March 6, 2025 • 46 mins
What happens when celebrity status intersects with the high-stakes world of gambling? In this gripping episode, we tackle the astonishing tale of Bruno Mars and his $100 million crisis at a Las Vegas casino. We breakdown the nuances of this headline-making scandal, focusing on the ethical dilemmas of both gamblers and casino operators. As the discussion unfolds, listeners will be treated to expert insights on maintaining healthy gambling habits while navigating the thrilling yet perilous landscape of sports betting.
Join us as we dive deep into the responsibilities of casinos versus the individual accountability of gamblers. Our hosts share engaging personal anecdotes and invaluable advice from experienced players to ensure that entertainment does not tip into addiction. Whether you're a seasoned bettor or just curious about the mechanics of gambling, this episode has something for you. So grab your favorite drink and tune in as we encourage all listeners to engage thoughtfully and responsibly in the world of sports betting. Don’t miss out on this rollercoaster of insights and experiences that could change how you view gambling forever! Subscribe, share, and let us know your thoughts!
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
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Cheers, what's going on,everybody?
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Welcome back to the SharpAction Daily Podcast show.
As always, we are joined by theman that just returned from the
most magical place on Earth,bags, and Mr Reliable Chris,
even though his Wi-Fi might notbe living up to the standards.
Tonight We'll start off withChris.
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How are you tonight, my friend,doing well, trying to survive,
survive, you know the spectruminternet, that's good, that's
good.
Bags, are you heading touniversal studios this weekend?
Uh, no, expected trips, uh, butuh, anything's possible.
You know anything's possible.
Anything can happen on the lastminute.
Yeah mean, I've seen you flyout girls before.
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It wouldn't be the last time.
I've never had to pay for women, never will.
Prom 2018, how did your datearrive?
That is unbeknownst to me.
My friend, I tell people to besomewhere and they just show up
Interesting, interesting.
I tell people to be somewhereand they just show up
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Interesting, interesting.
Not a lot going on in the worldof sports currently, so I will
pass the baton to Chris to openit up tonight with a little, a
little pop culture.
If you'd like Pop culture, I'llgive you a little razzle,
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dazzle.
Let's continue a little bit fromlast week, just to get on.
You know, bags is bad side.
A little bit more on his it'sthe casino's responsibility to
protect people because, uh,bruno mars.
Bruno Mars is apparently insome sort of lawsuit battle with
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MGM because they enabled himapparently to lose $100 million
and now the rumor is he isperforming there to pay back
some of those losses.
So, bats, is it the casino'sfault for letting him get 100
million dollars in debt?
No, and I wasn't saying thatthe it's the casino's job to
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protect people.
That wasn't my statementwhatsoever.
All I was saying is that thecasino knew that that man was
there and the casino knew whenthey were giving br Mars a
credit line of $100 million.
Guess what?
It was a $100 million paydayfor him, and they knew it.
Now there's nothing Bruno Marscan do about that, because guess
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who made the decision to putthat $100 million on the line?
Him.
But I think that's a completelydifferent story than what we
talked about last week.
It's the same thing.
The casino needs to watch outfor this guy.
They can't let him play.
They knew he was there and heis on the list but isn't allowed
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in the casino.
They should have kicked him out.
Bruno, no, the other guy.
But if they knew Bruno Marswasn't going to pay $100 million
, they probably should have cutoff his credit line.
Yeah, clearly he has a way ofpaying that back outside of
money that will make them moremoney.
So they were smart in what theywere doing.
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However, bruno Mars was notsmart in what he was doing
whatsoever.
Get the fuck out of here.
It brings us to the line we sayevery weekend or every week
sorry, if you can't afford togamble, don't do it, walk the
hell away.
Here's my issue how muchfucking money does this guy have
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to have to where, because yousee it often.
You know you got guys that wereI don't want to say poor,
growing up or didn't have asmuch money as they do now and
all of a sudden their unit sizestarts going up just because,
hey, you know what, I have themoney and I want these bets to
mean something to me.
I get it.
How do you need a hundredmillion dollars in credit line
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to make it feel like somethingto you?
How bad previously has thisaddiction been for him?
Apparently, it hasn't beenuntil recently, but that's not
good.
My, my best assumption is thathe's always had a credit line of
eight figures at least and hada bad night, is my guess.
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So I don't think it was anissue when the casino was
fronting him $20 million togamble, but now that it's $100
and he's lost, it's an issue.
Yeah, he said they tookadvantage of him by repeatedly
extending his credit.
You gotta walk away, man.
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Have some willpower.
This is the thing we.
I mean.
Uh, phil ivy, one of the mostprolific gamblers, uh, to date,
said if you want to beprofitable might not be the
right word but responsible withyour gambling, if you are going
to gamble a lot of money.
You should have someone sittingnext to you that has no stake
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in the hand, that knows you welland can convince you to get up
off the table.
And if it's $100 million, Idon't give a fuck.
If you're Jeff Bezos, get thefuck off the table.
Yeah, it's not coming back Atsome point.
It's just not your night.
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No one cares about Bruno Mars,since he's staying at halftime.
Bags, do you have anything toopen up with this week?
Yes, we do have some Bears news, so it looks like they are
trying to bolster up this wholeline a little bit before we hit
free agency, which is fantasticnews.
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You grabbed a very diverseO-lineman in jackson from the
rams for six.
He has had some injuries lastyear.
Uh, that make me a littleskeptical, uh, but I'll take him
for a six.
He was a pro bowler a coupleyears ago.
He had three or four reallysolid seasons before that, uh,
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and this is a guy that can playguard and tackle seven, so he
can definitely fill some gapsfor you.
And then, obviously, theblockbuster you had today,
getting three-time Pro Bowlerand All-Pro Joe Dooney from the
Chiefs.
This was a win-win for bothprograms.
Joe Dooney was taking up quitea bit of contract money cap
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space from the Chiefs.
They get a little younger witha fourth-round pick and the
Bears only have to give up afourth in 2026 for an all-pro
guy to fill in at your guard.
So that's fantastic.
He does only have one year lefton his contract, but you
definitely have the ability andthe cash base over the next few
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years to pay him out for atleast two more.
Again, it's a good veteran signtoo, saying that you do draft a
guy like Will Campbell thisyear, someone that he can look
up to during his first few yearswith Chicago.
This does open up someopportunities in the draft.
If you are able to fill outthis O-line before the draft,
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you're probably two or threeguys away.
You kind of can look at thepossibility of taking Jenty at
the 10th.
The biggest issue is you dostill need an edge rusher and
you do still need some interiordefensive line to fill in some
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of those gaps as well.
All right, enough about thebears.
We'll get to the bears withbags as GM in a couple of weeks.
He was boring me and talking,talking me and talking in
circles.
Hopefully we'll have somethingback to say when he's out of the
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box.
You sound like you're getting alot of fucking words right now,
so that's good.
Glad you cut me off for nofucking reason.
Let's go to some more Chicagonews.
Everyone knows of thisquote-unquote rivalry of Angel
Grease and Caitlin Clark.
It's a very similar rivalry tothe early 2000s Red Sox versus
Yankees, where the Yankees wereclearly fucking better and
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nobody gave a shit about the RedSox.
You can fill in who's who.
Nike releases a billboard Ithink it was more of a mural ad
on the side of a building ofKaitlyn Clark and Angel Reese
said, quote unquote she stole myad and was visibly upset during
the press conference or theinterview that took place.
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What are your guys' thoughts onthis?
Obviously Angel Reese does playfor the Chicago Sky.
I know nobody cares about theWNBA, but I'd love to see this
chick get pissed off.
What are you guys thoughts onthis?
Obviously, angel reese doesplay for the chicago sky.
I know nobody cares about thewnba, but I love to see this
chick get pissed off.
She's a crazy person.
I don't know what she's talkingabout.
She's clearly not on that level.
Um, she's not smart, apparentlyallegedly had a 1.1 GPA and
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thinks that they should begetting paid like NBA players.
So I don't really care what heropinion is, because it is
useless and doesn't matter.
Don't miss another layup, getyour own rebound, add your stats
, move on.
I agree, brad, your thoughts.
