Advertise on podcast: Talk Culotta

For the 50th episode of Talk Culotta, our special guest is New Orleans Saints kicker Wil Lutz, who missed the entire 2021 season due to a core muscle injury. Fortunately, it appears Lutz is ready to return to the gridiron. On Monday, a video of Lutz getting in some practice reps surfaced on social media. It didn't take long for NFL fans to start talking about his latest workout video. Fans in New Orleans believe Lutz's return will be very crucial to their success this fall.

Surround yourself around people smarter than you. Horse experts Jim Love and Seth Schmeeckle join the show talk a lot on the Kentucky Derby. Time Stamps on Each Horse Analysis can be found on BootKreweMedia.com

Former LSU Baseball Star Mason Katz and Jack Culotta talk a lot of baseball on #TalkCulotta. We preview the LSU-Vanderbilt series that starts at 7PM Thursday night. The Tigers will conclude the 2022 regular season in Nashville for its three-game series against the Commodores. Mason Katz, an All-American and All-SEC player in 2013, led the Tigers to the College World Series in his senior season. Katz, an All-American and All-SEC player in 2013, led the Tigers to the College World Series in his senior season. He competed in the 2012 College Home Run Derby at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha and finished as the runner-up to Aaron Judge of Fresno State.

Could the Grizzlies pull off the unthinkable? Rich Strike did. Dave Wottle did. We start with a conversation on the jersey numbers of Taysom Hill and Tyrann Mathieu, and we bounce around from NBA Playoff talk to a Kentucky Derby recap and a Preakness preview. Horse expert and basketball insider Jim Love joins the show from San Antonio.

Time Stamps on Each Horse Analysis 1-20: Mo Donegal (00:05:00), Happy Jack (00:08:00), Epicenter (00:10:30), Summer Is Tomorrow (00:14:00), Smile Happy (00:16:00), Messier ”Bob Baffert is a Bastard” (00:19:00), Crown Pride and a tribute to Hideki Matsuyama (00:21:30), Charge It and His Trainer Todd Pletcher (00:23:45), Tiz the Bomb (00:26:15), Zandon (00:29:00), Pioneer of Medina (00:31:30) Taiba ”Great Bet” (00:33:00), Simplification (00:37:30), Barber Road (00:39:40), White Abarrio (00:40:00), Cyberknife (00:41:20), Classic Causeway ”Draw a Line thru the Florida Derby” (00:43:40), Tawny Port (00:46:10), Zozos (00:48:10), Ethereal Road (00:50:10, you can disregard this analysis as Etherial Road trained by D. Wayne Lukas, is now out of Kentucky Derby and Rich Strike is in). Seth’s Final Picks (00:52:10), Jim’s Final Picks (00:53:20), DraftKings FREE Pool Picks (00:58:00), Over/Under for Winner’s Finishing Time, ”Weather is a Factor” (01:00:00) Zandon vs. Mo Donegal (01:02:00), and Final Thoughts (01:03:00)

NOLA Gold Rugby Club obtained Devin Short last season after a trade with San Diego Legion. Devin is in the second year of his contract for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The 23-year-old flanker from Las Vegas, Nevada, is 6’4″ and 215 lbs. We talk a lotta rugby, from this current season (3-9 record) to loving New Orleans to workout routines and how to get big.

Ft. Jeff Duncan (Columnist: The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com). Jeff talks about his career (00:02:30-00:06:20), horse betting and the Kentucky Derby (00:05:30-00:07:10), Tyrann Mathieu and the Number 7 (00:08:00-00:12:00), Saints draft and offseason moves (00:12:00-00:15:00), Dennis Allen and Pete Carmichael (00:17:00-00:23:23), and other NFL teams including his thoughts on the 49ers (00:23:24-00:28:00). Jeff previously worked at The Athletic and The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune, where he was a member of the team that won two Pulitzer Prizes for the paper’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina. He has been honored four times as the Columnist of the Year and four times for the Story of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. He is the author of three books, and he is one of 48 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee.

Chris Rosvoglou of the Straight Up Saints Podcast joins Jack Culotta to discuss the Saints' 1st-round draft picks (00:01:30-00:25:30). Jack challenges Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay to show face. Mike Bergeron hops on to smoke a cigarette, and more! Willie Green is my hero, and New Orleans is both a basketball and a football city.

The Masters, a Tradition Unlike Any Other, Picks, Predictions, Bets, Kelly Gibson Joins the Show, First-Timers, Louis Oosthuizen, Tiger Woods, Cameron Smith, and more!

The journey of Coach Mike Krzyzewski in this tournament alone (00:02:00- 00:09:25) is unreal, Michael Jordan is in New Orleans and everything magical happens in NOLA (00:09:26-00:12:00), Villanova, Caleb Daniels, and Jay Wright (00:12:01-00:15:00), Kansas and Bill Self's Red Face (00:13:36-00:15:00), Betting Odds and Picks for Duke -4 vs. UNC, Kansas -4.5 vs. Villanova  (00:15:00-00:22:00), Zion Williamson and the 9-seeded Pelicans (00:22:00-00:30:00), "I Hate Christian Laettner" and Who Really is the Most Hated Duke Player of All Time? (00:30:01-00:32:18). This podcast features Justin Napoli of Pro Pels Talk Podcast, who is the co-owner of Boot Krewe Media...and my boss.

Three NAIA National Champions make their picks for the NCAA Final Four. Loyola New Orleans' Myles Burns, Zach Wrightsil, and Jalen Galloway join in a free-for-all conversation about their futures in basketball, life, and their predictions for the Final Four. Will Duke win it all? Is it time for Kansas to win another one? Could UNC beat their rivals once again? Can Villanova overcome the injury? Find out right here on the Talk Culotta Sports Podcast.

The NCAA Men’s Final Four will take place in New Orleans, April 1-4 and offers numerous events for fans of all ages. Meet Jeff Rossi, the Executive Director of the NCAA Men's Final Four Local Organizing Committee and Senior Vice President of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation.