WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:07.519 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jakin Zalez on Fox Sports 2 00:00:07.559 --> 00:00:14.240 fourteen fifteen powered by Nova Insurance Services. Make sure your most prized possessions katz 3 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:18.480 R two side and iHeart Radio Station Yet. Hey, good afternoon, everybody. 4 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:21.280 Welcome to I on the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm 5 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:25.160 Steve Rivera. He's Jakins. Also, welcome to Wednesday show. I have 6 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:28.600 one thing, Jay that's talked to you about. Okay, he came in 7 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:32.320 with some mysterious comment about the topic that you had. Yeah, well, 8 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:36.439 I'm hearing this yesterday. So what's our bet with the USC Washington team? 9 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:41.000 We bet? I bet. The bet is that you picked USC to win 10 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:46.840 the league. I picked Washington to win the league. I was in at 11 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:49.920 dinner. I think it was dinner, Yeah, dinner or whatever. I'll 12 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:53.600 buy you that dinner. I'm not sure I'm gonna pull for USC. And 13 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:57.399 let me tell you why. Oh, I couldn't sleep last night for whatever 14 00:00:57.439 --> 00:00:59.479 reason. I got up at two. And you know when you when you're 15 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:03.280 up at two, do you do you start scrolling? Yeah? Yeah, 16 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:06.920 so crazy, And I'm thinking I'll go to sleep. Well, I didn't 17 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:08.879 go to sleep. So then I see all this stuff on Twitter about Lincoln 18 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:14.000 Riley and the USC and the re revoking of credentials. So then I read 19 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:17.799 a column by one of the guys that at the at the Orange Cannon Register, 20 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:21.799 and I'm thinking, that's a that's I use the word petty yesterday. 21 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:23.359 I wish I could say the word. I really feel like saying, I'm 22 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:29.719 here on the air, but it's chicken, chicken, whatever, because because 23 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.879 it doesn't make any sense. It doesn't, man, Jay, it doesn't 24 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:38.840 make any sense. The scenario that was painted. He the reporter saw two 25 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:44.280 guys talking before the press conference, just on the side, and you saw 26 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:47.719 one guy talking to you there. Are you nervous? Did they tell you 27 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:49.480 anything to say or not to say, you know, Bob, which of 28 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:55.400 course you guys do we do you prepare them? No? Great shakes me. 29 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:59.640 And he put that in the story that he said that big revelation right 30 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:02.599 that they these games are trained to say what they say, so that it's 31 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:07.439 like me and maybe the scenario is not the same, but I'm I'm I'm 32 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:12.639 at the U A U A stadiums uh for football stadium, and I see 33 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:15.599 Jed walking with with his sid coming to the press box, coming to the 34 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:19.840 press press area, you know, and he stumbles a little, he trips, 35 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:23.919 right, he's carrying a little and he trips, and and and so 36 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:29.520 the next day that the story I write is uh uh, jet fish trips 37 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:32.960 on the jet fish tripped on the turf, you know, Arizona Stadium. 38 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:38.159 Biden be the last time he ever does this with the football program. And 39 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:42.879 then going to the success that he's had. You meant to tell me, 40 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:45.840 you need to tell me I can't use that because it was not in the 41 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:50.520 press conference, right, And that's what what do reporters do for a living, 42 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:54.639 The support and the report observed. You see things, it's to me, 43 00:02:54.719 --> 00:03:00.960 it's unbelievable. It's it's it's well, in this case, I think 44 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:05.919 it's partly the arrogance of the USC football pros, right, it's you know, 45 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:09.919 there's a few programs like that. Notre Dame would be one, Ohio 46 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:14.280 State, Michigan, you know, Alabama. You know, it seems that 47 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.199 say, we run the show, we run the show as it relates to 48 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:20.719 the media. We run the shows that are relates to the conference. And 49 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:23.039 they do that, and USC is one of those schools. That that things 50 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:25.360 say the things they can do that. So that's that's all it is, 51 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:30.360 saying we're in charge. And you know, I know, look, my 52 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:34.199 son was an s idea to Arizona. I'm having this argument with him. 53 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:38.800 He's he's on the side of a USC on this, and what's this point? 54 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:43.840 The point being that there are rules that everybody's supposed to follow, and 55 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:46.919 there are rules, and they said, but there are some rules that are 56 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:50.240 stupid rules. And that's one of them. That you say, I saw 57 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:53.199 something and I can't report on that. If I see something, I get 58 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:59.800 to report on that. Right. If you see Jed Fish in an argument 59 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:05.199 with one of his players outside the press room, you're you're gonna say, 60 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:10.599 sure, you saw that. Sure. And if they say you can't say 61 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:13.759 that, I'm gonna say, go f yourself. Well we did. We 62 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:15.480 kind of ran across you and I run across this. Back in the day, 63 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:18.279 late eighties, right, we covered dictomy, Right, we went to 64 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:24.720 practices to observe. Right, there were certain things that we couldn't rely and 65 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:28.720 I can't even remember the specifics now Jay injuries, things like injuries. It 66 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:31.720 was really it was just injuring and police schemes. Right, Well, here's 67 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.639 here and here's here's an example of that. All I understand. I remember 68 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:39.720 when I was going to practice. All I understood was, you know, 69 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:43.800 you're not supposed to report on injuries, and but you're also not you know, 70 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:46.399 if they run a double reverse, you know, flee flicker, yadda, 71 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:50.000 yadda, you're not supposed to say that you saw that. When that 72 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:55.279 week that Arizona switched from the wishbones to what they called the eyebone before the 73 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:59.680 U. I was a practice all week. I just didn't notice it, 74 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:01.639 pay attention to it. I didn't see the change in the formation. And 75 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:04.399 in the end Dick said it wasn't a big deal. It's just we moved 76 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:09.279 a guy over and that was that. But but but I got in trouble 77 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:12.680 for not reporting. My boss said, how did you not report that? 78 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:15.040 He said, I missed it. I didn't see it. I just had 79 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:18.519 to say I didn't see it. They had Butch Henry and who was the 80 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:24.279 yes idea at the time in the media, said we've told reporters they are 81 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:26.959 not allowed to report on stuff like that. And I'm like, I never 82 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.519 agreed to that. I agreed that you know if somebody gets hurt. I 83 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:31.519 mean, I go to see if somebody got hurt. But if somebody gets 84 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.720 hurt, yes, we're not supposed to report on that. But you know 85 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:38.480 that going into the game. Fine, But I got in trouble for not 86 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:42.720 seeing that and not reporting it. And then I got in and then you 87 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:45.639 know, it was kind of like, did you agree to that if you 88 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:46.959 saw something like that that you weren't going to report that? I said no. 89 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:49.439 I never said I wasn't. No, I was with you on that 90 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:53.680 because I was there too, and it was a big surprise to everybody they 91 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:57.040 did what they did, and so there are restriction. Do you want any 92 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:00.759 recruiting thing with McDuff, Right, But that's reagree, that's pretty and you're 93 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:04.000 there for to get purpose to for a story, right, I just have 94 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:06.160 I don't know why I have an issue with this, but to me, 95 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:12.800 it's there against one and two. You can't you can't do that. Yeah, 96 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:15.439 with Steve. It's become that over time, over the last let's call 97 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:21.560 it ten years, with the with the how much social media everybody does, 98 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:27.480 whether it's a company, in an athletics program, a university, you know, 99 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:31.920 whoever, with all that that that they they feel now that they want 100 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:36.519 total control of the narrative, and if you step outside of that, you 101 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:40.079 know they want to they want to, you know, shred you about that. 102 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:42.959 And you know, I mean, Steve, I mean, how many 103 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.959 times did we get not in trouble, but get in an argument or get 104 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:49.600 you know, I mean again, I told you, Luke didn't talk to 105 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:54.759 me for years because of the last the last basketball story I did, which 106 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:59.279 is you know, when they got beat would I went and I talked to 107 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:03.399 Judd Bush and he gave me this story and I wrote it, and somehow 108 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:08.040 Luke thought I shouldn't have written that he and he was mad at me for 109 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:13.800 years over that. That's a that's an extreme example of that particular time. 110 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:20.279 But now it's become a point where these programs and everybody really strategically tries to 111 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:26.519 control what's out there about them. Sure, and they want you and they 112 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:30.319 don't want you to observe the other stuff that's going on or reported. Well, 113 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:32.120 let me say this, that's been the case since the edge of time, 114 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:38.120 end of time. People want positive. People want positive, But now, 115 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:41.120 like you saying, the last ten years or so, uh, people 116 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:45.160 want positive all the time. Life isn't like that. I mean, I 117 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:49.639 mean, think about the amount of time we now get with because they're trying 118 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:55.360 to control they instead of where you or I. When recovering the team, 119 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:58.600 I said, I'm gonna do a story on Darryl Lewis this week, and 120 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:01.120 I'd go interview Darryl Lewis us, right. And you didn't know that, 121 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:05.160 right, And I didn't know who you were interviewing. You know who your 122 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:11.920 story petitions. Right now, It's like they bring these two players and that's 123 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:15.160 your story. Hated man, I hate it. I hate it. That's 124 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.480 why I don't ask any questions or care to ask any questions, because my 125 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:20.759 story is your story and your story is my story and depends how well we 126 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:24.120 write it. Right. You know, you know who, you know who 127 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:26.959 the stories are about. You know. So there's gonna be a story coming 128 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:30.680 up on Dalton Johnson, the safety who's having you know, because everybody asked 129 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:35.200 question about Dalton Johnson, asked questions about Jacob Monnett. Those are the features 130 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:39.519 that you can expect to see in the media this week. You're previewing the 131 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:43.759 airs Ona Stanford game. Whereas before I didn't know who you were writing, 132 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:46.519 and you didn't know what I was writing until you saw it on Saturday morning. 133 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:48.480 I neither I'm cussing you out or you're cussing me out right, And 134 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:50.240 you see, that was a good story. I wish I had it, 135 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:54.000 you know whatever. That's what the good old Those are good old days of 136 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:56.200 newspapers and and the business and and that's gone. And you know who's missing 137 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:58.600 out the readers, the readers and the fans, the readers in the fan 138 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:01.960 they're not getting, no question, they're not getting, you know, the 139 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:05.720 stories that are out there. Let me say this because I've seen this in 140 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:09.519 a number of times during the Sean stuff, and that was the worst part 141 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:13.200 of it. Sean limited his guys to play. The only guy I really 142 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:16.399 feel comfortable and talking about in Sean's time was probably t J McConnell because he 143 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:20.480 was he was a favorite he was growing up. He's one of the favorite 144 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:24.360 sons. We got his story him talk exactly everybody else. What do you 145 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.840 know, how old did we get to know DeAndre? You didn't. You 146 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:31.840 didn't until he was until the last weekend. We had open practice or open 147 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:37.679 locker rooms at the US at the Vegas Vegas when he was. DeAndre has 148 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:41.799 a humor. He's such a humor. What who he was? His kid? 149 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:45.480 He wants to have fun, and unfortunately it's the fans that are missing 150 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:46.720 out. I mean, I think of all, you know, the stories 151 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.279 I did cover in the eighty eight team. You know, spent a whole 152 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:56.519 afternoon with Steve Ker at his apartment watching college football with him, with him 153 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:58.200 and Bruce Frasier, and we had lunch, and I spent the whole and 154 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:01.600 I was able to right a story about Steve Kernel that he went there no 155 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:07.600 questions and cook all those guys. That's why this community got to know those 156 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:11.879 guys. We don't know those guys. And again they pick who who we 157 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:15.639 get to talk to, no question. Here's another point, just real quick. 158 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:22.120 If I didn't lose, oh what if what if USC relinquishes or decides 159 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:24.679 Okay, maybe we went a little too far. They can't do that now 160 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:28.720 either, because if you have rules, better stick with those rules. And 161 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:31.120 now they can't undo it. No, they couldn't. Really, you know, 162 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:35.480 I didn't go lose my mind over it last night like you did, 163 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:37.159 but I just kind of I read it because I read the call him and 164 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:41.399 afterward overnight and then I said, I read more about the kid. It 165 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.879 was his first year on the job. You had you had a kid from 166 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.799 the Only Times, and everybody supported him. I should everybody in the business 167 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:50.759 is support him. Not the fans because the fans could and the fans are 168 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:54.120 always going to side with your team of course, the media or the bad 169 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:56.559 guy of course, of course. And I don't know why, but it 170 00:10:56.639 --> 00:11:00.840 hit me kind of like, really, this is what we come Yeah, 171 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:03.519 but you know, and and and and again, Steve, you gotta remember 172 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:05.240 that the guys that we dealt with at the time that we were, you 173 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:09.240 know, covering sports like or like I didn't like my example of Dick Tomy. 174 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:15.000 All right, So Malvin Smith gets that he fires a shot at a 175 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:20.879 skate country, gets arrested. Uh, you know the whole thing. You 176 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.879 know, I go to Sunday morning. I have to get up on Sunday 177 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:28.279 morning go to his arrangement. Mark Lunsford was there. I walked in the 178 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.440 door. He goes He's like, oh no, but you know I didn't 179 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:33.320 Mark, Mark said, Mark said, I can't talk to you. I'm 180 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:37.320 just here because somebody has to be here support from Malviot. So so you 181 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:39.639 know, I talked to Dick, and I do the whole you know, 182 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:43.559 I do a story. Story comes out on Monday morning, and then I 183 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:46.840 see Dick on Monday afternoon and he goes, I really thought you were going 184 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:52.279 to rip us, and you didn't. You just I just you know, 185 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:54.720 it wasn't up to me to rip you. It was up to me to 186 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:58.080 report what happened. And that's all I did. I wasn't trying to say 187 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:01.080 Dick told me he's a bad coach because he got this guy who took a 188 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.279 gun to a skate country and took a shot the guy it was Greg who 189 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:09.600 was supposed to rip if he's a columnist, right, well, that was 190 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.360 my soul box and what it forever its worth. I completely agree with you. 191 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:18.480 And again, you know I mentioned my son. He's thirty years old. 192 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:22.519 This is the this is the media life he has lived. He did 193 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:26.279 not live the media life. Sure, this is how they always did things 194 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.759 in the ten years that he worked in the athletic department over there. You 195 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:31.799 know, where as he said, as they said, they are in charge. 