WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:05.719 Steve Bravera and Jag and Saliz. They have their eye on the ball on 2 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:11.839 Tucson Sports stick yet Fox Sports fourteen fifty streaming live. I mean I heard 3 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:16.480 radio wap Hey, welcome back to add all hero Fox Sports fourteen fifty. 4 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:20.839 Oh Steve, he's Jay. Now we have Samy with breaking news. Eye 5 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:25.600 on the ball, breaking news. Yeah. So I'm sure you guys saw 6 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:31.960 the intro video. H Brennan kind of first introduction to the team. He 7 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:35.920 came on with a surfboard shut off. Yeah, and in a swim suit. 8 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:37.960 Yeah. Well, no, that was that was at Samsley State. 9 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:41.399 No, that yeah, that was here. Wasn't not No, that was 10 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:44.200 a sound That's something he did last year at Sandsley State. Oh then I'm 11 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:47.000 wrong. Yeah, it's all right, it's right. They're wrong too sometimes. 12 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.479 Hey, well who are you? I don't know. That was my 13 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.679 bad. I thought for sure though, that was dude. The color of 14 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:59.039 the surfboard was Samsey State colors. No, man, I could have sworn, 15 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:03.520 but it's okay. I'm I'm mistaken. Yeah, well that's that the 16 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:08.200 swaggy whatever that talked about that Brian Peterson and Bran Peterson was asking about Hey. 17 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:11.519 Nonetheless, I kind of like that energy. I wish you would have 18 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:12.840 wish you would have done that here. But well that's the whole thing. 19 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:17.599 I mean, he's he's got that uh players coach. You know, he's 20 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:19.959 doesn't want to be them, but you know he can be like them. 21 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:26.719 And I think kids want to play before a guy like that. Oh man, 22 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:32.680 that's breaking. So jaj just showed me. Uh, Kevin Cummings are 23 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:38.680 wide receiver coach has just signed joined Jed and his staff. So Jed, 24 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:42.239 Yeah, how could Dennis Dodd be so wrong? I don't know. That's 25 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:47.799 very strange to me. He got the kid part right, Uh oh no, 26 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:49.200 that's right. No, he just talked about those two guys staying that's 27 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:53.319 not that they would try and get that. That's not good. So Jed 28 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:57.040 jet has taken the entire office, sign the entire offensive staff, and a 29 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:00.760 couple of defensive guys, John Richardson the secondary coach, but every everybody else 30 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:07.359 Scottie Graham. Yeah, I'm like five minutes ago they posted the offensive coordinator. 31 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:14.240 No, that doesn't bode well for you know what he's saying. You 32 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:19.080 know what I in any event, and again I was having an issue with 33 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:28.120 a coach getting kind of shoved down a new coach's throat. If if you 34 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:31.879 know, if Brent Brandon feels like he's got the guys that he needs, 35 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:36.360 and if they get to keep, you know, these players, then fine. 36 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:39.000 If they don't, fine, I mean, I don't know, I 37 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:44.840 understand what you're saying. But but you have some pretty good people. Yeah, 38 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:46.680 they're really good players. You really want them to stay. I mean, 39 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:51.000 they're as good as Arizona's hat here in a really long time. But 40 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:52.960 as they say, if they don't want to be, if he starts to 41 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:57.439 wind and he leaves the room for that's wine. Whine about that at all, 42 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:05.000 never ever. And it seemed that that whole staff obviously, yeah, 43 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:07.479 that's big I was gonna say. It seemed like that whole staff had a 44 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:09.960 really good relationship with the players, given that's why they were very upset, 45 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:15.520 And it seemed that Cummings was a big part of t mac and Fafita's kind 46 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:19.400 of development in their relationship. They went to the same high school. You 47 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:22.120 can infer that, You can infer that, yeah, I mean, so 48 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:27.560 we'll see the entire the entirety of the offensive staff now being gone doesn't really 49 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:31.479 bode well. But again, Brennan will have his staff or whoever will fill 50 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:37.199 that staff come in, and if we do have similar personnel that we did 51 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:40.400 last year, I'm sure a lot of coaches, a lot of people could 52 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:45.159 put up points with the guys that we have. So I'm gonna I'm gonna 53 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:49.319 go back and change my story. I have to because that was yesterday story 54 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:53.919 but still news today of Dodd saying that the kid might stay or Commings might 55 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:58.919 stay. Yeah, well he didn't. Yeah, so so we'll see God 56 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:01.520 in the ass. No. Well, see, that's what I was waiting 57 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:09.719 for. It took him out a minute. I was wrong. That's that's 58 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:13.240 obviously the Brendan news is as breaking as it gets for you, of a 59 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.160 and we'll see what he can do. I was a big Jet fan, 60 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:20.680 I'm sure as everyone was, so that it's stung. It sucked. And 61 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:27.879 similarly to just coaches leaving in general, they have to say like, oh, 62 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:30.079 I see myself with this program, and that's what he did here. 63 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:34.759 You know, they don't they do they do not, especially when you're dead 64 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:40.399 fish who's been at you at fourteen different places in sixteen years. He didn't 65 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:43.279 have to say that. He just could have said I'm happy to be here. 66 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:45.959 You know, Tucson looks like a special place to me, and I'm 67 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:50.519 gonna enjoy my time here. Yeah, but even there didn't say I'm here 68 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:55.160 for the long haul. He didn't say that today because he didn't need to. 69 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:58.360 What he needs to do is show that he wants to be here for 70 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.319 the long Well. With we have to say with Jed, it was I 71 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:06.000 think given this season and the pressure of he was he's like a hot new 72 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:12.279 item in terms of coaching college coaching, and he's out a program. So 73 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:16.639 let's be Frank isn't known for its football success, right and as a coach 74 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:20.920 that has that history it you could you had to see it coming. But 75 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:26.240 it was also like you had to you had to think what he was saying 76 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:29.160 was a little bit truthful. Yeah, I'm looking at I'm looking at our 77 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:30.519 schedule over here on the board, and you weren't here the last two days 78 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:35.319 when we were saying none of us has a problem with taking that job. 79 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:39.800 What we have the problem with is what he said. Yeah, you know, 80 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:45.879 leading into that and that everything he said became bullcrap. It became a 81 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:49.360 little hypocritical, very hypocritical, not a little hypocritical. It reminds me of 82 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:54.360 the PGA. Yeah yeah, right, yeah, it says all exactly. 