Dreamy Live, I mean my heart radio whip. This is High on the
Ball with Steve Rivera and Jaken Zalez on Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. They welcome
back to win the boat here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera,
you're jakens Os. You know you have the breaking news hopefully this is
high on the ball breaking news on Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. All right,
if they said just the spread of stuff right, nothing super earth shadowing,
all the earth shattering, although the couple of a couple of things um big.
Another big trade day, Chris Paul is on the move again. Uh.
He was traded to the Golden State Warrior Warriors to join Steph Curry over.
He was traded for Jordan Pool, who is the guy who um um
Draymond Green punched before the before the season started last year. And in the
end a lot of people said that that had a lot to do with why
Golden State didn't do any better than they did, just attention from all of
that. So Jordan Pool heading over to the Wizards and Chris Paul over the
Golden State. I don't know how that's gonna work, but but I'm sure
that the Golden State Warriors would be better, well if Chris Paul. I
think it's one of those things that if Chris Paul is willing to accept a
role, right Steph Curry's the point if Chris Paul is like, Okay,
i'm i'm, i'll, i'll i'll, I'll fill in for him, you
know, when he's on when he's on the bench, and i'll you know,
compliment him on the side as opposed to trying to be the guy.
If he understands that, then, you know, because Chris Paul is still
a good player, and if he doesn't have to play all the minutes,
durability might might uh you know, might be better as well. But yeah,
so Chris Paul heading over to uh uh uh the Wizards. Funny thing
though, so um um. The Athletic posted a press conference when when when
Mike Dunleavy was hired as the uh the Warriors GM. In the press conference,
he said, we're planning on having Jordan's pool here for four more years
at least. And as this was posted, you know, this happened just
a few weeks agoing out he's already gone. So Jordan Poole out and Chris
Paul who started the week and UH and was at this time last week was
in Phoenix. Now he's not headed from the Wizards over to UM over to
UH Golden State. How he found out about that he had been traded that
his son, His son texted him while he was on the plane headed somewhere.
So so there's that. UM we talked about this just a little bit
um. The ia ARP ruling on which is the Independent Accountability Resolution Process,
which is the body that ruled on Arizona's stuff coming out of the FBI investigation,
ruled on LSU today. Their former coach, Will Wade got a ten
game suspension and then a two year show cause, which I don't know what
exactly that means, but it just puts some limits on his recruiting and what
not. So he's at mcnee's state now, so he's gonna have a ten
game suspension to start to start the season at mcnee's state. But if this
didn't bury LSU or they literally have him on tape talking about buying a player,
that Kansas is going to get a slap in the wrist. Yeah,
that wouldn't be a surprise as well. But Dan Walk and our our Buddy
Um wrote it has a long column again on USA Today and just has the
one paragraph that he said, Uh let me, let me fine. He
says, once the ia ARP rules on Kansas and based on President President,
we shouldn't expect much actual accountability from the accountability folks. They will be shut
down and remembered as the biggest waste of time and money in pretty much three
of Ncuba a government pretty much pretty much. Look at all the worrying and
all the hand ringing here in this town. Yeah, in this town just
just turn out to be a big, as they say, a big nothing
burger. So that's so, that's that's what they're kind of, you know,
big news. Hey, did you know that they change the way we
vote for the All Star Game? Now have you ever heard? There's the
first time I've seen this. So there's there's two phases of voting. So
everybody votes for whoever they want, right, and so what they come up
with its two finalists at each position, four finalists at like an outfield,
and the top two. Now you vote again for one of these two finals
Yeah yeah, so so um and then the two in this initial vote in
the two top overall vote getters are named starters. So showey Otani on the
American League side, Ronald Lacuney on the National League side. We'll start no
matter what happens in this uh, in this UH balloting, but it's it's
kind of weird. So now between now and June twenty ninth, UM,
now you go vote for the there's two finalists at each position. UH.
And and so there's you know, and that and that's where it worked.
So UH. On the on the American League side, for instance, UM,
there's two catchers, Adlee Rushman of the Orioles Jonaheim of the Rangers.
You've a phone two, I think, and I guess the idea is to
you know, now you got to to you know, two the best guys
allegedly get the most. Now let's everybody pick between those two guys. I
don't really know. I didn't know this was happening, so I haven't had
a chance to go back and uh and see when or why they did this.
But like Vladgarrow Junior Yandy Diaz of the Rays all right first base for
the American League, Marcus Simion of the Rangers, with Mary Field of the
Blue Jays for second base, and and on and on and on. UM
in the National League, my favorite Will Smith is one of my favorite players,
if not my favorite player with the Dodgers right now the catcher, he's
up against Sean Murphy from the Brave, Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers, Matt
Olson of the Braves at first base. Um. In the outfield, you've
got um, Mookie Bats, Carbyn Carroll, Lord of Discordille from the d
Backs, and Michael Harris and the Braves. You get to pick three of
those. You know, one of those guys won't be won't be a starter.
So it's just it's it's crazy that that it's done that way. But
you can start voting for them today now and uh, you pick one of
those two guys at each position. So interesting, all right, UM,
kind of a a little of a I don't know if it's a sad story
yet, but Kurkkurbstreet reporting that his son was a tight end for a stake,
but it's having some heart issues. He'd been on tweeting a lot.
Unless Yeah, so he's out, he's but he's home from the hospital.
But they're trying to figure out what, you know, what all this is.
He's on medication. Um, they've not even addressed whether or not.
Um, you know you'll you'll be able to continue playing football or not.
But he's got some kind of a hard issue. It's zach herb Street.
