Good evening everybody, and welcome to another edition of Fire Up. March Madness
has begun and we've even had upsets today. Oh my goodness, gracious,
and I have a crew to talk with me tonight. Okay, let's introduce
the crew. I'm gonna start with my co host, smoking Jeremy be Hello,
Candy, happy to be here. Let's talk some sports. Sounds good
to me. That sounds good to me. Mister George Iiicorn, Long time
no see, It's been a long time since I saw you, and a
little bit. We had fun on the last show, but good to be
back. We did, we did keep it up, Jeremy b. And
then we have mister Ralph Williams. How are you, Ralph? I'm good
at Candy, thank you, and all the panel, thank you. You're
welcome. And our special guest tonight, mister Wilvogel, how are you well
doing great? March Madness is in the air. One of the best times
of the year, it's and I'm glad to be back. Awesome, awesome,
So will since you are our special guest, tell us about a little
recap of today. Maybe you know upset that you didn't see coming. Well,
the upset that I didn't see coming today was just happened. Oakland's going
to be mission Kentucky and I told my friend, I said, do you
know where the school is? He's like, uh, duh, it's in
California. I said, no, this Oakland is in Michigan. So props
to them beating a blue blood in Kentucky. A fourteen teed being a three
seed, Yes, it's not the same feeling as a one being a sixteen
being a one, but you know what, beating a blue blood in the
March Madness in the round of sixty four, that always feels good, especially
when you're the lower seed. Some other things I really liked that happened today.
Oregon player Jermaine cozen Arts scored forty points. That was huge. She
propelled them to beat South Cana Illinois coach Mark Sorry. Illinois player Marcus Demasque
had a triple double. I think it's like the tenth triple double in March
Madness history, something like that I read. And then lastly, Michigan State
coach Tom Izzo won his twentieth first round game. So a lot of history
to be made in one night of March Madness. And we still have today
today is so continue, we have tomorrow, we have Sire Sunday, and
we have the rest of the tournament, so we may have even bigger storylines
that happened. So yes, that's what cut my eye, mister Ralph.
What's caught your eye? Well, Dukine beat b Yu today. Those of
you who don't know, Dukaine is from the Pittsburgh area here right down the
street from where the NCAA is having a tournament from PPG Paines Arena, and
so you know they won today. And then Oakland just beat Kentucky. And
John Caliperi is the head coach of Kentucky's from Pittsburgh here. It seems like
every time he comes to Pittsburgh he loses. About five six years ago he
lost to Robert Morse and the n I t at Robert Morse. So it
seems like every time he comes back to town he has bad luck. So
you know, but that's what caught my eye today. And this Oakland beating
you know Kentucky today or just now wow in Virginia getting practically almost blown out
the other night there or whatever and by Colorado State that that has to be
humiliating and I'm waiting to see what NC State's going to do tonight. George,
what's caught your eye today? Well, obviously, it's a great day
to be a fan of two schools in the state of Michigan and Michigan State
University Spartans wine the early game twelve fifteen and now prime time the Oakland Grizzlies
defeating number three Kentucky. Unbelievable. I just did not see that coming.
But I'll tell you what. They got a coach, Greg Campy, who
is all business. The guy's been there forty years. Forty years. Answer
your friend's question, will No, it's not Oakland, California. They're named
after the city. Well, we actually have a city called Oakland in Oakland
County, but the Oakland University, of course, is in a city called
Rochester. And uh so that's that's a very uh it's it's it's a Division
one program. But it's taken them a hell of a long time to get
this opportunity to knock off a number three seeds. So I'll tell you what
Candy, Like I said, between the Spartans advancing and now Oakland advancing,
everybody in Michigan is just going Gaga right now. So despite the fact that
U of M was horrible and it's just a great it's a great feeling,
like Will said, the the unbelievable fun we have with March Madness and this
tournament is just mind boggling. And uh that's my that's my take so far
on the tournament, keeping it localized here. So that's to that point of
view, Jeremy, what surprised you today? The fact that I had to
work so much, I barely saw anything, but kudos to Oakland, I
will be honest. The other team that he said got blowed out. That
kind of floored me, or real close to bloatout. There really isn't a
lot other than that. If you look at what's going on right now the
blue book, can you explain March madness for the Assie Oh, I just
started read that March madness is they take that it's actually the top sixty eight
right now, isn't it because of the playoffs playing games that they did.
Yesterday's succeed So there's a field of sixty four which started today. Yesterday was
the field of sixty eight. There's a four at large teams in college basketball
that get a chance to play to get to the national championship in a one
and done format. So they come in and you get a sixty eight seed
versus a one seed over here, and then you get the sixty seventh seed
versus this one seed in the sixty fifth, and so on and so forth,
and so you get get it back down to the sixty four. That's
how it worked. We have seen it where a one seed has lost in
the play in day. So to say it isn't it can't happen. It
can. It just doesn't happen very often. Didn't it happen last year?
