WEBVTT 1 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:28.160 Good evening everybody, and welcome to another episode of Fire Up. 2 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:31.719 I hope we're all fired up, because I know I am. 3 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:35.119 How is my different panel tonight doing? 4 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:36.359 God? 5 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:37.679 Very good? 6 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:41.679 Okay, Well, Katy, I gotta be honest with you, man. Yeah, 7 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:42.840 I don't know these dudes. 8 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:46.479 I just met him. I'll be honest with you though. 9 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:47.560 Yeah. 10 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:51.439 I think I think we into something. These friars are hot. 11 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:56.799 Let's get fried up on Fire Up at the country club, baby. 12 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:01.119 Sounds like planning to me. Let's quick introduce yourself just 13 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:03.960 so you guys can tell everybody who you are, like, 14 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:08.680 who you where you are from, and the college teams 15 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:12.319 like that you follower that you really you know are into. Uh, 16 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.439 let's start with you, mister Taylor. 17 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:19.640 I am the creator of the Michigan Sports Truth Podcast. 18 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:22.879 It is on YouTube, subscribe to its channel, turn on 19 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.680 all notifications, turn on all notifications on the bell icon 20 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:29.439 and stick or tap or online to finance latest full 21 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:33.200 episodes and check out it shorts videos as well. Also 22 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:39.719 in audio form on Spreaker, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Slash, Audible, Castbox, 23 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:44.560 Deezer Podcast, Attic Podchaser, and gios Sovin. Also on social 24 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:49.200 media on ex Instagram threads and TikTok at Michigan unders 25 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:51.920 Score Truth and like it's Facebook page. Know the truth 26 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:55.359 about the Tigers, Lions, Red Wings, Pistons, Wolverines and Spartans. 27 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:58.760 Okay, Michael, tell everybody about you. 28 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:02.560 Mike Whitaker work for uh. 29 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:06.159 You can see myself under The Detroit Monitor and the 30 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:12.319 South Florida Tribune mostly cover the Red Wings and a 31 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:17.039 little bit of Tigers and Pissons as well. But yeah, 32 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:20.199 most of my background is hockey and I'm glad to 33 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:20.560 be here. 34 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:28.439 Sounds good, mister Southern Fried gentlemen, tell these guys, since 35 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:31.400 some of the audience knows you, tell these guys about 36 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:35.240 you a little bit. You're muted though. 37 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.960 Yeah, I was talking to myself, getting myself prepared as 38 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:45.759 I normally do. I hate, I hate hitting the mute button, 39 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:48.639 but sometimes I know if I move around it makes 40 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:52.879 like a scratchy thing. So that's being a nutshell, y'all. 41 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:55.560 I am a perfectionist. I am a game Cock fan, 42 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:59.919 which is far from perfection. I'm also a Panthers fan, 43 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:03.960 far from perfection. A Braves fan. 44 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:08.400 Yikes, you say Panthers. 45 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:12.240 You probably should expand because there's a couple of different Panthers. Man. 46 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.639 No, I shouldn't because hockey, y'all know. I don't pay 47 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:18.319 attention no hockey. 48 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:21.560 Football fan. 49 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:25.319 But there's the Michigan Panthers that are playing in the 50 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:27.520 championship game this this week. 51 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:30.960 Hey, and I did pick them. 52 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:33.400 I did pick them. I'm pretty sure I picked them. 53 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:35.599 Candy and I picked them the other night. 54 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:38.400 Yeah, I'm pretty sure you did. I think I. 55 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:43.919 Disagreed with everybody at that point. I was mesmerized. But anyways, Yes, 56 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:47.719 Carolina Panther fan, I don't even know what we're going 57 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:50.919 to talk about this evening, but I'm excited to talk 58 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:55.360 with Taylor and Michael and who knows where this conversation 59 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:55.960 might go. 60 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:59.520 I'll be honest, I didn't send any of you the topic. 61 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:01.479 Nobody knows besides me. 62 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:03.560 So well, I know one. 63 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:06.919 You do know one? You do no one, that's true. 64 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:10.599 So what you want to start up with that one? Sure, 65 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:12.039 let's start. 