Extreamly live, I mean I hard radio. Wow. This is High on
the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox sportsporteen fifty. Hey,
welcome back to the ball. You know Fox Sports fourteen could be on Steve
or Jake got Sammy with bricky news almost we're waiting for a breaking news,
breaking news to show up. The computer is kind of like you're slow.
It's really slow. There it did? There did? There did? There?
Did? Is High on the Balls? Okay, So we talked a
little bit about it before the show and at breaks. But there's been some
Arizona football, as in No and t Mac, some buzz on Twitter,
and maybe it's it's all buzz, that's false buzz. There's a turd,
a big, giant, smoking turd who's got an Oklahoma state banner on his
on his uh on his Twitter feed. So he's a big twelve guy apparently
who's just out of the blue made up that watch out for t Mac going
into the portal and if he goes, watch out for No Fafita going and
both of them going to the SEC, which to me reeks totally of wishful
thinking. Yeah, and it sounds like maybe he's a little scared that those
two guys, those two guys will be in the coming to and I'm gonna
kick the crap out of his crappy ass Oklahoma. And it's the same guy
that it's the same guy that tweeted cam Ward has getten off ten offers.
So don't click on this guy. I'm not We're not going to say the
name of his ID, but he's a big fat piece of poop. Yeah,
I found it interesting. I was just scoring like, there's no way
it gets back to what we were talking about. But being me, you
know, there's guys out there who just make stuff up, and that's what
this guy's doing. So there's no buzz whatsoever of them going anywhere very except
for this guy making this crap out. Yeah, that's very true. But
the college football playoff rankings as they have been came out last night. Georgia
one, Michigan two, Washington three, Florida State four, and U of
A didn't move there at fifteen. A lot of people maybe upset they should
have hopped Louisville or this that the other I think fifteen is probably it.
H it's about you know, there's just it's a logjam after that. Yeah,
no, they aren't losing and stuff like that. But the interesting thing,
you know, Chris Gorman was just in here and we were talking trying
to debate. You can't debate this in five minutes, right, No,
it takes you know. The interesting thing was Oregon five, Ohio State six
six, seven, Dupid Texas seven in Alabama eight. What There's so many
things that can happen, and you just have to let this play out.
And we could sit here and come up with thirty different, thirty scenarios as
to who should be in, who should be out if this happens and then
that happened. So many things that can happen that the main thing is,
it's going to be interesting this weekend. Yeah, there's lots of play for
and if you're I mean, the thing is is Michigan, Ohio State.
They pretty much played for a playoffs spot last last week, and similarly this
week will be everyone's playing for a playoff spot. I think if you have
Georgia Bama, Georgia wins, they're obviously in Bama's in. There's a lot
of discussion the Washington Oregon game. If Washington wins, clearly I think they're
in. You make no debate there right there. If Oregon wins, you
have to see what else happens, right, And then you have Texas Oklahoma
State Texas one loss, if they win, you do you never know?
And the biggest game is Florida State Louis though, right, what would what
would make the committee's job easiest in whatever scenario would be a Florida State?
Is it? No doubt? Because there's the whole issue they're playing with the
backup quarterback. You know, if they get in as a number four and
play Georgia or whoever is the number one, what chance do they have without
without their starting quarterback? Yeah? And we already talked about the whole transfer
portal, but the number of percentage players on each roster now is up to
twenty percent of players on each roster or transfers, which is crazy, Which
is crazy, But college basketball hasn't necessarily seen that huge transformation. I think
it's because of the less players. But do you think do you think?
I know? Do you think? I mean? Personally, I think college
football sees more player movement because it's it's so easy for them to just be
like, Okay, I'm gonna go do this that because there's more positions.
But in basketball, it's like there's only five. There's only five guys on
the court at the same time. Maybe it's they they wait a little bit
longer to see if it plays out further. I don't know. I don't
know. I mean, look at Arizona's roster right now. How many guys?
How many of those guys are transfers? How many who are Utah,
you tell you Palte Larson, he's been here, I know, but they're
all transfers, Love Fallow, Larson, Bradley, key Shod And there was
some four or internationals, five, five out of thirteen whatever, let's say,
let's say twelve. Actually five out of the ten guys that play are
transfers. Half. That's crazy. Yeah, that's how And I think maybe
it's because Ballo and pell have stayed here the last couple of years, where
you like, it feels like they're a guys. True, Well, that
team has three Saturdays coming up. They got Colgate and then home against Wisconsin,
which Wisconsin only lost one game. I think they should take care of
business and then if all is right, you have a one two versus per
Due, which is on Peacock in a couple of Saturday subscriptions. So yeah,
if if you are looking to watch that game, you might want to
invest in in Peacock Peacock stream, you might want to invest. But if
that's the case, because I don't know if you guys saw the Michigan State
you of a game, I don't know if you guys talked about it.
