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February 25, 2022 5:49 pm

On this edition of The Drive Josh talks with the voice of Charlotte FC Will Palaszczuk, David Glenn lends his ACC expertise as they try to figure out the ACC tournament ramifications, and The Movie Game. 

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All this is Josh to a Friday drive fun basketball we get ahead of us wants his soccer match that will get through momentarily. When the big four goes head-to-head hard not to start their and that's what will have when Tar Heels visit PNC arena in Raleigh. 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Given NC State is fresh off home loss to Boston College and they might only have eight scholarship players for the game and they got boat race by 20 in the first meeting a month ago.

It's easy to think tomorrow might follow the same scrap but if you think that odds are you don't know NC state the way I know NC State. The wall of the Wolf goes a little something like this when you most expect NC State to win Allah Boston College Wednesday night. They don't but on the flipside, when you least expect something from the pack tomorrow. That's when their most dangerous.

I still think Carolina wins the game. But I can almost guarantee you a women Raleigh won't come is easy for them as it did a month ago in Lesher Duke or a national title contender, which by the way Carolina isn't spoiler alert winning on the road is easy, North Carolina. You might say Josh didn't you say earlier this week. North Carolina has been a lot better on the road. Yes they won 3 Straight Rd. games, but let's go through those road games will quickly they want at Virginia Tech last week wanted by eight or nine. They want at Clemson and at Louisville in overtime. At what point did you feel comfortable as a Tar Heel fan in any of those three games. At what point, all of them decided by single digits. At what point did you feel comfortable that North Carolina was the only one bite to it Clemson and again won in overtime at Louisville. Despite imploding at the end of regulation and needing to be bailed out by official it's hard to win on the road before that they lost 3 Straight Rd. games, including one by 28 at Miami and one by 22 in Winston-Salem. All these games been close for what it's worth looking at. Can palm if you want to go into the analytics. They project the high-scoring game tomorrow and for North Carolina to win it by five it's going to be a tight game. The last meeting hundred 88, 480. I beg your pardon. That was outrageous with Roy Williams being honored and Michael Jordan sitting courtside.

The heels played out of their minds they hit 15 threes in the game. It's the first time they dropped the hundred since doing it.

The state two or three years ago. It's not realistic to expect that to happen away from home to expect that to be replicated against the same team in the same year. But here's the thing you should feel good about Tar Heel fans, Hubert Davis knows this. This was Hubert just an hour or so ago talking about what's what it's going to take for them to win again against the pack. The reason why we were so good. Ostensibly from my standpoint was because we were good defensively and it would be great to think that we can make 15+threes every game but that's just just not gonna happen, but the three things that we talk about defense rebound to get to conjured a basketball that something that you can do every game and that's something that should be consistent for us to have success. Here's what I think could be a difference tomorrow. Thomas Allen according to Kevin Keats earlier today not going to play tomorrow on his senior night. He says there's a strong chance with plantar fascia. He's going to miss the remainder of the season. Meeting NC state only has eight scholarship players available. The rotation the Tar Heels they only played a few guys the other night. I'm surprised they rode their starters is much as they did in order to beat Louisville. I don't think it's gonna be the case tomorrow. I can expect I expect them to go a little bit deeper into the bench and forward on trust styles and puff Johnson and perhaps even DeMarco done to get some minutes in a guy was been really quiet this year: Walton Boyd is my first-team preseason all ACC pics occur when looked terrible on trust styles… I could see an unexpected hero emerging from North Carolina happens in this game.

A lot of the guys on the roster. Unlike what you see with Wake Forest and Duke generally are from the state and this game means a lot to anybody who grew up watching ACC basketball in North Carolina so we seen it before. In recent years a guy that might not be a go to scorer for state or for Carolina ends up being the difference in again so keep an eye on a guy like Don trust styles because he's an Eastern North Carolina kid I'm good to be spending some time out in his old stomping grounds in Greenville watching my pirates take on North Carolina on Sunday, weather permitting, going head-to-head with shockwave Jan Smith was another Eastern North Carolina guy that's an interesting one to follow Don Perez be getting more minutes of late. I think it's going to be a tight one.

I've got North Carolina winning the game and I think it's good to be close to what can palm is projecting around five or six point score your thoughts welcome at WSJ sports. I actually got this question got this question for you today David Glenn he's good to be joining us in studio little bit later on this hour will play the movie game with him North Carolina sports history is going to be made in our nations capital tomorrow Charlotte FC to kick things off in their inaugural MLS season at 6 o'clock and I love to know how you guys are feeling about how excited are you about. Did you even know that this was happening.

