WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.680 --> 00:00:07.919 Breaking down all the exes and olls. It's Steve Rivera and Jacin Salmons. 2 00:00:08.119 --> 00:00:13.679 This is I Am the Ball on Fox Sports fourteenth. Hey, welcome back 3 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:16.239 to Iye on the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Romera, 4 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:20.640 He's jakins Ov's got our guys, Sammy with breaking news. I Am 5 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:24.879 the Ball breaking news. So you have a football, Ill, go ahead. 6 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:26.679 I was gonna say, do good job. We're gonna throw a flag 7 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.440 on you. Now we ain't gonna pick it up. Oh okay, Hey, 8 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:32.520 I'll go to the I'll go to the booth. I'll get a second 9 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:34.920 one. I'll call New York. I'll get I'll get this. I'll get 10 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:40.560 it over exactly. You have a football. As we've talked about, wasn't 11 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:45.119 uh on the field this weekend, but some interesting stuff happening off the field 12 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:53.000 today and this weekend. Keanu will Height commits to Washington. It's relatively new 13 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:56.520 as of today. I broke today. Yeah, that's what we figured. 14 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:59.039 What happened right, Well, he went to a little wind Washington for the 15 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:02.600 Washington Oregon game. So you know, if you're recruiting a kid to Washington, 16 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:04.439 you're not gonna bring him to Washington, Stanford, You're gonna bring him 17 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:08.280 to Washington, Oregon. So he was invited to to make an official visit 18 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:12.319 there. He did, and not not surprisingly, he committed there. Do 19 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:18.000 you think he rushed the field with everyone else. Yeah, he probably would 20 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:22.359 have been on the field already. So taking the pictures that's still another thing 21 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:26.519 called. And then all the all the expectations are that his his South Point 22 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.799 teammate Elijah Rushing, will probably go to Oregon. That's what people are saying. 23 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:34.480 Very interesting. So they they teammates now fine, against they're happy over 24 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:40.840 there. Hope they're happy. I hope he gets to play. Can you 25 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:46.359 sense the sarcasm, don't you know? Jay, haven't. I'm working on 26 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:49.200 it. This is what I have. He's one of the hosts here, 27 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:57.239 bitter fine if he wants to go go, you know, it's just again, 28 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:04.480 as gay Abe said, our our our thus sayer said, the grass 29 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:07.040 isn't always greener. And there's a lot of guys who could you know, 30 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.560 who know that, who have left Arizona to go places and it hasn't been 31 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:14.479 great wherever they've gone. And they they they you know, they miss out 32 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:17.400 on a good thing like ask some of the guys that are playing or supposedly 33 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:21.960 playing at Colorado right now, they transfer go with Dion and all of a 34 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:24.120 sudden there are these five stars and they're not playing because they're not doing their 35 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:28.039 job, right, right, I mean, if you go, if you're 36 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:30.639 a five star and you go and you work hard and you do your job, 37 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:32.680 you'll more likely than not see the field wherever you go. Right. 38 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:36.360 And we still haven't played any of the any of the dead fish clips. 39 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.199 But and maybe maybe we'll play this one, uh in the in the in 40 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:44.199 the last segment. But you know, he talked about how guys who come 41 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:47.360 here they get to play. Yeah, right, they get to play, 42 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:51.000 and and you know, you go somewhere else it might not be so great. 43 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:52.639 You know. I don't think I clipped that one, by the way, 44 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:55.319 I don't think. Yeah. But you look at T Mac like T 45 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:59.560 Mac five star, come here right away if you're good and what And he's 46 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:04.039 getting all the attention you could wants. He's talked about on the national shows, 47 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.400 he's talked about on podcasts, he's in his name is in the media, 48 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:12.360 he's getting awards. You know, he's you know, he I don't 49 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.719 know how long he's gonna stay, but you know he's building a profile to 50 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:19.159 be a first round pick. Yeah, he's extremely fun to watch. We'll 51 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:23.000 get to watch him this weekend. Some kind of fun interesting news. Gronk, 52 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:25.879 Rob Gronkowski U of A Legend will be the honorary captain, not this 53 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:32.719 week but next week for homecoming. And Gronk's also in the news. The 54 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:37.439 Jimmy Kimmel l A Bowl, which it was originally called, is now the 55 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:40.560 newly They haven't ironed out a name yet, but maybe it'll be the Gronk 56 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:45.199 l A Bowl. I find that pretty interesting, as he's went to school 57 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:47.960 in u of A or in Arizona and now sponsors in l A Bowl. 58 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:51.840 So we'll see. And I guess in the announcement he said he'd love to 59 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:54.759 see on a plane. I think that's why Jed didn't want to comment on 60 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:59.120 the game itself, right, but we said he said no comment in any 61 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:05.800 but but Bronk is our honorady captain for the which got announced today as a 62 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:10.240 seven thirty game, yes for next week? Yeah, yeah, yeah, 63 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:13.280 we got two seven thirty games coming up. By I won a day game, 64 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:15.639 Steve or at least four o'clock. Yeah, the only one we got. 65 00:04:15.720 --> 00:04:18.639 The only chance we got left is Utah. Right. I love the 66 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:23.319 day games, which could be that would be a fun game. Last year 67 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:25.959 it was good. It was the afternoon game, right, yeah, yeah, 68 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:30.519 I can remember it now. It was one o'clock o'clock game. We 69 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:33.560 finished a fourth. We had tresa and eggs at our at our tailgate party. 