WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:55.079 The following is a presentation of Playfly Sports Properties in Michigan State Sports Properties. 2 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:06.959 Well pleasant, good evening everyone. It is Tuesday, May sixteenth, twenty 3 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:11.400 twenty three. I'm your host Jason Strayhorn, along with my co hosts Cheo 4 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:18.120 Cheo, Call Crip. Don't forget to jay U Otis Wiley is on assignment 5 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:23.719 doing some really important things. Stay tuned for that. But this is Sparta. 6 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:27.439 Thank you for joining our show. Always always, don't forget to click 7 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.560 the like and subscribe. But there's a lot of people that are on the 8 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.359 show that doesn't. Subscribe. Doesn't cost you anything, helps us a whole 9 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:38.799 lot. Don't forget to follow us on our social media platforms, so this 10 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:42.439 is how to do that. Thanks for tuning in to This is Sparta. 11 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:47.680 MSU. Interested in hearing more from us, be sure to follow us on 12 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:52.640 Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and even TikTok. Click on the link in 13 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:55.879 the bio to head to our link tree for more information. Help us grow 14 00:01:55.879 --> 00:02:00.000 our following by hitting the like and subscribe buttons. Tell your friends and family 15 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:02.400 to do the same. Have an idea for a future episode, let us 16 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:09.039 know in the comment section below, and now back to the show. Too, 17 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:13.159 too, man. How was your weekend? My weekend was great. 18 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:16.759 You know. I played a little golf on Friday, did the USFL game. 19 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:23.560 A nice Mother's Day celebration on Sunday, Yeah, you know, it 20 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:27.199 was very good. And then yesterday, you know, on Monday, you 21 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:32.400 know, I had George Blajas High Hopes Foundation golf tournament that I played in 22 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:36.719 and his golf out in there. You know, really good event. Really, 23 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:39.840 you know, great event. So I was excited about it so far, 24 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:43.120 so good man, what about you? No, it was a good 25 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:46.000 weekend, obviously Mother's Day. But like talk about the George blah I helps 26 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:52.240 golf out it. That's something that I'm taking typically in town for but usually 27 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:54.039 a lot of stars come out. It was usually a good crowd. Who 28 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:58.400 was there yesterday, Yeah, a lot of good people there. I you 29 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:01.680 know, played along in the group. George did this on purpose with an 30 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:07.080 old wolverine down the road, Hooper Terry Mills, you know, really good 31 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.840 dude. I had a chance to talk to him a little bit, had 32 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:15.879 a chance to talk to hang out, takes, take some pictures with Richard 33 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:23.360 rip Hamilton that go to work pison. You know, he had really you 34 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:27.039 know we were talking, you know, talking about state and he was a 35 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:29.840 man, you know, I'm really proud of aj Holgart. He's from my 36 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:32.199 hometown. And he said, great, he's gonna be something, you know, 37 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:36.280 so much better. And you know the funny thing that we're talking about, 38 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:38.080 and uh, you know, we're talking about the fact that Holguard put 39 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.759 his name in you know, for the NBA and stuff to see if if 40 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:46.039 he's gonna come back or not. And we got talking to like and he 41 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:50.800 and Rip looked at me. He's like, man, could you imagine if 42 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:55.960 we had NIL when we were in school? And he said, I would 43 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:02.960 have stayed four years if we had NFL. Really a yukon right. Yeah, 44 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:06.319 man, he was one hell of a player, I swear. I 45 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:10.000 mean that was a that's a good guy to be hanging out with playing a 46 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:14.120 little golf and it's always a good time out there. Where'd you guys play? 47 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:17.839 We played at of course in West Bloomfield, the country club out there. 48 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:27.639 Yes, okay, really really cool course and the greens are tricky, 49 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:33.920 tricky greens yesterday. But the thing is people should know only one ball the 50 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:41.480 whole day. Oh really, all that driving for show putting for you didn't 51 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:46.040 lose a ball. Not I didn't lose a ball, you know. And 52 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:48.399 don't get me wrong, I had I had a case full of them, 53 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.800 expecting to lose a few, but uh, you know, I got all 54 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:58.399 the bad stuff out on Friday and I was I was dialed in yesterday for 55 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:00.839 you man, I mean talking about you know, your game is under construction 56 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:05.959 a little bit, but there's also another construction project on campus. I don't 57 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:10.439 know if you're paying attention, there's a new football building on the construction that 58 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:15.560 looks to be opened up pretty soon. Here's a tour into the new football 59 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.279 facility. Just for an update for everyone Bard Nation. What's going on. 60 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:23.480 Darien Harris here with Trey Moseley's going to take you all through the new sixty 61 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:28.079 five thousand square foot renovation of the football building here in Michigan State's campus. 62 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:30.319 And it's gonna be a really exciting day for us. Ready to go, 63 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:33.160 Tray, Absolutely, let's do it right. Here's going to be a twenty 64 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:36.519 foot tall angle board. It's going to be as unique as it gets in 65 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:41.720 the country. Three trophy cases designated for our national Championship trophy, six of 66 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:45.079 them, by the way, being able to see the history and the team, 67 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:47.720 the legacy tradition in the elevate our game as well. So the space 68 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:50.319 we're standing in right now is going to be our gear lab. I mean 69 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:54.199 right here, you'll be able to hit the screen right here, pull up 70 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:58.240 all the different uniform combinations. There'll be actually a QR code that allows you 71 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:01.439 to kind of take a screenshot to your phone of what you decided in terms 72 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:08.000 of your favorite uniform combination of what we got. I'm gonna go green helmet, 73 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.680 white jersey, green hands. Yeah, like that green and white green 74 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:14.399 off set it. Yeah, that's my favorite. Then on the ground floor 75 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:17.160 here, Okay, what's called electrified glass. So the glass is gonna light 76 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:19.720 up, illuminate. It's gonna be like Iron Man, right, So you're 77 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:24.120 gonna be have an opportunity to actually virtually suit up all right, to really 78 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:29.720 visualize yourself, Okay, as a Michigan State's partner the Spartan dog Man. 79 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:32.120 Hey, you know that was cut short a bit, but I I just 80 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:36.560 want to give you a glimpse of what is going on. The going's on 81 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:40.920 over in east Land sing On Campus. It's gonna be a nice building, 82 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:44.279 isn't it. Yeah? It's absolutely is. It's gonna be a beautiful building. 