, get their guys, get their roster, build it up. But to AJ's point, this is a guy that you want to build around on the offensive side of the ball. He's been productive year in and year out, regardless of who's taking snaps at quarterback. So I respect that in the National Football League. And now the deal, it looks like it's a great deal for both sides. I'm a former player, so I always want to see the players get the most and reset markets to do things like that. But I think it's a good deal value wise for the jets, great deal for him. Homegrown talent. And now the question marks in the eyes. We're going to look on the other side of the ball with a young superstar who we had on a few episodes ago, Sauce Gardner. When is he going to get his new deal? Do they handle that before the season or before training camp starts?

[Pat McAfee]

A shout out to Sauce, hope he gets all his money. Obviously. Good luck with that. Let's go to the other side of the country. You talk about the other side of the ball, the other side of the country. San Francisco 49ers back in some drama. And we thought there was a chance, didn't we, this would have been the first year in five years. Four or five years, yeah, that San Francisco 49ers did not have any contractual drama kind of going on going into camp. Would be quite an advantage, I think, for a team to not have to do that. But that is something that comes whenever you have so much talent. Next time when you're a good team, a lot of people are going to want your players. Players are going to earn a lot of money. Who's going to give them the money? How are we going to get the money when we get the money? I'm done with not getting the money. I need the fucking money now. Okay? That is a lot of what's happening. Juwan Jennings now out with the San Francisco 49ers. Story is, hey, I need a new contract, okay? And Juwan Jennings we've all talked about an absolute dog. A monster blocks downfield Pancakes people downfield. Basically the epitome of what a Kyle Shanahan wide receiver is supposed to be and is. I think Brock Purdy obviously absolutely loves and that whole offense will thrive with $7.5 million. I expected in my mind when I've read he would be getting paid more money. I thought there was already some sort of deal that has already taken place. But once again, San Francisco 49ers have an abundance of talent and now they got to figure it all out yet again.

[Darius Butler]

Like you said, this is a guy, he wants his money. He wants it now. I think he was second in all the major receiving categories 49ers last year after George Kittle. You know, you lost Brandon Ayuk who. You know, who knows when he's going to be full go for this year. So this is the top target going to this season. He blocks his ass off downfield, but I remember watching these games, it felt like Brock Purdy was looking for him on every big third down. So when you have. Whenever you have a guy that's dependable, that can beat man coverage on third down and is going to do all the dirty work, I haven't really heard anything bad from this guy off the field. So this is a guy that. I'm not surprised he wants a little more money with this wide receiver market doing what it's been doing. So I'm always in favor of the players. And John Lynch, I feel like he always finds a way to figure it out.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, he also might see the writing on the wall a little bit. Like he's. He's just seen Debo get paid and then get booted. They. He sees IUK now. He had to go through that whole process to get more money. And now they got Ricky Pierce all. You know, the dude who last offseason got shot. You know, that broad daylight. That was their drama.

[Pat McAfee]

Last off right in the chest.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, like that. Which is absurd to think about, but he came on at the end. Yeah. Ricky. Ricky Pierceall had a great closed.

[Pat McAfee]

That should talk about more.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, for sure. What man?

[Pat McAfee]

Amen. I mean, actually legit and then back. He.

[AJ Hawk]

He has some leverage though. I feel like here they need him. Like Debo's gone. Like, I don't know. I feel like if Brock Pie has any say in it, he's in there pounding the table for him.

[Pat McAfee]

Let's head over to Hammer. AP Tone, what's up?

[AP Tone]

Yeah, I saw an interesting tweet on this earlier from Spotrack, which is obviously the contract site that is very, very well, in the NFL, the. It says that the 28 year old projects toward a 2 year 38 million extension based on 2024 production. Debug talked about his wide receiver numbers last year being second to only Kittle on the team. So like he's only making seven a year and he's supposed to be making what, 19 a year. So yeah, they're getting a deal from him right now.

[Pat McAfee]

So it's.

[AP Tone]

It makes sense that he wants a new one.

[Pat McAfee]

I just heard he signed an extension last offseason.

[Connor McDavid]

I mean, yeah, it was like three years or two years. Fifteen.

[Pat McAfee]

Good luck, man. Good luck to everybody. Get all your money that you can get. Get all your Niners.

[AJ Hawk]

Can't be shocked though. Think about. They're like, hey, who is underpaid on our roster if you're making 7.5 this year? I could say they. All right, I understand why you believe that you're not getting what you deserve.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. With that being said, like Brock Purdy getting a deal now it's a whole new world.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

You know, now it's a whole new. How do you handle it all?

[Darius Butler]

Fred Warner got a new deal.

[Ty Schmidt]

Kittle got a new deal.

[Pat McAfee]

Fred Warner. How about Tyler Atkinson Bringing him up. I respect at him bringing up Fred Warner when he said Fred Warner because he's got. Tyler's got dreads as well. All I thought of was Fred Warner just flying 53 and a third across the field and just killing somebody and then getting on top of them immediately and then running back and doing it again. He's so much. We need the Niners to be worthy of like primetime games for sure. Because they are great for the sport.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

The way that defense plays and tone, you brought this up. I guess it's not NFL conversation. No, it is NFL. Was it NFL or was it college? I forget earlier when I came over to you, no defense winning. Oh, yeah.

[AP Tone]

That was college.

[Pat McAfee]

So let's go to college. Let's talk a little college ball here because Greg Sankey is down here doing his thing at the SEC media days. I believe Coach Sark will be coaching or talking here in a few moments. Obviously he just got the number one linebacker in the country to commit to him. And I believe Coach Smart and others were speaking throughout the day or whatever is. But in college, as you're putting together your.

[AP Tone]

Yes, I am.

[Pat McAfee]

Are you putting together your guide? Yes.

[AP Tone]

The 2025, 2026 need to know college football. Need to know gambler's guide.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[AP Tone]

We are in the middle of it. It'll Come out later this month.

[Pat McAfee]

This guy's a published author, so we'll be able to get that again. And I can't stress this enough. Last year, I think we were kind of like, make a mockery out of town doing this. I think. I think we're all kind of like, this is a waste of time. Not here. No, we. We just. I think there was a lot of being talked about it. Okay. And then once you created it and we were able to read through it, me more specifically for everything I have to do with game day and everything, I thought it was a valuable piece of information heading into a college football season, especially with the amount of change that happens in college football, the amount of players going to different places. You brought up a good point. As you were doing your research, though, for the need to Know Gamblers Guide. It's like, hey, the best defense in the country wins the national championship. That is seemingly kind of the trend that's been happening. Right? Is that all what you're doing?

