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This is II on the Ball with
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welcome back to the ball here on Fox

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Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera, He's Jaging Zeales. Now we have

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Kevin with breaking news. This is
Eye on the Ball, Breaking News on

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Fox Sports fourteen to fifty. All
right, one for one this week,

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only one opportunity, so we know
that we know, all to a good

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start. The Steelers fired their offensive
coordinator Matt Canada today. Matt Tomlin came

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out and said it was his decision
and his decision alone. There were some

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competing reports out of Pittsburgh as to
whether or not he had control over that

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decision because he was kind of indifferent
all year about making changes to that.

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Well, if you wanted to score
points, you Bobby should have done that

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a long time ago. Yeah,
yeah, go get the offensive. Yeah,

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I was figuring the same thing,
but not like that. It would

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probably look the exact same, Yeah, exactly. Poor Canny Pickets out there,

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you know, I mean, he
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again, the statement was posed me
a couple of times because they scored just

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enough points to be exactly. They're
winning. They're winning, right, but

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not win winning like I was winning. I was got but two losses.

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Yeah, and they're averaging eighteen points
a game, right and people think they're

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good. Well, I'm not sure
if they're not good or not, but

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I mean, they don't even think
they're good. They asked Najie Harris,

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the running back, after after last
week's lost to the Browns, whether or

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not he thought that they had a
sustainable style of football, and he said

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no, Like, there's there's two
ways to look at it. But either

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you know, we're doing good despite
everything and we're going to figure it out,

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or how are we still here today? And that's where he was at.

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That's where you transitioned to Tom Brady
thing. Yeah, yeah, Tom

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Brady was I don't actually know where
he was talking about this, but he

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did come out and say there's a
lot of mediocrity in today's NFL and that

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the rule changes have kind of places
a lot of bad habits on players,

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and I think we're seeing a lot
of a lot of bad football. What

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rule change is not being able to
hit the quarterback. Yeah, pretty much

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not being able to hit the quarterback
and not being able to touch a receiver.

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Yeah, you know last night even
though it happened against what Kansas City

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on that and the quarterback uh pedant
uh late in the game. Yeah,

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and they gave him hope. Yeah. I don't know if he hit him

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that. I don't know if to
hit him that. I thought that was

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It happens all the time, I
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And and Brady's got a point.
He said, you know, games are

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being one because you can't touch a
quarterback and you did, Yeah, or

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you can't you know, yeah,
you can't touch a receiver, but you

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did. And so it doesn't require
any you know, any skill. You

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don't have to drive a team down
the field, just throw the ball up

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in the air and hope for a
flag. Yeah. You saw that a

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lot. Yeah, well there it's
been a lot of that. Yeah,

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we're seeing we're seeing like an incredible
amount of from a betting perspective, we're

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seeing an incredible amunt of unders hit. And that's not all necessarily because of

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elite defense. There are some elite
defenses Browns, Ravens, things like that,

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but a lot of a lot of
bad offenses, a lot of bad

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offenses out there, and you know, I mean, look, look you

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look at the Broncos, right,
and all of a sudden are five and

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five after they were so horrible and
continue to be horrible, but yet now

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they're they're five five or six and
six. I'm like, they're five hundred.

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Now. If you want mediocrity,
look at San Diego. I mean,

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they have a lot of potential,
and that's mediocre at best. I

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mean I think they've I think that
they've lost like six games by combining fourteen

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points something insane like that. Their
their margin of loss is ridiculously small.

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And people are you know, Brandon
Staley, their head coach, is kind

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of getting his seat's getting a little
warm. Yeah, he's getting a little

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defensive a press conference. Yeah.
But ESPN plus came out with a ranking

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for the nine rivalry week games.
Okay, I guess we could just do.

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I mean, Arizona spoiling spoiling it
is not in the top five.

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Arizona su is number eight. That's
well us who's who's the author of that?

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Is there? Somebody? And the
reason I ask is because if you

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can kind of the credibility of the
Heather Dinich, Yes, okay, yeah,

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so number nine is going to be
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Georgia Tech. It's so bad.
Yeah, I think we're looking at something

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similar with number eight Arizona and Arizona
State. Arizona State just not being relevant

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enough to like boost the matchup any
higher, respectfully. Uh, Kentucky and

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Louisville number seven mm hmm okay,
number six, Texas Tech and Texas Okay,

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these are games that are this week
though, right, okay, yeah,

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alright, Alabama and Auburn number five
the Iron Bowl again an not very

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school stage, just Auburn. Holy
moly, Steve Man, Holy moly.

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We have Washington State versus Washington here
coming up at number four, and it's

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good to renew that, keep playing
that. Yeah, that's always good when

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you get the rivalies to continue through
the conference realignment. Oregon and Oregon State

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number three because it's I thought it
actually could be one higher. Uh,

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and swap with number two Florida and
Florida's they well, the thing that is

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just not very good. Wow.
But the thing on that one is Florida

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State's quarterback is out and that if
you know Florida goes and wins that game,

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Florida, Florida State is out of
the playoffs. That's fair, that's

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fair, and they're undefeated right now. And then the obvious number one is

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is Ohio State Michigan obviously, I
yeah, you know they got with all

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the extra stuff going on with a
high state Michigan, it's kind of that.

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It's gonna be fun again, a
game I never get right whenever I

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bet it or pick it at a
pool or whatever. Never get that way.

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I never get that. And then
Jed Fish came out and said that

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there are still thirteen players remaining on
the roster from that seventy to seven game

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in twenty twenty, including Jordan Morgan, Michael Wiley, Trading Stukes, and

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Kyle Ostendorp. And yeah, I
think it's gonna be I think I think

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it should be. Uh should He's
time On spoke about it this week.

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It's not gonna be hard to motivate
these guys. So do you think,

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given I don't I don't know what
a tennis has been for issue, do

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you think I think there's gonna be
more sixty sixty forty percivage I know you

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don't go. I just realized there's
a break breakdown to the fans at the

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game, right because a issues doesn't
want to go to see their bass hat

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into them, right, and as
a probably wants to go for that reason.

