CzabeCast

Czabe welcomes ARMEN SARYAN to talk about ref fatigue in college hoops, and the ejection of Bill Self with a brilliant game ops "kiss" on his way out. Czabe also give an eye-popping stat about "Senior Night" in college hoops, and an abject lesson in how sports can (and should) teach you about life. Czabe needs a bed on Wednesday night in Vegas. A $48 ATM surcharge? Joe Lunardi bodybags Bruce Pearl. MORE..... Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe welcomes fellow uber-nerd PAUL CHARCHIAN to discuss the usual wide range of topics. Including how AI has solved an old stone "board game" and it's rules, there's a CEO "burger war" that has turned hot, the Vikings are pondering (at least) "5 Unthinkable Options" and the Bengals just thorougly botched the whole Trey Hendrickson contract negotiation. MORE.... Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe welcomes Mr. X to the program to talk about why he's decided NOT to retire and is running it back for at least one more year! Betting on prediction markets? Keep your head on a swivel. The shadiness of Kalshi and other prediction betting platforms. Teaching your sons how to gamble responsibly. Czabe needs Texas Hold 'Em advice, and quick! The new MLB "Robo-Ump" (ABS - Automated Ball-Strike system) is going to be a wild ride of unintended consequences. The NFL media is now covering for athletes at the NFL Combine who don't quite measure up to expectations. A good play call for "3rd and a mile." MORE . . . Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe welcomes ANDY POLLIN to the pod to start off your March! Andy talks about the Paul McCartney documentary. Czabe marvels at the size of the Eruzione family house growing up. Marathoners get led astray. A dirty trick is to kill the lights on a 3 on 2 in OT. Aaron Glenn caught snoozing. How stupid and worthless is the combine? Will Maryland basketball be able to bounce back quickly? McDonald's CEO cuts cringeworthy viral ad for the "Big Arch" burger. MORE.... Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe welcomes old 97.3 The Game colleagues BRIAN BUTCH and ARMEY SARYAN to talk college basketball and more. Can the NCAA really snub a team that might finish 32-1? How badly did the Packers botch their special teams coach leaving after the hiring cycle was over? Czabe weighs in on the USA men's hockey team "controversy" attending the SOTU, and a bunch of responses to the Penn State episode with John Ziegler. MORE..... Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe welcomes PAUL CHARCHIAN back after his stint at the FSGA conference in Vegas. They get nerdy about "vibe coding" and AI going rogue. How Derek Stevens ended up building Circa Resort and Casino. Malik Willis is going to be wildly overpaid by somebody. Have the Vikings already soft-benched JJ McCarthy? A dude accidentally hacks into 7,000 robotic vacuums worldwide. X-Box is truly, utterly, finished. MORE..... Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe recently made his first-ever visit to Penn State, and was pondering what it must have been like when the Sandusky scandal broke back in 2011. And now with "the benefit of hindsight" he welcomes back JOHN ZIEGLER who has done the most exhaustive deep dive into what he calls the greatest injustice in modern America history. A destruction of lives and legacies, in a rush to satisfy a moral panic. Also, why most Penn State-ers have no appetite for the actual truth, they just want to avoid sounding complicit, and are happy the whole episode is behind them. Listen with an open mind. MORE..... Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe welcomes ANDY POLLIN to discuss the final exclamation point from Milan, as Team USA wins gold in overtime in men's hockey, making it a perfect pair of overtime moments with the women. Poor Canada, this was maybe worse than actually becoming our 51st state! Also, we talk about Lindsay Vonn and when "discretion should be the better part of valor." Alysa Liu didn't just steal the games, she gave a template to follow for all future skaters and gymnasts. Duke and Michigan battle it out on a neutral court. ESPN's standards for fact-checking and production are so low now that they can't be counted on not to fuck up a graphic of a tragic athlete suicide. It's inconceivable how little some of the highest-profile and highest-paid media "stars" are these days. MORE.... Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe welcomes MATT MUELLER to talk about some of the amazing moments and scenes from Milan. Also, Hollywood has been on a mini-run lately, and Matt is here for it! Czabe also talks about the Tony Clark fiasco with the MLBPA, and maybe my devices are both eavesdropping on me for targeted ads, but also spying on me? The Robot Revolution is on our doorstep. MORE.... Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe flies solo today as he's traveling to Arizona with his mom and daughter. The NBA Draft Lottery is worse than before, but Czabe has a simple proposal to return the league to "normal law" before making any more counter-productive "fixes." The Olympics still deliver the human drama that should resonate with everyone, but there's always a few "bah humbugs" out there. The feds are stepping in to help fix the "Poo-tomac" (Potomac River). Who knew bridges took that long to build? Plus bored apes, bangers, and what "Real Feel IQ" would look like. MORE.... Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe welcomes ol' pal BRIAN BUTCH to the show and they discuss the latest coaching drama in college basketball, as well as what winter Olympic sport would be the most terrifying. Maybe AI is about to usher in a golden age of new movies? Nobody asked for Mayweather vs. Tyson, but well, here we are. Also Puck News' JOHN OURAND tells us why NBC might have screwed itself with the NFL, by overpaying for the NBA. More.... Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe and ANDY POLLIN hook up to discuss the hopeless state of the NBA's All-Star Weekend from soup to nuts. Every single metric, attitude, and soundbite is in the absolute shitter, and Adam Silver has run out of ideas. Even the bad ideas. Of which he finds many. The NFLPA somehow loses what should have been an easy arbitration win over their annual survey. The Canadians are cheatin' fucks when it comes to the "sport" of curling. And maybe giving your wife a $1M Ferrari for Valentine's is a sub-optimal idea. MORE..... Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe delivers a monster Thursday episode - 1:42! longest ever! - because he just won't shut up! First up is a theory he has about whether the Redskins turning into an expansion team called the "Commanders" might have helped - just help - doom the Washington Post sports section. MR X jumps in with his Super Bowl thoughts. Meanwhile, even CNBC is starting to call bullshit on entities like Kalshi and Polymarket about unregulated speculation markets. And now Giannis is an endorser! Something's gotta give, and it ain't gonna be good. Then, as a bonus, Czabe drops in on BRIAN BUTCH and his new podcast "The Bear's Den." Enjoy, and chew slowly! It's a biggun! https://youtu.be/_2_Hxwn4tFg?si=zysq-5TopARe2g3i Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe covers a lot of ground today! PAUL CHARCHIAN joins the show to talk about his awesome new side-by-side, which has already been tearing up the dusty trails of Utah. They also address the shameful NBA tanking problem, especially with a recent game in Utah Jazz territory. The Olympic penis injection story that's gone viral gets the treatment it deserves. PLUS a bonus segment with TIM BRANDO talking college football coaches vs. "NFL guys" and why there's always suspicion between the two camps. Will the CFB schedule ever get right? MORE . . . Our Sponsors: * Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe delivers a massive triple-header today! First, he weighs in on the pros/cons of Olympic legend Lindsay Vonn deciding to ski on a torn ACL, and then break her leg crashing while trying. Also, we get a consult from Dr. BRIAN KOCH an actual orthopedic surgeon on the situation. Czabe shares a snippet of his weekly Monday chit-chat with Scott and Solly on *their* pod, then MATT MUELLER swings by to discuss all the good, bad, and the whaaaaa? of the Super Bowl ad slate. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe recaps one of the dullest Super Bowls in at least a while (shoutout to the Patriots' 10-3 win over the Rams in 2019!) and why it was obvious the Patriots had no chance after the first few drives. When did you know they were cooked? The Sam Darnold redemption arc. Some thoughts on Bad Bunny. ANDY POLLIN joins the show to talk about the death of the Washington Post sports department and what might come next. Also, the life and times of Sonny Jurgensen. Trying to decipher the Anthony Davis trade. MORE.... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe sits down with JP FLAIM and "CAKES" AUVILLE to cut it up about JP's new book "Faith Restored" about the Commanders miracle 2024 season, plus why Cakes is a poker fanatic and how he once almost let blackjack ruin him financially. We talked about cheating our way through high school chemistry, the time JP decided he'd try boxing and write a book about it, working at amusement park Wildworld (aka Six Flags). All that plus the wretchedness of the Dan Snyder era in DC, and why neither JP nor Cakes actually grew up as Redskins fans. A great chat at MGM National Harbor where we enjoyed their back lounge area at Tap restaurant! (Thank you: Joe Pudlick and Ken Smith!) Our Sponsors: * Cheesesteaks from Philly? Deep dish from Chicago? Go to Goldbelly and use my code CZABE for a great deal: https://www.goldbelly.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe and PAUL CHARCHIAN cut it up over being goaded to buy a Utah rich man's toy. The Epstein email dump and the NFL's quandary. Bill Gates is a scumbag, but his ex-wife is filthy rich. Robert Kraft denied the HOF. A "cheese-backed economy" is a thing. Cheese wheel pasta, for the win! PGA Tour prediction pools. CzabeVegas update. MORE..... Our Sponsors: * Cheesesteaks from Philly? Deep dish from Chicago? Go to Goldbelly and use my code CZABE for a great deal: https://www.goldbelly.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Czabe welcomes ANDY POLLIN and Washington Post beat reporter GENE WANG to discuss the dark days facing the Post and their sports department. Czabe explains how critical it was for guys like Gene and others to "flush out" the stories, quotes, and details of the players, coaches and teams we follow, to then blow them out of the sky like ducks who had been flushed. The legend of "The King" George Michael at NBC4, what it means to be a good dad in today's sports age. Plus the most electrifying 60 second or less bursts of mayhem in sports history. Hagler-Hears 1985. Franz Klammer in '76 Olympic Downhill. Virginia's OT miracle vs. Purdue. MORE.... Our Sponsors: * Cheesesteaks from Philly? Deep dish from Chicago? Go to Goldbelly and use my code CZABE for a great deal: https://www.goldbelly.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this engaging conversation, Mr. X and Steve Czaban delve into the world of gambling, with a particular focus on Super Bowl LX. They discuss personal gambling experiences, strategies, and the implications of betting on events such as coin flips. The conversation also touches on team performance, coaching decisions, and the NFL Hall of Fame voting process, providing insights into the complexities of sports betting and analysis. As they wrap up, they share thoughts on the Pro Bowl and predictions for the Super Bowl MVP, emphasizing the evolving landscape of sports gambling. Our Sponsors: * Cheesesteaks from Philly? Deep dish from Chicago? Go to Goldbelly and use my code CZABE for a great deal: https://www.goldbelly.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy