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[00:00:00] Take the JetCin. Welcome everybody to Takin On Sports. I'm TD that is great. Great how you doing man. How are you doing? How are you guys doing? I'm pretty good. Tired. I just wish daylight savings go away. We'll come back to that.

[00:00:24] I'm good. The beautiful Sunday here in Birmingham. We've made it a very lazy Sunday here in our family. The best kind of Sundays really. Oh yeah. But let's, let's hop to it. Start where we usually do with the Alabama Sports Basketball in particular.

[00:00:47] Another kind of up and down week for the tide. Blowen out and gain'sville in the middle of the week on Tuesday. I'll tell you when Alabama doesn't lose much in SEC play. You know, in the NATO tier, but when they do, they make a count.

[00:01:04] Yeah. We do lose game directly over the close. I'm just, let's just leave it. Yeah. And then, uh, followed that up yesterday. Saturday morning. Arkansas should have been easier than it was in overtime win. Another slow start. Yeah.

[00:01:28] How concerned are you about this kind of, it's almost a pattern now. A lot of slow starts and this one wasn't a road game. This was, you know, no, no, no, no. Great crowd for an 11-clad game as well. They were into it. No, they were into it.

[00:01:46] You know, I don't know. And you know, especially with that maybe senior day, how, now another just came out flat and Arkansas has struggled to season. But the last couple weeks, they didn't play much better ball. And we saw that.

[00:02:03] I mean, they gave us everything we wanted in the mince farm. And honestly, we're lucky to, come out of their game with the win. I'm, you know, I just think it's saying you, that I did like I mean, that team seemed to feel more confident.

[00:02:21] Yesterday, you know, other games we've gone down, of course, a different place when you got home sometimes. But you never felt like they thought they were out of it. You know, when we watched it like Auburn, we was the Tennessee and Kentucky.

[00:02:34] You know, they could see the hall, man. But you know, they didn't really see them out of it. And then they kept the clothes and nothing. You felt like they're making, you know, in a run here.

[00:02:44] And then of course, they, you know, they did a great to see a right so back. I mean, clearly was a difference maker. I mean, John, the big one. Yeah. And I'm, you know, clearly missed him over those swept three of,

[00:02:57] basically four games because I mean, he didn't really play it all. And that's for the game. But a few moments. So we definitely missed him and, you know, good to get him back and now, you know. He, he made the game time shot, right?

[00:03:11] Yeah, he had to, he had to do it. He could game time shot there and then, we have, you know, held up a marathon for the time. But, you know, we got everything we wanted. But, you know, the most important thing is we won.

[00:03:27] Because that would've been devastating to gone from like the second to the sixth seed had we have lost. And it's really changes how you do an entertainment. Well, it's having a quick election game on Thursday to present the double bars for Friday. So it helps on the wild.

[00:03:43] Yeah, you mentioned it. Got that double buyback, the three seed in the SEC tournament. Of course, 10 to C is the one seed Kentucky jumped up to the two seed. Yeah. They're really, that's a, that's a team to look out for in March. They struggled, yeah.

[00:04:02] So I mean, Kentucky struggled a little bit of February had some weird losses at home there but they ended the season on that little hard streak, I mean, they blew us out. You know, going into Maxfield and winning you've never easy job.

[00:04:18] But, you know, they're playing good ball going into the SEC tournament to be interesting and see what they do. You know, that's a, that's a program that, you know, compared to most of us still far in the better in the above, but their fan base is

[00:04:37] you know, when it's never, like the Alabama football fan to call it best, well, it's on the championship at sucks. And, you know, as they know, it's been since 2012 since they've actually won the national title. So again, kind of impatient there and then.

[00:04:53] But I'd say that's, that's ages in a Lexington there. But yeah, you mentioned it. Uh-huh. Yeah, the three seed. Alabama played about eight, 30 central times Friday night. Yeah, that's late. Yeah. Yeah. What else can we do? What is the one, Laura, whoever comes out of the, Wednesday.

[00:05:19] Yeah, the, yeah, the, they'll face the winner of Florida. Who plays the winner of Missouri, Georgia. So you would think probably Florida, Robert Mitchell. Yeah. Never know. The SEC tournament is one of those weird things. You know, Missouri, winlists and SEC play.

[00:05:38] And yeah, and on a heater before, because one of the couple years ago with Arkansas came in down back then, maybe some weird ones over the years. Uh, that, that, that, and then it's 2008 tournament where Georgia made a run as a, Yeah.

[00:05:54] A low or sea, that was the, the tornado game with people remember that the tornado hit the dome during the Alabama and what Mississippi State game right? Yeah. Yeah. Um, but yeah, crazy. Elsewhere in that bracket to, you know, the first round,

[00:06:10] kick self-wind stay, you got that Missouri Georgia game we mentioned, Vanderbilt and Arkansas play the other game. Uh, that winner goes on to play five seats. South Carolina. You got the eight nine matchup. LSU Mississippi State. Uh, Texas A and A and a little miss play the 10 seven.

[00:06:30] And of course we mentioned our top four seed. You got Tennessee, Kentucky us and then Auburn. Um, and looking ahead, so you had Tennessee plays the winner of LSU. Stay Auburn gets the winner of South Carolina in the Arkansas Vanderbilt winner.

[00:06:46] You know, Kentucky gets either Ole Miss or A and M. Uh, we of course as it seems like every goddamn time we're in it, uh, SEC tournament if we win, we play possibly Kentucky. Um, I'm not saying that's in my, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:07:05] I'm not saying the same thing. That possible never seems to fail. We could talk to you as good. Uh, yeah. The never we always, you know, it's always been, but we were in school and then it seems to be the same. They're not as good.

[00:07:21] I mean, they're just, I mean, they're doing something. I mean, but it was always Florida or Kentucky and that, uh, and they did a quarters of the semis every time. It didn't matter if you, yeah. You might think that's what they're always our game.

[00:07:34] Yeah, we look like we, you know. But we, it's interesting though because, uh, we have a whole, a whole slew of possible revenge games because then we possibly, imagine up against Florida if we went there probably playing Kentucky.

[00:07:48] And if we win, where to win that, then we possibly have a matchup again with Tennessee. So that's interesting. Interesting possibilities, but they have to definitely want to have a, how the business can Florida's in playing to this little puppy actually against a man,

[00:08:05] but most of our Florida's very much improved as we very much found out on Tuesday night. Uh-huh. Well, you will have nothing up to come ready. Yeah, they love. They play fast just like us. They're not quite as fast as Alabama, but uh, they're much better than that.

[00:08:25] Yes, yes. We'll play a very good defense. You know, they did a good job of basically shutting down everything, but Mark Fiers on, uh, on Tuesday night. I don't know what he also is able to do anything and, you know,

[00:08:38] serious got points, but it was in, you know, garbage time a lot of it, you know. Uh-huh. So, you know, we're gonna definitely, uh, hopefully right so being back with, we'll help us out a little bit there.

[00:08:51] And then I'm not sure what Ryan and Griffin status will be. I know these day to day, but, you know, we're gonna play yesterday. So that'd be big. Um, I will say once again, I love Nick Pringles game yesterday. Got him a double normal. Playing great basketball.

[00:09:09] We're gonna need that consistently because we are inside presence is very much lacking when anything you can do have much appreciated because it's been a struggle down there. Absolutely. Yeah, he's uh, we've mentioned it since he's come back from that second suspension. He's playing with some fire.

[00:09:29] Um, so it seems like he got, you know, NATO, it's a message. I think we go as far as he plays because I mean, we not will use the garbage and we'll just simply, but I think he's going to come to what does Grand Nelson

[00:09:56] and what does Nick Pringles do for us? Uh-huh. On the boards, we're defensive presence they bring because we go as far as him and you know, he's got a foul trouble. Yeah, yeah, Nelson's getting into foul trouble recently. He's got a show with that.

[00:10:17] And then I was followed up to a three and that's bad. A lot of yesterday too, where we had a quick four. Yeah. We're getting moving later on games. Uh-huh. Yeah, definitely. We'll need him. Like you said, we'll need Pringles to keep putting up those double doubles.

[00:10:33] This high rebound numbers. You know, the points are great as all, but like if he can just get those rebounds, particularly offensive into the core, you can give us second chances. That's huge. And then whatever they can do on the inside, on defense.

[00:10:48] And then we hope that Rylan Griffin is able to come back fairly quickly. At least for the NTA tournament, or not? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, if he needs us this weekend, you know, in Nashville, that's fine, you know. But uh, yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah.