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Yeah, and it's it's an easy
drive. There's a lot of alums

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up there. I think you're gonna
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Yeah. Yeah, I wouldn't be
surprised if that was if that was the

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breakdown, you know. Yeah,
well again, and all the fans that

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live in in the Phoenix area they'll
go, you know, No, I

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think it'll be a really good contingent. There always is the question is where

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where does this you put them?
Right? You know, because they there

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was fighting about putting the fans put
in the corner and they and they've asked

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you has been not very shy about
promoting it either. They've had the billboard

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up in Tempe about no pity for
the kiddy? Right? Is it back

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up? It is? I don't
know if it's back up, but well

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it's made a lot of news yesterday, Yeah, because she brought that up,

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you know, in a one word
type of thing. Yeah, and

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it was great. Uh, and
yeah, and then the last bit of

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news for today as a Super Bowl
rematch last night to the Chiefs and the

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Eagles averaged twenty eight point nine million
viewers for Minda Night Football, which makes

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it the most watch Monda Night football
game over twenty five years. Wow.

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Yeah, wow, I mean it
was a great game. And then it

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was a good game too. I
mean it was a it was a tight

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game the whole way. It shouldn't
knt have been more scoring, but it

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wasn't. Yeah, but damn Kansas
City still mad about that. Well,

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you know what it could happen,
could be a repeat of the last year

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Super Bowl too. Yeah, and
you know, and and again, uh,

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you know, maybe I think Kevin
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way in. You know, maybe
the Eagles were a little more motivated because

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then because of the loss in the
Super Bowl, because again a little bit

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of that going into it, trying
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Who knows. Okay, you saw
the game left that, you see

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the game last night? Yeah,
who's a better team? Who think?

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I don't think we know? Even
though Kansas City lost, right, I

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would still I would still a side
on the on the side of Kansas City.

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Yeah, they blew every chance to
score. Yeah, they would have

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blown them out had they scored.
Uh. It's kind of like or in

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Washington. I mean, Oregon lost, lost the game, but everybody thinks

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Morgan's a better even even thought there
was a drop hole that came out on

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the on on the heisman that Bo
Nicks is the front runner for the highs,

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I think as you should be.
Don't you think I still got Michael

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Pennix at the top of my lands. Okay, so I think that they

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haven't lost. He hasn't played that
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You know, I can't argue that. But but but but but but

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you know he's getting he's getting the
run, you know, and then Jayde

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Daniels is getting you know, he's
getting all this, which is surprising up

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all these yards. But your your
team's not that great. Yeah, that

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doesn't necessarily make you the best.
You know, it's the Tony Romo Thingy.

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You can move the ball between the
twenties, but you can't score.

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What's the point? Yeah, I
agree, Michael Pennis is still at the

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top of my n For the record, I do think that Eagles are the

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more well rounded. Probably probably yes, And I do have a lot more

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faith in them to win. You
would say Philadelphia, yes, And I

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wouldn't argue because they won last night. You can take either one. Yeah,

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I still think that, you know, it's it's the horse race today

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that game. This happened, the
next race, this could happen right exactly.

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And I just think that when you
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that are there as the games getant, are they gonna get any better?

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They could? Well that's the whole
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drops drops That was amazing, crazy, that's an incredible number. You get

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paid how much money to catch the
ball? A lot? Doctors don't make

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that. Yeah, no, I
YEA know those guys. And and there

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were a number of the last time
and again it was raining and it was

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wet and stuff like that. But
there were a bunch of catches last night

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that you know, they they can't
you know, uh mahomes kept on into

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eighty four. I don't remember Watson. Watson, yeah, kept throwing and

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then like why is he getting because
also tripe Kelsey right, and then mvs

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might be locked up because he's a
deep threat. So he's gonna be going

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down. They might cover him,
and then you what do you have left?

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And Kelsey short on a couple of
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as did as did Watson? Is
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as did he? You know?
And then again it's gotta be frustrated for

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Patrick Mahomes. Yeah that these guys, you know. Yeah, Well it's

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like the kid. It's like the
kid who's and I always ask you this

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question, his name the L L
shu can that that rich Rod had here

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the quarterback? Well, we can
throw a mile, you can? Randall?

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Yeah, Jared Randall. Yeah,
what's the point of throwing a mile

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when you don't need a mile yards? Yeah? Exactly. It was I

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guess to pat my home because after
the game they asked him about the drop

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and he kind of put it he
kind of yeah, he was a diplomatic

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put it a little shorter. But
he's not gonna throw anybody under the bus,

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right because they still need to catch
his balls next eight weeks, all

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right, I have something. So
just shortly after being named to the Bleetnikoff

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Award watch list, a semi final
list was I think put together looking on

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their website. Maybe not. Lewis
Riddick uh uh tweeted that he didn't make

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the Blletnic that Team Act did not
make the Bleetnikoff Awards semi finalists, really

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did not. Yeah, but that
he's as good as any receiver in So

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let me say this to you,
Jay, Could you be lived here and

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I worked here and was part of
the media for a long time. How

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much being in the corner of the
world in this world plays a factor in

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that? Yeah? No, it
does. It absolutely does. Tucson,

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Arizona, all they do is Mike
Sausa over there here. The semi finalists,

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Brock Bowers from Georgia is probably gonna
win it, Luther Burden from Missouri,

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Ke Coleman from Florida State, Troy
Franklin from Oregon, Marvin Harrison,

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Oh, Marvin Harrison Junior really good, he is. He's in the run

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for Xavier Laguette from South Carolina,
Malik Neighbors from LSU, Romo Dunzee from

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Washington, Brian Thomas Junior from LSU, Malik Washington from Virginia. So both

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cow and of course both Colien and
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got left out. So let me
ask you this, Jay, because you've

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been here again a long time.
Your money, your money can reminded me

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you're your volume. Because I've only
been here thirty five years and I didn't

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pay attention for a long time.
But I've seen a lot of the games

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and I can't remember saying maybe who
the guys were the receivers were in our

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time. I can easily say this
was no no hesitation. T Max is

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the best wide receiver I've seen at
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Yes, nope, yeah, absolutely
a friend of mine. Thro dron

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Kriner, Yeah good, great,
great receiver. Good uh uh the guy

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we have Mars show every now know
you was catch touchdowns. So god,

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he's a friend of mine. You
know what I'm talking about, right point

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Dexter. Oh yeah, Shohn point
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no, T has already proven to
me that he is because he can do

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it all. He can catch,
he can go over the middle, you

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know, and he'll break the tackle, he'll take the one handed catch,

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he can jump out of the building. I don't even know who would be

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second. You covered hill right Hill
in the late committees. Yeah, Yeah,

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Derek Hill was was you know,
it was really good. God,

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there were a couple. I'm trying
to think Hill Hill was Hill was with

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the h Reps for a while,
Kriner Hill. Yeah, there's been a

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there's been a few, but not
like this. Not a guy, not

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a guy that you think, Okay, this guy stands out because you know,

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all those guys were pretty good.
None of them was the first round

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draft pick, right right. And
this kay and this kid is you know

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it's going to be you know,
he he will, you know he assuming,

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you know he he says on the
trajector trajectory that he's on. Yeah.

