WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:07.919 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez sound Fox Sports 2 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:14.640 fourteen fifty powered by Nova Insurance Services and Sure Your Most Prized Possessions kat z 3 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:31.760 R TUCSA at iHeartRadio Station. Okay, here, we are welcome to hind 4 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:38.159 the Ball on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I hope we've still got our listeners 5 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:43.000 here. We're back on just a little confusion as to what we were doing 6 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:47.200 today, and so we're here. We're gonna get back on our regular schedule. 7 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:49.840 So we're gonna go on a little bit for about five minutes here before 8 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:54.000 we hit our first break. I'm jagon Zalez. Your host. Steve Rivera 9 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:57.679 is out for one more day. He's said he'll get back. He'll be 10 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:03.280 back here on Monday. We've let you guys know, let our listeners know. 11 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:06.640 His mom passed away suddenly on Friday and he's been just having to go 12 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:08.640 through that and deal with that, and so he's going to take the weekend 13 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:12.560 off and he says he'll join us on Monday. I've got Juan here running 14 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:15.159 the board. We'll see how this goes the rest of the day. We 15 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:18.599 think we'll be fine. We're ready to go, got a pretty good show. 16 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:23.159 We're actually we're actually loaded up. At three fifteen, well a three 17 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:26.760 twenty, coming out of the first break, Adrian Denny, the communication director 18 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:29.760 at the Tucson road Runners, will join us. He'll talk about the big 19 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:33.840 announcement yesterday that the road Runners are here to stay, at least for now. 20 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:36.480 There was a lot of questions about that and a lot of speculation that 21 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:41.519 they were headed up to Phoenix. So we've got them coming back and so 22 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:45.920 we'll talk about that. So we'll get him get his his thoughts on that. 23 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:49.599 At at four point fifteen, Bruce Pasco will join us at if you 24 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:53.680 were listening to the show yesterday. At the tail end, an item came 25 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:59.719 across from the presentation that Desiree Read Francois, Bobby Robbins and the U of 26 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:04.879 ath leg Department did at the Border Regions yesterday talking about how they planned to 27 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:08.159 work through the financial crisis that the athletic Department is having. Bruce was there. 28 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:13.360 He had a story in the Arizona Daily start a day. But we'll 29 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:15.719 talk to him about you know what he saw, right, I mean, 30 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:20.039 we can all there's a lot of speculations to what all those things mean the 31 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:23.960 five point plan and all that and a lot of questions that we're working on 32 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:29.240 getting getting the athletic director Desiree read francois the show. We're hoping to get 33 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:31.479 that, get that done next week. But Bruce was at the meetings. 34 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:35.039 We want to get some of his thoughts on that. What he saw, 35 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:37.439 What did the faces look like when they were listening to this? Did they 36 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:40.039 think this is crap? Did they think this is a really good plan? 37 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:45.520 Are they just kind of taking away and see attitude? So we'll we'll talk 38 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:49.479 to Bruce about that, and then at three point forty Jake Fisher, our 39 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:53.280 usual Friday Friday guests will come in and we'll start kicking into some big twelve, 40 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:58.039 Big twelve of I said Big twelve, not back twf big twelve football. 41 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:01.599 Get start get some of his thoughts. Jacob played it Arizona from two 42 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:06.319 thousand and ninety twenty thirteen. I've got some questions about, you know, 43 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:08.479 being on the road. I think he went into a couple of or at 44 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:13.919 least maybe one Big twelve road road venue. Just get some of his thoughts 45 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:16.479 on you know, what he saw atmosphere, those kinds of things, so 46 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:21.439 we'll start talking about start looking ahead to to the Big twelve football season. 47 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:24.280 So want thanks for being here, man. Yeah, fun Friday right now, 48 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:29.439 it's already a fun Friday. You know, we're we're you know, 49 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:34.479 unexpected, but we're on So as mentioned again, Steve will be back on 50 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:38.360 Monday. So we're gonna wing it here for the next well about hour and 51 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:40.599 forty five minutes and try to get you as much information as we can. 52 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:47.199 I'm really fascinated by this thing that the UFA put out yesterday, not because 53 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:50.879 I'm wondering what it is. Yeah, I think we all are, right, 54 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:54.159 I mean, you know, it's like, okay, yes, we 55 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:58.520 know you've got things to fix and there's ways to fix them. But there 56 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.240 wasn't a lot of me on that, right. It was just some more 57 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:05.759 conceptual than anything else. And so Brussell, you know, hopefully have some 58 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:10.479 thoughts on that. But you know, having come from the corporate world where 59 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:14.800 we did things like that, we wanted people to think we're doing something. 