WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:08.279 Streaming live on the iHeartRadio WAPP. This is I on the Ball with Steve 2 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:14.080 Ravera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports fourteen to fifty. Hey, welcome back 3 00:00:14.119 --> 00:00:16.600 to Win the Ball hero Fox Sports Fortune fifty. I'm Steve, He's Jake 4 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:27.120 got kivin with breaking news, breaking news on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Nothing's 5 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:29.640 ever perfect, you know what I mean, nothing can be perfect, but 6 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:32.640 that's okay. We do have some breaking news. So today the Pac twelve 7 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:38.640 announced it's yearly awards to end the season, and Noah Fafida is the Pac 8 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:44.000 twelve Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year. He leads the group of thirteen Wildcats 9 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:50.159 that earned conference award honors and he is also the first and only winner from 10 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:54.759 You Have a JJ Taylor was a co winner of the award in twenty seventeen. 11 00:00:57.119 --> 00:00:59.600 And that's amazing to you forgot who did what? He didn't get into 12 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.719 a game of the end of the fourth season, and yet you know he's 13 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:07.680 he's the offensive Freshman of the Year and the guy who he beat out was 14 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:10.640 a Freshman of the Year as well, and Jade Delora a couple of years 15 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:14.079 ago. So a good you know, good on off of well deserved obviously. 16 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:19.319 I think the big one of the things that Arizona fans are losing their 17 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:22.879 minds over it shouldn't be is that Kaylin de Boor got Coach of the Year 18 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:27.000 deserving that Jeff Fish deserve it. Yeah, he deserved it too, but 19 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:30.239 you can only give it once, and I think you give it to the 20 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:37.519 guy who went under who was us he was picked to when Oregon they I 21 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:42.560 think with USC Washington, Oregon, Utah was how it was, how the 22 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:47.239 prediction came came around because at the time, at the time Oregon was not 23 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:51.040 people didn't think Oregon was gonna be great. They you know, they they 24 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:53.439 got good, you know in the second half of the season or that's when 25 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:56.439 people thought they were great. But yeah, so a bunch of a bunch 26 00:01:56.439 --> 00:01:57.640 of Arizona guys for the first time in a long time. I think what 27 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:02.480 they say, uheen thirteen for first time since when, oh, since twenty 28 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:07.439 seventeen. But that was what J J. Taylor co no man months I 29 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:12.360 think was there was a number in terms of the most the most who got 30 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:16.039 sort of all when that's funny when Arizona says all conference, they're adding in 31 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:22.000 the honorable mention guys and all that kind of stuff. But I know Washington 32 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:25.240 had fourteen of their players earned some level of All Pac twelve honor. It 33 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:30.039 says thirteen All conference honors are the most for the Wildcats. That's two thousand 34 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:32.080 and eight when they had fourteen, and it's a good benchmark. But like 35 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.719 I just said, Washington at fourteen and that's the best team in the conference 36 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.800 we have right now in Arizona's right up there with him in terms of yearly 37 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:43.879 award honors, which is pretty cool to see. But Jordan Morgan, Jacob 38 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:50.479 mon who first team at their positions, second team, Tetro McMillan. They're 39 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:53.520 look is see the best receiver in the conference. He's in the conversation, 40 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:57.159 certainly, but you can't argue with the guys that they gave it to. 41 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:00.759 Yeah, it's a loaded conference on that way, for sure. I don't 42 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:04.400 I don't wait an, I'm looking. I'm looking for Dorian Singer and Deonder 43 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:09.719 Willampin. Sorry that was me speaking of speaking of transfers. As Jay brought 44 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:14.479 up Dorian Singer, you have an interesting transfer out of Alabama today, guys. 45 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:19.280 Alabama quarterback Tyler Buckner has entered the transfer portal, but not for football. 46 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.919 I like to transfer to play lacrosse, and he did play that in 47 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:29.159 eighth grade apparently before focusing on football. What. Yeah, For those who 48 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:31.199 can't see Jay, his face just twisted in about eighty different directions. I 49 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.960 had no idea because he was one of the better lacrosse players in the country 50 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.319 coming in right now and he decided just to change. Yeah, so he's 51 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:42.080 going back to I guess his roots in that way. Well. Well, 52 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:45.039 the Alabama quarterback and I can't think of his name right, He's gonna be 53 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:47.759 a Heisman Trophy Jaylen Molroe. Yeah, he'll be a HIGSM candidate next week 54 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:51.680 one because he's at Alabama too. He had a really nice second half of 55 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:53.000 the season. Yeah, he's got his team in the playoffs. He's even 56 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:57.360 quoting Jalen Hurts after games and stuff like that. It's pretty interesting to see. 57 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:02.039 Yeah. The the quarterback from Oklahoma, Dylan Gabriel is rumored to be 58 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:08.319 a Cornipete Demil is meeting with the Ducks of Oregon this this week. Also 59 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:11.199 heard us C is in the mix. Usc is in the mix, but 60 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:15.639 he's meeting with the Ducks this week, uh D is supposed to meet with 61 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:19.000 a couple of a C a CC teams, uh, like Florida State, 62 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:24.000 and he's also gonna meet with Mississippi State as well. Okay, so there's 63 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:30.079 there's your answer. Jay, the guy from Oklahoma going somewhere else like Oregon, 64 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:32.279 right and us C And I had heard you that was a shoe too, 65 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:38.279 because the other guy is leaving. So uh, that's that's what happens. 