83 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:58.240 Say say you don't what I had to take this job because you know it 84 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:01.319 sets myself up, my stuff, of my family up financially for a hundred 85 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:05.160 years. Fine, yeah, but don't say just say that, yeah, 86 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:11.040 just yeah, yeah exactly. And I will say one of the callers before 87 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:15.600 this hour, I do think he it maybe didn't show, but I do 88 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.720 think he was a little maybe upsets not the right word, that he wants 89 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:25.360 to be out of football school. Fine, I don't care. Again, 90 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:29.240 it gets back to the same thing. If this is not the place that 91 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:31.560 you want to be for the long, long haul, don't say that this 92 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:33.959 is the place you want to be for the long haul. That's all I'm 93 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:38.160 saying. Well, true, true, you had your ass off, true 94 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:41.439 j But you know in life that happens all the time. You know how 95 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:44.079 many marriages are to begin to become marriages. I do, I do. 96 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:45.680 I love you, I love you, I love you. Get it, 97 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:47.079 Oh I don't love you. I get it to death, to us part. 98 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:49.920 But then you have to kill her, or you should have to kill 99 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:53.959 you. You know what I'm saying, because you're I'm joking, but I'm 100 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:58.519 serious, because they say all the right things until they don't. Right, 101 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.120 And we come on. My column was you knew this guy was gonna leave. 102 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:06.360 It was just when? When? Right? And and and in fact, 103 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:13.800 if one more year he was with that everybody finally one more year because 104 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:16.600 because he set this up and got all got this fan base all jacked up 105 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:20.879 about next season with everybody that he's got here, then he took off. 106 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:25.600 He blew it off, and he know what, and the planet there's gonna 107 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.519 be plenty of jobs that are gonna open up next year for you, and 108 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:31.879 you could take those two right. Well, yeah, who did we talk? 109 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:38.319 Laughing? Washington loses him to Florida next year or at some point well 110 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:43.759 okay, you know what's gonna happen, yeah, or somewhere else. Yeah, 111 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:46.439 well, junk years. At college basketball, the Wildcats, we haven't 112 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:51.199 talked about basketball side all week long, which rightly so. But they do 113 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:57.680 play USC at home eight and nine. USC without arguably they are two best 114 00:07:57.720 --> 00:08:03.800 players in Isaiah Collier and Boogie Ellis is questionable, but Brownie James Junior is 115 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:07.319 listed as he'll play, but I don't know if that will really matter as 116 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:11.120 we're twenty point favorites tonight. See, I think people want to see Browny 117 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.800 James. Yeah, I do. Is Dad will show up? No, 118 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:18.560 they play the They play the Mavericks tonight in Dallas, so I don't think 119 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:20.839 he'll be there. But I's still a lot I know. That's what we 120 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:26.120 were talking about at one of the breaks of twenty points. It seems like 121 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:31.839 for this Wildcat team it could be as easy as as that, or it 122 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:37.279 will lose outright. It feels like either the Wildcats are blowing teams out these 123 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.559 quote unquote superior opponents or inferior opponents, or they're really struggling with them to 124 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:46.039 the point where they lose. Well, I think one of the things that 125 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.399 people don't know how difficult it is to win on the road. Yes, 126 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:52.440 it's unbelievable. Tc TCU just had a great week last week and they lost 127 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:56.120 last night on the road. If you want some money to be made, 128 00:08:56.200 --> 00:09:01.360 Jay, take take the take the hill team. Don't take the home team 129 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:03.879 because the road. Winning the road, you can't do that. It's very 130 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:07.840 difficult road, very difficult road. Teams don't win in It happens all the 131 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.279 time. Hey loots. Teams lost on the road a lot for whatever reason. 132 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:13.519 Yeah, and it just happens. It's going to continue to happen. 133 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:18.639 And that brings to the next point. So more top twenty five teams lost 134 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.960 last night TCU, you mentioned Baylor lost on the road, Wisconsin lost on 135 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:26.240 the road, and you toss State lost that New Mexico. That said today 136 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:31.000 January whatever, seventeenth, who's the best team in the country? No idea 137 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:37.080 exactly good answer because exactly probably perdue. Would you been on them given their 138 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:39.120 history? Yeah, I think they have the best player in the country. 139 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:43.759 How did they go last year for the best player? That I agreed, 140 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:48.320 I'm just saying I think they have that. That's you asked me for no, 141 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.240 no, but I did not say no it went And my second best 142 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:54.840 team would I think the U of A. And look how that went last 143 00:09:54.879 --> 00:10:00.519 year? Totally that That's why your answer the first time was exactly you spot 144 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:03.519 on. I mean, realistically, right now, Yukons won and they won 145 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:05.679 the national championship last year, so I mean that kind of makes sense. 146 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:09.879 But it brings me to a question of and as Arizona fans, we probably 147 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:16.759 care deeply about this, but how important are is the top twenty five until 148 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:20.600 March? Like, do you would you rather see your team be ranked all 149 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:24.600 year or win in March? The answer is obviously, Mark, obviously win 150 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:28.519 in March. But if you're Arizona, you want to also be ranked. 151 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:31.639 You want to be in the conversation, the national conversation, because it always 152 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:33.720 helps, you know when it comes down to, you know, the tournament 153 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.120 stuff like that. If they've been talking about you all year long, you 154 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:39.440 do get I think you do get a little bump from that. Yeah, 155 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:43.759 but the same Arizona's been talked about the last two years, even this year, 156 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.240 going into the tournament as one of the best teams in the country. 157 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:50.679 They should win the national championship? Don't you think could? But they could? 