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Ball with Steve Rivera and Jakin Solnce on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Hey,
welcome back to a the ball. Here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty Steve Rivera,
you're Jakins also got our guy Jason with some breaking news. Is High
on the Ball. Michael Wiley has been named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose
Award watch List. Okay, I was just gonna ask, you know her
Campbell is I do not? Okay, Okay, that's okay, you don't
have to know. It's not like it's not like Babe Ruth, but still
one of the greatest running backs ever Lay to Texas. Yeah, and then
with the Oilers would just run you over. Yeah. It was kind of
kind of before Bow Bow bo Jackson before or Marshawn Lynch before Marshawn Lynch.
Yeah, kind of a college just a yeah, you know Marshawn Right,
you gets a boo pooled you over, right. He he'd rather run over
you than around you or other than the du right. Okay, but uh
but again, another another watch list for another another you a guy. I
keep saying, Man, I think Michael Wiley's going to go off, I
really do. I think he's a big piece of what they're gonna do,
and you're gonna start seeing that right away. And if they can run the
ball with him and those the other guys that they have DJ Williams, uh
uh, Jonah Coleman and and uh speedy, look watch out. I think
having a running game is just gonna make Jane Delora a whole lot better.
So we'll see how that goes for sure. Arizona has also added a walk
on right wide receiver, a three star prospect, Derek English. He's going
to be playing on the twenty. He's on the twenty twenty roster, six
founds WO and he usually played at So Guerrero High School. Okay, freshman,
I'm assuming, Yeah, all right, interesting you know a guy you
know. Look, that's where Dorian Singer came from, right, so cool?
Yeah, all right, okay, So some national news. The NBA
released their twenty twenty three twenty four regular season schedule today, opening days on
October twenty fourth, Tuesday, and the reigning NBA champions Nuggets will be playing
against the Lakers opening up and then the in Denver. Yeah, in Denver,
Ya. And then the Warriors well be playing against the Suns. The
Warriors up with the Sun. There should be a huge first game. Yeah,
CB three gonna playing against I think it's in at the Warriors. Okay,
So if that game was in Phoenix, there would be in If I
were a sports fan, I would try to go to that ticket, But
the tickets are gonna be crazy because yeah, you know, yeah, but
that'd be a good game to watch, and you know, nobody will be
load managing that day, so play. Everyone should be playing that game.
I had that, I had that situate. You know. I bought my
my daughter and my son Adam tickets to Sons Warriors game for Christmas one time,
and I worried the whole time that they were going to go up there
and that you know, one of them was not even that so when they
were good, when they were yeah, yeah yeah, when when you know,
when the Splash Brothers two fourteen, yeah it was, you know it
was. My daughter had a huge crush on tops On No no, no
on on On Steph Curry and she wanted to see him. Yeah him,
he's the short guy, I know. She liked him on the best players.
She still likes. But I did worry about that the whole time that
you know, but they that you know, he might not play. On
the day that they go, he played and so they got to see him.
Yes, that's pretty good about that. Playing as much as you can.
So no management, Yeah, what the hell is that? Yeah?
So it's official. Shannon Sharp is going to be joining First Take with Steven
A. Smith. He's going to be appearing on Mondays and Tuesdays debating against
do you like? Do you both? Do you like that? Former Radio?
No? Don't, I don't. I don't like that. I don't
like Stephen A. Smith. I've just hadn't like him. I don't like
his show because I just this is too loud for me. And then I
really don't like Skip Bayless. You know, he's I think he's just an
idiot who says things to piss people off, to get and I'm I'm having
fun watching people rip him for he's got he's got to get, you know,
a replacement chance, and nobody wants to go. It's a girl's in
Switzerland. Oh he's a girl. I thought a little Wayne was gonna be
on Park. No, he has the former ESPN who's fired for her.
Oh say's but she wanted to go hang because they're gonna pay some money.
But I don't watch I don't watch those shows. I even stopped watching Mike
Greenberg show. I love Mike and Mike That's in the morning, right,
get up? You know, I don't even like that show. And I
liked Mike Greenberg a lot, but I like the show that he had with
Mike and Mike, and I can understand how things run their course and they
want to change him up. But I mean I was a religious watcher and
listener to that like I am Dan Patrick. Now, yeah, I don't
like that either either, Back and forth, loud just you know skips was
that Anna was in Dallas who did the same thing just on print. I
feel like it's it becomes more of a more of a show, more of
than information. You know, I watched Dan Patrick when those guys are entertaining,
But they talk about stuff that I talk about, sure that I want
to talk about. Sure, And they give you advice to who to pick.
