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The beef segment's coming up at the top of our number three.

But we start our number two by having a conversation with a linebacker for the Tampa Bay box.

He's signed with them on March 12th.

He's spent five years with the Detroit Lions.

Nine years overall in the NFL coming off a big year.

95 tackles, two and a half sacks.

One INT last season.

We are joined right now by Alex Anzaloni.

Alex.

Listen, we spoke when you played for the Saints.

We spoke when you played for the Lions.

There was no way I was talking to track you down.

Now that you remember the bucks, what's going on?

Dude, how you feeling?

I'm good, man.

It's good to be in Florida full time.

And yeah, it's you got to make it right.

It's only right that we talk every every stop of the way.

That's it.

I appreciate saying yes every stop of the way.

So you're in Florida.

How does it feel?

Has it sunk in?

And then we'll talk about the decision in a minute.

But how does it feel there?

It's good.

It's good.

You know, we live here, you know, in the off season.

So it's just going back home and just worked out that way.

Obviously, there's a lot more that goes into that other than, you know, just the want to.

So the finances worked out.

The, you know, the need worked out.

And yeah, it was great.

All right.

So what about that?

You got you have a place there.

The finances worked out.

You know, what are the other things that went into that decision?

What do you like about that opportunity?

How did you end up there?

Yeah, honestly, it was a situation that was kind of different than some other, you know,

I was a free agent, you know, a couple of times in my career.

And, you know, it was a little different.

You know, I can make the decision not just off of the finances.

I could bless enough to be able to make the right decision for my family, you know,

for professionally for my football, you know, just on the field stuff.

And yeah, it was just a team decision that we made.

And we feel really good about it.

Alexander Saloni joining us, Alex, to that point, like you've been here before.

Business is business.

And you and I have talked in the past about how much pride you took in being a captain on the lines

and contributing to that franchise is turnaround.

So how difficult was it for you to end that tenure there and say goodbye to your fans and your teammates?

For sure.

For sure.

And that was definitely a desire in mind.

And, you know, obviously I'm disappointed in some ways that I couldn't, you know,

well, we couldn't make it work.

You know, it's a lot of it came down to finances and, you know,

what they were able to do or were not able to do.

And it's just the way it is, unfortunately.

And, you know, I still have great relationships with all my teammates.

And, you know, there's really no vibe with the coaches and whatnot.

So, you know, but I'm excited for a new chapter, a new journey.

And, you know, excited to be a book.

Yeah. So I want to ask you something.

For instance, we always, I said to myself, business is business.

It's not personal.

And half of that's true.

It's almost always personal, right?

Like, if somebody, I don't care what business you're in, right?

If somebody doesn't want you back, it's personal.

The difference between your business and my business is I'm making sacrifices,

but not necessarily the kind of physical sacrifices that you're making.

So, what's it like?

I mean, business is business.

I'm just trying to instigate it a little bit.

I'm kind of not.

I'm just trying to understand it, man.

You know what I mean?

Like, I'm a dragon.

You say what you want to say.

I'm saying, I think you guys pay a certain price.

That the normal lay person does not pay.

For sure.

And, you know, I know this past year, I voiced that I, you know,

had wanted to retire a lion.

And, you know, I put a lot into it.

Like you said, five year captain.

And, you know, I wanted that opportunity.

But, you know, I wasn't able to get it for one reason or another.

And, you know, that wasn't really up to me.

It was, you know, other decision makers that, you know,

made, made where they wanted to make moves and whatnot.

But, yeah, but yeah, you feel a certain type of way about it.

But, you know, the past five years, it's been a blessing.

So it's like how much of it you get upset or how much of it you hold resentment.

Or you just appreciate your time there.

And, you know, it's all part of the bigger plan that, you know, I'm now in Tampa.

And now I'm able to, you know, play for a city that means a lot to me and my family.

Okay, see, I think in that sense, we do have something in common.

You're right.

Like when things don't necessarily go the way you want them to go,

it doesn't mean you don't have gratitude for what did go so well for so long.

