Bald Guys On The Bench
Bald Guys On The Bench
Selection Sunday Special: Breaking Down the Brackets While Waiting on Rory
Recorded March 16th, 2025
Selection Sunday brings March Madness excitement while we anxiously await the Monday morning conclusion of a weather-delayed Players Championship. J.J. Spaun and Rory McIlroy are heading to a three-hole aggregate playoff that has us on the edge of our seats with potentially profitable betting implications!
The weather at TPC Sawgrass completely transformed the tournament, turning firm and fast conditions into a soggy challenge that tested even the world's best. We break down the dramatic final holes, including Spaun’s remarkable recovery after slipping during his approach shot on 18 and Rory's clutch lag putting that nearly sealed the deal.
NFL free agency continues to reshape rosters across the league. The Chargers welcomed back Taylor Heinicke on a birthday present contract while adding massive offensive lineman Mekhi Becton to protect Justin Herbert. Meanwhile, the Bengals made Ja'Marr Chase the highest-paid non-quarterback in history with a staggering $161 million deal. We're still waiting (rather impatiently) on Aaron Rodgers to make a decision about his future, potentially leaving the Steelers in quarterback limbo.
The NCAA Tournament bracket revelations brought some surprises, with Auburn claiming the overall number one seed despite losing head-to-head against Duke earlier in the season. We're excited to host our listener bracket challenge and can't wait to see your picks! Tag us on social media as you follow your bracket's progress, and we'll feature whoever's leading after the first weekend on next Sunday's episode.
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Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the Bench podcast, with your hosts Graham Cohen and Scott Wasco.
Graham:What's up everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Bald Guys on the Bench. Guess what it is Selection Sunday. I'm excited, Scott, how you doing brother. Welcome back to another episode of the Bald Guys on the Bench. Guess what it is Selection Sunday. I'm excited, Scott, how you doing brother.
Scott:I'm doing great. It is Selection Sunday. Not only is it that it was supposed to be the Indian of the Players Championship, but a little weather delay. Now we got a little playoff, so we get to wait until tomorrow to see if we win some bets. But you know, before we get into everything, I feel like we just talked to everybody a couple nights ago. It's cool being back so soon. Get used to this. Sunday night, quick episode. Wednesday night longer episode until football starts. I like it, Graham likes it. But you know, you know what the deal is. It's time to grab it, crack it.
Graham:Let's go, let's go, let's go brother.
Scott:So last time we when did we go on the air Like Wednesday? It was Wednesday, right, yeah, wednesday night, yeah. And the last thing I got to talk about is you know, that made put a smile on my face. Was Mike Dubb coming back to the Chargers. That put a smile on my face, was Mike Dubb coming back to the Chargers. But before we even get into the quick NFL free agency stuff, players Championship dude Thursday, friday, weather was awesome. Dudes were going deep. We almost saw a course record out of Justin Thomas on Friday, right, but he tied it right, didn't he tie it tie, yeah, but fun event weather got crazy yesterday, a lot of wind. Today they had a four-hour weather delay. You know our boy fowler oof, who played his dick off the first two rounds, and we're not even going to talk about what happened on the weekend. But you know it's golf, right, I mean it's not an easy game, but at all At all.
Graham:Look, I know I've mentioned it before on previous podcast episodes, but, folks, I'll just say it again. Scott, you know this answer. What is the percentage of all golfers on this planet that can break legitimately 100?
Scott:Like at their Muni golf course or their club from like, from like 6,000 yards.
Graham:Obviously not TPC this weekend.
Scott:They shoot 200.
Graham:Yeah, I mean.
Scott:I don't know, not a lot If they play by the rules.
Graham:Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Scott:It's, isn't it, like 5% chance it's gotta be even lower than that.
Graham:That's my point. Folks, even the pros, can have a bad day all right, like they're human. Yes, they're the top, top of the top, but even still the people at the top can throw out an 86, you know Like shit happens.
Scott:It's just funny to me that people that don't play golf, that don't know golf, that they play it recreationally. They're like, oh, he choked, he choked. Okay, douchebag, you go hit this shot in front of the world, when it's just you and a little baby golf ball. Okay, you go hit it Good luck, good luck.
