WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:08.080 This is I on the Ball with Steve RIVERA and Jakinsaliz on Fox Sports fourteen 2 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:14.720 fifteen powered by Nova Insurance Services and Sure Your Most Prized Possessions kat z R 3 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:19.239 two SAG and iHeart Radio Station. Hey, good afternoon, everybody. Welcome 4 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:22.280 to I on the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve River 5 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:26.879 He's jakin zawis got our guys sit in at the booth, said the man. 6 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:30.719 He's the man. This is first go as. This is his first 7 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:33.799 shot in the board. So if anything screws up, it's its fault. 8 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:39.119 Yeah, I apologize for smart move, smart move. You're you're a rookie, 9 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:42.560 but not a rookie. Hey, big show today. If everything holds 10 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:45.560 up right right right? Well, you know we we did try to get 11 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:49.240 Rob waldrip yesterday. He all of a sudden after the fact, I couldn't 12 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:52.320 make it. So we got we got him lined up today at three three 13 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:55.439 thirty five. Pact show we do and then we have our picks at the 14 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:58.200 end of the show to right, Yeah, all kinds of stuff like I'm 15 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:00.719 sure you buddy, I haven't on mine yet. I'm gonna do him. 16 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:03.159 I'm doing it. The next break. Nope, I have not. I'm 17 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:06.680 doing that now. I've been I've been busy. Steve, I'm a busy 18 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:08.280 No, it's me too, We both are. I'm on deadline with you 19 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:11.200 for a couple things. That's right. You still don't have your stuff in. 20 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:15.079 You gave it to me yesterday. Where's the ears on a bull story? 21 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:19.200 Oh, that's almost done. That's as old because because I'm waiting for 22 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:22.879 stats. You want stats. You want to see my text, I've been 23 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:26.120 asking for statskay uh, the other one that went to get him. Anyway, 24 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:30.319 that's that's between you and me. But Jake Fisher at three fifteen, 25 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.519 Jake's always got some good stuff to say. It's the day before the first 26 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:34.840 game, So we'll see what we say. You know, now that we're 27 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:38.519 here, you know he's been saying eight wins. He probably still say wins. 28 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.760 But I just want to say how, you know, how they're how 29 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:44.359 they're gonna get take wins. What he's hoping to see tomorrow. Then, 30 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.560 as we said at three thirty five, Rob Waldrop, we'll be coming in 31 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:52.280 and we'll just kind of talk to him about his his old day's desert swarm. 32 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:56.319 He was sort of the anchor to that Hall of Fame, and he's 33 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:57.879 in the College Football Hall of Fame, and he's here to be a co 34 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.519 captain and Unray captain for the game tomorrow. And then we'll get Justin Spears 35 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:07.879 uh Air's a daily Star beat writer, and get his analysis of what he 36 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:09.919 thinks is gonna happen tomorrow. So a lot of stuff going on, a 37 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:14.240 lot of stuff going on pretty much the whole show. You gotta give us 38 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:16.280 a call when you have an opportunity to. This is one of those opportunities 39 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:21.840 because we're gonna be to to pretty much fool for the whole time outside of 40 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:24.120 this slot, from the beginning of the breaking new slot right exactly. So 41 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:28.639 if you guys want to call, I got a call, Gotta text your 42 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:32.000 you're you're tailgate is pretty much open, right anybody who anybody can swing by 43 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:35.560 someone. I mean, you know, if you can't bring the whole family, 44 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.599 unless you're gonna bring some food with you because you know it's a pot 45 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:39.960 luck, but you know, swing by. We'll have some beer in the 46 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:43.800 ice chest. People are asking me earlier to you know, if you want 47 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.400 to swing by, but you know, we it's you know, we don't. 48 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:47.800 We're not gonna if you get there and there's not a ton of food, 49 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:51.319 it's because there's not a ton of people that are tailgate generally, and 50 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:54.280 so everybody tries to bring something. So there'll be some snacks and some some 51 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:58.039 chicken. Maybe you know, he might be able to get a beer out 52 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:00.919 of us or something like that. But yeah, feel free to swing by 53 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:04.000 look for us. I've told people I've got a I've got a light blue 54 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.680 uh kind of a smaller suv. We have three of those Arizona red and 55 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:13.919 blue Arizona Arizona tents that we put up. There'll be a TV right there 56 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:16.960 while we'll be watching games, and we're gonna hopefully be lined up in that 57 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:21.840 last row next to the Richard Jefferson gym. That's what we shoot for every 58 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:23.680 week. Okay, cool, Yeah, I feel free. I feel free 59 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:25.840 to stop by and say hey, And if you want to come and hang 60 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:30.719 with us, you don't bring bring a snack, bring some beer, bring 61 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:32.639 something, and you can stay with us as long as you want. Yeah, 62 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:37.560 Okay, last night's games are pretty interesting. I'm sure you cut one 63 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:39.479 or two. I you know, I I the game. I watched most 64 00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:42.840 of it because I was watching the Dodgers Braves game, which was a great 65 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:45.039 game. We can get to that later. But I was watching that Florida 66 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:47.800 Utah game and you know that guy. That game came on as we were 67 00:03:47.879 --> 00:03:53.199 leaving, so I had it on on the radio in my car. And 68 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:55.360 you know, Utah it's first play, throws a seventy yard bomb for a 69 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:59.919 touchdown, and I thought Florida's season is over. They're done, They're toes. 70 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:08.080 He's not over. You know that. I say that week one, 71 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:13.479 everyone kind of you yeah, so uh but uh you know, and and 72 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:16.279 look and and and you're telling me Utaugh made them look bad. Two things 73 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:19.040 about that one. Utah is playing with a bunch of backups and they beat 74 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:23.519 the crap out of them. So you know, Florida people are losing their 75 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:26.839 minds. You know there. I saw a lot of I saw a lot 76 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:29.560 of social media of that. But then, you know, you think about 77 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:32.279 Utah. It's kind of been overlooked as as uh, you know, somebody's 78 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:34.680 one to think two years in a row. It's always been overlooked. I 79 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:36.680 mean, come on, Utah, and you don't you don't think you would 80 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:44.160 see you don't think Washington and and their quarterback came rising was out and it 81 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:46.399 doesn't really matter. And they played two They played two two quarterbacks, and 82 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:51.800 both quarterbacks had had scores rushing touchdowns. So watch out for Utah, you 83 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:55.040 know, yeah, of course, I mean you really do. I mean, 84 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:58.319 because they