NCAA Tournament Expansion, Phillies Baseball

0:00All right, so we've moved into our number two and in our number one by talking to some hockey, which was a blast Right, Brinnemore and none of that you know it's so great about that Not only did he agree to do it not only did he show up the way he did But I've already got booked him I've already booked him a year from now That's always nice always nice to have that one slot filled a year from today I'm gonna hold you to that rod. Love that big win big big win. All right, so we go into our number two coming up this hour Ryan Howard in fact coming up next segment Big dude Ryan Howard former MVP first baseman and World Series champion will be joining us We'll talk about the Phillies and They're not off to a good start are they? Obviously they fired their manager a manager who actually did very well for them and then got whacked because nothing is going right So Ryan Howard will join me at 120. Let me reset you very quickly. Tell 100 is 1 8 0 0 6 36 8 6 8 6 again. I'm never about the Mount Rushmore I hate that bit. So lazy sports talk bit ever which is why I've never done it

1:03I'm also not about the goat bit never do that except that Lebron brought it up Or it came up in an ESPN calm and he compared himself to Mike even though he says he never compares himself to Mike So we finally have that conversation for now that conversation. Let's have the conversation today because he brought it up So we hit on that if you want to respond via social go ahead and do it find me at Jim Rome On the X platform you can watch the show on the X platform You can also hit me up on email Roman have a take calm All right, so above beyond all that. I've got a nerve thought for you I've got a thought about the NCAA and some of the other pigs Involved with this and I know that's not a conversation you normally want to have but it's gonna affect you In this sense only the NCAA Only the NCAA would take the very best thing ever And try to wreck it and try to break it only the NCAA would take something that's not even broken at all and try to fix it

2:05Even though absolutely nobody Wants them to mess with the NCAA tournament. That's exactly what they're going to do Mess with the NCAA tournament. Listen, we don't all agree on anything There's not that one thing that we all agree on Except I think we can all agree that the NCAA tournament does not need fixing The NCAA's message in response to that is too damn bad Y'all hate it. We don't give it down It doesn't even make sense and So what the NCAA is like expanding the tournament might not make sense But you know what it does make money So we're gonna do it anyway These people are and I don't use this term lightly But I can't think of another word to better describe who and what they are Pigs you pig you pigs pigs can't help yourselves

3:07Pigs never have enough. That's what makes them pigs Are you hearing this in Indy you pigs? And the rest of you conference commissioner pigs are you hearing it too? Of course, none of them are listening to me or anybody else They're just moving forward with their plan to expand the in expand the NCAA tournament to 76 teams And that plan would kick in for the upcoming season Now nothing is final yet But ESPN is reporting that the NCAA has initiated the final steps and that an official announcement is likely coming in mid May and since technically it's not too late. I do have to try to say something You're gonna find new you pigs aren't listening but pigs hear me out Leave our tournament alone You're lucky these teams even perform for you pig bastards

4:10Leave our tournament alone All you people want is more more more More teams in the tournament All you people want is more more more more money Leave it alone pigs Leave it alone Seriously you pigs you turn to me into Chris Crocker I got to find a bedsheet and crawl underneath it and do a selfie video You want to see a clip do numbers just watch me snap on some blonde hair extensions Crawl under a bedsheet and reenact the Britney rant for the NCAA Don't make me do it pigs I mean honestly when is enough enough When will enough be enough Wait, I can answer that There will never be enough and miss me with this idea that the expansion is not about the money And that is Absolutely laughable yet there's a quote in that ESPN report that almost made my eyes roll all the way out of their sockets

5:19The primary driver of this move this is a quote The primary driver of this move hasn't been money But rather access for at large bids for power conferences The expansion has been pushed by power conferences which you've grown throughout the course of the current deal end of quote Oh the primary driver is not money Oh right, okay sure it's not You know the drill everybody Whenever somebody says the primary driver is not money then the primary driver is absolutely the money Even if it wasn't and it is Even if it wasn't and it is what a terrible Alternative motive The power conferences want more bids. Oh, no, no, it's not about the money

