Takes

I'm swapping Virginia for Iowa State as my 2026 National Champion

My national champion. I'm gonna, I'm gonna change one. I'm gonna go Iowa State instead of Virginia. Otherwise I'll keep it. Duke, Arizona, Houston, Iowa State.

Duke got screwed with their seeding as the number one overall seed

Duke kind of got fucked a little bit. As the number one overall, none of the best kill everyone. That's what I'm saying. Like if the, if the one knock that you have against the committee is that they kind of fucked over Duke. Like you did a great job committee credit to me.

Miami of Ohio can beat SMU in their play-in game

I actually think that, I don't know, I think they can beat SMU. I think that if there's one team that they could be an at large, I feel like they could beat... it feels like that's one, that's a winnable game.

St. John's deserves a better seed than Kansas

St. John's, the argument could be made that they should have gotten a, a, a better seed than Kansas.

Arizona is the best team in the country and will win the national championship

I think Arizona might be the best team in the country right now. Especially considering Duke and Michigan's injuries... Duke, Arizona, Houston, Virginia, duke obviously winning the whole thing. I mean, it's not even again, why play it not close? Why play it?

Vandy got screwed by the committee with a 5-seed after winning the SEC

Vandy got screwed. If you wanna say teams that got seeds screwed, Vandy got screwed because Vandy is a very good team... they just won the SEC and got a five seed... I think they're probably a four.

Nebraska should have been dropped from the 4-seed line in favor of Vandy

If you had to [drop a 4-seed out], probably Nebraska... Vandy just did a little bit more in the SEC tournament by beating Florida and Tennessee.

I like VCU to upset North Carolina in the first round

I might pick VCU to beat North Carolina in the first round. Oh yeah. That's not a huge crazy upset because there are only a two and a half point favorite.

Arizona will win the national championship over St. John's

The first one I filled out. I had St. John's coming out. I don't have my paper in front of me. St. John's Houston, Arizona and Iowa State, Arizona. Win the whole thing.

My Early Final Four: Michigan State, Houston, Arkansas, and Michigan

I'm gonna go with Michigan State. I'm gonna go with Houston. Arkansas and I think I'm just gonna go Michigan... I got Houston win it all.

I'm never betting on Ludvig Åberg again after his Masters choke

I put him on my list of guys I will never bet again after he choked in the Masters and then I forgot about putting him on the list. Bet him again this week. And yeah, it was, it was a nightmare choke job.

Joel Embiid is the only athlete who gets clowned for being injured

Is Joel Embiid the only athlete in the history of sports that like gets clowned for being [injured]... For some reason Joelle em Bead always gets hurt and it's like, ha ha ha ha. What a great athlete that's can't stay healthy. Let's laugh in his face. I don't, he's the only athlete ever that, that anyone does that.

TCU will beat Ohio State and push Duke in the round of 32

I am taking Jamie Dixon and company [TCU] to beat [Ohio State]. I think they could push Duke. I don't think they'll beat Duke obviously in the round of 32. But... I like TCU to beat Ohio State and pull a little game pressure on Duke.

UCLA will struggle in the tournament due to their poor rebounding and issues outside the Pacific Time Zone

UCLA has not played well out of the Pacific Time Zone. UCLA... has been such a poor rebounding team and it's at such a hole in the middle that Tarris Reed would be a tough matchup.

The South Region is the 'Region of Pressure'

This is the region of pressure. Now why is this the region of pressure? There's pressure on Florida to win a national championship... pressure on Nebraska to win an NCAA tournament game for the first time ever.

Purdue is facing a 'Final Four or bust' season

It's Purdue's best chance to win a national title. Yeah, it's a final four bust season. I believe in Purdue.

Miami of Ohio 100% deserves to be in the NCAA Tournament despite their first-round loss

I think a hundred percent they should be in. We need to just focus on the fact that there, I believe 31 and one and not do anything about strength of schedule. If you're able to go an entire season without losing a game that's hard to just wake up every day and not stumble once. I wanna see what happens when they play their first quad win one game in the middle of March.

Villanova is 100% in the tournament and has a 0% chance of reaching the Sweet 16

Nova's just gonna be the team. They're gonna get in and then everyone's gonna be like, oh yeah, this team's losing first round. Yes, they'll probably drop a drop to the 8-9 [seed], which sucks because then there's a 0% chance that Villanova gets to the Sweet 16.