60 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:18.240 There were times when we knew we weren't, but we wanted people to believe 61 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:21.560 that, you know, so you just put some stuff out to let people 62 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:25.279 chew on it. And then you kind of put the meat on the bones 63 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:29.360 afterwards. So we'll see and so we'll start to see how that flushes out. 64 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:32.399 You know, there was really no discussion about you know, ticket prices 65 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:35.800 going up. I mean probably will. I mean you would expect that. 66 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:40.480 And by that, I mean they didn't specifically say, Okay, in twenty 67 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.680 twenty five, your seats are going up X. I think we can all 68 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:47.560 expect that. You know, taking in you of athletics, taking in college 69 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:51.279 sports in general is going to cost more. They're paying the players. The 70 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:55.560 money's got to come from somewhere, right, and it can all come from 71 00:04:55.639 --> 00:05:00.639 cuts. So you know, so well, well you kind of have conversation. 72 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:03.920 But before that, Adrian Denny, I almost said, Brian Danny, 73 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:11.079 that's a dang stadium where Alabama plays. I got to gather myself here one 74 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:15.360 Uh, Adrian Danny will join us. You know. Uh, you know, 75 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:18.560 if you're from Tucson, you've seen teams come and go. Uh mostly 76 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.519 you know, they get here and then they're gone. Uh. There's the 77 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:27.240 laundry list of teams that have done that, including spring training, all those 78 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:30.199 kinds of things. You know, Minor league baseball, hockey, teams. 79 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:38.360 We've had professional volleyball here, we've had professional basketball here, we've got professional 80 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:43.319 soccer right now, we've got we've got indoor football. You know, tusun 81 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:46.399 kept one this time. So we'll talk to Adrian Danny about how how all 82 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.639 that works and what we can expect to see and kind of why right there's 83 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:53.000 a lot of a lot of a lot of stuff like that. They had 84 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:56.240 a press conference yesterday and I couldn't go to it, but we'll make sure 85 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:58.879 Adrian that brings us in on that. So let's go and take our break. 86 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:00.759 We're gonna come back in about five minutes, say, Adrian Danny from 87 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:04.079 the Tucson Roadrunners will be on and we'll start and we'll talk about some tuson 88 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:08.199 road Runners and how twoson is able to keep them some stick around. 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My partner Steve Rivera will be back here on Monday. 164 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:35.039 I've got Je running the board here and on the phone. I've got Adrian 165 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:41.120 Denny from the Tucson Roadrunners, the still Tucson Roadrunners. Adrian, you guys 166 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:43.679 had a big press conference in the now yesterday that I know a lot of 167 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:48.559 fans in Tucson we're happy to see. And let me just say, as 168 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:54.440 a native Tucsonan who sometimes feels like the boyfriend who's broken up with about twenty 169 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:58.639 girlfriends with teams that have come and gone at Tucson, it was refreshing to 170 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:03.360 see that, you know, the road Runners had every every opportunity and reason 171 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:07.200 to you know, to make a move to Phoenix with the Coyotes moving out 172 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:09.720 of there, but you guys have decided to stay here. So first, 173 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:13.000 thank you and welcome to the show. Thanks to day. I appreciate it 174 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:18.080 and want to express our our condolences to to Steve and his family and the 175 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:22.480 loss of their their mother and and our prayers are with them. So thank 176 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:24.200 you so much for that. All the best, all the best to the 177 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:28.879 to the Rivera family. But yeah, it was it was a happy, 178 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:33.000 happy day. It was a happy gathering yesterday. You know, we we 179 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:37.000 heard from you know, all of our partners, our fans, the City 180 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:43.080 of Tucson, Rio Nuevo, the TCC just the excitement for the ninth season 181 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:48.639 of Roadrunners Hockey. Uh that that's going to start Saturday, October nineteenth, 182 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:56.039 and and and we're delighted to be in the Old Pueblo. It's it's our 183 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:01.080 home, it's my home. It's it's it's where we are. Steve Potmans 184 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:05.759 lives in Phoenix with his family during the off season, but he's he's here 185 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:09.200 in Tucson during the season and and part of it with us, and and 186 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:11.360 he loves it here, and our players love it here. And and and 187 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:16.120 I'll tell you what, Jay, you know, this this city, this 188 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:20.600 this community, they've they've supported this team. They they've they've they've been at 189 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:26.559 the arena chere and a moan they put together the petition and this this spring 190 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:31.759 during the course of the playoffs that that was you know, mentioned yesterday as 191 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:37.559 being a really really big deal of showing the support of how much that that 192 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:41.840 the fans you know, appreciate and enjoy the Roadrunners. And and and again 193 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:46.480 all the support we've gotten from from Rinuevo and the city and the and the 194 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:50.639 t c C. It's uh, it's it's a happy time. And then 195 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:54.039 we're thrilled to be here and and and you know this is it's it's all 196 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:58.080 of our homes and and and you know it's it's it's where we want to 197 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:03.399 be. And and you know, the the last two months obviously it was 198 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:07.159 you know, you don't like to be on the news, shot off the 199 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:11.679 news for for you know, when when you're not telling a story like like 200 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:18.080 we are right now. But Lester McCusker made it made a great point yesterday. 