She's got a meal at McDonald's.
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I'd rather have the McDonald'svalue meal Than a mural Throwing
up an alley-oop there that I'mgonna block and put back down.
She can't make One of thoseeither.
It's fine.
I saw a video of some dude justmissing his mouth with the
angel.
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But uh, speaking of highlyintelligent young people, one of
chris's favorite players fromhis favorite university, travis
hunter from colorado, had aninteresting comment at the
combine this last week where hesaid playing both ways in the
nfl for him is harder than whatshohei is doing in the mlb.
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Chris, do you agree with yourboy?
Uh, if making shit up was asport, you would be world
champion.
No, I don't agree with TravisHunter and he hasn't done
anything in the NFL, so I don'tget what.
This is irrelevant completely.
It makes no sense and he shouldstop talking because he's
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hurting himself.
Yeah, let's be honest.
Yeah, let's be honest.
He was a top five cornerback anda top five wide receiver in a
Big 12.
That wasn't super competitivelast year, really at all.
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So when you look at that, andthen you look at Shohei Otani
being the first 50-50 member ohand, by the way, he was the best
player in baseball and hedidn't throw a single pitch in
the regular season, which hedoes very well, yeah, I don't
get it.
That's a completely differentskill set from hitting and
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pitching, whereas there's awhole lot of carryover between
receiver and corner, sincereceivers who can't catch
typically go to play corner.
Correct?
Does Shohei have a Heisman?
You know who else shouldn'thave a Heisman?
Travis Hunter.
Should I have Shinjante?
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No, I don't care.
Someone not named Travis Huntershould have one.
Cam Ward, should Brad?
Right, probably Cam Ward.
We've talked about that way toomany times.
Yeah, slow week this week.
So it wasn't Bags who was on theroad this week, it was Chris.
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Chris was down in Dirty Myrtle,a little north of Myrtle, a
little north, but still thesouth coast.
It's a strange, strange,strange, strange place.
I take it you did not stop atwhere Joey has a t-shirt from
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the dollhouse.
You can say it, it's arespectable establishment.
So on my way to the coast NorthCarolina coast I ended up
driving through a town calledVarnum Town named after the
Varnum family.
Complete weird town Goes fromDouble Wides to brick giant
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homes back to Double Wides, buteither way, not the point.
Varnum Town is named after theVarnum family.
One of the Varnum familymembers is Dale Varnum, who
apparently was the town lunaticand then somehow made a deal
with Pablo Escobar to importcocaine and is the second
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largest place of entry forcocaine in the US.
Apparently this man wentpsychotic although he was
probably already on the cocaine,which is why they started
shipping it there and theneventually found Jesus and now
runs a place called Fort Apachein Varnum Town which is a 28
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acre property of just stuff likemovie stuff and junk and crap.
Down there you can go visit onSaturdays.
It is insane.
Someone has lost their damnmind.
Hang on, what do you mean?
What movie stuff Like movieprops, cars, trucks.
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It's literally just a bunch ofshit.
It's a junkyard Also claimsthey have the most toilets of
any one place in the US Toilets,toilets.
What about?
Like the end to it, though?
I don't know.
Man Guy went crazy, but now hefound God and is now a you know,
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a good person.
Is this like the?
I'm sorry, I'm super interestedin this toilet comment.
Is this like a toilet persquare foot?
I'm like, is it most toiletsper capita?
I don't know.
I'm a little excited thatDisney World's got more toilets
than Barnumland man.
You're still on fucking DisneyWorld, dude?
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Move on.
I would have went to prisons,but sure I don't get it.
But uh, the place is insane.
You should look it up.
There's a book on this guy.
It is a strange, strange place.
I don't know where I was, but II'm not sure how.
It was still in america.
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If you're ever on the coast ofNorth Carolina, please go visit
Fort Apache.
Did you visit?
Drove by?
Was not there when it was open,unfortunately.
You should have definitely gone.
I feel like this is anopportunity passed up on.
I will have another chance.
I'm going back down there atsome point, so I'll go and
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report back.
You know what this is.
You know what kind of vibesthis is giving me.
What Some Gary Mack vibes.
I agree, well, 100% agree.
It's one of our good friend'sfathers.
This guy's got more shit thanFort Apache's got, just less
toilets.
Yeah, he is on my baseballstaff Also, and by the time the
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next pod comes out, I shouldhave my team assigned.
So that'll be.
We do still have that standingback for the 11U team.
We'll see where that goes.
I feel terrible about that, bythe way.
I do in the slightest Aboutwhat A w way, like I do in the
slightest About what About wagerPlaying on an 11U baseball?
Oh sorry, 11u team.
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It's more of a wager againstyou than it is against the
11-year-olds.
It's like when I bet againstthe White Sox.
It's not their fault, they'rebad, it's Jerry's fault.
I'm going to bet against Jerryall the time.
I don't want to bet against theWhite Sox, but I'll bet against
Jerry.
Yeah, but anything else fun andexciting in your guys' lives?
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Yeah, anyone got any hoop hoopsin your cereals?
I got one this week.
Yeah, I can go.
Just found out came to anenlightening about federal
withholding in the US tax systemas a whole.
I didn't realize that you knowthat was a thing until this past
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week.
I got to be honest with you.
I don't know how you make it tothe age of 25 without figuring
out what federal withholding is.
I think when you get your firstjob at 16, you have to fill it
out.
It is on W-9.
You put zeros on all that stuff.
You can still put zeros.
(18:40):
You don't have any dependents.
You don't have as manydependents now you have to
withhold something.
If you have no dependents, itstill withholds minimum correct.
For some reason I don't know howor why I did it I opted out of
it on the new job.
Just make sure you don't dothat again.
(19:04):
No, I didn't pay and you optout the following year.
You can get in some trouble.
Yeah, so I got a.
They automatically enrolled meinto the thing, but then so
should be good.
I just't know, yeah, teaching,teaching children how life works
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.
Also, when you get an income taxcheck back and you celebrate
how much money you got back, youshould not be celebrating.
That is your money.
They're giving back to you thatthe government has been holding
onto the entire year To get tobasically zero.
He's got to wait 15 months forthat anyway.
(19:51):
Yeah, well, he's definitelypaying this year.
It's just an alternate savingsaccount that the government has
access to.
It sounds terrible, it does.
It does sound terrible.
So, wait, you get all thatmoney back.
No, not all of it.
If you overpay, you get it back.
(20:12):
What's the point of overpaying?
There isn't one, but they don'tmake it easy to get to the
number.
So you usually end upoverpaying and then they'll give
you a refund.
It's your money, it's not.
It's never.
It's not your money, it's theirmoney.
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They choose what they do withit.
They choose if they want togive it back to you or not.
To be honest, that's fair.
None of this makes any sense.
They know what I owe, but theywon't tell me what I owe.
So it's like the casino.
They know that they're there,but they let them play.
Here we go again.
No one should let you playanything.
I don't know how.
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You are an adult.
Go back under your bridge, youtroll.
I'm not a troll.
I'm just trying to be a decent,half decent human being and do
my job.
Try harder, because you ain'tthere yet.
Can I tell you guys about my newinfatuation with just one quick
tidbit, real quick, I just wantto ask the panel what happened
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more recently?
The washing of the Oregonhoodie or bags?
Is room being cleaned?
As a panel doesn't give a fuckwhat you say.
I got a way better comment Ifyou come in with the worst.
Yeah, no, let's go back.
I want to talk about do you doyour own laundry, brad?
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I do.
I have my own Tide Pods and I'mlooking at them right now.
Don't eat them.
Brad's been looking off onebucket of Tide Pods for three
years at home.
No, I want to talk about my newinfatuation with the game Bubble
Craps at casinos.
I have yet to play one.
I want to do it so bad.
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I know I'm going to lose all mymoney too, which is the worst
part, but I still want to go.
I don't understand it.
I was in Vegas, obviously, inJanuary, watched my uncle play
it and he cleaned up.
I don't know how, but he neverlost playing that game.
It's insane.
I saw someone turn $100 into$3,000.
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I'm like how the fuck?
I played it and lost all mymoney.
Don't get it.