So you got to kind of deal with that.

I get that. I understand that.

So in terms of, and look, by the way, you land on your feet.

You're in a great place with a really good organization.

I'm curious.

So after playing for Dan Campbell, now you play for another defensive minded coach in Todd Bulls.

Obviously, a completely different guy in terms of personality.

But what have you taken away from your early conversations with Todd?

And then how do you feel like your skill set is going to fit that scheme?

For sure. Yeah, I think that was one of the biggest factors of me, you know,

wanting to be in Tampa is that, you know, professionally football wise,

I think that I fit like, I've said this a few times now.

I fit in like a glove defensively and schematically.

You know, I'm just going to be able to do a lot more than I've done in the past.

And, you know, that, that'll, you know, at the end of the day help me make plays

and being in the position to succeed.

So, you know, I'm really excited about that.

Just play under coach bulls and, you know, be a part of his defense that everyone talks about around the league.

Yeah, to that point, that defense.

For instance, like you, Alex, Levante David, he's been a long time friend of the program.

And he announced his retirement this past week.

He's been his entire 14 year career with that franchise.

I'm curious.

Then you know the scheme.

You know the defense.

What's it represent to you, though, to play linebacker for a team that's had some absolute legends

at that position, guys like Levante and Derek Brooks, etc.

Yeah, I mean, I'll speak on Levante.

And I think that, you know, he knows this, but I've been a huge fan of his just from afar.

And, you know, seeing him play and, you know, you watch film, you know, countless, countless hours.

And, you know, you turn on the bucks film.

And that was, he was the linebacker that I really, really enjoyed.

Obviously, I enjoy other linebackers.

But, you know, he was asked to do a lot of the similar things that I was asked to do, you know, in Detroit and New Orleans.

And so, you know, I'm just a big fan of his.

And, you know, to have his career come to an end with, you know, so many different statistics that you can compile.

And, you know, he definitely is a case to make the Hall of Fame.

And, you know, if not, I think there's going to be an uproar.

You know what?

For sure, for sure.

To the point you just made that there are guys that you like, I'm sure guys turn on your tape.

And they respect what you do and how you get after it.

Who are some other guys playing right now, linebacker, that you kind of respect the way they go about their business and how they play?

Yeah, I think that, you know, any time you watch Fred Warner, you see him flash on film, he's constantly in the right position.

I'm trying to think of some other linebackers.

I have a bunch of friends.

Obviously, you know, Jack Campbell had a great year in Detroit.

You know, Zach Bond, a year ago really, really came on and, you know, played really well for the Eagles.

You know, obviously have a close relationship with him playing in New Orleans together.

So, you know, you just watch film and you kind of see the ins and outs of things rather than just what the media promotes or, you know, what they see.

Because they don't necessarily know exactly, you know, how to watch film, which is, you know, not necessarily, you know, in the wrong, you know.

No, no, no, we don't.

We don't, we don't have to do much of anything really except run our mouths.

That's what we do, man.

That's what we do, Alex.

You know, I know what you're talking about.

You're not wrong.

You're not wrong.

I'm not pushing back on that.

Listen, you, you did a Q&A with your son Cooper at the introductory presser.

That thought was great.

Like, most young sons look up to their dads, especially if their dad is an NFL or, but most kids also know, Alex, that Spider-Man is undefeated.

How pumped were you that Cooper said he knew that you could handle Spider-Man in a fight?

No doubt.

Yeah, that was big time.

You know, obviously one of his favorite superheroes.

But yeah, that's, that was, that was good.

That was, it was a really good answer by him and it made dad really happy.

Listen, I've had both our boys and our sons now are older. They're 24 and 20.

I've had them both on this show.

I'm not gonna lie to you.

I got a huge kick out of it.

Man, I'm proud as hell of both these kids and what they brought when they showed up.

How cool was it for you to share the stage with Cooper on that day?

Oh, it was awesome.

It was awesome.

