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welcome back to twice the ball, you know, Fox Sports fourteen fifty
or Steve, he's Jay got Canva with breaking news the his eye on the
ball breaking news on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. All right, so we do
have some breaking news today. We're in Go ahead and start in the PAC
twelve. All right, dj Ungalle is entering the transfer portal yet again,
shot not shot. Well, he's got is a grad transfer right. His
coach left, who was a sort of his quarterback group. I wonder if
he's going to Michigan State. Oh, A lot of the lost, a
lot of quarterbacks, three of them that would be the obviously Storte, that's
like the quarterback from Duke Great going to maybe Texas A and m Yeah.
Well, then let's start a rumor. No, let's start a rumor somebody
yesterday with the with the TMAC. Let's start win. Anyway, this is
the most excited we've seen jail start. I want to start one. Okay,
start what No it's not a journalism, wouldn't be journalism at all.
Yeah, he's saying that doesn't even in his objective. They'll keep it to
myself. But speaking of more PAC twelve stuff, Cal offensive coordinator is moving
over to Baylor. Uh. So Baylor has just hired him. I believe
his as an offensive coordinator. Yes, as an offensive coordinator. Oh,
sorry, the coach he was a little bit on the hot seat because they
were so bad this year. Yeah, so David Randa. They retained him
after a three and nine season, but the offensive coordinator, Jeff Grimes was
dismissed, so they pretty much that to their blaming for that season. Uh.
And Baylor's bringing on Jake's pivotal spot vital. Sorry as the duoc over
there, Tommy Lloyd kind of talked about it a little bit. But we
do have some NBA mock draft news for those who care about that stuff.
You know, our coach does Tommy, Tommy Lloyd does it. Yeah,
does not live in the world, live in the world of mock exactly.
That was funny. But yeah, USC guard Isaiah Collier is predicted to number
number one overall, to the same number one overall, Number one overall first
round of the Spurs. Wow. Yeah, he's about almost nineteen years old.
But it looks like us he has. Have you seen him? I
haven't seen him play. I have not watched a lot of us. Actually
they played last night at like nine pm, I think, but I didn't.
I didn't get to catch that one. And for those who were wondering
where Colin Boswell fell into the mox, he was also going to the Spurs
first round or first pick of the second round. Uh, to the Spurs,
Like I said, number thirty one overall. All right, that's that's
living in mock though. Yeah, that's living in the mock. We don't.
We don't do that over here. You know what we're gonna you know
what, we should cut that clip and use it like we you use the
Azulas one. I don't live in the mock, don't. Yeah, I
don't. I'm gonna cut put it up both it. Yeah, that one
and the shot and we need that one and the I didn't know he was
a stock to be traded on the Yeah, that's a good one too.
Arizona Cardinals have waved tight end zach Ertz. It's reported they he asked to
be cut He's been dealing with some injuries the past couple of years, kind
of on and off the field. Cardinals are not that great on the field
anyway, so he might be he might be looking for a better situation for
him. Yeah, yeah, okay, he he used to be a good
fantasy player tight ended with the Eagle. The Eagles. Yeah, I remember
that he was on a couple of my teams. We have more USC news.
I know it's not a USC show, but yeah, Brownie James has
been cleared to come back to Yeah, and they have a tough schedule coming
up, so maybe he'll maybe somewhere in there, you know. You know,
is he hyped over hyped, under hyped, overrated, under I don't
know. But the fact that he went through that thing, you know,
and and yeah, he had Chartiac. Just be happy to be alive,
right, He's gonna play college basketball. Yeah, probably a whole new lease
on life for him. Uh. Speaking of the James family, Maverick Carter,
this is breaking news today. Maverick Carter, Lebron James manager. He
was involved in a information set sequestry of sorts by the Courts where they were
looking into a former minor league baseball player who was organizing an illegal betting pool,
Maverick Carter. In that investigation, he was cooperating with the authorities and
admitted that he had placed bets with the illegal book maker on the NBA.
He said he could not remember if he placed any bets on the Lakers or
teams that, yeah, were teams that his clients were working for. They
were saying that he was making bets, with each bet ranging from five thousand
to ten thousand dollars. In the NBA prohibits players and team officials and league
officials obviously from betting on the games. Yeah, so that's kind of a
news story today. We'll see where that kind of shakes out. And he
just released a book too, So a lot a lot of Maverick Carter in
the news this hall. That's so good. Yeah, that's not so good
news. We got more not so good news. Unfortunately. Von Miller has
been arrested. Well, arrest warrant has released for von Miller the bills the
end for allegedly assaulting his pregnant girlfriend in a quite traumatic little dispute domestic dispute,
traumatic little scene outlined by ESPN today in more positive news into Miami has
wait so wait, they said they've issued the warrant. He hasn't. Actually,
yeah, there's been no rest. Yeah, they've issued a warrant.
