WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:55.159 The following is a presentation of Playfly Sports Properties in Michigan State Sports Properties. 2 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:04.000 Well, well, well, welcome everybody. It's Tuesday, February seven, 3 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:07.239 twenty and twenty three. I'm your host, Jason straight On on all of 4 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:14.799 my co hosts, Otis Wiley and Jay You Chew Chew cul Crik in the 5 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:19.200 house and this is Sparta. Welcome to the show. You know, I 6 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:23.359 know there's gonna be a lot of people in the chat today, so we're 7 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:26.480 gonna be watching that answering any questions that are out there for any of you. 8 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:30.480 Thank you guys for watching us live. Don't forget to click the like 9 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:34.200 button and subscribe to YouTube. That's where all the action the magic happens with 10 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:38.040 the live shows. 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Man, talk to me talk 20 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:27.599 Gold Tuesday. All good, straight, all good man. It's blessed to 21 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:30.960 be here, live, breathing. Well. You know, we got a 22 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.159 lot of stuff cooking today. Man, I'm excited for what we got going 23 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:38.400 on today. And I feel like I feel like we ain't had a show 24 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:42.639 in a while. Was you know, we feel like we've done so many. 25 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:45.199 You know, we start missing, like man, start missing each other. 26 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:46.840 You know, Jay, you's traveling, you know, it's getting this 27 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:52.639 stuff on with it. He's on the road, on the road again. 28 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:57.680 Yeah, that's what Jay, he's doing. Yeah. Man, I'm in 29 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:04.479 beautiful sunny California. Yeah. Uh, mister Strayhorn's home plan here. Uh. 30 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:07.800 I got to the airport. I got there a black s u V 31 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:13.479 all blacked out, pulled up, picked me up straight. What's driving that 32 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:16.960 thing? Took me to lunch last night we had an opportunity to go get 33 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:21.800 some food and some drinks and hang out with some old former dogs. Flows 34 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:24.960 out Stephen Reeves, you know, straight out we caught up to them. 35 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:28.800 It was a good time, man, good time straight showing love out here 36 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:32.840 on the West Coast. Hey looking straight like West Coast the best coast man. 37 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:36.120 You know. He tried, he tried to do. He tried to 38 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:38.240 get the sales pitch and get you to move over there. I mean, 39 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:40.919 I was just he just drove me through the nice parts and be like, 40 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:53.120 look, yeah, man, it's so clean over there. Man, it's 41 00:03:53.120 --> 00:04:00.360 just so clean, and it is eating colid flower eating. See you that 42 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:05.960 you ain't cloun flying. See what what I did do? We went to 43 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:14.360 lunch and so he had a nice Canadian dish poutine. He found a Canadian 44 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:21.959 dish dish okay, French, and there was some this one had pork belly 45 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:30.680 on there. Felt he was rushing that thing. Did his thing too. 46 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:34.560 I know he did as he does all the time. Yeah, I know 47 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:40.519 he did. Man. Look, guys, we got a very packed show, 48 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:46.959 but the center of attention goes to you know, one number twenty one, 49 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:50.879 All right, that's Otis Wiley. But Odessa had to pass the torch 50 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:59.279 over a little bit because it's another twenty one in town. Oh there you 51 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:02.879 go. Yeah, hey, you know what we should have had. We 52 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:08.439 should have had our main man, Dentatum and mister Tatum his dad. He 53 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:14.560 loves he loves singing that song. Yeah, we're talking about Dylentatum. Dylentatum 54 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:18.000 joins the show with us right now, young Spartan dog. Welcome to This 55 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:24.199 is Spartan Dylan. How you doing and I'm doing great. Great to see 56 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:28.120 you guys. Great to be here, Great to have you here. Man, 57 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:31.720 I mean, look at that up. Yeah, where where you at? 58 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:38.240 Man? Where's your where's your gigs at? Don't tell you University village? 59 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:45.160 Gotcha? Man, that's what's up man twenty one? Man, it's 60 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.240 it's good to obviously bring you on. I know we've always been seeing each 61 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:51.279 other at all the sporting events. You know you do. You do a 62 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:55.639 lot of support and I think you know, Spartan fans need to understand that 63 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:59.279 you support a lot of our other sports and a lot of other student athletes. 64 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:01.920 Man, And you know how many do you actually go to right now? 65 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:05.279 Like every every sporting I feel like I see every time at all the 66 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:11.120 games. Oh yeah, I'm at all the home games of basketball. I've 67 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:15.319 been to all the whole meets of gymnastics. I went to the girls basketball 68 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:17.360 game the other day, so I'm trying to get around, you know, 69 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:20.959 meet new people and support to everybody else, you know, so they can 70 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:27.839 support us. Absolutely, absolutely, that's great man. Yeah, let's you 71 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:30.160 know, jump into this thing. You know, you're you're on the field, 72 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:32.480 you're balling out and it had to start somewhere. What did you develop 73 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:38.480 the love and passion for the game of football. I've been playing football since 74 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:45.120 I was about six years old. My dad was a football player down in 75 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:48.360 Eastern Michigan, you know, Wayne Memorial High School, so it kind of 76 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:54.000 took off from there. Yeah, some players and players, you know. 77 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:57.680 My uncle played in the league, played for the Raiders and went to North 78 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:00.600 and I with my mother and my mom was a chat star. So sports 79 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:03.240 has always been in my life. You know. Growing up, I played 80 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:06.199 running back the whole life. You know, that was my comfortable position. 81 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:09.160 You know, I said, I'm gonna go to college. I'm gonna challenge 82 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:12.879 myself and try to be different and get on the field fast, you know, 83 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:16.920 play some defensive back. So what you're saying that it was easier to 84 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:24.959 play, yo, Look, jus jay us playing the fame is that. 85 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:28.959 You know, back in the day, they would always convert the offensive players 86 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:32.120 to corner back. And uh was that always in the playing dealing when you 87 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:36.120 was recruiting, recruited or you just you were were you considered an athlete at 88 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:40.839 h and just know like you have the skill set to go both ways? 89 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:46.399 So being recruited, yeah, I was considered an athlete. Uh. They 90 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:48.199 bentually told me, like when you get on campus, you know, you 91 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:51.399 gotta choose at some point or at least before you get here. And I 92 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:55.199 said, I figured out, I'll go. I'll go with the defensive back 93 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:57.560 position. You know, you need five DB's to play the game of football 94 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:01.800 nowadays. So when you get when you get that, you know, it's 95 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.199 easier to get on the field and and know like offense side of the ball, 96 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:07.519 you get beat up a lot, especially at the running back position, 97 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:18.199 and law jevy wise doesn't really help out. You know, I'm about to 98 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:22.480 say jay U's experience is it was quite different, but it's fun still when 99 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:26.000 he talks about it. Yeah. Man, So you know, so then 100 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:28.560 you have the opportunity. You know, you you you bawled out in high 101 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:31.720 school, you know, stud out there come from a background, you know, 102 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:37.519 athletic family background and everything like that. What was the draw to Michigan 103 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:41.720 State And how much input did your family have in the decision to come in 104 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:48.120 to East Lanson? So you know, middle to Thrill Coleman was my my 105 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:52.320 you football coach, and you know that that kind of kind of started a 106 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:54.440 little bit, you know, But I've always been