WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.799 Really happened to be joined by romy Bean from CBS Colorado. Bean's how are 2 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:10.519 you doing tonight? The FM? I know your name is CFM. What 3 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:14.400 a great surprise. I'm doing great. You're one of the few people who 4 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:20.719 call me PFM. I mean, look, there's two pfms in Bronco country. 5 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.600 People didn't know, so everybody, this is the other one. This 6 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:29.280 is the other PFM right here. Well, hey, I wanted to talk 7 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:35.200 to you a little bit about the Denver Nuggets. The reserves announced today for 8 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:40.600 the All Star Game, and notably missing was Jamal Murray. Just your thoughts 9 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:46.039 on that, you know, it's unbelievable. I saw somebody post I guess 10 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:49.679 Jamal Murray might go down as one of the top players to never get an 11 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:54.320 All Star nod. It's you knew that. It felt like with Jamal going 12 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:58.079 into last year, there was the okay, well, it's gotta win a 13 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:00.840 championship, all right, what can he do? You know? And he's 14 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:07.280 playing excellent this season. So many times he's carried this team with or without 15 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:11.480 Nicola Jokich. It's the best two man game in the NBA, and it's 16 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:15.840 a two man game. I realized he plays with Jokich, But it's just 17 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.159 disappointing because Jamal deserves to be there. He's, well, you know, 18 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:22.519 one of the best players in the league and the West is crowded. You 19 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:26.400 give it that the West is crowded, but but it sucks because he deserves 20 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:29.760 it, you know, and he should be there and you hope that he 21 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:33.239 gets there one day. And you know, it's one of those things too 22 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:37.400 where look, you know what, Jamal probably used it as as fuel, 23 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:38.760 but low key, it's like, all right, won the championship, Like 24 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.120 and I'm playing great this season. What more do you want from me? 25 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:47.359 You know, just it's not fair I have to ask you about that, 26 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:51.560 because yeah, I mean, the Nuggets won a championship and has been it 27 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:55.959 was a couple of years since the franchise and have been in this particular position. 28 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.480 But if you are Jamal, it's got to mean a little more to 29 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.280 you other than just say, hey, I got a title, but in 30 00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:06.879 an All Star game, even even though we know that in this All Star 31 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:09.360 Game it may not really count, like we're talking and talking about baseball, 32 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:14.439 but it has to mean something to him, knowing as though, hey, 33 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:17.759 this is how the voters voted and you're still not viewed in that particular All 34 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:22.919 Star fashion. Oh. Absolutely. And Jamal is one of those guys that 35 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:24.759 carries a whole lot of chips on his shoulder. I mean that's how he's 36 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:29.919 built. That is definitely gonna tick him off. There's no no reason that 37 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.759 well, no reason that it shouldn't he should be mad about it because when 38 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:37.439 you look at the Nuggets, you know, look at what he was out. 39 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:40.719 You know for those playoff runs. This team couldn't win a championship without 40 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:46.800 Jamal Murray. Obviously Jokic as this goes, you know, this team goes 41 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:51.280 as goes, But when Jamal was out with the knee injury, this team 42 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:53.919 couldn't get far in the playoffs. I mean, this team does not do 43 00:02:54.000 --> 00:03:00.680 what they do without Jamal Murray. He's a championship caliber players, absolutely an 44 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:02.680 All Star And it does make you feel like, well, what more can 45 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:07.879 I do? Right because and at the end of the day, big picture, 46 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:12.680 yeah, winning championships is a whole lot more important. But it's frustrating. 47 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:15.560 You know, it's gonna be frustrating for him too, knowing that it's 48 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:20.840 out of your control and it's just unfair and you mentioned that the West is 49 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:24.759 loaded here. I mean the other reserves are Paul George, Devin Booker, 50 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:30.360 Steph Curry, Kawhi Leonard. I mean, these are like established names in 51 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:35.680 the league that it's just tough to crack into that list, and then once 52 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:38.879 you do, then you sort of tend to start to make it year after 53 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:42.719 year after year. Oh right, and some of it, you know, 54 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:45.639 there's always a fan voting part two, so there's always a little bit of 55 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:49.800 a popularity