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<v Speaker 1>Streaming live on the Ihearts Radio. While this is Eye

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<v Speaker 1>on the Ball with Steve Rivera on Fox Sports fourteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>And welcome back to the ball here on Fox Sports

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen fifty, Young Steve Rivera. Your Troy. I just said,

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<v Speaker 2>in case you didn't know, go easy, Go easy dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>You're busy with her.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, I've got recruiting stuff up right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Carter Bryant news and yeah, I don't know if that's news,

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<v Speaker 3>that's still news. Yeah, but still I mean, finally made

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<v Speaker 3>the decision. You got to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Any news in the summer is good news or whatever.

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<v Speaker 3>And then obviously the official visit weekend, Izona had a

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<v Speaker 3>busy weekend there.

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<v Speaker 2>Did they get to he said, commitments? He said commitments.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure they did.

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<v Speaker 3>They haven't really said who they are, hold the people,

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<v Speaker 3>the people who they are. But remember they have that

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<v Speaker 3>for star quarterback in the names escaping me right now.

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<v Speaker 3>But that is committed to Oklahoma. I think it's Jane

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<v Speaker 3>and O'Neill Arizona was heavily involved in him, and he

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<v Speaker 3>was here this weekend and did take photos with the

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<v Speaker 3>coaching staff and did the hype stuff. So maybe a flip.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe a flip there. Okay, a lot of Texas guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think the second year for for coach but better? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Second year because.

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<v Speaker 3>I think one you fix the issues on your coaching staff.

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<v Speaker 3>You needed to revamp your offensive staff.

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<v Speaker 2>What issues? Tell me?

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<v Speaker 3>Can you say, yeah, Dino Babers was horrible. Let's let's

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<v Speaker 3>be honest.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm pay more personality than than the game in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of personnel. If you can, you can you fix in.

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<v Speaker 3>Terms of player personnality? Yeah, I think he could fill

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<v Speaker 3>some holes that you.

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<v Speaker 2>Had on the d line by by by the new

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<v Speaker 2>coaches or the personality might not have been there or

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<v Speaker 2>added to that too. Yeah, you know was to me

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<v Speaker 2>very maybe pat his prime.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, No, I mean great coach in terms of

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<v Speaker 3>he's known for what he did at Syracuse. He's known

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<v Speaker 3>for what he did at Arizona before.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, when you're doing the same stuff that

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<v Speaker 3>you did back then, it's not going to work. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>And you got to be adaptable, so you get some

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<v Speaker 3>youth movement in there. I think some things happened on

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<v Speaker 3>the defensive side of the ball. In terms of injuries,

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<v Speaker 3>there's just so many injuries last year for them that

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<v Speaker 3>I kind of spiraled out of control and maybe you

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<v Speaker 3>need a little restart there and a little refresher there.

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<v Speaker 3>And then in the transfer portal, just as guys that

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<v Speaker 3>they added on the d line and secondary added some

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<v Speaker 3>key receivers. I think they're able to piece together a

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<v Speaker 3>solid twenty twenty six or sorry, solid twenty twenty five

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<v Speaker 3>roster coming up in a team that can compete for

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<v Speaker 3>a bowl game.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so what was the end result for the.

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<v Speaker 3>Recruiting did you say end result for it was on

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<v Speaker 3>a football recruiting I think they finished at in the forties,

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<v Speaker 3>around forty one, which is good, especially after the year

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<v Speaker 3>that they just had.

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<v Speaker 2>No question, but I think isn't what they sells playing

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<v Speaker 2>time and a new world.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they got to do right now? What else in Arizona

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<v Speaker 3>and you're gonna play you know? But you know that's

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<v Speaker 3>what Jed sold and he was able to have that

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<v Speaker 3>top twenty recruiting class that finished at nineteen. But you're

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<v Speaker 3>talking about a program that had a lot of hype

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<v Speaker 3>around it entering the season. You fell on your face,

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<v Speaker 3>you took your lumps, and you just revamped, retooled your

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<v Speaker 3>coaching staff, and you're able to piece together a very

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<v Speaker 3>strong recruiting class for having, let's be honest, a disappointing

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<v Speaker 3>season for what everybody thought and including probably what coach

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<v Speaker 3>Brennan thought they were going to do last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Anthony, Julia, are you listening to me? Because he

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<v Speaker 2>sent me something like out of the blue, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what the hell he was talking about with

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<v Speaker 2>basketball or football and predictions from back in the day

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years ago. He said he finally got one twenty

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<v Speaker 2>years ago. Ye hadn't been right since what prediction? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>that Arizona or Washington was going to win the league?

