WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:05.120 This is High on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzale. Sound Fox 2 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:10.560 Sports fourteen to fifty. Subscribe now to the podcast on the iHeartRadio app Just 3 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:13.919 Surgery. Hi on the Ball. Hey, welcome back to Any of the 4 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:17.559 Ball here Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Young Steve, He's Jay Sammy with breaking 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:24.359 news. Is High on the Balls? All right? So the college football 6 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:28.679 playoff rankings are out. They have U of A at seventeen seven and you 7 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:34.359 got twenty one. Okay, And so that's kind of the consensus in Vegas 8 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:38.640 right now. Youuve's minus one. They're a favorite at home, which that 9 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:43.119 doesn't feel right to me to hear Youuve is a favorite over you, favorite 10 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:48.159 over Utah. And I was thinking about it. Juve hasn't really sure we've 11 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:51.600 played in big games. Sure we've won. We beat Oregon State at home, 12 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:56.679 but it feels like now this is the game where there's a bunch of 13 00:00:56.679 --> 00:01:00.880 attention on you. You're seven and three. The I don't think you of 14 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:03.359 A has played in a game this year. Sure, the players and coaches 15 00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:07.319 they'll they'll say like, we expect to win every game, but we haven't 16 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:11.079 played in a game where now we're a favorite against a team that has just 17 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:15.079 won the Pack twelve for the for the last two years. It just doesn't 18 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:18.879 feel normal right to say before you entered, j I think you've been here 19 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.680 along five years. For four five years, so I think you've caught the 20 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:27.879 the Ja Gonzales Arizona football fan syndrome that you're waiting for the shoot to drop 21 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:33.480 and you just don't know when, but you know there's a win. Right. 22 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:36.400 Well, we've been saying for four weeks that, or at least I've 23 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:38.280 been saying for four weeks that this is a game Arizona doesn't win. You 24 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:42.680 know, said that about Washington State after the great game they've played against USA. 25 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:47.120 You said that against Washington State. They're going to Washington State. Washington 26 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:49.120 State was ranked they beat them. The thing about it, you guys are 27 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:53.599 realistic, Yeah, because you you you've seen it before to make you think 28 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.840 it won't happen again. It's been happening since I was five years old. 29 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.680 But Jay, this is like what I said, this might be one off. 30 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:05.000 This seems one off, which which I'm just as surprise you guys. 31 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:13.479 Well, like I tweeted out on Sunday morning, this team is different I 32 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:16.120 wouldn't. I wouldn't be surprised to come Saturday morning or even Friday night, 33 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:21.439 if that line moves back to an even or Utah minus one. I wouldn't 34 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:24.080 be because if you, if you were to ask even college football teams, 35 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:28.520 coaches, analysts, whatever around the country, I think a lot of them 36 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:32.479 would still say Utah is gonna win this game. And I wouldn't say yes 37 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:36.319 or no to that. It just feels it just feels weird that we're talking 38 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:38.560 about it on Wednesday, that U of A is a favorite over Utah. 39 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:42.599 Yeah, I think I think when it comes to like Friday and Saturday, 40 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.680 you know, the general public starts putting their money down on this game. 41 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:49.360 I agree with you. I think I think the line will flip again. 42 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:53.400 Sure, because not enough people who are in the commed Theah, they don't 43 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:55.719 know Arizona. The hell? Why is there a favorite by one? What's 44 00:02:55.759 --> 00:03:00.240 wrong with this line? And hey, there's nothing wrong with the In real 45 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:02.360 public, that'd be that'd be fine. Yeah, but this is game five 46 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:05.840 in a row. Now where you think this is? This is a game 47 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:09.319 that his Arizona historically doesn't I don't know anybody, and you you probably do 48 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:14.120 Jay. I don't know anybody, including myself, who would have thought that 49 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:16.800 this would be in this position. Yeah, not even close. Jake, 50 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:20.560 Jake Fisher, Jake, And I don't know if that's I don't know if 51 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:23.960 that's crazy Jake talking, but he's he's nailed it, he's nailed it, 52 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:27.199 But I don't know if he believed that he'd nailed it. And my brother 53 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:30.719 Rick, well, he's wrong for a how many years? He's hilarious, 54 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:36.240 So he gets one right because well you get again at some point he predicted 55 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:38.599 one of the Kevin Semlin teams is going to go ten to two. Well, 56 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:40.639 at some point, at some point, at some point, the guy 57 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:44.280 who says the end of world is coming, we'll find figure, we'll get 58 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:46.039 it right, right, you got it? Or as they say, you 59 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:50.919 know, every clock is right once a day, right exactly, So that 60 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:53.800 that honestly would probably be and this is you of a bias a side that's 61 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:58.520 probably gonna be the best college football game this weekend, assuming but no one 62 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:04.319 gets crazy upset because and it's unpacked twelve. Yeah, that's kind of screwy. 63 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:10.120 Yeah, and we talked about it before the show. But assuming Arizona 64 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:15.199 wins out, there's a path for uh them to make the Well, let 65 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:16.839 me give you this right now, two games left regular season games. Is 66 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:20.199 in Jed Fish the coach of the year. It has to be. How 67 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:24.600 could he not be? They're gonna give it to Kaylin debor or or Dan 68 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:28.519 Lanning, but he has to be. Yeah, I don't know. I 69 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:30.120 mean, maybe they don't know. Maybe they don't give it to those two 70 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:34.519 and give it to Jay to Jed. If they went out and we're nine 71 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:39.279 and three, you have I think he has to he went picked twenty eighth, 72 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:43.199 tenth one? Would they picked eighth? And if you're if you're third? 73 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:46.439 He has come on. They knocked out three ranked teams in three straight 74 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:50.240 weeks in Oregon State, who's now a top fifteen team with a freshman quarter 75 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:55.240 rich from freshman quarterback. But people are also gonna they're even already now starting 76 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:58.879 to pooh pooh the Washington State and u c l A games, okay, 77 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:01.879 because they've gone so bad at the time. Why did they go bad to 78 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:06.480 break those days? My biggest thing with those two games is you can only 79 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:12.519 play the team of who they are, and we kick the crap out of 80 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:15.199 Washington State, who is a ranked team, and U c l A at 81 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:18.959 home homecoming, we crushed them too, Like you can't you can't bash on 82 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:21.279 U of A for being what was in front of them at the time. 83 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:27.079 Sure, playing Washington dub fairly close, fairly close and sure, but so 84 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.040 U have a seventeen in the college football rankings, Georgia, go ahead, 85 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.279 something's wrong with me, I'd be even talking favorable. What's going on? 86 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:42.120 I don't know. Maybe it's that destiny, that destiny, the destiny. 