196 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:35.360 You know, they run they run this show. They run the media 197 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:39.120 show. Now there's nothing any of us can do about it because of the 198 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:39.600 way they've like, well, the what do you think about it? Is? 199 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:43.600 Okay, I'm not sure if the kid can go and do his story, 200 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.759 he's still gonna work, do his jaws, make his calls. I 201 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:50.279 think the worst thing that could happen is is Okay. Now, out of 202 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:56.960 spite, I'm gonna be more observant, more eyes on the program doesn't make 203 00:12:56.039 --> 00:13:00.440 sense, and be more of a pain in the ass because you did this 204 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:03.279 to me. What's the worst thing that happened to me? Provoke my recurrentials? 205 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:05.240 You already have, Yeah, you already have. Yeah, you want 206 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:11.159 to be a ship uh almost said it? Pain? You know, just 207 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:13.919 a bad dude. Yeah, I could be a bad dude. I mean 208 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:18.519 thinking in his way, but that's not his job. It's not And and 209 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:22.960 I look, and there are some reporters out there who do go over the 210 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.879 loss. Yes, you know, they do go over the line. And 211 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:28.039 and just like any in any other field, there's guys that you go, 212 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:31.200 that's a bad dude. This is a good dude. You know. You 213 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:35.480 and I you know we didn't, right and we still don't. Yeah, 214 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:37.679 Okay, there's no purpose, there's no there's no reason to you know, 215 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:41.399 I don't know if you're the you know the question that I when I asked, 216 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:43.919 when I asked Jed Fish about his running backs, thinking he starts that, 217 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:48.840 You know, I can't tell you that he's kind of joking, but 218 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:52.080 you know, it's kind of like you guys were just here trying to do 219 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:54.039 the best we can to report what's going on. And if you're gonna say 220 00:13:54.639 --> 00:14:00.679 that I can't report on something that I saw that I saw, then we've 221 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.480 got a big problem. There is. Yeah, there is a problem. 222 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:03.840 Okay, Hey, let's talk real quickly about to our guests. All right, 223 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:09.080 Greg mckinstree, the second h head coach at katl High School. They're 224 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:11.320 three and one, first time in for first time there were three and oh 225 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:15.320 for the first time in one hundred years. He's going to join us. 226 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:18.799 We'll talk about how he's turning this program, that program around. And then 227 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:24.279 at four fifteen Bow Brack, who was the PA pH n X Phoenix the 228 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:30.679 Cardinals podcast. He's got a podcast does on the Cardinal. We'll just talk 229 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:33.200 to him about the Cardinals. I gotta ask him if I if I should 230 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:37.879 go get Kyler Murray because I need a backup qarterback and they and he's out 231 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:41.120 there in our fantasy league. Nobody's got him. So I gotta ask him 232 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:45.799 if he if I should go get good? All right, So we'll be 233 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:48.919 back with Greg mckinstree, the head football coach Katalin High School will be right 234 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.960 back. For more than twenty years, the Window Depot has reminded the best 235 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:58.120 price and the biggest inventory on in stock vital windows, and now the Window 236 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:01.440 Depot is more than a window star, offering homeowners and contractors a one stop 237 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:07.440 warehouse offering interior and exterior doors granted in courts, countertops, in stock cabinetry, 238 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:11.279 and skylights to finish your project. Their team of professionals will help with 239 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:15.919 everything from free kitchen design to custom orders from leading manufacturers like mill Guard and 240 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:20.159 Geldwyn. Order online or find a location near you at a window Deepot dot 241 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:24.759 com. Join Children's Clinics and ride for us in the fortieth annual eltourde Tucson. 242 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:30.399 Help us raise funds to support adaptive sports and arts programs and to purchase 243 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:35.759 adaptive trikes and bikes for children with chronic complex medical needs. Find us at 244 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:39.360 Children's Clinics dot org. Steve Rivera here to talk about Doroto Rock and Materials. 245 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:43.440 I needed a lot of gravel from a driveway, so I called Eric 246 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:46.279 at Dorato Rock. He found out the amount and color I needed, and 247 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:48.399 boom, it was taken care of and at a great price. How do 248 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:52.120 I know radio commercials work? I heard one of his on the radio. 249 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:56.799 Doroto Rock and Materials provides a wide range of landscaping materials, including decorative rock, 250 00:15:56.919 --> 00:16:00.639 boulders, gravel, soil, and sand for residential and commercial use in 251 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.559 the Tucson area. They are locally owned and have been around for more than 252 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:07.279 fifteen years. Give them a call at five two zero four zero zero four 253 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:11.039 two three three. We are Beads of Courage. Come ride with us for 254 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:15.679 the fortieth l Tort at Tucson. Beads of Courage provides innovative arts and medicine 255 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.840 programs for children coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians caring 256 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:22.440 for them. Let's ride together. Find us at Beads of Courage dot org. 257 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:30.039 Where do you buy exercise equipment? Arizona Health Arizona Health, Arizona Health. 258 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:33.799 Of course, to feel better and look better, it makes sense to 259 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:37.039 buy your fitness equipment from the people who know it better than anyone else. 260 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:41.960 At Arizona Health, our goal is to help you choose the equipment you need 261 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:45.879 to reach your goals. Your health and fitness deserve the best you deserve. 262 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:52.919 Arizona Health the lead manage and exercise equipment on twenty seconds di quest of Wilmot 263 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:57.360 At Noble Home Loans, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to enjoy the independence 264 00:16:57.399 --> 00:17:00.759 that comes with homeownership. Paul Volpee is ready to help you find an option 265 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:04.839 that best fits your needs, whether you're a first time or veteran HomeBuyer or 266 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:08.240 want to get cash out with the refinance. Nova has a variety of home 267 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:12.319 loan programs to meet your unique situation. Visit Volpe team dot com. That's 268 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:18.119 Volpe team dot com or called five two O six one eight five six two 269 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:22.799 six today MLS three O eight seven Arizona BOO, Equal Housing Opportunity dot commit 270 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:25.640 to lyndricson credit rates, available loan programs or subject to change the comics. 271 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:29.960 It's summertime. In the summer, leagues are wrapping up. Volleyball, softball, 272 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:33.920 baseball, swimming, and pickle ball are coming to their season end come 273 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:37.720 down and visit the cool and relaxing Creative Awards Idea center to pick out your 274 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:42.640 awards for the champs and MVPs. It's also time to replenish your corporate apparel 275 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:48.079 with new Polos caps and safety t shirts with your corporate logo to make your 276 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:52.200 team look sharp. Creative Awards also has a large selection of brand names like 277 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:56.440 Nike, Eddie Bauer, New Era, and Carhart just to name a few. 278 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:59.680 Believe it or not, it's corporate holiday gift season. Time for your 279 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:03.079 CLIs two with over one hundred thousand items to choose from. Come of visit 280 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:07.559 Creative Awards, Inc. Two twenty eight West Drachtman Street or online at Creative 281 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:12.200 Awards az dot com. Did you know sports cards that memorabilia are setting records 282 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:17.799 sales last month in nineteen fifty two tops Mickey Mantle so for twelve point six 283 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:22.839 million, Lebron James Rookie sold for five points six Also, collecting cards is 284 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:26.200 a family fund hobby that can be very profitable. If you want to start 285 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:30.839 a collection or expand your collection, check out Showtime Cards. They are one 286 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:33.440 of the leading card shops in the country and have served our local community for 287 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:38.359 twenty five years. They are located on e Speedway. That's showtime, cards, 288 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:44.880 neck pain, back paint, car accidents, headaches, sports injury. 