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, I mean, the last.

[AP Tone]

Last two years. Two years ago, Michigan won with the number one overall defense. They gave up like 10 points a game, which was historic. Then Ohio State last year was the number one overall defense, and they did, too. Now, their offenses can't be shit, but, you know, with J.J. mcCarthy and then. And then last year with Ohio State, like they were. They just. They didn't have to be great. But when the defense is number one overall, that's something that you look at. And then, like, Texas was the number two overall defense last year, and they have a lot of guys returning. So that was just something that I was looking at for this upcoming season.

[Pat McAfee]

Can't wait to dive into it all. You have to have a great defense to be able to win. Obviously, Will Howard won on a miraculous run. Chip Kelly and all the weapons they had on offense, but their defense had, like four different MVPs, basically on that defense team. Are you guys back again? Is Ohio State going to be good again?

[AJ Hawk]

I mean, you got to reload like. Like you always do. But yeah, they. They got a lot of. A lot of young bucks in the stable.

[Pat McAfee]

Has you and Bobby Carpenter been over there running sprints with the boys?

[AJ Hawk]

I have not, but Bobby's birthday's August 1st. He runs 20 half gassers every birthday.

[Pat McAfee]

So look to that birthday. Bob General. We have some breaking news out of the NFL. Congratulations to Trey Smith, who is going to be the only guy on the franchise tag this year. He reached an agreement before the deadline of the franchise tag negotiation on a four year, 92 million dollar deal that includes $70 million guaranteed. It makes him the highest paid guard in NFL history. Shout out to Nate Taylor and Shefty. It's the highest average annual salary and the most guaranteed money ever awarded to an NFL guard. Hell yeah, Trey. I got to be Trey. Trey's cool dude. Good dude. Great football player. Obviously an absolute dog. His agent, Jimmy Sexton, and he's obviously an absolute dog. I had a chance to chat with him over the last few days whenever I was trying to get to the bottom of the whole NFL, NFLPA thing. I'm like, I'm calling everybody. I'm calling every agent I know. I'm calling to see what the hell's going on. I'm calling the NFL. I'm calling the NFLPA because there's some big words. There's some big words being thrown around and this is a big business that we really like. Yeah, we really like. Hey, you guys aren't fucking this up, right? Basically, is what I was kind of calling around on this entire thing. And I love college football season, obviously, because the college game day crew that's on that set and the cameras and the audio and the truck and the product, like those people, we live on the road, you know, Great group of people. Love those people. Get along very well with those people. Love every one of those people. There's some people in offices, sure, you know, that don't really go through the entire thing and think that. Nonetheless, love that group and all the people that come alongside everybody, you know, like, you get a chance to meet everybody's family, like Desmond's family that comes through. It's great to see the boys. Great to see the team. You know, Reese's family has come by Coach Saban because he has joined the team. Obviously, Herby got deboned. You know, the whole.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, all the boys.

[Pat McAfee]

Great group of people.

[Connor McDavid]

All the Herbies and Chase, Ty, Peter, rest his soul.

[Pat McAfee]

Coach Saban. Now who People come. Jimmy Sexton will travel in Miss Amy, who works there, they'll travel in and we'll get a chance to see him. This Jimmy Sexton guy, they need to write a book. They need 10 movies about him, documentaries about this guy. Just this handsome Southern fella who just every. Well, everything is possible and he's got. He's moving pieces all the time. He's one of the best deal makers of all time. And as soon as I heard that he was on this case, I was like, well, Jimmy's not wasting time right now to get a deal. Done if a deal is not going to get done. Felt like if Jimmy Sexton is going to get a deal done, a deal was going to get done. And I'm happy it did. They said it was right there. I guess it was right at cutoff because if you're franchise tagged, the date comes. Which I guess was last night or today. Today at 4 o' clock and the date comes. I've been franchise tagged, so I will say there was zero negotiation until this 4:00 clock time. From the time I got franchise tagged, there was no thought of negotiating a deal. But you have until 4 o' clock to negotiate a deal on a franchise tag. A lot of guys try to get a deal done, you know, because it's kind of a sign from the and from the team, like, hey, you're not going anywhere. Okay, we got you for another year after this if you want. So maybe it's a resetting of negotiation. So maybe there is a little bit of a reset. Like hey, we're not letting you leave. This is your reality. So now let's go ahead and negotiate. In this reality, whenever guys want to get out or whatever. Nobody likes being franchise tag because there's no long term security. I loved it because I became a millionaire immediately. So. Yeah, give me that now. How much you paying me to kick the ball? One year, 2.8 million a millionaire. Done. Let's go to Canada. Literally went to Niagara Falls that weekend as soon as I was signing the franchise. Not a lot of people like to do that. Getting that deal done is huge for Trey Smith. It's also huge for the Chiefs going into the year without having to worry about any of that shit. You know, the offensive line was a big question. Yes, that was the big question for this entire thing. Now you get a guy taken care of, who's very good and you can just kind of clear your mind of it all. And Trey can be in field respected and like appreciated, which sometimes in business there are some hurt feelings. I'm not saying Trey would ever get that. But I'm happy they got the deal done.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, Trey, I think as a player too, you want to do right by the team that takes care of you like that. Hey, look, I want to prove the team right for paying me. They, they give me all this money, all this guaranteed money, I'm going to let them know, hey, yeah, it's not wasted. And we all know you can have every piece in place in the world. If you are worried about who is going to be starting on the offensive line in Front of Patrick Mahomes. Good luck. Like that's going to.

[Pat McAfee]

You need an offensive line. We talk about defense and you know, we talked to Lane, we talked to a lot of offensive linemen. I got mad respect for offensive linemen. Not only because they just house beers. You're talking about demolishing beers, asking for no credit. Just tough dudes, all of them. Tough. Hand to hand combat is their job. I've never seen a single offensive lineman that isn't a great fighter, like ever. I saw a guy roll with Sean. Offensive lineman. Where is he from? The Bengals.

