WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.960 We're gonna go out to the KWA common Sparrel hotline though, bring on a 2 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:05.839 good friend, romy Bean from CBS four Rome. How you doing this evening? 3 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:09.679 I doing great? How about you guys? Doing pretty well? You 4 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:12.560 were out there at the Super Bowl. I think I was like the only 5 00:00:12.599 --> 00:00:14.720 guy who didn't go to and then the one person didn't go to super Bowl 6 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:19.280 everybody got to go. Yep. How did you enjoy Las Vegas as a 7 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:24.079 first time Super Bowl host? You know what the funny thing with Vegas is 8 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:28.359 like, even if you're not out there like partying all night and gambling, 9 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:31.600 like because I wasn't, I was pretty much working the whole time. It's 10 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:34.960 like Vegas is so much overstimulation. Like two days is enough, even if 11 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:38.159 you're like not going out, you know, and staying up till four in 12 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:41.000 the morning, even if you're just going there and as like a working person, 13 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:46.240 It's just this is so much. But I felt like it was a 14 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:51.520 great spot for the NFL to host a super Bowl because they know how to 15 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:53.840 throw a party, they know how to throw an event, and there's a 16 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:58.880 million things going on. I mean, it was you know, super Bowls 17 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:00.439 come to some cities, you got to do all this planning. Obviously Vegas 18 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.960 did, but they're like, no, we're ready for this. So I 19 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:06.640 thought it was great. It was a great experience, great venue, it's 20 00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:11.200 a good time. Oh so we had. This is a great thing by 21 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:14.200 this time of year, Romi, because you get the super Bowl and then 22 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:18.920 the following week is NBA All Star which took place two days ago. And 23 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:21.400 I don't know how you feel about. Ben and I were discussing it, 24 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:26.239 but watching the NBA All Star it has changed from what I grew up watching. 25 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.200 And no one plays defense anymore. I mean, in your mind, 26 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:34.000 do you like it? And is it entertaining? You know what? It's 27 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.040 so funny because and the Nuggets were just talking about this. We were just 28 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:41.719 over there. Michael Mulum was talking about it and he said the same thing. 29 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:42.480 You know, it's not the All Star game I grew up with, 30 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:47.359 you know where you see these videos of Kobe going around talking about like you 31 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:49.159 know, he was never about to lose an All Star Game. But it's 32 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:53.640 just changed, and it's changed in terms of you know, today's NBA where 33 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.040 guys are worried, you know, they don't want to get hurt, they 34 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.159 don't want to get injured. You know, a lot of these guys are 35 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:05.439 probably playing for something, and so you know, I'm conflicted because I would 36 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:07.319 love to see, Yeah, you see best on best. You want to 37 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:12.400 see them go at it. Boy, would that be fantastic. But I 38 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:15.000 think from a realistic approach, these guys are gonna do it. They're not 39 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:21.159 gonna risk injury in the middle of the season when they've got playoffs, they've 40 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:25.000 got championship hopes. There's just I think Michael Malone put it perfectly tonight. 41 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:28.199 He just said, you know, there's a problem with it, and I 42 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:30.879 feel bad about it, but I don't think there's a fix, and I 43 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:35.000 don't think anyone knows what kind of a fix it is. You know. 44 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:38.280 He even said, you could make it like the Pro Bowl and everyone messes 45 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:40.080 around and screws around and have fun and put it at the end of the 46 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:44.960 season, but even then not fixing it right because inherently there's the problem. 47 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:47.479 I just don't know how you put it any sort of an all star game 48 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:53.120 in season and expect guys to really put their bodies on the line. I 49 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:57.599 wish there was more defense, but I just don't see I know they talk 50 00:02:57.639 --> 00:03:00.319 about incentivizing it, but I don't think big picture, a lot of those 51 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:04.120 guys are going to go for that. I really don't. What do you 52 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:07.000 think about some of the other solutions that have proposed three on three tournaments, 53 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:12.080 you know, dividing them up instead of East West by division and doing it. 54 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:15.800 Does that add anything for you or is that just over complicating and already 55 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:20.000 kind of odd process. I mean, I like that they went back to 56 