WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:07.480 This is Eye on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez Son Fox Sports 2 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:13.880 fourteen fifteen powered by Nova Insurance Services and Sure Your most Prized Possessions, kat 3 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:18.800 z R two, SAD and iHeartRadio Station. Well, good afternoon, everybody. 4 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:21.839 Welcome to Eye on the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm 5 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:25.480 Steve Rivera, he's Jacob Zaus, got a boys, Sammi in with us 6 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:30.280 today. Everyone's wearing the red and blue. All happy, Happy, Joy 7 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:33.560 Joy, You're all front right. I got my Pack twelve gear on, 8 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:38.479 and Sammy's got these cheerleading death Oh what are you talking about? You have 9 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:43.159 a pollover and I'm wearing Pack twelve gear because I don't wear my colors to 10 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:48.759 press conferences. Okay, that's done intentionally. Oh wow, the fan of 11 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:51.039 the room. I've never noticed. Now, I'm never gonna tell you what 12 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:55.640 underwear I have on. Sure it's gotta that's I don't wear Arizona gear to 13 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:59.240 press conferences. I'm young. Guy's a lesson. It's gotta be unlucky. 14 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:03.760 Well, congratulations, guys. What a weekend. It was Thursday night, 15 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:07.519 the Thursday day or whatever. That Michigan State game that was a huge game. 16 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:11.719 They won that own nicely and then Saturday just beat the crap out of 17 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:17.480 him. You read me right, Uh, And I'll admit to something later, 18 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:22.079 But I saw that coming. You did well, and I'm not and 19 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:23.599 I put a little money on it. I know I didn't sell my house 20 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:26.920 or whatever, but and I should have. But when when he was asked, 21 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.959 and I wrote this in the story Monday at the Press Coverence, if 22 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:34.719 he had any motivation to tell the guys and they said, he said, 23 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:38.840 Billboard, Yeah, I'm thinking this dude wants some revenge. And I'm thinking 24 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.439 I'm thinking if they don't beat the crap out of him, it'll be strange. 25 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:46.560 But I'm thinking he wants revenge. You were there, Yeah, what's 26 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:49.000 funny about that, Stevens That he wasn't even here for that? No, 27 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:51.120 I know, right, I know, but he but he feels it. 28 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.599 He felt it among his thirteen guys who were here for that. And I 29 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:57.799 think you know he's especially you know, a guy like Michael Wiley who's just 30 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:02.120 been sure a great soldier Fairizona. You know, he wanted it back for 31 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:05.760 him very much. So I wanted to get the question. But I thought 32 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:07.480 you know what, he's not going to answer this. I'm not even going 33 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:09.280 to ask you. I wanted to ask him when it was fifty two to 34 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:15.080 seven, were you thinking seventy to seven? So I'm thinking he was thinking 35 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:17.240 he had to be right. That's why I wrote the story. If they 36 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:21.120 would have been able to he was still passing with a lot of points left 37 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:23.199 on time. Well, and at fifty two to seven, it could have 38 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:29.000 been a sixty four sixty six to seven, he talked to me, because 39 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:30.840 of a drop, a drop touchdown pass and then a pick inside the He 40 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:36.080 talked about that today in the press coverage where he only saw two things that 41 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:39.199 went wrong with and go those two things because it would have been sixty sevens 42 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:43.039 whatever. They're on pace for seventy six. Well, I'll tell you what's 43 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:46.199 going on in my house, because both games, both Michigan State game and 44 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:50.680 then and then the Acuum had a house full of people at my house at 45 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:55.039 halftime. We were pissed that it wasn't, you know, already forty five 46 00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:00.520 to seven. And then when when he threw that interception, you know, 47 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:04.159 it was going so well that we were mad that it wasn't worse. Yeah, 48 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.120 Yeah, well, and that first drive, I said, oh, 49 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.680 okay, that's not gonna be anything really well, I thought that. I 50 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:14.120 immediately thought, this is Washington State all over again. Yeah, it was 51 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:17.479 just and you just knew. I just knew from that Monday thinking he's gonna 52 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:22.280 beat the crap bottom he wants. He wanted, he wanted to, and 53 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:25.120 he didn't the gifts at all. He did not. How did you feel 54 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:28.400 as a student? Were you there? No, Me and my brother were 55 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:31.800 watching at home in Phoenix, in Phoenix, and we your traffic sucks. 56 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:37.199 It's the worst. Hey, there's way worse places than Phoenix traffic. To 57 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:39.599 come on, at least, at least the people in Phoenix know how to 58 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:43.680 drive, unlike the people in Tucson. That's just I'm going to give you 59 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:46.080 that don't know how to drive. But no, we I mean, we 60 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:49.599 could have gone to the game, but it was it was more just kind 61 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:52.840 of like we wanted to just be with each other watch the game, and 62 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:54.919 my parents weren't weren't around, so I mean we were going nuts, Like 63 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:58.479 I was getting up every single time we scored. It was one of those 64 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:00.759 where because I was year when it was seventy to seven, you know, 65 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:04.199 freshman year, no sophomore year. One of those two freshman sophomore year, 66 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:09.639 and when the program was lowest that I've seen it. I'm sure you guys 67 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:13.960 maybe have seen a lower but watching that happen, especially in a s U 68 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:18.160 was and you knew from the get go Jed was not gonna not gonna let 69 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:21.759 up at all. He was when he was passing and passing and passing, 70 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:25.680 they were swinging it. I was like, what are we doing? Man? 71 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:28.879 Like I loved it. There wasn't anybody in our house, no one 72 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:31.399 happy about that. It wasn't saying just pour it on. In fact, 73 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:33.839 we were disappointed at those last two ASU touched. I was like, what 74 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:38.600 the heck is very much? What are you doing? Finish? Exactly? 