70 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:36.560 I mean, you can't beat that with a stick. No, but 71 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:42.879 college football was still rampant and wild. I guess this weekend. Ohio State 72 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:46.800 assumingly beat Penn State, and if you watch the game, it honestly was 73 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.879 even close. From the from the Penn State still somewhat seems to be the 74 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:55.639 little brothers to get there. Michigan and Ohio State, and those are those 75 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:59.360 are games that you need to win. If James Franklin and you have a 76 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:01.000 five star core back and you want to be getting guys to come to your 77 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:04.000 program, you got to win one of those games. You got to. 78 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.560 I mean, ask Carball over at Michigan. It took them a while, 79 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:11.480 but as soon as you win one, you get to you see some traction. 80 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:15.000 Right, and Harbaugh and Michigan have been in the news, maybe not 81 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:19.120 for the best reasons. They've had some I don't know if it's play calling, 82 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:25.240 stealing signs stealing, there's some stuff out on that action. Yeah, 83 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:31.079 today the guy bought eleven tickets to different games, So Michigan is a crap 84 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:35.879 shoot, but they're still they on average this year they allow five points to 85 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:42.360 opposing offenses five points. They're really good, really really good. They're really 86 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:46.920 good. But people are thinking, how much are they cheating? Nothing's proven 87 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:49.639 yet, well, nothing, nothing, nothing. They just got this guy, 88 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:56.199 this this analyst who's been buying tickets at it a bunch of tickets at 89 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:01.160 eleven other venues. So that's basically every other big ten school just about and 90 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:06.959 they're saying that they've got video of the person sitting in those seats. It's 91 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:12.399 not him. He's been apparently taking the tickets, giving him to somebody and 92 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:16.279 saying, go film their sign their signals the whole game. So like one 93 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:20.319 of the schools I didn't say which one has video, you know, stadium 94 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:28.560 video that shows this guy he's got his his iPhone up the whole game and 95 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.399 it's not aimed at the plays, it's aimed at the sidelines. But wouldn't 96 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:34.800 and so there's people saying, well, that's just scouting. Well that's not 97 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:42.240 just scouting. Yea. You your guy hired a guy assumingly he presumably paid 98 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:45.560 him with a ticket or paid him on top of that. They're getting that 99 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:47.920 video and they're using it to figure out signs. Yeah, but wouldn't you 100 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:54.879 be able to just turn on game film and their sidelines right there? Game 101 00:06:54.920 --> 00:07:00.839 film? Game film doesn't include like huddles and signs. Film is got you 102 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:03.720 just did you notice last week Dallas played a Sunday night game or Monday night 103 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:09.160 game and one of those games last week or so, and McCarthy he was 104 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:13.240 reading his game game stuff and then I guess in his headphones there were partly 105 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:17.040 telling him live your lift, lift, cover your mouth, and right he 106 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.319 was headed down. He had it down. Baentually someone's town put your mouth 107 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:24.480 your Andy Reid is the m v P of that. He does that really 108 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:27.639 well. But some other teams that barely held on. We talked a little 109 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:30.800 bit about Washington at the beginning of the show, and we talked about the 110 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:34.319 miscall. I know you pulled it up. It was you were right as 111 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:39.920 obvious as hell. And that's a game where if you lose that game. 112 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.000 Even if you go and win to the Pac twelve Championship, you're a Pack 113 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:46.079 twelve champion with one loss eat Organ twice. Some people aren't going to be 114 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:51.800 it would have it would have been, if not the top upset of the 115 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:56.600 year. Yeah. I couldn't even think of a second one. Number one 116 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:00.759 one was Virginia stunning you. Oh yeah, yeah, don't that too loudly. 117 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:05.720 So I want to cry. I'm a big Drake May fan. I 118 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.279 think he's going to be good and Mac Brown is a historic coach, and 119 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:13.879 you just you can't lose to a one in five Virginia Cavaliers team and expect 120 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:18.720 to continue to be respected as one of the better football teams in the country 121 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:22.199 like they had hoped. Would I see Mac Brown with all due respect, 122 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:26.720 because I think he's a very good coach. He's did some amazing things. 123 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:33.559 Ten I see Dictomy. I just see respected older gentleman who runs a football 124 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:39.039 program. Well, Matt Brown needs to retire right now. That is NC 125 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:41.840 now dead to you, They're dead to me. He's got no teams left. 126 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:46.360 They're checking there, Dippen mental notes. Oklahoma gone. But you know 127 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.440 what, you know what they're not dead to me. You know why, 128 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:50.000 because you're gonna take him next week. No, because they had the decency 129 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:54.960 to lose. Okay, Okay, they didn't cover, so they lost. 130 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:58.840 So that's that's actually semi okay with Okay, you're not gonna cover, then 131 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:01.519 I want you to lose. You know, in a game like that, 132 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:05.279 I started rooting against you, even though as long as the cover, the 133 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.320 cover is dead. And I watched the end of that, probably the fourth 134 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:13.120 quart of that game, rooting like crazy for if I'm going down, I 135 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:16.080 went down, I want to take everybody with me, including all of of 136 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:20.399 of Chapel Hill Man. That was that was my dream school growing up. 137 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:24.279 Place have you ever been? I went to U n C D game? 138 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:28.639 Oh wow, the wow? How cool would that be? It's it was? 139 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.840 And so they won that game and that year they won the national championships. 