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<v Speaker 2>And I said Arizona and he said Washington. So I

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<v Speaker 2>was assuming it's basketball twenty years ago. You might have

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<v Speaker 2>to look that up. I just texted them back. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know where that came from. Hey, Steve, remember this

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<v Speaker 2>day back in twenty What the hell twenty years ago?

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<v Speaker 2>Don't remember? Ultimate historians? Yeah, thanks for Google, the access

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<v Speaker 2>all this newspaper stuff. What the hell was the newspaper?

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<v Speaker 2>So he's here, he's texting me back for whatever reason.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody want to call get in the fight with us

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<v Speaker 2>or otherwise. He's called five two zero four, one six

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<v Speaker 2>seventy four forty. I wanted to get into the Mike

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<v Speaker 2>Leach el Jibouti with the Hall of Fame because I

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<v Speaker 2>know there was a group here. So it was basketball

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years ago? Washington? Who they have? Did they have

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<v Speaker 2>the little guard Leftyia?

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<v Speaker 4>No?

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, that was twenty years ago. The paper was

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<v Speaker 2>still around fifteen, uh, fifteen years ago. I closed in

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and nine. Twenty years ago was fifteen? No,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, fifteen, twenty fifteen. I come on the

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<v Speaker 2>ten years ago Steve, who does math five five? That

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<v Speaker 2>was the year of Okay, that was the year of

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<v Speaker 2>Did they have what's his name from Portland? Rogers?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, Washington they had the guy that was the

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<v Speaker 2>star in Portland?

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<v Speaker 5>Got right?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, No, that was way before that before yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>because I was still Randon Roy there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was a long time ago. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what the heck he's sending me this for. Make sure

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<v Speaker 2>you hit the button because I might cost here in

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<v Speaker 2>a second when I get stuff like this. Mhm, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>anybody want to call again? We have time here for seventeen.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna have Justin Spears on to talk about his

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<v Speaker 2>his golf tournament that just happened then, and what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on in the football program. If he's ever going to

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<v Speaker 2>take a day off, what it will be because he

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<v Speaker 2>has football coming up here pretty soon. And then he's

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<v Speaker 2>there's so short staffed at that paper that everybody's taking

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<v Speaker 2>on different things. Yeah, you know, welcome to the wordal media, baby,

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<v Speaker 2>and welcome to the world of media. It is what

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<v Speaker 2>it is. Dreamt of doing this. I did. You know

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<v Speaker 2>why I need to have different dreams. It's funny because

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<v Speaker 2>when I was going to the business a thousand years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>back in eighty late seventies eighties. Got to tell you

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<v Speaker 2>how old I am. We had some reporters go to

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<v Speaker 2>the high school and kind of, oh, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>be you, blah blah blah. You don't want to be us.

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<v Speaker 2>The paper, the papers are dwindling. This is forty years ago, right,

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<v Speaker 2>forty five years ago, and the paper, the jobs are fewer,

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<v Speaker 2>blah blah blah. You know, me being stupid at eighteen,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not gonna happen to me. I don't have to worry.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not gonna happen to me. Then you go to

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<v Speaker 2>college and become a journalism a major blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 2>Things are fantastic, and for twenty three years they were

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<v Speaker 2>pretty good until the paper clothes And you're thinking, damn,

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<v Speaker 2>I should have listened to that, dude.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember my first class of the UFA. We had

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<v Speaker 3>Damien Alameda in the class. Yeah, they said, Okay, if

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<v Speaker 3>you're in it for the money and all that, walk

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<v Speaker 3>out this store right now, right, good, nice, good, but good. Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>but if you want to, if you're interested, buckle up.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a good life. No hell, let me tell you

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<v Speaker 2>I have a great life now. I covered I do this,

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<v Speaker 2>I do other things for other people, and hey, I

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<v Speaker 2>just need to see the end of the road. And

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<v Speaker 2>he gets over there. It's a light coming from a train.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, you know it is so NBA Finals.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, you got the Pacers and you have the thunder right,

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit of a surprise. I think nobody would

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<v Speaker 3>have picked the Pacers at the beginning of this whole thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And you look at the markets and no offense to

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<v Speaker 3>Oklahoma City, no offense in Indiana. This might be the

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<v Speaker 3>least viewed NBA Finals.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Ever, I saw that there was a story with

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<v Speaker 2>Adam Silver talking about this, He said, the dilemma is

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<v Speaker 2>not the two teams in it, but there was another dilemma.