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I don't even have a hesitation when
I say that, because he just

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comes up with stuff clutch, not
clutch. That last touchdown pass, the

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one that Jaden the Lord, he
caught that one handed. I don't know

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if you notice that it was it
was it was a back shoulder throw and

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he turned and he caught it with
one hand, one arm and pulled it

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in and you know, and then
breaks the tackling scores. It's like it

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that's a that's a man among boys. Yeah. Yeah, I remember him

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playing in Cal last year and he
coming up with stuff like this right,

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there is the reason why you went
to go get up. He comes up

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with everything. Yeah, and then
this year he's just been spectacular. I

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can't wait. I really can't wait
to see him one more year next year

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with a full year with my feet
and those guys, and then you know,

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you can assume he's gone after next
year. Yeah, but he is

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really damn good, really good.
Okay, we got Brian Jefferies coming up.

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We'll get into his brain on both
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fifty. Hey, welcome back to
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I'm Steve Rivera. He's jacobsofs.
Now on the follow we have Brian

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Jeffries, the voice of the Wildcats. Ryan, how you doing? Are

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you somewhere or you haven't left yet? Haven't left yet? Now? It's

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uh, you know, it'll be
a busy weekend, but at least there's

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a day in between games. I'm
like this past weekend, so everything's good.

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Looking forward to trip over to the
home desert area and then back to

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Tempey on Saturday. So too big
games this week. It's it's a lot

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of fun. Do you long for
June already? No? I you know

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a day off would would be nice. I think next week there are no

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games, you know, between Saturday
and Saturday, and so I'm going to

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find some time maybe to do something
other than you know, look at the

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stats next week for a day.
Well, we had a really hectic week

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last week, and then you got
this thing coming up. You got Michigan

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State. So let's take these in
Coline Lotze. Lord, you got Michigan

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State coming up on on Thursday.
You know, they've blown out the teams

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that they were supposed to blow out, and they beat Duke. You know,

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how much do we really know about
about them and what can happen in

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this game? Well, I think
beating Duke definitely, you know, put

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the Arizona on the radar on high
alert. Not that they were off the

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radar by any means, but I
think you anytime you win at Cameron,

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then you're going to get somebody's attention. And they've gotten the attention of everybody

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in the country right now. That's
why you know, they've vaulted themselves into

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a top five ranking. So to
me, that says a lot right there.

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Yeah, the other teams are supposed
to beat, are supposed to beat

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them handily, and they did that. I think they've you know, there's

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been a couple of games where they've
struggled in the first haft. This last

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one was probably an example of that, where things didn't get going really,

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probably to the pace that Tommy would
like, until late in the first they

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won the game, and good teams
find ways to win the game in different

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ways. So I think so far
is so good. And now you've got

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another test and another really good team, another really good program, hall of

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Fame coach on Thursday on a neutral
court, and I'm interested to see,

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you know, how much better the
Wildcats are. And in Michigan State,

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for that matter, they've lost that
home opener and they end up losing to

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Duke, And I think there's probably
some people wondering what their situation is right

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now, so we'll find out others. It's funny you kind of already answered

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my question. But before you go
into a game like this or any others,

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do you kind of and look at
you know, what what am I

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looking at now? Is maybe something
different? Or you just kind of go

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in and add lib with any no
no thoughts, not with no thoughts,

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but no bias, well, no
no bias. I mean I try to

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look at the other team and find
out what their strengths are. And you

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know, ask the coaches at too, because I think you're going too.

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You never go into any game just
thinking that Arizona's going to automatically win.

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I mean there's some games where you
assume that based on the competition, but

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a game like Thursday, there's no
assumptions at all. And Michigan State has

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been too good for two long to
take lightly and you can't ignore, well,

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you can ignore if you want to, their current record, but I

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don't think that really means a lot
in the you know, the long term

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of things. So they've got a
great player in Tyson Walker. They've got

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some athletes Arizona, you know,
so other than the Duke game, Arizona

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hasn't faced a team with I think
the athletic ability that Michigan State has,

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and you know, Tommy Iso just
does a great job. So you expect

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them to play their best, and
I think based on what the Wildkits did

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in Duke, you kind of figure
Arizona is going to play its best because

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that's the type of team they are, and that's the type of game it

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is. This is a showcase kind
of game, and I think plays as

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you well know, they love playing
in these games. So I hope the

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atmosphere is great and it's as exciting
as it looks on paper. You know.

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I think coming out of the Duke
game, when we saw what happened

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there, you know, we felt
like they're starting to answer the question about

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being able to play you know,
much more physical, but maybe much more

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intense, with a little more intensity, a little more urgency than maybe we

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saw at the you know, at
the end of last year, and Tommy

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and you had to fix some of
these things, and that seems to be

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sort of a narrative that there were
that you know, the word generating sort

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of that you know, these guys
are, this is different. This looks

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a lot different from what they've done
in the past. You saw it up

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close. I mean, how you
know, what did that look like to

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you from where you sat? Well, I don't think there's any question that

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they're a more physical team. All
you have to do is look at Colin

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Boswell, I mean, look at
what he's done to bulk himself up.

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And then you add the likes of
Keisha Johnson, who brought an immediate physical

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presence in with him. I think
Caleb Love is a very physical guard,

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and then Wee Crevis is the one
that stands out to me amongst the freshmen

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because you know, he's seven foot
two, what he weighs about two sixty

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So physically you said, Okay,
this guy's imposing, but lots of times

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freshmen can't handle that right away,
but he can. He handles his weight

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extremely well, and he is a
force inside and gosh, just think about

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he's only played what five games so
far, and we've seen a lot from

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him, and I think it's only
going to get better. So I think

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Arizona is a more physical team than
it was last year, and that's going

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to bode well. They're going to
run into a very physical team on Thursday.

