WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.680 --> 00:00:07.719 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports 2 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:14.080 fourteen fifteen powered by Nova Insurance Services. It's sure your most prized possessions kat 3 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:18.679 z R TUCSA at iHeartRadio Station. Hey, good afternoon, everybody. Welcome 4 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:22.000 to Eye on the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera, 5 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:28.359 He's Jay Gonzalez and got our guy Ryan with us today and it's Tuesday. 6 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:32.039 All I have to say to you, Jay is ding dong. The 7 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:37.719 witch is dead. You Arizona is gone. We were just talking about that 8 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:43.679 too. That's funny. The big news of the day for us as journalists 9 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:47.159 and stuff that. You know that that whole thing was dumb to begin with, 10 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:52.719 a lot of people made fun of it. Our illustrious editor at biztus 11 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:57.560 On magazine made us use it, which was fine. But and I think 12 00:00:57.560 --> 00:01:00.960 we're the only ones, honestly, when I would see my story change to 13 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:03.879 yourson, necessarily, did you put that in it? We did every time? 14 00:01:03.959 --> 00:01:07.920 But and that's fine. I'm wondering because they did a study, right, 15 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:11.159 they did a thing, and I wouldn't put a whole mark. Yeah, 16 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:15.560 I'm sure that was the one point five million dollars that look into that. 17 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:17.799 Yeah, they put a lot of money. Did we know why they 18 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:21.480 did it? Was? It was it was like just a you know for 19 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:25.359 social media and stuff like that, just to you established a different identity, 20 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:27.959 you know, some stuffing that stuck out. There are so many other u 21 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:33.560 of a's right right, University of Alabama, University of Arkansas, and so 22 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:37.359 I think that there was, you know, even Auburn University, which is 23 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:41.680 Auburn University, but you see the UA on their logo and stuff. So 24 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:45.959 I don't know, I have to go back and look and see what they 25 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:49.040 said. I'm sure there's an email that that's been what's been a few year, 26 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.239 yeah, about three or four years, if not more. Let me 27 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:55.400 tell you a little quick joke. So back in the day Joe Turner, 28 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:59.400 you know Joe Turner crazy is he had to be in school, probably still 29 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:01.439 in school, and you know he was kind of witty and kind of funny 30 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:07.879 but not knowing he's funny. Uh, Joe, where you a B A 31 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:13.840 B? Yeah you ain't b being tucsone. I remember that. I remember 32 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:15.680 that story coming out about that, and that's you know, yeah, that's 33 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:20.919 Joe but yeah, you know, I don't know. You know, sometimes 34 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:25.159 things get overthought, right, and that was probably one of them, you 35 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:29.879 know, And that was partly from a higher up that we whoever it is 36 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:34.080 that said, and the guys under knees were like, but he's saying, 37 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:36.680 the bosses saying, yeah, we're gonna do We're gonna do this. Yeah, 38 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:39.439 and they did it. So yeah, it's it's got you. Arizona 39 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:46.560 is gone. I don't know if they've officially changed their their their Twitter handle 40 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.520 yet gone back to something else? Is that what it was? That the 41 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:54.639 Twitter handle was you Arizona and then like like uh, President Robbin's Twitter handle 42 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:59.879 was you Arizona, press her ez on the end. So you know, 43 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:01.319 we're gonna have to change all that. And that's now like you're gonna go 44 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:06.800 back to something else. It's like what now you're messed up? Right now? 45 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:08.120 People are going to look for you as you Arizona because they're used to 46 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:13.960 that that that's who they've bookmarked or that's who they've friended or whatever. I 47 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:16.759 yeah, you did a lot of a lot of money spent on that to 48 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.800 all go for not right, well, you a b and Tucson. You 49 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:24.960 Arizona no longer. Did you see that? Uh? They were. I 50 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:30.919 think Justin Spears and some other people posted that clip from Saturday Night Live when 51 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:32.400 it came out. No, you haven't seen that. No, it's pretty 52 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:37.360 funny. You gotta you gotta look it up. It's on Twitter. Look 53 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:40.479 up just I saw it from Justin retweeting it. But it's funny. It 54 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:45.360 says you, basically says you Arizona. Sounds like, uh, what do 55 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.960 you call it? Uh, you'd have to watch watch It's it's pretty clever, 56 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:51.479 pretty funny. Those guys are Those guys are funny, a little over 57 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.960 the top sometimes. Speaking of Justin, he'll be on the show today. 58 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:55.800 Yeah, Justin's gonna join us. We tried to get him last week and 59 00:03:55.840 --> 00:04:00.520 he was busy with a big twelve media days and then we got loaded up 60 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:02.639 with guests the rest of the week. So we reached out to him today 61 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:05.000 and so just so come on. We'll talk to him a little bit about 62 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:09.199 big twelve media days from last week, as well as just kind of where 63 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:13.479 things are. Oh. I did find out from Jeff bow, one of 64 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:17.519 the sports information guys, that Arizona practice starts July twenty one, Wow, 65 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:24.360 that's next week. Yep, July twelve days Monday. Yeah, yesterday's the 66 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:34.000 sixty days Sunday Sunday twenty first. That's come a week up for that. 67 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:40.360 Oh excuse me, thirty one, oh oky, July thirty one. Yeah, 68 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:43.800 we got another week after. That's a Wednesday, So okay, Wednesday, 69 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.199 July thirty first practice, all right, but that's going to be open 70 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:50.560 for the miserable days in the mornings, you know, I mean, well, 71 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:54.639 I guess spring practices were open, right, so yeah, so I'm 72 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:58.000 fun to be open. Yeah, with those fly spray and the swatters and 73 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:00.560 the you know, well, we never we never made it to one in 74 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:02.759 the spring because they were doing the show right right. Well, we made 75 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:04.959 it in the mornings where we take our hat and kind of sit by the 76 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:11.600 watch watch them go go squinch up against the fence so you could get whatever 77 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:15.319 little shade was was out there. Yeah, so we'll see. But yeah, 78 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:19.360 July thirty one, I Arizona football practice starts with the season uh kicking 79 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:25.920 off against New Mexico on August August thirty, So let's five weeks from from 80 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:30.040 practice to from from four and a half weeks from practice to the first game. 81 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:32.199 Okay, yeah, I see it here Saturday Night Life skined I remember 82 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:34.519 seeing that. I don't remember. I had never seen that. It's pretty 83 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:39.519 funny. I calling today. Yeah, okay, stuff. We'll talk to 84 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:42.480 him more about that on the other side of about ten minutes. Yeah, 85 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:45.800 okay, cool, And then we're gonna have the We're gonna have FC two 86 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:48.839 Son on the next two days. They're in the playoffs, so John John 87 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:51.319 Crowman, the owner and president of the team, will be on today. 