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<v Speaker 2>And I didn't have enough courage to click on the

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<v Speaker 2>link to see what the dilemma was, but you'd see it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not as sexy. It's the teams. It's the team.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know what, it's going to be a pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good one because they're both very athletic and very good. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And who would have this when was TJ here December?

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<v Speaker 2>They was here this year, right, and the team was here.

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<v Speaker 2>So you had an NBA team that's in the finals

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<v Speaker 2>in McHale watching Carlisle the head coach and everything. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>them to support TJ. Yeah, And who would have thought

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<v Speaker 2>that at the time. I don't think anybody. I think,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Indiana had a very good roster, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think you know, if you looked at them, you thought

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<v Speaker 2>they were probably a year away, a year or two

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<v Speaker 2>away from and adding a few pieces from potentially doing

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<v Speaker 2>something like this. But the playoffs Tyler Haliburton's ad. TJ

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<v Speaker 2>has had a phenomenal playoffs. Pascal Siakam, they've just gelled,

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<v Speaker 2>They've just figured out yell at the right time, and

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<v Speaker 2>and the Thunder. They're just they're just talent. Okay, see, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>see and how many let's see.

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<v Speaker 3>I like Indiana. I want Indiana to win. You have

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<v Speaker 3>ave ties, and I just like Rick Carlisle as a

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<v Speaker 3>head coach. But yeah, I think the Thunder are going

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<v Speaker 3>to win this one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, me too. At six, I picked both of them.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, my boy Chris owes me some money here

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<v Speaker 2>because I have both sides of it. But it's not

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<v Speaker 2>a sex it's not a sexy one because you do want,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, some of the sexier teams in it. And

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<v Speaker 2>we drew. We went, yeah, we went. It took twenty

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<v Speaker 2>from me and I took it back.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, how badly do you think the NBA wanted

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<v Speaker 3>at least that New York pace re siies Go seven?

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<v Speaker 2>Probably?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean that that was the last, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>major headline matchup.

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<v Speaker 2>New York might have burned down had they won the day.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been there a few times, never never, never been

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<v Speaker 2>there a few times. I'll take it, I'll leave it.

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<v Speaker 2>I won't take it. My son went to school in

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<v Speaker 2>that area. So but I really like New York. Too

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<v Speaker 2>many people, too many craziness. I like Mayberry here in Tucson.

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<v Speaker 2>You sound like a people person. Huh how you many people?

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<v Speaker 2>Excuse me? Excuse me? Could you tell me how to

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<v Speaker 2>get the one hundred and seven and sixty third.

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<v Speaker 6>Third?

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<v Speaker 2>You can take a camp I can see it from here.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like when you go to Vegas and you're at

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<v Speaker 2>the you're at the MGM. How do you get to

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<v Speaker 2>the stratosphere. It's right there, see the big building. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's right there. I walk and it's like forever, right,

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<v Speaker 4>first two years, we benefited Children's Miracle Network and PMC

423
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<v Speaker 4>for Children and they were so amazing. I mean they

424
00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:10.559
<v Speaker 4>they were so supportive, and they were totally cool with us,

425
00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:14.480
<v Speaker 4>you know, using them to to you know, raise money

426
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<v Speaker 4>for charity.

427
00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:17.279
<v Speaker 13>And my brother and I we didn't make a dime

428
00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:18.000
<v Speaker 13>off this event.

429
00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:20.359
<v Speaker 4>All we wanted to do was just raise some money

430
00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:23.359
<v Speaker 4>and all get my buddies together to play some golf.

431
00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:26.759
<v Speaker 4>And the first two years it was great.

432
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<v Speaker 13>You know.

433
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<v Speaker 4>We did it at Star Pass in year one and

434
00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:36.559
<v Speaker 4>we had sixty golfers come out, including Noel Fafida, Arizona quarterback.