didn't you know, it was twenty four to twenty four to 85 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.759 three ten for most of the game. I think it was twenty Yeah, 86 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:05.720 so twenty four to ten, but it wasn't near that close. You just 87 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:10.040 let them up. I think Florida got down in the red zone even a 88 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:14.240 couple of times and got zero points and stuff like that. So I think, 89 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:16.519 uh, watch out for Utah. I think they're gonna be uh somebody 90 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:19.680 to be reckoned with. It's still you know, they knew that, Yeah, 91 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:23.439 of course, it's still. It's gonna be their fourth, right there, 92 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:28.720 pick fourth usc USC Oregon washed in them, right and anybody any of 93 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:31.000 those four could win It gets each other anytime. Yeah, And I think 94 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:34.279 that's what's gonna make make it tough to get a team through and into the 95 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:39.720 playoff because those four teams they mostly play each other, and you know they 96 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:43.079 I don't see anybody facing those three teams and beating all three of them. 97 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:46.120 Yeah, okay, right, yeah, we'll talk more about that. And 98 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:48.639 then there was the other one. Nebraska's still Nebraska or that was that was 99 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:53.600 college football at its peak right there. Yeah, walk off, walk off 100 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:57.759 field goal to win the game Minnesota. You gotta imagine that Nebraska fans are 101 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.279 losing their stuff again. I'm saying, this is the same old stuff that 102 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:04.600 we've been dealt with the Scott Frost right, And then you know, Southern 103 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:08.920 Utah had a possession to win the game. I didn't stay up. I 104 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:11.920 gave up at ten thirty. Yeah. Still, I was still watching the 105 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:15.199 best quarterbacks in the Pac twelve history or whatever it was running backs, and 106 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:17.560 I said, I'm not gonna stay for this. Yeah, yeah, I 107 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:21.439 didn't. I didn't didn't. I mean it was still in a in a 108 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:27.360 you know, in a delay when I when I stopped trying and I just 109 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:31.639 went to bed. But yeah, touched damp Damn Demorro Tamorro, Doug Tamorro. 110 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:34.720 He said at one thirty in the morning, that's when the press conferences 111 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:40.079 was going on. One thirty in the morning. Oh man, there could 112 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:42.759 have been anybody left in the stadium, though I don't think they made deadline. 113 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.079 Yeah, well I'm guessing. I'm guessing not, but uh, you 114 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:50.000 know, twenty four twenty one, and I guess I didn't go back and 115 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:53.240 check it out, but I my son stayed up to watch the games. 116 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:55.639 I said, did Utah Southern Utah have a chance to win? He said, 117 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:57.519 yeah, they had a possession to win the game, right, and 118 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:00.360 they didn't, but they had it chance. Actually they would have converted a 119 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:03.199 first down to keep the drive going, but they dropped the pass. Oh 120 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:09.519 man, Yeah, that's a that's a tough thing again, warning signs right, 121 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:13.160 yeah, and I don't think I don't know how much it says. 122 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.279 But when you have a tough time beat, you know, winning your opener 123 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:20.800 at home against Southern Utah, that's that's gotta be a red flag. What 124 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:24.959 are you talking about? We saw a red flag. It was a flaming 125 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:28.800 red flag two years ago. Oh, because they lost. But these guys 126 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:30.399 they didn't lose, so they at least got out of there with a win. 127 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:33.399 But you got they got to be thinking about it for sure. For 128 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:36.279 sure. And then the Dodger game. I did say, I did watch 129 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:39.680 the Dodging game. It was a great game Dodgers felt. You know, 130 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:45.680 I was telling telling Sid here that you know, Ron Lucunha came up bases 131 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:49.120 loaded second inning, and I thought he's gonna hit a grand Slam, and 132 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:54.399 then he did and it was away far grand slam. Uh. They were 133 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:58.439 up seven to one at one point. Dodgers fought back, got got it 134 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.560 to eight seven. Uh, had the winning run on base in the bottom 135 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:03.720 of the ninth and couldn't get it, couldn't get the time run or the 136 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:07.800 winning run across, and lost eight to seven. But it was a great 137 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:11.439 game. A lot of people talking about what a great game it was and 138 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:15.199 and hoping that that's what the that's what the National Championship Series will be. 139 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:20.199 We'll see, we'll see. That's fun okay, okay. Uh so what 140 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:24.040 else going on a good show today? Yeah? No, I think well, 141 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:28.959 the ACC, Oh yeah, I know, we want to cut out 142 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:31.799 a little early because of you know, so we can move everybody up and 143 00:08:31.799 --> 00:08:37.840 get rob waldropon. But uh uh, the ACC invited cal Stanford and SMU 144 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:45.159 into their league, and and it's funny because you know, they had to 145 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.639 do something, but then they then it gets done. Cal Stanford get in 146 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:52.240 the league and SMU and people rip on them doing that and saying that's terrible, 147 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:56.279 it's terrible for the ACC. You know, they got three bad teams. 148 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:58.200 Why would three bad programs? Why would you do that? You're you 149 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:03.879 know, somebody said they that, uh for football, that the ACC added 150 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:07.600 three three Boston colleges, which that they didn't mean that in a nice way. 151 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:11.120 So but you know, here you go, you got you know, 152 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:15.120 two more teams on the West coast playing in the conference on the East coast. 153 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:18.840 That's gonna that's gonna be a tough gold, be a tough go. 154 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:22.440 Yeah. But I don't know, you know, I the whole thing's a 155 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:26.440 mess, Steve. I think I think everybody's in agreement. But all of 156 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:31.240 college football, all of college athletics is a mess because of what happened. 157 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:35.360 And I don't know how they ever, ever ever fix it. Well, 158 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:39.279 they're not gonna fix it. They're gonna go to a different situation where it's 159 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:43.399 massive. It's just gonna be massive, right, twenty teams here, twenty 160 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:48.759 teams there to make sixty four eighty four whatever teams are gonna put in their 161 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:50.559 separate divisions. But it's just gonna suck for a while. Yeah, well 162 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.279 change, you don't change. I mean in the end, you know, 163 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:56.200 Arizona being in the in the Big twelve, while it's gonna be fun for 164 00:09:56.200 --> 00:10:01.960 basketball, it's it's not gonna be as it's fun for football as it's been 165 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.840 being in the Pactwell, no, that's why I'm saying, there's no one 166 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.399 sexy enough in the in the in the league to worry about it. You 167 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:11.080 know, as much as I complain about USC, you know, being in 168 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:15.799 the way of everything, not having a USC and in the league, it 169 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:18.960 is kind of like, well, hell right, there's and there's not even 170 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:22.679 one clothes No, there's nobody close. And then then you think about USC, 171 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:24.879 what are they gonna be at a nine and three team every year? 172 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:28.639 You know, well, good they're not going to be USC in Ohio State 173 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:31.679 in Michigan, are they good? Good for them, But you picked your 174 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:33.840 poison, You picked your poison. You decided to go. You know, 175 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:37.840 hope the money is fun. I hope the money is fine. Oh yeah, 176 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:41.120 they'll they'll buy stuff. You're throwing dice on the sidewalk in the corner. 