April 14, 2026

Rory Goes Back-to-Back at The Masters & Full Tournament Breakdown

Rory Goes Back-to-Back at The Masters & Full Tournament Breakdown
Height Differential
Rory Goes Back-to-Back at The Masters & Full Tournament Breakdown

Rory McIlroy has done it again.

In this episode of Height Differential, we break down Rory’s back-to-back Masters win and take a deep dive into the entire tournament at Augusta National — the biggest moments, key storylines and what it means for his legacy.

We also touch on the Louisville Kings’ overtime loss in the UFL, MLB’s new City Connect uniforms and why several NBA players are ineligible for postseason awards.

The Masters takes center stage in this one.

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Rory McIlroy has done it again.

In this episode of Height Differential, we break down Rory’s back-to-back Masters win and take a deep dive into the entire tournament at Augusta National — the biggest moments, key storylines and what it means for his legacy.

We also touch on the Louisville Kings’ overtime loss in the UFL, MLB’s new City Connect uniforms and why several NBA players are ineligible for postseason awards.

The Masters takes center stage in this one.

Nick (01:07.534)
We back. It's the height differential. That's the 6'6", Neil. I am the 4'10", Nick. It's going to be the first show where we don't have college football, NFL, really college hoops. We've been doing this since August. This is episode number 40 somehow. I was looking at that today. It's kind of crazy. But the first time that we do not have any of those three to talk about, to break down. But we do still have plenty to talk about. We'll talk about the Masters.

Talk about the NBA. There's a rule that's keeping a lot of people from being eligible for being MVP. We'll talk some City Connect jerseys, which a lot of teams released those last week and played in them over the weekend. The Kings game, I was there working it on Friday. And you and the Juice Man and everybody was at the local establishment watching every bit of the action. The game ended.

with a on a penalty, not actually scoring.

Neil (02:09.226)
Stupid. Stupid.

Nick (02:13.216)
Still have plenty to talk about and then we also have what would Joe do to close it but before we get started if you're watching live or catching this later make sure to subscribe to the height differential however you listen to pods rate it leave a review also follow us on social at height differential

Rory McElroy, back to back, the only the fourth person ever to do it. And the people that are in that category are all really, really good at golf. Jack did it in 65 and 66. Nick Faldo did it in 89 and 90, Tiger in 0102. And now Rory, who couldn't get the elusive masters, did it last year to complete the Grand Slam and now has won two in a row.

Neil (02:50.985)
Yeah.

Neil (03:05.258)
Yeah, I mean incredible. mean good for Rory. mean, he went all that time going into last year of will he ever win that elusive Masters and complete that career Grand Slam. And he finally broke through last year and came back this year and basically owned the course. I mean, he started out on fire. Absolutely on fire. It was 12 under after the first two rounds. Had a six shot lead going into the weekend.

And then, as you expect on Master Saturday and Master Sunday, things get a little more difficult. And he ended up shooting even par total for the last two rounds, but that was still good enough to hold his lead. he ends up beating Scottie Shuffler by one. But good for Rory, he had his parents, I saw in the gallery, also with his wife and daughter. So a family affair for the McElroys yesterday at Augusta.

Nick (03:54.83)
No, and dude, you talk about his Friday and he had nine birdies on Friday alone, went 34-31, 31 on the back to build that six stroke lead. And you're seeing him do that on Friday afternoon. He's up six on everybody. He's up 12 on the world. Number one, Scotty Scheffler, who is

had slow starts this year and it's something that he has been able to fight back but not really overcome and get wins. We see this story again this week. But on Friday where everybody was really scoring, Scottie just couldn't figure it out and built himself. He was playing in the morning too and he built just dug himself a hole 12 deep. Like you said, Rory goes into Saturday and does struggle.

And then Cam Young shoots 65 on Saturday to pull even. So then all of a sudden, you're going to Sunday, you've got Cam Young and Rory up there at the top. the one that I was looking at was Justin Rose, was just, he was three back starting the day. And after what he went through last year, getting to that playoff against Rory and losing in the first playoff hole, he came in second three times.

prior to this year, his name's on the trophy three times for coming in second. So I was really kind of hoping to see Justin Rose be able to get that elusive Masters, get that green jacket. And there was a point on Sunday where I was like, dang, this is really gonna happen. Rory has that double on that three putt on four, and then he bogeys six.

Neil (05:47.156)
Yup. Yup. I'll eat again. Yup.

Nick (05:51.618)
Cam Young flies the green on seven after bogey and six and ends up bogey in seven goes back to back and Justin Rose goes on a little heater birdies five seven eight and nine gets up to where he's two up go heading to the back and you're like after all his close chances this might be it and he gets to amen's corner and look dude

First off, you gotta give Rory credit because after that double and after that bogey, he had back to back birds on seven and eight to kind of calm everything down and get everything right. But he still needed some help to get the lead and.

Neil (06:30.953)
Yeah.

Nick (06:38.221)
11 is a tough hole and I don't know if you saw Rose, but he like actually pulled up before his approach shot. It's like 200 in and He just the water is on the left. So you don't want to go left and he flew it so far, right? And then he got to go over that bunker and you but you can't go too far because it'll roll in that same water and then he bogeys He gets to 12. He goes long. He chunks his chip birdies or bogeys back-to-back buggs

And then Rory really won it with his T shot on 12, the one over the bunker that just rolled down. And Cam, y'all got a great shot on that hole too. It's just, he couldn't make a putt all day. Rory makes his putt and then he bombs it down 13. 13 he hadn't had a good drive all week. And as the best drive of his tournament on 13 ends up birdieing. Those two shots I thought were one of his T shot at 12 and 13. And it's just, he made the plays that he had to make.

Neil (07:16.914)
Yeah. No.

Nick (07:36.555)
down the stretch and Justin Rose and Scotty just didn't have enough because I think he went like four.

Neil (07:40.81)
If Scottie's putt on 17, I don't know how it didn't go in. It was a centimeter, just a centimeter off. mean, that goes in and we might be looking at a playoff and a potential Scottie Shuffler green jacket instead, but that's the way golf is.

Nick (07:55.564)
Well, Scotty went 4-14 without only pars. So while everybody is just kind of, Rory was kind of in neutral, not really making moves, Scotty had opportunities and he had a couple big pars saves. You said he went bogey free over the weekend? The first time since...

Neil (08:00.479)
Yeah.

Neil (08:13.674)
Yeah, he's since 1942 where he went, only players since 1942 to go bogey free on the weekend. had nine birdies and an eagle over the final two rounds and no bogey.

Nick (08:26.029)
But then he finally does get those two birdies on 15 and 16 and nobody was birdie in 17 all day on Sunday. And the whole way it looks like that's going in. The whole way. And just doesn't fall. That changes the outlook of Ruri's 18th hole dramatically if that falls and he's going to the 18th up one instead of two.

Neil (08:33.169)
so close.

Neil (08:48.681)
Yeah.

Neil (08:53.458)
Yeah. And how about the camera work on the 18th hole on Rory's, was it his tee shot? Or second shot. That nobody knew where the ball was. But that clue.

Nick (09:00.235)
No, it was the second shot.

Nick (09:05.901)
Like there was a you see a ball in the bunker and you're like is that cam young or is that Roy? I Don't know. I don't know who it is but also Think about how much goes into broadcasting golf

Neil (09:10.984)
You had no idea.

Neil (09:20.998)
yeah. It's hard.

Nick (09:24.749)
Like they're all over the place. It's like, it's like NFL red zone, but it's, it's just every single time it's golf. Like, I mean, there's players all over the course. You're trying to get as many shots as you can. And you still get upset when you're watching. We're like, why aren't you showing this guy? Why aren't you showing this guy? But yeah, you're right. Like on 18, no idea where his shot was going. And dude, this is the thing.

about Rory and why he's so hard to beat. He led the field in driving distance by five yards. He averaged 335 yards off the tee. The second closest was Gotterup at 329. Now, if you look at those two guys compared, you're going be like, dude, Gotterup's going to be hitting the ball a lot farther than Rory. Rory's body, his flexibility, I don't know what it is because he's not

Neil (10:16.222)
Yeah, you would expect that, yeah.

Nick (10:23.687)
He's stocky, but he's not a super big dude. But he led the field in driving distance. He ranked second to last.

and fairways hit. Out of 56 fairways, he hit 31 for the week.

But just like that shot on 18, he was so far right that he almost helped him have a look at it.

Neil (10:55.402)
Yeah.

Nick (10:58.421)
mean, if somebody hits the ball 180, if I'm lucky, if I get a downhill roll, I can maybe get to 190. Like just the fact that you can hit the ball that far, just doesn't even seem real to me.

Neil (11:13.138)
It's incredible. I don't know, but it was a wild Sunday. And like you said, after the double bogey and the bogey from Rory, you know, when we have three different solo leaders within the span, I feel like of like maybe 45 minutes. mean, came y'all, the door was open. Rory leaves the door open.

Nick (11:30.698)
at the beginning.

Neil (11:34.418)
And Cam Young, instead of taking advantage, he goes three bogeys out of his last four holes on the front side and then doesn't even birdie anything on the back. He straight pars on the backside. Couldn't make a putt like we talked about. You mentioned Scottie Scheffler, you know, just straight pars from four to 14 before he finally gets hot toward the end. But, you know, it was a little too little too late. And then with Justin Rose, like you mentioned, he was on fire on the front nine, had the four under on the front, has the solo lead by two, and then he goes three over on the back.

or two over on the back, sorry, two over on the back. Like the door was open. The door was open and nobody could kick it down.

Nick (12:06.433)
Well, it's.

