Bald Guys On The Bench
Bald Guys On The Bench
Bald Guys Break Down: From Golf Gods to Playoff Drama
Recorded May 18th, 2025
This weekend delivered a sports feast worthy of multiple highlight reels, with Graham and Scott diving deep into Scottie Scheffler's historic PGA Championship victory that cements his place among golf's elite. Scheffler's 15th win in just over three years puts him in the conversation with early-career Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus—a statistical comparison that has both hosts marveling at what we're witnessing.
The conversation shifts through a whirlwind of playoff drama across multiple leagues. The NHL's Conference Finals are set with Stars-Oilers and Panthers-Hurricanes, featuring heartwarming stories like the Jets player who scored after his father's passing. Meanwhile, the NBA playoffs delivered stunning upsets with the Knicks taking down Boston and Oklahoma City dominating Denver, setting up conference finals that few predicted when the postseason began.
Not content to stick to on-field action, the guys break down the NFL schedule release phenomenon—particularly the Chargers' brilliant Minecraft-themed video filled with Easter eggs trolling division rivals. From QR codes mocking the Raiders to subtle jabs at Saquon Barkley's move to Philadelphia, the social media teams brought their A-game. The episode rounds out with discussion of Brock Purdy's new contract that rewards "Mr. Irrelevant" with top-tier quarterback money and an early preview of the upcoming US Open at intimidating Oakmont Country Club, where even the pros fear the lightning-fast greens.
Whether you're a fan of dramatic putts, Game 7 heroics, or social media brilliance, this episode captures the electricity of a packed sports weekend while delivering the unfiltered commentary and friendly banter that defines the Bald Guys on the Bench podcast. Subscribe now and join the conversation as we break down the biggest moments in sports each week!
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Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the Bench podcast, with your hosts Graham Cohen and Scott Wasco.
Scott:What's up everyone and welcome to another edition of the Bald Guys on the Bench. I'm here with my boy, graham, over there in Nevada. It's a Sunday night, graham. What's going on? Let's go. Let's get this party started. Nfl schedule release PGA Championship Woffence had a weekend, a couple Game 7s, dude, let's go.
Graham:Hey well, I'm excited, I'm thirsty. Let's get this party started. Let's grab one and crack one brother, Dude, let's go.
Scott:So, like I just mentioned, it's 10.22 Eastern Time. On Sunday night Just watched the Panthers Boat race the Toronto Maple Leafs. After the Maple Leafs jumped out to a 2-0 Lead in the series, we'll get to that in a minute, but Like we always do. Graham, how was your weekend? I know you worked, but Weekend was good.
Graham:Last night A couple of the homies Were like yo, what are you doing tonight? And I was like ain't doing shit. And he's like you want to come back to the house and play some foosball and pool. And I was like hell, yeah. So uh did that for a couple hours. It was fun. Uh got back to the crib, went to bed, worked today. Uh wasn't that busy, but that was kind of well. Not that it's a good thing, but at least I got to watch a lot of g today. So I mean, you got to take the pluses with the minuses, I guess yeah, I get you, I hear it um update.
Graham:No movie watching this week, so yourself well you gotta hate on me.
Scott:I mean I'm sorry, you legally get movies watched per week. I mean you didn't watch a movie this week and you're still averaging 2.65 a week, so whatever, sorry, just throwing stats out there.
Graham:Oh, and apparently we got more of them. So get ready, folks. How about your weekend, boss? How was yours, Dude, it was good.
Scott:Got home yesterday Was excited to watch the star and the Jets game and it was solid. Didn't disappoint. Read the news earlier in the day that Seifle, for the Jets, lost his dad either yesterday morning or Friday night. It was questionable whether he was going to start or not in the game or even play. Watch that last night Didn't disappoint. Obviously, today, game two Kellen's flag team that I coach, that didn't disappoint either. The only thing that disappointed was Graham challenged me with 40 points last night and, like I told Graham earlier, it was 29 to nothing in the first half. We pulled starters because in the league 36 to nothing is a skunk and we wanted to play. We wanted guys that normally don't play in certain positions. We want them to play, you know yeah so you know we won 29 to 7.
Scott:Kellen had a tutty through one little run pass option through one, two. I think I sent you the video of his running one, yeah, um, but it was solid, solid, dude Solid. Like my coach said hey, last week was act one, this week's act two, let's just keep getting better. And we did.
Graham:It's good to know that those little tweaks that you asked me for help for for the Woffense are working out for you, so I'm happy.
Scott:And by tweaks we mean Graham, don't give me anything, okay, wow, wow, okay, bro, sure, anyhow, let's just jump right into it. Dude, stanley club playoff or no, sorry, pga championship weekend. If you listened to last week's episode and you bet, hopefully you didn't on Graham's favorite and underdog and my favorite underdog, I'm just going to go out there right now and just apologize.
Graham:Sorry.
Scott:My bad, you know, not very good, but it was an amazing tournament. You know the PGA championship is run by the pga of america. I'm a member of that. Uh, it was pretty exciting. First day you're looking at the leaderboard, you're going uh, it was he. It was he. Did luke donald forget it wasn't 2014, right? And I mean, goodness gracious.
Scott:You know, we had the controversy of all the rain and the mud on the golf balls and scotty, rory and xander all making double on the 16th hole in the first round and scotty complaining about the mud and you. Then we had Lowry on Friday. His ball lands in somebody else's pitch mark, he makes a double in that hole, misses the cut. Then we got Statton on Friday one of the best things I've seen this year making seven on 18, which was his ninth hole of the day, and he hits a chip shot, chunks it and then he literally spits at the divot and starts wailing a sandwich. It was awesome. Dude, reminded me of sergio. Remember when sergio spit in the cup that year? Yeah, couldn't tell you what event it was, but it was just like oh my god.