87 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:46.839 But the rest of the college football playoff rankings, Georgia jumped Ohiose State to 88 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:50.160 one House State, to Michigan, three Florida State for so that's what they 89 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:55.480 are now. And on the outside Washington, Oregon, Texas, Obama, 90 00:05:55.920 --> 00:06:00.560 Louisville. So from the five teams that are on the outside, I looking 91 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:02.560 in. If you guys had to say, who would who has the best 92 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:05.399 chance of maybe getting in there? I know, I know if I were 93 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:11.360 a college coach, there's one team I do not want to play. Yeah, 94 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:15.639 I agree, yeah, And and it'll be interesting because Ohio State and 95 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:17.920 Michigan will obviously play each other, and so one of those teams will have 96 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:24.319 a loss and it looks as though Washington and Oregon might play again in the 97 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:28.360 Pactworld Championship. And if Oregon wins that game, Washington Oregon both have a 98 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:34.959 loss, Texas has one loss, Bama will have maybe so and the College 99 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:40.040 Football Playoff Committee will have their hands full. But if Georgia wins out, 100 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:45.480 assuming Florida State and the kind of weaker acc went out, they'll be undefeated 101 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:49.800 and they'll be in. But finding two spots with Ohio State, Michigan, 102 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:54.000 Washington, Oregon, Texas, Bama like good luck, good luck. It's 103 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:58.240 going to be hard and nobody's and they're gonna get it wrong. A lot 104 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:02.040 of people are gonna be Yeah. So that's the college football breaking news. 105 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:09.839 College basketball Hunter Dickinson and Kansas beat Kentucky last night and Dickinson had twenty seven 106 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:14.079 points twenty one rebounds. And if I'm gonna be honest, that's not the 107 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:16.439 player I watched for three years at or four years at Michigan. Yeah, 108 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:21.759 so it looks like he's one of the best players in the country. And 109 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:26.519 and Kentucky played a lot better than I thought. I watched some of the 110 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:30.959 highlights and watched it back a little bit they're gonna be both those teams are 111 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:34.639 gonna be problems in March. And it seems as though in the offseason coach 112 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:39.160 cow is kind of maybe coaching quote for his job this year. And I 113 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:42.480 think they're gonna play. They're gonna have a really good season. And uh, 114 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:47.279 Duke handily beat Michigan State, who you of a will play in the 115 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:51.199 next couple weeks. But dude, Thanksgiving Day, Yeah, Duke seems Duke 116 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:54.560 is legit. Let's be honest. They are. They still are. I 117 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.160 mean it was unexpected lost, but they lost to a really good thing. 118 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:01.360 Their center was fantastic Yahouski. Yeah, he's a I've never really seen him 119 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:03.959 play, but seen it in presson. He was very impressive. I think 120 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:07.079 that's more of a statement of how good Arizona might be. Yeah, and 121 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.639 how well they played that day. Yeah. The Michigan State, man, 122 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:13.120 they've got two losses already. They didn't see that coming. We saw that 123 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:18.920 three years ago the college basketball carousel, Like, if there is definitely one, 124 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:24.319 Michigan State will play Arizona as tight as it gets. Probably right, 125 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:26.240 that'll be a great game. It will it'll be good, and it will 126 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:28.720 be another good test because they're a different team than Duke, and you is 127 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:33.720 going to have to win that game differently than how they So I know you 128 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:35.879 have a lot of stuff. I got a couple more. Okay, we'll 129 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:41.080 go ahead and we'll wet and we briefly talked. You see Irvine beat USC 130 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:45.679 seventy to sixty without Boogie Ellis. But that's I mean, it's win that 131 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:48.440 game. You still have to win that game with your without your point guard. 132 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:52.279 So the PAC twelve early on, Arizona is obviously the looked the best 133 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.960 and probably is the best team. But Colorado is really good and UCLA is 134 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:01.480 good basketball team too, So we'll see in the last year of the Pack 135 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:07.120 twelve. Quick NFL news, Deshaun Watson's season is over shoulder surgery. He 136 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:11.159 broke his shoulder, yet he still beat the hell out of the team. 137 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:16.639 That I what the hell If that doesn't tell you, J, It's so 138 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.480 the Browns are doing more Brown things again. You paid Deshaun Watson hundreds of 139 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:24.279 millions of dollars. You can't fault him for the injury here. But we'll 140 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:30.200 see if it's PJ Walker or U C l A grad TRT, we'll see 141 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:35.799 and then an interesting quote f Jets head coach Robert Sala about Aaron Rodgers. 142 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.399 He said, if Rogers wants to play, he will play. And I 143 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.000 just don't know if I believe that with the whole Achilles stuff, but it 144 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:46.720 sounds as though if Rogers wants to step back out there, they're gonna let 145 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.679 him. So I don't know when that is. I don't know if anybody 146 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:52.600 knows when that is. I heard this speculation the other day. What if 147 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:58.200 I mean, what if Rogers is an Achilles injury was a little less than 148 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.879 what we thought only Aaron Rodgers, there's people speculating that same. Well, 149 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:05.440 then if you're if you're gonna play this soon, it wasn't a torn kill. 150 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:09.080 I know. It's it's weird because you saw it Pop did. Really 151 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:13.480 it was quick NBA stuff. The James Harden Los Angeles Clippers saga has not 152 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:16.600 started. Well. I don't know if you guys watched the game last night. 153 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:20.600 It was a it was a good game, but more often than not, 154 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:22.639 James Harden was either had the ball in his hands or was standing in 155 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:26.120 the corner. And I guess that's the James Harden system from what he said, 156 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:31.600 they're own six since he's been there. But they played the Nuggets tough 157 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:35.720 last night and we'll see where that goes. It was a very fun NBA 158 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.960 night last night. At the top we talked about Draymond, Rudy, Gobert 159 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.519 Clay. That game was nobody had scored and three people had gotten ejected. 