Scott:Good luck. And if you don't know, we're talking about grammar police. Let's see how Rory blows this one. He hits it on the green, on the 72nd hole. The course conditions are soft. They've been playing it firm all week. The shot he hit on the 72nd hole the course conditions are soft, they've been playing it firm all week. The shot he hit on the 72nd hole the last three rounds takes a huge bounce. He's probably pinned high. He hits it on the green. He's got 80 foot for birdie. Oh, there it is. Don't need to answer anybody.
Graham:You know, when I watched him hit that shot, I'm saying to myself I mean you just see the look on his face and he's just like oh, you know, he didn't get that bounce forward. And I'm just like, dude, there was a four hour rain delay. You didn't put that into your calculations, like maybe I should give it a little more. I mean I mean, look, he's still to put it from there, but that lag put that he hit up there. I mean, look, he's still two putted from there, but that lag put that he hit up there. I mean, was that 60 feet?
Scott:It was money.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:And I'm literally, as he's putting the par putt. As soon as the ball left the putter, I'm like he pulled it, yeah, or pushed, I don't know. I don't remember, but that all I got to say is he pushed it.
Graham:It barely snuck in there.
Scott:Yeah, it was inside right edge and he, boy, All I can say is gold glove. First baseman grabbed that ball and said get in the hole, dude, Right, Because you know he starts off. You know, you and I last night were talking about this. We're like let's live, bet Rory, what? Was he three or four back and we got him at plus 650, right, yeah? And then this morning I'm watching him start off. They move the tee times up two hours and he starts off birdie eagle to start the round and I'm like hello, okay, I ain't mad at that.
Scott:Then, then, after the weather delay.
Scott:He bird. He birdies his first hole after 14, he makes bogey and then 15, he stones it up to about the distance of the putt he had to make on 18. Missed it for birdie and I'm like shit. Now he's got 16, the par 5. Mashes driver but hits it through the fairway. He still had like 200 in but he hit a great 6 iron. Left himself in the fairway pin high Not saying it's an easy chip or up and down, because people that are uneducated are going oh, he choked.
Scott:He hit a bad, shut up. Why don't you go hit a chip shot. Nine out of the ten people are going to Vince Gulliot into the water, okay, or chunk it and not even make the fucking green. So shut up. But anyhow he hits a bad chip. Whatever. Gave himself a makeable putt. Missed it, okay, that sucked.
Scott:Then he hit a quality shot on 17. Greens are soft. Zipped it back. Still had 10, 12 feet for birdie. His ball was up against the collar though. Not easy to make solid contact with the putter, Not good, whatever Right. So he's one up, spawn stone. It's an awesome chip on 16. They're tied. Spawn par 17. Rory's standing on 18. What's? He hit off the tee three iron, why gotta be in the fairway? Yeah, you know, I don't know what he had in for a second, it was like I think it was like one 80 or so and Hits it on the green two putts, whatever you know. Good on spawn two, putted on 17, hit a decent shot on 18 off the tee ball barely trickles into the pine straw and I'm like, oh, let's go. Not rooting against anybody, Maybe a little bit.
Graham:But dude, how classy was the second spawn hit in that situation when his right foot slipped, dude Bro all I could think about was two days ago, when JT was on 18, and he was just trying to chip it out. Basically, I mean a little more than chip it out, but he was just trying to get it out there, just did a little low dribbler out there and his feet moved and he put it in the water. And when I saw that line.
Announcer:I tough.
Graham:You know this would be bad for him but this could be good for us. But, dude, he hit a quality shot. Quality, to be honest. I think his third shot was was even a better shot the, the putt that he made, I mean, or the putt that he attempted not made sorry, his birdie putt to win the event.
Scott:I don't know how far it was 20, 25 feet or whatever.
Announcer:No, it was 31 feet 10 feet from the hole.
Scott:The speed looked perfect. And I'm like, wow, homeboy, just went Kansas on us to win the event and left it. Yeah and sure to short, yeah, yeah. And to quote Romano, all I could think about and my dad had never heard this all the golf I played with Romano when you leave a putt short, like right in the heart and this is probably going to be a little R rated, but whatever, don't care, my guy in Bangladesh might not like it Shocker, cool Romano since I've known Romano whenever you leave a putt short right in the heart, romano would be like oh man, wow, you had it in her mouth and her mom came home.
Scott:Oh my god, that's all I could think about, dude.
Graham:That's all I could think about, dude. That's all I could think about.