Yeah? It was last year when it happened. That's why I mentioned it
exactly. I was, wasn't it the sixty fifth seed that beat the one
from the Southeast region? That I'm not sure? Yeah, I can't.
And that's what I think. It was the sixty fifth seed versus the you
know, because one seed from each region versus the worst team just outside of
their field. Yeah, how horrible is that to be the guy that is
the worst seed outside their field. It's nice to get a chance to play,
but you know, lex Reala, You're going, man, what jot
we got? I'll tell you I'll tell you you're about March madness. I
was in Vegas and in nineteen ninety nine, and I'm standing down at this
hot dog stand. They had hot dogs and French fries. And if you
were a guest at the hotel, and it stayed at the Frontier, at
the old Frontier at the time, if you're guests at the hotel, you
got for five dollars, you've got a big, huge hot dog in French
fries. It actually was street dollars if you were a you know, if
you had a room there. So I'm standing dinner. I'm standing dinner.
I got this guy standing behind me, and he's smell like a liquor store
in a brewery. And I and he's standing with one dollar in his hand,
and he said he lost all his money on Syracuse. That was the
year all the upsets came. What's a toss? State? Wright State beat
Syracuse? What's a toss? State beat Kentucky or somebody. And it was
just it was just amazing. And I saw people coming out of the sports
book like somebody shot their dog, and you know, with gloomy faces.
And the guy said he lost all his money on Syracuse. And he was
standing in line there to get a ninety nine cent fruit or shrimp cocktail because
that was all he had. Yeah, he had that one dollar and he
said helew lost money on Syracuse. I'll never forget that one. You know
what's crazy is my brother a few years ago for Christmas gave me these March
Madness tickets and we didn't know who was playing there. We just knew was
in Charlotte. Ironically enough, the game I went to, one of the
games I went to was when UNBC beatn Virginia. Wow. I met some
UNBC students who gave me a UNBC T shirt and I so have it to
this day. It's the only time a sixteen seed beat on one seed.
Wow. Yeah, I do remember that. And then Jeremy, I think
you might have been referring to last year number sixteen fairly Dickinson sixty three,
number one Perdue fifty last year. Yeah, but they won their playing game
as well. How they got there to be that seed is what I was
getting in. Yeah. Yeah, very good, very good. And yours
too, well, yours was a tremendous upset. Oh my god, I
remember that twenty eighteen number one Virginia going down to UNBC. Yeah. Yeah.
And you know what's crazy is the year after Virginia lost to u NBC,
they turn around and win the national championship the year should they get upsets?
You're right, yes they did that. I think they be Texatteck,
didn't they? Yes? Yes? And then let's not forget was it three
years ago the amazing run by Virginia Commonwealth all the way? Oh yeah?
Or wasn't that right? Didn't they go all the way to you? Yeah?
They did. Chicago a bunch of Cinderella teams. Yeah yeah, and
San Diego State nobody predicts that last year? Oh yeah, let's not forget
that. Also was the year it wasn't just Loyola. It wasn't the main
branch of Loyola. It was Loyola Marrimount. Yeah, the one was that
the one Patino was coaching or no, he's the one coaching Iowa and New
right. Yeah, he was Layel in New York. Yeah, New York.
Okay, I knew he was one of them, but I didn't know
which one. So yes, kudos to Michigan State, Kudos to Dukesney Creighton
won magover Akron, Arizona. One big over Long Beach, North Carolina,
one big over Wagner. Illinois won pretty big over Morehead State. Oregon upset
South Carolina as well, though that was eleven seed beating a sixth seed,
and I think typically we've seen the seed that wins the most is twelve five.
Normally I thought in upset, it's not necessarily eleven six, but I
think it's only the five. So yes, Dayton won. That wasn't an
upset, but that was a close game, sixty three sixty Oakland did squeak
it out eighty to seventy six, and Texas won beat Colorado State. So
the question is there are some games tomorrow. Anyone want to predict an upset
that they think will happen tomorrow. I can't even remember who the games are
tomorrow. You know what. I'm just gonna say this. I didn't pick
them in any of my brackets. It's okay. I wouldn't say they're gonna
beat him, but I think they're gonna give them a fight. I can
see Vermont beating Duke because you know what, Duke had a really bad ACC
tournament. And I'm not saying this just because I'm a target. The old
and I don't like Duke. Douke had a really bad ACC tournament showing and
they lost to NC State, who eventually ended up winning it. Yes,
it looks good when you lose an eventual champion. But you know what,
why not Vermont beating Duke? Shoot, that would be that would be big
because then another blue blood would go down. So yeah, I got Vermont
beating Duke. Well, how about Coldgate? Coldgate beating their fourteen seed against
Baylor number three tomorrow, that'll be an interesting game. And then u A
be course the San Diego State. You a bet might pool that, you
know, an upset off those two teams. Mm hmmm, I got,
I got just a small one of mini upset. I don't really think it
could qualify, but I got you know, Texas A and M is that
tomorrow over Nebraska? Yes? Yeah, And they did get Nebraska and eight
C they gave A and M a nine state come on, so they're pretty
evenly matched. So I mean, I'm I'm stretching things a little bit here.