I figured five million people watch that game. How many of those do you
think we're Arizona fans? Five million? Well think we're football football fans.
Who said that I'm not watching the Commanders. True, it was, it
was, it was placed. It really was the only other sporting thing on
which good good market and who wanted to see the Commanders not me man brutal
game. But speaking of the NFL, Aaron Rodgers is off the i R
and reports. They haven't said if he's coming back to practice, if he's
going to be whatever it may be. But it's less just about three months.
There's video. Yeah, he's playing, he's playing, throwing, passing.
Yeah, I just I don't understand the point in this. If if
you're him, if he can play, he can prove a point or do
whatever. Rogers. Some people I think you weren't here with Yesterday, Kevin
and I were talking some Colum has said he may not have had the Well,
it's kind of shaky whether he had the legitimate That's what I was saying
a while ago. If he had the actual Achilles, I mean you you
you do see it? Why would you fake it? I mean Rogers,
I wouldn't pay kind a revolutionary you know, like like before Tommy John surgery,
those guys careers were over and then they had Tommy John surgery. Now
you get Tommy John surgery and you're back the next year. No, they
have Aaron where he used to be your your arm used to fall off.
Basically, Aaron Rodgers, What do you have Aaron Rodgers surgery? I have
it tomorrow. Yeah, chair, I need that. I need some of
that. Then my legs are sore. Oh god. Aaron rodd like man.
Good for him. But if I am him, though, it's and
if you're a Jets fan, is there any I don't know if they I
don't know if he's gonna save the season. They're already pretty bad and I
don't think they can really make the playoffs. So it was it's really interesting.
Maybe he's proven a point, but old quarterbacks seem to be in this
week. Joe Flacco, Joe Flacco. Man might be starting for the brown
Yeah, he's at the Browns. He's behind Dorian Thompson Robinson. Who they're
saying is he's in concussion protocol Solas the backup? Howld is he? Have
you looked it up? It's could be able. Thirty eight ish at least
no forty something, No forty something, forty one. I'm gonna say we
got born in eighty five. Thirty eight thirty eight bingo, thank you?
Still thirty eight. You don't know a lot of things, but you know
that thing. Thirty eight is pretty old to be thrown throwing a football in
the NFL. But well, who's thirty eight? Lebron's what forties one?
And Rogers thirty eight? Yeah about there? Thirty eight thirty nine. Man
still kind of the need to be a managers proving it. You just need
to be a good offensive manager. Don't get hit, That's the thing.
Getting hit. Don't get hit. The NFL. When you get hit does
not feel good. Mark Cuban sold his majority stake in the Knives yesterday and
he's leaving shark tank. Yes, after sixteen years, so some I don't
know if something's going on in the Cuban house where he's Have you seen a
price tag on how much he's three point five billion right for a part of
it now majority he's in charge. Still he's still quote unquote well you saw
the one of the reasons why right, they're trying to get a casino in
down Yes, and so they the guy who's trying to get the casino too,
is taking over the majority of the woman. Oh, the woman,
she's the widow of the love Las Vegas Sands. Oh okay, that's why
she's got you know, the once she has twenty billion dollars. This is
like she sold just have one. Yeah, in Sammon's mouth, she sold
ten percent of her stake of Las Vegas Sands for two billion. Man,
this is gonna be a running joke. This sucks. Well. The funny
thing about you're not you're not our girl d when she came up with some
funny words like like there was one about uh uh kind of not a sexual.
She kind of got the wrong it'll come to be, it'll come to
be, it was like, and then you window it was kind of funny
when she's what I say, Oh, I'm sorry to say that. I
can't say that. So we'll see if Dallas or if the team has anything
to do or say. And we already talked quite enough about the end season
tournament, but the eight teams are solidified, four teams looking to go to
Vegas, and uh, there'll be the first in season tournament champion. And
the last thing I have, Jay we got. Tiger Woods is back in
professional competition this weekend at his own Hero Classic in the Bahamas. And his
swing looks pretty good? Does it? I ben't seen. I was.