in Michigan State fan. 107 00:08:56.639 --> 00:09:01.879 Just the culture here is just completely different than anywhere else. It's like family 108 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:03.679 oriented. You know, they bring you in, You're part of a family 109 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:07.120 and that's for the rest of your life. Of Spitan Dogs for life, 110 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:11.000 you know. And really just I felt the fit like immediately as soon as 111 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:15.279 I got here, just to fit, like I can get with these guys, 112 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:20.879 we can work hard together and we can win some games. Yeah. 113 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:26.480 I mean you obviously had an experience of we go back to last game of 114 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:31.600 the season and you and I had this chat about you know, playing I 115 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:37.200 mean you started right Penn State at cornerback and to go in there and kind 116 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:41.240 of fill in for Chuck Brandtley, you know, take us through the mental 117 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:46.279 mindset of when you knew you were going to be starting and just talk about 118 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:50.399 kind of the preparation of going out there and playing against Penn State in and 119 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:54.759 have value. I mean, that's a big game, big arena, big 120 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:58.919 scene, big platform to really get that first start. But let's talk about 121 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:01.080 it, man, give us, give us some some details of like what 122 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:05.000 you were going through mentally and how you prepared yourself to truly have a great 123 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:11.200 game from a standpoint of being out there for the first time. Really, 124 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:16.240 like I say, my first thought was really Wisconsin being part of that Nickel 125 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:22.360 package and as a safety and just like the entire season, I was just 126 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:28.200 playing like every defensive back position, just learning everything and the hardest one to 127 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:31.960 learn was definitely corner, just because you're on the island so much, it's 128 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:35.720 completely different, and going into Penn State, I just knew I just needed 129 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:39.639 like make sure I had the confidence to go out there and just be me, 130 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:43.279 you know. You know, as a young guy, it's okay to 131 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:46.399 mess up, but like as long as you're working hard and you make it 132 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:48.240 up on the next play. I mean, what can I say, you 133 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:52.879 know, just go out there and be yourself. That's that's all trying to 134 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:58.799 do. When when did the nerves settle? Because I have the same experience 135 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:03.320 of you know, did start that nickelback and it was at Notre Dame and 136 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:07.320 uh that's what we had the overtime win and I got a sack on Brady 137 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:09.960 Quinn. I'm like, you couldn't tell me nothing. When I got a 138 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.600 sack on Brady Quinn, I was like, I'm here, I've arrived. 139 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:15.960 Like I acted. I acted the food when I got it too. Man, 140 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:20.440 But like when did it fully settle? Like, because nerves happen. 141 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:22.759 Man, you go out there, you're in a freaking you know, this 142 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:24.960 is a big game. It's one of we had to win to get to 143 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:28.600 a bowl game, so there's a lot of more pressure. But like when 144 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.200 it doest settle, when you're like, what's the past? Start to hit? 145 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:33.159 You start getting accustomed to it, you know, you go yeah, 146 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.360 oh yeah, definitely definitely want A receiver tried to block me and I basically 147 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:41.480 just hind them up. Like the line, I'm like, this is this 148 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:43.320 is not the type of game you're gonna play like you're just not showing me. 149 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:46.960 I know I'm a young guy, but that's just not this is not 150 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:50.120 how it's gonna be. So as soon as I got out the way and 151 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:54.080 then led into making them three tackles of the game. And then you know, 152 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:56.799 just just being where I need to be and making a difference, you 153 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:01.799 know. So yeah, that just calmed it down to me. You know, 154 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:07.799 Dylan like I sometimes, I like I like food sometimes. And I 155 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:11.399 was in a place where they serve food. It was a barbecue place, 156 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:16.000 mission barbecue. I was by myself, wearing my spartan hat, and a 157 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:20.639 gentleman walks in and says, go green, and turn around he's wearing his 158 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:26.279 spartan hat. I said, go white, and turns out to be none 159 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:31.039 other than Darrantatum, your father hang it out barbecue on a little food run 160 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:37.159 himself in the middle of the afternoon. And you know, I hear about 161 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:41.480 his legendary grill that goes on with the parent tailgating bring us into that a 162 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:46.080 little bit. Is that something that he's been doing before Michigan State. Is 163 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.519 this going back to Little League or is this something brand new for Michigan State. 164 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:54.879 It's definitely brand new for Michigan State. But it's been going on for 165 00:12:54.879 --> 00:13:00.480 a minute now, so that that grill is a complete huge trailer, right, 166 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:03.000 it's my it belongs to my my cousin and my cousin. You know, 167 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:05.960 now my cousin, my dad shared. They call each other brothers, 168 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:09.440 so like they share. He'll bring it up here and we'll have the whole 169 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:13.000 things just shut down, like the whole space and it's over. Man. 170 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:16.440 You got the tents, you got the heater, the TV for people that 171 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:20.080 can't come in the games. It's completely fun. They did the same thing. 172 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:24.720 You got our state championship game in high school. We did it homecoming 173 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:28.919 games in high school, all that and that. I mean in little league, 174 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:31.960 it was always like my dad was like, man, I never want 175 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:35.320 to go somewhere and I'm not and I don't have something that I should have. 176 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:41.519 So we got this big old van that my dad had forever as old 177 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:43.720 as me. But it works great. It looks good, you know. 178 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:48.440 And he passed it to the fullest and you can't see out the back and 179 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:52.799 you do all the time for a track meet or any type of football game. 180 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:56.279 You got everything you need to have. And yeah, the music and 181 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:01.639 the dance that's a little sister said, yeah, got there is over. 182 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:07.600 Shut it down. Yeah see what is it with that twenty one? Yeah, 183 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:11.960 No, I was gonna say, have fathers who are like integral in 184 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:16.960 the tailcate because you know his father is in there too, so we got 185 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:22.720 to have the oldest there and cook off we gotta go yeah oh yeah, 186 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:24.879 yeah, you know what, we might as well just start all a little 187 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:35.559 restaurant club twenty one twenty one Yeah absolutely absolutely might show up. Who knows. 188 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:39.480 Oh yeah, man, So talk talk about daling, like we talked 189 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:43.559 about how we selected our numbers or the numbers was selected forest when we got 190 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:46.519 the campus. You know, I see that you was he was wearing number 191 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:50.159 five in high school and you know when you got here, you know, 192 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:54.360 how was that? How did that twenty one come to you? Because I 193 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.080 didn't know I was wearing number twenty in high school, and so I didn't 194 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:00.600 know what I was going to get. I didn't I wasn't like cho where 195 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.879 was like I demand a number? Like that's when you know you a diva, 196 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:13.480 right, like, oh, I'm offensive demand this number? So like 197 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:16.399 so so yeah, tell us about like how it came to be and then 198 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.759 how you adapted it and made it your own, because you know, there's 199 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:24.399 a lot of history with each number and how you pass it down and you 200 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:28.759 know, talk about that so twenty one was really it was just given to 201 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:33.960 me, and it was definitely the best defensive back number that was left after 202 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.039 like, you know, after everybody else had their numbers. You know, 