66 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:42.720 You go from one A to one A A. It's free agency with 67 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:47.639 absolutely zero what are they what do they call guardrails, restrictions and regulation restrictions, 68 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:51.560 regulations, salary caps, any of that stuff. And you're and you're 69 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:55.720 at Oklahoma. Yeah, and you're Yeah, you're in Oklahoma. You can't 70 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.759 you're starting. You can't keep your starting quarterback. How crazy is that? 71 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:01.959 You're driving a b M the whatever BMW. Oh, there's a nice one 72 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:06.240 over there. Yeah, let me let let's finish the U of A All 73 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:11.720 Conference guys. Tyler Loop was second team as we said, Team ac ted. 74 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:16.000 Roy McMillan was second team. Honorable mentioned guys were Jonah Coleman running back, 75 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:23.680 Tanner McLaughlin the tight end offensive lineman Jonah Savanea, Taylor Upshaw defensive line, 76 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:28.600 defensive backs, Tacario Davis, Thepheesians, Price Sock, Jacob Cowen got 77 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:32.319 honorable mention at receiver, and Tradon Stokes another defensive back. So a lot 78 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:34.959 of guys, man, that's good. Good for them, Good for them, 79 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:41.360 all right. It is the Arizona Coyotes. Jay's favorite hockey team is. 80 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:46.040 They're on fire right now. They're the first team in NHL history to 81 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:50.519 defeat the five most recent Stanley Cup champions in consecutive games. Now, that 82 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:54.480 doesn't mean a whole lot in terms of their evaluation of the team, but 83 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:56.879 it does. It does mean they're beating quality teams and they've done it five 84 00:05:56.879 --> 00:06:00.879 straight games and are the only ones to have played those guys. I have 85 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:02.800 no idea. It's one of those it's one of those beam Yeah, it's 86 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.279 one of those weird sports center status. But it's funny because sometimes you see, 87 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:10.759 well the Cowboys hadn't beat this team since two thousand and eight. Well 88 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:13.920 they hadn't played him since two thousand and eight. Yeah, there were a 89 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:15.199 lot of those stats going around with the Jaguars last night. They were like 90 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:18.959 the Jaguars have not won a Monday night football game since two thousand and whatever, 91 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:23.000 so they also hadn't played a home Monday night football game since like a 92 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:26.160 year before that. And let me take a moment to say that I well, 93 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:29.959 I Trevor Lawrence is one of my favorite guys. He's a big weenie. 94 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:33.720 He acted like he blew out his leg and tore up his ac ripped 95 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:39.439 his we're gonna call him ripped his h and ripped his achilles, and he's 96 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:45.639 got a sprain dank we gotta call it's Trevor Lawrence. Good. Yeah, 97 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:48.519 he has something to say to your dad, big baby God. He threw 98 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:53.399 his helmet and some guy you see, the guy from the other from from 99 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:56.800 paying for it, went up to him and we went to a knee instead 100 00:06:56.839 --> 00:06:59.000 of prayer for him, like, get off your knee. He's got a 101 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:01.279 sprained ankle. Right, guys, get every game if you get hurt, 102 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:06.879 that tall chr I'm not gonna do anything. Yeah I'm not. I'm not 103 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:11.560 dropping down to it. He's saying, no type of nothing. Put a 104 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:14.480 little dirt, rub some dirt on it, and get back in the damn 105 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:19.920 game and go score me some points for his fantasy team exactly. Time has 106 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:23.480 released it's twenty twenty three Athlete of the Year. Do you guys want to 107 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:26.360 take a shot at the guests if you guys have already, it's not it's 108 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:30.279 not Deon Sanders. No, that was sportsperson athlete. This is Time Magazine 109 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:36.959 twenty twenty three Athlete of the Year. WHOA, Okay, it's gonna be 110 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:43.519 okay, it's okay. Is it a sort of an out of the box 111 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:48.199 pick? Like not NFL? And yeah, it's not in the wheelhouse one 112 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:54.480 more times? No, little messy nailed bit Jay. Look at that nailed 113 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:58.680 it. I know, of course he's the only soccer player I know except 114 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:03.240 Christian Bron in Miami. Yeah, I think, but his his his impact 115 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:07.319 on like the greater economy of Miami and the league as a whole. I 116 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:11.600 think he's boosted the MLS to it like three games, didn't he He played 117 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:13.600 a lot more games than three. But he did get hurt. He had 118 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:18.360 a hamstring Injursty. He kept them out of some regular season games and they 119 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:22.000 lost those games. The playoffs they did win. They did win some in 120 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:26.920 season uh some in season tournament things. So so yeah, look a guy 121 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:30.040 like that coming to the United States. So I mean, that's a big 122 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.600 deal, Steve, even though you played because well, because when he said 123 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.080 it wasn't one of the wheelhouse sports, they thought, okay, it's got 124 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:39.799 to be soccer tennis. I thought Simone Biles was it was a good it 125 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:43.639 was a good guess when it wasn't hurt. I'm trying to think of an 126 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:48.039 who's like the most famous athlete you could have did. Maybe Novak Djokovic was 127 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:54.519 you said, oh yeah, but he didn't have a huge impact in the 128 00:08:54.639 --> 00:09:00.639 United States tournament. But Messi came here and played played here the US. 129 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:05.080 Yeah, you know, it's like when Pele came, right big it is 130 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:07.600 like when Pele came kind of big deal. We have some we have some 131 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.879 breaking MLB draft news for you guys. By the way, the Cleveland Guardians 132 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:15.840 have landed the number one pick in the upcoming MLB Draft. They only had 133 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.399 a two percent chance of winning the lottery. I wonder if if Terry Francona 134 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:22.919 will go back and man, it's nice And the last bit of breaking news 135 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.480 for today, I thought this was pretty interesting. We're seeing the Las Vegas 136 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:31.799 sphere. If you guys are familiar, obviously with the new new venue out 137 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:35.480 there in Las Vegas. The twenty twenty four NHL Draft is going to be 138 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:41.159 held at this sphere in June nine. The NFL Draft, the NHL Draft 139 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:45.480 hippo. Ok, the NHL Draft I didn't here is going to be held 140 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:48.799 at this fear in Las Vegas in June. Wow, I did. That's 141 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:52.519 it's stunning to see that because I was when I was in Vegas a couple 142 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:56.000 of weeks ago. It's amazing what it looks like. No, I'm sure, 143 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:56.759 And I mean I remember seeing it as they were building. I'm like, 144 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:00.120 I do what are they building? I was, I was, what 145 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:03.559 is in March? And it was it was just they just finished building it, 146 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:05.759 but they hadn't quite launched it yet. Yeah, and it was just 147 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:07.720 this big, massive thing out there, and I was like, that is 148 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:09.799 going to be incredible whenever they get it going. And it has been so 149 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:13.320 Yeah. But that's all the breaking news I had for today. I don't 150 