Okay, Yeah, I guess he had the issue with this in twenty twenty
one as well. This is oh he's done it before. Yeah, he
can go talk to Hulu Uias and talk about how that went for his career.
Yeah. They're saying that he was not at the scene when the police
arrived. They're saying he left after she was She stated that she was going
to call the police, and so they're they had worn out for his arrest
and some son of your news. Though. Inter Miami has sold out their
twenty twenty four season tickets already. It's it's the year of you know,
MESSI. Last year was kind of disappointing. This year, it only took
two weeks to saw out the entire season ticket h Yeah, yeah, and
it was it was interesting to me to see the different the different prices that
that they're the the MLS teams are charging for tickets, like the Columbus Crew
when they're playing into Miami. Tickets are ranging from you know, lowest three
hundred, four hundred dollars. Now they're playing anybody else, they're forty dollars
ticket. I thought that was I mean, it's it's it's obviously not shocking,
but it's I don't know, it stood out to me. And then
in other breaking news, Christiano Ronaldo has been involved there is now involved in
a one billion dollar class action lawsuit involving his NFT corporation that he founded,
where uh, the lawsuit is alleging that it was kind of somewhat fraudulent and
that he did not disclose how much that the company was actually paying him to
do these things and promote this product. And so yeah, he's wrapped up
in quite the large class action, wasn't there Who was it that was having
was it Messy too, that was having some tax issues that was going to
get arrested or was it one of the neymar or one of the other guys.
I don't know off the top of my head, but do you think
so Ronaldo Ronaldo or or was it Ronaldo one of those that was that was
actually gonna get arrested for for taxes back in their home country. Whatever it
was. Yeah, And then as far as baking new that's all I had
for I saw. I saw what I wanted to bring up, Dione Sanders
being named the Sports Illustrated That's right. What first thing this morning that you
know? I pop open Twitter and there it is, and I'm like,
wait a minute. I mean, honestly, if he was, you know,
I want to I don't want to compare him to Jetfish, but if
Jetfish, if he was at Arizona with this miracle worker here, he would
be Sportsman of the Year. He what did he do? He won three
games? To be well, he let he led college football on fire for
a month and that was its twelve months. Yeah, there's eleven other months.
You you're one hundred percent correct, Steve. I saw that. I
mean, I'm sitting you're trying to think. Okay, then who would it
be? I can't think of anybody who it would be, but not him?
Yes, what what has he done? He took a one eleven team
and got him to four and eight? Yeah, yeah, right, Okay,
I get it. He sold out Colorado football. But it's not like
he sold out Nebraska football or Florida football, Tennessee or something. And this
may be a dumb comparison, but if he was not d On and this
happened to Jetfish or some other coach, you wouldn't think anything of it.
He'd be on the hot seat next year. Look, I don't get it.
I don't know. I haven't read that. I haven't read the story.
Pat pat Fordy wrote the story. And you know, we all know
Pat and he's good writer and so and he writes for Sports Illustrated. So
I got to read the story and maybe, you know, next week,
if we're talking about it again, you know, come back to it.
But I have to find I have to read the story to find out,
Okay, what makes him the Sportsman of the Year, because I don't from
where I sit right now, obviously were you sit, you're going, what
the hell I saw that? I said, what deserves this? I mean
he he at some point underachieved after going three and all right, at some
point, and he was exciting. It was very excited. Didn't know what's
going on, no doubt, he said. But then the fire, Yeah,
he threw a bucket of water on then it rained, Yeah, and
it rained. Hell, if anything, you'll catch may have been the guy
who won a title with Denver after never having won one before, and he's
probably clearly the best NBA player out there right now. See what he was
doing yesterday. He's ridiculous, and you would see him on the street.
This is from Jay's perspective. He's not an airport guy. He's not a
bust guy. You look at that, dude, this is what does he
do for a living? Race his horses. I changed his light bulbs.
He's the best NBA player out there, and he does it in a way
that you say, how does he do that? He's doing stuff almost nightly
that you look at it and you're like, I've never seen that on a
court before in my life. And it's not even hyperbole. It's truly crazy.
And there's a couple of guys in the league like that right now,
you know, and that's that's who? That's true? Who tell me who
chat Holmgren he's not, I'm not. I'm not saying he's on the same
level. But there's there's a tier of guys right now in the NBA that
just do things lightly that you're like, I've never seen that before. I
can't like, I can't believe that just happened. And yeah, Yoka is
one of those guys, and I think he is more deserving than a guy
like Dean, But there's probably ten more candidates deserving probably and I haven't been
paid, but that was just a that struck me kind of odd. You
know. Well, somebody said, well, look at the impact he had
again, he had the impact for a month. You're right, And now
he's being quoted because he's Dion right. If anything, if he was Jetfish,
he wouldn't be quoted him. But Jetfish deserves it more than he does
in my mind, Jetfish and I would not be saying this in August,
but Jetfish has done a fantastic job. If you want me to go bah
humbug, I can't because I can't come on this guy. This team should
have won six games. This team won nine, yeah, and looks very
good one nine and probably one of the toughest conference in ages, right,
I get it. They didn't have to play Oregon, but they planned to
play Washington, USC in Utah and you Sli and you know, beat everybody
but you but USC and that group in Washington, I know even you know.