177 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:45.799 Get Reggie Miller's the husband Trophy back? What I say, Reggie Miller, 178 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:48.759 Yeah, well he'll too. He didn't even play at USC too. 179 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:52.559 Well he needs one us. You still, Reggie, Reggie, you know 180 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:54.799 that, Reggie. They're gonna have fun on the snow for sure, I 181 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:58.679 think, yeah, yeah, but what's this? But you know, smut, 182 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:03.639 ThEC makes sense. At least they're in the neighborhood, right, so 183 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:07.519 to speak. You know, they're kind of in the neighborhood. But man 184 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:11.440 Stanford and Cal. I guess I saw that they're doing something where they'll like 185 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:15.840 meet in the middle for you know, some of the Olympic sports, you 186 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:18.679 know, matches and stuff, you know, play them in Dallas where neither 187 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:20.639 team is all stuff like that. I mean, how fun can that be 188 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:26.600 for that athletes don't want that. Well, it's very clear. I don't 189 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:28.879 know if it's very clear, but the minor sports were, or at least 190 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:33.679 whatever international sports, whatever Olympic sports, we're not thought off. They just 191 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:35.440 say there's a lot of money over there, let's go get it and take 192 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.840 care of the guy and then we'll figure it out after that. There's the 193 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:41.759 bag. There's the bag, as you kids say, Yeah, I haven't 194 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:48.120 seen the bag since McDonald's give me. But that's what it looks like. 195 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:52.639 You know. So well again now Oregon Stain Washington statement. Yeah, they 196 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:56.120 have to just bok up with the Mountain West, you know, and they're 197 00:11:56.120 --> 00:12:00.399 good. Orgon State's really good right now, and wash and State it is 198 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:05.639 pretty good to their credit. Old Jay, it's not gonna be that bad. 199 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.360 And let me hold hold on here. They're gonna be the crown jewels 200 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:11.960 of the wherever they right, because they're gonna be the better team, right 201 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.000 at least you'd think that, right, right, because when they play them 202 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:18.480 now, if they played them now, wouldn't you think Morgan State would be 203 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:20.480 the favorite, Washington State would be the favorite. It'll continue to be that 204 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:26.559 way until it's not right. But I guess you're still not with anybody. 205 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:31.519 I mean you're not with yeah the back twelve. Yeah all right, well, 206 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:33.080 you know, let's get on here so we can get We'll move our 207 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:35.399 guests up just a couple of minutes, good idea, so we can get 208 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:37.600 as much time as we can with both of them. So let's go ahead 209 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:39.919 and check out. 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How was your birthday? That was fine? We stayed in. 301 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:22.720 It's my my football jersey year. So you know we're getting up there. 302 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:26.160 Well you are thirty three years o getting up there. You didn't get 303 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:30.440 hurt, did you? We don't want you injured. I'm getting hurt every 304 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:33.440 day now. Getting old. You have no idea what old is. I'm 305 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:38.519 just gonna say that you have no idea. I'm not looking forwards. Well, 306 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:41.359 big games are this week. We've been We've been waiting for it for 307 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:45.119 a while. Now tell me your excitement. Where? Yeah, where? 308 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:48.079 Where? Where's your head on it today? Batman level? Is that a 309 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:51.559 ten? I really want to run up to score against these guys, showing 310 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:53.400 them that they're only gonna beat us one out of every fifty or sixty times. 311 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:56.000 I love the fact that we've got a bunch of NFL players on there. 312 00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:00.720 We have very few players that understand what it's like to lose against NAU. 313 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:04.160 So I'm just happy that I want Jets Fish to be kind of petty, 314 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:07.559 like I want us to kind of run up to score a little bit 315 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:10.480 but in our twos and keep taking shots. I know he's a lot more 316 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:12.519 classy than that, but that's what I would do anyways. And I want 317 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:15.319 to see what the defense is like all these big times, you know, 318 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:19.279 transfers. He had come into adjustin Folk and just on those defensive linemen gets 319 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:22.599 the pressure on the cornerback, they're probably gonna have to do a lot of 320 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:25.400 quick stuff just because we I think we are going to be able to get 321 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:27.799 pressure on the ball and allow our defensive backs to kind of settle in makes 322 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:33.519 some plays on the ball. So the fact that justin mister Flow is not 323 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:37.720 starting, does that give you cause or pause or whatever. Now, I 324 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:41.359 think it's a new defense and it's one of those things to where as long 325 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:44.079 as you can find a niche for him, he's going to be effective because 326 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:45.880 you know, as Jett Fitch, he's the most explosive player on that defense. 327 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:48.720 You know, he runs, he knows that a tackle he's got a 328 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:51.599 nose for the ball. He might just not have the coverages down. But 329 00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:53.599 you know, I mean, shoot, you only got to see a few 330 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:56.880 months to really prepare for a defense. We don't know how complex it is. 331 00:20:57.400 --> 00:21:00.119 You know. We had a bunch of new guys last year, a 332 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:02.880 new system, so we didn't get to see where all the ins and outs 333 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:04.079 look like, you know, when you're able to get down a set. 334 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:07.079 So I don't know, we'll see. I think that it would be very 335 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:11.480 wise to use them in past rushing packages and maybe even if you have a 336 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:14.759 mobile quarterback to use them, you know, more as a spy, because 337 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:18.799 he's gonna run down any quarterback if you're allowed. Is that is that kind 338 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:22.920 of one of the things that you want to see tomorrow in terms of looking 339 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:26.039 at what Arizona is doing, who the players are, that type of stuff, 340 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:27.480 or what do you got your site set on in terms of watching the 341 00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:32.000 game. Well, I think that we're just gonna be able to overmatch them 342 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:34.519 physically from all standpoint, So I think they're going to keep it kind of 343 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:37.640 Manilla. You know. I want to make sure that you know, they 344 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:41.160 don't show or tip their cap too much for Mississippi State the next week. 345 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:44.759 So I think we're gonna stay in a pretty you know, pretty much in 346 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:48.680 a basic defense for the most part, especially on you know, offense. 