203 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:41.919 I always wanted five. I said, I like that five. I like 204 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:46.600 that five. I had a chance to change it after the season and became 205 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:50.200 a conclusion that, like, man, I got family members, my parents, 206 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:52.879 I got cousins, everybody bought twenty one number. Let's let's just keep 207 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:56.240 it. It looks good. No, it's not bad. You know where 208 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:58.960 my heart is at five, you know, but it's okay. I like 209 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.879 twenty one. They got Drake got the song. You know it was right 210 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:10.720 on time too, man, right, it was right on time. So 211 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:14.840 Dylan, tell us about this. You know, this season obviously was a 212 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:18.840 frustrating season, especially defense, because there was a lot of injuries and you 213 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:22.080 know, some would say the defense couldn't do what they wanted to do. 214 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:29.399 Talk us through that frustration of the season and how you guys stuck together as 215 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:36.039 a band of brothers. Definitely, as the season went on, we definitely 216 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:40.440 got closer. And I'll keep it completely real, like we had some guys 217 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:42.879 that chang here thought they could just come and play football and go straight to 218 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:45.840 the league. But not Bill, no de korum or no relationship with the 219 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:49.679 other guys, especially on defense side of the ball. So as the season 220 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:55.120 went on and you had all those issueschol down and all that issues, things 221 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:57.519 got closer because we were like, okay, if we won a bowl game, 222 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:00.919 we gotta like each other, don't don't it don't work like this where 223 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:07.119 you got haters and selfish guys all over the place. So it was it 224 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:11.359 was definitely tough. It definitely helped the guys grow as we go into this 225 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.480 season because I mean it's a brand new season where zero and zero everybody's undefeated, 226 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:21.200 Like, guys wanted way more, and all I can think about is 227 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:23.079 twenty nine to seven. That's all I can think about. All I can 228 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:27.759 I don't like that at all. So yeah, I mean, you got 229 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:32.680 you got blood brothers that you paid, blood, sweat and tears playing on 230 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:37.039 the opposite side. But all that throwing out the window, right, He's 231 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:40.799 like, all that all that's in the past, man, in the past. 232 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:48.880 Are you talking about other high school teammates that referring to so talk about 233 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:53.079 that your relationship with you know, your ex teammates that are wearing the other 234 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:56.920 colors right now from the real they were green and white. They were doing 235 00:17:56.920 --> 00:18:00.880 the right thing at West Moofield, But then they go on to Harbor and 236 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:03.279 you are in these lands and how's your relationship with those couple of players. 237 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:07.839 Oh, we're still friends. But at the end of the day, when 238 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:11.920 that week comes or any type of debate comes, they know where I stand. 239 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:17.440 You know, Me, me and don we talk and once a week 240 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:21.960 really and it's just like, how you doing, how you're adjusting any any 241 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:23.839 question like that? Make sure straight. I make sure he's straight. You 242 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:27.559 know, the other seven on the other side of the ball, he's doing 243 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:30.759 well. We don't talking as much as me and Donovan, dude, but 244 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:33.799 like McCary, man, he's a good guy. He's he was a leader 245 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.880 at West Boomfield, so like look up to guys like that. But when 246 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:41.680 he put that jersey on across the other side of the ball, you know, 247 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:44.799 or the sideline, all that go out the window. You know. 248 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:47.519 I tell Donond every time we're on the farm, I'm like, man, 249 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:53.599 I just can't wait to hit you. Man. Wait, man, that's 250 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:56.599 great. You know we have someone in here talk about you know the fact 251 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:00.000 that you're a sharp dresser. So let's talk about that. What what what's 252 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:06.079 the preparation going into your game day fit? Oh, it's so I'm the 253 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:08.559 only guy, from what I heard, the only guy that wore a different 254 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:32.839 suit every spark walks. Who put you on that? Definitely my parents, 255 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:36.160 you know, going to church all the time. You're not wearing jeans, 256 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:40.759 You're not wearing no no polo shirt. You wearing. You wearing a nice 257 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:44.599 shirt with some slacks. It's nice shoes and no gym shoes, nothing like 258 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:48.400 that. And your slacks better go to your ankle. Ankles ain't showing, 259 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:53.680 you know, so pretty pretty traditional. But I like it. I think 260 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:57.759 it's cool, especially when I get my my suit fitted, you know, 261 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:04.880 tailor. It looks sweet. I like it. You're right right now, 262 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:10.400 like it's important now, like we we all have seen the news. Uh 263 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:12.799 and and you obviously got it. When you look good, you smell good, 264 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.960 you play good with a little coach prime. I still I stole that 265 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:21.559 from J j U because I know he's about to say that, and it 266 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:26.119 led to uh an n I l deal with ovation. I see the hat 267 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:30.160 and then we got one of the creators and founders to join the show. 268 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:37.200 Uh in Seawan Prinshaw. Uh, you know, let's talk about obviously how 269 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:41.160 the the brand came about, but also how this this marriage or how you 270 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:45.400 you were sought after to create your own fragrance line. And I mean, 271 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:49.640 I haven't seen that happen. Besides, you know, uh, what was 272 00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:56.440 the mustard with the running back? Spicy mustard for Texas running back? But 273 00:20:56.519 --> 00:21:00.200 like from this standpoint of fragrance, like this is this is something that some 274 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:03.880 president somebody who hasn't had this. This is the first that I've seen talking 275 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:07.119 about ovation. And then obviously welcome to the show, Sean Chrisshaw, who 276 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:11.920 is obviously the one who has created this. But welcome, welcome to the 277 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:18.480 Spartan Doll podcast right here, this is Spartan. Hey no, no, 278 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:21.880 thank you, gentlemen. Can you hear me? Okay? Can you hear 279 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:26.680 Can you hear me? Yes? We can? Yeah, no, thank 280 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:30.119 you, gentlemen. Hey, I appreciate y'all. Man, this is a 281 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:33.400 great platform. Man, thank you for inviting me. And as you all 282 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:37.440 already picked up, you know Dylan, his style and his swag man made 283 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:42.039 him an ideal candidate for US when we talked about identifying players for NIL. 284 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:48.839 You know, the fragrance itself is all about celebrating the style, the creativity, 285 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.359 the showmanship, and accomplishments of African American men. You know, I 286 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:56.920 was, my dad was a big fragrance consumer, my uncles, you know, 287 00:21:56.039 --> 00:22:00.400 my cousins. And the reason why I created the brand because there was 288 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:06.599 a void in the market of major brands celebrated or actually just featuring the imagery 289 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:11.200 of African American men and their marketing, their branding, their communications. There 290 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:14.359 was a void in the market and I knew that there was an opportunity because 291 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:18.480 I was a fragrance consumer and people that looked like me were big fragrance consumers, 292 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.720 my dad, my uncle, my cousins, and I knew there was 293 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:25.160 an opportunity to create a brand that really spoke to us in an authentic and 294 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:30.400 genuine way. And so that was the impetus of the idea. And during 295 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:33.200 the time when I thought of the idea, I mean, you know, 296 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:36.079 Black men were being attacked. You know, there were targets on our back. 297 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:38.839 We were having the ferguson the situation and all the other you know, 298 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:42.480 things going on across American I knew