Playoff Night Whiplash

Recorded May 3rd, 2026

A 23 to 1 Kentucky Derby winner, a wire-to-wire PGA Tour takeover at Doral, and playoff hockey that makes you question reality, we had all of it on the screen at once and we talked through every twist. We’re Graham Cohen and Scott Wasco, and our Sunday-night recap turns into the kind of sports conversation you’d have at the bar or in the group chat, only with the mics on and the bets, grievances, and big takes fully logged.

We break down Cam Young’s statement win and the moment that says a lot about a player: calling a penalty on himself and still making par under pressure. Then we look at Rickie Fowler’s momentum, the world ranking math behind major championship spots, and why Quail Hollow always changes how we think about form, course fit, and outright bets. If you’re into PGA Tour storylines, golf betting angles, and the lead-up to the next major, you’ll feel right at home.

From there it’s Stanley Cup playoffs and NBA playoffs chaos. We hit the shockers, the goalie conversations, the “shots on goal” stat debate, and the emotional swings that only playoff hockey delivers. We also map the NBA bracket, talk injuries, depth, and which matchups feel real versus inflated by regular-season narratives. We wrap with NFL Draft reactions, roster-building reality checks, and the schedule release anticipation that makes every fan base start dreaming.

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Transcript

Opening Banter And Birthday Toast

Graham 0:00

Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the Bench podcast with your hosts Graham Cohen and Scott Wasco.

Scott 0:14

What's up everyone and welcome back to the Bald Guys on the Bench. It's Sunday night. We just had a game seven. Montreal and Tampa. We had game seven in the NBA. What was the first game? Oh, Detroit and Orlando. Hey Orlando. Thanks for scoring more than 19 points in the second half today. But anyhow, Graham, what's going on, dude? I had to throw that out because I'm pretty sure, I'm pretty sure me, you, and Grammar Police, and then two players in the NBA could score more than 19 points.

Graham 0:51

I mean, crazy game that was. Oh my God. Scott, super excited to get this episode started. Hey, we can almost say this is a little birthday extravaganza because your boys turn up 43 tomorrow, baby. Let's go.

Scott 1:05

So basically, what he's saying is when he releases it, it's gonna be his birthday.

Graham 1:10

Yes. Yes, exactly.

Scott 1:13

With that being said, let's grab one and let's crack one for your birthday.

Graham 1:18

Let's go.

Scott 1:21

Let's do it. Oh yeah. Uh oh my gosh, come on, Minnesota. Uh, as we're recording right now, Minnesota, Colorado game one. Uh we're not even gonna get into the hockey shit yet because I don't even I'm not ready. What happened was your boy was up until two o'clock the other night in double overtime, and I'm still paying the price for it. Uh, but anyhow, Graham, how was your weekend?

Graham 1:50

Weekend was good. Uh what what what what we have doing? Yeah, just basically worked in the morning the last two days, uh, and then spent the evenings watching playoffs. Exciting. Pretty much it. What about you? Yeah.

Scott 2:07

Uh I was off Saturday and Sunday. You know, didn't do much. Watched my nights clinched Friday night. Watched that joke of a basketball game the other day with 19 points that you talked me out of betting on the pistons. Um, the front door. Pistons are down 22 at halftime. They're plus 950 money line. They're minus six and a half in the second half. And I let you talk me out of it. I'm just kidding. You were telling me, I mean, you kind of did, but you you helped me not place the bet.

Graham 2:42

I I held your hand and was just like, all right, you know, maybe you don't want to do it.

Scott 2:46

And I'm like, dude, they're not gonna be the worst number one seed in the history of the NBA losing, are they?

Graham 2:53

Uh I mean, they would have been they almost were. Yeah. Dude, they were down 3-1. Yeah. And I think they would have been the ninth team to the ninth one seed to lose in NBA history if it would have happened. Wow. Oh, Minnesota's about to score right now. Tired up.

Kentucky Derby Chaos And Upset

Scott 3:10

Dang it. Nope. Uh anyhow, weekend was good, dude. Just hung out, watched a bunch of golf, watched. It was funny, took a little Saturday afternoon nap and literally woke up right in time for the horses to approach the starting gate for the Kentucky Derby.

Graham 3:32

Dude, you're unbelievable.

Scott 3:34

I was like, dude, you've never been to Del Mar. That's the best part of the whole thing. When he's like the horse is approaching the starting gate. Dude, it's amazing. You're welcome.

Graham 3:45

I've been to Del Mar. I've been there.

Scott 3:47

No, you have.

Graham 3:48

I swear to God, been there twice.

Scott 3:51

Oh, okay. But anyhow, amazing Kentucky Derby. Dude, it was really weird as they're getting in the starting gates. The one horse like got spooked, dumped his jockey off, fell on his back. I mean, can we call it like the NBA? Like the dude was gonna be terrible and decided to flop. I mean, what happened?

Graham 4:12

What the front of the thing was. I mean, I was listening to someone earlier today when uh uh I was at the bar working and I was serving these guys, and they were they were talking about the Derby, and they said that horse specifically was the biggest horse ever to race in the race. And then he like after he fell, he basically deqed himself, or not DQ'd, but like he didn't know.

Scott 4:34

I mean, there were there were all these vets around, and I'm listening to them talk about it, but they couldn't clear him fast enough. Yeah, you know, dude, the jockey's lucky he didn't get hurt.

Graham 4:46

How pissed is the trainer of the horse? Well, and the owner, yeah. Screw the trainer, how pissed is the owner?

Scott 4:54

The trainer's still getting paid. Dude, uh whatever. And you know the funny thing about it, the horse that won Golden Tempo, right? Was the name of the horse. Yeah. 23 to 1. I was reading something like the horse is never finished anywhere but last. That's insane. Races last. Say that again. Last. Okay. Do you believe in miracles? Dude, and then you know, when it happens, I mean, I'm watching it and I'm just like, this horse is like dead last on the home stretch, and I'm just going, Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. Wins, beats his brother, dude. The jockey for the second place horses his brother. That's awesome. Can I just go out there and say these Ortiz brothers, like this goes back to when I went to Del Mar races? All they do is win. Can we just stop betting on horses and just bet on jockeys? Yeah, I mean, that's usually how it works. Dude, but I don't know, man. First woman trainer to ever win the Kentucky Derby, that's pretty sick.