I was telling him talking about this yesterday that you know time because Tiger shows
up on my TikTok like every day, you know, all the when you
see the incredible stuff he did back in the day, and for him to
still be playing is cool. I I you know, I'm a fan.
I watch and I want to see how he's doing and and I'm hoping he's
doing well because he you know, he moves the needle. He does.
And so I was coming from my meeting with with the tour and that's all
we were talking about for a good forty five minutes of how are we gonna
cover Tiger. What's that coverage look like? And he does. He moves
the needle more than I hate to say it, maybe any other athlete in
their sport. I think he would be first. Lebron would be second,
yeah, and maybe now Rogers third, or when Brady was here. Yeah.
But it's it's really interesting because he's you have no expectation for him to
win, but you wouldn't be surprised if he does exactly watching to see if
yeah, he does, because you want to see if he does well.
He's ranked one hundred and tenth or some that his official world golf ranking is
probably nowhere near where it is, but he has he has exemption to anything
you want because because he's won so many but he's won. But what you
go back to, it's like when he won the Masters, after he came
back, like I never thought I'd ever see that again, right, and
for him to be wearing a green jacket again, it's just like now every
time he plays, it's like, oh man, he might could he do
it? He could? And also he doul no I know. And then
also coming back for the golf junkies is Will's Ala Taurus. He had a
back surgery, kind of kind of constructive back surgery, like seven months ago,
and he's he's gonna be back. He's one of the world's best.
So to be good golf watching if you're that's what you decide to watch this
weekend. If he started doing back when you're in a Tiger Woods a shown
you start doing back when you're in the golfer man, that's not it's no
fun. It's no fun. But I played around the golf we we can
last week for the first time since before football season started. Back for two
days. That's fair. I was for two days. I know I played.
I played a couple of rounds like back home and I my brother hadn't
played, and I took him with me. Woke up the next day he
goes, Dude, it feels like I just didn't workout my back. It's
the back is no no, you don't mess around with that in golf.
And for Tiger to still be playing the way he is and he's playing with
his kid in two weekends, that little kid pisses me off. I was
about Charlie Woods. Yes, why because he's so freaking good at such a
young age pisses me off. I mean, I would be good if I
was, if I was Tiger's son. Man, I know, it's it's
kind of like really good. What's weird is you have all the kids like
the james Is, like Bryce and Brownie, they grew up with basketball,
they were going to be good at basketball. And you have Charlie Woods going
to be great at at golf. But you also have some kids that are
just like like George Jordan's kid, right, which like I don't I don't.
I don't know him. I don't know anything about it. But it's
like you would think like that would be kind of his lifestyle. He's just
stating supermodels and all that. That's all he gets. He gets all the
other stuff. He's got the other game. Good for him, Good for
him. But quick, I know, we talked some about the breaking news
and some of it, but that's the breaking news. At a couple of
quick things. Women's basketball sold over fifty nine hundred season tickets. Really so
tops in the tops in the league again, I think, and looking to
be tops in the league in in oh. It's most season ticket holders in
Arizona women's basketball. She's still selling it, still selling it, man.
That interesting stuff was another one we mentioned the transfer portal. Today, Duke's
quarterback Riley Leonard jumped into the into the portal his coach, Yep, his
coach you know, has gone over to Texas A and M. Then did
you see there was a picture of Arch Manning with the new Texas A and
M coach with Mike Elcho saw that the former Duke coach at Texas A and
M. People going what the hell is going on there? Because he was
third string at Texas this year. So a couple of interesting things there.
Uh, seth La Trell, former assistant at Arizona under I think he was
here when under stoops right. He is now the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma.
And then, as Steve mentioned off air, Dana Demmel, the former Arizona
assistant also head coach at U tab was on our guest when our show a
couple times he got fired, so tough go for him, Yeah, no
question. Let's stick the break forty seconds and then we're gonna come back with
hold Rubino, hold Rabina. We're gonna be talking about some ASU reaction to
their season. Will be nice, but we will talk. Well, he'd
be nice because he's he's pretty matter of fact, we'll talk to him about
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on Fox Sports fourteenth. Hey, welcome back to Fox Sports forteen fifty on
Steve Rivera, Jigins also now and the pole we have Hod Ravino from the
Devil. So I just hold, how are you doing? I'm right great,
Steve, thanks for having me out. Yes, no, thanks so
good to see you over the weekend. I have a couple of quick questions.