6:21It's about the power conferences getting more bids. That's who this is for You're willing to risk messing up the best thing ever that is not broken For what to get the eighth ninth 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th best teams in a conference into the tournament Then nobody wants nobody wants that Nobody's asking for that nobody except the power pigs The power pig conferences Who clearly will never be satisfied not enough to get nine schools in Not enough to get 10 schools and now we we're not asking for everybody just 15 Why why are you trying to satisfy them the only way to satisfy the power pig conferences the SEC

7:21and the pig 10 You like that the pig 10 The only way to satisfy the pig 10 pig And the pig EC It's just to put the entire conference in every single year just auto bid Both of those conferences in at this point, right? You can just cancel the SEC and the pig 10 regular season while you're at it because what's the point What is the point? I'm serious. What is the point of the regular season now? Good luck getting anybody to pay attention to the college basketball regular season that they're already ignoring You know what just cancel the entire regular season for every conference and just put every D1 team Right into the tournament and then make the whole season one big tournament boom you're welcome Problem solved except there is no problem because it's not broken

8:26At least the new 76 team format doesn't impact the normal 64 team draw That starts the Thursday after selection Sunday that stays the same It's just that all of a sudden now we have 24 teams that are going to play on Tuesday and Wednesday 24 The plan involves 24 teams It's like there's a whole new play in tournament For the tournament for some reason We came up with this powder When did when did powder get his translucent fingers all over this And now now there are more at large bids. That's true Except the bids aren't what they used to be because 24 teams Still have to go play in the tournament before the tournament Even though they've already made the tournament Make any of that makes sense because it doesn't

9:29And good luck trying to get anybody to care about bubble drama going forward by the way That would be the worst to look ever for anybody crying about how they got jammed Oh, oh who got screwed you know who got screwed in this note. Well the fans But you know who got screwed in the selection process. Nobody Nobody going forward. I don't want to hear from one single team One single coach one single anybody or anything that they got screwed Bubble drama involving the 10th and 11th and 12th best teams in a power conference They're gonna have to play an extra game before the tournament starts anyway. Oh very compelling My point is if you can't get in To a 76 team field You didn't get snubbed You don't belong in the field if you can't get in to a 76 team field

10:30So there is no such thing as a snub is what I'm saying And nobody wants to you cry about that. I can't wait for the first team to cry I can't wait for team number 77 to say man. This is so unfair. Look at our strength of a schedule It's not our fault that nobody will play us Look at our quad to win. We beat a quad to we know we played a quad to team within 15. Why are we not in? Because your number 77 that's why you're not in and the 15 in front you shouldn't even be in listen Powers to be it is not too late to stop this somebody Anybody do something stop this do not do this Leave it alone. Don't touch it. It's damn near perfect. It's beautiful as it is What I'm obviously saying is stop trying to fix what ain't broke and stop telling me it's not about the money

11:32And stop telling me that the tournament isn't the tournament unless the 15th place team in the SEC gets in Stop jerking with the best event in all of sports you pigs You pig Did the change that nobody asked for then nobody wants then nobody needs It's why start every single tournament with here we go the best thing in all of sports I'm not gonna be saying that if you make these changes it ain't broke You know I always say to It delivers every single time it is the best event in all sports and it delivers every single time I don't know that I will ever say those two things ever again Why messing with this About this 24 teams on Tuesday and Wednesday 24 Not to 9 and 4 24

12:34A million when I just play the NIT Play it before the NCAA and then let me actually don't do that You know we should do we should because the 64 team concept works so well Why don't we have a 64 team playing on Tuesday and Wednesday And then the 64 team tournament starting on Thursday because the 64 team tournaments awesome So play it in with 64 Or like I said just let everybody in and just call that the regular season and make it the tournament Rick and Chico is in Romeo Nice interview with Rod. I have never been a huge hockey fan But because of the jungle I have turned into one. I love the sport