contest. And you know, again I knock on any of those 56 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:53.000 guys, but no, those guys are defending champions. Yeah, that's true. 57 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:57.599 And there have been nights this season where Jamal Murray has just been I 58 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:00.479 mean, unbelievable. I think in a lot of ways, he's a heart 59 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:01.800 and soul of the Steam and people know that. And that's why I think 60 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:06.639 people in Nuggets Nation get really upset because they know Jamal brings so much more, 61 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.919 even than just his play to the court. I know, I said, 62 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:12.960 you know, this team goes as Jokic goes, but Michael Malone's say 63 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:15.599 it all the time, like Jamal Murray is the heart and soul of this 64 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:18.399 team. You know that there's things more than even just his play that they 65 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:23.040 come an All Star. But people outside the market who don't watch, well, 66 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:26.720 they don't care about that. Now, Romie. Last night the Nuggets 67 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:31.480 faced off against the Thunder, no Nicola Jokich, But it seems whether Nicola 68 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:33.839 Jokic is in a game or he's out of the game. But when they 69 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:39.360 when the Nuggets face this Thunder team, it's like no fear with these young 70 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:44.279 guns. And do you think of all the teams in the West that we 71 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:46.439 can say, well, the Nuggets may need to worry about, may not 72 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:51.480 be the Clippers. Is it the OKC Thunder? You hit the nail on 73 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:56.480 the head. They are just fearless and they play with so much confidence for 74 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:59.920 such a young team. They play you hard every single night. I mean, 75 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:02.160 they are a fun, fun team to watch. I still think when 76 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:06.639 it comes to playoffs, though, and you look at any seven game series, 77 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:11.120 I still feel competent in the Nuggets beating anyone in a seven game series. 78 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:14.439 I don't see OKAYC beating them seven times. That being said, they 79 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:17.839 are three and one this season over the Nuggets. But I think it's a 80 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:23.360 lot of experience comes into play in the postseason. A lot of other factors, 81 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:27.959 but yeah, this is a dangerous team, and you know Sga is 82 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:30.399 a dangerous player. The Douggets have trouble guarding him. He's just such a 83 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:33.839 dynamic player. He's theother one of the teams you have to worry about, 84 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:38.639 but the Timberwolves or a team that the Nuggets really have to worry about, 85 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:42.240 even though the Nuggets always are always get the better of the Timberwolves. I 86 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:46.160 do also again think the Nuggets could beat them in a seven game series, 87 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:49.000 but I think that's the Timberwolves. Okay. See, they all make for 88 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:53.800 tough competitions. The West is a little bit tougher this year than it was 89 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:57.160 last year. To me, it just felt like last year all the competition 90 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:00.439 was in the East. I just couldn't see anyone remotely close to beating the 91 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:02.680 Nuggets. There's also a lot of talk about the Clippers. I think the 92 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.360 road through the West is a lot tougher this year than it was last year. 93 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:10.279 And look, if I didn't want the Nuggets to win, I totally 94 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:13.959 be pulling for Okac because what a fun young team. But I think experience 95 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:15.839 will take over when it matters most with the Nuggets in the playoffs. Yeah, 96 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.720 SGA has really elevated into that all star type of player. And it's 97 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:24.600 fun to see guys do that. And you mentioned it, Romi. There 98 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:29.040 the top of the West right now really crowded, a tight bunch there with 99 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:33.000 Minnesota, Ok, see the Clippers and the Nuggets. The Nuggets are nineteen 100 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:38.000 and four at home this season. How big of a deal do you think 101 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:43.000 getting home court advantage in the playoffs is going to be because of course that 102 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:46.600 was huge last year for that run. Well, I think that it is 103 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:54.160 huge. And this gosh Ballerina in the playoffs was absolutely insane. And then 104 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:56.839 of course the project of being a champion. I think they've have like twenty 105 00:06:56.879 --> 00:07:00.600 three straight sellouts. I mean, you know, all seasons. So the 106 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:02.560 energy is there. It's the real deal. The players will say all the 107 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:06.759 time it makes a difference, and it absolutely does. And I think one 108 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:11.800 thing that the Nuggets do that this has bothered us with the Broncos forever, 109 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:15.879 is the Nuggets take advantage of the altitude, which I feel like Broncos teams 110 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:18.519 have not in recent years. Right, they come out hot, they try 111 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.279 and run these guys off the court, run them out early play a really 112 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:25.639 fast ball game. They know that they can use it to their advantage. 