158 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.039 Don't you think that? Again, I'm not in these locker rooms that 159 00:10:54.399 --> 00:11:00.960 don't you think those expectations and that that weight kind of can where where on 160 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:05.080 the team all year? If you hear from day one, Arizona has the 161 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:09.320 potential to win the national championship. Oh, they beat Michigan State, they 162 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:13.080 beat Bama, they hang with Purdue, whatever, this team could win the 163 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.679 national champonship all year long. If you can't handle that, I agree, 164 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:22.000 don't come to Arizona. I agree, all right, you know those guys. 165 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:26.200 Look, those guys have been playing you know, high level basketball since 166 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:28.759 they were like six years old. I don't think I don't think that's as 167 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:33.200 much of a factors as we like to think. You know, you we 168 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:35.879 try to put ourselves in that position, you know. I try to put 169 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:37.480 myself in the position of watching one of these guys have to make free throws 170 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:41.320 at the end of the game. True, we've never had to do that, 171 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:43.240 so it's hard for us to imagine what that's like. Let's take this 172 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:48.159 call. It just dropped. Sorry, give us a call back quickly. 173 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:50.679 In the NBA, yeah, because we're going to We're going to break here 174 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:54.799 in a second. There was some NBA breaking news. Pascal Siakam for the 175 00:11:54.799 --> 00:12:00.480 Detroit Raptors got traded to the Pacers. The Detroit Raptors, why did I 176 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:05.360 say, the true Toronto Raptors. Toronto Raptors got traded to the Indiana Pacers. 177 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:09.759 The Raptors get Bruce Brown, Jordan Awara, and three first round picks. 178 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.639 I don't know how much that moves the needle in the NBA. But 179 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:16.720 that trade deadline's coming up, and he was a big name that has been 180 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:20.480 being brought up. And I don't know if you guys watched Phoenix Suns last 181 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:28.200 night. The largest fourth quarter comeback since since the since the bubble, So 182 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.559 teams entering the fourth quarter down twenty two or more points were oh and one 183 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:39.039 thousand and forty four since August of twenty twenty. So, as you can 184 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:43.200 imagine, I had a fun night. So so now all the things in 185 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:46.200 Phoenix are gonna go crazy. Oh this is the team, this is all. 186 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.960 We're fine, We're back until the game. No, no, no, 187 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:54.559 we we play Friday the Sun. The Suns are my week. How 188 00:12:54.919 --> 00:13:00.320 Arizona is your we? Jay? The Suns are my we. We we 189 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:05.480 in this room, and I think and I think they're back, actually to 190 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:09.759 the point of they had. They had a five man lineup out last night 191 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.720 with no center, Durant playing the five shooters everywhere. And I think it's 192 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:20.559 a lineup that can win the championship. Oh, look at that January seventeenth, 193 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.679 today is it is? Remember this day, January seventeenth, book, 194 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:26.399 you can we have a white board, we can write some stuff, the 195 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:33.480 Suns can win the NBA Championship. And then lastly, sadly, Dejon Milovich, 196 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:39.519 one of the Warriors assistants, he passed away this morning at forty six. 197 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:45.320 Sad news in that NBA community. But yeah, there's there's nothing with 198 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.840 that. In the last thing with NFL, No, we have a minute 199 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:52.879 left. Mahomes and Josh Allen headlined this weekend's games. I know you guys 200 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:56.120 will probably talk about it later in the week. Got some good games. 201 00:13:56.200 --> 00:14:01.279 Jason Kelcey has supposedly retired, but he's a resting in the future when it's 202 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:05.759 time. And then I'm sure you guys are aware of the head coaching carousel 203 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:09.879 that's about to take place in the NFL too. But where do you think 204 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:13.360 Jim Harbor is gonna go? I think he's a Charger, you think, 205 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:18.480 and I Betwink Vrabel or Belichick those two guys will be Philly in Dallas. 206 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:26.480 I don't know which order it makes sense. I don't Belichick. Dallas deserves 207 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:28.240 that, they deserve each other. They they do. I think I think 208 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:33.559 they they'll never win too, But that is breaking news. With all right 209 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:37.440 seconds despair, Okay, coming up, here in about five minutes. Jason 210 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:41.200 Johnson quarterback in Arizona the ninety eight to two thousand and two time frame, 211 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:45.360 ninety nine two thousand and two time frame. He was here when Brent Brandon 212 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:48.879 was here. Had a lot of a lot of records. 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Great, guys, thanks for having me on. Good day 289 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:22.960 for good, as Jim not even good said once said, good to be 290 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:26.319 a wildcat, Great day to be a wildcat. Hey, it's always it's 291 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:30.319 always a great day to be a wildcat. Baby, So how do you 292 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:33.240 feel about to just hire? You know, I'm excited, you know, 293 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:37.640 I'm excited. I uh, you know, I played at Arizona. You 294 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:41.200 know, ninety eight to two thousand and two. Brent Brennan was there with 295 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:44.839 me. You know, his brother Brad was one of my receivers. So 296 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:48.319 you know, for me, I'm excited because you know, he bleeds bleeds 297 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:52.720 red and blue and knows the program, knows the history stands for kind of 298 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:59.559 what this program has always diod for, which is discipline. Enthusiasm, you 299 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:03.319 know, kind of represents that Tomy eras. So yeah, I think all 300 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:07.400 fourmer Wildcats are excited to have him. So, you know, you mentioned 301 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:11.359 you were here during that transition period, you know, last Dick's last few 302 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:14.680 years and then the first couple of years of of John mcavict. But you 303 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:18.680 know, in terms of what you saw of Dick and how he was coaching, 304 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:22.279 it was this was getting towards the end when you know that you had 305 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:25.079 the Great Night year ninety eight and ninety nine and then two thousand and then 306 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:29.839 he's gone, Well what was it that captured the players? We've heard a 307 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:33.279 lot of different stories about what he meant to them, What did he mean 308 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:37.680 to you? You know, Uh, first of all, he meant he 309 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:41.039 means family, you know, did tell me. You know, I took 310 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:45.400 a lot of recruiting trips, a lot of places, and I remember vividly 311 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:56.599 my recruiting trip Arizona. There's everyone your last name, you know who they 312 00:21:56.599 --> 00:22:00.119 were, what they represent, and uh, you know, for us, 313 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:03.839 it was like he knew you you wanted to play for him. It was 314 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:07.599 just that personal connection and I think you knew that he would always have your 315 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:10.599 back. I mean to us that was that was the thing. Yeah, 316 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:12.880 yeah, that's what the feeling is from everybody right right from top to bottels. 