WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.520 --> 00:00:07.960 Breaking down all the ex's and oh's. It's Steve Romero and Jacin Summons. 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:14.160 This is I on the Ball on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Hey, welcome 3 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:17.559 back to the ball here own Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera, 4 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:20.800 You're Jacob z Owes, and I'm opening you at breaking news. This is 5 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:26.320 Eye on the Ball, Breaking News on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I do 6 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:29.800 have breaking news. And this one literally came across in the last ten minutes. 7 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:33.759 We'll choked up by this because this is one of those guys. You 8 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:36.679 know, if you grew up watching football in the sixties and seventies, this 9 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:40.719 was one of those guys that you didn't care what team he played for. 10 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:44.320 You were a fan of the guy Dick Bud passed away. Oh really, 11 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:49.320 yeah, eighty years old. It was just announcing about about the last maybe 12 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:54.799 the last fifteen to twenty minutes. Steve. He was that guy, right. 13 00:00:55.920 --> 00:01:00.359 I don't know if you followed football enough to you know, to to 14 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.520 care, but I mean he was so he was the one. He was 15 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:07.359 scary too, you know, he was. He was incredible to watch because 16 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:10.920 just the way he played right right, No, he was one of the 17 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:15.079 the dudes. He's a face of football. You know, even today, 18 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:19.079 I was just gonna say, even today, you can still talk about this 19 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:21.359 guy. I mean, we still talk about man that you know, that 20 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:23.920 guy hit you know he hit that guy like Dick budgets. You know, 21 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:29.519 he still use him as him and Taylor Taylor from the Giants, Giants, 22 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:33.879 Lawrence tayl Lawrence Taylor, those guys, iconic guys that changed the game. 23 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:38.280 You know, Dick Bute's had some hits that you I mean, he had 24 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:42.319 his own film, right, his own highlight film of vicious hits that he 25 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:46.400 again, one of those guys who couldn't play today, right because because every 26 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:49.000 hit would have been a penalty. But you know, fifty one years old, 27 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:53.239 how much I mean eighty one eighty years old? Right? His number 28 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.599 was fifty one, number fifty one that everybody you know, again an iconic 29 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:02.040 number. Anybody wore fifty one, he thought, but just came over the 30 00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:07.120 right. Yeah literally, I said. He died in his sleep overnight. 31 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:12.479 According to his family, was living in Malibu, Uh you know there. 32 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:16.960 The Bear's chairman College Yeah eighty called him the the ultimate Bear, one of 33 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:20.840 the greatest players in the NFL. History, which is which is not a 34 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:25.680 lie? Uh? What CAASKI said, Dick had a gruff manner and maybe 35 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:30.319 that kept some people from approaching him, but he actually had a soft touch. 36 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:32.599 But remind me of the time that I approached him. He was here 37 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:39.000 playing in the Tucson Open program. I was covering the golf tournament mid eighties, 38 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:43.319 and he was getting ready to tee off. So he's about to go 39 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:45.520 on the first tea and he was standing there. So I got to go 40 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:49.520 up and see. I get a quote from he scared the crap out of 41 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:52.080 it because I went up and asked. I don't even remember what I asked. 42 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:54.360 I just wanted to go up and ask him something. And he basically 43 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:58.759 he's basically like, I'm getting ready to get on the first tea and I'm 44 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.039 like, okay. So I did that, But I wasn't mad at him, 45 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:06.000 right, I just could tell his competitive juice was awe. So I 46 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:10.639 did that to Lawrence Taylor here at the then today he was finished. He 47 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:14.599 was going to the to the to the locker room or to the to the 48 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:16.479 golf club area, and I said, you got a second, I can 49 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:21.719 talk to you real quick. No, leave me alone. I said just 50 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:24.719 a second. I said, no, oh man, that was yeah. 51 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:30.479 People think we have these great jobs. He scared the crap out of me, 52 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:31.759 he really did. I was like, I better get away. He's 53 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:36.080 gonna swing that that driver at me and knock me over. But yeah, 54 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:38.960 and you know what, I wasn't mad at him either. You know other 55 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:42.199 guys who have done that to me. I've gotten mad, But I immediately 56 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:45.479 walked Gray and said, he's about to compete and he doesn't want to be 57 00:03:45.479 --> 00:03:47.879 bothered. He's got his game. Shore That's how I took that. That's 58 00:03:47.879 --> 00:03:53.400 how that's how I took Kids, you're bothering me, But too bad, 59 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:58.520 dick Buck. I passed away at eighty years old. The New York Mets, 60 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:02.080 who were supposed to be a World Series contender, didn't even get even 61 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:06.800 get into the playoffs. Their their general manager has resigned, so uh there, 62 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:12.039 they'll be kind of starting over there at the in their front office. 63 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:15.439 Here's an interesting thing, okay, and this is gonna go to Steve. 64 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:19.800 Why I think Arizona has a chance to win on Saturday. O'marian Miller, 65 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:27.040 a wide receiver for Colorado, set the school record for most receiving yards and 66 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:32.480 a half last Saturday against USC with one hundred and ninety six. So USC 67 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:36.360 is vulnerable on defense. And so I'm just telling you, don't be surprised. 68 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:40.600 Oh, I wouldn't be surprised. But you're not gonna win this bed. 69 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:47.240 That's that's not your Tuesday overreaction. A couple of people have got to 70 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:51.040 be what the hell were you thinking? Well, let's go real quick. 