201 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:24.639 You know what, at no point was the city, the Reunuevo, 202 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:28.120 the TCC, at no point where we saying, hey, WHOA. At 203 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:33.240 no point were we going after them and at no point where they coming after 204 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:35.639 us and saying this is what we need. It was it was it was 205 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:41.960 conversation. It was it was dialogue. It was it was friends and partners 206 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:48.320 speaking and and and coming to coming to a h you know, an agreement 207 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:52.159 to extend our our our lease and tuson one more year after the two that 208 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:56.600 are that are currently on it as well. You know, it's funny because 209 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:00.559 it look over the years, as we've gone through our lives, we've signed 210 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.399 petitions, we've you know, whether it's uh, you know, well for 211 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:07.039 whatever cause, right, they almost never seem to work. I mean, 212 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:11.399 they just don't you know, if something is headed down the road, it's 213 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:13.600 it's often too late to you know, to stop that train. But somehow 214 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:18.240 this did work. How did it work? And why do you think? 215 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:22.039 You know what? I I just think, don't ever don't ever count out 216 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:28.320 Tucson. Like I'm I've lived here six years and and seeing you know, 217 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:33.559 just it's it's a special play and and it goes, you know, beyond 218 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:39.440 the roadrunners, beyond sports, beyond beyond our u of a teams like this 219 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.720 is a community where everybody cares about each other and they're always looking out for 220 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:48.679 each other. And and you know, don't don't count out Tucson and and 221 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:54.720 and these these fans, these they they want they want their team and and 222 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:58.759 boy do you ever see it when you go inside the the TCC. We 223 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:03.080 have which over five thousand a game for our our two playoff games. A 224 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:08.039 regular season attendance up fourteen percent, which is the fifth highest increase in in 225 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:12.120 the AHL. So just just all the credit to the to the fans who 226 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:15.799 have been there, and when you're in this building. I've said it before 227 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:21.000 on on your show, Jay, like they're behind the team, like we 228 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:23.480 may be losing. The team may have just had a two minute power play 229 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:27.639 where we didn't have the puck on our offensive then once. But they're they're 230 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:33.639 behind us, they're they're they're cheering on the Roadrunners and the team can team 231 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:37.799 can feel it and and our players just love it here like it's we. 232 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:41.360 We had a we had an article on our website, I think in our 233 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:44.960 third year two sun Roadrunners dot com, Alex ten Cop writing an article that's 234 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:48.720 also appeared on the HL dot com. But the title of it was Tucson, 235 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:53.120 Arizona a Player's Paradise, and it was it was just going on and 236 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:57.360 on about what a great spot it is for this to be an NHL waiting 237 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:00.879 room, you know, and and knowing tuson the way I know Tucson. 238 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:04.359 You know, when you fight for something like this and then you get to 239 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:08.279 keep it, you know, you don't lose the fight, that builds even 240 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:14.400 more support, more you know, more people will pay. I'll just say 241 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:18.519 right now, I predict that after after winning this fight and knowing that you 242 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:22.000 know the road Runners are in this for the long haul, you might even 243 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:26.720 do better attendance wise, attention wise, sponsorship wise, because now it's kind 244 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:29.400 of like, Okay, this is really ours. I mean, that's how 245 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:33.720 that that's kind of how I feel the community will see this. Steve Potvin, 246 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:38.240 our head coach, and I were talking about that in fact this morning, 247 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:45.240 Jay, like that we feel that that this builds a tremendous amount of 248 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:51.359 momentum right in the middle of June, going into a hockey season that that 249 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:56.279 starts in in October. And you know, we were on the news last 250 00:17:56.400 --> 00:18:02.240 night, we were in the newspaper this morning talking to you guys right now 251 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:08.839 as a hockey story in June with you know, not a happy ending, 252 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:15.960 but a happy future, right And you know, it's it's it's been a 253 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:21.079 tough it's been a tough couple of months for hockey fans and in the Desert, 254 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:25.599 and they've they've they've stuck with it and they've hung in there. And 255 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:30.799 we've got our roadrunners in Tucson and and we're we're ready to keep rolling and 256 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:34.480 and and we had a team that finished in second place last year, and 257 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:40.440 with the prospects and the pipeline that the Potman's gonna have to work with, 258 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:42.759 that's just the that's just the beginning of it. This is going to be 259 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:48.200 a really really good team for years to come to So, uh, was 260 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:52.799 there any announcement of you know, is there like a term for this, 261 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:55.720 like a three year contract to two you know, or anything like that, 262 00:18:55.960 --> 00:19:00.680 or how is this going to work going forward? So when we came to 263 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:04.480 Tucson in twenty sixteen at ten year lease, so it's finished our eighth season, 264 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:10.400 it's got two years okay left on the original lease, and with that 265 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:17.039 we're adding an additional an additional year to do it. So that's three years 266 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:18.880 right now and then onwards from there. Sure, And I mean that's all 267 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.400 we can ask again. You know, Adrian, you know you haven't been 268 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:26.720 here long enough to have had you know, your teams leave like like they 269 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:30.559 have in Tucson. You know, hockey teams, you know, minor league 270 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:34.799 baseball teams, spring training teams, we even had