Yeah, they did, they get that. So do you think Shanon
will be a good compliment because it's just gonna be loud player and he's too
good he's good, too good to not have a show like that. The
Parliament is just gonna be another back and forth of crazy yeah yeah and again.
I just don't like that. I just don't like the style of all
of it. Okay, gotcha kumbay Yeah yeah, kumbay. So es me
and announced that the Pat McAfee Show will be moving to their network and YouTube.
I'm starting on Thursday, I said, September seventh. I'm from noonony
two pm e Stern, which is when the NFL season starts. Another guy
again, This is all I get off my lawns. Another guy who I
really don't like him. On College Game Day. Oh yeah, I haven't
listened to it. Yeah, you know he's again, he's allowed obnoxious guy.
And that's not what I go to college game before. Sure it doesn't
need that go for information? Yeah, it's well, like you've said to
me many times since we started the show, here is that they're not they
don't care about us, right, we're we're not. I mean my kid
likes him. Yeah, that's entertains, but you know, entertainment. But
to me, who cares tell me information? I watched College Game Day to
know what the hell is going on so that when I do my five team
parlay, I have some knowledge. Yeah, whenever I watch these kind of
shows, I'll go for the entertainment to learn about what's going on. If
I don't have to, I'm looking to him myself. Entertainment or information.
Yeah, entertainment, Yeah, because I mean I can't watch every sport,
all the teams, so I like show these out. These people talk about
the deration. So when you come in here and you and you have your
little TV on your little computer, Yeah, what's the purpose because you have
I liked some of the stuffy yes, Johnny. Just learn about what's going
on around the league. And it's just information information. So if I'm you
know, writing something or like talking with people or whatever, I know what's
going on around the NFL, NBA. Yeah. I don't even listened to
music in my car anymore. No, I'm either I've either got sports podcasts
on or dayline. But it's a lot of sports podcasts, you know.
I listen to Wilner and Kens. Yeah I don't. I'll listen to you
know, Rhese Davis and Pete Famil on the on the ESPN College College Game
Day podcasts. I listen to you know college sports, uh on college football
in chuired with you know Wetzel and forty and and and down. I get
a lot of information from those guys and their their podcasts are They're just like
you and I. They're just guys talking this conversation, and I pick up
a lot of stuff from that. You know, I get ideas for our
show or things to talk about, and I get information. And I don't
need to have them yelling at each other because you get to be entertained.
Doesn't get solved for that. Although blue bloods, I win that one.
You know, there was another, There was another. There's a couple I
have. There was another chart that came out, okay, listen, the
top fifty basketball programs, Top fifty Yes, and it had Arizona listed ahead
of a couple of the teams that were listed as blue bloods. And the
one we looked at. What twelve year old came up with that one?
I think it was big Game Boomer. There's no way he's smarter than that.
Might it might have been a good no. I think it might have
been college basketball report of somebody. But they had Arizona ahead of Adam had
a Louisville and ahead of right behind Connecticut, but ahead of Louisville. I
can't remember who the other one was, some twelve some twelve year old.
Now I'm gonna okay, Now I have a couple of some for breaking news
too, but no, uh, the Ravens, I've signed a new corner
back because of Marlon Marlon humphriese injury. Are they signed the former Broncos cornerback
Nald Ronald Darby en one year at three point two million dollars deal today.
Okay, and that's all. So I have a couple of the things that
we're just talking about from college football and Big Game Boomer, so of the
top ten rivalries, and these are just this is one of the things that
we don't talk about. These are dudes on the sidewalk who just kind of
put this stuff together. I don't know whether to believe it or not.
They're just stuff that we talk about. Right. The college football's most fierce
in state rivalries is Arizona. Arizona State in the top ten fierce in state
rivalries. Uh yeah, because when you're talking because for instance, Michigan House
State's not on that list because they're not in state. Right, So well
there's only fifty states. So yeah, I'm gonna go, yeah, I'm
gonna go. Yeah. Okay, I'll break you down. And where they're
standing, if they're in the league in that Daysissippi State in Mississippi. Now
we're talking number one. We're just talking overall rivals, right, this is
good court to these guys. Okay, it's good for whatever that's worth.
Missus number one, Mississippi, Mississippi State. The Palmetto Bowl of Clemson,
and who's that South Carolina? South Carolina? Uh three, Michigan, Michigan
State, Okay, Texas, Texas A and m okay Iron Bowl Auburn.
That's five issue Arizona six, Wow, Okay, Territory Cup Miami FS shoot
number seven, Washington Apple Cup eight, the Holy War nine and USC UCLA
ten. Wow, that is very strong. I wouldn't I don't know.
