Best of NFL News Part 2: Crosby's Trust issues, Should State TAXES count towards Salary Cap?

22:59Shannon Sharpe:some people say that he told him that he wanted out some people say he never said that they got an offer that they couldn't refuse two first round picks they traded Michael Parsons for two first round picks more times than there have been a lot of players traded for two first round picks so it should be a badge of honor that somebody thought enough of you that they were offering two first rounders for your services. Okay, things didn't work out, so guess what? They brought him back. We're happy to have you back.

23:38Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, behind the scenes. Like I said, I don't know. I mean, you hear a lot of things. He wanted to go, he didn't want to go, blah, blah, blah. I don't really know the extent, but I know this, is that they got him back, and if they tried to trade him again, and he's not getting a first. Once somebody fails you on a physical, Ocho, it's hard to overcome that. Yeah, that sucks too. The physical part, I mean, that sucks. I hope he has the speed of recovery, gets back healthy, and can do what he's always done. Be dominant at his craft. I'm hoping Kubiak and the rest of the organization has a hell of a plan, not only with offseason free agency, but the draft as well to continue to build what they need necessary to be able to compete in that division because the Broncos have gotten better, the Chiefs have gotten better, and at some point the Raiders are going to have to catch up.

24:31Yeah.

24:36And, I mean, look, nobody wants – I mean, being traded, it's always nice.

24:41Shannon Sharpe:You know, I was potentially traded a couple of times. It didn't happen. almost got traded to Green Bay during the 99 season, ended up breaking my collarbone. You? I did. You mean you could have been with Brett Favre? Yep. Had I not broke my collarbone, I would have been with Brett Favre. Almost got traded in the 95 offseason to Arizona for Eric Swann. The Broncos were going to give their first-round pick, which was number 15, ended up being John Mobley, myself, and Mike Pritchard for X1. That didn't go through. Right. So, and it's tough. It's like, damn, y 'all really think y 'all be better off without me?

25:27Shannon Sharpe:I just went to the Pro Bowl, Locho. Yeah. That was my fourth consecutive Pro Bowl. I was two-time All-Pro in that span. they're like yeah you good but we'd be better without you damn that's what i said see that's exactly what that's exactly what i said hey august it's hard listen i'm glad max is happy obviously in the media in the public they always gonna say with car gurus discover you can skip the filters and describe what you're looking for in your own words simply type what you want and car gurus discover instantly surfaces real listings that match your exact needs it's no wonder car gurus is the number one most visited car shopping site according to similar webs estimated traffic data buy or sell your next car today with car gurus at car gurus.com go to car gurus.com to make sure your big deal is the best deal that's cargurus.com car gurus.com come check this i heard in tiktok have come together to create something new i love it Where the world of TikTok meets your playlist.

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26:59Shannon Sharpe:What's up? I'm Miles Turner. And I'm Brianna Stewart. And our podcast, Game Recognized Game, has never been done before. Two active players giving you a real look at our lives and what we actually think on and off the court. Nothing's off limits. We talk trade requests. What's the vibe of that when it's like your star player is like, well, I want to leave and then actually now I'm going to stay. We talk tanking. I mean, honestly, like, I might get in trouble for this answer, but I think it's like definitely happening in the WBA. And yeah, we talk about our mistakes, too. They pulled me to the side and was like, hey, man, we got a call last night, man.

27:36Shannon Sharpe:You can't be rolling around the city like this the night before games, you know, doing this, doing whatever. And of course, family stories. They'll be like, mommy, why did you miss that? Mommy, do you play basketball? Check out Game Recognized Game with Studi and Miles on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Daniel Jeremiah. And I'm Greg Rosenthal. And this is 40s and free agents. The games may be over, but the NFL never stops. This is my favorite part of the calendar. Yeah, mine too, Greg. Free agency, the combine, the NFL draft, pro days, trades. This is where teams reshape their future.

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28:59Hey, I'm Wilmer Valderrama. And this is Freddy Rodriguez. Welcome back to Dos Amigos. Dos Amigos season two, baby! This time, we're going even deeper into our careers, our lives, our art, and everything in between. Each episode emanates from our very own speakeasy, where we swap stories about the moments that really shaped us on and off camera. What do we invest in right now? What is the immediate advice you give people right now? Is to value time, to be cognizant of time and how important time is. Because once the time is up, it's up, and then that's it. And the relationships, collaborations, and even the failures that push us to grow.

29:37And the common denominator is that we have the same people with us since like 30, 40 years ago, right? Like we have a lot of the same homies that stuck around. Plus, the door always stays open for a third amigo to pull up a chair. Listen to Dos Amigos as part of the My Cultura Podcast Network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All the right things. For sure. But, you already know how dirty this business is. Yeah, for sure. You guys have seen how this business operates many, many times. Obviously, players, they do what they can to save face by saying all the right things on camera.