435
00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:40.039
<v Speaker 4>And of course at that time, this was before nolh

436
00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:42.920
<v Speaker 4>Flafida became Nol Fafida, you know, and when he was

437
00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:47.559
<v Speaker 4>going into that year, he was Jaden Delor's backup, and

438
00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:50.559
<v Speaker 4>lo and behold he became the face of the franchise.

439
00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:53.000
<v Speaker 13>And it was a great time.

440
00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:55.440
<v Speaker 4>Year one, like I said, sixty people, and then year

441
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<v Speaker 4>two we got eighty four people, and we moved it

442
00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:04.119
<v Speaker 4>to Corey Pines right there off of It ten near Marana.

443
00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:09.119
<v Speaker 4>And then eventually, you know, Eastern Seals Blake Foundation came

444
00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:13.640
<v Speaker 4>along and Betsy Bruce and all of them. They saw

445
00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:16.279
<v Speaker 4>what my brother and I were doing. They've been doing

446
00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:20.880
<v Speaker 4>a charity golf tournament for I think like fifteen years now,

447
00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:26.279
<v Speaker 4>and they said, do you want to join forces? And

448
00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:30.079
<v Speaker 4>I saw the resources they had. I saw the team

449
00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:34.240
<v Speaker 4>of people that they had as well, and they took

450
00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:38.640
<v Speaker 4>away maybe fifty steps that my brother and I normally

451
00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:42.680
<v Speaker 4>have to take to put on a tournament. And they

452
00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:47.920
<v Speaker 4>were so great with the Raffle prizes, with the organization, planning,

453
00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:51.559
<v Speaker 4>the course, the dates and all that. Because my birthdays

454
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<v Speaker 4>on the fourth of July, at my brother's birthdays on

455
00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:57.599
<v Speaker 4>July twenty ninth. So what we initially did was we

456
00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:01.720
<v Speaker 4>kind of met in the middle in July and that

457
00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:05.119
<v Speaker 4>was the date of the Spirits Summer Classic. But the

458
00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:08.000
<v Speaker 4>Eastern Shields Lake Foundation, they're like, well, would you like

459
00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:11.160
<v Speaker 4>to maybe move it up to late May, like one

460
00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:13.519
<v Speaker 4>of the last days of May. And I thought it

461
00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:17.480
<v Speaker 4>was perfect because I mean late May, that's the other

462
00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:22.160
<v Speaker 4>in Arizona, especially in Tucson, like it's getting warm, obviously,

463
00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:26.400
<v Speaker 4>but it's not. It's not like hell in July and

464
00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:30.400
<v Speaker 4>August where it's just just absolutely scorching hot. And so

465
00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:33.720
<v Speaker 4>we moved it to late May, and we moved it

466
00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:36.279
<v Speaker 4>to Vintanna Canyon and we played on the mountain course,

467
00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:39.599
<v Speaker 4>which is maybe top ten in all of Arizona and

468
00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:42.480
<v Speaker 4>we got one hundred and twenty people to come out

469
00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:45.440
<v Speaker 4>this year. We went from sixty to eighty four to

470
00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:50.079
<v Speaker 4>one hundred and twenty. And we had Arizona softball coaching

471
00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:54.440
<v Speaker 4>legend Mike Candrea out there. Chuck Cecil College Football Hall

472
00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:56.720
<v Speaker 4>of Famer, he was out there as well. You know,

473
00:23:56.759 --> 00:24:00.160
<v Speaker 4>we had former Arizona football great Bam McCrae. All so

474
00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:03.480
<v Speaker 4>out there. We had both U of A golf coaches

475
00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:07.599
<v Speaker 4>and Jim Anderson who's now the longest tenured head coach

476
00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:10.839
<v Speaker 4>at the u of A with Fred Harvey retiring. And

477
00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:14.839
<v Speaker 4>then Giovanna Maymon, who is who just wrapped up her

478
00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:17.119
<v Speaker 4>first year as head coach of the Arizona women's golf

479
00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:20.680
<v Speaker 4>team and she was just named Big twelve Coach of

480
00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:23.160
<v Speaker 4>the Year as well. And you know, I mean, the

481
00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:25.920
<v Speaker 4>list goes on and on. Of the great people. Joe

482
00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:29.880
<v Speaker 4>Nell's former Arizona shooting guard. He was one of the

483
00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:32.759
<v Speaker 4>guys who was in the winning group that won the

484
00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:36.119
<v Speaker 4>third edition of the Spears Summer Classic. But and then

485
00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:39.400
<v Speaker 4>also No Fafida and his dad and his uncle Steve

486
00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:42.240
<v Speaker 4>who played for the Dolphins, and then Dash Fafida, who's

487
00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:44.680
<v Speaker 4>a u of a linebacker commit for twenty twenty six.