347 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:52.039 I don't think we're gonna have to do anything you know, weird. You 348 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.920 don't think we just have better players than them. So I don't think we're 349 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:56.920 going to see the whole playbook someone on per se, but I think we 350 00:21:56.960 --> 00:22:00.319 are, you know, going to see some powers. So let me ask 351 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:06.279 you a question that I asked Lamont from my my soothsayer here, mister Jay 352 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:11.759 Gonzalez. Uh, did you and well I want all to sour the question, 353 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:15.160 did you get nervous every game? Or did you kind of get nervous? 354 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:18.960 And then that was it? Did I get nervous? Yeah? Yeah, 355 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:22.000 I mean you're nervous, you know, right before the game, and 356 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:23.160 you kind of want to get out there and just hit something, and then 357 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:26.319 as soon as you do that, all the nerves go away. So it's 358 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:29.480 kind of, you know, one of those things where it's like you hate 359 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:33.000 being nervous, you hate having the butterflies, but as soon as you do 360 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.279 get to hit somebody, all of a sudden, they all go away. 361 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:37.839 It's just time to you know, remember your assignments. You gonna play. 362 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:41.160 Is that every game or just the first game? No, that was every 363 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:44.359 game. It's you know, one of those things where you have a lot 364 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:47.200 of folks that I knew that didn't get nervous, and you know, it's 365 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:49.400 one of those things where some of those guys kind of played reckless. I 366 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:52.640 know a lot of folks that would get a little bit too nervous and throw 367 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:55.200 up before games, which is not me. And those are like kind of 368 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:59.440 the tacticians or the guys that you know, they were very technical, technically 369 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.960 sound. I this is the best way to put it. They remembered everything 370 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.799 they had to do, and it's almost like they put a little bit more 371 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:06.839 of a burden on themselves to remember what they had to do. A lot 372 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:08.119 of the guys that were, you know, seniors that have been playing for 373 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:11.240 three years would get a little notice, but they wouldn't show it just because 374 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:14.680 they knew exactly what they're doing. They don't worry about it too much at 375 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:18.119 all. You know, they know how to react to certain plays whatnot. 376 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:19.400 So it was a little bit blore for me. I was kind of in 377 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:23.319 the middle where were you on the depth chart your freshman year, you know, 378 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:27.039 going into the first game in terms of both the defense, special teams, 379 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:32.119 anything like that. How much were you expecting to play? I think 380 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:34.880 I was starting on kickoff and kick return, and then I think maybe punt 381 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:37.559 return when we weren't in punt safe. And then I was in the I 382 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:41.119 was in the two deep. I was a two will I was backing up 383 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:48.920 Xavier Kellery or Xavier Kelly. Remember we had I think four senior linebackers. 384 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:52.000 I mean, we had a really really good linebacking crew that year. So 385 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:53.160 you know, I was just happy to be in the two deep. If 386 00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:56.440 they can move Corey all around, they can they can move you know, 387 00:23:56.480 --> 00:24:00.400 Sterlow around. They can move all those guys around the positions. And I 388 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.000 don't mean that's crazy about knowing the playbook, you know what I mean. 389 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:07.440 So, I mean it was one of those things where I knew I wasn't 390 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:10.279 going to see the field unless we were ahead, you know, by fifty 391 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:14.400 six against you know, Washington State. But other than that, it was 392 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:17.640 funding on special times. Well, well you were so you were, you 393 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:21.519 were on the field then you know at kickoff, right, Yeah, what 394 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:26.160 was that like? My very first kickoff. I was so nervous, but 395 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:29.920 aunt up that I ran down made a tackle. I did not hear the 396 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:33.559 crowd at all. And it was just one of those fun things to where 397 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:36.920 it was like, listen, you know, you're a freshman and you're on 398 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:38.680 kickoffs. Just ten your ears back, run as fast as you can. 399 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:41.240 If you get blasted, who gives a crap, just go down and try 400 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:45.640 to hit somebody. Yeah. Cool. So it was a big deal. 401 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:48.160 Yesterday? Was it? Yesterday? Yesterday? I talked about the two deep, 402 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:51.440 right, do you guys make a lot of it about it. That's 403 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:55.559 a dumb question because every athlete wants to be starting. But how big was 404 00:24:55.559 --> 00:25:00.039 the depth chart to you? You know, really happened to surprise because you're 405 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:04.240 out there practice every day and you know who's making plays and who's working hard, 406 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:07.519 and yeah, who's getting the grass of the concept. So I mean 407 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:11.079 to be honest with you, it didn't really it wasn't really a problem. 408 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:15.960 The only time it was a problem is when you know you have two guys 409 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:18.519 that are kind of equally deserving of it, and uh, you know the 410 00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:22.440 coaches say, eventually kind of come to their senses, not come to their 411 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.680 senses. But you know, in order to get two of those guys on 412 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:26.680 the field at the same time, they kind of mix and match different schemes 413 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:29.720 in order to get their best players on the field at the same time. 414 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:33.720 So, so is it u is the last week of of prep? Is 415 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:37.839 it? Is it fun? Is it nerve racking? You know, you 416 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:40.279 got to know all the stuff? You know, I was looking at the 417 00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:44.759 schedule. You're seenior year you guys opened with NAU, so you know that 418 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:48.720 week, well, you know what was that like in terms of making sure 419 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:53.519 you were ready and and how much school did you? Really? Do you 420 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:59.119 have to you have to do your schooling, But I mean you just instead 421 00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:03.400 of having all those all that time that you're spending doing extra working out, 422 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:07.119 et cetera, et cetera. Now because you're kind of shifting focused and you're 423 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:08.839 trying to keep your body healthy and you're trying to get ready for your first 424 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:11.440 