Well, I guess I put him up of over USC UCLA because that's been
such a one sided rivalry for so long. But wow, that's something to
see. Arizona is. But I think people have recognized that Arizona an SCU
is not just a good rivalry, it's it's a vicious right it's a it's
a kind of a very heated, right, and that was the word I
used, right, A vicious. I think this would have said, okay,
here's another one from Big Game Boomer. I don't know if you saw
it, but they went for the highs and lows, the possibles and the
extremes perpetus hier zone on that. Yeah, so so do you what do
you think so Arizona he picked to go for best y of nine and three,
nine and three. We never talked about. I don't see nine,
but okay and four and eight? Yeah, yeah, I think there's closer
to four and eight than the r nine and three, right, Yeah,
if he if he had said eight and five, I'd say, I mean
eight, eight four right there, and say yeah, okay, yeah,
eight eight and four to four. I don't think you can find nine.
I can't. You can't even find nine. Didn't have to come up with
two or three that because that means they can only lose to let's say,
usc Utah, Utah and Washington and have to win everything else. That's tough.
Yeah, because you know, you got UCLA, you got Oregon State,
you gotta go to Washington State. I don't see nine wins in there,
but I can eight is conceivable. Nine is like, okay, nine
met if they win nine games, it's because they're way better than anybody thinks.
And we don't know that, yere And it could be there could be.
We don't know, Steve. I mean, you don't get the great
teams that Arizona's had over the years kind of stuck up on people. You
know, nobody thought ninety eight team was going twelve and one. Nobody did
right, and then on the extreme the really good teams sometimes didn't get into
it when and what the bed the next year? Yeah, yeah, No,
Arizona's like that, you know, strange, but ninety three strange.
Four and eight maybe maybe not things. Five I think five is a good
number. Yeah, six for sure. Yeah, Okay, real quick,
I've got a piece of the Ninth Commission, which is this commission that's been
around since nineteen eighty nine, just sort of providing some for lack of better
words, some suggestions and directions for college athletics and what to do. And
they issued a statement they had to meet an issue statement today about all this
stuff with with football driving everything, that it's a wrecking college athletics. And
they're suggesting just take football, lift it out, let it be its own
thing, all right, run it, run it with a board of directors,
yadda yadatta, you know, and then let everything else go back to
where it was. And and uh and and because it's the you know,
the letting football drive the Olympic sports and even basketball. They said, it's
just it's just wrecking, wrecking athletics. And I think a lot of people
who would agree with that. Yeah, maybe someone wanted to leave leave college
basketball separate as well, or at least men's college basketball. But you know,
they are talking about, you know, these cross country trips that athletes
and all the other sports is going to be taken and it's just not going
to be good. And that's not that's not news to anybody, you know.
And I don't think that's news to anybody. So it'll be interesting.
But and they came out with that. I had something from Ben Bolsher,
who talked to M. Cronin. I guess a lot. So I just
wanted to talk to you real quick about it about alignment right alignment, And
this is from Cronan. None of it is the best interest of the student
athlete. No matter what anybody says, it's in the best interest of more
money to cover the bills. That's it, right, and not specific to
Cronan. Part of the bills of the coaches salaries, right, the coach
of salaries. But he also say no also the scholarships that people don't realize
that athletic departments pay the schools for the scholarships. And that's a part of
it too, So you know, no, he's right, it's not.
It's the only thing it's good for is football, and that's it. And
that's it. All right. We're gonna we're gonna break here. We're gonna
have Dustin Peace the head coach at the cdo I hope for those guys have
your morales picking them to win a state championship. So we'll have Dustin Peace
in here. And I don't know if he's gonna want that. I want
to put that pressure on him. What's that the best chance of Southern Arizona
team to win a state championship? So we'll have Dustin Peace in here in
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Ball on Fox Sports fourteen fiery. Hey, welcome back to I on the
Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera. He's Jakin's Osten.
Now on the phone, we have Dustin Peace. He head coach,
head football coach at Kenyan delle Orrol CDEO Football. How are you, coach?
I'm doing well. How are you guys? We're fine? Are you
outside today? Is it raining up there? Uh? You know, we
we practiced in the morning. Luckily all this rain we've been able a dodge.
Nice. Nice. So let's start at the top here, let's start
at the top. We had Javier Morales out last week, and we love
Javier and he's saying of the teams in Southern Arizona, CDEO has the best
chance. He didn't say they could win it or they will win it,
the best chance to win a state title. What does that mean to you?
You know, we've been here before and we were preparing for this moment
without a doubt. But it's it's one of the most veteran teams I've ever
coached, you know, and we were so close to last year, lost
an overtime semi. So the expectations are there, but that doesn't mean anything
if we don't work for it now. So we're just focusing on the day
to day and if it works out that way, it works out that way.