160 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:50.440 Dreamond just is an enigma. You know. I'm sure how this is Steve's 161 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:54.240 way to get to heaven because he's gonna put up with him. That's fair. 162 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:58.879 But I will say with the in season tournament, all the games last 163 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.200 night were really good, and I think that's what the NBA wanted. Guys 164 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:05.600 are playing a harder yeah, and that's all you can That's just another regular 165 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:09.320 season game. That's all you can ask for. As an NBA fan that 166 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:13.360 got off work early last night. I watched six games last night and I 167 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:16.879 was in heaven. There's something wrong with you, man. There's nothing better 168 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:20.919 than just sitting down and watching good basketball. And that's that's what That's what 169 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:22.480 as a fan you want, and I Adam Silver is doing his job. 170 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:28.080 Devin Booker, uh Bradley Beal, and Durant will all play their first game 171 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:33.639 together tonight. So that would be fun. And TJ McConnell the four thousand 172 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:37.320 career points in the NBA for TJ. Who have thought? Man? Who 173 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:39.000 would have thought? Give it up for him? Four thousand career points. 174 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:43.879 He's been in the league since what was his last year, twenty fifteen? 175 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.240 Yeah, yeah, so eight years in the league. Nine years in the 176 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:52.600 league, something like, what the hell? Still kicking it, still kicking 177 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:56.440 it. And then Corbyn Carroll's I think it's also been better looking. You 178 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.679 know, I'm looking at his picture and then oh, yeah, yeah he's 179 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:03.159 not well, you's that he's gone that buzz cut when he was there. 180 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:07.279 The money does a lot of saying good money for haircut, be better looking 181 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:16.600 with a better haircut? Mans ahead. You guys probably talked about it yesterday, 182 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:22.120 Corbyn Carroll and Gunder Henderson Rookie of the Year's sweet and we talked about 183 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:26.440 at the break. The Los Angeles Dodgers are the odds on favorite, both 184 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:31.320 in Vegas and hearing. Some reports to sign show Hal Tani, who declined 185 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:37.639 his qualifying offer from the Angels. Are they all right? I wouldn't have 186 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:41.360 a problem with that. I'm sure you wouldn't. I would be pissed off 187 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:46.200 man. Uh and then Rory McElroy left the PGA Tour Policy Board yesterday. 188 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:48.399 Yeah, I saw that. What the hell is that? He said? 189 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:52.600 It had to do with some personal things that he wants to do in his 190 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:56.879 career. But if your best player or your iconic player on tour, if 191 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:00.799 you're not getting these notifications, you're you're being involved in these conversations. I 192 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:03.559 don't blame them at all. Yeah, like see you. And then lastly, 193 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:09.279 PEMA Soccer tournament. Right, they were one of the top teams in 194 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:13.720 the country going in, lost in the tournament and they won. They won 195 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:16.720 enough in the pool play, but then they got beat last year. Yeah 196 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:18.440 that's the first game. No, no, no, that was well, 197 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:24.919 I guess in the regular they lost in pool play, but now they're they 198 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:28.080 No, they wanted pool playing. Now they advanced the bracket and they lost. 199 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:31.399 Yeah, so a tough year for but a but a good team. 200 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:35.799 Obviously we'll talk about this maybe on the other side, but we're talking about 201 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:39.279 basketball, right and football now. I still and this is I don't know 202 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:41.720 if Jay will agree with me. I don't think he will. Basketball in 203 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:48.120 March to me is much more fun than college football in December. Oh yeah, 204 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:52.360 you could talk about your playoffs and all that stuff, but they're nothing 205 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:56.559 beats to three weeks of no nothing. No, I'm not I'm not debating 206 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:58.919 with I'm gonna I wouldn't argue with you on that. What I love about 207 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:03.240 December football those I just love that there's football every freaking day. Ye, 208 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:07.200 there's a there's a bowl game every day. Some of those in the middle. 209 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.720 You know, you're there on a Tuesday afternoon, you're you're cleaning the 210 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.840 kitchen and you've got a ball game on. You know, That's what I 211 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:16.679 love about. Or you're you know, you're driving somewhere and there's a game 212 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:18.759 on the radio. Whatever, that's what I love about both. Well, 213 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:24.480 Steve, maybe what if you asked a student at Georgia or Bama that question. 214 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:28.000 Oh yeah, of course the football always there. But if they weren't 215 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.279 always there, No, No, it's gonna be it's gonna be a whole 216 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:33.919 different thing. When the twelve team playoff comes out, it'll be fun. 217 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:37.759 No, But that's that's the reason, because because you don't have FAU beating 218 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:41.840 somebody like the Alabama or somebody, that's the drama of it, right, 219 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:46.600 Boston beating whoever, no doubt, and they can play every day. Yeah, 220 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:48.919 you're right, all right, Well, we're gonna talk some high school 221 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:52.279 sports here in a minute. We've got Javier Morales, uh coming on. 222 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:56.879 We're gonna talk about the high school football playoffs are in southern Arizona or two 223 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:01.600 sons got four teams in the state playoff and so we'll see what I was 224 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:05.120 thinking about that and the anything else going on along the prep. So stick 225 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:09.039 around for hab Morobi. 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Steve Ravera 299 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:30.599 and Jacob Salmas they have their eye on the ball on Tucson Sports station Fox 300 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:36.200 Sports fourteen fifteen. Hey, welcome back to an in the Walking on Fox 301 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:38.480 Sports fourteen fifteen. I'm Steve Levea. He's taking zalas now and if we 302 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:45.839 have javea Moreles oh Wellsports twoson dot com. Javier, how are you good? 303 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:48.480 How are you guys? Fine? I see that you're awake. You're 304 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:52.440 always awake, you never sleep? So are you are you going to stay 305 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:56.799 awake this weekend? Apparently this weekend's very busy and I have to wake up 306 00:20:56.839 --> 00:21:00.000 early for the altur to Tucson. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 307 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:03.359 we'll talk about that in a bit. But what game are you going to 308 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:10.039 be covering this weekend? I'll be at the Northwest Christian Micah Mountain game, 309 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:15.720 uh Friday night on Wait wait is that here or is that up at their 310 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:22.480 place? That's that's here in Tucson. What what's different? What's different about 311 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:25.279 this year is you got you got all these Tucson teams playing at home. 312 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:30.039 This is a change. Yeah, video Plane at home against a Zy College 313 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:33.039 Prep in the Fury Playoffs. And you have cellth Point playing at home against 314 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:37.119 Williams Field in the sixth A playoffs. And you have Micah Mountain playing at 315 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:41.039 home in the Fory playoffs. So if you had to pick one that you 316 00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:45.279 say is gout that's the best chance to win a state championship? Who is 317 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:49.160 that? Because as you said, South Points, South Point's got a home 318 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:53.839 game, Sabino is in the is in the semi so they're they're one step 319 00:21:53.839 --> 00:22:00.440 away from the state championship game. You have Micah Mountain and you've got who's 320 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:04.359 the fourth one? Cdo? Yeah? Well, cdo play? If Cdio 321 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:07.440 Mike A Mountain win, right, they play each other? They play each 322 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:11.119 other if they if they both win on Friday, they play next week at 323 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:15.279 CDO in the semi finals. So one team will one two sons team will 324 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:19.680 be guaranteed a spot in the championship game. So okay, so pick a 325 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:26.279 team. I think it's gonna be CDO. I've always thought that they're they're 326 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:30.599 the top team in the in Tucson overall with the amount of seniors. They 327 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:34.759 have twenty nine seniors. They have a tremendous defense, and they have Kate 328 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:40.759 and Luke as their running back who scat over I think over sixteen hundred rushing 329 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:44.799 yards that I just think they're so balanced, and they're and they're tough up 330 00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:48.039 in the up on the trenches that they can really dictate how things go in 331 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:52.839 games. I really like Mica and Mountain though, I mean and at Deel 332 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:56.880 Points the number two seed in the sixth A. So and then Sabino, 333 00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:00.480 like you mentioned, they're playing as they're playing a semi final, but it's 334 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:03.119 at a neutral field. If that makes the high school against Mojave, who's 335 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:07.240 the number one seed, they already beat Mojave. It's hard to beat a 336 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:12.160 team number one seed twice or the same team twice, especially number one, 337 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:18.119 so I know Mohave's probably you know, chomping at the bit. I think 338 00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:22.720 given all the scenarios, I think CDO still has the best pass. But 339 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:26.039 I can see any one of those teams going on in the championship game and 340 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:30.839 winning. Really, So, how did last year's CDO team help this year's 341 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:34.039 team because they went through a lot of adversity last year. Did that help? 342 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:40.880 Oh? Yeah, yeah it helped because the majority of their team came 343 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:45.839 back from that and there was seven seniors involved in that last year, so 344 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:48.440 they're they're not on the team anymore. Unfortunately, they couldn't play in the 345 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:55.440 playoffs, but I think that that resonates with with the returning players and no, 346 00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:59.319 Dustin Peace took it very hard and they made it kind of a mission 347 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:03.240 to get back what they thought was taken away from them last year. So 348 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:06.759 and we saw, you know, Steve and I were both there. We 349 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:10.200 saw the Micro Mountain CDIO game, which was a great game. So you 350 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:14.920 know it's ah, I'm se cedio. Well, both teams very impressive, 351 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:18.880 but CDIO really impressive. It how physical they are, right, Yeah, 352 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:22.680 I mean you guys probably remember Kate and Luke a big running back. Yeah, 353 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:29.039 he's uh five pounds. He's like he's like a bowling ball. Yeah, 354 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:36.119 and he played. That's, as you know, dominant on defense as 355 00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:41.079 a linebacker, and they haven't. They have a guy on the defensive end 356 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:45.240 named Evan Greer who has twenty three and a half tackles for lost and eleven 357 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:48.920 sacks and he only has about forty nine tackles, so more than half of 358 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:55.480 his tackles are in the backfield. What's what's a crazy number? What's your 359 00:24:55.480 --> 00:25:00.799 size? Five ten? Oh? Kayt and Luke about five ten? Oh 360 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:06.440 bullyball and I'm shaped like a bullyball. Yeah, oh no, you should 361 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:10.200 I remember him. I mean that dude was just like and he what what 362 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:11.880 got mean is that he ran with no fear. Right, that's one of 363 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:15.640 those guys who just I see you right there. I'm coming at you. 364 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:21.519 Run you over, does it? Yeah? I'm coming. He was fifty 365 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:25.279 one and oh as a wrestler last year at CEO fifty one and oh, 366 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:30.400 a state champion. Oh he's very strong. Those dudes. Those wrestlers are 367 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:33.319 tough. Yeah, those those guys are tough. Okay, So so you're 368 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:37.640 thinking CEO U the rest of hims. Do they have a good chance of 369 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:44.039 advancing? Well, yeah, I could see Sabino's speeding Mahave and it's not 370 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:47.200 a neutral field. They don't go all the way to Mohave. So they're 371 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:51.400 playing and made the They have a chance to beat Mohave and then go on 372 00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:55.839 to the championship game and then Cell Point they they if they win on Friday. 373 00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:59.880 They played the semi final game at all, so there's the time that 374 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:03.480 the only time they wouldn't play at home is the championship game and then he 375 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:07.519 got cdo playing at home next week. If they beat Asy College Prepp, 376 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:11.799 they most likely playing mike Ah Mountain and that's a rematch one of those people 377 00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:15.640 on so South Point must be h they're more than their parts, right because 378 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:18.799 the kids that were committed here I decided not to come in here. So 379 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:22.640 they have other other dudes on that team that are going to other places or 380 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:30.240 how talented are? They not really ranked recruited by Division one schools, but 381 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:34.640 they're really good players. And they got Nathan Spivey who will probably be recruited 382 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:38.440 by Division one schools next year. He's a he's a junior receiver, AFT 383 00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:44.599 he's got six interceptions and he leads them in receiving. He's just an all 384 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:48.039 around athlete. He already looks like he can play in college football and he 385 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:52.880 saws another year of high school. But yeah, they have Thomas Regina who's 386 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:57.039 there, one of their top sack producers. He's a linebacker. So they're 387 00:26:57.039 --> 00:27:03.839 they're defensive seven front seven is really good and their secondary with Spivey is really 388 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:06.440 good. That's that's how they're going to win the championship with their defense. 