professional volleyball and professional basketball 271 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:38.680 you know have come and gone and it's kind of like they're here, you 272 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:41.519 know, we get attached to them, and then they're gone at a moment's 273 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:45.559 notice. And again, the fact that you guys decided to stay, that's 274 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:48.359 I think that just says a lot one for your commitment. But then also 275 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:52.960 you know the fan support that you've gotten. Now people feel like, Okay, 276 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:55.960 my support got us something, right, it got us, you know, 277 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:57.640 got the hockey team to stay. You guys are getting you know, 278 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:04.079 had nearly five how was in attendance last year. I mean it's I think 279 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:08.160 this really says a lot about you know, how you got, how much 280 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:11.680 you're committed to this, and I think you'll get a response from from the 281 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:15.799 fans, uh with that. And then just to see that the convention Center, 282 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:18.480 the arena is still going to be used. Uh, you know, 283 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:23.200 it's just where you just love to have, you know, something going on 284 00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:26.000 there all the time, and you guys are bringing that. So just you 285 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:30.519 know, I just want to take congratulations to you guys for really sticking with 286 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.640 this because I think it again, it'll mean a lot to you know, 287 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:37.839 to people here in Tucson who love their sports. Yeah, I I appreciate 288 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:41.519 it day. And it's a two way street, right Like the fans supports 289 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:48.240 been tremendous, But the other end of that is for us to be engaged 290 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:56.720 and involved exactly everywhere in the community that we can, supporting Tucson and being 291 00:20:57.160 --> 00:21:04.960 at events and partnering with nonprofit groups and schools. Our mascot Dusty. I 292 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:11.240 think the total is about one hundred and thirty community appearances that Dusty has been 293 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:15.799 at the Life First and so you know, it's it's our job to go 294 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:23.039 reach out and introduce ourselves. And it's not just about hockey fans. It's 295 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:27.319 about the community. And we think, you know, anybody's capable of becoming 296 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:32.759 a hockey fan, anyone in Tucson. But it's it's it's more. It's 297 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:40.240 more about, you know, just being a community organization and being supportive right 298 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:45.240 any way we can, and being visible and showing that Dusty is going to 299 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:51.480 be at Keino on July fourth, like like last year when when we had 300 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:56.359 our big fireworks spectacular, but just just being there, being involved, not 301 00:21:56.559 --> 00:22:00.240 being a team that shows up for training camp, plays thirty six games a 302 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:04.000 year at the TCC and then you don't hear anything from from October. There's 303 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:07.599 got to be more to it than that, and and that's our job. 304 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:14.079 And we're really proud of how we've we've been able to get connected to since 305 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:17.599 since we arrived in twenty sixteen. We're talking to Adrien and Danny from the 306 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:19.920 Tucsun Roadrunners who are are here to stay for a while. So, agent, 307 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:22.799 what's the summer look like? Now? Then this is all settled. 308 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:26.759 You guys are here to stay. What do you guys do as you as 309 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:30.000 you start heading towards you know, the next season. Yeah, so watch 310 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:33.440 for Dusty anywhere something's going on. If Dusty is not there, you let 311 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:37.119 us know because we, uh, we need we need to we need to 312 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:41.839 be there. So two sid roadrunners dot com or season tickets are on sale 313 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:47.559 if your business would like to get involved. We're going to have you know, 314 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:52.240 some hockey announcements coming up till i first free agency start. And we've 315 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:56.480 got a deep, deep talent pool and we want to add some talent around 316 00:22:56.559 --> 00:23:02.240 that. Matt Malalta our goalie from last year that the AHL leader and wins. 317 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:07.279 He was signed to a two year, two way contract to be the 318 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:11.680 road Runners goalie. Earlier this week we had a Patrick Cootch, a defenseman 319 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:17.119 who played in the NHL last year. So so those those signings are going 320 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:22.039 to start to come in, okay, and you'll see Dusty out and uh 321 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:26.039 and we'll be in our office, uh, you know, spelling season ticket 322 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:32.519 getting ready for a big a big promo schedule. Our regular season schedule should 323 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:34.440 be out in the next couple of weeks. Start watching for it around the 324 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:38.920 week of July eighth. The HL Board of Governors meetings are that week, 325 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:42.720 and so that is typically when the schedule is approved and is able to be 326 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:48.200 h finalized and released. Now you're you're saying October nineteenth is opening night? 327 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:52.400 Is that already scheduled as a home game that night? Yep, that's good 328 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:56.480 to go. Saturday, October nineteenth will be opening Night at the TCC and 329 00:23:56.559 --> 00:24:00.000 then h and then we'll have the rest the rest of the schedule coming up. 330 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:03.759 Now, how long does it take? You know, when does the 331 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:07.200 actual you know, opening day roster, Uh, for the most part gets 332 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:11.720 settled. How long does that take or when do you when does that happen? 