289 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:49.519 Burnella's Chiropractic's goal is to help our patients achieve a healthy lifestyle. Combining chiropractic 290 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:56.440 care with physical medicine modalities, therapeutic procedures and massage therapy not only reduced paints, 291 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:59.960 but helps the body heal itself as well as provide other health benefits. 292 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:04.000 Or Nellis Chiropractic wheels a natural approach to improve an individual's health and well be. 293 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:11.119 Don't suffer any longer. Call or Nellis Chiropractic Today. The Secret Savings 294 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:15.359 Account from Pyramid Federal Credit Union is an account you pay yourself and save oh 295 00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:19.400 right. It's set up as an automatic transfer for any amount and the transfers 296 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:22.839 add up over time. You can save for a down payment on a dream 297 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:29.599 vacation or an emergency fund and the best part for withdrawals. Your Secret Savings 298 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:33.480 Account can only be accessed in branch or over the phone. Visit Pyramid FCU 299 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:40.480 dot com slash Secret Saving to learn more. Federally ensured by NCUA, join 300 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:44.359 the Aviva Children's Services Team and write the el Tor to Tucson for free when 301 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:48.759 you raise five hundred dollars have fun while raising money to support children in foster 302 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:52.759 care. Visit gear Up for Good dot org to sign up and for more 303 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:56.839 information. It's that time of year, Summer in Tucson. Time to take 304 00:19:56.880 --> 00:20:00.400 control with temperature control for all your air conditioning. We'll keep you cool during 305 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.720 all the hot streaks. All you have to do is stay in control with 306 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:08.559 temperature control where we handle everything you need with prompt response, affordable pricing, 307 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:12.680 and sound solutions. We also excel in plumbing and electrical work. We handle 308 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:15.960 everything you need. Give us a call at five two o eight one five 309 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:22.480 five six six five or visit our website at temp dashcan dot com and remember, 310 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.599 stay in control with temperature control. Need concrete, Hardworks Concrete has it. 311 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:30.160 We have more than twenty five years of experience with all things concrete. 312 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:37.079 Installing sidewalks and patio floors are our specialty and handle masonry work and retaining laws. 313 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:40.599 We're locally and family owned. Just let us know what you need, 314 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:42.599 how you want it, and we'll take care of it. Leave the hard 315 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:47.640 work up to us. We're Hardworks Concrete. Call us at five one two 316 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:52.359 nine six two five six six zero, or visit our website hardworks Concrete dot 317 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:59.000 com. We'll put the work in for you. Stret live on me My 318 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:03.200 Heart Radio. This is High on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jaken Salas 319 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:07.480 on Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. Hey, welcome back to I on the Ball 320 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:11.119 here on Fox. What's fourteen fifteen. I'm Steve Rivera. He's jakinsos Now 321 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:15.400 on the phone. We have coach Greg mckin street the second from Catalina. 322 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:19.480 How are you, coach? I'm doing good. How are you guys doing? 323 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:22.720 We're doing well. We're kind of curious. What's in the water at 324 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:30.640 Catalina. I just doing real well. Oh we you know, we just 325 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:36.480 have been kind of work in the process here the last three seasons and it's 326 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:41.200 actually starting the show and pay dividends there. Yeah. So I have to 327 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.720 ask you because I'm looking at your background. You're from the Midwest, you 328 00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:47.680 went to went to school in Iowa, you coached, you coached over there. 329 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:51.079 How do you wind up in Tucson, Arizona? Tell me tell me 330 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:56.240 how you got here? Well, I was in two falls, South Dakota 331 00:21:56.319 --> 00:22:00.920 area, and uh, I actually have a family down here. My mom 332 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:06.720 was living in Chandler of a couple of aunts and brother had lived down or 333 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:08.640 lived up in that area, and so I was trying to make my way 334 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.640 to get closer to them. And then my sister lives out in Las Vegas, 335 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:14.519 and so we're kind of all, you know, and I have a 336 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:18.119 brother lives in West Texas, so we they've all left Milwaukee or on this 337 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:22.119 side of the country. I was trying to get down here to get closer 338 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:25.880 to my family, and then also my wife's family, her parents had moved 339 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:32.759 down here around twenty nineteen, twenty eighteen, and so it was a good 340 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:34.599 fit. You know. I was trying to, you know, find some 341 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:40.880 coaching positions and jobs in the Arizona area, and then Tucson, you know, 342 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:45.480 and Catalina kind of came on the radar there. So so wait a 343 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:48.240 second, So, Greg, so your wife's parents are here in Tucson. 344 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:52.640 They are actually they were here for a little bit and then they actually wound 345 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:56.440 up moving up to Mesa. Okay, Okay, I was going to say, 346 00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.680 coach, that long story. All you had to see is my wife 347 00:22:57.720 --> 00:23:03.799 wanted to go you know, happy, happy wife, happy life. You 348 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:07.960 know, we talked about the whole time. So, so the Catlin And 349 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:12.000 job opens up a couple of years ago. Obviously a challenging job, as 350 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:17.039 there are a number of jobs like that in Tucson. What attracted you to 351 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:19.720 taking on that? You know, this challenge at a program that you know 352 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:23.640 hasn't done well for a lot of years, trouble with you know, difficulty 353 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:26.559 with some numbers and stuff. What made you want to do that job? 354 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:33.039 You know, I had a connected with the athletic director, Tim Bridges, 355 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:37.200 and you know, we really hit it off, and I thought that was 356 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:41.920 a good fit with him on a professional level as well as a personal level. 357 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:45.880 And then also Cataline is kind of like a one of the high schools 358 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:48.960 I had coached in the Midwest. It's kind of like Waterloo East High School, 359 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:53.400 and so it was kind of similar makeup. You know, we had 360 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:57.640 we didn't have too many whole bunch of kids there. Those kids kind of 361 00:23:57.680 --> 00:24:02.720 came to work every day and we were actually able to get them playing some 362 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:07.559 good football. And my first year we actually got into the playoffs, which 363 00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:11.279 we hadn't been into the playoffs in over a decade and stuff. So that 364 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:17.279 was a really good experience, and also the middle school that I was working 365 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:22.359 at at back in South Dakota and Foo Falls is just about the identicals as 366 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:29.519 far as the student demographics. And so I really meshed well out there in 367 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:32.359 South Dakota with those kids, could relate to them really well. And so 368 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:37.640 like the same group of kids here at Catalina. So so Jay, I'm 369 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:41.880 I'm always up for our challenge. So well you have one of you done 370 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:45.319 well? So Jay mentioned numbers. We've covered a few high school places here 371 00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:48.640 that don't have any numbers in the Canneman play. So, so when you 372 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:52.200 first got to Catalina, what were your numbers and what are they now? 373 00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:56.559 I want to say. When I was my first year, you know, 374 00:24:56.599 --> 00:25:00.440 it was kind of odd for me and I showed up in Jil here in 375 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:03.400 summer workouts and I only have five kids out there. And then I was 376 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.920 like, oh man, you can even be able to have a season. 