opponent, you kind of shift some of that time that you were spending doing 425 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:15.519 that. So watching film and sometimes it depends, you know, if you 426 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:18.039 have a team that has a brand new coach and a brand new philosophy, 427 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:21.799 you have to kind of go back to where their coaches were, you know, 428 00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:23.519 the year before, but even then they might have you know, they 429 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:26.640 might have different players. They might come from the school that you know, 430 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:30.960 they were a defensive backs coach at a really high school, but then you 431 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:33.119 know, they get a defensive coordinator position at a smaller school, so you 432 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:36.920 have different personnel. They might have a heavier personnel, they might have a 433 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:38.799 lot of athletes. It really just depends. I mean, that's what the 434 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:41.799 coaches get paid for, right, they would all us kind of what they 435 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:44.640 look at, what the tendencies work, and then you just study it and 436 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:48.240 if they come out doing something completely different, you better know how to counter 437 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:51.359 it, right, yeah, right, yeah, no, I hear you. 438 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:56.640 So look again, you know, we asked Lamont what he wanted to 439 00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:59.759 see tomorrow. He said he wanted to see Arizona run the hell out of 440 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:02.640 the said, just let those guys run the ball, run them over, 441 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:06.519 just push them around. What do you what do you want to see as 442 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.880 far as what the offense does, I know you want to see him score 443 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:11.359 a lot of points. But in terms of what it looks like, well, 444 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:15.319 I'm on the same page. You know, we have three, maybe 445 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:18.119 four guys that are going to eventually be in the NFL. You know, 446 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:22.079 any of you doesn't have that, So use your guys to your advantage. 447 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:25.160 You know, I think we outweigh them on average about fifty plus pounds, 448 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:29.119 you know, from the offensive line to the defensive line perspectives. So run 449 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.359 them over, you know, make them, make them stack the box, 450 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:33.920 and then you got NFL re seer should throw it to. I mean, 451 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:37.559 we kind of hold uh, you know what's going to happen in the game. 452 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:40.279 It's it's on us, you know, whether we run the ball at 453 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:42.240 pass the ball, I think we're going to be successful. But it's always 454 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:47.039 good against an inferior opponent to kind of establish a ground game because then you 455 00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.119 can kind of toil with them from there. I mean, you control the 456 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:51.920 pace as long as your offensive line is doing what they need to do, 457 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:55.319 and you control the clock, and you know, that kind of dictates what 458 00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:57.039 you do the rest of the game. The one thing though, that Jake, 459 00:27:57.119 --> 00:28:00.599 and we've probably talked to you about this a lot, is that depends 460 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:04.440 how good the defenses is going to be, depending on how well Arizona does 461 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:10.000 overall. Well, yeah, and again, you know, remember those Stanford 462 00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:12.079 teams when they weren't back dead with horrorball. They had a really good offensive 463 00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:15.799 line that can kind of cant all the clock, you know, instead of 464 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:18.759 having a third of Maine since that, you know, you're gonna have a 465 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:21.240 thirdain and two or a third and three if it's manageable and you get that 466 00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:25.160 first down and the defense doesn't, you know, isn't what it's all cracked 467 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.920 up to be. If we control the clock and keep them off the field, 468 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:30.839 then that's you know, I think a good offense dictating the clock is 469 00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:34.240 the best defense. As long as we can do that, I think we'll 470 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:37.799 be Okay. We got about a minute less if less than that. But 471 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:41.000 if the offense isn't what a dictating offense, it's a scoring offense, right, 472 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:45.400 how does that change it? Well, it depends. I mean, 473 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:48.799 if the defense is just gas and they're not doing what it needs to be 474 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:51.119 done, then you've got to control the clocks to keep them off the field, 475 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.559 right, so you have the hawses up front to do it. So 476 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:56.920 you know, I mean jet Fish comes from the NFL. If he knows 477 00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:59.079 that, and you'll probably see it, you know, against a couple of 478 00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:00.880 bigger opponents, but against any of you. It'll be nice to establish a 479 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.400 run and you know, pop a few long passes, but I want to 480 00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:07.279 see a manham of those guys up roun. 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Excited to talk 554 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:19.960 to you. It's a big weekend for you guys, and you it is 555 00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:22.760 it is, you know what. And I appreciate you, guys, Steve 556 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:24.519 and Jay taking some time to get me on there on your show. So 557 00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:28.199 this will be fun. Yeah, should be. We'll let love having you 558 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:30.760 rob. So you're in town, Well you're not in town this moment, 559 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:35.239 but you're gonna be back here. You're going going to be back here tomorrows 560 00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:38.320 as a honorary captain. How's that? How cool is that for you? 561 00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:40.800 You know you, I mean, you've been gone a lot, a long 562 00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:44.719 time, longer than when anybody wants to admit, but you know, still 563 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:47.719 wanting to bring you back to be a part of all this. Well, 564 00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:51.760 first, don't remind me how long it's been, because of that kind of 565 00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:55.480 dates me. But yeah, it's it's quite an honor to have them still 566 00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:58.800 think of me that way. You want to bring me back to be a 567 00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:01.119 part of this and experience it, especially in this new era with Coach Fish. 568 00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:05.400 So it's uh, and I'm a lot better kind of enjoying these things 569 00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:07.599 and appreciating them as I got I've gotten older. When I was a lot 570 00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:10.199 younger and playing, you know, I never really spent too much time on 571 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:15.800 the accolade. So it's it's it's nice to enjoy this and be here with 572 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:17.599 some of my close friends. In fact, I don't know if you remember 573 00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:21.800 us too, but we covered you guys back in the day, and you 574 00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:24.000 were kind of a quiet guy, as I remember, a tough dude, 575 00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:27.519 a tough dude, but just kind of quiet, kind of didn't say a 576 00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:30.320 whole heck of a lot pretty much. Yeah, I just kind of trying 577 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:35.280 to play and let that speak for who and what I was. And you 578 00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:37.280 know, I was on a defense with a bunch of great guys, So 579 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:39.559 it's it's it's uh, I didn't want to take anything from anybody. Yeah. 580 