Scott:Then yesterday, all of a sudden, scott east putter gets hot and by getting hot, my guy made seven birdies in an eagle on saturday. Is that any good? I'm sitting here texting people and I'm like this is about to be a runaway. He's gonna win by six or seven. This shit's over and it got a little tight today. Not gonna say it didn't, I mean I didn't see it, I was coaching and we're walking off the field and my dad's like dude, scottie only has a one-shot lead and I'm like I'm sorry, what? Couldn't believe it. But then you know, rom got tired because they don't play 72 holes on the live tour and Rom finishes bogey double-double.
Scott:And you know scotty bogey the 72nd hole wins by five. But I don't even want to talk about that, don't even need to get into it. You know stat of the day. You ready? This is amazing. I saw this earlier. I had to do a screenshot. Okay, the pga championship was played at quail hollow, which is in the state of north carolina, in charlotte. Okay, charlotte is the home of the carolina panthers. Okay, wins since 2022 carolina panthers 14, scotty scheffler 15. Is that any good? I mean, it's kind of breathtaking, right? I?
Scott:you know, it's hard to to say something about that.
Graham:I know no, it's just. I've just been thinking a lot about recently how people are, I wouldn't say comparing, but kind of just like holding him up to the light, like, oh, remember when Tiger was dominant and he was number one player in the world and his 2000 season versus Scottie's you know season last year, it's just like you know. There there's certain things where it's just like, yeah, tiger definitely dominated, hands down greatest season on tour ever, the 2000 season, like I get that. You know, it's funny. I was watching something online just to reiterate something Tiger won nine times right times. Right. He only played in 16. He played, no, he played in 16 events.
Scott:The one or 17 events the ones he didn't finish in seven of them he still finished in the top 10 I love that you're bringing this up, okay, because something I saw what after the dub, I was like wow, and that is. After the dub, I was like wow, and that is I love that you're bringing up the Tiger versus.
Scott:Scottie thing. Shortest span between first win and 15th PGA Tour win Tiger Woods three years, 32 days. Jack Nicklaus three years, 32 days. Jack Nicklaus Three years, 45 days. Scotty Scheffler Three years, 92 days. Wow, that shows you what we're fucking dealing with right now. Yeah, I'm so late, wrong, and by no means am I even saying that Scotty is Tiger or Jack Right. I'm just saying what we've gotten to see is historic Facts. I mean, listen to this shit, dude, listen to this shit, go ahead. Last four seasons 82 starts, 82. 45 top fives wins, three majors, two players, championships, one gold medal in the olympics, four missed cuts, 75 million and winnings. Take the money out of it, because the money's obviously way different than it was.
Scott:Yeah right and 141 weeks at world number one.
Graham:You know, we'll never know, but just to imagine those two playing in their primes together, it's just. The thing is, there's parts of Scotty's game that it's just like I mean folks, if you don't know, if you've been listening to the show long enough, you, Scott and I but me personally, Tiger Woods is my hands-down favorite Like it's not even close, Like I love the dude right. There's parts of Scotty's game that are just I don't want to say comfortable, but it's just like the way he goes about it. Like Tiger was just so aggressive but what made him so good was, even if he hit it all over the world, his second shot. Or like his approach to the green and then just his manner around the green and like how I guess the stat is the scoring stat would be the right term for that. It's just like scotty keeps it in play. It's it's not like he's not hitting it all over the place, he's just like all right, I'm gonna hit fairways.
Graham:Today I'm gonna hit on the green.
Scott:He hit 13 or 14 fairways yesterday.
Scott:That's what I'm saying Then the news comes out tonight and we never heard about it because all we heard about was Rory and his driver being nonconforming, and he found out Tuesday. Then it comes out tonight that Scotty's driver was nonconforming too. That's crazy, dude. I listened to the PGA Tour Sirius radio on the way to work on Thursday. Listen to the marquee group tee off. They teed off the back. Nine Scotty makes bogey, or makes par on 10, makes bogey on 11. And he, looking pretty shady, zips in on 12. Okay, the guy's short game is insane. Oh yeah, and like, like I told you yesterday when I texted you oh shit, the putter's on fire, this shit's over yeah, it's, it's dude.
Graham:I mean it's like one or the other. I, I mean I'd still take, like I mean when Tiger was on, like you're not, I mean you're not stopping the guy yeah, clutch putts from five feet if your life depended on it.
Scott:You know you're taking Jack, you're taking Tiger.
Graham:Oh yeah.
Scott:Third is it Scotty?
Graham:Yeah, but granted a longer body of work. But there's just so many putts that a fan of golf could be like. Oh, I remember Tiger at Arnold's Place, tiger at Sawgrass, tiger at the Masters. I mean there's just so many putts that he had to make just to A force a playoff like the US Open.
Scott:With a broken leg. Yeah With a broken leg. Yeah With a broken leg.
Graham:Exactly Like there's just so many putts that you're just like oh, you know. Steve Williams said that he's just like Tiger just had that confidence. Where it's just like when the caddy says to the interviewer like oh, I just knew he was going to make it, like there's just no doubt in my mind that he's not going to perform and like to say that about someone like it's just mind-boggling Can we talk about Ted Scott his caddy. Yeah.
Scott:That literally leaves Bubba. Bubba Watson of, yeah, two green jackets goes over to scotty. And the crazy thing about this is I heard the story today or this week on a podcast when scotty called ted scott. Like ted scott was already done with bubba and ted told him he goes look if we're, if I'm coming to work for you, we're doing it the right way. I need you to be even keel. Yeah, I'm going to have attitude, ted Scott, two green jackets with Scotty, two with Bubba now a PGA.
Scott:Yeah dude, and let's the coolest thing for me as a PGA yeah, dude, and let's the coolest thing for me as a PGA member. As a golf professional, scotty has been working with the same coach since he was 13 years old and that's Randy Smith, who is a PGA member at Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas. Amazing To me, absolutely amazing. They were interviewing him after and you know what do you say? You've known Homeboy since he was 13. You've been giving him lessons and been with him. And you know something I was telling my dad that I didn't realize Colt Nost, you know, everybody knows Colt Nost, one of the US Amateur, does a subpar podcast. Now he works for CBS.