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:16.879 know if you guys, well, let's go to this thing with you know 151 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:22.519 that there's a story in the book in this in the Star Ellie Wolf. 152 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.440 Uh. Now, this was this was the thing that came out. This 153 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:28.320 news came out yesterday, was reported today in the Star. But it turns 154 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:33.519 out that the loan that that athletics got from the U of A is eighty 155 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.159 seven million dollars, not fifty something that was reported when this whole thing of 156 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:41.480 the miscalculation of the of the cash on hand was done. And and Bobby 157 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:45.919 Robbins just basically said one hundred percent, there's gonna be some layoffs in the 158 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:50.320 athletic department. Ticket prices is gonna go up for basketball and football twenty five 159 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:54.720 percent, and that you know, they I mean, they got They're gonna 160 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:56.360 have to bite the bullet and it's just gonna be interesting to see what, 161 00:10:56.679 --> 00:11:01.919 you know, how that affects everything. It's not a small number. That's 162 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:05.720 small amount, Steve. If you're paying two thousand dollars, a thousand dollars 163 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:07.799 whatever, that's still a chunk of chain. Well, if you're paying two 164 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.320 thousand dollars for your ticket, you're paying hundred bucks. Yeah, and a 165 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:13.799 lot of the guys could afford it, but a lot of guys can't. 166 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:16.960 Yeah. Yeah, I'm not even sure how much I pay for my tickets 167 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.159 because the invoice comes in and then I paid and I don't even really pay 168 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:24.159 attention to do it. Start paying. Take I think my two tickets, 169 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:28.799 my two football tickets, I believe were in the five hundred, five hundred 170 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:31.679 and fifty dollars range or something like that. But I could be because you 171 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:35.919 get you pay a ticket and then you also pay you're wearing a seat premium. 172 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.039 Uh, you know when we moved into sections, we pay that. 173 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:43.440 But you know, if it's if it's another one hundred dollars, what the 174 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:48.480 hell? Yeah, one hundreds it sounds okay, and twenty five. But 175 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:52.360 you know, if you load your cats, you're gonna go. Yeah, 176 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:56.440 you to go, you to go, especially invest like next year, how 177 00:11:56.440 --> 00:12:00.320 could you not go? You know, we complain that all these I have 178 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:05.919 that the home schedule in basketball has been blah for the last whatever since the 179 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:11.320 shun stuff is coming on, and now now they now they're gonna be playing 180 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:13.320 some teams. Right. I can't wait. How did you miss that? 181 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:16.840 I mean, I can't wait for the basketball schedule for next year to come 182 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:20.639 out. After the sleep Every weekend is gonna have something something right. Somebody's 183 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:26.399 coming in that whether it's Kelvin Sampson or Kansas or the Baylor their own tang. 184 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:28.799 One of my big questions is what what nights are game is going to 185 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:31.759 be on? Right, because we've gotten so you see that Thursday, the 186 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:37.080 Thursday Saturday or Thursday Sunday thing because of the travel partners, and it's been 187 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:39.759 easy that the Big Twelve doesn't do it like that. Their games are all 188 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.120 during the week. You know, we're gonna have Monday night games and Wednesday 189 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:46.960 night games, and you know how am I gonna get some sleep? You 190 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:50.840 know on those weeknight games? You know, although I would hope being in 191 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.679 the Big twelve will limit those nights, you know, we won't have those 192 00:12:54.759 --> 00:13:00.799 nine o'clock games football. But yeah, but other two many there's not too 193 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:07.080 many. There's two of them this year. A couple put a little Yeah, 194 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:13.759 I gotta stay up and count everything. Lawrence and his doctor I think 195 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:18.799 just called in put it in concussion mode. What do you gotta say, 196 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:22.080 Kenny Pickett, he'sprained his ankle, he's getting surgery. What do you gotta 197 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:26.120 say to MJ has not has not fantasy out of his Hey, look, 198 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.559 if you're getting surgery, you know, you can cry all you want, 199 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:35.120 but you got you know, everybody sprains their ankles. Everybody does. If 200 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:37.240 you're an athlete, you've sprained your ankle, right, have you ever? 201 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:41.720 Don't look at me, don't look at me. You've been an athlete, 202 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:46.720 right, No, no, no, okay, Steve has yeah, broken 203 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.039 legs and like I should say, and and over hands. But it's it's 204 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:54.279 cool. It's not cool. It's no. I mean, look, I 205 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:56.840 mean, I've had a couple of a couple of athletic cause surgeries. 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Now on the phone, we have Tim Kitsch, the I 286 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:42.920 Guess, executive director for the President of President of the National Football Foundation, 287 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:48.359 the Southern Arizona Chapter, former Oklahoma coach and Big Coach. How you doing, 288 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:52.400 Coach, I'm doing great, guys. I'm excited to be here with 289 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:57.720 you today, and yeah, we've got an interesting bowl matchup coming up. 290 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:00.519 We do, we do it and that's why we call it. And who 291 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:04.039 better than a guy who's been in both places? But first, well, 292 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:08.720 first coach, but first coach. Are you glad that you're not to coach 293 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:14.519 anymore? Well? You and I have had this discussion before, and yes 294 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:22.680 I am because I don't get it so college football and certainly taking a couple 295 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:26.240 of turns and I'm not sure they're all for the better, but you know, 296 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:30.119 it's certainly a free for all out there right now, and that's that's 297 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:33.200 disappointing to me, to be honest with. Yeah, no doubt. So 298 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:37.799 we've got we do have a great matchup in Arizona. Obviously very excited to 299 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:41.720 be in a bowl game. Jeed Fish talked yesterday about how you know this 300 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.599 they're playing for playing this game as if it's a championship game. We know 301 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:49.039 other teams don't do that. Teams you see teams getting into these bowl games. 