But we have high expectations. Well, well, you're going into the
season without any of that that you had to deal with last year. How
you know, how how much of you know of how much better do you
feel about that? Just going and going into a season, just a regular
season for you guys, and not all this stuff that was happening on the
side last year. Yeah, you know that was obviously a huge distraction for
our team in our program. But you know, there's always to look on
the bright side of all that is our team, You know that as returning
became real close and the team that was of last year, so a lot
of guys, like our quarterback for a perfect example, got thrown in the
fire and now he has, you know, eight games of experience ready for
a title run. You know. So it is very relieving and we're already
starting to see the benefits of it. How how great it's been as far
as just understanding that we're not going to let anything derail us. So pardon
the question, You can laugh if you'd like. We talk about Arizona coaches
becoming better coaches with better players. How did last year help you? And
maybe you know you've been there a while now are you a better coach?
Down because of all the stuff you went through? The guys are better how
did that affect you? Oh, without a doubt. You know, every
every year is and that's why coaches, I think, continue to do this
for years and years is. Not one year is the same, you know.
And I think what I learned a lot about last year and what benefited
our program and our kids. They found out how much I care about them,
and I was able to show that and continue to show that, and
I think that brought us a lot closer. And a group of my guys
that were, you know, in that situation last year are all going up
to ANYU to go to college together. And I'm excited for them just being
the dorm and lived that life. So I've been I've been talking with those
kids too. So you know, it's made me a better coach in connecting
with my players without a doubt and showing that loyalty to them. And that's
all gonna you know, take us further and make this experience more enjoyable.
Well, was there a point, And I want to beat this dead horse,
but I want to ask, was there a point last year, with
all the stuff going on, when you realized, you know, this isn't
going to be as bad for us as we thought. Because we got a
bunch of guys who can deal with this. I mean, there had to
be some point of realization that you know, you guys were gonna be okay,
Oh, without a doubt. I mean we we knew that. It
was more of not a focus on us. Losing guys on the field is
just losing brothers, losing family members, losing people a part of our program.
That was the toughest piece emotionally. The stuff on the field is when
that all went away. You know, that's when we were able to play
ball and do that, and we knew we had a very deep team and
that's all paid It's going to pay off this year with all the experience everybody
got. But it was just that loss that was lost in our hearts really
more than anything. It's almost like you lost a whole bunch of kids to
injury, but not even injury. They can't even hang out on the sidelines
and stuff. So that was the toughest part. Yeah, there's that saying
those that those things that don't crush you make you stronger or whatever that quote
is. Sure, that's kind of what happened to you guys. So how
many people do you have returning? Oh, yeah, you don't even know
about returning, but I know we have twenty nineteen years the forty one players.
We have thirteen kids who this will be the third year on varsity and
nine that are three year starters. So by far, you know, I
don't know if any I've ever had a team anywhere close to that, you
know. And it's been real hard to choose leaders on this team because there's
so many kids that have been around and doing so much sacrifice for the last
few years. So it's gonna been a fun right so far already. So
I'm looking forward to it. Is there is there a reason or do you
need to kind of manage expectations with these guys, you know, to one
be excited, but to understand they still got to do the work, oh,
without a doubt. And what's really cool about this group, And I'm
thinking about cdo because you know, football has changed so much, but our
kids are still living. The kids that we're coaching right now. You know,
our Darado this year still a little bit of that early two thousands,
nineties kind of kids. We don't need to be flashy, we don't need
to be They understand what it means to work hard. And they embrace it.
And that's the leadership that's been built over the three years, and that's
the type of kids. So we're extremely lucky that they buy into that kind
of that kind of coaching kind of you know, keen atmosphere where we're not
dealing with individuals or you know, this kid wanted to get the ball or
that ball. You know, so we're way past all that kind of stuff.
They just want one thing and I truly believe that. Yeah. So
who who you've had a long time or a long list of assistants that have
been with you for a long time, right, who are there? Yeah?
Yeah? Yeah, So we've had, you know, our defensive line
coach who ran the weight room the summer, Eric Ross he's been there a
long time. I've had the Basy brothers been with us for a long time,
and Adam Rossy. So we're kind of got a lot of families.
My brother's an assistant coach, and Matt Powell who's been there for a long
time, and our new old line coach, Jordan who's been there for about
five years. Been the biggest edition has been Scott McKee from sawaro Is on
our staff. Yeah, so that's been. That's been light years for us.
For me to have another guy that's, you know, that knowledgeable and
that experienced a leader ship has really changed us. I thought I was with
somebody. A couple of inscues this, wonder, what's up with Scott mckinne.
So he's been with you? Okay, Well I'm looking at your schedule.