389 00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:10.519 How were they? How are they quarterback? Because you know, we didn't 390 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:12.200 get we didn't get a chance to look at them the time that we went 391 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:15.799 to their game. But you know, quarterbacks win games. I mean, 392 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:18.599 is he is this? Do they have a quarterback that can win them a 393 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:22.799 game? Well, it's interesting. They had their senior quarterback, Taylor Negore 394 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:26.559 played most of the season up until the last two weeks, and they went 395 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:30.680 with more of a passing quarterback who's a true well they're all true freshmen high 396 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:37.160 school. But it was a freshman. Wow, Matthew al Avalar and he 397 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:41.440 passed for more than one hundred and sixty yards last week. Mate the nine 398 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:45.960 to fifteen passes in its first full game and it was a playoff game. 399 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:52.759 So I think they're trending more to use him in passing situations and gore and 400 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:56.599 you know, kind of like with the with the Saints, do they use 401 00:27:56.640 --> 00:28:02.039 that the Hill as a running quarterback when they need short games or run I 402 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:07.039 think they're going to probably use that kind of thing because Evlar has has an 403 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:12.240 arm and he's keeping throw he can complete passes. Who's in the way for 404 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:15.920 Cell Point. I know they're they're a number two seed, but you know 405 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:18.839 who's in the way of a state championship for them? Well, they they 406 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:23.759 Well they're playing williams Field this on Friday, which is interesting because they're The 407 00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:30.200 defensive coordinator is Calvin Hunter and he played on that ninety eight team, the 408 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:36.640 U eighteen that went twelve and one, so that he's coming home and facing 409 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:40.400 Cell Point as the williams Field defense coordinator. But after that they would play 410 00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:45.160 maybe have a they would have a rematch maybe with to Worrow at home, 411 00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:52.480 because Toorrow seated three, Gottsdale Tomorrow seated three, and South Point seated two, 412 00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:57.079 So they might play Scottsdale tomorrow next week and at cell Point the other 413 00:28:57.119 --> 00:29:04.240 team is Perry possibly in the in the semifinal, so I mentioned the support 414 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:07.640 kids that were going to come to Arizona but decided not to. How have 415 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:12.920 their seasons turned out? Uh? They started kind of slow, but they've 416 00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:21.759 come on strong. They I know, Elijah Rushing has thirteen sacks uh and 417 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:26.559 Keona Willhde has about seven sacks and about ten tackles for loss. So they 418 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:30.160 a lot of the def a lot of the offenses try to go away from 419 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:34.880 Elijah mostly and then but lately he's been getting sacked. So it's kind of 420 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:38.000 like pick your poison where you're going to where you can try to run and 421 00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:41.119 up the middle. They have some good defenders. Like I mentioned earlier, 422 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:48.640 the front seven is really tough, but uh, Elijah Rushing and Kona will 423 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:52.960 Hide really come on as far as their stats go lately, especially Rushing with 424 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:56.880 thirteen sacks. Yeah, who else around Tucson you know are in that kind 425 00:29:56.920 --> 00:30:02.799 of that category? Any other you know, uh power five guys around town. 426 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:07.240 Well, Jimmy Leone at Micah Mountain, he's a he's only a junior. 427 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:11.039 He has seventeen sacks. He leads the whole state and for a level 428 00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:17.119 he's already been UH offered by a s U and I and I've been told 429 00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:21.640 that Washington, Oregon are starting to show interest. Wow. I would assume 430 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:26.000 Arizona probably is two, so he's only a junior and he's already got he 431 00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:32.880 looks the part. And as far as other possible power, I've mentioned Nathan 432 00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:38.799 Spivey at cell Point, I think he could be one, and then from 433 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:45.880 there it's just a lot of players that could play at the fd FTS level, 434 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:52.759 Division one and other other levels. All right, all right, So 435 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:59.519 predictions for for UH Friday night with these four games, Yeah, well, 436 00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:03.680 I think I think that all the two Sons teams are gonna win at home. 437 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:06.359 I think Dalpoint is going to be Williams Field. I don't think it. 438 00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:10.200 I don't think it's gonna be closed. And then I think CDO will 439 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:12.599 take care of Asy cause prep and I think the closest game might be Mike 440 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:17.759 and Mountain Northwest Christian. I think that might go down the wire, and 441 00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:21.640 then Sabino up at up in Phoenix. I think it's it's a good thing 442 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:25.680 they're not playing at Mohave and they're playing at a neutral field up there, 443 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:29.039 and they know how to be Mohave. So I don't want to sound like 444 00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:32.559 a Homer, but I can see all all four of them winning. The 445 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:37.200 toughest probably would be Sabino and and then the next toughest will be MIKEH. 446 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:41.200 Mountain. Who's the coach at Sabino now, Ryan McBrayer. He's been in 447 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:45.640 the playoffs every year he's been a head coach, which is seven years. 448 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:48.839 The one year was the COVID year he didn't go, but he's been there 449 00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:51.440 every year, and he went to the semi finals a couple of years ago. 450 00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:56.079 That's what's just about the four coaches that are still alive here, Pat 451 00:31:56.160 --> 00:32:00.440 News and at MIKEAH Mountain, he's been to a state changionship game. Dustin 452 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:05.799 Piece of cdo he's wont to stay championship games. Let's see, you've got 453 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:08.039 Ryan mcbragor who's been in the semi finals, and then he got Eric Rodgers 454 00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:12.319 at some point who's been to a championship game. So they have all had 455 00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:15.119 both seasons success. They know how to prepare their teams, they know what 456 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:20.680 to expect, and I think that's what sets them apart from other programs locally 457 00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:24.720 right now, Very cool, all right? Hof so uh, you know, 458 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:28.519 since you're here, give us some give us some of your thoughts on 459 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:32.880 this game coming up with Arizona Utah on Saturday. Uh. I always like 460 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:38.480 those afternoon games in Tucson in November. Uh. Arizona generally plays well in 461 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:43.480 those games. So uh, and they're just on a role. I think 462 00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:45.839 a lot of it will have to do with Noah Afida, because if you 463 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:51.440 noticed when he struggled against