88 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:55.879 We'll just kind of talking about, you know, the organization as a whole, 89 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:58.959 the road together, the road and stuff, and then we'll talk to 90 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:02.800 their coach tomorrow afternoon and talk more about the team and the how they got 91 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:05.199 to, you know, how they got to the playoffs, and then some 92 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:10.399 expectations. They're hosting a playoff game. So it's this Friday at at Keno. 93 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:14.600 So uh well, so we'll have a couple of conversations about FC two 94 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:16.839 Son. It's nice to have a Tucson team and some playoffs we had the 95 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:20.759 road Runners, the Sugar Clulls weren't very good this year. They wrapped wrap 96 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:24.839 up their season on Sunday or Saturday on the road. Oh Okay, let's 97 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:27.160 see that's on the road. Yeah all right, yeah, they lost their 98 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:31.720 last home game, this last something like that. Yeah. So so anyway, 99 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:34.720 so let's talk to FC two son in the second hour with the John 100 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:40.040 Promin. So I was watching the watching the Back End of the World, 101 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:44.120 the at the World, the Barron der Roman Derby. Luckily I didn't have 102 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:46.759 to hear the beginning with the I miss it. I missed the national anthem, 103 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:53.279 but man, it hit social media immediately, So I asked, I 104 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:56.839 asked somebody on that because I don't know even who it was. Was it 105 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:02.319 Roseanne bad? Was it Carl Lewis Bad? Know it was. Here's the 106 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:06.560 thing about it. She's allegedly a singer. Carl Lewis is not a singer. 107 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:10.920 Roseanne bar is not a singer, you know. And I think rose 108 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:14.000 Bard did what she did on purpose. Carl Lewis thought he could sing and 109 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:17.639 couldn't this this is this is an actual singer, and unfortunately you know you're 110 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:23.439 hearing. No, no, it was just key. This is terrible. 111 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:26.120 It was like if you and I you or I went on saying, you 112 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:29.120 know and and we have no you know, no no pitch. No. 113 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:31.160 Yeah, I mean just it wasn't smooth, right. I saw some of 114 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:34.519 the guys laughing when they were listening to it. Was awful. You feel 115 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:40.959 bad now because she she's she tweeted out that she was drunk and she's got 116 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:45.720 an alcohol problem, and how she checked herself into rehab today. She apologized 117 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.319 for it and said she was hammered while she while she sang that yesterday, 118 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:54.839 and she recognized that's it. She's got a problem and she's trying to do 119 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:58.720 something. Did you see did you hear it? I heard about the first 120 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:01.839 three or four bars and said, okay, I've heard enough, and I 121 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:03.519 didn't listen to the rest of it. And I did catch the end of 122 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:07.759 it because my daughter, my daughter played that at the table at the dinner 123 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:11.040 table yesterday before you heard the end of it, and I'm like, oh 124 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:13.920 my god. So I went to start to hear the beginning, you know, 125 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:18.040 here, the whole thing, just for the show, really, and 126 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.000 I couldn't get I couldn't get past. Oh, say, can you see 127 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:22.399 did you listen to it? Yeah? I watched. Did you list all 128 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:24.759 the way to the end? Yeah? So did she like react like I 129 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:28.759 screwed this up? Or did she have any reaction. Okay, So when 130 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.440 it first started, I thought it was ESPN because the sound was kind of 131 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:35.039 like in and out. But it just kept going and she just she was 132 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:39.679 like, it sounded like she was slurring some of the words at some point 133 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:41.840 she was trying to drag out some of the some of the words. She 134 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:45.399 was just trying to do her own spin. It sounded like, sure she 135 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.159 was no Whitney Houston, no no, so but at the end, she 136 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:50.519 didn't like, you know, think God, I'm done, I'm sorry I 137 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:54.639 screwed this up. I think she just she like touched your ear at one 138 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:56.919 play that maybe she lost her earpiece or something. I think she didn't know 139 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:01.000 sure, Okay, I was kind of had know that it was. She 140 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:05.120 had to have sure, and then people let her know that it was Aul 141 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:09.320 as you know how social media can be, and it was you. I 142 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:13.200 mean, I think at one point I had like six tweets in a row 143 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:16.840 on my feed that were the video for singing the song. Yeah, and 144 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:20.080 I'm like, this is obviously really really bad. But yeah, somebody on 145 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.960 Facebook who's typically negative, I said to him, just be negative. And 146 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:26.720 I guess, yeah, she was bad because I did like, you listened 147 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:30.519 to the first few and I'm thinking that's that's not right. Yeah, and 148 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:33.240 I said, okay, I understand now, yeah, okay. But anyways, 149 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:37.440 so then I watched Then I watched the end of the series. It 150 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:39.720 was a really good home run derby. Yeah. So let me say this, 151 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:48.440 I can't remember three or four four probably skinny dudes, hidden, lanky 152 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:54.440 dudes, just lanky dudes. He's not he's not Jose or the Philly dude. 153 00:09:54.960 --> 00:10:03.120 Yeah or what who? Right, Gunnar Henderson the shortstop for for the 154 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:05.879 Oreos. I'm thinking, who won? Who were these dudes besides? And 155 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.320 then they're like, there're number two pencils. Yeah, and they're hdden there 156 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:13.200 hidden about four hundred fifty feet yeah yeah, yeah, swinging the crap out 157 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.600 of it. It was crazy. It was fun. But I you know, 158 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:20.559 I I got home from the from the show. My son was at 159 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:22.720 the house because he was coming up for dinner. He had it on, 160 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:26.440 you know, Adam, and because there was a Dodger in it, well 161 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:31.080 he would have watched it, but Jascar Hernandez was in it, and so 162 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.919 he obviously had it on and he had a rooting and skinny dude, well, 163 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:35.240 he's not. He's not a big dude, but he's not a skinny 164 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:39.919 dude. He's I don't know, he's a guy now he's no, he's 165 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:45.360 no junior of Guerrero junior, you know those. He's not one of those 166 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:48.399 big, big, bulky guys. But he's not. He's not. I 167 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.000 mean, he was of the guys. He was maybe I don't know, 168 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:54.279 the second or third biggest guy of the eight guys in the group. To 169 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:58.360 me was like, holy craps, dude. You know, he's a he's 170 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:00.919 a he's a bit of a power here. He's he's The Dodgers picked him 171 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:03.519 up for this year. He's just on a one year contract and he's playing 172 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:07.080 really well. He's been a stud for the position and outfielder. He's mostly 173 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:11.000 a left fielder, but he'll play. He plays all the outfield positions. 174 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:15.120 I guess maybe doesn't play center. But he's done really well. He's on 175 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:18.159 my fantasy team. Oh you didn't care, you're happy kill him your kod 176 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:22.240 wearing off. Yeah, it might be just that's kind of scary. That's 177 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:24.960 kind of scary, just in time for football season. Might have a chance. 