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I mean, Michigan State plays great
defense, and I think going into

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this season, you guys probably agree
that if there's one thing you had at

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least my question was, Okay,
can Arizona improve defensively? It's not that

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they were bad defensively last year,
but I think they want to see more

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and so far they have. Now
they're probably going to face one of the

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ultimate early tests here against the team
that is better numbers wise. The found

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the defense inside than Arizona is.
So let me ask you this question us

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not trying to sway you, Keishak
Johnson. We haven't seen a player like

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him in a while here. Just
what he does and how he is.

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Does he remind you of anybody?
Oh not yet. I'm trying to think

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of somebody that you know kind of
has You know, the guy that I

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always think of that's a similar size
to him, that at a great skill

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level was Brian Williams. That you
know, that kind of pops into my

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head. First. I think it's
too early, though, but what we've

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seen from Key shot and of course
I say early early in his Arizona prairies,

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early, he's proven himself in San
Diego State. So I just think

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he's got he's got so many tools, and I have a feeling that is

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three point shooting is may. He
may not be a great three point shooter

408
00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:36.720
when the season's over, but he's
going to be good enough that people are

409
00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:38.240
they're not going to be able to
leave him alone out there. Yeah,

410
00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:41.200
No, I agree with you.
In fact, Jay was the one who

411
00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:45.680
brought up the Brian Williams comparison.
Corey kind of had Wayne Wollmack in a

412
00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:52.039
variety of people. I have him
as a combo combo of Bennet Davison and

413
00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:55.519
Jean Edgerson because they're not the same, but together they're the same, you

414
00:26:55.559 --> 00:27:00.160
know. To make him up.
I think key SHOT's got maybe what an

415
00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:04.000
inch more height wise. I have
a feeling that his wings pan might be

416
00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:08.119
well, maybe not go womback,
but he'll be. He's just got some

417
00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:11.720
different tools, I think than those
guys. I mean, they're all very

418
00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:15.240
close. I agree with that,
but at the same time, it's hard

419
00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:19.160
to compare guys. I mean,
everybody's got their their own abilities and the

420
00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:22.960
own things that they need to work
on, and I just think Kisha has

421
00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:25.720
got a lot of really good things
going for him right now. All right,

422
00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:27.960
let's let's reach over to football and
let's compare there, because you know,

423
00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:32.720
this is a football team that none
of us saw this coming. Maybe

424
00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:34.240
they saw it coming, right Jed
said he saw it coming. We didn't

425
00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:40.680
see it coming. But this is
a team that I compare to the ninety

426
00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:45.440
two team that you know, had
a loss, but that kind of turned

427
00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:49.079
their season around. Jed talked about
the USC loss being a turning point for

428
00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:52.559
them. You know, we think
about the Miami loss in ninety two that

429
00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:57.160
that was the birth of Desert Desert
Swarm. That team didn't finish, right,

430
00:27:57.200 --> 00:28:00.440
they lost their last three games.
This team is, it seems to

431
00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:03.680
be hell bent on finishing. You
know, they've beaten you know, four

432
00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:11.240
straight ranked teams. Do you see
any similarities therede in Not so much in

433
00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:14.839
the way the teams were made up, just on what they're doing. I

434
00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:22.519
see one major comparison two words,
Dwayne Aquina. Yeah, yeah, And

435
00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:27.400
you know, even though he was
the offensive coordinatornety two, he was on

436
00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:32.640
the staff and I think his influence
had a lot to do with that team

437
00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:37.480
because remember the ninety three they won
ten games. And you know, he's

438
00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:41.319
been added to this staff now,
and you know, Johnny Nansen deserves all

439
00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:44.440
the credit in the world, and
I think this entire I think the staff,

440
00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.799
you know, Jed's hired a great
staff, and we've talked about that

441
00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:51.920
for three years. But the addition
to dwyna Qina has added another element to

442
00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:56.920
Arizona's defense. And so I find
that similarity between ninety two and ninety three

443
00:28:56.079 --> 00:29:00.279
and ninety two and now, even
though Dwayne's on the other side of the

444
00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:03.960
field, so to speak. But
you know what, George Malahulu was a

445
00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:08.960
quarterback in ninety two and Arizona.
Yeah, like you said, that was

446
00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:12.799
the birth of Desert swarm, and
you could say that this was the birth

447
00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:18.480
of a new Arizona defense this year. So that's certainly a good comparison.

448
00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:21.160
Both teams went to a bowl game, you know, they in ninety two

449
00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:23.240
went to a bowl game that started
to run a three straight. As going

450
00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:26.000
to an Arizona's going to a bowl
game this year, maybe that'll start a

451
00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:30.160
run a three straight or more.
So, Yeah, I can see some

452
00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:37.519
comparisons. I think this team,
to me, might be a little I'm

453
00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:41.440
gonna say this team is better offensively
than ninety two, no offense. To

454
00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:45.680
George Malu, I think this is
a better offensive team than ninety two.

455
00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:49.960
The defense, the ninety two defense
was better and it got better after that.

456
00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:55.480
But offensively, this team has,
you know, been very consistent,

457
00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:57.680
and they turned the ball over since
the first couple of weeks, and they

458
00:29:57.680 --> 00:30:03.079
found a quarterback. So we all
know that job happiness is a fun thing.

459
00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:07.640
When it's happy, you're caring a
great team, a very good team.

460
00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:11.720
How is it compared to two years
ago, maybe even last year where

461
00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:15.039
there were a few wins, maybe
the first year to now where I'm sure

462
00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:18.599
that there's a even for a radio
guy who's not part of the team but

463
00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:22.000
is part of the team, how
does it feel, Well, you know

464
00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:25.359
something, There's a couple of things
that always come to mind, and I

465
00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:27.599
know lean back on guys that gave
me great advice over the years. And

466
00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:32.640
you remember Herb Score, the great
Indians pitcher, and he went on to

467
00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:37.000
become their broadcaster. And of course
they were hearing Tucson at spring training.

468
00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:40.279
When I first moved here, they
held a spring training out at High Corvid

469
00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:42.440
Field, and I met Herb and
had a chance to talk to him.