[00:11:11] Tennessee is obviously the big favorite here in Nashville. Uh-huh. But I think it's a problem. Contact it all. It's a problem. Contact it all. It's a problem. But there's, I mean, any of those, I mean,

[00:11:24] There's about five or six teams that you could see could win the SBC tournament. I mean, you could see Kentucky, Tennessee. You can see South Carolina and us Lord. So we go on a heater and then I'll remember. I mean, that's the top six.

[00:11:39] I mean, that's the top six. Yeah, after that you got like eight names you're seven C. You probably think they don't have it in them to win four straight games. Um, but yeah, you mentioned there's six legit contenders you would see.

[00:11:51] Yeah, it's obviously tougher for Florida and South Carolina having to go those four straight days. Alright, but we've seen it happen before. So I mean, it's definitely doable. Yeah, just like just with South Carolina, what their coach has done is South Carolina is amazing.

[00:12:09] Just how bad they were when it came in. I mean, they had a, I mean, they had that one final four run out of nowhere, but other than that, you know, the same marg years where, And just, yes.

[00:12:20] It's been really, they were just contrasting programs between the guy's team and the women's team. You know, the women's team. We'll get to them in a minute. Yeah, top of the world just unbeaten forever.

[00:12:37] And then the men's team, like you said, they were just the bottom rowing the SEC ladder for years. Just. Yeah. But yeah, amazing turnaround there in Columbia. And yeah, I was saying that he should not only win the SEC coach in a year,

[00:12:53] but he should be up for that national coach of the year because that's a crazy turnaround. Yeah, I don't argue it. Yeah. But yeah, all that course kicks off this Wednesday like we said, everything on either SEC network or ESPN.

[00:13:14] Yeah, it starts Wednesday and championship will be a noon central Sunday. And then we'll get selections Sunday, which I'm sure will. Hell, we might actually record Darren, depending on our time. Yeah. Here we go. We got a lot of time when it started. It's hard.

[00:13:34] It's not a good clap. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like we said, a course Alabama's got the talent to win it. But they need to have as we've been saying for pretty much all season, the defense has got to step up.

[00:13:50] And if ever, though, they just got to be okay. They don't have to be great. Yeah, just can't be exact. Yeah, just can't be terrible. You know, but if they're just okay to good that all fans is enough weapons, especially now with rights or back, you know.

[00:14:08] I mean, thing with us is we got to be able to move the ball. And we got to get it. We got to, that's the main thing with the defenses that they open up things on the transition.

[00:14:19] Because of course, we're much better when we're running than going to. Why the be a lay up for it three, when we get in those, when we get in those games and they, you know, getting on half quarter sets, that's when you can probably get problems. That's right.

[00:14:33] Yeah. Um, elsewhere in college hoops. When we mentioned the SEC Women's tournament championship game was today in South Carolina, one of it. But, man, there was a all out brawl to an MNL issue. It got intense. I think 11 total players suspended a fan was arrested. I have breath.

[00:15:02] Yeah. Um, they're literally a brother or jumped on the court. Cardoso, the pussy. Pussy. I've heard because you've quit. So it's made way. It got loud and quickly. Yeah. You know, they actually have other pretty well. I mean, he could have been way worse this morning.

[00:15:21] I don't think so. I mean, it looked worse than what it was. But yeah, I mean, it was intense. But that is turning into an intense rivalry on their court.

[00:15:31] Um, you know, just as a literally, you know, not only the SEC, but just both national power at this point. Two of the premier coaches in college, about women's, just say college basketball, about the younger women.

[00:15:43] They're doing it from their coaches in the game and, you know, that rivalry is something fierce. But, you know, soft Carolina, when they go ahead and just always seems to come up, come and come out on top. And of course, they did the day when another SEC championship.

[00:16:01] I think that's where for when the road or something. And with it, are you at help? Maybe we could see that somewhere down the line then time the news. Yeah, um, they, they were they the title game last year.

[00:16:17] Um, no, uh, I think it's in the seat upset LSU so it ended up being South Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee. Oh, no, it was a little bit. It was LSU over I will last year. That's what it was.

[00:16:32] Oh, yeah, you talking about national time. Yeah, because, uh, yeah, national time. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. No, yeah. That's what I was the whole. And that's what I'm all about.

[00:16:48] Yeah, but yeah, you mentioned it not just on the conference stage, but yeah, those are your last two national times, you know, unless you last year, South Carolina year before. Yeah. There's great. Yeah.

[00:17:04] And then, Tom and I, whether that before that, game the, uh, they team championship game, um, Nebraska. I will win over time, uh, Caitlin Clark scored 30 in the second half and all of its own period. They came back after win crazy crazy game.

[00:17:21] I say, you know, this Sunday that women's game is really when the high letter to Dave, I mean, I was at one last year. And I'm watching a USC Stanford, um, the, oh, yeah.

[00:17:36] I mean, freshman at a Stanford, I assume you see, Judy Watkins, another star star player. So, a lot of, it's a lot of the women's game is a very good job of promoting their star players.

[00:17:50] And I'm just saying that, you know, just your average fan there. So, they've been very good marketing. The one weird thing I've found is that we will have to wait another week for the women's selection show too. Yeah. They are always on the same Sunday right after.

[00:18:13] Uh, yeah. So they get, you know, this, they play their title games today and they're done with a lot of things. And I don't see why we could have their, let them get their mom to shine get their. Yeah. Yeah. I've all lived in your right.

[00:18:26] Kind of wouldn't have myself like, you know, let them have today or, you know, tomorrow over. Yeah. I don't. Because, you know, you have all the, the master and five or whatever.

[00:18:38] And then, of course, you know, you make magic in a watch, but it's not going to be as, yeah, you would think, thank you. They had their own day. Because I mean, the women's tournament is going to be something serious.

[00:18:52] There's a lot of contenders, a lot of great, great stars there and, you know, overal it's as how was say the women's gaming colleges. It's been, it's better basketball for the fundamentals and, you know, there's just how they play in the, what the, the man's game put.

[00:19:14] Yeah. And they've really, a lot of stars have developed in recent years too. Oh, no. Which is really making it. What's really I think are good reason why it's catching all. And they're letting them flourish, you know, as opposed to, you know,

[00:19:31] the NCAA normally, you know, they're not messing it up somehow. And they normally do, you know, like a little side piece and news. They've apparently have banned bat flips in some type of celebrations and, and see it college baseball.

[00:19:50] And it's just let the kids play and have fun, man. What that's a big reason why it's so weird, you know? And it's one of these things, yeah, that's one of the reasons it college baseball is coming up.

[00:20:04] It's a little moment the past few years too, because, you know, you get the social media videos, big bat flips or unique celebrations these guys think of and it's just fighting, you know, sports or emotional games, you know, your adrenaline's flowing like, yeah, let them have fun. Yeah.

[00:20:22] But yeah, like you said, the women's game is a far cry from what we grew up with. And, you know, they've done a great job. Like I said, a foster and stars, they've, you know, the little role changes that made it better than just the quality of

[00:20:39] place got better, you know, girls more access to basketball, younger ages. And then I think that's star power helps that out too, because, you know, you know, they see, you know, Angel leaves, they see K, and Clark, and they want to be the next one. Exactly. Yeah.

[00:20:56] I think, I bring the work he said, I used to have a place basketball and like on a select team or something, and he said, I'm in the sign up with an area of a cave in Kaolin Clark

[00:21:07] and you know, bigger she's gotten it been as an honor for the last two years. So, like just helping out the what the girls came in general, this was what, what the college basketball is bright. So, let's go to see. Yeah.

[00:21:21] But yeah, I go back just a crazy brawl. And I've seen some things. I don't know, I don't think anything officials come out yet, but some of those players might miss their first game and the NCAA tournament too. Yeah.

[00:21:37] I know for sure they said Cardo Zodon, the winner of the first, the first one. Yeah. Well, I was able to let you feel be suspended for the game for fighting. Everybody else, I don't know. They're actually going to suspended my net because I mean,

[00:21:52] they really want a lot of fighting. People just kind of came out of the bench. We'll get to eject it because you came off to the side of my blood. I mean, they really want to fight and they would just kind of out there just make

[00:22:04] sure everybody was fine. I think more than anything. For both teams, the least that they're, you know, they're playing. They're going to be to, you know, self-conflon, they're doing a worse team in the tournament. You know, unless you'll see more than likely until they're going to play the 15.

[00:22:24] But, you know, unless you have that injury yesterday, to one of the staff players, that she went to the hospital, I don't know what her status is. But either way, if there's everybody who got ejected, they couldn't play.

[00:22:39] I mean, South Carolina would have six and unless you would have five for the first, for the first round game, which would be crazy. Right. But yeah, yeah, just crazy. Sorry. That's don't really have anything to add to that.

[00:23:01] Trying to think what to move on to next. Well, yeah, that's it. We, we wait the week, you know, all the men's tournaments. The big ones really ramp up this week.

[00:23:13] We've had a few this way. More head state is the first team to officially qualify for the more ahead of tournament. Long with today so far. And then a Drake when the Missouri Valley that beat the Indiana State there was

[00:23:34] might actually are somebody because you would think in the United States probably would be a little bit more of a big team. And they may get into that hurt and then Drake take someone's going to die, Drake's getting in with Dr.

[00:23:51] Look, I went into Missouri Valley at pretty much even. So we have the interest to see how that played out. If somebody on the bubble might have kind of buffalo busted today. Yeah. I'll swear around. Let's see, UNC beat Duke wrapped up the ACC title.

[00:24:11] They're playing good ball recently. Yeah, NC states looking like, or NC states are you UNC is looking like the team. They were the title team from two years ago, not last year's really disappointing team.

[00:24:23] Yeah, back in the early part of the last year, but you're there and playing like how they did it to time you know, you know, playing good ball. Yeah, definitely. I don't know if they get a one seed or the end.

[00:24:37] Yeah, I mean, no problem. We've got to for sure on a two lines. So they're playing good ball right now. Mm-hmm. Yeah, you're still looking to Purdue, Yukon, Tennessee. Houston, maybe Tennessee has jumped over Arizona now because there's Arizona's almost a USC.

[00:24:58] Yeah, I know that Tennessee lost, but that's a bad bunch. Much better losing the U.S. I mean, I think you can contact you then. You will see at those point in the season. We were lost there for Arizona.

[00:25:12] I don't know if you're maybe going to be feel like they're running one to pack 12 there or something. Not much plan for them seeing there. But I don't know how much they're really affect you when they want to want to do seed.

[00:25:30] Guess what it depends on, they're matchups and what your what your region is. But I mean, I think one or two, I don't see if I have that really hurt you if you're the two seed. That makes sense.

[00:25:43] I just, I mean, I just tell you when we don't want to see that I don't think of the best of every hurt you if you don't get on there one line if you're two. You know, Hudson. Yeah.

[00:25:57] But yeah, let's see the China look some other small tournaments. Drake, let's see the Atlantic Sun that's it. Stets in one that today. So there in just finished watching a semi final here, the so-called Sanford, the one seed there moving on the title game. Which is probably way.

[00:26:27] Yeah. No great season here for local Birmingham team. Sure. But yeah, it's a fun week. I mean, got conference soon, what's going on all around some of the smaller schools or title games are in the next couple days. And then, of course, you know, all those bigger.

[00:26:50] Bigger conferences start Wednesdays and Thursdays. Do you, um, random question, do you think agree that all the teams like this just say SEC, but if you were the commissioner. What all of the teams still make the conference tournament or would you do something

[00:27:05] like, especially now with 14 and then we got Texas and Oklahoma coming in and make it 16. That just seems like a lot. Do you cut it down to like say only the top eight teams make it.

[00:27:16] They used to do something like that and baseball, I believe they're only the top eight teams that actually make the conference tournament. Oh, I don't know. Would you like to see that or do you like just everybody get in and let that? I think everybody gets in there.

[00:27:32] More so because best balls, you know, it's a one, one game thing. You know, they're kind of standing there. The SEC baseball is a multi elimination thing. So I mean, takes a while. Some best balls. You're one and you're done.

[00:27:48] Probably the easiest recovery from as far as getting ready for mixed team. You know, best ball players are accustomed. You know, going up to the game, both of you games are in tournament settings in a day. Yes.

[00:28:01] So I mean, I think that I just say, you know, let everybody in. I think that's the special special thing. You know, marches, you know, every night again. You know, someone unexpected goes on a heater and that's, but you know, find the watch there.

[00:28:13] You know, even they come up short. And you know, they run into a couple years ago like with a bandie, and he went on there, you know, made it to like the challenge. It's in my final Zany now is fine. Uh-huh.

[00:28:25] You know, this been some other, you know, you see it every couple years. You know, somebody unexpected goes on a one there. I don't think really hurts anything to have all the 16 teams in. And just, you know, had a couple extra games on that Wednesday. Other than that.

[00:28:47] Yeah. I'm, I am interested to see how they do handle that if they do go all 16 because I even mean no buys. Uh, I would assume they wouldn't know. They would just, you know, one would place it to like a brand.

[00:29:01] Or maybe he before seen the bottom two don't go. Yeah, or something maybe go back down the 12 or yeah, but um, yeah, I kind of agree. You know, I flip back and forth when depending on the day, you know, sometimes

[00:29:16] I'm like no, like let the top eight teams because they, you know, they earned it basically during the regular season by playing that well. But I'll, I know why the conference won't do it because you know, if you look right

[00:29:28] now, you know, state is at nine seed and they're on the bubble. So if you know, you told them if they weren't in it, yeah. And if they didn't have that shot, it might be a lot harder for me.

[00:29:39] You know, but if they beat LSU on Thursday, it pretty much, I would think, since I think it's a win. Right. Yeah, I'm most concerned for sure. I don't know, so it's a great area there because of all the conferences get bigger.

[00:29:58] It's going to be coming up probably been major conferences and it's tougher. Good thing at least still for the SEC even with the additions of, you know, Oklahoma and Texas is still for the most part still a regionally conscious conference. Compared to the other one.

[00:30:16] I mean, you know, I mean, you know, some trips, but you know, in our one cross country, you can get there in the day. So yeah, if it's going to be that way then like you said, at least they border

[00:30:29] states that were already in the SEC, you know, or you know, Texas is case A&M was already there. Right. Yeah. But, you know, what we don't like to say like, you know, it's as, you know, the conferences get bigger.

[00:30:45] You know, usually you have a many, you know, usually I have a many, you know, you know, SEC termed away to be in Atlanta, Nashville, you know, the big tent is primarily been in like, you know, Chicago or Indianapolis.

[00:30:58] But, you know, like with the SEC season, you know, Greensboro and some have been in Atlanta. But, you know, we're getting sometimes switch it around for a basic home where they just to give other parts of the crowd, you know, the chance to see that tournament.

[00:31:16] Do they, are they going to put the big tent tournament in the lake? Are they going to, you know, they got to, you know, they're going to put the, you know, the SEC tournament, you know, in the Stanford market or, you know, or Dallas.

[00:31:34] Yeah, it's my thoughts in you. Yeah, I'm just, so weird. Yeah, it's just, we've had that conversation before and, you know, how, you know, if it were me, I'd go back to about what like 2010, bring the big East back and football,

[00:31:55] you know, put everybody back kind of, that's what's always made college sports. That's, you know, the special thing is a very high number of reasons. Uh, huh, the regional local assets of it and then, you know, every conference

[00:32:11] since they're best to play the other conferences across the country, you know, but we don't get to make those decisions unfortunately. But yeah, I mean, it's pretty much all we can say on college basketball right now, that's a big fun week to watch. Yeah, it's changed it week.

[00:32:35] It's still great even after some of the, you know, other real elements, you know, like we just mentioned a big East, it's not quite as great as it used to be, you know, no more. That originally, that was my garden was a league basketball right here.

[00:32:52] You live as kids and you know, even like I remember, I mean, he was great. I mean, the biggest, I mean, all this was to the new, the current big East, I mean it's good basketball. I mean, it's just not the same. No, no, it's not the same.

[00:33:08] I mean, you got, I mean, looking at the bracket now, you know, you can't back in the big East. So that feels right, at least, you know, out of the way. They were, they were, Yeah, that's what I say.

[00:33:20] Great, it's creating's out by you Markets and Milwaukee, the Paul's in Chicago. Yeah. Butler is it what? Yeah. Yeah. On a move. Yeah. It's a safe year. Yeah. And since then, I know, I own the, they're in Atlantic 10 team man.

[00:33:39] Like I remember some of those way back in the day, you know, and. It's a good run. Back in the 80s and 80s. Yeah. There were some heated games, them and, you know, Cincinnati's a bigger opportunity. Yeah, big rivalry.