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:44.480 So so that's a that's a team that continues to be well. Those 581 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:47.440 teams in that era continue to be talked about here. You know, people 582 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:52.679 you know, look back fondly on the all the stuff, the Desert swarm 583 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:54.559 that continues to be sort of legendary here what's it like been for you? 584 00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:58.519 What's it been like for you to kind of be a part of that group 585 00:35:58.639 --> 00:36:01.199 that kind of set you know, kind of set a standard here. I 586 00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:08.360 guess you could say for a lot of the program. Well for me personally 587 00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:13.639 being it on those defenses with those guys that I played with on those teams, 588 00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:15.800 the bond that we all have and what we did, it's been one 589 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:19.559 of the most amazing experiences of my life. And you just tend to appreciate 590 00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:22.400 that more and more as you get older, because you just don't get something 591 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:27.480 special like that very often with a group of guys. And so you know, 592 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:30.840 to see all everybody still committed to Arizona and looking at the program and 593 00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:34.719 wanting to see you know, none of us would winding more than the cr 594 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:37.800 defense come and beat all of our records and do exactly what it is that 595 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:39.599 we did. We would It would just be the greatest thing ever. And 596 00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:44.119 I think for the guys it would plan a defense like that, the bonds 597 00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:46.320 you build with the guys you're playing with, it's something that they would always 598 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:50.920 remember forever too. Before you say, what made you guys so special on 599 00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:53.039 the field, we were talking about this yesterday, Jay, I can't remember 600 00:36:53.239 --> 00:37:01.320 you thought some games Bruski wardrobe to finish those guys, and you talk about 601 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:06.639 dudes who just were tough dudes. I don't even know what are the word 602 00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:10.360 you could use besides tough. Would you agree? I would agree we when 603 00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:15.599 we played with a level of intensity and aggression and a lot of violence, 604 00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:19.960 and it was a simple, simple defensive scheme. And so that's really what 605 00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:24.480 kind of all you had to do. And you know, were we all 606 00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:28.639 the highest recruited players or the blue chips and on that, We really weren't. 607 00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:30.000 So I think all of us always had a chip on our shoulder anyways, 608 00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:35.039 was something to try to prove, and that's kind of I don't if 609 00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:37.280 there was a way to say this is what we did to make this defense, 610 00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:40.199 I think everybody would be doing it. I don't know what the formula 611 00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:43.199 is, but it just it was what it was and it was great. 612 00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:45.519 And how did it happen? I mean we, you know, as fans, 613 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:47.639 we sit here and you know, we think about, you know that 614 00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:52.320 game at Miami. Would would people say that's where it was kind of born? 615 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:57.440 But you guys had to have had an attitude before that How did desert 616 00:37:57.480 --> 00:38:00.639 swarm become desert Swarm in terms of what you guys were doing on the field, 617 00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:05.599 Well, we did. We did have an attitude. I would agree 618 00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:08.960 that that game in Miami that year we had two frustrating kind of games that 619 00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:13.360 we started with that we kind of sputtered a little, but that was where 620 00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:16.639 we really jelled. And I think everybody walked away from that Miami game knowing 621 00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:21.679 that we had something special and we had more belief and confidence in ourselves. 622 00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:23.800 After that point, we'd be able to do it. I think in terms 623 00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:29.000 of how, what what kind of drove us together, I'm sure every player 624 00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:30.840 would maybe have different opinions. What I remember the most a lot is that 625 00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:37.559 in the practices coming up in that through spring and in that season, sometimes 626 00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:39.360 we would scrimmage the offense and the coach told me we would have something. 627 00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:43.239 If you guys win, the defense wins, you don't have to run win 628 00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:45.039 sprints. If the offense wins, they don't have to run win sprints. 629 00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:50.079 Well, we would beat the offense and he would keep changing the rules. 630 00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:52.360 He would call a penalty and he'd let him come back. He couldn't get 631 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:55.679 him to win. He said, you got to run anyways, So we 632 00:38:58.199 --> 00:39:00.320 got tortured and suffered, do it all. And then when a few times 633 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:04.159 the offense might win one, even after he gave a bunch of free palties, 634 00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:09.039 guess who didn't run the offense. So so you guys were just mad 635 00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:14.840 mad, Yeah so so, but you know, it taught us something about 636 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:19.239 adversity that it was like, uh andy, whether that was intended on his 637 00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:22.599 part or not, I don't know. But but when you're in tough games 638 00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:25.760 that are tough scores close like we had so many that year, and it's 639 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:29.320 like fourth and inchest and you know you got to stop them, or it's 640 00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:30.480 you know, hey, if we get them in field goal range, they 641 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:35.719 could win this game because we're only up by two points. Haven't been through 642 00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:37.760 all that and understanding what you can do. Just you just took it with 643 00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:40.519 a It was like water off a duck's back. It was just the next 644 00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:44.039 play, didn't matter what it was. So Rob in the interview, and 645 00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:46.119 a lot of basketball players because they went to basketball and and a lot of 646 00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:51.039 them played for them, played for Loot. But they said to him, 647 00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:53.480 man, you don't want to disappoint Loot, So you you busted your butt. 648 00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:57.239 You worked very hard and you didn't want to disappoint. It's kind of 649 00:39:57.559 --> 00:40:00.360 playing for your grandfather. You don't want to disappoint your grandfather. Was that 650 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:04.880 the same case for Dick Toomy, Yeah, tell me it was a great 651 00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:07.239 He was like a great father figure and a mentor, and he definitely was 652 00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:12.760 somebody that was hard, but he was fair and you knew he cared about 653 00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:15.239 you and you didn't want to let him down. And the worst feeling in 654 00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:17.679 the world is if you know, depending on how you did in a particular 655 00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:21.639 game, he didn't have to say anything. You could just see in his 656 00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:25.239 face dispointed. We've seen that face a few times. Yeah, yeah, 657 00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:30.559 everybody has. I think anybody's watched Arizona football back on those days on TV. 658 00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:32.639 You see that face, you know what he says, yeah, without 659 00:40:32.679 --> 00:40:37.079 saying it's funny. Something I've always wondered because you know that that that game 660 00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:40.199 in the fiest ball against Miami, it was like, you know, as 661 00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:44.639 an Arizona fan, you were just you know, we all lost our minds 662 00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:49.000 with with what happened that day. But going into that game, what you 663 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:52.320 know, what was the sense around around the team, Because I mean I 664 00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:54.199 went to that game thinking, and I'm with with all due respect, I 665 00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:57.880 understand you guys are really good, right that this is Miami. You know 666 00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:02.800 that this is big boy football. What was your mindset? And and when 667 00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:06.199 did you guys know you were just going to kick the crap out of them? 668 00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:10.480 The minute that they got selected to play us in the festival, I'll 669 00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:14.480 tell you that there was a calmness among the defense that we're going to go 670 00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:17.519 out and stomp these guys, and nobody ever doubted that for one second. 