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14:37Stole free nationwide in fact internationally wherever you are 1-800-636-886 We're joined right now though by former MLB first baseman. He is a world series champion He is a nationally MVP a three-time austar. He twice led the biggs and home runs He played his entire career 13 years for the Phillies He is the co-host of the 6-1-1 podcast which is presented by Fandall of course I'm talking about Ryan Howard big dude Ryan how you doing always gonna say man how you feeling Man, I'm feeling great man always a pleasure to see you man good to see you Ryan appreciate you Listen, I was pumped to announce on Monday that our show. He's got a brand new partnership with Fandall predicts your show The 6-1-1 podcast which he goes with Jimmy Rawlings has Fandall as a presenting sponsor So this is great. Let me ask first things first How was the show going and then how do you and Jay Raw approach it? Man the show has been going great a lot of great traction even more more importantly man I'm having a great time with with my guy young James over there

15:38So I like I like to call him young James. That's my boy But yeah, I mean we're having a great time great guests great content that we're being able to put out I'm just continuing to enjoy it. It's good thing. How about young James is he liking it as much as you are Yes, he is. I mean we get the we get to just get out there just continue to be ourselves and just Show the whole world Keep it real. Keep it authentic man. That's what works in content Ryan Howard joining us I would imagine though you and young James would have more positive things or like like yeah more positive things to discuss regarding your old team Ryan the Phillies are off to their worst start over two decades. They fired manager Rob Thompson yesterday Not a huge surprise, but what was your reaction to that news? Yeah, I mean not a huge surprise It's just one of those things to worry when you look at that team you look at the roster that they have and you look at more importantly the experience that they've had With with the past four or five years with all the success. I think going to the world series back in 22 and making the postseason runs You don't expect that from this type of team. So you know, obviously there's gonna be changes usually those changes start with with the manager

16:45So we have to see how the team reacts. I think at some point, you know, you have to look at it from the standpoint the players have to play the game. So You know those guys are going to do what they need to do. I think you're going to be able to turn it around It's as I like say it's still April Phillies teams even when I was playing we were never very good in April But you know, I don't think we ever got out to the start that these guys have had but a lot of baseball to be played They just got to figure out a way to turn around Ryan Howard joining us, you know Ryan when you talk about the fact that your teams weren't great in April Fair enough, but I don't remember anybody ever saying anything about your teams like your former teammate Ricky Patalco said On the postgame show on Sunday. He said quote the hitting is atrocious the starting pitching is worse The bullpen is just all over the place. You want me to come on here and be positive until you everything's gonna be fine End of quote. I mean, that's keeping you in a buck. That's keeping you in a buck So where do you start? I mean, there's a change. Hopefully the players respond But when you've got them any holes, where do you start to fix this thing?

17:45Yeah It's tough and it's I think the key I think the key is Not playing good baseball Collectively right on all all facets What has to happen is Has to take a look at the mirror and try to see what their part is and play their role and do what they need to do in order to turn it around I think it's Doing a plain meeting I'm gonna see about things turned around a club. So Half the key is is you have a lot of baseball looked in there For the long season to be well, let me jump and I hate to do this here We we have a bad connection. I want to see this anyway at all We can try to reconnect this and fix this and start it off great And then I'll send just dropped off and I don't know how we lost you But we started well and then it drops. So let me see if we can technically reconnect this because I don't want to lose this conversation We're talking to Ryan Howard and we're talking about the Philadelphia Phillies

18:47And again, I mentioned with Ricky Patalico said former teammate of Ryan Howard's quote the hitting is atrocious the starting pitching is worse The bullpen's all over the place what you want me to come on here and be positive and tell you everything's gonna be fine End of quote that no Obviously not and they fire their manager also want to get into the fact that they tried to hire Alex Cora And he said no So in the meantime I'll be I didn't get my day in a white music 1 800 a little bit It's not official if we have a Tactical issue with a guest. I just need that. That's part of the jungle Tourette to this point Thank you, Abby much better All right, so we're gonna try and reconnect that in the meantime you have your phone number some reaction also Rome depot The NCAA statement about not playing for money sounds completely sincere and plausible to me regards DAC