Well, it's not just two over either. Like, so he, Justin Rose bogeyed 11 and 12, but then 13 is a gettable par five and dude hit an incredible, incredible second shot to get on the green was above the hole, had like a 15 footer for Eagle. And after, after back to back bogues to where you've given up the lead, now you've got a chance to get those two right back and you slide it past.

Neil (12:16.052)
Yeah.

Yeah.

Neil (12:28.84)
Holy three-jacking. Yeah.

Neil (12:39.658)
E3J. Yup.

Nick (12:39.967)
and then you don't make the comebacker and that par is just like getting another bogey because the majority of the field is birdie in that hole. And you could tell that it was getting to Justin Rose a little bit on 14. He had another good drive on 14. He's in the fairway. But just like I said on 11 where he pulled off his ball on 14, you see him yelling at somebody because they started a golf cart or something. And like at that point,

Neil (12:47.487)
Yeah.

Nick (13:09.643)
To me, I could just kind of tell that he was in his head a little bit. And he never really, he had another birdie coming down the stretch, but never really had a chance to get to where he was in a spot to win it again. You talk about Cam Young, yeah, he had the lead after six holes. And the buddy bogeyed six.

And then he, what, bogeyed seven, came back birdie'd eight, and then bogeyed nine. And after that, he parred out the rest of the way. We talk about Rory shot on 12. Kam's was just as good. It was just a little bit outside of him, but Rory made his and Kam Young didn't. And really down the stretch, was, I mean, the last couple of holes, was either Scotty or Rory. And I just keep going back to that.

Neil (13:43.498)
Probably not.

Neil (13:56.714)
Correct.

Nick (14:08.375)
Putt goes in on 17, I think this thing's a lot different because if, mean, Rory knew that all he had to do was bogey to win it when that's the case, it gives you a little leeway. If he knows he has to par to win that, then that bunker shot is a lot different than what it was.

Nick (14:30.295)
But dude, here's another thing, Cam Young. Shot 40 on Thursday, just start the tournament on the front.

Neil (14:37.854)
Yeah.

Nick (14:40.055)
Shot 40. I think.

Neil (14:41.962)
Four over through nine. you're right. I was looking at that because that was your pick to win the thing and I was about to text you and make fun of you when I saw that he was four over. But, glad I didn't.

Nick (14:55.083)
Well, I mean, if you want to get into that...

Neil (14:57.874)
No, we don't want to get into that.

Nick (15:00.223)
Our draft? I think we have to.

one of the most dominating performances in the history of height differential drafts.

Neil (15:10.356)
Who were my top? Give me my pics again. Let's go through the pics again.

Nick (15:13.239)
Well, let's go through an order of the draft. You pick Bryson, or I pick Scotty first. Scotty comes in second.

Neil (15:20.179)
I picked Shot Xander.

Nick (15:22.73)
Your first pick was Bryson and Xander.

Neil (15:25.278)
Yes, Xander was my first pick. He was T9. He had an okay tournament. It wasn't great, but you know, he finished 800.

Nick (15:27.543)
No.

And then Bryson got cut as he blew up on 18 and decided just to go home.

Neil (15:35.466)
He sure did. What did he-

Nick (15:37.066)
And then you allowed you allowed me to take Rory with the fourth pick And then I get cam young with the fifth pick So as my first three picks I have first second and third Then you get it back. You take obear who finished 21st. You get fleetwood who finished 33rd And then I get to come back and take j rose Another third place finish and then my lone player not to make the cut was akshay

And then you took Goddard up and got her out finished 24th. But after.

Neil (16:10.186)
I mean, we both had one guy miss the cut and the rest of my guys were top 30, just not top five. Top three.

Nick (16:16.653)
We're not over top three. I had first, second and two top threes in my four. You had a time for ninth, a time for 21st, a time for 24th and a time for 33rd. And we both had a cut guy.

Neil (16:23.668)
Yeah.

Neil (16:29.662)
wasn't great. Yeah.

Nick (16:35.789)
How many, so everybody's talking about, you've seen all this talk where everybody's kind of worried, talked about how he had practiced there several times. He had taken his kid to school, gets on a private jet, flies to Augusta, plays it, flies back. And everybody's, oh, that's why he won, because he gets to practice so much.

Neil (16:48.116)
Yeah.

Neil (16:51.786)
Yes. Yes, I heard about that. Yes.

Nick (17:03.201)
What, you got anything on that?

Neil (17:06.154)
I mean it's an advantage, mean the more you get to go play Augusta, you know, the better you're probably gonna be in the Masters. What? No, I... Sure.

Nick (17:09.633)
They all can play it. They all have the right to play it. If you're in the field, you can play it. Now, do they have the luxury of having a private jet? Not all of them.

Neil (17:18.538)
Not all of no. And Rory's sitting out some of these tournaments that he doesn't need. A lot of these guys that are playing in the Masters, they might need the World Golf Ranking points, and so they're playing in some tournaments that Rory's probably like, I'm too good for this, I can sit this one out. And so while they're playing in Texas, or they're playing in Hawaii, or they're playing in wherever, California, Rory's...

going, taking a little Tuesday flight up to Augusta and he's back home for dinner to pick his kid up from school. So, is it an advantage? I mean, absolutely. I mean, how is it not an advantage? But, Rory's good enough and he's been good enough over his career. He's earned that advantage.

Nick (17:58.093)
Yeah. And like I said, if you're in the field, you can go, you can practice there. is there a limit? I don't know, but, I don't know how many times Rory practice there. It's probably exaggerated, but are they going to tell Rory McIlroy, the defending champion? Hey, Bob, no, it's been enough. It's enough practice time.

Neil (18:17.716)
So you think like a guy like a Maverick McNeely can just show up to Augusta, knock on the door and they're gonna let him play? Okay. Okay. I didn't know if like since know Rory is now he's got his green jacket. He can basically do whatever he wants there. So I didn't know if like you can just show up.

Nick (18:22.561)
Yes, 100%.

100%.

Nick (18:33.131)
No, if you're in the field, you can practice.

Neil (18:37.652)
But how do know if you're in the mix? Maybe some of these guys just qualified like within the last couple weeks.

Nick (18:41.997)
Well, that was the case with Gary Woodland. So I don't know if he practiced. Like, if he didn't win last week, he's not in the field.

Neil (18:48.906)
So you're saying he couldn't show up to Augusta.

Nick (18:52.147)
he wasn't in the field so I don't think that he could. Now look, he's famous golfer who's been through a lot, maybe they'd let him play. I don't know how that works but if you're in the field you are allowed to go practice.

Neil (19:03.658)
Okay.

Nick (19:05.433)
And some people just have private jets, which is an advantage. But guess what? Having a private jet is an advantage in a lot of things in life. You can do a lot of things that people that are getting in their cars, they like, and look, we drove past it on our way to Atlanta. Ain't no way to even get to that course and they let them know you're coming because you can't even see it. It's walled up. You can't, you can't see anything.

Neil (19:32.659)
Yeah.

Yeah.

Nick (19:35.137)
Like we try to get a glimpse of something and you can't see anything. It is, it's wild. It is wild.

Neil (19:47.338)
Speaking of, hold on, speaking of, remember last week we talked about the food menu? Michael Vanover, by the way, who has been to the Masters, agreed 100 % with my $12 spent. How about the dude, how about the dude that's just posted up all four days with the egg salad hat?

Nick (19:47.393)
How many do what?

Nick (20:01.389)
I'm glad you got something right last week.

Nick (20:09.357)
Different, different ones.

Neil (20:11.632)
Different colors every time the main just loves the egg salad gets the egg salad hat Would you purchase an egg salad hat sandwich or an egg salad sandwich hat? Would you purchase an egg salad sandwich at? Yes

Nick (20:18.197)
All variations. All variations. Would I? No, I've never had egg salad in my life.

I'm not, I'm not like the whole deviled eggs for Easter. Like y'all can have that. I don't touch it. And look, I know people love it and look forward to it. And you know what? You get even more because I'm not going to eat one. Good dog.

Neil (20:37.854)
Yeah, I'm on that too. Yeah. I don't know about-

Neil (20:46.92)
but he was getting crushed on. He was getting crushed on Twitter. Apparently they have a pimento cheese.

Nick (20:50.539)
Why would he get crushed? If you're passionate about egg salad and you've got all the hats and you're gonna be in the same spot and you get noticed.

Neil (20:53.866)
I don't know.

Neil (20:57.616)
I don't know. Apparently they make a pimento cheese one that just says, it's a red one I think, or an orange one. One of the two that just says pimento across it.

Nick (21:03.191)
Well, don't they have variations like the egg salad one? Because he was wearing all different color.

Neil (21:07.722)
I don't know. There was like four, yeah, he did have four different colors, maybe, but they do make a pimento. You get a pimento hat?

Nick (21:14.153)
I would wear a pimento. I would wear a pimento cheese hat, yeah. I'd get down with some pimento cheese. I'd get down with that. But I'm glad you got something right. I'm glad your food menu purchases for 12 bucks was a success and that you had other people agree.

Neil (21:19.504)
I told you he's high.

Neil (21:33.032)
we came to learn that the, was the name of the beer that they call it? The specialty beer. It's apparently just a blue moon.

Nick (21:38.509)
Crow's Nest.

I think they lost their contract with Blue Moon and they're like, we'll just make our own. Or they just relabel it. I don't know what they do. We still gotta figure out what the tomato pie is.

Neil (21:47.762)
I think they might just relabel it. I don't know.

Neil (21:53.394)
It's gotta be a slice of pizza, No?

Nick (21:55.501)
I don't think it is. I think they would call that pizza.

Neil (22:00.171)
It's like a fancy word for pizza. Like a tomato pie. It's like a cheese pizza. I don't know.

Nick (22:01.322)
We need to figure that out for next year.