Who's who's you know going home? And you know he's he's been with a
high States as see what happens there. Kind of a tough deal. Um,
let's see, Oh, Arizona's got a new assistant golf coach, Matt
Walton joining Arizona from see where he's been. I was gonna look it up
to see where's been and then it got pass me. Um he's been at
USC. Uh. Yeah, he's been three seasons that assistant to USC's now
he's now coming to Tucson to coach for Jim Anderson. Um he's from Uh,
he's from England. He went to the University of Cumberland's in England and
he's kind of a young guy. He agreed ten years out of college.
So there you go. So Matt Matt Walton as a new assistant coach at
at Arizon at Arizona, Oh, Arizona football got a kicker out of the
Stars reportal the kid kid out of BYU got by the name of Cash Peterman.
He's from Chandler. Uh, he's got three years of eligibility to remaining.
And so they've got a new a new kicker in camp and so I
don't expect we'll see him this because I think they've got a recurring kicker form
last year. But cash Cash Peterman sounds more like a tight end than a
schoolper's name. Though, great name, it's a great name. Um,
Deon Sanders, man, have you been reading this stuff? Surgery they've got
they found blood clots in his legs. Um, he's gonna have some surgery
too, in both legs. He's gonna have some surgery. One of those
one of those legs has a His foot is a mess, and he's lost
a couple of toes on that foot and they're trying to avoid amputating the whole
foot. But god, you know, who knows what this means health wise,
how much he's able to, you know, do the work that he's
got to do in his first year at Colorado. But Deon Sanders having some
he's having some health issues. M and he's already kind of hobbling. What
kind of he is horbling? Yeah? Um, I thought it was something
else. But yeah, yeah, it's not gonna look good. Nothing looking
good. Nah, that looks it looks really scary and really really scary.
Um okay, um, I have one Okay, Kioto Pinder will be with
the Suns. Oh yeah, saw that he had a good a good time
in Australia where he's from. All we're talking about basketball, Okay. I
mentioned this to you on off off air. In the last couple of days,
I've seen Victor Webbon Yama. Let's seven foot three, seven foot four
and seven foot five. I'm like, okay, I get it. I
get that he's tall, but we can't narrow it down to less than,
you know, within a couple of inches. I mean, how tall is
he? Which one have you seen? More? You know, seven four?
I think seven four? But seven four, seven three seven? What
the hell? Once it's one hundred and ten degrees, it's it's one hundred
and ten degrees, whether it's one hundred nine hundred and eight, yeah,
they say we're not gonna know. We're not gonna know for sure. Um
uh, you know, until he goes to camp and they actually do a
measurement. But I don't know what he is, all right, Um,
here's an interesting one because this came up. This came up, and when
the liv golf thing with the PGA, with the with the Saudi's you know,
buying into the PJA and stuff like that, is a quatar or a
cutter I think it's actually pronounced cutter. The the country right there, in
their investment authority, which is similar to the one that the Saudi's have,
is looking at buying a five percent stake of the company of the parent company
of the of the Wizards Capitals and the mystics of the w NBA. So
it's believed to be the first time. Um, you know, the government
of Qatar, I guess is investing, is looking at investing in US professional
sports. And I do know that that Um what's his name? Um?
The NBA commissioner, Yeah, h Adams said that that when when he was
asked if the Saudi Arabians through their investment authority would be able to buy an
NBA team, he said, an individual, a person. It can't be
like, you know, a fund can't buy an NBA team. It has
to be you know, an individual who's got you know, then an individual
that runs that's it, you know, So they do they go hire somebody
to do that. But anyways, all right, Uh finally, Steve,
where are we have a sick gambling society? No? Really? Yeah?
So there's been some back and forth on social media between Elon Musk and Mark
Zuckerberg to rich people problems too rich guys about having a cage fight. Oh,
that'd be fun, and apparently odds have been posted. I would take
uh uh Zuckerberg and the other guy and elm oh Elon Musk Oh, I
thought it was the Amazon guy. Uh yeah, but a basis isn't shape
which I would have taken. I would have taken be taken Beazil. Yeah,
and then he's a day what's her name? Uh, sanitez gro Um.
I'm taking the Zuckerberg. Okay, Zuckerberg is minus one six, he's
the favorite. He's the favor. I would take that one. And Musk
is plus one for yeah, I'm not sure he's yeah. Why why would
you watch that? No? No, but I watched the Twitter highlights.
Could be very quick. I kind of like to see these guys just beat
the hell out of each other, right right, No winner in the draw,
let's put him in a sup No, that was me. I'm sorry,
you're going to hell, you know what, maybe even tonight, maybe
tonight. But anyway, so there's the odds aren't official, they're just Draft
Kings has has quoted some odds and you can't go on Draft Kings and sure,
but as they say, there are for conversational or informational purposes only.
Okay, are you done? So let me I was just going to the
NBA Draft getting ready for tonight, which I you know, no reason to
uh. She in the last ten years, Solomon Hill, right, yeah,
I think I don't know if he's still in the league. I don't
if he made me twenty three, Aaron Gordon, we talked about him.
Stanley Johnson still, Ronde Hillis, Jefferson, uh Lorie Marketing, Dean john
Eden, Josh Green, Zeke Nagy right of the last few now, Ben
Mathurin and I think that's about and uh and uh India the guard. Yeah
yeah, yeah, he wasn't drafted. But yeah, that guy, he
didn't get drafted. No, um no, no, this is our first
round picks, first round picks. Ok So so all those run Day who
was just drafted eight years ago has been at the league for for a few
years. Yeah, yeah, so you know he didn't last long. You
gotta score in that league, you know, as much as you defend,
right, yeah, I mean every time about while he's a great defender.