178 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:26.879 But he he uh, you know, he won it. And it 179 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:30.960 was cool and it was exciting. You know, the last hit that would 180 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:33.559 have tied tied it was off the wall. So that was cool. It 181 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.159 was like he hit it and you're going no, yeah, it was because 182 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:39.639 he did go into a butt in the playoffs the time earlier. Yeah, 183 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:43.919 in the earlier round. Uh and uh and uh you know, and he 184 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:46.879 wins it. So that was very cool. That was very far for a 185 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:50.679 million that's what it wasn't a million bucks. His wife was happy, she 186 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:54.480 was she was on the field. She was like smacking him and kissing him 187 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:58.080 and you know, like, okay, man, go get a room, 188 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:01.440 Go get a room, and then pick up the spend a million. Yeah, 189 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:05.120 get the suitcase and go. So that was fun. I enjoyed that 190 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:09.399 that uh again, the Dodger guy winning. I enjoyed that more than I 191 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:13.559 probably enjoyed any of the home un derbys that I've seen in the oil or 192 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:15.639 at least. I mean, there was those ones when I get it, 193 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.799 Mark McGuire and those guys were all roided up and stuff. But you know, 194 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:22.759 those were fun when there was I remember the one in Fenway Park up 195 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:26.440 at Fenway, and you know, and Sosa and McGuire and all those guys 196 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:30.960 are hitting balls, you know, out into the street, you know, 197 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:33.919 over the over the big green monster. Uh. And so those things were 198 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.799 those things were fun. Uh you you find out after the fact why they 199 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.399 were fun, but they were fun to watch. This one was fun to 200 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:45.120 watch, as you say, to watch these guys, they are just average 201 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.360 guys, right, you know, hitting four and fifty tree and just kind 202 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:52.759 of the motor mechanics, the way they're swinging, the way they're swinging the 203 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:54.600 bat. They're swinging the bat differently. Now they're swinging the bat to get 204 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.639 you know, is again to get to launch it and to get balls up 205 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:01.759 in the air. And he especially do that in this context, it's fine, 206 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:05.120 right, Okay, So that was cool. Uh. So we have 207 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:11.159 more breaking news with UA players maybe, Yeah, a couple of things locals, 208 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.759 local, local girl. So there's a lot of stuff going on, 209 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.919 even though we heard the dog days. Yeah, and we're and we try 210 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:22.279 to chase down sources people. We did again today from the skin of oura 211 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:26.240 I was like ten thirty and a wait a minute, we haven't even started 212 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:31.000 looking for guests for so we thanked Justin for for jumping in today. And 213 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:35.840 John Perlman for jumping in today. You know, we have we put together 214 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:39.320 a good show with those guys. They're good guests. I'm interested to talk 215 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:43.919 to Justin see where he's at on on the Big twelve move and how that's 216 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:46.720 looking. Yeah, and he did have a story, uh that we kind 217 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:50.960 of knew but not kind of confirmed. Brian Jefferies will be back. Yeah, 218 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.639 he talked to Desiree yep, and she said he'll be back. So 219 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:58.799 that's good news for everybody who loves Arizona. Yeah. Well again I had 220 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:01.960 we tried to get Brian on the show for that reason, like what's going 221 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:07.279 on? And he's first he said, I'm taking a break, but second 222 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:09.240 he said, just so you know I am. I'm coming back. We've 223 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:13.399 just got to get some some things lined up. So we've known, we've 224 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:15.679 known that. I didn't know whether or not it was something that we could 225 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:20.519 talk about, so we didn't, but Desiree did so so we know, 226 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.799 you know, they've just got to again move some pieces around. Right, 227 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:28.120 we just bring pregnancies on the show, exactly, exactly, Okay, that's 228 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:33.360 good. Fifteen minutes it was to Justin and see what he has to say. 229 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:35.039 All right, sounds great, We'll be right back. The Window Depot 230 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:39.399 has everything you need to create the kitchen or bathroom of your dreams. Frowsy 231 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:45.759 aisles of instock cabinets available in a variety of sizes and configurations and instantly elevate 232 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:48.320 your space. 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Subscribe now to the podcast on the iHeartRadio 288 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:52.119 app just searching I on the Ball. Hey, welcome back to the ball 289 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:56.000 here on Fox Sports fourteenth fifty. I'm Steve Rivera. You're Jacobs Aus not 290 00:18:56.079 --> 00:19:00.559 a phony of Justin Spears, the beat rider from the air, our day 291 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:03.200 star Justin. How are you? What's up, guys? Good afternoon, 292 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:07.079 Good afternoon. Hey. Have you ever gotten a dui and a golf cart? 293 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:14.200 So Arizona? Then you Arizona? You ever see those invisible carts around? 294 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:18.519 Man? I'll tell you what. People in Tucson, Arizona, they 295 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:22.799 drive like they have nowhere to be. You know, you think you're poison 296 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:27.119 So driving on Arizona where the trafficking is bad, but people are just annoying 297 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:32.119 and in the way. Or drive in l A where bumber to bumper because 298 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:34.119 so many people live there. Well, so now you believe what I was 299 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:41.960 telling you right about invisible drivers, invisible cars whatever. I have no idea 300 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:45.319 why I told you that. Back in about a year ago, he said, 301 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:47.839 what are you talking about, Steve. Watch there's a bunch of invisible 302 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:51.359 cars, people waiting for cars that don't come. What the hell just turned 303 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:55.880 That's for another day, Jessin. Good to hear from you. You're getting 304 00:19:55.880 --> 00:20:00.519 ready. You're doing your exercises for a long season. Yeah, ready for 305 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:03.960 the long season. And I'm getting ready for the season by playing video games. 306 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:07.640 Guys. Yeah, even well about this. Yeah, the Sports just 307 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:14.039 dropped a new video game, College Football twenty five, and now Arizona football 308 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:19.160 fans and fans everywhere can fire up a gaming console and put on this game 309 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:26.359 and they could throw touchdown passes from no defeat to the teamax. It's really 310 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:29.960 cool, man, It's really a special game. I think EA Sports did 311 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:32.799 a great job. But you know, you know, outside of that, 312 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:36.720 man, I mean playing the video game, going to Big twelve Media Day, 313 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:40.559 looking up all these preview magazines, just kind of getting the gauge up 314 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:44.319 where you know college football is at going into this year, especially with conference 315 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:48.960 re alignment, and I think it's safe to say this is probably the most 316 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:52.920 anticipated football season in Tucson, Arizona, and I would say at least five 317 00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:55.680 or six years. It's funny. I think you had a pull on Twitter 318 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:59.440 like that, didn't you or you had a question like that on Twitter. 