Nick (22:06.762)
But I know I was listening to Smiley Kaufman as I listened to his pod and he was talking about the peach ice cream.

Neil (22:17.204)
budget.

Nick (22:17.228)
Money. also, they, the candy bar, which you think is just a regular old candy bar, they're talking about how good that candy bar is too. Which I don't know. I don't know.

Neil (22:24.008)
Is it not just the Snickers or something? What, Well you went Peach Caramel Corn Crunch or something over there or some popcorn or something. Okay. Okay.

Nick (22:30.508)
Hell yeah. I'll do it again. I'll do it again. I got the pimento cheese. You didn't. Well, yours was a lot easier because once you go pimento cheese, no, I didn't do apple slices. I think it's just a bag of chips. Just a bag of chips. Dude, like, Kizner is on that pod, and he's like.

Neil (22:37.5)
You were all over the mat. You were all over the mat. You're getting apple slices and cookies.

Nick (22:58.252)
I think Ruri had his B- at very best B-plus game this week. And he wins Masters. Which, when you finish Friday at 12 and you finish at 12.

Neil (23:12.33)
I mean, if you want to average it out, think he had his A game for the first two rounds and he had his E. If you grade him over the two rounds, I'd give him an A. And then if you grade him over the last two rounds, he gets probably a C. So I think around a B, B +, something like that, is probably fair for the whole tournament.

Nick (23:17.61)
Well, he had his A-plus game on Friday.

Nick (23:37.837)
Does he, Rory's 36 now, won his first one last year at the age of 35. I mean, he had gone since 2014 since his previous major win prior to last year. So went over 11 years. So now he's at six total and two, masters. Does he, does he get another masters and how many majors does he finish with now?

Neil (23:52.532)
Yeah. Yeah.

Neil (24:07.166)
How many majors did you say he was at?

Nick (24:09.356)
6.

Neil (24:11.848)
I'm going say he does get another Masters because I think now he's got the monkey off his back last year. He knows the course. Apparently he flies in on a random Tuesday for lunch and plays a quick nine and goes and picks his kid up from school. So when you're there that much, I think yeah, you probably are going to probably win another Masters. I'm going to say he finishes with a total of nine majors.

Nick (24:34.92)
And look, you can tell that he was comfortable that he won last year because he has struggled mightily on opening rounds and he shot 67 this year, which he even talked about it. Look, that, that was kind of off my shoulders a little bit. Having that pressure that I never winning it, but you say nine.

Neil (24:51.496)
I think by the time he hangs it up, he'll get three more. Three more majors somewhere in there.

Nick (24:58.112)
Yeah?

mean, the way he's playing right now, just, him and Scottie, I think people are catching up, but they're still clearly the best two in the world. Would you agree with that? There's a little separation between the rest of the field. And I mean, I think it's going to be that way for Cam Young's rising quickly. But I still think it's going to be, those two guys are still going to be top two, at least top five for the next couple of years. They're not going to fall off that much.

Neil (25:14.216)
Yes. Yes.

Nick (25:31.584)
So, him winning three more, I think is doable. Could he get to 10? Yeah. The way he's playing in Augusta right now.

I could see him easily getting another one. I say he gets another Masters and we never would have said this before he won last year, but I think he gets the double digits.

Neil (25:55.724)
I mean, to his credit, he's been at the top of his game for so, long, and he's still doing this after being in, know, when was his first major?

Nick (26:07.167)
I just looked it up. It was...

Neil (26:08.427)
Like 2010, somewhere like 10ish?

Nick (26:13.458)
I think it was 11.

Neil (26:15.147)
11 So, you know, he's he's still at the top of his game in you know, that's 15 years later and he's winning back-to-back Masters after you so 15 years later and you look at other guys that have you know Yeah, and but you look at other guys that have been you know ranked at some point in their careers world number one You're like, oh like this is the next big thing. You know, you're looking at guys like Jordan Spieth and and guys like Brooks Koepka who was at the top of his game and he was winning a couple he won like, you know

Nick (26:25.644)
I think it was John too.

Neil (26:44.235)
to here and there within the span of couple years and then they're gone. They have those two to three, four years where they're great and then poof, they're gone. Just.

Nick (26:54.124)
Well, speed stuff with injuries. Kepka went to live. And he won one. He did win one. He won one. Why was that live? But I mean, Kepka has five. Like people forget about that. Dude has five majors.

Neil (26:57.887)
But even before he went to live.

Neil (27:06.271)
But he's just not, but like you don't think of him as being great anymore, you know?

Nick (27:12.842)
Because he went to live!

Neil (27:15.691)
Yeah, I guess but also like even when he's played in somebody's I mean he did find he did finish t12 in this Masters, but I don't know like there's just like

Nick (27:25.484)
Well, and look, look at the live guys. Hatton had a great Sunday to finish third, and he was in the clubhouse at 10, but Rom was terrible again. Bryson didn't make the cut. Well, he's not a live, but no, he's still a live guy. The live guys just recently have not performed very well in majors. And I guess Hatton probably has performed most consistently.

Neil (27:54.134)
Yeah, mean a guy like Dustin Johnson, like you know when he was winning the US Open. Dustin Johnson was ranked up towards, mean he was top five, maybe he was even ranked number one in the world. Like you thought, all right, he's the next one. And then he fell off before he even went to live. And like I don't even trust, I don't even know if I trust JT to win another major. He's got what, two? But he's been ranked number one in the world and you know it's like, all right, he's the next hot thing.

Nick (27:56.904)
It's not even up.

Nick (28:11.126)
Yeah, I agree with

Nick (28:21.855)
It's hard.

Neil (28:22.375)
yes, he has some injuries, but it's like none of these guys sustain the success like Rory did and like Tiger did and Scotty is on his way to doing that. I think it's very possible Scotty could fall off in two years. I don't think he will. I know. I know. Well, no, I don't think it will happen. I don't think it will happen. I think Scotty is one of those guys that's getting up like Rory and Tiger where he's going to.

Nick (28:33.792)
I think he's done it.

Nick (28:37.642)
I don't like he's playing as he's playing as poor as we've seen him play and he's still finished in top five every time.

Nick (28:50.272)
There's no doubt.

Neil (28:50.399)
be the top of his game for 15 years. But a lot of these guys, the top of their game is, it's only four or five years and then they're gone.

Nick (28:56.63)
But and this I think is this I talked about Scotty and Rory being one two and they're being a drop off. I still think no matter how far Rory hits the ball, if Scotty's playing his best golf, Rory ain't beating. Rory ain't beating.

Neil (29:09.515)
Scotty's better. No, Scotty's better. I think Scotty's better, yes. I agree.

Nick (29:15.206)
And he hasn't put together four rounds this season. And I think it's gonna happen at some point. Cuz you've seen spurts. But he always has that one bad round. Thursday and Friday, he's fought to make several cuts this year. And then he's in it at the end of it. His streak of top 10s finally did come to an end. But yeah, if they're both playing their best golf, Scottie's gonna win.

Neil (29:38.111)
Yeah.

Neil (29:46.858)
I agree.

Nick (29:48.397)
I just go back to the fact that Rory missed. He hit 31 of 56 fairways with second to last. Pinch, Marco Pinch was dead last. He was second to last and still shoots 12 under and has 24 birdies. 24 birdies. Do you know how many holes they play in four days?

Neil (30:00.042)
It still shoots 12 longer.

Nick (30:10.974)
They play 72 holes. That's a third. He's birdie-ing a third of the holes.

And Scotty had 12 birdies, which is half, but Scotty also had a couple of eagles to make up for that.

Nick (30:29.918)
I don't know, you get sad when the NCAA tournament is over. And I kind of feel the same way when the Masters is over.

Neil (30:38.517)
Here I'll pose one more Masters question to you. This was talked about at the Beer Nose 502 as we were watching the Sunday finale. Could a 20 handicap golfer go into the 18th hole of the Masters with a six shot lead? And you've got the gallery, the patrons are there, you're on TV, you're playing from the tips, you're a 20 handicap with a six shot lead.

Nick (30:59.648)
And you're playing from the tips,

Nick (31:06.838)
So that would mean if you shoot a, if you shoot a, you get a quad.

Neil (31:08.619)
Could you bring it home?

So you would have to.

Yes, you need a sextupled bogey to tie and go to a playoff. I think you do. Especially because even if you spray your ball, you have ball spotters out there now. You go to any of the courses that we play around here, like ULGC, if you hit one into the tall shit at ULGC, you're looking for it yourself. You hit it in a tall shit at the Masters, somebody's going find it for you. There's no water that I believe on 18, is there?

Nick (31:33.675)
I just.

Neil (31:45.759)
Like what would the hazard be for you to get a... It is tight, it's a tight tee shot. It is a tight tee shot. I don't know if I'm taking driver.

Nick (31:47.818)
It's just, it's a tight shot.

But I think, I mean, I am because I don't have a choice. But I don't think what we understand, like we play Glen Oaks and we play 17 at Glen Oaks. And we're like, this is the hardest damn green that I've played. And like I consider myself a pretty good putter. I think it's where I catch up a lot because I don't hit the ball that far. I've four putted on that green before.

Neil (31:57.3)
Cool. Yeah.

Neil (32:17.622)
Yeah. Yeah.

Neil (32:22.902)
Yeah.

Nick (32:23.66)
and like playing the 18th with that on the line.

Neil (32:30.272)
But you could four-putt it as long as you get it to the green in five shots.

Nick (32:30.86)
I would like to think that I could get a 10.