Well, yeah, you gotta score. You gotta be on the board.
And that's why you know, Aaron Gordon has begun to do that, and
that's why he is stock is rising, you know, quite a bit as
a possible NBA all started out. Yeah, so no, gotta you gotta
put the ball in the hole, man, And and if you don't,
they'll find somebody else who can do what you do and score without question.
Right, But I was looking at a story by uh Was or by Bruce
Pasco. No, if Arizona doesn't get anybody drafted, which it's unlikely with
the zoolosno, probably I can get drafted. This would be the third year
in the last five that Arizona didn't get It makes sense, total makes sense.
Yeah, it's uh not good for blue Blood, you know, and
man I uh well I have changed, you know, but we'll see ye.
All right, let's take our breakwhen come back, and we'll have um
um um um um Kurt Kurt Kenny Chug come and talk about what's going on
with San Diego State getting into the back twelve, We'll be right back.
For more than twenty years, the Window Depot has provided the best price and
the biggest inventory on in stock vinyl windows, and now the Window Depot is
more than a window starre, offering homeowners and contractors a one stop warehouse offering
interior and exterior doors, granted in quarts, countertops, in stock camintry,
and skylights to finish your project. Their team of professionals will help with everything
from free kitchen design to custom orders from leading manufacturers like mill Guard and Geldwyn.
Order online or find a location near you as a Window Deepot dot com.
Where do you buy exercise equipment? Arizona Health Arizona Health Arizona Health.
Of course, to feel better and look better, it makes sense to buy
your fitness equipment from the people who know it better than anyone else. At
Arizona Health, our goal is to help you choose the equipment you need to
reach your goals. Your health and fitness deserve the best you deserve. Arizona
Health. The leitch An exercise equipment on twenty second just west of Wilmot.
If you think now is not a good time to buy a refinance at home.
Think again. Interest rates are at all time lows on most loan programs,
and Paul Volpi of Noble Homelands is ready to help you find the option
that best fits your needs. If you're looking for your dream home or want
to get cash out to refinance on a current home, visit voltetem dot com.
That's volpe team dot com. I'll cave six two six Today. It's
a new year and time to give a Creative Award to your student athletes winter
and spring awards seasons, as well as for grade school, middle school,
and high school athletes. Scholastic awards for those academic students just in time to
recognize all their achievements. Visit Creative Awards online at Creative Awards az dot com
or visit their Idea studio at two twenty eight West Drachman Street in Tucson.
It's also time to get your creative promotional products for the upcoming conventions, giveaways
to promote your company and get your employees new apparel to look sharp representing you
and your company. Come see Creative Awards to twenty eight West Drachman Street or
online at Creative awards Aze dot com. Did you know sports cards at Memorabilia
are setting record sales last month In nineteen fifty two, Tops Mickey Mantle sold
for twelve point six million, Lebron James Rookie sold for five points six Also,
collecting cards is a family fun hobby that can be very profitable. If
you want to start a collection or expand your collection, check out Showtime Cards.
They are one of the leading card shops in the country and have served
our local community for twenty five years. They are located on e Speedway.
That's Showtime Cards, Neck pain, back paint, car accidents, headaches,
sports injury. Or Nelli's Chiropractic's goal is to help our patients achieve a healthy
lifestyle. Combining chiropractic care with physical medicine modalities, therapeutic procedures and massage therapy
not only reduced paint, but helps the body heal itself as well as provide
other health benefits. Or Nelli's Chiropractic we as a natural approach to improve an
individual's health and well being. Don't suffer any longer called or Nelli's Chiropractic.
Today, it's that time of year summer in Tucson, time to take control
with temperature control for all your air conditioning needs. We'll keep you cool during
all the hot streaks. All you have to do is stay in control with
temperature control where we handle everything you need with prompt response, affordable pricing,
and sound solutions. We also excel in plumbing and electrical work. We handle
everything you need. Give us a call at five two eight one five five
six six five or visit our website at tempascon dot com and remember, stay
in control with temperature control. Need concrete, Hardworks Concrete has it. We
have more than twenty five years of experience with all things concrete. Installing sidewalks
and patio floors are our specialty, and handle masonry work and retaining walls.
We're locally and family owned. Just let us know what you need, how
you want it, and we'll take care of it. Leave the hard work
up to us. We're Hardworks Concrete. Call us at five one two nine
six two five six six zero or visit our website hardworks Concrete dot com.
We'll put the work in for you, breaking down all the excess and ows.
It's Steve Rivera and Jakins Us. This is I am a Boll on
Fox Sports fourteen. Diory, Hey, welcome back to our in the ball
here on Fox Sports sporteen. Kokie, I'm Steve Rivera. He's Jakins.
Also now on the phone, we have Kirk Kenny in the San Diego Union
Tribune. How are you, Kirk? Good? Well, guys, thanks
for having me. You must be a busy man. Yeah, are you
having fun? Well? This is usually this is our slow time, Junior,
usually the most downtime I have before things are cranking up in July with
football ramping up? Do you dare take some time off for you know,
not knowing if this thing's gonna happen any day or what you do, it
will, right. It's like if you go away from your phone or from
your laptop for a couple hours, that's immediately when something goes goes on,
right, Right, So, how how's it gone? And what's the latest?
Yeah, we had this thing this last week where this letter got sent
to pre apparently in the in Mountain West replied and said, we're not cutting
you any slacker, So just what is all that? Well? I think
the deadline of June thirtieth has been looming for Santego State, and you know,
any other team in the Mountain West if they were to have an opportunity
to move out to another conference to where they would pay an exit fee.
