WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:04.960 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez. Sound Fox 2 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:10.400 Sports fourteen to fifteen. Subscribe now to the podcast on the iHeartRadio app Just 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:13.839 Surgery, I on the Mall. Hey, welcome back to WIN on the 4 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:16.359 Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. I'm Steve, He's Jake, and 5 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:22.079 now we have Sammy breaking news. I on the Ball breaking news. So 6 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:25.719 yes, if you weren't listening. The first hour, Jay and I talked 7 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:29.559 about the college football playoff, and so these were the top fourteens. Michigan 8 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:35.240 number one, Washington number two, Texas three Alabama coming in at number four, 9 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:41.119 No Florida State, no Georgia into some surprising to some maybe saw it 10 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:46.600 coming. But Michigan will play Alabama and Washington will play Texas to go to 11 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:50.960 the national championship. Jay, going in last week on Thursday, you came 12 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:54.799 here. You weren't here Friday, But we all knew that somebody or two 13 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:58.159 was going to be pissed off, right sheen. In basketball, they went 14 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:02.640 from from thirty two to forty eight to sixty four. Now they're sixty eight, 15 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:04.680 sixty nine to seventy are pissed. I mean, it's just what it 16 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:07.319 is, right, And look, Alabama would have lost its mine if they 17 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:10.640 weren't there, sure, right, they would have and people would have been 18 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:12.560 flailing about Alabama. Oh yes, you see wins it every year. Why 19 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:17.400 you're not with them? Yeah? Yeah right, yeah, no that yeah, 20 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:19.480 somebody was gonna be pissed. I'm just I still think that the most 21 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:25.799 unfair thing happened. So someone tell you that there's no fairness in life. 22 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:30.879 I've known that since I was about four. That's why you live, toyo. 23 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:36.519 But I had a question. So normally the Rose Bowl will contain the 24 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:41.120 Pac twelve. I mean, since it's gone to this playoff format, if 25 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:44.040 it's not one of the two games, it's been a pack twelve team. 26 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:47.640 What And I understand they've been packed pack twelve or Big ten? Right? 27 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:53.040 And so is it because Michigan is a higher seed than Washington that Washington's not 28 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:56.079 in there? Yes? Okay, because I got a little frustrated, nor 29 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.280 I yeah, I was pissed at Washington didn't go there either, because it's 30 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:01.439 you know, they're on the way close and stuff. But plus they're they're 31 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:07.319 favored in their game. I'm not favored. They're higher seeded in their game, 32 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:12.639 yet their opponent is in closer proximity. I think that was really unfair 33 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:19.639 to the Washington Yeah, I and I don't know. I guess the you 34 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:22.439 know, the Rose Bull has been a big ten you know, uh Pac 35 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:24.560 twelve thing, you know, forever and ever, so they went, you 36 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:28.680 know, the Rose Bull probably got to pick first is what they probably got. 37 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:31.759 You know, sure they took Michigan because you know, they're it's Michigan 38 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:35.639 text here, it's Michigan, right, you know, Michigan fans won over 39 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.639 the Rose Bowl. I guess, I guess so. In Tucson News, 40 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:46.360 the Arizona Bowl presented by Barstool is a Wyoming versus Toledo, which both teams 41 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:49.400 actually haven't been that bad this year. Wyoming was pretty good early on. 42 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:53.520 In Toledo, they just lost their first game. They won a ten game 43 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:58.400 win streak and lost to Miami of Ohio and the MAC Championship game. So 44 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:02.159 that should be a fun game. And now we'll jump into some portal stuff. 45 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:07.840 And McCord, the quarterback for Ohiose State, has entered the transfer port 46 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:13.439 that along with I want to say thirteen other of his teammates for a House 47 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:17.520 state. So something is in the air over at like a bunch of starters 48 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:22.520 and stuff. So two five stars, three four stars, and then the 49 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:27.560 rest three stars. So maybe guys looking for opportunity, but you have two 50 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.479 four stars, two to five stars, including the starting quarterback looking for a 51 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:36.680 new opportunity in Ohio State. I should away from Ohiose State now. And 52 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:42.520 we mentioned u of A going to the Alimi Bowl against Oklahoma, and they're 53 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:49.919 opened at one point favorites because three and a half point favorites because mainly because 54 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:53.159 Dylan Gabriel, quarterback of the Sooners, has said that he will be entering 55 00:03:53.199 --> 00:04:00.479 the transfer portal and not playing in the album how how I don't get you, 56 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:03.360 but how big of a bag? And I'm assuming they're doing it because 57 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:08.520 of money that you're you're they're doing well. I'm sure in Ohio State and 58 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:13.199 Oklahoma that you're gonna get even more somewhere else. It has to be that 59 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:18.759 because they're already playing the start. Dylan Gabriel was getting some Heisman run out 60 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:21.639 of Oklahoma and now he says, I don't want to be here. I 61 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:28.399 don't understand it very interesting unless unless it's life changing money. Yeah, but 62 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:31.399 you'd think that at Ohio State or at Oklahoma they would take care of their 63 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:36.120 quarterback. They certainly took care of Spencer Raps and so, but maybe it's 64 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:41.720 not just that, I mean talked about that. Look, they've changed offensive 65 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:46.639 coordinators. They're you know, their their current offensive coordinator went down, you 66 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:49.560 know, got the job in Mississippi. Maybe maybe in Mississippi State. Uh 67 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:53.319 yeah, No, you're right, and get more opportunity to do what he 68 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:58.040 does with whatever. And maybe it's a decision, he says. I feel 69 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:01.480 like I can be better prepared for the NFL by being with him sure with 70 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:05.279 this and go with what I know rather than what I don't know. Yeah, 71 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:10.000 but yeah, Dylan gave it a plus. I saw a defensive pay 72 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:14.240 Key Lawrence. Yeah, also has jumped into the poor Well there's always had 73 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:16.680 a couple of guys, but no no key guys yet Isaiah Taylor. Yeah, 74 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:20.079 which was a surprise to me. Yeah, uh, because that happened 75 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:24.160 last week or last week. I think we had that, but uh, 76 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:29.240 another chance. Well, it goes to show you even the top Richmond rich 77 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:31.519 Man problems, they have rich Man problems everywhere. Yeah, you know. 78 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:36.759 Yeah, so and I'm sure throughout the week we'll see maybe more notable namespace. 