Graham 6:06

That's pretty impressive. Especially considering how long that the Derby's been going on. Do you realize how long it's been going on for?

Scott 6:14

A long stop.

Graham 6:17

Yeah, it was like 150 something years.

Scott 6:21

What? Wow, here we are. Six minutes in, Andy. You're welcome. Not as not as good as last week when I did it two weeks in, but anyhow. Yeah. It's one of those things I'd love to go to. It's a spectacle. Yeah. I love going to Del Mar. Opening Day at Del Mar. I went once, and it's the same deal, you know, the hats and who's who and San Diego's there. But the Derby, you know, it's definitely another who's who. All the hats.

Graham 6:52

The Derby is a classier version of the Phoenix Open. Don't even. I mean, it's a people watcher. All the girls out there with their sundresses and the hats. What's I mean? Am I wrong?

Scott 7:11

I don't know. I don't even know what I don't know. You caught you caught me off guard right there. Like the Phoenix Open is like the trashiest. It's not trashy.

Graham 7:24

No, there's there's look, you can find trashy elements and you know, at a lot of things. I okay. I get what you're saying. I'm just saying, like, fundamentally, there's a lot of the same types of things that are going on at the There's nobody fighting at the Kentucky Derby. No, but there's a lot of people drunk passed out.

Scott 7:47

And I call those morons because you know how expensive tickets are.

Graham 7:50

Yeah, I fair. Okay. It's not that okay. It's not the same, but there's no similar characteristics, is what I would say. Can we just leave it at that?

Scott 8:01

We'll leave it at that. Alright. I guess.

Graham 8:08

Alright, fine. Or not. They're completely different. Whatever.

PGA Tour Returns To Doral

Scott 8:12

Yeah, same but different. We'll just say that. Too many crickets. Uh anyhow, let's jump into our sport, you know, little G. Cadillac back at Durral. First time the tour's been back at Durral for I think like 10 years or something like that. Dude, courses are been redone, and you know, it's a bomber's golf course. You gotta hit golf shots, gotta hit it straight, and guess who steps up? Oh. Your boy's man crush. Cam young. Dude, wire to wire. Okay, the guy was in Fuego. That's all I can say. Uh the guy, dude, we've talked about it a lot on this show. Last year, when he played in the Ryder Cup, he found something, dude. He found confidence, he found I don't know, but the dude closed it out at where? At Sawgrass. You close it out at Sawgrass, you can obviously hit some shots.

Graham 9:19

Uh, you know, uh, I mean, that's uh that's pretty good.

Scott 9:25

Dude, with a six-shot lead, okay, going into today, he calls a penalty on himself on the second hole. Wow on the par five. Bomb drive, he's he's going, puts his club behind the ball, the ball moves. He calls a penalty on himself, and hits his second shot, makes par. But that's how everybody, the announcers are like, oh my god, is he gonna get rattled because of this penalty? He stepped right up, stuffed it, made par with a penalty shot. That's insane. The guy is, dude, I don't know, man. I just love it. I love his golf wing. We've talked about it enough. Uh I don't know. And then Scotty, dude, third runner-up finish in a row, Augusta, Harbor Town, and now here. He's not bad. I mean, Cam Young becomes the third person on in the history of the tour to win the players in at DRAW. I'm pretty sure you can name one of them. Well, two of them, Cam and who else? Come on, you gotta put this guy in everything. Well, I mean the person I said you have to put his name in everything. Oh, Rory. What are we smack yourself right in the face. Do it. Thank you. Tiger and I mean, I don't even know. Whatever. Cam Young became the third person to win at the players and at Durrell in the same year. Tiger, him, and Steve Elkington. Wow, big boy Steve.

Graham 11:24

Wow.

Scott 11:24

Good old Stevie. But uh, dude, I don't know, man. I'm just gonna go out on a limb. And like I told you the other night, the day after he won at the players, which your boy won on him in the players, I bet him on the PGA. I think I said it on the podcast.

Graham 11:41

You did.

Fowler Momentum And US Open Race

Scott 11:41

He's gonna win the PGA because his dad's a PGA member. I got him back then at like 28 to 1. And look at it now, it's like 14. Wouldn't surprise me if he won it. Am I saying he's going to? No. But what I am gonna go out and say is we're heading to Quail Hollow this week, another signature event. The truest. Uh go ahead and place your bets on our boy Fowler. Top five. Wow. Home of his first win when he uh beat Rory in I forget DA points in a playoff. Uh T9 finished this week, dude. For our boy. At the end of the event, projected to be 30th in FedEx cup points. Wow. Let's go. Let's go. That's a huge jump. Uh yeah. Go in. Listen to this. This is a stat of all stats. Going into this week. So I was listening to Nance. They were talking about Adam Scott and his world ranking, right? To get in the US Open. Yeah. Because he's not exempt yet for the US Open. Well, top 60 in the world as of May 18th, get into the US Open.

Graham 12:57

Alright.

Scott 12:58

As of May 18th, so after the PGA, basically. Fowler was 54th heading into this week. T9, moving on up, right? Uh you want to hear the craziest thing? Yeah. A year ago, today, Fowler was ranked 122nd. Damn. That's how good our boy's been playing. I ain't mad at it. Let's go. Yeah. Let's go. Yeah. I also already bet him to win next week. Hey.

Graham 13:38

Hey. He's got to hit one of these weeks, bro. Dude, and this is a course he's played well at. Yeah. So. Well, I mean, him finishing up this last round pretty nice is definitely going to help that momentum going into next week. So we'll see.

Scott 13:52

Got a got a little help. Yeah. Uh a couple dudes made bogeys on 18 to put him in the top 10. But whatever. You gotta hit the shots. And fun fact, dude. It's almost been I think six years since he's worn the all straight up orange on Sunday. Wow. And he broke it out today. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. So already talked to Romano. You know, let's go. Let's do it. I'm like, bro, I know next Sunday's Mother's Day, but if you guys are up there, I'll see you in Charlotte on Sunday.