83 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:46.399 It's gonna be a state of that aren't one of the best in the 84 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:49.680 country, And uh, that's the game. That's how college football is right 85 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:53.480 now. If you want to be able to compete and get these recruits, 86 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:57.279 you're gonna have to be modifying these buildings. Here. I get people from 87 00:06:57.319 --> 00:06:59.959 the outside saying, well, why do we need all this? Didn't we 88 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:02.360 just do a renovation a few years ago. A few years ago. That's 89 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:06.959 in football years now, that's decades ago now. Because it's always something bigger 90 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:10.680 and better coming out. And if you want the top recruits to come in, 91 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:15.360 these are the things that matter to them. The comfortability of an athlete, 92 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:19.480 the wow factor of when they're on visit, when the parents are on 93 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:24.920 visits. You know, you have the dads that you know careers fell short 94 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:28.199 and they're living vicariously through their kids. If they can go on the electrified 95 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:30.680 board and what they would look like in the uniform, you know, that's 96 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:35.279 something that's really cool and I'm really excited with it. And talk to Darien 97 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:39.360 a little bit over, I believe on Thursday, and he said that the 98 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:43.240 locker room portions should be ready by August so that the players will be in 99 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:46.240 the facility for the locker room Astray. We talked about this with a couple 100 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:50.920 guys that chemistry. So this is huge for the Spartan nation. It's really 101 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:55.600 huge. As you said, I mean, this is something that is almost 102 00:07:55.759 --> 00:08:00.000 something that's a necessity now in college sports. You look at this can stay 103 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:03.920 spending about sixty seventy million dollars for this new facility that is being built right 104 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:09.279 now. Look down the road Cincinnati, who is not a Big ten school. 105 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:13.319 You know they're going to be in the Big twelve soon. One hundred 106 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:18.079 and thirty four million dollar facility they're building down there in Cincinnati, the bear 107 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:24.000 Cats. And then you look down the road to the east of US Penn 108 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:28.920 State is in the beginning stations of a seven hundred million dollars of grade. 109 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:35.679 I mean, the investment in college athletics is incredible right now, and you 110 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:39.360 know, it's just it's it's wonderful to see for the athlete side, but 111 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:43.320 it's something that you know, I think as a whole Spartan nation just needs 112 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.720 to understand and be educated on, because look, keeping up with the Joneses 113 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:50.720 is a lot different than it used to be. Exactly what I mean exactly 114 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:54.639 you can't just while a kid with jerseys anymore. It's the facilities, you 115 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:56.960 know, It's it's that, it's the it's the environment that they're going to 116 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:01.919 be in, you know, seventy percent of the time as their student athletes 117 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:05.519 there. So they have to be comfortable. They have to be able to 118 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:09.759 feel at home in those environments there. So that's the big thing that it 119 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:13.039 takes, you know, and you know it's not what it was, and 120 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:16.519 we have to learn to move with the times and get ready because it's only 121 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:20.840 going to get bigger and better. Right, So you know playing in the 122 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:24.600 NFL as long as you did. You know what being in the facility isn't 123 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:28.360 just for comfort, like being in there a long time. And I've talked 124 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:31.120 to the strength and conditioning guys. They say, you know, in order 125 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:35.279 to get the most out of athlete, they need more than an hour every 126 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:37.600 other day with the guys. They need a holistic approach, right, I 127 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:43.120 mean being there for the treatment and stretching and cold and hot tubs and watching 128 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:48.080 film and doing your class work that you need to do, like being in 129 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:50.440 an environment where you can kind of get it all done while working on your 130 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:54.159 body just makes you a better version of you as that player, right, 131 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:58.200 yeah, it absolutely does. And you know, also to the mental aspect 132 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:01.879 of it. Know, if you're in a mentally good space, you know, 133 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:05.559 you're gonna you're gonna be able to compete at the highest level, You're 134 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:07.039 gonna be comfortable, you're gonna be ready to go. But if you're not, 135 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:11.080 if it's you know, raggedy, you know, weight machines and raggedy 136 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:16.679 locker rooms and everything like that, what happens is it develops a mindset of 137 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:20.440 you know, everything here is raggedy, is old, and people you start 138 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:24.840 thinking that and then you're like, man, and what the what happens with 139 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:28.840 that? Mentally starts weighing on your game now because you look around, you 140 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.759 see on Instagram, social media, all these other programs that are building these 141 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:37.039 things. And you talk about coaches every single day they have to recruit within 142 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:39.720 