So what were you thinking when Arizona State went up seven year old right
away? And then what were you thinking when they couldn't score anymore? Well,
don't you know, I mean, they'll have the offense phrase. He
was coming with a lot of smoking mirrors. I mean you have to look
no further to their winning the rose ball against UCLA, where the swinging gait
absolutely baffled the Bruins. And I was a little surprised because I know that
you've a coming into the game was pretty formidable against the run. I think
they're ravaging d and one yard and to see a scoring drive with seventy five
yards all on the ground and by the way, mostly by tight end gel
and Gon and running back camp Scattergo. That was a little unexpected, But
I also knew that a one dimensional offense, no matter how it's achieved,
is not something sustainable. And I knew that the u of a defense,
at least in my opinion, really the difference between them really taking that next
step and playing at the level that they're playing. So I knew that it
was not a sustainable recipe for success. So I'm not surprised at what ensued
after that scoring drive. But to your points, David, it was.
It was impressive there for a few minutes, that's for sure. It was.
Then, you know, it certainly gave Arizona fans a little bit to
think about, you know, because Arizona fans, being Arizona fans, you're
always thinking the worst. So I know that I know that there's some people
around me who said, oh no, what the hell? But that got
you know, that got turned around pretty quickly. But let me ask you,
because you know, it went south really fast and really badly, and
you know that we know what that feels like over here, but it still
feels different because at Arizona, when that seventy to seven thing, happened.
You know, Arizona was still headed the wrong way because Kevin someone was still
the coach. You guys have you know, a new coach, you kind
of have to feel more like that's got to be the bottom. We're going
the other way. I mean, huh, what's been what's been the reaction
to what happened Saturday? Yeah, I think that coach Kennan Dillingham said it
best that the team did hit rock bottom after a near forty point loss at
home to their in state rivals. So I don't think anybody is trying to
even attempt to spin or furger coade what happened what happened last Saturday. And
I think what may matter is even worse if you will, that this is
an AC defense that absolutely got their teeth knocked in three out of the four
games, three out of the four games. In November, he had a
fifty five to three loss on the road at it'sel Lake City. I believe
it was a Donald forty forty nine thirteen. I was sorry forty nine to
twenty three loss to University of Oldgan the week before. So yeah, I
mean this there was definitely an ANC team that was struggling quite a bit on
both sides of the ball. So to have the icing on a not so
great cake being being the loss in the Territorial Cup game, This definitely wasn't,
you know, anything that you could look back and dismiss and say,
you know, if I think that, goodness, the season's over. I
really wasn't definitely frustrating November for a team that really, aside from a home
loss to Fresno State twenty nine to nothing another way back in mid September,
really was not getting blown out. I mean they were in a lot of
games since that, but once it come November, it definitely was a team
that was struggling quite a bit and had that three blowout losses in one month.
That was definitely not a pretty side for the first in mp GO.
Wide ranging on some questions here, So what's so what was the the temperature
back a few weeks ago when Anderson was finally decided to leave or whatever that
would be. Was it ding dong the witch is dead or what what is
it? Yeah, that definitely was not. There definitely were not a lot
of tears shed in Marcopa County once once Ray Anderson was no longer the athletic
director of Arizona State. Uh, if anything was frustrating is that it was
announced a couple of days after that improbable win on the road against u C.
L A. Where I don't think folks thought that the season was finally
going to take a great turn or anything, but you know, folks are
feeling good that and undermanned Arizona State team, you know, goes into the
rose Ball when UCLA was still considered, you know, maybe an above average
team. I know the perception changed pretty soon after that game, but you
know, here they are swinging gates, you know, having a running back,
plate quarterback, kind of tied end playing quarterback and then winning the game.
And then comes the announcement about Ray Anderson. So maybe folks were frustrated
about the timing of it, but I think that the fact that he's no
longer the select director was definitely a welcome a welcome message in MP. I
mean, I don't think that it would be even slightly harsh saying that the
person that's responsible bringing herm Edwards to MP the hire that have resulted in a
massive failure on so many levels, that that is not a person that Arizona
State fans wanted to see him power anymore. They didn't want to see him
making any decisions whatsoever. I mean, I know if I came on this
show or you know, when Kenny Diniam was hired or not. But the
Ken Day Lamb higher was absolutely the boosters wish it was not Ray Anderson campaigning
for him. It wasn't the university university president Michael Crow campaigning for him.