66 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:15.759 Go for it, all right? So actually I can do 67 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:21.800 two stories with this one. Michael and Taylor, gentlemen, it's 68 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:25.920 we So when I say Southern Fried sports, it's literally 69 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:29.800 the way I see sports from my Southern Fried opinion, 70 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:33.959 and there's some stories that are better than others. 71 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:37.040 So the Pacers and what. 72 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:41.439 They might do could be a great story. But during 73 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:45.759 that game last night, they don't catch the brother and 74 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:54.759 sister story. T J McConnell, Michael, Yeah you got it. 75 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:58.759 Yeah, I'm not. I guess I'm not familiar with what 76 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:01.120 specific with that angle. 77 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:05.519 Right, Okay, So their brother and sister, and she wore 78 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:09.079 his jersey to one of her w NBA games the 79 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:14.439 other night, and TJ returned the favor and wore her 80 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:19.399 w NBA jersey to the finals. But they showed the 81 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:24.000 dad last night, and so during one of my YouTube 82 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:32.079 short he Goton making plays doing crazy things his dad. 83 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:36.199 They're cheering, and then the whole story of the brother 84 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:40.360 and sister. And I've said the Pacers are destined to 85 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:47.360 win the NBA Championship. What do you guys say, Wel 86 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:50.839 or Mike either one. I think Indiana is a team 87 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:51.519 of destiny. 88 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:54.720 They may as well be. I think that. I mean 89 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:56.399 I was. 90 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:59.120 I did a little bit of content for the Detroit 91 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:03.160 Pistons when they played the Knicks earlier in the playoffs 92 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.800 this year, and then obviously the nixt one ended up 93 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:08.639 being knocked out by the Pacers, and so, I mean, 94 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.759 I have no problem with with Indiana winning. I mean 95 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:13.519 I probably would have had a problem with it twenty 96 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:16.920 years ago when the when the Pistons and Pacers were 97 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:19.800 pretty big time rivals. But obviously that was then. This 98 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:22.759 is now, and I mean, if they get it done, 99 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:26.000 be good for them. 100 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:28.680 Right on? And what about the brothers sister story? Though? 101 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:32.040 Do you get into any of your phil's watching sports? 102 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:33.800 You got any relatives or anything? 103 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:41.680 I do? But I mean I usually try to. 104 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:45.079 I mean, like I said, most of my most of 105 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:48.319 most of my background is hockey related. But you know, 106 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:50.720 there's nothing wrong with a good, feel good, you know, 107 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:55.560 family story. And obviously the family roots run pretty deep 108 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:58.480 for most of these athletes who you know, have strong 109 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:00.519 family backgrounds of people who help. 110 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:01.759 Them to be where they are now. 111 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.399 And so yeah, it's always always great to see when 112 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:08.680 whenever athletes are being uh you know, kind of supported 113 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:11.839 by their family members, especially when they're alive in the audience. 114 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:16.240 There right on, no argument here, Taylor, what do you 115 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:19.399 think about the Pacers and TJ McConnell, H. 116 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:25.480 Well, you know, the only thing I care about is 117 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:28.199 the Pacers and done. Are duking it out. Game three 118 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:32.160 was a tight, epic battle. You know, the Pacers of 119 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:34.240 course came out on top. They pulled away by nine 120 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:37.759 one sixteen to one oh seven. It's it's anybody's any 121 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:42.639 NBA Finals series. You know, you just never know who's 122 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:47.920 going to come out on top the last team standing. Yeah, 123 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:48.560 good for TJ. 124 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:53.759 McConnell though, right right on and yeah, and then the 125 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:58.040 other thing is Caitlyn Clark. She is eight and oh 126 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:02.639 when she goes to the Indiana Pacers games in the playoffs. 