Scott:Dude, colt Nost has known Scotty forever, right, and he said Scotty would just come out at Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas and watch and watch all the big boys, and Colt's been there with him. And he said the hardest thing when Scottie didn't contention and Colt is doing the broadcast on CBS is not showing favoritism, right, you know, because they can't do it, but it's an amazing story because the guy didn't have this amazing junior career. You know, you played his ass off at University of Texas. He had to go to the Corn Fairy Tour, yeah Right. And I mean some people say he came out of nowhere. But this dude, he won in Phoenix his first win at the Waste Management. And then he's like, hey, everybody hold my beer.
Scott:And, like Colt Nose said, the thing that gave him the most confidence didn't even realize this was being a captain's pick for the Ryder Cup when we dominated Whistling Straits. And on Sunday, when we dominated at Whistling Straits, and then on Sunday getting paired up in singles matches against ROM, and he dominated ROM and Colton. This was like that was the end. He believed in himself. He got the captain's pick, dominated ROM, the end. Yeah, where are we now? Yeah, I mean, everybody was like, can you win another major? You know, his first two had green jackets involved. Today he gets the Wanamaker trophy and breaks it when he picks it up.
Graham:Yeah, I saw that.
Scott:Literally Same as Colin Morikawa, you know, picks it up, the top falls off. Well, this time this goddamn thing got bent. Whoops yeah, but dude so sick. Whoops yeah, but dude so sick. I mean, I don't know.
Graham:It's funny we may have mentioned it, but For all the people out there that think that Caddies are people that just carry the bags and get the divots and rank the bunkers, it's not Even that that. Caddies are people that just carry the bags and, you know, get the divots and rank the bunkers.
Announcer:It's not even that.
Scott:No, that's the farthest from the truth, not even close.
Graham:Most people don't even realize that caddies are players that wanted to make it themselves, and just Some are Some are Some, but I mean there's like there's strengths out there, dude, oh for sure.
Scott:Where the bad shot is hit, where you, you have to be behind your guy and say, even though you don't believe it's the right club, I like it, let's go. You know, it ain't like it used to be, where all you're doing is grabbing the bag and walking with it, oh for sure yeah. Especially when I know two world-class caddies out there that have made a career and a shit ton of money carrying golf bags.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:Tuesday morning on Augusta last year, fowler ain't playing his practice until 1 o'clock. Where am I and Romano on the 10th seed? Romano's? Out there walking hole by hole by hole, getting yardages confirming everything that shit people don't know oh, 100, I mean, look they don't they gotta realize it.
Graham:It's great for the player, but they're like the caddies' help and advice and security is there for the player and then, in return, if the player plays well, then that's where he gets his beat. It's like, how do I say this? It's a team, yeah, it's a total team effort.
Graham:It's a team and those people it's not like, oh, one person's doing all the work, you know what I mean? Like people don't realize the work that goes out there of the caddy, where it's just like where they have to map the golf course, like, yeah, they have yardage books, but that doesn't mean anything. Like the caddies know. Like, all right, if we're gonna hit it over here, what are our shots gonna be from from doing this? If we're're going to hit it over here, what is this? What's the angle of the slope? Doing this over here? What's the best plan of attack? Because a lot of regular golfers are not good enough to understand, maybe not understand the concept, but it's just like.
Scott:Hey, you said a lot of regular golfers. Let's just say 99.5% of people that play the game. All they want to do is make contact and get the ball airborne, right or advance it exactly and aka hit.
Graham:The green professionals are not like oh, let's just get it on the green, it's where? Do I want to leave the ball on the green, specifically to leave me a shot. That for the best chance for a shot, you know, for a, for a birdie or whatsoever. It's just like there's so much that goes into it that I feel like it gets overlooked. And you know when you're in it, you know and it's just things people should know, dude, something I'm very disappointed.
Scott:I don't have the stat of right now and I think I know the stat, but I'm just going to throw it out there. Last week, you know, because it's the PGA Championship, there were 20 club pros like myself that got to play in this event and I think I threw out there two club pros would make the cut. I think that's what I said and I don't know if anybody did, but I remember you asking me if a certain individual was going to make the cut and I said no and he did not make the cut, and that's Michael Bach. Did you see what he said, dude, friday afternoon, after he missed the cut and shot like 82, 83? Did you see his quote?
Announcer:Yeah.
Graham:I mean refresh my memory please.
Scott:Dude literally says after shooting 82 on Friday, Michael Block told golfcom that the smaller crowd size is his poor performance on missing the cut. That's kind of the funny part. I wish there was a huge crowd on every single hole because that's when I hit my shots. When there's no one around, that's when I hit my worst shots I'm just gonna yeah, I mean I don't know. I I mean when you told me that when it first came out, I was like wait what?
Graham:Yeah, I mean RIP, I mean when you told me that when it first came out, I was like wait what?
Scott:Like he I mean I know there's been other people that have been giving him his flowers On other podcast shows Dude people that have had him on their shows after he did what he did at Oak Hill two years ago were blasting him Like shut up.
Scott:My point is how many times have we referenced him, like after the fact, just within this past year, I mean within the last, how many episodes, like I just I mean, dude, remember after the event was over and he went out and said if I could hit it as far as Rory, I'd be a top 10 player in the world and people gave him shit for that.
Graham:Yeah, but okay, I'm okay with that saying what he just said the other day.
Scott:I mean you can't get behind that I know him personally and reading the comments after he said it, I was just like dude. Why, why, why.
Graham:I'm like was this out of context? Hopefully, please.
Scott:Like just dip it, dude, you know, god bless America. Like who would say that. You left Nike to go to good good and you know Nike was paying him a shit ton of money. He's an amazing guy. What he's done for club pros and what he does is amazing. And he just pissed on his foot.
Announcer:Oh.