19:52Tony and moon Valley I don't play for money never have never cared for it to be honest with you Sincerely the guy who makes more money than anybody in the NFL Even if it's true and it's not if you're the highest-paid player in the league you don't want to say that I don't play for money Never cared for it. I don't play for money. Signed the guy makes 60 million. I don't like I've always said Anytime anybody says it's not about the money It's about one thing money the money Jamie and Kareem Bay quote coming soon February madness It is clever Jamie Jamie doesn't come in like red hot crazy lava, but always smart always clever We're trying to keep this single live. I think he's back. We are rejoined once again by Ryan Howard Ryan my man. There you are, dude much better

20:56They're playing through it, dude. I appreciate it very much. Appreciate it very much Let me ask you this let me pick up right here So the Phillies reportedly Ryan came hard for Alex Kora after he was fired by the Red Sox He said noted Dave Dombrovsky What's your sense of that? Is that no or is that maybe just no for now? I think it's probably a no for now I mean obviously him being fired from the Red Sox, you know, you kind of Have to let that soak in a little bit. I think we're he's gonna take that time. I'm gonna go spend some time with his family And he's I believe he's getting paid by the by the Red Sox as well. So Take that time kind of regroup and consider your options and see what what things look like maybe close towards the end of the season We're talking to Ryan Howard. So Ryan you look around major league baseball before firing their manager The Phillies were getting some cover in the sense that the Mets were equally as discouraging Given the talent they have on that team. Do you think it's only a matter of time before they figure it out? Or is this kind of who they are?

21:58Who the the Mets the Mets you mean Yeah, I think the Mets are too good to be playing the way that they're playing I mean you've got some guys that are in there for the first time You know with with Simeon coming in and Besht coming in You got Soto coming but you got Soto back now. I mean Lendor has been down for a hot second now I think once those guys all can get back together and kind of get it figured out there They will get it turned around and I think the Phillies will too. There's just too much talent on the diamond For those teams to be playing the way they are talking to Ryan Howard How about the Braves now the Braves have been red hot of late and they leave their vision They're also healthier than they've been in a long time. How much are you buying the Atlanta Braves this season? I'm buying it. I'm definitely buying it. I mean you said the key word they're healthy This is the first time in what three years that they've been you know healthy and had All their all their big boys out there at the same time So I mean the Braves are out there doing what we've all known the Braves are capable of doing as long as they've been healthy to do it

23:00And I mean Acunia hasn't really been Hitting like Acunia. So I mean you're getting you're getting guys to be able to go in and step up bald ones having Having a good start to the season You know Olsen's been swinging a hot bat like collectively as a team They've had different guys step up in different situations and you know again It all comes down to the collective Game of baseball where they're they're hitting they're hitting well. They're playing good defense and they're pitching well Talking baseball Ryan Howard so Ryan what about the Dodgers I bring them up because they're dealing with bullpen issues again like they were last year They lost it when dsd elbow surgery You know of course you got that huge segment of fans. We're like who cares man. They'll just buy another ring They'll just buy another ring. That's what they do Ryan where do you come on this do they buy their rings in your opinion and are the Dodgers bad for baseball No, they don't buy their rings like anybody you earn your rings, right? I mean we can go to the store over here If we want to go buy some ring, but You know, I the thing is is that out of 162 plus games