that this was an opportunity to create a 299 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:47.720 brand that spoke to my passion for fragrance, but also spoke to my passion 300 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:52.519 about uplifting my fellow African American men, men of color. And this was 301 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:56.480 a perfect fit. And Dylan, again was just you know, I did 302 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:00.599 my research and diligence. I recognized that Dylan had been to an NIL conference 303 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:04.359 down in Atlanta, so he was already at the forefront of understanding personal brand 304 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:07.880 and brand imagery. And I couldn't do anything butt reach out, couldn't do 305 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:11.960 anything butt reach out. So that's what's brought us here, and I'm happy 306 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:18.559 to form this partnership and support his personal brand development as an MSU spartan nice. 307 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:22.200 We got a lot of people, you know, and then they already 308 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:26.680 wont it. They want, you know, when and where can people get 309 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:32.480 their hands on this new Fragrance? Yeah, yeah, so it's uh so 310 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:37.160 the brand itself has been in existence, uh since twenty fifteen. It's been 311 00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:41.960 a grassroot effort. But just this past holiday season we sold out and we 312 00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:45.400 decided to you know, we've been planning a second Fragrance and so this year 313 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:49.640 twenty twenty three, instead of you know, restocking with our old fragments, 314 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:52.240 we say, hey, we're just going to be out of stock for a 315 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:56.680 minute. We're going to relaunch with an additional fragrance ovation for men's sport. 316 00:23:56.119 --> 00:24:02.480 We sell it directly to the consumer online via our website at ovation fragrance dot 317 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:07.240 com. We will be relaunching around the first to mid of May. So 318 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:11.720 our ovation for men Sport is gonna be our premiere uh line that we're gonna 319 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:17.960 feature. You'll see Dalan in some advertisements, and so the first to men 320 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:22.039 May, we'll be sending out some announcements, but definitely you know, uh 321 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:26.920 save that website Ovation fragrance dot com. Our tagline is every man deserves an 322 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:32.720 Ovation. So we want to do everything we can to again highlight all the 323 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:37.759 positive things, positive messages and positive imagery that that that's going on in our 324 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:40.839 community. And again, Dylan's gonna be leading that charge. And so we're 325 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:44.799 just proud to have this opportunity to work with with with Dylan and and and 326 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:47.359 and uh and the and the Spartan team. You know, hey, what 327 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:49.359 we're gonna do is we're gonna define what a Spartan man looks like. I 328 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:52.480 know and brothers, y'all already got it down. But we're gonna were gonna 329 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:56.079 we're gonna crystallize it and give and give it that smell good. So so 330 00:24:56.160 --> 00:25:00.759 that's the whole vision. That's the vision. That's awesome, man. Look 331 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:04.400 like, let's talk about etiquette because people don't know, like when you when 332 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:11.519 you spray the smell good on on, you tell us where you need to 333 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:14.640 put it at. And because people like spray it all over, they put 334 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:18.440 it in their their wrists or on their deck. Like, tell us how 335 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:22.559 men are supposed to put the fragrance on to make sure they smell good for 336 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:25.880 the entirety of the day. Yes, sir, Hey, oh, I'm 337 00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:27.119 glad you asked that question, man, because I've had to go through an 338 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:30.319 education with this. So so here's the deal. Here's the here's the first 339 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:33.240 no. You don't do when you spread it on, you do not rub 340 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:37.160 it on your wrists. Do not rub your wrist together. That is a 341 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:40.880 no. No. You are killing the molecules of the fragrance. You know, 342 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:44.720 the whole purpose of a fragrance is to let the molecules, you know, 343 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:48.079 have access to the open air so that they can do what they do. 344 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:51.039 You know, when you rub your wrist together, you crush the molecules 345 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:52.559 and it kind of mutes the fragrance. So you don't want to do that. 346 00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:56.440 What you better do is spray the fragrance on your on your post points. 347 00:25:56.680 --> 00:26:00.279 That's on the side of your neck, that in your chest, that's 348 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:04.119 on you know, on your wrists. And then some people like to get 349 00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:07.079 fancy sometimes people you know, I have a bad head, so I sometimes 350 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:10.279 spread on my on the top of my head, you know, just so 351 00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:15.400 I have a fresh you know, yeah, fresh little sea eyes as I 352 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:18.839 swing my head. But but you know, and you can spread on your 353 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:22.319 clothes. It's fine. But normally about five or six spreys don't overspread. 354 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:25.799 You know, there's a real popular meme going on right now. We're brother. 355 00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:29.119 He just he's just dousing himself. You know, in fragrance, you 356 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.519 do not want to do that. Do not want to do that five or 357 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:34.359 six nice little pumps boom boom boom, you know, you know, and 358 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:37.000 and let the fragrance sit in hey and let you do your thing. But 359 00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:41.440 we say about fragrances, fragrance introduces you before you even speak a word. 360 00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:45.319 So you know, find that fragrance that really fits your style. There's there's 361 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:49.680 a multitude of fragrances, different categories. There's floral, there's citrus, you 362 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:53.680 know, there's spice. There's a lot of different categories. But I recommend 363 00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:57.440 for people to really take the time to understand the etiquette of fragrance because what 364 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:00.400 it is is a art, you know, and it's a part of your 365 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:03.880 swag, you know, and like I said, it speaks for you before 366 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:06.599 you even speak. So we love it, man, we love it. 367 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:14.319 It's a beautiful thing. Man. Oh that's a lesson right there. Yeah, 368 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:17.480 So Dylan, you know, so you know we're talking to Sean. 369 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:21.680 Sean explained, you know, the background behind you know, the line and 370 00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:25.160 everything like that. What was it that attracted you, what drew you to 371 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.119 that? And said, man, this is gonna be a this is a 372 00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:33.079 good match, you know, for Dylan, and definitely tooking part that is 373 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:37.440 black on Sean. He hasn't said yet, but he's actually a family friend 374 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:41.640 and my dad's from back in middle school. They used to play ball together 375 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:45.680 and that just even brought even more, it brought us closer and my dad 376 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:48.839 was just like, man, you you really got to do this. And 377 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:52.960 once I met Sean over the phone and just talked to him, I'm like, 378 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:55.000 this is a great guy. He knows what he's doing, he knows 379 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:59.799 what he wants, and he's got he's got something that we can build together 380 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:03.720 there big And I really liked that. And definitely my mom was just like, 381 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:11.400 you're doing something real nice. I like this. When Sean did, 382 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:15.240 he came to my carr Back and Farmington Hills and he had brought both the 383 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:21.119 Fragrancis because we haven't chosen like which one yet and we were trying to decide. 384 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:23.839 He let me take part of choosing, you know, which one is 385 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:27.720 like the best known one, And I'm like, man, I like them 386 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:32.160 both so like and that's how you know he's doing something great over there. 