79 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:42.680 Well gave it like the fourth or fifth starting quarterback at a place where 80 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:46.000 he's been playing at a good program, like the Kansas quarterback, the Duke 81 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:49.199 quarterback. Yeah, you know these guys are leaving. I don't know if 82 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:54.920 it's a Kansas, Kansas State, Kansas. Well. Also, we haven't 83 00:05:54.920 --> 00:06:02.279 talked about this, but the Colorado it's not always bolder because you'll they're bringing 84 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.079 their bags and then taking their bags with them too. I wanted to mention 85 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:10.360 that last Wednesday, but we're talking about something. But yeah, the bunch 86 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:15.319 of Colorado guys have said I'm going somewhere else. Maybe it's money, maybe 87 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:19.959 it's whatever. And so maybe they're quote great recruiting class or Dion's being able 88 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:24.439 to get anybody he once may not be the case come next year, but 89 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:28.240 everybody, or at least yeah exactly. I think his his son might go 90 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:30.360 to the draft, which he's eligible for, and that would be that would 91 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:34.800 be a loss for them because he's a really good quarterback. So but let's 92 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:39.720 we'll move to college basketball. It's pretty quick. The University of Arizona is 93 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:44.800 number one in the AP and coaches pull, receiving fifty nine out of sixty 94 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:48.000 three first plates first place votes. Yeah, I said, yeah, I 95 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.399 said, okay, yeah, And is not the number one team in the 96 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:56.639 country football, we're not in the College fotball playoff quite yet. But thoughts 97 00:06:56.639 --> 00:07:00.319 on what we've seen from them so far basketball, Yeah, I mean it's 98 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:04.360 more of the same. Well, they're easily one of the top five best 99 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:08.720 teams in the country. The problem is there's other top five teams in the 100 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:12.560 country. And we're in early December, right, And it's how you play 101 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.480 that day. This next stretch where they're going to play some pretty quality teams 102 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:19.879 away on the road, neutral sites as well, should be a lot of 103 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:24.000 fun. We'll see how good they are. But what's not to like about 104 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:26.759 this team? Right? And it's a progression, you know, you if 105 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.040 you're number two and the number one team loses, you move up to the 106 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:32.680 Are you the best team in the country? We don't know. What does 107 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:36.279 it matter right now? Right? She said, that should be one of 108 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:40.720 the very top teams in the Sure that's on December third, fourth, whatever 109 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:43.839 we are. They were one of the best teams in the country last year. 110 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:46.720 And what it didn't mean and again, you know, first half of 111 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:47.720 the game on Saturday, they're up five. At the half time, they 112 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:53.040 didn't look great. I don't know if they you know, hang over what. 113 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:56.079 But then they blow them out in the second half and quickly in the 114 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:58.519 second half, right, they come on the second half just to strike you. 115 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:01.240 And that's all they needed to do. Again, Princeton that one day, 116 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:03.759 one day. But you play on one day and you don't show up, 117 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:07.600 You're gone. I find it. I find it really funny. This 118 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.040 is just I've thought there's a long time, especially since the college football football 119 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:16.759 Playoff was a thing, to where in football, you're obviously there's less games, 120 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:20.920 there's less sample size, but you're so under the microscope for every single 121 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:24.759 game throughout the whole season. In two months, we may be looking at 122 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:28.000 the Michigan State or Duke win for U of A and be like it, 123 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.480 oh, okay, they won that game. It doesn't matter. Or teams 124 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:35.519 will go on runs and they'll win, they'll win their conference championship and get 125 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.039 into the tournament and get a higher seed to where throughout the whole entire year 126 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:43.360 that's not how they've played. And I just think that's funny. There's obviously 127 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:46.000 more teams that get into that tournament. But you have a number one and 128 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:50.440 they play Wisconsin this Saturday, which I think will be a pretty good game 129 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:56.279 at home. It's not bad. They just beat Marquette, yeah, on 130 00:08:56.360 --> 00:09:00.360 home and Marquette was third I think in the country and Duke last again gloss 131 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:03.480 again, which diminishes what what you did. But that's just college basketball. 132 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:07.360 It's not college football. If it was football, they'd be out of the 133 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:13.440 running of the title. But you know, Jay once coach, and they 134 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:15.879 have Duke has have been Duke in a long time. It really hasn't. 135 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:20.399 It just lives off its reputation. Now they have the next Shire, John 136 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:24.559 Shire. He's not in coach k And it's not it's not the Duke team 137 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:28.679 we've been accustomed to. No, it's not. It's not, you know, 138 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:33.000 just just as the U A team in the last few years under Seawan 139 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:35.200 at the end was not the shot the U A team that we were used 140 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:41.519 to again. And it's fine because you know, some people have been surprised 141 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:45.440 to hear that this is the first time Arizon has been ranked number one since 142 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:50.639 twenty four fourteen. Right the Brandon you know, that's when they got beat 143 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:52.200 that when he got hurt. He got hurt when Brand got hurt in the 144 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:56.559 game at Cal and there were number one. You don't about that, Dave, 145 00:09:56.519 --> 00:10:00.039 there was beat you know, you know he you know, because we 146 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:03.159 were walking off the court. And said, you know, hey, Dave, 147 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.080 you know guy's gonna be number one? Yeah, you know, and 148 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:09.120 he said and then it was kind of like, you know, this happens 149 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:09.559 all the time, right, I said, no, Dave, it's been 150 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.159 a while. It's been a while. And well, you mean the next 151 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:15.799 year, because they were very good, even better the next year. He's 152 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.799 very excited, but it's kind of like, dang. And I said, 153 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:20.200 what, Dave, you know, they used to be ranked number one all 154 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:22.960 the time. But then that stopped. And said, I told my I 155 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:26.279 thought it was twenty fourteen. Twenty fifteen, yeah, and I thought fifteen, 156 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:31.679 So twenty fourteen. How old were you? I was fourteen. See, 157 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:35.399 that's how I put that in perspective. I was an f at that 158 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:37.399 time. I was like, so, but that's a long time, I 159 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:41.159 think because your blue blood team thinks they've been there for a long time. 160 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:45.639 No, not not necessarily, and being number one is cool and all that. 161 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:48.600 Yeah, but but you know, timper your jets and you know what, 162 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:52.399 and no matter what, whether it means anything or not, it's exciting, 163 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:54.360 no question, you know. I mean you you were you know when 164 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.679 when they the first time they ever ranked number one in that eighty eighty this 165 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:03.240 town lost. It's mine. Sure you're making T shirt bumper stick a couple 166 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:07.919 of weeks later, but yeah, t shirt No, a week later they 167 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.240 would to help me. Yeah, don't back there. And then they got 168 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:13.159 it back. No, no, there's a different reason for that. But 169 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.840 came later, but they came back. They came back and got it again, 170 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:18.440 and they lose in the final four. I mean it's not guaranteed. 