75 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:42.519 Yeah, exactly. It would have been one to fifteen, nine to twelve, 76 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:46.839 but in the ants, Steve Arizona could have set the score and they, 77 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:49.399 you know, they finished the game. They played. Guy. I'm 78 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:53.480 I'm a little surprised Jade de Laura didn't get in the game. I don't. 79 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:56.720 Yeah, okay, like in the fourth quarter, yeah, you know, 80 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:02.160 but none. In any event, Arizona had their way and we're going 81 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:06.079 to have their way. And fifty nine to twenty three is anything to you 82 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:11.040 know, be up, you know, have any issues with whatsoever. Yeah, 83 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:13.639 no, no, I don't disagree with you. I think he'll play 84 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.319 in the next game. I'm sure at the end with three minutes left. 85 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:19.439 You know, in the final game, he was They were laughing on the 86 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:21.959 side of you. You probably saw the TV. I just happened to see 87 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:25.399 the TV and they were laughing, and I'm thinking, it doesn't look like 88 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:28.399 he's gonna come in. And then they put the other guy in the final 89 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:31.959 thirty second, right, But yeah, congrats, it was It was it 90 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:35.240 was easy. It was fun for you fans. Yeah, we had a 91 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:40.959 blast. It was just you know what. And I remember at halftime, 92 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:44.000 uh, you know, I was just talking. We were just talking to 93 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.480 them, saying, you know what. The thing I like most about this 94 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:50.040 is that we're sitting here at halftime and we're comfortable. It's like it's like 95 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:55.040 the ASU has no chance. Yeah, there's no way in hell, and 96 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:57.439 that it's just a matter of okay, does air zone get to seventy or 97 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.680 not. They were halfway there. I have no idea what they're doing offensively 98 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:06.279 with those quarterbacks. It was well you know what. You know what Jaden 99 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:13.759 Reshota, I'm sorry, I don't know the kid from Schmoe. But you're 100 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:17.120 given an opportunity to start your your you know, the rivalry game after you 101 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:20.720 haven't played all year long. You say you're the starter, and the first 102 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:26.959 thing he does he misses a meeting. You know, I'm I don't know. 103 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:29.319 I you know, I don't know. I'm that I'm the guy. 104 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:31.519 I'm the coach who would say you're not playing. Yeah, yeah, I 105 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:34.600 gave you an opportunity and you screwed it up. You know what, we 106 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:38.279 may get beat seventy to seven, but you're not going to play. That's 107 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:42.000 what I would have done, because that that, to me, that was 108 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:47.160 a complete and total disrespect for the coach that he gave him the opportunity when 109 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:50.519 he hadn't played all year long, and he and he it was not of 110 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:54.000 necessity, right, you know, the coach had no other trace. He 111 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.920 said, Okay, you're going to play, and then he doesn't show up 112 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:00.040 for a meeting. He's not playing for me, He's not. And if 113 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:03.079 that's the guy that they're going to hang their head on next year, good 114 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:06.519 luck, good luck with that, because you know, what Arizona's got. 115 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:11.600 No Flafeita, the guy with all character, all class, uh, you 116 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:15.800 know, a trooper. I go back to I go back to the preseason 117 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.959 media day, you know, and and I, you know, asked Jimmy 118 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:24.959 Darty, the quarterback coach. He said, okay, so you've got Jade 119 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:27.319 Delora. I said, no, No, if he has already spent a 120 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:30.959 season on the bench, you know, what's his situation? How you know, 121 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:34.279 how's he going to handle another season on the bench. And he and 122 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:39.040 I remember his exact words, he said, No's in a good place. 123 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:42.120 And I'm like, okay, what the hell does that mean? But he 124 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:44.680 said that, he said, he said, No's in a good place. 125 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:47.079 And I'm like, okay, And look at what's happened, right, he 126 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:53.120 just waited his turn and it came, and it came a little earlier then 127 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.360 we thought, right because of the injury and blood. Did he jump on 128 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:00.199 it and grab onto it and he's just not let go. This is a 129 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:03.120 question I would ask today, and I didn't ask because it only it's it 130 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:05.000 wasn't my place today. It was all the guys who've been there forever. 131 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:09.000 But as it get ready to get to the to the to the to the 132 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:11.920 Bowl game. I think Justin, I think you have a queuede up was 133 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:16.120 kind of similar to what I asked, is I don't think I'm speaking out 134 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:20.759 of turn Jay and guys that this year was supposed to happen next year, 135 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:24.120 right, that that it's a year ahead of schedule, right, And I 136 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:26.120 would ask him, you know, is that the case one? And what 137 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:28.519 did you think coming in? But Justin asked him a similar question in terms 138 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:33.519 of from last year's game to this year's game, how did this this happened? 139 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:39.279 Yeah, let's go play that. It's yeah, lets let's play that 140 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:45.279 because this is sort of an explanation of what he thinks happened. Now. 141 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:48.360 We're in a good spot. You know, We've I would say we've won 142 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:52.639 eleven on the last fifteen games we played something like that, Uh eleven I 143 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:56.759 last fourteen games we played, we were two and one to end the year, 144 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:01.720 and then nine and three, so eleven eleven I the last fifty team. 145 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:05.559 I would say that we've found a way to continue to improve each week. 146 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:09.720 We improved in the off season, we proved in the winter, we 147 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:15.320 improved in the spring. We kept adding talent, we kept developing talent. 148 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.720 We kept getting bigger, stronger, faster, and then from all those areas, 149 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.919 you know, you wind up finding a spot where you've got a lot 150 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:26.720 of guys that can contribute, and the guys that left the program or couldn't 151 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:33.679 stay of the program, you know, opened up opportunities for others. And 152 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:37.360 during this time, I think that we've just gotten better, and I just 153 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:39.679 think we'll continue to get better. I think we'll be better next year than 154 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:43.840 we are this year. And I would hope that our team is just getting 155 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:50.720 started in this it's called winning ways, and that we can really go through 156 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:54.799 the off season and go through the bowl season, and go through the spring 157 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:58.399 and just see how good can we get and keep challenging our guys to see 158 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:03.200 that this past season is not our max, but it's pretty cool to end 159 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:07.559 the season with a six and zero record. So, Jay, a couple 160 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:13.559 of quick things I saw. I got a text this weekend or a thing 161 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:16.600 on my Facebook page after my story that do I finally believe? Well, 162 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:20.960 I think I've minted a few weeks ago that I started believing in Washington State 163 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:24.919 when I just saw it, I finally saw it. Of your ten friends 164 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:28.360 one hundred friends whatever, you want to give me a number of those friends, 165 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:35.039 how many thought this was possible. I think there were a couple who 166 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:39.120 said it was possible because they're fans, right, But I don't know that 167 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:43.559 in their harder hearts that anybody really truly believed nine and three? Right? 