387 00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:34.240 And like when we work together, I feel like we can take this through 388 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:44.880 the roof absolutely Spartan's well day. Well, I think we will be able 389 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:48.839 to like to I mean stray like when it happens and when it drops, 390 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:56.960 it's like, I know our followers, we get look that I'm trying to 391 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:59.839 I'm trying to speak. Before I even into that room, they were like, 392 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:07.599 who coming, Who's coming through? Gotta love a good fragrance man. 393 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:11.599 I mean that's outstanding. I mean, you couldn't. I mean, I 394 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:15.839 know it's something that was kind of you know, the relationship was kind of 395 00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:19.079 there because of the relationship with the father. But you couldn't picked a better 396 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:22.599 young man. I mean, this is a guy it doesn't at all speak 397 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:26.480 to me as a freshman, the way that he carries himself, the way 398 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:29.559 that he's always out about. I don't think I've ever been to all the 399 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:32.359 games that you've been to, and I've been around for a long time, 400 00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:36.119 and you are going to these games, You're out and about in the community, 401 00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:38.599 and every time we see you, you know, you're just like a 402 00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:44.200 really a breath of fresh air as a freshman. You know that you don't 403 00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:47.759 really think of freshman coming in and having a leadership role. But what was 404 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:49.880 it about you? And you know I can see that this right here, 405 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:55.720 what you're doing with the ovation company and how you carry your own brand, 406 00:29:56.200 --> 00:30:00.200 Like, what has made you do that? What has set you off on 407 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:03.920 that pace to be a different difference maker in my opinion, to the rest 408 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:10.960 of the guys in your class, so to speaking, mm hmm. Really, 409 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:15.319 the biggest thing I really want to make my parents go out and that 410 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:18.359 just that's what that's what I'm doing a lot of this stuff for is just 411 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:21.119 to make them put a smile on their face. You know. I feel 412 00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:25.039 like that just hits me in the heart. You know. That's that's what 413 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:29.440 I want from my grandmother, my grandmother, my late grandma, who I 414 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:32.240 loved it, man, I loved it. But she was always just like 415 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:37.160 she would give me interview lessons, make sure I know how to talk, 416 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:41.119 make sure I judge comperly, make sure I'm going to formals as a twelve 417 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:45.319 eleven year old, known want to wear, how to how to eat dinner 418 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:48.839 and a cross your fork and knife at the end when you're done with your 419 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:53.759 food. And she she was a doctor PhD all that I mean she she 420 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:59.680 she set the example right there and just made sure like that I'm like good 421 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:03.960 before she had had left us, you know. So mm hmm, Man, 422 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:07.359 listen, man, I think, uh you got mama pride right now. 423 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:12.720 Man, that's one of those things, you know, I gotta say, 424 00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:15.920 Sean, you picked a good one, man. You picked up you 425 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:18.680 picked a great ambassador for the brand, and uh, you know, we're 426 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:22.759 appreciate you know you, you know, stepping into the Spartan world and giving 427 00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:30.359 that platform to you know, one of our guys. Hey, hey, 428 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:33.160 my my pleasure, Jay Man, I appreciated an oldest man again, thank 429 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:37.759 you for for having me in and straight. We appreciate it, man, 430 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:40.720 I mean we we This is just one of these things where I think, 431 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.720 you know, this is another example of when you know, we come together 432 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:48.599 and support each other and celebrate each other and offer our platforms to push again. 433 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:51.839 You know that that that that Spartan man to to the next level. 434 00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.759 And so I'm just proud to be a part of this man, and there 435 00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:56.799 will be more to come. So I appreciate it and thank you absolutely well. 436 00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:59.200 Thank you man. We thank you, Dylan Man. We appreciate it 437 00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:04.839 obviously. You know you got my number obviously and obviously twenty one. Like 438 00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:07.720 we like for life, Yeah, we like for life man. So uh, 439 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:12.000 anything you need, man, I still got my backpedal smooth operator, 440 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:14.480 man, So you need some tracks in the trade. You know, I 441 00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:17.720 had the best best hands on the team, uh better than Jayu as well. 442 00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:24.279 So and you never you never see you never see You're fin you never 443 00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:29.359 see j half back screen man. You know, if you want. Okay, 444 00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:31.319 so so, so let me say you, since Otis brought this out 445 00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:35.920 there, if you look the greatest comeback in college football history, what's set 446 00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:39.799 by Michigan State against Northwestern? And to start that off, what's a thirty 447 00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:45.839 yard touchdown reception from me? This is true drill, So relax, I'm 448 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:49.920 not gonna lie. When it was in the air, I was like, 449 00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:54.920 please please the game tonight. You go to the hoops game, the Maryland 450 00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:59.759 game. Yeah, yeah, in the game. Okay, all right, 451 00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:01.440 man, we'll let you go. I know that you're gonna go. This 452 00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:07.880 is his dealing social media handles right here at the governor underscore one K for 453 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:15.839 Twitter and at Dylan Tatum for Instagram. Nation show him love, Show him 454 00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:19.920 love, and a life should follow and get that man growing up, because 455 00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:22.960 once you get the ovation coming in, he's about to be slinging and willing 456 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:30.920 and dealing, so you might you might as well put that thing. Well, 457 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:35.920 thank you all man, Appreciate you guys. All right, guys, 458 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:38.880 appreciate you guys. Thank thank you all. Hey, and appreciate it. 459 00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:46.400 Definitely agree. Hey, you know, like I want a deal and to 460 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:51.119 stay on. I could have talked to him for another you know, yeah, 461 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:55.079 but we do something that that he said And I want to ask you 462 00:33:55.079 --> 00:34:00.960 guys, just because I think I've alluded to this in the and everything. 463 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:04.480 I don't know if it was on here or talking to people, and something 464 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:10.760 that he said really struck me by. We had guys that kept transferred in 465 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:15.320 and thought they were gonna be one and play one year and go to the 466 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:21.599 league. What do you guys, is that like a knock on the transfer 467 00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:24.000 portal? Is that something that you know, coaches now you have to We 468 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:29.599 talked about that rebuilding of the culture and everything if you go too heavy in 469 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:31.800 the transfer portal, And we just had an example a guy that's in the 470 00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:36.119 locker room this year, you know, saying that. What are your thoughts 471 00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:39.760 on that? Man? I think I mean you mentioned that earlier in one 472 00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:45.440 of our podcasts about you can't build a culture off of transfer portals like transfer 473 00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:50.760 guys coming in now there's a few that you pick and you put in, 474 00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:53.559 but it's almost you have to vet them that are they fit for our culture? 