127 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:05.560 I wish I had that kind of effect on a 128 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:08.560 team as a fan. If that were the case, I 129 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:11.720 would go to every game, Caught game, every Panther game, 130 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:15.399 Carolina Panther game. I would go to every game I 131 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:18.839 could possibly go if I were undefeated as a fan, 132 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:22.680 What do you guys think, can you be Do you 133 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.160 have any impact whether you're at the stadium or not 134 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:26.879 as a fan. 135 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:30.480 Well, I think I think we all know that hockey 136 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:37.240 players are extremely superstitious, and I would do you know 137 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:40.039 going to Red Wings games back in the day, would 138 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:44.440 take the exact same route and hit the same you 139 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:47.320 know vendors and all that. When whenever the Red Wings 140 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:49.720 were on a winning streak, and obviously I didn't want to, 141 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:52.840 you know, disrupt the mojo or anything like that because 142 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:56.039 obviously I was single handedly responsible for their success and 143 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:58.759 so at least that's I would fault at the time. 144 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:04.279 But yeah, sometimes, you know, fans kind of feel like, 145 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:06.960 you know, their own rituals can help their teams win. 146 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:10.320 And I mean, of course that you know that doesn't happen, 147 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:12.720 but it's still kind of a cool thing to And 148 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:15.080 the Oilers have tied the game, Oh my goodness. 149 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:19.000 Oh wow, that's crazy. 150 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:23.320 But yeah, they kind of goes back to, Yeah, like 151 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:25.879 hockey players are extremely superstitious. 152 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:27.960 And they'll they'll ride with something until it stopped working, 153 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:28.360 I guess. 154 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:33.080 So yeah, I. 155 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:36.480 Would say the one thing that I've noticed between the 156 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:42.440 NBA and the NHL is that, uh, the series have 157 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:46.159 been a lot closer lately. And let's face it, Game 158 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:49.759 one of the the Pacers series with Oka see okay 159 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:52.720 see led the whole game until the last shot. So 160 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:57.600 last shot in the n win takes it, makes it 161 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:02.240 and wins the game. Like so it it bodes well 162 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:04.440 for the people that always say you only have to 163 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:08.759 watch the last quarter of some of these games, you know, 164 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:12.200 last watch last five minutes and you'll see you know. 165 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:18.360 But I think that brother sister supporting each other is cool. 166 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:22.000 You know, we've seen it before. I really like it. 167 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:25.960 You've seen it, You've seen husband and wife do it. 168 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:32.279 I think brother and sister is cool too, though, and 169 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:37.240 did I would if you watched Sports Rap, which which 170 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:41.120 is the show before this. Scott and Mike Santos were 171 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.639 talking hockey and they were talking about how they really 172 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:47.320 feel for the Oilers this is a must win, Like 173 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:52.720 if they go down three to one after this game, 174 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:56.240 they they're not sure that they could make make up 175 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:03.919 the difference. The Panthers are playing really tight, really with intensity, 176 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:05.759 so I think it'll be interesting. 177 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:09.200 I would say that they've been fundamental. 178 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:10.840 And yeah, that would be a question that I want 179 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:12.159 to ask these two hockey guys. 180 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:16.320 Is it crazy though. 181 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:20.759 That Canadian teams we see Edmonton with a chance. It's 182 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:23.960 been a very long time since the Canadian team won 183 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.840 the hockey championship. To me, that blows my mind. Like 184 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:31.960 the South is good at football and baseball because we 185 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:36.399 can practice it year round. You can't necessarily do that 186 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:42.080 up north any Canada. It's a strange to go to hockey. 187 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:45.840 Yeah, sure, it's It definitely is a strange phenomenon, and 188 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:50.039 I know it's you know, obviously it's a point of 189 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:53.200 interest for Canadian hockey fans everywhere, and that's kind of 190 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:56.039 what they're wondering why I haven't, you know, why hasn't 191 00:11:56.519 --> 00:12:00.799 a Canadian based team won the Stanley Cups since nineteen 192 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:03.519 ninety three. But I mean, you know, there are those 193 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:05.919 who would point to the you know, the massive NHL 194 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:11.639 expansion and just the incredible talent that's kind of all 195 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:15.320 throughout the NHL, and you know, back seventies and eighties, 196 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:16.720 I mean, it kind of seemed like a lot of 197 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:19.320 Canadian teams kind of had the monopoly on talent in 198 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:23.200 the NHL. But yeah, it's a lot more spread out 199 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:27.159 now and it's not completely over for the Oilers right now, 200 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:30.080 and so I mean, we'll we'll see what, you know, 201 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:31.320 what they can make out. 202 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:31.799 Of this series here. 203 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.000 It looks like they're getting all kinds of new life 204 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:35.480 right now, unfortunately for the Panthers. 