I mean, let's break the let's break the continental United States in half
in half. Arizona is one of the top four teams, probably five,
maybe don't include Texas in this in the mix, but you break it kind
of dead in the middle in the West. In the West, Yeah,
wouldn't it be in the top five? Well, they're they're three behind Oregon,
Washington, right, Yeah, Well who's better than them? Just trying
to figure Not Utah, probably not usc anymore, in usc anymore. Yeah,
there's nobody else, Steve, you would have never ever said this coming
with nobody not I don't know where you're cutting it in half, but you
know, not in Nebraska, not Kansas, not Kansas State, certainly not
Iowa. No, right right in the middle, and there are very few
teams better than there something even by the eye test. Yeah, especially by
the eye test. Yeah, yeah again you want you watch the games now
and you see them differently because I don't see them as that team that,
let's see if they can win this game. I see them as who's going
to beat them? How is this other team that they're playing going to beat
them? So so I didn't watch the Colorado game because I was coming back
from DO because I didn't see that game. And I would say today if
if they laid a dud in the next game, I would be shocked.
Because this team doesn't do that. It hasn't done that. Colorado and and
Stanford were games that Arizona would lose in, you know, in other years,
normal, normal years where they were pretty good and you're going to a
game and that they you know, you think you should beat them, and
then you don't. And and those those two, those two would would have
been losable games, you know, with another team. And these guys just
refused to lose. They just refused to lose. And it's amazing that.
I mean again, if you saw remember you probably saw uh uh Jake Fisher's
tweet. He said, I apologize for underestimating I left because, dude,
We've had a lot of callers on the show. No one got it right
but him. Yeah, And what did I do? I said, what's
wrong with you? What's wrong with you? You know, Troy may have
said seven or whatever, and I'm thinking, what's wrong with you? Dude?
I don't even think my brother went nine and three this year? You
know? Yeah? And yeah, who I think went ten and two for
one of someone's And I said this before we said it maybe last week people
said, now do you believe Steve? I don't know anybody who thought this.
I don't. Yes, I was wrong, but everybody I know was
wrong. I struggled to find six wins that really did. I mean,
I was saying six, and I kept saying six, but three games I
was struggling. Three games in. You're thinking, Ken, they win it
at Colorado, Yeah, right right, right, then here we are.
I remember when that game was like a big look ahead, like, oh,
we got Colorado coming up, it's gonna be a fun matchup. And
then it was like, oh god, they can lose. And then then
you go into the game and go, we're gonna kick their asses, and
then you almost lose, and then you almost lose. Yeah, okay,
cool, that's fun. All right, all right, let's take our break.
We're to come back. We've got Lamont Huntley, Lamon Honey coming in.
We'll see what Lamon's got on his mind about these air Zonta batles,
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Dreamy Live, I mean, iHeartRadio WAP. This is I on the Ball
with Sea Bravera and Jacobzalez on Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. Hey, welcome back
to I on the Ball. Here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty have Steve Bavera,
p JACKENSTI. Now with the phone, we have Lamont Huntley, a
great sponsor and former Arizona Football All American. Lamont, how are you?
I'm good. I'm gread you guys. No Christmas coming up, you know,
so whether you guys should be first in line. Come over here in
bad mill for you wives or gir you know you wait a minute, Leama,
you know better than to buy treadmill for your wife. Okay, hey,
bro, women want to stay healthy so they can take it unhealthy.
You're gonna say, hey, I'm just gonna I'm gonna go racial on you
here based on my mom. If my if my dad had ever bought my
mom a treadmill, you would have if that would have been him telling her
she's fat, and she would have left the house. Now nowadays, you're
telling them that I love you, I want you to stay healthy so you
could be around for me. Okay, that sounds like a tough I want
to make an observation here. I didn't realize you and Jay have something in
common, in fact, a very big thing. He doesn't go to a
ISSU football games anymore, and neither do you. I was surprised about that.
Well, okay, think because we're smart guys. I'm telling you I
don't want to be around that crowd. I mean, it's the worst crowd.