Graham 14:33

Oh, nice. Now, did our boy Romano throw on some orange or what? Nah. Come on, Romano. You gotta double team that. Come on. Yeah. Just wear the orange shirt. That'd have been hilarious.

Scott 14:51

Somebody said Fowler wore it in 22 at the PGA championship on Sunday, but he had a white quarter drip on, so it doesn't count. Whatever.

Graham 15:02

I don't know. I don't care. You think now because he's older, he's just kind of like, eh, you know, that's a younger. It's his thing, dude. No, it is his thing. 100%. 100%.

Scott 15:13

You know, it's his thing. But I'm stoked to where we go, where we're going right now. He's already exempt in the PGA. Perfect. Okay. At Ironamic. And dude, get inside the top 60. He's I don't know. I can't wait to see what he's gonna be tomorrow after this finish. You know, uh trending. And let's go.

Graham 15:35

Where's the open this year? It's in New York, right? Is it uh Shinnakock? Shinnakock, yeah.

Scott 15:40

Yeah, but I don't know, man. It's I'm stoked for what's going on. It's awesome. It is, it's fun to see. It's fun to see, especially it's fun to see now that I'm a part of Team Cobra Puma.

Graham 15:53

Yeah.

Scott 15:54

It's even more fun because all my members are like, yo, texting me. Look at this shit, look at your boy. I'm like, let's go.

Graham 16:01

But it must be nice getting your balls tickled every once in a while from everybody. Hey. Why I gotta be tickled. I don't get it. I'm just saying, all the love you're getting from the from the Puma reps now that your members, I mean, and it's your boy.

Scott 16:23

I didn't even show you what my girl Shiv sent me. Oh thanks to Rick and Rick.

Graham 16:31

Shoes.

Scott 16:32

Dude. No. Oh. Dude, your boy got hooked up.

Graham 16:38

Of course. I'm am I surprised by this? Is this my surprise face?

Scott 16:42

Oh, no. No. She sent me, she sent me 15 polos and like eight quarterzips and hoodies, and it's all got the big puma logo on it, like the tour one and the cobra on the sleeve. She goes, Yeah, that was all a request from Rick and Rick. I'm like, let's go. It's sick.

Graham 17:04

Sounds like you won't have to do laundry for a month. Yeah.

Stanley Cup Round One Shockers

Scott 17:07

The funny thing, Kristen's like, Kristen's like, uh, how many shirts did you just bring into your closet? I'm like, 15. She goes, 15, gotta go. 15 in, 15 out. She's got a good point there. Okay. Good point. So I don't know. Let's just jump right in. Uh Stanley Club playoffs. Okay, first thing on my on my notes are flyers. Held out, beat the pens in six. I'm I was shocked. You know, we did the the preview show with Navarro and TP, and you know, I was all about what? The penguins. Yeah. And they were like, nope, nope, nope. I mean, it was three to nothing. Penguins came back, made it a series. They did. You know, lost in six, but you know, not being able to score at the end. It was kind of I was like, ugh.

Graham 18:05

Yeah, but what was the contributing factor in those three losses?

Scott 18:11

Oh, Skinner. Oh, imagine that. Did I not talk about that months ago? And Andy's like, oh, but he got us here. Oh, yeah, okay. He also got the Oilers to the Stanley Cup playoffs two times in a row, and how'd that work out for him? Yeah. What happened was Yeah, if they have anybody else in between the net, the Oilers might win one of them, and Canada's not on suicide watch. I mean, the good news is they got Montreal. Yeah.

Graham 18:37

Hey.

Scott 18:39

And could you imagine if Montreal is the one that did it?

Graham 18:45

Why? Are they like the red-headed stepchild of the league or something?

Scott 18:48

No, no, no, no. I'm just saying like the Oilers and you know, everybody's always all over the maple leafs. You know. But Flyers Canes, they started their series last night. Flyers got boat raced. Canes are a little sketchy though, dude. I don't know.

Graham 19:07

Yeah, but they've been playing well, though. I mean, the games that I have seen, they've looked dominant.

Scott 19:13

So I Hey, I said it last week. They looked the best in the playoffs so far. To me. I mean, unless you're gonna talk about the Avalanche bullshit team, which we'll get to in a minute.

Graham 19:26

Well, um who they're playing right now, the Wild, they've been looking pretty solid.

Scott 19:31

Oh, yeah. Shocked the world beating Dallas.

Graham 19:33

Yeah. I mean, that's series. Oh. How many of those games went to overtime? Four or five.

Scott 19:41

I don't know, but dude, Minnesota when they made the trade for Hughes.

Graham 19:47

Yeah.

Scott 19:50

Got tough. And hey, let's give credit where credit's due. That's Minnesota's first playoff series win in like 11 years. What? So And you know I hate I always talk shit on Minnesota.

Graham 20:05

Always. It's Minnesota. What else they gotta do up there? It's the land of a thousand lakes, right?

Scott 20:10

Go to the Mall of America.

Graham 20:12

Um it's been since you've made that comment.

Scott 20:18

And part of the reason I hated Minnesota was because of our San Diego Fantasy League. We're not even gonna get into that.

Graham 20:25

Like you haven't dropped a Mall of America comment in a hot minute.

Scott 20:31

Alright. I'll take your word for it. But hey, we just watched Tampa, lose, Montreal, or yeah, the Habs now play the Sabres. That's gonna be a hell of a series, dude. Dude, think about this. Think about this. Okay, you ready? The Sabres beat the Bruins. Okay, to advance. Okay.

Graham 21:01

Listen in.

Scott 21:03

In the last month, Boston sports fans have seen the following. Vrabel have an affair with a reporter. Red Sox fire their manager, sit in last place. Bruins lose in round one of the playoffs, and Celtics blow a 3-1 lead.

Graham 21:23

Drum roll, please.