71 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:56.800 I know you don't have you have much, but you've decided not to take 72 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.040 the bet. Oh that's right. We were talking about this bet with Dorian 73 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:02.120 Singer. Here's here's Historian Singers game log for the for the year. Four 74 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:05.839 catches forty one yards, two catches thirty seven yards too, catches forty one 75 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:10.120 yards, one for fourteen, three for twenty. I thought I'd snooker to 76 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:13.360 you. No, man, I'm not. I'm not taking you know you 77 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:16.720 or I could catch that many passes in the game out against you against Yes, 78 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:19.560 you can. So he's got twelve catches for one hundred and fifty seven 79 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:24.000 yards three touchdowns this year. Yeah, it would just take three catches in 80 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:27.240 a few runs. And I'm not I'm not taking that. Yeah, I 81 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.040 thought I'm I guarantee. I mean again, he may he may still do 82 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.040 well, he may get in the draft, but you still got to pile 83 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:36.600 up some numbers to get attention. And he's not here. Yeah, I 84 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:40.399 don't know at all. So do you have the Diamondbacks you can talk about 85 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:43.879 the dion I was gonna. I was just about to bring up that team. 86 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.160 That team we don't talk about. I've been fighting with people on on 87 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:51.839 on social media. Brett Hansen up in Phoenix, my sister who said somebody 88 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:56.240 else, Uh, I can't remember. I bet you go ahead and go 89 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:58.920 ahead and say what you're gonna say them Chi. I was just gonna say, 90 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:02.920 it's the Diamondbacks, you know. Uh, all four Walkharts series were 91 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:06.959 sweeps, two games to none, two road teams, two road teams swept, 92 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:12.680 two home teams swept. So the Diamondbacks now, uh, they will 93 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:16.519 take on the Dodgers. Uh. There. All these series start on Saturday, 94 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:20.399 the Division. Saturday is a busy day. You got four games. 95 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:25.879 You got Texas at Baltimore starting at ten o'clock in the morning, you got 96 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:30.800 Minnesota at Houston at one five, then at three o'clock you got Philadelphia in 97 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:34.920 Atlanta, and then at six twenty, You've got the Diamondbacks at the Dogs. 98 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:38.519 Well, man, you're gonna be flipping back and forth. Yeah, 99 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:41.439 yeah, yeah, oh show them. You know, I'll set up too. 100 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.199 So let me ask you, somebody ask you. So, the Dodgers 101 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:46.920 had a pretty good year, Yes, second seed in the National League. 102 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:49.199 If they get beat by the if they get me, I'm not saying they 103 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:53.079 will be. If they get be by the Diamondbacks, how disappointing of a 104 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:56.759 season would will be really disappointing. Wouldn't it be one that they didn't get 105 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:59.399 past the Vision Series too, that it was to the Diamondback Yeah, you 106 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:02.720 can't. Can't lose the series to and you know and and uh, Sammy, 107 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:06.800 yesterday you made a good point. They needed the they needed to win 108 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:11.279 yesterday to set up their pitching for the Dodgers series, and they got the 109 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:14.399 win. So now the top two pitchers can go in games one and two. 110 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:17.959 What's the what's the season record against each other? I think the Dodgers 111 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:24.399 beating pretty bad. Uh if I if I was keeping track, because uh, 112 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:28.040 let me see, I'm looking at up right now. But no, 113 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:32.279 it'll be It'll be an immensely, immensely disappointing season. If if the Dodgers 114 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:36.639 can't take the Diamondbacks in the in the in the series, I'll have to 115 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.199 look at it. I'll get it. I'll get it a little bit. 116 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:43.279 But you know, I'm gonna try to go to the game on Wednesday if 117 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:48.199 there's I was you know, Troy Hutcherson is a huge expand so I saw 118 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:51.399 him at the at the press conference and said, Troy, how much does 119 00:07:51.439 --> 00:08:00.480 your franchise suck? If your franchise scheduled a concert the week that they're that 120 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:05.079 the week of the playoffs, there's a there's a Guns n' Roses concerts scheduled 121 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:09.279 for when the stadium at the stadium for when for Wednesday, that's the end 122 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:13.439 of the game. Yes, what's gonna happen? I don't know. They 123 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:18.959 haven't decided in the third inning exactly. But how lame is your franchise? 124 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.720 Yeah, you don't anticipate, if you if you you know, well, 125 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.160 okay, we could be in the playoffs, but we're probably not going to 126 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:28.120 make the playoffs. Let's schedule this car. Oh that's interesting. What's gonna 127 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:31.840 happen? I haven't heard that's fun. I got on him about that a 128 00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:35.320 little bit. That's kind of like remember when used to schedules vacation, that's 129 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:41.919 the tournament right after, but they'd still be in it exactly sometimes. But 130 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:43.960 that was the thing of in case we lose, I can get the hell 131 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:46.360 out of here. Right of course, this is ah, we're not going 132 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:50.440 to be in the playoffs because we sucks. Let's schedule this concert. So 133 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:54.080 I'm saying, I'm saying that to all Diamondbacks fans out there, including Sammy, 134 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:58.159 that your franchise is late. The Dodgers would have never scheduled a concert 135 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:01.320 until the World Series is over. Who knew? Who knew? There you 136 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:05.440 go, I'm I'm laying that out there for all, for all the Diamondbacks 137 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:09.279 fans. All right, the Arizona times have been now announced. Times and 138 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:13.519 dates for all the games have been announced for Arizona basketball. The schedule came 139 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:24.240 out today and and TV uh uh you know put broadcast schedule. The thing 140 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:26.279 that stuck out to me the most is that the duke game, which everybody's 141 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:31.960 waiting for this air Zon a duke game November the tenth Friday. It's gonna 142 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:35.240 be at UH at five in the afternoon, which is a fine time on 143 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:41.639 a Friday on ESPN two. Not ESPN not well, I guess you know 144 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:43.960 Friday night, you're not You're not gonna have my Fox or whatever. But 145 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:50.240 they're on ESPN two. I'm assuming there's a college football game on, yeah, 146 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:54.080 but the Duke game will be ESPN two. November tenth, five o'clock. 