30:16But behind closed doors, they know how the game goes. And it sucks. So I'm just hoping they do right by Max. And he does, you know, his due diligence on getting healthy and getting back to doing what he does best.

30:30Shannon Sharpe:That's the number one thing, Ocho, is to get healthy. Yeah. Because we know he's healthy. He hell. Hey, for he the fourth to deal with. He's a top five edge rusher. You know, hey, I ain't taking nobody over Miles Garrett because I think Miles Garrett is the best defensive player in football. And I can make a case he's a top five player in all of football, regardless of position. Obviously, the quarterbacks hold a lot more value than any other position. But when you look at what Miles Garrett can do in the run, tackle for losses, pressures, he's second to none. But like you said, Ocho, it's tough.

31:08Shannon Sharpe:It's almost like, Ocho, we filed for divorce, and then we'll come on back, baby. Yeah? Hey, I can't find nothing else out there. I can't find nothing that's out there come to find out you wasn't what he thought he was or she wasn't what you thought she was so come on back and accept him you can't trust after that man so no no no no no no but it look at all the greats they traded Joe Montana oh yeah they cut Jerry They cut Emmitt. Come on, what are we doing here? These new young players think that being released or being traded is beneath. You better go back and check some of the historically great players that have been cut and traded.

32:06It happens.

32:11Shannon Sharpe:Y 'all need to stop. Max Crosby also said on his broadcast that he acted off the field the way he does on the field. He would be in prison. Crosby said, the second I put on my cleats and I'm across the line, I'm a different environment. And I'm thinking about murdering everything in front of me. The second I'm off, I can turn it off just like that. And just because you have to, I can't be like I am on the field all the time. Or I'd be in prison. He's a perfect guy. He's a perfect guy for the Raiders. Raiders. Yeah, I mean, listen, I said That red hair, I mean, he's Al. He would be like the old 70s Raiders, wouldn't have a Tuzak and Otis Sistrunk and all those guys, Ben Davison, Jack Tatum, and all those guys.

32:58Shannon Sharpe:He's lit. He's perfect. I said it before, I mean, I didn't think he wanted to be there, but if he is, I mean, they lose a huge piece of what their identity is. Matt Crosby is the identity. He represents everything that the Raiders are and always have been. Yep. So, I mean, it was kind of weird, kind of weird to see him go, but I was also happy he went. I wasn't happy he went to the goddamn Ravens. But, you know, but, I mean, hey, listen, it is what it is. So. If Tom Brady can change teams, if Aaron Rodgers can change teams. Mm-hmm. Yeah. If you think about the greatest players, the greatest players can change teams.

33:43Shannon Sharpe:What chance do these guys got now? Brady didn't finish his career. Peyton Manning got released. Yeah, y 'all realize Peyton Manning got cut, right? Five MVPs? Yeah. Adrian Peterson, Emmitt Smith. It happens. It's tough, though, Ocho. It really is because it's a blow to your ego. I'm like, bro, all the all-pro teams I done made, all these Pro Bowls, DPO-wise and MVPs, and you saying that you better without me? Hey, you know what the problem is too? With those MVPs, with those defensive player of the years, with those Pro Bowls, and maybe add your Super Bowls to it as well. But when I want to get that money off the books, when I want to get that money off the books and when I want to go somewhere, get something cheaper, now I might not get the production you bring me, but I can get half the production and try to make up for it in other areas?

34:49Shannon Sharpe:When they get fed up, they fed up. It's really that simple, Ocho. You see they're eating$100 million on Tua. They're paying Tua damn near$60 million. Say, nah, you go and play for somebody else. It happens. The greatest. From Randy to T.O. to Jerry. Your top three receivers. Somebody's like, nah, we good. It happens. And so I can understand. But, you know, you're happy that, you know what? They wanted me back, so I'm good. I'm good. I can get over that. I can get over that. It does. Because you think about what you gave to Cincinnati. If Cincinnati, because you were like, okay, it's time for a change of scenery.

35:34Shannon Sharpe:But look at all what you had done to Cincinnati. Yes. From the All Pros to the Pro Bowls. And they said, yeah, yeah, Ocho, yeah, we could. Yeah. I kind of knew what was coming to, though. And I understood it. The funny thing about it, too, Honky, you know what? I was very wise, actually, while I was still playing the game. I understood the business side of it. I understood the politics that came with it, which is why I played the game with such joy, like a little kid that I did. Because I understood the minutes I, and I wanted nothing to do with that. Now, honestly, when obviously the trade happened, I knew it was going to happen because they were drafting a new quarterback.