You play those guys towards the end of the year. That ought'll be
fun play, uh sor oh yeah, I bet it's not much fun for
him, but he, you know, because his heart's in there for you
know, I think it was fourteen years of his life into that, and
you know, just like anything, things come to an end, and I
think it'll be a difficult, bitter sweet kind of moment. So when when
when we were talking to Moras and he made that comment about you guys,
we asked about you, I see Miranda's on your schedule. We asked about
South Point and you know, they they obviously they've got some guys talk about
just the football overall and Tucson and you know, you know, producing some
you know, Division one players, some high Division one players. You know,
again, you guys stand out. Miranda stands out. South point stands
out, But overall, what do you see in terms of just how good
these teams are getting. You know, it's really cool to just see the
impact of some of these players in the next level. You know, to
see a guy like like Jordan from Marana to have such an impact at the
U of A and be one of their top linemen over the last few years,
going to get drafted, you know, and then obviously Bejon and just
We were able to see those sparks that are still happening in Tucson that are
making big impacts because a guy like Jordan didn't have a lot, didn't have
a lot of uh, you know, offers or things going on at the
time, and he said, I wanted to be at u of A.
And man, it's been cool for our city. So yeah, without a
doubt, we have great players here and they come in they come in little
bunches, you know. And but yeah, Tucson football, we'll be battling
again, you know, we'll be battling for a title. And I think
a couple of the other guys have the same same kind of goals. So
when you see southwin, you don't play South Point right now, I'm sure
you I don't know what you when you look at that team now that you
don't play them, what do you see? They might be good enough to
go up a level at the end of the year. So what do you
see or do you even see? You know, I have no idea.
One of my you know, defensive coordinator there was my high school coach and
coach that cdo so he's a good friend of mine. I know they're gonna
do well just because of what they do, you know, pat Ryden is
his name, and they're gonna have a great defense. They obviously have a
talented defensive front. Yeah, so it's gonna be cool to see, you
know, if anybody's able to score on them. You know, but they're
their schedules absolutely loaded. You know, they're playing those big boys the last
six seven weeks of the season. So you know, I wish I'm all
the best and hope they represent Tucson in the higher class for sure. Well,
let's talk about your season. You guys get started a week from tomorrow.
You've got a couple of a couple of teams from outside of the outside
of the area that you're playing. Just you know, what are the goals
for those first few games before you get into a each play. Yeah,
you know. We're actually in about fifteen minutes. I'm hitting the road to
head up the Phoenix to go watch East Mark, who we played next week.
They have a scrimmage. So there's a three A state champs that are
coming to our place week one, so it'll be a battle, you know.
So we're excited for that, a brand new opponent, don't even know
anything about them, So excited about today and about playing them. And then
we travel all the way up to Brattam Mountain week two. Kind of planned
that because I wanted a long travel last two years we've went to Wake Havasus
two years ago and then last year we were in Snowflake. So in case
we're in that scenario, it'll it'll pay some dividends to have that travel game
under us. So excited about those two games. But coming up the gates
Strong at home is going to be a major foker. Do you have to
wear a Bobby Dan? I was gonna stare, Are you allowed to do?
So? Yeah? Yeah, everybody. We had a scrimmage on Monday
and they were like three different teams there, so it's all yeah, yeah,
you're allowed and we exchanged the film too. Yeah, so it's like,
yeah, I'm gonna get the film, but we want to see we
want to see it ourselves. Me and coach McKee are actually going to head
up to right now in about fifteen minutes. All right, so you're gonna
have to do the Bill Belichick thing and you know, yeah, all right,
you're talent, You're talent there you have so many is it kind of
cyclical where you have all these groups to come in and then you don't see
another cycle like this for a while. You know, that's a little bit
with Tussau football is kind of you know, and we don't have the year
in, year out kind of consistency. I think South Points one of the
schools that does in the area. But we'll get like our Solar group of
twenty nineteen years carried us last year, going to carry us this year and
then if we can get another cycle and the idea you know, up in
Phoenix, those guys get year after year and that's why you see some of
the consistent teams always up top. But yeah, you know, for us,
it was, you know, we won a state championship, then Ironwood
Ridge, then Sega Sienega was in the state championship. So it's always like
there's a piece, but it you know, it's not every single year the
same team, I think. Yeah, I hear you. Okay, So
all right, well we you know, I always appreciate getting you on and
just talking about your team. Well, let you know before we let you
go, because we got a couple more minutes. Some of the guys that
that you're talking about. You mentioned your quarterbacks who got a lot of playing
time last year, but who who are gonna be some of your key guys
you mentioned you're even still figuring out, you know, who are the leaders,
but who who should we be keeping an eye on. Yeah, I
mean we have a lot of guys. You know, Javio Morales did a
top fifty and we've had seven in there, and we probably could have had
more. But you know, we're not trying to be two over the top
with anything. But you know, we have Skali Woodard, who's gonna have
his fourth year starting with us probably you know, gonna lead us up front.