If you'd pay it by June thirtieth, it would be approximately seventeen million.
If you waited till after that, it would be it would be double.
So Dandia State kind of reached out to find out if that deadline could be
extended and or if some of the terms could be altered a little bit to
benefit them, and they were told, in fact, no, there's some
talk to you know, maybe it would have been better to keep this maybe
more on the down loan, just to have a senior States president called directly
to the Mountain West Commissioner, and then it kind of went out to all
the presidents and blew up there. So I've seen online and you know,
everybody on the internet saying that San Diego State just kind of blew the whole
situation. I don't that's too extreme, isn't it. I don't know blow
it would would be the right way to say that. I think it could
have been done a little more discreetly, a little more, a little more
depth depth of touch. I think by you know, as long as soon
as you put something out to more and more people, obviously it's going to
get out there more easily. One is I think they shouldn't have put it
in writing and do I think they should have kept it to one on one
with the commissioner, right right. So the assumption has been for a while
that San Diego State is going somewhere and most likely the PAC twelve. You
know, from where you sit, I mean, is that is it a
foregone conclusion as far as that goes that that they are leaving in the more
likely place is the PAC twelve. You know, I wouldn't call anything foregone
conclusion, as we've seen so many things can change. And I think the
biggest concern is with the PAC twelve. I think we've heard since last December
that their their deal, their new TV media deal is imminent, and here
we are going on eight months later and still nothing is secure. We went
from here in December to January to March to and now end of summer,
you know what's to make it so it's not the end of the year before
they get anything done. And with that in mind, you know, how
could Santega State think anything's just secured deal. Yeah, this might be a
silly question, but you know is it is the fan base pretty much on
board with wanting to go to the Pac twelve. Do they like where they
are? Do they want to go to the Big twelve? What's your sense
of that. I'll put it this way. My first memory of going to
a Senator State football game is with the safety patrol in sixth grade in nineteen
seventy two, and I think I think there was talk among ourselves then that
there's hope to go to the Pac eight. Then then there's the Pac ten
and the Pac twelve. So the fan base has been very charged up for
going on fifty years to move to the Pacific Conference, and they're just chomping
at the bit at every morsel of news that maybe this is going to happen.
And it has in fact happened, but at this point I still think
anything is speculation, right. What do you say about the fit? Just
over the few years, the football team has comported itself very well with the
competition it's faced, and then just last year basketball has kind of fit in
very well given what they've done. So it seems like the obvious fit from
the West I think definitely basketball especially would fit well. Football has been,
as you said, competitive against Pacific teams in the last few years, but
I think there would be some challenges. I know, well, you know,
you taught a good example that's taken them better part of ten years to
be where they rose to the top and could win a championship, and I
think something would be similar for Sandega State football. But at the same time,
you know, being able to finally get a foothold with the Power five
would would be very beneficial to the program. And I think they would be
competitive. As you look forward, you know they're over here, we're you
know, we've got I don't know if it's a fifty fifty split, but
it's not far off from that of people who want to stay in the Pac
twelve and people who would have loved to go to the Big twelve primarily because
of basketball. Um, how much of a fit do you think Sandiego State
would be in the Big twelve. I think that would be a lot different.
But again, you know, is it the Big twelve that we're looking
at right now, or do they enlarge and add some more West Coast teams
to where you might have some pods I just can't really see Santego state some
of their teams wanting to fly all the way to the East coast and compete
with some of those teams, And in that way, I think you're gonna
get a little bit far flung if you went to the Big twelve. Obviously,
I think the pacif twelve is the key fit. The big thing is,
you know, we've seen so many rumors on this happening or that are
happening that the PAC twelve state together as it's composed of difference. But let
me ask you a dumb qushion too, given that it's let's assume it happens
for a second, usile he's gone. Obviously, US he's gone. Do
you think that they would have an advantage, not a competitive advantage, but
advantage with the recruiting because if that's the only school left in the southern California
region now that they're part of the PAC twelve, PAC ten, PAC twelve,
that they would have it, have it good or how much of a
leap you think they can make semi because of that? Because of that?
Well, funny you bring up the recruiting aspect. I think that's been the
biggest thing that's kept sending of State out through the years since we've always heard
that UCLA and USC don't want panna State on equal footing to where they could
be retaining a lot of the players from San Diego, which is is a
hot bed and recruiting. UM so, so I do think it's prove that
when USC and using leaving um sing with State if it were to join the
PAC twelve, Uh, it recruits them I think more likely want to stay
home and and that would definitely benefit and boost the program right right makes sense
to me? Yeah, no, it would, I mean, and certainly
that's why the PAC twelve would would love to, you know, keep them
in the you know, in the league. Um, if it's if it's
SMU or whoever it might be. Um, what are your thoughts on what
that league the I don't know, not so much image of the league,
but the competitiveness of the league compared to the other leagues. If let's say,
if it's SMU and UH and San Dieo stayed in their back at twelve
teams, where you know, where does the PAC twelve fallow in the hierarchy
there? Do you think in your opinion? Uh, if you were to
add those two teams. Yeah, Um, I think they're right now their
best of the rest, and so that's kind of what you're hoping. Obviously,
I think the Pac twelve is diminished by the two teams that it lost,
and I don't think anybody they can bring in would would make them whole
again. But at this point, and I think that's that's kind of the
best thing you could probably do. And and you know, the big key
is again we've heard so many rumors about various things happening, and you know,
can they stay intact with Oregon and Washington and you know the four foreigner
schools they say, and and there's so much it's funny for us far along
down the road we are. Are we any farther than we were back when
USA and Utula? And they really know exactly you know, that's a really
good that's a great pot Because we talked about this when we did the show
a year ago, right almost a year ago, and we made a bet
real quick and Jay said it is going to be done by August or September,
and that didn't happen. Now we're the old lady on the Titanics thing.