205 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:40.519 So who would be your pick, Michel right now for 206 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:42.879 the to win it all, not just this game, but 207 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:43.919 to win win it all. 208 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:46.879 I mean, I still think that the Panther Panthers will 209 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:51.399 ultimately get it done. But obviously they've got the championship 210 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:53.759 swagger from having done it last year, and this is 211 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:56.720 their third straight trip to the Stanley Cup finals, so 212 00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:59.639 I mean, they know what it takes to not only 213 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:03.360 get there, but to get the job done. And obviously 214 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:07.679 the Oilers are a lot more experienced from their loss 215 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:08.240 last year. 216 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:10.399 And I think it do very well. 217 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:12.639 I mean, I wouldn't be surprised to see this series 218 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:14.399 go seven, but ultimately I think it will be the 219 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:15.559 Panthers that pull it out again. 220 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:21.080 So right on, Taylor, Hey, what do you think can 221 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:22.600 a Canadian team get it done? 222 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:24.639 And what do you think about that long streak? 223 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:34.120 And my logic as to why it's crazy they've never won, well, well. 224 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:37.120 You still have to earn it. It's been a long 225 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:39.720 time coming for any Canadian team team to win the 226 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:44.799 Stanley Cup since the last time I remember the Flames 227 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:48.600 won the Stanley Cup in the nineteen eighties, late nineteen eighties, 228 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:54.159 but that's pretty much all I can remember. 229 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:00.440 The one thing JD I will say is that in 230 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:03.440 the nineties, I believe I heard the stat on the 231 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:08.039 radio the other day ninety percent of the NHL players 232 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:13.440 were Canadian born back in the nineties, whereas now it's 233 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:17.120 at forty one point one percent of the players are 234 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:21.519 Canadian born and only twenty nine point one percent are 235 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:24.639 American are US born. 236 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:27.919 I'll give you an even crazier stat. 237 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:29.440 Hit me. 238 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:33.799 I went to high school with about one thousand people. 239 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:38.799 There was one kid who transferred from a private school. 240 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.240 He was the son of a doctor, and he used 241 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:48.799 to travel to Greenville once or twice a week to 242 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.000 practice for his hockey team. 243 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:56.240 So I knew one out of a thousand. 244 00:14:55.799 --> 00:15:01.039 Kids that played hockey in the state of in my school. 245 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:05.399 Multiply that over the state and it's crazy. 246 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:12.559 Mm hmm. Yeah, Taylor, who do you think is gonna 247 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:13.279 take the series? 248 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:18.399 It's gonna go seven games, But like Michael Whitaker said, 249 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:19.919 but I'm gonna go with the Panthers as well. 250 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:26.720 Okay, now you both know if it goes seven, the 251 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:30.279 home game goes to the is that we'll be played 252 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:35.320 in Edmonton, So that'll be foe mice for the Oilers. Now, 253 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:40.679 I will say from the games that I've watched, and 254 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:47.159 I've watched all of these, is that these stadiums are 255 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:50.799 getting louder and louder for the home team. But I 256 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:55.240 the one thing I will give respect to Edmonton this 257 00:15:55.440 --> 00:16:03.120 year is last year when the Panthers played them, I 258 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:06.240 was really upset because they were booing the national anthem, 259 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:10.000 And this year I have not seen that in the 260 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:14.600 in the games that they started this series with up there. 261 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:18.559 I can understand why, but I'm not gonna mention that 262 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:22.360 because this is sports and not politics. 263 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:27.120 Right right, But still, I just you know, you if 264 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:28.960 you don't have anything to say, you don't say anything 265 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:30.960 at all. Is kind of how I feel, especially when 266 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:33.080 you're when you're talking about a national anthem. You're not 267 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:36.200 talking about getting into the politics or anything like that. 268 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:39.559 And I get it you want a voice. 