Our centers a three year starter, our right tackles a two time starter.
And then we got Kaden Luke in the backfield, who was a state
championship two fifteen wrestler fifty two and oh, so we got we got some
horses. We got Chase Locks in the secondary. It's a three year starter.
DJ King, Ryan, Ryan Mattson. I got a lot of guys,
so I don't want to leave any guys out, but we you know,
it's tough for me. That's why there's such a great team to coach,
because any one of these kids could be a superstar and get thirty touches
on any other team, but for us, they'll get three or four and
we'll win football games. Could you talk real quick? We got about a
minute. These wrestlers who are football players. I know Dick used to go
after these guys, you know, these dual guys, wrestlers specifically, because
they know angles, they know leverages, they know they're just tough dudes.
They're just tough dudes. Yeah. I mean Kaden Luke, who was fifty
two and oh at the two fifteen weight class this year, got taken down
once in the whole year. He is he's got to be the toughest kid
in the city without a doubt, you know. And I don't say that
just because he's on my team. He's just a tough kid. Heels are
queen record three hundred and twenty five pound queen, you know at two fifteen.
So you're having those kind of tough kids leave your front. Yeah,
the other kids just got a fall in line. They see what it's about
and they gotta go. Yeah. I wouldn't mess with the wrestler. And
when you're doing three hundred pound, no dude, nos and coach thinks a
bunch. Appreciate it. Hey, guys, thank you so much. Appreciate
it. Take care dustin peace from cdo Noah. Yeah, you know,
and you think of those you see some of these kids. There was a
picture that I think how Moro was posted of uh south Point, you know,
doing their you're going through their work and they were lined up for I
don't know if they were scrimmaging or something. You can see Elijah rushing and
they're just different, like they just looked different. You know. Elijah Russian's
arms are like, you know, as long as my two aren't you well
now, you know, like somebody looked at him and said he's gonna be
a really good, a really good defensive end. All right, let's take
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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 to
our on the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve, He's
Jay Jason with us at fourteen minutes. We're gonna talk about basketball. If
you want to call those yeah, come seventy four forty. I've come across
a couple of things that I want to do. Pick a bone with you
here, if that's the right terminology to use for that. We had the
conversation other day and college Basketball report it put out. They put a list
of sixteen teams that included Arizona and said blue bell letter or not, yes
or no, And there were eighteen teams that were considered blue bloods. On
one of them that was not was Arizona. So the yeses were in North
Carolina. This is what we did. North Carolina, Connecticut, Indiana,
Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, Louisville and Ucla were the yeses. The nose
were Michigan State, Georgetown, Villanova, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Arizona, Michigan,
and North Carolina State. Okay, so it was split. Okay,
So today, uh College Basketball Report put this out. But there's a list
of the top fifty all time college programs according to bleacher Report. So bleacher
reports top seven. We were seven of the eight teams that were on the
blue blood list that we saw before. It was in order, Ucla,
Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, Indiana and Connecticut number eight,
Arizona number nine, Michigan State, and number ten one of the so called
blue bloods, Louisville. So I'm back to saying they might be a blue
blood Steve. One dude, one dude, one dude in Terroe. No,
good luck with that, Jake. You've been listening too many radio and
listen to my story, Steve, and I'm sticking to it your own.
Just you know, the eleventh through eleventh through really fifteen is because then after
that it's like anybody Syracuse, Ohio State, which I don't agree with,
Michigan, Cincinnati, North Carolina State. It's got Arkansas sixteen, Georgetown at
seventeen, Villanova at eighteen, which I think is way under Yeah, it
should be ahead of Arizona if you're gonna be successful. But but blue Blood
is blue blood. Come on, you can only have short four or five
of them, not twenty of them. I'm just saying ten nine eight,
I'm goin e So, Hi, you're on the air and I on the
ball. What's up, Niko Hey? First off, man, Jay,
I agree with you that Pat mcazee food. Oh man, I hate him
on game day. He's terrible. He's he recks the whole vibe. I
know, he's just he just likes making an ass as him. So that's
kind of what it is today. But that seems to work. Yeah,
dude, But but I'm glad you hear that. Somebody out of our demographic
thinks that too, Nico. Hey, Well, and I also hope they
don't wield the courser out there. Man. That's just that that's another thing
think they are. That's another thing that's different are he's like eighty eight years
old. I saw something. They are going to roll him, Nico.