319 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:02.279 I saw, Oh yeah, it was like, this is the most anticipated 320 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:06.880 arizon A football season since And what was the reaction, Well, a lot 321 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:10.440 of people were going with, you know, nineteen ninety nine, after the 322 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:14.599 nineteen ninety eight season where they went twelve and one, the I think the 323 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:18.960 rock solid year where he had Teddy Bruski and all of those guys on the 324 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:22.319 cover, and then I think that was the year where they got mopped by 325 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:26.359 ten State. Is that correct? No, that was after the twelve and 326 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:33.000 one season. You know, I would honestly say this is probably the most 327 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:40.920 anticipated season since twenty eighteen, just because, you know, when Kevin Someone 328 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:47.240 was first hired, he had all the buzz from coaching Johnny Manzel and he's 329 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:52.920 inheriting this great quarterback in Khalil Tate who's gonna take college football by storm. 330 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:57.519 And then shoot about two quarters into that era, we quickly realized, well, 331 00:21:57.599 --> 00:22:02.960 Khalil Tate and Kevin Someone's not gonna be as good as we thought it 332 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:07.079 was. But still the expectations in that offseason with Coviell Tate on the Sports 333 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:12.839 Illustrated cover Arizona, you know, with with Kevin someone as the first year 334 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:18.480 head coach. There's a lot of excitement, But I'm very confident in saying 335 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:25.079 that. I don't think this new optimism that Arizona fans have is going to 336 00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:27.599 be quickly put to rest, like the Kevin sumone are. I think with 337 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:32.359 the nucleus, the guys they have on both sides of the ball, and 338 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:36.920 with Brent Brennan and the staff that he has, there's just a different feel 339 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:41.079 to this offseason. I think it could be a magical year in Tucson. 340 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:44.160 Well let's go, let's go to the Big twelve as a whole. Because 341 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:48.599 you're a media days Utah you know, picked to win the league, but 342 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:53.599 you know five teams, including Arizona, got votes for first place. You 343 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:56.640 know, there's been a lot of the narrative, I guess has been it's 344 00:22:56.640 --> 00:23:00.519 a very even league and there's a bunch of teams that have a sh this. 345 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:03.680 You know, as you talk to media members, as you talk to 346 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:07.000 the coaches, went through all of that. You know, what did you 347 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:10.160 come out of there with in terms of Okay, who are the teams to 348 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:15.279 keep an eye on this year? Well, the good news about Arizona and 349 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:18.160 three other new schools going into this league is you don't really have anything to 350 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:22.920 compare to from last year with the with the opponents right, So it's so 351 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:27.440 hard, especially with the Transfitportal era, it's so hard to you know, 352 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:32.279 figure out how these teams stack up against each other. Because you know, 353 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:36.400 Colorado was voted to finish I think eleven in the league. They would not 354 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:41.880 surprise me one bit after spending the entire offseason getting a bunch of offensive linemen 355 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:45.000 and the transit portal to protect shad Door Sanders. I mean, that was 356 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:48.240 their biggest need, was whyman, and they got it on both sides of 357 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:52.799 the ball. So it honestly wouldn't surprise me. A Colorado turned some heads 358 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:56.200 this year and they have a really good year in year two under Dion, 359 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:00.680 So you know, I could see that happening. A lot of people gave 360 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:04.880 me gup when I picked Iowa State to finish second in the league. And 361 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:11.119 I'm telling people that Iowa State is returning ninety percent of their starters. They 362 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:15.319 I think, you know, had a really great record last year. So 363 00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:19.039 you go, you go seven and five and you bring back essentially your entire 364 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:22.319 roster. I think Iowa State is going to be a force to be reckoned 365 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:26.559 with, and I think they have you know, one of the top dbs 366 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:32.000 in college football. I think that, you know, Arizona, they have 367 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:36.759 a realistic shot at winning the Big Twelve this year. And I say that 368 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:40.440 because, you know, you look at some of the hardest games they have 369 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:45.519 on the schedule. They're all near the top, with Utah on the road 370 00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:48.599 and of course Kansas State and that non conference game. But you know, 371 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:51.559 outside of that, you know, I think Arizona's going to be favored and 372 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:56.480 essentially every game this season, maybe not UCF. I think that's one game 373 00:24:56.680 --> 00:25:00.680 where Arizona could go down to Orlando and potentially trip up that is the Space 374 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:04.640 game, which is a big deal for UCF. So there's a few games 375 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:08.039 that I think Arizona will have trouble in, but you know, if they 376 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:12.359 can figure out those games, and we saw them, you know last year, 377 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:15.640 when the going gets tough, Arizona figures out a way to you know, 378 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:18.880 kind of clamp down and figure out a way to compete in the game 379 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:22.759 and win. Even you know, that USC game last year, you know, 380 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:26.480 a top ten team on the road in triple overtime. They were so 381 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:30.279 close. But from that point forward, Arizona was just a winning machine. 382 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:33.799 And I think that'll carry over into this season. And you know, good 383 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:37.839 news for Arizona. They don't got to play Oklahoma State or Iowa State or 384 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:42.400 Kansas or some of these other teams until potentially the Big Twelve Championships. So 385 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:48.000 I think Arizona, the way the schedule is set up, if they can 386 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:52.920 survive those early tests at Kansas City and now Yuka, I think that Arizona 387 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:56.319 team could conceivably win ten more games or ten games this year. So you 388 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:00.839 mentioned your second pick. Where did you put in Zona and who'd you have 389 00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:03.839 winning it? Probably obviously winning at Utah? But who did you have Arizona? 390 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:08.079 No? Obviously No, I actually had Utah finishing fifth. Wow. 391 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:12.799 Okay, yeah, yeah, I think you know. Listen, I think 392 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:17.160 Cam Rising is a great quarterback. I think Bran Heathy at the best tight 393 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:22.559 end in college football. But I just look at those other teams and I 394 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:26.880 like Oklahoma State a lot. I think they have probably the best linebackers in 395 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:32.599 college football, uh and Nick Martin and Oliver. Then you also have the 396 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:37.640 best running back in football, and Olie Gordon and Mike Gundy is such a 397 00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:41.400 veteran head coach. I think, you know, he kind of views this 398 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:47.640 as a golden opportunity to kind of stamped Oklahoma State as a premier program in 399 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:49.759 the Big Twelve because they've been, you know, finishing, you know, 400 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:55.880 second fiddle to Oklahoma and Texas for all of these years. Now the Big 401 00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:59.440 Twelve is open for the taking. And I really like Oklahoma State and with 402 00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:03.480 the Cowboys have for this upcoming season. And then I asked, I have 403 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:07.160 Arizona finishing third. I put them to finish third in the conference. And 404 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:12.200 like I said, I think the schedule that they have can allow them to 405 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:18.640 put together a very memorable stretch of games to potentially even get into that Big 406 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:22.039 Twelve championship. And you know, it's crazy to think, guys, that 407 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:25.039 here we are. You know, I was at Allegiance Stadium, that's where 408 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:27.119 Big Twelve Media Day was, and you know, the last time I was 409 00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:32.640 at that stadium, Arizona was opening up the season against BYU to start the 410 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:37.799 Jetfish era. And to think how far this program has come since that point 411 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:44.000 pretty remarkable. Now it's time for Brent Brennan and his staff to get this 412 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:48.000 roster that they're inherited and really set the tone for the rest of his tenure. 