269 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:41.639 That That would be My one thing about it too, 270 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.600 is yeah, we won't go too deep into it. But 271 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:48.080 booing the national anthem, you're not just booing whatever it 272 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:51.919 is you want to boo. You're booing something that a 273 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:54.399 majority of the people who have nothing to do with it. 274 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:57.399 Respect and honor correct that. 275 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:01.639 I mean, yep, we talked about disagreeing and stuff on 276 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:06.000 the football field the other day, fights all that stuff. 277 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:10.400 I mean, it's it's good for team building, but you 278 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:14.400 gotta be respectful. Everybody can be respectful about it, have 279 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:18.599 a conversation, and everybody's even sports talk, which. 280 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.119 Is what we're doing. 281 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.519 Correct. 282 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.839 It all fits in together. 283 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:25.920 So so did we make predictions on the NBA playoffs? 284 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:33.319 Okay see, you're Indiana the final? Indiana or okay see 285 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:35.720 is gonna take the series? And then how many games? 286 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:42.119 Well, I kind of gotta go back to what was 287 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.839 being said earlier. 288 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:44.880 It kind of does feel like I guess Indiana maybe 289 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:46.920 a team of destiny. 290 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:49.039 So I'm gonna go ahead and I'll go ahead and 291 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:51.160 say that to Indiana. Maybe takes it in six. 292 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:55.200 Okay six. 293 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:58.839 Taylor Pacers in seven? 294 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:03.440 Okay, Southern Fried. 295 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:07.960 I want to pick the Pacers so bad. I'm the 296 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:13.599 one that made the argument about destiny. Okay See just 297 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:20.599 has more depth. It'll go seven, and. 298 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:22.799 I'm gonna go, okay see, when's it all? 299 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:30.920 You know? I've said on other shows that I thought, 300 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:34.880 okay see, but I don't know. Indiana just has this 301 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:39.119 way of like because I honestly thought, okay See would 302 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:43.000 blow them out more and would be you know, wouldn't 303 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:46.319 let them back in, would be more dominant and they're not, 304 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:52.319 so I'm I'm like wavering now, I'm like and Indiana's 305 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:57.000 taking out taking out some good teams too, So I 306 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:00.880 don't know, I might be switching. I might be switching 307 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:10.599 to Indiana these days. With that being said, now, I 308 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:12.480 don't know how, because I haven't talked to you guys. 309 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:17.599 I don't know how strong you guys are in college basketball. 310 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:23.440 But there were some definite rule changes for both women's 311 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:29.599 college basketball and men's college basketball. Did you guys hear 312 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:33.160 about some of them? And what are your thoughts? 313 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:39.000 I gotta admit I'm not familiar with any additional rule 314 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:42.000 or recent rule changes, so that's something you'd have to 315 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:43.480 kind of fill me in on on that one. 316 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:48.640 Okay, okay, anybody else here, I'll fill you in. 317 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:53.440 So my take was going to be about specifically the 318 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:59.440 twenty minute half. It hasn't been solidified yet, right, but 319 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:04.319 it does not make sense to me that women play 320 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:12.160 four quarters. NBA Men's and women's play four quarters, and 321 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:17.680 then you've got NCAA men's college basketball. They've played two 322 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:21.319 twenty minute halves. So what do you guys think about 323 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:22.359 that being switched? 324 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:28.200 I think it's long overdue. I think it's got to be. 325 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:32.079 It should be the same as the women and as NBA. 326 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:37.079 I don't like the two halves, I like the quarters. 327 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:40.359 I mean, it makes no sense. And then what's crazy? 328 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:48.240 I covered firm and basketball this year in ten home 329 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:55.799 games that I went to, I guarantee you there were 330 00:20:55.920 --> 00:21:03.839 twenty minutes worth the timeouts left. He had twenty timeouts. 331 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:09.319 They he never used in that first half. Break like 332 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:15.960 that means you're getting too many media timeouts or something like, 333 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:19.119 what's the point in getting timeouts if you don't use them? 334 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:24.880 So some Yeah, just put all the times the same. 335 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:29.440 In my opinion, I mean, it's even weird to me. 336 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:33.160 Hockey plays three periods? 