Makes no sense.
In two minutes done.
I was like how the fuck do youdo this?
Don't get it.
I'm addicted to it and I'venever played it.
I love craps, but I can't winit all on bubble craps.
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I just play the real thing.
You're going to have to teach mehow to play, because I think I
know.
I definitely have no idea.
All I know is I don't want toroll a seven.
Good job, that's all you can do.
Keep rolling and you're good.
Just hope they could pay mewhatever.
They'd be like.
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All right, I don't even know ifit's right or not.
All right, we'll go together.
It's a deal.
We'll figure it out.
That's fine, I'll teach you.
Yeah, when are you coming backup to Illinois next?
Uh, I don't know, I'm going tofigure that out.
Team Rivers trip to play somebubble crabs.
Can we not go to rivers?
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Can we go to Little Rivers?
That'd be the perfect place,Joey.
That'd be the perfect place tolearn.
What is Little Rivers?
It's a casino.
It's a casino in Arcadia,michigan, muskegon.
Sure, even worse, is it run byNative Americans?
What Is it run by NativeAmericans?
(23:45):
Probably, yeah, it was cool,though we were like the only
people.
We were the only people over 20there.
It was a Friday night, nobodythere except for a bunch of
teenagers yeah, just 18 yearolds going, pulling $5 a hand
and splitting tens, fucking upmy night.
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It got to the point where I waslike I'm just going to go sit
at the high limit table becauseI can't here and no one else is
going to bother me, and I stilllost all my money, so it didn't
matter.
Well, there's that.
That's usually what happens atthe casino.
It was only.
Well, there's that.
That's usually what happens atthe casino, and then they extend
your credit.
It was only two.
Deck face down blackjack, cardsdown blackjack.
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That's the prime way to go,especially if you're playing by
yourself.
It was yeah.
It was uh, it was nuts.
I wish I knew more about thegame when I did.
I would love to go back tolittle rivers again someday,
just not anytime soon.
Alright, we'll just go straightto Vegas.
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It's fine.
Oh, I didn't get to talk aboutmy who pooped in your cereal
Still can?
We're still on the subject.
Haven't moved off it yet.
Daniel Berger currently was ornot currently at the time
through 13 holes, was sitting inninth place, hit a green in
regulation on 14, and then threejacked for a bogey, then
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proceeded to make a bogey on 15,and a double on 16.
And I promise you, at somepoint he flicked off the camera
and it was directed at me.
I know it was like one of these.
He did it.
I know it was to me.
He told me to go fuck myself.
He was my only live ticket.
The dude shot eight under inone day and then proceeded to
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shoot four under for the rest ofthe tournament.
Terrible golf, terrible golf.
You're coming down the stretch.
How the fuck can you let thathappen?
It's, you know, quicksand.
It starts sinking, can't getout of it.
He's my hoop hoop.
Danny, let's figure it out.
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You're a good golfer.
You're better than that.
Chris, do you have one thisweek?
I do not.
I had a good week.
That's good.
Before we get into the picks I,I do not.
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I've find it interesting thatNebraska is one of the first,
last four in first four outright there at the threshold,
but they are one game out of notmaking the Big Ten tournament.
I don't get it.
They've had some good wins, butthey've all been at home, it
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seems.
Yeah, they've lost four in arow.
Now they're 7-12 in conference.
I don't understand how they'reon the bubble.
I don't know.
The last time we talked aboutNebraska was when I took them
over Ohio State over Nebraska.
Was it flip-flops?
Yeah, I thought it was Nebraska, them over Ohio's or no?
I took Ohio state over Nebraskafor the flip flops.
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Yeah, yeah, I don't know, butanyway, go ahead.
No, you're good, they suck.
Also, two other bubble teamsout of the sec, one of them
Oklahoma.
Who is in the field, joey?
Do you have take a guess atwhat their conference record is.
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According to what they said onESPN, everyone in the SEC equals
a 500 record, which is insane.
It's not?
Everyone has to win a game,everyone has to lose a game.
I don't know they're probably.
How many conference games dothey play?
16 right now 7-9.
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4-12.
Oh my god, they're on thebubble.
Also on the bubble is Texas,who is 6-11, georgia who is 7-10
, and Arkansas, who is 7-10.
Chris, can we circle back tohow Joey doesn't understand how
in conference play, it willalways be 500?
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No, I was making a comment.
This was a thing that happenedon ESPN and a couple other
places for like two daysstraight, where it was a crazy
stat that everyone in the SEC'srecord in conference added up to
500.
No See, that was Archie.
Someone bamboozled ArchieMiller into NBA Central on
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Twitter, read the stat yes, nowwe just bamboozled everybody.
I don't get it.
But for those that know theteam that I support, if they
went Utah State, no, they are mydark horse though for the
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tournament, but no Big East teamhas ever gotten left out of the
NCAA tournament with 21 wins,xavier's 20-10 heading into
their final regular season game.
I'll be honest, that wholeentire spiel you just went on
(29:14):
kind of sounded like a pityparty that Xavier is also on the
bubble with these teams.
I mean Xavier's 1-9 in the quadone, I mean, but I think
they're 13 and one in quads two,three and four games.
Yeah Well, we'll see.
And again, this is one of thethings we don't have a decision
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on.
Look forward to watching Xavierin the NIT, though this year.
No, we avoid the NIT.
Though this year.
No, we avoid the NIT.
There is a new secondary collegebasketball tournament.
It's called the Crown.
It is the two highest ratedteams in the Power 5 conferences
that don't make the NCAAtournament from each Power 5
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league.
Is that sponsored by CrownRoyale?
Because if it's not, they'remissing a giant marketing point.
I have no idea, but anyway, 10%chance of it happening, thinking
of flying out for the Big Easttournament Could be fun.
It would be fun to watch themplay UConn at the Garden.
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Would they win?
I mean it's the 4-5 game, Idon't know.
Last time we had a buddy fromIllinois fly out to New York to
watch a game at the Garden.
His team got absolutelythrottled, so might not be a
(30:40):
great idea.
I've never been to the Mecca.
I've always wanted to go sowell again, shout out to federal
withholding Makes that decisiona lot harder.
Maybe be an adult for once inyour life, just one time.
You have to get a paycheck forlike $200.
$200.
It's worth all my money.
(31:00):
Pay a check for like $200.
It's just like worth the fuck,all my money.
Yeah, trump's got it.
Trump's got my money too.
So I don't know what to tellyou.
Maybe apply for USAID.
Maybe they'll give you somemoney.
They gave it to everybody else.
That was fine.
(31:22):
A little different.
A little different.
A little different.
Okay, anything else.
Before we move into the picks,no, let's get going.
I got some fucking sharp picksthis week.
I'm ready to unload.
Go ahead, blow your load,making up for your 0-3 last week
.
Dude, you know what I wentafter some picks.
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If I would have hit one, wewould have Daniel Berger fought
me Bags.
Your thoughts on being 20 gamesunder 500?
I'm taking risks out here.
I'm not betting on minus 160slike you.
No, we can't do that here.
150 is the threshold.
You do it all the time.
You lying, fuck.
You just tell chris differentodds because he's not looking at
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the sports book and then all ofa sudden I go check the game on
saturday, they're minus 220.
Like what the fuck?
Well, yeah, we put in the pickson wednesday and then you know
stuff happens.
Yeah, right, not that bad,let's let's move forward.
We're going to jump across thepond here.
We're going to go with a littlebit of a homer bet.
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Chelsea's playing in LeicesterCity.
The team Bradley couldn'tpronounce the worst team in the
Prem as well.
We're going to take Chelsea onthe spread at minus 2.5.
Plus 140.
Last time they played they beatthem 4-0.
Brad wouldn't know that becausehe's a casual and he doesn't
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know footy.
I'm just trying to get into theChampions League.
That's my concern.
You're into foot things.
You have a foot fetish.
I'm into footy.
You sure you don't have a footfetish.
Hopefully, whatever her name iscan help you out which one.
Brad Goff For my first pick.
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Great, I lost it in my queue.
Oh, I will be taking USC minus5.5 at home against Washington,
washington, worst team in theBig Ten.