171 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:22.320 Uh. I was gonna ask you and you have a lot more stuff. 172 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:26.840 Okay, So so Arizona's ranked number one, the football team is going to 173 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:31.240 a big ball the fourteen in the in the country, and football good things 174 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:37.000 are happening. Are you proud to be in Arizona alum with? And then 175 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:39.039 you don't forget the stuff in the background, the money situation. I know, 176 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:45.600 I'm worried that it's all gonna come down crashing, because that's what you 177 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:46.960 are, that's what the fans are. I mean, maybe we'll get some 178 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:50.919 calls later about that. But do you fear a little chicken, a little 179 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:56.440 chick a little that this guy is gonna fall because it always does, it 180 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:58.440 always has. Well, you're not gonna be, You're not gonna be. 181 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:01.320 It's tough to be champ. Yeah, So what do you what do you 182 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:05.279 mean by fair? What do you think by crushing down? I'm talking about 183 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:07.360 more about football than basketball. Okay, just said, you know again, 184 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:11.919 Okay, let's okay, you did this this year. Let's see, let's 185 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:16.360 see if you can sustained have another great year next year. And again, 186 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:20.320 you know, I know the transfer port just got started, but assume that, 187 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:22.440 you know, the way Jed's thinking, we're in pretty good shape. 188 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:24.600 We're going to keep all of our guys, or at least all the main 189 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:30.440 guys. If they do that, expectations are going to be high. They're 190 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:35.240 going to have high expectations of themselves. And what do they do with that? 191 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:37.159 But well, I think one of the problems that there was has had 192 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:43.639 a difficult time doing and sustaining it all is they sure in the past probably 193 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:48.320 patted themselves in the back a lot, and and and and Dick told me, 194 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:50.639 said that to you. Yeah, they didn't work. They didn't they 195 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:52.200 didn't. Yeah, they didn't put in the time. And because they were 196 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:54.679 patting themselves on the back, right, you know what I mean? You 197 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.159 know, I think about you know, going into the eighty nine, ninety 198 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:03.759 nineties, after that great ninety eight. Yeah, ninety Okay, we're there. 199 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:07.600 Let's go play Penn State and the Kickoff Classic at Penn State. And 200 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:09.320 it was a great time at nine o'clock in the morning, Tucson time, 201 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:13.600 great time, boom. We had a slumber party the night before so that 202 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:18.240 everybody could get up and watch the game on a on a big screen at 203 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:22.360 my brother's house. They were gone, everybody left, was over. Before 204 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:26.720 everybody left, we stopped. The game was stayed on, but everybody stop 205 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:28.080 paying ptest you. It was the worst thing he did, you hear. 206 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:33.159 They couldn't tackle. They what they didn't do was they didn't tackle doing practice 207 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:35.279 because they didn't want to get hurt, right, so they didn't they didn't 208 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:37.879 know how to do it during the game against the biggest team in the country. 209 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:43.919 I remember just he was just so mean. He was so mean that 210 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.879 day. And then that was the end. Of that year. That was 211 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:48.600 That was and and and they they took him a while. Did you never 212 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:52.120 recovered rank back up for Dick? They didn't. It was gone two years 213 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:56.360 later. Yeah, yeah, what else do you have? Quick to things? 214 00:13:56.440 --> 00:14:00.360 You have to uh new odds on favorites to win the Super Bowl and 215 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:03.200 the m VP both the forty nine ers and Rock Purty is plus three hundred 216 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:07.120 to win the game, which is honestly, it's crazy. He's an Arizona 217 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:09.879 guy, went to win to Perry Heights. So you putting the same mage, 218 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:13.000 We're the same where the same age I went to high school with. 219 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:18.200 What happened to you? Man? I didn't have an arm man he was 220 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:22.120 at exactly Come on, I was a five ft eight point guard. It 221 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:26.960 doesn't give me very far. And lastly, the end season tournament for the 222 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:31.960 NBA, the quarterfinals. First two games tonight Celtics Pacers Kings Pelicans, and 223 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:35.039 the Suns play the Lakers tomorrow to go to Vegas. But that's all I 224 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:37.600 got, all right, Okay, Michael left, coming up. We'll talk 225 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:41.080 some basketball with them, probably talks of football as well. He was at 226 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:45.279 the Jedfish press conference, So Michael's the commons, so be sure to come 227 00:14:45.279 --> 00:15:20.919 back to that. 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How are you? Guys? Good? 301 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:33.920 Good? Let me ask you real quick. You used to be the football 302 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:37.519 meat guy for a long time, five six years. How do you like 303 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:41.599 your role given now you can kind of do a lot more different things. 