475 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:59.679 And you also have to weed through you know, the I guess the 476 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:04.320 first four stages of you know, showing me or trying to basically interview me 477 00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:07.840 because I'm gonna tell you whatever you need to do. You need to see 478 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:10.559 here to get me on campus. But you never know what happens when you 479 00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:15.159 go out there when the coaches aren't there and they're embedded with the other guys. 480 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:17.360 And so you know, I think what strategic is you line up with, 481 00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:21.559 you put them on their recruiting trip, You put them in guys that 482 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:24.000 those guys are able to report back to you in state. Hey, Coach, 483 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:28.800 I don't I don't think that's the guy. Man like he can, 484 00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:32.199 he got talent. I think he can make a huge impact. But from 485 00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:36.639 a culture standpoint, I think he's a me guy. He's not a WE 486 00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:38.320 guy. And so I think to your point, Jay, when you said 487 00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:44.239 earlier and then Dylan mentioned it, you saw that chemistry out there that was 488 00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:47.800 lacking when we were playing last season, and so you know, I think 489 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:53.400 we are obviously learned the lesson well moving into off season that they got to 490 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:58.920 truly build that culture and that team bonding bonding so that nothing, nothing that 491 00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:01.599 happens this this season from adversity is going to really break the chain. And 492 00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:05.480 I think that's what they're doing right now. Is building that strong bond and 493 00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:09.000 getting ready for the for the Great Iron for the fall season. Yeah, 494 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:13.159 I think that's a smart thing if you what you just suggested that they talk 495 00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:16.039 to the players and get some feedback as to what kind of guy this is 496 00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:20.760 and get beyond the x's and o's a little bit. When you're talking about 497 00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:22.960 a culture. I think Michigan State has some work to do with that. 498 00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:25.960 When you're talking about bringing in new guys. When you hit a hope a 499 00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:31.400 grand slam like you did two years ago with Kenneth Walker the third, I 500 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:36.320 think that you can start kind of rely on swinging for the fences a lot. 501 00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:39.599 And you know, obviously you see it here. You heard it from 502 00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:44.880 from a player on the team, a contributor, a young one that you 503 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:46.599 know, that's what the feeling was on one side of the ball. So 504 00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:51.000 you know they'll I think that that's something that you got to be honest with 505 00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:54.239 yourselves about and and do some self scouting and reflecting and fix it. They 506 00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:59.039 have the resources to fix it, so I believe that they will. I 507 00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:02.960 mean people are watching it. Guys from Clinton Township down in Florida. You 508 00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:07.000 got Berkeley, Michigan, you got Bellville in the house. Say what's up, 509 00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:15.440 Peggy, Flint Town stand up? Maybe Flint Town stand up. I 510 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:22.079 don't see Canada. We're working on that. When we looked at the thing, 511 00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:24.199 we have people from Africa that watch the show. So there we go. 512 00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:30.440 Yeah, they need a gotta gotta be in the chat. Get them 513 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:32.320 in here. On the difference time difference, they have to watch them. 514 00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:37.639 They're gonna watch your recap. I gotta watch the recap. That's right. 515 00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:40.239 We'll give them a pass for that's what you know. 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All right, gentlemen, 524 00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:30.079 Well, you know, we just talked to one of our own players about 525 00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:34.639 an NIL deal that was struck with Ovation Fragrance, and now you know they 526 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:37.880 talk about the national landscape of this, like you gotta be following NIL because 527 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:43.280 it's an ever evolving thing. And we see on the national scale this is 528 00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:47.360 Jaden was shot out. A quarterback that people have been following who were committed 529 00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:52.480 to Miami, be committed, goes to Florida for more money, and then 530 00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:55.760 Florida completely renagged on almost fourteen million dollars. He ends up signing guys for 531 00:38:55.880 --> 00:39:04.320 Arizona State with no NIL man. I wish we played that, uh that 532 00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:10.599 saving interview more so show that quote is that you got to show myself approved 533 00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:15.480 before you see that value. Like I consider it being like you get into 534 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:17.440 the league, you get a signing bonus and you got bust. You know, 535 00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:21.679 people that don't produce, but you know they got that big money in 536 00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:24.559 that contract. What's obviously yeah, young man, eat get that bread, 537 00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:29.800 right, But to the point of you haven't shown that you could even throw 538 00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:34.760 the ball at this level or even like understand a playbook, and you get 539 00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:37.760 that size money and so you know, I think it's just set in the 540 00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:43.000 press and I think stuff is kind of scaling back because it's how about the 541 00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:45.760 articles. Yeah, his article where you know, you got guys asking for 542 00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:51.480 you know, family members and girlfriends getting in school because of you know, 543 00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:54.280 a coming of years to your school and you know, kudos to Nick to 544 00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:59.079 coach, to King Saban. You know that he's like, look, this 545 00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:01.079 is not this is not the place for you. Like you're not going to 546 00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:06.079 get this from Jump, Like you got to earn your your keeping. Bryce 547 00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:09.079 Young is a prime example who came in. You know, obviously he got 548 00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:13.519 some money early in the season, but he sold, He sold results, 549 00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:16.000 and he obviously is now the Doctor Pepper brand ambassador. So it's one of 550 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:21.800 those things where you've got to put product on the field. Winning brings the 551 00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:27.599 brands. Go ahead, I understand what you're saying, otis I understand is 552 00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:30.239 that winning brings the brand all that stuff. I understand that I'm with you 553 00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:36.519 on that. But the truth thing in this situation is all right, at 554 00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.400 the end of the day, we consider here, we can bitch, we 555 00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:39.440 can moan, we can graap, we can do whatever we want to do. 556 00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:44.400 You know, the nil is in place all right. The issue that 557 00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:51.280 I have here, the issue that I have is the fact that whoever was 558 00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:55.000 counseling that young man, whoever was to support system, to you know, 559 00:40:55.159 --> 00:41:00.519 help him achieve, you know, even pick the right school for him, 560 00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:07.199 failed him. They failed that young man because they were greedy. And that's 561 00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:12.159 the that's the issue that's at hand here. It's not we can't fault the 562 00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:15.760 NIL system that's in place right now. I get what you're saying, Otis, 563 00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:19.840 but we have to take a step back and say, whoever, if 564 00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:23.639 it's a parent, if it's a hired legal representationation for that guy, failed 565 00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:30.719 that kid because he had something already lined up at Miami for nine million dollars. 566 00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:32.880 And then you know, they say, oh, you know, we'll 567 00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:37.400 give you thirteen over boom, you're done and you're leaving and you have you 568 00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:39.800 end up with nothing. The kids should be sick to his stomach, his 569 00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:45.079 family should be embarrassed about it. And now he's he's on his third school. 570 00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:50.119 You know, Arizona State was not his first choice. You know. 571 00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:52.880 So that's the thing when you talk about it otis as well, is pick 572 00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:58.679 the school that you want to go to, you know, Tase the dollar. 573 00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:02.280 But if the dollar there and you have the opportunity to go somewhere where, 574 00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:07.280 what the hell this kid didn't, hasn't played a down and he had 575 00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:12.599 nine points something million dollars sitting there for him, and greed came in because 576 00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:15.840 his counsel, his everyone that was there helping him decided they wanted to be 577 00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:21.719 greedy and they thought for themselves instead of this the best interest of this kid. 578 00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:27.519 And now he's stuck out there with nothing. Now. Mentor and we 579 00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:30.280 all know Sean hart Stray, you know, Sean one of my mentors. 580 00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:37.039 He truly helped me understand the value of don't chase the bag, chase the 581 00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:44.159 assignment and these young kids, man Like, I do feel for him because 582 00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:50.400 clearly that was that's a life changing investment to go there and play and now 583 00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:53.920 you're you're with nothing. But I feel like it's humbled him to like, 584 00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:57.119 now you got to go out there and get it. Now, you know, 585 00:42:57.159 --> 00:43:00.639 you got to go out there and truly develop and then our put some 586 00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:04.800 product on the field. And he's I guess QB one in Arizona State to 587 00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:07.760 the point of now, yeah, he looked like shaking his head. No, 588 00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:12.239 he ain't. The kid's mentally checked out. He's got absolutely, he's 589 00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:16.119 worked. He's mentally he's gone, yeah, yeah, it's gonna be tough. 