Well, it had been eighty four years since this is going to happen.
Uh, and it's not, and here we still are. UM.
I had a quick question, go ahead, Jake, But you know,
is there you think they're Do you think fans are getting tired of this?
You know, are they just like, just do this already? I'm sick
of hearing about it. Uh you know, do they do you do fans
lose interest over this? I mean, what are your thoughts on you know,
how fans are reacting to all of this and just how long it's taken.
I think there are some, definitely who are fatigued. I've seen a
few even on chatboards saying, you know, wake me when they're finally a
decision. But at the same time, you know, I think they're willing
if if this does come to pass, I think they're willing to wait a
little bit extra time to have it happen. So go ahead. Well,
I was just thinking about my question. So you're in the business stuff finding
stuff out obviously in this business. Uh so do you hear anybody who doesn't
want this to happen? Yeah? Administratively from a sending state standpoint, I
think everyone wants it to happen. Here's my one thought on where this all
goes. In the last decades. You know, one of the biggest reasons
sending the States wanted to join the PAC twelve in addition to it's a Power
five conference, but it's the opportunity to play UCLA and USC and they're going
to be leaving. So I've given one more thought to, well, what
does happen down the road and could the Mountain West itself be a better conference?
And there is there a possibility that maybe Santego State's better off staying where
it is and being the big dog on that block rather than going to the
Power five and really having to perhaps struggle for a few years before it gets
a foothold. Yeah, okay, because you know, I look at I
went to the San Diego State, Arizona Arizona Steak everything Steve did too beautiful
stadium, very you know, upscale kind of thing, and they're they're like,
you know, if they were to stay in the Mountain West with with
that advantage over most of the other schools in terms of a football program,
You're right, they could become a or you elevate themselves way above the Mountain
West schools or as joining the PAC twelve. Yes, they're in a Power
five conference, but now they're kind of like, as you said, they're
sort of starting where Utah was. You know, it took them a while
to get up to speed. And is it good enough just to be there?
You know? I think biggest thing is I think you're if Synator State
gets to go to the Power five, they get fans and administrators and everyone
else gets to puff out their chests that we're part of the Power five.
And I also think it makes you're scheduling better. You're gonna have some better
teams or more high profile teams come into play, and those are definitely big
benefits. But beyond that, I mean, are your wins and loss is
going to be the same. I would think it's going to be more of
a challenge to be as successful. And and you know, if you have
a few senators State has not had a losing football season in more than a
decade. If you have one or two of those in the next few years,
you know, how much does the fan base alliss get start getting frustrated
because they're not seeing the same success. So so you don't have to answer
this question, I'm kind of asking it in light. But I'm sure.
I mean, given haven't been a reporter here for twenty five years, and
J two that you already have both stories written already. If they don't go
or if they go, you just gotta hit a button. I wouldn't say
we're at that point, but we will beady to add. In fact,
I think it's not two stories, but it's probably about twelve. Yes,
just different versions. Yeah, I hear you. Yeah, so many different
veries. I mean somebody, as you said, so many things can still
happen, right. Uh, well, I'm talking one of my colleagues a
lot about this the last few weeks and months, and one thing he brought
up this weekends. He goes, what if something comes out of left field
the way they live and PGA Golf merger came. You know what if all
this sudden we see the pact, the PAC twelve and the Big twelve decide
we're going to merge. Who knows what could happen? No, I hear
you. I mean it's just as you say, and now in your mind,
has we see all the speculation stuff like that, But it's awesome.
It's mostly speculation. There haven't really been a ton of let's say, reliable
leaks of information. Right, only a few things have come out that have
actually been true. Everything else has been speculation. Would you agree with that
completely? I mean, you know, if you're really think about it,
what progress has actually been made? Yeah? Not much from the same rumors
that happened at the beginning. They're still coming out and everybody knows right,
everybody's I know this, I know that. Shut up, you don't know
this? Well? Yeah, we keep saying that they we have to see
what the media rights is and I'm kind of like, you know, well,
what if you just decide what your composition or your conference is going to
be, because won't that be part of what determines what your media rights is
worth? Yeah? Chicken and egg thing? Right? Who? Yeah?
Which one first? Exactly exactly right? Well, again, as I said,
are you are you having fun with all this? Well, I mean
it's definitely. I have more fun when there's something definitive that you can kind
of think your teeth into and actually write about. I haven't. We've we've
written very few stories on this because I really am not one that likes to
just perpetuate speculation, you know, when there's just nothing there. Yeah,
we're just good. We appreciate that, we really do. But uh,
you know, I for one, you know, we are are our kind
of way we do things here on our show. Steve's the Steve was a
writer for a hundred years. I was a sportswriter back in the day.
But I'm more of the fan here. I really want San Diego State in
the Pac twelve. I really do, uh, because I'm a I'm a
little upset at ucln USC because we take that road trip, you know,
pretty much every year. So I'm looking forward to, you know, coming
to San Diego State, even if it's only every other year. Plus,
we really liked the stadium last year. Although that day was damn hot.
It's the hottest I've ever I've ever been in Southern California. We've ever been
in southern California as well. We brought I guess we brought it with us
because that was bad man, Holy cow. Yeah, Okay, Well,
good luck to you. Yeah, Kirk, we appreciate the appreciate the time
on this. I'm sure we're gonna want to touch base with you again whenever
whatever happens happened before we go this. I don't you think at the end
of the day, j and I'll believe this San Diego State, it's gonna
be in Everything that we've kind of heard is gonna go that way. So
don't worry. Just get that story gone. Just write that baby, what's
gonna happen. That's what we're saying. Just get this thing done. Well.