[AJ Hawk]

Done with a few different players.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, he was rolling. It's like offensive linemen actually hand. That's real. You know, that's every day they're doing and they're huge dudes and they get their asses beat all the time. But at the end of the day, those five dudes are going to decide whether or not you can win or you can't win. Because if you can't protect a quarterback, you can't run the ball. You're completely. Now the Kansas City Chiefs, who have an offensive line question have paid $50 million in their center and their guard combo. Now they got to figure out everything else to get back to the place that we all assume that Kansas City Chiefs will be whenever Patrick Mahomes is quarterback and Andy Reid is the head coach. And I assume they're going to make another run this. Remember they were the AFC champs. Yeah, they were the AFC champions. Best team in the afc. They were. They were the team. Then they just get the doors blown off them in a Super bowl and everybody's like, chiefs are dead. It's like, are they? I don't know.

[Darius Butler]

Couldn't block the Eagles.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, exactly.

[Darius Butler]

Four against the Bucks, couldn't block them.

[Pat McAfee]

Yep.

[Connor McDavid]

Well, and that still might be a problem though. Like they lost Joe Tuney and you know, Trey Smith and Creed Humphrey were both still on that line last year and do they even. Do they know who their tackles are again?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I'm sure they know.

[Ty Schmidt]

They'll figure it out.

[Pat McAfee]

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[Darius Butler]

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[Pat McAfee]

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[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, sure.

[Pat McAfee]

Let journalists in his life follow him around, document it, tell his story, you know, and they do it in a very fair way. Feels like this guy gets judged very fairly by a lot of people, you know, for everything he's done and how much he's accomplished in a business and a sport that he's taken to heights that we've never seen before. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the UFC and the man who'll be hosting this weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana. On Friday, Power Slap 14. On Saturday, UFC 318, Diamond Dustin Poirier's last fight ever in his hometown. Ladies and gentlemen, Dana White. How you doing, brother?

[Dana White]

What's up, boys? How are you?

[Pat McAfee]

I heard your voiceover for the Ram truck commercial. You got that ram shirt on right there. Hey, God bless America, Dana. Hey, God bless America, Dana. That's all I can say. How are you doing, brother? How's life? Life very busy.

[Dana White]

Everything's awesome, man. Yeah, everything's awesome. And what's funny is I never aspire to. No, there will not be a documentary. I will never do anything like that. I don't want to act. I don't want to do commercials. I don't want to do any of that stuff. But, you know, I met Tim, the CEO of, of Dodge, and he was walking me through all this stuff and. And they sent me over the. The VO for that commercial and then the, you know, you know, all the images, and I'm like, oh, hell yeah, I'm doing this commercial.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, yeah, I could do a voice. Is there a fucking microphone in here? I needed to do a little voiceover. I got a chance to chit chat with Tim as well. I believe he's fresh CEO over there. I think within, like the Last year or whatever he has. He's a lightning rod, this guy. Yeah, yeah. He's electrifying. I can't wait to see what you.

[Dana White]

He was in, then he retired, and then they brought him back. So. Yeah, no, I like him very much. We are. Like I said, I've said this a million times. I want to work with people that I'm aligned with, and I could not be more aligned with him. He's a great guy.

[Pat McAfee]

Love him. And shout out to the Hemi 2500 heavy duty that I got sitting right outside this Ram truck. Rides like it's on the clouds, but has the power to get you wherever you need any utility to get the job done. Okay, let's talk about you getting the job done. Massive weekend in New Orleans, brother. Okay, we got power slap 14. Congrats on the 14th one of these. I remember we talked before the first one. I remember we talked before the first one. I got a chance to be in attendance at one of these. I was sitting right next to Travis Scott in the Kapow. Dead lady right in front of us. And it was electrifying. Obviously, social media is Power Slaps home, I think, every single week. And then Saturday, Dustin Poirier's last fight. This is a massive weekend for you in the middle of the summer. How excited are you for it down there in New Orleans? And what should we maybe have our mindset be looking ahead to it.

[Dana White]

Yeah. I haven't been there in a long time, so I'm excited to get back there. Fun city. Obviously, you have Power Slap for the people that have never seen it live, like you said, it's an incredible fun live event. It's been killing it for us. And then obviously, the BMF card on Saturday night, the ufc, Dustin Poirier, his last fight, win, lose or draw, versus Max Holloway. And what's incredible about the Dustin Poirier fight, if you think about the lightweight division, the nastiest division in the sport, you know, everybody in the top 15 are all killers, and these guys are ranked number five and six, and it's for the BMF title. And the whole card is a BMF card. So I'm looking very forward to it.

[Pat McAfee]

I love the baddest motherfucker title. I think that was a genius. I think it was a genius concept by you. You know, I think that, you know, you're a promoter. I think that was a genius promoter. This feels like one where all fight fans are going to get behind it as well. Right. Because obviously we got this Number here. And then we got Poirier with his last fight. Feels like this is one that fight fans are very excited about. Do you feel that as well?

[Dana White]

Well, what's funny about the BMF title is that me and my matchmaker sit in this room every Tuesday, and we fight and argue about, you know, this fight or that fight or what we're going to do. And when I pitched them the BMF idea, I thought they were gonna shit all over it. They did not. They loved it, and so we ended up doing it. And, yeah, the fans like it, and more importantly, the fighters all want to fight for this title, so I love it.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, it's a sense of pride to be the baddest motherfucker. I mean, that is a great thing to be known of. Can you talk a little bit about Dustin, though, and what he's done for the ufc, obviously, as we look ahead to his last fight in the cage?

[Dana White]

Absolutely. I mean, what Dustin has accomplished here is incredible. And when you look at, like, his last 11 fights, it's the who's who, and I think seven of them are former world champions, so. So. And obviously, his fights with Conor, the list goes on and on, and he's a great guy. This is one of those fights where both of them are beloved by the fans and everybody else. One of those fights where you don't want to see somebody lose, but unfortunately, somebody has to.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. These guys are both entertaining fighters, which I think is a massive ordeal for you. Right? You. You obviously said you. You and fight makers meet every single Tuesday in their style of fight is a big deal, right? As you're trying to build up UFC and still continue to build the best cards every single week, week in, week out.