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:21.919 East West because you know, a couple of years ago they had like Team 57 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:23.800 Lebron and Team whomever, and I didn't like that. I liked that they 58 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:29.240 went back to East West. You know, the MLB for the longest time 59 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:32.520 winner got home field and that was a huge, huge deal, but they 60 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:37.919 took it away for a reason. And I think that that feels like the 61 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:39.840 obvious one. But the MLB took it away, and there's a reason why 62 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:43.080 why they're not doing it. I love the idea, though, like three 63 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:46.759 on threes or honestly, like like one v one. If you look at 64 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:50.319 one v one, these guys are so inherently competitive. I think you're going 65 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:53.400 to see good stuff and good stuff come out of that. Is you could 66 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:57.599 do stuff more like that but if you're going to play a forty eight minute 67 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:02.159 game or whatever, guys are not it's just they're having They're just gonna mess 68 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:05.759 around and have fun. I think you have to try other things, because, 69 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:10.280 let's be honest, even with the NFL, or even MLB, which 70 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:13.520 is arguably the most watchable, even with that, one the best parts of 71 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:16.279 All Star Weekend is the skills competitions, any type of skill competition, the 72 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:21.439 home run derby, the skills competitions, even that, the quarterback accuracy thing 73 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:25.759 we were throwing, the dunk contest obviously, which you can argue the dunk 74 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:28.920 contest has not been the same, but about a decade either, and it 75 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:31.199 really hasn't. I can't remember one that's like, oh gosh, right from 76 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:34.720 the last I don't know, senator few years. I feel like Aaron Gordon 77 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:39.680 was the last great one. But I don't know. I don't know how 78 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:44.519 the game itself you can make it any more competitive. I wish there was 79 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.680 a solution, but I just think the skills part is really the best part 80 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:50.920 of any All Star Weekend. Well, what did you think of the whole 81 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:59.639 kind of like brotherly love that was being shared between Luka Donzig and Nikola Yokis 82 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:02.959 because as a basketball fan, I really liked it, And to be totally 83 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:09.439 honest, I would love to see Luca and the Nuggets Jersey. Honestly, 84 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:12.680 that would be unfair in the best way. Pop. I mean, we're 85 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:15.720 all, are you kidding me? If to get Luca, I mean you 86 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:21.079 probably have to trade small Murray, maybe Murray and MPJ. You're not saying 87 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:26.600 no to Luca and Yolk together. I mean that would be That would rival 88 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:30.480 some of the best duos you know of all time, right when you go 89 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.680 back to MJ and Pippin, maybe even Kobe and Shag like that, then 90 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.519 you're that's what you're talking about in that tier. If you get those two 91 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:40.600 together for a significant amount of time, I don't know who in their right 92 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:44.199 mind would say no to that one hundred percent. And you also love the 93 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:46.079 way Yo could phrase it, right, He's like, I don't want to 94 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:48.240 leave Denver, so if Wivan gets pissed off from Dallas, he can come 95 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:51.600 over here, like let's go. That would be That would be incredible. 96 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:56.800 That would make the Nuggets even more of a powerhouse than they are. And 97 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:00.639 the two of them together are just are so much fun to watch enough. 98 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:02.120 Yeah, I don't know how you pull that trade off. I mean it's 99 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.959 you know, it's fascinating concept to kind of think about. You probably have 100 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:11.199 to send you know, MPJ and Murray and draft picks, you know, 101 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:14.639 to make that work. But you know, I mean, I'm for it. 102 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:16.480 I think those two watching those two guys do the weave down the court 103 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:21.160 was was probably the highlight of the weekend, outside of maybe mac McClung's original 104 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:25.680 dunk, which only got a forty six. I'm still complaining about up for 105 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:27.360 it. I mean, if they could pull it off, I just can't 106 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:30.519 see more Cuban and Dallas doing that. Oh. I mean I couldn't either. 