24:05You know, you you've got to have some luck to where you can stay healthy Um, I mean over the course of the year you're going to have guys that are going to be you know They're going to go down and you kind of have that next man up mentality But you know, you've got to be you've got to be playing well at the right times and you got to be healthy enough to have your roster Where you need it to be once you get into the postseason. So I mean the Dodgers obviously the deepest talent pool of every any team out there Looking hardcore at a three-peat like with the start that they're on right now There's no signs of them slowing down, but over the course of 162 games yet. You're going to have some guys Bowing in and bow on out in terms of you know some some injuries and sometimes on the aisle Hey listen man, am I feeling on this Ryan? It's I'm not gonna say the money doesn't help the money helps a lot because the money If you make a mistake you can clean up that mistake more effectively than a team that does down that kind of money But you can't just buy world championships. I think we're overlooking the fact that it's a great organization It's a really good organization. This scouts well and develops well and drafts well

25:07And I think we're overlooking that fact. What about Dave Roberts? What do you come out? I personally I'm on record I think I said help a manager, but anytime they don't win. He's the worst manager ever And if they do win he gets no credit whatsoever You're unbiased. What do you think about Doc as a manager? I love him. I love him. I love the energy that he brings I think you know Again, it's it's about the product and the players on the field and he's a players manager And he understands obviously having played the game in one championships Right being there and and and when he was with Boston and being able to win So really understanding that and the dynamic of the clubhouse is key I think that gets overlooked A lot because it's all about you've got 20 25 26 guys that are gonna be Together probably more or so spending time together more or so than they do with their actual families like You want to have a great atmosphere within that clubhouse because you want all those guys to be able to get along and and be able to do what they need to do on the field. So I think I think Doc's a great guy

26:12He's a great manager. I love his energy For the game and how he goes about managing here and so through I mean the clubhouse the sanctity of the clubhouse What's what happens there stays there? But when you were with the Phillies and you were playing on great great teams How did you approach the clubhouse in leadership? Did you stay to yourself lead by example? Did you feel like it was upon you to walk around that room to make sure that everybody was right or if they weren't right Maybe point it out like how did you approach the clubhouse personally? You know we were I was lucky enough to play with teams to where we had Multiple leaders right? Obviously Jimmy was the guy that was probably the most spoken out But we had guys like myself, you know that I used to try to just kind of lead by example This was The the the 30 old school kind of Engine that we had as well, and you know jason worth and shame that to you know and all those guys We all let in our own ways But the biggest thing was us being able to police ourselves and I think that was the the the big thing for Charlie and the coaching staff

27:19um They knew that we would police ourselves and get on each other if we weren't Living up to our capability, you know We took that kind of out of their hands and made their jobs a little bit easier Now when Charlie had to come in and you know put that foot down and he can come in and put that foot down But for the most part, you know We we look to police ourselves, and I think that's what great teams do they hold each other accountable You don't necessarily look to the manager or the coaching staff to have to do that It's one of those things internally I think that the players can look to each other and hold each other accountable and try to make each other better How about Jay wrong like what was he like personally? Jay wrong always had that like charisma yet that it man. He's had that presence What was he like in dealing with teammates like what was he likes a teammate? Oh jimmy was great. He was great. I mean we all understood each other's personalities which made it Um easier for us to all get along We all knew jimmy was, you know, he was that he was the mouthpiece

28:21You know ever since oh seven when he came out and he said hey, he felt like we were the team to beat You know nobody else is really saying that um But Jimmy is and then we as a team felt like hey, we got to go back here go back him up, you know, so Jimmy was always great with that, but he was gonna let you know like he's gonna let you know what was on his mind If you weren't doing something the right way and vice versa Like we could go to him and say hey Jay like bro come on then like we need to be We need you to do this or do that or you're better than that, right? And it's and it's obviously knowing like hey, we're better than that. Don't forget what got us here So I knew show before you go. Are you guys talking purely baseball? Are you talking about non baseball topics to and who is some of the guys you've put on Man, we've talked about everything. We talk about everything. I mean we we talked you know a lot about baseball Obviously, that's our background. We know a lot about that But I mean we've had everything on from from People from the music industry walk a flockah as well as Michael Rubin Zach Browne from McLaren. So I mean we try to diversify the portfolio