their own program. These are factors that's that's coming into play as well, 143 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:45.519 the facilities and the environment that's provided for these kids, that the nutritionists, 144 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:50.080 the strength and conditioning staff, the coaches, the position coaches, the head 145 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:56.320 coaches, the player development guy. All those people under one roof helps elevate 146 00:10:56.360 --> 00:11:01.919 the game and makes the player a more well rounded athlete. Eight mm well 147 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:05.039 said that, you I mean, you know, and again everyone and you 148 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:09.399 know, Otis is on assignment right now doing God's work. That's all we're 149 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:13.200 gonna say about what he's doing. Special announcement's coming to and we also have 150 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:16.960 a great announcement coming at the end of this show, because Chu Chu promised 151 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:20.840 you last week. He promised and that's coming. But before we get to 152 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:26.000 that, let's talk about the Nike shoe auction that's been going on here, 153 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:30.519 you talk about. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary for Title nine, each Michigan 154 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:35.840 state head coach wore customized Nike Air Force one shoe that showcased the Title nine 155 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:41.440 legislation. Yeah, man, these are these shoes are sick. You know, 156 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:46.080 they're all around. Like really, if you're a Spartan fan, you 157 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:48.480 know it's worth the support for this, but also the bigger cause of it, 158 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:52.240 that Title nine, you know, aspect of it there you know, 159 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:56.320 we all, we all, you know benefit from that, you know, 160 00:11:56.440 --> 00:12:01.120 if you know the inclusion of women in sports and the affordability and providing them. 161 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:07.279 Those opportunities only makes sports overall a lot better. And we saw that 162 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:13.559 with the NCAA tournament this year. The women outshine the men's you know, 163 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:16.720 this year. So you know, kudles to that, and koodles to Michigan 164 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:18.519 State. Kodles to everyone that's a part of this, you know, providing 165 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:22.759 you know, funds and making this a cool experience, making it not just 166 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:28.120 a one off thing and we forget about it, continuing to live that legacy 167 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:31.320 through and through. Well, can you put that back up? Produce a 168 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:33.799 pete in the background. I just want to see that one more time. 169 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:39.080 Michigan State Athletics is off schaing off a pair of these exclusive customized shoes with 170 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:43.600 the proceeds benefiting the thirty seven Word Campaign. Shoes are size eleven and a 171 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:48.120 half for men's thirteen for women's. The thirty seven Word Campaign, through the 172 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:54.240 Spartan Fund, was created and advance to advance the mission of Title nine at 173 00:12:54.399 --> 00:13:01.360 MSU and enhance quality and equity efforts for Spartan student athletes. Auction ins Thursday, 174 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:07.639 June fifteenth at seven pm Eastern. Make sure everyone's aware of that. 175 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:13.080 Get you a pair of those nice Air Force one the ones. Man the 176 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:18.519 kids would say, copy a pair, cop a pair. So man, 177 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:22.440 like moving on into the track. In the field, we got a record 178 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:26.759 setting performance. Man, and I know you're gonna want to talk about this. 179 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:35.519 Opel Jackson sets the shot put record. Let's take a look. You 180 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:58.360 so there a long time too long ago that was going perfect form on the 181 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:03.240 spin. You know, some people are spin guys, some people are glide 182 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:07.600 and she's a spin Get that power, low hips, explode those hips and 183 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:11.120 get it out there and just love to share excitement because you know, track 184 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:13.960 and field, you work so hard, you know, to be an elite, 185 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:16.360 you know, athlete in track and field especially, you know if you're 186 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:20.000 a thrower in the power sports, that the thrower side of things, and 187 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:24.120 you just you just see the hard works wet in tears, and you see 188 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:26.320 how excited her coach was for her because you know, going and you have 189 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:31.240 all these goals and you know, if you have operations that left and left 190 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:39.519 quad, man, right, that's serious, now that's some work. Yeah, 191 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:43.080 oh man, coming around on that like you got to be in that 192 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:46.200 balance, stay tucked and then explode at the front of the ring and you 193 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:52.000 don't foul all that eleven. Yeah, you were talking. That's fifty five 194 00:14:52.639 --> 00:15:00.120 feet eleven and over a half inch for those keeping track. That's congratulations you 195 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:07.039 miss Jackson. Congrats mus Jackson. Oh that's outstanding. Congratulates the shot putting 196 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:11.360 records. I mean, you're you're a state champ. In state champ. 197 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:13.879 You know, she's a record holder, she's a record holder. I have 198 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:16.600 a dinner at lunch with her. Talk to her about a little technique, 199 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:22.960 right, little little shot put talk shop talk. Also in track and field, 200 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:31.320 Big ten champion in the pole vault Trevor Stevenson, second attempt for Stevenson 201 00:15:31.399 --> 00:16:03.039 up Michigan, State of the polar Yeah, I think, how great is 202 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:07.759 that? That is awesome? And I can see, like, kudos to 203 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:11.600 the pole vaulters man your life on that one pole there, you know, 204 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:18.840 like could you see my big ass trying to I think we could get some 205 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:22.200 bend on that thing. But I don't know about the catapult over the bar. 206 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:26.399 Oh my goodness. Yeah, that would be almost kind of like like 207 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:33.919 a comic Cozi style mindset to do this really really Yeah, it's it's scary, 208 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:38.679 run into it's great to watch. It's like poetry emotion. You know, 209 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:42.000 everything has to be right, your placement of it, and you know 210 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:45.559 you have to time it right, your run, your you mark your steps 211 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:49.360 and everything. It's it's complete poetry motion. And you know, kudos to 212 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:56.320 them, and congratulations to mister Stevenson, big time forever a pole vault, 213 00:16:56.639 --> 00:17:02.759 big ten champion ever. That's awesome, you know, look at it. 214 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:07.359 So we got a shot put record holder and now big ten champ in the 215 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:11.119 poleva the fields taking the taking, and then we're gonna go to the golf 216 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:17.559 course where the women are now regional champs in the NCAA tournament. Tickets punched. 