590 00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:21.079 I mean you talk about, you know, the psychological ramifications of having 591 00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:23.599 thought that you had that type of money and then now I have zero. 592 00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:27.960 That's a big swing, guys. That that's a thought about it that I 593 00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:30.719 think people need to really wrap their arms around the young man and the family 594 00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:37.159 and guide them through this because it's gotta be tough. Right now, it's 595 00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:40.199 lonely, and he's like, you know, people are poking fun at him. 596 00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:45.079 I read a story where he was at the Elite eleven camp the quarterbacks, 597 00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:47.519 and when he had the original deal. All the talk in that Elite 598 00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:52.440 eleven in camp was about his deal and how much money and how does it 599 00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:54.880 work, to the point where the kid couldn't even complete a pass. He 600 00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:59.599 was thinking about that and he couldn't think about what he was doing. He 601 00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:01.280 couldn't. He wears feet are at We talk about that a lot, right 602 00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:05.880 When you be the best player, the best person that you could be, 603 00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:10.599 you need to be present where you are, and that's what happens when numbers 604 00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:15.880 like this get thrown around financially. I'm not killing the game of nil itself, 605 00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:20.960 but obviously for this young man did not turn out the way that you 606 00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:24.320 would hope. And hopefully something comes for him in a year or so from 607 00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:28.679 now when he starts to prove himself on the field. Speaking of other nil 608 00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:35.280 deals, the Popeyes kid remember him, Yeah, and he's got a super 609 00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:42.000 Bowl deal going on. You might know me. I used to be that 610 00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:45.960 mean kidd, and now I mean Poppie's Big Game. Ad has got all 611 00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:52.440 those things those ad have, like a nice ride electric of course it's got 612 00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:58.440 puppies and if he even got my own celebrity meal offer the eyes on the 613 00:44:58.480 --> 00:45:04.159 fries or pies offer, I get your eyes on them fries or pies. 614 00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:15.719 I didn't keep one of these, man, It was all the dream I 615 00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:22.280 was getting. Biggie vibes. Biggie vibes, I got those talk about a 616 00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:28.719 come up man, Oh my god. I used that meme all the time 617 00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:32.360 too, though, Like it's just full circle, man, using using the 618 00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:37.039 laughing joke for for for some some investment in money, man, that's legit. 619 00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:43.440 That's whodos pop pies man? Because that's now I'm glad they got rid 620 00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:46.400 of an old girl who was like talking about my recipe, like you ain't 621 00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:51.559 back there cooking that recipe. You know, I'm talking about you. Mad 622 00:45:51.599 --> 00:46:04.840 after Louis and Chicken lady, everybody right now to you. I'm just glad 623 00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:07.599 she is gone. She's gone. Man. But that's legit. That is 624 00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:13.039 legit. So that commercial will be on Super Bowl Sunday playing. Yeah, 625 00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:17.440 man, I saw I saw an article at the average spend for an advertisement 626 00:46:17.800 --> 00:46:27.000 media seven million dollars per minute. We're talking like thirty second, boys, 627 00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:34.719 crazy crazy second, seven million dollars. Man. Yeah, these these networks 628 00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:37.280 aren't making a lot of money. They are, uh, speaking of networks, 629 00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:40.360 Singer Bowl was on a couple of days ago, guys, and we 630 00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:45.039 had a couple of players down there in Mobile, Alabama, Jadeen Reed and 631 00:46:45.159 --> 00:46:50.920 Bryce Barrier. Look at Jacon man there, you can break down that route 632 00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:52.119 there. I'm not going. I was looking. I'm about to put a 633 00:46:52.199 --> 00:46:58.719 Snoop Dogg on there, like like everybody chasing this man like I want if 634 00:46:58.719 --> 00:47:02.280 I'm a dB, I know I know what he's capable of. I'm ten 635 00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:08.719 years off. I'm ten yards off, like why and then the ball control 636 00:47:08.840 --> 00:47:15.360 man like he that stock has as at the all time high man off of 637 00:47:15.400 --> 00:47:17.239 this one week. And I think that's where we talked about showing up. 638 00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:20.599 When you show up, you got to show up, but you also got 639 00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:23.599 to show out. And Jadan Reed has proven time and time that he is 640 00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:28.280 that guy. And like, I don't think there was one guy that that 641 00:47:28.280 --> 00:47:32.119 that locked him down at one bit, Like now, yeah, like that 642 00:47:32.199 --> 00:47:37.679 was one. He still caught it. Caught it though, man too. 643 00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:40.840 But yeah, you know that's one on things man that it shows who we 644 00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:47.400 have on our side of the ball in our rob receivers, coach courtneys. 645 00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:52.599 Former Spartan dog, always a Spartan dog. But yeah, they took a 646 00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:55.239 touchdown away from Jayden by the way in this game. I don't know if 647 00:47:55.280 --> 00:48:00.760 we have that on tape, but it was they called offensive past interference for 648 00:48:01.519 --> 00:48:06.199 uh, you know, a rub route. Some people might call it a 649 00:48:06.280 --> 00:48:08.480 pick, but it was the wrong call. You know. The guy actually 650 00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:13.000 came on you know, the network broadcast and said that that I don't like 651 00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:16.679 that call. So now, now, now this is this is where we 652 00:48:16.920 --> 00:48:20.679 want to like, listen, we're all about being physical, right, but 653 00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:23.920 like we all got to be healthy to get this paper and that tackle is 654 00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:28.360 like, bro, you already beat. I'm a dB, yeah you already 655 00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:30.880 beat. But that extra roughness is like, bro, just push him out 656 00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:35.559 on the sideline. Dog like, don't no internet man, because you interet 657 00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:38.039 man. You injured his paper man. So but he showed up. He 658 00:48:38.159 --> 00:48:42.480 certainly did, made a lot of money. Was voted the player of the 659 00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:47.719 week for the team, the national teams player of the week, voted by 660 00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:52.840 the players, and you go back to that, he said, voted by 661 00:48:52.880 --> 00:49:05.960 the dvs. Of course, he touched each one d the V group like 662 00:49:05.960 --> 00:49:10.679 like he's unguardable man. And Bryce, Bryce was killing it too, punning 663 00:49:10.719 --> 00:49:15.639 the ball. He was a voted national player of the week. Is again 664 00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:20.159 so miss Spartans showed up with two players and both of them walk away with 665 00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:23.760 Player of the Week honors and their respective sides of the ball. So offensively 666 00:49:23.840 --> 00:49:28.639 and obviously as a punter said, he was crushing on like seventy four yard 667 00:49:28.719 --> 00:49:34.360 punts left and right. Man, wait on chow because the previous previous podcasts 668 00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:38.320 he was very hot. I'm being snipped for the ray guy we got and 669 00:49:38.440 --> 00:49:42.679 listen, look at this man what he does? Go ahead exactly, you 670 00:49:42.719 --> 00:49:45.840 know that That's what it goes to show that sometimes the media talks out of 671 00:49:45.880 --> 00:49:50.000 both sides of their mouth, and uh, the guy just goes out and 672 00:49:50.039 --> 00:49:52.719 performs on the field. But what it was going to say this is, 673 00:49:52.719 --> 00:49:54.280 you know, in the drafted, I think that this draft is going to 674 00:49:54.320 --> 00:50:00.960 be two uh specialists that are drafted this year, and both those specialists are 675 00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:04.599 gonna come from the state of Michigan. One's gonna come that kicker from Moody, 676 00:50:04.760 --> 00:50:07.880 from that school down the road. He's gonna be drafted, and Bryce 677 00:50:07.039 --> 00:50:12.559 is also gonna be drafted in this draft. Two specialists will be drafted this 678 00:50:12.599 --> 00:50:16.400 week and it will be both of those guys. East West Shrine game, 679 00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:22.440 another game that has you know, pro potentials out there showing this stuff. 680 00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:27.519 Ben Van Summer and look at that seven tackles of sack and tackle for loss. 681 00:50:28.800 --> 00:50:30.480 Yeah, Ben's a Benson stud. You know this guy. He he 682 00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:36.199 wasn't a player that's a sexy player that's gonna wow you with flashes and everything 683 00:50:36.239 --> 00:50:38.639 like that. He's one of those gritty players. He's those guys like Luke 684 00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:42.880 Keikley, you know kind of guys that's just always gonna be there. He's 685 00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:47.480 gonna be assignment technique and you know, assignment, assignment, assignment, assignment. 