Usc is battling relegation ofmaking the Big Ten tournament,
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so I like them at home to winand cover Relegation.
Do we get to send them back tothe Pac-12?
No, yes, but they just don'tget there.
I don't know where they go,neither do they, it's okay they.
I don't know where they go,neither do they, it's okay they.
Get to go home.
I guess that's not a bad placeto go back to, I suppose.
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But whatever, I'm going to go upto Milwaukee minus five and a
half versus Oakland.
Milwaukee won by five atOakland.
Now they're playing at home.
Milwaukee easily wins by morethan five and a half versus
Oakland.
Milwaukee won by five atOakland.
Now they're playing at home.
I think Milwaukee easily winsby more than five and a half.
Wait, can you say that again,chris?
Milwaukee minus five and a halfAgainst Oakland Oakland.
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This is the Horizon Leaguechampionship, so it's at a
neutral site.
Oh, is it Actually?
I don't know.
That league is so small theycould be playing at their home
courts, but this is theirconference tournament For some
reason.
I thought it said that.
But I'll find it.
It could be in Milwaukee.
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Be a decent host site.
Let's go check it out.
Actually, it'd be a pretty good.
It's the biggest arena in thehorizon.
Joe, your second pick.
We're going to move over tosomething we don't talk a lot
about on this podcast.
We're going to move it over tothe UFC and where we take Addix
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Ferreira at minus 125 on themoney line.
He's the current belt holderfor the light heavyweight
division.
Taking on a challenger thisweek?
The Addix Pereira, sure, it isat UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
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Thank you, cool, chris.
I'll just text you whether ornot that one hits.
I'm not going to make you lookthrough it.
Here we go.
You know, all I get from you isgrief.
I don't follow the odds onBrad's picks enough, I don't.
I'm not putting that.
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I'm not blaming the casino onthis one, chris, that's on Brad.
I'm just the record keeper.
Exactly, brad, what do you got?
Pick number two, same number,different team, same conference
Taking Michigan State minus fiveand a half on the road at Iowa.
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Iowa, not very good, terrible.
Michigan State is my team tomake it to the final four.
So January, february, izzo,april.
We're going to ride Tom in hismonth.
Michigan State minus five and ahalf at Iowa.
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Chris, for my second pick.
I don't understand what'shappening here.
I'm taking it anyway.
It feels like a trap.
Looks like a trap, might be atrap.
Indiana State versus SouthernIllinois in St Louis.
Indiana State won by 18 whenthey played three days ago, but
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they are plus one and a half.
So I'm taking Indiana Stateplus one and a half.
I don't know who was missing, Idon't really care.
I should keep it at leastrelatively close.
Indiana State plus one and ahalf.
Like it, I agree.
Unless this app is completelypassed out, I'm going to stick
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in the great state of Florida.
Pga's heading over to Bay Hillthis week for the Arnold Palmer
Invitational.
I'm going to take a guy that'sbeen on a little bit of a heater
.
He's had three top 10 finishesin the last three events.
We're going to be going withMichael Kim Top 20 plus 160.
Staying in the same event.
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For my third pick, give meKeegan Bradley top 20 favorite
golfer.
That's the only logic I got foryou.
I don't think that's logic, butwe'll go with it.
I like it.
I just like his name.
I just think you like a certain.
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I just think you like a certaindemographic Joe.
But that's neither here northere.
It's insanely racist that youwould even say that.
How do you know it was racist?
It could have been age, gender.
Are you offended where thoseraces could have been?
Age, gender, language.
Are you offended when?
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For my final pick, I'm takingBoston U minus one and a half
versus Navy.
I don't have a real good reason, I just like that one.
Yeah, we're getting.
The picks are getting real slim.
These days we're having a toughtime.
It's all right.
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Next week will be conferencechampionship week, so we'll have
a good slate of good basketballgames to choose from, and then
after that we'll have ourbracket blitz for March Madness,
which will roll right into theMasters, should be a good couple
weeks.
Coming up here Wanted to give abig shout out to the Chicago
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Blackhawks winning two straightearlier this week after getting
rid of Seth Jones Little unheardof Getting a first for Seth
Jones.
Little unheard of Locker roomcan't be gone.
Somebody getting a first forSeth Jones.
They also got Spencer Knight,who's one of the best young
goalies in the league, coming inhot.
I don't get how that worked out, but I'll take it.
This was a Kyle Davidson masterclass of a trade.
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I don't know how he did it.
Seth Jones is not good athockey anymore, so that was
pretty cool.
Pretty cool, and for a guy thatgoes, I want to get out now to
get that much for him.
It was nice.
Just move the rebuild up atleast a year with that one trade
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.
It depends.
I mean, the first round draftpick is probably not till 2027.
I believe that's what it was.
Yes, well, so it's.
We got a 2027 first, but it'sconditional, because their
current 2026 first isconditional with the Senator.
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No Flames, yeah with the Flames.
Somehow the Panthers end up asa lottery pick team next year.
They get to keep their 2026,which gives the Blackhawks a
2028, but that's highly unlikely.
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Last thing we've got to get intohere is the spin for next
week's gm of the day rebuild,and so brad's gonna be taking it
this week.
Remember we have some autopicks if it's the bears, I take
it, if it is the Browns, bradtakes it.
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And Chris, correct me if I'mwrong, but I believe you had the
Chargers.
Yeah, I took the Chargers.
Yeah, it's the Chargers, christakes it.
Here we go, spin it.
The wheel is spinning.
Do, do, do, do, do, do, oh, oh,my God, the bison.
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Brad gets the PhiladelphiaEagles, current defending Super
Bowl champions, with his ownseriosity.
Just spent a bunch of moneysigning Mr Bond, yeah, and they
cut Bradbury and Big Play Slay.
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So we'll be a fun one.
We'll have that next week andthen we'll probably go on a
little hiatus with March Madnesshitting hot and heavy after
that.
I am excited from the GM thingyes, not from the podcast from
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the fictitious GM.
I am excited to have one wherewe already have a quarterback
and a running back and a widereceiver.
He's probably going to tradehalf of them.
We'll see Aaron Rodgers.
He might promote Sirianni andjust make him the owner.
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Chris, do you think I shouldtake off work for March Madness?
Yes, that's a stupid question.
Everyone should take off workfor March Madness.
Yes, that's a stupid question.
Everyone should take off workfor March Madness.
And for those of you who workfrom home, don't schedule any
meetings during basketball games.
What is wrong with you people?
You have basketball to watch,so that's nothing.
After 11 am yeah, yeah, soundsgood If my employer is watching
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this.
I was just kidding.
This is all hypothetical.
Your employer may or may not beable to see his toes, so that's
fantastic, all right.
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Does have any uh closing statsor comments?
Yeah, let's.
Uh bags you want to talk about?
Uh, the potential of you beingmy boss, or should we save that
for down the road?
Let's wait until it's acertainty of whether I am or am
not.
I would prefer not to commenton the recent free agent
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acquisitions of the VillageLakes of Cornelius.
Sure, sure, but are you goingto be home for March?
Madness, joe, I will be gettingthere, probably around the
round of 32.
We'll see.
Again, depends on the freeagent acquisitions of Village
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Lace Fun.
It's cool, sounds good, chris.
Any stats?
That closes out tonight.
I do have one thing for youBally's Casino, the one that is
in Chicago and owns other casinoproperties.
They also purchased theTropicana, I believe, last year
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and then demolished theTropicana.
Allegedly they were going tobuild Oakland A's Stadium on
that property and the casino.
Bally's stock fell 24%.
Today.
Revenues are down 5% this year.
So neither Oakland A's norValley's has the money to build
a stadium or a hotel and casinoon that property.
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No idea what they're doing, butI don't think baseball is
coming to Vegas.
I don't know if you've everbeen to the Valleys in Chicago.
It's like a ghost town.
There's nobody ever there.
They're not great at business,apparently, and they're losing
money.
I understand why they'restocked up.
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I think that's going to wrap itup for this week's edition of
the pod.
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week for conferencechampionship preview of NCAA
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Bags pack your bags, gosomewhere so we can have
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Sounds good, but, as always,please bet responsibly.