377 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:10.839 Uh. Once we kind of started official practice, we got some more numbers, 378 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:15.279 and then we finally got around to about twenty four twenty five kids, 379 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:21.200 and now it's kind of like almost a one eighty. You know. This 380 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:25.319 summer past summer, I had about twenty two kids consistently four days a week 381 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:29.359 for workouts, and this year we're probably about twenty eight on the number side, 382 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:32.680 and we still have some more kids that actually, you know, since 383 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:37.680 we've won, which really greatly helped out the morale around school. So I 384 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:40.759 have more kids that are actually still trying to come out for the football team 385 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:44.440 even now. So well, that's the that's the thing. I mean, 386 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:48.240 you get here and on, you know, just the numbers are an issue, 387 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:51.400 but then you have to create something, right, you have to get 388 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:53.680 these guys interested in this. You gotta get you know, let's say, 389 00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:57.920 you know, winning always helps, but how do you go out and generate 390 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:00.920 interest and get you know, get kids to come out for the football team. 391 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:06.559 You know, like my first year I was you know, working in 392 00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:10.640 the school definitely helped. And I tried to have a really personable type of 393 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:14.519 personality, being out going and engaging the kids. And you know, even 394 00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:17.559 me and the athletic director would be in the lunch room just trying to go 395 00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:19.640 and talk to kids to try to get them interested in football, engage their 396 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:22.720 interest and see if they might want to join the team. And I just 397 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:30.079 try to strike up conversations with kids in the hallway as I'm walking walking in 398 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:33.680 the class, or they might have stopped in my room for something, and 399 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:38.839 so just trying to be engaging with them and you and you're not. You 400 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:41.599 know, they need to and you don't work there, and you don't work 401 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:45.319 there, you work somewhere else. Uh. This year, I'm working over 402 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:48.960 at duel In Middle School, which is about five minutes away from Catalina. 403 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:53.960 We actually a lot of the kids go to they will leave that school and 404 00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.599 come to Catalina. A matter of fact, I want to say about eight 405 00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:00.880 of my players were enrolled there before in the last couple of years, so 406 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:06.319 that that helps. And also it's kind of funny because I want to say 407 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:10.039 probably about five or six of my players that have younger siblings that go to 408 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:12.880 that school. So right, so it's kind of a grassroots effort over there. 409 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:15.319 So you guys get off to a great start three, you know, 410 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:18.440 go three and oh didn't go so well last week. But just tell us 411 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:22.319 about you know, what's your team like? What you know? What what 412 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:26.000 do you what do you what's your makeup? What? What are you good 413 00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:30.279 at? You know, we're we're right now. Our strength is our offense 414 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:36.079 and defensive line. We've put a lot of work into those guys over to 415 00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:38.400 you know, now most of those guys are seniors and sophomore, so we've 416 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:42.559 put a lot of work until the last couple of years. And so I 417 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:47.240 always tell those guys, you know, how they perform is how our team 418 00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:52.079 performs pretty much. But we've you know, it all starts over those that 419 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:57.319 off season period where you're working to get you know, working to get those 420 00:27:57.359 --> 00:28:02.279 guys in shape for the season and for the rigors of the season and kind 421 00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:08.200 of and and building that team bonding through workouts, doing some community things, 422 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:14.200 and so we're just trying to really get those guys to buy into the process 423 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:18.680 and trust our process. So you asked about what his background coming here, 424 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:22.559 right, Did you play ball at a certain level? Yeah, I actually 425 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:29.000 started I played ball when I was like started playing football, got at a 426 00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:34.000 really uh in a league when I was seven years old, and then I 427 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:38.039 you know, I went to a pretty prestigious high school back in Milwaukee, 428 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:44.880 Wisconsin called Marquette University High School. They actually had just won seven hundred day 429 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:48.240 one or seven hundred and fifty third game last Friday. That's a whole bunch 430 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:52.279 and then you you. I saw you were at Ohio and then Northern Iowa. 431 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:56.000 Right, I was actually at a Northern Iowa. I went there and 432 00:28:56.079 --> 00:29:02.119 then my h one of my coaches left, the head coach left, we 433 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.680 got new coaches in. One of our assistant coaches wound up there. So 434 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:07.119 I went over there and finished up by last year and stuff, and then 435 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:11.640 wound up coming back to Northern Iowa after playing arena football for a number of 436 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:18.160 years to Goo. Uh wound up going there to UH coach and then getting 437 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:22.279 my masters while I was there also coaching. So thanks, who'd you where'd 438 00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:30.039 you play arena football with? Oh? I've man everywhere you know I was. 439 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:34.079 I played for Susity Bandits. I played for Tampa's Bay Storm, Green 440 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:42.880 Bay Blizzard talks the talents, Uh, Lincoln Lightning and then lost Angas Gladiators. 441 00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:52.079 Also, Uh, there's the other team in the Indiana Indiana. They're 442 00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:56.160 no longer in the league. So yeah, I spent uh about eight seasons 443 00:29:56.200 --> 00:30:00.799 playing. We talked about that. Jay was so well, he was the 444 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:07.079 pr guy then the president of the local of the Tucson I'm just curious where 445 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.880 you've been with that eight years though, that's a long time to be to 446 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.559 be in the in the in the league. Say, because we talk about 447 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:15.640 that, though your dream continues, right, yes, you know, I 448 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:19.079 can't play anymore, so I do. The next best thing is which is 449 00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:26.039 coaching? Sorry, what's been the bill in the game? We're around kids? 450 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:29.359 And what's been the best coal competitive nature? What's been the best thing 451 00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:32.920 about about coaching here at Katalina And you know, being a part of all 452 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:36.440 this now, you know, for for you and then you know, what 453 00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:40.799 do you see in the kids as as you go along? I say, 454 00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:45.440 the best thing I see is actually these kids growing, you know, athletic 455 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:52.759 wise, socially and you know, academically. So I know when I first 456 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:59.319 came here, academics weren't really high on on on the athletics for our athletes 457 00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:00.799 around the school. I used to say, they weren't. It wasn't a 458 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:07.079 top priority. I've tried to make it a priority within my team of being 459 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:11.720 a student first and an athlete second. And you know, I would say 460 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:15.359 what probably one of the biggest rewards is actually seeing where these kids started at, 461 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:18.839 you know, on the athletic field and seeing their growth and seeing them 462 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:22.720 have success and then enjoying that success. Yeah, yeah, no question, 463 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:26.920 no question. Yeah. So I wouldn't ask you this because you know, 464 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:30.160 Steve and I we you know, we're trying to get the coaches like you 465 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:33.480 on the show. We've had Phil Stewart over at at Marana, we had 466 00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:37.160 Zach Nevill left Hope from a Tucson. It seems like there's this group of 467 00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:41.640 coaches that are all you guys are kind of from the same place, and 468 00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:47.880 I don't know other ways said teams age wise, background wise, that are 469 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:51.599 have been coming to Tucson to take over some of these programs that you know, 470 00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:56.720 need guys like you. Is there any kind of lack of bedwood camaraderie 471 00:31:56.880 --> 00:32:00.799 among the coaches that are here now, you know that are kind of maybe 472 00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:06.440 new to Tucson and to the region, I should say, and kind of 473 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:09.599 going through some of the similar things, right, whether it's numbers or dealing 474 00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:13.240 with the program that hasn't won in a while, or as you say, 475 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:16.240 academics, those kinds of things. Are you guys sort of in touch with 476 00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:22.000 each other at all or everybody kind of working on their own kind of you 477 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.920 know a little bit of both. I would say, you know, during 478 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:25.920 off season, you have a lot more time to kind of reach out to 479 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:30.160 other coaches, stay in contact. You know. Coaching clinics are a big 480 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:35.240 place where guys get together and we talk, you know, especially Tuside High 481 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:39.759 coach you know, met him there this past spring at the coaches clinic. 