I lived. Let's podcast. Alongside Joe Jilio, I'm Joe Ovi as inside Eifford Studios in downtown

Raleigh. Thanks to Empire Properties and thanks to Copiers Plus. Check them out online at copiers

dash plus.com. No waivers that I need to sign today. Didn't need to do any of that stuff.

Instead, I've been using that Kia of Sierra to print off a bunch of like school waiver things,

travel plans and all that stuff. I've already had a morning. It's it's 923 in the morning as we record this. I know it premieres on YouTube at 2 o'clock, but I've been up since 4.30 this morning, Joe. It's been a morning. Say at least. Dad life is real. It feels like a lot. It is raining. But I think nothing good ever happens when it rains. But I survived the Four Loco. My headache finally went away after another round of ibuprofen this morning. So I'm good to go. Good to go. Although I might get a headache when we get around talking about Mike Schiazschevsky. I might get a headache. I might get a headache. But we'll get to that in a second. Let's talk about more NC State because when you talk about NC State, everything goes up.

Numbers go up.

Okay.

When NC State is good, I've been making this point to a lot of people.

When NC State is good, it's good for business.

Don't believe me, look at the ratings.

So the ratings for the Elite 8 showdown between Duke and Etsy State. Brought in record viewership,

15.41 million viewers on CBS,

marking the best men's elite eight game since 2019.

Also the best program on Easter Sunday in 11 years,

dating back to a Duke Louisville game that drew 15.6 million.

That's according to Austin Karp,

who I believe is now at the Sports Business Journal.

My guy, sports TV ratings did a little bit more context here because ratings continued

to look a lot better.

You keep seeing these new record numbers.

Oh, it's a record amount of people.

The first time has happened in a decade.

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