Neil (32:38.098)
Yeah, I'm with you. I think that you could you could bring it home I think that the average golfer would be able to bring it home It might be close, but I think that they could do it

Nick (32:46.368)
But I want to be on that green where I can three putt to win. Like if I have to two putt, like if I get there and I have to two putt.

first part better be really good because

Neil (33:01.824)
The consensus going around the table yesterday was most everybody said no, that they did not think that the 20 handicap would hold the lead up six. I was disagreeing with them. I think that that person would win. If it was me.

Nick (33:17.868)
I would like to say I could get a 10. But also I don't hit the ball very far and from the tips, dude, I might not even get it the fairway. And then you don't know what you're dealing with. So like there's different elements to it, but I would like to say that I would get a 10. All right. Before we close the book on the masters, like Scotty had to play with how Tong Li on Sunday and dude go on 12 on the

Neil (33:30.742)
Yeah.

Neil (33:42.812)
yeah. He was in the jungle.

Nick (33:47.469)
The back end of A-man corner, 12 and 13, dude goes triple quad. And I think those two holes took over an hour because Scott is just sitting in the fairway just waiting. Like that has to hurt your chances a little bit, right? Having to deal with that?

Neil (34:05.28)
Yeah, yeah. mean, dude shot at 80. I mean, yeah, you go triple, triple and what's up? It was more than a clock. It was a plus five, isn't it?

Nick (34:07.294)
And bro, like...

Nick (34:12.182)
quad. He went triple quad. No, he went no, he went no, he went five over. I don't even know what that is. What is that? A single a quint a quint or

Neil (34:18.72)
Yeah, five. What a gloss. It was a five. I don't know. quint? Is it a quint? No, that's a... A quint is a seven, right? A sex is a six. Quintuple? No, five? I don't know. Is five quintuple?

Nick (34:28.404)
No? Well, that's... Are you talking about Spanish?

Cienes is six, siete is seven in Spanish.

Neil (34:37.195)
well, like a sextuple bogey would be six.

Nick (34:40.396)
So I guess it's a quintuple bogey. So do it. Triple quintuple.

Neil (34:42.496)
Quintuple. I think that's a quintuple. Yeah.

Neil (34:48.116)
And then birdie. And then a birdie!

Nick (34:49.364)
And and Scotty had to sit there and watch all this. Like we've played golf with like, you play with slow guys, like I hate it. I hate it. And it bothers me. And.

Neil (34:59.52)
But like, look at Hotong's front nine. He only had one par on the front nine. Everything else was a bogey or a birdie. Like, just no consistency. No consistency.

Nick (35:06.892)
I will say, dude is a personality. They need more of him in golf because he's hilarious. But he tried to go for it on that par 513 and I think he basically shanked it straight into the water. Didn't even get it up in the air.

Neil (35:19.114)
Well he was in the jungle. Is that the hole where he was up in the jungle?

Nick (35:22.272)
Yeah, and then he hit it in the water.

Neil (35:26.171)
boy. Yeah. It was entertaining.

Nick (35:27.136)
But yeah, that has to kill your momentum though, when you're playing with a guy that's doing this.

He shot 44. 44 on the back.

Nick (35:39.574)
Does that, does Ha Tong Lee, does that put the bow on the 2026 Masters? Are we gonna close it with that?

Neil (35:39.596)
80 for the... 80 for the...

Neil (35:44.532)
I think it does. I think we'll close with that.

Nick (35:50.259)
on Friday night.

The Louisville Kings hosted the Orlando Storm. A familiar foe was a quarterback for the Orlando Storm.

Neil (36:02.167)
Little Jack Plumber.

Nick (36:03.466)
Your boy Jack Plummer. Good game. We finally saw the Kings move the ball a little bit. We talked about this off air. Like, I don't think you're gonna watch UFL if you really don't have a rooting interest. We have not watched it in the past, but now that we have a team, it's something to watch. And I want them to be successful. There was another good crowd there at Lynn Family Stadium on Friday night. Got to see the.

The Artemis 2 land on the big screen before they kicked off, which was kind cool.

Neil (36:36.279)
Yeah.

Nick (36:39.155)
But Jason Beam had made some good throws down the field. But they get it. Threw for over 300 yards.

Neil (36:43.638)
I mean, you-

Neil (36:47.221)
Yeah, mean was inter like being was 352 three touchdowns no picks plumber 249 three touchdowns no picks I mean it was some quality football for being you know kind of minor league ish

Nick (37:00.224)
It was entertaining and the Kings score there late in the fourth quarter looks like they're going to go for two to win it, to try to win it. And instead they elected throughout the extra point unit and they tie it. And then we go to overtime in the UFL. First time I've ever seen it. I'm working the broadcast. don't even know what the rules are. just know, this is what I know. I know that we're having a one minute break.

between regulation and overtime and then there's no more breaks. That's all. So they do a best out of three shootout style.

Neil (37:34.753)
Yeah.

Neil (37:38.219)
Love it. Love it. Yup.

Nick (37:40.278)
from the 5 and then if it's tied there then they just alternate until sudden death.

Neil (37:45.772)
Yes.

Nick (37:49.793)
We get to the sudden death. Nobody scores. The Kings almost score, Benny Snow catches it, foot's out of bounds. But we get to the sudden death. And the Kings have already had a holding penalty, I believe. It wasn't a PI, I think it was a holding penalty.

Neil (37:55.853)
What's that about?

Neil (38:03.595)
Yeah, one defend, they already had one defensive penalty, yes.

Nick (38:07.724)
And they don't convert offensively. So then it gets to the storm. And run to play and there's another defensive holding. I think it was again, right? Holding penalty. And then all of a sudden I hear, because I've got the headset listening to everybody. And also Dean Bladino is like, that's a game. It was like, we're all like what? So yeah, that's their second defensive penalty. That's automatic scored, game's over.

Neil (38:19.553)
Yeah, no good defense of it, yeah.

Nick (38:38.176)
And that's how the game ends on a penalty. You play all that 27-27. It's exciting. People are getting into it. Fans in the crowd are booing. They don't even know what's happened because it really wasn't explained to them that well.

Neil (38:51.017)
It ends. It ends on nobody's scores. Nobody scores and it just ends.

Nick (38:58.219)
How?

Neil (38:59.001)
It doesn't make sense. mean, there's a lot of things that are good about the U of what are you about? UFL us. Oh, what is this thing called? UFL I Love a 60 yard field goal is worth four points. Love that rule. Love some of the other things that they do love the shootouts You can't punt. Yes. Once the ball crosses even yes. Yes Yeah, like if you take a sack Right, love this once the ball crosses the 50 no matter what you can't punt

Nick (39:05.054)
UFL, United for more late.

Nick (39:11.948)
You can't run if you're inside the 50 So even if you cross even if you cross it if you backpedal So if you get a holding penalty and it takes you you still can't do it

Neil (39:28.109)
Love that rule. And I love the overtime shootout. Love the three, it's kind of like the soccer shootout. You you just get three tries. And I love that it's from the five yard line instead of like the two or whatever, like the normal two point conversion because it actually makes you have to work a little bit instead of just running up tush push or something. Love all that.

Nick (39:46.272)
This push is not an eligible play in the U.F.L.

Neil (39:49.518)
Okay, love that too. And then we get to probably the dumbest thing I've ever seen in my entire life that you can end a game when nobody scores. In the first penalty, like, all right, I can understand in the same overtime, if you get back to like back to back penalties in the end zone or something, the same, same possession. Yeah, like the same possession of overtime. Like if you get back to back penalties on that, that.

Nick (40:05.898)
Not the same overtime, same possession.

Neil (40:16.173)
Possession I can understand maybe like okay that try is good because otherwise, you know, like you could just be here all night Yeah but the fact that it happened to the Kings they had a defensive penalty on possession number two and Then we go to a completely separate overtime the sudden death portion and they get another penalty which is two possessions later And it ends the game makes no sense like You wouldn't you would you would like double overtime basically?

Nick (40:21.33)
It go on forever.

Nick (40:39.456)
But you're right. And look.

think they'll adjust this rule. I do think it'll get adjusted. What should have happened is if there was another penalty after penalty on the fourth try, then the game should have been over.

Neil (40:53.761)
Yeah, like two penalties on the same possession, I can see, alright, the try is good. But not two penalties, two possessions later, like a penalty in one possession and two possessions later. No, like that doesn't make any sense. And then the game's just over. Like, what?

Nick (41:08.396)
I'm walking out and like fans are I'll just hear them talking like What happened like why why did we lose like nobody just and I get it I get it I'm on headset listen to people and I really didn't even understand what was going on but

Neil (41:28.287)
It's dumb. If you want to grow the game and you want people to attend these games and watch these games on TV, you cannot end a game with no point when nobody scores on a non-school.

Nick (41:39.082)
Look, and they're figuring this thing out. I do think... stop it.

Neil (41:41.711)
Well, Dean Blandino's an idiot. We've known that since his enemy. He's a f- And then he also... There was a replay review, I think it was of a catch, wasn't there? That went against the Kings. What? Yes, that looked like it should not have been a title because it was incomplete pass that Redmond challenges. And then Dean Blandino screws that one up and gives the Storm a touchdown.

Nick (41:50.518)
Yeah, yeah, it was a touchdown by the storm. It was a touchdown by the storm.

Nick (42:05.184)
Well, he said it was inconclusive and

Neil (42:07.616)
Inclusive was not I watched it. I was very conclusive

Nick (42:09.932)
It could have been, but he's the end all be all. Like he's making the decisions and what decision is what goes and look, I don't know one way the other. He thought it was inconclusive, which I, you thought it was clearly incomplete, like a hundred percent without bias. Well, Chris Redmond felt the same way.

Neil (42:14.99)
That's a problem. Can I have Dean Blandino be in the end all be all?

Neil (42:26.892)
Yeah. missed it. Yes. Chris Redmond was right.