168 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.600 So no, so two, I'm gonna say zero, Okay, exactly, 169 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:52.840 So I don't think I'm wrong say that. What got me wrong, though, 170 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:54.679 What I'm definitely wrong is what was my theme for the whole thing. 171 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:58.080 Arizona's going to be better, right, of course, but everybody else is 172 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:01.360 going to be better. Arizona was much better than their better, right, 173 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:05.559 right. Arizona's better was better than everybody else. And that's what got me. 174 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:07.720 That's what got it. Yeah, Well, you know when you ran 175 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:09.480 through all the things, how they got better in the office, how they 176 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:13.559 got better in the spring, they got better at recruiting, how they got 177 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:18.440 brought in more personnel. All these things went just the way they wanted them 178 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:22.559 to to get to where they are. The circumstance, nothing nothing this way, 179 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:28.879 nothing went wrong to the point where you got your first string quarterback hurt, 180 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:31.000 and that turned out to be a good thing. No, No, 181 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:33.600 that's exactly it. The circumstances of events got them here. Come on, 182 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.799 we don't know how Jaden would have handled this year. It kind of started 183 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:43.159 bad for him already because of the off field stuff and that, not that 184 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:48.559 it carried over, but just the circumstances of events made this happen. Yeah, 185 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:52.559 And for whatever anybody might think of Jade and de Laura, you know, 186 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:58.840 he's been a pretty good trooper, but I don't envision that they would 187 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:03.919 be here with him as if I totally agree whole year. Let's take this 188 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:07.919 call. Hi, you're on the aaron I and the Ball. How's it 189 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:11.399 going today? Hey, Brian, great weekend. It was big weekend, 190 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:16.399 Just unbelievable. You guys were talking about anybody thought about nine and three, 191 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:22.399 you know, I said, six and six, that's the possibility, possibility 192 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:26.559 of seven five, that would be it. Yeah, and they've they've just 193 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:31.919 blown everybody's expect expectations out of the water. They did. And you know, 194 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:37.440 I also think they can just they can win the Bowl game and we'll 195 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:41.960 just see what happens next year because I worry only for the fact that teams 196 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:43.919 are going to come coaching and use that nil money that they may have to 197 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:46.879 take some of our players. Well we talked a little about that today, 198 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:50.919 not so much NL, but here we are tantraport, right, and they'll 199 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:56.360 get some guys too who want to come here, right. But I don't 200 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:00.679 disagree with you, Brian. It's that time of free market. You think 201 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:05.320 you think you know, I worry about McMillan only for the fact that I 202 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:09.360 know him and Theeter are best friends and everything. But you know, maybe 203 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.399 somebody from the Southeast Conference or whatever it comes to say, hey, oh, 204 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:16.120 here's five six million dollars. What do you think? Yeah, right 205 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:18.200 now, right, No, you're you're right if money talks. But if 206 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.919 there's any example that Singer helped with, it's that it's not always greener on 207 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:26.799 the other side, right, you know, the greener Yeah, yeah, 208 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:31.240 Hey, Brian, I thought it was great for the USC players to have 209 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:33.720 a crappy year. That's great, okay, Brian. Here we got to 210 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:37.440 go because we got to get to our guests. So thanks for calling calculator. 211 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:41.679 No, he I mean, do you work do you think that something 212 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:45.000 could happened? Of course, you know, uh, you know, there's 213 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:48.639 there's people out there freaking out that if if Chiff Kelly gets fired, that 214 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:50.440 Jed goes to U C l A And takes all these survete guys with him, 215 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:54.440 and stuff like that. A lot of scenarios, you know. I 216 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:56.720 mean, people are throwing his name out for the text saying m job, 217 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:58.120 which was never going to happen, right, I mean they lost their minds 218 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:03.399 over Mark Steep's a guy who's proven that he can win over a long period 219 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:05.720 of time in the SEC, and they and the Texan and In fans lost 220 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:09.240 their minds. We don't Yeah, we don't want him, so they went 221 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:13.440 and got the duke guy. But look, you're just gonna have to always. 222 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.320 You're gonna run that risk. You're gonna run the risk every year. 223 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:18.679 And Jet had a well we'll play the clip a little later, just talking 224 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:22.279 about transfer portal, uh in those kinds of things. But uh, you 225 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:26.639 know it's uh, it's it's it's the way things are today. So all 226 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:28.120 right, we've got Laman love It coming on. We want to get his 227 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:31.200 uh, his take on what he saw on Saturday right up in the press 228 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:35.320 box with Brian Jefferies and then in the uh in the second we're gonna rhyme 229 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:39.639 mc breer, head coach at Sabino, the twenty twenty three Class four three 230 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:43.000 A State champions. So we'll be back with those guys. So stick around 231 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:54.000 for Lamon love It, He's on five, He's so hot. 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How are you, Lamont? I'm 312 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:45.240 doing good. How about you guys? How was Cloud nine and Tepee? 