217 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:22.480 Yeah, man, that's great. You know they're you know, good 218 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:26.119 champs. You know, now they're going to to the to the big dance 219 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:30.720 now where where like you know, really counts there. So uh, congratulations 220 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:34.039 to them. We all know everyone that's played golf. Golf is the most 221 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:37.279 humbling sport that you can place straight. You know, you're gonna hit good 222 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:40.960 shots and then you turn around, you hit a great drive, you turn 223 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.279 around and you you duff it with your iron and you end up three four 224 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:47.599 putting. You know, but when everything's on, you know like it is 225 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:49.880 for these women right now, and the hard work is paying off and they 226 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:55.319 get this attention and I'm just glad we get to provide we have a platform 227 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:59.680 to promote them and their sport because you know, obviously it's not talked about 228 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:02.799 it enough throughout you know, the country, but we had to inspire the 229 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:04.559 ms you believe, you know, it's an important you know, spot for 230 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:11.720 them and give them the platform for it. Coach Stacy Slavnik does it again. 231 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:15.119 Didn't get the Big ten championship this year, She's got a ton of 232 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:18.880 those, but a regional championship and now being able to go on to the 233 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:23.400 NCAA's in Scottsdale, Arizona at Great Hawk Country Club. It's going to be 234 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:26.759 a great event. And you know, Mischiss State looks to make some noise 235 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.119 in the nation. I mean, this is a school who has a very 236 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:36.599 story tradition in the women's golf area, and it looked much success for them 237 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:40.880 going forward, and I think they got they got a shot, So maybe 238 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:42.359 I don't know. Look, you've been out the Phoenix out of Gulf Alley. 239 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:47.759 It was a tournament, yeah, waste Management, Yeah, the Phoenix 240 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:52.680 Waste Management went Phoenix Waste Management Open. Yeah. Man you signed it. 241 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:56.039 You know you were really locked in when you were out there. Oh yeah, 242 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:00.400 it was. It was great. You know, great call weather, 243 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:03.480 Arizona provides that great courses out there, So these ladies are going to have 244 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:08.079 a great time there and while competing for a national title. Yeah, you 245 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:12.880 know, I love to do a show from there if you like. From 246 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:19.720 the sixty year old have a little fun out there with you too, man, 247 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:22.759 you know, like going to the football side of things for a second. 248 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:27.839 Bryce Banger, he signs his contract with the Patriots four years, four 249 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:36.559 point oh one. Don't forget the old one me, Dallas. You know 250 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:41.440 that is great. Congratulations to him. You know, his hard work is 251 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:45.799 paying off. You know, he get that. He had one of those 252 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:48.759 roller coasters careers in college. You know, at one point he wasn't even 253 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:52.480 a part of the team. At one point he was the video guy and 254 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:56.759 just continue to be persistent and work his way, and when his moment came, 255 00:19:56.799 --> 00:20:00.559 he took advantage of that moment and became the best punter there in the 256 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.519 country. I said, damn shame he didn't win that Ray Guy Award as 257 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:07.359 he should have. But now he's just showing, you know, by his 258 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:11.200 performance at the Pro Day and at the Combine and then leading to him being 259 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:17.640 drafted and now getting this big payday. Congratulations to Bryce. So we got 260 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:22.319 two trophy people that we have a right with, obviously the Heisman for K 261 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:25.880 nine in Old one in twenty one and then the Ray Guy people. So 262 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:29.240 we got we gotta figure this out. You know, they gotta write the 263 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:33.359 ship. Maybe we got some more players coming up in the future on those 264 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:37.480 lists, and you know they can do the right thing. But just terrible 265 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:40.119 that he didn't win it. You're right, But congratulations to him getting his 266 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:42.720 deal signed. You know these deals are normally slotted, but getting the agents 267 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:47.640 in there and getting it done is a big thing. So now he doesn't 268 00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:48.720 have to worry about the business side of things. Just get out there. 269 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:52.599 He's in rookie minicant now, I'm sure, and uh, just time to 270 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:59.400 work on his craft. Wearing a different color out there in Gillette Stadium and 271 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:04.440 with the Evil Empire. The Evil Empire, right, Belichick loves sparks. 272 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:08.519 But I'll tell you what you know, we will come back to you with 273 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:18.240 some more football news after this message from a friends over at I Hop introducing 274 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:23.799 I hops new Eggs Benedicts. When you take a poached egg added to a 275 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:30.240 crispy English muffin, buire roasted Pablano peppers and shredded beef with our rich and 276 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:34.440 buttery Honda sauce, you don't just get our handcrafted new Eggs Benedicts on your 277 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:41.799 plate, you get a smile on your plate New Eggs Benedicts in four delicious 278 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:51.920 flavors only from ihop Dude too, we got some XFL award to talk about 279 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:59.440 here, Championship appearances, the XFL by our Michigan State's owned Shakur Brown and 280 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:04.240 Jacob Panashut. Yeah, you know, these these two guys had an opportunity 281 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:11.160 to square off for the championship you know this week here and Shakira Brown his 282 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:14.400 team, the Arlington Renegades. They