Nick (42:34.496)
But see the issue was that they told him like it's already been reviewed. And he was like, well, look at it. It's incomplete. It was like, well, it's already been reviewed. And he's like, well, look at it. And then he threw the flag anyways, which had no chance of getting reviewed. It was like, hardy Tony.

Neil (42:46.776)
Cause all you had to do was look, I don't know what Dean Blandino, what is Dean Blandino looking at? Is he watching the wrong game? Is he sleeping? Is he drunk? What's wrong with Dean Blandino?

Nick (42:53.504)
Well, there's only, UFL is made for TV, so there's only one game at a time. There's not other games to watch.

Neil (42:58.886)
Dean Blandino comes up with stupid stupid overtime penalty rules. He came up with stupid overtime penalty rules and he can't see a replay review to save his ass. No, Dean Blandino, get him out. Get him out, replace him. We need to bring in Gene? Where's Gene? Let's get Gene in here.

Nick (43:02.442)
I don't think he came up with the rules himself.

Nick (43:16.94)
Well, I don't think those are Fox guys. I don't think those are Fox guys.

Neil (43:19.798)
or Mike Perera, Carl's favorite Mike Perera.

Neil (43:25.57)
Give him, offer him some more money. Make him a Fox guy. Get Mike Perera. Mike Perera used to be a Fox guy. Is he not a Fox guy anymore?

Nick (43:31.244)
I don't know. I think he is a Fox guy. But the bottom line is, there is.

Neil (43:35.438)
Gene will get his index card out and he'll get the call right. That's what we need. We need Gene.

Nick (43:41.46)
It's just, it's a tough beat to end the game on a penalty.

Neil (43:44.015)
a stupid beat, it's a stupid rule, it's stupid game. I was furious. Like, I, first King's game I watched. I was so mad. I don't even care, but I was so mad. I was like, this is, no way. I mean, I invested my two hours of time at BeardNose502 watching this thing, and then all of a sudden it just ends. What the?

Nick (43:45.972)
It's a tough beat. It's a tough beat. You're actually mad.

Nick (43:56.844)
It's worth it.

Nick (44:05.514)
And you had no idea that a penalty would end it. So they called a penalty.

Neil (44:08.618)
No, I didn't because they talked about it. I did because they talked about it on the broadcast of how if there was... Yeah, they made it known and I thought it was stupid at the time and then when it actually happens, I really thought it was stupid. But they did a good job on the broadcast of explaining it. We had Dean, we had Dean on the broadcast.

Nick (44:12.8)
Well, they did talk about it.

Nick (44:24.684)
But dude, the home game. Well, yeah, he's on all the broadcasts on Fox. Their next home game's on Thursday night.

Neil (44:36.878)
It's a bit tough crowd there.

Nick (44:38.752)
We'll see. It might be tough to get people to come out there, but.

Neil (44:43.362)
Why wouldn't they put them on the road that week?

Nick (44:46.39)
I don't know.

Neil (44:48.43)
Like who does the scheduling? Does Dean do the scheduling? I bet Dean does the scheduling. Like hey, let's put the Louisville Kings at home during the three days, two days leading up to Derby. Like no. It doesn't matter. Derby is a popular event around here. People are going to the, you're not doing both. You're not doing both.

Nick (44:48.79)
to be canceled.

Stop. does not need to be scheduling.

Nick (44:57.9)
mean, it's not like it's Oak night or a dirty day.

Nick (45:06.486)
Well, we've been priced out of Thurby. Now we're going to 502's day. We had this tradition. We go to Thurby every year. And now we've been priced out. We're going to 502's day.

Neil (45:15.0)
You haven't been priced out. You're spending more money on 502's day than you did at Derby with your all inclusive.

Nick (45:20.46)
Before you know it, we'll be going three weeks before. Cuz we can't even afford 502sday.

Neil (45:27.885)
You're spending more money on your 502s than you take it because you wanted the free beer and free food or the inclusive food and beer. Otherwise you can go to therapy for cheaper. You can go to therapy for cheaper. You just want the booze.

Nick (45:32.908)
Yeah. Well, I don't care about the food. I don't care about the food.

Yeah, I mean, maybe we'll eat. I don't know.

Neil (45:48.717)
Tough, but it's good.

Nick (45:48.972)
But with the rest of the people at the bar watching the game too.

Neil (45:53.486)
Yeah, people were openly cheering for the Kings. It was kind of fun.

Nick (45:57.259)
Well, get out to a game. It's a good little crowd.

Neil (46:00.685)
I'm boycotting until Dean Blandino is removed from his position. I'm not supporting this league no longer.

Nick (46:05.302)
Well, just only watch the ESPN games, I don't think Dean's on those.

Neil (46:10.36)
But, so who makes the calls on ESPN games?

Nick (46:13.736)
I haven't seen an ESPN broadcast yet. I just said he's, don't think he is. I think he's a Fox guy, but.

Neil (46:15.032)
Dean is...

Neil (46:22.84)
So he's the end-all be-all on Fox broadcast only.

Nick (46:25.126)
Dude, their unis are kind of tight.

Neil (46:29.026)
Yeah. I like it.

Nick (46:30.634)
Like I kind of like the dark green with the neon numbers.

Neil (46:33.358)
You like the different color greens in there?

Nick (46:35.882)
Yeah, do like them. I think they're pretty clean.

Neil (46:38.957)
Okay.

Nick (46:40.372)
And I like to play on the Kings with the King with King Louis the 16th. I like to play on the name. I think they did a good job with it all.

Neil (46:47.008)
And horse racing is the sport of kings.

Nick (46:49.59)
Yeah, I like it. I hope it works. Mike Rapoli was there on Friday night.

Neil (46:55.739)
that's good, then I hope you heard all the boos of all the fans that were pissed off.

Nick (47:00.53)
He did. He definitely did. And I think it might be a reason why that rule gets not changed completely, but adjusted.

Neil (47:01.708)
Good.

Neil (47:08.087)
It needs to be adjusted.

Nick (47:10.388)
Also, what's the big deal to just play another possession, play another play? Just play another play.

Neil (47:16.886)
So how bad is it that there was seven possessions from the five yard line and nobody could score?

Nick (47:22.016)
Well, that's another thing too. Like this is a minor league or these guys is it from five yards like in the NFL, I don't think that would be a problem. But and really only one of them was close.

But if you haven't been out to a Kings game, I recommend it. Been good crowds the last two times, weather was a lot better on Friday, but there was a little rain before, which I think maybe scared some people away, but it was still a really good crowd.

The Reds wore their City Connects, their new City Connects this weekend. The Braves wore their City Connects all three days, but the Reds just wore them on Saturday and they wore their old City Connects on Friday. Overall, there were eight City Connects that have been debuted over the last weekend. I wanna go through all these and I want you to give them either.

Neil (47:55.47)
Yeah.

Nick (48:20.19)
An A, B, a C, a D, or an F?

Neil (48:23.437)
Okay, mean I could rank, I could probably just real quickly easily rank them one through eight if you want me to, but I'll do the grades. No, we can do the grades. I mean, whatever you want to do.

Nick (48:29.792)
Would you rather do that?

Nick (48:33.91)
The Atlanta Braves are rocking a powder blue uniform that was inspired by their 1980s uniforms. Got a little red piping updated Atlanta script. The ATL block, which is the OTBS, that's what that is designed after.

Neil (48:40.463)
Yeah.

Neil (48:50.658)
Okay.

Nick (48:53.432)
I'm gonna let you grade it because I really really like it. Ooh, that is low. That is an A uniform. Yes it is. Those are cool.

Neil (48:56.591)
I'm gonna give it a B- I'll give it a B- I don't hate it.

Neil (49:03.321)
That's not an A uniform. It's not. It's not an A. It's a B minus. It's too similar to like a look that they've already had.

Nick (49:12.392)
It's an inspiration from that.

Neil (49:14.689)
I understand that, but it's just, to me it's also kind of plain. Kind of plain.

Nick (49:19.188)
I love them. I love them. I give them an A.

Baltimore Orioles they threw theirs way back to the 1890s Baltimore baseball club for inspiration for the old-school be on the cap and The uniform design pays tribute to Camden Yards. They have a be more across the chest with a little bird on top of the are green sleeves little What orange piping? What are you giving the Baltimore look?

Neil (49:50.479)
Yeah.

I'm giving it a D. I hate the B more. I just hate the B more. Get out here with B more. Be more creative. That's what, be more creative. Instead of B more.

Nick (50:04.694)
That's the most creative you've ever been on this show.

Neil (50:07.855)
Get out of here with that. So I'm giving it a D.

Nick (50:09.832)
I hate to be more as well. Like, you take that B off and replace it an S, it looks like they're about to eat some s'mores.

Neil (50:18.055)
Get a little marshmallow instead of a burger, get a little marshmallow. I hate colors, yeah.

Nick (50:21.206)
I don't like the colors.

I don't like the font of the numbers. I don't really love the logo of the hat. Would you give it? I'm going F, I hate it. There's nothing about it I like.

Neil (50:31.521)
A D. Okay.

Nick (50:38.72)
The Reds, they've wore their black City Connects, what, the last couple years? And they've still got that same C logo that they utilized on those. It doesn't have the Sensei across the chest. Now it just has the Sensei logo, the C logo with the number.

Neil (50:45.155)
Yep.

Neil (50:57.071)
Yeah.

Nick (50:59.4)
All red, red pants too.

Neil (51:01.401)
Pin, black pinstripe.

Nick (51:03.136)
Black pinstripe, where you going on these?

Neil (51:05.679)
I didn't really love the red pants, the red on red. eh. The jersey itself, the actual reds jersey, I actually think it's really good looking. I mean, they haven't had a red jersey besides their spring training looking things. Their spring training looking reds ones that they wear on Sundays, which they suck. So this one is definitely far better than that. So I'm going, I'm going go A- on this one for the reds. I like the black pinstripe look too.