[Dana White]

Absolutely. I mean, again, we're going into. We just came out of Nashville this last weekend. That card was incredible. Then we go into this one, which was actually the BMF card, and we expect. You know. Know, I say it all the time. I sell holy moments for a living, and I think we're gonna have a lot of holy moments on Saturday.

[Pat McAfee]

I want to let you know, I sell holy moments for a living, and I'm living good. That is a real thing. We got 28 seconds till the heart out here on ESPN. We'll continue on YouTube, ESPN Plus, Disney plus, and tick tock Live, even though they are fickle. Sure. Tick Tock Live is very. We need you to get to the bottom of Tick Tock, which we will talk about about with Dana here as we continue into the digital space. This weekend, massive for not only Power Slap, but also for UFC down there in New Orleans. We all enjoy alongside Dana White, who will look spectacular cage side down there in the bayou. Goodbye. Okay, now we're on digital. Sorry I had to do that. That was like a weird. There's a hard at right there, Dana. Yeah. And then we continue transition.

[Dana White]

That's a transition. You killed it.

[Pat McAfee]

Hell, yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

I was at the Home Run Derby last night. I fucking connected.

[Dana White]

I watched it. So I went out Saturday night with Kid Rock after the fight, and it was a really bad idea. And I was sick for the last two days, so I didn't work out yesterday morning. So I worked out last night and watched the Home Run Derby while I was working out Last night was great. Hey, really?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, they bombed balls last night. It was a good show. I think in Big Dumper. He's the guy leading the league right now. Him having a good performance was big for baseball. Let's talk about you going out with Kid Rock after. Afterwards, I went to his restaurant down there in Nashville with Ernest and a couple others. The decorations in this place, the style that Kid Rock has, I don't know if there's ever been a human that decorates like him. And then I heard his house is very similar to what that restaurant is. What an interesting cat. And it's not until you walk through the museum that he has at this restaurant that you are reminded of all the shit that Kid Rock has done. He's in every hall of fame. I saw every plaque. Yeah, this shit's in this restaurant. He's out. What a human Kid Rock is. You need to tell him from us that I think he is an anomaly out there legitimately, what a weapon Kid Rock is.

[Dana White]

I feel the same way, man. And so he came to the UFC on Saturday. So we watched the fights, and then we went out after to his place, his Honky Tonk. But the night before, he was in Kentucky, where He played the 25, 30,000 people. You know, he's doing all these unserved markets where they don't get big concerts, and he's absolutely killing it. And, yes, he's incredible live. And he's obviously fun to hang out with.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, it's decoration, you gotta admit.

[Dana White]

Yeah. Oh, and his house. His house is a. Is a replica of the White House, and it's incredible. Yeah, it's incredible. He's got a massive studio in there. He's got a garage with all his old cars in there, and then all of his garage doors are his gold Records. It's pretty cool, I'm telling you.

[Pat McAfee]

From walking into his restaurant. I've never been to his house. Walking into his restaurant, I'm like, holy shit. This guy just lives. It's a museum. I'm in a museum right now. Collector's pieces all over the place. I don't know how many millions of dollars in collected pieces. They're fake, though. It's not real. Don't go rob the place. But there's a lot of really good shit. I can't wait to meet him. Obviously, he's done a lot. You're in that world right now. Obviously, the power brokers can because of how much success you've had. And now you're venturing into a whole new avenue. And I think it's where you started this boxing world. Let's talk about all the shit with the boxing world, okay? Because obviously we had you in Turkey on whenever we were announcing that this was happening. It was an honor for us to be a part of that. TKO teams up with Turkey, you obviously going to run a boxing promotion. You started in the boxing world, obviously, you know the fight world very well. You know the promotion world very well. WWE's Nick Khan also in there now. First fight has been announced. It's fight of the century, and it's going to be in a stadium. How do you feel about the boxing promotion? Do we have a name yet? And how much time are you divvying on all these? How are you handling it all?

[Dana White]

Yeah, it's. It's. It's been. Been busy, that's for sure. But Nick Khan from WWE introduced me to Shake Turkey a year or two ago. I don't remember how long ago it was, but we ended up creating a relationship. I like the guy, and I like what he's doing for boxing. And I don't know how I ended up in this Canelo Crawford fight, but I did, and. But this isn't what I'm going to be doing. I'm launching something else in 26 that I'll announce soon. I'll probably announce it with you anyway. Everybody loves you and wants to announce everything with you.

[Pat McAfee]

So. Not everybody loves me.

[Dana White]

Everybody loves you.

[Pat McAfee]

There's a lot of people want me dead, dude. There's a lot of people.

[Dana White]

Everybody loves you.

[Pat McAfee]

All right. That feels good. Thank you. Everybody loves you, too.

[Dana White]

So, yeah, I mean, it's fun. I wouldn't be sitting where I am today if it wasn't for the sport of boxing. I love what Turkey is doing, creating, you know, making these Fights that would never be made and we'd be talking about 10 years from now wishing that we would have seen it. That's. Those are the fights he's making. And the fact that I can contribute anything to this. I'm honored. I love it.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, cool. So that fight's coming in September. You're starting something in 26. Can't wait to see what that is. I feel like that's some sort of news, at least at some sort. I don't think I had heard of that. Can't wait to hear what that is and see what it is. You're seemingly successful with everything. And on that note, you talk about turkey being good for boxing. Obviously you're good for the fight game. You're also good for sports as a whole. We're having a fight at the White House. So how. Okay, take me into the think tank here. We're having dinner with the President at the White House. We overlook a yard. I assume there's a name for the yard. I should know it. I don't know it. A garden of something. You look out there. There's enough space out there. We could do an event out here. Is that how this comes together? This sounds like some of the most insane sports stuff in history. That backdrop of the White House slash Kid Rocks looking house, you have that right there. Then bang, the octagon right there. And then a select crowd of people. That seems like a movie, not real life. How did we get here and where are we in the development of that?

[Dana White]

I agree. So the President has this whole thing where he wants to bring Americans back to the White House. He's like, this is America's house. Everybody should be able to come and enjoy it. Easter egg hunts on the lawn and all this stuff. He says, I think we should do a fight here at the White House. And I was like, okay, I'm in, I'm in. So he told Ivanka to. To handle it and start the talks with me. So my team went out there and did all the recon on it. We're putting together a whole pitch and we're going to fly out there in a couple weeks and walk the President through it and see what he likes and doesn't like and start fine tuning this thing. And we're going to put on an incredible event at the White House in the South Lawn.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, it sounds like a lot of your fighters are excited to be like, hey, if we're going to do something historic and legendary, we're okay being a part of that. Even somebody that Maybe was retired. Go ahead, D, bud.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah. I gotta ask you about the goat. Jon Bones Jones. I've seen he retired. He's unretired. Back in the testing pool. What's the latest on Jones?