140 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:39.559 I had some great barbecue and food, foods good. And that's that 141 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:41.200 that one street that's called those restaurants right by the campus. I don't have 142 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:46.240 to remember what's I had some I had some great barbecue that they denied my 143 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:48.879 application. So I'm I'm here. You we only take smart dudes. That 144 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:54.159 exactly seriously. The g p A is the g p A is good good 145 00:09:54.320 --> 00:10:00.879 enough for me, so good enough for the screw seriously. But uh now, 146 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:03.039 okay, now they're dead to me. Now now they're dead. But 147 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:07.159 we'll transition to the NBA and talk a little bit about some Wildcats. Josh 148 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:13.799 Green got an extension or contract extension three years, forty one million dollars and 149 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:16.240 I know you guys talked about it on Friday, but Zeke Naji also getting 150 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.480 some substantial moneys well, and meant to look it up. How much of 151 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:28.399 how much did they actually play last year? Zeke a lot. Josh actually, 152 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:31.080 at the end of the season was getting valuable minutes. He was one 153 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:35.519 of those guys where it felt like he had figured out his jump shot and 154 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:39.120 he'd always been a good defender, and so he's one of those guys where 155 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:41.919 you you can pair with Luca or put him on the floor with him, 156 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:45.519 and he doesn't care about not having the basketball. So they probably were like, 157 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:46.600 hey, man, we're gonna pay you. You go out, play, 158 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:50.080 play your butt off, play defense, make some shots, and that's 159 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:52.879 what LUCN needs. Those you guys are said for life, man, Good 160 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:56.200 for them, Yeah, good for them. I'm happy for happy it worked 161 00:10:56.200 --> 00:11:01.639 out for this. You have these two dudes, pretty good dudes, and 162 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:07.159 Nico. Nico's that team that was the Self and post band. It was 163 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:09.759 Self in Postman. But look how good they were and they still weren't done 164 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:15.600 good. Now there's a group speaks. There's many reasons. I'll give you 165 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:22.000 what good. But another guy who just got a contract extension actually on the 166 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:28.639 break, Giannis onto the Cumbo three years, one hundred and eighty six million 167 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:33.080 dollar extensions. So it seems now he's happy in watch the guy two million 168 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:37.559 dollars a year to play basket. What would you do with sixty two million 169 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:41.360 dollars right right now? But I put it on Red. I'd tell him, 170 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:45.200 not tell anybody where the hell. Yeah, I was going. It's 171 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:48.759 it's all going on Red. It was nice knowing you guys. Yeah, 172 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:52.080 I would hopefully. I'd hopefully go to Game seven in Philly tomorrow. Diamondbacks 173 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:56.519 still up for to one for one. They just took out Merrol Kelly, 174 00:11:56.559 --> 00:12:00.679 who was seemingly dealing. Yeah, went out at the bottom of the sixth 175 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:03.240 run around first for the Phillies. Yeah. So it's one of those questions 176 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:09.120 Merrill Kelly obviously five innings, one run seemed to pitching well tory level, 177 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:13.080 takes him out. I guess it's I guess it's playoff baseball. You know 178 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:16.679 all too well. David Dave Roberts overmanagers as always over me well. And 179 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:22.799 the Dodgers won the World Series because because Joe Madden overmanaged and took out Blake 180 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:28.240 Snell in the in Uh No, it wasn't Joe Madden. Who was it. 181 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:31.240 It was mad Race coach, Yeah, it was it was Joe mad 182 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:37.840 came out and took out you know, Blake Snell, who it was unhittable, 183 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:41.600 unhittable, And they got to the third round of the third time through 184 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:45.039 the lineup and they took him out. It was the fifth inning they take 185 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:50.159 him out, and the Dodgers immediately started hitting. It's it's one of those 186 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:52.120 things where you play one hundred and eighty two regular season games, you let 187 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:54.720 the guys go, you play, you get your record and I get the 188 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.759 bullpen matchups, everything, but sometimes you just gotta let your boys do you 189 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:01.600 do well. You're talking to that, you're talking to the high school baseball 190 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:05.840 coach. So let my kid throw one hundred and sixty six pitches long, 191 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:13.559 one hundred and sixty six pitches. That's order line back in our day. 192 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:16.679 If you didn't, if you weren't bleeding brook and you played until you believe 193 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:20.639 me, I grew up playing baseball. You you haven't heard the best part. 194 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:22.399 It was the first game of a doubleheader and you pitched the next game. 195 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:26.039 He played shortstop in the second game. I thought you were gonna say 196 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:28.600 you put him behind home plate. That would have been worse. I've had 197 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:31.360 those games go catch and then the next game you're pitching. Exactly. But 198 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:35.000 so Diamondbacks looking to go to Game seven. We got a minute left, 199 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:39.960 so I'll make the make it quick. The Ashtros and Rangers Game seven in 200 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:43.720 Houston should be a great game and not a lot of time to talk about 201 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:48.240 the NFL. But honestly, it was a weird week. So yeah, 202 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:52.159 real quick. Delaney Schnell in the top thirty four NCAA Woman of the Year. 203 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:54.919 Oh nice, he just announced that, So nice, very nice. 204 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:58.159 Waiting for that too minute. Maybe she'll become another one of them. Arizona's 205 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:01.639 kind of owns the Yeah, they've had a whole bunch of them. They've 206 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:05.480 all been swimming people old track track. You have one trek Lewis. What's 207 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.279 your name? Uh, Herdler. Oh she's fantastic, Yeah, okay that 208 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:15.159 yeah. But otherwise a whole bunch of swimmers. Yeah all right, Hey, 209 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.039 nice job. 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Streaming live on the iHeartRadio app. This 297 00:20:51.480 --> 00:21:18.119 is I on the Ball with Steve Braverera and Jacinzalez on Fox Sports fourteenth fifty. 298 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:22.759 Hey, welcome back to Eyeing the Ball. Welcome back, Welcome back 299 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:25.839 to Eyeing the Ball. You're on Fox fourteen fifty. I'm Steve, your 300 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:30.640 Jay and we got Brian Peterson from Mazy Desert Swarm. How you doing. 