Nick (51:19.978)
the one they wear all the time.

Nick (51:25.686)
that they were all that they were all.

Nick (51:34.358)
I like them. I'm going to B. I like the black ones better.

Neil (51:43.759)
You like the black? I do like the black. It's close. I don't know. I have the black one and I've already gone and placed my order with Ming Ling and Jenny for the red one. So that'll be arriving to my house here hopefully in about two weeks.

Nick (51:59.467)
What? Bestjerseyoutlets.com

Neil (52:02.414)
with two S's. So we'll see, we'll see if it gets through the straight up hormones, then maybe it'll arrive to my house in two weeks, but I don't know. I'm not holding my breath on it, we'll see.

Nick (52:03.614)
with two and it changes all the time.

Yeah.

Nick (52:13.58)
I don't

Nick (52:17.804)
So do you like the red better than the black, or do like the black better?

Neil (52:21.72)
I like them both the same. I did say I just like the black one little better but the black pinstripe is pretty sweet. I might actually like the red. Now I'm looking at it more. I might like the red one a little bit better. I love them both though.

Nick (52:29.608)
Nick (52:33.909)
It's new, it's shinier. The Royals are rocking their official City of Fountains logo, inspired by a fuchsia to blue gradient that highlights Kansas City's iconic waterways, and a new twist on the R logo pays homage to the team's original 1969 mark. What you give in the Royals?

Neil (52:59.388)
I like the hat. I do like the hat. It's okay. It's just not flashy. I'll give it a C+.

Nick (53:14.668)
Yeah, it wasn't getting higher than a C for me. think they're clean. Like, I don't hate them. I don't love the logo. I don't love the gradient.

Neil (53:17.881)
Yeah.

Neil (53:27.566)
I like the hat logo though. I do like the hat.

Nick (53:29.472)
I don't love it. I don't love it. Like if I don't, if I'm a Royals fan, I don't want to buy that. I'm going C-. The more I look at it, the less I like it.

Neil (53:34.106)
Okay.

Neil (53:39.31)
I like their other city connect with the KC, with the fountain, like the KC looking like the fountain. I like that more than these.

Nick (53:48.161)
The Brewers honoring the Brew Crew's role not just as Milwaukee's team but as Wisconsin's team, a water-toned bass and cream accent evoke the Badger State's lakes, shores, and bluffs. And the gradient wordmark is inspired by the state's beautiful summer sunsets. The Wisco lettering on the chest, the state motto on the collar, and a redesigned barrelman sleeve patch. What do you think about the Brew Crews?

Neil (54:16.174)
It's absolutely trash. F minus, F minus, about as low of a grade as you can give this piece of junk. It looks like a minor league baseball team from like some podunk town of who knows where.

Nick (54:26.732)
Well, it looks... I mean, when I look at it, I see Frisco. Frisco, yeah.

Neil (54:30.884)
They- yes. First of all, we're calling ourselves Wisco. Terrible.

Nick (54:35.242)
I've never and look, I don't live in Wisconsin. I've never heard Wisconsin called whiskey.

Neil (54:38.72)
Never heard of it. Never heard of it called Wisco. It looks awful. There's not even any cool logo on it or anything. It just says Wisco.

Nick (54:44.652)
Well there is, that cool logo on the sleeve. The barrel man. It's supposed to be the barrel man or something. I don't know.

Neil (54:47.93)
What's the sleep? I haven't seen the sleep. But the front of it looks like trash. The hat is trash. Wisco, get out of here. F minus. Looks like a minor league team.

Nick (54:58.294)
See, I don't like this one, but it's not as bad as Baltimore.

Neil (55:02.744)
I don't know Baltimore is better. Baltimore is definitely.

Nick (55:04.396)
I'll go D on this one.

The pirate-style wordmark on the chest draws inspiration from the city's three sister bridges across the Allegheny River, while red accents and jolly Roger elements bring a splash of color to the black and gold backbone that is elemental to a Pittsburgh sports tradition.

Nick (55:29.708)
What you got?

Neil (55:31.012)
I give it an A. I love them. I love the font on them. They stayed true to their black and gold color scheme. Love the hat with the pirate. I'm sure they have a name for their pirate. But Pirate Pete or whatever his name is on the hat. Looks great. Yeah, I'm going A. I'm going A on this one.

Nick (55:50.455)
I'd go B+. I like them. I don't love the mustard hat. I think that's the only thing that's keeping it from being an A. Like, I don't want to rock a mustard hat.

Neil (55:53.605)
Yeah.

Neil (56:01.379)
I'd rather you rock a mustard hat than a mustard jersey though.

Nick (56:05.106)
I agree. That's just when your colors are black and gold, it just makes it tough. But you do remember like back in the seventies when the pirates wore the all gold, like they had the gold jerseys and the gold's pinstripe hats. Like, I don't know if it's just cause they're iconic, but I mean, I wouldn't wear them, but.

Neil (56:09.796)
Yeah, I mean, I don't mind it.

Neil (56:18.222)
Yeah.

Nick (56:26.115)
The Padres celebrate in San Diego's bi-national culture with a focus on Dia de los Muertos. The design features a chest wordmark reflective of a sunset, an LA Katrina sleeve patch, marigold patterned trim, bone-colored hat and pants, and a nod to Mexican folklore.

Neil (56:51.749)
Yeah.

Nick (56:53.12)
the Podgers team that went to the World Series in 98.

Neil (56:57.69)
These might be my favorite. These actually probably are my favorite. I'm going A on these. Love the white, the bone color hat. Love the color scheme, the navyish blue with the orange, of like you said, like the late 90s. Reminds you Tony Gwyn and the team that went to that World Series. Yeah, love the colors. Fits well. It all runs together well. Give me that one. That's an A. That's an A for me.

Nick (57:21.996)
I think I'm going B on these. love the patch on the sleeve. I do like the hat. I think the reason I'm, it's kind of astro-y to me on the piping. Like with those, there's old, how do you explain that? The one where they're famous ones or everybody copies where, yeah, the rainbow look, it kind of reminds me of that. But I like them overall.

Neil (57:35.576)
Mmm.

Neil (57:41.69)
The rainbow looking one.

Neil (57:47.214)
I like the font. I love the font. The San Diego font.

Nick (57:51.723)
Raghav Mabek.

And then the final one, the Rangers also celebrate Mexican heritage near the border with red anchors and a Tejas wordmark across the chest, as well as a Charo embossed belt and mariachas inspired fill patterns.

What you got?

Neil (58:09.84)
No. F. It just wasn't, it doesn't look like much was put into it. They just changed Texas to Tejas and it's just a plain red jersey. No creativity on it. The Texas hat, hat's just red with the normal Ranger tee it looks like. It's just not very creative to me. I don't know. It just looks plain. I'm off it. I think.

Nick (58:27.52)
Ed.

F- F- like I could have like I could have done this in five seconds on Photoshop Like it's one color. It's one color All I have to do is go into Photoshop take your what you wear now Paint, paint bucket everything red Cut the X out to take a J and I've made your uniform in five minutes

Neil (58:34.224)
Like the second worst. Yeah. Yeah, that's what it looks like. It's one color. It's all one color.

Neil (58:48.889)
Yeah.

Neil (58:54.832)
That's exactly what it looks like. You're right.

Nick (58:57.238)
I've made your uniform in five minutes.

Neil (58:59.792)
If it wasn't for stupid Wisco, they would be the worst, but I still can't get over the Wisco. both of those are Fs. Terrible. Terrible uniform.

Nick (59:11.19)
So overall, your favorite is the Padres. And I'm biased, but mine is the Braves.

Neil (59:14.479)
Yum.

Nick (59:20.134)
The braids do have good looking uniforms.

Neil (59:20.272)
for showing.

I would put the Braves at fourth overall. I'm going Padres, Pirates, Reds, Braves, Royals, Orioles, Rangers, and Wisco.

Nick (59:25.292)
us as.

Nick (59:35.636)
you're going Wisco below the Rangers. Wow. Wow. You really hate those Wisconsin Brewers.

Neil (59:43.248)
I'm not calling anybody Wisco. This is ridiculous.

Nick (59:47.149)
We're getting close to NBA playoffs. I've talked to you about it. I think I've watched fewer NBA games than probably I have in my entire life. Now I will watch it now that we're in the playoffs. But a big reason why we're not watching is because the stars don't always play.

Neil (59:57.732)
Same.

Neil (01:00:01.604)
Yeah.

Nick (01:00:14.512)
and Like ABC ESPN NBC they pay all this money for these these games, right and they put the percentages of like how many times like everybody plays and Like ABC is like 43 % ESPN is 29 % NBC's 34 % like these are all way less than 50 % So your stars are rarely playing Which is a problem and then they institute this rule

Neil (01:00:40.368)
That is a problem.

Nick (01:00:42.86)
where you gotta play 65 games in a season to be eligible for postseason awards.

which eliminates Luka Doncic, Cade Cunningham, Devin Booker, LeBron James, and I can go on and on.

Neil (01:00:59.312)
So what's the percentage, there's like 80, NBA games, is that right? So what is that, about 75 %?

Nick (01:01:02.166)
They play 82 games.

Nick (01:01:09.078)
So the thing with the 65 game rule is, like I said, Luke is ineligible, Kay Cunningham, Devin Booker, but Victor Wimbiana is eligible.

Luka Doncic has played 2,289 minutes. Cade Cunningham has played 2,172 minutes. Devin Booker has played 2,146 minutes. Victor Buenvenena has played 1,866 minutes. So he's played, what, 300 less minutes than Luka Doncic, more than that. But he's eligible because he hit the 65 game mark.

