Sammy P On Lindy Ruff To Win Jack Adams + His Favorite Plays For CBB & MLB Future

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Down to five, Smith, shaken, bacon, Smith, puts it up.

No, the four out of the squad will point seven left.

Jane Kaufman ran has given Purdue the lead.

Purdue, into the final eight where they'll face Arizona tomorrow night.

Welcome back.

Mike Schopen, the Bulldog here.

Big names lined up for tonight's tournament.

Slate and I'm sure a man who is ready for all of it is Sam Paniotovitch.

Decorated sports betting analyst.

Illinois man.

Sammy P with us on the West her hotline.

Sam, how's life?

How is this tournament treating you?

So far so good.

I have an exact or I guess it'd be a super effective.

Now I'm going to jinx it, but I have my final four all making it at 30 to one.

So I'm almost there with Illinois.

And then Duke Arizona and Michigan shocker, the one seeds.

But if that's the actual final four, one, one, one, three,

I'll hit 30 to one.

So I'm sweating that big.

I missed the part where you said and you have the bills to win the AFC East as a part of that.

I missed that breaking up when you were saying that.

I know.

By the way, before I forget, I was at Naked City in Vegas last Saturday.

And they they wanted to give the boys some love.

They love show up in the bulldog out there.

Yes, Chris here.

I told you this because I saw pictures from you.

I was out there.

The first year I went to Las Vegas to broadcast the night of the opener,

the Thursday night and to do fantasy drafts.

We were set up at Naked City.

And my friend, Louis saved us because I could not figure out how to get us on the.

Yeah, that was a there was an equipment problem.

And literally like the open was playing when I think Mike said,

I'm here, I'm here.

I got it was really close.

It was really tight.

I'm like, okay, I guess I'm flying solo here.

I picked Illinois in my bracket because of you.

I know there was that one week where you talked about Illinois versus Michigan.

And we lost on that.

But I figured you were still pretty high on them.

So I have Illinois Iowa State, not for big money.

Oh, in the final Iowa State, I thought you had Illinois, Iowa in that bottom left.

That was like holy cow.

That would have paid a nice penny.

Okay, so Iowa State goes tonight.

I can tell you I just talked to my buddy in Vegas, John Murray,

who runs the Westgate, one of the big books out there.

And he said to two vets, they need to lose tonight.

Need to lose outright our St. John's and Iowa State.

Big public sides today.

I mean, everybody's betting St. John's, which makes sense.

I mean, they've won six in a row.

They've covered all those games too.

And now you're getting a big number.

I'm using air quotes because you can't see me.

I'm on the radio.

Well, that's a lot of points.

But if you followed college basketball the last five years or so,

when you get to the sweet 16 elite eight,

this is where the gap really widens like Arizona last night.

I had a bunch of texts on my buddies.

Well, that's a lot of points to give Arkansas.

And then Arizona scored 110 points in one by almost 20.

So I just I warn people when you see a big number,

psychologically, for some reason, everybody loves favorites in every sport.

But then in college basketball, sweet 16 elite eight,

the public sort of flips and takes points,

especially the six, seven, eight, nine points.

And I warn people, these teams that are laying seven, eight, nine points are damn good.

And I think you're going to find that out with Duke and also another one tonight.

I mean, it's not a public side like Iowa State and St. John's.

But there will be a lot of people that will look to take nine and they have 10

with Alabama.

And if they don't make their threes, guys, they're getting blown out by Michigan.

That is interesting.

And isn't it your overall point there about how for some reason,

this sport or this tournament is where the public turns to the underdogs?

Is that maybe just the way it's marketed that we think about?

And that's more there's it's for a reason,

but we think about upsets when we think about this tournament.

Even classics in the finals, whether that's Villanova Georgetown or something more recent.

I wonder if that's really it that when we think of the tournament and when you say public,

you're talking about casuals often, maybe we just sort of go right to the dogs.

Well, I mean, yeah, this is a longer form conversation.

I'll try and keep it as short and sweet as I can.

The dogs are not as big as they used to be in terms of the number.

I remember going back a decade, a 13 seed would be getting like, you know, 22 points.

And now the trendy 13 seed is getting like 13.

And everybody likes them like Troy, for example, this year.

I mean, everybody bet Troy and Troy got dog walked.

Hawaii was another one.

Oh, watch out for Hawaii.

I mean, Hawaii went down 11 to one and the game was never close.

I think we only had four double digit seeds win in the first round.

And then for the first time ever in NCAA tournament history, there was a stretch

where the betting favorite won the game 22 straight times.

I think it was from Thursday night through Friday, the first Friday where the favorites won

every game all six.

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Teen, I mean, imagine being a dog player, especially a dog money line player,

and the favorites win 22 straight in a row.

There were not a lot of upsets this year, and then I was doing radio in Chicago,

the host says, well, Texas is a Cinderella.

I'm like, Texas spent the fourth most money in NIL this year.

That is not a Cinderella.

They were just an 11-seed.

That's all right.

They just weren't as good as the money should have made them, maybe, to some extent or another.

Is this overall, I mean, I know you're happy your final four is alive.

Is it good for the tournament?

Does it even matter anymore?

Because the gambling is so, you know, you can do it from your phone now.

Like, the tournament probably gets as much action if not more action than it's ever gotten,

even if it's not as interesting to the casuals, because the, you know,

22 favorites in a row, one.

It's interesting. I mean, you're going to get the best matchups.

I mean, these games tonight are crazy good.

St. John's Duke, Michigan State, Yukon, Alabama, Michigan, Tennessee, Iowa State.

I mean, yeah, that's hot.

Those are four really, really good games with eight really, really good programs.

And, you know, I see a lot of this, you know, in the streets on the internet,

like, especially last week, and, oh, college basketball's dead.

I'm like, not really.

You got, you got the best team standing.

So I've always wanted the best teams.

I mean, it's a fun story when Loyola goes to the final four,

when George Mason breaks it through.

But in the modern day, you just, you don't expect that anymore.

I mean, last year we had four number one seeds in the final four.

The final four was awesome.

I mean, it was one of the best I remember.

Usually when that Cinderella makes it to the elite eight or final four,

they get cracked over the head with a crowbar.

So do you, do you want to want to watch?

Do you want to watch two games that are close?

Or do you want to watch one game that's close and another team lose by 30?

I'm in the first camp always.

With Sam Penny out of it's chicken dinner.

Mike's open the bulldog here, WGR.

Do you have an ear open with all this tournament noise to the Jack Adams award race?

Lindy Ruff minus 300, Mike.

That's maybe the best it's been.

You know, we hear or hear about different hockey analysts talking about this.

Ruff and John Cooper and a couple of nights ago.

Yeah, Wednesday night.

Yeah, the TNT like intermission, you know, post game panel there.

Everyone said John Cooper and their reasoning is four different or three analysts all said

John Cooper and their reasoning was I just can't believe he hasn't won it yet.

Which, you know, I think it's fine if Lindy Ruff and the Sabers aren't having the year that

they're having, but it's one of the best stories in hockey this season.

If not the best story in hockey this season that the Sabers have gotten this hot and climbed

this far, they're not just fighting to get in the playoffs.

They're fighting for like the top seat in the conference.

It's crazy.

And I just think, you know, if that coach exists out there, then the career achievement

guy, you know, should not get the benefit of the doubt in a year like that.

I don't think and maybe he won't, but broadcasters vote on that award.

Sam and those guys are broadcasters.

That's fair.

I also, not the cross sports here, but when I hear that everybody on TV like John Cooper,

I think about myself sitting down on Sunday night when I watched the pregame on NBC

and the Ravens are playing the Steelers and all nine people pick the Ravens and I'm like,

oh, I like the Steelers.

Yeah, I feel the same way like, okay, because the betting market disagrees.

The betting market has gotten more expensive on Lindy Ruff who I believe a week ago was even money

or plus 110 and now he's minus 300.

So you got to lay three to win one.

I guess let me ask you two a question.

Since we have the Lindy bet, the three of us together,

should we bet a little John Cooper plus 240?

That's really the question.

Yes or no?

I mean, if my heart weren't where it was, I would do it, probably hedge a little bit,

but it's also not that big of bet that I'm really worried about it.

You know, I'm not a hedger usually.

