Hour 2: Mad Dog Reveals His Final Four!

First Take

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4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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First Take resumes with Mad Dog's Final Four. Two 5 seeds?? Mad Dog has officially gone...crazy. (0:00) Then, does Jaylen Waddle put Bo Nix and the Broncos on top of the AFC? (13:15) Next, Mad Dog is mad about Matt Leinart's unretired jersey, people who make multiple tournament brackets, and the Oscars having ten best picture nominees! (24:30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.1	For one month, college basketball unites the whole country.
0:43.7	Sox for the win!
0:47.1	UNBC makes history.
0:49.7	You name any two teams to get to the national final.
0:52.5	Shot, Jordan.
0:54.0	You pick them. Let's play the basketball. Let's final. Shot, Jordan. You pick them.
0:55.0	Now let's play the basketball.
0:56.0	Let's play.
0:57.0	Oh, that's a long ways.
0:59.0	It puts it up.
1:03.0	Yeah!
1:04.0	Chalmers for the tie.
1:06.0	Got it!
1:07.0	Chicken for the championship!
1:10.0	Ah! Chicken for the championship. 17 million brackets and counting.
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1:26.6	And speaking of brackets, it is tournament times.
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