I'm just having my whole family there.

My parents, you know, my wife, Lindsay, Cooper, my two daughters, you know,

it was the first signing that I had that they were able to, well, that's a good picture,

that they were able to attend and be there just because what a newborn phase,

breastfeeding, all different things and just to have those moments, you know,

it's definitely a core memory for our family.

That is a great picture.

Alex Hansel only joins me for a few more moments.

So, you know, when you look at the defense, you know what you're signed up for,

you know what you're getting on the other side of the ball.

One thing that has not changed is Baker Mayfield, still the face of the franchise,

still under center.

You faced him in the box in week seven last year and in the 2024 playoffs,

what was it like going up against him and then how pumped are you that you're on the same side now?

Yeah, I think that, you know, everyone talks about his competitive nature,

you know, how he, how he competes and, you know, makes plays with his legs.

But at the same time, he's, you know, he has a high football IQ.

You know, he's able to do a lot of different things that, you know,

it doesn't necessarily get a lot of credit.

But I'm excited to be on the same side of his team.

And, you know, I'm excited.

You coming in?

I got a special guest.

Let's see it.

Yeah.

What's up?

You're getting troubled by mommy's very good at it.

Pops or Spider-Man?

Who do you think would win?

Daddy or Spider-Man?

That is.

Sweet, dude.

That is awesome.

Good answer.

Good answer.

I love that.

Look, cameo.

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm good.

I'm good, dad.

I'm good.

It's a cameo.

Say, hey, dad, who's that old man you're talking to?

Who's that old man you're talking to?

The same old man I always talk to.

Before you go, listen really quickly.

So you, that's a great moment right there.

You go back to the NFC North, right?

So that was one of the great divisions in the league.

Top to bottom.

But the NFC South, and then you know that division.

You've been there before.

You're back there right now.

Maybe not, maybe not as good top to bottom as the NFC North.

Maybe you push back on that.

But man, this division's fun.

Really fun.

How would you describe the games in the NFC South?

And some of the rivalries there because they are fierce.

Yeah, for sure.

Like you said, I have experienced playing in it.

And I feel like, you know, that'll help me.

That'll help me just being able to be a part of, you know,

the division.

And what you doing?

Relax.

And just, you know, playing against, you know,

Caroline Atlanta, New Orleans back back in New Orleans again.

You know, there's some familiarity.

But at the same time, every year, there's a new team.

And, but I know what it takes and what those rivalries are about.

And, you know, the meaning behind them.

I like that division.

Alex, I'm going to give you back to your family.

But like I said, no matter where you are,

you know I'm looking for you.

And I'm always going to try and run you down.

So thank you very much for being accessible.

Thank you very much for saying yes.

Good to have you on the show, man.

Congrats on a new fresh start.

And you know, I'll look for you during the season.

Thank you, Jim.

Appreciate you.

Always good.

Great talking to you.

Appreciate you too, dude.

Thank you very much to the whole fam.

In fact, Alex Hanseloni joining us.

That was fun.

Good moment.

Always like a nice cameo in the middle of one of the interviews.

I was sweet.

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No way.

Will Wade?

Back at LSU?

No way.

No.

I mean, of course.

Right.

What took so long?

Who didn't see that coming?

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The actual opening day for making sure you're baseball, a sweet 16-action.

So much going on, and let's go to the phones.

Beef segment's top of the hour.

We go to Matt in LA.

Matt, what's going on, dude?

Oh, my God.

Yeah.

Thanks for the vine.

It's the days at Borough, Valencia, where I was tossing in Sombrero to the sky,

under the guidance of Vinny, and Uncle Tommy Lasorda.

Since Mark Madsen, Eric Montrose, and Eric Chenowit, were coming in

during March Madness for some jungle karma.

For their respective three and four-year teammates,

at esteemed universities in the attorney.

Your boy, Matt, in LA has your back, Pimp.