304 00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:45.920 And I think I'm gonna blame you for the lack of success under Jed. 305 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:52.119 See Justin comes in and they do so really well. Hey, they started 306 00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:56.000 their turnaround last year when I was still on the feat, right so, 307 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:00.079 and I was also I attended almost every game this year. Come on, 308 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:03.079 let's not let's not send it on me. Not you want to pin like 309 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:08.279 the six game losing streak against Utah on me? Then maybe because once I 310 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:15.480 was no longer the b reporter that changed, but anyway, it is it 311 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:22.400 has been an adjustment to be sure. You know that there's less structure to 312 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:25.400 what I'm doing, so you kind of have to come up with ideas on 313 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:29.599 your own. And I'm trying to, you know, learn I wouldn't say 314 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:34.079 learn new sports, but kind of become an expert in areas where I didn't 315 00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:37.200 have to be an expert before like we're going to talk about basketball here, 316 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:41.160 I'm sure pretty soon, and before I get to sort of be a casual 317 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:45.799 observer of U of a basketball whereas now I feel like I have to watch 318 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:49.559 it with more of an analytical eye. Well, I will say, Michael, 319 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:52.759 you know you're back. You know, we were saying just a second 320 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:56.880 ago. You did the typical Arizona thing. You got the ball, rolling, 321 00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:59.960 got movement, I'm got the team in a good place, and then 322 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:04.640 you left for a bigger job. Wow. Wow, how about that? 323 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:10.000 I have so But let let's first, you know, since since we were 324 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:12.039 at the JED Press conferences, just talk a little bit about you know, 325 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:17.319 the the Alima Bowl, but all the things that you know, for Commune 326 00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.519 was all the things that are coming with that. You're in a bowl game, 327 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:22.279 yes, you're excited about that, Yes, but you're dealing with the 328 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:25.559 transfer port, you're dealing with nil, you're dealing with or you know, 329 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:30.799 the recruiting early early signing day coming up. I mean, these coaches just 330 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:37.880 have so much stuff that they got to do. It's really pretty ridiculous. 331 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:42.880 And he was kind of going through the list, you know, like his 332 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:47.480 to do list. Yeah, and it's a crazy long list, you know, 333 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:51.119 Like, so you're preparing for a bowl game, right that bowl game 334 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:55.599 taking place on December twenty eighth, trying to kind of keep everybody focused. 335 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:59.440 They have those players also have finals to deal with. It's the only sport 336 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:03.559 though, where like you're already working on next year's team before the season's even 337 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:06.559 over. I don't think there are any other sports that I like that. 338 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.880 I mean, I guess, you know, in professional sports, you do 339 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:15.400 make trades that sometimes you're looking towards the future, but usually there's kind of 340 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:18.319 a separation of church and state, you know, and they don't have that 341 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:23.960 in college ball. Now. It seems like it would be easy to just 342 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:27.200 shift everything back to kind of the way it was, like, why don't 343 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:32.440 we have the portal open on you know, January tenth or whatever the day 344 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:36.119 is after the championship game is over, and why don't we just go back 345 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:40.000 to the early February signing day? Like it seems like it would solve a 346 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:45.000 lot of the problems, right Well, the issue with that is that most 347 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:52.839 schools spring semester start in early January, and most players who are transferring and 348 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:56.799 playing next year want to participate in spring practice. It has a huge advantage 349 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:00.720 to be able to do that. So that is a deterrent that stands in 350 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:06.680 the way of kind of of clearing up this traffic jan that is happening every 351 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:10.000 December. Now, you know, let me ask you this, because do 352 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:14.920 you think all of that takes away from maybe some of the shine of some 353 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:17.720 of these bowl games. Like, look, Arizona fan is excited to be 354 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:21.799 in a bowl game. I don't know how excited Oklahoma fan is about going 355 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:25.240 to the Alima Bowl. But they're probably not talking about the Alima Bowl. 356 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:27.519 They're probably talking about the fact that their quarterback, who was probably gonna be 357 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:33.319 a heidsmotrophic candidate next year, is leaving the program. I mean, does 358 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:38.519 it kind of wreck the whole thing for all of this, Yes, it 359 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:42.640 totally does. I mean the bowl games just aren't what they used to be. 360 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:48.119 And I think Jedfish said it well today. It like really depends on 361 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:51.400 who who wants to win, you know, who wants to play hard, 362 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:56.559 who cares about their bowl experience. I think Arizona having not been in a 363 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:03.279 bowl in six years, like this is a big deal for this program and 364 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:07.799 these players. Oklahoma, for the most part. I mean, has achieved 365 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:11.720 greater things than going to the Alimobile, and that is reflected in the fact 366 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:15.319 that several of their players already entered the transfer portal. I think, you 367 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:21.119 know, losing their offensive coordinator was the factor in that as well. You 368 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:25.839 know, usually a lot of times when you see kids jumping in the portal, 369 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:30.960 it is a cause and effect between a coach leaving and then that happening. 370 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:34.519 So, I mean, there's a lot more factors in it than just 371 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:40.119 you know, the quote unquote disappointment of Oklahoma going to the Ali Mobile. 372 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:42.640 But you know, he wouldn't be leaving if they were in the college football 373 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:48.480 playoffs. And that's definitely one of the advantages of expanding the playoffs is that 374 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:55.000 more teams will have something tangible and important to play for at the end of 375 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:59.119 the season, and you'll see less of this movement, you know, right 376 00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:03.200 after the regular seas than is over. Okay, I'm going to ask you, 377 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:07.319 oh, just the job that Jet has done. You have to be 378 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:11.000 very impressed. In fact, I think the the national scene has come on, 379 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:14.359 you know, come on the scene and give him high praise, possibly 380 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:18.039 Coach of the Year. Is that some somewhere along the line by people. 381 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:23.839 Well, I'm going to vote here pretty soon for you know, AP National 382 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:27.160 Coach of the Year, and I think we get to put down three three 383 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:34.079 names, and it's going to be really hard to figure out whether Jetfish should 384 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:37.160 be number one on that list, because you know, I mean, look 385 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:41.720 at the job Mike Norvell did at Florida State, right, going thirteen to 386 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:45.599 zero and winning those last two games without his starting quarterback. And Jet did 387 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:49.000 point out today that Arizona had a quarterback injury as well, but they were 388 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:52.079 in a good spot. You know, they had a really good replacement for 389 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:57.440 Jade Delora and a guy in Noah for theater who's arguably upgraded the play at 390 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:03.119 that position. You know, you'll have to factor in Kaylin de boor also 391 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:07.000 going thirteen to zero, right, I don't know if anyone is kind of 392 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:11.759 I wouldn't. I don't. I don't think staying done more with less is 393 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:15.799 a fair way to describe the situation with Jetfish. It's more about how he's 394 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:21.839 built up the program, right, But they have definitely exceeded expectations, and 395 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:26.839 I do not envy. Uh, you know, the coaches who had to 396 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:30.759 make the call for PAC twelve Coach of the Year because it is really difficult 397 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:33.680 to separate Jetfish and Kaylin de Boor and the jobs that they've done in the 398 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:40.079 in the situations that they were in different situations and different sets of expectations. 