I mean and and like I said, my last experience, I was
there with my kids when they was very young. My daughter was very young,
and I had to basically fight myself out of that crowd. To me,
it's not worth it. It's not worth being around those individuals. And
it's just just an ugly sight. And and that's all it is. It's
not that, you know, as far as I hate a s U or
anything of that nature, I just don't like being around that type of environment.
Stay away. Yeah, my you know, my deal Lamont was that
you know, the last game I went up there, Willie two Tom was
still the quarterback, that's what fifteen years ago, ten years ago, whatever
it was, and my dad, like in his late sixties, and a
fan wanted to fight him, and there was there was one thing was okay,
he wants I don't want my dad to fight him. But then I
also didn't want my dad to kill him. And so so you know,
the guy had no idea. And and that was the last time I went
to a game up there. Yeah. And so so in my in my
day is you know, it's it's better you can sit here and watch it
on a big screen TV and you know, see everything, see more of
it, and you know, enjoy yourself that way. So how did you
enjoy it? Uh? I think Jay was talking about they scored the first
touchdown seven zero, and what are you thinking? You're thinking, what,
let's not do this? So what are you thinking? You know, I
was impressed at all. I really wasn't. I wasn't pressed at all in
regards to what happened on that particular that particular drive, you know, because
the reason is we didn't. We wasn't expecting we saw meaning and I don't
know the kid's name, number fourteen, the quarterback that was back there,
and he wasn't a fricking quarterback. He was an offensive lineman playing quarterback.
You know, he was just a big body. You know. He did
was just you know, fan of opening it just it just ran up and
down the field. So I don't think the defense was prepare for that.
So that kind of threw us off at that point in time. But you
notice, you know, as soon as the true freshman got in there and
started playing again, we was prepared for that because that's what we gained planned
against. Yeah, and when something like that happens, Lamont, I mean
it does. I mean even against Look, let's say A was a bad
team. Even against a bad team, if you're not expecting them to do
something, they're likely to have some success. I mean that sort of a
rule of thumb the Uele game that they played right, and you know,
until until they see enough snaps you really can adjust himself to that type of
offense. In this case, you know, things could happen that quickly and
fast, and in this case it did. You know, So, like
I said, until the kids can adjust themselves and realize and come back with
the coaches and let the coaches, let them know what you saw, this
is what's happening, this is what we need to do now and and at
that point in time, and then I believe later on in the in the
game, they went back to that quarterback situation and we stopped them. Just
how did you feel when they were piling on I'm thinking, yeah, I
figured Jennal was going to do this because early in the week in his press
coverage, I think he has something in mind. And they were up by
seven touchdowns whatever it was, and he was still throwing the ball. I
wanted seventy plus. Man, I'm sitting there, Get me more, get
me more, and keep them out the end zone. That's what I personally
wanted to see. And I was disappointed that we you know, we we
kind of you know, took our foot off the pedal in regards to defensively
because I think that's basically where they you know, kind of got back into
the game, so to speak, because Johnny did make some adjustments and put
some backups in there versus keeping the you know, the starters in there.
But truthfully, I wanted seventy plus. And I don't know watching TV like
Jay and I did you notice when they interviewed Jay, I'm not Jaim.
When the interview Jett putting you in that category and they ended interview Jet,
they said something regards to you know, what was going on the score and
and his response was yet Tucson would want to see this? Yeah, oh
he did? He said that was that during the game. Yeah, he
said. They said, I'm like, you know, do you want to
you want to see seventy to seventy? Says? I know, does or
something like that, And he was right, you know, I'm sure that
that's what their game plan was, you know, to put those numbers up,
and you know, and I don't fall them one bit. I would
love to see it. So, you know, we saw the stretch of
games that they're in and you know, this winning streak that they're on.
Uh, so many reasons why, right you know, Norfelfea, the defense,
the way it's stepped up individual guys, and the games that they're having.
What sticks out to you the most that maybe kind of hasn't been talked
about, mean sort of an under the radar thing going on with this team
that maybe you notice as a football player. But Steve and I is just
a couple of fact guys sitting here don't notice well, you know, I
mean, I mean there's nothing I would say that the naked I would notice
it. But I just I know that they have been putting more time in
regards to on the defense end of the ball in the classroom, you know,
I just you know, know that because of having a personal relationship with
someone. But but but I think that is a big reason why the defense
have become who they have become, because not only the coaching staff, but
the players too. I mean, the players are in there, they looking
at film, they studying him, you know, they looking at tennessee things
that that's taking place, and that's gonna happen and can happen. You know,
and you as a player, if you can put yourself in that moment
and put yourself in that picture before it happens. It just become a natural
movement for you. You know, you see a formation, you see offensive
alignment or running back in a certain tennessee, all of a sudden you see
that play develop and happen. So it all you do is just react versus
thinking. And I think that's that's to me. I think that's the biggest
contribution that has take place defensively. It's probably on offense side of the ball
too. But the kids are studying more, you know, they're in the
classroom or they're in the in the film studying more. They're getting there early
in the morning and late at night, you know, so, I think
Jeddy but made a comment in regards to a film study right after the the
I think the Utah game. You know, some of the kids got the
game and got in the classroom and watch some of the him you know.