And uh, And I also, of course like uh, I like
FAU to beat Northwestern too, But FAU is an eight and Northwestern is a
nine. That's not an upset. But uh, and then you know,
Candy, your Wisconsin Badgers played tomorrow, correct, Yes, James Madison,
Yeah, you know those guys. That's one of those sleeper teams. To
James Madison, I did pick you know, Wisconsin to win though tomorrow.
Yeah. Tomorrow night's Longwood versus Houston. That could be an upset. Charleston
versus Alabama, Grambling State versus Produced. I mean, they're all underdog teams,
so we'll see what they do tomorrow. It could be upsets again.
Yeah, and everyone I know is picking New Mexico State over n C State,
And I think NC State is gonna win because how I think they've won
like eleven in a row. Yeah. Their last loss was their last regular
season game against pitt That was their last loss. I was that that game?
Yeah? Oh yeah, I'm taking them. Sorry, Jemmy, GoAhead.
Do you want the list of games for tomorrow? Sure? Northwestern versus
that Au, Colgate versus Baylor, UAB versus San Diego State, Western,
Kentucky versus Marquette, Stetson versus Yukon, New Mexico versus Clemson, Yale versus
Auburn, Colorado versus Florida. And that's the one where I think there might
be an upset because Colorado has been playing some good ball and they're a ten
seed and Florida is the seventh seed. That's not that much of an upset,
but it would be considering the blue blood in the tournament that Florida has
been over the years. Texas A and M in Nebraska, Vermont versus Duke,
Grambling State versus Purdue Paul Charleston versus Alabama, Longwood, Longwood versus Houston
University. James, you already said, James Mathison TCU versus Utah State and
Grand Canyon versus Saint Mary's California, and Jana, that's right. In The
University is actually only a plus two hundred to the Saint Mary's minus two fifty,
So that's actually not that bad of odds. The biggest odds against anybody
winning is Longwood versus Houston. Houston is a minus five thousand and Longwood is
a plus sixteen hundred. Wow. Wow. So that's one hundred and sixty
to one odds. Everybody, if you're if you're gonna bet, you know
that's the one to bet on. That that powerball and mega millions. They're
all worth would get you a boat load of money these days, because oh
yeah, a ten dollars back can get your sixteen hundred mm hmm exactly exactly.
Oh, I take that back. I scrolled up a little further.
There's one worse twenty five hundred and one, the twenty five, which is
two fifty to one Grambling State over Purdue, which is a negative ten thousand
to win. Oh z, well, you know, hats off the Grambling
State. Yeah, they won the play game. Hey, nobody, no,
you know, this is the furthest they've ever gone, right, Ralph,
I don't know. I don't think they ever won a first round game.
Who Decaine? No, No, Grambling, No, they haven't won.
No, not at all. They never won one either, Ducaine.
The last time Dukane was in the NCAA was in nineteen seventy seven, and
uh Norm Nixon was part of that team. So wow, Yeah, and
they didn't make it past the first round. And Stetson versus Yukon gets the
same as Grambling State. There's a couple of them there. Hey, we
could see what I saw in nineteen ninety nine. You never know, you
know, you could be seen. It's an excite time you're even if you're
not necessarily a basketball fan, because I think a lot more people become college
basketball fans during this time because a lot of people make out the brackets,
a lot of people follow it. It's always interesting to see, like how
many brackets as we get further on this weekend, how many brackets are busted,
and how many actually they still have left that are good. I'll be
honest with you. Wisconsin has two teams in Wisconsin and Marquette. I'm pulling
for both of them. Mauett's. Marquette's the number two seeds, so they're
having a much better year and they're supposed to get their star player back for
the tournament, Kolik, who didn't play in the Big East tournament. For
those people that were watching the Big East and saw Yukon take it, did
Yukon looked good, don't get me wrong, but they did not take it
by a lot in that Big East tournament, considering Marquet's player was not playing
right right, But it's always an interesting time. And Florida, we actually
have five teams, five different teams in the tournament, which I thought was
pretty impressive for a States. Yeah, yeah, okay, So anybody else
want to talk anything more about March Madness, any last minute comments or anything
like that. I'm good. I don't have any. Okay, So I'm
going to a topic. I'm gonna surprise all of you because I didn't tell
any of you guys I was putting this topic on here at all. But
I thought it was very interesting. Today the Dodgers started, and I'm gonna
I'm gonna not I'm gonna mispronounce his name. I know it. Yoshibu Ya
Yamamoto today made his major league debut when they played in Seoul. He made
all of one inning. He's a right hander. He recorded three outs,
five runs on four hits, one walk, and one hit batter in Thursdays.