But two things that I don't have the back up, this old glow, or unique glow,

or whatever the hell glow, ganking the name of Badger Stadium,

and then minor league, or college basketball seasons,

and 26 and 27-year-olds still haven't,

and never will graduate from any university steps,

who will never sniff the jeeping, or even the association,

or rocking a third university jersey to chase an empty or nadi,

than an empty can of natural light.

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that know that the three-peat is officially underway.

Doc Roberts, Andrew Friedman, and the big blue wrecking crew are poised

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to put distance between LA and those frisco dwarfs from the world.

Are true rivals?

Oh, yes. And, Diego, you still get none.

Zero, Naza, you scallywagged.

War, IRA craze, starting a tent city in Chavez,

ravine hillside, and charging people to hear the game within earshot.

War, sprinkles in Bichita, pimpinous cornweed,

fedora, on the Bichita whole stroll,

pimping the brassica, tonight in the turning.

How true.

Damn, Matt, even for you, even for you,

there's a whole lot going on there, even a channel with reference.

He does go way back.

Way, way, way back.

So if you don't go way, way back and you're relatively new to it,

you probably have no idea what any of that meant.

Hell, I've been here since day one,

and I don't know what half of it meant.

It's like that energy. I like that energy.

He's not about the Dodgers' new corporate sponsor, though.

Matt, 1-800-636-86-86.

He will be in the smack-off.

We don't have a date yet for smack-off 31,

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I thought went great.

That Halloween smack-off, I thought went really, really well.

So we have not locked that in yet,

but smack-off 31.

We will have a time, any place, any date,

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Now, it might be wild, and it might be absurd,

but Will Wade's triumphant return to lead the LSU basketball program

is definitely not one thing.

Surprising.

It's not that.

Of course, Will Wade got his job back.

If you didn't see Will Wade getting his job back at LSU,

you were the only one.

The only surprising thing is if this did not happen sooner than it did.

The only surprising thing about this is that he had to take a detour

at NC State first before LSU did the inevitable

and brought him back into the fold.

I mean, hell, even the guys who hired him at NC State

probably are not surprised right now.

They knew who they were hiring.

And how was LSU supposed to resist having Lane Kiffin

as their football coach and not have Will Wade as their basketball coach?

I mean, it's too perfect, right?

It's perfect.

It's a match made in greasy heaven.

It's like the family has a brand new theme.

And that theme is no longer the jug band.

The theme is now just jugs of grease, not a jug band,

but giant vats of grease.

So how does LSU justify hiring back a dude

that they fired four years ago after he was nabbed

on a federal, a federal wiretap?

Easy.

What he did then is now legal.

Well, most of it anyway.

He was also accused at that time of bribery

to try to cover up the impermissible benefits

that he was allegedly offering.

And obviously you cannot be bribing people

if you're a D1 basketball coach.

I mean, you really shouldn't be bribing anybody

ever anyway, no matter who you are.

But the main reason that he got run out of Baton Rouge

the first time is because he was caught on a wiretap

describing a quote, strong ass offer.

End of quote, which you made to recruit.

And that of course will go down in infamy

as one of the all-time lines ever in college basketball.

Really, in college sports, a strong ass offer.

Remember that phrase, a strong ass offer.

The funny thing about that strong ass offer

is that they didn't get him on tape

making the strong ass offer.

They just got him on the wiretap,

talking to somebody else about a strong ass offer

that he made to a recruit.

So they didn't get him on tape making the strong ass offer

to that recruit, but rather talking about a strong ass offer.

Those two things are not the same.

So for the record, they're not the same

and he didn't even land that player.

So clearly his strong ass offer was not strong ass enough.

But obviously admitting that there wasn't offer at all

was admitting that he was making illegal deals.

So the feds had him nailed right back.

They had him nailed back then.

Now, obviously deals like this are legal.

You can make strong ass offers.

Two players now in broad daylight.

It's not illegal.

So this crime against college basketball

seems a lot less criminal now than it did then

when they had a firearm.

Now, I'm not saying the wheel weighed

was the only coach engaging in making such strong ass offers.