36:09Yeah. They were drafting a new receiver. Yeah. And that new regime was going to start, and they wanted to start fresh. They wanted to start fresh, yeah. Yeah, everybody else was, I don't want to, I hate using the word old, but we were up in age. We were up in age. So I understood it. If I could have, I would have loved to have let Marvin know. I say, hey, Lamar, listen, I'll take a pay cut. I'll take a pay cut. Just put me in the slot. Put me in the slot. I'll let AJ Green do what he do on the outside. And let me just, if I could be a one-Jersey team, if I could do it again, I would stay. I would definitely stay.

36:43Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. I didn't even have a choice. I didn't even have a choice. I didn't get no phone call, no nothing. I think Drew Rosenhaus hit me and say, yeah, they shipping your black ass off. Yeah, Ochoa, I wouldn't take no pay cut. No. Hell nah. And let me see. But I told you, you got to understand, I had taken less. Now, I wasn't getting big signing bonuses. Right. So that was really, my money was against the cap, so I was the highest paid. Right. I was like, I don't know. So seven consecutive Pro Bowls in an eight-year span with five all pros, and you want me to take a pay cut because I got injured?

37:23Oh, okay. Hell nah. I think for me the fact that I would have taken

37:28Shannon Sharpe:$300 ,000 pay cut right that's all I can give you yeah I would have took a pay cut simply because when football season was over I had so many moving parts in the off season so I was still it was like I was damn near working year round so I wouldn't have tripped whatever I take a pay cut whatever I take whatever pay is cut in season I would make up an off season anyway so I really wasn't tripping But obviously, it didn't work out that way. No. But look, for the best, I'm glad I went to Baltimore. I got a chance to win another Super Bowl. I won it without the umbrella of Denver. And people couldn't question, well, you wasn't going to be that good if you hadn't played in Denver with Elway and Shanahan, blah, blah, blah.

38:13Shannon Sharpe:I get all of that. But look, I don't care who my teammates were. I was very successful that I was a part of three Super Bowl winning teams. And I like to think I was an integral part on all of those. So people are going to try to take shots at you, Ocho. Well, you did this, you did that. Look who you played with. Okay. What y 'all want me to do? Say I wish I hadn't played with Elway? Wish Mike wasn't my head coach? I don't think Brady – I don't know how Brady feels about Coach Belichick, but he'll never say he wished he wasn't his head coach. Right. Not after what they accomplished. And, you know, sometimes you don't get along.

38:59Shannon Sharpe:Everybody don't get along. This notion that you think that everybody should get along, that ain't happening. Just like you don't get along. Go ahead, Ocho. Everybody don't get along in the job. Yeah, we saw that. We saw the Lakers. Hey, Chuck, are we contenders yet? All I know, we the third seed. Third seed. just took down the Rockets 100-92. I saw that. Luka had 36-6-4. LeBron had 18-5-5. Austin Reeds had 15-3-5. Marcus Smart chipped in with 11. D-8 gave us 11 rebounds with 7 points. we got 13 points off the bench we can roll with that we can roll with that easy 33 minutes from tomorrow a little light lifted had the highest plus minus of anybody on the court tonight but Lakers are playing well they're playing some good basketball they're playing some good basketball Luka is Luka he gets off to that hard start I mean now you're at his mercy what Luca had tonight 36-6-4 36-6-4 and there are two players right now in the league averaging 25-5 Joker Joker guess who the other one is either Shea or Shea or Luca LeBron LeBron

40:54Shannon Sharpe:I think there's two players

40:58Shannon Sharpe:She ain't gonna win the MVP Not even close huh? No Even with the time that he missed He's still gonna win it huh? Yep He ain't missed over a lot of games Right

41:17so

41:18Shannon Sharpe:and Joker can only miss one more game so if he misses one more game he cool but if he misses two more games he's out of the running Giannis is out of the running so for me it's Shea it's Yoke it's Cade it's JB and it's Luka and Wimby

41:43Shannon Sharpe:in Wimby in Wimby but Lakers got a big win tonight they needed this they started their road trip they got the same team again Wednesday oh man if I'm a head coach I'm flying y 'all ass back to LA you think I'm finna leave y 'all down here Monday night, Tuesday night in Houston? oh no y 'all gots to go oh Joe can you imagine if you had the Super Bowl in Houston now?

42:13Shannon Sharpe:I don't even want to think about it. I'm going to do my part of a nightcap remote. I ain't showing up. You're going to be in Houston by yourself. I'll be doing my video conference. If you don't show up, I ain't showing up. I say, I'm not. Ocho, the beat I in there for a whole, Ocho, Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night, Thursday night, Friday night, getting up out of there Saturday night. Ocho, for real? No, no, sir. No, sir.