107 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:34.240 And I think that that's the big thing is he would have to Luca 108 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:38.720 would have to demand a trade. He would demand that he would want to 109 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:41.639 leave. It's not they certainly. I don't think we just let him go, 110 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:45.600 not even for that big deal that you talked about, like they're not, 111 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:47.160 you know, they're not going to just let him walk. It would 112 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:51.279 have to be one of those things where he demanded out and then this this 113 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:55.839 scenario happened. But it does feel more like a pipe tream than something that 114 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:58.240 would actually happened, but you know we still dream about it. Well, 115 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:01.040 yeah, we we all can dream, but I guess Nuggets fans don't really 116 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:04.680 have the dream that much. Based on what Nicole Yoki said during an All 117 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:09.439 Star break was that he wants to stay here in Denver. He's not. 118 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:14.079 He doesn't see a scenario where he leaves. And we know that in the 119 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:18.240 sports coaches changes and things happen when players leave. What does that mean to 120 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:21.600 the city of Denver and the Nuggets for that matter. Known as though your 121 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:27.199 Star your two time MVP could be a third time MVP, said that he 122 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:31.160 wants to make sure that he is a Denver Nugget for life. Yeah, 123 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:33.959 no, it's pretty unreal. I mean, you hear players say it sometime, 124 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:35.959 and you know, Nick, that's hip's service sometime. I'm sure I 125 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:40.240 want to stay here, but jokis it and he does, and anybody you 126 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:46.040 talk to outside can validate that his family really likes it here. He likes 127 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:47.959 and he's kind of raising. I've heard a lot that you know, he 128 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:51.600 likes, you know, raise his daughter here obviously until at at some point 129 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:55.439 they go back to Serbia. But they love it here. They've made it 130 00:07:55.480 --> 00:08:00.000 a home here and Jokich's, as we know, what makes him just so 131 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:03.360 much anomaly in the world of superstars. And he's like the anti superstar and 132 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.720 he's not out for you know, he hates the start, like the Spotlight. 133 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:11.319 He would hate a place right like La He or New York. That's 134 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:16.360 so the opposite of him. But he genuinely likes being here, and he 135 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.800 likes the franchise. He likes the people he's around. There was conversations a 136 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:24.639 couple of years ago, right when the Nuggets couldn't break that plateau where they 137 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:28.199 were getting, you know, in the playoffs of will Michael Malone be back? 138 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.160 And I heard from a lot of people Yolkish likes Malone. Malone's not 139 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:33.759 going anywhere as long as Yokish likes him. Right, He's got that power 140 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:37.600 here as well. Right, ownership is going to talk to him about things. 141 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:41.039 But he's just he's the kind of superstar that he would love to be 142 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:43.720 in the same place as his entire career. He likes the stability. His 143 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:48.039 family's out here, his brothers are you know here with him. He really 144 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:52.720 means that, and you it's kind of one of those things where you have 145 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.600 to just kind of pinch yourself because in this day and age where guys are 146 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:58.720 always asking for trades and always asking for more money, and let's still give 147 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:03.919 him all the money. He's making all the money already. But it's pretty 148 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:07.919 surreal to have a superstars say that and you're like, yeah, and that 149 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:11.399 also means that everybody's going to continue to want to come to be here in 150 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:13.240 free agency, right, and people might take a little less money to come 151 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:16.559 play for you, o Kich. We know how all of that goes too, 152 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:20.480 so you get all the positive fallout of that as well. Yeah, 153 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:22.559 I'm interested to see the way the thing goes. And obviously health's going to 154 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:28.159 be a big factor for the Nuggets down stretch in their quest to repeat the 155 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:31.320 NFL's got the combine going on here. Next week, I'm gonna be out 156 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:35.159 there, Ryan Edwards, Breader, Crystal, myself, all gonna be out 157 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.559 there for Kay You're coming out there as well. We are, but I 158 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:39.720 think we're actually gonna come out a little later in the week. Might this 159 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:46.200 skip the you know, the coach Jim deal and try and kind of jump 160 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:50.279 into some more of the players and stuff as well. Well. That'd be 161 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:52.639 fun. Look forward to to seeing you out there. As far as the 162 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:58.600 Combine goes, they've really turned this thing into a largely fan event, you 163 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:01.679 know, putting it at prime time now, allowing people over the last couple 164 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:03.000 