147 00:09:54.200 --> 00:10:01.840 There are two, excuse me, two home nine pm games. One 148 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.240 of them one of them is with Washington State, which is going to be 149 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:09.600 on February twenty second, a Thursday night, a PAC twelve network. And 150 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:13.080 then I think one of them was I think it's one of the non conference 151 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:18.720 games. One of the kind of blah blah. Obalmont is a nine pm 152 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:22.440 game on the number seventeenth on a Friday night. At least that's on a 153 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:28.320 Friday night. That's not bad. The Alabama game up in Phoenix is a 154 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:33.679 nine pm game because there's four games at the same venue that today, it's 155 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:37.240 December twentieth, Wednesday, Wednesday, and then they go two days later to 156 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:41.039 Vegas, and then well they three days later they're play in Vegas. That 157 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:46.039 game is still to be determined. Where's that game Atlantic that team mobile to 158 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:50.600 that team mobile arena Damn, I wish it's up. MGM. I know 159 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:54.639 that's fun. It's that's the best. Those games are fun there. The 160 00:10:54.679 --> 00:11:01.879 conference season gets started with with their atl And at Stanford December twenty nine, 161 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:07.000 December thirty one. Those games are eight thirty Arizona time and two o'clock Arizona 162 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:13.240 time on Friday Sunday. Sunday is New Year's Eve, so you know, 163 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:18.120 the UCLA game in Tucson is still to be determined. It's on a Saturday, 164 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:24.399 so that'll be decided by you know day what time on January twentieth Saturday. 165 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:31.679 The ASU game in Tucson on Saturday, February seventeenth, that's a seven 166 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:35.879 thirty game. And then god, just two weeks later they go up there. 167 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:39.879 They play a SU on a Wednesday night up there at eight o'clock at 168 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:46.000 night. Oh, it's a late night. The season ends at UCLA and 169 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:52.120 at USC Thursday night u c l A at Paully and then Saturday, eight 170 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:56.120 o'clock at March ninth against US. Well, you will see that could be 171 00:11:56.159 --> 00:12:00.879 a big game because game because the USC is supposed to be reloaded, right, 172 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:03.879 that could set it like a top seed or one of the top seeds 173 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:09.720 in the Packed twelve tournament and the West Right so fun schedule is always you 174 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:15.320 know, kind of a you know, Farewell tour, Yeah right, yeah, 175 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.879 Farewell. No, it'll be fun, it'll be fun. They've got 176 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:24.559 their exhibition games October twentieth October thirtieth are still to be determined. You can 177 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:28.919 assume there's gonna be probably for Pack twelve Networks, you can assume there's gonna 178 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:31.799 be seven thirty seven o'clock games something like yeah, maybe even eight o'clock. 179 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:37.399 And then the regular season opener Morgan State seven point thirty at McHale. That's 180 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:39.320 a Pack twelve Networks game. And then they go to Duke a few days 181 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:43.720 later, and oh, and then what Tommy brought up. They were supposed 182 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:48.320 to play Southern University at Southern University's part of this HBCU series. Because there 183 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:50.600 were going to be a Duke on Friday, they asked Southern if they would 184 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:54.440 come here, paying them to come here. So that Southern University game is 185 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:58.320 gonna be on Monday night, six o'clock game on Monday night. I'm packed 186 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:01.559 Half Network's got a return game or was a return supposed to be? That 187 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:05.720 was a return game again. You know the Pac twelve. All the teams 188 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:09.679 are playing in state school home and home. This was supposed to be the 189 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:13.639 returning game to Southern University Arizona. They came to an agreement that since Arizona 190 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:16.600 is going to be a duke, that they would come here the following Monday, 191 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:18.000 and that's what they're going to do. So all right, man, 192 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:22.279 Oh one quick thing. A lot of discussion about Cam Rising why he hasn't 193 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:26.240 played it. Everybody thought he should have been playing by now. The quarterback 194 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:33.519 at at Utah. Apparently the knee injury was way worse than anybody had had 195 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:37.000 discussed. He brought it up on a radio show today. He said, 196 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:39.480 I really wasn't expecting to do this, but I just want to let everybody 197 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:43.360 know I didn't just tear my ACL. I tore my meniscus, the MPFL 198 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:46.799 and the MCL. It was a big surgery and it's not an easy comeback. 199 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:50.840 I've been working my tailoff's Basically, he's saying that this was a because 200 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:54.480 remember it happened in the Rose Bowl. This is supposed to be a year 201 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:58.159 long rehab and he's trying to get back. He's practicing some, but it 202 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:03.679 was more of a way worse knee injury than had been speculated. I guess 203 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:07.240 we'll say so camera. I was a little bummed last week when he needed 204 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:11.039 to play, but U Tusco covered for me as mon only game that I 205 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:18.399 covered last week been so bad. All right, that's it, that's our 206 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:20.000 breaking news. We're gonna come back. Brian Jefferys is going to take his 207 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:24.480 down memory lane at USC. He's been going there for a long time as 208 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:28.159 well. Every time the uf A has gone there, he's gone there. 209 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.639 So we'll talk to Brian about this farewell tour for Arizona and about playing at 210 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:45.480 USC, maybe for the last time. Stick around. 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Learn more at GAP tax Credit dot com. 299 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:12.359 Streaming live I Mean iHeartRadio m This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera 300 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:18.000 and Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports fourteenth fifty. Hey, welcome that to IE 301 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:21.720 on the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera, he's 302 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:25.920 Jaginsaus. Now on the phone, we have Brian Jefferes, the voice of 303 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:30.440 the Wildcats. How you doing, Brian, gentlemen, doing extremely well. 304 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:34.200 Looking forward to a trip to Los Angeles, one of the last ones probably 305 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:37.480 be making for a while. And you know, big game on Saturday. 306 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:42.119 It always is not including the big game. Do you enjoy going to LA 307 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:49.920 for these things? Because Elie's no. I've told some people, you know, 308 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:55.720 ever since the whole realignment started and the LA schools decided they were going 309 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:59.920 to bolt, that I would not miss going to Los Angeles. I'll miss 310 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:03.599 the games that are played there, but certainly trying to make your way around 311 00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:07.200 town. It's it always takes a lot longer to get anywhere, and so 312 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:12.720 at that part I will not miss, but I will I'll miss going to 313 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:17.279 the Rose Ball. I miss going to the Coliseum, Paly Pavilion, and 314 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:19.799 even to a very small extent, the Gameland Center. Well, you know, 315 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:22.279 we were talking to Jay Dobbins earlier and he just said that there, 316 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:26.319 you know, his experience as a player, there was just you know, 317 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:29.359 being on the on you know, on the field, and the mystique of 318 00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:32.759 the coliseum, and I don't know. He didn't say he was in awe 319 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:36.240 of it, but it meant something to him to be playing at the coliseum, 320 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.440 you know from where we sit, you know, we go to press 321 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:41.240 boxes. Right. What's it been like for you? I mean you've been 322 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:45.559 going there since the late eighties, so you know the trips over there. 