671 00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:21.519 And I think if you look at a lot of interviews with the players that 672 00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:23.719 week, somebody just recently asked me this. We told them all week, 673 00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:28.280 this is what's going to happen like and that's what we did. I don't 674 00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:30.559 know if Miami believed it when they listen to things people were saying, but 675 00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:35.719 yeah, nobody had any doubt in our mind that's what was going to happen. 676 00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:38.639 So had you before you got here, Before you got here, would 677 00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:42.880 you have ever imagined I know this is a silly question, but the things 678 00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:46.960 that would have happened to you the way they turned out, No, I 679 00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:52.280 couldn't imagine that. And one of the things that was really great is when 680 00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:57.440 one of the reasons I chose Arizona was other programs are like promising me certain 681 00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:59.760 things. Oh, come here, you know, we'll start. Dick told 682 00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.840 me that ever said that. He said, come here, and you work 683 00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:04.960 hard and you'll get a fair opportunity to play. But you've got to earn 684 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:08.719 everything you get. And that's appealed to me a lot more than some of 685 00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:12.639 the other programs that that seems to kind of a little shifty that they would 686 00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:15.199 We'll give you whatever number you want to come here. You know you'll start 687 00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:20.400 your first year. And so I came in with that mindset and I'm just 688 00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:22.519 gonna work hard and everything I can. I was always told that I was 689 00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:25.199 shorter, so I always had that chip on my shoulder to kind of prove 690 00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:30.679 that that wasn't an impaedment to my ability. But sure, so let me 691 00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:32.159 ask you, Rob, because you've mentioned it. You get all these dudes 692 00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:38.079 they weren't highly recruited very good though, how come this stuff doesn't work for 693 00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:44.079 normal teams? Because you got I'm assuming it's special. You had something special. 694 00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:46.440 But a lot of the guys in Arizona have not been highly recruited. 695 00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:50.519 They're coming here because they're the second choice and the third choice, but they 696 00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:55.159 haven't found that magic. Yeah, well it depends on the coach. One 697 00:42:55.199 --> 00:43:00.960 of the famous coach tell Me's famous sings sayings was it's not really about the 698 00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:05.000 exes and os, It's about the people and how do you get the most 699 00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:07.840 out of the people and some of that talent evaluation, being able to see 700 00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:13.440 somebody for what they are capable of as a player besides what they what they 701 00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:15.760 look like on paper, and then being able to get the best out of 702 00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:21.119 that player. Wow. Yeah, I mean there's so much of that that 703 00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:23.559 we hear about about Dick and the way he ran his program and you know 704 00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:25.840 the guys that he got here, and you know, to see guys like 705 00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:30.239 you, Guys like Bruski in the Hall of Fame, you know some of 706 00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:31.760 the other guys you know, Brandon Sanders, Tony Bowie, just guys that 707 00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:36.880 were just killers out there. I mean, I mean, just going to 708 00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:39.559 practice every day, just had to be I don't know, just a really 709 00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:44.039 cool thing or or what I mean. What was that like for you guys? 710 00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:51.960 Well, it was awesome because everybody was playing for each other, right 711 00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:55.039 and we always knew that we were the underdogs, and you knew that the 712 00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:58.639 guys that you were around were given their best efforts. That's why it was 713 00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:00.480 the swarm. Everybody was swarming to the ball, and there was just an 714 00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:05.880 energy that carried through all the practices that kept you working hard, you know 715 00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:07.920 I mean, and I'll tell you that, like I you know, Coach 716 00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:12.639 Fish has got a lot of the same stuff going on here. So I've 717 00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:15.400 seen kind of a difference from the time and you watch them with someone to 718 00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:21.159 where the way they energy the team plays right now and they believe in him 719 00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:24.280 and a lot of the alumni, we all believe in him, and they 720 00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:29.480 fight now more and the mistakes that they make are full speed mistakes and those 721 00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:32.480 things get corrected over time. So I'm excited about where the program's headed. 722 00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:37.960 Now, let's talk about that for a second. So you've seen what they're 723 00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:42.679 doing the last couple of years as you welcomed everybody back, but now you 724 00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:45.760 know they're going on and playing the games. What do you think of this 725 00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:50.400 team right now? What they're doing. Well, we're gonna find out Saturday. 726 00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:52.840 And one of the things I'm most excited about is having an opportunity to 727 00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:54.960 kind of see it up front. Now, going into coach Fish's third year, 728 00:44:57.159 --> 00:45:00.039 I've seen a lot of the other stuff d through, like the media 729 00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:04.119 stuff, and then my friends Heath and the other guys that are here all 730 00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:07.199 the time keep me in the loop of what's going on. And one of 731 00:45:07.239 --> 00:45:09.760 the guys one of my former roommates, Brian, and his sons on the 732 00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:13.039 team. So I see a lot of stuff. So we're gonna find out 733 00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:15.800 Saturday. What what do you what'll you be specifically watching for? Do you 734 00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:20.079 when you watch a game? Do you watch the defense and see what the 735 00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:22.559 guys who played your position do? Or how do you how do you watch 736 00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:27.679 a game as somebody who played it? For me, what I watch is 737 00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:31.440 how much effort and how violent are they? And how do they pick themselves 738 00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:35.960 up after a bad play or play they get beat on? Do they quit? 739 00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:38.800 You know? If as long as you don't have any quit, all 740 00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:43.880 these other things will fall in place. Are you you've mentioned the word violent 741 00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:46.519 twice? Are you still look a police officer? Weren't