I'm saying that he was the only one caught talking

about a strong ass offer on a federal wiretap.

Bad look for him.

Bad look for the school, which probably didn't even care.

And probably didn't even want to break them off, but had to.

Why do I say that?

Because the first chance they could, they brought him back.

Embarrassed.

Embarrassed.

Yeah, they're embarrassed.

That's why they just hired him back.

Embarrassed.

They're proud.

Embarrassed.

If I embarrassed, you mean ecstatic?

Then sure, they're embarrassed.

Embarrassed.

Extremely over the moon.

And impressed.

And ecstatic.

And proud.

Man, nothing embarrasses folks like that.

They have absolutely no shame.

Nor should anybody be shocked by any of this.

It is the least surprising thing ever.

And it was completely inevitable.

LSU clearly does not care if they look grimy or greasy.

So what good is to do?

Do you even call them grimy and greasy?

They don't care.

Now, my bigger issue here is that LSU already had a basketball coach.

They already had a basketball coach.

Well, at least they did as of this morning.

As of this morning, that job didn't seem to be open because they had a coach.

Can you remember back in the day that even if you talked,

guys wouldn't even talk about other jobs when there was a coach.

There was like honor among thieves.

You couldn't even get coaches to talk about other jobs while there was somebody holding that job.

Yeah, well, somebody was holding this job until they weren't.

They opened it right up for Wade.

They didn't even fire their coach to have a search, you know, some fake search.

And Sedwan will wade like we had this exhaustive natural search.

And well, frankly, this was the best candidate.

He just interviewed better than anybody else and we looked long and far and hard

and it just we kept coming back to our guy.

So they didn't even have a fake search or act like they were doing some due diligence

when they knew who and what they wanted all along.

Wade.

It's like the news broke that Wade was getting rehired

before the news broke that Matt McMahon was getting fired.

It's almost like they hired the next guy before they fired the first guy.

At least that was the time of events.

That was the way it was chronicled.

Wait, don't you have to fire a guy in order to hire a guy?

We wanted to make sure we got our guy, so we hired the guy first.

What's the other guy going to quit?

We'll fire him in a minute.

Let's make sure that we hired the other guy first.

I mean, then again, this is who they are.

This is what they do.

Crazy.

LSU doesn't give a crap.

They don't care.

Meantime, this clip from two weeks ago involving Wade has not aged very well.

Hasn't.

This is when he had another job.

Only two weeks ago at NC State and was asked about LSU.

Well, he was at NC State because there was a lot of smoke.

There always is with this guy, but there was a lot of smoke involving this guy.

And two weeks ago, he had to ask or he had to answer to all that smoke.

No, is the job open there?

Huh?

No, so what?

I'm not.

Listen.

A port.

A port.

You'd be very clear.

A port.

A port.

A port.

I've been telling you how to do that.

Where did this way?

I'm excited.

Even with that not playing out, you just feel the the belligerence.

Like, is the job open there?

Huh?

Huh?

Huh?

I can't hear you.

Is the job open there?

Right.

Huh?

Oh.

Oh.

That's what you thought.

Is the job open there?

No, yes, where I thought.

So why are you asking me about that?

Beligerent much.

Oh.

There you are in that job.

Man, Nick's saving can't believe how badly you answer that question.

Let me try this one more time.

Check this dude's act out.

No, is the job open there?

Huh?

Huh?

No, so why would I'm not.

Listen.

You'd be very clear.

I'm excited at NC State.

I was hired at NC State to do a job.

This wasn't going to take one year.

I've already met with our administration about next year.

And some of the changes that we need to make and some of the things that we need to do

to put this program where it deserves long term.

So I'm not, you know, I'm not on social media.

I'm not into gossip.

I'm not into any of that sort of stuff.

But look, we're going to win and we're going to win big at NC State.

You know what you're not into, dude?

Telling the truth.

That's what you're not into.

You're not into telling the truth.

I don't want to hear about it.

I'm not into social media.