Scott 21:26

I ain't mad at it. I ain't mad at it. Hey Boston, you can suck it. All of you pieces of shit. Anyhow, sorry, just how to hear that out.

Graham 21:40

I mean, I was just gonna go with the ever so classic who? I it's just I no sympathy lost at all. At all, at all. Dude. At all. You're a town that let's be honest, the last twenty years have celebrated enough.

Scott 22:00

Success between if you're a twenty-year-old in the city of Boston, or even thirty.

Graham 22:06

If you're thirty and younger, how spoiled of a ban of she it's it's not mad at it at all. I I just it is what it is. It's about time.

Scott 22:26

Yeah. Yeah, I agree. Um, but anyhow, Canadians beat Tampa, right? Two to one. Dude, they had what did I say, nine shots on goal.

Graham 22:38

I still can't get over that number. You told me that before we started this episode, and I said, wait, come again? How many shots?

Scott 22:44

That's the fewest shots in playoff history from a winning team.

Graham 22:49

Dude, in the game right now that we're watching as we're doing the podcast, the Minnesota, Colorado, Minnesota got nine shots on goal. And it's just started the second period. Colorado already has 16. What?

Scott 23:03

And like we've always like I always say, shots are a stupid stat because the way they do it. Right. That's why if you're a betting person, never bet on shots. Because what they call a shot and what they don't is absolutely ridiculous. But um what else? Oh, we got a little power play going on, I think. Uh yeah, Minnesota Power Play about to tie it up, Graham.

Graham 23:30

Let's go! Let's go.

Golden Knights Run And Vegas Tips

Scott 23:32

I can't believe I'm pulling for a Minnesota team, but it is Denver, so eah, ehaw. You're still related to the Broncos. Um let's go, Minnesota. Uh dude, my nights. My nights came out game one, one, lost game two, lost game three, dude, game four, a little OT victory, and first overtime. They've been keeping me up late. But yeah, hey, I don't mind staying up late to see a dub.

Graham 24:06

Okay, to be fair though, and this is not a call out, but I was on the phone with you. We're watching these games. Your positivity during these games, Gram, they're not winning this game. We're losing. We're losing this game. Like, bro, you gotta keep a positive mind here. Good things are gonna happen. And then they score, especially so what? Game five, when you woke up the house and over that was game four. Oh, game four that you woke up.

Scott 24:37

That was the first overtime game. Yeah. Yeah, I did wake up, everybody. But whatever. Don't care. Don't care. I know you don't. I mean, whatever. Whatever. I mean, Ava next morning. Dad, you gave me a heart attack. Kristen, what the hell? What did you say? I'm like, what did I say? Oh, I can't repeat it. I just said, F.

Graham 25:03

Well, you know, I was on the phone with him. Yeah, I know. Trust me. Um, it's uh not safe for work, is what it was. Yeah.

Scott 25:11

I I mean, I didn't know what to think. Right. Okay, we fired our coach, dude, with eight games left. We put a goalie in net that has only started like 15 games this year, and the guy's been solid.

Graham 25:28

Yeah.

Scott 25:29

Has he been great? No, but he has he done enough? Absolutely. That's all you need. Our fourth line dominated that series. Yeah. I mean, we scored more short-handed goals than the mammoth did power play goals. Is that any good?

Graham 25:53

Just asking for a friend.

Scott 25:55

I mean I don't even know what to say. I mean, I'm pumped. We're going into the Ducks. Start tomorrow. The Ducks swept us this year in the regular season. Don't care. It's a regular season. I'm just gonna go and just, you know. Toronto, they gotta be the biggest bitter betties of them all, dude, because we traded for Marner, and they're like, oh, Marner chokes in big games and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Alright, and games five to seven of the playoffs with the Leafs, he only scored one goal. That was in 29 games. Uh and games five to seven with the Knights, yeah, he scored twice and had a couple assists. Yeah, you know, whatever.

Graham 26:42

So what you're telling me is a good player that has a new change of scenery is like, oh, maybe the grass is greener over here, and it's like, uh what happened was you know, I like it.

Scott 27:00

I don't know, dude. Um wishful thinking. This is the I think third year in a row we made it to the final four. Last year I knew we weren't gonna be very good. I don't know why. The year before we're defending champs, having to play against Dallas, that's brutal. Last year playing against Edmonton. But dude, all these ducks fans are all fired up. You beat a banged up Edmonton team. I mean, Connor McDavid had a broken leg. I you know I'm not saying it's gonna be an easy series. I'm just saying pump your brakes there, duck hunters. Okay, pump the brakes. Pump the brakes, okay? I'm just saying.

Graham 27:55

Well, hold on a second. Why would the why would ducks fans be dunk hunters? Because after we beat them in six games, they're gonna be hunting the ducks. Well, I'm super excited for game one because game one's tomorrow. It's on my birthday, and your boy is going to his first nights game ever. Super excited.

Scott 28:20

I can't believe it's taking this long, but whatever. Uh hey, at least your first one's gonna be a bang. Yeah. T-Mobile's gonna be rocking. Oh fuck you, Colorado. Uh hey, the fortress is gonna be rocking. Yeah, that's all I gotta say.

Graham 28:42

The wind just literally got taken out of our sails right there.

Scott 28:46

Whatever, I don't care. Whatever. You're gonna have a blast. I'm pumped it's on your birthday. It's gonna be that place is gonna be rocking. Just do me a favor and don't do this.

Graham 28:58

Don't do what?

Scott 28:58

Okay. Don't be the normal Graham and be late.

Graham 29:02

Oh, we're gonna be there.

Scott 29:05

Leave them, leave your friends. Okay? Leave them. You have got to be in there for the what happens on the ice before the game and for the national anthem. Bro. You have to shut up.

Graham 29:21

I will I will Charles Barkley it right now. I guarantee I'm gonna be there. We're dude. We're carpooling, we're getting there. The game starts at 6:30, we're gonna be there by five.

Scott 29:36

Go down to the right, don't go anywhere but right in front of T-Mobile where all those bars are. Yeah, that's what we're gonna do. Watch the people jump in, you know, the ice girls and the band. Yeah. They call it nighttime, and then go in to the arena. Yeah. Just go sit down. Don't be gram.