399 00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:45.559 I'd probably give Jed a slight nod, but also have to give credit to 400 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:48.680 any coach that can guide his team through a perfect season, because it is 401 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:55.200 really hard to do that and only a second year there it was. That's 402 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.720 right, it was only his second year. No Jed. Jed pointed out 403 00:27:56.759 --> 00:28:02.920 today he did have the advantage of your familiarity with a quarterback that he was 404 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:07.759 able to bring in from Indiana where the two had worked together before, so 405 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:12.839 there wasn't that learning curve that you often will face when you know a quarterback 406 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:18.279 and the coach are coming together. That was advantageous, but still hard to 407 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:22.279 argue with anything Klen the boys done, whether it's here or Fred Noo or 408 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:25.559 in any of his previous stops. He's got an unbelievably good record as a 409 00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:29.519 head coach. I'm curious, I know yesterday they had the banquet, Uh, 410 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:33.720 did they publish any kind of Players of the year. They have a 411 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:37.119 words, right or do they they do? And I able to agree with 412 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.279 you, guys, I haven't seen that, Okay, so I haven't seen 413 00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:41.839 that yet. That's why I asked, So where would you go with it? 414 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:44.880 Offensive player of the Year, Defensive player year and stuff like that. 415 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:52.319 Yeah, we we are. Our Our Daily Star staff had a discussion about 416 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:56.920 this a few days ago, and I think the consensus on offense was Teto 417 00:28:57.079 --> 00:29:06.079 McMillan uh Bas because of his consistency and production over the long haul of the 418 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:10.759 season. I could also make a case for Jordan Morgan, who was an 419 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:15.279 elite pass blocking left tackle, one of the best in the country, and 420 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:19.319 that offensive line wouldn't have been the same if if he if he weren't available, 421 00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:22.119 or if he was still injured like he was at the end of black 422 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:26.200 season. On defense, I don't think you can kick anyone other than Jacob 423 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:30.519 Manu, who kind of emerged as like the player they could at least afford 424 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:36.799 to lose over the course of the season, most leading tackler, the captain, 425 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:41.039 splash quarterback of the defense, really good pass rusher, just one of 426 00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:45.200 those one of those guys who just has a knack for being around the ball. 427 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:52.240 And I don't know where that defense would be without Jacob Monum. It's 428 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:56.160 it's funny because you go through all that and no mention of nor Flafida, 429 00:29:56.240 --> 00:30:00.160 who you can argue with the reason they're here. But I you know, 430 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:03.039 team acculate as he said, you know, he was there the whole season, 431 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:06.640 fantastic day one and which has just been unbelievable. It's probably going to 432 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:11.200 get as much attention from a you know, preseason awards standpoint next year is 433 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:15.039 is anybody on the team? So you know, Okay, this is a 434 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:18.400 really stupid question, but I'm gonna ask it anyways, and you don't have 435 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:22.279 to answer it if you don't want to. How how much of this would 436 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:26.599 have happened if say, Jadane DeLaura doesn't get hurt? Where are they? 437 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:32.000 Do you think? Yeah, no, this question has come up. People 438 00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:37.039 have asked me this question, just been in passing or on Twitter or whatnot. 439 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:41.240 And I mean it's hard to say, Like maybe they would have won 440 00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:47.759 the USC game if they had Jaden Dolora in his playmaking ability, but maybe 441 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:52.079 they would have lost the Stanford game, which they were losing at the time 442 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:55.200 that he got injured. You know, I think it's I think it's hard 443 00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:57.599 to say. I will I'll say this though, I think that the way 444 00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:04.599 that Noah Fafita plays was a better fit for the state of the roster and 445 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:10.240 the state of the program. Like they didn't need anyone to put the team 446 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:15.359 on their shoulders because of the way they had built up everything around the quarterback. 447 00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:19.480 Better playmakers, better offensive line, way, way way better defense. 448 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:26.599 So you know, maybe Noah Fafida doesn't have the ceiling that Jaden DeLaura does 449 00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:30.400 in terms of I don't know, kind of making something out of nothing, 450 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:33.680 but he also is very steady and he doesn't turn the ball over. And 451 00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:37.640 when you do those things and you have a good team around you, that's 452 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:41.279 a good formula for success. Yeah, yeah, no questions. This got 453 00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:45.680 to basketball real quick. Obviously you're kind of watching this for the with the 454 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:48.680 fresh eyes. What do you see these guys? You've seen college basketball as 455 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:52.160 you for a number of years. But what's not to like about this team? 456 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:59.400 Right? I would agree, great depth. I think that's the first 457 00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:05.240 thing that jump out to me. And that's the biggest difference between this year's 458 00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:07.720 team and last year's team. I mean, look, they ran out of 459 00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:09.960 they ran out of guys last year, right, I mean, they very 460 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:15.640 simply ran out of healthy bodies. They didn't play enough. They weren't able 461 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:20.680 to play enough players. That tell me what trusted over the course of the 462 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:23.559 seams, and that had kind of a cumulative effect This year in the big 463 00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:29.200 games, they have had an eight man rotation. It seems like they can 464 00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:34.799 go maybe as deep as eleven. I feel like Paulius Moroscus is one of 465 00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:37.920 those guys where if you're not familiar with Arizona and you see him come in 466 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:42.240 the game and making plays and knocking down shots, You're just like, where 467 00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:45.880 did they get this guy from? You know, they have a handful of 468 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:51.960 