Scott:That's my new team name, but anyhow we gotta wait until tomorrow, 9am eastern time. What has two thumbs and ain't gonna be watching it? The guy over there that I'm talking to this guy.
Graham:The cool thing is it is that it is an aggregate playoff.
Scott:They're playing 16, 17, 18. I finally confirmed that. Uh, yeah instead of uh, because Kristen's like, oh my god, they got to come back tomorrow morning, get ready, and it's sudden death and I'm like I don't know. She's like it could be one hole, like you're gonna get there. These guys are gonna go through their whole routine go work, work out, go stretch, go hit balls. At least it's three holes, you know 16, 17.
Graham:And no fans. Are they not allowing people? I don't know. Would they allow them back? No clue, I mean if they want to make money, I mean. But then you just think, would they keep the concessions there there make money?
Announcer:I mean, but then you just think, would they keep the concessions there? There's so much, yeah, so much going on.
Scott:You would think it would just be the players, but you know the course, conditions and the weather affected the weekend, like we all thought was going to happen. But you know.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:Golf. I still I hate to say this. You know, since this tour, PGA tour schedule has moved around because of the FedEx cup and the Ryder cup and everything, I still miss the players championship in May. I don't like it in March.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:And the reason the golf course is soft it's overseeded ryegrass the ball's not rolling. In May the golf course was Bermuda grass the ball's jumping, yeah. In March the golf course looks pretty with the stripes and the fairways and stuff. But you ask any player out there on the tour, I guarantee you the majority will say we like the players in May Because it's firm, fast and full of gas.
Scott:And it finishes on Mother's Day. That was a tradition, like the US Open finishes on Mother's Day. That was a tradition, like the US Open finishing on. Father's Day, but you know, whatever.
Graham:What's that weekend now Do you know?
Scott:Mother's Day weekend for golf.
Scott:I don't know I'm not sure it sucks. I mean, I just remember watching dudes hitting drivers in the ball rolling, running 40 yards. They were never hitting drivers on 16 dude back in the day unless you were Davis love and you were hitting it over the trees. They had to hit three woods. Once the technology they had to hit three woods, kind of like 13 at Augusta. You can't hit a driver on 13 at Augusta unless you're lefty. But you know, whatever it is what it is, We've got to wait until tomorrow, you know.
Graham:Yeah, but yeah, because we ain't taking that cash out.
Scott:No, let's go, we need and just, we need it Plus 650. And just.
Graham:We need this money, we need to.
Scott:We were on a roll six and one since we started doing it. Well, we took a little backseat burner this week, you know, we took one on the chin. We went one and three. You know. Still overall One and three plus six and one, that's seven. And what, graham? Seven and four. We went one in two this week, so we're seven and three.
Graham:Sorry, you said one in three we got Cantley, sorry.
Scott:Oh, so we're still seven and three we're we're good.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:But my boy on the other side of the world, in Vegas, we're just gonna go real quick. He's like oh, michael Kim, the whole world, dude, the whole world's all over Michael Kim I don't even know how they talk, because his little schlong was in his in their mouth. Like, oh, the guy's a stud Graham's. Like oh, I'm going to, I like him, I like him. Oh, how'd that work out? Yes, it's not an official pick. Don't take it, dude.
Graham:No, you said, don't take it in the top 20. And then I showed, and then I talked about him in the top four and I told you the odds and you're like you know, I kind of like that.
Scott:That didn't mean you said that. I like a lot of things. Anyhow.
Graham:You've been finishing in the top 10 the last how many events? And you're plus 100 to finish in the top 40. You don't think?
Scott:Vegas is smart.
Graham:Not all the time, not a lot. Yeah, but here's also the thing how much of the weather affected this golf tournament, you know.
Scott:Well, there was no weather for Michael Kemp the first two days.
Graham:The wind. There was some wind in the second round.
Scott:Some Guy Anyhow.
Graham:You were talking about. There's a difference between the players that went out in the morning versus players in the afternoon don't get me this like oh, there was a little bit, but it ended up laying down yeah, well, not for michael kim. It laid down into the dumpster anyhow.
Scott:I mean, we're talking about weather predicting now, like you really want me to be on tv being a meteorologist and being right one of ten times and getting paid Like come on, you're already an archaeologist.
