Building the Bracket with Joe Lunardi, Predictions, Drew Brees Retired, and Sal’s Son’s Safety

Still Against All Odds

Against All Odds

Basketball, Football, Sports

4.5 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Cousin Sal and Dave are joined by ESPN’s Bracketologist Joe Lunardi to discuss Bracket Monday, the pressure of picking all 68 teams correctly and getting the seeding right. Dave and Sal reveal how many teams they missed – as Dave’s field of 68 is seeing double. Joe discusses how the NCAA Tournament does not determine who is the best team and he is not changing from his November pre-season pick of Baylor/Gonzaga in the National Championship. To Sal’s frustration, Dave gives his argument for changing the NCAA tournament and the guys look at FanDuel odds for a national champion. Plus, to Dave's dismay there is a lot of orange among the teams in the Midwest region. Drew Brees retired and the guys discuss his legacy and where the (18-1 to win the Super Bowl) Saints go from here. Plus, the latest on Russell Wilson and Deshaun Watson rumors. Dave and Sal give their Crown Royal Athletes of the Week as Dave discusses all the “What If’s” in Drew Brees’ career. Finally, Cousin Sal’s son makes a big play in the first high school football game in months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Extra Points.
0:08.1	Now here's your host, Cousin Sal, and his pal, Dave Damasek.
0:15.0	All right, welcome to the Extra Points podcast.
0:18.2	Cousin Sal coming to you with his dear, dear friend, Dave Damashek,
0:22.6	a rainy, dark Monday morning here in L.A. Dave, I got to say, they made us do that dumb thing
0:29.1	with the clocks and now we had to move them and it's dark, like I said, it's pouring and that
0:34.4	does not reflect the mood at all because sports wise, we got out of the
0:38.6	crap, the crap month, which is the month after the Super Bowl.
0:43.0	I'm depressed.
0:43.8	I know you're depressed.
0:44.9	We got through it for five weeks.
0:47.2	March madness is upon us.
0:49.1	We did it.
0:50.0	Not depressed.
0:51.7	But yes.
0:52.9	No.
0:53.5	Yes.
0:57.0	A ray of sunshine delivered from the sports gods. I can't wait.
0:57.9	And just a matter of days, we are going to have one of the tent poll moments on the sports calendar Thursday.
1:05.9	Tip off basketball, basketball, more basketball will live and die, or at least the newbies will as they watch those first games.
1:13.4	Because there will invariably be eight minutes or 12 minutes into one of those early games.
1:19.4	There will be a 15 team leading a two seed and people will be sweating out their brackets.
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