333 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:15.279 Yeah, So all of our guys, nine of our team will be 334 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:21.079 in the in the NHL training camp. Our our affiliate is the NHL team 335 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:25.559 in Utah, right, So the guys will start there in training camp and 336 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:30.119 then gradually start to be assigned to the Roadrunners. Our camp will start in 337 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:37.039 early October with players coming to Tucson for the season and then and then second 338 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:41.880 week in October. Well, we'll have our our full group, uh okay, 339 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:45.200 and our final cuts ready to go. But when when you see a 340 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:48.839 guy like Matt Vilalta signed to a two year two way contract, the two 341 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:53.359 way contract means one salary in the NHL, one salary in the AHL. 342 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:57.640 So if a guy has done a two way contract is it's pretty much implied 343 00:24:57.799 --> 00:25:03.240 he's he's going to be in the the American Hockey League for at least at 344 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:07.359 least to start or a good portion of the season. I just got it 345 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:10.559 talking out of turn right, they're all gonna be an NHL training camps. 346 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:14.160 But as you look at the roster spots for the parent club, you can 347 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:17.200 start to piece aside. Okay, there's a two way contract, two way 348 00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:21.680 contract as it stands right now, without injuries, trades likely to end up 349 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:25.480 in Tuson in the age. Okay, Well, Adrian again, thanks so 350 00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:27.839 much and very happy that you guys still be around. You can continue to 351 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:33.759 be a guest on our show. But whether that helps or not, I 352 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:37.559 don't know, but I love coming on your show. I appreciate it very 353 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:40.039 much. Well, we love having you so Adrian, thanks a whole bunch. 354 00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:44.119 Have a great weekend and we'll talk to you down the road. You 355 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.599 do the best, Jay, thanks a lot for having me and again all 356 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:49.519 the best of the Rivera family and look forward to having steak. We'll pass 357 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:53.079 that along. Thanks a bunch alrank you. That was Adrian Danny from the 358 00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:57.079 Tucson Roadrunners talking about the big announcement yesterday. They're still going to play a 359 00:25:57.160 --> 00:26:00.599 hand. I think they said five or six games up in Phoenix, you 360 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:04.680 know, because I mean it's a it's a weird thing because the Coyotes are 361 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:10.000 moving to Utah. The team was sold, but the ownership group of the 362 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:17.039 what was the Coyotes still retains rights to the Phoenix franchise. So you know, 363 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:19.000 there may be you know, and there's some news on that that came 364 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:22.079 out today, but you know, they may be an NHL team back in 365 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:26.599 Phoenix sometime relatively soon. Then you see, Okay, what are the relationships. 366 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:30.759 We'll figure that out. But anyways, road Owners here to stay. 367 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:33.680 Thanks again for Bran Denny, so I did it again. Thanks again for 368 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:37.359 Adrian Denny for being here. 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I got one here 403 00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:07.480 running the board and which had a great conversation with Adrian Denny and uh, 404 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:11.599 you know, just just mentioned, you know how many times teams have left 405 00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:15.680 Tucson and not come back. And uh, you know, Tucson wins one 406 00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:18.079 by keeping the road Runners here. You know, they have great attendance right 407 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:21.680 four to five thousand, you know, fans at their games. He said 408 00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:25.640 they averaged over five thousand for their their two playoff games. You know, 409 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:27.359 those are good crowds, uh, you know for minor league hockey. You 410 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:32.000 know in Tucson, Arizona. I mean the arena holds seven So you go 411 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:34.400 and there's four to five thousand people at the arena. That's pretty full. 412 00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:37.640 And that's that's a good good environment. Yeah, I mean two sons always 413 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:41.519 looking for something to do, right, So you get a team like road 414 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:45.680 Runners come in having success. Yeah, they get a crowd exactly, and 415 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:48.319 so and you know, again we're all about the winners, right, that's 416 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:52.079 when that's when our fans show up for whatever sport it is. But but 417 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:56.319 so be it. You know, they they've put a they've put a good 418 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:03.519 quality uh uh franchise together. Clearly now you by this action of staying here, 419 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:07.440 they're committed to Tucson, which that's all two sons want, right that. 420 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:10.160 You know, that's why you know some of these you know, some 421 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:14.680 Arizona football coaches for instance, you like them. You like the ones that 422 00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:17.880 you feel want to be here as opposed to the ones who get here on 423 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:22.519 the way to some other place. Right, Rich Rod Jed Fish. You 424 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:26.279 know, I'm not going to mention those two guys who just we don't like. 425 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:29.119 You know, even even Mike Stoops he was here for quite a while, 426 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:32.279 but you kind of always felt, you know, when's the next move? 427 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:34.599 Right? One foot was out the door. And that's all two sons 428 00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:37.880 want. They you know, we love our city and you want other people 429 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:41.799 to love it as much as we do. And when it seems like people 430 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:44.440 do now they say, okay, you're one of us. We love you 431 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:48.279 here we come, and I really do believe that by you know, with 432 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:52.160 this, you know, I think they'll get more people coming out to their 433 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:55.000 games because they'll feel like, Okay, this is our team. It's not 434 00:30:55.200 --> 00:31:00.160 just a team that's here because the Coyotes were up the road. It's our 435 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:02.799 team. And so I you know, that's kind of how I feel, 436 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:06.160 