337 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:36.839 Yeah why three? Why not four? 338 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:41.720 Well, they're twenty minutes teaching, so to keep the game 339 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:45.079 time exactly an hour and during the. 340 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:47.240 Well, there you go. That's something I didn't know about. 341 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:50.519 I was legitimately asking, thank you, Oh, I don't watch 342 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:54.160 enough hockey. Yeah, please enlighten me about hockey. 343 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.720 I'm good with it. 344 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:59.480 Well, it is three twenty minute periods and then in 345 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:04.200 the regular season, if it's tied after regulation, there's a 346 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:06.839 five minute overtime and then followed by a shootout. 347 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.799 If nobody scores. 348 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:11.640 But in then Stanley Cup playoffs, it just continues playing 349 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:13.799 twenty minute periods until somebody wins. 350 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:17.960 Let me add to that, the five minutes overtime period 351 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:19.799 of the regular season is three on three. 352 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:23.279 Also, ye takes a lot more wide open, a lot 353 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:27.559 more exciting. But exactly, I wonder, I wonder how many 354 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:29.720 people would like to see maybe four on four come 355 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:31.640 to the playoff overtime. 356 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:35.279 Maybe we'd get earlier endings. But I really don't think 357 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.480 that's gonna happen anytime soon. 358 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.880 Candy. 359 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:40.359 This is why I love having new people in this 360 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:42.920 show sometimes because listen to what I just thought of. 361 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:47.039 You guys, Hey, listen, y'all get with me here. Yoh, 362 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:51.759 we're just talking about the rules the overtime. So y'all 363 00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:57.920 mentioned the hockey three on three. I hate the extra 364 00:22:58.039 --> 00:23:03.960 time for soccer. I hate not ever knowing how long 365 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:08.319 the game might actually go into extra time. 366 00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:13.160 And so what if we blended. 367 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:18.680 Soccer and hockey and we turned soccer once they hit 368 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:23.680 extra time? Let's go to that three on three or 369 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:27.240 that four on four and finish the games like that? 370 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:30.000 How about that for a sports idea? 371 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.440 Tonight? 372 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:35.400 There we go, I could see it because I agree 373 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:37.759 with you. Like if you're at a soccer match and 374 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:39.559 you're like, well, how much more time is there going 375 00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:41.960 to be? Like I have no clue if it's a 376 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:45.720 minute or if it's three minutes and ten seconds, and 377 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:49.000 it's like, m hm. 378 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:53.480 Right, Mike, what Taylor? Please y'all tell me, am I right? 379 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:59.440 Could we blend soccer? Eventually it comes down to penalty kicks? 380 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:03.640 But yeah, the extra time there needs to be a 381 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:05.319 set time at least. 382 00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:10.680 Right, Yeah, yeah, I don't mind that, but if it's 383 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:13.640 still but if it's still tied after that, then then 384 00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:17.680 we go straight to penalty kicks just for backup purposes. 385 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:26.039 And I'm gonna because I have to acknowledge the people 386 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:29.640 in the chat Gamecock, Chuck did the pack, did the 387 00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:33.200 pass the rule for the coaches challenge. So this is 388 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:35.880 where it differs, and this is why I don't understand 389 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:39.119 why there's some differences between men and women's. But on 390 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:42.400 the men's side, men's coaches will be able to challenge 391 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:48.160 out of bonds, calls, basket interference or goaltending, and whether 392 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:53.200 a secondary defender was in the restricted area. Coaches will 393 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:56.400 get at least one challenge per game and must have 394 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:00.519 a timeout to use one. A successful challenge means means 395 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:04.079 a coach gets another one. If the challenge is unsuccessful, 396 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:09.240 the coach may not challenge another call. On the women's side, 397 00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:12.839 coaches will be able to challenge out of bound calls, 398 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:19.079 backcourt violations, whether the correct player was called for a fouwel, 399 00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:23.680 and whether a change in possession occurred before the ruling 400 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:27.799 of a foul that leads to free throws. Women's coaches 401 00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:32.200