302 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:53.400 You know your experience with with bowl games, did you see a little 303 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:56.599 both of that? You know, how did you know could you tell that 304 00:20:56.680 --> 00:21:03.319 if your team was either really into it or not really into it. You 305 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:08.720 know, I think back probably earlier in my career, where bowl games were 306 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:14.359 such a big deal for any team that got into one that I don't think 307 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:18.119 that's part of the equation. I think that all the teams early in my 308 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:22.960 career, I absolutely love being at a bowl game. They recognized it as 309 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:29.200 being a reward for a great season. And uh, but anymore with all 310 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:33.680 the players opting out and uh uh and I get it to a point. 311 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:37.759 I mean, if you're a first rounder or maybe even up second rounder, 312 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:44.519 uh and they and the bowl game is not a championship bowl game, uh, 313 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:48.039 you know, in the final four. Maybe that's maybe that's a deterrent 314 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:53.240 for the for some kids thinking that way. But you know, I was 315 00:21:53.240 --> 00:22:00.519 in three of the four championship or three of the final fours, and that's 316 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:07.440 certainly held a little bit higher esteem, I guess for all the teams involved. 317 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:12.640 But uh yeah, it's disappointing to me. See maybe the way the 318 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:18.599 teams are are reacting to going to lesser bowl games and they think they should 319 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:22.839 be at but you know that that won't bode well for him if they don't 320 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:26.640 show up on that particular day to play. So coaches, it's obviously you 321 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:32.079 played, you spent some time here in Tucson with you of a did you 322 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:34.440 and I know this is a dumb question, and I'm sorry, but you 323 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:40.160 probably saw the potential the program had back in the day, and it's not 324 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:42.759 too long ago with Stoops and your time when you took over, that they 325 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:48.160 could do this and it would just take a little magic. Yeah, I 326 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:51.720 think that's true. I really, Uh, you know, I believe we 327 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:56.599 were building the culture here similar to what Jets done here with this particular group 328 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:03.079 and h kind of along the same timeline. Our airs were tough, and 329 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:08.599 then in the middle of the of our stay here, we're certainly we're getting 330 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:12.000 better. And you know, you could argue that we were one play away 331 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:18.640 from going to the Rose Bowl the year we lost to Oregon. But uh, 332 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:23.680 you know what he's done and what the team's doing now, they're hitting 333 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:27.720 on all cylinders. They're playing with a lot of confidence. I like all 334 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:33.559 three phases, the way they're playing right now, and their turnover savvy. 335 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:38.759 So I think that's bodes well for Arizona heading end of this game. What's 336 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:41.880 impressed to you about the way they've done this. Uh, you know, 337 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:45.720 first of all, you know, let's let's not beat around the bush, 338 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:48.559 you jed, I mean, well, a long time coach, you know, 339 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:52.759 didn't really play college football, kind of unknown, uh, but comes 340 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:56.039 in here, you know, and and does what he's done. What do 341 00:23:56.039 --> 00:24:00.480 you what was the most impressive thing about that? Do you think? Well? 342 00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:04.759 I think first of all, he hired a group great group of coaches 343 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:08.160 around him, and that's, you know, the mark of a good leader. 344 00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:15.079 Get the people that you can trust and confide in and know that they're 345 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.200 going to do their jobs and they're going to be loyal, and then getting 346 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:22.519 the kids to believe that, you know, they could compete. And that's 347 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:27.240 the maturation of what I see in this team is that you know, that 348 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:33.240 first year was a typical first year when you're coming into a program that might 349 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:37.839 be a little down. Well, they were definitely down, so that didn't 350 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:45.519 surprise me. But I just liked with the I like the physicality that they're 351 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:51.400 playing with. I like the confidence that they're playing with. And that's something 352 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:55.599 that you built up over time, and you've got to have pretty good leaders 353 00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:59.279 in there to be able to make that happen. And then you know, 354 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:03.920 the rest of the team rises up and uh uh plays accordingly. I'm assuming 355 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:07.880 that you've watched many of the games and we talked about this. I know 356 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:11.680 Jed talked about this a lot and where the magic started or he began to 357 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:17.160 see this thing happened. And he said the USC game, they played them 358 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:19.920 close, they could have won the game. I kind of agree with him 359 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:23.119 obviously, But the Washington State game to me was like, Wow, this 360 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:26.640 team is kicking the crap out of him on the road and then they haven't 361 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:33.880 lost since when did you see something like something turned? Yeah, I would 362 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:36.880 agree with that. I think the Washington game as well. In fact, 363 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:40.960 you know, the interesting thing for me is there's there's kind of a triangle 364 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:45.559 connection to this whole thing. You know, at least with the with the 365 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:52.279 Bowl game with Oklahoma, Oklahoma beat Texas, Texas beat Alabama. Arizona could 366 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:57.160 easily won the Washington game in my opinion, and uh, I actually at 367 00:25:57.200 --> 00:26:02.039 trivia, you know, I I I know that could have beaten USC on 368 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:04.039 the road, which would have been a big cupe. But to be that 369 00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:11.200 competitive in a game when UFC was really playing at their best, I think 370 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:15.759 I'd agree with that that that was definitely a turning point in the season, 371 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:22.680 a confidence voter for the team. But I'm I'm I'm even more impressed with 372 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:29.440 the way they uh played in the Washington game. So that was my take 373 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:32.640 on it. So, you know, one of the obviously keys to this 374 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:34.480 thing, and you know, your side of the ball, what the defense 375 00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:40.400 has done this year took a huge leap, similar to the leap that that 376 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:44.839 the offense took last year from your year one to year two under under fish. 377 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:48.039 What you know, what's what is it about the defense that that you 378 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:52.119 know makes you kind of you know, raise your eyebrowser turn your head and 379 