[00:33:52] I mean, still he is, but I mean, it stopped playing a game. Didn't they? Because I want to fight in the middle of the game. Yeah. That was a legit, that's some heat there. Yeah. But yeah, that was another, those days on this. Yeah. Good.

[00:34:07] Well, I said, just what it, you know, thinking about rivalries in college basketball. And you know, everybody's, you know, just this is different radio shows and different things. There are just some real limited compared to like, colorful bars. You know, everybody has, you know, do Carolina.

[00:34:26] Of course, that's the greatest combat style rivalry. But after that, I mean, there's not anything that stands out. You know, on the national level that, there's a career of your hard, you didn't have to have that same level.

[00:34:41] You know, in college, you know, football, you have quite a few days. You can't keep our argument. Hey, that's the best rivalry in college football. But, you know, on the national scene as far as college basketball, it doesn't seem

[00:34:55] to be that same, you know, how to do Carolina. What is the next big rivalry? You know, this is not really regionalized on the national level. Yeah. I don't know. And yeah, some of that has to do with, you know, the biggie's falling apart because

[00:35:12] some of the biggie's rivalry, you know, Syracuse Georgetown Syracuse Connecticut. And those are some, some big rivalry that, you know, kind of gone by the way. Yeah. Yeah. You mentioned all those old biggie's rivalry is real great.

[00:35:30] You know, your pits and West Virginia even like what those little expansions, like Adam West Virginia Cincinnati, Louisville. They made it great. Yeah. It's still fitting. It was great. Especially on the basketball side, we didn't have those old teams. You know, the Georgetown's a Villanova's. Yeah.

[00:35:46] You know, you mentioned, you know, Syracuse Boston College pit is just, uh, it was different. Man, growing up watching those tournament, you know, of course, the iconic one from, you know, when we were, I guess right around teenagers, of course, Ray Allen and

[00:36:07] You Con versus Allen, I was in a Georgetown just. That was in sixth grade. Yeah. Just that epic chance of the game. Yeah. Just that epic. Yeah. I can't. And then, you know, remember what, Kimba Walker's run about the decade ago.

[00:36:26] And we had to win every game because they came into the tournament and it's like to play that first day. And he went on a hit or anything went through the list of titles. That one year was Syracuse and Jeremy Maddenom era went for my crazy run.

[00:36:46] Uh huh, they played that what like triple O to game called. Yeah, I guess you can. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. When the big news tournament that was at, you know, it was so much real now. You know, like, we need 10 or 2011. Yeah. I mean, it's crazy.

[00:37:07] Um, but yeah, it's just, and that's what real elements, you know, we talked about it football, but it's, it's trickling through to other sports too. Yeah. That's what he has trickled. Uh huh. And, you know, we'll see it.

[00:37:22] You know, the last big 12 tournament with Texas and O UNN and they'll lose some of that luster. You know, it's, uh, Texas and OU were like, you know, the big bads in that conference. Yeah.

[00:37:35] They have, you know, Oklahoma states obviously huge robbery for Texas or Oklahoma and then Texas has, you know, all their smaller local, you know, they're not an aim or the OU game but they still have TCU tech, you know, Texas and tech is a great mess. Good ball.

[00:37:51] Yeah, but yeah, they're a big team. Yeah. Yeah. You know, just, yeah, just, and it may be my style for the other teams more on the Texas, but I mean, you know, in fact, tech, tech, tech, tech, tech, tech, Texas, but it's

[00:38:04] mutual, but I mean, it's much bigger than that tech side for sure. Yeah. Well, especially after we're going to. Oh, yeah, Chris Beard went to Texas after going to the multiple title game with tech, yeah. Yes. Of course now he's in Oxford. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:38:24] But yeah, like I said, some bubble teams this week, they're trying to secure their things, you know, SEC, which in states on the bubble, they probably need to win over LSU to really secure it. And Amazon that bubble, they again. They may need to make that.

[00:38:45] They may need to do this on Simons. There they've been, because everyone of those team day under it, I mean, compared a lot of people out there and then went into the SEC coming into the season. Wow. They just have to lift up.

[00:38:59] They've been very up and down. Yeah. I would think they would probably have to make it to Saturday. Maybe Sunday for a band to get into it. Yeah. I mean, a run like they had what two years ago when they faced that band in the title

[00:39:14] game in Loss. Yeah. And then went to the United Sea. They definitely should have gotten there. Yeah. Yeah. Didn't work out from then. Hopefully, you know, for them it would work out now. Yeah. Because they're 18 and 13. Nine and nine in the SEC. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:39:31] They did need a little bit of work. What Mississippi says 19 and 12. But eight in panic conference. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, we'll see. Yeah. And then you will see about, you know, some like mid majors too.

[00:39:49] Like the mountain West, you know, having absolutely great year and if you look at ESPN's Bubble Watch, they have four locks right now in San Diego State. You tell state Nevada, Boise.

[00:40:02] And then they have Colorado State should be in and then they have New Mexico listed as on the bubble. So, you know what to do? Mexico, the New Mexico again the other night. No, sometimes don't even need regular people that have like, remember, the mom Ashburn

[00:40:18] has son plays in the Mexico. Oh, so it's crazy. Yeah. And then another crazy thing when I was watching the West Coast conference game last night, Steve Lavin is still, I didn't realize just because I just don't watch a new West Coast conference ball.

[00:40:37] Steve Lavin is a coach of San Diego, I hadn't done it until last night. They played another laser. Damn. Steve Lavin still coaching out there. Yeah. They lost the, they didn't lose last night, but I was like, wow, I've been to Los

[00:40:54] Santa Clara, but I was like, wow. Yeah, I don't know what you mentioned. Yeah, you mentioned Indiana State earlier. They're trying to make their first tournament since, uh, 2011. I think it's 2011. Yeah, um, they'll be, you know, not winning that final, they'll be kind of on.

[00:41:15] I think they're not playing, I don't know. Are they really, yeah. Yeah, they kind of blew a couple opportunities ahead, you know, when they got ranked for the first time since Bird was there, they lost immediately. And it wasn't a good loss either. No.

[00:41:37] And then you know that, yeah, and that committee loves to kind of give those teams like A and M or, you know, like, does A and M deserve it over Indiana State? That's, you know, that's the other thing. But, you know, Indiana State is you 28 and 5.

[00:41:53] Yeah, 28 and 28 and 6, 17 and 3 in the conferences. I mean, I don't, I mean, let's see, so they lost. I mean, big got a conference against the rest, me beat them. They played Michigan State, it looks like Michigan State beat them.

[00:42:16] They don't have any conference out of conference wins or, they're just like, man, that's amazing. That good, that, I mean, that a good conference, but I mean, they have a bad loss.

[00:42:30] They win a way State and a certain, they win a no way to win a row there after they got away. And then move again until today in the championship game, they split the regular season with Drake and then lost a lost a,

[00:42:42] lost a rubber match in the championship game by three to day. I don't know, here's say, I don't know if you can say that they're good. I mean, by 26, I mean, he would hope that we get you a, we're at large.

[00:42:58] Yeah, and Drake's not a bad team to lose to, you know? No, no, no, no, no. 20 in six as well. I mean, yeah, you know, there's room for both, I don't know, because, I mean, we, you know, because that's like,

[00:43:17] you know, it's more fun sometimes a left and then major in the, in the big guy, you know, the big guy didn't do enough and, you know, some of the amazing season from the, I mean, major conference. Why not, let him in?

[00:43:30] Yeah, we're not talking like a team that finished four through something and their conference, you know, we're talking the teams are finishing eighth, ninth, you know, you had your shot, you didn't do it. You know, you know, you know, Drake gets in over a Mississippi state.

[00:43:46] I mean, not Drake's or any MS State gets in over a Mississippi state. I mean, I remember crying. No, yeah, not mad about it or if you know, Princeton had a great year probably will win, you know, the Ivy League course does that tournament now.

[00:44:05] Didn't use to, it's only 14s but, as say they get upset by one of those teams there. Yeah, and 20, you can't throw you on the year. Yeah, you can't tell me that's not at large team,

[00:44:17] which would be crazy to see the Ivy League with a B2 bid leak. But, I'd be pretty sweet. But yeah, because, because at some point it seems a long message that the regular season doesn't matter. Yeah, exactly.

[00:44:33] And then there's enough, there's not enough thing all they didn't play different things, you know, people get so upset when players sit out of games because, you know, as the players, they throw them matter because it's not for the championship. You know, I'm a football side.