336-777-1600 Robert Walsh, the producer of the show taking your calls at 777-1600 even as somebody who grew up playing soccer and watching soccer and playing the video games the entire deal. I'm struggling I'm really struggling to be all in on Charlotte FC's opener tomorrow on this inaugural season starting North Carolina sports history playing out right before our eyes, and I think it has a lot to do with the timing of the opener if you were to ask me a few weeks ago when is MLS soccer season start, I probably would've said you know I don't think they would started during March madness or in the month of February when things are still cold. I assume maybe it starts in May or early June and ends, probably around October or November 1 at the back end of that right.

But I would've had no idea that it starts this early. It's a long season. I didn't know how the MLS season was broken. You can only have so many sports that you follow so closely and that just hasn't fit into my band with at least not yet, because I had no reason to really be engaged with it until now. Charlotte has a team it's kicking off at the most important time for this state's most popular sport you got North Carolina playing NC State tomorrow if you want me to be all in and Wake Forest playing Louisville in Winston-Salem and Duke blankets Harry Syracuse and you want me to be all in on DC United hosting Charlotte FC.

It's hard for me this Robert. They have their home opener. The first ever MLS match that's going to be played in the state of North Carolina should be a seismic event. Everybody in the state should be covering everybody in the state should be following it wins the game eight days from now, the same day coach K is coaching, it is final game at Cameron indoor Stadium against the dark meals what you think's going to get more attention.

That's tough. I can't blame Charlotte FC for that. It's just tough like trying to be all in on the Charlotte Hornets are Carolina hurricanes in October right in the middle of the NFL season in the college football season. The marketing strategy strategy. It was puzzling to me.

They had. I remember I was in Charlotte. They had a press conference to introduce their new coach the same day right down the street. ACC football is having its media day if I'm given the option ACC football media that Charlotte FC soccer coach being introduced. I'm going to choose the ACC.

So strange marketing strategy. I never really liked the name just because I'm tired of our American sports trying to mimic the British we don't need a Charlotte football club. We've got the Carolina Panthers already in that stadium probably call Charlotte soccer club because guess what the people who are going to that game. 90% of them. They call it soccer what they call it, so I haven't been 100% on board on the marketing. I'm definitely gonna give it a chance. I grew up on the sport. 6 PM kickoff time tomorrow and looking at some of the places it's good to be broadcast. I think it's good to be on next.

II at 6 o'clock. Smallbatch and Winston there to be having. I think a viewing watch party. According to Charlotte FC's website bull city cider works in Lexington also listed and that Robert Kernersville brewing company might be having something it if you guys know where things are to be happening in Burlington and Greensboro. Feel free to prop. Feel free to pass that along. But I'm struggling to really get 100% into it. Just because of what's coinciding with their season kicking off his anybody else with me on this on Twitter at WSJ of sports DG going to join us in a little less than 20 minutes or so money you do face is Josh Graham on WSJ escorts, the founder of the ACC sports Journal had ACC sports.com I think David Glenn hanging out with us and the North Carolina sports radio legend are you doing by doing great men hard to believe that magazine websites been around since the 1990 since the 90s. It's been a good long while and going back to your radio days you used to say were halfway to Margaritaville just where exactly does 73 30 this is a question we got earlier today is 330 fit your exact coordinates in relation to halfway or three quarters of the way to Margaritaville. As you know, Josh. The most important thing to remember here is that it's 5 o'clock somewhere and I'm headed to the buffet concert, probably on my my few triple digits.

At this point in our state later later this spring. So the all April. I think you all over and the triangle area so there's no terminology necessary, you can just roughly say we are halfway to Margaritaville for all three of these hours. That's how Margaritaville roles Robert if we ever did DG you were me some combination singing it's 5 o'clock somewhere, karaoke style do you want Alan Jackson's part of that song or do you want Jimmy Buffett at the end you have buffet but I feel like we could split it up a little bit more do you want see I don't want to start because that's all the pressure I would probably let you go out, start due your peacock in a little bit and then I know what I'll take Alan Jackson and then DG can take is the bigger parrot head above the two of us want to be honest, Alan Jackson has the better voice and a little bit more. Contrary to his voice Jimmy Buffett so has somehow made a living as a singer and performer without the greatest voice of the world, which makes me a better fit for him because I don't have the best singing and Robert has country twang so I guess it will. Robert Walsh David Glenn duet of 5 o'clock somewhere. Maybe next time I want to introduce you to a a Friday staple that we had earlier see is a federal yes, free from. There are a lot of things. This is where I'm steering the ship.