488
00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:48.319
<v Speaker 4>I mean, there was some very big names out there,

489
00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:50.720
<v Speaker 4>and there were also, you know.

490
00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:52.799
<v Speaker 13>Some people out there who could have done a lot

491
00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.279
<v Speaker 13>of other.

492
00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:55.400
<v Speaker 4>Things with their Friday morning and Friday afternoon, but they

493
00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:58.400
<v Speaker 4>decided to come play golf with all of us and

494
00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:01.039
<v Speaker 4>we had a great time doing it. And I can't

495
00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:04.160
<v Speaker 4>thank Betsy Bruce and the Easter Seals Blake Foundation for

496
00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:08.480
<v Speaker 4>seeing so much of what we do and wanted to

497
00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:12.319
<v Speaker 4>join forces. And this is going to be a long

498
00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:16.799
<v Speaker 4>and prosperous relationship and the Spear Summer Classic is definitely

499
00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:19.000
<v Speaker 4>going to be a Tucson tradition for many summers.

500
00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:21.279
<v Speaker 3>You know, what does it mean to you to have

501
00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:25.240
<v Speaker 3>that backing from that organization, Just the impact that you

502
00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:27.759
<v Speaker 3>and your brother have been able to make on the

503
00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:31.160
<v Speaker 3>Tucson community and giving back to them as people that

504
00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:34.119
<v Speaker 3>grew up here in Tucson just like I did as well.

505
00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:38.000
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, I mean we love our community. You know,

506
00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:40.960
<v Speaker 4>I moved here when I was just two years old.

507
00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:43.880
<v Speaker 4>My roots are in southern California, which is why I

508
00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:46.480
<v Speaker 4>like the Lakers and the Dodgers and all them. But

509
00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:48.400
<v Speaker 4>I'm a too soon and through and through. You know,

510
00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:51.160
<v Speaker 4>I grew up in the city. I grew up, you know,

511
00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:53.200
<v Speaker 4>cheering for the Arizona Wildcats.

512
00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:57.400
<v Speaker 13>And one thing that I've realized about.

513
00:25:57.079 --> 00:26:01.000
<v Speaker 4>This community is if you give back back to this

514
00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:03.960
<v Speaker 4>community in some shape or form, people are going to

515
00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:09.519
<v Speaker 4>rally around that. People love the Tucson community and they

516
00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:12.640
<v Speaker 4>love people who are investing in this community.

517
00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.880
<v Speaker 13>And you know, is it.

518
00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:15.920
<v Speaker 4>Astronomical amounts of money.

519
00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.480
<v Speaker 13>I don't know.

520
00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:19.680
<v Speaker 4>I don't have the figures right in front of me.

521
00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:22.240
<v Speaker 4>But all we wanted to do was just play golf

522
00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:25.559
<v Speaker 4>and do something good in the process, you know. Shamefully,

523
00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:28.319
<v Speaker 4>I am a COVID golfer, you know. I you know,

524
00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:31.640
<v Speaker 4>growing up, I would go out to the driving range

525
00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:33.839
<v Speaker 4>with my dad and my brother and you know, we

526
00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.400
<v Speaker 4>would hit out.

527
00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:36.799
<v Speaker 13>We would hit some some buckets.

528
00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:38.960
<v Speaker 4>Of balls at the Blanchard golf course at Davis Monton

529
00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.720
<v Speaker 4>Air Force Base.

530
00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:43.640
<v Speaker 13>So I would always I always had the spling down

531
00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:46.519
<v Speaker 13>and I knew the game of golf. Tiger Woods is

532
00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:46.759
<v Speaker 13>one of.

533
00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:50.480
<v Speaker 4>My all time favorite athletes, and so golf was was

534
00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:55.319
<v Speaker 4>always around, but I never really made it a hobby.