how I think I know this community. So we'll see what happens. Yeah. 437 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.640 I think it's a good thing too that there have some games up in 438 00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:11.240 Phoenix. Yeah, sure, just to bring some a little bit more support 439 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:14.440 down well, because it's not that bad of a drive from Phoenix too. 440 00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:17.079 So well, and then you know, they want to keep the hockey vibe 441 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:19.440 going over there, right. They ultimately want another NHL team. They already 442 00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:26.119 they lost this one because they couldn't get you know, a new arena and 443 00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:29.640 they're gone. You're gonna give it some time. They're trying to, you 444 00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:32.960 know, put things together to get an arena. Unfortunately, got some bad 445 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:36.559 news on it today because there's a piece of land up on the north side 446 00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:41.559 of Phoenix that there we're talking about building an arena at is a COMPLI is 447 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.400 a complicated thing. But I know a thing or two about it, because 448 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:45.319 I've done some stories about this on BIZ two so on. It's state owned 449 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:49.279 land, so the state has it and they have to put it out for 450 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:55.680 auction and uh, and they were going to do that with theoretically the Coyotes, 451 00:31:56.240 --> 00:32:00.759 the Coyotes organization and again the Corige organization still exists, just doesn't have 452 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:05.480 a team, but they still have the rights to an NHL team in Phoenix. 453 00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:07.319 So they were going to bid on it directly. They were going to 454 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:12.400 get it. Nobody was going to outbid them. But apparently the state has 455 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:19.759 said they first want the Coyotes to get the permit that would be required to 456 00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:22.759 build the arena. And they're like, okay, you know this is a 457 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:24.920 chicken and egg thing, right, Well, how we get a permit if 458 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:29.319 we don't have the land. But they want them to get the permit first 459 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:31.440 before they put the land up fractions and basically saying you got to make this 460 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:36.000 investment before we were going to give you a shot at the land. I 461 00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:40.720 haven't seen how the Coyotes organization is responding to that, but I'm guessing they're 462 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:50.039 not happy. Hopefully they have a five point plan. I mean, you 463 00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:52.720 hope they get the land in some shape or form. Here's the thing. 464 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:57.759 And then and this is what bothers me about that, I get it. 465 00:32:57.880 --> 00:33:00.200 The state's got to take do what it's got to do to make sure that 466 00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:08.160 this is handled the right way. This reeks of the government trying to make 467 00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:14.599 this as hard as possible, right for whatever reason. You know, I 468 00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:17.200 don't know if they think, well, we want them to get a permit 469 00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:22.359 and we want them to take some steps towards this before we even commit the 470 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:24.799 land to them. And I don't know if they're afraid that they would buy 471 00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:29.799 the land not do anything with it for a while for whatever reason. And 472 00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:34.200 then now this land that could have been sold to whoever is locked up. 473 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:38.279 I don't know, but that's what happened. That's the situation, and so 474 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:43.240 we'll see how that develops. They're probably several years away from having another NHL 475 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:46.279 team there anyways. But you know, the I mean, the state land 476 00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:52.079 auction process takes years anyways, you know, because what you got to do 477 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.119 is you got to get the go to get the land. Then you got 478 00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:55.920 to build the infrastructure towards the land. You know, if it's an area 479 00:33:57.000 --> 00:34:00.400 that doesn't have a lot of you know, you know, electricity, water, 480 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:05.000 you know, sewer, the whole bit. It takes a long time. 481 00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:07.119 And if you're gonna build an arena out there, that there's more to 482 00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:12.679 it than say, building a housing development. So we'll see. But you 483 00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:15.760 know, good luck to them up there. But again, as far as 484 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:17.760 we're concerned, we're all good here. We got the road Runners to stay. 485 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:22.360 We have the you don't good Yeah, I'm sorry. I don't mean 486 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:28.000 to be that way, but yeah, it did, it did, you 487 00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:31.000 know, it really really did, and so that was nice. So the 488 00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:34.719 Roadrunners will be sticking around if you want to give us a call. Five 489 00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:37.880 two zero four one, six seventy four forty Now is the time. We're 490 00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:42.320 gonna breaking news in the next segment with Wan and a lot of stuff to 491 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:45.599 talk about. Then we're gonna have guests for the last two segments. We've 492 00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:50.079 got Bruce Pasco coming in at about four twenty. You'll talk about this meeting 493 00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:52.559 up in Phoenix with the Border Regents and the presentation that was done there. 