413 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:53.839 No, I hear you. And it's funny because there's so many different 414 00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:59.400 opinions about what can happen. Right, as you mentioned you they've picked Utah, 415 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:03.000 has picked Utah, but everybody's all over the board, which again, 416 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:07.519 it's it seems like that's gonna make it fun, as much fun as we've 417 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:12.480 maybe had in a football season since twenty fourteen, even right, and that 418 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:17.480 that was sort of an unexpected, really good fun time. I don't know 419 00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:21.519 that who saw that coming. I know I didn't. And you know, 420 00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:23.680 we talked all through that year about how twenty fourteen was as fun of a 421 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:30.079 football season as we could remember because you know, the ways some of those 422 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:33.279 games were played. There was the Hill Mary and there was you know, 423 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:36.880 the Washington game, and you know, and it was kind of nobody saw 424 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.759 them winning ten games that year and then they did. So, yeah, 425 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:42.359 you're right, but again I caught you know, I speak with caution because 426 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:47.119 I'm that guy who's seen all those ten when seasons turned to muck you know, 427 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:49.319 the year later, so you know, I expect to be fun. 428 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:56.359 You mentioned Iowa State. I think you know, we had we had the 429 00:28:56.359 --> 00:29:03.279 beat writer for Kansas State on yesterday and he said, don't underestimate Iowa State 430 00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:06.599 like you did, because he said, that's a tough place to go win 431 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:10.039 because we're asking, you know, tough places to play, and they said, 432 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:15.400 you know, Iowa State is really undervalued or underestimated in terms of how 433 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:18.200 hard it is to win there. And so absolutely, we're you know, 434 00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:22.359 we're kind of looking at that and saying, wow, okay, you know 435 00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.799 that, and Arizona doesn't have to play that. You know, we were 436 00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:29.079 looking at the schedule and it's saying after they play Utah in Kansas State, 437 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:34.440 every other conference team that they play is rated below. That was picked below 438 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:42.319 Arizona in in the uh in the Meeta Pole, which that says a lot 439 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:47.079 for you know, for what you know, where where they could work they 440 00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:52.039 could wind up. Yeah, and I think you need bringing up the twenty 441 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:56.359 fourteenth season. You know, there were so many moments in that year that 442 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:00.720 could have gone the other way, right the Hell Mary game, you know, 443 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:03.880 there there were some other games that year, but you know, but 444 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:07.599 there was also some games that could have gone in favor for Arizona, right 445 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:11.119 if Leonard Williams didn't come in and block. I think it was Casey scalleron 446 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:15.480 field goal. Arizona would be you see it or USUS. So that was 447 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:22.559 just such a wild season. But I think that you know, Rich Rodriguez, 448 00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:26.000 you know, had such a a lightning and a bottle type of season, 449 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:30.640 and he didn't execute when it came to recruiting, right, and you 450 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:36.480 know, in the years after that, Arizona was getting the okgs the are 451 00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:40.400 kind of guys, which is a friendly way of saying two star recruits, 452 00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:44.480 and you know, every now and again you get those the Scooby rights right 453 00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:48.519 right, the linebackers who come in and just are underrated and didn't really get 454 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:52.680 looked at. But you know, I think the recruiting really reflected Arizona with 455 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:55.880 you know, the end of the Rich Rodrigae the era, and they were 456 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:59.400 just kind of they they were who they were. They were they were a 457 00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:02.599 seven and five team that was going to consistently get to a bowl game. 458 00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:07.400 But you know, by Arizona fans standards, that was totally okay. And 459 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:12.279 then you know, the program completely got derailed and then Jetfish comes in and 460 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:18.799 revives the program and shows the entire world like, no, you can win 461 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:23.519 at Arizona, and rather than you know, all those players following Jet Fish 462 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:27.440 over to Washington are going elsewhere, they decided, you know what, Yeah, 463 00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:30.200 we can win at Arizona. We got a really good team. Let's 464 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:34.720 stay locked in for another season. But Brent Brennan has to learn from his 465 00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:41.119 predecessors and use this season as a way to set himself up and have a 466 00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:44.640 long and successful future. You know, if you have success this year, 467 00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:48.440 make sure he you're able to capitalize on the recruiting trail with high school prospects 468 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:52.279 and also transitportal guy, and I think they will. They're doing a great 469 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:56.000 job getting Texas prospects. They got eight kids from the twenty twenty five recruiting 470 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:59.720 class from the state of Texas who are very talented. And you know what, 471 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:02.519 the fans are going to look at the Big twelve recruiting rankings on twenty 472 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:06.680 four to seven sports dot Com, and I'll tell you what. Don't look 473 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:09.240 at the ranking, look at the offers, look at other schools that are 474 00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:14.680 recruiting these guys. And Arizona's that recruiting sec Big ten in other Big twelve 475 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:17.160 schools, So not only is Brenton Brannan doing a great job, you know, 476 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:20.960 staying in the moment for this year's team, but I think his staff 477 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.480 is doing a really good job in the future as well. But if they 478 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:29.759 can go out and have another successful, magical, memorable season for Arizona football, 479 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:32.319 I think that could really propel them moving forward. What was who was 480 00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:36.599 the last time and I covered this long time ago with you, the last 481 00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:40.839 time they had two good consecutive seasons and you said, Okay, they get 482 00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:45.960 some room, I thought after the Southern Championship. Yeah, and you thought 483 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:49.279 to get some legs, you think, to the advantage of the recruiting. 