There are a lot of things that you know are negative in the news. Things that the bum you out on Friday were to start to feel good in movies is a place that I go to feel good so every Friday or most Fridays we play the movie game as a way to do this. Robert will explain the rules to you. Let's go ahead and play the game just horrifying story time for some kind of movie J dollar dollar a night out with Josh Graham and Dalrymple show me DG's going in blind, here's a Robert got explain the rules pretty detailed. I got you DG and all the audience to move again before this is the Rotten Tomatoes move again breaking up with you and Josh going to try to get the audience to work for a Rotten Tomatoes move like golf scores low as possible as close to the scores you can actually get the score on the nose is -5 points from your total score is 0 to 100 guests 100 being good. Zero being god-awful right and if you get it on the nose.

It's -5.

Yet the scores together and if were within each other -5 being hostile right everywhere within 10 going after three movies that will have a golden movie to decide. I think I'm in trouble movie guy. I am a big movie guy, but the craziest busiest stretch of my life. Josh may have even been a little before I knew you I was like in a talk I missed the best songs the best performers the best movies I just had a lot, maybe too many things on my plate first stretch their ride. I just felt like I missed out on pop culture and everything else you'd be surprised this might be like March madness people always come in they never played before and they blow people out of the water is generally a theme is Robert said, what is the theme this week. Mardi Gras coming up this weekend.

I thought we go with a Mardi Gras theme. Movies that pertain to new and will start off with the curious case of Benjamin Button Which Takes Pl. in New Orleans.

This is Brad Pitt I've never seen this 2008, Brad Pitt basically don't know the lines as well.

I think it is a project I've never seen the posters when I was in LA when it came out, and this is like you, this guy is just getting younger.

He doesn't age instead he gets to younger ages in reverse on a very old baby and he will die a very young so he's kind of reverting from being like 100-year-old man at the beginning of his life to being zero sold this for sure. Benjamin button is kind of the same story from the way back machine that was, not new.

That concept was not new. With the move. But the question is how good was it so we have to have the scores written down so we don't base our scores off of each other. This is where it helps you to know what a typical rods later score is. I have a sense but I would know what an average average would probably be between 60 and 70.

That was I was the right right really grow detainees.

Plus, if it's 90+ in the audience would have really loved it. And that's when you have to start distinguishing between what is the audience love versus critics action book movies and all those things audience probably will score higher than critics do. So I got some written down here I have a number I got 72% because I hadn't seen so I just don't know as I went. 69. Next, like on the Price is right they do $999 on you and I are very similar.

Here you little heads going to lose it. The case of Benjamin button comes in at around eight pretty close score within three right now the second movie is a Disney recent classic pretty big with the younger kids are princess in the wrong.

One of my favorite I see this, but DG when did this come out in 2009 you got kids and father 12 or 13 years and over all pretense of the fraud. DG I believe my daughter Avery would've been five or six background real regular area. We got a ring. There was always a tunnel that stretched I was coaching soccer 2000 father to the guy on the website at a magazine and ran a radio show was chaotic. Just it was.

I have it again. I know it's popular but I don't know how kids movies generally do it like you want a boy meets the markets so I could barely agent humor meets like the whimsical childlike mind of a gym and then throw it in the cartoon that's going with the day I got a score to I'm going with 67 slightly lower I'm good to go 77 on the theory that people don't hate on its movies is often really good theory is not about the Princess and the frog comes in at 77 know how my maiden and I called you this is what happened but by wasn't that far off. So how how much did you had an potentially last movie amount is known as DJ DG is in the lead with six points.

Currently Josh is trailing 18 you are well behind three point final goal you might have one of the best scores that is ever been done in this essay Karen Hannah what was at one point. Yet Hannah while Darren had a war. I don't know that'll ever be sure try to get through on the note, this is the first movie I thought of when I thought about its classic that they or you can even see it in the name. It is not the 19 1995 version is not the 84 version with treat Williams is a 1951 version streetcar named desire streetcar named desire old school classic.

When I think New Orleans babies.

I think about double jeopardy with Ashley Judd Millie Tommy Lee Jones racing after all within Ashley Judd reference on Friday afternoon. That's correct.

Streetcar named desire. I'm using this easier with this. Also I know in your tunnel but were you maybe want them before it was before he was born.

Oddly enough I took in college like one of my old electives was the history of film was a fun and we watched every film but no really old school stuff obviously and I remember streetcar named desire being mentioned in that class. We did not want that's usually a good sign is a problem with it is a pretty okay now. I got 81% that I wrote down 80 I think that means DG just wanted less. I got it on the notes takes on the phone in regard named desire comes in at 90 okay it's famous.