Scott:I, one of my favorite bands ever, incubus, one of their lyrics in their song to resist is to piss in the wind. Dude, you just pissed in the wind. I and people are over it. They're like all right, you're 15 minutes of fame shut up and he's a better person than that. That's the thing, you know. That's what I don't know, dude. Dustin Johnson is his career over. I mean one of the easiest. Well, one of the two bets I made this week that actually won was him to miss the cut. Never, even in doubt, did you ever sweat that.
Graham:No.
Announcer:Maybe as you hit submit.
Graham:Did you ever sweat that? No, but to be fair, the amount of people in the World Golf Ranking, in the top 20, that missed the cut, or let alone even the top 50, I mean there was a lot of really good players that missed it. I mean not that I'm that's tomato-tomato over here, I mean apples and oranges. It's not the same thing here. I'm that's tomato, tomato over here, I mean apples and oranges. It's not the same thing here I'm just saying, um, yeah, I mean he's dude, it's like he's, it's like he's a club pro. Now he's just out there to have fun, he's toast.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:He's getting paid Chilling, go home to those hammers, I mean like we were talking on the right. He'd won two majors, remember. He won at Oakmont and he won at Augusta.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:It's not like he's a slouch.
Graham:And he should have won at.
Scott:Whistling Straits when the happy cows in Wisconsin were saying that the bunker was a bunker and not a waste area.
Graham:Yeah. So I mean, how old is he now? Is he upper 30s? I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I don't think he's in his. Is he 40 yet?
Scott:I'm going to look it up. I'm going to look it up as you're asking.
Graham:I don't know.
Scott:Let's see Dustin Johnson. He is about 40.
Graham:Yeah, I don't know, just guess what? In 10 years we'll see him on the senior tour yeah, I don't know dude, I mean like god bless america the guy.
Scott:He had so much talent, dude, when he came out and um not saying he doesn't still he?
Graham:he was the number one player in the world for a little while. I mean he wasn't a slouch, it's just. I mean, look at 40, it's hard to compete at that high of a level. Also, he is on the other tour. He only plays in the majors. So I mean it's just. I mean obviously the fire's still there. I mean I'm sure he wants to do better.
Scott:He definitely wants.
Graham:Yeah, 100%, I just.
Scott:Yeah, I just sent you that on IG. That was posted three hours ago. Since we're talking about the topic, I mean it's that time of the week, a hot chick of the week, goodness gracious, paulina three hours ago threw an instagram post out there.
Graham:If you don't know, now you know but wait, hold on what does he wait what? What did Bryson just say?
Scott:Bryson said he needs a new golf ball.
Graham:I'm reading this right now folks. Bryson DeChambeau says he needs to find a golf ball that will fly straighter and says it will be up to manufacturing on whether he can address this need before the US Open. What Well, here before the US Open, what.
Scott:Well, here's the thing dude Golf balls now versus 15, 20 years ago. Okay, 15, 20 years ago the golf ball would spin a lot more and the game was played with curves. Okay, okay, a lot more curvature. The golf ball now doesn't spin as much as it used to. The game of golf now is played hit it high, landed, soft, right. There's not a lot of shot making involved in golf anymore, Not saying dudes, don't curve it. We just witnessed it in Augusta with maybe the best shot we've ever seen in Augusta, from Rory hooking that seven iron on 15. Okay, around the trees, one of the best shots we've ever seen in Augusta, arguably. But you know I'm going to say Bubba, same, so I get. The thing is the speed that Bryson had the ball come off the face. It's hard to manufacture a goddamn golf ball that can do that.
Scott:Yeah, when Bryson found his way on tour he was playing a Bridgestone golf ball. When Bryson won the US Open last year at Pinehurst he played a Pro-V left dash X Left dash didn't spin as much and arguably the best golf ball out there. I don't know if he's still playing it. I have no idea. All I know is Bryson's game dependent on controlling the golf ball. We all know how far the goddamn guy hits it. I mean, for shit sakes. I think Friday on 16, a 525-yard par 4, he had wedge in.
Graham:To be fair, folks, he hits his wedge like 180.
Scott:Well, that's because all the clubs are the same. God dang length, but that was an issue for him.
Graham:Uh, this weekend, dude I don't know.
Scott:I mean we could sit here and make this entire episode about the pga championship, because there's so many stories that we could talk about, but we don't need to do that. I'm just going to say it was a fun tournament. A lot of dudes missed the cut that we thought were going to play well, and Rory was kind of a non-factor, right I mean.
Graham:Rory, Justin, Thomas Shoffley, I mean at least.
Scott:Rory and Shoffley made the cut. Jt didn't Ludvig? Ludvig missed cut. No, I'm not saying that about our picks, I'm just saying no.
Graham:I know. But, I'm just saying, oh golf, clap to making the cut. I mean yo guys your favorite's over here.
Scott:I mean, dude, when I'm literally watching the pregame coverage and the leaders tee off at two 40 and I'm watching Rory and softly at 11 am On the golf course, yeah, it's weird.
Graham:It's like you turn on the coverage and they're already on whole nine and you're like Whoa they're got one foot out the goddamn door. Speaking of one foot out the door, the best thing I saw this week was Brooks Koepka at the convenience store with that 30-pack in hand of that Miller Lite.
Scott:So I've seen the picture too. I've seen it multiple times from multiple different platforms. I was talking to billy about it last night. Was that really him? You don't think that looks exactly it looked exactly like him, but if you zoom in, if you zoom in, it's like but the best thing I saw from kepka this week was him yelling at the fan.
Graham:Oh 100%.
Scott:Come down here and say it to me Like oh damn, oh damn folks.
Graham:If there's one person you don't want to mess with, he's one of those dudes like hey, it's the mess around and find out. I mean, he's a big boy, oh, solid, solid boy.
Scott:But I mean dude, just before we change topics, I just gotta throw this out there. I absolutely loved the fact that keegan bradley finished in the top 10. Yeah, because this is going to be a topic that a lot of people are going to start to talk about.