470
00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:47.279
And one of the things that remember
that in that era of Cleveland, the

471
00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:49.119
Indians were not very good. I
mean they were bad. They were out

472
00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:53.279
of the race by the first of
July. And I asked Herb one time

473
00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:56.960
about, you know, how do
you deal with going into the second half

474
00:30:56.000 --> 00:31:00.000
of the season and you know there's
nothing there? And he said, well,

475
00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:03.200
you've got to do kind of like
the coach. You've got to take

476
00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:07.240
one game at a time, and
mage game a new event and so that's

477
00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:10.799
some that was great advice. And
I try and follow that. No matter

478
00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:14.160
what game or what team, you
know, it's it's the next game up

479
00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.759
and what can you make of the
next game. So, yeah, a

480
00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:18.759
couple of years ago when things weren't
going well, I mean, you can't

481
00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:22.640
ignore that fact. But at the
same time, the next game came up

482
00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:26.119
and you thought, Okay, do
they have a chance they pull it off

483
00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:30.319
this week? And that's what you
always wait for. And uh, you

484
00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:33.480
know now, I mean when when
they're winning, then you know you're excited

485
00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:37.559
for the next game because you think
they can keep it going. You don't

486
00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:40.359
know that they can, but you
think that they can keep it going.

487
00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:45.039
And and that's you know, So
if you're asking for a comparison from one

488
00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:47.680
era to the other, that's that's
probably it. From my perspective, I

489
00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:52.480
thought you'd be giddy about it about
it, you know? Is that guy

490
00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:55.440
man, he's like, you're the
I've said I've told you this before.

491
00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:57.839
You're the guy that you can listen
to. And well, you you know

492
00:31:57.880 --> 00:32:02.359
that you're there Zon announcer. You
don't know you're you're the Arizona announcer.

493
00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:05.880
You know, compared to a lot. Some of these other guys that I

494
00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:07.559
listened might go, oh my god, dude, you know, go sit

495
00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:15.839
in the seats. They'll be up
in the press spot on the show.

496
00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:17.359
Yeah, yeah, right the next
game. I think you have to you

497
00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:22.440
have to be a realist because you
know, in radio, in radio broadcasting,

498
00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:25.240
you don't know who's out there listening. And you figure that ninety nine

499
00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:29.440
percent of the people listening are Arizona
fans and want the Wildcats to win,

500
00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:34.440
and I do too, but there's
also people out there that are neutral or

501
00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:37.319
might be rooting for the other team, and you want to be fair to

502
00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:42.680
them and the extent that you present
the facts and you paint the picture as

503
00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:46.400
to what's happening. And yeah,
I mean the announcers are always better when

504
00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:51.079
the team wins, and and you
know, I sleep better, I'm in

505
00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:52.759
a good mood every day. I
mean, there's nothing better than winning.

506
00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:58.599
And I'm not afraid to say I'm
on the bandwagon one hundred percent. But

507
00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:01.160
you have to be realistic too.
And I'm sitting here right now pouring over

508
00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:07.680
numbers for the game on Saturday,
and of course, statistically, you know

509
00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:13.039
AFU has no reason to beat Arizona
on Saturday. But it's a rivalry game,

510
00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:15.119
and it's on their home field,
and you guys have seen it before

511
00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:19.799
when the team with the worst record
beats the team with the better record,

512
00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:22.119
and so you have to be realistic
about it. You have to be prepared

513
00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:27.359
for what could happen. From my
perspective, you hope it doesn't, but

514
00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:31.039
you've got to be prepared and find
things that Arizona State has done well that

515
00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:34.119
could get my chance to win the
game out of that. You know,

516
00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:37.799
listening to Jed at his press conference
yesterday, I really feel that I don't

517
00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:40.039
mean to take a shot at the
other coaches, but I feel like he's

518
00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:47.759
the first coach since probably Dick to
really grasp this rivalry. You know.

519
00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:52.559
I remember Mike Stoop's specifically saying he
thought the Oklahoma Texas rivalry was better.

520
00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:55.319
John mcavic, I don't think he
ever cared about it. Dick, Kevin,

521
00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:58.960
someone never cared about it. Rich
Rod, I think he cared about

522
00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:00.240
it, but it wasn't so much
about the rivalry, is so much about

523
00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:07.160
winning the last game. You do
you feel like he's he really embraces and

524
00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:14.480
grasped this rivalry better. Than anybody
since since Dick. Absolutely, I agree

525
00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:17.679
with you fully and the previous two
coaches, and things didn't go well with

526
00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:22.400
Kevin someone, I mean, I
got along with him. Okay, I'll

527
00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:25.440
just say, okay, rich Rod. I really liked rich Rod. I

528
00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:30.000
still think he's one of the best
play callers that I've ever been around.

529
00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:34.360
But you're right, I don't think
he was ever fully invested in the rivalry.

530
00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:37.679
I'm not sure how fully invested he
was, you know, with with

531
00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:43.679
being here full time. I think
he liked being the coach, but you

532
00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:45.760
know, when things didn't go well, well, you know, he was

533
00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:49.840
on his way anyway. I like
the guy, but I agree with you.

534
00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:52.480
I think Jed understands. Jed understands
a lot of things that some of

535
00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:58.440
the previous coaches have not. And
that started with bringing in the football alumni

536
00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:02.199
and making them part of the That's
huge. Yeah, that has not happened.

537
00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:06.800
You know, you go back to
Dick, Tomy and and you guys

538
00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:09.639
know, because you see them there. They still there is still a group

539
00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:15.360
there that those guys have never lost
touch with each other. There's a kinship

540
00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:20.639
amongst those who played for coach Tony
and Jed saw. I think Jed wanted

541
00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:23.440
that, and he's that's what he's
done. He's brought the alumni back and

542
00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:28.639
so and part of that is the
rivalry and making this as big a deal

543
00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:32.400
as it is because it goes beyond
just pride. It's recruiting, it's it's

544
00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:37.760
everything right now in the way college
athletics college football is lined up right now.