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.839 say, wow, these guys have done a really nice job with this. 380 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:59.319 Well, they they did several things. One is they went out and got 381 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:03.799 some got the type of person that they felt would fit the system. And 382 00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:11.920 you know, I think from a defensive perspective, there's of a of a 383 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:18.200 football team as I've seen in a long time here, and I like the 384 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:22.839 schemes. I don't think it's too complex, but it's complex enough to confuse 385 00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:29.680 opposing quarterbacks. And just the way they're flying around the ball right now, 386 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:33.640 I think that's probably the most impressive thing to me is you see a lot 387 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:42.160 of wildcat stirts around the ball all the time. Do you watch do you 388 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:48.480 watch Arizona's game? Do you watch Arizona's defense from a coach perspective? You 389 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:51.559 know, I wouldn't know you know what a coach perspective is, But do 390 00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:55.880 you do you look at when you're watching Arizona play? Are you watching the 391 00:27:55.880 --> 00:28:00.759 defense kind of maybe analytically, just seeing what they're doing as opposed to just 392 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:04.400 watching what happens in a given play or something like that. Well, I'd 393 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:07.880 like to say I could sit here and tell you that I was just a 394 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:14.759 fan watching the game, but I'm coaching him for the game. H No, 395 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:22.359 I you know they're doing enough stuff defensively scheme wise that you know it's 396 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:30.000 it's hard to uh for a quarterback to uh see what the final uh product 397 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:33.920 of a play is going to be. And I think that's vot very well 398 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:40.920 for what they're trying to accomplish defensively is confusing quarterbacks and UH and just playing 399 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:45.720 hard and UH. Like I said, the turnover battles that they're winning every 400 00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:48.960 week is uh is really impressive to me. So coach, let me get 401 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:52.160 away from this because I've always wanted to ask a coach to like this. 402 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:56.200 Uh and and and you're not coaching, So this is the question. So 403 00:28:56.240 --> 00:29:00.240 you're coaching, and you're well respected, you're coaching a Division one level at 404 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:04.359 Arizona, Oklahoma, whatever, and now your quarterback's making half a million dollars. 405 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:11.079 How difficult or whatever he's making, how difficult is for you to coach 406 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:15.319 them a guy who's already making that money, and then you maybe knowing that 407 00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:21.359 this kid is not paying attention or does he care? Yeah, that's that's 408 00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:26.640 wow. You've hit a sixty four thousand dollars question. But here's my take 409 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.200 on this. So at the NFL level, which is where we're going with 410 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:36.200 the college football, I think we talked about this once before, but the 411 00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:41.839 word amateur no longer exists in college football and that's a shame to me. 412 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:49.200 We've just become a farm system for NFL in my opinion, and the fact 413 00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:53.920 that these kids the lessons they had it right initially when they had the cost 414 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:57.559 of attendance that they put into play oh, I don't know, six seven 415 00:29:57.680 --> 00:30:03.519 years ago, where they paid everybody above and beyond the scholarship money. H 416 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:08.920 and that was the right track to go on. But when the NL I 417 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:15.599 opened for NIL opened up and it became a free for all, that's when 418 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:22.279 it got really out of control. So to answer your question, I would 419 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:29.240 not be happy if a young man put himself before the team. It's always 420 00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:33.079 team, team, teams, and that would be my problem with it. 421 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.240 Yeah, I don't. I don't know how coaches do what to do. 422 00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:37.799 I honestly don't. I don't either. You know, when you think of 423 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:40.319 coaches like you know, like yourself, you know, like Dick told me 424 00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:44.160 where you know, it was about blue collar guys who you know were in 425 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.400 it for the good of the team and stuff like that, and all of 426 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:48.279 a sudden, you know, you got to you might have a quarterback making 427 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:52.599 you know, seven figures or whatever. How that would how that would just 428 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:56.319 fly around the locker room, in a meeting room or or wherever. I 429 00:30:56.400 --> 00:31:02.440 just can't I can't even imagine. Well, uh, we're seeing it firsthand, 430 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:08.559 and I think it's shown exactly ahead unfortunately here the last couple of years. 431 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:14.839 Because you know, maybe initially it was okay because you didn't hear about 432 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:18.839 those kind of figures initially, but then once once they could find out that 433 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:23.119 there was no control of it. Uh, the rich got richer? Ye, 434 00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:29.839 So yeah, are they getting richer or are they really putting themselves in 435 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:34.200 a bad and harmed way because of that? That's what I think. Well, 436 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:37.079 let's talk a little bit about what you've been doing with the football National 437 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:40.799 Football Foundation here the southern are is on the chapter. A lot of stuff 438 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:45.680 with with the high schools. Tucson had two state champions in football. You 439 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:48.400 guys, you know one one one thing you're trying to you know, get 440 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:52.480 kids interested in the sport. But you gave you give out weekly awards and 441 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.839 those kinds of things. What you know, what's uh, just tell us 442 00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:56.720 a little bit about what you guys are trying to do with all that. 443 00:31:56.680 --> 00:32:02.440 Yeah. Well, and you know our what we're really trying to accomplish in 444 00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:10.160 our mission is to grow the game of football grow in southern Arizona. Started 445 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:15.079 at the youth level and as it trickles up to the high school level. 446 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:21.759 You know, we're sponsoring clinics, we're sponsoring camps. We did twelve Friday 447 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:25.480 Night Lights games in Southern Arizona this year with the Arizona bull as our partner. 448 00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:30.599 We went to Wilcox, we went to Walden Grove, went to Empire, 449 00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:35.640 Douglas, Tombstone, Rito Rico. So we just didn't go to in 450 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:40.359 town schools. We're really trying to get ourselves out there and we were well 451 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:45.599 received in a lot of those rural communities, which is really important for us 452 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:51.240 because we had forty five high schools under our umbrella south of Phoenix, so 453 00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:59.880 that was a big deal for us. We sponsored a couple flag football tournaments. 