Colorado, is when Arizona struggled, they saw by 464 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:54.440 they fell behind, and right, I think if he's on if he's on 465 00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:58.039 point, I think they have a good chance. I know that Utah defense 466 00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:00.880 is going to really try it off at him and try to try to take 467 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:05.839 some of his straints away. So it's gonna be a scenarioson the counter is 468 00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:09.480 at and I could see them winning a really close game. Well, okay, 469 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:14.319 I think you're biased. Yeah, I think I have a Homer hat 470 00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:20.319 on it. I don't know anybody locally outside of the gym. I'm I'm 471 00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:23.400 not wearing a hat, right I don't. Yeah, Well you're good as 472 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:27.640 your guess is as good as mine. Yeah, we'll see. Okay, 473 00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:31.319 thank you half have Thanks a much man. Thank you there's a lot of 474 00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:34.680 good things going on in the high school. I love that. Well, 475 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:39.039 you know when you when you know, just the reputation of Toucson football right 476 00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:42.920 now is that you know, it's just not as good as it is in 477 00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:45.359 Phoenix. It'd be nice for all these teams to do well. What was 478 00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:50.200 the last time you spend time in Phoenix? Like spend time like a week 479 00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:52.039 or a few days? Yeah, yeah, a few days? Like never. 480 00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:55.759 That's my point And I'm glad you said that because it's massive and you're 481 00:33:55.799 --> 00:34:00.559 from there. It's massive. I lived up there in the mid eighties like 482 00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:05.559 for a summer or two working up there, and now it's massive and you 483 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:07.400 can see what all the talent is. Yeah, it depends where you're at 484 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:12.280 to like massive wise, Like I mean, come on in glen Glende. 485 00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:16.079 Well in Mesa now, oh yeah you have Mesa, Chandler Glendale Yeah yeah 486 00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:21.199 yeah, and how how does not have those talents? And that's what that's 487 00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:24.079 almost a it's a feeding for Look at the quarterbacks, yeah, the tons 488 00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:29.800 tons of them, like they're all like anywhere. All these schools have good 489 00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:34.960 quarterbacks and like Hamilton, Chandler, Swarrow have been like the hub of Arizona 490 00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:37.480 high school football. All these kids, you see them in college football everywhere. 491 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:42.480 Yeah. Yeah, the parties, both parties were Perry Grad's. Yeah 492 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:45.679 right, just that. My point is, how do you how do you 493 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:49.320 compete with that here in tiny Tucson. Yeah, you know, you're right, 494 00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:52.639 You're right, all right. Let's take our break, our last break 495 00:34:52.639 --> 00:35:31.039 where we come back. Will take your calls five two zero four. If 496 00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:35.519 you're an Arizona men's basketball fan, you know it's been successful for nearly forty 497 00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:37.760 years. Now take a look back at the Ludolsen era. 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Steve Rivera and Jake Gonzalez they have their 547 00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:17.239 eye on the ball on Tucson Sports State Yet Fox Sports fourteen fifty streaming live. 548 00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:22.519 I mean iHeartRadio wams Hey, welcome back to me of them all here 549 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:24.199 in Fox Sports fourteen fifty m Steve he's Jake, you gonna send me with 550 00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:27.480 us? We got a call. We do have a caller on the line, 551 00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:30.639 Robert the How are you doing? What's up? I do much. 552 00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:34.880 I just wanted to remind you guys. I called you guys a few weeks 553 00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:37.000 ago, seven weeks ago and said the UA was gonna go eight and four. 554 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:42.360 You both kind of laugh because they're gonna play all these drank teams. 555 00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:46.199 The only team I think we should have last again again is Washington. We 556 00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:50.800 should have beat USC. We all played them. This is fifty date was 557 00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:54.960 just a what state cause of that game. But I'm pretty close to eight 558 00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:59.480 and four now, guys, Yeah, where did you get this from? 559 00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:04.440 Would would you? Would you? Both of you? Guys? I said, 560 00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:06.199 both of you guys, We're gonna go eight four? He said no, 561 00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:07.519 we have to play five ranked teams in a row. I said, 562 00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:12.039 well, yeah, no, no, no. My question is, how 563 00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:14.280 did you come up with this? What was your think? Well? Yeah, 564 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:16.880 what made you think? Eight games? I just amazing the team. 565 00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:20.800 I just thought we were good after they played the first, you know a 566 00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:23.440 few games, and then I saw U Baffita come in and start playing the 567 00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:27.360 way he did. It were as good as anybody in the pack bow. 568 00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:30.760 I think, yeah, all right, we didn't get blown out by anybody. 569 00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:34.599 We lost by a touchdown to Washington, and I think we're going to 570 00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:38.840 handle Utah this weekend. So it's so horrible thing if we blowing the US 571 00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:43.920 as US the end. Yeah. So I so a couple of weeks ago, 572 00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:46.440 I said Arizona's gonna win it can win ten games. Do you think 573 00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:52.400 they get to ten? Yeah, because that would mean winning winning out and 574 00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:57.920 then winning a bowl game. Yeah, I think yeah, I think we 575 00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:02.559 can actually, Uh, I think yeah, doab because you town's okay, 576 00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:06.400 they're not as good as them. If they had had Cam Rising in there, 577 00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:09.760 yeah, and was pretty horrible. I don't know how they used l 578 00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:13.519 A. I watched that game and that was kind of funny to see that 579 00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:20.480 running back playing quarterback in there. But anything can happen in the rivalry game. 580 00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:22.840 But yeah, you're right, hopefully we can win ten games. Robert. 581 00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:25.880 I know, Robert, oh, I knows you're picking my lottery tickets 582 00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:35.199 to all right, tell me what numbers you want to know? You you 583 00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:40.760 need to pick the numbers. That's the whole idea. Yeah, the lottery. 584 00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:44.960 So I'm all right, Steve, split it with you. You're not 585 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:54.079 doing it for you, Rubber, have a good one. Yeah. I 586 00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:58.719 think a lot of people knew that this was going to happen. They knew 587 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:05.760 they predicted this. You know, a lot of people asked me that, 588 00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:07.159 you know, okay, before the season, what did you think? And 589 00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:10.599 I'm like, look, I was thinking six wins, but I was having 590 00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:14.400 a hard time getting to six wins. Remember how many times we looked at 591 00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.760 the schedule. I said, sure, there were a lot of ifs in 592 00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:20.239 there. Sure, well, you got the games that we thought you needed 593 00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:24.199 to get, Oregon State, UCLA and Washington those you're three right there, 594 00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:28.199 right right, and you're you are where you're at. Who thought you'd get 595 00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:30.480 all three? I didn't think they were gonna get all three, you know, 596 00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:34.760 I think we talked about they had to split Washington State and Oregon State. 