317 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:15.839 And then how does that translate to a guy like like Brent Brannan From 318 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:18.680 what you know you mentioned off air, you feel like you know him pretty 319 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:23.400 well. What do you see that that that he's carried that that that's carried 320 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:29.160 over into him. Yeah, I mean I think I think he's he's he's 321 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:30.799 he's taking his time. You know. It's funny. You know, Brent 322 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:33.839 was up for this job a couple of years ago before Jed Fish got it, 323 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:37.119 and you know what, it might have worked out for the best because 324 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:41.319 he went to San Jose State, he continued to hone his craft, uh, 325 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:44.599 you know, developed as a coach. But you know, I think 326 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:47.839 he understands that, you know, what it takes to win in Tucson and 327 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:51.599 the type of guys you need to get there. And uh, you know, 328 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:55.640 players can see through coaches come in. They can you know, give 329 00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:57.200 you a lot of raw rock, give you these fired up speeches, but 330 00:22:57.680 --> 00:23:00.960 you know, players know deep down if a coach truly cares about him or 331 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:04.400 not. And I think Brent is a guy that that's how he is, 332 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:07.200 you know, and he sets high expectations and he holds you to it. 333 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:11.759 You know. I think accountability was another word with Dick Tomy that I always 334 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:15.880 cared about because you know, he set a standard and you had you had 335 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:19.720 to rise to meet it. And so I definitely see Brent kind of holding 336 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:25.079 that tradition. And I'll also say I had a very very good friends that 337 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:29.079 were involved in the San Jose State program the last few years, and they 338 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:32.160 speak the world of Brent and what he did there. And you know, 339 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:37.359 going down to places like USC and San Diego State enough and getting victories or 340 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:40.480 close games, and so yeah, I think he's going to carry that tradition 341 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:42.960 here of just you know, really connecting with the guys. When he was 342 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.799 the GA and you were on the team, what type of impact did he 343 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:49.759 have then, Oh, he had a huge impact. I mean he was 344 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:53.440 he was already well on his way to becoming a great coach and you know, 345 00:23:53.799 --> 00:24:00.279 extremely organized, extremely knowledgeable of the game, and he had that you 346 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:03.519 know a lot of coaches have great x's and o's, where you know, 347 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:07.240 they understand concepts and stuff, but he in a way of like delivering it 348 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:11.880 to the players in a way that they understood. And you know, it's 349 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:14.599 not it's it's not about being the smartest guy in the room. It's about 350 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:18.440 making sure your players know what they're doing. And so I I even saw 351 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:21.559 that as a ga when when when when he was around, you know, 352 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:25.039 the way he prepared the receivers, the way you know, he gave us 353 00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:29.119 those one or two things that we could actually use. You know, I 354 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.559 got a lot from him, and I know the rest of our guys did 355 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:34.440 too well. When you see when you see a guy like Brent quote unquote 356 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:37.920 make it right, you know, he's you know, he he went you 357 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:40.319 know, he went through the uh you know, up the ladder. You 358 00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:42.640 know, his position coach a couple of different schools, you know, gets 359 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:45.480 to a place like San Jose State and then stuck it out there, right 360 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:49.119 he could. I mean, I'm guessing he might have had some other opportunities. 361 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:53.039 How much does that say about about a guy? You know, it 362 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:56.440 does say a lot. You know, he has he has loyalty to a 363 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:59.680 program, and he has loyalty to a mission, you know, and I 364 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:02.599 know, you know, all of us were so excited for how this season 365 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:06.319 went, and sort of the general trajectory of our program, and you know, 366 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:08.240 I think Brent's the type of guy that can can keep that going. 367 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:12.440 And so, yeah, he had other chances to continue to jump, and 368 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:15.759 you know, you I would always every year i'd hear rumors of, Oh, 369 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:18.000 maybe he's going to get the Stanford job, or maybe he's going to 370 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:21.839 go here, and you know, I think, you know, everything happens 371 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:25.480 for a reason, and you know, I think those extra couple of years 372 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:30.039 at San Jose State are probably exactly what he needed to really be the head 373 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:33.240 guy. You know, a lot of guys. I think what's great about 374 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:36.559 him too, is he's been a head guy. Like sometimes you get these 375 00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:41.200 hot shot assistants that were a great OC or a great d DC, but 376 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:45.000 it's a completely different skill set to be a head coach. And you know, 377 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:48.160 now he has those reps at a high level, and so I think 378 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:52.160 he's that much more prepared for for what he's going to do here. I 379 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:56.839 think his his style translates to kids to that you're you're not a kid, 380 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:00.680 but you were back then a player coach players coach who kind of gets it 381 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:04.079 with them, yet it's still professional. You know, he's not a hard 382 00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:08.359 ass no, he's not. He likes to have fun, he likes to 383 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:12.119 smile, he likes to to make it real. And I think that's you 384 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:15.519 know, if you look at where he just was. You know, I 385 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:19.319 know San Jose State is far different than Arizona, but when you you know, 386 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:22.200 to get guys to want to come there, it's sort of the same 387 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:25.799 thing. I know, we all, you know, want to see Arizona 388 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:27.880 in the top ten, top twenty every year. But you know, it's 389 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:33.400 the same thing when you're recruiting head to head with USC, you know, 390 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:36.559 UCLA, Michigan, you know, now to jump to the big twelve, 391 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:40.640 like you got to give guys a reason to come there. And I think, 392 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:44.200 Brent, you know, the fact that he isn't just this you know, 393 00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:47.599 militant slave driver, that he is a real human, that he can 394 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:51.119 connect with parents, that he can connect with kids, I think it's going 395 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.720 to pay dividends. And I think, you know, we have a lot 396 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:56.559 of great young players in our program that we want to see stay here and 397 00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:59.519 not enter the portal. And I think I think we're gonna have a lot 398 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:02.799 of success. I'd love to see you know, all of our top guys 399 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:06.359 say and I think that's going to be a lot based on his personality and 400 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:08.319 how he connects with them. Right, we're talking to Jason Johnson, form 401 00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:12.440 Arizona quarterback, played under Dick Tomy and a little bit under John mcviick. 