Neil (01:01:47.876)
you like playing like a minute a game sometimes? what, how's that possible?

Nick (01:01:51.868)
think that he a lot of games where he comes out in the second half.

Nick (01:01:57.696)
I don't know, the NBA's got a, they got a problem.

Neil (01:02:01.968)
They do have a problem. They've got the tanking issue is a problem. I don't hate the rule. I'm actually, the more I think about it, I kind of like the game rule instead of the minute rule because if you want fans to show up to games, you want your stars to play in every game. Even if they're playing a half a game or whatever it is. If they're not playing the full 48 minutes, at least they're playing. So if you want to sell tickets, you need your stars playing. So the number of games actually to me kind of does make more sense. I don't hate the rule.

I mean, it makes a lot of sense to me.

Nick (01:02:34.7)
But did you see the numbers like the minutes should matter too Like what there shouldn't be a minimum like if you play 65 games like Lucas legitimately had a hamstring injury And he's been he's leading the league in scoring But he's ineligible because he did hit 65. He doesn't make it it makes no sense Like he actually was hurt

Neil (01:02:37.528)
I'm just... yeah. I it should... yeah, it should...

Neil (01:02:58.0)
Tell them to apply for a waiver. Tell them to apply for an MVP waiver. Let it go up for the board and maybe they'll...

Nick (01:03:01.568)
And I don't care who wins the MVP. It affects me zero. I could care less. But it's a dumb rule. It's a dumb rule.

Neil (01:03:08.867)
It's not as dumb as you make it seem.

Nick (01:03:14.22)
Like why is there a specific number?

Neil (01:03:14.382)
You want fans to show up? You just said the least amount of games you've probably watched. I guarantee you the attendance, I don't know for sure, but I'm almost willing to bet the attendance is probably down.

Nick (01:03:27.756)
I don't know, but I would imagine it is too.

Neil (01:03:30.308)
Like, you can't, your stars have to play. Your stars have to play, but if they're not playing, then they shouldn't be eligible for awards.

Nick (01:03:34.444)
Well, they're not.

Neil (01:03:40.612)
I mean, it's 75 % of your games. You should be able to make that, unless you're you're legit hurt hurt.

Nick (01:03:44.172)
Can we also talk about how stupid this play in game stuff is?

that they've been doing for several years now and it's the Miami Heat annual game because they're in it every single year. they're not playing the Bulls this year because it's normally the Heat in the Bulls.

Neil (01:03:58.691)
I like the Hornets are always in there too.

I feel like the Hornets have been in it multiple times as well.

Nick (01:04:07.018)
The Golden State Warriors are in the playoffs, in the play-in game. They are eight games under 500.

Neil (01:04:14.352)
You

Nick (01:04:15.38)
And look, they've dealt with injuries too.

But the playing game is stupid.

Neil (01:04:22.224)
It's what, the 9 seed plays the 10, loser goes home, winner goes to another playing game to play the loser of the 7 versus 8.

Nick (01:04:26.518)
Yeah, the 7th is the 8th. Yeah.

Neil (01:04:33.762)
I have one playing game, you don't need three. Or zero, I agree. What was the point, why did we go to this? Why did we do this?

Nick (01:04:36.596)
Or have zero, just have 18. Another TV game, baseball did it, so the NBA was like, we're gonna do it.

Neil (01:04:48.452)
Baseball didn't do it. just have a wild card round. It's the best two out of three.

Nick (01:04:50.764)
They've with that stupid one-game wildcard forever!

Neil (01:04:53.776)
Yeah, but they did away with that.

Nick (01:04:55.574)
Well, they're trying to replicate it. They thought it, they loved it. They thought it was a great idea.

Neil (01:04:57.626)
What?

They did away with that though. It was ignorant. I agree it was ignorant.

Nick (01:05:02.25)
Yeah, because it was ignorant.

Like there was one year where the Braves were like 10 games clear of the Cardinals for the final spot. Then all of sudden you get a super turbo boost and now you're tied and you just got to beat them one game. And then they had an infield flag. Yeah, and then they had an infield flag called the outfield. It's the stupidest thing ever.

Neil (01:05:17.85)
Was that the, wait, was that the infield fly rule?

Neil (01:05:27.108)
It is done.

Nick (01:05:29.452)
I don't know. Will I watch more NBA playoffs? But I'll probably tune in if it's close at the end. I'll probably watch it.

Neil (01:05:39.728)
I mean I was way more interested last year because the Pacers were on a roll.

Nick (01:05:43.948)
Well, they ain't on a roll this year.

Neil (01:05:47.31)
Yeah, the NBA does have a problem. And I don't know what the solution is, but they got a problem.

Nick (01:05:51.424)
I do think people will tune in for the playoffs, but the regular season has just...

Neil (01:05:57.082)
Shorten the season.

Nick (01:06:00.149)
I think they should.

Neil (01:06:02.256)
Like, we don't need Eastern and Western Conference teams playing each other twice. Just flip-flop. Like, if the Bulls play the Lakers in LA, like if the Bulls play the Lakers in LA one season, the Lakers go play the Bulls in the next season.

Nick (01:06:09.292)
The problem, like the problem with all that stuff is...

Nick (01:06:16.256)
The problem with shortening seasons, and this is in all sports, then your records just become, everything gets messed up. And maybe that's not that big a deal to some people, but to some people it is. Like they've talked about baseball reducing games and then it's just, there's a lot of history to these sports and they've always been played with 162 and with 82 games.

Neil (01:06:39.216)
So what was the difference in the 90s compared to today when the NBA was at an all time high, I feel like.

Nick (01:06:46.444)
Michael Jordan?

Neil (01:06:48.686)
Yeah, like, Lebron James is just as popular as Michael Jordan.

Nick (01:06:52.128)
They also, they weren't taking off games because they're tired.

Neil (01:06:56.09)
So that's what the root of the issue is, is they're soft. Players are soft.

Nick (01:06:59.072)
I think a lot of it is, yeah. If you ask Charles Barkley on their NBA pregame, yeah, that's what he would tell you. They're soft. And look, you get paid a lot of money to play ball.

So you should play. Now look, if you're up 30 points in the fourth quarter, do I expect you to stay in the whole game? No. But you should play a good 20, 30 minutes. a lot, the seats are not cheap. They're coming to see you. I gave you those percentages. Like a percentage of all the stars playing in games is almost all, they're all below 50%. So you buy a ticket, there's a very good chance that one of the stars that you're going to watch is not going to be suited up.

And that's a huge problem.

Neil (01:07:43.204)
Yeah, and people are gonna stop buying tickets and they're gonna stop going.

Nick (01:07:46.902)
Like it's more, it's, it's like, don't feel like it's a problem in baseball. If baseball plays double the games.

Neil (01:07:53.444)
So pay these guys by the game.

Cut into their salary, their yearly salary.

Nick (01:08:00.459)
You shouldn't have to do that. You should feel an obligation to play.

Neil (01:08:03.585)
I agree with you, but like you gotta somehow force these guys because they're soft, they're mentally they're soft. Gotta force these guys to play? Why you gonna do it?

Nick (01:08:12.438)
I don't know. Well, that's what they try to do. 65 game rule. And nobody cares. Nobody cares.

Neil (01:08:17.808)
But I don't think a lot of these guys care. Nobody cares. Nobody cares about being second team all NBA or whatever it is.

Nick (01:08:23.276)
It's also a stupid, stupid rule too.

Neil (01:08:28.694)
I dunno.

Nick (01:08:28.748)
But it's got I miss like in the NBA and look if the Bulls were good I'd probably still be watching it, but they suck and they traded every player they have And I'm glad because I don't I'm sick of watching them playing the playing game. You can lose into the heat every single year Hey and look if the Blazers make the so the Blazers right now are the eight seed on the west side If they figure out a way to get in even though they're eight should already be in if they figure out a way to get in then the Bulls get their draft pick so

Let's go Blazers!

Nick (01:09:04.214)
Joe gave us a what would Joe do?

Neil (01:09:06.628)
He did? Yeah. Okay.

Nick (01:09:10.284)
We're gonna close the show on this. Without college football, without NFL, without college basketball, was like, dude, how long is our show? Is it gonna be like 20 minutes? How are we gonna have someone to talk about? How are we gonna have someone to talk about?

Neil (01:09:12.058)
Okay.

Neil (01:09:19.045)
I mean, we're already over an hour, so we're at an hour and nine minutes. Yeah.

Nick (01:09:24.946)
we doing all right. All right, here's your what would Joe do. Never play sports again, which for some reason in parentheses it says golf and pickleball included. I would assume they are sports that they would be included. Or never drink alcohol again.

Nick (01:09:44.928)
What are you picking?

Neil (01:09:46.159)
Yeah, to me this is an easy one. It sucks, but it's an easy one. Because I love both things. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love a nice cold Coors Light or a little bourbon on the rocks or, you know, sipping on little gin and tonic in the summertime by the pool.

But I'm not giving up sports. Like, you give up the booze before you give up physical activity. Mainly because of your own personal health and you want to live longer. But also, I would rather play golf than suck down a core's light. Even though they go hand in hand, but you gotta stay active. You gotta play sports. What do you think?

Nick (01:10:08.108)
Well.

Nick (01:10:23.584)
I mean, I can't go against you. look, I love a beer just as much as you do.

but I just look at the benefits of this.

Dude, I would be healthy. Like super, super healthy if this was, if this was the case. And if I went the other way, I would be so not healthy. If I had no physical activity, cause like, like I'll do my little 30 minute exercise, but.

Neil (01:10:39.461)
Yeah.

Yeah.