of years to go in and actually observe the event. Says they have. 165 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:05.559 But do you think this is a positive direction for the NFL? Comment, 166 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:11.159 Yeah, I just think everything about the NFL, there are times that they 167 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:16.279 make me make me chuckle a little bit because how the Underware Olympics gets better 168 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:20.080 ratings than some of the NBA playoffs, right, the Combine will get higher 169 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:24.000 ratings than some of the early rounds of the NBA and NFL playoffs, like 170 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:26.840 routine ly, like the NFL is just this is why the NFL is king. 171 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:33.320 They have mastered the marketing and the excitement of things that maybe shouldn't even 172 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:37.200 be all that exciting, and they continue to just find new ways to bring 173 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:41.120 in a new audience. So yeah, I think it's good. I think 174 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.919 that. You know, the Combine is one of those things that I always 175 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.600 thought was funny because I remember when I went to my first combine, I 176 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:50.720 thought we would be in there right in Lucas well the whole time observing everything, 177 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:52.799 and then I found out, no, you're basically just talking to guys 178 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:56.559 at podium all the time. Okay, So I think a way to make 179 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:01.960 it more interactive for fans and exciting as well. And the NFL does an 180 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:07.840 incredible job of whether that be because you know teams, your team is suffering, 181 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:11.159 or this that or whatever. People get very invested in the next generation 182 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:16.440 of stars, and so it's I think that they do a great job of 183 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:18.639 that. And it's but it is it's always commical to me that the combine 184 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:24.840 brings such high ratings when it's it's a test, right, it's a graduation 185 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.559 test of sorts, it's a job interview of sorts, and people are eating 186 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.360 it up. NFL is king. That's why, guys, well we know 187 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.960 NFL it's king, and everyone's eyes will be glued to the television trying to 188 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:39.960 figure out, you know, who's going to become the next star. And 189 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:43.679 the Broncos once again list to they at number twelve. So they have to 190 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:48.320 make some moves before free agency starts. We know that, But is there 191 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:54.879 particular drill or player that you are looking forward to see to see if what 192 00:11:54.919 --> 00:12:01.240 we saw earlier this season actually match some of the stats. I mean, 193 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:05.080 I think, obviously, right we're gonna be glued for quarterbacks, and there's 194 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:09.120 no reason why we shouldn't be kind of watching all these guys. But I'm 195 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:11.200 really interested in tight ends. I think that you know, the Bronxs have 196 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:15.039 had a tight end problem for a really long time. Can we trust Greg 197 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:16.879 Dolsach at the point we can't. It would be great if you panned out. 198 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:20.639 But but tight ends, I think is an important position to watch. 199 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:24.360 And there's certainly a lot of talent there in in the tight end room. 200 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:28.559 And really, when you look at the Broncos roster, and you hate to 201 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:30.240 do this, but you could say, oh, they need to have any 202 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.200 here, have an eat here, ed drusher, be watching a lot of 203 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:37.039 those guys closely. You know, I always take half these drills with a 204 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:41.960 great assault because they're without pad, they're without resistant, there's not another player 205 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.919 chasing him down, so all of those things are throwing against air. You 206 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:50.000 know, should I keep going? But to watch the general field set, 207 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:52.320 I think you want to watch and I will be looking a lot, I 208 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:54.519 think for the tight ends and the past catching tight ends, and they're a 209 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:58.919 good tight end threat. Because as much as we talk about at twelve, 210 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:01.399 Bronco's got to take a quarterback. I don't know. I mean, look 211 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:05.240 at the quarterback Sean Page is drafted in the path Ian Book and Garrett Grayson 212 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:09.080 like, there's not this list of guys that makes you feel like he's definitely 213 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:11.480 going to go for one. Obviously, this team is in a different situation. 