were able to pull that off and won. 283 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:17.440 You know, giving Bob Stoops, you know, their their coach, 284 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:21.319 another piece of hardware to add to his collection. But you know it was 285 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:23.160 great. You don't having too, you know, two Spartans in the final 286 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:26.480 game. It just shows the level of football that's played at Michigan State that 287 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:32.119 these guys can compete on any level. Love question and then talking about guys 288 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:37.640 competing on a high level in the XFL. Two all XFL candidates and former 289 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:41.599 Spartans, and that's Mike panachugen Drew Beasley. Yeah, you know, both 290 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:45.839 great Spartans when they were you know, here wearing the green and white, 291 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:48.640 and they'd get to go on and you know, showcase those skills you know 292 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:52.480 in the XFL. You know, great for them, you know, taking 293 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:57.799 advantage of that opportunity and running with it. Mike put was a the defensive 294 00:22:57.799 --> 00:23:03.119 lineman at Michigan State along with his brother Jacob Convert a little bit because he, 295 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:07.200 you know, seemed to be a pretty outstanding athletic guy on the offensive 296 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:12.200 side of the ball playing center, got himself a combine and not a combine 297 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:18.359 actually invite to the Steelers. Yeah, you know, he's gonna have the 298 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:22.160 opportunity to go on to mining camp and showcase his ability and have a chance 299 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:27.160 to play on Sundays. And he's a guy that I think he's ahead of 300 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:30.119 the curve there because what they're looking for, what coach Tomlin looked for. 301 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:33.119 He's a hard nosed coach. You know, he's gonna you know, put 302 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:36.599 the players through the Ringers. He doesn't care if these guys, you know 303 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:41.640 how much money you make your professional athlete, he's gonna The toughest training camps 304 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:45.000 are the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp. You can ask anybody around the league that 305 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:48.880 if you're in the Steeler training camp, be ready to hit every single day. 306 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:53.119 And that's that mental aspect of it, because once you you don that 307 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:56.599 black and gold, you have to have that blue collar mentality. You have 308 00:23:56.640 --> 00:24:00.599 to have that mentality if you're going to go out there and puncture opponent in 309 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:06.680 the mouth every single time. And like coach coach Tomlin would always say, 310 00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:10.319 the standard is the standard, so you're gonna have to live up to it. 311 00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:12.400 And I think he's gonna have the opportunity to do that. I think 312 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:18.240 he's gonna perform well in camp. Yeah, it looks like a guy who 313 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:22.440 I mean prototypical size for the center position. You know, maybe a step 314 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:26.480 slower, maybe a little bit not as not as heavy as you'd like as 315 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:29.799 a three technique type of defensive lineman, and maybe you know, doesn't have 316 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:32.519 that explosiveness. But on the offensive side of the ball, I mean, 317 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:37.079 he's Taylor may to be a great offensive lineman and just being able to pick 318 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:42.759 it up and be comfortable in a position that is completely counterintuitive to everything even 319 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:48.640 as a human being your entire life, you know, So stop people from 320 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:53.160 running forward at you by being back standing up right and catching them but then 321 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.960 putting them on the ground at the same time. It just it's it's all 322 00:24:57.000 --> 00:25:02.720 over place two of that. Who understands offensiveignment but other offensive linement. So 323 00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:08.359 you know, look too, like when we talk about these opportunities for players 324 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:12.720 in the XFL, you you're covering what's going on in the USFL for the 325 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:18.759 Michigan Athers. It's been great to see more opportunities now for guys to get 326 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:23.799 camp opportunities to the NFL where they otherwise didn't have that prior to the World 327 00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:27.559 Bowl. Yeah, you know, you're a hundred percent right, because back 328 00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:34.279 in two thousand, I believe, was the last season of the NFL Europe 329 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:41.160 and where those players have the opportunity to be kind of the NFL teams owned 330 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:45.519 their rights to the players and then we'll go to these different teams throughout Europe 331 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:51.079 and play. But since then, there hasn't been an opportunity for these guys 332 00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:55.279 basketball. There's the G League that the guys can development in their baseball. 333 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:59.480 There's the minor leagues football. For over a decade a few decades now, 334 00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:03.400 it was you made it to the NFL or you didn't, you know, 335 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:07.799 and you had guys who would spend their entire time that you know, training 336 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:11.000 to get an opportunity to work out for a team. But now they have 337 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:18.880 the opportunity to one get paid, make money and to showcase their talents because 338 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:22.799 they know when they're the season is in the spring. So now when they're 339 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:26.519 done, they have the opportunity to go be invited like Panashue was to a 340 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:30.279 camp, you know, coming up here for the NFL. And it's the 341 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:34.160 same thing with the USFL. It is it's really really cool to see because 342 00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:37.599 you look through the roster. You got guys that bounce around four different NFL 343 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:42.680 teams. Where you got a guy like in the USFL Michigan Panthers Josh Butler, 344 00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:47.759 he didn't have the opportunity for a combine because of COVID, you know, 345 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:49.799 so he couldn't showcase his talents. There he's a guy that you know, 346 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:52.559 he's just been training and getting ready. You're talking to these guys they 347 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:56.880 had nine to five jobs and now they have the opportunity to continue to live 348 00:26:56.920 --> 00:27:00.640 out their dreams. So it's right. You know, people might you know 349 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:06.000 who who on the XFL or the USFL saying it's not the NFL. You're 350 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:10.079 right, it's not the NFL, but it's something that creates gives these guys 351 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:14.319 