402 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:17.640 So Jason, put yourself in the room, you know, and understanding you 403 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:21.359 know the environment today, put yourself in the in the in the room yesterday 404 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:23.720 with Brent Brandon coming in to meet with the players. And you're a player, 405 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:29.680 what do you want to hear from you? You know? I mean 406 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:32.880 I saw clips of it. Actually, what I want to hear from him 407 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:37.920 is that he's all in and that he cares about you and the fact that 408 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:40.119 you know, his wife went to U of A. I mean, I 409 00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:44.440 think the clips started to go viral today of him and Brad literally celebrating in 410 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:48.279 the stands. We're about to go to the Holiday Bowl our twelve and one 411 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:52.640 ninety eight season. I mean, this guy is a wildcat, and I 412 00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:56.359 don't think that that should be understated because anyone that's been in Tucson, anyone 413 00:27:56.359 --> 00:28:00.240 that's played for Arizona, it's a special feeling and to know that it's sort 414 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:03.519 of one of our own coming back, you know, Yeah, he didn't 415 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:07.480 play here, but he understands what it's all about. He's coached here, 416 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:11.079 his brother played here, his wife's here. I think for me as a 417 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:14.000 player, I would really connect with that, and I would give him a 418 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:17.119 chance, you know, and that's all we need. And I think if 419 00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:19.960 you give a guy like this a chance, you know, buy into the 420 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:23.000 program, you know, I think we're going to see us continue to compete 421 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:26.079 at a really high level. Yeah, well, you know, Jed started 422 00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:30.079 it. You need a guy who kind of wants to continue it and wants 423 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:33.759 to be here, wants to be here. But how much how much do 424 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:41.880 players? What matters more to players the coach or where they're at. I'd 425 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:45.240 say it's a combination. And let's be honest, the day has changed, 426 00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:48.160 The game has changed, right because you know, back in the day, 427 00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:52.440 it was you know, you make a pick when you're a sixteen seventeen year 428 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:56.039 old kid and you got to kind of stick it out. Now with transfer 429 00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:59.440 portal, nil, like, it's a whole different world, right, And 430 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:03.920 so I think I think the place matters a lot. I think the coach 431 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:08.079 matters a lot. But the the harsh reality of today's game is it's it's 432 00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:12.119 your individual fit in a program. And I think too often we're seeing these 433 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:15.079 guys you know, you're not You're no longer seeing I didn't start until my 434 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:19.799 junior year, right, I red shirted, I backed up OJ Keith Smith, 435 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:23.200 and I waited my time, and and you don't really see that a 436 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:26.200 lot nowadays. You see kids that, oh I got beat out, I'm 437 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.400 transferring. Oh I got beat out, I'm I'm going here. And so 438 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:33.319 I think, you know, for these guys, I think he needs to 439 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:38.039 make each guy understand his place in the program. But coaching matters a ton, 440 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:41.559 you know, And I think sometimes you know, who he builds the 441 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:47.920 staff out to be is underrated as well, because you know, people, 442 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:52.119 especially players, they really really bond with their position coach. So if you 443 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:56.839 have a really strong position coach connection, I mean, that's another big reason 444 00:29:56.880 --> 00:30:00.240 to stay. Yeah, which leads us to, you know, if he 445 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:03.920 can get some key guys to stay, you know, notably Noah and t 446 00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:08.839 Mac, they have a chance to be pretty special. Oh. Absolutely, 447 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:12.839 yeah. I think all of us we were blown away by what Fafita did 448 00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:15.799 this year, and t Mac you know, goes without saying, so, 449 00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:19.839 yeah, if he can keep those two pieces of the puzzle. I mean 450 00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:22.799 that that's going to go a long way just in having that consistency. And 451 00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:26.119 you know, Arizona, you know, we've we've been kind of searching for 452 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:30.160 that next QB the last number of years and to finally really settle on it 453 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:33.480 this year and that's when you saw start to have success down the stretch. 454 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:38.480 And so you know, I think keeping those two guys is probably priorities one 455 00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:42.119 and two. Yeah, So let me ask you about paying quarterback here and 456 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:48.400 just quarterback at the college level, how difficult is it given one the pressure 457 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:52.480 you have to have the ability to do it all that because you know you 458 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:56.640 waited two years to get your chance. Yeah, I mean it's I mean 459 00:30:56.720 --> 00:31:00.480 quarterback generally, it's been called the hardest positions, and I think you know, 460 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:03.319 it's not just throwing the ball. And that's the thing people don't always 461 00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:06.839 realize, is you know, it's one thing to be able to put the 462 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:08.480 ball on the money and the one thing to be able to perform under pressure. 463 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:14.720 But it's all the intangibles, right, It's it's dealing with the expectations, 464 00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:18.319 it's dealing with the media, it's dealing with you know, juggling class 465 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:23.119 and your teammates and responsibility and so you know, the maturity that was shown 466 00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:26.920 last year by Noah and those guys. It's hard. I'm not gonna lie, 467 00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:30.559 it's it's really hard. But you know, I do think that Brent, 468 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:36.000 with his offensive mindset, is the type of guy that's going to be 469 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:38.640 good for a quarterback to play for. I mean, so many times the 470 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:45.400 success of a quarterback is about fifty percent that guy's skill and fifty percent the 471 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:48.200 system or the fit. I mean, you look at you know, top 472 00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:51.079 NFL guys get drafted by the Jets or the Panthers, and all of a 473 00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:53.279 sudden they not They're not who they were at Alabama, you know. And 474 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:56.400 and and it's not that the game is that much harder. It's well, 475 00:31:56.759 --> 00:32:00.799 at Alabama, I had four great receivers and a great scheme and we and 476 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:04.880 and confidence and now all of a sudden, no one's open and you're running 477 00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:07.519 for your life and everyone's like, what happened to the guy? And so 478 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:09.559 I think I think part of I think part of it is, like I 479 00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:13.519 said, it's it's what what sort of system are we going to run? 480 00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:15.480 And and how do we utilize our weapons and and how do we put the 481 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:21.400 quarterback in a position to succeed? No kidding, all right, So Jason, 482 00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:24.200 we've never met, and so we're not like friends or anything. But 483 00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:28.000 I got asked to ask you a question, but you have to promise not 484 00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:31.319 to hang up on me. All right, I got you. Tell us 485 00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:38.440 a little bit about that pick six against USC. Well, what happened there? 