313 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:52.799 And could you joy it? Given your job description? Oh? I always 314 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:56.920 find a way to enjoy it, particularly that one of all the other ones. 315 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:00.400 I mean, you know, no, no one's ever accused me of 316 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:06.920 being a homer. Yeah right, but but it's not it's not a problem 317 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:10.960 with a hometown broadcast. So you know, I don't mind letting people know 318 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.480 that I bleed red and blue. So that's just that's just the way it 319 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:15.200 is. It's if they don't like it, you know, listen to the 320 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:21.720 you know, the ESPN broadcast or something. Okay, lemn So what just 321 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:25.799 forget what happened? What were your thoughts going in? What? What? 322 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:29.599 What? What? What kind of game did you see developing? You know, 323 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:30.559 did you think it could be close? We knew, you know, 324 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:34.160 they didn't really have a quarterback. What did you see happening? And or 325 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:38.400 did you have a kind of a score in mind? I honestly did not 326 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:42.160 have a score in mind. I had a couple of strategic things in my 327 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:47.640 mind. I felt like the strength of their team was their their defense, 328 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:49.319 and I felt like if we could block them, if you could block the 329 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:53.599 defense and give our car right some time, that I felt like they were 330 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:57.680 going to have some problems stopping us. And that's exactly what happened. So 331 00:21:59.119 --> 00:22:00.920 that's that's pretty much was it from there now? I will I was a 332 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:04.279 little nervous after the first drive when they just went right down the field on 333 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:07.640 us and I was like, wait a minute. But other than that, 334 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:12.519 I felt pretty comfortable throughout the course of the game. So as they were 335 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:18.000 piling on, which I think is fair, what did you think, Because 336 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:19.960 it was like, okay, that this is going to happen and it's not 337 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:25.720 going to be pretty, it was pretty to me. I was enjoying every 338 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:30.000 second of it, and I had no you know, I definitely didn't feel 339 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:34.759 any pity or anything like that because we were all there. Well everybody wasn't 340 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:40.799 there, but I was there when the seventy to seven game, and I'll 341 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:44.079 never forget the way that, you know, they were taking pictures in the 342 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:47.400 middle of the a after the game with the cup and just it was just 343 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:51.519 the whole They just gloated for for a long time after that game. So 344 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:53.640 that one was kind of stuck in my cross. So no, I didn't 345 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:59.960 feel any any remorse or any any sympathy or anything like that. Were you 346 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:03.960 actually rooting for seventy, it wouldn't have hurt me. I wouldn't have I 347 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:07.839 wouldn't have been upset if they would across seventy. But I think the I 348 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:11.799 think the message was was there. I mean, you know, I think 349 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:15.799 it was definitely. You know, I think the message was there. But 350 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:18.279 when you're a player and you're in a game like that, you know what's 351 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:22.480 going through your head. You know, one you're probably saying, Okay, 352 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.480 we got to step on we got to keep our foot on the gas, 353 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:26.880 so you know, we don't let them breathe. But on the other hand, 354 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:32.519 you know, any ever, any kind of nervousness that it can get 355 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:37.279 away from you with a couple of weird plays or something like that, I'm 356 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:41.480 I'm That's the way I'm wired to always be a little bit you know, 357 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:47.440 to always never feel a little too overconfident or anything like that, because I've 358 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:51.759 been involved into many of these games where you know, something weird or something 359 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:53.960 crazy has happened at the end of the game, and just more than anything, 360 00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:59.079 so this particular game, my hope process is just to stay locked in 361 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:03.279 and let's stay switch done, and to stay alert and just you know, 362 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:06.599 if that play presents itself, you know, you got to be the one 363 00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:08.799 to make it if it presents yourself to you. But just just be prepared. 364 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:14.599 I can remember my senior season, I was in the game and uh 365 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:18.440 on the goal line, Chuck Levy, I believe it was Chuck. Chuck 366 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:22.720 Levy dove over the goal line and the ball popped out of his hand, 367 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:26.400 and I was like, you know, I was a fullback and so I 368 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:29.839 I just saw the ball there in the end zone and I dove on it 369 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:33.200 and I ended up getting a touchdown in that game. So it's it's just 370 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:36.440 one of those things, like I say, you's got to stay switched on 371 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:38.319 and just always be ready, right, yeah, no, no question, 372 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:45.519 How did how did how did you celebrate you with your your ex players teammates? 373 00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:48.960 I was in Tempe, so I didn't really get you know, I'm 374 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:52.319 sure there were a lot of guys that were there, but I was too 375 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:55.119 busy working to be able to celebrate with the guys, you know, because 376 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:57.400 after the game and all that stuff, we're still doing our you know, 377 00:24:57.559 --> 00:25:00.519 post game show. So I I really don't get a chance to, you 378 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:04.720 know, to celebrate it like that. But I was my my brother in 379 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:08.240 law, so just some people know, but not everyoney knows. My my 380 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:12.640 wife has a twin sister, and her sister went to a s U and 381 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:17.000 my wife went to U of A. And so it's it's that there's the 382 00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.759 family, you know, little family feud right there. So we were we 383 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:22.880 were going up there. We stayed with him up there, so it was 384 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:26.279 it was pretty exciting, Uh to know I can got to go back and 385 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.880 talk crap to them after the game. That was always fun. That's fun. 386 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:30.279 That's the fun part about it. I could have had some fun with 387 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:33.440 that tool that that sounds like. That sounds like a lot of fun. 388 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:37.640 So okay, so let's kind of talk about, you know, what we've 389 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:40.160 seen for the season. You know, there's, first of all, there's 390 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:45.039 the whole thing of the just obviously the the Noah and a Feed and Tam 391 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:48.920 Mac connection. There's the things that Michael Wiley did. You got the you 392 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:52.079 know, the offensive line and the defensive line and just all these things that 393 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:55.680 had to come together for them to have this this nine and three season. 