29:25diversify the portfolio speaking of which before you go I know you've always done that ever since you've played you have been an investor in a number of things Including the hard soda space. This was not a condition when I saw this. Tell me about crooked pop Man, that's it, bro. That's the thing right now. I'm crooked pop up. I've partnered up with my man Ben Weiss creator of buy Love what he was doing. It's it's the new the new age new wave just Clean it's a clean drink man. It's it's not a spirit. It's not a beer. It's it's more. It's a fermented OSA Organic super dry alcohol that they came up with man It's it's amazing. I'm glad to be able to be a part of it And I'm looking for as my man Ben likes to use the term the bevelution Just trying to clean up the beverages and and for this for this generation That is kind of moving away from beer Um and looking for that that better alternative for them, you know no sugar no gluten none of that stuff

30:31Clean crisp Wonderful taste is refreshing, dude. I might be a part of this bevelution I need something. I'm aware. I've been bouncing back and forth from one thing to another over the years I've seen come in. I think I'm a part of this bevelution. I got to check it out. Hey come on in man Stay clean man. You got to stay clean. I ain't there's something to that. I think there's something to it Right now we're joining us Ryan. I appreciate you fighting through the technical difficulties Congrats on the bevelution and the show. Hope we can do it again soon man. Appreciate you Hey always man always them appreciate you sir appreciate you Ryan Howard joining us. That's fun So glad that he fought through that A bevelution You know me. I've been pretty up front about my Bevel with my own bevelution my own bevelution my own you see I don't have a bevelution But I have a bevelution we have bevolved We have bevolved over the years Anyway, that's interesting. I like the way it's sold out. It's clean non gluten. There's a bevelution for those moving away from beer

31:39You know, I need He and I maybe should do a pod together because I need another pod. Maybe the Bevenvention project Right Bevenvent myself You know from Jen From now mixed ranks to beer to gin to vodka to tequila to This crooked soda The bevelution and the bevenvention All right when we come back Looking for some ATP's we usually do that now number three also half fam half fam Looking at you Boston Half fam The hell's going on. I thought the Celtics were going to run right through the east I thought it was a question of not who comes out of the east, but will the Celtics give either OKC or the spurs run for their money How about this are they going to get out of this series

32:39Based on I saw last night I'm not so sure I would say yes But then again based on what I saw last night half fam. I'm not so sure That's coming up you want to go in a different direction hit me up Hey Yinzers Pittsburgh you know what I never hit on That streamer that bum rush the stage and try to make a stealer pick How much of that aggravate you and how was that guy so easily able to get on stage and spend so much time once you got up there Well, where's Troy Pala Mala when you need him All right all of that when we come back stay tuned You're listening to that Jim Rome show Now don't people jerky is the same make you know this old trappers original old-fashioned teriyaki Highten spicy pepper doll coming from the forearms bags So you can sample different flavors and find the best one for you as for a trapper By name because do other jerky comparison a trapper what's your beef All right, so a few things Romy I was hoping that you would have addressed

33:41The Brendan sores be gambling issue Dude checked himself in a rehab facility for a betting addiction now the college players are getting paid serious jack Is this surprising to anyone sign Ben in San Antonio? Hey Ben I was hoping that you were watching the after hour when we did address that We did address that However, there is some more new information and I will address it again for you Ben anybody else who missed it On three at on three quote new Sources who have reviewed the betting data Told at Pete Nacos that dating back to 2022 Brendan sores be placed more than ten Thousand wagers and at one point average 20 bets per day Sores be placed bets across multiple states using a range of gambling apps So then there's that

34:42All right, so back to what Ben said Is it any surprise the now the college players are getting paid serious jack That he would check himself into a facility for a gambling addiction First of all when he first started to bet apparently when he was at Indiana that was in 2022 He was not making serious jack So that's not what that was In fact the early reports had him making one dollar bets You're like micro bets Where this thing opens up obviously is access to betting Access to with the legalization of gambling now you can gamble and you can do so easily That said He knew the rules they know the rules The schools make damn sure you know the rules And if you're a college athlete you cannot bet on the sports that he was betting on