a pathway to the NFL. So take advantage of it if you're a player, 352 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:17.839 and know, as a player coming out, just because you don't get 353 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:19.880 your name called a draft day, you don't get your name, you know, 354 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:22.559 invited to a camp or anything like that, it's not the end. 355 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:27.359 You're still talented enough to play in these leagues. Showcase your talent amongst you 356 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:32.640 know, highly competitive guys that's been in the NFL, and then you can 357 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:36.759 get that second chance at it. And a lot of guys have been, 358 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:38.960 you know, documented to have you know, two, three, four or 359 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:44.720 five chances before they finally break through on a roster. You know, hopefully 360 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:48.119 some of these Misigan State guys that have been that people know, can not 361 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:52.400 only get their shot in the NFL, but as they're doing that, develop 362 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:55.680 a name brand for themselves, get themselves some notoriety and a little money. 363 00:27:55.960 --> 00:28:00.599 You know that on nil they didn't have a nil treatment exactly day. Man. 364 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:03.960 I mean it's a different world. You've got facilities like this money and 365 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:08.559 now look we got a minor league that isn't college football in the XFL and 366 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:14.720 USFL. No for you too, Like you know, you've been around the 367 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:18.799 country, you know, talking to a lot of different players. What is 368 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:22.400 it like for guys? Take people inside of a player who is on the 369 00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:26.519 bubble, so to speak, to get into an NFL team, trying to 370 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:30.480 stay in shape, waiting on that call, trying to make ends meet before 371 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:32.400 you know, if you have a family, if you're getting ready to start 372 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:34.319 a family, all those things. Talk about what that journey is like, 373 00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:37.720 Yeah, their journey. You know, Like if you you know a player 374 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:42.680 that you're you're with a team during camp and you get cut the last day 375 00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:47.279 of camp, you know you have that film from the preseason games and something 376 00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:52.000 that's against these guys. Now, before you had an opportunity for four preseason 377 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:56.799 games to display your opportunity and talents. Now it's only two presisting games, 378 00:28:56.799 --> 00:29:00.160 So you have to show everything there and you might not get to burn you 379 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:03.480 expect that you want and then you're done. So now you have to have 380 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:07.359 two choices. You have to go find a job because you want to maintain 381 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:10.119 a lifestyle. You want to be able to pay for a roof over your 382 00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:12.640 head. And while you're don't working your ninety five, you got to be 383 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:17.799 training as well to stay in shape because you think you might get that call. 384 00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:19.200 You're in touch with your agent. Hey, you know, to end 385 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:22.680 one reach out. You know, I might gaining any interest you know, 386 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:26.319 with any teams. You know, this is what I can do. Some 387 00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:30.640 guys take it into their own hands by sending messages two teams saying, hey, 388 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:32.799 this is my film. I just want a shot. You know, 389 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:36.279 I'll come. I'll you know, I'll pay my own way to my workouts 390 00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:38.680 and everything like that. So it's these guys that really really want to live 391 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:42.119 out their dreams and uh, you know, come and to do that. 392 00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:47.279 And that's why it's so important to have these leagues like the USFL and the 393 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:52.200 XFL, so these guys can you know, earn earn a salary, earn 394 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:56.920 a living wage, and also continue their path to their dreams of one day 395 00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:00.880 playing at the top level playing in the NFL. You know, in talking 396 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:06.559 about the facility upgrades that you've seen around the country a lot of schools, 397 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:11.079 and you've seen this in the Michigan State plans that there's a special group of 398 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:15.839 lockers for NFL guys. I would say it's pro football guys that are players 399 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:21.480 that are still in the game that are no longer at Michigan State. Talk 400 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:25.400 about that ability to be able to come back to your homeschool and get some 401 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:29.480 training in, you know, be around the guys, because that's really what 402 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:33.759 people miss the most when you're a player, is the camaraderie that is lost 403 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:37.240 a lot of times as you're trying to reach your pinnacle. Yeah, that's 404 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:41.200 absolutely huge, straight and you know you talk about it. What better you 405 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:45.640 know, recruiting tool for a player you known, Hey, your day is 406 00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:48.559 your goal is to go to the NFL. When you're done with the NFL, 407 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:52.279 or when you're in their off season in the NFL. You made it 408 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:55.519 to the NFL, you're in the off season, or you're still trying to 409 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:57.519 work out to get back on a team, you can come back to your 410 00:30:57.559 --> 00:31:02.960 homeschool where you know the facilities, you know the town, you know the 411 00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:06.599 coaches, you know the training staff, and there's a there's a spot for 412 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:08.759 you. You can go in the locker and store your stuff that was in 413 00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:12.359 there. When I went to San Diego and trained, I had to go 414 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:15.960 and rent a place in San Diego, pay for a personal trainer, you 415 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:18.920 know, and the facility in there. I had to go do all that 416 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:23.039 stuff. But now these kids have the opportunity to come back to their home, 417 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:26.160 you know, locker room that they're used to, and that's what we 418 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:30.039 talked about, you know, earlier. With these facility updates. It's all 419 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:33.039 about the ecosystem for the athlete, making them feel the most comfortable because they 420 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:37.480 can perform the best when you're comfortable. If you know the place you're going 421 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.839 to go one hundred miles an hour, you're going to go faster, You're 422 00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:42.599 