42:44Can't do it. Oh, Houston, boy.

42:51Shannon Sharpe:Darius Acuff Jr. scored 30 points and handed out 11 assists, leading Arkansas past Vanderbilt 86-75, Arkansas' first SEC tournament crown since 2000. With the win, Kyle Aparra became the first SEC coach in history to win the tournament title at two different programs. He won six at Kentucky, excuse me, the last in 2018, including the 2017 title over Arkansas. Calipari now has 16 combined conference tournament titles and career stands at UMass in the A-10, Memphis in Conference USA, and Kentucky and Arkansas in the SEC. Ocho, what did you like about what, Joe, let's go to you, this is your squad.

43:35Shannon Sharpe:What did you like about what you saw from your team? Man, okay, Ocho. First off, they hadn't won the SEC championship since 2000. And guess who was on that team? Who was on that team? Who that, Joe? You boy! Joe, you was on that? Ta-da!

44:00Shannon Sharpe:Hey, listen, let me tell you something. Let me tell y 'all something. 2000, bro, we was like 16 and 14 going to the SEC tournament. That was my freshman year of school. We wasn't going to make the NCAA tournament unless we won the SEC tournament. Right. Man, the gauntlet we had to go through four days to win four games against elite talent. Georgia, who was played here in Atlanta, Georgia, so that was a home game for them. Then Kentucky, LSU and Auburn. That was a hard feat. This is, kudos to Coach Kyle, man, and his coaching staff. You know, Chin and Kenny Payne, those dudes, man, keeping those guys ready and developing those dudes because we've gotten better as the season has progressed.

44:45Shannon Sharpe:And right now, Uncle Ocho, them Razorbacks, we're playing the best ball. This is the best time to be, you know, peaking, you know, going into the tournament. So I'm proud of those guys, man. That's what's up. Home team, them dudes. It was Coach Cal. Look, when Coach Cal got the job, I went to his presser because I knew he was going to bring talent. Yeah. We got the SEC freshman of the year, the SEC player of the year. He's a freshman, bro. He's going to get the talent. Now we just got to hope these boys can keep it going. But they look great, man. They look great. Congratulations. Yeah, Billy Richmond yesterday was the guy.

45:25Shannon Sharpe:He had a successful game. And then today, A-Cup says, hold on. Y 'all must have forgot. I'm still him. Yeah. Yeah. Them boys balling, man. We got quite a few guys, Uncle Ocho. Trevor Brazile. Yeah, Brazile. Brazile, nice. Who's been playing great. Obviously, Malik Thomas. These young dudes. Who? DJ Wagner. Wagner? Yeah, yeah. DJ Wagner, who's been around the block. He knows and understands. We got a solid squad, bro. We got a solid squad. They shot. You guys shot 15 or 24 from the three, Joe. They shooting that thing, huh? I'm talking about we got some guys who can fill it up, though. Like, them boys getting it done, man.

46:09Shannon Sharpe:You know, in the NCAA tournament, if you got great guard play, you got a great chance to go far. Yes. You got a great chance to go far. And we got two elite guards, man, who I think can obviously, you know, lead us in the right direction. So I'm looking forward to seeing these guys play. That's how UConn wanted back-to-back because what did they have? Great guard play. You look at Villanova when they won. What did they have? Guard play. You look at the Tar Heels when they won. What did they have? Guard play. You're absolutely right, Joe. The bigs, it's nice to have a big, but if you got great guard play, I'm talking about game-changing guards.

46:45Shannon Sharpe:Yes. You seen that run Kimball went on when he was with Connecticut? Like how him and little Shabazz, Napier, and all them little dudes changed the game. You got to have guards who can really take over Ocho, and we got that, bro. Y 'all do. Y 'all love me, y 'all. I can't complain. I can't say nothing, Joe. I can't say nothing. Yeah. Ain't tough like that. He like that. He like that. Yeah. I mean, y 'all shot 52 % from the floor, 63 % from the three-point line. You shoot 63 % from the three-point line, you're going to win a lot of games. Yeah. That was, you know, that's back to back to back. That's three games in three days, fellas, you know, with minimum risk.

47:25Shannon Sharpe:look you know the one thing about cal you know cal been on the nil deals

47:33Shannon Sharpe:and now he got and now he got that tyson money and that walmart buddy down there at arkansas and that tyson chicken that tyson chicken for him and that walmart buddy hey hey hey that is that is not a bad place to start when it's legally nil money now but that's the best place you can start Actually, you know, they filthy up there, bro. They take care of them boys. This is what you get. You get great product. Probably Texas. If I'm looking at somewhere, I'm probably football. My first job, I'm looking at Texas. University of Texas got money. SMU, hold on. Didn't somebody just give SMU like$60 million, like three families?