[Pat McAfee]

Is that for the White House fight for sure. Right.

[Dana White]

Well, it was after we announced the White House that, yeah, he called and said he wanted to, you know, get back in the pool. You know, obviously everybody wants to fight on that card and that's a good thing because we're going to put on the best card we've ever done for that White House event.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. So on that note, let's go to Ireland. We saw a lot of a guy, but obviously he is massive in the fight world. Go ahead, Conor.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, Dana. Then the other question would be McGregor. You know, Jon Jones and Conor McGregor on the same card would be, you know, historic. The biggest of all time, it feels like. Is that another thing that might be in the works as well? Because I saw a lot of him talking about it too.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. And a lot of him in general. Saw a lot of him. Saw a lot of him. Keep living, Con. Keep. Keep living.

[Dana White]

Anything is possible. Listen, it's still a year away. I mean, it's literally a year away from now. So the landscape will change a lot over the next year as far as title holders and, you know, stars and people that pop up. But yeah, I mean, we're looking if. If Jones. If we do a Jones and Connor on the same card, plus a lot of other great fights, anything is possible and everything is possible for that card.

[Pat McAfee]

If we're gonna have Conor McGregor and Jon Jones on the same car, I mean, I guess.

[Connor McDavid]

Sure.

[Pat McAfee]

I mean, I guess we'll do that. That thing will be electrifying. You said it's about a year from now. Do you have a date already picked out?

[Dana White]

It's the 4th of July. It's the 250th anniversary of America.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Holy. Is that the greatest thing of all time? I mean. Yeah, it is. Yes, it is, by the way. Yeah. The flyover. The flyover is about to be. Holy shit.

[Dana White]

Imagine, just think about what I'm going to do for this fight and then think about what Trump is going to do for this fight. You know what I mean? It's going to be one of the. It's a one of one experience. Like when we did the sphere. It's the sphere on steroids. I mean, it's going to be a one of one event. There'll be. There'll be nothing like it ever again.

[Pat McAfee]

And then Let alone Kid Rock starts getting his mind around us entirely.

[Dana White]

Yeah, we already talked that. Believe me, when we were out the other night, we talked a lot about this.

[Pat McAfee]

Believe me, Dana, I got it.

[Dana White]

Well, that's the other thing, where the president just put on the. He just did the parade for the military. That's all right there, too. You can put 25,000 people in that area. Right. It's just the possibilities for this thing are insane.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. You're gonna take advantage of it all and give us a hell of a show. And we're very grateful for it.

[Dana White]

I promise you that. I promise you that.

[Pat McAfee]

Do you feel okay? I'm gonna talk about your personal life real quick. So we see your friends publicly fight each other. That's what I feel like we see at this stage of life. And you're like a glue piece to all of it, almost. And every story is like, dana, Right? And then, Dana, there was even conversations that happened. Why else? They get leaked, allegedly. And then there's obviously public shit that we see. Do you feel a sense of like, hey, I. I am a rather important piece of America. Do you feel like that or. No, you just try not to think about it. All the big dogs. All the big dogs roll you UFC events there for a while, it was just like, oh, yeah, hey, who's deciding what goes on? The entire world. Well, let alone the guy that's on commentary every time. His podcast just changes the entire globe's everything. And then you got the people sitting behind in the corner. It's like, oh, there's the president. There's the richest man on earth. Oh, there's the biggest agent in the history of being an agent. There's Dana White. Zuckerberg is getting into the state, and they're just all there. And it's like, I think the love of your sport is something that really has rallied a lot of people. Do you see it that way? And how involved in all that shit do you want to be, or are you trying not to be?

[Dana White]

I guess I see it that way when you point it out. Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. This is what we're all seeing, Dana. Yeah, this is what we're all seeing. Yeah. Yeah. And let alone Theo Vaughn is sitting. Yeah. The biggest. The biggest comedians are right there behind you, watching the entire thing. It's like your events are like, all the. That kind of run everything, and it's like you're the glue behind it. That's a cool thing, that MMA is the one, but it's also, like, a pretty important thing, I think, right now, in spite of sports.

[Dana White]

Well, thank you. Well, thank you. Yeah. And, you know, it's funny because I've been friends with all these guys for a long time. Obviously, me and Rogan go back, you know, 25, 26 years. The president and I go back that long. And yes, the love of this sport and the things that we've done over the last 25 years have brought us to where we are today. It's just. I don't know, it's. It's as surreal as it is. It's just. It's what it is. It's just what we've done over the last 25 years.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. It's just another day. An American badass. Let me walk out here with the fucking President. I'm walking into an arena with the President of the United States and Kid Rock flanking me. I mean, it's an unbelievable thing. Congrats on the business. Can't wait to see your hear your next voiceover with Dodge Ram Trucks. Can't wait to. To watch Power Slap 14 UFC this weekend in New Orleans. BMF Card and Crawford and Canelo in September. And in something I'm doing in 2026. Keep grinding, man. We appreciate the journey.

[Dana White]

Thanks, brother. I appreciate you guys. And yes, I will be. I will be breaking it with you when. When we're ready to do it.

[Pat McAfee]

Nice. That's breaking news.

[Connor McDavid]

Hell, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

It's breaking news that we're breaking news. We appreciate the hell out of. You're the man. Ladies and gentlemen, Dana White.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, Dana.

[Pat McAfee]

I guess when you point it out. Yeah, I guess there for like a two month period, every person that was making every decision that mattered to the entire world, it felt like boom was at these sites. Did you. Where was I? I wasn't there.

[AJ Hawk]

I haven't looked at it like that.

[Pat McAfee]

I was the only person that was.

[AJ Hawk]

Saying, Dana is kind of the blue piece, isn't he?