[00:44:50] It's weird how fans are because, you know, you have fans all why would they shoot off the blue game? You know, there's being very stochish or, you know, it's still mattered. But then at the same time, you have a team got 28 and 6 and 10.

[00:45:02] Hey, you didn't win your competition tournament. So, you're not going to the entertainment. Which really sends a message to the regular season doesn't matter at all. Yeah, you know, and they're trying to do that. And football, luckily they're getting some pushback,

[00:45:17] but they were, you know, already we talked about a last week. Already talks of the expanded to Fort, Fort team when they haven't even played a year or 12 yet. But then there also talks about automatic buys for the champions of the big 10 and ACC.

[00:45:30] And luckily the other conferences, at least stood up for that. And we're like, no, it's bullshit. And I mean, I'm an SEC guy going through. I'm not going to learn. I can serve the best football conference in America. I think that's bullshit.

[00:45:44] Right? You don't earn it, you don't earn it. Exactly. And if you, of course, if I were bad with Georgia, let's do whatever wins. Some of the goals that runs yard on the SEC does undefeated, of course, they deserve an abou one seed in a bite.

[00:45:59] But if the SEC champion happens to be a 10 and for whatever reason, I'm 10 and 2 or whatever, yeah, they did me. Probably should definitely be in the playoff. But why should they get a, you know, if a, let's say, I don't know, TCU would have gone defeated.

[00:46:19] How wide would the SEC team be? It was 10 and 2. We overdone them in the, you know, standings. They said, for example, like there's no reason. I mean, because it should make a playoff still. But you can't say that they got a macrosh. Because it passed past history.

[00:46:37] I mean, that's crazy. And you know, go for those other conferences because I mean, they already feel like on the outside, looking in as it is. So I mean, when I make it worse for them. I mean, you know, the ACC and the big, big 12,

[00:46:51] already feel like the guy's kind of, we're just here trying to stay around as long as possible. Because, you know, they inevitable, what we're looking at. So I mean, you know, they're just trying to stay alive and do, you know, that's not helping them at all. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:47:08] But yeah, fun week up ahead of us in the course. It's a tournament time. So, let's see, moving on, I don't think nothing really big time news in the NBA this week. Um, you're saying because, yeah, six, 35, left point. Chip of Devils in the road even though,

[00:47:35] because while those run last, they're still in a presence. And for us, they'll run there. That's crazy. Yeah. They went our last two, though. So, you're going to show you. You have the lead. But say everybody, everybody in the West except for O.K.C.,

[00:47:53] and Denver's really kind of had just up and down. I guess the pelicans are kind of turning on, but everybody else, if you look at like the last 10 games, a lot of 64's, five and five around that. Yeah. Pelicans, a weird random stat,

[00:48:10] I saw they were the first team since like, or only the third team ever, excuse me, to lead by 35 points in three straight games. That's great. And I was like the 20, I forget the other two teams. So it is like going back to maybe the 2010s

[00:48:30] and then the 90s or something like that. I don't know. But yeah, that's crazy. Yeah. Yeah. We've mentioned past couple weeks. It's that fight, you know, to try to get in the, get out of the plan if you're, you know, like the, you want to mass,

[00:48:46] your mass or get into six. Yeah. Yeah. I want to get back into the six locked up. You only want to have to think about that play in a really, point and really can happen in the one game elimination situation.

[00:48:59] A team that's been up there with the KC in Denver all year, Minnesota. Maybe little worry, so yeah, can't out, Carl and then the town's going to be out for a few weeks at least. Yeah. I mean, Yeah. I mean, I mean, yeah,

[00:49:19] getting teed up and fine for 100, for the money. Yeah. Little money gesture. Of course they still got. Uh, Ant man, Anthony Edwards going nuts for him. Going crazy. He said something. Wow. Number is this one. Mm-hmm. But um. Yeah. Yeah. So, good time in MBA,

[00:49:44] but the folks who be on the college game for the next year. Oh, of course. Um. And you're just kind of watching that background just, you know, hopefully no major injuries for anybody. Um. You know, hopefully our guys get in that five six spot,

[00:50:00] maybe even catch up to the clippers if the clippers slow down a little bit. It's kind of that weird. If you look at the West, one, two, three, they're all within half game of each other. Then the clippers are just kind of isolated there.

[00:50:13] Three games back in that foreseed. Yeah. And then you got the pelicans there and they're game and a half up on Sacramento. News. Technically tied with Phoenix, but uh, Sacramento right now owns the tiebreaker. So they've been that six E.D.

[00:50:30] And then it would be the West playing and would be Phoenix Dallas, LA, Golden State. And it looks like, Yeah. And that's great. I'd be that's a good. That's a good. That's a good. That's an epic playing game. You know, that would be, you know, that's my seat.

[00:50:49] I mean, you're not getting your, you know, someone well under 500, you know, the chance to see the chance to see it's going to be over five hundred in the West. Yeah. And that's those of your teams right there.

[00:51:00] It looks like those are our 10 teams that are getting into that. Because after that, it's a five game drop off to Houston. Utah, Memphis, Portland. None of those teams are getting in. None of them. And even in.

[00:51:12] Even the East is kind of taking shape in land and that 10 spots four up on Brooklyn. But. Yeah, just matter of what went. Yeah, how about I was 10 and up. It was kind of where we're at right now. Yeah, but that play in.

[00:51:27] I mean, if it were to be right now, you'd have Phoenix and Dallas and that's, you know, you got KD and the sons versus Luca and Kyrie. And then of course, there would be a huge LA Golden State, you know, when they go home. Yeah,

[00:51:42] LA Braun staff all that. And then there's all that kind of, you know, we could see Kyrie, LA Braun. Yeah. Face off. Yeah. A KD would have moved. Yeah. KD versus warriors, you know, that could if the pinnacle, how that shakes out. But yeah.

[00:52:00] And Dallas and Phoenix have come there. Little rivalry for a while there. Yeah, Danny, it's a. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, like I said, your boy Luca, just going crazy. Steph Curry does have a a spring ankle. Everything seems to be fine there though. Might miss a couple games to,

[00:52:24] you know, like this. There's really been corn a lot of points recently for them. Mm-hmm. Yeah, they're a team that if if they ever find Clay Tomton any, you know, even resembling anything that resembles what he used to be. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, maybe a fine.

[00:52:45] Yeah, that's the biggest thing is you just have that. You just have. You just have. We're kind of really from his injuries. Yeah. And just think just how many he had and such a short period. I mean, and then went little injuries too. I mean,

[00:53:02] he just had big injuries back to bed. Very well. Mm-hmm. And then just such a, such a bare physical, mentally, you know, just kind of bounce back sometimes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. To see it. But fortunately. Yes. Just where we, you know, the game is. Yeah.

[00:53:22] We could ever be that even 7% of what he was when he went to 100% help. Yeah. Still a special player. Yeah. Um, see watching him. This looks like USC's going to take this women's pack 12. Do you have me chip game here? Yeah. Um, But yeah,

[00:53:43] that's probably it for hardwood talk this year. Um, or this week. Elsewhere in the world of sports, some actual NFL free agency. Uh, kind of news even though it's not officially. Going down yet. But some moves this week. Of course, some big ones with extensions, Chris Jones,

[00:54:08] Big ol extension with the beach. Yeah. Big money. I was hoping to go on. Yeah. I bet say certainly earned it. That's a game changer at that position as you got to pay. Uh, As the Ravens locked up their own just a Metabooka.

[00:54:23] He got an extension after they franchise tag. And they worked out the extension, which will help them with salary cap room too. Yeah. Um, Baker Mayfield looks like he's going to resign with the books. He's a hundred million. Yeah, Yeah, 100, a three years,

[00:54:44] a hundred million and fifty million in total guarantees. That's it. You know, good. You know, I'm good if I make her. Uh-huh. You know, because I don't know. I just saw he kind of got a wrong deal. Like Lee one. Oh, yeah. Agreed. Because I mean, I mean,

[00:55:04] the quality met a lot of injuries. Next year and then it was kind of all Baker's father. There's a bad situation all around just about injuries. I mean, I mean, some may he. Yeah, He basically played a whole year for them with one arm. Yeah, shoulder fallen off.

[00:55:20] He takes. Yeah, I'm not sure if they were inside. Yeah, He takes a run of it. And now they're trading for receivers. You know, they got a Marry Cooper. They just traded from Jerry Judy. Uh, which I was really, I fucking hate that as a Raven's fan. Yeah,

[00:55:36] But God, man, that's a hell of a, I don't want to receive into it right there. You have Watson can actually find a speaking of, you know, guys that got to find their old sales if he can actually throw the ball again.