guys who are like that. Hopefully Henry Vassar will be able to come back 469 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:55.640 and be a contributor as well. But I like the balance that this team 470 00:32:55.720 --> 00:33:00.279 has, like regularly having a lot of guys in double figures, but no 471 00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:05.880 one's averaging more than thirteen points a game. If you look at their starting 472 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:09.240 lineup, the range is from eleven points to thirteen point three. I love 473 00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:13.720 that balance. I love the depths, and I don't know, I think 474 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:15.480 they're in a really good place right now. Long way to go you don't 475 00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:19.960 know what injuries are going to happen. But I had heard before the season 476 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:23.319 that they really like this team, and I haven't seen anything so far to 477 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:27.680 indicate otherwise. It's funny to me because one of the things I've been thinking 478 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:30.839 of is like Umar Balow, who was one of the most I don't know, 479 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:32.960 he's kind of one of the high visibility guys. You know, guy 480 00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:37.839 coming back had had a really nice year last year out of expectations for him, 481 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:39.680 feel like he's under the radar. But then you look. You look 482 00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:42.880 at his stat line towards the end of the game, but he's got a 483 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:45.880 double double again, and he's kind of still doing all those same things, 484 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:51.799 but not it doesn't seem as visible or as I don't know, flashy's the 485 00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:55.519 right word, but he doesn't seem to be sticking out like he did with 486 00:33:55.680 --> 00:34:00.680 the big leap that he took last year. Do you do you feel the 487 00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.279 same way about that, because that's that's kind of what I see with him. 488 00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:07.160 Yeah, he said after the game the other day. And I've heard 489 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:09.000 some other guys say this to this, like I don't It's like I don't 490 00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:14.280 have to I don't have to be a star. I don't have to put 491 00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:16.119 up a twenty and ten for us to win. I think that's kind of 492 00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:21.679 the the approach that a lot of guys are taking, and that alleviates pressure, 493 00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:25.800 you know. I think that that stems a lot from the team oriented 494 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:31.880 offensive system that Tommy Lloyd has implemented. And look, of course you want 495 00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:36.119 to have star players. I mean, they would love to have someone like 496 00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:42.159 a Benedict Matheren on this team who you call like a go to scorer, 497 00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:45.719 but there's really something to be said for it could be anyone on any given 498 00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:51.079 night who leads the team in scoring or even rebounding. They have a lot 499 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:53.760 of different options that they can go to. I think, you know, 500 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:59.119 there are times when I think Caleb Love is going to kind of step up 501 00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:01.679 into that role where they need someone to, Hey, we need someone to 502 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:05.320 create a shot, you know, like the defense isn't giving us much. 503 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:08.159 Our stuff isn't working, and so it's good to have someone like that aboard. 504 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:10.280 But they don't need to rely on it, you know, they don't 505 00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:15.960 need someone to bail them out at the end of the shot lock on a 506 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:17.639 regular basis because they have a good system and they have a lot of good 507 00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:22.079 players who can put the ball in the basket. You have no question before 508 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:25.320 you're saying Benedict Mathrin, Uh, Caleb Love I think was the most West, 509 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:29.840 the biggest guy resembling him because he wants to be, There's no question 510 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:32.000 he wants to be with his shot rate and all that stuff. But he's 511 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:36.280 not that guy, and he kind of blends in. I think eventually, 512 00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:39.719 eventually, this is my thought that this team will live or die with Caleb 513 00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:45.599 Love. You might be right, but I wrote about this a little bit 514 00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:50.000 after the game the other day, which impressed me about Caleb is more than 515 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:52.079 just a shooter. Yeah, you know, he leads the team in a 516 00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:55.400 sense right now, which is a surprise. Tied. Yeah, he's tied 517 00:35:55.480 --> 00:36:00.920 for the team lead and field. He rebounded really well the other day, 518 00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:07.360 Like he seems like he's really invested in praying defense. So I think if 519 00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:10.519 he does all of those things, you can live with him being around a 520 00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:15.960 forty percent shooter from the field. If that's all he was doing and he 521 00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:21.679 wasn't giving you good effort on defense, that's a different story. Yeah, 522 00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:23.559 totally agree, Totally agree. Okay, Michael, thank you very much for 523 00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:25.480 your time. That was a quick, quick moment. Yeah, they went 524 00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:29.480 fast. Okay, we'll see you soon, I guess Saturday at the basketball 525 00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:32.239 game. Thanks guys, Okay, pleasure as always, Thank you, Michael 526 00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:36.719 lev Let's take a break because I do want to make a point of what 527 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.679 he was just talking about there at the end. But we better take our 528 00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:40.239 break and come back. We'll take your calls five to two zero four and 529 00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:44.639 six seventy four forty. We'll talk football, we'll talk basketball. You know, 530 00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:51.800 if you heard our interview with Kay Kayt and Luke from cdo would love 531 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:54.840 to hear your thoughts on two local teams. When he stayed football championships this 532 00:36:54.960 --> 00:37:12.119 year, it was a call back every one, duree step take. If 533 00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:15.599 you're an Arizona men's basketball fan, you know it's been successful for nearly forty 534 00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:17.840 years. Now take a look back at the Ludolsen era. 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I'm 587 00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:07.639 Stevie's Jake Sammy working the keyboard playing all kinds of music for us. All 588 00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:14.360 any any and all. Hey, anybody want to call in, please do 589 00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:16.800 talk about what we've already talked about. Basketball football. You're going to San 590 00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:21.000 Antonio. I know a few people that are. Yeah, I know where 591 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:22.840 of my brothers is going. He made his reservation thing before the thing was 592 00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:28.000 announced. It's going. I know a few people. Yeah, so a 593 00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:30.199 lot lots going on. It is a tough I mean, it is a 594 00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:31.719 tough time because it's Christmas, New Year's. You know, people get the 595 00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:35.960 week off or whatever they want around their families and stuff like that. But 596 00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:39.159 you know, I'm pretty sure that you know, if I didn't have this 597 00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:42.719 plan trip, but it would be thinking about going, I don't know for 598 00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:44.960 sure that we would go. Well, the guys, the guy I'm not 599 