394 00:25:56.359 --> 00:26:00.279 Does any one of those stick out more than the others in terms of why 395 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:04.519 this happened? You mean the season? Are you talking about the season for 396 00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:08.359 the season? Oh? Yeah, Yeah, a lot of it sticks out. 397 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:15.079 I think for one, I felt like going into the season that they 398 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:18.599 needed to solidify one of those tackle positions because we knew what Jeorde Morgan brought 399 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:22.279 to the table. Well, we didn't know who other tackle was going to 400 00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:26.000 be, and then they moved Big Jonah out there, and he's just been 401 00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:32.240 equally as excellent from that position. So once the line was solidified, I 402 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:36.279 mean, I knew what we had in terms of skill on the opposite side 403 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:40.359 of the ball, so it was all about the offensive line. There was 404 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:42.839 no way of knowing that the running game would improve as much as it did. 405 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.559 We started seeing signs of that at the end of the year when Mike 406 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:48.359 Waller having that big breakout game. Could say issue last year, but the 407 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:52.759 running game was kind of a little up and down last year, but it's 408 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:57.319 been good all season this year, and so I felt like with the running 409 00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:02.079 game coming around like that, really had some good balance on the offensive side, 410 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:04.400 So that part was solidified. I don't think anyone could have anticipated that 411 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:08.440 the defense was going to take as many steps as I mean forward as it 412 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:12.279 did. I mean, it's just if they were in a different galaxy compared 413 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:17.079 to where they were last year. And that's really been the key to our 414 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:22.559 team's success this year, is the defense just coming up that because our offense 415 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:26.400 was still pretty good last year, but the defense has just gone to another 416 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:30.039 level, and that's that's where you know, all of the successes really come 417 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:33.640 from. Yeah, no question. Uh, there's two guys. One of 418 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:37.799 my things I talked about this before you came on. I didn't think this 419 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:41.160 was going to happen. Maybe five wins, six wins, maybe six wins 420 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:44.759 potify wins. But I thought, and this is my analysis is short and 421 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:47.920 simple, Arizona was going to be much better, but everybody else is going 422 00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:51.160 to be much better, making it hard for them to win against better teams. 423 00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:56.240 And I was totally wrong with that because they improved tremendously more than the 424 00:27:56.279 --> 00:28:00.880 other schools did. What did you What did you think? Because because they 425 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:06.960 had guys like you know, t Bac and these guys Manu, all these 426 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:10.599 guys who just kind of like who are these guys, they showed up even 427 00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:14.960 better than what you thought they were. Yeah. I really think that that's 428 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:18.319 what's taking this team over the top, is that they all improved. It 429 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:22.039 wasn't just okay, we get Jacob cowing back and team AC had a pretty 430 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:25.720 good year last year. T Mac has raised his level would play, like, 431 00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:30.599 exponentially. I think Jacob Manu exponentially has raised his level of play I 432 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:34.119 really feel like the whole team did. And the interesting thing is they've gotten 433 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:37.960 better as the season, you know, went along, and I really think 434 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:41.039 that that, you know, the turning point for them was really after that 435 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:47.240 USC game, I think where they finally just got tired of being close and 436 00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:51.440 and and having that that that amount of frustration that gosh, we were right 437 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:53.480 there, but and we all and I think those are the types of time, 438 00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:57.480 Those are the moments when you as a team can really reflect and say, 439 00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:02.519 we can probably give a little bit more. And I think that's what 440 00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:04.640 happened. And I think they just they all took that step forward. They 441 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:11.039 decided as a team that they were going to go forward. And so that's 442 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:15.559 that's really the turning point for them. So so the next thing and to 443 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:17.519 you know, jump ahead of it. You know they're gonna have a bowl 444 00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.640 game in the whole thing. But now it's kind of like, Okay, 445 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:22.079 you know, Steve talked about, you know, they got better. They 446 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:29.039 they got this is gonna sound grammatically incorrect, but they got more better than 447 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:33.200 other schools, right, you know that they're better was better than than a 448 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:37.400 lot of the other teams. So now you've made this huge leap. So 449 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:41.200 now you start looking towards next year and how do you make the next big 450 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:47.759 lead when you you know it does? It? Does the ability to improve 451 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:51.599 lesson? You know, you can only get so much better when you're already 452 00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:53.799 this good. You see what I'm trying to get with teams knowing that you're 453 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:56.920 going to be better, So you know, how much better? How much 454 00:29:56.920 --> 00:30:00.119 better can you get when you made that big of a leap in one year? 455 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:06.039 You know, that's a that's a magic question is how how much further 456 00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:08.200 can you take it as a team? And that's something that's really not I 457 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:11.960 don't know that anybody knows the answer to that. But what I do know 458 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:17.920 is that they've learned as a team how to raise their level this year. 459 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:19.960 And they're gonna have a lot of veterans coming back on this on this team. 460 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:23.920 So I really think from that standpoint, they're gonna they're gonna be able 461 00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:26.640 to take that into the off season. They're going to be able to take 462 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:30.119 all that leadership, you know, to whatever new guys are are brought into 463 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:36.200 the equation. And so I mean, it's it's just exciting I think where 464 00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:38.079 these guys can take it. If if you know. The the other big 465 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:42.880 thing is now we with this new new era of football and transfer portals and 466 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:47.039 all other stuff, you have to fight equally as hard to keep what you 467 00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:51.240 got here already too. So if that's going to be another element, So 468 00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:53.200 it's gonna come down to the you know, the whole player personnel department and 469 00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:56.599 see how how well they keep things together, how well they fill in the 470 00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:00.079 gaps, you know, with what new new new additions they have, and 471 00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:04.960 so it's all those things. Yeah, no question, I'm not even sure 472 00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:10.000 to ask you anymore. But we talked about the circumstances of events. Uh, 473 00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:11.400 they were moving the kind of along they were, you know, five 474 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:15.920 hundred or whatever, and dor gets hurt and and here comes to Fida and 475 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.880 you're thinking, okay, uh, he's just kind of maybe manage it, 476 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:25.240 and he's gone beyond. He's probably he's kind of like the straw that stirs 477 00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:29.839 the drink here. In my mind, Oh, there's no question about that. 478 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:34.880 The fact that he raised his he and with all all respect due to 479 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:40.279 Jane delaur because he really helped us, you know, change things here offensively 480 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:44.960 and helped us you know, become explosive in dynamic and offense, Noah took 481 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:47.960 it to another level and that and that was the part that I think. 