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Super Bowl 62 in Atlanta. February of 2028. They don't have a date for that game yet.

And it's unheard of to be less than 23 months away from a Super Bowl and not know when it's going to be played.

You got to have a convention center for the whole week. You got to have how many thousand hotel rooms they usually know by now.

The reason they don't have a date, I'm told, they're holding it open in case they get to 18 games by 2027 and they need to slip it back a week or so.

You throw in two buys and then it gets even more complicated. So that's why there isn't a date.

And it tells me that now that JC Treter has been installed, I think they're going to move quickly.

Mike Florio can't wait to have to decide what to watch on a Sunday, the Super Bowl or like the sweet 16.

It's coming. Yeah. Yeah, it sure sounds like it. I did not realize that they hadn't set a date yet and that that was like something noteworthy.

For that Super Bowl. But that all that all heads up.

Interesting. Sweet 16. Of course, I meant curling because I probably would get sued if I meant any other sport.

A certain sport plus that's on like Thursday, Friday. You want the round of eight. Right. It didn't quite nail it.

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That's Sam Penny out of it with us from chicken dinner. Sam paint the picture. It's it's a 1232 where you are. There's got to be something.

It's got to be live. There are bodies on the ground. Sam, like, what do we got going on?

Whatever you say. I don't know what time it is. I don't know what day it is. I'm standing next to by Buddy Matty right now in the book. We're sweating Arizona minus 30.

Naturally, they're up 33 with three minutes to go. Anything can happen.

Gotta love the tournament. Were you on Virginia? I hope not. No, no Virginia. I was on Santa Clara, though. Did you guys see the end of that Santa Clara Kentucky regulation? Yes. That was something. That's a tough beat.

Yeah, it's bad. I mean, Kentucky ties it twice in the final 10 seconds. And you're just like, OK, when you're cold, you're cold, I guess.

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We really like Clemson tonight, so in the spirit of me giving an underdog on this show the last two times that got smoked, you should probably take Iowa tonight.

But we're not going to. Yes, I'm sure, well, I'm not sure. I have no idea. But if you haven't seen the time out saying a clearer call after their three, don't look for it because clearly the game should have been stopped.

They wanted to set up their defense and they didn't get a chance to get one to tie it.

So the best thing I saw yesterday, guys, I don't want to forget this. I want to make sure I say it. There's this kid named Moneyline Mac, who I've met a couple times.

He bets $100 on all these underdogs to be up at half. And yesterday he showed me his ticket. He's in the book. We're watching him sweat this thing on him.

He's going insane in the sports book. He had $100 bet on Sienna to be up on Duke at half. And it hit $100 to win $2,000 on Sienna first half Moneyline. I was I was loving watching him watch the game.

And they were up 13 or 11, 11 and a half, 13 earlier in the half. I mean, it wasn't even close. No sweat to win 20 to one. That's not bad.

The tournament so far, any other important takeaways here, whether that's how Duke didn't win by more or what Michigan looked like, who were we on and how might we want to pivot?

Well, I do think there's there's something to be said about these one seed that struggle early. Usually those teams don't make runs. And we've seen this plenty of times over the years.

When that one seed struggles against the 16, it's usually not a final four team and certainly not a national champion. But with Duke, I mean, they're starting point cards out. That's a big deal. They've got some issues on that side.

So I think it's very obvious. So you know, Arizona, Michigan, and we're going to see Florida play like those teams are just so much better guys. And you know, I did a lot of stuff for Fox this week.

And I was getting a lot of flack on the internet because they're like, Oh, you got three number ones in the final four nice, nice bracket. I'm like, well, yeah, I mean, the ones are just there's so much better because of NIL and the portal. And now these teams can all pay players.

I think the real thing is you're not seeing a lot of upsets anymore. And this is not just this year. It goes back in the last four or five years. We used to love the George Mason's and the butlers and the VCU's and all that. And you just, you don't really get that anymore. And I'll tell you what these points.

They're getting bigger and bigger is Arizona is now up 32 with 256 to go spreads are getting bigger and the middle class is sort of evaporating in college basketball. That's the truth.

We'll get you out of here before that game ends. I think so you can experience it.

There are many different and I don't have to tell you this Sam. There are many different forms that betting basketball can take on yesterday. We talked with Jeremy Khan about the overtime loss when you're on the underdog like Santa Clara today. Sorry if that's too soon.

But also there's the big big number. You're trying to cover and all the backup Seren and you just have to hope like that somehow that's going to work out for you. I guess that's probably Arizona right now.

Yeah, Arizona has like a five foot seven guy in right now. Like you know, he's a walk on.

And you know, you know, Bulldog, you know, he doesn't play in big games. Yeah, he's at the free throw line right now. Arizona up 33.

But this, I mean, if you haven't, if you haven't done the trip to Vegas, I would highly suggest at some point. And just people obviously driving on Buffalo that have made this trip.

Come out with your boys. Get the boys together. Come on a Thursday, hang on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, get home on Sunday. It's just, it's just action.

Everything is action. Everybody's got a bet. Everybody's got something going on. And it's hanging out with the boys drinking, gambling, having a blast. It's just there's nothing like it. First week of the tournament.

The five foot seven guy off the bench for any team should be able to make free throws. That's why I mean, you got to do something. You got to be able to do something if you're going to be you're going to make the team.

So I'm braced for whatever answer I get here, Sam. Everything you just said, it's tournament week. Baseball is starting world baseball classic was great baseball is starting NBA.

NFL is always, you know, there's always a heartbeat of pulse. How about hockey? The sabers are a real story. Sam, 32, 6 and 2 in their last 40 is the best mark in the NHL in 30 years.

