The “Bachelor” Grant – Overnight Date Thoughts, My NCAA Round 1 Picks, Temptation Island, & Your Daily Roundup 3/18 Transcript – Reality Steve

Starting tomorrow, might be out of city for the subsequent 6 days, so issues might be a bit of totally different on the location. There might be no Reader Emails tomorrow. Just have too many podcasts to document immediately and get arrange for the remainder of this week. Will have your common Daily Roundup and Sports Daily tomorrow. But then Thursday and Friday’s Daily Roundup might be interviews with Jacqueline Trumbull and Jackie Maroney (one half of She’s All Bach), respectively. Hey, I simply realized they each are Jackie’s. Totally unplanned. Wanted to get these recorded and within the can so I don’t have as many who I have to document my resort room beginning tomorrow. Just makes issues so much simpler on my finish to do it that manner. Because I’m importing every little thing on my laptop computer on the street, and utilizing resort WiFi, mainly it takes double the time for every little thing to add usually. And lets be sincere, the very last thing I wanna do is need to go as much as my room at night time in Vegas and need to document one thing. C’mon individuals. I’ve bought cube to roll. Anyway, that’s the schedule for the remainder of this week. Then Monday and Tuesday subsequent week might be ones I’ve to document in CA, since I’m heading there Saturday from Vegas. A full day 6 days out of city which I believe is the longest “vacation” I’ve had in in all probability 10 years. Even although is it actually “vacation” when you’re nonetheless having to work? While the rationale I’m going out of city is for pleasure, by no means cease working.

All proper. What you’ve all been ready twelve months for. My first spherical NCAA Tournment picks for this week. A bit of background: So right here is my document since I began giving out first spherical performs 8 years in the past. Every sport I’ve wager has been an underdog and I’m 7-4 with 5 outright winners. It makes essentially the most sense since we all know there might be upsets each season, so, I attempt to give attention to the underdogs who I believe will win the sport outright. Even a pair that misplaced outright however lined have been near profitable:

2017: UNC-Wilmington (+8 ½) vs Virginia – Winner (misplaced 76-71)
2018: Loyola-Chicago (+4 1/2 ) vs Miami – Winner (received outright 64-62)
2019: UC Irvine (+4) over Kansas St. – Winner (received outright 70-64)
2020: No event – COVID
2021: Ohio (+7) vs Virginia – Winner (received outright 72-68)
2021: BONUS PICK: UCSB (+7) vs Creighton – Winner (misplaced 63-62)
2022: South Dakota St (+2) over Providence – Lost (misplaced 66-57)
2022: BONUS PICK: Virginia Tech (+1) over Texas – Lost (81-73)
2023: Furman (+5.5) over Virginia – Winner (received outright 68-67)
2023: BONUS PICK: Kent St (+4) over Indiana – Lost (misplaced 71-60)
2024: Coll of Charleston (+9.5) vs Alabama – Lost (109-96)
2024: BONUS PICK: JMU (+5.5) vs Wisconsin – Winner (received outright 72-61)

Without any additional ado, listed below are your two picks for this 12 months. Both video games tip on Thursday.

Yale (+7.5) vs Texas A&M
BONUS PICK: Drake (+6.5) vs Missouri

Other video games that I like as properly and might be betting (in no specific order): Clemson (-7.5) vs McNeese St (Thurs), High Point (+7.5) vs Purdue (Thurs), St Marys (-4) vs Vanderbilt (Fri), Wofford (+19) vs Tennessee (Thurs), & Akron (+14) vs Arizona (Fri).

If you look over all my picks since 2017, together with the 4 bonus picks I gave in each 2022 and 2023, each single considered one of them has additionally lined an 8 pt. teaser. That’s 11 picks I’ve given in 7 years, and each single considered one of them stayed inside 8 pts of the closing line. The 3 staff, 8 pt teaser is one thing I get pleasure from enjoying, in order that’s why I say whereas I just like the performs I gave you, I at all times get pleasure from teasing the road 8 pts in my favor as properly only for some added enjoyable. You don’t need to. Or you’ll be able to if you wish to be a baller. If I needed to give one 3 staff, 8 pt teaser this 12 months, I’d go along with Yale (+15.5), Drake (+13.5), and Clemson (-1/2). Good luck everybody!

