The Fellas with Anthony Gargano and Geoff Schwartz talk NCAA Tournament, NFL Draft, and MLB opening week!

·1 hr 59 min·5 clips

Anthony Gargano argues Duke should have been knocked out, but Geoff Schwartz is impressed by their young team's late-game composure.

Anthony Gargano and Geoff Schwartz open the show live from Fox Sports Radio studios, immediately diving into the NCAA Tournament. They analyze specific games from the Sweet 16, praising Duke's ability to close games despite being a younger team and highlighting the strategic coaching battles between figures like Rick Pitino and Tom Izzo. The hosts debate which teams are championship caliber, with both agreeing Arizona and Michigan are a class above. The conversation pivots to MLB's opening week, where Schwartz, a Giants fan, laments his team scoring zero runs in their first two games—a historically poor offensive start. He criticizes the team's boring, middling performance over the last decade. Gargano shares his background as a former baseball beat writer, explaining why he left the grind. They reminisce about legendary broadcaster Vin Scully's storytelling prowess. The second major segment focuses on the upcoming NFL Draft. Schwartz passionately critiques ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky's opinion that Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson is the draft's top QB, calling it a contrarian take that ignores Simpson's one-year starter status and performance against better teams. He defends the consensus top QB, Francisco Mendoza, by citing clutch moments. They also discuss the draft's overall talent level, noting a lack of plug-and-play offensive linemen. The show then covers the NCAA's loss in the Trindon Hollins eligibility case, predicting the association will keep losing in court due to a lack of a collective bargaining agreement. This leads to a discussion on how extended eligibility impacts high school recruits. In the final segment, Gargano expresses a dystopian fear that the NFL is slowly conditioning fans for a future of flag football or even robot players to control costs and injuries, which Schwartz dismisses. They also critique the NFL scheduling a crucial Rams-49ers division game in Australia for Week 1.

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A loose, detail-minded debate on tournament favorites and a draft class that is not easily reduced to quarterbacks.

The Fellas frames the NCAA Tournament and NFL Draft as one larger debate about labels, favorites, and the details that make quick takes feel too neat. Anthony Gargano and Jeff Schwartz start with Duke-St.

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You want tournament basketball in the foreground, then a draft debate that refuses to let quarterbacks own the whole room.

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