I will say that they're there. Athletic director John David Wicker has hinted
strongly enough that you would think it is a very very good chance. Yeah,
because I don't think you would say that otherwise, and in the terms
that he's stated it. So it's like, you know, you know,
once I hang up, we'll probably hear something about an hour. All right,
man, Well we'll keep an eye on you. So, hey,
thanks a bunch of Kurt. We appreciate and say hi to Ryan for us.
He's a good friend of our. Probably have you back when all this
kind of settles. Absolutely sounds good, Thank you, thank you. Um.
Yeah, we just don't know, we know, but we don't know.
I mean we again, you know, Kurt's you know, he's in
the middle of it over there and just basically hearing all the same things that
we're all hearing and just waiting for somebody to pull the trigger on this thing.
Just think we are all right, Let's take a break, come back
for our last segment. To give us a call five to zero, four
one, six, seventy four, forty and we'll talk about whatever you want
to talk about. We'll be right back. If you're an Arizona men's basketball
fan, you know it's been successful for newly forty years. Now. Take
a look back at the Ludolson era in my new book, Lessons from Loot.
It was a labor of love through the eyes of twenty five former players,
coaches, and friends to give insight to the coach and the man who
led them, competed against them, and inspired them. Twenty five chapters for
his twenty five years as Arizona's beloved coach. Lessons from Loot is an insight
to how he built the program into a national powerhouse. What one email me
at Steve dot RIVERA ninety five at gmail dot com. Hey Walcat Nation,
Jake Fisher here, I gotta tell you about my winning team over at Arizona
Health Insider. I was able to get a customed private health insurance plan with
no deductibles, no code pays nationwide coverage and I get to pick my own
doctor for lessons two hundred dollars a month. If you want to avoid getting
gouged on the exchange and you want real health insurance, call Arizona Health Insiders
five two zero eight five zero six eight six six five two zero eight five
zero six eight six six bear down. What's your goal? A new career
or career advancement? How about transferring to a four year college. Pima Community
College can help you make Someday today and reach your goals affordably on your schedule.
With over one hundred programs to choose from and financially aid available, It's
time to earn the degree or certificate you need to prepare for the career you
want. Pima offers free career exploration classes so you can choose the field that's
right for you. Learn how at Pima dot etu slash someday. Is it
hot in here or is it just me? Honey? I always think you're
hot, but it's June and we all know it's going to get hot in
Tucson. It doesn't have to be hot in our house, Honey. You
should call Picture Rocks Cooling heating and plumbing. They have the solutions for us
for all your air condition needs. Call five two zero, four four zero
or zero six nine or visit us at Picture Rocks koolin dot com. Just
call up Picture Rocks, going, keating and climbing. The holidays are fast
approaching. After a difficult year, wor shure everyone could use a little financial
help. Pyramid Federal Credit Union is bringing back to the Holiday Helper Loan,
a low entry, short term loan that can help get you through the holidays.
In support of our community, Pyramid is making a donation to the Community
Food Bank of Southern Arizona from each loan. For more information or apply online,
visit Pyramid SEU dot com slash Holiday Helper. All loans are on approved
credit. Other restrictions may apply. Pyramid Federal Credit Union Insured NCUA. Need
more affordable auto and home insurance while making sure your family has the courage it
needs when mayhem happens. They've got you covered at the Edmund Marcus All State
Agency. Go see Edmund Marcus. He's born and raised in Tucson and a
proud graduate of the University of Arizona. He's been an All State agent for
twenty five years and has an award winning agency which takes care of his clients.
Home Today at five two o three two three nine three three three for
anano and home quote and let them save you money and make sure you have
the courage you need. You're in good hands with the Edmund Marcus All State
Agency. Do you want to be part of a winning team? A Team
Security is looking for friendly, outgoing events security guards and events staff to be
a part of our team. We've been providing our outstanding services to some of
Arizona's biggest sporting events and concerts for over twenty years. We want you to
join the action. A team offers a fun and exciting opportunity to work in
the sports and entertainment industry, with flexible schedules that are perfect for those looking
for a part time job or a second income. Come be a part of
a winning team the A Team Apply online today at a Team security dot net.
Streaming live on the iHeart Radio whap. This is I on the Ball
with Steve Ribera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. Hey, welcome
back. Join the buck around Fox Sports fourteen fifty on Steve, You're James
get fifteen minutes, you want to give us a call five to h four
one sixty. It was good to talk to or San Diego guys. Yeah,
Kirk Kenny, first time I had him on the show. But um,
obviously you know you know the question I asked. I mean, he
can't go anywhere right now? No, right, you can't tall like us.
And he goes a vacation. It's gonna happen. Yeah, and he's
hanging out there until this thing happens. Yeah. Well, the good thing,
the good thing that he said. And I'm not sure if other editors
will left this fly, but find out today, find out today, he
says, I'm not doing that because it continues to feed the beast of some
speculation, speculation which you know, good for him, that's really cool,
you know that the one Ryan allows that and trusting him that he can get
the story without you know, writing about it every day. All right,
I have a question for you. If you had four hundred grand sitting in
your in your living room or in your pocket or whatever, would you put
it on the NBA draft tonight? No, no two, not even first
thing. No, No, I did that last year, remember I think
they did that Austria when and then the last Monte they switched. I did
that too, and they switched and switched it. Yeah, just all of
a sudden, no two hundred draft kings. Somebody put four hundred thousand dollars
on Victor Webb and Yama to be the first number one overall pick at minus
twenty thousand odds, so they would win two thousand dollars. Yeah, what's
the point. What's the point If you have the four hundred thousand dollars,
why do you need another two four thousand? I wouldn't because about retirement.