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Welcome back to the SharpAction Daily Podcast show.
As always, we are joined by theman that just returned from the
most magical place on Earth,bags, and Mr Reliable Chris,
even though his Wi-Fi might notbe living up to the standards.
Tonight We'll start off withChris.
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How are you tonight, my friend,doing well, trying to survive,
survive, you know the spectruminternet, that's good, that's
good.
Bags, are you heading touniversal studios this weekend?
Uh, no, expected trips, uh, butuh, anything's possible.
You know anything's possible.
Anything can happen on the lastminute.
Yeah mean, I've seen you flyout girls before.
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It wouldn't be the last time.
I've never had to pay for women, never will.
Prom 2018, how did your datearrive?
That is unbeknownst to me.
My friend, I tell people to besomewhere and they just show up
Interesting, interesting.
I tell people to be somewhereand they just show up
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Interesting, interesting.
Not a lot going on in the worldof sports currently, so I will
pass the baton to Chris to openit up tonight with a little, a
little pop culture.
If you'd like Pop culture, I'llgive you a little razzle,
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dazzle.
Let's continue a little bit fromlast week, just to get on.
You know, bags is bad side.
A little bit more on his it'sthe casino's responsibility to
protect people because, uh,bruno mars.
Bruno Mars is apparently insome sort of lawsuit battle with
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MGM because they enabled himapparently to lose $100 million
and now the rumor is he isperforming there to pay back
some of those losses.
So, bats, is it the casino'sfault for letting him get 100
million dollars in debt?
No, and I wasn't saying thatthe it's the casino's job to
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protect people.
That wasn't my statementwhatsoever.
All I was saying is that thecasino knew that that man was
there and the casino knew whenthey were giving br Mars a
credit line of $100 million.
Guess what?
It was a $100 million paydayfor him, and they knew it.
Now there's nothing Bruno Marscan do about that, because guess
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who made the decision to putthat $100 million on the line?
Him.
But I think that's a completelydifferent story than what we
talked about last week.
It's the same thing.
The casino needs to watch outfor this guy.
They can't let him play.
They knew he was there and heis on the list but isn't allowed
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in the casino.
They should have kicked him out.
Bruno, no, the other guy.
But if they knew Bruno Marswasn't going to pay $100 million
, they probably should have cutoff his credit line.
Yeah, clearly he has a way ofpaying that back outside of
money that will make them moremoney.
So they were smart in what theywere doing.
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However, bruno Mars was notsmart in what he was doing
whatsoever.
Get the fuck out of here.
It brings us to the line we sayevery weekend or every week
sorry, if you can't afford togamble, don't do it, walk the
hell away.
Here's my issue how muchfucking money does this guy have
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to have to where, because yousee it often.
You know you got guys that wereI don't want to say poor,
growing up or didn't have asmuch money as they do now and
all of a sudden their unit sizestarts going up just because,
hey, you know what, I have themoney and I want these bets to
mean something to me.
I get it.
How do you need a hundredmillion dollars in credit line
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to make it feel like somethingto you?
How bad previously has thisaddiction been for him?
Apparently, it hasn't beenuntil recently, but that's not
good.
My, my best assumption is thathe's always had a credit line of
eight figures at least and hada bad night, is my guess.
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So I don't think it was anissue when the casino was
fronting him $20 million togamble, but now that it's $100
and he's lost, it's an issue.
Yeah, he said they tookadvantage of him by repeatedly
extending his credit.
You gotta walk away, man.
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Have some willpower.
This is the thing we.
I mean.
Uh, phil ivy, one of the mostprolific gamblers, uh, to date,
said if you want to beprofitable might not be the
right word but responsible withyour gambling, if you are going
to gamble a lot of money.
You should have someone sittingnext to you that has no stake
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in the hand, that knows you welland can convince you to get up
off the table.
And if it's $100 million, Idon't give a fuck.
If you're Jeff Bezos, get thefuck off the table.
Yeah, it's not coming back Atsome point.
It's just not your night.
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No one cares about Bruno Mars,since he's staying at halftime.
Bags, do you have anything toopen up with this week?
Yes, we do have some Bears news, so it looks like they are
trying to bolster up this wholeline a little bit before we hit
free agency, which is fantasticnews.
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You grabbed a very diverseO-lineman in jackson from the
rams for six.
He has had some injuries lastyear.
Uh, that make me a littleskeptical, uh, but I'll take him
for a six.
He was a pro bowler a coupleyears ago.
He had three or four reallysolid seasons before that, uh,
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and this is a guy that can playguard and tackle seven, so he
can definitely fill some gapsfor you.
And then, obviously, theblockbuster you had today,
getting three-time Pro Bowlerand All-Pro Joe Dooney from the
Chiefs.
This was a win-win for bothprograms.
Joe Dooney was taking up quitea bit of contract money cap
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space from the Chiefs.
They get a little younger witha fourth-round pick and the
Bears only have to give up afourth in 2026 for an all-pro
guy to fill in at your guard.
So that's fantastic.
He does only have one year lefton his contract, but you
definitely have the ability andthe cash base over the next few
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years to pay him out for atleast two more.
Again, it's a good veteran signtoo, saying that you do draft a
guy like Will Campbell thisyear, someone that he can look
up to during his first few yearswith Chicago.
This does open up someopportunities in the draft.
If you are able to fill outthis O-line before the draft,
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you're probably two or threeguys away.
You kind of can look at thepossibility of taking Jenty at
the 10th.
The biggest issue is you dostill need an edge rusher and
you do still need some interiordefensive line to fill in some
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of those gaps as well.
All right, enough about thebears.
We'll get to the bears withbags as GM in a couple of weeks.
He was boring me and talking,talking me and talking in
circles.
Hopefully we'll have somethingback to say when he's out of the
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box.
You sound like you're getting alot of fucking words right now,
so that's good.
Glad you cut me off for nofucking reason.
Let's go to some more Chicagonews.
Everyone knows of thisquote-unquote rivalry of Angel
Grease and Caitlin Clark.
It's a very similar rivalry tothe early 2000s Red Sox versus
Yankees, where the Yankees wereclearly fucking better and
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nobody gave a shit about the RedSox.
You can fill in who's who.
Nike releases a billboard Ithink it was more of a mural ad
on the side of a building ofKaitlyn Clark and Angel Reese
said, quote unquote she stole myad and was visibly upset during
the press conference or theinterview that took place.
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What are your guys' thoughts onthis?
Obviously Angel Reese does playfor the Chicago Sky.
I know nobody cares about theWNBA, but I'd love to see this
chick get pissed off.
What are you guys thoughts onthis?
Obviously, angel reese doesplay for the chicago sky.
I know nobody cares about thewnba, but I love to see this
chick get pissed off.
She's a crazy person.
I don't know what she's talkingabout.
She's clearly not on that level.
Um, she's not smart, apparentlyallegedly had a 1.1 GPA and
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thinks that they should begetting paid like NBA players.
So I don't really care what heropinion is, because it is
useless and doesn't matter.
Don't miss another layup, getyour own rebound, add your stats
, move on.
I agree, brad, your thoughts.
She's got a meal at McDonald's.
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I'd rather have the McDonald'svalue meal Than a mural Throwing
up an alley-oop there that I'mgonna block and put back down.
She can't make One of thoseeither.
It's fine.
I saw a video of some dude justmissing his mouth with the
angel.
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But uh, speaking of highlyintelligent young people, one of
chris's favorite players fromhis favorite university, travis
hunter from colorado, had aninteresting comment at the
combine this last week where hesaid playing both ways in the
nfl for him is harder than whatshohei is doing in the mlb.
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Chris, do you agree with yourboy?
Uh, if making shit up was asport, you would be world
champion.
No, I don't agree with TravisHunter and he hasn't done
anything in the NFL, so I don'tget what.
This is irrelevant completely.
It makes no sense and he shouldstop talking because he's
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hurting himself.
Yeah, let's be honest.
Yeah, let's be honest.
He was a top five cornerback anda top five wide receiver in a
Big 12.
That wasn't super competitivelast year, really at all.