482 00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:44.039 You have a coaches clinic. We kind of got along well and talk, 483 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.720 you know, and every time I see him, I we go and talk. 484 00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:50.519 You know. I just saw him this past Saturday. Talked with him 485 00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:53.039 for a little bit, and then you know, kind of during the season, 486 00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:55.920 everybody's kind there in their own little silo, right the lack of a 487 00:32:57.039 --> 00:33:00.680 better term, just kind of focusing and grinding a trying to get their team 488 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:05.519 to be better. You know, what have you found out? We just 489 00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:07.680 have a couple of minutes now and Jay kind of alluded to this. For 490 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:14.759 the kids, obviously they must walk a little higher now, taller because they're 491 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:16.880 they're having success. But what did you find in them that they didn't see 492 00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:24.359 themselves. I want to say that that confidence and the fact that they could 493 00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:29.920 be leaders, you know, if they applied themselves. Two kids that come 494 00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:35.000 to mind is Corey Sanders and Ace Lewis. They're both linemen, offensive lineman, 495 00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:37.160 defensive lineman. They really kind of stepped up this year, you know, 496 00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:42.920 had some confidence. They went to some coming out of spring football. 497 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:45.160 You know, I'm kind of like, hey, you guys can do this 498 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:49.440 stuff. You know, you had this success last year in our last game. 499 00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:52.920 Well let's take it and run with it. You know, you have 500 00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:55.960 a tremendous upside to both of them, and so just kind of getting them 501 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:59.559 to see that confidence that they can kind of play with anybody. You know. 502 00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:05.480 They went to the Northern Arizona camp that was kind of sponsored by FCA 503 00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:08.719 this past summer, and they went there and had really, you know, 504 00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:14.280 some some a lot of success I would say, as far as realizing how 505 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:17.880 good they could be and and their potential. And then they came back and 506 00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:23.079 they've been leaders on the football team, leaders around campus. You know, 507 00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:28.519 they actually kind of a spearheaded getting the sea kind of clubs started on our 508 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:30.960 campus here at Catalina. So really proud of those guys who were doing that 509 00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:34.840 kind of stepping up in that regard and that's really it, right, I 510 00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:40.400 mean, that's the reward for you. Yeah. You know, I would 511 00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:45.480 say I've been working with kids in various capacities for the last you know, 512 00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:50.639 fifteen plus years there. You know, especially during the off season playing and 513 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:53.559 reading football is always working with kids at rescues or at at a school in 514 00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:59.000 some capacity, and around and coaching as well. So it's like, hey, 515 00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.719 I like to see kids success. I have all this knowledge in my 516 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:05.679 head. I can pass it on to some kids and they can take it 517 00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:08.199 and run with it and be successful on the field and off the field, 518 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:13.000 and after they graduate from high school or college. You know, that's that's 519 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:15.800 a reward for me. Well, it's great to see you doing that. 520 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.960 Yeah, well, coach, thanks you for your time. What's next? 521 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:20.639 What? What kind of game? Who have you got this? We are 522 00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:25.559 playing uh tank AVERTI this Friday. Okay, that'll be a good test for 523 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:30.800 us. You know last year, last two years, we didn't do too 524 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:34.119 well against them, so I know our guys are pretty hungry, especially after 525 00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:38.119 that lost last week, so they're anxious to come out and prove themselves there 526 00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:42.519 this week. Super Well, thank you, thanks so much for coming on 527 00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:46.159 the show. Coach. Oh, no problem, no problem there, appreciating 528 00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:51.679 good luck to rest the way. Thank you anything you guys need any time 529 00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:53.480 You want to talk, give me, give me a shout out there. 530 00:35:53.639 --> 00:36:00.840 I'll do it when I need a motivation talking. You can coach, appreciate 531 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:06.000 it like right now. Well you know I got I got you real quick 532 00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:07.719 before we go. I know we went along, but you know, I 533 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.840 look at it. You know, I called up their schedule from last year, 534 00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:12.639 looking at their scores. I mean they were a really bad football team. 535 00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:15.239 You know, they forfeited a couple of games. You know, they 536 00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:19.400 got shut out a bunch of times. When you look at their schedule from 537 00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:22.639 last year and the turnaround already, the Wood two have won three games this 538 00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:28.000 year. Yeah, I mean Jed Fish didn't do this well. I mean, 539 00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:30.920 you know they got a twenty eight nothing, sixty to nothing, fifty 540 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:34.000 four to nothing, forty eight to nothing, and now then all these scores 541 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:37.039 and now they come out, you know, win three straight. You know 542 00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:38.760 not yeah, they got beat last week, but you know, to taste 543 00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:42.079 the winning, you can tell that that's a big deal. Yeah, of 544 00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:45.519 course, you know for cat you know Catalina, and that's a it's a 545 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:47.079 it's a it's a nice job to do that over there. So very good, 546 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:50.800 good, good on that. All right, let's take our breakwad come 547 00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:52.800 back. We'll take your colls. We'd love to hear from your five two 548 00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:54.559 zero, four, one, six, seventy four forty Whose side are you 549 00:36:54.679 --> 00:37:00.719 on the media or USC We'll be right back. If you're a men's basketball 550 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:04.079 fan, you know it's been successful for newly forty years. Now take a 551 00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:07.280 look back at the Ludolson era in my new book, Lessons from Loot. 552 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.960 It was a labor of love through the eyes of twenty five former players, 553 00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:13.639 coaches, and friends to give insight to the coach and the man who led 554 00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:16.119 them, competed against them, and inspired them. Twenty five chapters for his 555 00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:21.559 twenty five years as Arizona's beloved coach. Lessons from Lute is an insight to 556 00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:25.199 how he built the program into a national powerhouse. Want one Email me at 557 00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:30.000 Steve dot RIVERA ninety five at gmail dot com. The world's first three D 558 00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:35.039 scanner for wild animals has finally been made. It will save countless lives while 559 00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:38.320 also creating exciting youth programs to protect our wild spaces. Will you ride an 560 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:43.880 ill toward a twoson to help start a digital wildlife revolution? Go to Biodiversity 561 00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:46.800 Group dot org for more. Information ride with us. All skill levels are 562 00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:52.840 invited to join our GROUPO Youth Cycling for our Fall Fondo on October twenty nine. 563 00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:58.400 Your race fee supports programs that empower all youth, regardless of socioeconomic background. 564 00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:01.320 Call us at five two o four two nine six one three eight for 565 00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:06.159 more info. Hey walk at Nation. Jake Fisher here, I gotta tell 566 00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:09.119 you about my winning team over at Arizona Health Insider. I was able to 567 00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:15.039 get a custom private health insurance plan with no deductibles, no co pays, 568 00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:19.280 nationwide coverage, and I get to pick my own doctor for less than two 569 00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:22.880 hundred dollars a month. If you want to avoid getting gouged on the Exchange 570 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:28.079 and you want real health insurance, call Arizona Health Insiders five two zero eight 571 00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:32.639 five zero six eight six six five two zero eight five zero six eight six 572 00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:38.039 six fare down. What's your goal? A new career or career advancement? 