482 00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:52.279 I don't know if anybody could have anticipated that he would have gotten his efficiency. 483 00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:56.799 It's just, you know, it's it's elite. And the fact that 484 00:31:56.839 --> 00:32:00.160 he protects the ball really well, the fact that he gets through the ball 485 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:06.200 really quickly, the fact that he's very accurate, he's very poised. I 486 00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:09.559 mean, it seems like he's almost unflappable out there, and so that that 487 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:13.480 has really taken the team to another love to It's all those things, you 488 00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:17.240 know, the defense, the running game, being good on special teams. 489 00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:22.519 It's Noah raising the level of play at the quarterback position. It's all those 490 00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:25.880 things that made this team get to where they've got. But what what was 491 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:31.039 going through your head going at that Stanford game when you know, you know, 492 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:37.400 Arizona falls behind. Is a quarterback? You know, if I'm you 493 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:40.599 know, I'm born in Arizona, guy, I'm thinking the worst they're going 494 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:44.880 to lose. They're going to lose a game that you just can't lose, 495 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:47.759 right, what's going through your y at that time? Well, yeah, 496 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:51.960 it was. It was going bad badly. I could see that they were 497 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:55.440 they were. They were fighting hard. But I think that and and the 498 00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:59.559 other thing was I thought, you know, Jayden was was not having his 499 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:04.160 best right and so all those things were kind of like stacking up because I 500 00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:06.079 had the half. That's what I was seeing. It's like, got Lee 501 00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:08.200 James got to snap out of it. You know, he's making some mistakes, 502 00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:13.480 and it just was it was enough things that were kind of slowing the 503 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:15.880 offense down, and then he got hurt. And then Noah comes in. 504 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:21.160 And Noah is just like he comes in like gunning from the time he gets 505 00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:25.119 in there and makes a great brow. And I've always felt really confident about 506 00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:29.240 Noah because I've you know, Washington in high school. I felt like he's, 507 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:31.799 you know, he's got the goods. But yeah, it was just 508 00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:36.799 great to watch him march right down the field and score and put the game 509 00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:39.599 away. So this is a dumb question, just given my experience with the 510 00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:44.200 basketball team and talking to the guys from way back in the day until now, 511 00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:46.680 the one thing they didn't want to do was disappoint Steve Kerr. Right 512 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:50.119 he was on the team, he was he was not the Steve Kerr that 513 00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:52.720 we all knew. Now, No now, but back then they didn't want 514 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:54.799 to disappoint him, so they played their butt off. They also obviously didn't 515 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:59.400 want to disappoint Loot, but as a teammate, they didn't want to disappoint 516 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:02.920 Steve. I wasn't wondering if one that could be the Fafita factor where they 517 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:07.039 played their butts off because they don't want to disappoint a guy who who's the 518 00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:09.280 quarterback and is doing so well, And did you have a guy like that 519 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:15.280 and is there some credence to that? Wow? I have to think if 520 00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:19.159 there was a guy when I. When I played, we had a different 521 00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:22.599 kind of pressure. We had the pressure that we had the best defense probably 522 00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:27.079 in the country. We had like a generationally good defense, and everyone was 523 00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:29.599 looking at the offense of like, Okay, what are you guys going to 524 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:31.360 do now, because you guys are probably what's holding them back from a national 525 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:35.880 championship and all those stuff. So that's the pressure that we that we had, 526 00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:39.079 so we always were constantly fighting. We didn't want to discipit. We 527 00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:43.000 didn't want to disappoint the defense. It made us want to like continue to 528 00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:45.039 try to raise our level because we just felt like, God, we were 529 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:49.880 the defense is good. You know, you feel like it was wasted if 530 00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:53.000 you could have you know, couldn't muster some offense. So maybe not an 531 00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:58.480 individual but a group, but a group. Yeah, absolutely, that was 532 00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:02.760 there for us. Yeah all right, Lamont, well you know as a 533 00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:07.400 wildcat. Congratulations to you. You know you you and Brian, you guys 534 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:10.159 were part of this, right you're part of them winning nine games. We'll 535 00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:15.800 give you some credit there. Without you, guys, they couldn't have done 536 00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:17.960 it. I will let you be the fan in the room because Brian's even 537 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:24.159 Yeah, absolutely absolutely, I'm the one that's always if you if you could 538 00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:29.440 see me in the in the boots, you would laugh because I'm I'm the 539 00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:31.559 one pumping my fists and jumping up and down. And every time when you 540 00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:35.199 guys hear me kind of giggling, I have both my hands up in the 541 00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:38.159 air. I'm probably standing up while I'm laughing. So I'm the one that's 542 00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:42.239 like all over the place, and Brian's kind of like shuttled down over in 543 00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:45.719 the corner. Well, thanks and much much. You've been great all season, 544 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:47.760 and you know, have fun with the bowl game. We'll be in 545 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:52.159 touch again, all right, guys, take care take care. That was 546 00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:54.639 fun. It was fun, all right, ran a little over, so 547 00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:58.559 let's take a quick break. We'll take your calls. Got some more stuff 548 00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:01.199 from the Jet Fish press conference coming up. A lot to wrap up the 549 00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:28.639 regular season and head to the Bulgain. So stick around. 