323 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:48.920 As you said, going to the game and doing the game. Do you 324 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:53.359 get caught up in that at all? Well? I do, because you 325 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:59.160 know, USC has been you know, without a doubt, probably the Hallmark 326 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:02.720 program and PAC twelve and before that, the Pack ten and the Pack E. 327 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:06.480 I mean, that's always been the team you want to beat more than 328 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:10.039 anybody. And I know Oregon's come on, and you know Stanford or Ron 329 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:14.279 Washington, et cetera. But US he has always been kind of that team. 330 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:18.279 And so it's special to go there. And as much as I want 331 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:22.759 the Wildcats to win every time they go there, there's also something about the 332 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:26.200 pageantry of being at the coliseum. And you know, between Traveler the horse 333 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:32.000 and the marching band and everything that us he is known for, it's you 334 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:34.400 know, it's you like to see those things. It's a great part of 335 00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:37.960 college sports. Like I said, I would rather Arizona win the game, 336 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:42.119 but getting to see those things is one of those experiences that will always take 337 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:47.519 with me. So it's now I will tell you this guy is that again. 338 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:52.519 Just this is a selfish viewpoint. The year I can't remember what it 339 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:55.279 was when they had one of the big earthquakes in Los Angeles, they had 340 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:59.599 to condemn the press box and they tore it down and put up a temporary 341 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:03.200 facil and we were in a basically a phone booth to broadcast for a number 342 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:07.599 of years there. It was. It was probably the worst place you could 343 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:11.960 you could broadcast at it because it was so small. Now when they've rebuilt 344 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:14.400 it, now it's one of the nicest places to work at it. So 345 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:18.559 look, I look forward to our final visit there and you know, having 346 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:22.359 a good spot to be and hopefully it's good news for the Wildcats. For 347 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:25.079 whatever reason, we've talked about this a lot the last couple of days. 348 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:30.480 Arizona finds a way to play the Trojans very very well. They've done that 349 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:34.039 with bad teams, obviously with good teams. Any rhyme or reason do you 350 00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:37.599 think, Well, probably a lot of it has to do with the number 351 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:41.720 of California Nadians that are on the Arizona roster. I mean, that's a 352 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:45.359 lot better recruiting for the Wildcats. And you know they all you have to 353 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:48.720 do look at the roster every year, this year included. It starts with 354 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:52.480 Noah Fafida and you know tedor Ow McMillan. There's two guys right there from 355 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:56.680 southern California that are you know, a big part of the Wildcats right now. 356 00:24:56.759 --> 00:25:00.680 And there's a number of guys with California roots and I I think they're 357 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:03.279 always excited to go back home and be at you know, the Coliseum or 358 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:06.839 the Rose Bowl, and it seems to bring out the best of them. 359 00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:11.400 I mean last year's winning at UCLA was a perfect example of that. And 360 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:14.559 so I think they're gonna be those guys will be a little more amped up, 361 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:18.279 I think for this game, and the other guys get excited just because 362 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:22.000 again you're that tradition of USC football with an opportunity to beat them, and 363 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:26.359 anytime that they're ranked, which they have been for quite a few years and 364 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:30.359 they certainly are this year, that makes it even more special. You know, 365 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:32.799 well, one of the guys that you know, the guy that sits 366 00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:34.759 next to you in the booth. You know, Lamon loved another Southern California 367 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:38.759 guy probably wanted to, you know, be recruited by USC, played at 368 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:42.759 Arizona. Any other guys that stick out to you who you thought maybe it 369 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:47.200 meant a little more to them than some of the other because there's been so 370 00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:49.319 many guys, But some of those guys that had to you know, you've 371 00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:53.319 seen a little more from them, you know, going for a game like 372 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:57.920 that. Oh, you can go back through the years and find anytime there's 373 00:25:57.960 --> 00:26:02.200 been a standout. I mean, I'll go back to I think Tom ton 374 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:07.799 of Cliff back when Arizona was nineteen eighty one, when Arizona beat USC, 375 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:11.440 when the Trojans were number one. He had an outstanding game at the Coliseum 376 00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:15.799 and overshadowed you know, Marcus Allen rushed for over two hundred yards in that 377 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:19.200 game, but Arizona one, and you know ton of Cliff and Arizona's defense 378 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:22.440 was certainly a big part of that. But yeah, you could go through 379 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:26.599 the years and find guys all the time that have gone back there and had 380 00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:29.319 big games. It takes more than one, and I think, you know 381 00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:33.799 that's the object now, everybody's got to play well in order to beat a 382 00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:36.400 good team in US. He is a good team this year. What do 383 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:38.400 you like You've seen many teams obviously through the years. What do you like 384 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:45.079 about this year's team? Well, I mean the upgrade and talent I think 385 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:51.119 is something very noticeable. The size that they've added. I think the biggest 386 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:55.480 thing that stands out right now is the improvement on defense just night and day 387 00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:57.920 from you know what we've seen for a number of years. And that all 388 00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:02.279 goes to Johnny Nansen and his staff and they've been able to bring in some 389 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:06.640 more talent and uh, and that's been good talent. And so that is 390 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:10.119 one reason Arizona's you know, been in the games they've been in, they've 391 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:12.000 won three and the two that they've lost, you know, they've had chances 392 00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:15.279 to win both of them. So that stands out to me. I just 393 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:21.880 think there's a there's a little more how can I put it energy on this 394 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:25.440 year's team. Uh, just the way they fly around and I'm talking about 395 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:30.759 both offensively and defensively. And they've they've got enough guys now that they can 396 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:33.200 compete and they've we've seen it already. Can see with anybody. And you 397 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:37.920 just mentioned how Arizona and USC it's always the games have always been close. 