573 00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:43.480 How about transferring to a four year college. PEMA Community College can help you 574 00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:47.400 make some day today and reach your goals affordably on your schedule. With over 575 00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:52.559 one hundred programs to choose from and financial aid available, it's time to earn 576 00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:55.440 the degree. Or certificate you need to prepare for the career you want. 577 00:38:55.760 --> 00:39:00.400 PIMA offers free career exploration classes so you can choose the field that's right for 578 00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:10.199 you. Learn how at PIMA dot eedu slash Someday in Tucson. The fall 579 00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:14.320 arriving means a couple of things. One, our Wildcats are back in the 580 00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:17.039 classroom and back on the field, and two we still have some hot days 581 00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:21.320 ahead of us. Picture Rocks Cooling, Heating and Plumbing is ready to bear 582 00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:24.239 down on all your AC problems and keep you cool. If your fall gets 583 00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:29.320 overheated, give us a call for for zero for zero six nine or go 584 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:37.400 to Picture Rocks Cooling dot com. Fall season is upon us and fans are 585 00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:40.519 bearing down for our new and improved Arizona football team. I know Edmund Marcus 586 00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:45.599 is. He's a huge Arizona football fan and of course a University of Arizona 587 00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:47.440 graduate. If you don't see him at the football game or are you a 588 00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:52.760 sporting event, go see him at All State Insurance on Campbell and get a 589 00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:55.800 quote for your car and home insurance and more. Visit Edmund Marcus or State 590 00:39:55.840 --> 00:40:00.239 Agency at twenty seven nineteen North Cammell Or give him a call at five to 591 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:04.239 zero three two three nine three three three. You are in good hands with 592 00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:08.639 Edmond Markets, All State Agency. Looking for an exhilarating adventure newdal Tour Day 593 00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:14.000 Tucson this year. Join mad Arizona on November eighteenth and be a part of 594 00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:17.519 bringing an end to drunk and drug driving. Head to mad dot org slash 595 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:22.679 azy to register today and together we'll ride towards a future of no more victims. 596 00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:29.480 That's madd dot org slash az. Do you want to be part of 597 00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:32.599 a winning team. A Team Security is looking for friendly, outgoing event security 598 00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:36.519 guards and events staff to be a part of our team. We've been providing 599 00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:40.079 our outstanding services to some of Arizona's biggest sporting events and concerts for over twenty 600 00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:44.239 years. We want you to join the action. A Team offers a fun 601 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:47.639 and exciting opportunity to work in the sports and entertainment industry, with flexible schedules 602 00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:52.199 that are perfect for those looking for a part time job or a second income. 603 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:55.079 Come be a part of a winning team the A Team Apply online today 604 00:40:55.280 --> 00:41:00.199 at a team security dot net. Come ride with United Way of Tucson for 605 00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:05.159 the fortieth annual El Tour Day two soon joined the Ride United team and helped 606 00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:08.400 support the one in four members of our community who receive life changing help from 607 00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:14.239 United Way of Tucson in southern Arizona. Learn more at United Way Tucson dot 608 00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:16.800 org. Sam Miguel High School is participating in the El Tour to Tucson. 609 00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:21.840 Our school not only prepares our students for four year colleges, but also offers 610 00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:25.840 a trained and reliable temporary workforce for two sons leading businesses. Find out more 611 00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:32.400 at visits San Miguel High dot org. Steve Rivera and Jaken Salez they have 612 00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:39.159 their eye on the ball on Tucson Sports six chef Fox Sports fourteen fifty streaming 613 00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:44.440 live on the iHeart Radio Whap. They welcome back to one on the Buck 614 00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:46.800 Hearl Fox Sports Fortune fifty. I'm Steve Rava, He's chickens as we have 615 00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:50.079 ten minutes. If you guys want to give us a quick call, we'd 616 00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:54.440 appreciate it. Two old four one six seven four four zero. Love to 617 00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:59.480 hear from you, yep, we would love to hear from you. Yep. 618 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:01.079 Gang, you know, getting back to you know, talking about the 619 00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:06.639 Catalan football coach and some of the other programs here in town that are you 620 00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:08.440 know, they're doing better because these guys are coming here to do this and 621 00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:12.039 they're coming from everywhere, right, I mean, I mean, you know, 622 00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:15.280 mckinsbury was in midwest South Dakota, you know, but you know you 623 00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:17.480 had family here and you know you can come and find a place here, 624 00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:22.400 and you know they're they're they're how I look, we appreciate that they're coming 625 00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:25.800 here to do this kind of stuff. Sure, sure, making so then 626 00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:30.559 Arizona football better yea as we speak. Yep, got Tank Averty this week. 627 00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:36.039 Uh you know that with Jay Dobbins with your coach for what three years? 628 00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:39.000 Yeah, at least a couple Yeah, yeah, okay, all right, 629 00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:45.679 so what are we thinking this weekend? Steve uh with the Arizona Yeah, 630 00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:49.239 I think they're gonna kill him the spreads with thirteen eleven and a half 631 00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:51.480 of the last thing. I think it's thirteen. It could be maybe it 632 00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:53.679 could be, could be. I think that again, all eyes will be 633 00:42:53.719 --> 00:43:00.400 on Colorado and Oregon seeing if Oregon can kind of make them, uh make 634 00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:07.679 him reality check. Yeah. I was following some stuff on on on uh 635 00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:14.920 Twitter, social media and and uh both draft Kings and bet MGM are saying 636 00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:20.840 that right now again, Colorado Oregon game is the most bet on game. 637 00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:24.960 Sure already doesn't say which way. Uh no, you know I didn't see 638 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:30.320 that. No, it just says it's the most bet on game. But 639 00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:32.119 yeah, well, either people believe in them or they don't believe in them, 640 00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:35.920 and we'll see what happens, right, but now it is when the 641 00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:37.320 conference season starts, and we'll see how good they're going to be. I 642 00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:40.519 think that the most compelling game. What's the game for you? What's your 643 00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:45.360 game? Uh? State game? Okay, oh god, I have to 644 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.800 pick that one. So I think the one, the one that's interesting to 645 00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:52.000 be is Oregon State Washington State, Washington Sate at home, and they're a 646 00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:55.280 dog, right, Washington State's dog. I'm looking at this right now. 647 00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:59.840 I think I think Oregon State's a few points three point three, three, 648 00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:02.320 three and a half. I'm here it is. Yeah, Oregon State is 649 00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:07.480 a three point favor at Washington State. Yeah, Arizona is eleven and a 650 00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:09.880 half. Thirteen. I'd like to better than thirteen. This is the Draft 651 00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:15.880 Kings. Colorado was twenty one were Yeah, I think it was up over 652 00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:20.199 twenty twenty one. Let me see, I'm trying to find that one. 653 00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:24.159 U Sla Utah is another good game this week. That's another one. That's 654 00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:29.400 another one. That's a Utah right giving four and a half, that's another 655 00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:31.840 that's a good one. You had Alabama giving seven to Ole Miss, which 656 00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:36.599 a lot of people thinking Almiss is gonna win, that a miss is give 657 00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:38.679 him a good game. Alas a couple of times, Oregon is twenty one 658 00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:44.079 twenty one. So unless you'd be a good game hunter, is it right, 659 00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:46.280 Travis Hunter, he would probably have it down to about seventeen eighteen. 660 00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:52.440 Yeah, well it was going into last weekend because there was already a line. 661 00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:55.280 It was I think it was eighteen and a half going into the game. 662 00:44:55.320 --> 00:45:00.920 When when before Travis under got that's what two and a half points that 663 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:02.960 it? Yeah, that it changed. Well, here we go with a 664 00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:07.920 nitty gritty type of things. We'll see what Jetfish says tomorrow right before you 665 00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:13.320 get to Stanford. I think they'll be fine on the road. What I 666 00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:16.119 don't think there was a whole lot of fallout for the Dolora stuff. I 667 00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:21.320 didn't hear the information, just that the information was out, and as we 668 00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:23.159 said, it's something that they're going to take care of in January. So 669 00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:27.320 you're kind of like, Okay, this happened, this case is still going 670 00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:31.559 right, let's let's move it to uh you know, it's uh interesting. 