454 00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:05.319 Uh. We helped with Alex and Daos's kicking gam Uh. The thing 455 00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:09.880 that I enjoyed as much as anything this year as we sponsored the first girls 456 00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:17.400 flag football game with the Tucson teams. Random, So you know, we're 457 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:22.559 doing a lot with youth football. We're helping the jamborees, We're there for 458 00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:28.240 the championship game and then uh, we'll be tied in with the Arizona Bowl 459 00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:31.759 game. Uh. Giving out the Bijon Robinson Player of the Year warth at 460 00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:36.680 halftime. Nice. Nice, and how proud I guess if you can be 461 00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:39.079 proud about the two teams that won the state title the first time in forever. 462 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:45.960 Two teams I two Tucson teams that I you know, this is what 463 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:50.200 we're looking for. This is why we're trying to build everybody's program up as 464 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:53.079 best we can do what little bit we can do, uh, to help 465 00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:59.799 grow grow football and and help the coaches, help the teams whatever it is 466 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:02.720 we can do. Uh, We're trying to help with that. And Uh, 467 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:07.599 I'm just super excited that Cdo and Tobino came out on top. I 468 00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:13.320 think it's a real cupe for the city of Tucson. Okay, okay, 469 00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:15.480 Tim, you know, we were going to ask this big olfant in the 470 00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:17.679 room, who you rooting for? Or are you rooting for somebody? And 471 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:20.440 I'm not going to ask you that. Who are you rooting for? The 472 00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:27.440 Yeah, go ahead, because I've been at that ten thousand times already and 473 00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:32.239 here's my patented answer. I was a Wildcat first. All right, Okay, 474 00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:36.239 we love that. And you're living here, so all right, the 475 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.719 fans will love that. You know, well, they'll see you at the 476 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:43.679 grocery store and let's say thank you, coach, appreciate that. Thanks. 477 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:45.480 So, you know, there's a couple of connections in there with the you 478 00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:52.159 know, Seth platrell is UOC at Oklahoma and uh go beating boats hill line 479 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:55.880 coach, and we're both here with us at u of a sou that's kind 480 00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:59.800 of interesting, you know, cool cool stuff. Well, I don't know 481 00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:02.079 about how seth. This guy is loving the fact that as soon as he 482 00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:06.920 got there his quarterback left. What the hell he's gonna do now? Yeah? 483 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:10.320 Yeah, and he's the new OC. Yeah. Yeah, that's interesting. 484 00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:15.679 I'm sure Oklahoma will be fine. They're Oklahoma, It'll be fine. 485 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:22.079 Well, I'm excited for the game. I I probably will be semi neutral 486 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:27.840 in some respect, but like I said, I'm a wild cat for Thanks 487 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:30.679 coach, Thanks a buch Man. Appreciate it. Well, appreciate you guys. 488 00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:34.599 Thank you for having us, having me on Sure, no problem, 489 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:37.079 great, great to have him always fine, he's good, good sports. 490 00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:39.559 Yeah, Okay, let's take a break so you have more time before maybe 491 00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:53.400 a call or two. All right, we'll be right back. If you're 492 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:58.039 an Arizona men's basketball fan, you know it's been successful for nearly forty years. 493 00:35:58.320 --> 00:36:00.719 Now. 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Steve 543 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:37.239 Rivera and Jacob Salaz they have their Eye on the ball on Tucson Sports Station 544 00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:43.039 Chat Fox Sports fourteen to fifteen. Hey, welcome back to my I on 545 00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:45.719 the ball here Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve, Psja Kevin with us 546 00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:49.559 today the thirteen minutes. If you guys want to call please do I know 547 00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:52.280 someone will try to call earlier. You can call back this show. We'll 548 00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:55.800 pay attention way too, Fasha. Well, and you've got great guests in 549 00:39:57.159 --> 00:40:00.880 conversation. It's cool. Look at that. I'm ringing already. Hi, 550 00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:05.199 you're on the air and I on the ball. Hey, Stephen, Jay 551 00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:09.519 you may have explained this before, but I don't get it. The Washington 552 00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:16.239 State quarterback lord right, I just moved over there from somewhere Mississippi State or 553 00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:22.719 somewhere or now he's on the transfer portal again. So what are the what 554 00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:27.280 are the rules for the for transfer for transferring well, if you're a grad 555 00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:30.360 transfer, meaning if you got your degree and you've graduated, you can go 556 00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:34.519 anywhere you want after that and you don't have to sit out or anything. 557 00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:39.360 That's what's happening with for instance, the uh the quarterback from Oklahoma, he's 558 00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:44.800 a grad transfer. You know, there's a lot of people who think that 559 00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:46.760 that's what Jadon Delora is gonna do. You know, he's this was his 560 00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:51.360 fourth year of college. If he can get his degree, he can go 561 00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:53.039 anywhere he wants and not have to sit out. So that's the rule. 562 00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:57.400 If you're not a grad transfer now, you you know, you either have 563 00:40:57.480 --> 00:41:00.400 to it has to be you can and transfer once or you you got to 564 00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:02.480 have some sort of a situation that you can get a waiver. But the 565 00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:07.599 waivers are getting harder to get. So but you know, guys who haven't 566 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:13.119 transferred before it can transfer. They get one transfer without sitting out. But 567 00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:16.159 but if you've graduated, if you've gotten your degree, you can go anywhere 568 00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:20.800 you want. Okay. So that yeah, that would work for the Laura 569 00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:23.679 and it would work for Ward. So when they came, when he went 570 00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:29.119 Ward went to watch and said that would be his one free right transfer right, 571 00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:31.320 Well, that might not have been because they got there. There was 572 00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:35.400 a it was a couple of years ago, I know, coming out of 573 00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:37.320 COVID. I don't remember what the rules are. Because because of COVID, 574 00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:43.119 they were letting people transfer. That's why you see have seen some guys transfer 575 00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:47.039 two or three times because they got a free one because of COVID. So 576 00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:52.000 