398 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:42.000 There have been very few blowouts, and so I think that's one reason why, 399 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:45.680 you know, Arizona's got a great chance to go in and win this 400 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:48.640 week because they've got enough talent to get it done. You were at the 401 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:53.400 press conference today and Jed was asked about, you know, playing against these 402 00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:59.519 three guys that transferred from Arizona to USC. I got the impression that it 403 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:03.599 wasn't all their decisions or all three of them, that there was some things 404 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:08.319 going on that led those guys to go. You mentioned how, you know, 405 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:11.119 some decisions were made by staff, decisions were made by the players, 406 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:15.000 decision were made by the program. What did you make of all of that? 407 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:19.640 Well, I mean, come on, let's let's not hide it's three 408 00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:23.400 letters. It's called NIL, right, And you know, when you've got 409 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:27.799 a school like USC, with the alumni base that they have, there's some 410 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:32.519 things there that I think and if you believe some of the stories with some 411 00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:37.240 of their star players and how much they benefited from NIL, I think that 412 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:41.160 is a big reason right there, that you know, I remember, I 413 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:45.119 think and I'm I'm not quoting him perfectly, and so I don't want to 414 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:51.240 get in trouble, but I believe, I believe that the head coach at 415 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.079 the USA. I won't even mention his name because if I'm wrong, I 416 00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:57.119 don't want to directly connect this quote, but something to the effect of, 417 00:28:57.279 --> 00:29:00.640 you know, they saw Dorian Singer just bight them up last year at Arizona 418 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:07.680 Stadium, and I thought I saw some reference to the USC coach saying we 419 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:11.039 need to go out and get that guy, and they did, and so, 420 00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:17.000 you know, more power to them. And I think sometimes the grass 421 00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:19.319 isn't always greener on the other side. And you guys were talking earlier about 422 00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:23.079 Singers numbers aren't nearly what they were at Arizona last year. Of course, 423 00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:27.119 last year he was on the field for almost every offensive snap. Ian Cowiing 424 00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:30.920 and McMillan and those three guys were the primary receivers. Well, now he's 425 00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:34.759 not a primary receiver. They've got how many they got eight or nine receivers 426 00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:38.039 They votate in and out there, and so he just doesn't have as many 427 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:42.119 opportunities, I think to make catches. So is he happy? I don't 428 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:47.319 know, you'd have to ask him, but at least from an athletic viewpoint, 429 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:49.039 he doesn't have near the numbers, and I don't think he will this 430 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:52.039 year, just because of the other guys they have on the roster. We 431 00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:59.240 have to check what he's driving and how much those checks I guess, oh, 432 00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:02.119 yeah, just yeah, you never know. Yeah. So, Brian, 433 00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:04.000 you've done doing this a long time. You're about twenty seven years old. 434 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:08.680 I'm curious because we don't talk to you about this very often. You 435 00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:11.519 know, you've been to all the venues a number of times. What's your 436 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:19.079 favorite place, well, outside of anything in Arizona. I don't. I 437 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:22.480 can't tell you that I have a favorite one. Again, it's a it's 438 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:27.240 selfish for me, and it's and it's a working condition. And so I 439 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:32.240 can tell you the Coliseum is They've They've done a lot, They've rebuilt that 440 00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:34.160 press box. It's a great place to work out of. Washington has done 441 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:40.960 the same thing. Washington State has done the same thing. I can tell 442 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:48.000 you that the Rose Bull is not very advantageous in terms of us trying to 443 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:51.519 do our job. One thing. It's just you know, it's a huge 444 00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:55.119 stadium. You're a long ways away from the field. But this sounds crazy, 445 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:59.720 but the windows are really strange at the press box there in terms of 446 00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:03.279 how they open, and we've had to go find a broom handle to keep 447 00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:06.640 the windows open a couple of times when we've gone over there. And you 448 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:11.960 know, you go to Utah and they you use somebody's office at rice Eco 449 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:15.480 Stadium to call a game out if we have to move her the pictures of 450 00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:18.680 her kids out of the way to it's just I'm not kidding you. It's 451 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:22.680 it's just really strange and so uh, you know, there's there's good and 452 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:26.240 bad. But you know, when you go to a place where they give 453 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:29.960 you a good, good spot to work out of, that means a lot 454 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:32.680 to you. Guys like me. Well you you would have gone to and 455 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:34.400 I'm sure it's all different now, but you would have gone to Ohio State 456 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:40.039 back in the early nineties right when they when they went there. Does the 457 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:42.920 does the environment and the play you know, the place mean anything? Do 458 00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:47.559 or you just so busy, so focused on the job you got to do 459 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:51.720 that that doesn't really you know, get into your brain. No, it 460 00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:55.440 really does, because the environment means a lot. I I love it when 461 00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:59.160 the stadium is full, and I don't care if it's home or away because 462 00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:02.480 that environment, you know, that gets my juices flowing. We were at 463 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:07.079 Stanford and you know, there were they claimed there were thirty eight thousand people. 