545
00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:42.039
Boy, winning a game like this
means so much in a lot of

546
00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:44.920
areas other than the fact that you
get to brag for the next year that

547
00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.000
you won the game. So we
want to ask you this. We've got

548
00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:49.599
one last question. Well, I
wanted to ask you this question. You've

549
00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:52.920
been doing this thirty some years now. Sorry to say that number, but

550
00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:57.239
you've seen a number of games.
Any favorite in there? Any favorite ASU

551
00:35:57.280 --> 00:36:01.480
game? Oh? Favorite ASU game? Yeah? Well let's see. It

552
00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:06.559
was Sun Devil Stadium. I forget
the year right now. When ASU had

553
00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:10.800
the game won, they muffed the
punt return and I think was that the

554
00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:16.920
tie? Yeah, and Arizona tied
the game. But as far as anyone

555
00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:21.119
it was concerned, Arizona won that
game. I mean, there was nothing

556
00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:25.039
but joy. That was the best
tie you could possibly ask for. So

557
00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:30.440
that one stands out to me.
Uh, you know when when this when

558
00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:34.199
Larry Smith got the streak going there
and they had you know, that decade

559
00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:37.480
where Arizona dominated, you know,
all of those games. You know,

560
00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:42.280
we're big, I think so,
and there have been some disappointing ones as

561
00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:45.679
well, but those are some that
I certainly think about, think back to,

562
00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:50.039
and you know, hopefully now uh
you know, it's it's it's going

563
00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:52.920
to continue with a win this week
and have to uh, don't have to

564
00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:58.239
think about the previous five years.
You know, the win last year was

565
00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:01.239
I think really really important. We're
going to that game last year and everybody

566
00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:06.039
I talked to Sid Ryan, we
have to win this game. I mean,

567
00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:08.320
we have to and they did,
and I think that was very important

568
00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:12.880
for the health of the program.
All right, Brian, will again appreciate.

569
00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:15.239
I know you're busy guy, so
we always thank you for taking some

570
00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:17.760
time out for us. And even
though we uh uh you know, just

571
00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:22.360
we love having you, so we
we we do appreciate this and I know

572
00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:24.880
you're busy, So have fun at
the Michigan State game. We'll see see

573
00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:28.440
how that one goes. And take
more than one day off. Yeah,

574
00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:30.679
yeah, ten, take a couple
of days off next week. Tell wait

575
00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:34.400
a minute, I'm writing this down. I'm going to submit it. Tell

576
00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:37.159
Joe to the boss and see what
he says. Even told me, I

577
00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:40.280
get two days. Joe listens to
the show, He'll they'll let it happen.

578
00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:44.079
All right, all right, thanks
a bunch, Brian, Thank you,

579
00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:47.320
travel, thank you, good stuff. Always you know what, always

580
00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:52.599
great. And there's nobody more connected
to the teams on the inside than him.

581
00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:55.000
Honestly, I can honestly say that, Yeah he is. No,

582
00:37:55.239 --> 00:38:00.639
he's there and again and again.
Love the fact that he's ready for his

583
00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:02.719
oonna. He wants to win.
It's an even stilla. He's skilt handles

584
00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:06.480
a very even hand. Yeah.
Yeah, that's what I've always loved about

585
00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.880
him. Because you're listen to other
people. Yeah, yes, what the

586
00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:10.360
hell with that? Hell yeah?
Yeah yeah, all right, let's take

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Salez they have their eye on the
ball on Tucsons Sports Stage jet Fox Sports

640
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fourteen fifty streaming live. I mean
I heard radio wire, Hey, welcome

641
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by toying the ball here Fox Sports
fourteen fifty. I'm Steve, He's Jay.

642
00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:13.800
You got Kevin with us. You
got eleven minutes before we take off

643
00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:16.519
out of here. Man here,
I missed you guys. Time time.

644
00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:21.880
Well a lot more than that though. There's all kinds of football going on

645
00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:27.199
this week, and and basketball and
family and I mean, I'm thinking about

646
00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:30.360
Thanksgiving Day. You know, we
say we do our Turkey Bowl, we

647
00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:35.280
come back. You got the Lions
game is on that flows right into the

648
00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:38.400
UFA basketball game at two o'clock.
We'll do dinner after the basketball game,

649
00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:40.920
and then we got a forty nine
Ers game at night. It's I mean,

650
00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:45.559
that's that's like heaven. We can't
get any honestly, I mean really,

651
00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:50.000
you know, and there's Black Friday
football this year. Yeah, yeah,

652
00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:54.079
yeah, well we'll Colorado on the
Oregon in Oregon State right usually you

653
00:42:54.119 --> 00:43:00.400
know what I think it's the Jets
and with Ustuff football. We had a

654
00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:06.559
call. Are you're on the air
and I on the ball. Yeah,

655
00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:09.119
this is Nico. Man, Nico, I love you. You're Peter Brady

656
00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:14.119
to me. No, Man,
your voice is totally changed. Hey man,

657
00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:17.840
it is what it is. First, I would comment on the Taylor

658
00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:28.519
swifter. Go ahead, she's all
right. It's not like she's all right,

659
00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:34.000
Okay, Jay's well, you know
those are both those are kind of

660
00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:39.079
both in my wheelhouse as far as
that closes. But are they your Hey?

661
00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:43.840
No, I know I'm not in
there. I'm not Travis Kelsey,

662
00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:47.119
Hey SpecAn. Though I went to
the game on said he it is a

663
00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:52.159
good game. Did you think the
same thing that Jay and some other side

664
00:43:52.199 --> 00:43:57.039
of where is everybody? Yes?
I was surrounded by Utah. Then I

665
00:43:57.119 --> 00:44:00.199
was like, what the hell?
Did they have a lot of peop here?

666
00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:04.519
Jay? Utah? You know,
it's hard for me to tell because

667
00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:07.199
they're they're sections on the same side
as we are all the way at the

668
00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:14.000
other end. So how was well? I sat in the under the Sands

669
00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:19.320
club and there was like probably twenty
Utah fans around them in your area.

670
00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:22.440
It's hard and plus the other thing
is they're red too, so you know,

671
00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:24.280
it's hard to tell, you know
who's you know, who's who's wearing

672
00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:28.159
red. That's an Arizona fan,
that's a Utah fan. Yeah, yeah,

673
00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:30.239
yeah, So I don't know,
I don't know how many of them

674
00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:31.920
were there were. But Nico,
you sat through there? Did you stay

675
00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:36.599
through the rain and all that stuff? Yeah? I stayed there in the

676
00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:40.559
rain. My old man went and
hit under the little Paris. But yeah,

677
00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:44.119
did you tell me, please tell
me you didn't go rush the field?

678
00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:52.960
No, man, I was rush
in the bathroom. Okay, okay,

679
00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:57.119
I'm a little too old to be
Russian. You are, period.