That means you get a chance.

You just one by one point. You have 30 seconds moment of Zen style to tell us what you got going on with your class at UNC W while we have my lectures mixed in with probably the best lineup of sports media guests in any college class in America. Not exaggerating. I was one of the best play-by-play people in the entire country was our guest this week to have Roy Williams Junior Glenn Williams of UNC joint Heather O'Reilly who has won national titles at UNC and WS titles Olympic gold world cops she's our guest this coming Monday when we have broadcasters, writers, occasional coaches and athletes. It's just it's been phenomenal against my third semester doing it at UNC Wilmington. Other schools have approached me about doing it at their universities don't think I'm going to do that, but I absolutely love having teaching as a small part of my universe.

Not sure I would want to do it full-time, but I love it. On the single class per semester basis.

Congratulations on the movie game when in your nodule playing the house yet there pretty well. It have you ever been to New Orleans for Mardi Gras I have in my advice quickly is to choose to go to New Orleans.

At another time. I understand when I was down the street a Bourbon Street every night. I understand why it's a bucket list item. And that's why I did it is a relatively young man but trying to remember the name of the event that's in the spring in New Orleans every year. That's a better time to go it's not Mardi Gras itself, which again is if you're ready for that chaos. It's falling it's wild it's unique but it's even like borderline dangerous at times that I tell you that I accidentally went to New Orleans for Mardi Gras think I remember this yeah II was traveling with East Carolina and doing play-by-play coach gets on the bus and said were here for a business trip were not going to Bourbon Street were not doing the entire deal, they were down 10 with about five minutes left to go enclose the game on a 14 the one run to win it coach gets back on the bus what I said before, I was lying Bourbon center and 1/2 and then we go to Bourbon Street. There a lot of people are a lot like a lot a lot and it's like a Saturday night and I'm the dumb idiot asked somebody is normally this maybe in a go. It's the first night a martinet tell me that's pretty high up there on the dumb questions with I didn't realize that you know you asked great questions Josh. That's part of what makes her so special. You that was there early in your career. It was, and will forgive you. It was an unusual question will call that, as Roy would say no, this is your other dry Josh graph on WSJ escorts promising and not delivering and I promise that we had a Hayes Bomar parody song that we didn't get to because we got so caught up talking about ACC basketball with David Glennon's audio with us.

So before we get to Duke and Syracuse and some of the problems Balaban Caro might be having right now and will pull logic Charlotte FC radio play-by-play man is good to join us in less than 15 minutes. Let's get to that song in honor of the Carolina hurricanes being one of the best teams in hockey right now Hayes channeled a little bit of the crystals and in an as is and is in and is is you can tell me we had 73 games is all in and in and that's fantastic. 20. That is one of my favorite people.

Hayes per Moore who was the producer of the David Glenn show for five years and remains a very important part of my life and a good friend and occasional golf partner, among other things singing about one of my favorite people in the coaching in an athlete world Rod Brind'Amour and I have been friends for a long time is he's just admirable in more ways than I can count so that one when I saw it earlier today resonated particularly well with me.

Robert what did you enjoy about it, I could've done for maybe one or two more mentions of Rod's body barrel chested eight pack abs in his arms, and I'm sure his legs are magnificent, good point that you bring up there are bars one of the best out there is okay. Follow Montero too soon to be concerned about him because my thinking. We brought this that the other day with Randolph Childress and his first seven games in the ACC. The average 20 points per game.

The last seven games, including a season-low eight points Virginia the other night. He's average 13 points, not what you expect from a guy was supposed to be a top-five pick. Maybe even a top to pack and supposed to be in the player of the year mix which I think is a done deal. The glottis Williams.

That's his award this that races over putting that pieces aside for now. I still think it's too soon to be concerned. Just as long as he breaks out of whatever were calling this a slump or otherwise tomorrow because Virginia was two of those games and we know how good the who's are Syracuse does not have Jesse Edwards who even when he was in the game.

Balaban Caro scored 15 points again I Cameron indoor Stadium last month. If he's not able to score while Rodney Howard Beitler Chesky Paul Atkinson and others were able to do so in the last week. Then I might start be having some concern right now, I'm not that concerned. But if Paulo doesn't show up tomorrow.

There might be some real problems. There is Duke needs him to vision the guy in order to be a national title. Can I say I'd be a little concerned if I was much Chesky. For these reasons, and he knows this better than we do to win a national championship which is the goal, as they send the goat onto retirement. You have to have five or more guys who absolutely know and understand their roles and have built confidence in those roles along the way and that single win at UVA for example I thought involved both steps forward for Duke and steps backward steps backward. Were there two best players were not very good at Balaban Caro continued that streak of being a lesser version of himself when Delmore Junior was mostly invisible and J are combined 12.2 – hey Clark had that in 10 minute those are red flags as the calendar is getting ready to turn to March.