He's twenty five years old, and he labored through forty three pitches,
with only twenty three of them landing in the strike zone. What did you
guys think about, knowing that we've been going through spring training that his first
game he can't even make it through the first inning and only forty three pitches.
George, Well, I'll tell you what, Candy, I was really
shocked to hear that. I mean, I know it was a slug fest
of San Diego, you know, winning this second game there at Korea's fifteen
to eleven. But yeah, he did not look at all like the million
dollar baby that the Dodgers hope they got when they signed him. Uh that
was a big splashy signing, just like Otani was. And and yeah,
he looked horrible. You're right. I mean, forty three pitches and only
twenty three were strikes. And and it wasn't just him, I mean on
the other side of the jer Musgrove gave up five runs too. He pitched
two point two thirds inning for San Diego as the starter. But I mean,
this guy, Yamamoto, he's he's gonna have to really go back to
the drawing board, so to speak, and his next start, which as
we know, won't come until you know, late in March when the official
regular season begins. But yeah, I was surprised, Candy. I did
not expect that from him. Today. They gave him on the off season
a twelve year, five million dollar contract. Is the largest guaranteed contract a
picture in m LB history. It's got place for the Dodgers, you said,
yes, yeah, well that's the Dodgers. They give big money out
to people and then, and I've said this many times, they've had arguments
with Dodger fans and people who cover the Dodgers. Uh you know whose names.
I'm not gonna mention here, but uh, you know, I've had
this argument with them, and I tell him every year and I'm always right.
They always fail in the playoffs, you know, and they got they
spent all his money, and I think, I think this is the year
that Dave Roberts might get fired if they don't make it past the first round
of playoffs. Will your thoughts? I agree with that he may get fired
if they don't make the advance to the first round of the playoffs. I'm
shocked. Yes, it's definitely an adjustment going from pitching in Japan to the
major leagues. But the pressure was on him twenty five years old. It's
hard to make an impact right away. But yeah, it's disappointing to see
him struggle that much in a first game, Like I wish he pitched better,
but you know who else didn't play well in that game? Otani?
Otani went one for five, Yes, Otani game game before. But Otani,
uh struggled this game. But you know what, like George said,
you'll have to go back to the drawing board, figure out what pitches work
for him. Maybe spend a little time after practice one day or after a
game one day, just a little bit, not too long, and get
better communication with you and the catcher so he can be on sync. Not
saying it's the catcher's fault, just working with your catcher to see which pitches
he likes, which witches he doesn't like, which he thinks are favorable towards
the pitcher. But yeah, it's disappointing, but you know what, it
happens to the beast, to the pictures sometimes. But yeah, it's definitely
an adjustment period for sure. For yeah, I'm Momodo, Jeremy, your
thoughts. All I know is when that money hit his bank account, he
started singing like he was from Stix. Domo Ara got to mister Rabato whatever
his name is, because he's getting paid. This fail is what it's looking
like. Twenty three strikes out of forty three pitches. That means twenty of
them were outside the zone. One of them was a walk. We don't
even know what the count was of that walk. Was it four and oh?
Was it four and one? Who cares. It's a travesty, you
know when you play that bad as a picture. Because the picture sets the
mood for the defense, the defense also starts to fail they you start getting
what was it that they called it in the movie made Major League? If
you olay a ball like that again, I'm gonna make make you do remember
that yep, So you'll not putting your body in front of it to make
the stop. So you stop the bleeding. That's what he's talking about.
Don't just sit there and lay your glove and the hole and it made it
pass me mm hmm, yeah, that part of it, go ahead.
That's all part of the game. It's the mental part of the game.
If your picture stinks, your defensive mental attitude stinks. Correct. Correct.
What surprises me is he has struggled all spring training. He is posting right
now an eight point three eight era point across nine in three starts. Yet
we gave him kind of a contract. Come on, Dodger, are you
kidding me? Come on? Oh my, and it's twelve years too,
I'm like. And the breaking news was that JD. Martinez agrees to a
one year, twelve million dollar contract with the New York Mets. The interesting
part of JD. Martinez's contract. He obviously the deal is pending because he's
pending a physical, but it will pay him four point five million this season
and one point five million in deferred money from years twenty thirty four to twenty
thirty eight. Wow, that's almost that's almost the Bobby Bania contract contract.
He's still collected, but I look for somebody to pay me a million dollars
a year or whatever he gets. Yeah, it has to do with the
luxury tax, and I get it, but still really that far away?
Come on, Yeah, well, he's a good DH but he's up there
in age. But look at Joey Johnny's contract. They did the same thing,
and he's not even playing right now because he just had that UC surgery
and he hasn't fully recovered. Him getting that two million a year for twenty
years. Oh, that's forty million dollars think about it. As soon as
he's done, the remainder of that seven hundred million dollar contract is due.
