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The Valenti Show

Best of The Valenti Show on 97.1 The Ticket: May 18-22

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Mike Valenti and Rico criticize the potential expansion of the college football playoff to 24 teams, vent about the Detroit Tigers' struggling lineup management, and react to the Detroit Pistons' tough playoff elimination against the Cavaliers.

Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, so news of the day, Tony Petiti, the TV executive turned Big Ten Conference Commissioner, wants a 24 team playoff.

0:10.2

This is turning into Big Ten versus SEC.

0:12.8

SEC wants 16, Big Ten wants 24.

0:16.5

That's basically ESPN who owns the SEC, wants 16, and the Big 10 and Fox want 24.

0:25.1

We've read you some of the details and what it would have looked like.

0:28.4

Let me simplify it for you.

0:30.2

Just what is your emotional reaction to this?

0:34.1

Is it depression?

0:35.6

Is it sadness?

0:36.6

Is it anger?

0:38.0

Is it excitement? Or is it worse? Is it sadness? Is it anger? Is it excitement?

0:39.7

Or is it worse?

0:41.7

Is it you're basically me?

0:44.7

Complete apathy.

0:46.4

I don't care.

0:47.3

You could tell me, RICO could come on the show tomorrow and tell me it's a 48 team

0:52.0

playoff.

0:53.4

I just, I don't care.

0:55.4

The sport has been ruined and it is no longer interesting to me.

0:59.8

See, you're right.

1:01.8

And I'm there because there was a number, Mike.

1:07.4

And it was a number that would have satisfied everybody.

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