113 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:28.680 Mike Mullen is very open about that, and I think it's huge, and 114 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:31.319 so that is a big piece where they know that that's something that you can 115 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:35.879 utilize in Denver, along with the crowd and everything else. So it does 116 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:39.800 feel like with the West being a little tighter, I think, yeah, 117 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:43.600 extra home games do matter at this point, but I also believe the Nuggets 118 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.319 feel they can meet anybody anywhere. But I love how they play at home. 119 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:49.600 I love how they take advantage of the altitude and the crowd's insane, 120 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:54.839 So you certainly would want it, especially when the West looks tighter. So 121 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:59.079 once again known nikolea. Jokis. But we did see coach Malone roll out 122 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:03.519 the other night against Casey with somewhat of a smaller lineup, And with that 123 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:07.720 rollout, we saw twenty one minutes from Peyton Watson. How impressed have you 124 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:13.199 been with Peyton Watson thus far? Oh? I love it. Peyton Watson 125 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:16.519 is so dynamic, especially defensively, and I think he continues to prove to 126 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:20.879 Michael Malone that he can be a dynamic defender down the stretch and in the 127 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.920 playoffs, and you've seen him on some of these guys even throughout the season, 128 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:30.399 right on kd On Giannis, he continues to make big, really big 129 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:33.480 plays. He uses that wingspan. He is long, and he is strong, 130 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:39.279 and he's i think most dynamic on the defensive side of the ball, 131 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:41.039 and he can come up with some huge plays. You know, you almost 132 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:45.600 look at last year, Christian Brown is kind of the kind of the darling 133 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:48.360 of the bench. I feel like Peyton Watson could be that guy this year. 134 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:52.519 He just makes so many dynamic defensive plays. He plays really hard plays, 135 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:56.440 really tough. I think, and look, Michael Maloll loves defense. 136 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:58.960 That is how you win that man's heart. But I also think when you 137 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:03.759 look at him offensively, you know, the knock on Peyton last year was 138 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:07.320 that he was just a little reckless with the shots. You know, he 139 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:11.120 was young and crazy and kind of doing whatever he wants. Even there, 140 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:13.879 you can see he's taken more care. He passes it when it's not coming 141 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:18.759 to him. So you've seen his game grow and grow at a really fast 142 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:22.679 rate. But I think just defensively, Daton Lauson shows that he can be 143 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:28.559 a really really dynamic defender. Be I think a huge piece of this team 144 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:33.159 defensively in the postseason run. Talking about snubs, I mean he got snuffed 145 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:37.480 from that Rising Star game coming up All Star weekend too, So no love 146 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:41.720 for the defending champs here in the NBA. I guess one thing I wanted 147 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:46.000 to ask you about romy You know, Joel embi did not play against the 148 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:52.639 Nuggets here in Denver yet again. The seventy six ers got fined for that. 149 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:54.399 And one of the things that Nick and I are going to talk about 150 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.879 coming up here in a little bit is this sixty five game threshold to be 151 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:05.159 considered for some of the postseason awards. Joel Embiid did hurt his knee and 152 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:07.759 now he's going to be sort of on that line where he might not be 153 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:11.480 eligible. What do you think about this role that the NBA has put into 154 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:16.919 place. I like it. The NBA had a massive problem with load management, 155 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:20.799 with players not playing, and they're at the point where they have had 156 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:24.000 to do something about it. I mean, it has gotten so out of 157 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:28.720 hand resting guys for such long periods of the season, and you know, 158 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.759 you can prefer to guys that you want. I saw something the other day 159 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.519 that Michael Jordan, I don't even know, like you know, all the 160 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:39.080 eighty game seasons he's pay you look at Kobe Bryan. I know I sound 161 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:41.639 like the old man, get off my lawns. But the one thing you 162 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:45.159 know, Kobe always said, right was he never tried to never miss a 163 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:48.919 game because he knew that person sitting up in that very top corner seat maybe 164 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.039 spent all the free money that they had that month to come see him, 165 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:54.799 and he wanted to make sure he could see them. I think it's important. 