680
00:44:57.159 --> 00:45:00.119
I'm glad. I'm glad. You
know that, Nico. It's important that

681
00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:02.960
you know. Did you rush the
first time? No, man's just like

682
00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:06.159
I said, I'm too old.
Okay, So good, that's good,

683
00:45:07.239 --> 00:45:10.079
man, I don't need to break
a leg. Nice smart, smart for

684
00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:13.320
three that's good. You know they're
doing it just to do it now?

685
00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:15.320
Yeah, yeah, they need to
stop. They need to stop. What

686
00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:19.519
about that? What about the basketball
have a good thing for giving you too?

687
00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:22.320
I want to talk about the basketball
team real quick. What about him?

688
00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:29.960
You like him? All right?
I guess all right, all right?

689
00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:37.119
And is the basketball team do a
leap a hot or not? We'll

690
00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:40.239
find out in March. I guess
all right, he's right, he's right.

691
00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:49.519
Rights, But come on Thanksgiving year
one? Right then? Thanks?

692
00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:57.639
Yeah, my my sister, my
sister, my my daughter still laughs.

693
00:45:57.760 --> 00:46:00.760
At the first time that I ever
saw do Alipa on the Grammys, she

694
00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:08.599
watched me. Not your reaction was
just price this sixty year old. Let's

695
00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:15.280
do it. She could be my
daughter anyway. All right, we'll keep

696
00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:16.639
taking your costs. Five tuz thereo
four one six, four forties. So

697
00:46:16.639 --> 00:46:20.840
I got about seven minutes before we
hit the road for the week. Steve,

698
00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:23.840
your your your Thanksgiving plans? What
do you do? A good question?

699
00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:25.840
I had a little bit, baby. I had libit, why we

700
00:46:25.960 --> 00:46:29.679
go get a meal and my mom
or whatever? And I had live it.

701
00:46:29.719 --> 00:46:31.480
I was gonna say to you,
we have a prediction maybe for Thursday

702
00:46:31.800 --> 00:46:35.760
the basketball game. This is quiet, it's bitch like you. It's a

703
00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:39.559
little work and kind of do some
writing, but quiet, which is good.

704
00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:43.280
I don't have to come here.
Yeah, I mean this two hours

705
00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:45.159
is longer than two hours, you
know, getting here kind of a little

706
00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:49.320
not that we prepare because you can
tell we don't prepare, but you don't

707
00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:52.800
take some time. Takes some time. Yeah, you know, it's fun

708
00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:55.119
obviously. Yeah. No, we
have a last and we got another call.

709
00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:59.440
Got in the car. Let's take
that. Are you on there and

710
00:46:59.440 --> 00:47:01.280
I on the ball. Hey it's
Richard, you guys. How you doing?

711
00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:05.639
Richard? What's up? I just
want to say, you know,

712
00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:10.440
if there was a twelve team playoff
this year and they put like six or

713
00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:15.559
seven conference champions in and then they
said, you know, we got four

714
00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:20.000
or five more slots, they would
say, Okay, which team out there

715
00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:24.280
right now is coming around the bend? Which racehorse has caught the pack and

716
00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:29.599
is headed toward the faceline and looks
like they're gonna beat everybody? And that'd

717
00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:32.679
be Arizona. No, I think
Arizona would be in the damn playoff this

718
00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:36.239
year. If we had twelve teams, they'd be in the running for it

719
00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:39.079
for sure. Yeah, yeah,
you know, that's that's for sure,

720
00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:45.079
because I mean again, I think
we said yesterday. I don't think anybody

721
00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:47.039
out there that you know, wants
a piece of Arizona right now. I'm

722
00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:52.280
certainly I know I feel it.
I feel like if washingt if Arizona winds

723
00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:54.519
up in a let's say they wind
up in the pack Claf Championship against Washington,

724
00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:58.960
that's not going to be like it
was when Arizona played Oregon back in

725
00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:01.599
twenty fourteen. You knew Arizona was
going to have no chance in that game.

726
00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:05.920
Oh no, yeah, I would
love to have them have another crack

727
00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:09.440
at Washington. Oh no, this
is a team that's growing in confidence,

728
00:48:10.039 --> 00:48:15.519
that's just very fluid and very strong. And so, Steve, I want

729
00:48:15.559 --> 00:48:19.840
you to think about this this weekend. Uh. You know this is a

730
00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:24.719
field of dreams year and even your
new Mexico State team. Good. Now,

731
00:48:24.800 --> 00:48:29.679
the world is going to end in
twenty twenty three, twenty whatever it

732
00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:37.000
is, Man aburn, Man,
holy moly, Hey, if Oklahoma plays

733
00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:40.039
Arizona and maybe we'll get to that
if it does happen, what do you

734
00:48:40.119 --> 00:48:44.000
got the early who's the early pick? I'd say early on, I have

735
00:48:44.039 --> 00:48:46.159
to give Arizona whom I command as
the underdog. I think Arizona wins the

736
00:48:46.159 --> 00:48:52.079
game. I think Arizona's more focused
than hungarer and probably right now, better

737
00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:55.039
team. Yeah, well the hungry
part has a lot to do with who

738
00:48:55.119 --> 00:48:59.480
wins both. Oh yeah, right, And how much does Riley want to

739
00:48:59.480 --> 00:49:04.760
go back to Man? I don't
know, Man, I don't know.

740
00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:07.679
You get him back, you guys
might get him. He was just ugly

741
00:49:07.719 --> 00:49:09.159
watching him against the u C l
A. It's just it's just ugly.

742
00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:14.400
Yeah. So anyway, what I
remove off from those guys, it's all

743
00:49:14.440 --> 00:49:17.119
that matters is Arizona right now and
the Oklahoma Sooners. Sounds great, Richard,

744
00:49:17.119 --> 00:49:21.960
Thanks about a great thank you,
thank you, thank you, Richard,

745
00:49:22.159 --> 00:49:25.480
Richard Richard's you know, it'd be
interesting on a lot of those aspects,

746
00:49:25.519 --> 00:49:29.320
you know, when Arizona play,
because there's so many people around here

747
00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:31.719
who have another favorite team, right
Oh yeah, yeah, Like I got

748
00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:36.440
a buddy of mine, a guy
that I know, Uh, I guess

749
00:49:36.440 --> 00:49:37.400
he's a friend. He's you know, in that breakfast club that I work

750
00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:40.679
with, and he's a huge Indiana
fan. He actually played it played in

751
00:49:40.679 --> 00:49:44.559
Indiana. But yeah, he's a
huge Arizona fan too. You know,

752
00:49:44.760 --> 00:49:47.199
Well, how about this, because
we know a lot of islands, how

753
00:49:47.199 --> 00:49:51.519
about they playing them? That would
be like I think there was crush them.