484 00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:52.920 It just didn't happen. No, it didn't. None of the ten wins 485 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:59.000 seasons were close to that. The next year you almost have to go back. 486 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:01.359 When you're talking about back to back really good season, this is gonna 487 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:06.119 sign. I don't think you were even born justin you know, eighty six 488 00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:08.759 and eighty seven, No, eighty five and eighty six, No, eighty 489 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:15.079 six, Shoot, the last two years of the Smith's last two years, 490 00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:19.000 yeah, yeah, yeah, no, because eighty five they were only like 491 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:23.160 seven and five first, yeah, and eighty six, yeah, Jesus before 492 00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:29.279 I was born only crap, you know. But okay, look, okay, 493 00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:34.680 ninety ninety three was the festival year. Ninety four they actually went eight 494 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:37.960 and four, but they had a miserable loss to Utah in the in the 495 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:42.240 crap Freedom Bowl, and and so that was, you know, that ended 496 00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:45.839 on a huge down. Or so they've never honestly, cannstantly say they've never 497 00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:52.640 had back to back great seasons. Something bad always happens the next year. 498 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:55.279 You mentioned the Penn State loss after you know, in the ninety nine season, 499 00:33:55.559 --> 00:34:01.519 you know, the the twenty fourteen, you know, twenty fifth they 500 00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:06.200 brought everybody back for twenty fifteen, and that season went to crap early with 501 00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:10.199 injuries. They with injuries and stuff, right, and then there was the 502 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:16.400 ninety four season. After the solid, rock solid season, they started on 503 00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:21.679 ninety four and scrapped to be Georgia Tech in the opener of the next year. 504 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:24.559 And then they were just never all that good that year. So it 505 00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:28.920 just hasn't happened. So that's why, you know, I'm sitting here thinking 506 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:32.719 only bad things can happen here from here on, you know. Yeah, 507 00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:38.039 And honestly, though, good news for Arizona people going you know for their 508 00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:43.320 team going into the Big twelve is you know, even though Arizona's good, 509 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:46.920 there aren't going to be games where the Wildcats are falling asleep, right. 510 00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:52.440 I think in that game against Stanford last year, the fact that they didn't 511 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:55.639 have any chance there. There was nobody at that Stanford game. Yeah, 512 00:34:55.840 --> 00:35:00.559 and Arizona was just kind of a sleep. It was library like environment. 513 00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:06.519 Every single game that Arizona's gonna be playing in on the road, no matter 514 00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:10.280 where they go, it's going to be a rowdy crowd because people in the 515 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:13.880 Big twelve, guys, I don't have you heard about this, but they 516 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:16.760 really do care about the sports, especially their football. So hey, just 517 00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:21.280 let me ask you. We've only got about a minute or so. How 518 00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:25.679 was the vibe different or was it a Big twelve media day versus PAC twelve 519 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:30.360 media days that you've gone to. You know, just a a sense of 520 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:32.840 excitement, a sense of urgency, whatever you want to call it. What 521 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:38.079 was that like? Compare the two Well pack Twell media to day was in 522 00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:44.079 a hazy nightclub called Zooke, and you know, we were sitting there finishing 523 00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:46.360 up our work and they were like kind of telling us, like, hey, 524 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:49.559 guys, sorry, we kind of have to let you go. We're 525 00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:52.400 beginning to open up for the night. I'm like, oh, that's why 526 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:54.559 the fawn machines are going up, because this is a night club at nighttime, 527 00:35:54.800 --> 00:36:00.719 not the site for Packfroll media Day. And then the twelve media day 528 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:02.599 was at a Legia Stadium, the host of the Las Vegas Raiders. So 529 00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:07.920 I think that really shows you the difference between the Big twelve and the PAC 530 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:12.360 twelve. It felt like Arizona hit the big time, like they arrived, 531 00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:15.400 they had a seat at the big kids table. And I'm not saying that 532 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:21.000 the PAC twelve was always the little kids table. You know, once upon 533 00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:22.800 a time, as you guys know, it was a very prominent confidence but 534 00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:30.559 due to terrible leadership over the last you know, decade plus, the PAC 535 00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:34.920 twelve fell so behind it, and the Big twelve got ahead of them and 536 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:37.719 started adding a bunch of teams, got teams for four different time zones, 537 00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:42.920 got that great media right to deal with ESPN and Fox, and it's just 538 00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:45.840 it's a new era. You know. It sucks what happened to the PAC 539 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.679 twelve. It really does. I'm always going to ride for the conference champions, 540 00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:52.599 but it was time for Arizona to figure out a way to stay with 541 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:57.119 the big boys of college athletics, and this was the right move. And 542 00:36:57.519 --> 00:37:00.039 Big twelve Media Days in Las Vegas, the two day events that Allegiance Stadium, 543 00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:07.760 it felt very big time in comparison to the nightclub Media Day last year. 544 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:10.000 And hey, the PAC twelve they still did their thing this year. 545 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:15.880 They had Pack twelve after hours in like a little tiny, like sweet lounge 546 00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:19.639 in a Las Vegas hotel. They had Washington State and Oregan State there, 547 00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:22.760 and Conference Commissionersteresa Gold said, hey, we got an open bar because there's 548 00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:27.639 anybody who deserves a drink tonight. Well, they still have the humor. 549 00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:30.760 So Jay Justin, how old are you now? I am twenty nine, 550 00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:34.320 twenty nine, and let me sound proud of you. You know why you 551 00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:38.679 sound older, a little bit more jaded, and I like it. I'm 552 00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:44.599 learning from the best guys, grumpy little kid like did I like to get 553 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:47.079 to hear from you? Justin? Hey, always a pleasure, guys, 554 00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:50.960 Thank you, thank you. Hey. I'll go back to some of the 555 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:53.519 history to the christs check because I have the media guys here at seventy three 556 00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:57.719 seventy four. It looks like seventy four to seventy five looks like the best 557 00:37:57.719 --> 00:38:00.920 back to back years eight, nine two, nineteen nineteen two. Right, 558 00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:05.360 But again it's one of those seasons, okay, the second night, the 559 00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:07.800 second ninety two seasons I think was seventy five, right, seventy four and 560 00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:12.480 seventy yes, seventy five year, seventy five, seventy five okay, no, 561 00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:15.480 no so, seventy three, eighty eight and three, seventy four, 562 00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.880 nine and two, and then nine and two, okay, the nine the 563 00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:21.079 second, the seventy five season, that was the That was the season that 564 00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:24.519 Arizona Arizona went into the ACU game nine and one. ASU was ten and 565 00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:32.039 oh and Arizona loses twenty twenty seven to twenty four field goal Mexico. That 566 00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:37.639 was a crazy game. I remember that, an unbelievable game. They had 567 00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:39.280 a guy, They had a guy, New Mexico had a guy, No 568 00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:45.599 no, Steve something or other, and he went into the NFL. He 569 00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:47.679 and he threw the ball I was at that game was an afternoon game. 570 00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:52.320 Threw the ball