166 00:10:56.039 --> 00:11:00.480 There's a huge problem in the NBA with star players sitting out way too 167 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:03.320 much, and I think it's just come to a point where they got to 168 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:05.440 do something, and then it becomes unfortunate when you have a situation like this 169 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:09.559 Joelle. Yeah, he did actually hurt his knee, but you know what, 170 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:13.120 earlier in the season, maybe you shouldn't have blowed managed. I know, 171 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.080 eighty two games a lot, but there's guys Nicola Jokich's this twenty five 172 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:22.120 games going back to the twenty eighteen season. So everybody, you know, 173 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:24.240 if you're hurt, yeah, don't play. But as they say in some 174 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:26.200 of the other leagues, right, or you hurt or you're injured. So 175 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:31.120 I think that I'm all on board with it because I think that the NBA 176 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:35.960 has to fix that problem and they're doing what they can too well. Romie. 177 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:39.960 When you look at the AFC West and over the past couple of weeks, 178 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:45.320 things have gotten really intriguing. The Broncos add Cody Rager to the front 179 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:50.519 office, Pete Hartmichael is now on as an offensive assistant. But looking at 180 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:54.960 other teams, you think about what the introduction of Jim Harbaugh today and then 181 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:01.440 the news breaking that Antonio Peers decided to Cliff Kingsbury to his offense as his 182 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:07.559 new officeer coordinator. How do you think those hires make the AFCs that much 183 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:11.720 more intriguing? Do you know what's the funny guys? My answer is I 184 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:13.799 do think it makes it intriguing. But I feel like every year, not 185 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:18.159 just us, like nationally, everyone's like the AFCUS man right, a couple 186 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:20.559 of years ago, Oh man, I'm looking at all the quarterbacks in the 187 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:24.639 af US and now it's like, look at all the coaches in the AFCU 188 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.399 wes Like every year it's got the potential. Everybody's talking about it, you 189 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:33.159 know, being about this crazy vauntae division and then it has just been the 190 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:39.879 Chiefs and the rest hanging out. So I am hoping that this year it 191 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:41.799 actually lives up to the off season hype, because there's been quite a few 192 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:46.159 off seasons where there's been the hype, right, and it hasn't been there. 193 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:50.039 However, Jim Harbaugh, I mean it is huge. Jim Harbaugh's one 194 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:54.639 everywhere he's gone, you know, and he's a proven winner. Players buy 195 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.240 in. It feels like if there's one guy that can stop the Chargers from 196 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:01.320 chargering, it's Jim Harbaugh and it's in huge and obviously what is he going 197 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:07.080 to be able to get out of Justin Herbert and Antonio Pierce is the right 198 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:09.759 man for that job. I mean, Mark Davis would have just been such 199 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:13.159 a jump if he had gone out and gone somewhere else. Those players, 200 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:16.559 I think, you guys can just test this. I've never seen players play 201 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:18.639 for an interim the way they played for him. I mean, he knows 202 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:22.440 how to galvanize the team and now bring it in a guy like Cliff it 203 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:26.480 does. It just makes the AFC WES once again one of the most interesting 204 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:31.919 divisions. And you know what, I hope it is because this Chiefs run. 205 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:35.679 I mean, I respect it, but it's crazy right for Super Bowl 206 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:41.120 in five years And part of that not to take away from anything they've done 207 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:43.480 right, but I mean they've just rolled over this division year after year after 208 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:48.600 year. It would be great the other three teams could really shore up and 209 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:50.320 make it, make it so it's a it's a dogfight all the way down 210 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:54.240 the stretch. I think that'd be better for the NFL as well, and 211 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:58.039 it'd be a lot better for us, to be honest today, During his 212 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:03.159 intro press or, Jim huh said that during the transition period he's interested in 213 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:07.159 living in an RV near the facility Rummy. He says he wants to live 214 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:09.159 and he kind of looked at his wife and was like, Hey, are 215 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:13.080 you gonna Are you on board with this? What