494 00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:58.679 I don't know how much more Bruce can glean in terms of what they're talking 495 00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:04.039 about then we can, but he was there. I'm more interested in Okay, 496 00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:09.000 how did that sit right, you know, with with the border regents 497 00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:14.639 to what was a reaction? Any thoughts on that, and so we'll see 498 00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:16.800 what what he has to say about that. He's up in Phoenix covering that 499 00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:23.199 Section seven basketball event that's out at the Cardinals Stadium. I think twelve basketball 500 00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:28.039 courts over there. Yeah. I've seen those type of events where they're pretty 501 00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:30.519 impressive. Yeah, they just keep going all day. Yeah. So and 502 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:37.800 this was the today through the weekend. Is the big boy uh part of 503 00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:42.360 it? The high school teams that are coming in. You got a gazillion 504 00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:45.920 major college basketball coaches there. There was a photo from I think it was 505 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:51.119 from brew you know, it was from All Sports Tucson where Steve Robinson, 506 00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:53.880 the u of A assistant is in the background watching the game. Uh. 507 00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:58.599 You got Tucson teams playing there, all the all the best uh, you 508 00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:00.320 know, all the best teams from all over the country coming in to be 509 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:04.679 seen, right, to be seen by by all these college coaches. Anyways, 510 00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:07.239 Bruce is up there. I'm sure during the interview there's gonna be a 511 00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:08.880 lot of noise in the background, but we'll work our way through it and 512 00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:12.800 then just get some of his thoughts on what he's seen over there. With 513 00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:15.199 that, Jake Fisher is going to join us at four forty. We'll talk 514 00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:19.280 some Big twelve football. Right, we've turned the page. We're moving on 515 00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:22.599 talking about it. I was just on a Big twelve Facebook page and those 516 00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:29.760 people are nuts. Yeah, yeah, about the about the Washington fans. 517 00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:34.079 Fans, We're tough. These people. These people are nuts. And almost 518 00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:38.960 every every every post has the comments turned off because they they've had enough of 519 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:44.199 it. So but you know, there's some Arizona people going on there saying 520 00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:46.079 here we come. Other people saying, get the hell out of here, 521 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:50.760 you're not any good. You know, it's funny. The fans are said, 522 00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:53.000 I don't know if I'm gonna want to become a regular follower of this 523 00:36:53.719 --> 00:37:00.760 group. They seem a little what's the right word, passionate, unhinged. 524 00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:06.159 It's kind of like you get on there and you say, hi, I'm 525 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:08.639 from Arizona, and they just the first theory. The first thing they want 526 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:14.039 to do is kick you in the ass, Like can we just like welcome 527 00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:16.280 the new guys and let you know, let the conversation happen. So, 528 00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:21.920 oh, here's what I can see oh Texas Big twelve fans very excited to 529 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:24.760 have the Arizona's as members. The Territorial Cup is a great American rift there, 530 00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:29.079 there's a nice one. Somebody said something nice about Arizona coming in, 531 00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:32.119 so we'll see. I you know, that's one things I want to talk 532 00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:37.760 to Jake about is that, you know, what's your experience in terms of 533 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:42.440 difference between the Big Ten, Big twelve fan and the Pac twelve fan. 534 00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:45.519 Jake is a you know, he grew up as a Nebraska fan, probably 535 00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:49.039 mostly when they were in the Big twelve as opposed to the Big Ten where 536 00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:52.760 they pretty much sucked since they went over there. But you know, he 537 00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:57.599 comes from Big twelve country. We'll find out from Jake how different is it 538 00:37:57.760 --> 00:38:01.039 really. I think it's a lot different. You know, Arizona football team 539 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:05.639 is not going to be going to a stadiums where there's twenty twenty five thousand 540 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:08.599 people. Their stadium is going to be full every game, and it'll be 541 00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:14.280 interesting to see what Jake says about them going to places like that where you 542 00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:16.519 know, you know, there were some Stanford games so there was nobody there. 543 00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:20.079 I mean I went to one. This was a long time ago. 544 00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:23.119 But I went to Arizona Stanford game where and the students, granted the students 545 00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:27.079 were not there yet before school started. He was early in the season, 546 00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:31.280 and so there was a section of students just all gathered in the middle, 547 00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:36.840 and whichever end of the field the ball was on, they all moved to 548 00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:38.920 that end of the field. So like a whole section of students would move 549 00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:44.119 following the ball up the field, back and forth because they could. Because 550 00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:45.599 the rest of this the rest of that side of the stadium, there was 551 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:50.280 nobody in it. That's not going to happen at a Big twelve stadium, 552 00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:53.199 and not of Texas Tech, not not to Houston, out of Kansas, 553 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:57.480 not at Kansas State nowhere. If you think that a team's not good in 554 00:38:57.519 --> 00:39:00.639 the Big twelve, they say, so what we're coming. They go to 555 00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:05.599 their games. I mean in basketball, Arizona always got the best shot because 556 00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:08.519 they were right the top team of the league. It doesn't matter where you 557 00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:13.000 stand, you're gonna get a tough crowd every year, every time, every 558 00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:15.440 time. I mean, you know, we we you know we we've seen 559 00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:20.559 we've seen situations where Arizona goes to like Washington State and there's five, six, 560 00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:22.800 seven thousand people at the game, there's no atmosphere, and then they 561 00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:25.639 play that crap because there's no atmosphere. I'm like, Okay, wait a 562 00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:29.519 minute. It's hard for you to play when there's a big crowd there, 563 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:31.760 but it's also hard for you to play when that big crowd's not there. 