Conference tournaments are bad for top teams because they don't improve your seeding and lead to unnecessary fatigue

I'm kind of done with the conference tournaments. Like they just fuck you. It doesn't make your seed better and you end up being more tired today. If you have to play four games, you're just gonna get screwed.

The ACC tournament belongs in Greensboro and it's not the same anywhere else

I grew up loving the ACC tournament. I don't love it anymore because it's not in Greensboro. The ACC is a North Carolina League. It's a tobacco league. Put it back in Greensboro.

Kyler Murray will be the next Sam Darnold now that he's with the Vikings

Kyler Murray is a Viking. We all kind of expected it. It happened. He's going to be the next Sam Darnold. The NFC North now has three number one picks at quarterback with Kyler Murray, Caleb Williams, Jared Goff. Kind of cool.

The NFL is in danger of losing its 'special' status by playing on every night of the week

The NFL's getting into a little bit of dangerous spot where part of the reason why we love the NFL is the scarcity. Sunday should be sacred. I don't want them to ruin Sunday. You might take away the thing that makes you special, and that's that Sunday is a special thing and you only get 18 of them. Just be careful, NFL. I love you to death, but just be careful.

The NFL will launch a spring game within a matter of years

We're a matter of years away, not decades, from the NFL doing a spring game. I think I might be into that. One spring game, just like college football. It would be kind of sick.

The Italian WBC team acts more 'American' than the actual Team USA

I feel like the Italian team is more American than the American team. The way that they're acting. They're loud, they're boisterous, they're arrogant, they're fun. That's what I want outta my American teams.

I will charge the mound if my teammate Seth Lugo hits me with a pitch

I've got Puerto Rico on Saturday and I believe I'm facing a teammate in Seth Lugo. If he hits me, I'm gonna charge the mound. So, we'll get a little Royals on Royals fight.

Duke's Cameron Boozer is comparable to Cooper Flagg because of his innate ability to read the game

Cameron, the bigger of the two [twins]... I like to compare him to Cooper Flagg because he never forces the game to come to him. He just has that innate ability to read and it's time to post up, it's time to cut, it's time to make a three.

Houston will win the NCAA National Championship

I know they've had a couple of bumps on the road. I'm not giving up on Houston. You really gotta be a good offensive team to score against Houston. I just don't, I know they bring toughness every day. They're on the floor much less during games.

The altitude on airplanes causes people to cry during movies

I was tearing up [at the F1 movie]. It's the altitude. The altitude. I didn't even like the movie that much, but the end got me and they like, oh, it's 'cause you were on a plane. That's a thing.

The Ravens are using Maxx Crosby's failed physical as a convenient excuse to back out of the trade

Either one, [the Ravens] really trust the doctor to believe them on that or two, it's bullshit and it's made up and they're secretly planning a different move and they're using the physical as an excuse to get out of it.

The Raiders' short statement indicates Mark Davis is furious about the rescinded trade

The statement that the Raiders put out said a lot, which is just like 'they backed out of the trade. We have no further comment.' That to me sounds like a pissed off Mark Davis.

The NFL needs a 'no-backsies' rule for players who post elaborate social media goodbye videos

If you post a 13 minute goodbye video on social media like Maxx Crosby did, that should just be trade final. You can't come back on that... I actually am rooting for Maxx Crosby to be on the Raiders now because that will be so awkward and funny.

Geno Smith is still a capable starter despite his poor reputation on the Jets

Geno Smith can still play. He beat the Patriots last year. Bad year, I don't know what we're talking about. I think it's a good deal. I just don't know why people say Kevin O'Connell could fix him but because he signs with the Jets, people say he won't be good.

The Panthers were right to overpay for Jaelan Phillips

The Panthers getting Jaelan Phillips, even though it was a lot of money, I feel like you gotta do it. Cap went up and I feel like you have to do those type of moves, especially when you are a playoff team from last year. Your defense was a problem... I'd be like, oh, Howie's interested? I'll give him more money.

AJ Brown will only be traded for a first-round pick starting price

The price is the price. It starts with a first-round pick. If the Patriots want him, it's a 2027 first-round pick, not 2026, because their first-round pick this year is basically a second-round pick.

The Giants overpaid for Won'Dale Robinson's replaceable skillset

The Won'Dale Robinson deal was a little rich for me because that was just a 'he knows Brian Daboll's system'... I just think he has a very replaceable skillset. A slot-only type of guy... I'd rather them gone for Romeo Doubs who's still out there.