It was absolutely the boosters that were one hundred percent full just dismayed by what
Ray Anderson was promising with the hire from Edwards to say to say did not
deliver, you know, you know, it's just like saying it gets a
little warm in the state of Arizona in the month of July. So it
was just really really frustrating to see the her members Aaron fold the way was
and when when her when her Edwards finally parting ways of Arizona state, folks
wanted to see back in September of twenty twenty two, Ry Anderson do the
same. So it came much later than fans wanted. But I would say
definitely a welcome sight in tim b when that happened. So is there any
sense of what characteristics specifically then that you know ASU does want in its athletic
director. Is it just we know we don't want that, you know what
I'm saying. I mean, what are they looking for? Yeah, well,
you know, Michael Crowe has done really one out of the box higher
after another after another, ever since he was in charge of hiring a Plague
directors. He had Lisa love Back. I think it was what two thousand
and full five if memory soon as we correct, then you have the Patterson
that came from the NBA world in the professional sports world, and then he
had Ray Anderson, but at one point was a white hand man of Roger
Goodell, the NFL commissioner. So I think that folks are maybe hoping for
a more traditional hire now, somebody that's really ingrained in the college sports world.
And granted it's a college sports world has changed massively just in the last
two three years with NIL with a transfer portable, So somebody that's really savvy
enough to navigate that landscape, which is definitely a challenging one. I think
that would be the wish for for Arizona State fans. And I think also
the director has to be a fundraiser. I mean the NIL conference at Arizona
State are definitely nothing to write home about, and even now into the Big
Twelve, I think it would still be ranked in the lower world of the
NIL level the Big twelve teams have. So I think that, you know,
those are some of the characteristics of this on paper that I was going
to say is looking for I'm just wondering and much like they can, can
you dealing them higher? Is this a higher that the boosters are going to
have a much bigger say than probably people think it is, or this gonna
be Michael Kodwell just making the higher again, maybe going out of the box
again because he thinks it's working great even though it hasn't. It's it's really
really hard to predict right now. But again I think a really savvy athtic
director that can navigate NIL, navigate transfer portal and be a good fundraiser that
would be on the wish list. Whether it happens or not, we'll see.
So the financial situation down here is will documented. Arizona lost two undred
and forty million wherever they lost it. What I hear this week or maybe
just recently, that issue has its own financial issues. Is that true?
Well, I mean financial financials is a SACRAMENTIL honestly did not hear that.
But as far as NIL issues, Kenny Dillingham was very transparent, and when
he went on the radio post game following the lost Arizona he said, I
need to raise five million dollars in two weeks to have an adequate NIL level
just for the twenty twenty four football season. So I mean, if that's
if that's the financial issue that that you're referring to, then yes, that
is something that is definitely Kenny Dillingham's mind front and center from trying to replace
an offensive coordinator, aside from going to exit interviews and seeing which players are
staying voluntarily or sorry, which players are leaving voluntarily or involuentari there's a lot
of Kenney dealing own's plate right now. But he was very honest saying that
he's going to have to cut down on his off campus recruiting activities just because
he's doing the fundraising for NIL here in MP so really greens to see how
that's gonna all pan out. And obviously when you look at the caliber players
leaving, staying, and coming in, then you could make an educated agains
as to if Kennedy Dillingham was successful with his fundraising interest for the NIL,
but that is absolutely a monumental task that he has been and will continue to
be engaged for the next three weeks. Did did the season go? I
know it wasn't a great season, but did he do enough or give people
enough hope that they're going to give him that kind of support or that he
has a shot at getting that kind of support? I mean, are they
happy enough with what it looked like this year in spite of the wins and
losses? I don't think anybody's really content with what happened. I mean,
the win loss record ultimately is the same as it was in twenty twenty two,
and there's obviously there's much more hope going into twenty three than it was
in twenty twenty two. But Kenny Dillingham said that you don't have the luxury
to just wait until the team wins and only then contributed. NIL. Just
really just feel excited about the program. I mean you really have to,
well you roll your sleeves back, support this to them as much as you
can. Uh with NIL probably being the biggest vehicle and in supporting the team,
I know a lot of fans put their money where their mouth is,
and once Ray Anderson was gone, uh, they said, okay, now
that now that Ray Anderson is gone, we are all going to contribute to
N I L. Now did that result in an influx of hundreds of thousands
of dollarsands at N I L? I would say probably not. But uh,
you know, the grassroots movement anywhere, and that's important. It seems
to grow more and more just to keep up with the Joneses, if you
will, when when it when it comes to it comes to the NIL level.
