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It is Cover Zero. We are one week away from the NFL draft, Matt Jones and Billy R. Sports. The NFL draft is next Thursday night in Pittsburgh.

Mendoza, Francisco Mendoza, looks to be the first pick. And then, you know, after that, it's up in the air. Lots of excitement. Are you looking forward to the draft bill? I am looking to see where the quarterbacks go after Mendoza, right? Ty Simpson. I'm looking at the SEC network right now. You're being to worry about Ty Simpson? Yeah, I got to know where he's going to go. Probably like early second round. I don't think

he's a first round talent. Not sure on team, but I... People didn't make it Alabama. Ty Simpson was good.

Well, this, that's the draft, Matt. Everybody overthinks it. Same with what, Nussmeyer. Nussmeier at

LSU. Constantly getting badgered.

But it would be interesting to see if Alabama and LSU there are two quarterbacks who received constant criticism and turmoil will maybe be the second and third quarterback chosen.

Yeah, and I lock in for that first day of the draft.

I'm kind of in and out.

What do you do?

I sit down in front of the TV if I'm not there.

Is that locked in? Oh, yeah. Oh, I'm definitely locked in. It's locked in to say I sit down in front of the television? Well, I get in the recliner. I mean, a lot of people do that. Well, true. but I get in the recliner and don't move.

Like, I've got to see everything that's happening.

As opposed to what?

Well, maybe you're in and out. Maybe you got a second screen on. Do you watch, do you watch the ESPN feed? Do you watch the ABC feed or do you watch the NFL network feed? I'm an ABC guy. I like the features. Wait, me, you like the one for women. Well, I mean, they make that for people's mothers. Well, I mean, then count me in that group because I like the back stories, like seeing the family, things like that. You like to see like how they're, how they're doing as a family. Yeah. I could get Steve Mariucci on the NFL network any day of the week. But like the Kirk Herb Street and who else is on it? Nick Saban. Saban had done it in the past. But when I see that, when I feel it's like they highlight the tragedy in everyone's life, you're a very pro-tragity. Well, it's good storylines, you know, for our cover Zero podcast. You never know what you're going to learn. Mel Kuiper Jr. I've seen enough of him for a while. What are you talking about? Mel Khyper Jr. is an American treasure. Yeah, well, he's great. No, he's, he's, he's great at analysis. There's no doubt about it in that hair. he eats, so I've worked with him a couple times. He eats a meal at the same time of day. Oh, really? Is it the same meal? Well, he has, it's a certain kind of cake. I can't remember what it is, but there is some cake that he eats every single day at 4.30. Like a slice of it.

And I think it's his thing.

He has it every single day at the exact same time of day.

He's a very like regimented person, as you can see by the hair here.

He's kept the hair the same for 40 some plus years.

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