You want to talk about ruining a franchise, Imagine the luxury tacks on seven
hundred million in one year for a player. Yeah, yeah, that was
just crazy, you know, I I wanted the Tigers to give him another
chance, but they wouldn't budge. They would not bring our Tenez back.
They're really really trying hard to go with the youth movement here in Detroit.
But it sure would have been nice to have a veteran presence and a bat
that maybe you could win two to three four games for the team. I
mean, I don't know. He can still hit, he can't field.
But the Tigers were not going to budget. They weren't going to bring in
an elder statements as a lack of a better terman elder citizen and Gen Martinez
there, They're going with the kid Carrie Carpenter as primary DH. Okay,
so let's switch to more of Jeremy's wheelhouse. Let's switch to a little football,
and I'm going to talk about coach Prime. Coach Prime does not visit
prospects houses. They have to come to him. He has never gone to
their house. By contrast, Texas coach Steve Starkesian has made one hundred and
twenty eight off campus recruiting visits, and before Jim Harbin left Michigan, he
had visited one hundred and forty five different people's houses So the question is as
a recruit, do you want a head coach to come to you or not?
Jeremy, you can start with this one. You know, it really
depends on the situation. What if you are one of these kids that grew
up in the poor neighborhood and your parents' house isn't that great. Do you
go and rent a hotel room to have the coach visit you? Or go
rent an apartment with your family for a month with a special deal, paying
extra rent just to look like you have a nice livable space for a coach
a visit. I think it would be better if kids did more in campus
visiting than coaches going to their houses, just because think about this. If
you make less than twenty thousand dollars a year right now, you're in the
poverty level. Your average rent for a one bedroom apartment is seventeen hundred and
fifty dollars nationwide, your average income is fifteen thousand a year. Wow.
Yeah, so your rent on average nationwide from the highest to the lowest is
seventeen fifty. That means nationwide, there's a bunch of people that can't afford
a one bedroom apartment because they're coming up two thousand, five hundred dollars short
a year, and that that's putting it into perspective for those of us that
did come from a family. That was a night when middle income meant something.
Correct. I'm not trying to be political about it. I'm being fiscal
about it. I agree. I agree, Jeremy. I know I'm this
is behind on a past topics, but I'm gonna put up some comments because
I really need to go to our We need to address some of our people
that are in the commenting on the show here if you could read them for
us. Absolutely. George Mason made an insane run a few years back economics
and athletics at the same school. Go Pioneer or Grizzlies taking a oh you
already has made me in a big point lead in my bracket. Pictures are
more finicky than that, Minders, and this is true. That is true.
Eddie Chatting in saying what's up from Arizona have to acknowledge all the people
in the chat room, because without them, you know, we just be
talking between ourselves. Right when James Burgess said in New York City, you
can't live indoors for less than seventy five thousand a year. I believe that
anybody else want to comment on coaches going to them or them the coaches.
Okay, mister Will, Yeah, I agree with Jeremy. I think it's
better for the student athlete to go to the campus because then you can see
the team's facilities and the field, and you get to meet potentially your future
teammates and your future coaches and your future professors and like, it gets you
into like feels like you are at the college, like gets you more comfortable
with going to the college leaving home and not when you first get there and
you're like, oh my god, it's going to be so hard do with
just here. Yes, it's better because then you can get accommodated with meeting
your future teammates and coaches and stuff. So yes, I fully agree with
Jeremy it is better for the student athlete to go to said college to visit
Ralph. Your comments, well, if some a recruit, uh, you
know, there's two ways you could spend this. Will Will and Jeremy have
a point where you know it would be best for the athlete to go to
the university. But also if I'm if I'm an athlete, a student athlete.
I want to see the coach come and talk to me and my family.
And there's things that the parents have questions they want to ask. And
sometimes some of the parents can't go to the university with the child or with
the recruit, okay, so they have to stay home. So sometimes going
to the home is an advantage, okay, but there's advantages to both of
them. There's advantages to going to you know. But I think Dion Sanders
is kind of taking it out out of proportion here, and that's something he
would do, you know, stay there and let people come and visit him
where you know, other coaches I know that you know, gone to go
to everybody's home homes, watch the watch the movie Blue Chips. Nick Nolty
went to all the brut's homes, and I mean and the one kid he
went to in Indiana there had a farm host that you know, kind of
looked like a barn, you know what I mean, So you know,
it doesn't matter what the house looks like. And then he went to the
projects to go see that other one in Chicago, and you know, so
you know, both ways work, it's just how how you spin it off.
George your comments and I'd like you to read what James. I'm gonna
put it up what James Burgess is saying. Now, Okay, James says
her aiden when you of them walked him out onto the field of the Big
House, they had an announcer call his name into the empty stadium, made
up his mind to go to U of M right then. And I did
not remember that specific incident, but Candy already stated the facts about Jim Harborough
went to a lot of homes, so that could have been maybe mister Burgess
could have been maybe a second visit for aid. And I don't know.