Graham:Yeah, because we know Keegan Bradley is what the captain for the Ryder Cup and he has some choices to make.
Scott:And he came out and already said it he will not make himself a captain's pick. The only way he'll play on the team is if he qualifies Dude.
Graham:Look, is that the right thing to say yes, after him getting snubbed last time?
Scott:He ain't picking himself. He's not going to pick himself, but if he just misses it.
Graham:So is it the top six American golfers in their rank.
Scott:I think it's six and then six, six and six.
Graham:So six man He'd have to be. I mean the top ten rankings, aren't most of them American anyway?
Scott:He'd have to be in the top 10. As far as Ryder Cup, no, I don't think he is.
Graham:No, oh, there's Ryder Cup stat or rankings already it's not just whoever the top 10 players in the world, it's not based off the world ranking.
Scott:Yeah, here we go. Ryder Cup standings 2025 team rankings.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:This was we're gonna. This was six days ago. I don't want that bullshit. I want right. God dang, now We'll edit this shit out right now. Right meow, uh, what day is this? As of May, 12th a week ago? Okay, scotty won. Scotty Xander, justin Thomas Morikawa, bryson, russell Henley. There's the top six. Your next six in order, andrew.
Graham:Novak, maverick McNeely, brian Harmon, patrick Cantley.
Scott:JJ Spahn Harris, English. I'd pick maybe one of those guys. Keegan's 22 as of last week. Obviously, this is going to change.
Graham:Okay, those second six Be honest.
Scott:How many of the second six would you actually want on the team? I'm a hundred percent taken. Cantley Okay, maybe Harris English, cause he's steady.
Graham:I mean, but there's nothing sexy about them.
Scott:Hey, have you seen the European squad? Ain't nothing sexy about it, because they are solid.
Graham:Yeah, I know, I just I know it's scary. I'll tell you one thing when I'm there, or listen, when we're there at Bethpage, if I see Brian Harmon, I'm fucking throwing a golf ball at him. If we pick him, I swear to God, I'm going to write a letter. I'm going to go on every social media platform say Keegan, you fucked us. Brian Harmon and Beth Page is the last person I want.
Scott:Yeah, we know that it's a long fucking golf course, but, dude, I don't know. All I'm saying is right now, the European team. But anyhow, this is not 100% about golf. Let's jump right in real quick. Wow, you looked like you were going to say something. What are you saying?
Graham:No, I'm just trying to think, because Koepka made his way on last time, so maybe if he won the US Open, well, bry's the deal.
Scott:Bryson's not in our top six. He's going to be on the goddamn team. Oh yeah, we know that. Yeah, death taxes and Bryson being on the team at Bethpage Black. Okay, yeah, actually, no, I said he's number five. Sorry, I did say his name. Okay, say his name, but I don't know, dude, I just it's too early. We got a lot of golf left, we got two more majors, we got the fedex playoffs and we got all these three round live tour events that are non-existent.
Scott:You stop with that, but you know, whatever I gotta throw shade when they're shade, whatever I got to throw shade when they're shade Dude. Stanley Cup playoffs and the matchups are set for the conference finals. We got the Stars playing the Oilers. We got the Canes playing the Panthers. Like I said earlier, the fact that homeboys scored a goal last night playing in a game the day his dad passed away, it was amazing, and against the Jets. But something that was even crazier about that game was 30 seconds left in you know regulation. In the third period he had a penalty on the Stars player that had a breakaway. That could and should have been a penalty shot. Slightly Still to this moment don't understand why it wasn't called a penalty shot. So Stars open up overtime on a power play. Boom. Stars win Jets.
Scott:Here's a fun fact the Jets did not win one game on the road in their first two series and they were the number one seed in the West. Not one road game. Pretty amazing, it's amazing to. I can't believe it happened, but it is what it is. Knights won or lost the other night. We're not even going to get into that. When you don't score a goal in fucking your last two games, it's pretty hard to advance.
Graham:Yeah and they had chances.
Scott:Oilers dominated the series. You know when four games won. But, dude, the Stars are solid, the Oilers are solid. It's a rematch of last year's western conference finals. Dude, something I gotta say because jerry texted me this morning peter deborah, who was the stars head coach okay, before the stars he was the knights head coach. Before the Stars, he was the Knights head coach. Before the Knights, he was the San Jose Sharks head coach. He has made the Western Conference Finals six out of the last seven years and has been fired twice, you know what we haven't said in a while.
Graham:I know exactly what you're gonna say make it make sense six out of the last seven years bro I mean, he must not be a good coach.
Scott:Dude, that's pretty wild. I mean, just like wilders. So now that your team's out of it, who are you rooting for? Oh, was that a classic Graham text thread with Andy when something happened in fantasy football? Who are you rooting for? To be honest, I am rooting for anyone but the Oilers. Oh no, I don't want another Canadian. I don't want another Canadian. I don't want a Canadian win. I want to see these poutine-eating, beanie-eyed people suffer by not winning a cup for another year.
Scott:Okay, I literally thought that was going to change this year because, Toronto jumped out to a 2, two, nothing lead on the Panthers, yeah, okay. And then the Panthers are like, yeah, we're defending cup champions, hold my beer Heading into tonight. The last four game sevens with Toronto playing. They've lost them all Lost five, one lost two to one, lost three to one, lost five-1, lost 5-1, and tonight I think it was 6-1.
Graham:And it was nil-nil after one, that second period, it was like goal Goal Dude, they scored three goals in three and a half minutes.
Announcer:Right.
Graham:Six minutes.
Scott:But still, whatever it felt like three minutes, right, six minutes, oh, six minutes, but still whatever it felt like three minutes. Yeah, I'm like, uh, dude, I mean, who do I think's going to be playing in the finals? I think it's going to be a rematch of last year. I think it's going to be the Oilers and the Panthers, and that was an amazing series. It went seven games. You know, I I would like to see the canes beat the panthers. Don't think it's gonna happen. Yeah. I'd like to see the stars beat the oilers don't think it's gonna happen. Yeah. But I don't know.