And it's coming from a team that even here we tend to ignore when it gets to be this time of year. We're done with it.

Plus 1800 to win the cup. Are they a sharp bet? I don't know what you know here. How much you follow it because I know you're more into other things.

I wonder if you think they're more a sharp bet or a sucker bet as a team that you know is in first place, but maybe doesn't have the star power or the legacy or anything else that you would tend to want a bet on.

I wouldn't say it's sharp at 18 to one. I mean, it was sharp when when guys were popping them at 70 to one and 40 to one. I mean, you can still be late to the party though, although I would never suggest you go late to a party, especially a bulldog party.

You want to get there early, not late, but I talked to a guy actually yesterday who books hockey bets at the Westgate where I'm where I'm at right now. And he's like, yeah, they're really, really good. I still don't trust them.

I'm like, I get it. And I think you guys get it too. You kind of want to see it to believe it, but the way they're rolling right now, the depth of goal tending, you know how I feel about Lindy, we need him to win coach of the year. And I think that's going to happen.

I mean, you're obviously late, but you could still bet 18 to one. If you believe it, it's just a fun bet. You bet 10 bucks. You bet 20 bucks at 18 to one. I mean, you spend that on a coffee now.

You might as well just set on the home team and see what happens. I would probably bet to win the conference, not the cup, but this is literally like the last chance. You don't want to wait any longer if you're going to bet the sabers.

Yeah, I definitely definitely feel that. And I feel like, you know, I know we talked about this every week since we've made the Lindy rough coach of the year bet, which was what a couple of months ago now already or six weeks. I don't know whatever.

I think they win the division. I think he'll win it. I think if he doesn't, he's still to me would be live for it, but if Cooper gets it with Tampa, then gets the division, I mean, then I could see that swinging, you know, Cooper's way, but I think if they get first place in the division home, I think we're all set on that bet.

I think sneaky Joe could coach the lightning though. That's my thing. I just, I don't, I don't think it's difficult to coach a team with multiple Hall of Famers. They're supposed to be good. They're one of the preseason favorites.

Nobody saw this Buffalo run coming outside of Buffalo for that matter. I mean, it wasn't even, it wasn't even possible in the eyes of Vegas. Like this is not supposed to happen. So to me, that's the better story is Arizona is up 35 with 55 seconds to go. Hold on, baby.

What is it 32 and a half?

Less. We laid 30 30 and a half, I think. Come on.

Sam penny out of it. At the Westgate Mike show up in the bulldog here.

Are you doing baseball right now? I mean, opening day is next week.

What are a couple of your favorite totals? If you have any.

Yeah, we like white socks over 67.

And I'll tell you what, the most interesting angle right now, the Pittsburgh pirates had the wind total has moved seven winds up.

It was 72 and a half on the open. Now it's 79 and a half. They can't write an under bet on Pittsburgh. And honestly, I might let it keep going. If I could get 80 and a half.

I would bet under on Pittsburgh. That is like it was sharp early. Now it's where everybody's filing on. I think that pirates under has has a lot of life there, especially like 79 and a half.

Considering it did open seven winds lower.

What is going on there? I mean, is it counter Griffin? What is going on with the pirates? Why are they so hot?

All teams basically who, by the way, only pitches every fifth day.

I hate their off. Yeah, I mean, he's really good. But how many winds is he going to get you 20? Now you need 60 more. I mean, I don't love their offense, man.

And you know, those teams every year, the trendy teams, you never want to be on those trendy teams. They never really work out.

We did not get you out in time for the end. But it sounds like maybe it was pretty chill with both teams playing backups and no fouls or anything like that.

So 34 is the margin of victory there. Congrats on that.

Okay. Well, NFL is there anything on your mind? I mean, it's through free agency. The draft is in a month.

Mike, it's March. I got no time for NFL right now. That's fine. That's fair.

Very good. Sam. Thanks for your time. Enjoy the rest of your trip. I love you, boy. See you.

All right. Congrats on your Arizona win. Yes. We got to not exactly sweat that with him. It really wasn't a sweat. No, really wasn't.

And it's nice to hear him win. Yeah. Yeah. We usually talk with it. This is betting, right? You should talk about your your beats. Yeah. Well, yeah, he squeezed in a little.

Yeah, like he had Miami last week under something and they got absolutely clobbered in the game. Hurricanes. Yeah, right. Right.

We have Virginia right state on in here. And Virginia as the three seat is up one with about seven hits to go in that game and his right state.

Iowa State. Paul will be happy is up 36 to nine. That seems like a Tennessee state. That's a pretty good start.

And Alabama is losing to Hofstra. I don't like hearing that. 11 minutes to go first half Alabama down four.

I can wait. That's my survivor pick today in Astroskies. Okay. So as soon as you know, I want to see this for six, six, forty to guy, whatever. I can wait for Alabama.

I'll be plenty of the end. I want to see this right state. You want to root against Virginia. Yeah, I'm sure for sure. Yeah. The favorites. Yeah.

All right. Exciting times Matt Larkin daily face off coming up at four. How for real are the sabers who keep doing it. And it's almost like they keep sort of upping it.

Not just hanging on to win games, but now you're getting back to back road shutouts. Vegas and San Jose. Those are not bad teams.

LA and Anaheim coming up this weekend. Then they're back home. The sabers Wednesday night seven thirty Wednesday. That's cruel and unusual seven thirty against Boston.

Home games coming up. I mean, they still have their share left. But this road trip. And then there's another back to back on the road in April.

Two more road games scattered after that. But really getting down here. Home stretch. Yeah.

Home stretch. And they are still flying high Mike show up in the bulldog here at 803 05 50. This is WGR.

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