I would find it hard to believe that Harball would not go to his home,
seeing his father was a great football player and a former Wolverine as well.
But no, I'm more of a TRADITIONALI scandid and I think it is
important and I don't you know, I know, Jeremy made a good point
about you know what the house looks like and if they don't have but I
think that, you know, coaches nowadays have to realize that everybody lives at
a certain level, everybody has certain comfort zone in their own home. I
think it's important for the coach to go and visit. I mean, geez,
we get the Bachelor and the Bachelorette, they go to visit the homes
of their last three or four dates or whatever that show shows. So I
mean, you know, they want to see mom and dad, they want
to see the brothers or sisters, and I think the football coaches have a
right to do that. Now that being said, I've also been told that
a lot of coaches don't like it anymore. It's too much wear and tear
on them. I mean, Nick Saban left the business, Harboro left college
coaching. I mean, I don't know if that had a lot to do
with it, but that does take a toll on a head coach, no
question about it, when you do the recruiting in all the different cities you
know, around the US. So I could see it both ways, but
I'm still old school. I'd rather have the coach common business. Okay,
So Jim Harborough knew a recruiting trick right there. Oh, I'm sure Jim
made a Hutchinson house called. Jim liked doing those and he was only a
short car ride and Dad wasn't alumb anyway. One of the things I will
say and I can speak about this is I have gone to let's say many
Hurricane football games per se, and I can tell you there is a rule
that as a photographer, I cannot, and I repeat, I cannot take
pictures of any of the recruits that are there to see the game as they
are being recruited. That is a rule. So I know they bring these
guys to the different schools, and I think that's definitely important. Now,
the one big difference between bringing somebody to the school and you going to their
house is I think you get a lot more one on one time when they
go to the house, whereas when you're bringing them to the school, you
could be bringing a whole class or a whole group of people. So that
might play your advantage because you might be bringing to other people that are big
names that they want to play with too, and if they know that you're
recruiting them, I think it's interesting. I think it can go both ways.
I do think it's important for the recruit to go to the school and
see what the facilities are like, what the on campus situation, if you're
gonna live on campus or if you're gonna live off campus, what that's like.
Because I think that all plays into who you are as a student and
who you are on the field, because if you're not happy with your surroundings,
it's going to come forth on the field as well. So I think
that is very important. I think it's also important that when a coach goes
to you, that's the head coach, and normally I don't I can't speak
for experience. I don't know if more of the coaches are there too,
But if you're a quarterback, and is it just the head coach coming or
is the quarterbacks coaches the offensive like, is it all of them? Because
you're not always gonna work just one one with the head coach, let's face
it, You're gonna have more of a relationship with some of the other coaches.
And I think that's what's really important, because I think, yes,
we all want to play for a big name. Oh it's great to be
playing for this person or this person and this big school or whatnot. But
I think part of it also is surrounding around you. But that's just my
personal opinion. And I don't get paid millions of dollars And I never did
to go to college or anything. I mean, I went to college,
but that's because I paid, not because somebody else paid me. So any
other thoughts, feedback comments, No, I think it's time to go to
my town. My favorite segment. Let's see. Let us start with Ralph
tonight, you're on mute. Ralph, sorry about that. I had some
merchant vehicles going past my apartment here, so that's why I put it on
mute. Anyway, we have the NCAA tournament here. I'm very pleased that
Pittsburgh can host that. But what I'm not happy with is, and I
said this to the mayor, and I happen to be friends with the mayor,
that you need to clean the city up for this tournament, and they
did nothing to clean it up. There is nothing for people to eat at
like a diner kind of setting. There's not even a McDonald's in downtown Pittsburgh
anymore. So we have three diners in the Strip District, which isn't far
from downtown. But if you're staying at one of the downtown hotels, you
want to walk close by, and you're staying near the PPG Paints Arena,
and you want to go somewhere and have breakfast in the morning, and you
don't want to pay forty dollars for the buffet there or whatever they charge at
some of these hotel restaurants, and you want to go somewhere to a diner,
you literally have to take uber or whatever. And I brought this up
to the city's attention and numerous times that you need to clean the city up.