Now this is, of course, they're still the best team in the ACC by a significant amount right. The backdrop of the conversation is not can they dominate the ACC. They're going to finish first, which hasn't happened in a dozen years there going to be a high seed. But the bigger conversation is how do they compare to the zags in Kansas is and you know balers and other prominent teams nationally and should be up to go far or threatened or win another title you've got to have a rock solid starting five good news for Duke is Jeremy roach is a lot closer to being the guy they needed to be.

He was nothing like that in November and December were rarely that way.

Little by little. Obviously, Ajay Griffin has gone from nursing injury early in his freshman year to be in one of the best three point shooters in the entire country and a probable first round NBA draft pick. So those are two pieces that have come along beautifully. Mark Williams is still doing his thing in the post when Delmore Junior and Balaban Caro have to rediscover the better versions of themselves do could win anything that the ACC has to offer.

Even without them being at their best. Duke cannot make a final four with the version of Jones and are more in and then Caro that we've seen lately. I got a couple of minutes I want to give you an opportunity to talk about your friend that's really important to ACC sports.com brick out injure one of the greatest recruiting writers.

There is really important in the start of the site really important to you wrote a column about them, I I strongly encourage people to read that it ACC sports.com and Chapel Borough.com real quick. I got about a couple of minutes here. What can you tell us well for those who don't know brick at Edgar's name.

He has been the lead writer on recruiting coverage in the sport of basketball not only for the entirety of the existence of the ACC sports Journal website and ACC sports.com website.

But before that, for others freelancing for newspapers in Raleigh and Greensboro and Charlotte writing for a newsletter back in the day called the poop she creative name so he truly first 49 years. He was one of the trailblazers for what used to be this tiny niche industry where I remember back in the day.

People were curious about who's Duke recruiting whose Carolina recruiting new state recruiting which Kaiser taken visits from the McDonald's All-American team is going to visit Chapel Hill or Raleigh or or Wake Forest or whatever brick was so good at his job. McDonald's people asked him to be a part of the selection committee. In other words, he saw so much ice will basketball for so many years was so good at his job that he became ethnic for two or more decades. One of the key people on the McDonald's All-American game selection committee is his prose was brilliant.

I can say that because I edited his stuff personally for 20+ years is also one of the kindest people that I know and this industry thankfully has a lot of people like that.

He stands out even among those other very kind people and I think my column it ACC sports.com included the phrases. If you celebrate excellence is somebody who's great at what they do, but you also celebrate kindness to somebody who sets a great example for the right way to treat other people. You should celebrate brick at Edgar whether your reddest offer some part of the last 49 years and maybe even only glanced at his spy liner couldn't pronounce his last name that's okay.

I put is I put his personal email address in my column, what's that it is be is the being his first name Edgar is O ETT I and GER's last name. Be at anger@twc.com, which would be the old Time Warner Cable. I just think he never changed his right. You can also find it online if He and his wife encouraged me to put that in there because for those who don't know his illness has accelerated and is bedridden and under hospice care and we just don't know frankly how much longer working to have so don't delay if you want to write them in an appreciative email, now's the time to do one of the make sure to get that out there that just did you great work on that and I hope we can do this again sometime soon. Great to see you but you know my number happy to return anytime that's David Glenn coming up the radio voice of Charlotte FC will put logical join us to talk about the bias surrounding MLS soccer in the Queen city which kicks off its inaugural city are its inaugural season tomorrow afternoon. Committee on the drive anyone not on medication which Josh grabbed the fine WSJ escorts. How exciting is that tomorrow is going to be the inaugural MLS soccer match for Charlotte FC and were being join now by the radio play-by-play man of Charlotte FC will pelagic joins us now will get into some Carolina Panthers stuff and a little bit but that's going to be put by the wayside when you talk about North Carolina sports history being made tomorrow at 6 PM.

What's the most quantifiable way will you could describe the buzz surrounding Charlotte FC's inaugural game tomorrow.

I think you look no further than last night.

We do hate you. Order section rehearsal for the game they got about 3500 guys who yelled to Walmart from McNitt Street and more and all the way to back America stadium. It's about I would say 1/2 mile march them across the road to basically how you gathering and perception to get ready for each match but they are practically opening match and a couple videos of it on on Twitter last night, day, it's hard not to watch those not yet a little bump on your skin and skin, call little bit. The excitement here for this club.