[00:55:47] That's a lot of speed in one man. That's a skit. That's a scary receiving core is there. They all come together. Wow. And not just speed. The thing that always struck me about Jerry Judy, and a Marry Cooper, Marry Cooper is kind of one of those.

[00:56:01] He was more in that Julio mode, or he molded where he was just like, big fast, just kind of a unique athlete out there. Jerry Judy is got some size in some speed, but you know, he was never the fastest, never the biggest. But he's such a,

[00:56:17] almost Jerry Rice, S.K. not comparing them to the greatest. No, but his route running was always, was at him. He's a smart receiver. Kind of more like a Marvin Harrison almost, senior. Never for last. But he gives you greatness. Yeah, and just did not click and Denver

[00:56:38] for whatever reason, you know, I mean, but he's a horrible quarterback to learn a lot of this. Wow. Yeah. And then again, though, I mean, I mean, I mean, he said some injuries dropped in passes, and you know, you all can see that you're not for him,

[00:56:58] yeah, I mean, yeah, just not a Denver has not been friendly for anywhere receivers last five years. No, it's not a place where you want to be a whiter's fever. No, no, I'm happy quamp. Yeah, Cleveland gets up a fifth in the sixth rounder for and so Denver's,

[00:57:16] you know, Sean Payton's get, you know, maybe breaking down his roster a little bit rebuilding that Jerry Judy's only 25. So, you know, he's got his best year. Yeah, he's still a slow, yeah, yeah, you know, you know, then I'm watching Ben and Colin, the A. So, yeah,

[00:57:34] but that's a huge, that's potential to be the best perceive and do-oh in the game. Wow. Yeah, yeah, and talk about real division, perceive and division. You got him and you got Cincinnati, you know, with Higgins and Chase, yeah, Baltimore, you know, there are young guys, you know,

[00:57:58] Zay Flowers continues to develop and the Rashad Bateman, you know, can come back full. Yeah, Pittsburgh, with George Figgins. Yeah, if, you know, Pittsburgh can get a quarterback. Mm-hmm. Man, that division is always a brutal division. That is what man. Yeah, You better hope you got.

[00:58:20] That would sink in. Yeah, yeah, you better hope you got. That is the physical, you know, running tough defense. But man, that's some premier receivers as well. Mm-hmm. That's some big, big high-high-realist coming today. Ifs in order to change in the game a little bit. Mm-hmm.

[00:58:39] So of course, there are some rumbling to your near that there's still a chance the bangles might trade. Higgins, just because he could command. Ride with, you know, he's a, you know, he's a little bit more than he did. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, they're paying burrow.

[00:59:01] They're going to have to pay chase. They get to pay some other guys. That's, that's a lot of money to invest in your passing game alone. So, but that's, that's down the line I think we'll see. Other trades and quarterbacks. Oh, go ahead. Oh,

[00:59:17] think of you got to, you got to tag this or anything, yeah, they just tagged him. So he'll play for that. But you know, that takes up a lot of cap space at a receiver. You know, so, Patriots making moves,

[00:59:31] trading away Mac Jones to the Jack Wars for six-round pick. Harble return on their investment for New England, you know, a first-round pick a couple years ago. Thompson. Yeah, when they got my tooth spot. Uh, 15. Yeah,

[00:59:49] he's going to back up the number one pick from that class in Trevor Lawrence. Going back to his hometown too. He's a jacks of okay. Back from there. Yeah. Oh, and hopefully he can turn things around there. He kind of got a raw deal.

[01:00:04] Had a good rookie year. Then Josh McDaniels left to go coach the Raiders and Bill Belichick. Uh, I don't know what that was like. I don't know what it was like. I don't know what it was like. I don't know what it was like.

[01:00:15] I don't know what it was like. I didn't know how Tom Johnson was doing. I would take that offrey out. I mean, You got that offrey, and there's a lot of stuff in the box in the here and back thing to be on the way. I mean,

[01:00:27] I'm just still a rookie you can see. But I mean, you could see fences of it... You could be good. I mean, at least service with quarterback. Yeah. Then. Then you appoint Matt patrish as your offensive coordinator. Let him call the game, which is just dumb.

[01:00:40] He's a neat little guy. Yeah. And it just ruined him act so much. It didn't seem to work out. Matt gets benched after what, like, 10 games. And so hopefully, Matt, like you said, you know, Doug Peterson's down there in Jacksonville, he knows how to work record a backs.

[01:00:59] But the thing from Matt gives, I mean, he made never, give up to the team to be one. Yeah, you don't wish an injury on anybody, but you know, is there was, he needs to get some playing time. You know, he needs that to show teams.

[01:01:14] Like, hey, I can still. So I can still go. Yeah. So who knows, maybe he gets to start somewhere or but yeah, why could up in the preseason and someone takes a chance on it? Yeah, you never know.

[01:01:31] You know, an injury somewhere else and someone maybe takes a fly around him. But elsewhere, the Patriots also reason, hunter Henry their tight end. So whoever becomes their quarterback, we'll have at least a good tight end the throw too there.

[01:01:50] And what are they, are they covered in the drought? Yeah, they're number three. So right now, some projections, jaded Daniels, popular, pick and mock dress to go there or some people think he's actually jumped up number two and Drake May would fall there to New England.

[01:02:11] But I don't know. I don't know if I'm, either I don't. I'm the edges. I'm sad that there's been a trade major. I'm the, there's mine, the Patriots that we take. Drake may. I don't know. That just seems like your mag don't pick against you know. Yeah, yeah.

[01:02:31] Well, I mean, well, And those are those picks at a were because there's, you know, a different, there's a difference between the college and the pro game. Maybe you know, guys, light it up in college. Don't always translate to NFL and then NFL. I see.

[01:02:45] And these things and these guys, they had a good career. But he's not, he's kind of like, we'll let us a little bit. We both talked about how we never really saw it. He wasn't a big winner.

[01:02:56] And he did decent when he played this year for the Titans and maybe they have something there. But, you know, Drake may never, took Carolina to an ACC title game even, right? Now, to be, you know, he did go to the ACC title game last year. That's true.

[01:03:13] They did it. But they're in their defenses. They're problem there. Because of the choices. I mean, he put up, I would say his junior year was what's that. He was the season. Yeah. You know, I think my he went big number to the defense.

[01:03:29] He was fighting for his life. He had a score every, every series because that defense couldn't stop and all the bleed up. Kind of regress. I thought a little bit this year. Some other may have been, you know, I just, I don't know,

[01:03:44] maybe he, maybe he would be great. Yeah, but that's the thing with these quarterbacks. And not so bad for him. A lot of times because they don't either they hit into it through years or after.

[01:04:01] You know, you have these guys that play a lick of it for film and somewhere in the rookie season, they're expected to come out and shine. And not everybody is, you know, what Joe Burrell did, what the Texans quarterback did this year, that's abnormal. That's not your normal.

[01:04:20] Everybody looks at it as an normal. You know, they're looking, you know, they're looking for the next seed data. Looking for the next. And it's not, you know, the next Joe Burrell that shines in their rookie season. I mean, that's just not just not your normal thing.

[01:04:35] People expect that, the red guy is going to be that guy. And it's 90% of the time that's not happening. Yeah. And it's a shame. It's something, you know, buddy Caleb Johnson, of course, one of the founders of the Alabama take. He pitches a lot.

[01:04:54] You know, he's not really an NFL fan because of just some things in the way the league runs and one of his biggest gripes is how quarterbacks just don't get a shot. Really, you know, they're once their label as a bust of fairly or unfairly that's it.

[01:05:12] You know, like you mentioned, you worry that Mac might never get another opportunity to show what he's got and he's, you know, proven winner at Alabama, led, you know, when he left, he was the most accurate quarterback of all time. Yeah. Of course, everybody said,

[01:05:28] well, he had all that Alabama sound. But with great college quarterback didn't have more for the time. That's my always biggest thing, bring that up. Exactly. Yeah. It's not like there's no great quarterback that was out there. There are no bunch of walk-ons. Yeah.

[01:05:42] I mean, Joe Burrow had a lot of time. No, we're comes in quarterback said a lot of why we're still in town. Of course, I would tell him a lot of it sounded. Mm. I mean, Joe Burrow was still on to Jamar Chase and Justin Jefferson. Right.