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Hey, 592 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:34.199 welcome back to Whying the Ball here on Fox Sports Sports two fifty. I'm 593 00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:37.199 Steve, he's Jay got sending with us today. Good to talk to to 594 00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:42.480 Lamont obviously, but you know, we brought up a conversation in that conversation, 595 00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:46.440 or a point in that conversation about poaching. You know, you've got 596 00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:51.840 a good looking girlfriend and she loves you and you love her, but but 597 00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:54.199 some some us, some other dudes is gonna come on, Hey, she's 598 00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:59.320 got a cute yeah. Uh see somebody with a little more money. Yeah, 599 00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:02.280 nicer are right, right right? Better looking? Yeah, but but 600 00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:07.480 but but don't go. Yeah. So Jet kind of went there a little 601 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:10.920 with a question which was which was just talking about the transfer portal. How 602 00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:14.840 you know now you got to start dealing with that. Yeah, and he's, 603 00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:17.800 uh uh, you know, he he says he thinks that they're in 604 00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:21.039 good shape, but you never know. Here's what he had to say about 605 00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:24.960 which opened to day and already the starting quarterback at Kansas at Kansas States has 606 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:30.639 jumped in the portal in Mississippi State and the Missippi State I too. I 607 00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:34.639 didn't see that, so you know, plus, you never know. Plus, 608 00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:37.280 and we'll talk about this more during the Colorado stuff. But you think 609 00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:40.440 everybody jump. You think about the three guys that left Arizona starters, left 610 00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:43.960 air Zone for USC last year. Here's what he's had to say about the 611 00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:46.400 transfer portal. Yeah, I mean they would have to come to me and 612 00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:50.039 say that they would want to talk about that. I'm not really looking to 613 00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:55.800 seek them out regarding the portal. I don't necessarily believe a lot of our 614 00:40:55.840 --> 00:41:00.360 guys will want to enter in the portal. I'm sure there's always going to 615 00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:07.760 be a couple that either don't envision themselves being able to become a starter here 616 00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:12.159 or don't vision themselves becoming number two on the depth chart here and wanted to 617 00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:15.400 go to try to do that somewhere else. There's other guys that may, 618 00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:23.480 you know, seek an opportunity elsewhere due to circumstances beyond our control. But 619 00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:27.559 I don't necessarily envision a lot of guys coming to me these next couple of 620 00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:31.519 weeks. But I'm sure there'll always be some surprises. Yeah, Yeah, 621 00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:36.119 And that's it. You know, because no matter how good things are going, 622 00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:39.039 guys are you know, they're themselves right, they have their individual things 623 00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:43.440 that they're thinking of. Show the funny thing along with that, we'll circle 624 00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:46.239 back to the beginning. So he shows up, he's all giddy. He's 625 00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:50.239 Jeff Fish giddy. Since down. Hey, how's it going, good to 626 00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:52.440 see everybody. How's your weekend? I was just pretty good. It's good 627 00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:59.840 to be us, right because people are recognizing us and uh so, so 628 00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:04.000 he's getting a lot of attention, probably not just locally, but nationally from 629 00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:08.320 players too. So what do you got going on over there with transfers and 630 00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:12.559 other things. So there's a lot of give and take. If there's some 631 00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:16.199 go, there's some get right. But and that's why that's the way it 632 00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:20.480 gets to be. When you're doing well right, people, people you know 633 00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:22.960 pay attention to you. You know, over the weekend, as coaches started 634 00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:27.880 changing jobs and guys were getting fired, his name kept coming up. Uh 635 00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:30.199 some in places that you thought there's no way, but others and places that 636 00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:34.119 you thought maybe you know again, one of the one of the things that 637 00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:38.079 I know fans are a little, uh a little concerned about is if Chip 638 00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:42.039 Kelly gets let go at u c l A, all of a sudden that 639 00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:45.440 job opens up. He's been, he was, he was an interim head 640 00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:47.440 coach there, a coach. He talked about coaching a ball game in U 641 00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:51.400 c l A. He's got a bunch of kids. The core of what's 642 00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:55.639 making Arizona really good are a bunch of guys from southern California. So Arizona 643 00:42:55.639 --> 00:43:00.199 fan, being Arizona fan is thinking the worst that if Chip Kelly gets let 644 00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:02.880 go, that Jed takes this lift, this whole thing and moves it over 645 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:06.960 to U c l A. I don't think it's gonna happen one because I've 646 00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:08.840 been told that Chip Kelly is not gonna get fired. They just don't have 647 00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:13.199 the money to do it. So you know, we'll see, yeah pretty 648 00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:16.199 soon if they're that's gonna happen. Let's take this call. Hire on the 649 00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:20.880 air and I on the ball. Hey you guys, this is Gabe. 650 00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:24.639 How are you guys doing brill You must be feeling pretty good today. Yeah, 651 00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:30.679 I'm pretty Yeah, I'm doing great. I'm doing pretty I'm doing pretty 652 00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:37.320 great. Can we talk about the game on Saturday? We can? Okay? 653 00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:42.599 Uh so, uh so, I was watching the game on the television, 654 00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:46.800 and what I was watching the game, Arizona was a better team out 655 00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:53.199 and let's face it was basically dominating the scum, the scum devil. So 656 00:43:54.320 --> 00:44:00.480 it was. It was a pretty it was a great win. I've personally 657 00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:07.239 wanted Jetfishes to score eighty points on them, just to shut those dumbasses up. 658 00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:14.639 But let's us let me. I'll get to that later. But yeah, 659 00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:20.800 ninety three, hopefully we're gonna go to Hopefully we're gonna go to a 660 00:44:21.599 --> 00:44:25.159 good bowl game, probably the Vegas Full Holiday Bull of the sem Antonio boll 661 00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:35.039 So and too that Oregon State didn't didn't win against against Oregon. And also 662 00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:39.960 if Arizona was playing against Washington, I feel that Washington, I feel that 663 00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:47.760 Arizona would definitely beat Washington by two touchdowns. Well we did get that, 664 00:44:51.239 --> 00:44:55.000 he certainly did. Uh, you know, talkolate we've we've been talking about 665 00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:59.039 you know, okay, here, here's Arizona's done all this. Now they're 666 00:44:59.039 --> 00:45:01.800 gonna have to be fighting people off for their players, for their coaches, 667 00:45:02.599 --> 00:45:05.639 that kind of thing. How do you feel about all that going on right 668 00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:13.480 now? So? I don't think so, I don't think any players were 669 00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:21.760 trenfer out of Arizona because Arizona's ninety three. I know that Texas A and 670 00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:28.400 M and the Mission State job built was filled. Nothing new on UCLA, 671 00:45:28.599 --> 00:45:34.000 right, No, nothing new. Uh So I just kind of spent Jetfish. 