So, So if you can get kids to think that way, you know,
and do those particular things, you know, the outcome is what it
is. So let me ask you a question. I don't know if you
can answer, given who you are and your connection to the team, but
a couple of days ago, Jay and I were discussing in a couple of
people called I've been watching this this team, not not with the surgeon's eye,
but have covered them and watched them for thirty five years now. I
don't know if I've seen a better player. And I'm saying this with some
reservation, better than T Mac. And I think that eventually, when he's
gone, he'll be considered one of the best ones here. He's just got
it all to me, you know what. You know what, Steve,
I have grown to think that same way with this kid, and over the
last few games, I have to think this way with T Mac. I
really have my my younger brother and I we we we we got this thing
in regards to watching that kid. At the beginning of the season. You
know me personally, I will sit down and put my eyes on him,
and I could tell when he's going to get the ball, and he was
not going to get the ball because there was a situation where he's not going
to get the ball that he would just loaf down the field. And I
tell Derek, my my younger brother named Trek, I said, Derek,
he's not getting the ball this step and sure enough he's not. And but
over the games he has developed into that every day player now and and and
that's way we know. The boy can catch anything that's known at him.
I mean, he just grabbing go. But it's the other things that take
place that gonna make him and and and I see these things happening to force
him to mature into that Sunday football player. And that those things is you
play every down, you'd never you know, sit sit back on any stamp
and your block. And he does that. And you don't mind catching the
ball going across the middle. You don't short on it. You know,
you don't get those who we call alligator arms. So now he has developed
into that pro player, and you and and and again he has grown over
me, grown on me on the last least the last few games. But
at the beginning of the season, I saw those little tendencies that he was
not he was not getting his all effort. But now he is. Don't
you think that that's that's that's the type of thing that makes Jed Fish and
the coaching staff that he has. That's the thing that maybe they have pushed
over the gup that you know, somebody, somebody went up as a look,
if you want to be in the NFL, you got to play every
play, you know, and and have the ability and not not just the
experience, but the willingness to go up and say that to their star players,
say get off your ass and play. Yeah, and and and that's
the thing that again, those like you said, those are the type of
coaches that you have out there because they've bend at all these different levels as
far as of the game, and they've been around pros or pros, so
they can tell these kids, I'm telling you for fat Yeah, you know,
if you don't do these certain things, you know, the scout's gonna
notice that. And it can be a difference of you being a first round
pick or a late round pick, you know, simply because the fact of
those you know, little tendencies that you choose not to do and the things
you choose not to do to make yourself a pro of a pro. And
but yeah, I mean, when you got guys that's you know, Ricky
and Jed and you know, and going down the line that's been been at
those levels, you can tell these kids these days, they listen. So
I'm gonna say something I think you may have crossed my path early in the
season. Uh, you know, Mikey doesn't like this, so you convinced,
Yeah, YadA, yeada, you're like everybody else with me. But
I was convinced early in the Washington State game. I said, you know,
Jonah is unbelievable. These other guys are playing hard to this team is
is I'm really liking this team now. It took the Washington State game.
It was a week after the USC game. When did you start believing the
USC game? The USC game? When when I when I I saw,
I saw the effort, I saw the determination, that saw the drive that
those kids was given during that USC game, And and to me, that
was the turning of their whole season. And I think that game is right
if that game is the reason why they're in a positionary and today and they
got this six and over run right now, as far as beating teams and
some of the best teams is they went into that coliseum, you know,
and probably wanted the colisseum, thinking that they was gonna get blown out that
college. But they win that Colins and lost left that colinsm with so much
confidence to say we can play against the Heisman trophy winner from last year in
the candidate this year and do what we do the rest of our schedule is
cakewalk. Let's do this interesting. So okay, so I'm gonna ask you
this is a little bit of a personal question. Now, No, you
know, I've been here one hundred years. I've seen all you guys.
You the linebackers that have come through here. You Ricky Byron Evans, uh,
later on guys like Marcus Bell uh uh uh uh, Well Bruski wasn't
really a linebacker, he was a defensive yet here. But uh, you
know Scooby right, all these guys, Jacob manu does he fit in there
somewhere? Is he looking like somebody who may maybe he's still just a sophomore.
He'll get in. He'll get into that group of guys. In terms
of the linebackers that have come through here. Uh, you know, you
know some of the great ones, you know, a bunch of all Americans
and stuff. Where do you see him fitting in? Well? You know,
you know, I think he fits the marker quite a few of the
guys you just name in regards to the school bees. As far as having
a nose for the ball, I mean, the kid does have a nose
for the ball. He wants to be around the ball all the time.