564 00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:35.519 I mean, you know, how's that gonna work? And yeah, I 565 00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:39.639 think that's it. I think that's actually an issue, you know, for 566 00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:46.320 Arizona schools going well, just the four pack twelve schools going into the Big 567 00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:51.039 twelve, that the road is going to be a lot different there than it's 568 00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:54.480 been in the Pac twelve. I think a team like Utah, I think 569 00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:59.679 they'll be fine. They've been through tough, yeah, tough atmospheres. They've 570 00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:02.280 ma one of the best shots the recent years, so I think they'll be 571 00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:06.719 the most prepared for those type of crowds. But I think Arizona will be 572 00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:08.159 able to handle it. You know, I tried not to do this, 573 00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:15.519 but I couldn't help myself. Jed Fish did an interview with with Reese Davis, 574 00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:20.239 the ESPN game Day guy, on on on the College Football Podcast that 575 00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:24.159 that Reeese Davis does on on the ESPN app. One of the things he 576 00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:29.159 talked about, uh, you know, was was the West Coast teams having 577 00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:32.840 getting having to get used to going and playing on the East Coast. He 578 00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:37.679 said that when they go to the East coast, so the eastern time zone, 579 00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:42.280 which would mean Penn State, probably Rutgers, those teams where it's a 580 00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:45.599 three hour time difference for them, they're going to go two days ahead of 581 00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:46.960 time. They're not going to go in on Friday. They're going to go 582 00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:50.760 in on Thursday, you know. I mean there's going to be times when 583 00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:54.079 Washington is gonna have to play at noon, you know East Coast time, 584 00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:58.960 Well that's nine am, you know their time. He said, we're going 585 00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:02.480 to go there and trying to you know, get ourselves out acclimated so that 586 00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:08.880 being out there is not you know, it doesn't work against them, right, 587 00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:15.159 It's not that they can that won't be a factor. They're trying to 588 00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:17.719 eliminate the factor. You know. Reech Davis was asking him about, you 589 00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:20.880 know, when he was coaching in the NFL, and he will just talk 590 00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:22.480 about, you know, when he was with the Rams, how they really 591 00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:25.519 had to pay attention to, you know, to all that but the problem 592 00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:30.719 was that when you're in the NFL, you know, at the beginning of 593 00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:32.719 the year, do you play at one o'clock or do you play at four 594 00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:38.039 o'clock Eastern time? In college football, you don't know till a week and 595 00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:40.679 a half or two weeks ahead of time. So he said, you know, 596 00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:43.960 we may want to go in there the day before, but all of 597 00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:46.000 a sudden, you know, we find out, no, you're playing at 598 00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:50.320 noon. Now you got to change everything. So he said, they're just 599 00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:53.679 going to make it a practice to go in two days ahead of time when 600 00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:57.719 they're playing on the East coast, being sa if Arizona does that because they've 601 00:41:57.719 --> 00:42:00.159 got two teams on these coast. Now, when we're in football season, 602 00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:05.400 we're basically on Pacific time zone because of daylight saving, so they're in the 603 00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:09.960 same situation as Washington, usc U, C l A, and Oregon are. 604 00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:14.599 When they're going ahead and Arizona plays at Central Florida this year, you 605 00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:16.079 know, when's that game going to be. Is it a middle of the 606 00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:20.760 day game? So okay, let's say it is a four o'clock game. 607 00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:25.599 You know in Florida's still at one o'clock game body clockwise, for Arizona. 608 00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:29.719 What's that going to be like for them? And are they going to go 609 00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:31.920 in two days ahead of time or not? Or if they don't, how 610 00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:35.400 do you manage that? You know, you say you got to manage everything. 611 00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:37.599 When you do that, you got to manage when you're going to eat, 612 00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:40.199 right, cause by a three hour time difference is huge on a body 613 00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:45.800 clock, in terms of meal times, rest times, study times, all 614 00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:52.400 those things have to be taken into account when you're figuring out your schedule when 615 00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:53.840 you're headed to the East Coast. So I know it's been all this talk 616 00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:58.960 about how U C L a USC oh your travel is going to be screwing 617 00:42:59.079 --> 00:43:02.000 well, Uh, Arizona's gonna be spending a lot more money on travel as 618 00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:06.199 well, because they're not going to l A and and uh and uh, 619 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:08.840 you know, the Bay Area and whatnot there. They're going out to West 620 00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:13.000 Virginia, they're going out to Central Florida, they're going out to Iowa State, 621 00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:15.760 they're going to Kansas. Those aren't easy trips, They're not. I 622 00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:20.199 mean that that That UCF game has been something I've been looking at, Yeah, 623 00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:22.320 since since we got the schedule release. Right, I'm just I'm very 624 00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:27.079 intrigued on how we'll handle it. We will handle it, and it's gonna 625 00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:29.199 be an issue. There's gonna be a game like that every year. Yep, 626 00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:30.519 every single year. All right, let's go and take a break. 627 00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:35.039 We're gonna come back. One's gonna be loaded up with breaking news. There 628 00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:37.079 is a plenty of it. So we'll come back and if you want to 629 00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:39.360 give us a call during that segment, you can, but we're gonna be 630 00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:43.320 limited on that and then our last two segments we've got guests. We won't 631 00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:45.960 be able to take any more calls after the next segment, so we'll be right back