672 00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:39.719 I just kind of spent Dave Sneaky and President Robbins to give Jetfish an 673 00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:45.599 extension and that I hope he includes all of the assistant coaches because we need 674 00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:51.280 to build a great, beautiful wall around two so on a great wall, 675 00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:53.960 a beautiful wall. Sorry, he just wanted to make fun of the forty 676 00:45:54.000 --> 00:46:01.320 foth president. And also and also I just kind of feel that it was 677 00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:09.079 I wasn't too worry about the Territorial Cup because I know that I know that 678 00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:15.360 Arizona was a better team. And then as the Scummies are down bad and 679 00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:20.480 I just kind of feel that Arizona was a better team. But you know, 680 00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:28.039 the Territorial Cup is sometimes always wacky, and we're things sometimes happened, 681 00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:32.679 and let and let me get to this. When when you when you when 682 00:46:32.719 --> 00:46:42.719 you hear the scum Devils fans, they always say, oh, se shut 683 00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:47.440 up, you guys, you guys basically help Arizona getting rid of Kevin Bumlin, 684 00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:52.199 and let's take that. You help guys. You help us getting rid 685 00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:59.039 of Kim Kevin Bomlin and also tech Lee, you help us winning back to 686 00:46:59.119 --> 00:47:02.679 that Terrio toar of Cup last year and this year. So good job, 687 00:47:02.760 --> 00:47:07.159 dumb asses. You didn't really think this won through, did you. Well? 688 00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:10.960 Thanks a bunch, Thanks a bunch. I'm glad we gave you this 689 00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:19.880 forum because you're great. Thank you, Gabriel, Thank you man. He's 690 00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:25.039 funny. He's funny in a funny, you good way. Everyone talks about 691 00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:30.559 the the the the bull. Right. Everybody's happy for the kids, yeada 692 00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:34.840 YadA. But I don't think they're gonna go see it. They're not going 693 00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:37.960 to San Antonio. You you'll get a decent you'll get a decent number of 694 00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:42.639 fans. People like going to San Antonio, especially fans have gone there for 695 00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:47.119 final, final fours or a tournament. Stuff like I like my one of 696 00:47:47.119 --> 00:47:52.559 my brothers already he made his reservation a hotelization in San Antonio last week. 697 00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:54.039 Oh yes, see, figures that's what's gonna be. We'll see, we'll 698 00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:57.840 see, because I remember the last time ten years, I can't remember how 699 00:47:57.840 --> 00:48:04.519 many years it was that they went when no, they went to crush twenty 700 00:48:05.280 --> 00:48:07.519 ten and they got crushed by Globe State, right, yeah, twenty ten. 701 00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:12.519 Yeah, yeah, let's take this call. Hi, you're on the 702 00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:15.840 air and eye on the ball. Okay, guys, uh this is Frank. 703 00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:24.039 And I noticed one thing about the difference between Cassida and uh De Laura. 704 00:48:25.159 --> 00:48:30.280 And maybe I'm slow, maybe I should have noticed this before, but 705 00:48:30.400 --> 00:48:37.719 it became very obvious that the sun Devils were rushing and sometimes blitzing, and 706 00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:43.199 they were almost at Totida, but he stood his same position. It's trading 707 00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:45.719 on throw and you got the ball off, completed most of the passes, 708 00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:51.719 or if Delora or even going back to on the followment, they would start 709 00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:55.800 running away trying to evade the players and sometimes make good throws, sometimes like 710 00:48:55.920 --> 00:49:01.400 wild throws. So you think it's correct observation. I think you're not far 711 00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:07.800 off because you know, the thing that I think the huge difference between Fefida 712 00:49:07.880 --> 00:49:13.559 and DeLaura was that DeLaura was always looking for the home run and Fefida will 713 00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:16.599 take I'm just gonna take what's there, and that's why you see him stay 714 00:49:16.639 --> 00:49:20.519 in the pocket, because he was gonna take you know, if the play 715 00:49:20.599 --> 00:49:22.239 was to throw the ball down the field, but you know the rush was 716 00:49:22.280 --> 00:49:27.639 coming or whatever, he'll take the five yard or the eight yarder, whereas 717 00:49:27.960 --> 00:49:30.199 de Laura would run around to still try and get that big play. So 718 00:49:31.239 --> 00:49:37.400 that's my completely non coaching analysis of what I think was a big difference between 719 00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:42.320 the two. And I mean, you look at it. Fafida doesn't throw 720 00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:45.320 a great ball down the field, He really doesn't. You know, he 721 00:49:45.400 --> 00:49:49.039 overthrows him a lot, he misses a lot. But man, when he 722 00:49:49.079 --> 00:49:52.239 goes back and he steps into a throw, you know he's got you know, 723 00:49:52.280 --> 00:49:57.599 he's got a guy. And that's I think the big difference. Yeah, 724 00:49:57.639 --> 00:50:01.599 anyway, so yeah, I agree with you there. And of course 725 00:50:01.639 --> 00:50:06.639 this is a guy that's been watching a wildcast now for sixty you know, 726 00:50:06.880 --> 00:50:10.360 seventy two years, so you know, Frank such on my or yep, 727 00:50:10.599 --> 00:50:15.920 so way more than me. Yeah what Sometimes I started like you as a 728 00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:20.519 sports writer, but you know, I thought I should get it a legitimate 729 00:50:20.599 --> 00:50:23.760 job sometimes, you know, good for you, smart man. I think 730 00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:31.119 he just called you and I illegitimate will say that. But do you think 731 00:50:31.519 --> 00:50:36.079 I think the Laura is going to go into a transfer portal. I wouldn't 732 00:50:36.119 --> 00:50:37.920 be surprised, and I wish him well, you know, I wish him 733 00:50:37.920 --> 00:50:42.679 well, but I can't see him standing on the bench for another year. 734 00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:45.519 You're right, No, you're right, Frank. That's the sports writer and 735 00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.960 you commit. There you go, Frank, all right, Frank, Hey, 736 00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:51.079 thanks so much, man. I appreciate the call. One very quick 737 00:50:51.239 --> 00:50:57.119 question. Why doesn't Fish bring in the third stringer, the dorman? You 738 00:50:57.159 --> 00:51:00.079 know, see what he's got. There was not a need to hees, 739 00:51:00.400 --> 00:51:04.480 you know. I think De Laura was first in line if somebody was gonna 740 00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:06.760 come in. But don't be surprised if you see him in the bowl game. 741 00:51:06.840 --> 00:51:10.480 But that does not count against red shirts and stuff like that. Okay, 742 00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:13.920 guys, all right, thank you god, Frank appreciate it. Yeah, 743 00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:15.800 we'll get to more. We don't have a minute left. We'll get 744 00:51:15.800 --> 00:51:17.639 to more clips from Jet. We still need to talk about foot basketball. 745 00:51:19.119 --> 00:51:22.920 That's another great another number two in country. If I didn't already screw that 746 00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:25.960 up for your breaking news. But I think maybe maybe look up the last 747 00:51:25.960 --> 00:51:30.199 time both teams were in the top twelve at the same time. I think 748 00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:36.639 it's I don't know, my guess was someone at the Early the latest Early, 749 00:51:37.039 --> 00:51:40.000 because they're two good programs. But okay, all right, well, 750 00:51:40.079 --> 00:51:44.119 let's let's take our break. Sammy's loaded up with breaking. There's a lot 751 00:51:44.119 --> 00:51:45.000 of stuff going on. I'm sure we're not going to get to all of 752 00:51:45.039 --> 00:51:47.719 it, and we'll try not to get caught up in the minutia of it, 753 00:51:47.760 --> 00:51:52.400 but a lot of stuff going on, not just here but everywhere else. 754 00:51:52.440 --> 00:52:02.480 So stick around and we'll be right back that so she's seeing it as 755 00:52:02.559 --> 00:52:07.599 it doesn't die, remember her bather starts talking Die