I'm not into gossip.

I'm not into that noise.

Man, I am right where my feet are.

This was not a one year project.

All right.

We're already talking about next year with the administration.

I work for NC State.

How about this guy starting off?

Oh, is that job open?

Huh?

Huh?

I mean, could it be any more belligerent about it?

Oh, you mean that same job that you ended up at two weeks later?

Come on, man.

Yeah, that job wasn't open when you accepted it either.

Imagine this guy firing back with why you asking me about that?

Is that job open?

Huh?

Huh?

The way he chased that.

Is that job open?

Huh?

Huh?

What do you mean about that?

I'm at NC State.

This is not a one year deal.

We're already talking about next year.

I'm talking to the administration, man.

I'm not into social media.

I'm not into gossip.

No, dude, you're not into telling the truth.

Because you're already gone.

And you're already at LSU.

How badly do you look?

How badly did that age?

But you know what?

He doesn't give a damn.

They don't give a damn.

A bad NC State barely gives a damn.

They know who they hired.

If you hire that guy, if you hire that guy,

it's not a question of if it's a matter of when.

Now maybe NC State did think it would happen that soon,

but they knew.

They knew.

You know how they knew?

Everybody knew.

Everybody knew the first shot that LSU had

and bringing that guy back.

They were going to take it.

Just as everybody knew,

and that's why they were asking you will,

everybody knew the first chance

you had to bounce to go back.

You were going to do that too.

So what are you doing trying to push back

and bully the media?

When in fact two weeks later,

you are exactly where they were asking you about.

Huh?

This dude, man.

Huh?

When LSU reached out to you, dude, I'm curious.

When they reached out to you,

did you push back as hard on them?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hello LSU.

Is that job open?

Huh?

Huh?

Their answer probably was,

it is for you.

Yeah, or by the way,

I don't think you push back so hard.

When they called you up,

I bet they couldn't even finish the sentence

before you said,

when can I start?

Yeah, hey, Will.

LSU, I accept.

Well, he slowed down now, Tiger.

Do you want to talk about it?

I accept.

When do I start?

Don't you want to hear the offer?

No.

I can be there in an hour.

In fact, I'm already there.

I've been waiting for you.

I'm gonna hotel post it up.

I'm gonna outside your door.

What are you gonna do with what's his face?

I don't care about that.

That's your problem.

Yes, I accept.

I mean, dude, at least play the game.

And I don't mean play the game the way you play the game.

I mean, at least play that game.

At least, at least hang on these questions

in a dignified manner

without being belligerent

and pushing back when we know

you're gonna end up there.

And you did.

And you did.

Other coaches know they're going to get the question.

Tommy Lloyd knows he's gonna get the question.

A lot of these coaches that are still in the sweet 16,

especially those that are ascending,

know they're going to get the question.

And then they give us that normal fake BS

about I'm only concerned about my team

and where we are and being in the moment

and being where our feet are.

Like, we get that.

We understand that.

We know that's not an easy question for you to answer.

But the one way you don't want to handle that

is being belligerent and bullying the media

and then saying, huh?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

And then ending up there.

Like, if you want to be belligerent like that,

all right, cool.

You better stay where you are.

And then fine.

Then you're a bully and you're belligerent.

And but to be like that,

to act like a jerk

and then actually do the thing

that you were asked that you took such great offense to?

Damn, dude.

Way to be you.

Way to be you.

So of course he's back at OSU

and of course they took him back

after firing him four years ago

when the feds were involved.

Nothing surprising about this at all.

You know when some couples get divorced

and say, can say that divorce.

Man, you know they're going to come back.

You know they're going to get back together.

No matter what happened.

No matter how greasy it was,

no matter how unsavory it was,

there are some couples that you know

that despite that divorce,

they're going to get back together.

These two.

You knew it.

You knew it.

And even then I would get a kick out of the whole thing.

It's just that presser, man.

Two weeks ago, that guy acting like that.

Acting like it was not even a possibility.