686 00:50:47.519 --> 00:50:52.920 He's gonna be that guy that's gonna continuously be there and within the blank, 687 00:50:52.960 --> 00:50:53.800 and I you will look back and be like, oh, man, 688 00:50:53.880 --> 00:50:58.559 Venzione's still in the league, you know, six years later, because he's 689 00:50:58.599 --> 00:51:00.920 just gonna do the right thing. It continued to just you know, be 690 00:51:01.079 --> 00:51:07.440 that that constant every single time. You know who he reminds me of just 691 00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:15.760 straight is Kenny Willikes, but more like we are know Kenny was very athletic, 692 00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:20.280 I mean splits and flips, but I think like there was a more 693 00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:27.079 of a factor for him is he could play everything special teams, each special 694 00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:30.039 teams, but also go out there and really contribute, as you know, 695 00:51:30.159 --> 00:51:34.320 a backer that may not be your top three, top four, but he's 696 00:51:34.360 --> 00:51:37.559 gonna go in there and be like a solid backup where one goes down, 697 00:51:37.639 --> 00:51:43.239 he will go in there and remain. And so I still think about when 698 00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:46.000 seeing him running down on the kickoff and this was in practice and that man 699 00:51:46.239 --> 00:51:51.280 was beating our skill players down and it was like kind of it was a 700 00:51:51.320 --> 00:51:53.880 walk through, but it was he was flying down there and I was like, 701 00:51:53.960 --> 00:51:55.800 man, who is that? And I knew who he was, but 702 00:51:55.840 --> 00:51:59.920 I was like, he looked different. And so from a standpoint of that 703 00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:01.639 guy has something on his mind. He got money on his mind, because 704 00:52:01.760 --> 00:52:06.719 obviously he's trying to get drafted, and he sold right there insus the East 705 00:52:06.800 --> 00:52:12.199 versus West line. Gram oh Man, his sideline and sideline pursuit is ungodly. 706 00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:15.320 He is extremely fast. He's gonna run a great time at the combine. 707 00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:19.840 You already know that. And he's got all the physical specification they look 708 00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:22.159 for six three, two thirty whatever, you know. I mean, that's 709 00:52:22.440 --> 00:52:28.320 that's pro. Also, he had Daniel Barker down at the East West. 710 00:52:30.239 --> 00:52:34.119 Yeah, good that he had opportunity to get out there and you know, 711 00:52:34.199 --> 00:52:37.800 display his talents at that level. Because when you go to these bull games, 712 00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:42.039 it turns from college to NFL. The scouts are watching everything you do. 713 00:52:42.079 --> 00:52:45.880 They're watching how you carry yourself in the facility're watching how you eat in 714 00:52:45.920 --> 00:52:50.679 the how you sit when you're in the cafeteria, who you socialize with, 715 00:52:50.920 --> 00:52:52.960 you know, how are you as a person, How are you in the 716 00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:58.719 film room. Can you translate what's on the chalkboard on the film to what's 717 00:52:58.760 --> 00:53:01.159 being done on the field. You do those things. So all these guys 718 00:53:01.159 --> 00:53:06.199 have an opportunity to go to these bowl games and play there, and it's 719 00:53:06.400 --> 00:53:10.440 just another great opportunity for them to showcase their talents in front of these scouts. 720 00:53:12.360 --> 00:53:15.360 Yeah, I mean, you're right. I mean they watch everything they 721 00:53:15.360 --> 00:53:17.199 want to see if you're taking notes and watching film and everything like that. 722 00:53:17.760 --> 00:53:22.360 You talk about the NFLPA Bawl. It was another bowl game and you had 723 00:53:22.719 --> 00:53:30.119 Speed and Slade there, two defensive standouts. Yeah, and one of the 724 00:53:30.159 --> 00:53:32.519 coaching staff there, the guy to coach them on their team. There was 725 00:53:32.559 --> 00:53:40.039 a former MSU great wide receiver, Andre Risen was on the move for that. 726 00:53:40.639 --> 00:53:43.519 So you know, once again, you know it's a great opper. 727 00:53:43.639 --> 00:53:45.880 You know, we had what five six guys play, you know in bowl 728 00:53:45.920 --> 00:53:50.440 games. You know, that's that's a great testament to the program and where 729 00:53:50.440 --> 00:54:00.599 we're going. So as Otis would says around, well, he was in 730 00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:02.360 New York, Man, how was that Madison Square Garden experience? Man, 731 00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:06.320 listen, I felt like I was Spike Lee out there. Boy, I 732 00:54:06.320 --> 00:54:09.800 should have had my I should have had my glasses and I had like I 733 00:54:09.840 --> 00:54:14.280 mean, I legit showed up and you know, I looked at my tickets. 734 00:54:14.320 --> 00:54:19.400 But I just I just felt like we were in the baseline section and 735 00:54:19.400 --> 00:54:22.480 then we are here trying to find our seats and it's like double A and 736 00:54:22.519 --> 00:54:25.679 they're like you're right there up on the court, and I'm like, we're 737 00:54:25.760 --> 00:54:30.679 on the court, all right. Cool. So you walked in like Flowers. 738 00:54:30.920 --> 00:54:35.320 I was like, I'm like, we at the basket. Oh man. 739 00:54:35.519 --> 00:54:38.719 That really made me like feel good because we brought some partners in to 740 00:54:38.719 --> 00:54:42.920 the kind of house and then we have some kind of new potential partners. 741 00:54:44.280 --> 00:54:47.199 But it's Madison Square Guarden, Like that's one of those bucket lists of it's 742 00:54:47.199 --> 00:54:50.960 like the Rose Bowl for football, and you know, the granddaddy of the 743 00:54:51.000 --> 00:54:54.000 mall. And you're in the Madison Square Garden. And even with all the 744 00:54:54.079 --> 00:54:59.079 crazy madness, like we were very outnumbered. Clearly this was a home game. 745 00:54:59.159 --> 00:55:02.679 This was you know, I get text from my my my wife like 746 00:55:02.840 --> 00:55:06.159 stopped shaking your head because I was. I was pissed, man, I 747 00:55:06.199 --> 00:55:08.519 was really pissed because you know, you know, we got them on our 748 00:55:08.559 --> 00:55:13.679 turf. But then they legit. Man, they played some good ball and 749 00:55:13.800 --> 00:55:15.800 you know, we we just didn't come up as as we came up short. 750 00:55:15.920 --> 00:55:20.880 But it was just the beauty of seeing us there in Madison Square, 751 00:55:20.920 --> 00:55:23.079 guard those kids getting the opportunity to play there. You know, it was 752 00:55:23.119 --> 00:55:28.880 a home coming for ty Walker being from New York, and so it was 753 00:55:28.920 --> 00:55:30.000 good. It was a good experience. Now, the food scene, I 754 00:55:30.119 --> 00:55:32.880 usually don't like New York at all. Straight. I don't like going to 755 00:55:32.880 --> 00:55:36.920 New York. It's too big, too fat, like just not my scene. 756 00:55:37.119 --> 00:55:40.159 But the food man like man, I ain't have a bad mealion, 757 00:55:40.239 --> 00:55:43.639 you know, once I get that good food and mean, it was like, 758 00:55:43.679 --> 00:55:46.159 oh, I might be able to come back here more often. New 759 00:55:46.239 --> 00:55:52.199 York is great for food. What you're talking about, I said, it 760 00:55:52.320 --> 00:56:00.880 was I'm telling you looted your your Yeah I did. I did not. 761 00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:07.000 I didn't, you said, I'm saying, I'm saying I didn't. Five 762 00:56:07.039 --> 00:56:12.400 minutes. I'm sorry you buffalo here. You know, Bill's my field. 763 00:56:12.440 --> 00:56:15.760 I just didn't have a great experience that I should have coming to New York. 764 00:56:15.840 --> 00:56:22.400 You know, just it, I know, like because it's my experience, 765 00:56:22.480 --> 00:56:30.199 Like now, experience should have a good time. It doesn't matter. 766 00:56:30.480 --> 00:56:32.280 You know. We talked to George Blob. I've been doing you know, 767 00:56:32.559 --> 00:56:37.760 Pistons games for one hundred years, which stayed football for the same and people 768 00:56:37.840 --> 00:56:39.920 ask him a lot because he travels a lot, what's your favorite city, 769 00:56:40.039 --> 00:56:45.079 your favorite NBA city? And his answer, you mean besides New York? 770 00:56:45.719 --> 00:56:49.960 Right, yeah, he said, right, No, that's the season that 771 00:56:50.880 --> 00:56:53.079 talking about a guy who aim in out here maybe a few times in New 772 00:56:53.159 --> 00:56:57.559 York. I'm from I'm from Michigan. Like, bro, we ain't got 773 00:56:57.559 --> 00:57:01.480 all that, Like that's why I'm sorry. Sorry, I'm sorry. I'm 774 00:57:01.519 --> 00:57:05.920 sorry to grow up in Buffalo and I have the access to all twenty five 775 00:57:05.960 --> 00:57:09.280 thousand restaurants that you can just stop it and get anything you know you're gonna 776 00:57:09.280 --> 00:57:13.800 get. You get pig feet on the corner, you can get freaking Mexican. 777 00:57:13.880 --> 00:57:16.880 The next spot, did you have a New York bagel? Though no, 778 00:57:17.000 --> 00:57:21.199 I have no New York bagel. I did. I did have some 779 00:57:21.199 --> 00:57:25.480 some Jamaican jerk chicken at Michael b. Jeordie's spot. And then I had 780 00:57:27.400 --> 00:57:30.679 it was peaches, peaches or yeah, peaches. It was in bed Stye 781 00:57:32.039 --> 00:57:36.320 in Brooklyn. I was like, bro, this soul food was It was 782 00:57:36.400 --> 00:57:39.719 fire Brand pudding though, like I'm a dessert guy. That Brand pudding was 783 00:57:39.760 --> 00:57:51.119 like slap your mama good. So figuratively speaking speak yes, So the remaining 784 00:57:51.159 --> 00:57:54.760 scale from Michigan State basketball is here. We got a big ten game to 785 00:57:54.960 --> 00:58:00.239 night Maryland just in a few minutes, So we're gonna get everybody in front 786 00:58:00.239 --> 00:58:01.920 of the TVs are in the stadium. I don't know if that's what you're 787 00:58:01.920 --> 00:58:06.039 gonna do. Uh, otis are you gonna go to the game? And 788 00:58:06.039 --> 00:58:08.599 then we have at Ohio State Sunday. Look at this, you know, 789 00:58:09.280 --> 00:58:15.159 you have Minnesota at home next Wednesday, and then obviously next weekend you go 790 00:58:15.199 --> 00:58:19.679 down the road. It's not much left, guys. I mean, they've 791 00:58:19.719 --> 00:58:22.960 had a brutal schedule here as of late, and they seem to be in 792 00:58:23.119 --> 00:58:29.920 good position to be a tournament team as it stands right now. Yeah, 793 00:58:30.000 --> 00:58:34.480 we we kind of left that Manson Square Garden game gainst Rutgers of I think 794 00:58:34.519 --> 00:58:37.559 both fan bases like we're both gonna be in the tournament. But I think 795 00:58:37.599 --> 00:58:42.360 we're beating up each other and in the conference, and I think it's like 796 00:58:42.360 --> 00:58:45.840 we gotta win some some solid ones, like you know, IU think about 797 00:58:45.840 --> 00:58:50.360 AU coming in and you know, with them beating Purdue and US losing Purdue 798 00:58:50.360 --> 00:58:52.599 by one, when they came to president, it's like, if we can 799 00:58:52.719 --> 00:58:55.840 if you can win a few two, three out of the rest of the 800 00:58:55.880 --> 00:59:00.400 ones, got got going on, it's a solid, you know, resume 801 00:59:00.519 --> 00:59:02.760 to go into Big Ten Conference play and uh, you know, we just 802 00:59:02.800 --> 00:59:06.639 got to win, you know, those first two days to just get a 803 00:59:06.639 --> 00:59:12.679 solid, solid bid h and get a great seed. So I think we're 804 00:59:12.719 --> 00:59:16.000 in Iszo's street continues. I mean, we're not in jeopardy because we have 805 00:59:16.079 --> 00:59:20.880 some big wins early in the season, even with the low roster that people 806 00:59:20.880 --> 00:59:22.800 thought we didn't have a strong roster. But our guys are balling, man, 807 00:59:22.840 --> 00:59:28.199 and then they're playing great ball and they're in every game, and then 808 00:59:28.360 --> 00:59:30.360 you know, we haven't really got blown out like that. So it's just 809 00:59:30.360 --> 00:59:34.519 a good opportunity to see what we can do tonight. Just to the terrafis 810 00:59:35.760 --> 00:59:38.519 all right, well, hey, look we only got like ten seconds before 811 00:59:38.840 --> 00:59:43.960 talk about let people get out of here. Michigan State Hockey swept Notre Dame. 812 00:59:44.320 --> 00:59:45.639 We'll get to that next time. 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