48:12Shannon Sharpe:I think three or four families just gave them like$60 million. Look that up, Ash. Oh, yeah. Mm.

48:23Shannon Sharpe:Man, hey, hey, hey, we might have to take a trip up there and holler at the Wal-Marts and the Tyson, man, the Fayetteville where I went to college at, Ocho. You know him personally? Come on, man. Stop playing. What are you talking about? $50 million, Ocho, to recruit and retain players at SMU. Damn. They're going to go get them, Matthew. That's that Highland Park money. That's that real money. Yes, sir. You think Texas and you think A &M got it? It's if you got it. They got it, got it. Yeah. Yeah. What? Hey, Joe, tell me more about these, Mr. Tyson and Manning. You eat Titan chicken. When you go to the store, you see T-Y-S-O-N, that's them.

49:11Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I know. They in Arkansas. I know about Tyson. When you go to Walmart, Sam's Club, DeWalton, that's them. Okay. Okay. Okay. Hey, Joe, you can get him on the line, Joe, so I can holler at him. Ben, say less, man. What you got? You got some plans? Yeah, I ain't got plans. All you got to do is get me in the room, Joe. All right, Ben. Say less. Hey, Joe, one thing about it, boy. I may play a fool, but I know how to work a room like no other. We might have to do it like a lay vent or something up there. Okay. Yeah. Okay. That's fine with me. All right. All right. Duke took your number one overall seed in Selection Sunday with Arizona, Michigan defending champ Florida rounding out the number one C's and without further ado Ocho and Joe and I are going to reveal our full completed brackets well Ocho I'm reading Ocho or is Ocho going to read Ocho oh lord have mercy now you read it I can barely see mine alright you got Duke before you start for all the people that are watching if you made a bracket this is a great time to look at mine and cheat because this is exactly how March Madness is going to go and I could win us a whole lot of money.

50:23Okay, go ahead.

50:24Shannon Sharpe:By Saturday this is what you'll be able to do to Ocho's bracket. All right. All right. I'm telling you. All right. He got obviously he got Duke. Okay. He has Duke, Ohio State, St. John's, Kansas, Louisville, Michigan State, UCLA, UConn, Advancing. And then he has Duke and Kansas, Michigan State, UCLA advancing. Then he has Duke, Kansas. No, he has Duke over Kansas and UCLA over Michigan State. So in the East coming out, he has Duke facing UCLA. In the bottom half of the bracket, he has Florida, Plimson, McNeese, Nebraska, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas A &M, Houston advancing. And then he has Florida over Clemson, Nebraska over McNeese, North Carolina over Illinois, Houston over Texas A &M.

51:22Shannon Sharpe:He has Florida over Nebraska, Houston over North Carolina, and then he has Houston to upset number one seed, Florida. Okay, and I guess this is the West. He has Arizona, Utah State, Wisconsin, Arkansas, BYU, Kennesaw State. Miami and Florida Purdue and then he has Miami over Miami and Florida over Purdue BYU over Kennesaw State Arkansas over Wisconsin Arizona over Utah State and then he has Arizona over Arkansas Miami and Florida over BYU and then he has Arizona in the final four he has Duke in the final four he has Houston in the final four In the Midwest, he has Michigan, St. Louis, Texas Tech, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Santa Clara, Iowa State advancing.

52:22Shannon Sharpe:And then he has Michigan to advance, Alabama to advance, Virginia to advance, Iowa State to advance. He has Virginia to advance, Michigan to advance, and then Virginia beats Michigan, and they go to the Final Four. and he has cutting down the net Arizona. That ain't a bad pick, Ocho. I know it's not Joe. You got decent. You got decent bracket. You know, get you off to a good start after that. Joe got him hyped up. Straight to the shredder on Saturday. Listen, hey, y 'all don't understand. It's only one game. The way you think things are going to go, it never happens the way you think it's going to go.

53:08Shannon Sharpe:I already know you're over there picking mascots. I know you don't know what's going on. Hey, he's like, who mascot look the best? All right, Joe has Duke, Ohio State, St. John's, Kansas, Louisville, Michigan State, UCLA, and UConn to advance in the first round. And then he has Duke, St. John's, Michigan State, UCLA, and then he has St. John's, Michigan State, and then he has St. John's beating Michigan State in the East. And then in the South, he has Florida, Clemson, Vanderbilt, Nebraska, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas A &M, Houston to advance, and then Florida, Vanderbilt, Illinois, Houston to advance, and then he has Florida to beat Vanderbilt, Houston to beat Illinois, and then Florida to beat Houston.