Graham 29:56

I I promise you, that is the Nubaro Uno thing I want to do. For a couple of reasons. One, it's exciting. But two, I know that the amount of shit that I will get from you if I don't do this and have video evidence to prove that I did this, you will rip me a new one until the day we die. Like so. Possibly. Possibly. So believe me, it's gonna happen. Only an act of God would change that, and I hope that doesn't happen, Lord.

Scott 30:29

So what you have to do, have to do FaceTime National Anthem. Yeah, I'll do that. FaceTime national anthem. I mean because I'm gonna be right there.

Graham 30:43

Remind me. Just remind me. I might be a couple shots in beers deep by that point, but just remind me.

Scott 30:52

And I'm just gonna go ahead and say it. Don't drink beers at T-Mobile. Get the double vodka.

Graham 30:57

Nah, that's not a good idea.

Scott 30:59

Oh, it is because of the price.

Graham 31:02

Oh.

Scott 31:02

You can get a beer for $12 and a double vodka for $17.

Graham 31:05

Oh, yeah. Alright. It's two point. Yeah. Makes sense, yeah.

Scott 31:10

Yeah. Yeah, you have to be there though for the beginning.

Graham 31:14

No, I'll yeah, I'm uh I'm excited.

Scott 31:17

I'm I'm pumped for you. I'm pumped for you. I was actually last night, I was like looking at plane tickets. I'm like, man, if I was rich, could I get there and get back?

Graham 31:27

Don't even tease me with saying shit like that.

Scott 31:29

No, I no, I was. I was looking at it. I was like, if I was rich, could I get there and get back? No chance. No chance.

Graham 31:37

Which one of your members has that PJ? Come on. I'm sure there's one or two of them. You could have been like, all right, bro, what's gonna happen is we're gonna go to Vegas, we're gonna have a one-night extravaganza, and we're gonna come back and just say, hey, I got your lessons for the year.

Scott 31:53

Hey, I got I got hotel, my boy Lich. Let's go.

Graham 31:57

Yeah, I got the hotel, I got your lessons for the year. Just gas up the PJ and let's go. Let's go.

Scott 32:04

Yeah. But yeah, I'm pumped. I'm excited to get to go. I just wish I had some gear I could get to you so you could wear something. At least get a hat.

Graham 32:15

I'll get something for sure.

Scott 32:17

Get a hat. I mean, at least. Uh all I'm gonna say is this, dude. You know, the ice girls that clean up all the shit off the ice in between on TV timeouts. Yeah, yeah. You're welcome. Uh we'll just leave it at that.

Graham 32:36

I've seen them before.

Scott 32:38

No, you haven't.

Graham 32:40

Oh, oh, I guess so. I guess we're missing something a little extra special. Okay there. Let's go.

Scott 32:45

Yeah. Um, but anyhow, I mean, what happened in the Cleveland game? I have no idea.

Graham 32:52

Do they win? I I mean, they were dominating the last time we checked. Yeah. Let's see. Go go gadget internet. Is it still open? Uh, 30 seconds left. They're up by 16. 114 to 98. Laying that wood. Damn. Yeah. Almost like Detroit laying that wood. Dude, another series. They were down one three. Came back and took care of business.

NBA Playoffs Bracket And Betting

Scott 33:26

Uh so what do we got now? We got who let's just jump right in, I guess. NBA playoffs. We already talked about the Pistons down 22. Wow. Not even talk about that.

Graham 33:36

How about the Knicks in game six that won? Dude. Oh, it was thinking about that. 70. Dude, it was like 72 to 22 in the second quarter. They ended up still winning by 50 points. It was the largest win.

Scott 33:56

Dude, it was 60, 60 to 19 with seven minutes left in the second quarter. How do you what? What? They were plus plus like at one point plus 53 and a half. That's insane. Yeah. So what do we got in the next round?

Graham 34:13

Alright, so we got 76ers and the Knicks. We got the Timberwolves and the Spurs. We got so the Pistons play the winner of this game, right? Yeah, the game that's playing right now. So Cleveland. Cleveland. Cleveland. So they play Cleveland. Then we got Lakers Thunder. And that's it. That's it. So I mean.

Scott 34:39

Thunder, Spurs. I mean, the The East is gonna be tough. Yeah. Oh, we gotta go, baby. Let's go! There's the over. There's the over. Boom! Over six and a half.

Graham 34:53

Let's go. Let's go. I mean, 13 minutes left in the second, it's already three to four three, four. Jesus.

Scott 35:02

We still got more than a whole half a game left. We're good.

Graham 35:05

Oh yeah. Um what do you think the over-under is now? Nine and a half? Eight and a half? No, no, no, no.

Scott 35:12

No, that's 10 and a half. It's a sucker bet.

Graham 35:16

Yeah. It has to be. I mean, if it's already seven and a half.

Scott 35:20

Ten and a half and it's minus one thirty.

Graham 35:22

Oof. Oof. I mean, uh, five to six? Eh. How do you not take that? The way they've been playing right now. I uh you're right. That is a sucker bet. Yeah. Especially mine as 130. Yeah.

Scott 35:46

They're just baiting you. TP just texted me, this game is nuts. I'm like, very nuts. We're recording and talking about it. I mean, Minnesota's got three goals on 13 shots. Yeah, that's insane. There's that stupid ass, whatever. Oh, under 10 and a half is minus 110. I'm not touching it. I'm not sure.

Graham 36:15

Dude, there's 12 minutes, there's 13 minutes left in the second, and then I just it's gonna happen, but it, dude, okay. This is the situation. This right now is the same conversation we had when we were talking about the pistons the other day. No, it's not. I disagree. No, it's not. I just it's not even close. What? It's not even close. The pistons were not going down. The pistons were not going down. Can you be more confident in that?

Scott 36:45

Yes. Six and a half in the second half. They won by like 50 in the second half.

Graham 36:52

Well, hey, I talked you out of the money line, not the six and a half. Just saying. I wanted I wanted both. I was just like, the six and a half, all right, yeah, but the money line, I was like, eh, I don't know about that.

