WTKA Roundtable 4/23/2026: Listen to Me Now and Believe Me Later

Things Discussed:

• Spring Game standouts: Hiter obviously. Buchanan, Tatum looks like a safety, Patterson, Edokpayi, and Palepale.
• Concern about Bryce? Nah, the situation was not conducive to seeing what Bryce can do; if you play Cov2 back all day for real we'll run like 2021 Washington. It was a better situation to show off what Carr can do.
• QB run game: rehash last year's issues: tactically it was there; strategically they hadn't run it so they screwed it up).
• Hoops transfers: Juke Harris or John Blackwell? For this team: Harris. Needs work on defense but Juke makes his own shots. Craig: how do the pieces fit together? Craig thinks Juke is a three.
• Is he coming? Sam was close to a gut feeling, but why have things dragged out? NIL numbers? Tennessee numbers embellished. Is it a bidding war? Don't know.
• Sam thinks Liburd is good enough that they don't need all their eggs in that basket.
• Thiam? Going against Pitino for him so that's big boy battle.
• Rez: Opt-outs might be moving him up the Draft; the Florida guys coming back has bumped him. If he's in the teens he's in the Draft for sure.
• Landon DuPont: first-ever status (can play younger) player in CHL, #1 overall potential, Denver/Michigan battle.
• Michigan hockey summer: Hage is coming back.