535
00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:59.960
<v Speaker 4>And until COVID hit and then once the pandemic rolled around,

536
00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:03.119
<v Speaker 4>and you know, I got furlough from a job and

537
00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:06.839
<v Speaker 4>I just had my afternoons open and so I got

538
00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:09.640
<v Speaker 4>the dust off the clubs. We go to the Silver

539
00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:12.599
<v Speaker 4>Bell golf Course or even El Rio, and we just

540
00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:16.799
<v Speaker 4>hit buckets and balls every day for that entire year

541
00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.640
<v Speaker 4>of twenty twenty.

542
00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:19.799
<v Speaker 13>And then the bug bit me.

543
00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:24.759
<v Speaker 4>I was immediately hooked on golf and I would go

544
00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:28.640
<v Speaker 4>to you know, all courses all around Tucson, Arizona. Now

545
00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:30.480
<v Speaker 4>just because I was hooked on golf or I am

546
00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:32.799
<v Speaker 4>hooked on golf, doesn't mean I'm any good at it.

547
00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:35.319
<v Speaker 4>You know, Like anytime I go out there, all I'm

548
00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:37.440
<v Speaker 4>trying to do is just break one hundred. So I'm

549
00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:40.519
<v Speaker 4>a total hack. I'm not the greatest golfer in the world,

550
00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:45.200
<v Speaker 4>but you know, I also don't I'm not totally totally bad,

551
00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:47.759
<v Speaker 4>right like I you know, I'll hit some good shots

552
00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:50.319
<v Speaker 4>and you know, I'll keep the keep up the fun

553
00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:53.519
<v Speaker 4>and keep the pace going. But you know, golf has

554
00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:56.839
<v Speaker 4>become such a big part of my life and it

555
00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:00.240
<v Speaker 4>is really helps me with my mental health and just

556
00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:03.200
<v Speaker 4>getting out on the golf course and even when it's

557
00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:06.759
<v Speaker 4>blazing hot, you know, it's just you the outdoor elements

558
00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:10.400
<v Speaker 4>and that little white ball, and there's something therapeutic about

559
00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:13.160
<v Speaker 4>the game of golf, and so it's become a big

560
00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:15.839
<v Speaker 4>part of my life, and it's always been a big

561
00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:18.000
<v Speaker 4>part of my brother's life. And we just wanted to

562
00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.839
<v Speaker 4>figure out a way to use the game of golf

563
00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:22.160
<v Speaker 4>to give back to our community.

564
00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:23.839
<v Speaker 13>And you know it kind of going back to.

565
00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:28.440
<v Speaker 4>Your original question, Troy, the Spirituum a Classic was actually

566
00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:32.640
<v Speaker 4>supposed to be a Tucson slash Phoenix event. You know,

567
00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:37.680
<v Speaker 4>we were supposed to alternate between Tucson and Phoenix. But

568
00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:40.920
<v Speaker 4>we saw the support that we got after year one

569
00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:44.039
<v Speaker 4>and going into year two, and so many people said,

570
00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.880
<v Speaker 4>hold on, hold.

571
00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:47.000
<v Speaker 13>On, don't go to Phoenix just yet.

572
00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:49.440
<v Speaker 4>Let's let's do another one and Tucson and see how

573
00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:54.160
<v Speaker 4>it goes. And so many people have, you know, come

574
00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:57.160
<v Speaker 4>to support this event, and eventually, I think my brother

575
00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:59.599
<v Speaker 4>and I got to a point where we were like, yeah,

576
00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:01.400
<v Speaker 4>we're not taking this Phoenix. This is going to be

577
00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:05.160
<v Speaker 4>a Tucson thing for sure. And to see the support

578
00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:11.519
<v Speaker 4>from the people in Tucson, my friends, all the people

579
00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:14.880
<v Speaker 4>connected to the University of Arizona, it's really special and

580
00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:16.000
<v Speaker 4>it means the absolute.

581
00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.079
<v Speaker 13>The world to me.

582
00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:18.720
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, very nice, And all the proceeds go to the

583
00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:21.359
<v Speaker 2>Bleak Foundation. One hundred and twenty golfers. That's a pretty

584
00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:25.440
<v Speaker 2>good haul, right obviously, So that's cool, very cool.