214 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:15.480 But I think it's important that we look at a lot of other skill 215 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:20.480 positions because the Broncos I thing did a lot of directions that they could go 216 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:24.120 outside of quarterback with that first round pick. Yeah, and it remains to 217 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:26.679 be seen whether the Broncos, you know, hitch the wagon to a rookie, 218 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:30.720 go ahead and get another veteran what they do, or are they bring 219 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.840 Russ back. I think he'll wind up in Pittsburgh. We'll see, We'll 220 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:35.759 see how that shakes out. We do have a listener question romy that. 221 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:39.399 Brian, a longtime listener here, has said several questions and he's not a 222 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:43.440 big fan of coach Prime and he he had a couple of questions here about 223 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:48.639 why we should celebrate see you when they lost eight of their last nine and 224 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:52.120 and he's not optimistic about the future of the program. How do you feel 225 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.559 about the directions so you took this offseason, and what do you feel about 226 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:58.399 the impact that he's making there at Colorado. Well, you know, I 227 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:03.840 think there's there's a couple angles to this if we're going to talk football specifically. 228 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:09.360 I'm really excited and curious to see what this new version of CU looks 229 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.440 like because last year it was like this complete overhaul, and I think that 230 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:16.840 the expectation was set very high. They were going to do things, and 231 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:18.840 they were going to do big things and make playoffs and this, that and 232 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:24.120 the other. But when you realistically look at any school that's overhauled the program, 233 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:28.919 so so many of them so rarely have massive success in the first year. 234 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.320 It's just that that hype with set Now this year they got to actually 235 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:37.039 go out and get positions of meat and really fill up the trenches areas. 236 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:41.080 They need to get a defensive coordinator that everybody's really excited about. I asked 237 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:46.399 the neat Rap Report about it at NFL Honors and he was just raving about 238 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:48.039 how much he thinks he can bring to the program. I'm not going to 239 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:54.320 talk about Pat sumer. But I think that now they filled in a lot 240 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:56.480 of the beaten potato roles, if you will. The scale positions were so 241 00:14:56.600 --> 00:15:00.600 easy to get. They got a million wide receivers. But now you've actually 242 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.960 got offensive lineman, defensive lineman. You still got to put it all together. 243 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:09.039 But I think that this program or this team this year is absolutely going 244 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:13.799 to build on what they had last year. I think the expectations were set 245 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:16.279 too high last year. So I'm excited, And you know, I don't 246 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:20.279 know what my expectations necessarily are for this team, but I do think they're 247 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:22.360 going to be better. I think they're gonna be more competitive, and I'm 248 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:26.120 eager to see how they level up. I think in this world of instant 249 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:31.200 gratification, to expect the team to just go from zero to one hundred right 250 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.559 away is stilly, even though we all get caught up in it. So 251 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:37.639 as someone who's got more into let's see where this program builds. Because I 252 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.440 followed to you for a long time and they had no sign of building for 253 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:43.679 the longest time. That's really exciting. And then of course you look at 254 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:48.399 the popularity, like I was walking around, you know, Radio row, 255 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:50.759 and you see someone and to see you at and people are strugging up conversations 256 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:54.720 with them, and I can understand. I guess how what prime does rubs 257 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.440 pupl the wrong way, But I think that's fantastic people across the country are 258 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:02.960 talking about the University of Colorado because when is the last time you can say 259 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:07.639 people were doing that all the time with excitement and so to have see you 260 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:10.919 as someone who's an alumni. So I'm a little biased, but who went 261 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:14.879 there to see how much people want to talk about CEU across the country When 262 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:19.240 CU football was quite literally not just irrelevant but a laughing stock two seasons ago. 263 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:23.039 That's a lot of fun. I don't know why you wouldn't want to 264 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:26.919 be on that train and enjoy that ride. Yeah, certainly made him a 265 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:30.039 cultural destination, put them back on the map in terms of relevancy. We'll 266 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:32.960 see if that translates on the field. Roll me good stuff as always look 267 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:37.080 forward to seeing out there at the combine and obviously on CBS News every evening 268 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:41.440 ah Indianapolis in February. What a destination. It's a vacation destination, you 269 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.679 are correct, Rubby be and CBS four always love having her on the show.