I'm really going to feel like it a lot and want to see how it looks but I'm really really excited to get the lid lifted on his first one.

Yeah there are a lot of places that are to have viewing parties tomorrow at 6 o'clock when Charlotte FC faces DC United including right down the street from our studios at Kernersville brewing company will pelagic voice of Charlotte FC joining us here. Follow him on Twitter at Willie P style. You mentioned the supporter section 2 does the chanting section that were going to see at Bank of America Stadium next week have a name yet any nicknames were considering old nickname for the entire section why it will be a workshop know a lot of these things rather than happening by any initiative that could happen organically liable kind of feel like you know the Queens court could be something of the Queen murmurs one of the one of the group that's recognized as 11 of the one of the lesser level with electronic people than the cop I want, but I will like the Queens court of something having to do with the crown imagery. Something about a trip you like could be a way to identify them as a whole Queens work candidate there's a lot of things that you can go with your likelier that how many Carolina theme chance have you heard already, do you know any of them by heart yet is a better question may know, the one that continues to stick with me. We are Charlotte body black and blue. We are from the Carolinas Chandra Negrete. He has a will and that weekly black and blue. So that's the one that got the one that didn't want to want that I might like Twitter last night that the real big one that I feel like it really catch you out people you don't hear that. Want to hear that you are in your sleep or wake up want to sing it got about 8 to 14 different want that they call out there a lot of English English and Spanish combo, but the ricotta derivatives of other chance mother came out, the way things work here at soccer.

You take some from other people and then put your own garbage on it, but a lot of original work too well, including that one still response little bit will pelagic stoning us voice of Charlotte FC ahead of their inaugural match tomorrow. What kind of crowd do you expect for the home opener against LA count the LA galaxy. It should be quote before your doctor know that the club said late last week that basically ran out of the upper deck seat which were the cheap ones being sold it 1525, 35 bucks a pop. All those are gone at all but basically the unsold lower ball seat are not part of the folks who bought it there less than 10,000 of those available at last check, I do feel like were going to get a full out here and break the record that 73,000 and change that is currently held by Lenny United the estimate hear what gets up before the building. I have no doubt the try make that happen again and opened the upper bowl for the first game to the upper bowl. B) every succeeding game after that I want be a crime containing that atmosphere to about 31,000 you to the games outside of the opener they might open it up again if they make postseason but it will be a real raucous atmosphere. It will feel like honestly a playoff American football game. From the standpoint of it.

If you like the outside atmosphere be something that folks really seep into for the first time because I Feel Like Gottman St., Morehead Street, right here, right around the stadium.

If you have a little different feel to it that are friendly here over the summer between Mexico and Ecuador and it was it was basically a street party. You saw people selling food all over the place that it was, it would not like a panther all game I could say that right now it would very much a unique atmosphere and I feel like folks who haven't seen soccer out here for the first time when we see it next weekend will be incredibly bored by it.

Eight days away from that home opener against LA the LA galaxy. You said 73,000 is that an MLS record yesterday. The MLS record while we'll see if they can meet that Mark Stadium holds over 75,000 so that we really need their able to do that.

Getting to the team that also occupies that stadium houses make this as general as possible. Rather than hammering deep into the nitty-gritty on Ian Thomas getting an extension, or any of that if you had to guess the day will pelagic goose playing quarterback. The opener in September. Man that is a deep one want not I will. I think Jacob Darnall being the starter at quarterback are probably greater than a lot of would want to admit or recognize just because of that 18.8 million that the doctor was going to find it very hard to find somebody who take that money off up there and I do feel like there's a better than even chance that they do go for one of these either free-agent or trade options drop below is the name wandered about another.

They have called on her cousin.

I don't think that the shot a lot of things happening. I don't think you'll be starting on opening day because of policy, subject to the way suspension by the league and even sell beyond that the other options are to rookie I know any of the rookies in the NFL trap is capable of starting week want for anything other than the fact that there's all this amount of pressure on the coaching staff that went right away so much capping it on this date right now. 20 February.

I thought that Donald and I say that with the understanding that we are still a long way away from September. It's the radio voice of Charlotte FC will pelagic the eve of the inaugural game joining us here on WS transports will EP will have to do this again sometime.