54:04Shannon Sharpe:And then he has Florida to beat St. John's to advance to the Final Four. And the West bracket, he has Arizona, Villanova, Wisconsin, Arkansas, BYU, Gonzaga, Miami, and Purdue to advance. And then he has Arizona over Villanova, Arkansas over Wisconsin, BYU over Gonzaga, Purdue over Miami, BYU over Purdue, Arkansas over Arizona what's funny hey you talk about my bracket he got Arkansas to beat BYU and advanced to the final four in the Midwest he got Michigan St. Louis Texas Tech, Alabama Tennessee, Virginia Kentucky, Iowa State to advance and then he has Michigan Alabama, Virginia, Iowa State to advance, and then he has Michigan over Alabama, Iowa State over Virginia, and then he has Michigan over Iowa State.

55:08Shannon Sharpe:And then he has, in the final four, his final four is

55:15Shannon Sharpe:Florida, Arkansas, Michigan, and St. John's. So he has Michigan, Arkansas to beat Michigan, and Florida to beat St. John's, Arkansas to beat Florida, and then they face. Hey, hey, hey, when we see Florida again, they get back a mug. You hear me? They get back a mug on the biggest stage. Watch if we're going to catch Florida. All right. Put a winning bracket. Put them down. I got Duke, Ohio State, St. John's, Kansas, Louisville, Michigan State, UCF, UConn. And then I got Duke, St. John's, Louisville, UConn. And then I got St. John's, Louisville. And then I got St. John's advancing. The bottom half, I got Florida, Clemson, Vanderbilt, Nebraska, North Carolina, Illinois, St.

56:07Shannon Sharpe:Mary's, and Houston. And then I got Florida, Vanderbilt, Illinois, Houston. And then I got Vanderbilt, Houston. And then I got Houston over Vanderbilt. Top half of the West bracket, I got Arizona, Villanova, Wisconsin, Arkansas, BYU, Gonzaga, Missouri, Purdue. And then I got Arizona over Villanova. I got Arkansas over Wisconsin, Gonzaga over BYU, Purdue over Missouri. I got Purdue over Gonzaga. I got Arkansas over Arizona. And then I got Arkansas to advance over Purdue. In the bottom half, I got Michigan, St. Louis, Texas Tech, Bama, Tennessee, Virginia, Santa Clara, Iowa State. and then I got Michigan to beat St.

56:55Shannon Sharpe:Louis. I got Alabama to beat Texas Tech. I got Virginia to beat Tennessee and I got Iowa State to beat Santa Clara. And I got Iowa State to beat Virginia, Alabama to beat Michigan, and Iowa State to beat Alabama. And I got Arkansas to beat Iowa State. I got St. John's to beat Houston. And I got cutting down the nets, St. John's. Hey, hey, hey, hey. You got a decent practice. You just need to flip-flop. your championship game team. You got the right team. You just got to flip the scenario. I don't know what you got going on over there. You ain't bad. I like how you thinking over there, boy. You might have been copying out my bracket a little bit.

57:34Shannon Sharpe:I'll tell you what I did do. I didn't go about mascots. I didn't pick the mascot. Whoever had the best looking mascot. Hey, y 'all, listen. Y 'all using your basketball knowledge and using your logic and common sense to pick the teams, and it never goes that way. That's how I know neither one of y 'all are going to be in there at the end. You got all top. That's all he do. There's going to be some upsets. It's going to be some upsets. That's why they call it Mark Madness. All right, you see.

58:05Shannon Sharpe:I got y 'all. I'm telling you.

58:10Shannon Sharpe:Oh, man, I'm killing y 'all in the chat, too. They rolling with you, boy. That's okay. The chat don't know no better? Yeah, they do. I bet you my brain could be better than y 'all. You won't bet nothing? Nah, Joe. What'd you bet? That ain't going to happen. What you mean? I like my bracket. I like the upsets.

58:33Shannon Sharpe:Well, y 'all boys in trouble. What's your pen to tell on the bracket? Hey, it took me three hours to make my bracket, man. I could have made your bracket three minutes. Hey, Joe. Joe, I said that. I just felt the team name wrong. the mascots wrong, but I'd have got this. Hey, you heard me, Joe? What'd you say? Man, I sat there for about damn near two, three hours, man, doing my due diligence and homework, you know, before I made my bracket, man. Hey, hey, what's up with you and Unc and y 'all fascia pink and all that today? I ain't get the memo. What's up? Unc got on pink? Unc got a little pink in his shirt.