you know, he might he might have that one too. You know, 577 00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:53.519 some of these guys still have that because that was you know, that was 578 00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:59.800 three years ago. Okay, but the nature also of the okay, thanks 579 00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:02.639 for that, But the nature of the transfer seems to be changing. It 580 00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:07.239 used to be mostly players that were kind of unhappy. They thought they had 581 00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:12.960 a very chance somewhere else. And I guess that's still a true true. 582 00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:22.000 But we got three top flight quarterbacks Oklahoma, uh, Washia the state and 583 00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:28.159 what's the third one. There's like eight of them because you got you got 584 00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:31.719 from Oregon State, you had Dante more Over at U c l A. 585 00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:36.159 You know, and you had other guys. You know, Michael Pennix is 586 00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:39.199 the transfer of Indiana Bowneck was a transfer from from Auburn. They're just looking 587 00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:44.519 for a better opportunity. Or as you know we talked about with Tim Kish 588 00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:47.599 you have the last segment, you're going for the money. Okay, so, 589 00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:51.719 uh, there's a show. Is there any chance that they're going to 590 00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:54.840 tighten up the the transfer portal or not? The n C I ain't gonna 591 00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:58.960 move. You're gonna sleep on this. That's tough. I think if they 592 00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:02.360 do it, it'll take time, but I'd say no, and that's in 593 00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:07.480 the immediate future, right right, Okay, thank you guys, All right, 594 00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:10.280 well, thank you, thanks for the thought. Thank you know. 595 00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:13.840 I was going to say, you know, the toothpast side of the tube 596 00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:15.960 on this too, as it is with as it is with the with the 597 00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:21.840 nil you know, they created the situation where guys can just go right and 598 00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:27.079 they're going in numbers. I put fifteen hundred people in the fifteen hundred players 599 00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:32.320 in the portal since yesterday, which is amazing time the collar Hi are on 600 00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:36.760 the aaron Ie on the ball Truchard you guys, Hey, I just want 601 00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:42.599 to let you know quickly that you know that Dylan Gabriel's transfer it's not about 602 00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:45.840 money. The fact is that he was probably not going to be starting for 603 00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:52.119 Oklahoma next fall. Oklahoma's getting ready to transition to Jackson Arnold, their five 604 00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:57.199 star freshman quarterback. And that's who's going to be playing against Arizona and making 605 00:43:57.239 --> 00:44:00.440 his debut against this great Arizona team, and it's gonna make it a great 606 00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:05.159 ALBUMO bowl, Oh good, whoa. I'm happy to hear that because you 607 00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:07.039 know, and and if he hasn't played right, he you know he can 608 00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:12.559 play in this and that has he played during the year, he's played just 609 00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:17.480 very sparingly. Okay, so he's probably playing. He's just played excellent skills. 610 00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:22.440 You know, he won the eleven or eleven Elite quarterback competition coming out 611 00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:24.960 of high school in Texas. You know, he's a sixty two and thirty 612 00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:29.559 pounds robo QB is what I'm calling. So he's leaving. He's leaving because 613 00:44:29.599 --> 00:44:32.159 this kid's coming up and we'll be playing more and still has a chance and 614 00:44:32.199 --> 00:44:37.280 still has a chance to good Oregon USC or l s U. That's exactly 615 00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:43.679 right. Oklahoma will be fine no matter what. Wow, it's an embarrassment 616 00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:45.679 of riches. Really, I didn't want to call I didn't want to call 617 00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:50.199 in and sound you know, because but you know, now, the thing 618 00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:52.840 for Jackson Arnold Is. He's gonna is going to be an excellent quarterback, 619 00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:57.599 but he's gonna have a lot of competition. Oklahoma has another kid coming in 620 00:44:57.679 --> 00:45:02.519 from Texas, Michael Hawkins. It's a tremendous dual threat quarterback. So but 621 00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:06.559 we're gonna need it when we go to the SEC. Right Yeah, as 622 00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:08.880 he said, don't cry for me Argentina, right right, and don't cry 623 00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:13.360 for me Oklahoma. It's going to be a great alan ball. I'm going 624 00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:15.119 looking forward to it, all right, Richard, thanks about you, man, 625 00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:19.039 appreciate it. Thanks for the insight on that. Thank you. So, 626 00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:22.079 I think the line has changed. The three and a half three and 627 00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:25.519 a half man. Everyone was one of those teams that covers, but I 628 00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:29.079 don't know about three and a half. They're the best team that's covered. 629 00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:32.760 They're nine to two man. They ended up with in the regular season with 630 00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:37.480 the best ATS record, the best team in the country covering. And he 631 00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:42.039 didn't get it on that. I didn't get on it because I knew who 632 00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:45.920 I know, who I am, would be the worst team again. Trevor 633 00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:51.119 Lawrence has a sprained ankle. He was able to avoid the ko D all 634 00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:52.960 the way up until last night. No one can avoid the ko D. 635 00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:58.199 It's like the cloud coming from the Ten Commandments, and it's going to come 636 00:45:58.239 --> 00:46:01.400 and get you eventually, and you're gonna and the sea is gonna park and 637 00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:06.000 you're gonna go in there, and then it's gonna cover you up to swell. 638 00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:07.360 You had I hadn't looked at the line yet. You said it was 639 00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:10.159 three and a half, three and a half. You were it was one 640 00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:13.199 and a half. Now it's three and a half. You're giving three. 641 00:46:13.239 --> 00:46:17.360 They opened it one. It opened at one Arizona by one quarterbacks, and 642 00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:22.239 as of this morning, it was three and a half. And if that 643 00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:27.880 quarterback is halfway decent, which apparently he is, I'm sure they'll be fighting. 644 00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:30.519 But you know what, Vegas puts those lines on what they know, 645 00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:34.400 not on what if they don't know this quarterback, They're not gonna, you 646 00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:37.159 know, hear lean in his direction, Richard, give them a call, 647 00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:39.239 Yeah, Richard, Yeah, you better tell the books how how good this 648 00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:43.840 guy is. Take another call. You're on the air and I on the 649 00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:49.920 ball. Hey guys, quick up. Where are you in a wind tunnel? 