So I think there's maybe some optimism with Ray Anderson being gone. I
don't think anybody should really dismiss that aspect. Uh, But you know,
in terms of fans contributing because of content with the other programmers right now,
I don't think it would be that. I think it's really just answering Kenny
Dillingham's plea that you cannot wait for the program to win and win consistently and
only then contribute because that because if you're going to take that approach, the
teams that are going to win. We have all three minutes left to hear.
Let's talk about basketball real quick. What's the Uh, this is kind
of where Arizona's doing really well down here. Everyone knows that number tween in
the country, and I'm sure people there pay attention and have for a while.
What's the basketball temperature up there given early situation. Yeah, it's really
just been a roller coaster season, and I don't think it's really any different
than the early ten year and tenp You just have some peaks followed by some
valleys and lost rooms repeat, and mean, you know, really there's that
many peaks really to speak about in this in this very young season. You
know that'll win against Vanderbilt. You can say, okay, high major program,
but nothing that's really going to move the needle. Very very lopsided losses
to Book, Mississipi State and BYU has tempered maybe any excitement that some fans
for NAPS had about this team. It's just really for sitting to see Bobby
Hurley turning arguably his best season in t MP with twenty twenty three wins last
season and lose so many players to the portal. That goes back to the
nil issue that I mentioned with football. It's definitely evident in basketball too,
So I think there's really a lot of weight and see to see how the
rest of the non conference schedule does pan out for Arizona State. I mean,
there definitely are some challenging games still on the schedule. I think the
expectations are very tempered about this team being middle of the pack. But when
you see losses that they had for Mississippi State and BYU, you wonder if
even if you can reach that middle of the pack. So it's just really
a big wait and see right now with Arizona State basketball. I can't see
if the results to date have been that promising, But let's see by the
of December, folks aren't feeling better about this, But that's still a huge
questions and key injuries that need to deal with too. Okay, no,
great to hear from you. Good to see you the weekend. We'll probably
get back with you when Arizona faces them in UH in February. Good insight,
good insight. Yeah, you know, Look, they're kind of where
Arizona was a couple of years ago from a football set point, you know,
like except for the fact that well, let's say after even after Arizona
hired Jed, people were still not feeling great about you know, the program
because they thought who they hell that they just hired. But I think they
feel pretty good about their coach. In regardless of the fact that they,
as he said, they got killed in three of their last four games,
they still have to feel better about things than they did before. Well,
they have to hope that there's some hope for next year for them. We
gotta go break real quick. But it's a far cry from what we covered
a team thirty years ago. Right, Dick Temmy was mister feel good,
but he wasn't out chasing money. He was doing all that. Stuah,
there's so much more. There's so much more to n Il chasing Rubby doubbles
with the boosters because you have to have a good program. So you got
a grease the wheels. It's it's more, it's more than what you know.
Well, when we come back, I'll give There was an interesting comment
by Matt Ruhle, you know, and Nebraska talking about Nil and quarterback.
So stick around for that. We'll talk more about this when we get back.
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Streaming live on the iHeartRadio WAPP. This is I on the Ball with Steve
Rivera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. Hey, welcome back to
One on the Ball hero Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera, Fe's
Jiggensaus. Got our guys, Sammy the tune Master. Yeah, the Christmas
season loves my Dog. We normally save that for just like the last show
before Christmas. But we're happy you're doing it. Okay, good, So
I thought I switch it up from country songs. We confuse ourselves easily,
Sam, You we start playing Christmas music, think like Tomorrow's Christmas. Okay,
but it's fine. It's almost December. I'm happy that you're doing you
know what, here's the deal. I'm happy that you're into Christmas right,
like big. He's like like the Grinch. I was about to say Christmas.
Who needs Christmas? I love Christmas. I just ordered some gifts.
You know. You know, I've got kids and the whole kids too,
but my god kid, and I got a grandson. You know, he's
gonna have his first Yeah, it's like, well no, it's technically a
second Christmas. He was only a week old at his first. I've got
a nephew and he's almost two, and he's like, we're already doing all
kinds of Christmas things with him. Man, it's pretty good. Yeah,
no, it's fun. Yeah, like sniff sniff. He really is the
Grinch, I'm telling you. Man. Well he gets a little greener as
we get because it gets colder, so Christmas he's just all green. Man,
You're just all green. He doesn't even have a favorite Christmas movie.
I don't know who has that. What's yours, Charlie Brown Christmas? That's
not a movie, elf, Okay, all right, that's that's my wife's
favorite. Yeah. I mean, I'm in the I'm in the Christmas Vacation.