Thanks for the time up on the morrow always looked talking you.thank you goes will pelagic joining us here on WS transports always good to catch up with him to Robert do you like his betting odds favorite that Sam Donald is going to start game one for the Carolina Panthers sound that I think that's more because there's a lot of there's a lot of unknown floating around right like it could be somebody on the street. It could be a rookie Sam seems like that the safe that cousins doesn't make a lot of sense. I get that if he stays are looking at a $48 million That I saw somewhere that if he gets traded before June 1 minutes only 32 million yet only only only. I guess when compared to what it would have been no that's not Ryan that's getting 48 million this year the high Law of all time.

All yeah cousins is around 4243. If he remains in Minnesota. I don't know if yet I don't want her cousins. I don't want that and I don't know that's unpopular. I don't want Jimmy drop below either, I'd rather run it back with Donald Ben have one of those two feels like an unpopular opinion, but I feel like I'd rather have Donald rather than give up something to get one of those two guys because I mean, like you said anywhere else. You can either have to give up a high pick or take on another Yet in addition to Sam. Donald is not very likely. You can build to move them so you're probably gonna have to tote both of those guys into the season.

If not cut and salmon.

I don't know what the Ramifications of that is consuming a very smart thing to do something I would agree with you keeping Sam and trying to fix other parts of the team, what with those assets would be my best bet. Robert you and I we been doing radio together for years and your essential you been my radio wife for a very long time and in marriages, rightly so, I've been told, you got to admit when you're wrong some time or admit that maybe your partner says something that you disagree with it first, but the more you think about it.

Perhaps it isn't as bad as you thought. This is about Tom Brady known this is about Carson Wentz, you said that would be that would be a really good relatively cheap option of quarterbacking to bring it and I immediately pushed off of it until I actually dug into the numbers 27 touchdown interception. That's what I'm talking about like 30 quarterbacks through more pics and Carson once last year and if you would've told me that yesterday 30 quarterbacks on the why you were brought that up Randwick 30 quarterbacks through more pics and Carson Wentz did. I would've been really surprised by that.

I think I'm coming around. I you I don't know why you dislike the option of bringing a guard dimension for next to free just to have some competition. I would still be in favor of that. But versus Jimmy garrotte below and potentially going after Kirk cousins. I think Carson Wentz is a pretty good option if you're getting 27 and seven.

We also look at the fact that he had a pretty good offense of line there. So he was to have being under pressure is much is knocking to throw those ill-advised throws in comparison to Gardner Minshew. I was only saying at the talent that you're going to get for what you're going to give up the Eagles traded a six round pick to acquire Gardner Minshew last year to backup jail and hurts so I would imagine that you would have to give a price richer than that to acquire his talents. I was imagining probably 1/4 round pick, it may be a fifth-round pick if you want to sling some other light round pegs in there with it, but I would imagine.

Comparably, you would be able to get Carson Wentz for around the same price because all indications are Indianapolis is ready to move on. Look at us or just an agreement. Who would've thought you and I on the same page. Let's get things back to college basketball real quickly next week. It's the ACC women's basketball tournament game start Wednesday, Wednesday, less than a week like five days away from doing the math correct in my head. 1 o'clock Wednesday, March 2 be that we told you about the double double special. It's two tickets to hotdogs two sodas and if you're interested in VIP passes club seats to all 10 games VIP parking to that's available as well. Individual tickets start at $10 general admission around seven box masks optional the 45th annual ACC women's basketball tournament longest running women's tournament in all of college basketball next week at the Greensboro Coliseum thundering teams that should be a lot of fun with Josh WSJ at sports. We got a point spread from North Carolina NC State tomorrow far field are favored by just four point NC arena that's been released in the last hour the Tar Heel face life favorite in the game without weekly positivity to doing a bit big hour in store for you. I slipped up earlier trying to talk about Jim Daly Hyman Coach K's relationship and created the name of the new show that goes like this a.m. okay paying Coach K that's the name of this show for now on we actually got a taste of what it might sound like if Jim Daly Hyman and Coach K were on the radio together in a show we have now titled Bay and Coach K because last night ahead of their matchup tomorrow at the Carrier Dome Jim Daly Chaim had his calling shell and there was a surprise call on the line that somehow infiltrated the skull that the call screener and got on-air back to the phone and welcome Mike from Durham to the program long time listener occasional caller hello Mike from Durham about five thick that I doubt I have it have a chance. We cannot care for an opportunity to get an autographed picture.

Each you, but I'm not going to give you have to charge you my re-I don't know if you can afford that you're in IL probably the college coach cameo very hot. He is very hot. Robert on cameo today Chaim I love that brief pause he threw in their I am hot on cameo if you're wondering what that rate is on cameo. It is $200 for a personal message. It is $1400 for a business, something that sounds like like for him to come and call and talk to your business conference or if you had a good group meeting team meeting that sounds like a scam.