Did you want to cash a ticket or what? What's the deal? So
anyways, hey, UM skipped a thing. When we're talking about the LSU's
i ARP thing. The IRP did smack the football program around a little bit,
and UH wanted to cover that little bit. First of all, Um,
they had to vacate a bunch of wins. Apparently there was a player
whose father got one hundred and eight thousand dollars from somebody attached to the program
who embezzled that money from from UH from somewhere and gave it to UH.
This athlete one hundred and eighty thousand dollars and the player was at was at
LSU from twenty twelve to twenty sixteen. Doesn't see what the player was,
No, I wonder if he was any good. I don't know. But
because of that, they've had to vacate thirty seven wins from less miles coaching
career, which means he drops under the sixty uh winning percentage threshold to be
able to get into the College Football Hall of Fame, which is what's keeping
Dick Tomi out of the out of the Hall of Fame right now. They've
not bent bent over backwards or changed the rule or giving them a little leeway
to do that. So he fought he's now in at point five ninety seven
because of those vacates, and so now less Miles may not get into.
He's not even coaching anymore, right, didn't he go into get a Yeah?
I think he thinks out and then yeah, he was in Kansas and
then he got fired from there. Um. One of the violations that also
occurred there was if remember after LC won the national championship, Odell Beckham went
on the field was ending any money to players. They determined that he gave
four players two thousand dollars each, So that was part of the part of
the punishments they got so tivation for three years. So timing is everything,
right, if you did that now would be okay, no, no,
because they have to do something for the two thousand dollars. Okay, well
you give me two thousand and then I'll just do something for ya. You
send out a tweet, right or whatever. Yeah, and then there was
also one more violation that had to do with ed Orgeron having impermissible contact with
with with a prospect. But the LSC football program gets smacked around a little
bit. They're on a three year probation now, uh with with the NC
DOUBLEA. So there you go. Um, here's the one. And I'm
sure he's getting paid for this. Caleb Williams is gonna have a bubblehead night
at Dodger State in August. They would, wouldn't. You don't have to
play for the Dodgers to get a bubblehead. I guess you don't have to
be Yeah, you don't. You know you've arrived when you get a bubblehead.
Yeah, it's some other place. It's some other place. We gotta
call it. H on there and on the ball Hey, good afternoon guys.
Tommy Lang, How are you doing pretty good? Tommy? What's up?
Hey? I got what I hope is kind of a funny story from
last year's NBA Draft. Okay, can I tell it? Yeah? So,
uh, if you if you go backwards in time and go to the
USC home game, you know, somewhere in the first part of Mark right,
and uh, I'm at the game and we're in we're in the second
row in sixteen, so we're straight across the USC bench, right, And
then three or four minutes into the game, I mean it's a fired up
game. We're like ranked three to five and they're in the top fifteen eighteen.
This this guy and it's probably fifties, and his daughter comes sitting next
to us on the aisle. No big deal. She's amazingly too good looking,
you know. But about twenty four and then three four minutes of more
game time, they're not moving, they're not cheering for anybody, They're just
like sitting there watching the game. So at the TV time out, I
say to this girl who turns out to be your this kid, her name
is Kendall Pritchard, I said, hey, do you guys come to a
lot of games and she's like, no, I live in LA and I
met my dad here to come watch number zero matherin. Right. So we
get to the draft day and if you remember, none of us we didn't
know who was getting ticked by who. So I'm so bored. I turned
on the draft when it's going to start, and I opened up the Arizona
Wildcats page on Facebook, and after about the second pick, I just put
it in there. I go, Hey, wouldn't it be cool if Mathern
gets drafted by the Pacers? Who the GM is Kevin Pritchard, you know,
the point guard from eighty eight Kansas Dannon Manning championship team. That was
just so funny because then he ends up getting picked. It was just a
fun the story because they didn't really fit in you know, oh, oh
it was Kevin Pritchard. Yeah, it was Kevin Pritchard. You know.
At the end of the game, he just turned and turned towards us and
he's like, hey, what's your names? And I told him and they
said, I I'm Kevin. Nice to meet. Yeah. I said,
yeah, I remember you. I was in Kansas and he kind of smiled
and he goes, good memory. And I said, that's not that great.
But yeah, it was Kevin Pritchard, you know from the Pacers GM
and he was the point guard in Kansas. The other two things I remember
about that game, which was cool, was I gave nine and a half
because if you remember, we were down by six, eight, ten in
the middle of the second half when we won by nine. And in the
second half when USC was shooting right in front of us, there were so
many balls taking out of bounds, like ten feet in front of us,
and Drew Peterson kept taking the ball, throwing the ball in and then I
was riding him like a donkey. I just couldn't because he went like one
for the world that day and I kept going at him, just keep throwing
about, just keep jacking up shot. But it was a fun story,
and you know, I'll see what happens today, all right, man,
Very cool, Hey Tommy, thanks a much, man, good story.
Thanks later. Okay, we got seven minutes and do you want to call?
Yeah a guy that I know what my buddy always notices whenever he shows
up, and it's more often at the PAC twelve tournament. You always see
um. Now I can't think of his name Danny always a Pac twelve tournament
every year, every year, sitting there taking notes, baseball cap, trying
thinking nobody's gonna recognize him. But always there. But yeah, interesting stuff.
Yeah, you know, Arizone's always guys, guy, you know,
scout stuff. There's always guys. If you remember they had from the Lakers.