Scott:I mean going into it literally, you know, I looked at it earlier. The series line Panthers are minus 125 playing the Canes. Canes are plus 105. Edmonton and Dallas both are minus 110 in the series. So who knows, dude, it all comes down to who's a hot goalie, and I would probably go out there and say the worst goalie out of the four remaining teams is the goalie for edmonton, but he sure shut the shit out of my vegas knights. I mean, I don't know, but who knows, dude? Nba playoff let's jump right in, dude. Goodness gracious. Pacers-knicks, who saw that shit coming OKC, and the Timberwolves, who saw that shit coming OKC, yes.
Graham:So much to unpack there. Let me start when to start. All right, let's do the OKC. I thought it was going to be a series. Did I think it was going to go to seven games? No, no chance. But the thing was two of the four wins that Oklahoma City had were 30 plus point wins.
Scott:Yeah, after they lost game one, after they lost game one, after they lost game one, would they win by a game two? Yeah 40-some-odd A shit ton.
Graham:Yeah, and the thing is, OKC should have actually won game one. They choked it at the end and that's why they felt so bad and they took Denver to school the next day. So, I mean, look, denver, starting today, which I was surprised that they played it at three east noon west out here I was like that's an interesting time to play the game seven. But regardless of the fact, um, look, denver was actually up 10 in the first quarter and then, as I like like to say, what had happened was dun dun dun. Um, yeah, okay, he said hold my beer. Uh, we got it from here and it was pretty much over after halftime. You know it. There wasn't much denver could do. Um, look, they fired their coach a week and a half before the playoff started. They had a nice run with their assistant. Um, they still got good quality players. But the problem with Denver is they're top heavy. They got a good starting five, but their players on the bench you know, but look now, most teams don't have solid benches.
Graham:But I mean, at least you could have a couple guys could come off and give you a spark. But dallas, not dallas, denver didn't. You know? They relied on yokich, they relied on murray, they relied on uh, gordon, it's just they. It's like they ran out of gas and plus for the Nuggets were in two Game 7s. They were in Game 7 of Round 1 and Game 7 of Round 2.
Graham:They played so many games within a small period of time and people, look, I get it. I know the professional athletes are like, oh well, they had two days rest To a normal person. Yes, that sounds like a lot To pro athletes, it doesn't so I mean, I guess it just depends on how you want to take that. Rest is important, but you know, the one thing I'll say is this OKC winning is actually a good thing for the league One. They had the best record in the league, but now all four teams that are left the two in each conference championships are all teams that they have players that have not won a ring yet and all the storylines like the Knicks.
Scott:Yes, did you see outside Madison Square Garden?
Announcer:the night when they won Was that any good.
Graham:Yeah.
Announcer:That's what I'm telling you.
Graham:When the Knicks are good, the NBA is so much better, so much better.
Scott:So OKC and the Timberwolves? Obviously, we know OKC is going to be favored in the series.
Graham:What do you think the Moneyline series number is Minus?
Announcer:350?. Ding ding, ding, ding ding.
Scott:You're pretty damn close Minus 330. Is that 330? Yeah, minus 330. Yeah, minus 330.
Announcer:Yeah, let's go. I didn't look.
Scott:OKC has home court right.
Graham:Yeah, because they're the number one overall seed.
Scott:Alright, what do you think the Knicks-Pacers money line series is? I think I told you this the other night.
Graham:You did. Did you say the Pacers are favored? No, the Knicks. It's not by much. It's Knicks or minus 145. Yeah, it was like Plus 125. Dude that series. I could honestly Could coin flip it. It's all about momentum, although I'll give it to the Pacers They've been playing really well in this playoffs. They've been playing well together.
Scott:The Knicks have been playing well, they've got momentum. Obviously, the Knicks had luck on their side with Homeboy going out.
Graham:Oh 100%.
Scott:You know, but, the Knicks did lose. They were clutch.
Graham:They lost game six in Boston, handedly, might I add. So I mean the fact that they or game five.
Announcer:I'm sorry, game five Game five and then game six.
Graham:they took care of business, I mean, but to be fair, that game six that they won at home the Celtics.
Scott:That shit was over.
Graham:That shit was over before it started not only could they not make a bucket, they looked like they've never played together like there was no chemistry, I mean I get that but give a shit meter was you lose your best player, you know yes, but the thing is they have. They showed a stat games played without jason tatum. They were like 10 and 2. It's like, it's not like, oh, you lose your best player and you know you're 300 win percentage, like they were 800, it's, it's.
Graham:It was just amazing how that series went. I'm I I really, like I said, I think it's going to be a coin flip. Coming out the east, I'm rooting for the knicks but, to be perfectly honest with you, I don't think either team has a chance against whoever comes out the west I really just getting ready to say against whoever comes out the West?
Scott:I really don't. I was just getting ready to say that Whoever comes out of the West is winning it.
Graham:Yeah, I don't. And the thing is, with that being said, I don't know what's a better story, if OKC wins or if Minnesota wins. I mean, I'll just say this I think I'm going to have to root for OKC, just so we don't have to hear someone in our group text in the San Diego League.
Scott:Well you know who I'm rooting for. Yeah, I mean, I think it would be sick to see the Knicks reach the finals against whoever Obviously we're saying whoever comes out of the West Right, but would it be an amazing story for NBA basketball if the Knicks ended up getting the dub.
Graham:Oh bro, so amazing, so stupid, so amazing. Yeah, without a doubt, new York City hasn't had a sports win in a hot minute now. The Mets haven't done anything, the Yankees haven't done anything, the Giants haven't done anything.
Scott:The Giants have the most recent championship than any of them Is that true. Yeah Well, it's either the Giants or the Yankees.
Graham:but I think the Giants have won it.