Why because it's uncomfortable. He can just tell he's not there. Yeah,
No, I agree, it is uncover. It's like when they kept rolling
uh Dick Clark out for the New Year's Rock and Eve. It just comes
a time. I know, you can't you can't just see get out of
here. But man, there comes a time when you gotta Yeah, he's
made his money, but it's not just about the money. He's been great
for the whole thing. Sure, every year you see that, you see
a little progression of that. Yeah, I agree with you, Nico,
and uh yo, Jason, I would have called tomorrow, but I'm flying
out tomorrow. But hey, man, you were a pretty good intern.
Appreciate it. Nico evaluates our INTERNA. Yeah, are you waiting? You
were pretty good. Yeah, I'm just glad we never let him get near
a D. Yeah. Were you you were a fan of D weren't you?
Of course you were. All right, you don't want to admit it.
You get it on a plane. They let you get on a plate.
Where are you going? Did you clear? How'd you clear? Uh?
Security? I'm going back to Jersey. Man, get in touch with
my Italian route. All right? All right, good a year for you,
Nico. You gotta take it easy, Italian. Nico's funny, all
right. So that's my that's my argument. Arizona at number eight. So
that's that's Blue Bud territory. No, it's okay, Yeah, come on,
come on, the cat radio. Can't see you shaking your head,
but shaking my head. All right. So Big Game Boomer and we should
tell you you and I we're going to go through the over unders of all
back twelve teen sometime next week. I haven't decided, you know, just
kind of when it floats us. But we will do that. But Big
Game Boomer put out a list of of ten teams he's taking the over under
win totals, and ten teams he's taking the under. Okay, all right,
what do you want to start? Where go? All right? He's
taking the under on Texas at nine and a half, o U c l
A at eight and a half. All these are under Ohio State at ten
and a half, air Force at eight and a half. I saw that
that that graphic that we hit. He had air Force po their high end
going to eleven and one. Crazy number. I don't know. Iowa State
under four and a half, Central Michigan under five and a half, Cincinnati
under five and a half, Nebraska under six and a half, Lowsville under
eight and a half. In Fresnel State under eight and a half. So
that's our friend, a Big Game Boomer. But UCLA I ain't and a
half is high for UCLA. Somebody's got to lose some games in the in
the in the Pac twelve, they can't all be over eight and a half,
over nine and a half. You know, you've got Oregon State with
a high number, Organ with a high number, Washington, USC Utah with
high numbers, then going over over on, Kansas State over seven and a
half, pit over six and a half, North Carolina State over six and
a half, Michigan over ten and a half. So I thinks are going
to undefeated Vanderbilt over three and a half, Duke over six and a half,
Texas Tech over seven and a half, Ohio Ohio over six and a
half, UTSA over seven and a half, and Arizona taking the over.
Now he's got at four and a half, and I know there's a couple
of a couple of lines out there and some of the bedding sites at their
four and a half. Draft Kings got him at five. I think fan
Duel or Caesar's had them at four. I don't know if you can still
get that. He picked that up from somewhere, but he's got Arizona going
over Yeah, if it's four and a half, of course, you're gonna
go over, Yeah, of course. Yeah. I don't want to go
join another bedding site though. Man, no, you're dangerous. Yeah,
Dad can't do that. I can't do that. Anyways, he likes Arizona.
I think it's because he likes us Steve who it was. But we'll
have him on later. Yeah, well before you see the other, do
you see the one? And I don't know how he researches the worst,
Yeah, the worst and best bathrooms. You know, I saw that one
was not on the list. On the list. He didn't do his research.
Well, they got some, they got some really good ones, but
they got some really bad ones. They got in the old part of the
stadium. Yeah, the old part of the stadium, the west side,
which is the oldest part of the stadium. They're bad. They're old,
they're bad. You know, you go in a trough, they're small,
they're sweaty because they're hot. But then you go over to the you know,
the north end zone, you know, in that whole area with the
snack bars and stuff, those bathrooms are great. So it's kind of it's
kind of kind of in the middle. That's the thing about. All Right,
the ball we give you stuff that you don't hear in Italian. Man,
those snack bars and the and the and the bathrooms over there are awesome.
And we sit on that end, so it's not a much longer walk.
And I'd rather go there than those you know, those walking into the
puddles and those others. What time was it in a U game night?
So you need to go to Jay's uh pregame? We tail right right there
by the Jefferson gym. Okay, yeah, although, man, we got
we got a bunch of old guys that are getting a little beat up.
We might not we might not tailgate the first game. We might go to
front or something well too hot, and we've got some people with some health
issues. But I'll let you know. As of now, it's on.
But the idea starting to get kicked around that we may have to we may
have to skip the man. Our crew, our crew is all old.