486 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:43.000 I don't. I don't with the bus, but when you run a 487 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:46.039 smash route, the outside receiver is supposed to come back to the ball drift 488 00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:51.559 away. Okay, but no, no, to this to this day, 489 00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:53.359 that was that was probably one of my lowest You know, it's funny. 490 00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:58.920 I I work a lot with ESPN uh as a director and producer and other 491 00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:01.680 networks, and uh, the great Tom Ornaldy who's now on Fox. He 492 00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:05.720 has one interview, He has one interview question. He always asks everyone. 493 00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:08.839 He always goes what was the low point? That to me was my That 494 00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:13.000 was my low point. I would think of my whole college career. He's 495 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:15.640 throwing that pick six. That was the frustrating thing. And the funny thing 496 00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:17.559 is, if you look back on that, you know that was in the 497 00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:21.559 two thousand and one season. I think, you know, I don't know 498 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:24.440 if USC lost again for about four more years after that. That was like 499 00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:30.640 the turning point of their program. And I will also say, if instant 500 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:35.240 replay was alive back then, Bobby Wade, Bobby Wade did not step out 501 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:37.920 of bounds on that punt return. I will tell you that, and that 502 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:40.240 pick would have never happened because he would have ran the punt back for a 503 00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:43.519 touchdown and we would have won by one, by three or four. There 504 00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:45.319 you go, Well, there you go. You know, hey, you 505 00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:50.240 know that that stuff happened. So now I'm sorry I had to ask you 506 00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:52.880 because you know, we haven't We've been talking about trying to get you on 507 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:58.240 for a while, but Buddy Man said you have to ask him about Well, 508 00:33:58.319 --> 00:34:00.519 yeah, I think it was. I think it was like third six 509 00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:04.400 to third and eight and Melosi Leonard was at thee. I can still remember 510 00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:07.320 it like it was today, and I was trying to throw the corner oute 511 00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:10.360 to Bobby and then like the corner played a little too soft, and then 512 00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:15.599 Melosi knew that we needed eight for the first down and his route was only 513 00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:17.480 five. So if you go back, you know, he didn't come back 514 00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:21.400 to the ball because he was trying to like hold on for first down depth 515 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:24.440 and yeah, the guy stepped in front of it. But hey, that's 516 00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:28.719 you live and you learn right, you do it. Last last question, 517 00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:32.559 just real quick enlighten us on what you're doing now. So I have a 518 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:36.519 bunch of things now. I'm kind of a serial entrepreneur now. So I've 519 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:39.440 you know, I direct and produced TV shows for you know, ESPN, 520 00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:44.880 CBS, Fox, things like that, all kind of thirty for thirty documentary 521 00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:50.679 stuff. But my passion project is me and a couple of friends have started 522 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:54.280 a football team in Paris. So I'm the managing owner of your Paris Musketeers 523 00:34:54.800 --> 00:35:00.880 in the ELF, which is the European League of Football. There's seventeen teams 524 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:05.039 in nine countries, sort of like an NFL Europe two point zero reboot, 525 00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:08.880 and uh it's incredible, man. And so I'm like literally on the phone 526 00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:14.800 negotiating deals and trying to you know, gear season tickets up and you know, 527 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:16.840 we've got the Olympics coming to Paris this year, so they're adjust in 528 00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:20.559 our schedule. So it's uh, yeah, man, it's a lot of 529 00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:23.199 fun. If you look on Instagram at Paris Musketeers. That's our that's our 530 00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:31.760 football team. Yeah, it's incredible. Yeah, you only get so the 531 00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:37.239 rules are you're you're only allowed four four Americans per team, right, you 532 00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:40.719 get four Americans and then you get six Europeans from other countries and the rest 533 00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:44.519 have to be from your country. So pretty much our whole team is made 534 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:47.000 up of guys from Paris. And you know we're playing teams like the Frankfurt 535 00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:52.599 Galaxy and the Ryane Fire and the Barcelona Dragons. Back from the NFL Europe 536 00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:54.639 days and uh, I'll tell you what I mean. You know, the 537 00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:59.880 XFL and the UFL or USFL kind of merged, but you know, it's 538 00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:02.199 a legit league. And I think over the next five to ten years you're 539 00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:07.039 gonna see a lot of guys, you know, start to go NFL or 540 00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:09.920 major college from Europe more and more. It's a good, a good brand 541 00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:14.400 of football out there. Can you still sling it a little bit? I 542 00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:16.880 mean, I'm not gonna lie. I'm I'm tempted to come back and uh 543 00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:21.079 and maybe play for our for us for a couple of games, but uh 544 00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:23.480 oh yeah, I'll still get I'll still get out there in seven on seven. 545 00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.960 I'm like, hey, I own the team. I get to th 546 00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:30.800 seven on every now and then that reason. There you go, there you 547 00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:32.639 go, there you go, there you go. But no, man, 548 00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:36.039 I you know, all of us, you know, especially from that Tony 549 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:38.400 era, like we you know, we we we still you know, talk 550 00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:43.480 about the program daily and it's made us who we are as people. And 551 00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:45.840 uh, you know, I if I leave you guys with anything, it's 552 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:50.800 you know, I'm really confident that Brent Brennan is the right guy and and 553 00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:53.000 he's really going to kind of usher in, you know, and continue to 554 00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:58.159 build on what's already been been established with Fish. Okay, thank you, 555 00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:00.000 Jason, Thanks so much man for being a good Appreciate it, guys, 556 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:04.800 all right, take care man, the success that these kids have. You 557 00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:07.599 know, hey, look how long have we said, Steve though you go 558 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:12.400 play, play on a team, you know, stuff like that that helps 559 00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:15.360 you be successful, you know a lot of other things become team players right 560 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:20.960 at the corporate level. Exactly. Good for Jason. Thanks thanks for doing 561 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:22.119 that, Jason. We do appreciate it. All right, let's take our 562 00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:25.280 last break. We'll take your cause five T zero four one six seventy four 563 00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:29.760 forty We'll try and conjure up a few more clips from the Brent Brandon press 564 00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:35.039 conference, and so we'll have you ask you to stick around. Don't believe, 565 00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:38.920 let just line, don't believe, Let just lae't believe. 