all over the freaking field that day. Nobody thought New Mexico 571 00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:55.800 was coming in to beat Arizona, and it was an incredible game. I 572 00:38:57.400 --> 00:39:01.079 remember being at that game. And and but Arizona loses to Asu. ASU's 573 00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:06.719 undefeated Arizona's tenant nine to two, second in the whack. Asu goes to 574 00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:09.039 the Festival of Beasts, Nebraska and made a name for themselves in Arizona head 575 00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:14.960 went nowhere so again again a season that was a great season, but it 576 00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:19.280 ended in disappointment. And then Jim Young a year later, five and six, 577 00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:21.880 well we gotta go. We'll talk more about this. Yeah, okay, 578 00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:24.000 all right, we'll right back. If you're an Arizona man's basketball fan, 579 00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:28.440 you know it's been successful for nearly forty years. Now take a look 580 00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:30.400 back at the Ludolsen era. In my new book, Lessons from Loot, 581 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:34.119 it was a labor of love through the eyes of twenty five former players, 582 00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:37.000 coaches and friends to give insight to the coach and the man who led them, 583 00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:40.559 competed against them, and inspired them. Twenty five chapters for his twenty 584 00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:45.880 five years as Arizona's beloved coach. Lessons from Lout is an insight to how 585 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:50.719 he built the program into a national powerhouse. 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We're calling Picture Rocks, cooling, 603 00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:16.280 eating and plumbing right now at five two zero four, nine, two 604 00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:28.079 zero seven or eight and plumbing. Steve Rabera and Jayden salads, they have 605 00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:32.320 their eye on the ball. On Tucson Sports Stage, Chef Fox Sports fourteen 606 00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:37.239 fifty. Hey, welcome back to I'm about here Fox Watch sporteen fifty. 607 00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:39.079 I'm Steve, you're Jay. We have a riding in the best. We 608 00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:43.360 got ten minutes. You guys want to call and reminisce five to two oh 609 00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:45.800 four one six seven four four zero. So I'm gonna ask you some quick 610 00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:50.679 questions. So we talked about them. Going eight and three seventy three is 611 00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:52.880 in ninety four nine and two six on one in the WAC, the seventy 612 00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:57.039 five nine and two five and two in the WAC losing to only new mixicoling 613 00:41:57.199 --> 00:42:00.519 issue. And then and then Jim Young goes five been six, seventy and 614 00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:06.880 seventy six. That was his last year. Was he forced out No, 615 00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:09.880 he was not forced out. He he surprisingly went to Army. Oh okay, 616 00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:13.079 okay, that's when he went to Army and I was the head coach. 617 00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:15.320 As the head coach, Okay, that makes sense, And I you 618 00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:17.360 know, people were like disappointed. That text tells me how much I'd know 619 00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:21.239 about Yeah, I mean, I mean the five and six was a disappointing 620 00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:23.280 season. Now, they did beat ASU that year, which was the first 621 00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:28.280 time they'd beaten ASU in like twenty years or something like that. Not twenty 622 00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:30.960 but a long time. What are you talk about seven in his final year. 623 00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:34.599 Yeah, no, it says they lost to Issue ten twenty seven to 624 00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:37.519 ten in seventy six. Oh you know what, it was seventy four that 625 00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:40.239 they gave U. Right, Okay, that was the time I rested the 626 00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:43.840 field ten and zero, ten to zero. Yeah, I've rushed the field 627 00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:45.800 on that one. Yeah, okay, But he had beaten ASC, so 628 00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:49.400 people were happy with him. But it was kind of a you know, 629 00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:51.800 it was kind of you know, they had gone ninety two was the disappointing 630 00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:53.800 season. He wasn't forced out, but he did leave on his own to 631 00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:58.639 go because a better offer. He was more of that guy and we've had 632 00:42:58.679 --> 00:43:00.760 him on the show too. The thing was Army, you know, it 633 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:02.159 was kind of at that time. You know, Army was sort of a 634 00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:07.679 bigger deal than Arizona, right, and he is a he was a Midwest 635 00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:09.079 guy, you know, he's from that area. So I think it was 636 00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:15.039 you know that so and this was this was the chance that so as a 637 00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:16.599 kid, and I didn't follow it that great because New Mexico sucked him that 638 00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:21.440 in football. But this was the time that the issue was the king, 639 00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:25.280 right, Oh, totally the king. And they never capitalized it to be 640 00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:29.880 more of a king in the Pack ten pact. They did not, and 641 00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:31.239 they had every chance. Well yeah, but all it all went to hell 642 00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:35.360 in a hand basket when Frank Kush got fired. Okay, that makes sense, 643 00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:37.880 That's what it was. You know, Frank Cush was the legend. 644 00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:42.239 He was there Bear Bryant, right, he had he had he had run 645 00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:45.199 the show in college football in Arizona all that time. And then he got 646 00:43:45.239 --> 00:43:50.599 caught, you know, punching a a player, punter in the chin, 647 00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:53.119 you know, on the sidelines, and uh, he got called Outfred the 648 00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:58.440 I mean, Phoenix divided itself for a long time over that because of the 649 00:43:58.440 --> 00:44:00.079 people who are going to support Frank Kushnam what he did, and then the 650 00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:02.800 people saying, you can't do that no matter who you are, sure, 651 00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:07.199 and they ended up firing him towards the end of A towards the end of 652 00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:12.239 the seventy nine seasons. So tell me, because I don't remember this being 653 00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:17.239 just a teenager. It was just before Schumlacher or or before what he has. 654 00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:22.559 I don't remember when what he haz tuish. It's yeah, this was 655 00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:27.519 this pre this, Yeah, this was in the God, what do I 656 00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:32.000 want to say the seventy I want to say the seventy nine season, seventy 657 00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:37.719 nine or eighty maybe eighty maybe nineteen eighty, I can't remember. Eighty one, 658 00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:40.960 that's what it all went down. Yeah, yeah, and and uh 659 00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:49.119 man, I don't but he got fired and that just that killed everything. 660 00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:52.920 Now that you know again, A you had some good years in the big 661 00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:57.440 in the Pac twelve, they went to two Rose bowls. Arizona soiled one 662 00:44:57.440 --> 00:45:00.559 of their rose bulls by beating them that year in eight six. But they 663 00:45:00.639 --> 00:45:04.519 stopped being that, you know, and then and then and again. The 664 00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:07.679 whole thing was they wanted to keep being that. What they were in the 665 00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:09.599 whack and they went kicking and screaming to the pack, to the pack. 666 00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:14.559 Then Arizona made them, you know, the regents made them go because Arizona 667 00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:16.440 was going. And John Shaffer, who was the president of the u OF 668 00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:21.800 at the time, he drove that and and and mate brought, as you, 669 00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:25.079 kicking and screaming with them, and they just never it just never kind 670 00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:30.079 of regrouped and became anything. So that's what happened. Yeah, okay, 671 00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:32.119 makes sense now. Even though I was here gun here in eighty seven. 