59:13Shannon Sharpe:You got on hot pink. What y 'all got going? You know, this is a vintage jersey. Oh, you good? Unless you got a... Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. A real sauna background. Look, look, look, pinkish red. It's for the halls, baby. You know, we still celebrating over here. I'm sorry, fellas. Man, that baby don't. Man, y 'all are one of them. Come on, chill, chill, chill. Let us enjoy our moment, man. Hey. Let's enjoy our moment. Y 'all on, y 'all, what are y 'all on? Y 'all on Eastern Time or Central Time? We're on Central Time. Okay, you got another hour. Enjoy. You got another hour. Enjoy. Man, look.

59:48Shannon Sharpe:We make the work. The thing about these brackets, you never, you look, you always like, okay, the number one seed. But man, anything can happen on a given Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. You have no earthly idea what could possibly happen. We've seen it. Expect the unexpected. From when Villanova beat Georgetown to when NC State beat Houston. it started with Texas Western beating Kentucky yeah man man listen it's not it's it's not like March Madness I remember Uncle Ocho when I was in high school bro junior high school when the Razorbacks played cause you know it's more like our NBA team we ain't had no NBA professional team but the Razorbacks was there you know in the 90's they were always good Uncle Ocho yeah y 'all had Sidney Moncrief yeah we had Sidney Moncrief Ron Brewer Lee Mayberry Ty Day Big O Yeah, yeah, yeah Ty Rester So We had a squad Corliss Williamson Scotty Thurman Them dudes They went the back-to-back Natties One-one Yeah So the 90s We were always pretty good And I remember They were shut down If the Razorbacks Was playing Bro, you go to class You know how they roll They wheel them Big TVs in there Them big TVs They wheel them in there Yeah, yeah, yeah We watch it The game gonna be on The day The whole school shut down Every class got the game on.

1:01:15Shannon Sharpe:So those are moments that I always remember. So when I see, you know, the Razorbacks playing like they did this weekend, bro, and winning the SEC, you know, championship, it take me back to my childhood memory. So I don't know. I'm still in a little awe about how those dudes played throughout this whole weekend. All right, Ocho. Now we did a women's bracket also. Uh-oh. Ocho, I'm going to read Ocho's record. Yo. All right. We're starting out in the East. We got UConn, Syracuse, Maryland, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Colorado, Vanderbilt. And then he has UConn over Syracuse, North Carolina over Maryland, Ohio State over Notre Dame, Vanderbilt over Colorado.

1:02:06Shannon Sharpe:And he has UConn over North Carolina, Ohio State over Vanderbilt, UConn over Ohio State. And then the bottom half, he has South Carolina, USC, Michigan State, Oklahoma, South Dakota State, TCU, Georgia, Iowa. And then he has South Carolina advancing, Oklahoma advancing, TCU advancing, Iowa advancing. He has South Carolina over Oklahoma, TCU over Iowa, and he has TCU to upset South Carolina. top he has UCLA Princeton, Gonzaga, Minnesota Baylor, Duke, Texas Tech LSU and then he has UCLA to beat Princeton Gonzaga to beat Minnesota, Duke to beat Baylor, LSU to beat Texas Tech Duke to beat LSU UCLA to beat Gonzaga and UCLA over Duke and in the bottom half he has Texas, Oregon, Kentucky Miami of Ohio, Alabama Louisville, NC State, Michigan.

1:03:07Shannon Sharpe:And then he has Texas over Oregon, Kentucky over Miami, Ohio, Louisville over Alabama, Michigan over NC State. And he has Texas over Kentucky, Michigan over Louisville, and then he has Michigan to upset Texas. I'm going to go ahead and borrow yours up in the trash, put it in the trash right now. That man got TCU being South Carolina. Hey, Joe, here's Ocho women's record. Hey. All right. I'm going to put that thing in track. Hey, Chad, this man got Texas losing, South Carolina losing, and Duke. And he got Duke losing. No, you got to be silly. And you do realize this is March Madness, right? Yeah, it don't be like that for the women, though.

1:03:54Shannon Sharpe:It's just like that for the men. All right. But okay. All right. here in my bracket I got UConn, North Carolina, Ohio State, Vanderbilt and then I got UConn, North Carolina, Ohio State, Vanderbilt and then I got UConn, Ohio State, I got UConn over Ohio State, I got South Carolina, Clemson, Michigan State, Oklahoma, Washington, TCU, Georgia, Iowa and then I go So South Carolina, Oklahoma, TCU, Iowa, South Carolina, TCU. I got South Carolina over TCU. At the top half, I'm going UCLA, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Minnesota, Baylor, Duke, Texas Tech, LSU. I got LSU over Texas Tech. I got Baylor over Duke.