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A team offers a fun and exciting opportunity to work in the sports 606 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:36.960 and entertainment industry with flexible schedules that are perfect for those looking for a part 607 00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:39.320 time job or a second income. Come be a part of a winning team 608 00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:46.800 the A team apply online today at a team security dot net. Breaking down 609 00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:52.079 all the exs and os. It's Steve Rivera and Jagin Salves. This is 610 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:58.320 I on the par on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Hey, welcome back too. 611 00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:00.280 I the mall here Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. I'm Steve. He's Jay 612 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:02.960 Simon with us. We got about ten minutes. If you guys want to 613 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.800 call in, please do fire two oh four one six, seven to four 614 00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:09.840 four zero. We're gonna get to a couple of clips. And I think 615 00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:13.239 you want to make a correction rule. Yeah, I've been saying that. 616 00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:16.480 Uh. Brent Brandon went to conference championships at Santas the state he did not 617 00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:21.159 he won one. Uh and he won it in that COVID year. They 618 00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:25.800 went seven to one overall seven to zero in the conference. UH and UH 619 00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:30.719 played in the Arizona Bowl here lost that game, but he he went. 620 00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:36.039 He finished tied for second. And I believe played in the conference championship game 621 00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:39.960 in twenty twenty two but did not win the conference Championship. Okay, there 622 00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:44.360 you just saying that. So, uh, we've got some more clips, 623 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:46.079 a couple of things that I think we wanted to play for the fan. 624 00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:50.079 Oh well, we got to call. Let's take this call. H Are 625 00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:52.079 on the aaron I and the Ball. Oh yeah, this is James. 626 00:41:52.199 --> 00:41:57.039 Hey, James, James, what are you thinking? Uh? You know, 627 00:41:57.599 --> 00:42:00.679 I'm liking the higher I think he's a a Tucson guy. He has 628 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:04.639 ties to Tucson. I don't think he's going to dip out in the first 629 00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:08.840 time he gets an offer somewhere else. Yeah, disappointed to see Fish leave, 630 00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:12.760 but it seems like he was selling everyone a fake dream the whole time. 631 00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:15.239 Well, you know, James, you're one of those guys that's been 632 00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:19.039 critical, you know Sean and maybe some of the things. How did you 633 00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:24.159 initially initially feel with Jed, Well, you know, I wasn't a fan 634 00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:28.400 of the quarterback scenario for the season, and you know, I think he 635 00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:30.880 got really lucky with the injury to Dolora. It's kind of propelled him to 636 00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:36.480 get a job offer. He really should give or Fafida, maybe even Dolora 637 00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:39.119 some money for being injured to give him a new head start. On a 638 00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:45.360 new career, making a lot more money, and ily like his the game 639 00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:49.519 versus us see him not going for two and overtime playing you know, at 640 00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:53.119 the time the Heisman Trophy winner from the last season. It's USC at USC 641 00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:58.039 and then he doesn't go for it, and then the second overte over time 642 00:42:58.119 --> 00:43:00.760 he tries to kick another extra point and they have the tell them, hey, 643 00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:02.079 you have to go for two. So I don't think he might be 644 00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:07.480 the best of coaches either, Okay, I guess we'll soon see. Yeah, 645 00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:12.400 but yeah, I like the I like it, and hopefully you have 646 00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:15.800 a fan base supports the new coach. I think it's in a positive direction 647 00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:20.400 and I see him being the Tony two point zero, right, Okay, 648 00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:22.920 well, thank you very much. In fact, I might use that line. 649 00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:27.239 That's a good line, all right. I was good to hear from 650 00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:30.239 James, one of the more sensible not sensible guys. You have to pay 651 00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:34.920 him if you use the line, yeah two point oh, why use that? 652 00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:42.039 Jay's trying to die along over here till death do his partner? All 653 00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:45.360 right, Okay, she's gonna okay, ye, another call. We might 654 00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:47.119 not get to those lists. Love having these callers. You're on the R 655 00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:52.079 and I on the ball is naked, Nika, what's up? It's a 656 00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:58.000 great day something? Wow, this is coming I praise from Nico. Hey, 657 00:43:58.039 --> 00:44:00.599 man, I want it? Brett Brandon? Did you want him last 658 00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:07.440 night on Monday? Man? Who is this? I wasn't you know what? 659 00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:10.079 Nicole? Steve doesn't know what he had for lunch two hours ago, 660 00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:15.679 so you know, expecting to remember those Howard? Okay, First of all, 661 00:44:15.719 --> 00:44:22.079 Howard is completely round about. I'd go to twenty football games before I 662 00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:25.079 ever stipped foot the can. Wow. Whoa Okay, all right, I 663 00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:28.920 love that about you. Nico. Man, if I wanted to go hang 664 00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:35.119 out with almost dead people, I go in there. Oh that was we 665 00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:40.440 stepped into that one stepped on soet ticket. You're not going tonight. No, 666 00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:45.320 I had a bad to go cheer on the coach. But okay, 667 00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:47.559 I'm sure they'll bring him out at halftime. So hey, you guys think 668 00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:51.599 it either? All right, Nico takes you bunch always Nico with one ladders 669 00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:54.239 like it. Okay, all right, let's try this again. We'll love 670 00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:57.960 getting your call. So if he skips call five two zero four one six 671 00:44:58.320 --> 00:45:00.960 four, forty would love to hear more from from you out there, who 672 00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:05.920 and what you think of this higher But you know, uh, Brent Briant 673 00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:08.320 to talk about how everybody talks about family, right, but he had a 674 00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:12.760 little bit of his own take on that. And so let's let's real quick 675 00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:16.639 and you play that clip about what he said about family. I think lots 676 00:45:16.679 --> 00:45:22.280 of schools talk about family, and I think it's a cliche thing in the 677 00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:27.519 football world. I don't think anybody did it better than coach Tomy. Here 678 00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:30.119 when I'm seeing all these former players, my brother was a former player, 679 00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:36.280 and how they still interact in the outpouring of love that I that I've gotten 680 00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:39.280 from them