464 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:10.920 I think they were counting everybody on campus, but you know it was 465 00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:15.680 there was no environment, and that makes it it makes it tough. You 466 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:19.640 don't like that, and I think we see it more in basketball than we 467 00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:22.880 do in football. But yeah, I enjoy going to you know, I 468 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:27.160 hope they have over sixty thousand there on Saturday night. And you're right when 469 00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:31.279 we went to Ohio State, Wisconsin, LSU, some of the places where 470 00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:37.480 it is jam packed for every game and the fans have such a great part 471 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:39.920 of the success of those programs. You know, Yeah, you enjoy that. 472 00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:44.960 Maybe you will overlook if you don't have a great facility to work out, 473 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.799 if you overlooked at just because of the environment that you get to be 474 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:51.000 in. So let me ask you this question. Don't laugh at me. 475 00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:57.359 You you must be getting love doing your job this year or the last three 476 00:32:57.440 --> 00:33:00.680 years. You get to hang around with Tommy Lloyd, just a dude, 477 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:04.359 and it seems like Jeed Fish is one of those just a dude. Dudes, 478 00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:10.240 so you're not stressed for comments or whatever. They're both great guys. 479 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:13.480 I'll tell you what. Now, throw Chip Hale in there as well. 480 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:17.599 I get to do baseball. You couldn't ask for better coaches to deal with. 481 00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:22.759 And I've dealt with some tough ones before. The previous football coach before 482 00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:30.079 Jed Fish here was very difficult to deal with. And but but Jed has 483 00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:34.240 been tremendous. I mean, I just can't say enough. We do a 484 00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:37.759 show on Monday nights, and he's there, He's ready to go, He's 485 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:39.720 got a lot to say. And anytime I go to see him in his 486 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:45.680 office doing interviews or whatever, he's got time. He's open, he's honest. 487 00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:51.559 And Tommy is the same way. And it's interesting that both guys are 488 00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:55.200 your head coaches for the first time. And I hope that you know, 489 00:33:55.359 --> 00:34:00.839 they continue that their personality these I hope they don't change over the years. 490 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:05.799 I think sometimes coaches, as they move along, they get a little jaded 491 00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:08.559 or whatever. And I hope these two guys continue to do what they've done, 492 00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:13.039 and that is being open and honest. And you know, because all 493 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:15.840 of us enjoy that. And I think they also understand how important it is 494 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:20.199 from a marketing viewpoint, because you know, the fans want to love the 495 00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:23.480 coach, and so if you're out there as a coach and you're a positive, 496 00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:29.679 outspoken person like like Arizona has right now in more than just football and 497 00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:34.559 basketball, by the way, it draws fans. That's why the people want 498 00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:37.719 to, you know, support the team as along with the players. They 499 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:40.159 want to believe in the coach. And the two guys that we're talking about 500 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:43.440 right now, Jed and Tommy are a big part of that. But like 501 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:46.360 I said, Arizona's got a lot of really outstanding coaches right now, and 502 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:50.679 I think that's one reason for the success across the board. Yeah, no 503 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:54.639 questions, no question oky, Brian. Good get from sleep you head you're 504 00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:58.760 headed west. Yeah, have a great time. You know, carve your 505 00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:01.719 initials in a wall or or a desk or something over there. Leave something 506 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:05.760 behind, right for all the times you've been there. Well, don't you 507 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:07.840 go down and dig up a piece of the turf. Yeah, yeah, 508 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:12.559 something like that, you know, do do something, leave your mark there. 509 00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:16.760 All right, I have a few ideas. Okay, thanks great, 510 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:21.960 Brian. Thanks about safe travel, say guys. My guess is he'll spend 511 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:27.119 more time on the freeway getting there than actually the other game. It's yeah, 512 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:30.400 it's it's it's tough. I mean, you know, because you really 513 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:34.480 can't stay anywhere close to there without paying like, you know, yeah, 514 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:37.039 six hundred and seven hundred dollars a night, so you got to stay, 515 00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:39.000 you know, across town or wherever. It's it's a it's a it is 516 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:42.559 a tough place to get you but once you're there, man, it's fun. 517 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:45.199 All right, we'll be right back. We'll close it out. Give 518 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:46.639 you give us a call. Five Becau zero four one, six seventy. 519 00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:51.760 Would still love to hear your memories of the colisseume if you been the games, 520 00:35:52.199 --> 00:36:00.199 stick around. If you're an Arizona men's basketball fan, you know it's 521 00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:04.480 been successful for nearly forty years. Now. 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I I on the Ball 584 00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:38.840 here Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steven Vera, he's jagan Zaus. We've 585 00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:43.519 got twelve minutes. We hope to get some calls. Somebody call, somebody 586 00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:46.519 text me yesterday or emailed me or whatever. It was saying that we were 587 00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:50.880 talking about as we closed on the show, why we live in Tucson while 588 00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:53.199 we stay YadA YadA, And they said they've moved here in eighty six and 589 00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:57.880 have been here since. He's just one of those towns, right, you 590 00:40:57.960 --> 00:41:00.880 know, just kind of love Tucson. Well, you know, I mean 591 00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:04.480 if you want certain things like you you know, you want a beach, 592 00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:08.400 or you want a pro team, or you want, uh you know, 593 00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:12.760 something that a big city has that we don't. Okay, but no, 594 00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:17.199 but you're just looking to not worry about going out at night. You're looking 595 00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:23.639 at you have enough nice things to do, uh well, nousing, affordability, 596 00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:27.079 all that stuff, you know, why not here? Well to your 597 00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:30.320 point, to the beach is four hours away? I think. Yeah. 598 00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:36.360 Then the protein if you have kids, such a protein such as they are, 599 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:38.480 it is two hours away. Yeah, you were taking that away. 600 00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:43.000 And those things are close enough for you and me, right, those things 601 00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:45.679 are close enough if you want to go to a Sun's game, Diamondbacks game, 602 00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:47.800 Cardinals game, whatever you know, you can and you don't have to 603 00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:51.400 go to all of them. You just just go once in a while when 604 00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:54.360 you want to do you know, yeah, no, So there's enough of 605 00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:57.599 that. Do we have our issues. Of course, we have our issues 606 00:41:57.639 --> 00:42:00.360 like everybody else. We don't have enough freeways, right, the freeways. 