you? Now? 742 00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:53.360 I'm retired. Do and that violent stuff? They tell me? That's a 743 00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:59.119 different world, and I have a pretty calm demeanor. But football, to 744 00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:00.760 me was a very nipple game. It was like, I gotta beat this 745 00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:05.039 guy in front of me. I was gonna say a cuss word, but 746 00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:09.079 I won't. That does it all the time, don't do it? Yeah, 747 00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:13.320 and until he quit. Yeah, And that's how I looked at it. 748 00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:15.039 Right. So, so you were one of the baddest dudes up front, 749 00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:19.119 and you had a lot of dudes behind you. Who was the guy 750 00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:22.159 that you didn't want to go up against or he knew that he was gonna 751 00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:28.239 get his butt kicked going against you. I don't understand who did I not 752 00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:31.360 want to play against in practice in games? Who was like the dude that 753 00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:37.800 you had to face. There wasn't anybody that I faced. I stopped that 754 00:46:37.880 --> 00:46:39.559 way. I mean, if you're talking about my junior and senior years, 755 00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:46.000 my freshman and sophomore years, there was a few guys know well yeah, 756 00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:49.159 because I mean you had a couple of you You had a couple of really 757 00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:53.559 tough games against the Washington as I recall, Yes, yep, that was 758 00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:57.960 a Cunningham and Washington those first two games when we lost by like one hundred 759 00:46:57.960 --> 00:47:00.320 and ten points over two games. I was hoble. I'm still traumatized. 760 00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:06.119 From the siren to play time or stadium, right right, right, Who 761 00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:10.719 are you up to now? I'm retired, living out in Virginia, doing 762 00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:15.800 some consulting on the side for some different things, and just trying to enjoy 763 00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:19.920 life and stay in shape and beat father time. Yeah, good luck with 764 00:47:20.199 --> 00:47:22.920 Steve and I are having a tough time with that. That's the guy that 765 00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:24.360 we're looking across the line and saying I don't want to face that guy. 766 00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:30.480 We're under dugs and from that one us. Okay, yeah, he is 767 00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:35.440 undefeated by the way the time. You can't get past him. So trying 768 00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:37.840 to flow it down. Enjoy your weekend here, Yeah, with your buddies 769 00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:40.760 and all that. Thanks for joining us, have fun, rock, Thank 770 00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:44.840 you, thanks for joining us. We appreciate it. Appreciate keep up the 771 00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:47.480 good work. Yeah, thank you. Appreciate you. Rob and the dudes 772 00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:52.039 you know he built, he will he will still beat your ass. Well 773 00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:55.320 he's a cop. Of course, he's strong, dude, because I've seen 774 00:47:55.400 --> 00:47:59.679 him a couple of times since he's been back there and he looks wow, 775 00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:02.599 yeah, well you get well one. You mostly have to be in shape, 776 00:48:02.719 --> 00:48:06.000 yep. I know there's a lot of cops who aren't. But you 777 00:48:06.039 --> 00:48:07.199 know, when you're a guy who played football and stuff like that, you're 778 00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:10.639 gonna you're gonna stay in shape because you know, you didn't get you didn't 779 00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:15.079 play football because you sat around doing You're gonna read something. You're gonna read 780 00:48:15.079 --> 00:48:16.480 something. Okay, just it was a great time. We covered the right 781 00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:22.039 before that, right that era, and just the Dana Wells and the Glenn 782 00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:25.280 Parkers and the John Feenas and the these guys. It's just a good group 783 00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:28.440 too, good group of guys. Are all a bunch of a bunch of 784 00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:31.679 great guys. And again you knew that Dick Tomy recruited character, right right, 785 00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:35.199 No, it was Look, you really did look at that whole time, 786 00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:37.440 loot with the same thing. If you hire, if you get bad 787 00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:44.039 guys, you get bad guys. Dick Tomy, uh baseball joy kill same 788 00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:47.599 type of situation, yea, all those guys? Yeah, yeah, okay, 789 00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:51.119 what do you manage? All right? Real quick? College football fans, 790 00:48:51.159 --> 00:48:52.639 are you ready for Week one? Draft? King Sports Book is hooking 791 00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:55.960 you up where it can't miss. 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Terms of Sportsbook dot 803 00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:45.199 Draft Kings dot Com slash football terms and reminder everybody, we're gonna have our 804 00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:50.559 fab five Friday picks coming in after we talk to Justin Spears when the last 805 00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:54.039 last segment of the show, We're gonna give you our five our five best 806 00:49:55.119 --> 00:50:00.320 picks against the spread for the weekend and you know, as you might expect, 807 00:50:00.320 --> 00:50:05.719 we're probably gonna suck. It's been tough. Now, Steve had a 808 00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:08.679 great year two years ago seasons, not last season. We know he had 809 00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:12.760 a bad season because I beat him, and uh no, it was three 810 00:50:12.840 --> 00:50:15.800 years ago, because we are you beat me, we tied, then you 811 00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:19.760 beat me the previous year. That's what really. So it's been three three 812 00:50:19.880 --> 00:50:22.599 years man, man oh man. Anyways, all right, so yeah, 813 00:50:22.639 --> 00:50:25.800 so we'll stick around for those picks. We have fun with him, and 814 00:50:27.039 --> 00:50:30.400 uh sid's gonna tell us whether or not he thinks our picks suck. Oh, 815 00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:34.920 I'll give a harsh criticism here as needed, as needed. But again, 816 00:50:35.119 --> 00:50:37.079 getting excited, Steve, getting excited, you know, getting I kind 817 00:50:37.079 --> 00:50:42.280 of finished this ud Utah by the way, last you did not you don't 818 00:50:42.280 --> 00:50:44.559 get that. You don't get that. You don't get to play that. 819 00:50:45.159 --> 00:50:46.599 You had to play that and you but okay, I'll give you Utah if 820 00:50:46.599 --> 00:50:51.320 you take Nebraska too. Oh no, wait, Nebraska cover. They just 821 00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:57.719 they just didn't win. Man. I Nebraska fan just can't be having fun 822 00:50:58.239 --> 00:51:00.679 for the longest time now, no, ye, no, come on. 823 00:51:00.840 --> 00:51:05.480 And then we talk about blue bloods in basketball. They were a blue blood. 824 00:51:05.679 --> 00:51:07.559 I'm not sure they're blue blood anymore. I don't know, because but 825 00:51:07.639 --> 00:51:14.440 this is your definition of best. Except while Arizona in basketball they've not been 826 00:51:14.559 --> 00:51:16.920 really bad. You know, they've not gotten the final fours and stuff. 827 00:51:17.400 --> 00:51:20.719 They haven't been really bad. They've still been a really good program. If 828 00:51:20.760 --> 00:51:22.039 you look, there've been a bunch of stats showing that they're like in the 829 00:51:22.159 --> 00:51:28.320 last ten years, they're like the second or Nebraska has been really bad, 830 00:51:28.679 --> 00:51:30.320 I mean awful bad. So you tell me you lose that crowd once you 831 00:51:30.440 --> 00:51:34.920 become bad. You can't finish under five hundred a bunch of times and keep 832 00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:37.320 it. I don't know, but seek to me. From historical standpoint, 833 00:51:37.360 --> 00:51:42.119 I still consider them. They're still Nebraska. Don't see anybody his age or 834 00:51:42.239 --> 00:51:47.239 doesn't know or or forty our age. We remember those. Nebraska has never 835 00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:52.159 been good, and my son Adams exactly right, exactly. It's a different 836 00:51:52.159 --> 00:51:55.639 tune or at least not good the way we knew that. Yeah, you 837 00:51:55.719 --> 00:51:59.480 know, we were good, they were good. Yeah. So anyways, 838 00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:02.239 right, we gotta check out. We're gonna we're gonna be back sizzle. 839 00:52:02.280 --> 00:52:07.800 I've been lining up breaking news all day, so we'll have some breaking news, 840 00:52:07.800 --> 00:52:09.480 and we're gonna have Justin Spears from the airs of Day to start coming 841 00:52:09.519 --> 00:52:13.360 on. We'll let him talk to us about what he thinks we might see 842 00:52:13.400 --> 00:52:15.440 tomorrow at the game. So stick around.