597 00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:37.719 Then I thought, I thought from the beginning, I think they can 598 00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:40.400 take U C. L A. And they did, so, you know, 599 00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:46.800 I I you know, I didn't think six was the max, but 600 00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:50.440 I thought I also thought six is gonna be really hard. So what was 601 00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:52.880 the opener? Five and a half? Five? Five? Really it ended 602 00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:58.440 at five, five. Yeah, we went we went from maybe six wins 603 00:42:58.480 --> 00:43:01.199 and now we're kicking ourselves over the USC missakes the games. Yeah, I 604 00:43:01.239 --> 00:43:05.400 think the thing they should be nine and one one one good spot from a 605 00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:07.840 ref and we have two losses. We go for two in that game, 606 00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:14.440 and now we're talking about one last Arizona team Like that's crazy. Yeah, 607 00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:17.280 and you can you can spot the number of different places why they're so good. 608 00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:21.400 Well, I have a question for you guys. Is it more that 609 00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:24.760 maybe the PAC twelve isn't as good as we thought it was going to be, 610 00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:28.800 or U of A is way better than we I think we're both. 611 00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:32.480 I think it's that I still think is still pretty good. Yeah. I 612 00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:37.719 think Oregon State is still a pretty good team. Yeah. I know bad 613 00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:40.239 mouthed them all summer long, Like I was trying to talk myself into thinking 614 00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:45.000 that, don't feel like the Arizona can't beat Oregon State. They're still pretty 615 00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:47.239 good well, and they're ranked the left. This is what we do. 616 00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:51.559 This is what we do in life, right, So I'll give this example. 617 00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:53.760 Over the weekend, you go into Duke and you're thinking Duke, you 618 00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:57.559 do well. Maybe Duke is in Duke right, and then Arizona goes in 619 00:43:57.599 --> 00:44:00.960 and beats something. And you go to Arizona football, you thinking insiders on 620 00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:02.840 a football and you don't, you don't give them as much credit as you 621 00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:07.440 would normally, and and and they're better than they are normally and they show 622 00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:10.519 up and they do really well, and you're thinking, this is another team 623 00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:15.400 I thought i'd see. Ye. No, I mean that's yeah. I 624 00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:20.000 mean we're look and it's with their is on it too. It's not just 625 00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:23.880 that they that they're winning these games. They're pretty good. Yeah, they're 626 00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:28.280 not looking into it. There's no there's been no flukes about any of that. 627 00:44:29.280 --> 00:44:30.760 They beat the hell of Washington State because they were that much better. 628 00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:36.360 They beat Oregon State because you know, I think of those three teams, 629 00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:40.480 they're as it's close to an equal, more with Oregon State than I think 630 00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:44.039 they're way better than U. C l A. I think they're way better 631 00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:46.000 than Washington State. And actually there's a lot there's people now who are you 632 00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:49.599 know we talked to who I talk to or say they're kind of poop pooing 633 00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:52.239 the Washington State in the U c l A games, because you know, 634 00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:53.760 they they've gone into the toy. Sure, no, no, you know 635 00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:58.000 that you have the right before you. You don't know what's good. But 636 00:44:58.119 --> 00:45:00.360 Washington State was ranked. When Arizona playdoff, they beat them. I think 637 00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:04.119 you pointed that out. We played the guys in front of you at the 638 00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:06.639 time. You play them, If you beat them, more power to you. 639 00:45:06.760 --> 00:45:08.599 Yeah. So, uh, you know, you know, Arizona's one 640 00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:13.199 of those games. And you know what, when when Colorado won those three 641 00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:15.760 games at the beginning of the year, we all thought, holy hell, 642 00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:17.440 that Colorado game is gonna be really hard. And it was and it was 643 00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:21.519 really hard. But then Arizona still won that game as well. Sure, 644 00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:24.480 and I think some of the human human element played the part. They were 645 00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:29.000 nine point favorites. They're there, they hadn't been in that spot before. 646 00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:32.719 They're on the road. You know this home dogs play well and now we're 647 00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:37.840 sitting here thinking they can beat the two time defending packball champs, their favorite, 648 00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:42.400 their favorite. They would have thought that a month ago, two months 649 00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:47.559 ago, a week ago. Yeah, you know, so it's it's amazing. 650 00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:52.360 It's amazing what's happened. And you know, I was looking at going 651 00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:55.440 going through Twitter, Jason Sheer made it made it really interesting. And this 652 00:45:55.599 --> 00:46:00.119 is true. He says, Arizona fans have a thing where we can't be 653 00:46:00.239 --> 00:46:05.199 happy. It's a long standing issue. And that's true. That's so true. 654 00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:07.880 You know, even after Arizona beat beat Colorado, well but they didn't 655 00:46:07.880 --> 00:46:12.280 play that, Well, shut the hell up. They won the game, 656 00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:14.480 you know, well, you know, well, you see, l it's 657 00:46:14.519 --> 00:46:17.599 not any good. Who cares. They did what they needed, they won 658 00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:21.199 the game. There's seven to three. And now it's also, as you 659 00:46:21.239 --> 00:46:23.000 said, now people are going, god, we should have Mississippi State and 660 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:27.679 we should have beat USC Just be happy with where you are. Don't know 661 00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:30.480 how to do that. They're like, you, guys should the proverbial kick 662 00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:32.960 dog in the corner hoping my owner doesn't come and hit me again. Well, 663 00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:37.360 I think it's funny. I think we have the opposite expectation of that 664 00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:40.400 with basketball, right, Like it's like oh, we we ow this, 665 00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:45.079 yes exactly, Like we lose games, it's like like, how the hell 666 00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:47.920 did that happen? How did that happen? Or when we go to Cameron 667 00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:51.360 and beat Duke, it's like, well, this team is pretty we were 668 00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:53.320 supposed to. Yeah, it's like you just beat Duke at home, like 669 00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:59.360 enjoy it. Yeah, you know, everyone's like, but now Arizona basketball 670 00:46:59.400 --> 00:47:02.639 fan is all nervous that God would beat Duke. So we're really good. 671 00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:07.119 So now if we're to win a national championship, it's a disappointment. Well, 672 00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:10.960 it's too extreme, it's overcorrected. They're nervous now. They're nervous that 673 