Scott 37:12

Oh man, what did TP say? He goes, yeah, it is. And I texted Andy hours ago when the Canadians scored that goal when he flipped it off the back of the Tampa goalie. I said, wow, and he just texted me right now, what? Go back to watching shows, bro. I don't I don't even know what to say. Um, dude, so all right. So we got Cleveland and the Pistons and the Knicks and the Sixers.

Graham 37:52

Look, I mean, dude, Embiid got banged up at the end of the last, at the end of game seven with the knee, so we'll see what happens. Didn't look good, did it? Didn't look good, did it? I mean, look, the 76ers still got a chance. Maxie is good. Paul George is good. Like, you know, they can still do something. The Knicks are looking kind of hot right now. They're built for their, or should I say their team's built for the playoffs, they got depth. I like the Knicks. I like them to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals. I think it would be a good series. Now, look, Cleveland's been a solid team these last couple years. They got players. Pistons were the number one seed, yes, but like, hey, they were down 3-1 early. They came back, but still, I think it would be a good series. I think we'll definitely go six, if not seven games. Um I mean, obviously barring injury, but who knows? I mean, they kept it close during the regular season, so you know, we'll we'll see what happens. It'll be a good matchup. Kind of curious what would happen to you know, the winner against who I think will win. I mean, the Knicks between either, you know, Cleveland or Detroit, who knows? Should be a good series. But when it comes to the West, it's signs still delivered. I mean, an act of God would have to change the fact if it's not the Spurs and OKC.

Scott 39:14

I mean, look, I know I know the if you're looking at I'm I'm looking at series props right now. Pistons, Cleveland, Pistons are minus 120. Cavaliers are only plus 100.

Graham 39:28

That's not bad.

Scott 39:31

Knicks, Sixers, Knicks are minus 270.

Graham 39:34

Yeah.

Scott 39:35

To win that series. And then you go to the West. Yeah, it's blowouts. Spurs minus 1200.

Graham 39:43

That's insane.

Scott 39:45

And the Thunder minus 1600.

Graham 39:49

I look, I think the Lakers can win two games. Maybe because of maybe because of load management. That's the only way they're gonna win two games. Well, the thing is, the Lakers actually had a winning record against OKC during the regular season. But load management. The front door.

Scott 40:18

Load management. Oh god, they should have made that. Minnesota's about to tie it up, dude. But they're they are, they've tilted the ice. Tilt that shit in. Let's go. Oh but dude, can we just pencil in Thunder, Spurs, Sixers, Cleveland?

Graham 40:45

No, not Sixers.

Scott 40:48

Oh, they're gonna beat the Knicks.

Graham 40:49

They're not this they're not beating the Knicks. The Knicks are winning. Is that because you have a bet? No. I mean, that's part of it, but I still think the Knicks can beat them. The Knicks got a solid squad. They're more team-oriented. I I don't, dude. I don't think the Pistons are winning. Dude, you said that the Knicks are minus 275 to win to make it to the next series. So why are you picking against them?

Scott 41:17

You gotta throw an underdog in there somewhere.

Graham 41:20

So it has to be the Knicks? Wow. Or the 76ers. Wow.

Scott 41:25

I think I think Cleveland's gonna beat the Pistons.

Graham 41:27

I hope so.

Scott 41:30

I hope they don't. I think Cleveland's gonna win. Yeah, I don't. I ain't betting on that league. No. Nope. Nope, nope, nope.

Graham 41:42

Come on, Wild. So didn't you say it's not betting if you know you're gonna win?

Scott 41:49

Yeah. And I'm still sticking with my prediction last week on the show when I said the winner of the stars wild is gonna be Colorado. I'm sticking with that.

Graham 41:58

I hope so.

Scott 42:00

I'm sticking with it. And hey, don't forget, this is the first time in how many years that a team from Florida is not gonna be in the cup finals? Dude, I was just gonna bring that up, actually.

Graham 42:15

You know, what did uh homeboy say on the uh on our hockey preview special? Didn't he have them going all the way to the finals?

Scott 42:23

Navarro and TP. Yeah.

Graham 42:26

But how do you not? They've been there, what, the last seven years? Yeah, yeah.

Scott 42:30

Tampa was they were beat up, dude. They were injured.

Graham 42:38

Look, I mean, let's not beat around the bush here. There's something to be said for making it that consistently to the finals for that amount of years, you can't be that good for that long.

Scott 42:54

Well, it was it wasn't them, it was the whole thing. It was them and the pantheon.

Graham 42:58

Yeah, state of Florida, state of Florida, but still, they've they've been good overall for that long a time. I mean, look. A lot of good players got bounced in the first round. What's gonna happen? Yeah. Do they stick with their teams? Do they go somewhere else? Who knows?

Scott 43:18

The whole McDavid thing, dude.

Graham 43:20

I don't know. Uh on a side note, did you see your coach on uh the halftime on inside the NHL or whatever the Cassidy? Yeah. Yeah. He you know, he was on the commentator. Uh he hadn't, I mean he was as shocked as everybody, dude. I mean, I mean uh Did you hear what he said though? It was kind of I mean what he it I mean it I I it was he didn't bad all the time. He didn't. He just he he just basically said look, a championship caliber organization has expectations, and I didn't meet those expectations.

Scott 43:59

Hey, and Let's be honest, the knights and how aggressive they've been in their short history of the franchise have been super aggressive with everything. Yeah. Everything. I mean, you trade Flurry. Yeah. I I I that just that's enough right there, dude. Uh you know? To Minnesota, right? Once again. Yeah, to Minnesota. And then once again, like I said before, the Devils fired their coach with eight games left, won the Stan Cup. The Knights fired their coach with eight games left. Let's see what happens. I don't know what's gonna happen, dude. I don't know what to expect from this team because a month ago I was going, we're not even in the goddamn playoffs.

Graham 44:50

But doesn't it make it that much more exciting? Oh, it does. It does.

Scott 44:58

And I mean, yes, it's exciting, but I don't know, dude. At times we look like the best team in hockey, and then at times we look like, well, what the hell is this shit?