I don't know if I've seen Christmas Vacation Chevy Chase. Christ dude,
Okay, is that part of my You've got homework? Now go watch that.
Yeah, I'll show you that after you gotta you have to watch Christmas
Vacation. Right then we're going to talk about Christmas. We got a caller.
It's the all time great Christmas movie. All right, let's take this.
Hi, you're on the air and on the ball. No, it's
great to put Christmas music in my whole family. They're listening here in ninety
four point nine says it is. Yes, Yes, how are you getting
Howard? What's upward? Good? Good? How are you guys doing?
Did you hear Tom Leander tuck sons? Yes, he was on a brief
time you and and of course Sammy fills it in and I do too.
I don't know he didn't want to. We're on a seven game heat and
we want to make it eight to night against a tough Raptors team who's got
talent, but they don't know how to use it. Well, what we
were asking Leander about the n season tournament. Have you liked what they're doing
with that or have you paid attention to it? Didn't mean anything. I
was confused and didn't like it at first. Now I'm all in, it's
a great idea. They play a little tougher and but you know, like
anything, they do have to watch playing too tough. You want to save
it for the end of the year. But I don't think anyone's gotten injured
so far. It's been success. Yeah. Well, I mean they would
be playing these games anyway, be playing games. It's not like they wouldn't
be playing games, right, and they would be playing them anyway. If
you're in the championship, you'll just be playing one extra game. That's how
it's going to work. And like he said, it's good for the teams
that the guys that aren't making more than a half a million dollars, it's
great for the team for players to get a little extra money on there,
you know, until the end. It's great. Yeah, no, I
agree, I agree. What else is that? Man? Now, I'm
much I'm just keeached for a basketball season, and uh, I mean coming
counting down the days till the sixteenth or sixteenth when we played Perdue. I
can't wait for that. We'll go to your house because no, we don't
have peacock. I don't have it either. I'm gonna have to go to
a bar I'm gonna I'll go to Hooters. So I went there for the
first time to try. Their wings are freaking fantastic. They really are.
They do have some top level wings, not that I've been there a bunch.
Oh good, have top level, Steve, you don't like the wings,
not really. I mean I haven't been there in forever. Maybe they've
changed, but they're really heavy battered, I think if I can remember that,
Yeah, heavy guy. I bought some home. I bought some home
for my wife and she was a little bit skeptical. She thought they weren't
that great. Well they're good. Yeah, okay, Howard, thanks for
the call. Howards. Yeah, you guys. Every time he said something
to grab that get ready for the dumb butt. You're ready for the dumb
bart So I haven't used the dumb Yeah I did. I did. I
did tell Kevin says, get your finger on it. He did, Yeah
he did. But uh about we're talking Christmas movie, so again Christmas Vacation.
Gotta go watch it. Do you know the vacation movies, the Chevy
Chase, because there's the Original Vacation, National, Lamplin's Vacation, Christy Brinkley.
I don't think I've seen any of them. Okay, you know what
Christy Brinkley is. No, I don't. Oh, I did this to
Justin Justice did the same thing to me, Perspira who we talked about?
Who? Who was just even Justin didn't know. This is like five years
ago. Everybody in the room laughed. Kristen Christy Christy h R I s
T I so yeah, but it's a it's a it's a it's a fun
movie. And I've already seen it like four times. I'm talking in the
last couple of weeks. Jesus, Okay, I know you know she's she
was she was married to uh to Joel, Billy Joel. Yeah, you
know Billy Joel, And I know Billy. Okay, come on, I
love something. I love some of this these guys. My dad, even
my daughter doesn't know what these kids today. Did you ever pitch pennies?
You ever pitch pennies? Tilly Winks is a game? Yes, it's a
game. Okay. What's the goal you got to get? Like the little
circles in the in the bin? Yes? Okay, yeah, it's on
fifteen bucks on Amazon, maybe fifteen bucks on Holy cow crazy. Did you
ever do marbles. You ever shoot marble? Yeah, yeah, mar Grandma
jacks like you pick up sticks where you drop the sticks and then you got
to lift all the sticks up with up moving the other thing. Many years
before bones came into Yeah, chick the cab. Did you ever make a
rubber band gun out of a out of a piece of wood in a in
a in a clothes pin. I'm not using those. It was a really
long time ago, fifty years ago. Yeah, I wasn't even close.