Why are you bringing this up?

Don't you know who I am, man?

You never do that.

No, bro, they do know who you are.

That's why they asked.

Hey, man, I would never, ever talk about somebody else's job.

Well, they had that job.

We don't do that.

You don't.

You just took his job.

Man, this pair is made in heaven, aren't they?

Perfect.

And again, they're not surprising at all.

The only surprise is it took as long as it took

for this to actually go down.

College basketball, man.

There's a portal.

And the coach has used it too.

It's just that LSU.

And it not only are these two perfect for each other,

but that athletic department.

You got Lane running football.

And you saw how horribly that ended at Ole Miss,

with Ole Miss and LSU and Lane wanting to continue to coach Ole Miss

in the playoffs.

Well, taking the job with LSU.

I mean, it was so greasy and so toxic and so ugly.

So what do they do?

They bring back Will Wade, man.

LSU.

LSU, gonna LSU.

That is for sure.

Timothy.

I know all about giving a strong ass offer.

Happens every Saturday night.

Signed Tavaris' girlfriend.

Tavaris.

Right in the butt.

What?

No.

No.

No, that's not the answer.

Blake.

Ha!

This is the best.

Yeah, that's it.

Right in the butt.

Hey, Tavaris, what game show are you on?

Well, where do you think you are, bro?

Take Tavaris.

This is the most vanilla game show ever.

The easiest game show ever.

The most vanilla game show ever.

What show do you think you're on, Tavaris?

No, Tavaris, what planet do you think you're on?

Tavaris.

Right in the butt.

What?

Hey, Tavaris.

The show is called Wheel of Fortune.

Not Wheel of Porn.

You're watching the stream.

Spell it out.

I got it.

Right in the butt.

Right in the butt, Tavaris.

Oh, so close.

Now, if there were a triple X-rated version of Wheel of Fortune

and you were on that panel, and I don't know,

Kareem was on that show.

Maybe that would have been the answer.

Bro, you're on like it's 738.

No.

In front of all of America.

Nice try with that.

Hey, V.

Signed Tavaris's Girl, V.

Come on, man.

Shamest is in.

He goes back to Frisco Mario.

Shamest writes, Frisco Mario is the jungle's resident,

crazy cat lady.

He always sees cat, mate.

We see cat, mate.

And Mario, he's got, he's got a point.

Like I like cats, bro.

You are coming off like a crazy cat lady.

If you're seeing social media from our family,

and my son posting a story about his cat,

then even I hadn't seen.

But you saw it before me.

You're turning into that crazy cat lady in the jungle.

We see cat, mate.

That's from baking, quote, hey, Rome.

Frisco Mario posting about Jake's cat picks

before you even see them as kind of creepy.

Signed 12 wood.

Right.

Right.

It's not 12 wood creepy.

Oh, we have that sound bite of Logan Rome, Jake's younger brother.

When I said something to him along the lines up,

hey, look, do you know when the clones are coming at you

on social media?

Logan Loan.

Yeah, he had a funny response.

I'm like, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, pop.

I know.

I know when your people hit me up.

Number one, why are you clones hitting up my kids?

Even if it's a compliment, I guess that's all right.

Logan's like, yeah, when these old dudes kind of show up in my feed,

I think they're probably one of your listeners pop.

Logan said something like that.

Based on their age and their demographic

and the way they come at me,

it's usually a clone pop.

Logan made it back from Barcelona in peace.

Who's Barcelona, bro?

Must be nice.

Oh, an Ireland too.

All right.

So still ahead.

Top of the hour.

The beef segment.

1, 8, 0, 0, 6, 3, 6, 8, 6, 8, 6.

Also, hit me up at Jim Rome on X with a beef

because we have written beefs and we have spoken beefs.

Also on email.

The after-hour includes Adam Rank and James Kelly.

The Jim Rome podcast did not push out yesterday,

but will be produced and executed and pushed out today.

James Kelly is doing double duty.

