Hello and welcome to the game theory podcast.

I'm your host Sam Vassini.

We are presented by The Athletic.

Today on the show, Matt Penny is here.

The greatest walk-on in UMass basketball history. Just a more simple intro today, Penny.

That's great. I had a friend ask me how much I paid you for the last intro. Like we went back and forth.

You mentioned Tom Brady. Can you throw Julian Edelman in there too? Julian Edelman, man. I mean, it was funny. Like, when I was living in Los Angeles,

you'd see, like, billboards of Julian Edelman, like, modeling, uh, for random things

when you would go by the Beverly Center in Hollywood. So I don't know if I'm ready to go

there with you, Penny. No, you did last time you threw it out there.

I'm not ready to go full Edelman yet either.

I'm just honored to be mentioned in the same breath, albeit way off base.

Are you still in on Tom Brady or are you out now that he plays for Tampa?

That's a very sore subject.

I am. It's like watching an old friend from afar, the move that he plays for Tampa. That's a very sore subject. I am. It's like watching

an old friend from afar who move

and goes like a different school and you can't be best friends anymore.

It's hard not to be. You cheer for

the good ones and then the bad games

you say like, ah, see,

that's the way it played out. Dolcichick knew

what he was doing. But I can't

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