He got that instinct as far as finding the football in Creighton turnovers. You
know. So I think that's the Scooby Scooby right type of a player that
I I can see in him. I can, I mean I can't,
you know, really, you know, bear him up with any other players
because his body structured did a guy. But but as far as the actual
you know, you know, in your face, you know, demeanor and
and personality wise, I could see, you know, Scooby in him.
I can see some lands Briggs in him, you know, because he has
that he has that linebacker fall back mentality, you know, in regards to
I'm gonna meet you on the line of scrimmage and you know, the best
man gonna win here, and and and he finds a way of getting his
nose and in some cases being small allows him to be get in the position
to strike that. You know, some of the offensive line we can't even
get to him because of his body size. Of this possy because you get
lost in the line, right, you know. So so I would say
a little Lance and a little Scooby, you put those two guys together,
you probably got a manue and and he is if he stays here four years,
he's by farther gonna be one of our top linebackers that that played here
at There's University in terms of tackles, in terms of turnovers, and all
of these different things. He might even break ricor record would say with in
terms of interceptions for a linebacker, because I think Ricky still has that.
Let me ask you one more thing too, because when we've had you on
the last I think it was early in the season, I asked you about
Justin Floorda. We asked him about Justin Flohan, and you stunted, kind
of wait and see, let's see what this guy does. Let's see what
the workers think is and and I kind of think, wow, you're kind
of doubting what we see or whatever. But you kind of knew what was
that about? And what did you see since well, well he at the
beginning of when they you know, first put Justin and Justin was just a
uh a guy running around. I think Justin got to the point where you
know, there was there was defenses that was that was you know, placed
in front of him that he had to you know, be in his kickle
a position, and I call it, here's your door or man your door,
protect your door. And I think Jackson put himself in a situation where
he was an assignment ready, you know, so instead of again instinctly playing
the game of football, he was thinking too much. He was running around,
you know, not knowing where he's supposed to be assignment assignment wise,
And I mean you could just look at his demeanor on the field as far
as when he's lining up, you know, it looks like he's trying to
figure out what's going on, what they do and what I need to do.
At that time. It's too late. You can't do that as a
linebacker because I mean, you got to walk on the field instinctly, you
see the formation, you see what's going to happen to ball snap, you
go right to your assignment and you make it happen. But I think,
you know, unfortunate and for whatever reason, I don't know, you know,
you know anything special than anybody else know, But me seeing what I
see, I think that kid was not assignment ready to be up on the
field and maybe still not. Ye well, he's been you know. I
think the defenses they've been running. He's not been out there as much as
he was for a period of time, you know, in the middle right
here, But here he is, he plugging and playing other people. And
they're not even linebackers in case they're they're defensive back. Yeah, they got
seven. So he plugging and played these different players, which again that throws
the offense off because now they see something totally different from where he come from.
Who is this? Why is the corner playing will blind back? Girl?
You know he should be over there somewhere, So it throws them off
just as well, you know, kind of kind of like how a issu?
But that that offensive tackle playing quarterback against us? Yeah, this must
have been a great year. Well, I won't put words talk about the
year. You and your buddies, the X guys who have been longing for
a season like this. How do you guys feel? You know what we
were actually the beauty of watching the game at home. You get the text
with quite a few guys, guys. You know John Balthall, I know
you guys remember that. But John was a defensive alignment for he lives in
Texas and John man him and I was, you know, going back and
forth as far as you know, uh, you know, talking about the
game and how how great it feels to be able to watch something like this,
and how probably really are as far as seeing the product that we see
and particularly the outcome of the games that we have seen these last few weeks
and stuff. You know, me as a formal player again, I could
be as as as proud as I am, you know, watching these kids
become winners again, because hey, dude, it was a long, long,
long a few seasons and not being part of a winning team and being
part of winning organization and finally we're there. I mean, we're finally there,
and you know we could walk around with our heads up and be very
proud of the product and the kids that's on that field. Put two more
longs in there, I'm pretty sure. Yeah, I didn't want to.
I didn't want to. I didn't want to name. You know, the
guys that you know put us in this wall. We know who they are,
We do know. Thanks them all. Got all right? Well,
well y'all going over to the Bowl. Probably not, we're probably Hey,
I thought I was going to get a personal invitation. You know, you're
probably helicopter. You're going to be mad at this, Lamont I had.
I had no inkling that they were going to be in a post Christmas Bowl
game. So I've got a family trip set up that it's it's done.
I was thinking, if we go to a ball, we're going to the
Independence or the Vegas or the l A ball. I had no plans to
go to a between Christmas and years. That's called pulling a loot, you
know, setting up the uncle trip because you don't think you can get to
the Sweet sixteen. Hey, that's all right, we forgive you this year,
but hey it's locked up for next year for sure. Let's see this
if they could, I know we're going along. Uh and I'll ask youaid
this because I think it's it's it's appropriate. Uh, this year was supposed
to happen next year. This is a year ahead of schedule. Yeah,
schedule right, you know. But but the thing is, I mean,
Jed just has a way man putting it out there at the universe. He
sticks it out there at the universe, and and you know, and and
naturally he worked his butt off to make sure it comes to real. But
man, I just I mean, I just love the way they place it
out there. And and give us, you know, give these kids some
real goals to go after and capture these goals. And and here it is.
I mean, it's some good stuff, all right, Thanks again,
Lamon, appreciate right, guys, y'all be bladed? Thank you? No,
that was good Lamon. I love Lama. Yeah, he knows that
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and alls. It's Steve Rivera and Jacin Salviz. This is I on the
Ball on Fox Sports fourteen to fifty. Hey, welcome back to I'm the
Ball here on Fox Sports, QUTU and fifty on Steve Ja. We've got
our guy Kevin dancing up the store here. I'll get intro music nine minutes
now for the day. Do you guys want to get this call? Please
do? I don't think we've gotten the call today. Now be a really
busy business. It flew by today, did Yeah, you're not going to
be here tomorrow. Not be here tomorrow, but I will send in my
picks for for Kevin to to announce to the masses so that they can go
bet on the opposite teams. Yeah, what do you think about some of
these games? Though I haven't I haven't looked at it. I haven't looked
at it. The big game is the Washington Oregon is here. If I
were, if I were a betting man, I would take Oregon. But
that's a lot of points. That's nine and a half. Yeah, if
anything, I should have done this way before when I when Arizona, when
Oregon lost to them first time, and I said, the organ is gonna
beat them whenever they play the next time it was been it would have been
a better bet. Yeah, but uh, I really like Oregon. I
know you still like Washington, but not to maybe when well see, yeah,
I mean I have mixed feelings about the one, you know, about
the game tomorrow, because I want to take Washington because I believed in Washington
all season long, right, you know, I believed in Michael Pannix.
They're undefeated. They beat Oregon. Yes, it's hard to beat the same
you know, a team twice and that game was that at you know,
in Washington, and they won by three. But you know that's a lot
of points. It's ten now the points are minus ten things. Yeah,
yeah, So I don't know, you know, looking at looking at you
know, who's you know, who's who's done what against the points spread?
Organs eight and three against the spread. I'm trying to find Washington, I
think, the way down on the list because because they they you know,
they didn't win games by a lot over the last you know, the last
half of the season. I mean, they won all their games, but
they weren't killing people. And I mean and they probably should have lost to
uh to a s U if it wasn't for that passing their France call.
Washington went five and seven against the spread. So you know, do you
know, okay, you know who one of the teams with the best record
against the spread is right, Arizona nine and two. Guess who also has
a nine and two record against the spread? Would you know this? Would
you know nine and two? Gus give me a hit? I should.
They're in the West, not air Force there. I'll even say they're west
of the Rockies. Uh no, Stafford, I don't know U n l
V. Oh. Yeah, and I haven't paid much of nine and two
against the spread. I guess why. But you picked they did? They
were nine and one when I picked him and then did not cover. They
lost. Yeah, I remember that one. Because you can't write, you
can't make this stuff up. You know, the dark boards, the big
dark board. Yeah, so he's eliminated a lot of numbers. He's only
got like two teams because everything else is off the boards. All right,
okay, so guess who's next? Steve, You've got a connection to this
school in New Mexico State. Yeah, they're eleven and two. They're they're
pretty good. They played Liberty the seven point, which which I bet them
the first game they played the Don Brown Yeah, and Don Brown came in
and they came and beat him right, which I said, I'll never touch
that. And then they went off and beat Auburn, right, yeah,
huge, and an Auburn player blights out and almost beat it should have been
Alabama. And that's the problem I have. Not that it's a problem I
have. I could care less, but the committee. Okay, you watch
a team, You watch a team, and you watch them that day when
they're not so good, and it's that game that they're not so good.
You catch them against Sanford, you think, yeah, and then and yeah,
and then they win their last six games in a row. Who thought
that that was gonna happen after watching them against Stanford. Yeah, you catch
them on a bad time and you see him against Colorado. These guys aren't
that good. Yeah, and guess who's guess who's next? Friend of ours?
A friend of ours? Uh? Utah, the show? I guess
I would call a friend of the show. Uh uh who Rich Roy?
Yeah? Yeah, yes, and he just got beat by New Mexico stake
Yeah yeah, six and two against the spread. They Now, these these
games don't count against you know, we don't count spreads against f c S
teams, so these are all you know, FBS FBS games. And then
James Madison, after that crazy numbers up there, let's take this call.