754
00:49:51.599 --> 00:49:53.320
Yeah, and because everyone thinks they're
pretty good, right right. The

755
00:49:53.400 --> 00:49:55.800
record shows that they're pretty good.
But I'm not sure they're pretty good.

756
00:49:55.920 --> 00:49:59.719
I know how good those guys are, but you know, but there's a

757
00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:02.360
lot of that to the point of
his confidence. And that's why I asked

758
00:50:02.440 --> 00:50:07.639
Jed a month ago. Remember the
month ago the confidence and turned around whatever

759
00:50:07.840 --> 00:50:10.119
was. You could just see it, man, you could just see it.

760
00:50:10.159 --> 00:50:14.199
And he said, you know the
USC game, all right, last

761
00:50:14.199 --> 00:50:16.719
call, Hi, you're on the
air and nine on the ball. How's

762
00:50:16.719 --> 00:50:21.039
it going today? What's up,
Brian? Well, it was a great

763
00:50:21.079 --> 00:50:25.400
weekend again, another one weekends in
a row. Can't ask for more than

764
00:50:25.440 --> 00:50:29.800
that. I thought the game Saturday
was really good. I did like the

765
00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:35.199
last touchdown we scored. I'm not
happy about that. People around me were

766
00:50:35.199 --> 00:50:37.039
complaining, why are we doing that? I look at it this way.

767
00:50:37.480 --> 00:50:43.599
They had their starters in the whole
time, and they went for they went

768
00:50:43.639 --> 00:50:47.320
for two, right, so you
guys would try to score. Yeah,

769
00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:52.440
yeah, it's a whole Yeah.
I mean I think Jed's reason when he

770
00:50:52.480 --> 00:50:55.159
said I wanted to give Jayden to
Laurie a little something that that, to

771
00:50:55.239 --> 00:51:00.599
me is is more of a reason
than anything. Well, to me,

772
00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:05.159
I think his reason was, Okay, you scored a touchdown, then you

773
00:51:05.199 --> 00:51:08.079
went for two twice. You know, I think I think he just went

774
00:51:08.159 --> 00:51:10.719
to prove a point. Yeah.
Well, I still think if if I'm

775
00:51:10.760 --> 00:51:14.519
against you and I'm gonna win,
I'm gonna win by as many as I

776
00:51:14.559 --> 00:51:16.199
can. Yeah, and if you
can't, do you want to have a

777
00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:20.559
start court, a start court for
me, try to prevent me from beating

778
00:51:20.559 --> 00:51:23.320
you. Exactly, that's right,
That's exactly right. I mean the basketball

779
00:51:23.320 --> 00:51:28.079
team I thought played, I mean, they didn't play high quality teams,

780
00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:32.000
but watching them play the physical game
is very enjoyable to see. So that's

781
00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:35.599
both of you guys. Just a
minute or so, Brian, just make

782
00:51:35.639 --> 00:51:37.760
it quick. The last two weekends. I mean, this this could be

783
00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:43.119
a trend for Arizona football and that'stball
together a little while. You don't you

784
00:51:43.320 --> 00:51:45.800
haven't had this in a long time
yet. I know it's it's been a

785
00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:50.920
long long time since we've seen this. But you know, hopefully we you

786
00:51:50.960 --> 00:51:53.840
know, we Oregon State can figure
out a way to break bow Nicks's legs

787
00:51:53.840 --> 00:52:00.679
and we can win, you know, I mean it's I mean, it's

788
00:52:00.960 --> 00:52:05.079
I don't give Oregon State much of
a chance. Better there's I guess there's

789
00:52:05.119 --> 00:52:10.199
always a chance. I guess there. All right, Brian, Hey,

790
00:52:10.239 --> 00:52:14.400
you have a good thing. We
got to run. Hey, happy Thanksgiving

791
00:52:14.440 --> 00:52:19.840
to you and your family, even
your kid. Okay, all right,

792
00:52:20.400 --> 00:52:25.000
just like that, just like that. Yeah, so Arizona fans. I

793
00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:29.639
mean, you guys deserve some happiness. We've had the Yeah, yeah,

794
00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:31.719
we we do, we do.
You know, you just feel like it's

795
00:52:31.719 --> 00:52:36.840
about time nice things happen. You're
even almost not talking about Lucy anymore.

796
00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:38.800
Pulling the ball today you like to
say, Okay, yeah, no,

797
00:52:38.960 --> 00:52:42.719
because you know what, there's nothing
left for you know, I mean,

798
00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:45.800
it's house money right now, as
far as there's no football goes, as

799
00:52:45.840 --> 00:52:49.719
far as I'm concerned. You know, it's house money. You get if

800
00:52:50.079 --> 00:52:52.079
if you get to nine wins,
great, if you get to ten wins,

801
00:52:52.079 --> 00:52:54.599
even better. But it's house money. All right. I think that's

802
00:52:54.639 --> 00:52:58.239
about it. Steve, Yeah,
ready to go, Ready to go.

803
00:52:58.280 --> 00:53:00.400
We'll see you guys. Bday.
Kevin, Happy, Happy Thanksgiving to you

804
00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:04.320
and your plan as well. Thank
you for whatever you're gonna do with your

805
00:53:04.320 --> 00:53:07.239
life. This weekend's going to Phoenix. Yeah, going to Phoenix, watching

806
00:53:07.280 --> 00:53:08.639
sports, doing the whole thing,
you know. All right, nice and

807
00:53:08.920 --> 00:53:12.400
Steve, be sure to come back
on Monday. Man, don't forget you

808
00:53:13.559 --> 00:53:15.480
have about to text me reminded you
might take him a while the wake up.

809
00:53:15.760 --> 00:53:19.039
All right, we'll see all everybody. Thanks for being here. Happy

810
00:53:19.079 --> 00:53:24.960
Thanksgiving to everybody. We'll be back
on Monday week. I have a good

811
00:53:24.960 --> 00:53:29.599
sample holding in that the bots in
the Land of Sassy. I'm get