It's going to take us the after-hour

and the pod to break down all of the sweet 16 matchups.

So James Kelly and I will be doing that today.

And Adam Rank will have whatever Adam Rank has,

a little bit later on.

And I'm looking for your beefs.

All of that's still ahead.

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That is true.

I am Jim Rome of Westwood One.

Also Jim Rome of Series XM.

Also Jim Rome of X.com.

Also Jim Rome of the Jim Rome channel that has nine different platforms.

So all of those things.

Beef segment is coming up in 10 minutes.

What do you want to beef about?

What is bothering you?

What do you want to get off your chest?

You'll feel better.

I guarantee it.

You'll feel much better once you get it off.

Man, don't hold it all in.

Let it all out.

Just let me know.

Couple of tough online store open if you want to get into it.

Also, if you want to get on the X, go ahead and do that.

I really quickly able in the ATX, quote,

Barcelona and Ireland.

You kidding me?

52 years old and I have never been out of Texas.

First of all, run him.

That's not a good cup.

Not a table.

You don't like the cup.

I don't like that cup.

It's not a very good cup.

Even online, you cannot state your age.

I don't care.

I don't want to know.

I don't care.

Even if your point was well taken, he tagged it with must be nice.

Rogan.

I'm not even offended by that.

I tell the kid the same thing myself all the time.

But I don't go, hey, Rogan, I'm X years old.

Must be nice.

I just go, hey, Rogan, must be nice.

Oh, Barcelona, Ireland.

The thing about Logan is too.

Unlike me when I was his age or younger,

stuff like that would aggravate me if my old man came at me like that.

Must be nice.

Must be nice.

Rogan just looks at me and goes,

if I hit him with, hey, Rogan.

Ireland.

Barcelona.

Spring break.

Damn kid.

Must be nice.

He just looks at me and goes,

it is pop.

Yeah, it is pop.

And then I'm aggravated because it didn't work.

He just agrees with me.

Yep.

He sure is.

Ken writes,

Rome.

I've got a lot of dudes making strong ass offers.

Signed Chris Hansen.

Quote.

Or hashtag.

Take a seat.

Haven't talked about that guy in a while.

Haven't talked about that guy in a while,

nor the content that he used to push out.

Isn't it true that you were in chat rooms with underaged females?

No.

No.

Not me.

Not me.

Not me.

Really then, what's all this wine, duct tape, and rope for?

Actually, I funded quite a try.

And that's when they try to make a break for it.

And they run out the door.

And there's a bunch of authorities waiting to body slam them.

And the next thing you know,

that dude's eating concrete.

I am Chris Hansen.

I don't know, bro.

You know, you're in trouble.

When freaking Hansen's in your living room doing an interview with you.

That's how you know.

That's how you know they've got you.

No, not me.

You got nothing on me.

We have that wine.

We have the text or we have the transcriptions from the chat room.

And then this dude got in trouble himself.

Anyway, I haven't heard from him in a while.

Thanks, Ken.

Honeyd Horse, LSU, Wade.

We want to make you an offer to come back.

Wade, where are you?

LSU.

We're at the main office on campus.

Wade, I doubt that.

It was you.

Why would you doubt that?

Wade, because if you were at the campus office,

we would be having this conversation face to face.

No, Wilson.

This is Jason Bourne.

I was wondering when you were going to make this call.

Perhaps we could arrange a meeting.

Where are you now?

I'm sitting in my office.

I doubt that.

Why would you doubt that?

If you were in your office right now,

we'd be having this conversation face to face.

Roastin.

Yo, Noah, have some.

Love Bourne.

Doubt that.

Why do you doubt that?

Because if you were in your office,

we'd be having this conversation face to face.

Roastin.

Noah.

Have some.

This guy.

Here's the guy talking about the divorce.

All right, so hit me up with your beef.

What do you want beef about?

What is your beef?

1-800-636-8686.

If you take a good enough segment,

I will cut it in half and we will double them.

You got to get to segment two.

That's coming up next.

The beef segment.

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