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So when you look at that, andthen you look at Shohei Otani
being the first 50-50 member ohand, by the way, he was the best
player in baseball and hedidn't throw a single pitch in
the regular season, which hedoes very well, yeah, I don't
get it.
That's a completely differentskill set from hitting and
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pitching, whereas there's awhole lot of carryover between
receiver and corner, sincereceivers who can't catch
typically go to play corner.
Correct?
Does Shohei have a Heisman?
You know who else shouldn'thave a Heisman?
Travis Hunter.
Should I have Shinjante?
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No, I don't care.
Someone not named Travis Huntershould have one.
Cam Ward, should Brad?
Right, probably Cam Ward.
We've talked about that way toomany times.
Yeah, slow week this week.
So it wasn't Bags who was on theroad this week, it was Chris.
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Chris was down in Dirty Myrtle,a little north of Myrtle, a
little north, but still thesouth coast.
It's a strange, strange,strange, strange place.
I take it you did not stop atwhere Joey has a t-shirt from
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the dollhouse.
You can say it, it's arespectable establishment.
So on my way to the coast NorthCarolina coast I ended up
driving through a town calledVarnum Town named after the
Varnum family.
Complete weird town Goes fromDouble Wides to brick giant
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homes back to Double Wides, buteither way, not the point.
Varnum Town is named after theVarnum family.
One of the Varnum familymembers is Dale Varnum, who
apparently was the town lunaticand then somehow made a deal
with Pablo Escobar to importcocaine and is the second
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largest place of entry forcocaine in the US.
Apparently this man wentpsychotic although he was
probably already on the cocaine,which is why they started
shipping it there and theneventually found Jesus and now
runs a place called Fort Apachein Varnum Town which is a 28
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acre property of just stuff likemovie stuff and junk and crap.
Down there you can go visit onSaturdays.
It is insane.
Someone has lost their damnmind.
Hang on, what do you mean?
What movie stuff Like movieprops, cars, trucks.
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It's literally just a bunch ofshit.
It's a junkyard Also claimsthey have the most toilets of
any one place in the US Toilets,toilets.
What about?
Like the end to it, though?
I don't know.
Man Guy went crazy, but now hefound God and is now a you know,
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a good person.
Is this like the?
I'm sorry, I'm super interestedin this toilet comment.
Is this like a toilet persquare foot?
I'm like, is it most toiletsper capita?
I don't know.
I'm a little excited thatDisney World's got more toilets
than Barnumland man.
You're still on fucking DisneyWorld, dude?
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Move on.
I would have went to prisons,but sure I don't get it.
But uh, the place is insane.
You should look it up.
There's a book on this guy.
It is a strange, strange place.
I don't know where I was, but II'm not sure how.
It was still in america.
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If you're ever on the coast ofNorth Carolina, please go visit
Fort Apache.
Did you visit?
Drove by?
Was not there when it was open,unfortunately.
You should have definitely gone.
I feel like this is anopportunity passed up on.
I will have another chance.
I'm going back down there atsome point, so I'll go and
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report back.
You know what this is.
You know what kind of vibesthis is giving me.
What Some Gary Mack vibes.
I agree, well, 100% agree.
It's one of our good friend'sfathers.
This guy's got more shit thanFort Apache's got, just less
toilets.
Yeah, he is on my baseballstaff Also, and by the time the
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next pod comes out, I shouldhave my team assigned.
So that'll be.
We do still have that standingback for the 11U team.
We'll see where that goes.
I feel terrible about that, bythe way.
I do in the slightest Aboutwhat A w way, like I do in the
slightest About what About wagerPlaying on an 11U baseball?
Oh sorry, 11u team.
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It's more of a wager againstyou than it is against the
11-year-olds.
It's like when I bet againstthe White Sox.
It's not their fault, they'rebad, it's Jerry's fault.
I'm going to bet against Jerryall the time.
I don't want to bet against theWhite Sox, but I'll bet against
Jerry.
Yeah, but anything else fun andexciting in your guys' lives?
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Yeah, anyone got any hoop hoopsin your cereals?
I got one this week.
Yeah, I can go.
Just found out came to anenlightening about federal
withholding in the US tax systemas a whole.
I didn't realize that you knowthat was a thing until this past
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week.
I got to be honest with you.
I don't know how you make it tothe age of 25 without figuring
out what federal withholding is.
I think when you get your firstjob at 16, you have to fill it
out.
It is on W-9.
You put zeros on all that stuff.
You can still put zeros.
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You don't have any dependents.
You don't have as manydependents now you have to
withhold something.
If you have no dependents, itstill withholds minimum correct.
For some reason I don't know howor why I did it I opted out of
it on the new job.
Just make sure you don't dothat again.
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No, I didn't pay and you optout the following year.
You can get in some trouble.
Yeah, so I got a.
They automatically enrolled meinto the thing, but then so
should be good.
I just't know, yeah, teaching,teaching children how life works
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.
Also, when you get an income taxcheck back and you celebrate
how much money you got back, youshould not be celebrating.
That is your money.
They're giving back to you thatthe government has been holding
onto the entire year To get tobasically zero.
He's got to wait 15 months forthat anyway.
(19:51):
Yeah, well, he's definitelypaying this year.
It's just an alternate savingsaccount that the government has
access to.
It sounds terrible, it does.
It does sound terrible.
So, wait, you get all thatmoney back.
No, not all of it.
If you overpay, you get it back.
(20:12):
What's the point of overpaying?
There isn't one, but they don'tmake it easy to get to the
number.
So you usually end upoverpaying and then they'll give
you a refund.
It's your money, it's not.
It's never.
It's not your money, it's theirmoney.
(20:33):
They choose what they do withit.
They choose if they want togive it back to you or not.
To be honest, that's fair.
None of this makes any sense.
They know what I owe, but theywon't tell me what I owe.
So it's like the casino.
They know that they're there,but they let them play.
Here we go again.
No one should let you playanything.
I don't know how.
(20:53):
You are an adult.
Go back under your bridge, youtroll.
I'm not a troll.
I'm just trying to be a decent,half decent human being and do
my job.
Try harder, because you ain'tthere yet.
Can I tell you guys about my newinfatuation with just one quick
tidbit, real quick, I just wantto ask the panel what happened
(21:19):
more recently?
The washing of the Oregonhoodie or bags?
Is room being cleaned?
As a panel doesn't give a fuckwhat you say.
I got a way better comment Ifyou come in with the worst.
Yeah, no, let's go back.
I want to talk about do you doyour own laundry, brad?
(21:39):
I do.
I have my own Tide Pods and I'mlooking at them right now.
Don't eat them.
Brad's been looking off onebucket of Tide Pods for three
years at home.
No, I want to talk about my newinfatuation with the game Bubble
Craps at casinos.
I have yet to play one.
I want to do it so bad.
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I know I'm going to lose all mymoney too, which is the worst
part, but I still want to go.
I don't understand it.
I was in Vegas, obviously, inJanuary, watched my uncle play
it and he cleaned up.
I don't know how, but he neverlost playing that game.
It's insane.
I saw someone turn $100 into$3,000.
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I'm like how the fuck?
I played it and lost all mymoney.
Don't get it.
Makes no sense.
In two minutes done.
I was like how the fuck do youdo this?
Don't get it.
I'm addicted to it and I'venever played it.
I love craps, but I can't winit all on bubble craps.
(22:41):
I just play the real thing.
You're going to have to teach mehow to play, because I think I
know.
I definitely have no idea.
All I know is I don't want toroll a seven.
Good job, that's all you can do.
Keep rolling and you're good.
Just hope they could pay mewhatever.
They'd be like.
(23:01):
All right, I don't even know ifit's right or not.
All right, we'll go together.
It's a deal.
We'll figure it out.
That's fine, I'll teach you.
Yeah, when are you coming backup to Illinois next?
Uh, I don't know, I'm going tofigure that out.
Team Rivers trip to play somebubble crabs.
Can we not go to rivers?
(23:22):
Can we go to Little Rivers?
That'd be the perfect place,Joey.
That'd be the perfect place tolearn.
What is Little Rivers?
It's a casino.
It's a casino in Arcadia,michigan, muskegon.