00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:47.599 going, but to some of the guys on the media list are taking that 600 00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:51.840 drive fourteen hours too, so get down there. Well I did it with 601 00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:54.960 Peterson. I should go to Sacramento for thirteen I remember that. It was 602 00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:58.199 not fun. Yeah, well, I'm sure it wasn't that fun for him 603 00:41:58.239 --> 00:42:01.360 either. It wasn't even fun for me to hear about out And it was 604 00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:07.320 part of that was you were there for one day. One day. You 605 00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:10.320 know that was terrible. Thanks Princeton. Terrible way to go, Mike. 606 00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:14.199 You know, Michael Leve was making an interesting point talking about Arizona and the 607 00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:17.320 balance, right, and and so I immediate called up the stats. All 608 00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:22.840 five starters are averaging double figure plus Moe Crevis is averaging nine point nine. 609 00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:27.480 They got six guys essentially averaging ten points a game. Yeah, that's a 610 00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:30.039 crazy thing. Yeah, and that that I remember ever seeing that in Arizona. 611 00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:32.960 Even in the loot days. You know, they would have three or 612 00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:37.280 four maybe, but not five and close to six. Let's take this call. 613 00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:40.360 Hi are on the air and I on the ball. Hey, guys, 614 00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:45.199 how you doing. What's upward? Yeah? All basketball actually went to 615 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:53.440 the game and it was great. Let me turn this song. Okay, 616 00:42:54.119 --> 00:43:00.719 Uh, they started so slow because I said something because I didn't even hear 617 00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:05.280 per everyone until almost right before the game, so you knew if we were 618 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:08.320 going to blow him out, we'd be number one. Yes, what are 619 00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:15.159 your impressions seeing him in person? Okay? They they started really slow and 620 00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:19.000 it was lethargic. Maybe they saw we're going to remember one. And I 621 00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:22.400 was complaining to the people around me that they played like, you know, 622 00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:27.800 not good, and it's like whatever I was saying to them, you knew 623 00:43:28.119 --> 00:43:32.199 Tommy lit them up at halftime because they came out ready to play defense, 624 00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:37.079 and you know, they really took control of the game. I don't think 625 00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:38.639 that because we asked him moved out lighting them up, and I said, 626 00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:42.480 no, you know, you start zero zero right, it takes a while 627 00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:45.440 to pull away, And not that that's an excuse because it happens a lot. 628 00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:50.679 No. I agree. I heard everything he said. I heard the 629 00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:54.440 whole thing, but he because. But I don't buy that they had Thanksgiving 630 00:43:54.519 --> 00:44:01.159 because I just say the Thanksgiving uh meleaise And I totally think they did have 631 00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:05.639 that. But I think what I think what you're seeing though, too, 632 00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:09.559 is that their depth is just too much to handle, you know, they 633 00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:15.719 hand Yeah, and they just grind you down. And not only yeah, 634 00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:20.719 the depths the experience too, because some of the people are you know, 635 00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:23.360 a little older. But we're going to be playing in a more experienced team 636 00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:28.159 with Wisconsin next week and I'm geek. I hope I can go to that 637 00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:30.320 one too. Yeah. No, And and realize that there's other good teams 638 00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:35.599 to Houston's I think number one, number one in the overall rankings of Ken 639 00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:38.760 Palm and all that in the bigger things. So there's other GET teams that 640 00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:43.960 are pretty good. Yeah, the ranking doesn't mean anything because I just you 641 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:45.360 know, it doesn't mean anything. It's fun though, okay, Yeah, 642 00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:50.800 gives us time to talk about ye okay, thank you. How all right, 643 00:44:51.159 --> 00:44:54.320 we'll see guys. Yeah, it's just a lot so like they're they're 644 00:44:54.360 --> 00:44:59.639 deep at positions, they're big, small, can go small. That a 645 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:04.400 cards all right. I want to play one more clip from the Jets press 646 00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:07.400 conference, and this is for the benefit of all the gamblers out there who 647 00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:12.840 are going to be betting on on the Bowl games, because he talked about, 648 00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:16.480 well, he talked about you know, who who wins Bowl games and 649 00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:22.880 who doesn't right. It was where when you use the I think it was 650 00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:30.159 talking about the it's number six, uh Sam, Right, We're talking about, 651 00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:32.360 you know, getting ready for a bowl game and all that kind of 652 00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:37.119 stuff. But he just had an interesting thing that I've always believed when it 653 00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:43.280 comes to bowl games. The biggest thing with bowl prep is you could take 654 00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:45.199 it one of two ways. A team that wins the bowl game where the 655 00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:49.480 team that takes it more serious. You know, the teams that there's two 656 00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:52.320 ways to prepare for a bull game. You know, you could choose it 657 00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:58.760 as a celebration of the season, or you could choose it as a championship 658 00:45:58.840 --> 00:46:00.679 game. You know, those are one of the those are the two options. 659 00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:07.480 And you know we're gonna choose it as a championship game. Now, 660 00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:10.679 if it's a celebration of the season, then it's easy to you know, 661 00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:15.559 slack off a little bit or not think that curfew matters or not, you 662 00:46:15.679 --> 00:46:21.920 know, or just enjoy the bowl experience. I think the goal is to 663 00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:25.599 win. So that's the message that that I've given. We don't need the 664 00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:30.000 alumni to give that, but they certainly can too. So go ahead, 665 00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.880 I'm gonna ask you. I'm gonna ask you a scenario, but go ahead, 666 00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:35.119 what are your thoughts on that. I've always believed that so that there 667 00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:37.920 are teams that you know, USC is not happy to be playing in. 668 00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:45.320 Let me take you back thirty years and Miami comes to Phoenix, right, 669 00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:47.000 and Arizona plays up, and it means a lot. I mean, it 670 00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:52.800 meant everything to Arizona and it meant nothing. And that's always been a little 671 00:46:52.800 --> 00:47:00.440 kind of on what the right word is, but just it. It took 672 00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:04.039 a little bit away from what Arizona did. But sure, but on the 673 00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:07.400 other hand, the way Arizona dominated them, if you believe it right, 674 00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:10.199 if you believe that right, the way Arizona dominated him, it was more 675 00:47:10.239 --> 00:47:14.760 to it than the fact that Miami probably didn't want to be there. Arizona 676 00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:17.880 was really good, you know, at the end of that season, and 677 00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:22.840 so and they wanted it bad because they just missed going to the Rose Bowl 678 00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:23.519 by hair, and they said, well, then damn it, let's go 679 00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:29.920 win the festival. And I think the same