672 00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:35.920 I talked to Frank Cushion eighty eight. I think it was for a story 673 00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:39.280 because uh and I talked to him about the change in the guard because they 674 00:45:39.320 --> 00:45:43.119 had owned it right for a long time, and then Arizona's came through and 675 00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:46.159 started beating him on the regular right. And I can't remember what the story 676 00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:50.440 was back in the day, but he was glowing about Arizona. It kind 677 00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:52.719 of makes sense too, because his former place was treated him. Yeah, 678 00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:57.119 his mine bad. I just looked it up. He got fired in October 679 00:45:57.119 --> 00:46:00.559 of seventy nine. I was the tail end of the seventy nine Fine season. 680 00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:04.519 Arizona ends up beating a sc that year in the last game of the 681 00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:09.320 season, I believe on a on a field goal, right, Yeah, 682 00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:14.599 they kicked the last second field goal in that game and Arizona. Arizona went 683 00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:21.239 to the to the festival that year, played Pittsburgh Dan Marino and and and 684 00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:25.119 then and then Tony Mason got fired after that year because of the because of 685 00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:30.119 the cheating scandal. Still he passed away years ago. Yeah, he passed 686 00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:36.480 away years ago. And so, uh so, you know, so you're 687 00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:38.400 everything changed, Well, you're I can say this public. I think your 688 00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:43.480 brother depends. My brother was on was one of his lawyers, Yeah, 689 00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:46.199 because he's I think we had a beer time together. He telling me his 690 00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:52.000 his lawyer was Bill Healy was his lawyer, and my brother was like a 691 00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:57.559 co counsel on that. Yeah. Yeah, so my brother defends Tony Mason 692 00:46:57.599 --> 00:47:01.280 to the death. I'm like, Rick, it's over each he chated and 693 00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:07.800 he got caught, and I get what they were doing was commendable. What 694 00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:13.079 they were doing was they were they were faking airline vouchers and getting that money 695 00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:16.440 and giving it to players, you know, for things like you know, 696 00:47:16.880 --> 00:47:21.679 just money to eat and jobs and things like that. At a time, 697 00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:27.360 when the players weren't getting anything and so, but they got caught, you 698 00:47:27.400 --> 00:47:30.440 know, the Daily Star. I want to polite surprise on his reporting on 699 00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:32.639 that. I was working at the Start at the time, so that was 700 00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:36.239 a whole lot of fun around the dinner table at our house. Yeah, 701 00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:38.880 well, I think, uh, I don't know if the didn't the Republican, 702 00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:45.840 I'm the Republican, the Star get a because I know Kimball was working 703 00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:49.440 on some stuff. Yeah, but a couple of guys got it. Can't 704 00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:53.840 remember their names, but yeah, they want a Pultzer on that. Then 705 00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:58.880 the Mason and the coaches got criminally charged for fraud, you know, for 706 00:47:58.960 --> 00:48:01.559 what they were doing. And they they they got they went to criminals. 707 00:48:01.719 --> 00:48:05.840 And that's where my brother was when one of his defense attorneys and they all 708 00:48:05.880 --> 00:48:10.719 got to quit. So I can still I can see there were like thirteen 709 00:48:12.119 --> 00:48:15.159 criminal charges against Mason or something like that, and he's talked about how he 710 00:48:15.239 --> 00:48:20.559 won. He beat he said he beat the arizon A Daily Star thirteen to 711 00:48:20.639 --> 00:48:23.039 nothing, a funny quote something like that, seven to nothing. Whatever. 712 00:48:24.280 --> 00:48:29.119 Interesting time, you know, because you had the community who really loved airs 713 00:48:29.119 --> 00:48:30.840 on football program. But on the other hand, you know, they got 714 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:35.599 charged criminally for some stuff, and the air zone got put on probation, 715 00:48:35.719 --> 00:48:38.079 and that was the end of what ended up being the crap of that was 716 00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:45.039 the air zone got put on probation after the eighty at the end of the 717 00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:49.639 eighty three season, they were not allowed to go to Bowl game for two 718 00:48:49.760 --> 00:48:53.920 years and they were off TV for two years. And so these players, 719 00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:58.920 you know, five years after this stuff happened, are the ones that got 720 00:48:58.960 --> 00:49:02.320 punished. And that was the Ricky Ricky, Huntley, tom Ton and Cliffe 721 00:49:02.639 --> 00:49:07.719 eighty three season that they went into that season ranked Sports Illustrated, ranked and 722 00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:09.719 fourth in the country or something like that, got off to a great start 723 00:49:10.480 --> 00:49:14.239 and ended up going seven to three and one. I want to say something, 724 00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:17.760 you can remember this and you can't remember our guests, because Steve, 725 00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:22.599 that was a very because you're influential time in my life. You know, 726 00:49:22.800 --> 00:49:25.800 we talk about you know, I could go back, going back to nineteen 727 00:49:25.800 --> 00:49:30.639 seventy three. That was the year that I was old enough to start going 728 00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:35.159 to football games by myself. I was fourteen years old, and we would 729 00:49:35.280 --> 00:49:38.599 We lived in a neighborhood where the bus, the city bus, came right 730 00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:42.199 down the street and we would get on the bus and go to games, 731 00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:45.000 and so I didn't have to have my dad take me to a game anymore. 732 00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:49.000 We could just go. So from seventy three on, from seventy three 733 00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:53.320 till today, I've probably missed six home games at the moment, and you 734 00:49:53.320 --> 00:49:57.480 have them all chronicled in some some video stuff. So, yeah, and 735 00:49:57.800 --> 00:50:00.000 then I used to Yeah, I used to make videos. I used to. 736 00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:02.280 I used to record the Larry Smith Show and at the end of the 737 00:50:02.360 --> 00:50:07.800 year, I'd make a you know, a five minute highlight video that's called 738 00:50:07.840 --> 00:50:13.199 being a geek, totally total geek Steve. Someday, someday I'll run through 739 00:50:13.199 --> 00:50:15.800 my video Uh, my video library. There's some funny stuff in there. 740 00:50:16.239 --> 00:50:17.880 But you know, we used to. I used to do that. It 741 00:50:17.920 --> 00:50:21.360 was fun and it was it was a little hotty than mine. How did 742 00:50:21.400 --> 00:50:23.960 you find your lid? How did your lid find you? That she loves 743 00:50:24.079 --> 00:50:29.679 football? Okay, she loves, she loves, she loves she loves that 744 00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:32.760 she loves football. But initially she loved the social aspect of football. For 745 00:50:32.800 --> 00:50:36.800 all of us, you know, football season was a chance to get together 746 00:50:36.840 --> 00:50:39.559 on saturdays or tailgate parties and stuff like that. But she loves the cats 747 00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:43.800 and and you know she was she was the uf A grad tune and stuff. 748 00:50:44.039 --> 00:50:45.960 Her family wasn't you know. They weren't a big sports family. And 749 00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:50.400 she became that when she hooked up with me, and I think that was 750 00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:55.079 a big reason why she loves me so much. Get a room, Get 751 00:50:55.079 --> 00:50:59.440 a room. Just still do it? Though. Okay, good for st 752 00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:04.519 hour, interesting for star too much information I have, Steve, You're you're 753 00:51:04.559 --> 00:51:06.880 saying the same thing my kids said. They say, how come you don't 754 00:51:06.920 --> 00:51:12.199 know? Or like my daughter rach would say, how did you forget to 755 00:51:12.239 --> 00:51:15.800 pick me up? But you know the score of the nineteen eighty three Arizona 756 00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:21.199 ASU football game? Totally? Yeah, right, totally seventeen fourteen. It's 757 00:51:21.239 --> 00:51:22.960 like what you'd call me on seventeen fifteen. It's like a huge text me 758 00:51:23.000 --> 00:51:28.519 in the morning. It says we were guests, Jay, did we go 759 00:51:28.559 --> 00:51:31.159 through this already? We did? But we said how many times have we 760 00:51:31.199 --> 00:51:34.760 sat here? And I can't remember who the guest is on? Like coming 761 00:51:34.800 --> 00:51:37.000 on in ten minutes? Yeah, the seventy three three and one, blah 762 00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:42.480 blah, what the hell you got that? Right? You need that cognitive 763 00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:45.559 test and hey, Ricky Hunley had a big impact on me. Okay, 764 00:51:45.679 --> 00:51:47.639 Ricky, you're out there, Lamont, if you're listening. Ricky had a 765 00:51:47.679 --> 00:51:51.880 huge impact on my life. Those are my early days, coming right out 766 00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:53.119 of college. It was a lot of fun. This concussion didn't happen. 767 00:51:53.159 --> 00:51:58.840 Your concussion didn't have after exactly. Okay, let's go all right, let's 768 00:51:58.840 --> 00:52:00.519 take a break. We'll be back. 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