going to be more successful. If you're out there guessing an in an uncomfortable 423 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:47.640 position, you don't go as hard. So now this is absolutely huge and 424 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:51.119 it's a big recruiting tool for these guys, saying, hey, you're always 425 00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:53.200 once you're a Spartan dog. You're always a Spartan dog, and you always 426 00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:56.039 have a home here. If you're training to get back in the league, 427 00:31:56.119 --> 00:32:00.359 you can come back and use our facilities. You can come and use ours, 428 00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:02.279 you can have store your stuff in the locker, you can use our 429 00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:07.000 coaches, our trainers, all those different things. It's really really cool and 430 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.720 it's really important. And I don't think a lot of schools in the country 431 00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:13.359 do that, but the Spartans are doing that. Yeah, they sure are 432 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:15.039 doing and doing on a high level. And what people may not know is 433 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:21.359 now with strength conditioning, you have the coaches that kind of work with your 434 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:23.960 current coach, so you can the NFL Strengths and Conditioning guy or your personal 435 00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:29.720 guy that you pay for in another town may will talk with a Jason Novak 436 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:32.640 or doctor guests in the strength and Conditioning department and be able to come up 437 00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:37.400 with that workout plan that's tailor made for you. Everything is a lot different 438 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:40.240 than you know, the weight room that you or I and the people maybe 439 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:49.359 the guys are watching this gas watching this because it is specific to the athlete, 440 00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:53.160 whatever their deficient and they find ways, they have specific plans to make 441 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:59.240 you a holistically better athlete mint, mind, body, and soul, so 442 00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:02.720 that that the physical piece that we're talking about in the gym, like this 443 00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:07.400 is stay. They are like this is great for Michigan State and like you 444 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:10.119 said, you're having pros in the in the weight room, in the locker 445 00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:14.559 room while you you know, you're you're freshman trying to learn, like how 446 00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:19.279 to even get the class on time? Does help you. Yeah, And 447 00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:23.960 you know something that I absolutely love about this, you know this way that 448 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:30.160 you just talked about like tailoring the workouts for the person and not everyone's the 449 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:34.759 same, because talk about like we all you know, I want to talk 450 00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:37.960 about in between the ears, the mental aspect of the game. Now for 451 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:43.279 a second, you're a let's go to the college level there and you're a 452 00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:46.599 high school freshman coming in. You know, I can attest to this otis 453 00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:50.519 can attest to this stray. You're just a different beast. You came in 454 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:53.920 strong, you could bench all day, so you didn't have that issue. 455 00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:58.400 But you're going in there with guys from all over the country, people at 456 00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:01.839 different developmental level. You know, you don't have the opportunity to lift, 457 00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:05.400 you know all this, and you come in there, you're in lifting with 458 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:09.360 sophomores, juniors, seniors, and they're pushing weight and you're struggling with two 459 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:15.199 twenty five on the bar. If that and now with the way that things 460 00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:17.159 are tailored. You know, you don't have to be, you know, 461 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:21.320 lose that mental game every time you go into the weight room. You don't 462 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:23.840 have to dread going into the weight room because you can't lift as much as 463 00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:28.679 a senior. If you're a freshman, everything's tailored to you and it's your 464 00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:31.559 body type and it's what's going to make you the optimal, the most optimal 465 00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:36.639 athlete that you can be. And working your fast twitch, your quick twitch 466 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:40.360 muscles, all those different things, the nutrition piece and the strength piece has 467 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:46.800 really changed the game of football for the better physically and mentally. Without question. 468 00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:52.559 It's something that that's that's something that's a must for the athletes of today. 469 00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:55.920 And if you don't buy into these things as an athlete and you're not 470 00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:00.840 getting those games that you need on the field, listen, like this is 471 00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:06.480 a too much on the line nowadays, you know the transfer portal being right 472 00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:10.880 there to reality, so you know to stay out of that. And I'm 473 00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:15.159 talking in those situations where players realize that they can't make it at a certain 474 00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:19.320 level. This is this is what we're talking about. And usually if the 475 00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:22.639 guys plugged in one hundred percent and doing everything, the coaches are asking you're 476 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:25.440 going to see the results that you need most of the time, you know, 477 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:30.199 there are some other cases that that it doesn't happen, but it's needed. 478 00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:32.440 This is not a luxury item. This is something that is a necessity 479 00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:38.639 thing for the way things are now. And we're talking about necessity. We 480 00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:43.280 we gotta know to like, you surprised me. And oh this last time, 481 00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:46.239 I think it was Tuesday last week, we had a beautiful Mother's Day 482 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:50.119 show that you didn't show up for. But that's okay. You were there 483 00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:52.480 in spirit? Was there in spirit? I love you, by the way. 484 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:57.400 Shout out to all the moms that were on that. It was absolutely 485 00:35:57.679 --> 00:36:00.719 so. It was a it was a coaster of a show. You know. 486 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:05.400 At that time, I was at that Spartan Explored Detroit event there and 487 00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:08.400 I was there with Darren Harris, uh Delon Tatum, Malie Carr, and 488 00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:12.920 they were so excited that their mothers were hosting Malik. You know, we're 489 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:15.239 in the thing. He's watching it on his phone, you know, he 490 00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:17.639 said he watched the show twice, you know, and it just showed like 491 00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:23.199 the how proud these guys are of their mothers and in their mothers and uh 492 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:25.880 you know, shout out to them for you know, being thrown in the 493 00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:30.559 fire, you know called baptism by fire there, and you know, a 494 00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:35.599 great job to them. And Alicia absolutely crushed it. She absolutely crushed it. 495 00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:39.960 You know, if we need a show moderator now, she know, 496 00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:44.679 she's know that. You know, we ever get a debate show or something 497 00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:46.880 like that, she's the moderator on that there, because you know, she 498 00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:52.280 absolutely crushed it. All all four ladies did a tremendous job. And uh, 499 00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:57.679 you know, they almost got me stray. They almost did almost got 500 00:36:57.719 --> 00:37:01.880 me when they had when they had the messages from the kids the Happy Mother's 501 00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:07.239 Day. Oh man, I was like, oh, gotta take some breaths. 