Scott:Exactly Now. You want me to be a meteorologist. I mean, and Scotty's Hot Picks? We're seven and three. I got a better record than a goddamn weather guy. I mean, what do you want from me here? But anyhow, let's move on In NFL real quick. Your boy talking to you the other night on the phone, get the notification. Friend of the program, friend of myself, my boy back with the bolts baby, and that is none other than Taylor Heineke. Let's go Super pumped for him to be back. One year deal up to 6.2 million. I got people going. Oh my God, they gave him 6.2. I'm like, read the fucking fine print. It says up to his salary is guaranteed is probably two, incentives are probably four. We don't want him to get 6.2. If you're a charger fan, sorry TH, I know you want it, but he knows he gets it.
Scott:Yeah, dude, and his birthday was yesterday. Happy birthday, dude. Let's birthday was yesterday. Happy birthday, dude. Let's go Right. You get to go back up, herbert. You're living in Southern California being with Harbaugh. Like Harbaugh, he says who's got it better than us? And Nazi fucking said that yesterday in his goddamn press conference blasting the Steelers and all their shit down there in Pittsburgh and they're Ooh, I didn't want to go there but it just came out. Najee's even praising Harbaugh, najee was like who's got it better than us? Well, I can tell you one thing, najee your head coach has got a longer rushing attempt than you, but maybe not anymore, because Friday night we've been talking about it. Charter's about to do something. I get a phone call from our boy Rob, friend of the program, micaiah Becton. Eagles right tackle first round draft pick from the Jets. You know that went to the Eagles. One-year deal, first year playing right guard. Last year for the Eagles, 6'7", 365. Just signed with the Chargers Right guard. Najee probably had a Woody the size of Texas.
Graham:Man Put you on that old line. Just tell it off holes bigger than what are you trying to say I'm fat?
Scott:No, I mean the weight I lost. I mean you're closer than you've ever been Eating that home cooking from Mama Cohen.
Graham:I'm 190 pounds. All right, eat yourself.
Scott:I mean I'm sorry that Nazi blasted the Steelers facilities.
Graham:He didn't blast the Steelers Specifically. He didn't say their name.
Scott:Look, it's easy to compare, I know no, sofi is brand new.
Graham:That's what I'm saying when you're going from brand new facilities with top-of-the-line equipment from a previous organization. It's like, yeah, like all right, some places are better than others. It's like, yeah, like all right, some places are better than others. Granted, I mean, look when those NFL grades came out by the players. It's like when you see that you think organizations have to see this right, like I guess my question is and this has nothing to do with the Steelers but are there organizations that care about this type of shit? Like, do they care about the happiness of their players? And if they do, or should I say not, that wouldn't you think an organization would care to make their, make the facilities and everything around them the best of their ability? So that way, the morale is the best and everything you know, everything's on the up and up.
Scott:But it's hard. I mean you can't compare it. Like I told you last night, dude the new Chargers Stadium, sofi, he's not even talking about SoFi. He's talking about the training facility which is called Bolt. It just opened last year. I mean you can't compare it.
Graham:It's a completely separate facility.
Scott:Breaking news Jamar Chase and T Higgins. They've agreed to contract extensions. What Jamar gets? Four years, 161, 112 guaranteed, making him the highest paid non-quarterback in history. Higgins gets four years 115, making first two years guaranteed, making him the highest paid wide receiver, too, in history.
Graham:They're going to pay that dude $28 million a year. Oh my, you know what? Cincinnati? You're fucked, hey, you're fucked, hey.
Scott:so Trey Hendrickson, he's gone, then right dude, he's got the Bengals by the balls oh, he's gone well, we know that, but he's got them by the balls cause they're gonna have to trade him for shit. Yeah, they have no choice.
Graham:Yeah, because he's not a Wow, he's not a free agent. No, he's not a free agent, he's.
Scott:Wow, wow, I cannot believe they just paid him that much money.
Graham:Wow well, apparently they feel like they're gonna find someone in the draft.
Scott:There are a lot of places, dude, you can't replace not a dude that was tied for the sack record the last two years, right, I mean yeah, sack leader yeah, wow, wow.