[01:05:56] And he looked like, you know, you jailing and kind of all those guns. They had quite a few weapons at all. You, I mean, no one, no great quarterback is throwing to nobody's. That's just reality. Exactly. Yeah. So, you know, hopefully the trade works out for Mac.

[01:06:18] He gets an opportunity somewhere down the road. Yeah. We will see. But hey, the worst case scenario, you know, he makes a lot of money in the back of quarterback and there's a wonderful life about say, as Chase Daniel, how that back of quarterback life is.

[01:06:33] He's destroyed it man. I mean, a but loaded cast and we, I don't think I want to be in the service in a play. Yeah. But okay. That's the elsewhere thing. The bucks also believe they resound. Mike Evans still couple years, right? Yeah. Yeah. It is. Yeah.

[01:06:54] So that connection still there for Tampa Bay. And big for Bakers because it's tough. Yeah. Yeah. Of course, like we said officially, I think Tuesday, Wednesdays when it kicks off when you know teams can actually that's the newly year.

[01:07:12] So you'll probably see some cuts in the next couple days. Salary Cat Cups team is trying to get. I know where it's supposed to be getting rid of my gallon. Where's the were there? Some of these kinds of big amounts against the salary

[01:07:24] companies like 30 million and we're already low on funds every as though. Yeah, I know the Ray Vens are talking a couple of big things like Odo Beckham, they got to cut him so that he doesn't have a lot

[01:07:38] of money on this thing but they kind of want to back. Got to rework Ronnie Stan Lee's contract because he's not the, you know, after injury he suffered few years ago. He just hasn't been the same and there's a lot of money left

[01:07:52] tackles so they try to get him to restructure or do they cut him, you know, yeah. A lot of teams are not anywhere and receivers, especially it might be a lot of cut casualties because it's a pretty deep draft class.

[01:08:05] So you know, there is a very deep draft. You're a team like the Ravens who you got your top three is Zay Flowers, Rashad, Batman, Nelson Agalor than, and you know, Mark Andrews at tight end, maybe you. You've gone for the. Yeah, you let Beckham go.

[01:08:19] You you focus on running back and line and you, you pick someone up in the draft or pick a couple guys up and see. Yeah, maybe a cheap veteran down the road. No, there's a lot of this is probably the best.

[01:08:33] Why receiver class and a while was far just to share my talent. You can probably get to like Dave's they three and so fine and tell it. Like yes. Oh, yeah, there's going to be a seventh round guy this year that's

[01:08:46] a pro bull are in a few years. Let's see, uh, Fletcher Cox retired at another one. Six time pro bull are a defensive tackle spin his whole career and Philadelphia out of Mississippi forever. Yeah, I'll actually only came to league but 2012 so he's only 33. It seems way.

[01:09:08] He's been there forever. Yeah, he said like he was a. Philly when we were in college or something. But you know, that is the school. The producers a lot of NFL talent compared to what you think of as far as the start.

[01:09:22] You know, it's farther success and farther ranking, but they produce a lot of talent to the NFL, Mississippi state. They do well developed and pretty cool. Yeah, yeah, that doesn't always translate in the to wins. The win category, but they, but yeah, they put out the talent.

[01:09:47] But yeah, you'll see a lot of big names this week. Curt Cousins probably the biggest among them. Does he go back to Minnesota? Is someone like Atlanta snatch him up? Russell Wilson, of course. He's going to be out there. You know, just take a chance on him.

[01:10:07] Yeah, just to feel to probably get traded although, you know, reading some stuff that trade markets may be not there for him, but somebody is probably going to, yeah, he really started coming on toward the end of this year.

[01:10:20] But everyone, I guess it's all, you know, it's decided that collar, or Colorado Chicago is just going to reset and draft Caleb Williams with that number one spot. But I'm not so sure if I weren't the bears if I wouldn't trade that number one pick again,

[01:10:37] let some teams just get me. Plus, there are pigs or maybe a receiver alignment or receiver. You know, if you drop down the number three or four, you get Marvin Harrison Jr. for him to throw two or you, or you need to.

[01:10:51] Why receive this or Joe all, you know, you get a big tackle to protect them. And because you know what you have with Justin Fields, I know it's a new. Yeah, new regime, you know, but you know what you have with Justin Fields,

[01:11:05] you know what is good at in the league, you know, you need to work on. Now, these rookies that's a wild card every time and that's the thing you don't ever know. I get it. I mean, I understand about business.

[01:11:17] I think you want to go to that cheap route. You know, because then after this year, you know, it comes a season time for Justin Fields and you know, there's no cheap. There's no cheap starting quarterback in the NFL.

[01:11:30] This is not the market is just predicts like the housing market. The worst house. The worst house is still over 150,000 dollars. It could be a trap house. And then, you know, it's not selling for under 150, you know. Oh, man. You should go for like 45,000. It's going for 150.

[01:11:57] Oh, man. It's crazy. Man, we got that right across the street here from us. We got one house in our neighborhood. Our streets, you know, had a couple of fixes. The past couple of years here. And I don't want to link my headphones just down on me.

[01:12:19] Oh, man. But I can see if I can find a cord to do it. But I keep talking to your, uh, yeah, we had a guy. A couple of houses got bought and they got fixed up real nice.

[01:12:32] And there's still one across the street where the guy just won't sell. And he, uh, just, just over a few says the sell and he's listening for like 300,000. There's like a damn hole in the backyard, you know, like staircase falling down.

[01:12:49] A hole in the back of the house. And it's, you're right. It's the same way with the quarterbacks. You know, some of the reasons. Russell, some of the reasons. It's Cleveland. It's Cleveland's fault. Because they gave a guarantee of 30 to the sign.

[01:13:06] And then we both worked hard because now everybody's like, hey, I had a better season than the sign plus I'm not a liability off the field. So why can't I get that? I never, but again. But yeah, the quarterback market is broken. I mean, it'll fix itself eventually.

[01:13:29] But, you know, you know, you know, you know, mentally get the big contract for these quarterbacks. And then her, so the team and that's able to restructure. Do them a certain way. Yeah. Um, and there's a lot out there this year too. Um, yeah.

[01:13:43] You know, we mentioned a lot of guys in the league. That's what you know, there's a lot of guys. They've been dropped as well. And, you know, Well, and you got guys like, you know, we mentioned Russell, but then there's guys like Jacobi Perseggio Flacco,

[01:13:57] a Gardner, Mint shoe, James Winston, you know, those are guys. A lot of guys that potentially start some on. Yeah. Yeah. And that's not even. Black O'Hatter, you know, the magical of the one, you know, some of them believe they're back and after four all season. Oh, no.

[01:14:13] Yeah, if someone wants to. Yeah, especially some team maybe with a lot of younger guys in the rebuild of mode, they just, hey, let's get a veteran in here to, or maybe, Oh, yeah. Yeah, maybe a team that did dress their future quarterback,

[01:14:29] but in like the fourth or fifth round, and they, you know, I think let's get a guy like Flacco and here to start and teach for a year. Yeah. And then we haven't even talked about the run-and-back class. Oh, man. Uh, say quambarclay, Derek Henry, uh,

[01:14:46] Austin Eccler, Josh Jacobs, Deonjay Swift, Toni Pollard, so much. Yeah. And the crazy thing of all of them very well could be on different teams. Next year. Mm-hmm. Very good chance. Luckily, we'll be, yeah. And then we're not even talking, it's possible.

[01:15:06] Remember, I'm going to get be a, uh, a cap casualty, yeah, or a guy like Aaron Jones. Alvin, come here. Yeah. I mean, little of the time Nick Chub was the Cleveland offense. Mm-hmm. The best of them back in the league. Uh, yeah. Um, horrific.

[01:15:23] Like Derek Henry, yeah. But like with Derek Henry, a time to one of the times offense. They were, they were no explosive receivers for a while. I mean, it was Derek Henry and nothing. But you have your five five six year run.

[01:15:38] And then there's been a further year of 30 time or one. Yeah. It's uh, he's an interesting Derek Henry too. And obviously he's going to hit about 30 this year. Um, but he, it is just weird. He led the league in Russian attempts.

[01:15:56] He did a follow-up a little bit 4.2 yards of carry, which was his career works, but not really that bad. You know, um, let's, you run that three times. That's first now. Uh, no. Um, you know, and I think his, his big explosive runs fell a little bit.