[Pat McAfee]

Yes. They're all walking in with him. How you doing? Keep moving. Yeah. President, please. Yep. Let me go. The richest guy on earth just got here. Go grab. Yeah. You sit here. Elon's got a friend. Okay. Yep. You can sit here, Ari. Emanuel's coming here. Okay. Yeah, right here.

[Ty Schmidt]

Mark Zuckerberg wants to watch the fight.

[Pat McAfee]

Who?

[Ty Schmidt]

Mark Zuckerberg. He invented Facebook.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, yeah. Didn't he hate it? No, no, he does. Mitch.

[Connor McDavid]

He switched.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay.

[AJ Hawk]

He's Jack now.

[Pat McAfee]

Come on, bro. Oh, his wife. Yep. Theo, right there. That is awesome. Yeah. Theo's love of sport. Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

The photo only got there prelims yeah, it's so funny.

[Pat McAfee]

I'll get trapped. Not trapped, because that's a negative connotation. But, boy, I will get in a Theo von wormhole, and all of a sudden, 35, 40 minutes will pass, and it's 12:30am I'm like, fuck, I need to sleep right now. I should have been sleeping this entire time. But he just told me about 15 people from his hometown and also his thoughts on certain things. It's like, how the. Does this guy's brain operate like this. Just like this, too.

[AJ Hawk]

So quick. I. Yeah. And he's had some gigantic, like, political figures on his pod. The fact that Theo is talking to him is so awesome. He seems so.

[Pat McAfee]

Will get you howling at the moon, brother or something, or at the telephone lights or something. I forget what it is. That UFC world is its own world in of itself. We didn't even ask about the blackjack thing he does with Taylor Law. Oh, yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Steve and all them. I mean, that's insane. I think I watched Taylor win hundreds. Yeah, they got a good thing going over there at ufc.

[AJ Hawk]

They win every time.

[Pat McAfee]

Feels like it.

[AJ Hawk]

Dana does what Dana talks about how he's like, hey, I live here. If I'm up, I see you. I get out of here. I don't sit around and give it back to.

[Pat McAfee]

I just won four hands. Oh, that's cool. I'm foreign owner. Like, yeah, see you guys tomorrow.

[Connor McDavid]

Four million bucks.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

That's a lot of money. They're betting a lot. I don't know. There's a lot of people in there, too. A lot of cameras. Have you seen those things? Yeah, I don't know if it was always supposed to be. I don't want to. I don't want to be that guy. We were invited to go play blackjack with Dana White five, six years ago. I forget what it was at the super bowl somewhere. Well, multiple times. But, like, the first. First time we were invited to go do it, I was like, that sounds awesome. And then I asked him exactly what it is. He basically said what it was. It was like, oh, we need to do that. Something happened. We weren't able to get out there. So then super bowl, we were supposed to go, something happened. Weren't able to do it. So then we start watching these videos, these things. It's like, holy. These are. I'm happy I didn't go, actually. Pretty stressful. Yeah, these are very stressful, but it's great content. I'm loving watching these people do it. I don't know if I'm supposed to be the one in there, though.

[AJ Hawk]

I mean, it'd be wild to be in there. And all of a sudden you blink and you're down 50k. 100k.

[Pat McAfee]

100K. Yeah, right. He's 200.

[AJ Hawk]

200.

[Ty Schmidt]

He said you need to.

[AJ Hawk]

I'm saying, like, two minutes.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, well, because you need to be willing to lose 100k on your first hand because then you have to go bigger on your neck. Like, that's. That's his game. So, yeah, if you. If you're not getting cards, you can be down 500k.

[Pat McAfee]

Blink.

[AJ Hawk]

I know.

[Pat McAfee]

And then whenever he wins.

[Ty Schmidt]

Thank you.

[Pat McAfee]

I will see you later. That was fun. Was it? You guys had me there for about four hands. I'm out of here. I've seen a double or nothing. Gatorade shot into a Gatorade bottle, shot into a trash can. Up to 45,000 bucks or something like.

[Connor McDavid]

That's awesome.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, that was pretty cool. That was really exciting.

[Connor McDavid]

I mean, they're bringing UNO to Las Vegas now. You saw that, right? Legal table games for uno.

[Pat McAfee]

I will say I saw.

[Darius Butler]

It was actually. It's actually a gimmick.

[Pat McAfee]

Boner Garage saw three different reports.

[Darius Butler]

Z saw it this morning. I don't know the exact details, but it's. It's not what we thought it was.

[Connor McDavid]

That felt like it was going to be much tougher to get done.

[Pat McAfee]

Colorblind, people can't play. And I think that's fucked up.

[Ty Schmidt]

That is a good point.

[Pat McAfee]

All right, we got to get out of here. We got. We got to hit the road. The summer road trip continues. We are now off to Los Angeles.

[Connor McDavid]

Big city, City of Angels, City of lights.

[Pat McAfee]

Wait to get back. Shane Gillis hosting the ESPYs tomorrow night. Cannot wait to watch Homer or All Star game this evening. Yep, we'll watch that. It should be a great time. Continue to enjoy this. What's happening Thursday? We still don't know. Legitimately. Still don't know. Nope. Could be on. Could be an estate. Could not be. Try to figure it all out.

[Connor McDavid]

Let's just get to LA first.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, let's just do that. One thing. One foot in front of the other age.

[AJ Hawk]

That's how it works.

[Pat McAfee]

Have you seen you join the road summer programs. Road trip.

[AJ Hawk]

I saw that.

[Connor McDavid]

Looks just.

[AJ Hawk]

Hey, I'll take it.

[Pat McAfee]

Is that you?

[AJ Hawk]

I guess so.

[Darius Butler]

You're letting Z drive?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Yeah. If you can put it back here, we can. Really?

[Connor McDavid]

Looks like AJ Hawk Allott.

[AJ Hawk]

That's a great comment. I love that guy.

[Pat McAfee]

Let's Talk about this real quick. Aj. I think you look good. Good jaw.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, thanks.

[Pat McAfee]

Debut. Super happy.

[Darius Butler]

I mean, elated, jacked up.

[Pat McAfee]

Love how happy.

[Darius Butler]

Ready for the espy.

[Pat McAfee]

Still how we feel.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, I don't know who the that guy is.

[Connor McDavid]

You don't know who? No, that's.

[Ty Schmidt]

You sure as hell isn't me.

[AJ Hawk]

You paint your nails white, don't you?