When they see tents and with homeless people in him and stuff, that's
a disgrace. And you know, there's already complaints being lodged by people staying
in town for this tournament about where city looks. And I think it's a
disgrace, and I think the mayort will be ashamed of himself. I think
he ought to step down because I think that this is sad. You know,
we have the NFL Draft coming in twenty twenty six, I believe,
so we better really get our city cleaned up for that. And that's that's
the way that that is. Today. And then Rowdy Zealous or whatever his
name is, finally made his way back into the Pirate lineup. He played
today. So I had hit some hits against Toronto and even though the Pirates
lost street to two and the Penguins, well, we have an amusement park
here called Kenny Wood and they have a roller coaster there with says Penguins on
it. That's that's the way the season has gone for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
And the Steelers are about to make or have already have some of the trade
made for Terry Terry mcclavin there from my Washington Redskins wide receiver. We're gonna
give him a second, five and seventh round pick and we're getting Terry mcclevin
and we're getting their seventh round pick. So Omark conn the con Man will
be stacking up picks again while the draft goes on, even though we lost
some. And that's my town, will what's happening in your town? So
in my town we held Marchmendus the first round. Today You and c beat
number sixteen, Wagner number nine, Michigan State beat number eight Mississippi State,
and Texas beat Colorado State. And the night game is in Charlie, Tennessee
versus Saint Peter's and it will continue on Saturday. Also in Charlotte, it
was announced, I think yesterday that they will be hosting an international friendly for
club soccer between two European powerhouses. I'm not gonna say, like they're well
known Chelsea FC versus Real Madrid f C, and those normally drawing a lot
of fans. So to get two of the most famous clubs in worlds in
soccer history, that's huge for the city of Charlotte. So yeah, I
love seeing that and that's my time, Okay, mister George. Well,
I know we've talked about this fella before on some other shows of ours,
but my town is again Detroit. We are very concerned about a man who
who was getting millions and millions of dollars to play shortstop here and you guys
know who I mean. Former Chicago CoV Hobveyer Bias barely hitting one hundred during
spring training in Lakeland, where the Tigers train. And it's a situation where
the Tigers are kind of handicapped because they don't have right now in their pipeline
a kid ready, I mean, Kriedler has got a possibility. There's also
another couple other shortstop in the Tigers farm system. But Bias was supposedly going
to report to camp with a new attitude and some new life to his bat.
But I'm telling you it doesn't look good right now. The Tigers lost
today and they played their pretty much their starting lineup. They lost to the
Mets, but they've had a really good pre season that detried Tigers down in
Lakeland, as is just like, oh my gosh, I mean, where
can you go with this guy? He's fallen off drastically in the year since
Detroit obtained him and since he was the MVP of the National League who he's
a finalist, I mean with the Cubs at one time, but he finished
the last season with a two sixty seven OBP, which is the worst,
the worst among all qualified hitters. So it's a situation where I don't know
what's going on with this guy. He is just not doing justice to that
huge contract the Tigers are given him. But like I said earlier, it's
a situation where they're going to try to still ride the rapids with him and
try to make sure that he realizes there are coaches that can help him,
video coaches. I don't know what the situation is with getting him to major
league level hitting, but it's just sad what's happened so far, and there's
always hope maybe something will happen in the regular season and start him off with
a better ops. But he's he's really really hit the skids since the Tigers
signed him. So that's my story. Opening days just round the corner.
Tigers opened up in Chicago against the White Sox and then they got to go
to New York to play the Mets. It's going to be a bit of
a stretch for the Tigers to open up winning ways. But we'll see what
happens and hopefully Bias will be able to somehow get out of this funk.
So George James is agreeing with you. You called it right. Georgeavier is
looking like a boat anchor from the Yeah, wow, thanks James smoking Jeremy
b Yeah, yeah, what's your my town? Cam Sutton. Yesterday in
the morning, the news broke that warrant was issued for his arrest. Back
on March seventh, he got into an argument with his girlfriend h a used
of attentive strangulation, and rumors are he threw her out the window of the
apartment. Some people say of his house. Some people say it was a
third story. Somebody says that he only has a single story. Else.
We don't know the details of it. Let's not speculate. All we know
is that his vehicle is last seen seen speeding away from the scene on March
seventh, and he hasn't been found since, and that does not bode well.
What does bode well in the team organization? Since as soon as the
authorities released the information, they went out there, they did their public statement,
and they found the clause, they are able to void that ten point
five guaranteed contract. The only thing they're on the hook for is all the
little bonuses that he won't get because he won't be at practice, he won't
be showing up for roster day, he won't be doing any of that.
So that's technically going to be twelve point three million dollars they don't have to
spend for somebody that doesn't deserve a dime as far as I'm concerned, because
if you touch a woman out of anger like that, you're not a man.
Your man card has been revoked. I agree, really sad Okay,
the special number for tonight is fifty four, And you ask why do I
bring up that number. No school has played in more NC two A tournaments
and bowl games than Wisconsin in the past thirty years. Number fifty four in
bowl games and two A tournaments. Kudos to Wisconsin because it's not normally the
school that you would think that would be that many tournament in the tournament or
that many bowl games, but kudos to them, good luck to them in
the tournament, good luck to Markette, and good luck to all the Florida
schools. That fifty four. That is my number for tonight. So with
that being said, thank you guys. I'm going to let everybody go around
the room and tell everybody how they can get a hold of you, mister
Will. We're gonna start with our special guest. So I want to thank
you guys for having me yet again. Thank you Jeremy for reaching out,
Candy for reaching out, always being on the panel with you guys, also
with Ralph, also with George Love. Watching this YouTube channel every day,
so you guys can find me on Wednesday nights on Smoking Jeremy B's show,
where were talking about the NFL Roundtable, the most recent news and we have
been doing a lot of mock drafts recently because it is almost draft season and
it is block season. Thursdays, you can find me on the zip Off
host and Buying Megan Price and also on here occasionally when effort they need me
fire up on Fridays. You can find me on Smoking Jeremy B's channel yet
again with the Detroit Lions fan cave chat and yeah that's where you can find
me. So yeah, stay tuned, I mean always open. So yeah,
thanks again, Ralph. How can you find you www dot rwmedia dot
org. I'm also on Beaver Countie Radio every Tuesday four to six pm.