Nick (01:10:58.284)
I need more than that. And to do that, I need something to play, something to motivate me. Because I'm not just going to go start hiking. It's not going to happen. I'm not going to go start running minis. That ain't happen. So as hard as it would be to give up the Bud Lights.

Neil (01:11:09.37)
Yeah

Neil (01:11:22.097)
It's the right ace. It's the right ace.

Nick (01:11:22.102)
They're gone and it is the right answer. And honestly, if you're picking the never play sports again, I'm worried about you.

Neil (01:11:33.003)
Yeah, I'm gonna be a little concerned as well.

Nick (01:11:38.358)
But I mean, there's times where I don't have a drink of alcohol for two weeks and I'm like, damn, I feel pretty good.

Neil (01:11:41.263)
I mean, there are people.

There are, but there are people out there that don't enjoy sports, don't play golf and they enjoy other hobbies and you know, they might suck down a couple Coors lights and they're not giving that up. I can see there being some people that go the other way, but I'm not one of those people.

Nick (01:12:02.646)
Yeah, I I want to try to argue with you on these, but I can't argue with this one.

Neil (01:12:12.847)
But luckily, we live in a world where we don't have to make those choices.

Nick (01:12:16.544)
But in the What's With Joe world, sometimes you gotta make tough choices. And luckily, it's a fake world.

Neil (01:12:22.991)
we can still enjoy our Coors lights and play golf at the same time.

Nick (01:12:27.838)
And let me tell you, one of the bigger joys in life.

Neil (01:12:30.937)
It's a great combo.

Nick (01:12:32.886)
Let's start off a little transfusion.

Neil (01:12:36.315)
Yes.

Nick (01:12:36.822)
then get it rolling and then, yeah.

Neil (01:12:41.765)
I mean, how many shows have we done? So in the 40 shows, and it's always a common question in a good debate, have we ever ranked the type of, did we ever rank the type of beers?

Nick (01:12:42.4)
Uh, this is 40, bro.

Neil (01:12:55.387)
Like a golf course beer, a lake beer.

Nick (01:12:55.454)
I would... No, we're already at 112. We probably can save that for another show.

Neil (01:13:00.175)
No, I'm not saying we're doing it today, but I didn't remember if we've ever done that because we were talking about...

Nick (01:13:03.116)
I don't think we have done it. We also were gonna rank Girl Scout cookies and eat them live on the show. We never did that.

Neil (01:13:11.5)
Yeah, I forgot about that one.

Nick (01:13:11.69)
We never did that. Yeah. My niece was eating some thin minutes yesterday. I was like, it made me think about it. was like, damn. Put them in the freezer.

Neil (01:13:18.159)
I love a good ThinMit, big ThinMit fan. It's where they are right now. Exactly where they are right now.

Nick (01:13:23.628)
Put them in the freezer.

But no, was, yup. And then good night at the L &N Federal Credit Union Stadium on Saturday night for the Zybron concert. Dude, let me tell you.

Neil (01:13:35.781)
That was blast. Blast.

Nick (01:13:40.032)
That place was good. That crowd was really good.

Neil (01:13:44.121)
Rocking. He puts on a good show.

Nick (01:13:48.632)
I'm not the hugest. I know some of his songs, but I don't know all of them. But it was a good show. Huh? Yeah, it was a good show. When he played something... Who was that?

Neil (01:13:52.357)
I'm a huge fan. Yeah. I'm a huge fan. You know who didn't show up? You know who didn't show up? Carl.

Nick (01:14:02.391)
Explain it.

Neil (01:14:03.95)
I do. What a terrible life the guy lives.

Nick (01:14:06.508)
It's not even on his radar. Like I texted him, was like, I thought he was already going because I just assumed he was going. He always goes to Zach Brian. So when I decided to go because there were $50 tickets, I'm like, bro, you already going? He's like, no. I was like, oh, I can get $50 tickets. It's not even on my radar. I was like, dude, I even, I can't.

Neil (01:14:12.272)
He loves me. Yes.

Neil (01:14:26.862)
And his family was out of town, he was solo Carl. He could have gone.

Nick (01:14:29.748)
I just don't even understand it.

and then juice did the same damn thing? I have no interest, none interest, zero interest. Two days later after the sale is over. can I still get those tickets?

Neil (01:14:34.054)
These become a shame.

Neil (01:14:43.708)
He was busy making an eight hour crock pot ham and apples or something. Pork and apples.

Nick (01:14:49.29)
Look, also, I have a hard enough time understanding my life. I need to quit trying to understand others because I'm never going to figure it out.

Neil (01:14:56.498)
Well, good luck trying to figure those two's lives out because they don't really make any sense at sometimes.

Nick (01:15:01.388)
What are we gonna talk about next week? We don't have Masters, we got the RBC Heritage.

Neil (01:15:06.534)
We do. No, we got NBA playoffs will be in full swing. How are your Bay Lightning doing? How are your Tampa Bay, since you're now a reborn hockey fan after the Olympics, how are the Tampa Bay Lightning doing? Playoffs, well, the playoffs are coming in for hockey. I think that starts this week.

Nick (01:15:11.52)
Yeah, because we just talked about how much we were experts on the MBA.

Nick (01:15:20.266)
Well, record since I became a full-fledged fan has not been great, but.

Yeah, we still got a chance to be the one seed. They're like two points out of first, so they probably won't be the one seed.

Neil (01:15:30.245)
Okay.

Nick (01:15:38.39)
But I've caught a lot of slack from Carl, because I've became a Lightning fan and they have not been great in the second half of season. But hey, this is where it all matters right here. And I'm gonna try to watch every game. I've been watching some games.

Neil (01:15:55.92)
There you go, you can give us a run down of the NHL playoffs next week.

Nick (01:15:59.425)
Yeah, because I know so much about it. But it is like NBA and NHL playoffs happening at the same time. Gives you something to watch every night. I guess it's exciting.

Neil (01:16:11.398)
But, wait, we didn't touch on one thing, one big sports thing that's happening tonight, WNBA draft.

was an easy fud going number one overall to the Dallas wings. Reunites with teammate and partner, the page backers.

Nick (01:16:21.504)
Yep. Yep.

Nick (01:16:29.226)
I don't, I just think it's a little, I think there could be some issues there.

Neil (01:16:33.596)
Better hope that they don't break up. If they break up, then there might be some issues on the team.

Nick (01:16:34.934)
That's all I'm gonna say. That's all I'm gonna say. I think I may have avoided that if I was the Dallas Winks. But I'm sure they were getting a lot of pressure. Congrats.

Neil (01:16:45.446)
But it also maybe, but it also could work out in the favor because now that they're reunited, maybe they'll be a happier couple and they don't have to do long distance anymore. So maybe, you know, they're a happier couple which equals better basketball.

Nick (01:16:53.718)
Yeah, yeah, because the majority of long distance couples, once they reunite and get together, it's normally successful.

Neil (01:17:02.802)
I have no idea, Alex, I don't. Maybe.

Nick (01:17:04.876)
I don't know either, I just, yeah, I don't know. It's just, I'm sure it's happened before in the WNBA where there's been two players on a team that have been together, but this is by far the most publicized it's been. And I don't know. I just think you're opening the door for a little extra drama there. So we'll see how it works out. Now they got, they got some talent. You got those two, you still got a Rike?

Neil (01:17:10.14)
Be interesting to

Neil (01:17:33.286)
Yeah. They got some players. How did they have the number one overall pick?

Nick (01:17:34.315)
They got some players.

Well, it'll be interesting. I don't know how it worked. No, they didn't make the playoffs last year.

Neil (01:17:41.074)
Really that bad last year?

Hey. Okay? Okay?

Nick (01:17:46.445)
They didn't make it to Wells. And then Olivia Miles went too to Minnesota and Lauren Betts went four to Washington. And then Gabriella Vasquez went five to Chicago. And after that, I don't know.

Neil (01:18:01.427)
think UCLA was projected to have six draft picks, which would set a record for, a program record for most WNBA draft picks in one night, surpassing South Carolina's five.

Nick (01:18:11.252)
I'll see you next time.

Dude, I love Gabby Vasquez's game. Love it. All the four people that hung on to the one hour and 14 minute mark, they're like, yeah, I'm out now. You just talked to a BNBA for five minutes.

Neil (01:18:18.066)
Her brother was good too.

Neil (01:18:30.643)
We're an equal opportunity podcast here.

Nick (01:18:35.702)
We are, we are, we are. And look, they're getting paid a little more money now.

Neil (01:18:43.377)
They've crossed the million dollar threshold. Good for them.

Nick (01:18:45.654)
They have, they have.

Alright, think that's enough. That's all I got. Unless you want to start talking NWSL or any other...

Neil (01:18:55.535)
Nah, I'm ready to go eat a frozen Girl Scout cookie.

Nick (01:18:59.756)
You know what I'm gonna do I went over to the peeps house yesterday the parents house watch the Masters with dad grilled out some burgers Mom mom gave me some homemade chocolate chip cookies So that they they're about to get crushed There we go. So Reminder

Neil (01:19:01.819)
Same thing.

Neil (01:19:10.237)
You go now.

There you go now.

What if you had to give up mom's chocolate chip cookies or golf? What if had to give up mom's chocolate chip cookies or golf?

Nick (01:19:19.702)
Do what? god.

Neil (01:19:24.817)
I'll let you sleep on that one. Go taste those cookies and then you let me know next week what you think. Don't tell mom. Don't tell mom. Don't tell mom.

Nick (01:19:26.57)
Yeah, I think I know the answer but I'm gonna sleep If you're watching live or catching later make sure you subscribe to the height differential how to use the pods apple music spotify youtube Amazon rate leave review follow us on social at height differential for the 6 6 deal I'm the 410 nick. We will talk to you again next week