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, I did say that to Debone. Thanks for, you know, putting fingernail paint on there and making it look like I haven't clipped my fingernails in six months.

[Pat McAfee]

Might need a little cocaine in there. Connor, how do we feel? We're good to from Hammer downtown. Look how happy you are. I feel great about it.

[Ty Schmidt]

Tone looks like Jordan Davis.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, love that.

[Connor McDavid]

You buying dirt over there?

[Pat McAfee]

I do believe. I do believe we have a side, but see, spot on.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, spot on is right. Look at the schnoz at that guy on the left.

[Pat McAfee]

Kidding me.

[Connor McDavid]

Look, we'll look to your left.

[Ty Schmidt]

Hey, thanks for giving me the bags under my eyes. Like I don't know that. I'm tired already.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay.

[Ty Schmidt]

Got two kids, Bone.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, I mean, nailed the hat.

[Pat McAfee]

He can't. Yeah, he did.

[Ty Schmidt]

He did. I'll give him that. I'll give him that.

[AJ Hawk]

Does demon, like build him? How does. How exactly does it work? It goes off a real picture.

[Darius Butler]

Free hand.

[Pat McAfee]

Debo. Debone teamed up with like 16 different AIs, I believe, to piece that whole thing together. And then it crashed his computer 10 minutes before the show started, so he was completely worthless. But again, great graphic. Yeah, great graphic. Water to jump into. Guy's got a brand new laptop, this thing crashed it out. But it got a great graphic.

[Ty Schmidt]

It did. It did. Did I? I can't complain.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, you are.

[Ty Schmidt]

I just did. But I can't, you know, But I will.

[Pat McAfee]

I've thought about it. Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

But I can't. So it's a good graphic.

[Pat McAfee]

It is a great graph. Shout out to T mobile. Shout out to Red Bull. Shout out to that.

[Ty Schmidt]

Shout out to that guy.

[Pat McAfee]

All right, aj, before we get out of here, I think we gotta do a giveaway, don't you think?

[AJ Hawk]

Oh, you gonna show the people your. Your new putter again?

[Pat McAfee]

I didn't even think about that.

[Connor McDavid]

Grab the black one right there.

[Pat McAfee]

I was gonna have you do you.

[AJ Hawk]

Go to a local golf golf course and see any 90 year old man using a similar club.

[Ty Schmidt]

JJ Spawn.

[AJ Hawk]

He didn't use the tall left footer. Yeah, that club head. You're right.

[Pat McAfee]

It's not about this. It's about.

[AJ Hawk]

It's about the head, not the shaft. I know.

[Pat McAfee]

What's that?

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, go.

[Pat McAfee]

The shaft. Does matter. What? Well, you're talking about penises. Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

Conor McGregor would say that.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

It's not illegal, is it? What happened?

[Connor McDavid]

So I. I guess he can curl dumbbells with his dong like there's no.

[AJ Hawk]

Tomorrow, which is awesome. It's like Cirque du Soleil stuff.

[Dana White]

Real quick, though.

[Connor McDavid]

America's Got Talent.

[Pat McAfee]

There was no reason. Okay, There was no reason for you guys to start yelling into my phone when I got into that car. Conor McGregor's dick. Conor McGregor's dick. Conor Mcgregor's dick. To try to talk to my algorithm. Well, I had not seen it. It had not come into my life at all. I had no idea that it was a thing. And then as soon as I get back with you guys, you all are trying to yell at my algorithm to have that thing pop up, and I'll have you know, guess what? Mission accomplished.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

I'm not happy. It's sports.

[AP Tone]

Pat, something you need to see.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Connor McDavid]

He's one of the greatest.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't need to see that in my. It is sports.

[AP Tone]

It's an athlete working out, just trying to make his biggest muscle bigger.

[Connor McDavid]

I mean, he's the one of, if not the greatest Irish athlete of all time. Sorry. Yeah, you got to look at his dick. And we didn't want.

[AJ Hawk]

I haven't seen it. I saw Debone drawing, making a graphic of it. I thought, just like the road trips, the situation. If you're not. You should get on that.

[Ty Schmidt]

No, he was. He was putting little arms on it and having the guy bench.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Looks sweet.

[AJ Hawk]

I look forward to that. We got open stance. Is that how they teach you?

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah, Good putting school.

[Darius Butler]

They do innovation.

[Connor McDavid]

Perfect speed.

[Ty Schmidt]

I'll tell you what, it holds its line. Pretty good.

[Connor McDavid]

Perfect speed.

[AJ Hawk]

There we go.

[Connor McDavid]

Paint, bang.

[Pat McAfee]

Back door, bang.

[Connor McDavid]

Yep, Good backspin on that.

[Pat McAfee]

Do I have a putter?

[Darius Butler]

It's a hell of a st. Is.

[AJ Hawk]

This a commercial for the. The Tall Lab putter?

[Pat McAfee]

I don't care what it is. I'm just telling you. If I can put. I'm Be an okay golf.

[AJ Hawk]

If it goes in. You're right. It doesn't matter. Oh, my gosh. You should imagine not carrying your golf bag when that thing's sticking up 12ft above the rest of your clubs. If you can make every putt, then I understand. Oh, yeah. Oh, bang. Pretty pure.

[Ty Schmidt]

I mean that.

[AJ Hawk]

Oh, pretty pure.

[Pat McAfee]

Is that put together like a pull queue. You can, like on. On. Screw it.

[Darius Butler]

It Is a fair question.

[AJ Hawk]

I sure hope so.

[Connor McDavid]

That'd be so silly.

[Ty Schmidt]

That would be sweet.

[AJ Hawk]

I don't think so.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, I think you just feel it.

[Connor McDavid]

You just gotta. You just gotta feel it.

[AJ Hawk]

How does it feel?

[Pat McAfee]

That's it right there.

[Darius Butler]

I don't think that's the one.

[AJ Hawk]

The other ones feel pretty good.

[Connor McDavid]

Oh, that's a bucket.

[AJ Hawk]

That's good.

[Darius Butler]

Yep. That's not the one.

[Connor McDavid]

Get the black one.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

The arm lock.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah. Do the Bryson. Which almost. I don't know about you D but felt impossible to even try.

[Darius Butler]

Impossible.

[AJ Hawk]

I didn't feel like keep my forearm on there. Is that what it is? Or we're not flexible enough.