Sure, even worse, is it run byNative Americans?
What Is it run by NativeAmericans?
(23:45):
Probably, yeah, it was cool,though we were like the only
people.
We were the only people over 20there.
It was a Friday night, nobodythere except for a bunch of
teenagers yeah, just 18 yearolds going, pulling $5 a hand
and splitting tens, fucking upmy night.
(24:05):
It got to the point where I waslike I'm just going to go sit
at the high limit table becauseI can't here and no one else is
going to bother me, and I stilllost all my money, so it didn't
matter.
Well, there's that.
That's usually what happens atthe casino.
It was only.
Well, there's that.
That's usually what happens atthe casino, and then they extend
your credit.
It was only two.
Deck face down blackjack, cardsdown blackjack.
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That's the prime way to go,especially if you're playing by
yourself.
It was yeah.
It was uh, it was nuts.
I wish I knew more about thegame when I did.
I would love to go back tolittle rivers again someday,
just not anytime soon.
Alright, we'll just go straightto Vegas.
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It's fine.
Oh, I didn't get to talk aboutmy who pooped in your cereal
Still can?
We're still on the subject.
Haven't moved off it yet.
Daniel Berger currently was ornot currently at the time
through 13 holes, was sitting inninth place, hit a green in
regulation on 14, and then threejacked for a bogey, then
(25:12):
proceeded to make a bogey on 15,and a double on 16.
And I promise you, at somepoint he flicked off the camera
and it was directed at me.
I know it was like one of these.
He did it.
I know it was to me.
He told me to go fuck myself.
He was my only live ticket.
The dude shot eight under inone day and then proceeded to
(25:33):
shoot four under for the rest ofthe tournament.
Terrible golf, terrible golf.
You're coming down the stretch.
How the fuck can you let thathappen?
It's, you know, quicksand.
It starts sinking, can't getout of it.
He's my hoop hoop.
Danny, let's figure it out.
(25:54):
You're a good golfer.
You're better than that.
Chris, do you have one thisweek?
I do not.
I had a good week.
That's good.
Before we get into the picks I,I do not.
(26:19):
I've find it interesting thatNebraska is one of the first,
last four in first four outright there at the threshold,
but they are one game out of notmaking the Big Ten tournament.
I don't get it.
They've had some good wins, butthey've all been at home, it
(26:42):
seems.
Yeah, they've lost four in arow.
Now they're 7-12 in conference.
I don't understand how they'reon the bubble.
I don't know.
The last time we talked aboutNebraska was when I took them
over Ohio State over Nebraska.
Was it flip-flops?
Yeah, I thought it was Nebraska, them over Ohio's or no?
I took Ohio state over Nebraskafor the flip flops.
(27:04):
Yeah, yeah, I don't know, butanyway, go ahead.
No, you're good, they suck.
Also, two other bubble teamsout of the sec, one of them
Oklahoma.
Who is in the field, joey?
Do you have take a guess atwhat their conference record is.
(27:24):
According to what they said onESPN, everyone in the SEC equals
a 500 record, which is insane.
It's not?
Everyone has to win a game,everyone has to lose a game.
I don't know they're probably.
How many conference games dothey play?
16 right now 7-9.
(27:46):
4-12.
Oh my god, they're on thebubble.
Also on the bubble is Texas,who is 6-11, georgia who is 7-10
, and Arkansas, who is 7-10.
Chris, can we circle back tohow Joey doesn't understand how
in conference play, it willalways be 500?
(28:07):
No, I was making a comment.
This was a thing that happenedon ESPN and a couple other
places for like two daysstraight, where it was a crazy
stat that everyone in the SEC'srecord in conference added up to
500.
No See, that was Archie.
Someone bamboozled ArchieMiller into NBA Central on
(28:30):
Twitter, read the stat yes, nowwe just bamboozled everybody.
I don't get it.
But for those that know theteam that I support, if they
went Utah State, no, they are mydark horse though for the
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tournament, but no Big East teamhas ever gotten left out of the
NCAA tournament with 21 wins,xavier's 20-10 heading into
their final regular season game.
I'll be honest, that wholeentire spiel you just went on
(29:14):
kind of sounded like a pityparty that Xavier is also on the
bubble with these teams.
I mean Xavier's 1-9 in the quadone, I mean, but I think
they're 13 and one in quads two,three and four games.
Yeah Well, we'll see.
And again, this is one of thethings we don't have a decision
(29:36):
on.
Look forward to watching Xavierin the NIT, though this year.
No, we avoid the NIT.
Though this year.
No, we avoid the NIT.
There is a new secondary collegebasketball tournament.
It's called the Crown.
It is the two highest ratedteams in the Power 5 conferences
that don't make the NCAAtournament from each Power 5
(29:58):
league.
Is that sponsored by CrownRoyale?
Because if it's not, they'remissing a giant marketing point.
I have no idea, but anyway, 10%chance of it happening, thinking
of flying out for the Big Easttournament Could be fun.
It would be fun to watch themplay UConn at the Garden.
(30:19):
Would they win?
I mean it's the 4-5 game, Idon't know.
Last time we had a buddy fromIllinois fly out to New York to
watch a game at the Garden.
His team got absolutelythrottled, so might not be a
(30:40):
great idea.
I've never been to the Mecca.
I've always wanted to go sowell again, shout out to federal
withholding Makes that decisiona lot harder.
Maybe be an adult for once inyour life, just one time.
You have to get a paycheck forlike $200.
$200.
It's worth all my money.
(31:00):
Pay a check for like $200.
It's just like worth the fuck,all my money.
Yeah, trump's got it.
Trump's got my money too.
So I don't know what to tellyou.
Maybe apply for USAID.
Maybe they'll give you somemoney.
They gave it to everybody else.
That was fine.
(31:22):
A little different.
A little different.
A little different.
Okay, anything else.
Before we move into the picks,no, let's get going.
I got some fucking sharp picksthis week.
I'm ready to unload.
Go ahead, blow your load,making up for your 0-3 last week
.
Dude, you know what I wentafter some picks.
(31:43):
If I would have hit one, wewould have Daniel Berger fought
me Bags.
Your thoughts on being 20 gamesunder 500?
I'm taking risks out here.
I'm not betting on minus 160slike you.
No, we can't do that here.
150 is the threshold.
You do it all the time.
You lying, fuck.
You just tell chris differentodds because he's not looking at
(32:06):
the sports book and then all ofa sudden I go check the game on
saturday, they're minus 220.
Like what the fuck?
Well, yeah, we put in the pickson wednesday and then you know
stuff happens.
Yeah, right, not that bad,let's let's move forward.
We're going to jump across thepond here.
We're going to go with a littlebit of a homer bet.
(32:26):
Chelsea's playing in LeicesterCity.
The team Bradley couldn'tpronounce the worst team in the
Prem as well.
We're going to take Chelsea onthe spread at minus 2.5.
Plus 140.
Last time they played they beatthem 4-0.
Brad wouldn't know that becausehe's a casual and he doesn't
(32:47):
know footy.
I'm just trying to get into theChampions League.
That's my concern.
You're into foot things.
You have a foot fetish.
I'm into footy.
You sure you don't have a footfetish.
Hopefully, whatever her name iscan help you out which one.
Brad Goff For my first pick.
(33:12):
Great, I lost it in my queue.
Oh, I will be taking USC minus5.5 at home against Washington,
washington, worst team in theBig Ten.
Usc is battling relegation ofmaking the Big Ten tournament,
(33:33):
so I like them at home to winand cover Relegation.
Do we get to send them back tothe Pac-12?
No, yes, but they just don'tget there.
I don't know where they go,neither do they, it's okay they.
I don't know where they go,neither do they, it's okay they.
Get to go home.
I guess that's not a bad placeto go back to, I suppose.
(34:02):
But whatever, I'm going to go upto Milwaukee minus five and a
half versus Oakland.
Milwaukee won by five atOakland.
Now they're playing at home.
Milwaukee easily wins by morethan five and a half versus
Oakland.
Milwaukee won by five atOakland.
Now they're playing at home.
I think Milwaukee easily winsby more than five and a half.