Scott:Anyhow, that was a little breaking news as we're recording. Uh, next thing on the notes, dude, something we've spent a lot of time on, not only recently but throughout the history of this show with you and I, and, and that's Aaron Rodgers. Dude, he loves this, he loves the attention. I heard rumors. You know him and Pat McAfee are boys. Mcafee's a Pittsburgh guy that went to West Virginia. I've heard rumors that McAfee's doing a show live in Pittsburgh, and that's what Rodgers is waiting. When he's waiting to make his announcement. Well, that's not until April. If the Steelers wait until April for this ass clown to make his decision and they don't move forward before that, which they obviously are not going to do, I'm saying if, if they're waiting, dude, go to the Vikings, go to the Giants. I'm the Steelers. I got Mason Rudolph. Never even thought about this. One of my boys we've talked about before, joe Books from Greenbrier, signed Jameis Winston. Get a quarterback next year, get effed. Aaron Rodgers.
Graham:I mean, I just you know, the more and more, as time goes on, I've been in the camp of you know what, Rogers, Go fuck yourself. All the antics and everything he's doing.
Scott:He thinks he's bigger than the team.
Graham:That shit don't fly, especially in Pittsburgh. Number one, number two point I'll be quick with it. Number two point I'll be quick with it. You know for someone that's been legitimately following the Steelers since probably like 2001,. Around there, you know, right, when you start following a team you're like, oh, you're just getting into it, you're liking it, things are good.
Graham:You know, you don't really know all the ins and outs, but you're just figuring it out. You're just like oh cool, I'm a new fan, everything's good. Well, what happened in 2003? We draft ben roethlisberger and the next thing you know for 18 seasons 2004, yeah, 2004, slap myself wrong, you know, just have 18 years of continued success. Whether I mean how much of that towards the end, it is what it is.
Graham:My point in saying all this is this Now that Ben's been retired for this would be the fourth year now Now we're just getting into the years of like, hmm, so this is how all the other fans feel like, where it's just like and I'm not even saying fans of shitty teams, but it's just like fans of teams where you're just like alright, we're like good, good, but we're not great. We'll give you eight, nine wins. We'll give you some reasons to be happy, we'll give you reasons to cheer, but we might make the playoffs. If we do, we ain't getting a dub, or should I say we haven't gotten a dub in nine years. And now look, what have we always said?
Graham:This is a quarterback-driven league and right now the Pittsburgh Steelers don't have a quarterback. We can't just each year try to put in a veteran and fill in and just figure it out and like that's what we did, granted we did draft pick it a couple years ago, thinking that that could be the answer. And look folks, we swung, we missed and he wasn't. It is what it is Like. I get that we still took the shot. We had to do it, granted that year that we picked him, the quality of quarterbacks weren't that great anyway, to be honest, but it is what it is.
Scott:That being said, with what's going on now, I really thought, Like we've always said, with the picket thing and you just mentioned it you swung, you missed. It was the Hollywood story. Yeah facts Right. The dude played his college football at Heinz Field. You swung, you missed Right and you moved on.
Graham:Exactly.
Scott:Real quick yeah. Like a lot quicker than a lot of teams on.
Graham:Exactly.
Graham:Real quick yeah, like a lot quicker than a lot of teams do. Yeah Well, if he wouldn't have opened up his mouth, that would have been. He would have had a chance to compete for the starting job. But when Russell Wilson came in he was like nah. So, with all that being said, I really thought this year it's either Russ or it's going to be Fields. And then, with Fields saying boobah, I'm like, all right, russ, it's just I don't. But now, with how Pittsburgh has treated Russ and obviously Arthur Smith not his hugest fan why would we want it? Not why would we want to, but why would he want to come back? Why would Russ? Yeah, Exactly.
Scott:Let him out there oh we're going to wait on you Russ to see what happens to Mr I dumped Danica Patrick I don't like my mom and dad, so I you know. I'm'm gonna be honest at this point. We don't have a second round. Crab legs, let's go.
Scott:I crab legs, I crab legs I can't get myself to say it, bro, I, I it's just, it's not gonna happen, like I'm not dude can you imagine being at Heinz Field with all them towels circling and you're looking down on the field and you got crab legs in the huddle, breaking the boys down, giving one of his all time speeches talking about we're about to eat the dubs doing this shit right here. Dude, you want him backing up Herbert.
Graham:We're about to eat the dubs. You know doing this shit right here, dude.
Scott:You want him backing up Herbert, just saying If TH4 wasn't there, he's, he's, he. The Chargers had a conversation with Winston, yeah, about being the backup, but, dude, we got Winston on the sideline eating them dubs.