301 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:33.240 I'm doing great, Thanks for having me back. Yeah, we have confusion 302 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:37.440 here at the station, but that should's shock anybody. Yeah. Hey, 303 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:41.519 so we're at the press commis today and Jed spoke. So what do you 304 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:45.960 get from his non answer answer on the quarterback who's starting? It's gonna be 305 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:53.480 Noah. Yeah. I think it's just a matter of certifying it with how 306 00:21:53.519 --> 00:22:00.359 they look this week and maybe trying to figure out ways to play both of 307 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:04.000 them, maybe with a package or something for Delora or whatnot. But there's 308 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:08.119 also just some gamesmanship in it that got to keep some mystery, so that 309 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:12.559 Oregon State has to prepare for both of them. I'm sure that Oregon State 310 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:18.759 is assuming it's going to be Fafita, but needs to be prepared for anything. 311 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:22.400 So it's not surprising that he didn't name one. Okay, your assessment 312 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:32.480 of why where has Anolaeda been better than Jane Dolaura? More than anything, 313 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:40.720 I think it's been in staying on script and not trying to make more out 314 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:45.720 of a situation where you can just take the safe play or the little play 315 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:51.200 or cut your losses. While that may mean he has a lower ceiling because 316 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:55.839 there's less of those big plays and you know, explosive plays and all that, 317 00:22:56.119 --> 00:23:00.559 it also means that there's there's a less likelihood of a blow up in 318 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:03.119 the negative sense. I've said kind of from the beginning, once Fafita started 319 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:11.200 playing that his floor is a lot higher than DeLaura, but the ceiling isn't 320 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:15.599 maybe as high, whereas when DeLaura plays, you have just as much the 321 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:18.720 chance of winning by twenty as losing by thirty. Yeah, I think game 322 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:22.119 management is part of it, right, no mistakes, no mistakes, just 323 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.720 getting the job done. So, you know what, we talked about the 324 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:29.319 quarterback situation, but we don't talk about the running back situation. With Wiley 325 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:33.160 out, we don't know his situation, and he was fantastic right throughout this 326 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:37.880 last couple of years. Now he's kind of been replaced too, Yes, 327 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:41.200 but I think in that situation it's a little different in that it's kind of 328 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:47.799 been a more of a committee and more of rotation there than anywhere else. 329 00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:52.200 Quarterback is just so unique because you're really generally only going to play one guy 330 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:56.920 there unless you have a system that calls for multiple or it's a blowout or 331 00:23:56.960 --> 00:24:03.039 an injury. Whereas I mean, even when Wiley was healthy, three running 332 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:07.799 backs were getting regular carries with Jonah Coleman and DJ Williams and then to a 333 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:11.960 lesser extent, Speedy Luke, and then without it, it's just been three 334 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:15.359 guys. It's Luke's been the third guy, with Coleman being the primary. 335 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:19.000 I think with Wiley coming back, it just means they've got four guys that 336 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:22.799 they can rotate in. And this last game was a great example. They 337 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:26.559 against Washington State, they had three different guys with ten carries. Wiley never 338 00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:30.359 really got like twenty carries a game, except for maybe the ASU game last 339 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:34.759 year when he had those big runs and they just kind of rode the workhorse. 340 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:41.440 But the combination of what Scotti Graham does with bringing up picking the guy 341 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:45.599 to go in and just how they use the run game so much about Jed 342 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:48.640 is trying to mimic the NFL, and that's really kind of how the NFL 343 00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:52.799 has become. You don't see a lot of twenty five thirty carry guys anymore. 344 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:56.839 We're talking to Brian Peterson Vezy Desert Swarm dot com. Brian, the 345 00:24:56.920 --> 00:25:02.319 defense, you know, the quarterback situation has been you know, all the 346 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:07.240 talk and all the rage, but the defense, and you know every game 347 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:12.240 you see it's just I think people aren't just because of Arizona hasn't been known 348 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:17.839 for defense over the last decade that people are kind of shocked to see what's 349 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:22.960 happening. Oh, no doubt. And I mean they had those strong results 350 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:26.000 during the during the preseason, the non conference, but you kind of knew 351 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:29.839 that once it was getting into the Pac twelve, it wasn't going to be 352 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:33.039 like that, because the quality of the offense, we're going to get significantly 353 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:37.000 better. But even though they gave up thirty one to Washington, that was 354 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:41.640 at the time the fewests that Washington scored and gave up forty three to USC 355 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:45.720 it was twenty eight in regulation. And that was a team that had scored 356 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:48.960 I think forty plus in regulation in every game. And then Washington State, 357 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:52.920 which was lighting it up early in the season, manages six points. So 358 00:25:53.000 --> 00:26:00.279 they're now sitting here only allowing something like twenty point six points per game through 359 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:03.480 seven. And now it's hard to say that like it was a fluke or 360 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:07.799 it was based on the competition. It's just, by and large, just 361 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:11.200 so much better across the board. Think why do you think they've gotten so 362 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:18.880 much better so fast? I mean, I think the choice midway through last 363 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:22.039 season to start playing a lot more of the younger guys in meaningful snaps, 364 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:26.839 knowing that the season was really more about pushing towards the following year. Those 365 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:33.400 guys are now starters and their main rotation guys, so they had a little 366 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:37.359 bit of a taste. And then you brought in some key veterans, I 367 00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:40.519 mean Bill Norton, he doesn't put up stats. Same with Tyler Minoa, 368 00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:45.440 but they've been huge on the defensive line fitting in with that rotation. Same 369 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:48.640 with Taylor Upshaw. I mean the fact that they're playing eight, nine to 370 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:53.279 ten defensive linemen on the regular and that nobody has played more than maybe sixty 371 00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:57.400 percent of the snaps is huge because in the fourth quarter, they're not worn 372 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:02.839 down scheme. It's the same as last year, and you saw a lot 373 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:04.519 of times by the end of the game last year they were just worn out 374 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:08.640 and they couldn't stop anybody. So I think it's a combination of those things. 375 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:11.240 Okay, well, what do you think's gonna because we won't talk to 376 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:14.519 you this a week, but what do you think is gonna happen this weekend 377 00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:17.599 in a game that we thought was a pivotal game for them to get the 378 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:22.720 six wins. I think that they should. I think they're going to win 379 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:27.240 this game, and it'll come down to trying to stay as mistake free as 380 00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:33.200 they've been lately on offense, and you know, making sure they have a 381 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:36.559 really good game plan for an offense that's different than what they've been facing the 382 00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:41.440 last three weeks. It does have a mobile quarterback, but it is also 383 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:45.720 much more run based and tight ends and fullbacks and so whereas you saw this 384 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:52.559 dollar package get used against Washington to follid success and USC as well, and 385 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:56.519 then more of a flex brought in for Washington State, Johnny Nansen has to 386 00:27:56.519 --> 00:28:00.640 come up with a scheme that fits best with the team that has the leading 387 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:04.559 rusher in the Pac twelve, has a mobile quarterback, has a lot of 388 00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:10.000 size at the skill positions, and is you know, just so different than 389 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.079 what they faced the last few weeks. So you know the football question, 390 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:15.160 go ahead. I wanted to transition. We have about seven minutes to Friday 391 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:19.279 night's basketball game and you were there, Jade, So what did you see 392 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:23.680 Friday night? I mean, I saw a team that looks like it's going 393 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:27.599 to be really fun to watch, especially when it has all of the pieces 394 00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:32.400 and the fact that there looks like there's going to be a lot more pieces 395 00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:37.039 with three of those guys sitting out. They had ten scholarship players and they 396 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:41.960 were all in within seven minutes, and I'd say eight of them were playing 397 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:48.799 a significant amount. Combine that with umar Baalo and Pela Larson and Motiagis, 398 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:52.559 Crevius I mean, you could have ten or eleven guys that are that are 399 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:56.359 seeing more than just like the token one or two minutes to catch a breath 400 00:28:56.400 --> 00:29:03.359 right before a media timeout. That stood out to me also that the Caleb 401 00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:06.799 Love that we saw just that in this first game didn't really look like the 402 00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:10.000 one that was at North Carolina that just stayed on the perimeter and jacked up 403 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:12.000 a bunch of shots. He went to the rim six times, scored six 404 00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:18.680 times, and then that opened him up more so that he wasn't just hoisting 405 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:22.880 trees. He was getting open looks. And he also dished out seven assists, 406 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:25.960 which I believe he only did maybe five or six times in one hundred 407 00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:30.400 and one games at North Carolina. So if if if that's the kind of 408 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:33.240 Caleb Love they're going to get, then he's going to be a huge part 409 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:37.160 of the team, Umar Bellow. You know, with all these big guys 410 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:41.599 you know coming in, you guys too, you know, does umer Bello's 411 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:45.319 role pretty much stay the same you think, or you know, does he 412 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:48.000 had does he get to or want to play less? You know, because 413 00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:52.079 they like all the other guys, right, everybody looked worn down by the 414 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:56.000 end of last year. Yeah, I mean, I still think he's the 415 00:29:56.039 --> 00:30:00.880 primary five, if previous can fit into that role as well, or if 416 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:07.799 he's like supposed to be the two bellas as the athletic four remains to be 417 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:11.960 seen. I just I think you're not going to see as much of the 418 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:15.680 offense go through the front court as you did the past two years and this 419 00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:22.440 last year specifically, and so that maybe he is much more of a defensive 420 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:26.640 guy that is also there for the offensive rebounds and whatnot. But that'll depend 421 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:32.160 on how that that four spot is filled, whether that's crevious, whether Kashat 422 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:37.000 Johnson plays the four like he did on Friday with those big guys out, 423 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:40.839 So that's kind of a little up in the air. Yeah. No, 424 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:44.559 I think the story, at least the story I thought was Friday was the 425 00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:48.400 backcourt. How how it's gonna be much different than last year, right with 426 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:52.400 kerr Ghan and and how there's three dudes that could be another fourth with Larsen 427 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:56.880 back Just how solid that backwards gonna be. Yeah, And it's a matter 428 00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:00.559 of I mean, if you just look at they have not they did not 429 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:07.119 have reliable backcourt play across the board that those guys put up some decent scoring 430 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:11.720 games, but they also if they shot poorly, then it just puts so 431 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:18.079 much emphasis on the front court guys. And if you're doubling them and then 432 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:19.720 the guys outside can't score, I mean, it really comes down to you. 433 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:25.200 Like those guys just didn't. Pellagan went to the rim and Cedric Henderson 434 00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:27.319 went to the rim a little bit, but Ramy very rarely did and Kerr 435 00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:30.559 almost never did. And if you have guards that you don't have to worry 436 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:34.799 about the penetrate part that if all they're going to do is penetrate and kick, 437 00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:38.359 it becomes a little bit predictable. If these guys are legitimately going to 438 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:44.640 go to the rim, it really opens things up for the kickouts and everything 439 00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:47.640 like that. That's that could be a huge part. You know, we 440 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:53.039 were talking at the table watching a Keishad Johnson and we just said, he 441 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:56.960 looks mean, he looks like that enforcer guy that you need at the four 442 00:31:57.039 --> 00:32:00.880 spot. He's not going to take any crap from anybody. He's going to 443 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:05.400 be physical inside. Someone they've needed for a while, somebody that they've needed 444 00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:07.279 like that for a while. As good as again we all know, as 445 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:13.480 good as Zulus was. You know, he didn't he didn't have that grimace 446 00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:16.359 on his face. He didn't have the Pete Williams grimace or the you know, 447 00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:20.559 the the Sean Rooks grimace, you know, and just was in there 448 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:23.079 pounding people. He Shaw Johnson walks on the court and you look at him, 449 00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:25.519 you go, I don't want to piss that guy off. I mean, 450 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:30.480 that's how I saw him on Friday night. He he almost looked to 451 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:37.039 me like imagine Ira Lee, but with a much better overall skill set. 452 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:42.559 Just that meanness and that intensity, that that incredible drive and desire he had 453 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:47.359 that just didn't go with having the best offensive skill set and and kind of 454 00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:52.160 an up and down defensive side. That's kind of where Kashad looks this team. 455 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:57.160 I think, well, this is tough. Will probably be the easily 456 00:32:57.640 --> 00:33:00.759 uh Tommy's best team, at least on paper, at least visually, and 457 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:06.119 even probably one of if you want to compare them to Sewan's better teams fifteen 458 00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:08.160 sixteen when they had all those good guys. This kind of matches it, 459 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:13.240 don't you think In a way, yes, yes, But at the same 460 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:16.640 time, this team's going to have almost certainly going to have more regular season 461 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:22.079 losses than either of the first two teams because of that non conference schedule, 462 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:25.559 and it doesn't Before Ken Palm came out with their preseason ratings, I projected 463 00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:30.200 twenty three and eight fifteen and five. That's exactly what Ken Pom has I 464 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:36.079 see that three three losing three losses during the non conference they they've only had 465 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:39.240 one the last two seasons. And then the Pac twelve is solid, and 466 00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:43.920 they're going to have those situations where maybe the tail end of a two game 467 00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:46.480 trip and all that, but that doesn't necessarily mean the team isn't as good, 468 00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:51.160 and it's almost like a preview of what they're going to be facing next 469 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:53.440 year in the Pact, in the Big twelve, where maybe an eleven and 470 00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:58.359 nine conference record is still good enough to get you a top four seed in 471 00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:00.839 the end of three and eight? Is that right? With that what you 472 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:04.839 said three overall fifteen and five, that's probably no worse than a three. 473 00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:08.199 That's probably no worse than a three. It depends on how good the rest 474 00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:14.000 of the Pac twelve really is, right, and it's whose who those losses 475 00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.719 are too. I mean, if they were to lose to someone other than 476 00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:21.639 those Big five teams during the non conference that would be very detrimental. And 477 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:27.760 if they were to drop something to like a Cow or a UH Oregon State 478 00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:31.960 or even like like a Utah or Colorado at home, those kind of things 479 00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:36.280 would you know. Last year they were able to overcome the fact that they 480 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:39.760 lost to Washington State at home and losing at Stanford and having those kind of 481 00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:45.119 results, the early season loss at Utah where they just laid an egg after 482 00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:50.800 MAUI. I don't see this team doing that because I think there's the other 483 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:54.480 thing about having so much depth is there's options, and there's the possibility of 484 00:34:54.639 --> 00:35:00.599 consequences. If someone is struggling or not carrying their weight, they can get 485 00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:05.159 No one was getting pulled from that front that first seven last year, right 486 00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:08.400 because there was nobody that Tommy trusted to fill their spot. There was no 487 00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:13.360 like purpose benching or anything. He couldn't do that. I don't know if 488 00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:15.719 he will, but he has that option now well, and I think twenty 489 00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:21.639 three and eight party worst case scenario, Yeah, we'll see, we'll see. 490 00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:23.400 I mean, maybe somebody from the PAC twelve will end up being better 491 00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:30.920 than expected or or vice versa. But I mean that's the conference schedule is 492 00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:35.559 always a just a grind when you have those back to back road games with 493 00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:39.400 usually only one day in between, and that you're traveling and you're not going 494 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:44.000 to face that in the Big Twelve. The way they do their scheduling is 495 00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:46.920 much different when it comes to road trips and travel and all that. So 496 00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:52.280 it bites people in the butt, you know, that tail end game, 497 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:57.239 having the Colorado Utah or vice versa back to back, or having to play 498 00:35:57.320 --> 00:36:01.360 in Seattle and then fly to Spokane or or wherever and then drive to Pullman, 499 00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:04.960 and that those things start to wear on you when you only have a 500 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:07.760 day in between games. Their eighteen year old kids, Brian, don't worry 501 00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:14.119 about that. Thanks, nineteen year old kids that don't fit on a UH 502 00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:19.880 on a standard plane. There's that. Okay, thank you, Brian. 503 00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:24.519 Take care, Brian Peterson, easy desert swarm. Don't read that stuff over 504 00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:27.639 there. Yeah, take all that stuff. They do some good stuff. 505 00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:30.079 Yeah. So kind of along the lines with the quarterback situation, I think 506 00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:35.639 I think that he's going to start. Yeah, I think so. How 507 00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:38.079 can you not? Yeah? Yeah, how can you not? Unless for 508 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:42.840 feted like really trunk set up in practice? This week, but I don't 509 00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:45.239 see him as being that guy. Yeah, yeah, okay, all right, 510 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:50.440 let's take our break, our last break, stick around for whatever we 511 00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:52.760 go do in the last Still haven't played any jet Fish quotes. You're able 512 00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:55.000 to throw a couple of those out the guys. Do you know who this 513 00:36:55.119 --> 00:37:02.800 is? This is Mighty, Mighty what's your name? Yeah? See, 514 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:07.280 I only know shake it off. 