Wait, can you say that again,chris?
Milwaukee minus five and a halfAgainst Oakland Oakland.
(34:23):
This is the Horizon Leaguechampionship, so it's at a
neutral site.
Oh, is it Actually?
I don't know.
That league is so small theycould be playing at their home
courts, but this is theirconference tournament For some
reason.
I thought it said that.
But I'll find it.
It could be in Milwaukee.
(34:45):
Be a decent host site.
Let's go check it out.
Actually, it'd be a pretty good.
It's the biggest arena in thehorizon.
Joe, your second pick.
We're going to move over tosomething we don't talk a lot
about on this podcast.
We're going to move it over tothe UFC and where we take Addix
(35:07):
Ferreira at minus 125 on themoney line.
He's the current belt holderfor the light heavyweight
division.
Taking on a challenger thisweek?
The Addix Pereira, sure, it isat UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
(35:28):
Thank you, cool, chris.
I'll just text you whether ornot that one hits.
I'm not going to make you lookthrough it.
Here we go.
You know, all I get from you isgrief.
I don't follow the odds onBrad's picks enough, I don't.
I'm not putting that.
(35:49):
I'm not blaming the casino onthis one, chris, that's on Brad.
I'm just the record keeper.
Exactly, brad, what do you got?
Pick number two, same number,different team, same conference
Taking Michigan State minus fiveand a half on the road at Iowa.
(36:13):
Iowa, not very good, terrible.
Michigan State is my team tomake it to the final four.
So January, february, izzo,april.
We're going to ride Tom in hismonth.
Michigan State minus five and ahalf at Iowa.
(36:38):
Chris, for my second pick.
I don't understand what'shappening here.
I'm taking it anyway.
It feels like a trap.
Looks like a trap, might be atrap.
Indiana State versus SouthernIllinois in St Louis.
Indiana State won by 18 whenthey played three days ago, but
(37:02):
they are plus one and a half.
So I'm taking Indiana Stateplus one and a half.
I don't know who was missing, Idon't really care.
I should keep it at leastrelatively close.
Indiana State plus one and ahalf.
Like it, I agree.
Unless this app is completelypassed out, I'm going to stick
(37:28):
in the great state of Florida.
Pga's heading over to Bay Hillthis week for the Arnold Palmer
Invitational.
I'm going to take a guy that'sbeen on a little bit of a heater
.
He's had three top 10 finishesin the last three events.
We're going to be going withMichael Kim Top 20 plus 160.
Staying in the same event.
(37:52):
For my third pick, give meKeegan Bradley top 20 favorite
golfer.
That's the only logic I got foryou.
I don't think that's logic, butwe'll go with it.
I like it.
I just like his name.
I just think you like a certain.
(38:14):
I just think you like a certaindemographic Joe.
But that's neither here northere.
It's insanely racist that youwould even say that.
How do you know it was racist?
It could have been age, gender.
Are you offended where thoseraces could have been?
Age, gender, language.
Are you offended when?
(38:35):
For my final pick, I'm takingBoston U minus one and a half
versus Navy.
I don't have a real good reason, I just like that one.
Yeah, we're getting.
The picks are getting real slim.
These days we're having a toughtime.
It's all right.
(38:55):
Next week will be conferencechampionship week, so we'll have
a good slate of good basketballgames to choose from, and then
after that we'll have ourbracket blitz for March Madness,
which will roll right into theMasters, should be a good couple
weeks.
Coming up here Wanted to give abig shout out to the Chicago
(39:20):
Blackhawks winning two straightearlier this week after getting
rid of Seth Jones Little unheardof Getting a first for Seth
Jones.
Little unheard of Locker roomcan't be gone.
Somebody getting a first forSeth Jones.
They also got Spencer Knight,who's one of the best young
goalies in the league, coming inhot.
I don't get how that worked out, but I'll take it.
This was a Kyle Davidson masterclass of a trade.
(39:43):
I don't know how he did it.
Seth Jones is not good athockey anymore, so that was
pretty cool.
Pretty cool, and for a guy thatgoes, I want to get out now to
get that much for him.
It was nice.
Just move the rebuild up atleast a year with that one trade
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.
It depends.
I mean, the first round draftpick is probably not till 2027.
I believe that's what it was.
Yes, well, so it's.
We got a 2027 first, but it'sconditional, because their
current 2026 first isconditional with the Senator.
(40:28):
No Flames, yeah with the Flames.
Somehow the Panthers end up asa lottery pick team next year.
They get to keep their 2026,which gives the Blackhawks a
2028, but that's highly unlikely.
(40:48):
Last thing we've got to get intohere is the spin for next
week's gm of the day rebuild,and so brad's gonna be taking it
this week.
Remember we have some autopicks if it's the bears, I take
it, if it is the Browns, bradtakes it.
(41:09):
And Chris, correct me if I'mwrong, but I believe you had the
Chargers.
Yeah, I took the Chargers.
Yeah, it's the Chargers, christakes it.
Here we go, spin it.
The wheel is spinning.
Do, do, do, do, do, do, oh, oh,my God, the bison.
(41:33):
Brad gets the PhiladelphiaEagles, current defending Super
Bowl champions, with his ownseriosity.
Just spent a bunch of moneysigning Mr Bond, yeah, and they
cut Bradbury and Big Play Slay.
(41:55):
So we'll be a fun one.
We'll have that next week andthen we'll probably go on a
little hiatus with March Madnesshitting hot and heavy after
that.
I am excited from the GM thingyes, not from the podcast from
(42:17):
the fictitious GM.
I am excited to have one wherewe already have a quarterback
and a running back and a widereceiver.
He's probably going to tradehalf of them.
We'll see Aaron Rodgers.
He might promote Sirianni andjust make him the owner.
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Chris, do you think I shouldtake off work for March Madness?
Yes, that's a stupid question.
Everyone should take off workfor March Madness.
Yes, that's a stupid question.
Everyone should take off workfor March Madness.
And for those of you who workfrom home, don't schedule any
meetings during basketball games.
What is wrong with you people?
You have basketball to watch,so that's nothing.
After 11 am yeah, yeah, soundsgood If my employer is watching
(43:08):
this.
I was just kidding.
This is all hypothetical.
Your employer may or may not beable to see his toes, so that's
fantastic, all right.
(43:30):
Does have any uh closing statsor comments?
Yeah, let's.
Uh bags you want to talk about?
Uh, the potential of you beingmy boss, or should we save that
for down the road?
Let's wait until it's acertainty of whether I am or am
not.
I would prefer not to commenton the recent free agent
(43:54):
acquisitions of the VillageLakes of Cornelius.
Sure, sure, but are you goingto be home for March?
Madness, joe, I will be gettingthere, probably around the
round of 32.
We'll see.
Again, depends on the freeagent acquisitions of Village
(44:16):
Lace Fun.
It's cool, sounds good, chris.
Any stats?
That closes out tonight.
I do have one thing for youBally's Casino, the one that is
in Chicago and owns other casinoproperties.
They also purchased theTropicana, I believe, last year
(44:37):
and then demolished theTropicana.
Allegedly they were going tobuild Oakland A's Stadium on
that property and the casino.
Bally's stock fell 24%.
Today.
Revenues are down 5% this year.
So neither Oakland A's norValley's has the money to build
a stadium or a hotel and casinoon that property.
(44:58):
No idea what they're doing, butI don't think baseball is
coming to Vegas.
I don't know if you've everbeen to the Valleys in Chicago.
It's like a ghost town.
There's nobody ever there.
They're not great at business,apparently, and they're losing
money.
I understand why they'restocked up.
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I think that's going to wrap itup for this week's edition of
the pod.
As always, make sure you followus on our social medias, at
SharpActionDolly on Twitter andat SharpActionDaily on Instagram
.
Hope everybody has a wonderfulweekend and we will see you next
week for conferencechampionship preview of NCAA
(45:46):
men's basketball and hopefullysome other hot topics occur over
the weekend.
Bags pack your bags, gosomewhere so we can have
something to talk about.
Sounds good, but, as always,please bet responsibly.
If you do choose to tail, fadeus or something in between and,
(46:09):
as always, cheers.
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