do you think living in 216 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:18.559 an r V? Football twenty four to seven? Now, I feel like 217 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:24.399 it's cool when Gardner Minshew does it. I don't know if it's that cool 218 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.440 with Jim Harbaugh's doing it, like God bless his wife. Like you're a 219 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:31.759 grown man with a wife, Like you're gonna make your wife? Don't know? 220 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:37.679 A hotel right by there? Head coach, have him build you a 221 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.159 shower in a bed in the facility. Can you know you can do whatever 222 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:45.159 you want? It's a little weird about it. Hold on, Rummy, 223 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:46.480 I'm gonna see. Let me see if I can change your mind, because 224 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:50.399 I was trying to do it with Phil as well. I know, when 225 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:56.639 we think about r v's, we sometimes think about those crusted iron deficient stains 226 00:14:56.679 --> 00:15:01.720 on the r V. But we're talking about so Cow, We're talking about 227 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:07.799 Tenson Town. Have you seen some of those double decker rbs. Yeah, 228 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:11.480 but don't I just feel like he's trying to be like the la version of 229 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:16.279 Dan Campbell, Like this is like I live in an RV. Yeah, 230 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:24.960 the four season he lives in a van down by the river. Yeah, 231 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:28.960 that's what Robby. The last thing I wanted to talk to you about. 232 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:33.720 Obviously you're close with coach Prime up there and see a sad CU Boulder. 233 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:37.360 The schedule just came out for next year, some new teams on there with 234 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.919 with the Buffs moving to the Big twelve. What do you think about this 235 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:46.480 late coming up here this fall? Yeah? You know what. I actually 236 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.879 when they first made the move to the Big twelve, I was like this 237 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:52.440 would be great. Big twelve is kind of a weaker football division than the 238 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:54.919 Pac twelve in my opinion. I kind of said all those things, But 239 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:58.200 we don't know what she is going to look like. Just looking at the 240 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:00.279 schedule, I think it's a schedule. I think there's, you know, 241 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:04.039 a high ceiling there, but there could be a low floor depending on how 242 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:08.320 things go. I think that there's some pretty tough teams there all around. 243 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:11.639 There's gonna be some interesting trips too, Right, they go to Florida in 244 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:15.240 September. Now, I know there's a lot of Florida boys on the team, 245 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:18.320 but if you look at the history of the Broncos, for example, 246 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:21.919 tend to struggle in Florida and September, there's a lots of interesting dynamics like 247 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:26.039 that. You know, I've never fared well against Texas Tech. I think 248 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:29.360 that. I think it's gonna be great. I think that the Buffs just 249 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:33.840 fit so much better in the Big twelve, fits who they are so much 250 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:37.480 better. I'm excited about that. I think the interesting thing is we don't 251 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:41.200 know what this bus team is going to be look like. We've obviously seen 252 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:42.559 the work they've done, and they've shored up the trenches and a lot of 253 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:47.360 the spots that they need to But we're still kind of waiting on the defensive 254 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:51.480 coordinator, still waiting to see what Pat sure we're going to do, if 255 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:55.360 it'll be different this year. We know they've got the town skill positions, 256 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:59.440 but it's hard to say what this team's gonna look like until we see it 257 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:02.480 right on paper. Right now, it looks like they've brought in all these 258 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:04.480 guys. But I do think it's gonna be you know, I think it's 259 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:07.279 gonna be a tough play. I think it's gonna be a tough season. 260 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:11.200 I love that we got Nebraska and TSU at the beginning of the year, 261 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:17.680 and you know what North Dakota that's gonna give me. Yeah, that's nothing 262 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:19.519 to give me either. That's a that's a tough stretch to start the season. 263 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:22.119 So it's one of those things where you got to come out hot, 264 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:26.079 right you kind of because there's that second half of the late after that second 265 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:30.599 by that looks like a really tough stretch. So they got to get some 266 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:34.599 some wins early on and exciting one. Well, romy thank you so much 267 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:38.720 for hopping on here. Always a pleasure to talk with you and love the 268 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:42.240 inside. What a treat. Thanks for having me, guys. Thanks, 269 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:47.119 Bean's appreciate it. That's romy Bean from CBS Colorado.