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I think we have some time for calls and then we're 583 00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:13.119 gonna do some clips. Yeah. Well, let's let's go and go into 584 00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:15.400 the jetfish stuff right now. He did, Well, we have a call. 585 00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:20.679 Let's take the call. Hi, you're on the air and I on 586 00:42:20.679 --> 00:42:22.360 the ball. Hey, this is Bill. How are you guys doing. 587 00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:25.400 What's up? Bill? Hey? Bill? Hey, I've had a week 588 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:29.119 to think about the Oregon State game, so I've done a lot of studying. 589 00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:31.519 I've done a lot of research. I wanted to bring my idea to 590 00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:36.159 you gurus because I got it figured out how we beat Oregon State. Okay, 591 00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:38.800 well we're all ears man, let's hear it. We have Jay choose 592 00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:45.800 Oregon State that I looked at every single scenario and that's the best one out 593 00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:51.440 there. I think it's it's brilliant. I don't know what to say, 594 00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:53.920 Deve. I think he's got a point. He does have a point. 595 00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:58.880 Well, let's just say I'll just go ahead and tell you Bill, I've 596 00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:05.199 got the phillies in this game right there? You go them for Game seven? 597 00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:09.079 For me play if there's been anything consistent this year, it's been there. 598 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:14.679 It's been that, it's been there. Yeah, Yeah, I mean, 599 00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:19.000 yeah, that that fine. Bill, appreciate it. Thank you for 600 00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:23.679 your support. All these numbers, blah blah blah. Just have Jay take 601 00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:28.400 Oregon State. I might we're only underdogs by it. It was it opened 602 00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:30.679 up four, it opened the forest. When I heard, I think down 603 00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:34.920 almost that number is a little lower than I expected. I expect to be 604 00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:37.079 like six or seven on the road. I don't think it's gonna go lower 605 00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:39.679 though. Don't you think there's a lot of money going every Yeah, either 606 00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:45.719 that the money line will probably be a good big play. There's a couple 607 00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:49.159 of money line games where you might as well just take that. Yeah, 608 00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:51.280 football this weekend, and I think, yeah, because if it's going to 609 00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:53.440 be that close, Arizona will win. But you know, you don't know 610 00:43:53.599 --> 00:44:01.400 very I'm I still continue to be unimpressed by uh ounge. But we'll see. 611 00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:07.880 Here's another caller. You're on the air and eye on the balls listening 612 00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:13.800 you guys, see how you doing right? Well? I got a couple 613 00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:17.000 of you have a prediction. First, Jay, I think Arizona wins the 614 00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:22.320 next three games. And then I think at this at that point or as 615 00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:27.800 such or about that at some point towards it, this city wakes up and 616 00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:31.119 becomes a football town again, because I believe I think Tucson actually is a 617 00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:35.639 football town at his core. Yeah, and you know, here's a great 618 00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:38.559 basketball town too, but you know, if they start winning, I think 619 00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:44.599 the town wakes up. And uh so that's about it. Now. I 620 00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:49.880 also have a comment about it's something I experienced here in nineteen eighty eight, 621 00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:53.239 which was one of the most shocking moments in the history of college football. 622 00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:59.519 Uh you were probably there was the ASU game against to you of a right, 623 00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:04.800 and I'll give you the answer to that on another day. But I 624 00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:07.440 think he could probably figure it out. But it was actually one of the 625 00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:10.280 most He went under the radar, but it was one of the most stunning 626 00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:16.639 moments I think in the history college football. Yes, nineteen eighty what that 627 00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:22.440 Ronaldville threw a touchdown pass or what basketball? No, he said football, 628 00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:27.679 you answer. What happened was he did throw a touchdown pass rug before halftime 629 00:45:28.440 --> 00:45:31.960 that was stolen by Melvin Smi hills hands. Yeah, the crowd, you 630 00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:37.480 know. Elect Anyway, Arizona wins the game and they have beaten ASU seven 631 00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:40.360 years in a row. They owned asud. I'm up in the stands. 632 00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:45.599 I'm from Oklahoma. I've seen a lot of rivalries. Nineteen eighty eight, 633 00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:47.360 they beatn ASU seven years in a row. Okay, we get to the 634 00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:52.280 end of the game, Arizona wins. Right, it's eight years in a 635 00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:54.480 row. Well, I'm with my friends. We get up, we're leaving, 636 00:45:54.559 --> 00:46:00.280 We're going home, right huh. The fans stormed the field and tore 637 00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:02.199 down both goal posts. Yeah, yeah, they used to do that all 638 00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:07.599 the time. It was the eighty two game, or was the eighty six 639 00:46:07.719 --> 00:46:12.079 game? The eighty two game or the eighty six They took one of the 640 00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:15.400 one of the uprights and they they walked it all the way to the Santa 641 00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:20.440 Cruz River, which didn't wasn't isn't a river, and threw it in the 642 00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:25.639 wash. So yeah, I want to say I want to say it was 643 00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:30.360 the eighty six game because it was that was a day game, and so 644 00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:34.320 they put they tore the goalpost down, tore them apart, and one of 645 00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:40.039 the uprights went into the Santa Cruz. Man, that's that's in you tell 646 00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:44.840 you don't do that. I mean, you nobody beat somebody seven years in 647 00:46:44.880 --> 00:46:46.159 a row. Was in a row? And then they tear down the goal 648 00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:50.920 post. It's just to me. It shocked me, but I learned. 