Graham 45:14

Yeah.

Scott 45:15

Oh, tie game, baby. Let's go. Let's go, grim. Let's go! At times, like the other night, we looked weak. So that 10 and a half.

Graham 45:28

Giving up those. I don't give a shit. I'm sorry to cut you off right there. By the way, there's now seven minutes left in this game, and it's four four. No, in the second period. Well, yeah, seven. Sorry, seventh in the second period. Sorry.

Scott 45:45

Oh, who scored? Oh, was that Hughes? Was it Tibbs? Nope, somebody tipped it. Somebody tipped it. Yeah, it was Tibb. What was that? Please don't be a high stick.

Graham 46:00

No, he didn't tip it. I think he got out of the way. I think it was Hughes.

Scott 46:05

No, it was Hughes.

Graham 46:07

That's a shot. Wow. Wow. He trailed 3-0 tonight. Wow. Zero playoff wins after trailing 3-0, and it's tied 4-4 right now. Let's go. Dude, imagine how exciting it would be to be at this game tonight. I mean, the nerves going either direction for both teams. You're up and now you're tied, and now you're down and now you're tied.

Scott 46:37

I mean, it's a roller coaster right now. Hey, playoff hockey. There ain't nothing better. There's not nothing, nothing better, dude. I know you're a football guy. I know whatever. There's nothing better than playoff hockey.

Graham 46:51

It's not bad.

Scott 46:53

Yeah. Wait till you're in the fortress tomorrow night. You're gonna be like, let's go. You're gonna become a Knights fan tomorrow night, just like in the history of Graham. Oh, whatever city I live in, I'll become a fan of Nightmare.

Graham 47:06

No, no, first of all. First of all, I have my main teams, and then where I live, I'll support. They're not numerous Unos. So what? So is my so are you saying my fandom for the Chargers is unwarranted? Is not credited?

Scott 47:21

No, I'm talking about your doyers.

Graham 47:29

I knew that's what I'm I'm not talking about. See, I knew there was some angst there somewhere. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, in my defense, my dad was born, he was born in Englewood. He's he's from LA, so you know, got that got that rubbing off over here.

Scott 47:55

Oh, come on. What's live now? 10.5 is minus 215.

Graham 48:02

It went from 130 to 215.

Scott 48:05

It's not going over 10.5. Under 10 and a half is plus 165.

Graham 48:11

That's three goals from now. And you're not saying there's gonna be three goals in the next 26 minutes? Nope. Wow. Nope. How about this? I'll side bet you a shot for next episode. Okay, done.

Scott 48:29

Done. Uh, what else do we want to talk about? What do we want to talk about?

Graham 48:35

Uh well, we did.

NFL Draft Takes And Schedule Talk

Scott 48:38

I mean Oh, my boy and Joku visiting the Chargers tomorrow. Yeah. Ain't mad at that.

Graham 48:42

You know, I was just gonna say maybe we could do a little transition to the NFL, and I was gonna bring up now that a week and change has passed, how do you feel about your draft?

Scott 48:53

I love it. I love it. But we all love our drafts right now.

Graham 48:59

Well, I mean, I get your point, but I'm just saying, usually when people, you know, they do the research on who they would like for their teams, and when the draft happens, you're like, okay, we took this guy, and you know then it's just like, all right, let's figure it out. Now that a week has gone by and you've done more research on all the players, you're like, oh, this could be a good fit for us. Whether or not all the players that were drafted make the cut, make the 53-man roster. But, you know, for me and my team, look, we had holes to fill. What or not not what, but like who we got at the times that we got them seemed unconventional. But as time has gone by, I've warmed up to I'm gonna say warmed up. I mean, I was I was happy with some of the picks. I mean, look, I've been seeing more video on the tackle we took from Arizona State, and I couldn't be happier. I really can. I mean, great skill set, has a lot of promise, young, big, fast, strong. I I super excited about, I'm super excited about the wide receiver we got in the second round. Drew Rowler, just more quarterback competition. So, I mean, I like Duggar, the offensive or the guard that we got. It's just, you know, we got little pieces here and there. So I'm just happy about what the potential possibility is for the team, but still, we've beaten this horse enough, or we've beaten this camel enough, Andy. Um you're gonna be picking 20th to 24th or 26th every year if you keep having barely a winning season, or say you know, we make the playoffs and we get a dub, but we don't make it all the way. There's so many quarterbacks coming out next year, unless, hey, maybe this year, Rodgers, although there was it was noted that Rodgers did talk with the Steelers after the draft, so there is communication, which we still think he's gonna play, but like we have Howard, we have Aller. I I I we can't get a good guy if we're higher in the draft, unless we give away draft picks or trade. I don't foresee us being bad. I kind of see us in that middle of the pack, maybe a little bit better, possibly make the playoffs, but dude, teams are making moves. Heck, there's teams in our division that are making moves. I mean, you sent me a text the other day. I don't know how real this is. I mean, dude, with the age of AI right now, who it's so hard to believe anything.

Scott 51:46

Yeah, who knows what's real.

Graham 51:47

But dude, when you sent me that thing about Cleveland wants to send picks to Atlanta to get for Pitts? Yeah, for Pitts, that would be insane. But dude, the their rookie that they got last year, Fannon, who just came out of nowhere and won people fantasy leagues, uh, you know, he looked good. So I I I mean, I I don't know. Oh no, that's two different teams. He was going to the Bengals. My bad. I'll slam as well right there. Yeah, bangles, bangles, bangles. I'm like that's right, dude. But my point with Cleveland, with the additions they made, if they figure if the quarterback situation, if they figure that out, I I just you know, hey, a lot can happen.

Scott 52:32

It's just hey, sounds like sounds like what's as nuts as QB1.

Graham 52:38

Yeah.

Scott 52:39

How crazy is that?

Graham 52:41

Hey, I hope he does well. My thing is this, like the guy's got talent. We all know that. Yeah, but he we haven't seen that talent in four years. Five? Is it five already?