35:44Now if you want to bet on the UFC and you're a college athlete you can do that But you can't bet on football you can't bet on basketball he was doing things like that and even worse Reportedly when he played it I you he bet on I you you cannot do that Even though he bet on them to win you can't do that Even though he bet when he didn't play in the game you can't do that The NCAA does not care about any of that It doesn't matter if you bet on your team to win It doesn't matter if you bet on your team to lose It doesn't matter even if you didn't play in the game If you do that by rule you are subject to permanent in eligibility So it would appear we don't know and one more thing about this There's no criminal activity at this point It's not like he was affecting games or got caught up with a criminal element he has been charged with a crime But if he bet on Indiana and the rule is if you bet on your own team again

36:51Either to win or lose whether you play or not he did so as red shirt year You are subject to Permanent in eligibility and if they fall through on that that means he's probably played his lost college down So he's done in college football Effectively allegedly probably So what does that leave him with the NFL Adam Rankin? I talked about that yesterday Adam Adam was saying that he was of the opinion that This could jeopardize his NFL career. I said yeah, I don't know about that I don't know about that. There are ways to the NFL There is the supplemental draft remember that thing remember the NFL supplemental draft We haven't talked about that in a long time There is a supplemental draft and I would think if there's no criminal activity I mean these were some really poor choices and now he's got a gambling issue that he's getting addressed He's gonna end up at the NFL. He's an NFL player Had he come out this year he would have been highly drafted Yeah, I would argue maybe not ahead of Fernando Mendoza, but I could certainly argue ahead of Tysonson

37:55Like he's really well thought of in terms of arm talent and upside and ceiling But there is this thing this this thing where he made more than 10,000 bets At one point averaging 20 bets per day. All right, so We have a brand new partner Fandual predicts I've been talking about betting on this show now but since it became legal I Can and you know how much I do this big head and I talk about this all the time on this show on the after hour I do it And enjoy it and make no bones about it. I used to own race horses. I can tell you this With response or with respect to him averaging 20 bets per day. I can tell you for a fact In my entire life. I have never on one day ever made 20 bets ever Like I don't have a bandwidth. I can't follow that. I don't want to follow that

38:55Even if it's small You know then then you're hitting that dopamine button pretty often pretty often I have never Ever made 20 bets in a single day in my life And at his peak apparently he was averaging it every single day So again, what's different about this? This is not the first gambling scandal we've seen But we have not seen one of this note. This is without question the most high profile most prominent scandal that we've seen to date We're talking about a guy who was the best player arguably in the portal We're talking about a player. There was a high smithrophy candidate a player that could have led his team to a conference championship A player that could have led his team to the college football playoff any deep run a player that was arguably Gonna make upwards of five million dollars in NIL this year. We're talking about a high profile player That's what makes all of this different

39:58Hey jimmyty. I was hoping you were going to address that murder that took place in Brentwood Authorities say that OJ Simpson can be involved, but it sounds like they're setting him up. Thanks V in the fee Don't you mean double murder V come on bro if you can do the same joke that you do every single day can you at least get it right? Double murder In the ground He's in the ground. He's not making that joke It's done. You've had juice miss. It's done. It's over with I've covered it. I've covered it be Yes, we did talk about sores be yesterday, but I put it again We're gonna double back to my guy gfc in nc I kind of put him on ice. We'll get out the top of next hour and we'll talk about the Celtics. Stay tuned

41:02Next roll with Vernon Davis. I'm your host burning Davis. Okay, y'all. Thank you. Thank you Today we have Dietrich wise through my example on the field off the field during game day in practice That was one way that I led because then led to success next roll isn't about what's next? It's about why they do it my man don't come to you finally reached this pinnacle But can you actually close the deal out and then to be able to close it out? That is one of the biggest joys. That's probably man next roll with Vernon Davis follow and listen on your favorite platform