[Darius Butler]

Maybe I just. I just felt like a goofball. I like to feel like an athlete before I do. I guess.

[Connor McDavid]

Here we go.

[Darius Butler]

Are cool.

[AJ Hawk]

Are you thinking about doing the. The open stance with that one?

[Connor McDavid]

Don't need it.

[AJ Hawk]

You're not exactly anchoring that on your bang.

[Connor McDavid]

Boom. Bang.

[AJ Hawk]

That's the one. That's the one. Tell Bryson. What do you mean? You're supposed to make putts. That's all you're doing.

[Pat McAfee]

Bang.

[Connor McDavid]

That's in it. Hit the ball. That was already in.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah. Kucher does that too.

[Connor McDavid]

Hit the ball.

[AJ Hawk]

So you're good.

[Connor McDavid]

Kutcher.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah. Matt Kutcher.

[Connor McDavid]

Oh, Ashton May.

[AJ Hawk]

That one hit like a pebble. I saw it jump.

[Darius Butler]

There you go.

[Connor McDavid]

Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

I mean you're rolling it pretty good.

[AJ Hawk]

There it is. Yeah, you got it.

[Pat McAfee]

AJ you are not allowed to take this one. See Amount of. You talked on it. The tall boy.

[AJ Hawk]

Oh no.

[Pat McAfee]

No.

[AJ Hawk]

Never.

[Pat McAfee]

I think I'm a golfer. I golfed a little bit during the. During a break.

[Connor McDavid]

Nice.

[Pat McAfee]

Don't look now.

[AJ Hawk]

I believe it. You already are good.

[Pat McAfee]

If this thing. If this thing things. This thing. Yeah. Don't you. I just found my goddamn putter.

[AJ Hawk]

Don't let it take your athleticism away. That's all I'm asking.

[Pat McAfee]

That's why I'm hockey shooting. Okay, good.

[AJ Hawk]

Then use then it's fine. With this big old grip. Don't make it like they want to take the athlete out of you.

[Pat McAfee]

It.

[AJ Hawk]

No, keep it.

[Connor McDavid]

You needed.

[AJ Hawk]

You're a field player.

[Pat McAfee]

No, I've been a guy that never makes a putt guy. I need to change. Whatever the hell.

[Darius Butler]

That's why you got that.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, There you go. See? Like just like that. Like Happy Gilmore. Perfect. Whenever that comes out.

[Pat McAfee]

Could you fathom if I just start rolling these things in like this?

[Connor McDavid]

Absolutely.

[Pat McAfee]

I think I can. I. Hockey ball. Hockey. I mean. I. That feels like why have I not been doing this all the cornhole. Why am I not been doing this?

[Darius Butler]

Is that legal?

[Pat McAfee]

It's legal.

[Ty Schmidt]

Good question. But if it is, I mean, Bryson uses it. Yeah, it's got to be. That's legal.

[Pat McAfee]

We like to shout out him for about four or five minutes of entertainment last night. Yeah, we run through the. Through the heat. Yep.

[Ty Schmidt]

Needed it.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, we did. We certainly did. Let's get the out of here. There's a late night last night.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, I get a mad imagine. I mean the thing was tonight.

[Pat McAfee]

Tonight's going to be a long one. Oh, tonight is a long one. Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

Long drive.

[Pat McAfee]

A.J. you're not going to be able to be on the bus with ties nose. Yeah, not enough room. Ty, will you come join us we get out of here?

[Tyler Atkinson]

Absolutely.

[Pat McAfee]

Shout out to the Actinson family. We're acting up.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, that's perfect.

[AJ Hawk]

Sweet.

[Pat McAfee]

Never outworked ever. This the most important part now. Never all worked.

[AJ Hawk]

And for how this kid like 17 year old. He's probably 17. So squared away, mature.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, the opens this weekend. Who's going to win?

[AP Tone]

I kind of like Rombo.

[Connor McDavid]

Oh, that.

[Darius Butler]

I didn't expect that.

[Pat McAfee]

Is anybody putting like me out there? No, I don't think so. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. Might change your life. We're in the sin together. Thank you guys for everything. Oh, we should talk about it. The lady was wearing a mask. We couldn't hear what she was saying. Legitimately could not hear. Couldn't hear what any of the questions were. Couldn't. First two questions. Couldn't hear them. Could make it out a little bit. We're reading math while they're talking. Big part of it. So mask. Third question. Couldn't. Couldn't read any lips. Couldn't hear in the video. I did hear that. It was perfectly clear. It was not like that. Where we were on the stage inside, I think with where the speakers were, was maybe front of stage shooting out that way. And there was also noise in back of theater. So we could not. We actually could not hear what she could hear like every fifth. And that did see her reading question pretty promptly. So like legitimately did not hear what she said until the second time. I was trying my best to kind of understand it, but it was like. I don't know if we're the right people for that question. But also I appreciate passion. And on that same note, I think Atlanta was awesome for the all star game. It was just like it was for the national championship. Yeah, like it was for the SEC championship. Atlanta is a great, great host city. Yeah. For the Super Bowl. That is a great host city. Lucky. Hottest shit.

[Ty Schmidt]

Certainly the battery, though that entire deal that the Brave zone is incredible celebration to.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. All right. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice about change your life awareness thing. Together. Team on me. Team on three. One, two, three.

[Dana White]

Team goodbye.

[Pat McAfee]

You've seen the headlines, heard the debates. Some say the three point ball has created a monotonous rhythm to the game. Has the three pointer ruined basketball? And how did we get here? The rise of the three point shot.

[Ty Schmidt]

Can be partially traced to an eccentric Kansas genius named Martin.

[Pat McAfee]

Man whose story didn't turn out quite the way he imagined.

[Connor McDavid]

I decided I wanted to have one.

[Pat McAfee]

Of the most organized goodbyes in history. And I think I will be successful. 30 for 30 podcast presents a brand.

[Ty Schmidt]

New original series, Chasing basketball heaven.

[Pat McAfee]

Available July 22nd. Wherever you get your podcasts. Good.

[Connor McDavid]

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[Pat McAfee]

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[AJ Hawk]

Julia's a complete dog.

[Pat McAfee]

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[Darius Butler]

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[Pat McAfee]

We can't get enough.