671 00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:36.280 You know, I use my my Wednesday lunch group as sort of a sounding 672 00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:38.440 board on stuff, and everybody's pretty excited saying the same thing as you. 673 00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:44.159 I'm not as confident of them killing Stanford. You know, I'm not gonna 674 00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:46.079 I'm not gonna give the eleven and a half points. I'm just gonna stay 675 00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:51.639 away from it. But you know, kind of a feeling that and part 676 00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:54.199 of it the conversation was they've got all this depth, so they've got all 677 00:45:54.239 --> 00:46:00.480 this competition so that you know, the second the second guy come in, 678 00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:04.599 you're gonna keep playing hard, keep trying to impress. Totally because of that, 679 00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:07.480 uh you know, they feel like they'll just go out there beat the 680 00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:09.559 hell out of same. Totally agree, and what makes a better team. 681 00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:14.400 It ms makes a team better competition having that kind of competition, right, 682 00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:16.679 you know you not not that you want guys always looking over their shoulder, 683 00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:21.000 no, but you want other guys pushing them to keep getting better. You 684 00:46:21.159 --> 00:46:24.400 just made the analogy when we competed for the papers. What made you better? 685 00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:27.679 What made us better? Yeah, it was only that you were out 686 00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:30.719 there trying to get you a better story than me. And that's what makes 687 00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:34.679 for better competition. And I did hate you sometimes. There were a few 688 00:46:34.679 --> 00:46:37.679 times, I hope a bunch of times. But the funny thing is, 689 00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:42.599 and I say this often during the LUTs times that I covered, when you're 690 00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:45.440 when you have like Gilbert Arenas, Hey, some people left Ruben, Ruben 691 00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:50.719 Douglas left. Uh, the kid from Iowa left, Uh, forget his 692 00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:53.199 name now? Who trust him? From Yo? And he stayed for then 693 00:46:53.199 --> 00:46:57.960 he got hurt. He got hurt, gonna crash Luke record, Luke record 694 00:46:58.159 --> 00:47:00.480 because he saw Gilbert Arenas. Right. So so some guys stick around, 695 00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:04.199 and you get better playing against Gilbert Renis, right. So then when he 696 00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:07.639 leaves, you moving and move into the spot or Richard and and and and 697 00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:12.000 Luke and all these guys, because you're playing against these guys exactly and they 698 00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:14.679 move on, you get better. And that's something. And you still you 699 00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:16.280 hear you, you hear that even now you know you hear guys talk about 700 00:47:16.679 --> 00:47:20.679 you know this year is gonna be that example, playing I gotta play against 701 00:47:20.719 --> 00:47:22.400 this guy every game. The guy that I got a guard in the in 702 00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:25.079 the game isn't as good? Is it as good? Right? Right? 703 00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:28.920 This year you're gonna see that, man, because they're gonna be deep, 704 00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:32.280 they're gonna be talented a lot of spots, right, They're gonna, you 705 00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:36.440 know what, They're gonna have some really hard games where you're gonna be able 706 00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:38.840 to learn a lot about who these guys are. Right. And that again, 707 00:47:38.880 --> 00:47:42.880 I was looking at that schedule. Again, you're not atone and everybody's 708 00:47:42.920 --> 00:47:45.280 excited about that. Holy cow. Yeah, and again unfortunate that, Like 709 00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:49.239 I think four of them are are neutral court games. But you know there's 710 00:47:49.280 --> 00:47:51.920 one in Phoenix. N says you can't go to that one, but there's 711 00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:55.639 one in Vegas. Is a little enticing to go to that for you? 712 00:47:55.760 --> 00:47:59.840 On the December twenty third, Yeah, I mean, Merry Christmas is Steve, 713 00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:02.960 you know, So, I mean it's I don't know, man, 714 00:48:04.039 --> 00:48:07.000 it's a interesting, Uh, it's gonna be fine. It's certainly gonna be 715 00:48:07.039 --> 00:48:12.639 fun to watch this watch his football basketball schedule unfolds. It's a Red and 716 00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:15.360 Blue game a week from Friday. From Friday, I know, and I 717 00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:17.480 ready, we're not even sure if we're gonna get to not ready, we're 718 00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:22.039 not We're not sure we're gonna get Tommy. By that time I asked Nate 719 00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:23.800 about about it, he said he wasn't sure. That Tommy's pretty busy. 720 00:48:23.960 --> 00:48:27.639 Yeah, I guess we'll mention it because we had I think we had talked 721 00:48:27.639 --> 00:48:29.960 about it on the air. But it doesn't look like we're gonna do the 722 00:48:30.280 --> 00:48:34.679 usc thing, you know, for just things just aren't working now, Yeah, 723 00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:37.480 either to go to the game or to go and be able to do 724 00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:39.079 a thing. So it looks like we're gonna you know, well, miss 725 00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:43.199 just it's just very busy. I mean, this is not your only job, 726 00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:45.239 my only job. We have a lot of We have a lot of 727 00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:47.760 things that we introduced. We think about going up to Vegas before the FAU 728 00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:52.800 game, the twenty thirty twenty second? What day is that we gotta call? 729 00:48:52.800 --> 00:48:55.039 We gotta call we gotta call it? All right? Well quick, 730 00:48:55.360 --> 00:48:59.480 it's like Christmas. Hi, you're on there are and I on the ball. 731 00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:04.360 Hey it's Richard. How you doing that? Richards? You guys, 732 00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:08.679 I'm like Colorado on this Oregon game. I know everybody thinks that Oregan's gonna 733 00:49:08.679 --> 00:49:13.119 blow them out. I don't believe that. I think that. I know, 734 00:49:13.320 --> 00:49:15.800 without Travis Hunter, it's pretty it's kind of shaky looking. Do you 735 00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:21.800 think Colorado's pretty beat up after what Colorado State did to him? But I 736 00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:23.920 believe that Dion will have them fired up. I think they I think they'll 737 00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:28.000 probably lose. But twenty one point spread is that's a lot, isn't it. 738 00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:30.480 Yeah, it seems to me for a team that can score a lot, 739 00:49:31.239 --> 00:49:35.519 right, So you think they'll cover, but you don't think they'll win. 740 00:49:35.840 --> 00:49:38.320 Is that what you're saying? Well, that's correct. O beat my 741 00:49:38.400 --> 00:49:43.199 instinct. I want him to win, so so Richard, I watch the 742 00:49:43.239 --> 00:49:45.079 programs that we're not again. I don't pay attention like Jay does because I 743 00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:49.320 just don't pay attention. So in your mind and give me a legit answer. 744 00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:52.000 I mean, this is a serious question now, So you you're giving 745 00:49:52.079 --> 00:49:54.559 us this information. How good are you doing? How good are you at 746 00:49:54.639 --> 00:50:01.119 this? H not that good? Never mind take up this phone call. 747 00:50:01.280 --> 00:50:10.000 That's not worth I did. I did pick him earlier, but I'm good 748 00:50:10.039 --> 00:50:14.199 at the beginning of the year. This is easy if I believe the first 749 00:50:14.239 --> 00:50:16.199 few weeks or the best time to pick it a winner. Yeah, well, 750 00:50:16.639 --> 00:50:20.800 I think before it gets more modeled. I just I think it's earlier 751 00:50:20.800 --> 00:50:22.159 in the year. I could be wrong about that too. Well. I'm 752 00:50:22.280 --> 00:50:25.920 very happy with your boys from Oklahoma right now. They've been they've been killing 753 00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:29.239 it, putting a lot of points on the board. So I'm happy with 754 00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:35.719 anybody I know. But I'm on their bandwagon. Yeah about that exactly as 755 00:50:35.719 --> 00:50:37.679 long as they cover Who cares? Hey, Richard, all right, that's 756 00:50:37.679 --> 00:50:43.760 going Yeah, appreciated, fourteen point favorites at Cincinnati. At Cincinnati, I'm 757 00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:46.039 taking my instinct down that is, it's going to be a pretty close game. 758 00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:50.519 I'm taking Oklahoma again, just so you know. Yeah, I hear 759 00:50:50.599 --> 00:50:52.119 you, Joy, I hear you know. We could go him out, 760 00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:59.039 but you know, these people we go on the road fans Richard Rabbit, 761 00:50:59.599 --> 00:51:01.719 who than an Oklahoma fan to say, what's your seen out of Riley? 762 00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:07.320 A usc surprise. We're not surprised. Hey. By the way, I 763 00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:09.880 do want to say I apologize for making jokes about Riley the other day on 764 00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:15.880 radio on the radio show. We're happy because I read that report again and 765 00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:21.199 he actually did have some serious problems so the family was terrorized. That's bad. 766 00:51:22.119 --> 00:51:24.719 Okay, thanks Richard, Hey, Richard, we gotta gotta thanks for 767 00:51:24.800 --> 00:51:30.239 calling. I'm riding the Sooners, man, I'm gonna stay on the Sooners, 768 00:51:30.599 --> 00:51:31.800 all right, Uh all right, we're gonna go take our break. 769 00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:37.880 We've got breaking news. Come back at the top of the hour. Sorry 770 00:51:37.880 --> 00:51:39.960 about that, Steve. Steve's got something going on over here on the side, 771 00:51:40.039 --> 00:51:45.000 but we'll be back. Take your calls. Breaking news, all kinds 772 00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:46.480 of stuff going on. Then we've got bo Brack. We're gonna talk some 773 00:51:46.599 --> 00:51:50.360 cardinals in the second hour, so be sure to stick around for all of 774 00:51:50.400 --> 00:51:51.159 that. We'll be right back.