You had a childhood brophy prepped guy, I did have a childhead. I
didn't wheels, wheels wheels. Where are you going to send me to the
gallery? Man, see, I need I need to back on defend my
brophy trophy on man. Pardon me. Okay here, let's Steve. Do
you never make smoke bombs out out of h put a bunch of dirt in
a baggy and lobb it and that was a smoke? No, my fire
making. So I didn't do that. No guy played Little league baseball.
We all did that, did that. But yeah, we went way deep
there. That was really bad. Okay, anybody want to call and get
us, you guys, get us out of this. Really a good show
today with Tom Leanders and ut All. Right, here we go. You're
on the air and I on the ball. Hey, you guys, is
a game? What's going on you guys are doing today? We're okay,
we're waiting for your call, Gabe. Yeah, we're barely hanging on right
now. Well, I'm super I'm super signed. Oh you're so sweet.
Anyway, I got two questions to ask you. So do you think Gleac
and Riley is on the hot speat and would go to the NFL? No,
but yes, not yet right if if if it starts out bad next
year, I could see him being on it pretty quickly. And I also
think that he found out that you can't control the media where you're at.
Yeah, exactly, He's he's an ass clown and a huge app. I
don't think he's on it today, but I think he could be on it
by mid season next year, if particularly if the defense shows zero improvement.
Yeah and yeah, I totally agree with you, because USB is going to
a to a new conference, a bitten and they're and they're not kings of
the conference right Ohio and Ohio, Say and Michigan are now USC and the
others and the other thing was I think it's an evitable for Jetfish and the
and the assistant coaches to get a good uh pay bonus. But but and
I'm not worry about that. But I'm just kind of puzzled in in fact,
why why would Jetfish go to like to UCLA or Florida. So let's
take those two schools. Ucla is going to the BIT ten. They're gonna
have struggle in that conference, going up going against ohiosety, Washington, USC,
you name it. And I don't think why would you? That doesn't
make any sense. And the same thing with Florida. Yeah, I know
you have a lot of booster money. I know you have a lot of
money, and fans really care about Florida. But for two seasons, if
you go six and six or seven and five, they're gonna send you to
the guillotine in a way. But but I don't I think Jeff Fish should
stay at Arizona. I really hope because because us Arizona fans, we we
we're not like any SEC fan base or even the BIT ten fan pace.
We're just at least could he do so if you go eight and five,
nine to three, or and then one or anything, like that we're gonna
build you a bronze statue. So that's why I kind of think, I
mean, I kind of agree. I've been feeling this or thinking this for
the last just couple of weeks as his name has popped up. I think
the bigger threat for Arizona in terms of losing Jetfish should be losing to the
NFL. And I'm totally fine with it. If you go to the NFL,
okay, cool, then have have a secession plan and like friend Brent
bt F Carol will take over as the new as a new head coach because
Brent Brendan Carroll has been on Jetfish's death and I'm totally fine with any one
of of him being the next head coach because because it's finally times whereevers on
the be relevant of football, NASA basketball, So I'm really I'm just super
excited. And plus he basically said that we want to be like Utah.
So all right, Kate, thanks so much. We gotta we gotta run
right at the end of the show, but appreciate the call as always,
okay saying you guys, take easy, be safe, thank you know.
Again. To Gabe's point, look, I think if Jed Fish is here
two more years success, that's as much as theirs expect. He may stay
longer. But I'm saying if he's here five years, yeah, you've gotten
what you've gotten out of him? What? Yeah? Right, I mean
it all depends too on what the next two years, especially next year like
holds in terms of how we play. If we go out and we're and
I'm not saying any of this is gonna happen, but if we go out
and we win the conference next year, people are gonna be after this all
over him. But if we go out and we go we win seven gamesmes
that that that Jed buzz, that Jed buzz is gonna die down and we'll
have him for a little bit more. And it's all peaks and valleys with
head coaches and nuts and and I don't think it's a given that he's gonna
leave, but I think you know, look, you look at his track
record, and he's you know, he's I could see him moving around,
so we'll see. Yeah, no reason to worry about it right now,
though, right, Steve, Yeah, why worry about something that may not
happen exactly? All right, Hey, fun show, it's good Christmas vacation.
Go watch it. Okay, all right, and Steve could be in
a grump, be a nicer grump this year. It's all reputation there,
Steve. We got some Ariah carries for you on the way out. Steve
likes that. There you go. I don't care about the present, the
Christmas tree, just watch you. Full my make my wist. I want
all prison it