since this has all gone down, And that's what we are going 681 00:45:39.320 --> 00:45:44.199 to continue to do. We're going to double down on family, double down 682 00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:47.039 on loving each other and caring about each other, and we will build something 683 00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:51.760 you can all be proud of. I think that was me coughing in the 684 00:45:51.760 --> 00:45:57.920 background. It I'm sure I heard that. I'm pretty sure. And then, 685 00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:00.199 uh, you know, I've seen a question that you know that you 686 00:46:00.239 --> 00:46:02.199 had to ask. You know, you had you were you interviewed for this 687 00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:06.719 job three years ago. You didn't get it. You know, what were 688 00:46:06.719 --> 00:46:08.840 your thoughts on what happened there, and you know, how do you feel 689 00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:14.440 about it now? Three years ago? It was a tricky one. I 690 00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:17.599 was certainly disappointed right the place. You guys know how special it is. 691 00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:20.840 If you guys didn't think it's special, you guys wouldn't all be here. 692 00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:24.480 You know what I mean. The place is really special. So there there 693 00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:30.360 was disappointment, but there was also I had to get a team ready. 694 00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:31.400 It's like the middle of COVID. I had to get a team ready for 695 00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:35.960 a bowl game. It was like we were laughing about it last night. 696 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:42.039 There's just like a really messy like week for in terms of like our team 697 00:46:42.440 --> 00:46:45.960 San Jose all those things. And but the truth of the matter is, 698 00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:47.000 I think, you know, I was at a great place, and I 699 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:51.960 had a great job, and this was a great place that I was interested 700 00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:54.159 in that I had a chance to interview for. And I think, you 701 00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:57.119 know, if you want to talk about coach, tell me, you know 702 00:46:57.960 --> 00:47:00.440 that the harder gets the better we play. You know, like, Okay, 703 00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:04.119 I didn't get it, but I need to keep doing a good job 704 00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:06.599 at Santasday State. So there's some point down the road I might have a 705 00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:09.840 chance to go back there and that's what I thought. Good answer, Yeah, 706 00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:13.639 really good answer, really good answer. And then obviously, you know 707 00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:16.000 he's here now, and you know this team's coming off a ten and three 708 00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:20.519 season. There's a locker room full of really good players. You know how 709 00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:22.840 it feels about Okay, I'm here now, and this is what I think. 710 00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:27.280 I think this is a great time to be here because of what Jed 711 00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:30.840 and the staff did, right, They had a fantastic season. What these 712 00:47:30.880 --> 00:47:35.280 players did right, Like, that's the that was really fun to watch. 713 00:47:35.679 --> 00:47:38.599 You know, I'm married to wild Cat Aum right, like, so I'm 714 00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:43.440 we watch Arizona football when I'm not coaching on Saturdays. That's that's part of 715 00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:46.639 it. But I think it's absolutely in a great place, especially when you 716 00:47:46.719 --> 00:47:52.280 look at the the way the facility has changed in those three years. Because 717 00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:53.639 I walked into the locker room today to go talk with some of the players, 718 00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:58.719 and I was here in twenty for the bowl game, and it's night 719 00:47:58.760 --> 00:48:01.440 and day. You know. So the people that have given the money and 720 00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:07.239 donated and been involved on a high level to like make that building so nice 721 00:48:07.320 --> 00:48:12.440 and so efficient, and like that part of it is awesome, because there's 722 00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:16.559 part of it where you know, young people are when they come on your 723 00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:21.119 campus, where they just ask themselves, where am I going to spend the 724 00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:23.559 most time? Well, they're gonna spend the most time in the football facility, 725 00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:27.400 So how does that space feel to them? Right? And so I 726 00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:31.000 think this is a better time to take that job because of the recent success 727 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:35.119 and because the players that are in the room that are so committed already, 728 00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:37.599 right, So that's gonna be in great alignment with how I'm gonna want to 729 00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:42.440 build it. And then you know, I think Dave and President Robbins have 730 00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:45.840 like put so much support behind it, and the donor base so much support 731 00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:49.920 behind it that's given it a chance to elevate it. Even hearing them again, 732 00:48:49.960 --> 00:48:55.239 it's just so so Ron Howardish, so normal, dude, it's not 733 00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:59.519 it's not a scripted thing. It's not a it's just a normal people. 734 00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:02.039 He'd be packed on the show and actually boot us off of it because he's 735 00:49:02.079 --> 00:49:06.960 just a normal guy. Yeah. It kind of almost easy going, yeah 736 00:49:07.119 --> 00:49:09.719 to a point of like you know, how you know I wrote in my 737 00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:14.400 story fromorrow or Today, I write I wrote, as shucks, it's not 738 00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:19.079 that, but it's kind of like I'm grateful for where I'm at right and 739 00:49:19.360 --> 00:49:22.280 that's and that's you know what, that's all that ever Son, the fans 740 00:49:22.280 --> 00:49:25.280 want yeah earlier, I mean that is it. Yeah, they want to 741 00:49:25.280 --> 00:49:30.400 feel like the guy who's here wants to be really wants to be here. 742 00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:32.519 Well even if look, even if bred Brandon does a great job and he 743 00:49:32.639 --> 00:49:37.119 leaves in five years or six or whatever, you'll feel like he earned that. 744 00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:40.920 But you know, while you're here, act like you want to be 745 00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:45.239 here. Yeah, well we've seen it before someone Nope, nope, rich 746 00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:50.519 Rod, No, nope, we didn't know. We really Yeah, okay, 747 00:49:50.559 --> 00:49:53.400 and Macnavig, who knows. But it's not the same. It's this 748 00:49:53.559 --> 00:49:57.400 is and it's day one right, day one. So what do we know? 749 00:49:57.599 --> 00:50:00.440 We'll see soon see. But I think if I were a man, 750 00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:02.960 I would bet. Yes, everybody we've talked to you have said pretty much 751 00:50:02.960 --> 00:50:06.559 the same, all the same things about it. Yeah, And so I 752 00:50:06.559 --> 00:50:08.400 didn't read Anthony, but I know Anthony's written a few things about him. 753 00:50:08.519 --> 00:50:13.440 Knows him, Kevin covered him, that that's who he is, that's just 754 00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:15.039 who If that's who he is, I think I think things are gonna be 755 00:50:15.079 --> 00:50:19.960 fine even if he can't keep this whole roster, okay, so he'll go 756 00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:22.239 get some more guys. Yeah, Oh, he has no choice, right 757 00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:25.039 right, You know, he still wants to win, and he knows where 758 00:50:25.079 --> 00:50:28.519 those guys are. Yeah, and he's got better tools to recruit with, 759 00:50:28.599 --> 00:50:31.000 and he keeps saying that. So I think we'll be fine. All right. 760 00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:34.639 I guess we gotta get out of here. Thank you for the calls, 761 00:50:34.639 --> 00:50:38.199 Well, appreciate all that. We'll move on, move on. Yeah, 762 00:50:38.199 --> 00:50:40.800 we'll still talk about it a little bit more tomorrow and Friday, probably 763 00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:44.519 because the game tonight. Game tonight, we'll talk about the game, about 764 00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:49.679 the game. Yeah, what do we think A lot that's close? You 765 00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:52.000 guys will both be on the minus nineteen and a half if if you'd be 766 00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:55.320 if I had to give, all right, you give, I'll give. 767 00:50:55.880 --> 00:51:21.559 We gotta get that, all right, sh