607 00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:05.599 You know a lot of things, but those kinds of things. But does 608 00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:07.519 I mean, you know, you mentioned, you know, when you're telling 609 00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:08.840 me, you mentioned that I, you know, have always stayed here. 610 00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:15.559 I have been to enough other places and seen enough of other places to look 611 00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:19.519 at it and say, could I live here or not? And there wasn't 612 00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:22.119 any place that I found I would rather live than here, Like you know, 613 00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:24.719 I could. I could have found myself living and say, you know 614 00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:28.280 North San Diego, you know, not in the middle of the city, 615 00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:30.920 but up in Carlsbad in those areas, have a job, have to sell 616 00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:35.280 blood, well exactly, And that's the thing, you know, I could 617 00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:37.840 have seen myself living there. I really like Denver, but you know, 618 00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:42.920 one time I went there. Okay, I landed at the Denver Airport and 619 00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:45.239 the sun was out and I had to get all the way across town, 620 00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:49.400 you know, to the other side of Denver, the city that I found 621 00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:52.159 that I had to go to in my Tepe job. By the time I 622 00:42:52.199 --> 00:42:53.239 got there, it was a put of snow on the ground. Yeah, 623 00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:57.760 right, and then I and then then i'd ye know it was it was. 624 00:42:58.039 --> 00:43:00.960 It was. It was late offber, it was during it was during 625 00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:05.159 the two it was right after nine to eleven. It was during the two 626 00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:07.880 thousand and one World Series. I remember listening to the game, you know, 627 00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:12.519 on I headed towards where I had to go. There was a snall 628 00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:14.360 on the ground by the time I got there, and I had to dig 629 00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:16.119 my car out the next day and the next and the next day, and 630 00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:20.039 then after that was probably it melted already. Yeah, that's how Denver is 631 00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:22.000 exact. No, no, no, this is this is fine. This 632 00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:25.559 is good. I love Seattle, but you know, traffic is too dark, 633 00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:29.800 too dark, too often. Uh, you know those kinds of things. 634 00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:32.440 So I don't know. Yeah, no, we get it. I 635 00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:36.920 get it. I'm not sure why I brought it up by I just remember 636 00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:40.119 getting a text yesterday about the conversation. Yeah. Uh, anybody want to 637 00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:43.880 call please do five, two oh four, one, six, seventy four 638 00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:45.239 forty would like to hear from you. A lot of things going on. 639 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:51.639 We're going to be very busy here with with transitioning with basketball pretty soon women's 640 00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:54.480 sports as well. I think we haven't really talked about ideas, situation. 641 00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:57.840 Did they haven't had their media day? Did they happen? It was on 642 00:43:57.880 --> 00:44:00.320 Monday? That's what I thought, because I saw, I went. I 643 00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:02.480 think that she's she's not a whole lot of depth, right, ten and 644 00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:07.239 they got ten players, But that might be good for her it you know, 645 00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:09.119 yeah, I mean, because it seems that the issue one of her 646 00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:13.360 when the issues with their team has been keeping everybody, keeping everybody happy, 647 00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:15.239 and people not you know, not getting the ball enough. Well, okay, 648 00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:17.840 if there's only ten people, you know, you'd like to think that 649 00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:21.800 there will be the bold. You know, there'd be enough to go around, 650 00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:23.400 enough to go around. And then if you're eight, eight or nine 651 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:27.679 to ten, whatever, you know your spot, right, you know your 652 00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:30.239 spot, you know your role, and ten isn't too many. I mean, 653 00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:32.320 we've been talking about Tommy Lloyd's team, right, we think he's got 654 00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:37.000 ten guys that can play and and ten guys that will play and we'll see, 655 00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:43.320 we'll see how it flushes out. But you know, uh, you 656 00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:45.079 know, when you're talking basketball, if you're running up and down the floor, 657 00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:47.840 ten guys is not too many. No, we got a car? 658 00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:52.440 Do you have a caller? Hi? Round? There aren't on the ball? 659 00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:55.519 Hey, what's going on? This is it? What's going on? 660 00:44:55.719 --> 00:45:00.719 Victor? Well, I gotta ask Jay and me and you have talked a 661 00:45:00.760 --> 00:45:06.119 little bit about it, Steve, what happens if things go wrong with Jed 662 00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:10.360 and and uh, these guys go on to seven game losing. Ooh, 663 00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:14.679 So I was just before you using as the question I was gonna say, 664 00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:20.119 are we getting happy Vic or mad Vic? Never mind, I don't have 665 00:45:20.199 --> 00:45:23.800 to ask that question. Glass as fool because I'm scared. I mean that 666 00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:30.159 that schedule is brutal. It is for anybody, for anybody, it is 667 00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:34.159 brutal. And you know, look, anything's possible, right, you know, 668 00:45:34.239 --> 00:45:36.320 they can get by the end of the year and be so bad they 669 00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:38.960 can lose to Asu. I don't know that this year is even a year 670 00:45:39.039 --> 00:45:44.199 where any you know, anything bad can happen. From the standpoint of your 671 00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:46.719 what your suggestion is they love you know, if they end up going you 672 00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:51.519 know, three and three and nine. You know, do they get rid 673 00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:54.360 of Jet Fish? I don't think so. But I think I'm not saying 674 00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:58.760 not get rid of Jet. He's doing a great job. I'm just saying 675 00:45:58.800 --> 00:46:00.519 and I and I once again, and I ask you both this question. 