[01:16:14] But he's still a capable guy. And especially if you're doing a little more of a rotation. I'm obviously say, Juan's probably the star of that class. Um, I mean, you guys got Josh Jacobs is like a, on their, he led the league in Russian two seasons ago. Right.

[01:16:33] And then, you know, we're just guys like, just past your, I mean, you can probably see the, I mean, the first part of the season was just so bad. You got, you got, you got guys like, like, Eccler or Camara, you know,

[01:16:49] the coming off injuries or, you know, not productive years. And maybe it just to change a scenery, re-invigorates in for a few seasons, you know? But if I'm out some that clear, I have a, have a one of state there. Can I think,

[01:17:02] Jim hardballs are in re-invigorations tonight. But I don't know, Jim hardballs interested in him. But if there's a mutual liking there, I would want to stay because I think that's a perfect fit for the chargers. He's such a versatile guy, too. Yeah.

[01:17:19] You love to have those guys in an offense. I know fantasy managers want to see him back getting a lot of touches. I know a couple of few seasons ago. He was my star. Yeah. When he's held, that's his biggest thing is his help. Mm-hmm.

[01:17:35] He'll give you so much, but then he'll, he sits out so much with injuries. That's been a chargey down for a lot of, nobody can say healthy. Yeah. Right. Yeah. I think he can't say healthy like man. Yeah, and speaking of guys like that,

[01:17:51] there's got like JK Dobbins, you know, who, just unlucky guy, his injury, health, you know, towards ACL and 2021. Missed all of that, came back 2022. Only had like 92 carries. You know, coming back for that, then in the opening game, last year, towards Achilles. Yeah.

[01:18:18] So he'll be a guy that's, you know, some of the best selfie. Yeah. Yeah. He would go. His rookie year season. He average six yards of carry. He's an explosive guy. A guy that Ravens fans really love and want to him succeed.

[01:18:31] But at this point, you got to, you know, if he would agree to play on a cheap contract, then sure like, you know, right. I mean, that's not just not a reality because you want to get it. You want to set him himself up a life,

[01:18:48] which of course is hardly days for running back, just where the league is with running back. So that's very, very interesting. But, you know, eventually, we all know Marcus resuppens themselves again and again. What? Yeah. This is crazy how many star running backs.

[01:19:05] Either A can be taken big pay cuts, changing teams. And there's no one really even breaking them up. You know, so nature, see you. What? Derek Henry, I'll see you back in a couple years ago. You passed out if you saw Derek Henry winning three sides.

[01:19:22] Not something to say that weird. You know, crazy. Just where we're at. With run backs and the lead. Yeah. Then you got guys receivers. He's not quite a big free agent class. You got more keys brown, Calvin Ridley's out there. That could be interesting to see that. Yeah.

[01:19:45] We mentioned like they didn't. Yeah, we mentioned cuts like. Yeah, if they want to bring him back or if another team maybe decides that they want to take a chance on them. He definitely, but sit not that whole year. He can be back in Gracie. That's great.

[01:20:03] He's signed the great. And just in Jacksonville under a chief, greatly, I think there were high expectations in the whole team. Just kind of absolute. To the expectations of what we thought they were going to be after that. Play out front years ago. Mm-hmm.

[01:20:19] So much as has to do with the text and it's exploded. That was another thing too. Because it wasn't like the Jaguar's were excellent at you. They just, you know, where the least least worst team in that AFC

[01:20:35] South-Azides and then just having to pull off the big win because the charges choke. I don't know. You know, Jackville was as great, but then we really thought they were going to have a scene this past year. Now it's crazy.

[01:20:48] Now you're looking at the text and make it be the front runners of the south. Especially imagine you not they were to give like a one these long backs. They get a say quambarque in there with that all. It's called that. Yeah. And they can count in there.

[01:21:05] Wow. But yeah, so it should be that'll be the big story this week football. We'll steal a little bit of headlines from college basketball. Mm-hmm. There we go. What's some big guys out there? Yep. Moving on to free agency. But yeah. Yeah, that's pretty much it.

[01:21:31] I got for my notes as far as the in the world of sports this week anything we missed you on a touch on. Mm-hmm. I think we've already much hit on everything. Yeah. Just excellent. Excellent time a year as you know. You know, beautiful.

[01:21:48] We got the NCAA tournament action going on. I just want to be an in-win. Come be excellent. You know, we're getting to play out talk of basketball the draft. Uh, starting baseball season coming up, you know, spring training is going on.

[01:22:03] This is a beautiful time for another beautiful time of year for sports fans for sure. Absolutely. All right. Well, what that said, what has been done up real good for you this week. You know, done up real good for me this week.

[01:22:19] And honestly, I mean, it was just that regular week and two much, you know, just happy to see how come we get that win yesterday. I was worried, you know, the man we did all this season and we're going to drop all the way to the 60s.

[01:22:34] And then senior day two. No, that was that would have been crushing. And they created the they did the risky thing which team just trying to turn to is doing senior day after the game.

[01:22:48] Yeah, how bad would that was suck to, you know, of course, a lot of those guys decide up. Can come possibly come back, but man, to lose the game like that and then have your celebration. I mean, just take the air out of the whole thing.

[01:23:04] So yeah, so that was, you know, that was time my big name for the week. I'm not done up real good this week. And we talked about it before we recorded, but daylight savings time get rid of it. It doesn't make any sense anymore. It's done.

[01:23:27] Just went there to no time. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah, let's tell Greg before we recorded, you know, my father and I was in town. And we were talking about my wife and I worked late last night, got home about one something.

[01:23:42] You know, you stay up because you're, you know, kind of adrenaline's going from work and you relax and we talk and they say, no, it's three o'clock because the time just, you know, jumped ahead.

[01:23:53] And yeah, and then you got the kid he's waking up at six in the morning. So he doesn't know and you don't even realize it. Yeah, my father. I got two hours a week. Yeah, exactly.

[01:24:05] And you know, my father all was saying, you know, they started to whole thing back whenever for to give farmers more time to farm, but he's like the sun doesn't know what time it is.

[01:24:17] The earth doesn't spend faster or slower based on what we say, you know, is daylight saving time right now. So this time it's objective. Yeah, and this and this charade quit spring in forward and falling back and just let us have one time.

[01:24:33] This fine because the phone's going to do what it is. Yeah. Oh, man, it's the extended week up farmers are going to farm. They're good. Yeah. But yeah, that I'll do it for us this week folks. Like we said, we'll come back with you next week.

[01:24:52] Maybe live during the NCAA selection show. Of course, of course, good that we as Alabama fans don't have to sweat it out like we used to. Man, we've had some tough ones.

[01:25:07] Yeah, we tried some ones where they went to hit and probably the big, the worst one that I could think of was a year when we didn't get into the NCAA. I think that's 2011 and we had beat Georgia.

[01:25:21] And the SEC tournament, there was like, for the third time that year off the Kentucky to make the day and then when didn't get in the Georgia. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And then didn't we go on to like the semi to the finals in our team?

[01:25:35] I'm much of a finals and I think we lost a wish to stay in that. Yeah. And then that's the scorecard in the. That was one thing that I've always wondered to talk about that team. I've always wondered why you had been granted never worked out.

[01:25:53] Because you know, you're dating still doing. He's still the heck of a coach. Just never a jailed one. How we got it was. His team is always one of our wonder. His team's just could never. Offensive. Yeah, he could never get they offense rolling there that grants football.

[01:26:09] Defensive is always great tough under him, but man. Go. Yeah, I was thought he was going to be the guy like when he came in after man, because you know, he came from VCU and then be do kind of tournament. Right where he came out with Batman.

[01:26:24] That was an exciting higher. Yeah, exciting. It's just crazy. That just bomb like a dating made one tournament in 2012. Yeah. Yeah, that was at the crate loss. Yeah, we lost some of. Well, um, and we lost some very end of it below. Yeah, my second buzzer meter. Time.

[01:26:50] That's one of our as one as man. You would have thought, I'm really wouldn't bring a way. Yeah, and it's weird. It's a completely different sport watching his teams and then a NATO team. Yeah. But that's the way you go sometimes.

[01:27:04] You know, you think you got a home run high and it doesn't happen. But uh, like I said, a time for us to get out of here. Thanks for listening everybody. Do subscribe and give us a good rate and stay your friends. Tell your rich friends about us.

[01:27:17] Check out all the podcasts on the Alabama Take Family podcast. You can find them all at Alabama Take Take.com or wherever you get your podcast. Keep it done up real good yourselves out there folks. Greg, betting I'll see you next week. Yeah, bye.