Scott 52:57

Once again, once again, it's been a while. I mean, the guy's a stud, dude. I mean, was a stud. Uh is he now? Nobody knows.

Graham 53:13

Well, hey, they got pieces, they drafted two wide receivers pretty high.

Scott 53:18

Oh, there's a penalty on colour on the wild.

Graham 53:25

I I don't know. Like, there's excitement in the air. There's a lot of things that's going on, and hey, there's still a lot of key free agents out there that haven't been signed. They're waiting to figure it out what's going on. A lot.

Scott 53:36

A lot. And hey, let's don't forget. May 15th, schedule release.

Graham 53:44

Yes.

Scott 53:46

Let's don't forget that. Yeah. And let me, can I just guarantee you something?

Graham 53:51

Yeah, we're not gonna we're not gonna be at a game together this year.

Scott 53:55

No, no, no. I'm just gonna guarantee you something better than that.

Graham 53:58

Oh, what's that?

Scott 53:59

Uh with the injury to Kermit, and nobody knows when he's gonna come back. Can we just go ahead and guarantee you that all the tough teams on the Chiefs record are gonna be after week four or five?

Graham 54:19

Guaranteed. Guaranteed. Who does the NFC West play this year? What conference? Do you know? Do you remember? Um not trying to put you on the spot.

Scott 54:32

I just no, no, no. I think we played the NFC West. Oof. Hold on. Yeah, hold on. I'll tell you exactly. But yeah, I think Yeah, guarantee the Chiefs. I mean.

Graham 54:48

I'm curious to see what the Raiders do this year.

Scott 54:51

I mean, it's gonna be when's when's what's his name gonna start? Oh, Kirk Cousins is If he's somewhat competent, how do you not Yeah, we have the we have the West. And did they score?

Graham 55:08

Let's go!

Scott 55:10

Oh my god, they just took the lead.

Graham 55:12

Yes! Oh, you're about to do a shot next week.

Scott 55:16

Whatever, I'll do it right now.

Graham 55:20

Wow, dude, how are you down 3-0 and now you're up 5-4? Let's go.

Scott 55:26

Wow, come on. Was that a breakaway? Yes, it was. On a shorty, too? Oh, what a move. Watch this. Wow. Uh-uh. What a move. Wow.

Graham 55:44

Wow.

Scott 55:45

Thanks for playing. They better not call gold to their interference. Nope. No. What a short microphone. Sorry about all that noise.

Graham 55:59

Uh anyhow. And Colorado was on a power play.

Scott 56:06

My god, how many times did I just say shorty?

Graham 56:08

Oh, well.

Scott 56:10

So Smackers. I'm sorry, this is new lingo for you. So you can go ahead and smack yourself again. Wow. Oh, God knows, Graham. Anyhow, yeah. Anyhow, I'm not gonna be continue to be mean to you. It's your birthday in like an hour. Uh Graham's gonna get this show out for his birthday tomorrow. Graham's gonna go to the night's game tomorrow. And what is Graham not gonna forget to do tomorrow at the night's game?

Graham 56:39

FaceTime Scotty Wah for the anthem.

Scott 56:42

Yes. Dude, if they score a goal right here to make it five to five, you automatically win your bet.

Graham 56:50

I know. That's what I'm saying. Can Scott do a shot right now? Oh, there it is. Tie game. Are you kidding me? Oh my god. Well, better get better get that shot ready. I'll do it next week. Unreal. Unreal. And I could have gotten it at minus 130, son of a bitch.

Scott 57:14

Whoa. What a game. What a series.

Graham 57:19

I mean, dude, it's 5'5 with a minute 56 left in the second period. What?

Rapid Fire Wrap And Sign Off

Scott 57:27

Wow. Unreal. Alright. It's been a great episode. Agreed. Uh it's been a great week. Nights advanced. You get to go to the game. It's your birthday tomorrow. Unfortunately, it's on that day where all those people always say that thing. But anyhow, here's to 43. Here's to the nights. Here's the G Money. Here's to Cam Young. Winning your boy some more money. And here's to Ricky Fowler next week. They finally just came out. Top five plus four eighty. Top 10 plus 215. And your boy got him at plus 3,300 to win.

Graham 58:16

All right, let's go.

Scott 58:17

So let's go. Scotty's not playing next next week either.

Graham 58:22

Oh shit.

Scott 58:22

And remember, this is one of those courses. This is like Rory's favorite place. I think he's won there three or four times. I'm just gonna say, not winning. Oh.

Graham 58:33

Love it.

Scott 58:34

Anyhow. Oh, God dang it! Put the thing in the thing.

Graham 58:40

Oh, it was right there, too.

Scott 58:42

Scotty Walk. Anyhow, Graham, get us out of here. Uh, we've been rambling for the last 10 minutes, but this is what's fun about this show. Yeah. And I gotta say something. Oh. Neil, one of my members, he goes, dude, I love your podcast. He goes, and he's like, Don't take offense to this. He goes, but I don't even have to pay attention to 100% of it. I love listening to you guys ramble and act like I'm with you guys talking shit about sports. So, Neil, you're welcome. I've meant to give you a shout out last week, but I waited until this week.

Graham 59:15

Scotty Wall, it's always a blast doing the podcast with you. I'm super excited for tomorrow. My first night's game on my birthday, doing it with my friends. And you know what the best part about tomorrow is? The next day is like your second favorite holiday. It's sing it's Sico de Mayo.

Scott 59:30

So, like, you can't like it's you know what the best part of that is? Not only is it Cico de Mayo, but it's Taco Tuesday.

Graham 59:40

Let's go! I didn't even put that together until right now. Like, like we get in Mexican for sure.

Scott 59:49

The end. Yeah.

Graham 59:51

Mic drop, podcast over.

Scott 59:53

Yeah.

Graham 59:54

Scott, it's always a pleasure. And hey, as the best homie always says, booba.

Scott 1:00:00

Good night, friends. Good night, mammoth. Good night, ducks. I hope you guys got to watch the golf at the end because my girl, hot chick of the week, Amanda. Love you all. Good night.

Graham 1:00:17

Booba.