650 00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:53.559 Yeah? Just coming down? Actually down? I know. I'm sorry, 651 00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:58.440 all right. I wanted to change courses if I could. And uh, 652 00:46:58.760 --> 00:47:00.159 you guys know my little cousin in place for you and l V. 653 00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:07.079 And uh they ripped the the big one man. You say that her faith. 654 00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:12.920 But and I'm telling you, I, you guys know, I go 655 00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:15.440 to every women's game. I love that team. Had a root for you 656 00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:22.000 and LV this week because I was family. But uh, I don't understand 657 00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:25.360 how they can let Maddie and and and I'll tell you my cousin would have 658 00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:28.880 signed with him in a second. And she can shoot it from the snack 659 00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:34.840 bar. And you know, you know, you have Helena Puao at the 660 00:47:34.920 --> 00:47:39.639 two and three and she's giving you zero and Maddie Connors the top top three 661 00:47:39.679 --> 00:47:45.840 point shooter in the country right now. The night crazy I was gonna say, 662 00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:50.519 I was gonna say, given your candidness, so what do you see? 663 00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:55.800 Uh, what do you see from Arizona? It's a way you know 664 00:47:57.519 --> 00:48:04.159 last year she had all these freshmen and she played play on them and didn't 665 00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:07.239 give the freshman a shot. And it's kind of like, I don't know, 666 00:48:08.199 --> 00:48:13.320 Noah made Jet, Noah made Jet Coach of the Year, and he 667 00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:17.800 didn't know what he had in his pocket. Yeah, yeah, and he 668 00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:22.360 and he's jet supposed to be the quarterback. Guru, can you imagine if 669 00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:27.000 jd Out didn't get hurt, where would we be? Well, same as 670 00:48:27.039 --> 00:48:36.760 the as the Brandon Dawkins. That's probably even worse. But still, I 671 00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:39.760 mean, gosh darned do you think about it in the football sense. But 672 00:48:39.800 --> 00:48:44.840 it's the same with women's basketball. It's uh and it's a mess over there 673 00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:50.239 because I don't know if she can keep Bria and jadaf Man. Well, 674 00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:53.400 they're they're they're they're not gonna be happy. Luke and the pac ten is 675 00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:59.119 you guys, I don't know if you cover women's basketball all, but you 676 00:48:59.199 --> 00:49:05.239 have Stanford, Colorado, usc U, c l A UTAHM. They're gonna 677 00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:10.960 get their butt handed to them. Okay, thanks for the good news. 678 00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:14.840 I guess you got it. Hey, you guys can't care what talk, 679 00:49:14.920 --> 00:49:19.719 so I always wonder when text me or whatever. I'm not gonna get the 680 00:49:19.800 --> 00:49:22.960 happy victor bad He's always the bad vic. I never get the happy victy. 681 00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:27.840 They could be winning, they could touchdown. Oh man, we're gonna 682 00:49:27.840 --> 00:49:30.480 die. Oh they scored, We're gonna be We're gonna be Okay, we're 683 00:49:30.480 --> 00:49:36.159 gonna wait Steve sounds like he's describing himself. But I love that. I'm 684 00:49:36.159 --> 00:49:42.039 not as I'm not as grinchy as I'm not as grinchy as a VIC. 685 00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:45.519 I love you, man. But your miss you know getting you know, 686 00:49:45.519 --> 00:49:49.960 getting too women's basketball a little bit. It's uh yeah, it's well we 687 00:49:50.559 --> 00:49:52.119 kind of talked about that, you know when when she said, well you 688 00:49:52.119 --> 00:49:54.639 see him, I mean they only got ten, right, I just they 689 00:49:54.760 --> 00:50:00.199 just picked up another rack athlete. They picked up a javelin thrower. I 690 00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:05.400 think you know is gonna darts into the basket. Well, she said, 691 00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:07.679 I mean you have to find the right person because you're not going to be 692 00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:10.119 contributing, but you need to help. But you need help. Well, 693 00:50:10.199 --> 00:50:13.559 like, do you think back when you know Ortiz Jenkins, you know, 694 00:50:13.880 --> 00:50:19.920 uh laid on the seventeen, you know, go all the way back to 695 00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:23.079 Craig Bertman playing with the eighty eight team. Well, Hanson the quarterback, 696 00:50:23.360 --> 00:50:28.440 Hanson, the tall dudes who blocked kicks forever. Oh yeah, oh yeah 697 00:50:28.519 --> 00:50:30.760 Ryan, Ryan, Yeah, right, pet Pete Hanson, Pete Hanson, 698 00:50:31.159 --> 00:50:35.280 think it's Pete Yeah, so Facebook for I can check. Yeah, he's 699 00:50:35.280 --> 00:50:37.920 like he was he was coaching at Stanford. Yeah, Pete, Yeah, 700 00:50:37.039 --> 00:50:40.599 tall guy came into the back. Yeah, and he was he was a 701 00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:45.719 designated kick blocker for the ninety eight football team. Yeah. Again again a 702 00:50:45.760 --> 00:50:49.679 memory that I have, you know, he he he affected a kick that 703 00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:53.079 would have helped to Washington put that game away. Where where Ortiz did the 704 00:50:53.079 --> 00:50:57.519 flip? So you know, just things like that that you know, guys, 705 00:50:57.719 --> 00:51:01.079 Look, an athlete wants to compete somewhere. Yeah, right, but 706 00:51:01.400 --> 00:51:05.039 you know, and and if they get a chance, and you know, 707 00:51:05.159 --> 00:51:07.440 or Tie Jenkins was. It was really a very you know, high, 708 00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:12.440 highly visible athlete here in Arizona. And Luke took him on because he felt 709 00:51:12.480 --> 00:51:14.760 like, okay, you know, he's obviously not going to get in and 710 00:51:14.760 --> 00:51:16.239 play a bunch of games, but he's a good athlete and he'll help us. 711 00:51:16.239 --> 00:51:21.000 And he did. Yeah, so you know, interesting stuff like that. 712 00:51:21.039 --> 00:51:23.159 So you know, look that again that gives it, you know, 713 00:51:23.199 --> 00:51:27.480 another player too. Yeah. Work, we'll see how well they do and 714 00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:32.079 we'll talk more about it down the road. They came on here. Yeah, 715 00:51:32.119 --> 00:51:35.760 Oh, she'll be busy at least one day to remember who who it 716 00:51:35.800 --> 00:51:37.840 is. I got to look it up. I look it up on my 717 00:51:37.960 --> 00:51:46.039 calendar. Here that Thursday. You see San Diego coming in, uh at 718 00:51:46.079 --> 00:51:50.920 six, six thirty. All right, I'll have to get there. Do 719 00:51:50.960 --> 00:51:52.920 you do you like? Do you like any of the tip off times? 720 00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:57.840 Day? It's it's well, it's not bad because it's a race from here. 721 00:51:57.880 --> 00:52:01.480 I got to get the podcast up. Even o'clock is kind of perfect. 722 00:52:01.679 --> 00:52:05.480 Okay. I can go home real quick, do a couple of things, 723 00:52:05.480 --> 00:52:07.519 grab some dinner, and haul back out here. Or even seven thirty. 724 00:52:07.760 --> 00:52:10.280 When we start getting towards eight o'clock, eight thirty, nine o'clock night, 725 00:52:10.360 --> 00:52:14.559 start having issues again. Yeah, yeah, I was just wondering, 726 00:52:14.599 --> 00:52:16.519 you know, I was just curious over here. I'm okay with most tip 727 00:52:16.519 --> 00:52:20.280 offs. It's just I put myselven in Peasent. Okay, what do I 728 00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:22.840 got to do to get there? That's what it is. It's understandable. 729 00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:27.039 All right, all right, we'll got about a minute, so we're we're 730 00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:30.519 at here. This show A good show, good show. As we move 731 00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:34.599 forward, we'll probably trying to get some connections with Oklahoma right past in present, 732 00:52:34.760 --> 00:52:37.119 right, maybe some guys who played in that eighty nine Arizona Oklahoma. 733 00:52:37.320 --> 00:52:40.239 You were there, we were there in eighty eight, right when we went 734 00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:44.079 up there, We went up there right to watch the game back here, 735 00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:47.079 and uh In Arizona beat him here in the grinder of a game, six 736 00:52:47.199 --> 00:52:51.280 to three. All right, So thanks for being here today, Steve. 737 00:52:51.519 --> 00:52:53.360 Nice stop, man, Kevin nice stop. Appreciate you, Appreciate you. 738 00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:57.079 All right man, We'll be back tomorrow with more great guests, so be 739 00:52:57.119 --> 00:52:57.760 sure to come back.