I don't, I like to just ride or die with what I decided to do, which I know, you know,

can cost me money, but I still, whatever, I like to just stay the course.

I like your Ravens comparison.

It would be perfect if those nine NBC panelists voted at the end of the game who would win.

Instead of, they're being a scoreboard.

But, you know, point taken on that and I'm very much the same way.

Sabers for Cup?

Anybody?

That's more than 1000, right?

Just keep asking.

I think I said last Friday, this is the last time to get in.

So no, I don't want you to bet.

I mean, if you're a Buffaloanian and you're still make it on Buffalo,

if you want to bet a little bit fine, but again, the train is leaving and you are,

you are trying to jump on and grab the railing from a price standpoint.

I mean, you know, this is a team that two months ago was 50 to one, 40 to one.

So if you want to bet 16 or 14 or 12 fine, but you're getting pennies on the dollar in that sense,

I did, you know, as I always do, I listened to the first segment.

Thank you for the White Sox crack number one.

Number two, number two, well, they went up one nothing and then they were down 14 to one.

I'm like, oh boy, here we go.

Everybody makes a run, Sam.

I did hear that we might like the draw tonight between the sabers and the wings, huh?

Well, just to get to, just to get a point, because we sort of like we're playing chess here,

not checkers. I think we agree that we'd like Detroit in the playoff pool.

I think they're the weakest of the contending teams for, you know, playoff spots.

So I'd rather have them in and say auto or Columbus or the islanders even.

So let them get a point and I'll maybe take my chances and overtime.

I perked up and then that's really I went price shopping.

So this, this is a conversation that everybody needs to have, especially during baseball season,

like the importance of price. I have three sports books up right here.

Fandall Draft King's Bet MGM. If you want to bet the regulation high,

Fandall gives you plus 290. Draft King's gives you plus 320.

Bet MGM gives you plus 333. You can get 43 extra cents just by betting on the right book and,

you know, a lot of people only have one book. Well, one book has 290.

The other one has 333 or 330 trees, my friend Eddie Olchuk always says.

He's got to be a promo code out there. We can go on onto this, right?

I have a white socks playoff bet.

Uh-huh.

I mean, I know their total was down around 70, right? 70 and a half, something like that.

Maybe lower, but I don't know. Give me to 85 and see what happens.

I don't know that they're going to make the playoffs. I, you know,

I think they can get to 70 wins. The one team that a lot of wise guy is like, and of course,

you know, it's not 1995 anymore. You can bet on playoff markets throughout the season.

Like you used to be able to just bet it before opening day and then they shut the blinds.

The one team I'm hearing a lot about from Vegas is the Miami Marlins.

They took some bets at 7 to 1 and plus 650 to make the postseason. Very young team,

but their manager McCulloch, he took them from 62 wins two years ago to 79 last year,

and they got better in the off season. So if you're looking for some pizza money,

if you want to bet a little to win a lot, I'm here in the Miami Marlins are getting a lot of

playoff bets in Vegas. I heard Texas. Did you hear Texas too? Yeah, Texas, that kind of happens

every year with them. At least since they've started spending all that money. And since they won

the World Series, yeah, I mean Texas is, they're like the win totals like 82 and a half.

So you're not going to get as big of a payout on them to make it. But I've heard some people

that like big picture like Texas to make the World Series. So to your point, that's another

very popular one in the market for sure. Thank you Sam. Good luck tonight and this weekend

anything with the podcast you want to mention? No, podcasts will be back next week. I'm betting

Michigan tonight and I will be thinking of you guys when the savers and wings are tied two to two

after three. All right, we'll take it. Good deal, Sam. Right back at you. Thanks, Sam.

Bye-bye. Sam Panty out of it. Chicken dinner. Find that on YouTube. And wherever you get your podcasts,

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you get your podcasts. Ryan Fowler on the NFL draft coming up at four. We'll mix some

baseball and of course the Saber is game tonight against Detroit. Also, Sal Capaccio coming up

at 530. We'll spend a few minutes with Sal in the wake of the news that tomorrow. Hamlin is

resigning or has resigned with the bills. And I have a documentary recommendation for Sal and

everybody. Okay. Mike show up in the bulldog. That's ahead. This is WGR.

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