00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:15.480 this team is so good that it's not gonna turn out the way they think 674 00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:20.000 it should turn out now because they beat Duke and typically doesn't work out that 675 00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:22.639 way. No, it does not, It does not, you know, 676 00:47:22.679 --> 00:47:25.119 But but I'll tell you what it makes. You know, I know, 677 00:47:25.320 --> 00:47:29.199 I know Arizona fan is out there thinking they should win all five of those 678 00:47:29.719 --> 00:47:34.440 all five of those games against ranked teams because they beat well seemingly was the 679 00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:37.159 hardest. They won Tuly was the hardest. Sure, And it doesn't work 680 00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:40.760 out that way, you know, I know, I know there's nobody in 681 00:47:40.840 --> 00:47:45.360 Tucson that thinks are gonna lose to Michigan State next week. Michigan State is 682 00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:47.880 still a pretty good shame they've lost. You know, I get they lost 683 00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:52.000 to James Madison at home to Ope in their season, but they didn't play 684 00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:54.760 horribly against Duke. They got beat and they and they couldn't have played worse 685 00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:59.960 against James Madison. Yeah, so they made one fleet in that game. 686 00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:02.119 You know if everybody saying, well they lost to James Madison, wells, 687 00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:07.119 yeah, that's that's then you talk about fading the common person, that's just 688 00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:10.280 it. The common person goes, well, this happened, so this will 689 00:48:10.280 --> 00:48:15.800 happen. That's not how the world is. That's called it's like something rule. 690 00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:19.440 It's like the common person rule. No, No, it's like so 691 00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:24.119 and so be so and so and wins. It's kind of like do in 692 00:48:24.119 --> 00:48:29.280 in tennis. It's like that's you go down the rabbit hole. It styles 693 00:48:29.360 --> 00:48:31.159 make fights. It's this opportunity to say the same day, you know, 694 00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:35.280 it's how you play that day. That's my model all the time. How 695 00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:38.840 you play that day, Arizonna be Duke, they played very well that day. 696 00:48:39.159 --> 00:48:45.280 Can they find that day in March exactly? You finds out on Saturday? 697 00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:47.840 Do you think because of how big this game is, there will be 698 00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:52.719 like the first five minutes of the game will be a little more juiced up, 699 00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:58.800 and maybe that will hurt them, like or are they treating this game? 700 00:48:59.039 --> 00:49:04.679 It's too much last game against Colorado helped them realize, Okay, we're 701 00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:08.440 normal people. We gotta we just got to play football, and some people 702 00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:10.719 don't believe that we're gonna win this game and squad and prove it wrong. 703 00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:14.000 I mean, come on, what did you believe? When did you believe 704 00:49:14.360 --> 00:49:15.480 at the beginning of the season. When did you believe this team was gonna 705 00:49:15.480 --> 00:49:21.039 be any good? I mean, I like, I'd like the Laura before 706 00:49:21.079 --> 00:49:22.679 and I like Jed Fish, especially in their second year, so I had 707 00:49:22.760 --> 00:49:27.320 I had hopes for them, but it's not that team anymore. It's not 708 00:49:27.360 --> 00:49:30.280 that team, and I did not expect this defense to look as good as 709 00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:35.519 it does. Obviously thirty one points against Okay, So answer my question kid, 710 00:49:35.760 --> 00:49:38.639 that what did you believe? I believed we would hit six wins? 711 00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:42.199 No, but what did you believe that they were going to be good? 712 00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:45.760 Oh? I still don't. It goes to our point of you don't know 713 00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:52.320 what what did you believe? I believe this game? Is if we win 714 00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:54.559 this game, we're damn good. Yeah, really, you're not. You 715 00:49:54.559 --> 00:49:58.400 don't believe? Yeah, I still think we're good. Steve. It's hard 716 00:49:58.440 --> 00:50:01.719 for me. You you have all the optimist of this room. It's hard 717 00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:06.199 for me, Steve. There's so many times that I'm like, Okay, 718 00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:13.760 you believe, and then the ruggy You're undefeated, and again going into the 719 00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:17.320 game against UCLA in ninety eight, you're playing a great game and it all 720 00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:22.239 goes into the crapper in one quarter. You've been watching too many Charles Charles 721 00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:27.280 the Brabtoons and Lucy pulling the ball exactly. Well, that's what happened that 722 00:50:27.400 --> 00:50:30.440 day, Steve. Lucy pulled the ball out from us in that game, 723 00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:35.920 and then to make it worse, she did it again when Miami went and 724 00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:37.519 beat the bat U c l A. The ball was right there. We 725 00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:40.760 were going to the Rose Bowl and U. C l A when it cracked 726 00:50:40.800 --> 00:50:45.000 the bed. Well, I saw it in Washington. That's what I'm convinced 727 00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:46.480 that that they had. I even asked Jen we had on the show, 728 00:50:46.519 --> 00:50:51.079 says when did you convince, When when did you see this happening? Because 729 00:50:51.079 --> 00:50:53.480 you can see it? Yeah you did, And then he talked about you 730 00:50:53.639 --> 00:50:57.639 you see USC how they played really well. They should have won that game. 731 00:50:57.639 --> 00:51:00.440 They had him on the bringing Dinner and then a weekly they beat the 732 00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:04.199 crap out of Washington State and I'm thinking because of Jonah, give Jonah the 733 00:51:04.199 --> 00:51:06.559 wall, They're not gonna stop him. Yeah, I think it was one 734 00:51:06.559 --> 00:51:09.159 thing for me. I think Jed and his staff have done a great job 735 00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:15.920 with game plans, and early in Noah's like reigned as quarterback, they controlled 736 00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:19.840 the game for him. Now it's like this team knows what they are, 737 00:51:19.880 --> 00:51:23.920 they know who they are. And in those in those like USC in those 738 00:51:24.079 --> 00:51:28.599 Washington State games and even Oregon State, we were still trying to be like, 739 00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:30.960 all right, is this team? Is their defense that good? Like 740 00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:34.800 do we need to see it more? Or is Faffeta is still the guy? 741 00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:37.039 Let me ask you this because he's the historian in the room. So 742 00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:40.480 there are a bunch of dogs, right, they are overachieving dogs. Am 743 00:51:40.480 --> 00:51:45.480 I say saying that? What was? Give me some other dog teams because 744 00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:51.000 they're dogs. We talked about this in Smith's a couple of Larry Smith teams 745 00:51:51.320 --> 00:52:00.159 that the like the eighty three I would say the eighty three team eighty six 746 00:52:00.239 --> 00:52:02.719 maybe you know that team the due the Chuck Cecil thing. You know, 747 00:52:02.760 --> 00:52:07.239 there were just a bunch of guys like that, you know, even Chuck 748 00:52:07.280 --> 00:52:12.800 Cecil who did what he did there wasn't anybody spectacular on that team. That 749 00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:15.599 team had like four running backs that they ran. You know, Alfred Jenkins 750 00:52:15.639 --> 00:52:20.280 was the quarterback. He wasn't anybody's idea of a great quarterback. But they 751 00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:22.840 but they had guys on the line, They had physical guys that had linebackers 752 00:52:22.840 --> 00:52:27.039 that were just really damn good. Maybe a couple of Dicks teams. You 753 00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:29.440 got to say that. You gotta put the ninety three team in there, 754 00:52:29.760 --> 00:52:34.559 right who just Danny White, the quarterback of that team, was a dog. 755 00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:39.039 He was. He was possibly the slowest quarterback arizonas every yet he was 756 00:52:39.039 --> 00:52:43.599 a winner. So yeah, there have been a few, There's been a 757 00:52:43.639 --> 00:52:46.480 few. All right, that was fun. We will be back tomorrow. 758 00:52:46.519 --> 00:52:50.800 We'll have some more great guests. We're heading more towards this weekend. Used 759 00:52:50.840 --> 00:52:59.840 the big game with you thought, so be sure to come back tomorrow. 760 00:53:01.159 --> 00:53:04.960 Man can say the