676 00:46:02.800 --> 00:46:08.280 Establishing a winning culture and changing the culture, right, you have to win 677 00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:15.559 one of those Washington s the games sometimes soon. Yeah, It's it's hard. 678 00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:17.480 You know, it's hard to know because you feel like, you know, 679 00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:21.679 what, what little we know about the players in the program, it 680 00:46:21.800 --> 00:46:24.480 feels like the players are behind the coaches. You know, they love the 681 00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:28.880 coaching staff because they're playing hard for them. You know, we talked about, 682 00:46:29.239 --> 00:46:30.679 you know, the Washington game. You know, they were never going 683 00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:35.800 to win the game, but they never stopped playing either. No, that 684 00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:38.920 that's for sure. But I'm telling you you gotta you know what, Jain, 685 00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:42.559 when I was with Domingas and I was doing the filming, and we 686 00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:46.519 were, you know, beating Lynnwood and and we had Kenny Brunner and Jason 687 00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:55.039 Thomas and Dayshawn and we played Oak Hill and we beat them, and that 688 00:46:55.360 --> 00:47:00.280 was the changing of the guard. Then Dominga's was the top national team, 689 00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:06.280 but until we beat Okill, it was still just the local southern California power. 690 00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:10.679 And you've got to beat what Washington, You've got to beat an FC 691 00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:16.760 somewhere down the down the road to change that culture. Well, you can't 692 00:47:16.880 --> 00:47:22.559 keep having Facebook and and Steve Wright moral victories every Saturday. So let me 693 00:47:22.639 --> 00:47:27.880 ask you. You've been a fan for how long? Well half half full 694 00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:32.360 fan? Four years? How many? Sixty four years? Young? Okay, 695 00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:36.599 okay, So the culture's never really changed, has it? No? 696 00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:38.920 No, it has not. Well, good luck with that as you as 697 00:47:38.920 --> 00:47:45.840 you know, you know Spanish just as well as me. But that's why 698 00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:49.719 you hired hired Jed. I mean, you know, we we had said 699 00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:53.880 earlier in the season, hey the size, and Brian Jeffery said, oh, 700 00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:58.840 they're they're bigger, they're stronger, they're faster. But nothing's changed. 701 00:47:58.880 --> 00:48:02.840 If we go for in eight victor Eurosports dude, and we tell you and 702 00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:06.960 I fight more than anybody. You're not even related to me. And I 703 00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:09.280 don't know why I do this, But other teams get better too, I 704 00:48:09.360 --> 00:48:15.679 mean sometimes that just happens. Well and exactly, and you asked me my 705 00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:20.519 expectations a few weeks back, and I said, to be just like Washington 706 00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:22.599 State or Oregon State. That's not too much to ask, is it. 707 00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:27.480 No, No, it's not. No, it's not This year might be 708 00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:30.039 too much to ask. But but they're capable of being that. They've been 709 00:48:30.159 --> 00:48:34.519 that, They've been that for a while. Not all the time, but 710 00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:37.679 they've been that. We have to also understand who they are. Who they 711 00:48:37.719 --> 00:48:42.280 are. You know, you may think you're something, but you're not. 712 00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:46.280 They're not. They're not in the top half of this division or this little 713 00:48:46.280 --> 00:48:50.599 conference. They're just not. You can wish it, you can want it, 714 00:48:50.719 --> 00:48:53.519 but but Victor, there's no way you know that. Yeah, I 715 00:48:54.239 --> 00:48:58.400 just like I said, I just want them to turn that corner and beat 716 00:48:58.440 --> 00:49:02.719 an FC and beat one of Washington State and U c l A and and 717 00:49:02.840 --> 00:49:07.440 I guess get that six seven wins. I need to get you off that 718 00:49:07.559 --> 00:49:10.199 ledge, man, to get your I have no idea how to do it. 719 00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:15.360 Well, I'm telling you, man, I just I go to bed 720 00:49:15.480 --> 00:49:21.519 and say my prayers every night for how many fifty four years? Yeah? 721 00:49:22.119 --> 00:49:24.280 Well, well, let's remember they did get the U c l A win 722 00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:29.039 last year, so there's something there recent that that there's you can. They 723 00:49:29.079 --> 00:49:30.920 can hang their hat on for now. But you're right, they again, 724 00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:35.920 they need to win one of those games this year. Who knows it's gonna 725 00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:37.760 be. It's gonna be USC. Is u c l A good enough to 726 00:49:37.800 --> 00:49:40.679 beat them? Is it good enough to beat UCLA again? You know, 727 00:49:40.800 --> 00:49:45.639 oregu State's gonna come in probably favored. Does beating them get you that feel 728 00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:50.840 good win? Or does it you go up to Colorado and win? You 729 00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:53.159 know, there's a bunch of games left for for us to figure out, 730 00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:59.519 you know what it's gonna be. But I I I don't know. I 731 00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:00.960 don't know how on the fans will react if they lose the rest of their 732 00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:04.880 game. Well, victor, victor realistically, and I don't think they're gonna 733 00:50:04.880 --> 00:50:07.639 lose the rest of the games, Victor, even from you or from you 734 00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:12.119 mister, or what do you think they're gonna What do you think they're gonna 735 00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:17.440 go the rest of the way? I I have one upset and then I 736 00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:20.960 think they're gonna beat you. Well, they're not going to be favored in 737 00:50:21.039 --> 00:50:24.960 any games. Shoot, they'll be favorite against you. Yeah, I mean 738 00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:29.119 that take. I took that one out of the right. But it depends 739 00:50:29.159 --> 00:50:32.480 on what Colorado does, they're going to be favored. I agree with him. 740 00:50:32.519 --> 00:50:36.000 Yeah, you might be right. It depends on what Colorado does, 741 00:50:36.119 --> 00:50:39.039 right if there if their death really becomes an issue. They started losing games. 742 00:50:39.800 --> 00:50:44.519 You know, they're only favored by four against A s U this week, 743 00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:47.119 which seems like a gimme. But uh, yeah, you're right. 744 00:50:47.840 --> 00:50:52.159 They might not be favorite in any games. They might be favorite against U 745 00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:53.880 c l A here because U c l A we don't know what they are 746 00:50:53.960 --> 00:51:00.159 yet. So there's a couple. So I'm I'm I'm with Jay. I'm 747 00:51:00.239 --> 00:51:05.559 praying that they pull off some kind of miracle this weekend and then they beat 748 00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:09.400 U c l A Colorado and and maybe flip a coin with Washington State or 749 00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:13.880 or state. Yeah. Well, Victor go to Ldiberger, get a little 750 00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:21.039 nice vanilla shake and relax a little Wowburger with kalapaniels Man go get its. 751 00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:24.000 Victor is one of the more sensible guys I know, except when it comes 752 00:51:24.039 --> 00:51:32.199 to the cat. We're all sensible. No we're not. We are You're 753 00:51:32.280 --> 00:51:37.039 right, we are not. I've dealt with you for thirty five years, 754 00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:42.800 maybe not as long as Victor fifty four, but oh my gosh. All 755 00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:45.800 right, okay, so you know, I don't see them moving the rest 756 00:51:45.800 --> 00:51:47.920 of the game. I think I think there's definitely two wins in there, 757 00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:52.280 and maybe it's probably a third somewhere. He has a point, he has 758 00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:58.760 a point that they may not be favored in every game anymore, game separationation. 759 00:51:59.119 --> 00:52:02.440 You're so that's not that's it's a daunte next stretch here, it really 760 00:52:02.599 --> 00:52:06.519 is. No, I I hear it is a. It is a It 761 00:52:06.679 --> 00:52:09.400 is a tough stretch, and it's hard. It's hard to realize this team 762 00:52:09.480 --> 00:52:14.719 is better better. But what did it get you? Right? Well, 763 00:52:14.880 --> 00:52:17.840 it gets it gets you into the stadium thinking you have a chance to win. 764 00:52:19.079 --> 00:52:22.400 That's what you could never live without, hope. So that's what it 765 00:52:22.440 --> 00:52:25.960 gets you. To play this song because don't stop believing, because you've lost 766 00:52:27.039 --> 00:52:34.239 your beliefs. And I'm all right, we'll be back tomorrow. We have 767 00:52:34.360 --> 00:52:37.400 some more special guests and greats and great and our fab five Friday picks. 768 00:52:37.440 --> 00:52:39.400 Oh god, we'll see you tomorrow.