$200. What can we get Jim behind the do. I'm willing to shell out $200 seat Jim behind means a lot to a lot of people here in the Triad, particularly in Greensboro. I like the fixing we get tweets from the city of Greensboro right now whoever's running that account. I assume you're in the building during the building at the Chamber of Commerce in Greensboro.

This is an opportunity.

This is a calling for you here, this is Jim behind just inviting you he's hot on cameo and get him to pop up the Greensboro Coliseum and the pop-up all the other things you want talk about in your city about Jim Daly Chaim to voice these things ideal for that for the reasonable rate of $200 for two dollars. I feel like we can come to give them instructions to select percent if if I could put on my director sat what I'm envisioning is kind of.

But behind looking like a little move can like daydreaming and starts to pick his nose and we can edit the video after gets back with a pics is known as he pulls it out and looks at it and then he brings it to the camera and tell the finger covers and then we splice that with him saying great things about Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum. The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce and then they could have him saying like Greensboro. My favorite place to eat in the slidable role of all the locations but I think the nose pick is crucial and on his finger.

We have like a little picture of Greensboro as it gets closer and it just takes over the whole picture. I know a thing or two about places that have great value and Greensboro is one of I love towns and I know how to pick him and here's my pick out which it would be for you to pick his nose like if it was like okay I want you.

I don't really care about you saying anything. Are you sending me a video, but what would it be for us to take a picture of me putting my finger and who knows and putting your finger in my nose and like they did with the one I think they say you can't pick your friends and you can't pick your friend's nose or whatever adjustment I've never heard that they say that the caption is you can pick your friends and you can pick this with your friends and they can. You can't pick your friend's nose. That would be the Instagram caption gossip that that would go viral. I think there's more from Coach K's visit. Surprise visit on Jim Daly Chaim's radio show is a lot of pressure on you because this'll be making your very wife's first trip to the care I am praying for her to travel so very bad.

Actually, I it's not me and is not you. You know that, but through my granddaughter. A lot of people realize that our grandchildren here for 11 years USA basketball which is cool.

Lunchroom you were in their bronze kids to winning ways is here to my kids. They had a great time they had more fun than we did spent over a decade together with USA basketball so I'm sure there to be some gifts exchanged tomorrow, but yeah, I think I'd listen to this radio show Robert use break some news there. Coach K that Mickey's chest get to make a first trip to the carrier down so I checked the weather.

It's going to be a balmy 20° with a foot of snow in Syracuse. So welcome Mickey and Mickey should Chesky and Debbie San Marino. Welcome to Syracuse. I love that you, what is the show called one more time real quickly. This is a big increase in the bay in Armando levels like Bay and Coach K Automall about running something into the ground not to use it again because this radio show needs to happen is a chance that at 77 Bay high might decide to retire and say hey coach, that's not what I thought you were going to get at 7070 minus hello we go to get the mouth of the show while we K now, he might retire and say Coach KI have a great idea to start a radio show.

We need to call it Bay and okay and then he cuts K when he retires. I love the idea of him just calling radio shows K retires and then all the sudden Mike from Durham is blowing up our lifeline. Hey, I like that. Talk about Josh's take is that you can yeah that was I would let him hear that I hope you're in a press conference one day and like Christian leader who ever gets to sit there with you is like your guys came.

I I will turn incredibly red, like when the dot brings up drugs on the show and I would get scared. That's what would happen.

That's not good. I want to talk about things that are good.

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Our favorite segments of the week we could positivity die. See yourself hey Robert the new Batman movie comes out and we and that's good. Robert patents and was that year they had last night dressed in really baggy close to 2003 and be a drama. So the same is baggy coming back think for him because he cannot doubles is like a model they might be coming back, but I would. I would lean for the casual looking person to maybe even unfortunate like you and I probably stay away from bag powers or rights in all know now why Josh says K instead of actually saying his last name because I'd say K hi or it's just not easy to say should Chesky.

I don't know what's more difficult. But that's not good. This is weekly positivity about this Robert. I'm headed to Greenville America this week to watch the Pirates were getting beat five to nothing by North Carolina right now playing Greenville whether it's good I got NC State North Carolina tomorrow and head down to Greenville Saturday night and I'm in the do what you doing Greenville America on Saturday night. The Greenway exactly right, walking briskly to the library you favorite holiday weekends. I love Mardi Gras mostly because my dad is like the Cajun and pretend like he does. He always throws this party on Saturday to get crawfish and we get our stuff makes hurricanes the hurricanes are exceptional things I cannot for some hurricanes and Robert are aligned.

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