It's Richard. Hey, Richard, how you doing great? Man? Hey?
Uh, I wanted to call real quickly, just uh wish the Oklahoma
State Cowboys. Uh, you know who got into the Big Tech Championship game
because of bad call. I would to wish them, uh, best of
luck against the Texas Steerhorns. Hey, hot down there in that Arlington.
How did Oklahoma State's coach become the Big twelve coach of the year. It
was probably that interference call they missed against in the game. Steve, you
know, put him over the top. Uh No, that's good for good.
I'm happy for him. That's fine. You know, he he deserves
He's been around for a long time. I didn't know he'd won it.
Yeah, I heard. So that's probably giving the fingers to this Circasian because
he was living in one. Yeah. Well, I think if he had
an injections what you were injecting with the personality might have uh, all sudden
he turned into game. Yeah, Texas, I understand. You know they
don't have a fight song, do you. You might know what Texas fight
song is, but I understand that they're going to the SEC that got a
new song. It's it's a dueling ban Jos from the movie Deliverance. Okay,
we got the implication with the Infra and that would be their new song
heading on down into Dixie. But anyway, Ali Gordon runs for two hundred
yards Saturday, and I think he will. Okay, it should be fun.
All these games are great. I mean it's gonna be a great Yeah.
Great, this this season has been a real celebration, isn't it.
I mean, this is fantastic this year. I'm glad. You've just been
a wonderful year. And I'm so frill for the for Arizona. Yeah,
I'm going but Oklas, Hey, what what what about? It is on
a plane? Your sooner than the How would you like that? Oh?
I think it'd be a great game, you know. I think that's a
really good matchup. Yeah, and you know, you know Arizona, I
think we'll have the psychological edge and that if not even the better team.
So we'll see what happens. As soon as you're going to dress, I
mean, they've got a lot of talent. So do they still have the
running backs coach? That was here? He was a Dallas Cowboy running back
and then yeah, DeMarco Murray yeah. Is he still with Oklahoma, Yes,
and we just we just moved Cepha Trail to the offensive coordinator position after
Jeff Leeve he took the Mississippi State job. Yeah, former Arizona guy.
Yeah, yep, yep, and former Sooner. But anyway, you know,
good luck them Cowboys. Well I know I'm rooting. I know I'm
rooting for him because I don't want I don't want Texas moving up ahead of
his day in Oregon or something like that. So no, exactly, no,
we want the Pac twelve really deserves somebody being the championship playoffs. I
mean it's in the final four. Okay, year of all time out here,
man, it's been fantastic in a while. Hey, Richard, thanks
aboutch man. I appreciate the away. Thank you. Richard's a good caller.
Some of a Gabe there for a second. Okay, all right,
well that look, it's been fun. I loved I loved the interview we
had with Paula. Boy, that was that was awesome. If you're just
getting into the show listening to the Latin, didn't catch the first hour,
go catch that if you got some curious, you know, curious about how
the college football playoff committee works. She gave us a lot of good information
in there. I think you'd like to hear that now, you know.
She wasn't commenting on who should get in this year and who should not,
But you got, as we said, we got behind the curtain over there,
and I thought that was some good stuff that we got. We got
from Paula. So right on. Our two was with Tounley from Lamont.
Always good, fun, fun conversation with Lamont. Yeah, I love the
fact that he doesn't go upcase you games either. Yeah I heard that and
I think, you know, well I didn't know why and then obviously now
I know why. But you guys have the same kind of story. Yeah,
yeah, so yeah, similar stories. But anyways, there was a
lot of U Way fans. It was about sixty forty yell no they go,
they go. I don't know, but there is you guys weren't gonna
go because then you this was a possibility, right right. It's just you
know, and again there's still a lot of people that go. And if
you're if you've never been to one, and it's you know, it can
be fun. It's just I had a bad experience and I don't go back
to places where I had bad experiences, right, isn't that Isn't that like
a really smart thing to do once you know? Yeah, so that's what
he does. A lot of teams are doing. Yeah, there's been a
lot of teams giving me bad experiences all year long and until until next year
when you have the fresh start of the season. Only five more weeks,
Steve, Only five more weeks and I can end this madness. It's just
been so bad this year. Oh my god, I'm okay with it.
I can't wait for it to end. I'm okay with it. Okay,
all right, Well then let's clear out. Well, you'll be back tomorrow,
Steve, and we'll be back tomorrow. I won't be back tomorrow.
We'll be here Monday, and we'll be we'll be crashing down on Bowl games.
I've heard there's gonna be a jetfish zoom on Sunday after they get their
bold assignment, So we'll have all of that on Monday. But you guys
will be here tomorrow kick it around, So have fun. M M.