You know, they're dad's now they're busy. They're old. No, their
dads are grandfathers. But no, but then you know, my my son's
a dad and you busy. So it's just it's just gonna be hard.
We just don't know, We just don't know. Our tailgat I think our
tailgating capabilities are are are fading fast, fading fast, but as of now,
we're playing on doing it, so we do. We'll let you know.
Jason, sounds good. You gotta come by man get some Lucky Wishbone.
Do you like Lucky Wishbone? Yeah? Yeah, you did the Lucky
wish one? Yeah. Yeah. So we're telling you guys do it that.
We generally for seven o'clock game, we're generally there by about three thirty
four clock. Okay, cool, yeah, anything, and then we stayed
there until you know, we hit into the game about forty five minutes before.
Okay cool. Speaking of me, I wanted to bring this up earlier
and I was looking at some stuff. I feel like we should have gotten
on this, or I should have gotten on this a lot earlier and get
the damn band to do an entrance. I've been watching you know, you've
talked about talking about it before. Now they're you know, they're busy,
they're doing their stuff. It's probably too late for them to design and a
band interest, but they need a band entrance. And that's why I wanted
to get the Zona Zoo on. We're trying to get somebody from there to
come on. We need we need something that gets stadium going before the game
starts. You know, if you ever go watch the Wisconsin entrance, you
know how State entrance, even the Cal entrance USC's got a great one.
Notre Game's got a great one. Do something fun like that. These guys
just mosey out onto the field and line up and then go And that's just
no fun. Doesn't get me fired up. I don't even stand up for
the song. Do you get in early? Did you get into the game?
Usually about a half hour? Heads like, yeah, but that's that's
when the team runs on the field. I'm talking about the band and doing
some sort of an entrance. They don't. There's no one in the stadium
by that time. No one gets into the stadium to like, but you
know what, if you did something cool like that, they might. If
you've ever you want, you can go on YouTube and see these. If
you watch the Wisconsin one and you watch the Ohio State one, it gives
you goose bumps. Dance, man, we don't need to see them run
into this. Steve, you're such a grump. No, no, no,
no, I'm being this fan. Okay, we saw him last week.
But the fans go there for it and they get it, gets it
creates a vibe in the statement, excitement in an atmosphere. Kidding Jay,
So how do you feel about the halftime like band shows, like, are
you like hyped about that? I'll go I'll watch that every time Grambling comes
to town. Yeah, I will tell you what there was. There was
a year that the band director composed a thing. It was called tear Drop
that they did. They played pieces of it the whole season. It was
the stupidest thing I've ever heard. That was the year they got to fight
with the band late with the band mom. It was terrible. Probably we
don't know the the fourth quarters song or do we from Fish Fish needs to
get? Last year's pretty good? Which one was it? Don't don't stop
Believing? Oh? Okay did the first that? Yeah? That was fun.
First year was horri First year was that was fun? Last year okay
they played Yeah those believe we kept a chance to win this game. Yeah.
But but I think it was called tear Drop or rain Drop or something
like that, and it was a composition and they played a piece of it
at each game and it was one of the worst things. One of the
worst things that's ever happened in Arizona Stadium and I and I was having a
conversation with somebody about that where there was a band mom City behind me and
her daughter was in the band, and she yelled at me and I got,
I got an argument with her. You know he'll fight anybody. Well,
will you bring it? We got we will throw. Everybody will grow
with anybody. Yeah, we've a throw with anybody. You bring it,
you bring it, We'll go. Hey, another show done. Thankfully,
no call it Nico. Thanks for calling Bruce, Thanks for not sleeping.
Yeah really really thanks to Bruce, Bruce Pasco first staying up, doing some
work and coming on the show. This is exactly Bruce during the season.
Uh, he takes a long time, takes it takes a long time.
But at the time, you know, it's like, what in the morning,
Bruce, want to have a beer, I'm still working. Yeah,
he is man that works hard. Yeah, that works hard. And plus
it's tough when you're you know, you're you're you know, it's two o'clock
in the morning your place, and it's middle of the day here, and
sure you have plenty of time to write you know, we know how that
works, like when you go go out of cover stuff on the East coast.
Sure, sure they figured they figured there's more time. You can you
can write, dude, it's one o'clock in the morning here, it's only
ten o'clock here. We're good, We've got more time. Okay, all
right, hey, yeah, thanks to Dustin Peace for coming in. Uh
we'll talk some more high football down the road. For those of you who
saw there's pictures on the internet, Miranda's football field just got flooded today,
So hopefully they can get that figured out because they looks like they've got a
great season coming up. You'd hate to see things go south because of their
field. So anyways, all right, we'll be back tomorrow. We hope
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