The Eagles are at a crossroads as a franchise and essentially broke in free agency

The Eagles are kind of... they're not broke, but they're cash strapped because of just their contracts right now. And it's just, they're not doing anything. They're really just sitting on their hands. And that's just, they're at a huge crossroads as a franchise.

Kyler Murray to the Vikings is a perfect stylistic fit

Kyler going to the—seems like stars are aligning with him in Minnesota, which I actually think is a better stylistic fit than people think. Because KOC likes guys that can launch it and that's what Kyler does best.

Kenneth Walker is the explosive weapon the Chiefs offense has been missing

They've needed this for like three years now. Pacheco did a fine job, but Pacheco wasn't this... Patrick Mahomes had more explosive scrambles last year than the running backs had gains of 12 or more yards. Now they get a guy that can hit home runs. Kenneth Walker can create something out of nothing.

The Commanders overpaid for Odafe Oweh based on a Jesse Minter-inflated sack total

He had the sixth highest pressure rate once he joined the Chargers... I will say though, that's with Jesse Minter coaching him. And that's with Jesse Minter dialing up plays that led to some unblocked pressures... It's a pretty penny. That's a lot of money to throw at him.

Good laser tag exists and it kicks ass

Laser tag kicks ass. There's good laser tag places, there's bad laser tag places. If we set it up right, it would be good. Laser tag done properly kicks ass.

The Ravens are abandoning their draft-and-develop philosophy because they've drafted poorly lately

The Ravens feel like the team for however long, I mean, pretty much their entire history, it's like what they do is they draft really well. They don't have to do these type of moves. And then they do this move... maybe the Ravens haven't drafted as well recently. So now they do have to join everyone else and be these guys.

The Ravens have a three-to-four-year window with Lamar Jackson to go all in and win a Super Bowl

Are the Ravens basically saying Lamar Jackson, he's 29, he's got, we got like a three, four year window where we're gonna have to go all in here? You're kind of forking the road. Are you trying to keep your draft capital to keep reloading around Lamar Jackson? You're like, 'Hey, let's go win this right now.'

The Cowboys 'monitoring' every situation is just a facade for doing nothing

Thoughts and prayers to the Dallas Cowboys who are now leading the NFL in number of guys that they're monitoring... they've been monitoring every situation. So they were monitoring the Crosby situation extremely closely. And they're very disappointed that they did not get Maxx Crosby, despite the fact that they're monitoring.

The NFL center market is currently the hottest position market in the world

The center market actually feels like it's the hottest market out there. The Packers signed their center who started seven games signed for 11 million a year. The center market just might be the hottest market in the world.

Kyler Murray's next team will reveal whether he actually cares about football

I think where Kyler decides to go is going to be very interesting. Yeah. Because no, no matter where he goes, I think we'll be able to say some very definitive statements about Kyler that might, might be wrong, but we'll definitely say them. If he goes to the Jets, it's like, oh, Kyler wanted to take a paycheck. Right. And he still doesn't care about football. Right.

The top NBA MVP candidates might be ineligible due to the 65-game rule

There's a good chance that like the top two guys or the top three guys aren't eligible. Yeah, we're on games missed watch. For like what Shai, Wemby and Jokic, right?

Miami (Ohio) deserves a tournament bid for finishing 31-0, regardless of schedule

Miami, Ohio is so simple to me in that they should a hundred percent be in now that they've run the table and won. They're 31 and oh and they won every conference game. If you win every game in your conference and your 31 and oh on the last weekend of regular season, you should be in, no matter what happens in the conference tournament.

Florida is a Final Four team if they hit 35% of their three-pointers

They've gotten significantly better as the months have gone along... all they have to do is hit. I know it's not all yet, but like 35 percent's not crazy. If they hit 35%, I think they'll be in the final four. I really do.

John Rahm's win in Hong Kong wasn't a coincidence after rumors he was unhappy

John Rahm won the individual event. First time winning on Liv. It's huge. Huge for him. Definitely not a coincidence. No, he did not say he chose to stay on Liv, but he won. It sounds like they're keeping him happy.

Phil Mickelson will win a LIV Golf event this year

Phil's gonna win one this year. Phil's gonna win one this year. They're getting him ready to... if you just say you want leave, they'll just give you a win.