Announcer:No chance.
Scott:Giants beat the Yankees, but I think the Giants are one of them. No chance.
Announcer:Giants beat the Patriots twice. Yeah, but what?
Graham:was that.
Announcer:Was that 2012 was the second one.
Graham:It's close. It's been over 10 years yeah, it's around the same time, but still.
Scott:Anyhow, let's jump in NFL news, not a lot, lot, but a little bit. Something you and I have been anxiously awaiting and I love how the nfl has made this like a spectacle, right, you know, the nfl just does whatever they can do to keep making that cash. Oh, schedule release Prime time 8 pm. Eastern Schedule release shows on the NFL Network, ESPN. You know, Right, and now you know it happened three or four years ago.
Scott:The Chargers have owned we've talked about it multiple times on social media the schedule release videos. They did the anime thing, they did all this stuff with all the Easter eggs in their videos. They didn't disappoint this year, Dude. And I love how the Colts tried to copy us and then the Colts didn't get Microsoft's permission to release their video and then they blamed it on them blasting Tyreek Hill. The Colts didn't get Microsoft's permission to release their video and then they blamed it on them blasting Tyreek Hill. But dude, watching the Chargers video on Minecraft and all the little Easter eggs amazing, dude, Amazing how they do it. I mean, like I told somebody the other night, we can't win god dang super bowls, but by god we win the fucking schedule release videos. And dude, watching it live, like I'm literally christian and they're watching it, trying to screenshot with the qr code when they're talking about the raiders game. And then you click on the qr code and then it clicks and it's like it's like here, click here, one more time, click here. And then it's like sorry, Raiders, you suck, you know. And then the Steelers thing when it's announcing the Steelers schedule and it shows the Steelers are we going to rebuild or are we going to upgrade? You know it's got Aaron Rodgers sitting, sitting on the bench, but the best.
Scott:Well, there's two. There's two little easter eggs of the entire schedule release. When we play the giants I don't know if you saw it they show the giants in their building and they literally have a picture of saquon and the eagles jersey and in the top right, left portion of the picture Just throwing shade at the Giants and Saquon. But then, dude, the Eagles. The Eagles say when we're playing the Eagles, they're showing the Eagles supposedly at their Super Bowl parade and all the players on the field and the banner across the screen says Save the Tush, Push Parade. And it's got Reed Blankenship and Cooper DeGene on there. The banner across the screen says Save the Tush Push Parade and it's got Reed Blankenship and Cooper DeGene on there. But then there's a store front in the middle of Philadelphia that says Jason Kelsey Cell Phone Repair Service. And if anybody remembers when Kelsey was on college game day and somebody was being a dick to him and he grabbed homeboy's cell phone and smashed it Dude. When I saw that I lost it All right.
Graham:Can I get a hand check? Can I get a hand check? What game was that? Do you remember?
Scott:No, I don't. But I remember Timberland challenged Kelsey, because Kelsey always wear Timberland boots, because you know how they do the field goal try. They had Kelsey on there. I do not remember it. Don't hold on.
Graham:I didn't look this up. It actually popped in my head.
Scott:I don't remember it. I'm just going to go out on a limb. Shit, shit, shit.
Graham:I'll give you a clue Give me a clue it was a Big Ten game.
Scott:Was it Penn State and somebody?
Graham:Wow, okay.
Scott:And I'm not looking, but Penn State wasn't at home, right? No, it was no, they were at home. Was it Penn State and that team from up north that has a nut as their mascot?
Announcer:was it? Yes, sir, it was yes, sir that was hilarious.
Graham:I'll never forget him smashing homeboy's phone people, if you're gonna be be a dick, it's just going to happen.
Announcer:I mean he ain't wrong dude. I mean look at the dude.
Scott:Look at the dude. Saturday night Was it Friday night? Three or four dudes tried to jump Antonio Brown for his necklace and dude, did you see the video? Antonio Brown for his necklace and dude, did you see the video? Antonio Brown was getting kicked, bro. Then he pulls out his gun, then he gets arrested for almost murder and then people saw the video and then he got released. Yeah, dude, you don't think there's a phone out in every situation.
Graham:Oh, dude, the amount of people Dude and good old.
Scott:Antonio Brown. He handled himself, dude. I mean, he was getting kicked and he got out of that situation and he's like all right, ms, you going to try to steal my chain? You?
Graham:going to attack me. You take enough hits in the NFL, I think, a few kicks or not, I mean, I think that hit from perfect was what's but shit, dude.
Scott:I mean god bless, uh, anyhow, uh, somebody finally got signed. That was, oh, being talked about for months and months, and months. What's it going to be? What's going to happen? Purdy, mr, what do they call him? Last pick in the draft.
Graham:Relevant yeah.
Scott:My boy just got relevant, because he got paid.
Graham:I mean, is it safe to say he'll be the highest paid last pick in the draft ever? Like I don't think that would ever get.
Scott:Like I don't even think in the future that we'll get touched and full trade, because the only way to make that type of money would be, you know, no trade clause in the contract.
Graham:Look, I'm happy for him. He deserves it. I'm aware that the nfl is not what you did for me already. It's what you're gonna do for me. I get that, but yo, when you take your team to how many nfc championships in the first four years and a Super Bowl?
Scott:Yeah.
Graham:And you're making less than a million dollars and the owner can't, unless the owner was secretly breaking him off money off the side. Yeah, oh, good job. All these people are like, oh well, it's the pieces around him. That's why he deserves that contract you know, what Kick rocks, bro, he made plays.
Scott:I mean come on.
Graham:Yeah, yes, you need studs to be good, like I get that, but like you gotta make the plays to get to ball the ball to them. You know what I mean. Like it's not like, oh, it has to happen. Yeah, it's not like, oh, you threw him a swing pass or you threw him a slant and they took it to the house. You know it's not easy. Shit like that like threw him a swing pass or you threw him a slant and they took it to the house. You know it's not easy. Shit like that Like he commanded the offense and I mean it helps when you have good players around him. But I mean, look, the contract was right. Was he the top paid player in the league?