Graham:I just Look, dude, get over it. We said it last week.
Scott:Get over it. He's got more athleticism than Aaron Rodgers.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:He's younger. And you got Mason Rudolph, you got Jameis. You let them battle it out next year.
Graham:Aaron Rodgers is the oldest player in the league. Bro, Everyone's younger than he is.
Scott:Exactly, and he's trying to be Brett Favre 2.0, going from the Packers to the Jets, to the Vikings, I mean, I just look we're going to.
Graham:it would be stupid for Pittsburgh not to trade Pickens for a second rounder. Do something in the draft. Is anybody going to?
Scott:give you a second rounder for that bitch.
Graham:If we can get Talking shit to the fans.
Scott:If we can get a second rounder for Chase. Claypool At home.
Graham:We can get a second rounder for Dude dude's 23 years old.
Scott:Yeah, but Claypool did come out and ball his first year and then he forgot that he was in America and was trying to play hockey with the ball and using his hands.
Graham:Well, yeah, when you have Juju Smith-Schuster and Antonio Brown on your team, being a third option, I mean, and you're 6'4".
Scott:Wait a minute. Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:We're going to have to do a little research. Was Claypool ever on a team with Antonio Brown? Oh wait, Maybe not I'm going to have to say the answer to that is how about no, Graham?
Graham:All right. Well, this is off the cuff. I think that was the year that.
Scott:Antonio Brown was out there getting frostbite and the cryotherapy thing when the Raiders signed him and then released him.
Graham:Yeah, but when was that? How long ago was that? That's what I'm saying. I don't know. There's no chance that.
Scott:Claypool and Antonio Brown were teammates.
Graham:Well, all right, you look it up while I keep talking. I don't know, probably not, but at least Juju was there and who I'm trying to think who was there. Anyway, case in point, we need a second rounder. Dart won't be there in the third. He might, yeah, he might, be there in the third.
Scott:Dude. They're saying the dude from Bama Milrow is probably going to be a first round pick.
Graham:Good luck to whoever's taking him.
Scott:But anyhow, dude, I don't know the best thing that could possibly happen for the Steelers, which isn't going to happen because the deadline came and went and I owe you and all the listeners a shot because of my statement about Kirk Cousins. He hit his $10 million roster bonus yesterday, told you, and he's staying. That is the dumbest shit I've ever heard in my life.
Graham:Pittsburgh can still offer trade compensation for him.
Scott:Then you've got to accept his contract.
Graham:What Atlanta can't eat some of that.
Scott:I don't know If they were to cut him the same thing the donkeys did with Russ. Pittsburgh can pull another Russell Wilson and be like hey, cousins, come on over here for league minimum. That would have been the best thing, but that ain't happened Anyhow.
Scott:Nfl. Let's move on Selection Sunday. Ncaa basketball Like we've mentioned in the last couple episodes, we have a listener bracket challenge going on. Invites have been sent out to a bunch of people. I'm excited. Graham's excited. I've gotten a lot of positive feedback from a bunch of listeners. It's going to be fun. The teams were announced tonight at 6 o'clock. There's some bullshit and, just like everything, people are going to be bitch about this, bitch about that. It is what it is. Before we get into that ACC tournament, cooper Flagg goes down. I think Thursday Was it Thursday in his game. Yeah, went down Thursday and didn't play the rest of the tournament. Cooper Flagg goes down. I think Thursday Was it Thursday in his game. Yeah, yeah, went down Thursday and didn't play the rest of the tournament. Friday night. Carolina and Duke are playing for the third time this year. Carolina's getting a wood laid to them through the first half and then Carolina goes on a run. Carolina's down what?
Graham:No, I'm just looking at the bracket. Oh and Wow, why'd you have to interrupt me. Sorry, I wasn't trying to Continue, bro what, I'm just looking at these matchups, dude, the East is stacked. Duke's gonna have to beat some Really good teams. Yeah, alabama, wisconsin, arizona, oregon. Some really good teams yeah, alabama, wisconsin, arizona.
Scott:Oregon, just so everybody knows. Tonight, when it was Selection Sunday at 6 pm East Coast time. I'm watching it. I'm flipping back and forth from the golf, back and forth, back and forth. I see they put out there. They're like oh, auburn, number one overall seed. I sent a text to our my cohost over here. I'm like Auburn, number one overall seed makes sense. And Graham's response is over Duke. And I'm like well, graham, if they're the overall number one seed, that means nobody is ahead of them.