649 00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:52.760 I learned a lot about Tucson that day. Yeah, yeah, And you 650 00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:58.199 know our totenis and the haves and the have not exactly exactly, but I 651 00:46:58.199 --> 00:47:00.800 think this the football town. Man, it's going to go. Well, 652 00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:02.639 I'm glad to hear you say that, Richard, because I had to. 653 00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:06.440 I had to smack one of our interns in the back of the head for 654 00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:12.079 saying that nobody thinks about of Arizona as a football as a as a football 655 00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:14.840 school. So well, they had been long enough, it'll happen. It's 656 00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:17.280 going to happen. Well, it has been in his life. This guy 657 00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:22.920 jed. You know, the Lincoln Riley he lost this season in the transfer 658 00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:28.559 portal. Jetfish is out recruited him in the transfer portal, or at least 659 00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:31.760 his recruise worked out. So Richard, Richard real quickly, let me introduce 660 00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:36.480 interrupt you. So you're an Oklahoma guy. I know you followed Oklahoma heavily. 661 00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:40.639 So what what Riley is going through at USC is probably not a surprise 662 00:47:40.679 --> 00:47:46.320 to you. No. I think it uh just turned out to be more 663 00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:51.360 harder than he thought it was going to be probably. Uh, he just 664 00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:53.679 he's not as good as last year. The offensive line, defensive line, 665 00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:58.719 Tayler Williams is under more pressure. Yeah, and the stress is getting to 666 00:47:58.800 --> 00:48:00.079 him some, I think. No, I'm talking about being a coach too, 667 00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:04.000 about being a coach. Yeah, No, I think Lincoln is a 668 00:48:04.039 --> 00:48:06.280 very good coach. I think he should have gotten a defense, a different 669 00:48:06.320 --> 00:48:09.239 defense in coordinating when you went to UFC. He was too loyal to Alex 670 00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:13.559 Grants. I think he should have made a change then. But that's just 671 00:48:13.599 --> 00:48:16.199 from the outside looking in. If Lincoln sticks it out, it's going to 672 00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:20.280 take some time. He can do it, you know. Uh, but 673 00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:22.320 you know, it just it just all worked out, I mean ventables. 674 00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:27.760 I think he was going to do real well. Oklahoma, Hey what if 675 00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:31.840 what if Lincoln went the next three games? Then one? Wow? You 676 00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:35.199 know when we talk about how good they are. And by the way, 677 00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:37.159 Kavid Williams would never quit right now in that season. He's not a quitter 678 00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:40.239 at all. He shouldn't. Yeah, I certainly hope nothing like that happens. 679 00:48:40.280 --> 00:48:45.039 That would said a horrible president a way. Yeah all right, Richard, 680 00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:46.480 thanks so much, man, appreciate it. Enjoying it, so thank 681 00:48:46.559 --> 00:48:51.280 you and enjoying it. Yeah, you know, I hope he does it 682 00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:54.000 because I feel like Christian McCaffrey sort of set a precedent right when he sat 683 00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:57.519 out a bold game. Now somebody does something like this, like okay, 684 00:48:57.559 --> 00:49:00.599 then there's gonna be more guys. Oh, by the way, his seventh 685 00:49:00.719 --> 00:49:04.800 year in the NFL, some seven years eighth okay, so eighth year total 686 00:49:04.880 --> 00:49:07.719 from Yeah, if the seven years, he would have been eighth year his 687 00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:10.480 senior year, right eight years ago. So we got three minutes. Let's 688 00:49:10.480 --> 00:49:14.239 go with the Jed finish. All right, let's just play this one talking 689 00:49:14.239 --> 00:49:17.400 about injuries. But then there's a second question he's talking because the injury question 690 00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:21.639 was intended to ask what's going on with the quarterback? So he didn't really 691 00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:24.199 say anything about the quarterbacks. Then he got asked what's by Justin Spears, 692 00:49:24.239 --> 00:49:29.320 what's going on with the quarterback situation? Let's play that. We're in a 693 00:49:29.320 --> 00:49:37.599 good spot there. I think we're we're pretty close to everybody being able to 694 00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:44.199 play. I think we'll see where Polito lies here over the next couple of 695 00:49:44.280 --> 00:49:49.599 days where he is health wise. But other than that, my goal is 696 00:49:49.639 --> 00:49:54.079 to be able to have everyone dressed and ready to play come Saturday night, 697 00:49:54.960 --> 00:50:00.119 and then we're with the quarterbacks. Right now, we have two ones justin 698 00:50:00.159 --> 00:50:04.440 we have two really good ones. Is where I'm at. So we'll see 699 00:50:04.440 --> 00:50:09.199 what that looks like come Saturday at seven thirty. But right now, I 700 00:50:09.239 --> 00:50:15.440 know that I feel really good. I looked at where our guys fit in 701 00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:20.920 in the PAC twelve, and I think they've thrown seventeen touchdowns among the two 702 00:50:20.920 --> 00:50:28.360 of them. We have seven interceptions. We're seventy three percent completion. We 703 00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:35.480 are another additional I think four touchdowns by Jaden on the ground, and so 704 00:50:35.519 --> 00:50:38.199 I think we combined for twenty one touchdowns. I believe it is, and 705 00:50:39.239 --> 00:50:45.840 we're over. I think we'd be fourth in the conference if they were one. 706 00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:51.360 But so we'll just wait and see what that looks like, see how 707 00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:57.440 progresses this week, see how healthy everybody is, and then go from there. 708 00:50:58.840 --> 00:51:05.159 So another answer answer, Okay, we're not you know, we're not 709 00:51:05.199 --> 00:51:07.519 gonna We're not gonna get him to say no. You know we're gonna find 710 00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:12.000 out on Saturday, you know, the warm ups or whatever it would be. 711 00:51:12.000 --> 00:51:16.480 I would be I would be shocked or surprised if it's not. It's 712 00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:21.360 not even if Jade's one hundred percent healthy. You just look at how the 713 00:51:21.360 --> 00:51:24.119 two guys have played over the course of the time, the games that they've 714 00:51:24.119 --> 00:51:29.480 played in, and Jay uh know, if a has been a better quarterback. 715 00:51:29.519 --> 00:51:31.440 It's that simple. How how just quickly, I know you have like 716 00:51:31.480 --> 00:51:37.440 a minute left. How short is his leash? Then that's a good question. 717 00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:42.400 First couple of drives. What it looks like he's out there scattered and 718 00:51:42.440 --> 00:51:45.079 he's missing easy throws and stuff like that. Yeah, and he hasn't done 719 00:51:45.079 --> 00:51:46.599 that all year. You haven't seen him, That's what I haven't done that. 720 00:51:46.679 --> 00:51:50.760 I think you write him until you can't do it anymore. And if 721 00:51:51.159 --> 00:51:54.400 if he if he does a miss if he does a Mississippi State Jayden, 722 00:51:54.719 --> 00:51:58.119 then you kind of go with him. Yeah. But he but guess what, 723 00:51:58.480 --> 00:52:00.000 that ain't gonna happen. He doesn't do that, No, you know 724 00:52:00.199 --> 00:52:02.760 he Yeah, I mean, you know, the Lord didn't come out of 725 00:52:02.760 --> 00:52:07.599 the Mississippi State game. Right right after that horrible first quarter. I'm like, 726 00:52:07.639 --> 00:52:10.079 I was pulling my hair out tow him to take him out. You, 727 00:52:10.400 --> 00:52:14.519 you and everybody else. Yeah, and he never he stuck with him 728 00:52:14.519 --> 00:52:16.280 and he was still staying with him all the way up until he got hurt. 729 00:52:16.320 --> 00:52:20.079 So all right, man, that was fun. Thank you to Tim 730 00:52:20.119 --> 00:52:22.480 Couch for being here. That was a great That was a great, great 731 00:52:22.559 --> 00:52:27.199 thing. And Brian Peterson nice job with some of the analysis. They think 732 00:52:27.199 --> 00:52:30.239 about it way more than we do, Steve. Yeah, just what they 733 00:52:30.239 --> 00:52:31.280 get paid. That's what they do. All right. Hey, thanks for 734 00:52:31.280 --> 00:52:35.239 being here. We'll be back tomorrow more stuff, so, uh, be 735 00:52:35.280 --> 00:52:47.400 sure to be here. Talk to you tomorrow.