Announcer:No, Was he disrespected.
Graham:No, his money is like eighth for average per season. Eighth for average per season, that's fine. I'm totally fine with that, because the thing is he still can prove himself. I mean, he still has a lot of ways to go. And now it's almost more beneficial for him to not get the be the number one paid, because now it's just like look who you got on your team now and, to be honest, it's still one of those. How are the 49ers? How is their over under?
Scott:still 10 and a half like with all those departures yeah, I mean, they're still the favorite to win the nfc west yeah, there's no chance.
Graham:I'm taking the rams day 100% All day with that. I mean it's not even close.
Scott:I don't know, man, that's crazy. That's why they call it gambling right.
Graham:Yeah, and not that you know what, not to kick a dead horse. But those golf bets folks, sorry, and if it makes you feel any better, I went one for 11. So, granted, four of those losses were on like individuals to win it all. I didn't take Sheffler, so like it's okay, but you know, jt top 20, jt top 40, straka top 20 and then a couple other players I had. It's just like, oh yeah, nope, nowhere, close. Thank you for my 50 bucks that I got from Dustin Johnson.
Scott:Thank you, thank you the only two bets I have, one out of all of them. Was dj missing the cut and will there be a hole in one? Yeah, in the event that's it.
Graham:And the thing about it is it's. It's not that I care about the losses, it's just they weren't even close, nowhere. No, like when the cut happened and you see all the people that missed the cut. You're just like what? Who?
Graham:yeah, like jonathan vegas was the was the date was winner after round one, round two. And you're just looking at the leaderboard and you're like what's going on right now which is also why they call Saturday moving day Folks completely different golf. What was going on the first two days compared to what happened to yesterday and today? You're just like are we watching the same golf tournament?
Scott:Dude, and then Bryson yesterday he had it on fire Up there. And then Bryson. Bryson, yesterday he had it on fire, yeah, up there, and then he just goes.
Graham:Yeah, Well, I mean hitting it with the water on 17 didn't help yesterday.
Scott:Let's don't take anything away. Quail Hollow, obviously an amazing property.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:I mean it's now hosted two PGA championships and a President's Cup. There's a reason they keep going back there.
Graham:No, for sure.
Scott:You know they call it the longest. What do they call it? The last three holes? The Green Mile, too Insane. Holes 16, 17, 18, insane, but Graham's second major in the books. You know my bet out there is still out there with Rory, over one and a half majors as we turn the chapter. The hardest venue on earth is up next.
Graham:That being said, right now is the final score below par. No, I knew you were going to say that. I just wanted to get it out there, absolutely fucking not.
Scott:No chance.
Graham:So plus two is going to win it, Plus three If we're lucky.
Scott:You didn't ask me that, you just said is it on the board?
Graham:No, I know, I know, I know, but like it's.
Scott:No chance, no chance. I'm just going to go out there right now and say, if conditions are how the USGA and Oakmont want it to be, when rain doesn't you know't soften up the golf course, this US Open is going to be electric because it's going to bring so many people into the mix. If it's soft, it's going to bring the long hitters into the mix. If it's firm, fast, it's going to bring the long hitters in the mix. If it's firm, fast and full of gas, like we're hoping, fairways are going to be a premium and I'm just going to go out there right now and I'm going to say it Zane Lowry is who I'm watching going into Oakmont Because why he hits fairways.
Graham:Kind of important.
Scott:Dude, because that place is. I've played it Ooh.
Graham:Yeah, did you play it with Six Inch Rough?
Scott:Dude. It's the one place on Earth where they say they slow the goddamn greens down for the US Open compared to member play.
Graham:That's insane. Think about that, so. So what regular member play? What are they rolling Like a 16. Dude the head pro.
Scott:Dylan G G, however you say it, when they do their club championship in October, when the heat's done, it goes to, our greens will be 15 and a half.
Graham:That's insane.
Scott:And you know what the members love it.
Graham:Oh well, I mean, they're used to it.
Scott:Love, love it. Okay, it's going to be a US Open. I can't wait. It's going to be sick, it's going to be fun. Yeah, I can't wait St Lowry St be sick, it's gonna be fun. You know, I can't wait.
Scott:St louis st louis right now is my pick after he missed the cut at the pga. But, graham, I gotta throw something out there. Uh, we talked about on the podcast before my boy, adam, that got killed, uh, in a car accident in Dallas. Uh, today's his birthday. I saw it on Facebook earlier this morning when it reminded me and I was crushed, dude, you know, crushed for his family, crushed for his wife, but you know everybody's stronger and his family, and had to throw a little shout out out there. You know, happy, heavenly birthday out there to my boy Adam. But it's, you know, pga championships in the books, schedule releases. Out there, it's golf season, it's hot. It's hot as shit. In Vegas it's Stanley cup, western Eastern conference finals. Same thing with the NBA. Baseball is alive and kicking. Graham, I know you don't give two shits about that, but you know it's getting closer, dude, it is To the most wonderful time of the year, but anyhow, Graham get us out of here.
Scott:Let's go. Scott of the year, but anyhow, graham, get us out of here, let's go.
Graham:Scott, it's always a pleasure doing the podcast with you. I love it. I just got speechless because I'm having so much fun with you, but let's just do it this way. As the best homie always says Go Oilers. Buh-bye. As the best homie always says go Oilers.
Scott:Bye-bye. Speaking of speechless, got him. You did not get anybody. You don't have a clue as a new Knights fan. Just the fact that you said that is terrible, terrible, and got to listen to Jim Nance today. Got to see my girl, amanda, interview Scotty on the 72nd hole or the 18th green before Scotty got the watermaker trophy, and I'm just gonna say, damn girl, you're looking kind of good, but anyhow, good night friends. I'm sorry my boy is a poutine eating moron. Go anyone but Canada.
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