One factor I forgot to say within the open is that this weeks weekly podcast (that I’m recording immediately) is with Mark Walberg, host of “Temptation Island.” For the primary time in its historical past, it moved to streaming on Netflix AND they dropped the entire season without delay. And I watched the entire season this previous weekend. In the previous when the present was on USA Network and aired one episode every week, I’d have Mark on originally of the season to preview after which generally after the season. But for the reason that entire season is out, I wished to have him on after I watched the complete season so we are able to talk about every little thing. By the way in which if I’m being sincere, I believe that is the most effective season they’ve ever had. I’ll get into extra particulars within the interview as a result of I don’t wish to spoil something right here when you haven’t watched it but, however, it truly is the most effective one they’ve completed and Mark proved as soon as once more why he’s the most effective actuality present host on TV. And I’m not simply saying that. I believe a part of it’s that the position requires him to be an even bigger a part of the present than say Jesse Palmer, Chris Harrison again within the day, Phil Keoghan, Jeff Probst, and many others. Probst might be second simply due to how a lot display screen time he will get per episode, however simply watch this season (like every season) and Mark simply provides a grasp class in empathy, compassion, and general sensitivity on the bonfires. He was on his sport this season and I wish to commend him for that. So examine that out come Thursday.

Thoughts on final night time’s in a single day dates…

-The new factor we’ve seen the final couple seasons on the Bachelor is having previous ladies present up the week of hometown dates to provide “advice” to the remaining 3 ladies. On Joey’s season, you had 3 ladies from the Golden Bachelor present as much as discuss to Kelsey, Daisy, and Rachel. And now final night time, Daisy, Rachel, and Kaity Biggar confirmed as much as converse to Grant’s ultimate 3. One factor we realized from these talks? Litia has by no means watched the present earlier than. Kaity spoke to her and informed her all in regards to the mess that was Zach’s “Sex Week,” and Litia had by no means heard any of it earlier than. Jaw on the ground. Couldn’t imagine what had occurred and was asking inquiries to Kaity clearly as if she had no concept what ever occurred throughout overnights week. And that was solely 2 seasons in the past.

-If Juliana is gonna get dolled up, do the hair and make-up, and attempt to look all good for Grant for his or her date, lets be sincere, the very last thing she needs to do is go 4 wheeling in mud. Couldn’t we give them a waterfall to make out underneath or one thing? I’m certain she rolled with the punches and didn’t bitch about it, however geez, in that setting, I extremely doubt any girl needs to go 4 wheeling for his or her date the place there’s a severe likelihood for damage. Just a foul alternative of issues to do.
No extra time pay for you, manufacturing. Oh wait, you don’t get that anyway. My unhealthy.

-Haven’t heard something new with reference to the place the Grant/Juliana relationship stands proper now. I do know so lots of you might be satisfied after final nights episode that the spoiler should be mistaken, or how can he even be considering who to select subsequent week when he informed Litia he liked her and he mentioned he’s virtually there with Juliana, and many others. Editing. Best manner I can put it. I’ll say, I haven’t had many particulars in regards to the finale since I introduced the spoiler, however one factor I did hear again once I was informed was that Litia was blindsided by Grant’s choice. After watching final night time’s episode, yeah, that makes good sense now.

-I do know lots of people don’t perceive how any girl that he selected might be watching this again and be high-quality with him saying what he did to Litia then being along with her. I believe you simply gotta keep in mind, this was 4 months in the past. Numerous conversations have occurred since then. Not to say, I believe a number of them perceive it is a TV present. Did Grant HAVE to say he was in love with Litia? No. I’m certain Juliana didn’t really feel nice about it after the actual fact. And shit, perhaps it did finally result in their demise. I haven’t heard both manner. I’m simply saying, whereas it appears preposterous to individuals watching at dwelling, I simply don’t see it as a giant of deal as most do as a result of this isn’t regular relationship life. It’s definitely attainable to fall for a number of ladies on this present. We see it virtually each season if we’re being sincere. Some simply specific it in another way.

-I truthfully suppose that whether or not Grant and Juliana are nonetheless collectively doesn’t have something to do with what he mentioned on the present to Litia. I simply don’t see that being the case. Sure, again in November when this occurred, I’m guessing he prepped her and ready her for it. But in the event that they’re not collectively, I simply don’t get the sense it was due to that. Not to say, I do not know in the event that they even are damaged up. They may nonetheless be a pair and completely happy as clams. Who is aware of? We’ll all discover out subsequent week. But this entire notion that none of those ladies can recover from the truth that the lead may’ve had sturdy emotions for a couple of girl I believe is a tad overblown. In the actual life if a man did this? Absolutely some girl would have a proper to go off on him. In this setting? Eh. The waters are a bit of extra murky when you ask me.

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