502 00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:15.880 Yeah, yeah, I had to cut onions in there. It's incredible 503 00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:21.000 now, no true, We're all sitting here with baited breath, wondering what 504 00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:24.880 is it? What is it that you have a special announcement to bring all 505 00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:29.840 listeners here? It is right here. Yeah, I asked people. I've 506 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:32.559 had people reaching out to me today, Tom Story, a bunch of other 507 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:36.760 you know listeners, Hey, what is this special announcement? Like they just 508 00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:38.559 I'm not gonna just tell one part. You gotta watch the show for the 509 00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:44.079 special announcement. So this announcement so big I couldn't even do it myself. 510 00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:49.400 So what I had I had to enlist someone to help me make this announcement. 511 00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:55.719 So without further ado, Pete, could you please what is going on? 512 00:37:55.719 --> 00:38:01.639 This is Sparta ms U. I am here with me, biggie, 513 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:06.519 and you know this. Uh, we're talking about big announcement coming up. 514 00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:14.280 Summer Slam's coming to Fordfield right here in Detroit. This guy his biz and 515 00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:16.800 by the way, fifteen he played at Iowa. Just so you know, 516 00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:22.000 fellow Big ten actors, I two of you will have a chance to win 517 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:30.519 tickets to come with the crew myself, Otis and Jason Suma, August Filth 518 00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:44.400 got chance to y'all Summer Slam here. Okay, I'm gonna slam two tickets, 519 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:47.239 So I mean that's you me. So you're saying just one of just 520 00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:51.239 two of us can go and nobody else. What are you saying? Oh 521 00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:54.440 no, we're that you me. Oh two people can have a chance to 522 00:38:54.519 --> 00:39:02.000 win that hangout experience with us at SummerSlam. Ah, we're gonna be there. 523 00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:06.000 We're gonna be there, you know, and it's gonna be it's gonna 524 00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:07.639 be good tickets. You're not gonna be sitting up top. You don't need 525 00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:15.519 binoculars. You know. No. Two is the You know that he's w 526 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:17.679 W expert. Now all the guys talk to him, they hang out. 527 00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:22.000 I mean, I bet this is okay. This is gonna be bigger than 528 00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:24.719 you're not. You're not even selling this right. Look, we're gonna have 529 00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:28.719 all the access in the world here. You're talking about w W with this 530 00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:32.119 guy. You know, Listen, we might need a couple of guys. 531 00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:50.079 We might go out for drinks after your phones hanging with you light Detroit man, 532 00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:52.800 It's gonna be a great event. W W. E puts it up, 533 00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:57.000 puts out a terrific event, you know, whatever city that they go, 534 00:39:57.079 --> 00:40:00.000 and they do a lot of stuff for the community, impact the community 535 00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:05.559 in revenue side and entertainment side. And so I'm just happy and excited that 536 00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:08.599 we at this is part of MSU, can share this experience with some of 537 00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:13.320 our you know, listeners and our viewers out here. So it's gonna be 538 00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:19.360 a great events. Summer Slam, Biggie myself, Jason Otis, this is 539 00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:24.480 part of MSU takeover of Summer Slam exciting stuff. Oh man, so we're 540 00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:29.159 gonna come with you know what we're gonna do in order to win this sweepstakes 541 00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:34.599 soon to to just you know, you follow our socials as visus right here 542 00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:38.079 for more info. We'll get more info as to how you can win these 543 00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:44.199 tickets. But that's cool, you actually had It's really cool man. You 544 00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:49.880 know, it's full of star power. This guy's you know, that's awesome. 545 00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:52.719 So yeah, I can I can picture this whole night. That's gonna 546 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:57.199 be a very very very very cool night. Guys. Look, I think 547 00:40:57.239 --> 00:41:00.480 that you know, this was a concise ship. It was good information. 548 00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:05.360 It was very information. I felt like this show today I felt like a 549 00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:13.920 report I was going. I felt we were we were both spitting just telling 550 00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:16.280 people truth, you know. I mean, look, you know there's there's 551 00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:21.280 a lot going on all over. We're gonna get some more updates on that 552 00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:25.920 trip that went on in Detroit when Otis comes back on Thursday night. We're 553 00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:30.079 gonna also talk about what's what's going on in in the NBA right now, 554 00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:34.679 you know, see what's up with day and as he Draymond Green is no 555 00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:37.639 longer in the in the fight right now, but he's going in the Free 556 00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:43.880 Agency. I'm gonna have Tom Izzo is gonna be in the Orange County, 557 00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:45.679 California area. I don't know who lives out there for golf out it, 558 00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:50.280 so we may catch up with it. Was gonna be co hosting the show 559 00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:55.039 maybe maybe little Tom miss no interview. I'll do a little bit of that, 560 00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:58.639 but uh, but then there's a lot of things that we're gonna cover 561 00:41:58.719 --> 00:42:04.840 in the next episode. But I'm Jason Strayhorn. This is Sparta ms You 562 00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:17.880 have a good night, God bless and go great, Go White. 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