thing happened with Arizona in ninety 680 00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:34.119 eight. Right, Nebraska won the national championship the year before then, not 681 00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:37.440 suddenly they're in the Holiday Bowl against Arizona, What the hell you Arizona went 682 00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:43.039 out and beat them, and so yeah, I mean I think that those 683 00:47:43.119 --> 00:47:46.400 things. Let's flip it the other way, right, When Arizona went to 684 00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:51.599 the Festival in twenty fourteen, they were probably not happy that they lost the 685 00:47:51.639 --> 00:47:53.920 Pactoff championship. Could have you know, it wouldn't have been in the Rose 686 00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:57.719 Bowl, but certainly because the Rose bubl was a playoff game, but certainly 687 00:47:57.760 --> 00:48:00.039 missed out on the And Boise State was happy as hell to be in the 688 00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:05.559 Festival again. The Oklahoma Boise State game where Boise State, you don't know, 689 00:48:05.920 --> 00:48:07.199 I was at that great game is one of the best games I've ever 690 00:48:07.239 --> 00:48:09.960 been on. Those two plays, right, who wanted to be there and 691 00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:14.280 who didn't. So I've always believed that, and I actually, you know, 692 00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:16.119 when I'm going through and doing bowl games, and so again, I 693 00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:20.920 that's that's always in play for sure, as it should be. Irison. 694 00:48:21.079 --> 00:48:24.000 It was another time in eighty nine or ninety well last year covering when they 695 00:48:24.039 --> 00:48:28.840 went to Hawaii played Syracuse. They couldn't score pot it was the first time 696 00:48:28.840 --> 00:48:30.800 in forever they didn't school and Syracuse beat the hell out of them. Yeah, 697 00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:34.840 yeah, you know how excited were they about, you know, going 698 00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:37.400 flying all the way to Hawaii. They wanted their season to be over pretty 699 00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:39.480 much, right, Yeah, And there are teams like that, you know. 700 00:48:39.519 --> 00:48:43.199 And you look, you look at the bull pairings this year. There's 701 00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:45.119 a lot of games like that. You know. How excited is Ohio State 702 00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:49.599 to be in the Cotton Bowl against Missouri? I think didn't kick their asses? 703 00:48:49.719 --> 00:48:52.239 Probably, Well, look at all these guys. Effect guys are leaving, 704 00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:55.880 right, you know, guys are leaving. You know the Georgia Georgia 705 00:48:55.880 --> 00:49:00.400 Florida State game. Florida State is going to want to go out there and 706 00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:02.679 do everything they can to win that game, all right, And how excited 707 00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:08.119 is Georgia to not be in flour States getting fourteen and a half points? 708 00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:12.960 We got to call, so I I think all that comes into play. 709 00:49:13.079 --> 00:49:15.119 Let's take this call. H Are on the air and eye on the ball. 710 00:49:16.840 --> 00:49:21.360 What's up? Hey, man, I'm pissed. What are you pissed 711 00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:27.960 about? Cardinals? Want hey? As a seminolesn What did you become a 712 00:49:28.039 --> 00:49:31.840 seminals all this time? Yeah? Yes, yes, So what did you 713 00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:35.440 what did you get yesterday? Where were you when you saw it or heard 714 00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:37.280 it. Well, I turned it out early, and I was like, 715 00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:39.519 what the hell am I waiting for? And then I sell it. I'm 716 00:49:39.559 --> 00:49:46.760 like, Nick Saban got his way, as he always does. Undefeated record 717 00:49:46.840 --> 00:49:53.519 means nothing, right apparently apparently, so ha man I got the taking string 718 00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:59.920 quarterback back in time. And that's another thing, right, because they were 719 00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:01.440 they were assuming the third string quarterback is going to play and that they're not 720 00:50:01.480 --> 00:50:06.440 good enough. Don't gonna be started again on this. Nico I already ranted 721 00:50:06.519 --> 00:50:08.079 in the first thing, Well, it's everybody's saying that, you know, 722 00:50:08.239 --> 00:50:12.320 it's it's it's more of a beauty pageant than it is. It's political, 723 00:50:12.400 --> 00:50:16.079 obviously, all the things that you can hear they've said, so you know, 724 00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:19.639 and I don't know if there was a right answer. I don't even 725 00:50:19.639 --> 00:50:22.400 know what the right answer would be. But that was not one of them. 726 00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:31.320 Now, it was hey, I'm happy, crazy and I got It's 727 00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:35.519 hard to say what's the right answer. And Florida stated getting screwed, Well, 728 00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:37.639 somebody was gonna get screwed. Yeah, but you know against that, 729 00:50:37.719 --> 00:50:43.159 you know some other games that against USC and Louisville and the holiday, Right, 730 00:50:43.239 --> 00:50:45.719 how excited are they about going to win that game. Yeah, yeah, 731 00:50:45.920 --> 00:50:49.960 exactly exactly for those reasons, you know. And then and and like 732 00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:52.119 I said, I think I think Arizona, you know, against Oklahoma. 733 00:50:52.480 --> 00:50:57.360 You know, that's one of those games I'm trying to I'm trying to see 734 00:50:57.400 --> 00:51:00.079 some other ones. You know, Oregon organ Liberty. You know, Oregon 735 00:51:00.159 --> 00:51:04.360 State's quarterback is in the transfer portal too, So who knows what's gonna happen. 736 00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:07.119 There was Notre Dame in the sun Bow, and you know, you 737 00:51:07.199 --> 00:51:12.320 know I I I feel like Notre Dame will go out and just play its 738 00:51:12.320 --> 00:51:14.360 ass off, you know, to win that game, because you know, 739 00:51:15.559 --> 00:51:16.880 because they're gonna play for the coach, and you know they seem to like 740 00:51:16.920 --> 00:51:22.280 the coaching to so it's you know that all I think it comes into play 741 00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:24.599 big time for me when I'm looking at the games a little white. Does 742 00:51:24.639 --> 00:51:30.480 it matter because I sucks up both seasons? You did? Was four on 743 00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:36.440 this college game? Over four? What the hell? I mean? Good 744 00:51:36.519 --> 00:51:39.519 God, Ken, I cannot help you. What the hell I mean? 745 00:51:39.800 --> 00:51:45.280 My Michigan, my Michigan Iowa premise was correct. I thought all I has 746 00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:50.920 to do is score one touchdown and they will cover and then they didn't. 747 00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:52.880 Did you see a bar out there? There's a bar out It was like 748 00:51:52.960 --> 00:51:58.199 a golf bar. They were offering free beers until Iowa was scored a touchdown 749 00:51:59.280 --> 00:52:01.079 to the whole game. They didn't score from beginning to end, from the 750 00:52:01.079 --> 00:52:05.280 beginning to the end, until until Iowa scored sorry it was any points, 751 00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:08.719 actually until they scored anythingthing they were offering free beer? Well, well didn't 752 00:52:08.800 --> 00:52:14.360 didn't we see a thing that The first half point spread was minded and a 753 00:52:14.360 --> 00:52:16.760 half a half and the second half points and a half and they didn't cover 754 00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:21.440 either one of those unbelievable. And there are ten and three. I can't 755 00:52:21.480 --> 00:52:23.400 believe you took Iowa. That's unbelieved. Twenty two and a half points. 756 00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:27.920 It doesn't make man, I didn't think Michigan was gonna score enough points to 757 00:52:27.960 --> 00:52:30.480 cover the spread. Because say what you want about Iowa and their offense, 758 00:52:30.719 --> 00:52:34.679 their defense. How many weeks have you been following? I know, man, 759 00:52:34.800 --> 00:52:37.800 but like, how are we on Iowa? Jay? How are we 760 00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:44.920 on Iowa? All the other games? I can, I can sure Georgia 761 00:52:45.760 --> 00:52:50.480 whatever, but how how are you on Iowa? Man? That that is 762 00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:52.519 just bad just comes to get him because Thursday Friday night. He's saying, 763 00:52:53.199 --> 00:52:58.840 Steve with Oregon, did he Yes, he's exit. It went to poop 764 00:52:58.880 --> 00:53:01.440 prom man. All right, man, my husband vote is in, so 765 00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:04.920 we'll see that on Saturday. How that comes out? All right? Thanks 766 00:53:04.960 --> 00:53:07.079 everybody for being here, well, thank you, Kayton Luke, good luck 767 00:53:07.079 --> 00:53:10.039 going forward, and thanks a lot Michael lev Is always for being with us. 768 00:53:10.079 --> 00:53:17.079 So we'll be back tomorrow. More Christmas music, Faerise, move that 769 00:53:20.239 --> 00:53:25.519 fatlease, move that fanlease, move cross verroh Joey