This past Tuesday, I got my show on my YouTube channel or on Beaver
Countie Radio's YouTube channel. I interviewed legendary sports broadcaster in Pittsburgh, Bill Hillgrove.
He just stepped down from the Steeler job after thirty years and he is
the second longest tendered broadcaster and play by play guy in NCAA history fifty one
years he's been with pitt and I interviewed him and it was a great interview.
Also also tomorrow Friday morning and every Friday morning eleven am the External Bum
Show. We talk about bums and sports and everything else. It's Scott Morgan,
Roth, Ralph Williams, myself and the JD. Toth from Draft four,
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every Friday morning at eleven am. The external bum podcast. I have my
own YouTube channel, facebook page, LinkedIn, and I'm also on Twitter x
as well, and I'm also on Tumbler and you can that's so and you
can see all my shows on my YouTube channel. Okay, George, before
I let you talk about it, I'm gonna comment, James never saw a
Badger's hoop game, but I gotta say going to an MSU road game at
Camp Randall was an excellent experience. I honestly will tell you, James,
I completely agree. I have been to the Big House. I've been to
the Horseshoe, I've been to I've been to Illinois Wisconsin football does it right?
I want out of all of out of all the football games I've in
football stadiums i've been to, I want to say it ranks that would probably
be number one. It just is a very good experience. I have been
to Badger hoops games. They're they're fun Badger football games. I'll never forget
the time I took Scott Morgan roth his first one and he was covering it
and he was sitting up in the press box and between the third and fourth
quarter is the famous round. The whole stadium was rocking. He thought it
was he thought it was an earthquake. He was like, it was crazy.
So, yes, Camp Randall's a great place to watch a game.
I agree, Thank you, thank you, thank you. James. Okay,
George, how can people get a hold of you? And I'm going
to put a little something up in the corner because I want you to talk
about that of course. Oh well, thank you. Yeah. You can
find me at the South Florida Tribune where I ride under the Motor City Tribune
with great writers like Jeremy and Scott and Jacob Christner and jb Ellis, and
we have a whole group of writers. And obviously the book that Candy is
showing the picture of Detroit sports broadcasters on the air. It's a good read
for everybody that wants to learn about history of Detroit sports broadcasting. Guys that
have been unbelievable in our state, including Ernie Harwell and Van Patrick and Bud
Lynch and Bruce Martin, George Blaha, so many great announcers we've been blessed
with. Here there's a link at the end of my columns on the MotorCity
Tribune web page. You'll find the link to find the book, or you
could just look up yourself on Amazon. You can also reach me at giicorn
at yahoo dot com, on LinkedIn under my name, and also on Twitter
at Sanjee Sports ninety nine and find me on any number of shows which I
contribute to one hundred and eight Stitches, Sports Exchange and Pundit's Pundit and this
great fire Up show. So thanks again for having me on and look forward
to hearing from more of our readers and listeners. Okay, sorry, I
gotta scratch my eye there because he brought up a couple of old magic names.
Thank you, James Burgess, Bruce Martin and Radio Magic. They were
great together, weren't they. Yes, Yes, smoking Jeremy be my co
host. Well, you know you can find me right here on the South
Florida Tribune YouTube channel because I'm on fire Up, inside the Big Skin and
wherever else. Scott may say, Hey, Jeremy, I need a guy.
I'm that guy. He calls me his chameleon or whatever, because I
blend in with everybody. That's because I'm a cutoff of my own cloth.
I don't think they make another cloth like me. I haven't seen you,
but at the same time, you can also find me on the South Florida
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m hm. He's also the reason why my stuff gets cleaned up. No,
and I don't mean edited because of content. I mean edited because of
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I'm on actually two YouTube channels now. It's Football Talk three six five and
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I would agree with that likewise, Jeremy, thank you so much,
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and I'm gonna ask mister Jeremy to sign us off as he always does.
Try every day to be a better person than you. We heard the day
before is that the only way to make the world a better place starts right
here within. Much love everybody, Thank you everybody in the chat. Terry,
thank you very much for your comments. One of the best managers I've
ever had. I appreciate that. Terry, Thank you so much. Guys.
Thank you for enjoying and talking with me about March Madness and all the
sports. Love talking sports with you. Guys. Have a wonderful weekend,
Happy March Madness, and we'll talk to you. See you next week,
all right, have a great one. Thank you so