1:04:46Shannon Sharpe:I got Ole Miss over Minnesota. I got UCLA over Oklahoma. I got UCLA over Ole Miss. I got LSU over Baylor. I got UCLA over LSU. In the bottom half, I got Texas, Oregon, Kentucky, West Virginia, Alabama, Louisville, Tennessee, Michigan. And then I got Texas, West Virginia, Alabama, Michigan. And then I got Texas over West Virginia. I got Michigan over Alabama. And then I got Texas over Michigan. I got UConn over South Carolina. I got Texas over UCLA, and then I got the national champions back-to-back, the Lady Huskers of stores.

1:05:36Shannon Sharpe:I said Huskers. I'm at the – The Lady Huskies of stores. Ocho, I'm sorry. I might send mine in the A.M. No, you done copied that. was not up a late. Hey, Joe, just follow my script. You got the wrong bracket up there. What bracket y 'all got up there?

1:06:01Yeah.

1:06:02Shannon Sharpe:Where the ladies bracket at? It ain't up there? Oh, okay. Yeah, there it is. Yeah. Can y 'all see it now? Yeah.

1:06:19Shannon Sharpe:Ladies, strong and fudge, too much. Let me see. Sarah Strong, they too much. And Geno. Hey, hey. I'm going to tell you where you messed up at. Where you messed up at, Joe? When he picked Ohio State girls over Vanderbilt. Uh-oh. Look, I like Shea. Vanderbilt. You know, she played it, but you'll see. All right. I got you, boy. Who? We got you. Hey, Joe, we got to get up. Ojo, you see what he did? He already saw we picked. He going to try to pick opposite of us. Yeah, yes. I mean... Well, I'm for sure ain't going to pick what y 'all picking. I'm not doing that. Well, you definitely ain't going to win if you ain't picking what I'm picking.

1:07:10Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, you go ahead and pick it right now. You might want to follow my lead. No, don't do that. I already threw yours in the trash. Ojo, you out of here. Hey, what's my prize when I win? You're not winning, Ocho. We haven't thought that part advanced because there ain't no chance. One thing, boy, y 'all hating on my picks. We have not thought that part advanced. Hey, Joe, you been in the gym? Come on, man. Stop playing, Ocho. I'm just making a show, boy. because you're going to have hell on your hands soon. Boy, you're just making it worse for yourself, man. I'm just telling you, Joe, you're going to have hell on your hands.

1:07:57You hear me? Look, if USC had Juju,

1:08:04Shannon Sharpe:we'd be talking something different. If South Carolina had Chloe Kitts, we might be talking something different. Right. I just don't see anyone beating UConn. I don't. They too good, ain't they? They strong and Fudd. Yeah. I tell you, all it takes is one game. I keep trying to tell y 'all that. Y 'all ain't listening to me. How you keep it close with them? Ain't nobody been close. Yeah. They got a one-two. They're going to have two All-Americans, and that's normally what UConn does. They have two All-Americans. They normally have at least going into the NCAA, it hasn't been often. They didn't have the best player or one of the three best players.

1:08:51Shannon Sharpe:You go back and look at it from Sue Bird and to Rozzy, to swing cash to Tina Charles, to Maya Moore. It doesn't matter. Right. I mean, Renee Montgomery. I mean, you just go look at their rosters. They're going to have one. They're going to have a top three player in all the women's college basketball. A lot of times they got the best player. Yeah. Lo and behold, here we are again. Yeah. Oh, I like Iowa State, Big Audie Crooks. Big Audie? Big Audie be housing that thing. Ooh-wee. Hey, hey. Hey. Big Audie. They can't stop this girl, boy. She a punk. She going out at 5 ,000 on them? Get up out of here.

1:09:39Shannon Sharpe:Hey, she a beast. She a beast. But y 'all in trouble. Y 'all are in trouble This here was easy work Huh Joe who you got winning Girls

1:10:05Shannon Sharpe:Ain't that hard Joe I sit there and scan man Is South Carolina missing somebody Well But Chloe Kitts, no, no, no. They got guards. They got Tessa Johnson and Raymond Johnson. They got another girl that was first team all-conference. I forget her name. She's really good, though. She's really good. She's probably going to be first team all-American. I'm going to feel my break. I didn't send it to y 'all, but I got South Carolina winning. Okay. I like that. with car gurus discover you can skip the filters and describe what you're looking for in your own words simply type what you want and car gurus discover instantly surfaces real listings that match your exact needs it's no wonder car gurus is the number one most visited car shopping site according to similar webs estimated traffic data buy or sell your next car today with car gurus at cargurus.com.

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