Oh man, he was a chapter in my book Riowa Loots, one
of the Loots cards. God, I hate my you always with the Lakers.
Yeah, I got another call. H you're on the r and I
on the ball. Hey, guys, this is Phil. Hey Phil,
what's up? How are you guys doing? We're doing good? What are
you on your mind? Hey? I have a question for both of you.
Okay, since it's uh, it's kind of a basketball day with the
drafting all ye, who who do you think Floyd Is can be more like?
At the end of the day, after his career is over, he's
going to be more like lud Olson or more like uh Sean Sean Miller?
What sense success? Oh? Winning games? Being successful in the tournament,
raising the University of Arizons Loot to the heights that they used to be lot
not even a question to talk about. Tomm Lloyd right, Why? Yeah,
because I think Tommy Lloyd's gonna get Arizona to the Promised Land, not
know so much a natural championship, but I think I us gonna get to
a couple of finals fours. Why is that? Because I think he's a
better coach. I think he's a when I say a better coach. He's
got his guys playing in a way that other guys are gonna want to come
and play for him, and he's going to continue to get good plays.
Wait wait, wait, was there a right or wrong answer? Because you're
you're told yeah, he seemed like you disagree with us. Well I did
disagree with you, guys. No, there is no right or wrong answer
because it's an opinion. Right, So do you I think I think he
I think he's going to gonna be closer to Sean Miller, which would mean
one because I think that that in the long run, he'll he'll never beat
to the point where Rude Olsen was taking teams to elite eights in final fours.
I don't even to the championship game with Rude alson. We went to
do to two championship games. No, don't get me wrong. Well,
it hasn't in him to do that. Yes, I'm gonna think so is
because he's only had two years as as head coach and he hasn't really proven
anything yet. Might be wrong, That's just what I think. So winning
sixty one games, I think he was in two years, it's not proven.
From Phil, were you what are you doing well? Okay? And
also Phil, let me just say, don't get me wrong. Remember,
don't get me wrong. I don't think. I don't think Tommy Lloyd is
a lout Olson in the making. But you said you're going to be closer
to Loot or closer to Sean, And I think if he gets to a
final four or two, he's closer to Loot than he is to Sean.
And I also think that, Okay. So I also think that it's not
out of the realm of possibility. I think he's a really good coach.
And I think what we've seen in the last couple years, in spite of
the Princeton loss, all right, in spite of the fact that they didn't
that they only got to the sweet sixteen and in his first year, which
I sit there and I say, we're unhappy he didn't go far enough in
his first year because he only got to the sweet sixteen. I think he's
a really damn good coach, and I think he's gonna be here a while
because he wants to be here. And I just think that good things are
gonna happen with this program. And that sounds homeless as all hell, but
from what I've seen these first two years, I do believe that he's a
really good coach who does things in a way that he's going to continue to
be a good coach. And I agree. I agree with Jay for the
first time and forever for all those reasons. Phil, you must suffer from
the Norm Ellenberger. I do that that and the Steve Alfred. With that
said, I don't know if you remember Gary Coulson. Remember Gary Coulson coach
there? Oh no, I remember Gary. He's the one that took over
it fixed the program after after Ellenberger. Right, And one of the things,
and I don't know if you know that Dennis Latta passed away just recently
and the one thing that he would he would say to the media and alb
Creek, all you do is complain, there's never a happiness in this global
land. And and Phil, you're proving it right, hey day that you
can say that about every university in this United States. That is true too.
It is that four people aren't happy, they're not that's a that's a
hundred, that's one hundred percent in fact. That's not of opinion. That
is fact. You know, because while I was seeing fact, we're I
was seeing radians of Arizona fans as as some of them, not the worst
fans, but the most entitled fans, uh you know, in the country,
and they are and and and so yeah, I mean you're right.
I mean people there's people were including you. I guess we're unhappy with Tommy
Lloyd after his first two years when he's done. No, I'm not so
many things. No, I'm no, Okay, So I was. I
was a Sean Miller fan. I think Sean Miller was a good coach.
And I think he still is a good coach. Look what he did at
Xavier. Again, wherever he was, where he goes, he wins.
Right, he was he was never going to become the coach, said lud
Olsen. Was. He never was going to be that. I don't think
he'll ever will be, Okay. Yeah, And I think Tommy Lloyd is
gonna be closer to that than Rudolsen. That's what I think. And I'm
not saying that's a bad thing. I would take that at you and them
any days, right, but I just to me rude Olsen was he leade?
Yeah, it's hard to be leader. Well, we're not going to
have another one of those. You don't. You don't get another week failed
the field test, but it was tilted. That test was tilted because of
the greater last thing. Guys, I just hope that San Diego State does
not leave the Mountain West because there are only real consistent team that we have
amongst football, basketball and base makes sense, makes sense. But they're coming.
They're coming to the back really weekends the Mountain West. If they leave,
all right, sorry Phil, but we're taking them all right. Hey,
we gotta go. Top of the hour, end of the show.
Thank you for calling. I appreciate good call. Thanks guysger come on,
what are you doing? I just remember the all, the all, the
all, the Turtuoise and silver, the normalger where and that scandal of back
in the day, the grades on. That's the blip on the ridge compared
to what's going on now. As as we just went through, uh little
through the LSU stuff. Yeah no, I no kidding, that's just uh,
it just change, all right. So we're gonna be back tomorrow.
We're gonna be talking to FC two soon, right, FC two songs stuff,
and so you know, whenever we come up with it will be a
Friday. We'll have fun and we hope you'll be around to that. So
we'll see you tomorrow