Graham:Oh, you know what?
Scott:look up the definition of overall.
Graham:No, I get that. You know why do you even have to bring this up?
Scott:Because we have to. This is what makes us.
Graham:I said that because you told me the other night that Duke most likely was going to be the number one overall.
Scott:After Auburn lost the other night, after Auburn lost in the SEC championship, it was either going to be tomato or tomato. And the weird thing was Duke beat Auburn head-to-head this year, beat Auburn head-to-head this year. But when you're in the SEC and the SEC gets 14 teams in the tournament out of the 16 in their conference, I'm not saying their conference is bad, I'm just saying they're top heavy. You know, auburn, bama, Florida, tennessee Watch out for Florida, watch out for Tennessee. Bama's a fraud, all I'm going to say. All I'm going to say. Anyhow, I don't even know where to go. I haven't really studied the brackets. All I'm going to say is it's going to be pretty wild.
Scott:A lot of bullshit and a lot of social media people going out there saying Carolina doesn't believe, doesn't belong in the tournament. I agree they only had one quality win this year and they got in. Then people were bitching and moaning that Carolina's athletic director is on the bracket committee. Well, he's already come out publicly on CBS all over the place. When they discussed UNC with the committee, he left the room. So they're in the play-in game. They play San Diego State. If they win, the winner of that game is an 11 seed plays Ole Miss Just going to go out there and say the winner of the San Diego State-Carolina game is going to take Ole Miss to the woodshed. Just saying, just saying, just saying.
Graham:You know, I'm just saying as I'm looking at the bracket, you know, as a whole, right now there's a few schools on here that I've never even heard of. Like, where are these schools?
Scott:Seriously. And how about my local team, norfolk state, opening up the tournament against Florida? Mm-hmm.
Graham:Like. Here's one, the 14 seed in the South. Where's? Oh God, I don't want to butcher this Lipscomb. You've never heard of Lipscomb. Okay, where is it?
Scott:I don't know where it is, but they've been in the tournament. A shit ton okay, where's Bryant?
Graham:that I don't know, like there's a few of these. I mean I've heard Walford. Where's High Point? I know I've heard of McNeese. They've been in the tournament a bunch of times this SIU Edwardsville, south Indiana, maybe I don't even know.
Scott:Anyhow, listeners, get on the bracket challenge. It's going to be fun. We just want to have fun with it. It's free, there's no charge. Graham and I are going to get the win or something. We just want to have fun with it. It's free, there's no charge. Graham and I are going to get the win or something.
Scott:We already know what, but we're not telling anybody. The only thing Graham and I are hoping for and I hate to say it publicly, and we're going to just say it anyway is Andy, I hope you don't win. He said that, not me. Yeah, you were thinking it bitch, but as we go through, you know, week by week, through the bracket, graham and I just ask all the people that listen to us, that follow us, that are on social media, you know, tag us in it. We're going to have fun with it. And after week one, literally a week from right now, we'll have the sweet 16, right, whoever's leading, whoever's leading the bracket, don't make plans for Sunday night, cause you're going to get like a four or five minute chat on the episode Sunday night. So, with that all being said, graham, this could be a record shortest episode ever. We could keep going, but we're not. Get us out of here. Let the madness begin and let's go, rory, tomorrow morning, get that dub facts.
Graham:Scott, it's always a pleasure doing the podcast with you. Rory, please get her done. I look forward to doing the March Madness. Good luck to everyone. I hope you have a blast post about it. Let everyone know that. Hey, I got 10 wins, homeboy got eight wins. Talk shit. That's what it's all about, because I mean, bro, it's march madness, that's what it's.
Scott:I mean, it's all about the fun, like so, rep your picks and, scott, as the best homie always says, buh-bye and I didn't state it, gra, graham and I are not allowed to win, even though you can see how you get your asses kicked by Graham and I.
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Scott:But you know it'll be Graham and I in first and second, whoever's in third place. You're welcome, you win. But anyhow, love you all. Please get in, do it, do work, love talking to you guys, love the feedback and, like we always do, good night friends. Let's go March. Madness Rory, make me some money, yay.
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