585
00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:29.799
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, No, one hundred and twenty golfers. That's doubled,

586
00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:33.839
<v Speaker 4>you know, from our first year at sixty at Star Pass.

587
00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:36.400
<v Speaker 4>But you know, we're trying to increase that number, you know,

588
00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:40.759
<v Speaker 4>the one twenty that's the new bar, and we're trying

589
00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:42.079
<v Speaker 4>to get to one hundred and forty four. If you

590
00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:44.319
<v Speaker 4>get to one hundred and forty four, that means a

591
00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:48.240
<v Speaker 4>sellout when you have two groups at every single hole.

592
00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:52.759
<v Speaker 4>So we were very happy and honored to have one

593
00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:55.200
<v Speaker 4>hundred and twenty golfers. But of course, you know, we're

594
00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:57.839
<v Speaker 4>never complacent. We want to make sure that we sell

595
00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:59.599
<v Speaker 4>out next year and for many years to come at

596
00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.599
<v Speaker 4>a hundred forty four.

597
00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:02.480
<v Speaker 13>So Stee, Troy, get.

598
00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:05.279
<v Speaker 4>The cobwebs off the golf clubs, get some friends, and

599
00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:06.400
<v Speaker 4>let's go golfing next year.

600
00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:09.440
<v Speaker 2>Man, I'm a better driver of the cart. I am

601
00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.039
<v Speaker 2>a golfer.

602
00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:13.839
<v Speaker 4>I've played better driver of the car than they.

603
00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:16.319
<v Speaker 2>Yes, I'll do that, but I enjoy playing every now

604
00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:18.079
<v Speaker 2>and again. I have my clubs and it's people. Do

605
00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:20.480
<v Speaker 2>you use them? Not only when people ask and when

606
00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:22.799
<v Speaker 2>I say no, I can't do it. Sorry, not this weekend.

607
00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:24.839
<v Speaker 2>No more power to you. I've seen I've seen you

608
00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:27.880
<v Speaker 2>on the videos and stuff. So but now we're what

609
00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:31.680
<v Speaker 2>late or early June? Uh, in a matter of a

610
00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:34.799
<v Speaker 2>few days two months, you'll be out there busy doing

611
00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:37.799
<v Speaker 2>football stuff, right and you already are you? Already are? So?

612
00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:40.119
<v Speaker 2>Did you? You? You had a little risk it. You

613
00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:42.119
<v Speaker 2>can probably take some more time off before you get

614
00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.839
<v Speaker 2>into the grind.

615
00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:46.319
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, I'll be you know, taking off here in

616
00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:49.160
<v Speaker 4>just a little bit. But you know, as as Troy knows,

617
00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:52.279
<v Speaker 4>you're never really fully off when it comes to Arizona football,

618
00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:58.839
<v Speaker 4>especially in the the recruiting months. And right now Arizona's

619
00:30:58.839 --> 00:31:02.920
<v Speaker 4>hosting a secial visits left and right, and a lot

620
00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:06.319
<v Speaker 4>of guys from Texas, a lot of guys I mean

621
00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:08.480
<v Speaker 4>from all parts of all parts of the country, but

622
00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:12.519
<v Speaker 4>they're really diving into Texas and southern California in the

623
00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:17.599
<v Speaker 4>state of Arizona. So you know, June is prime recruiting season.

624
00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:22.200
<v Speaker 4>Last year, a bulk of Arizona's twenty twenty five recruiting class.

625
00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:26.000
<v Speaker 4>All those guys committed in June. So yeah, I would

626
00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:30.720
<v Speaker 4>expect here in the next few weeks to see all

627
00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:34.359
<v Speaker 4>these recruits start to roll in. Maybe not as much

628
00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:37.240
<v Speaker 4>as last year, right because you know, with with revenue

629
00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:41.599
<v Speaker 4>sharing and nil and all that, you know, the athletes,

630
00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:45.119
<v Speaker 4>they want to maintain as much leverage as they can

631
00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.480
<v Speaker 4>in the recruiting process.

632
00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.519
<v Speaker 13>So you may not.

633
00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:51.519
<v Speaker 4>See as many commits in June this year, but I

634
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<v Speaker 4>would expect to see a handful of Arizona football commits

635
00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:58.400
<v Speaker 4>coming up here in the month of June. And yeah,

636
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<v Speaker 4>and then not only do you have recruiting seat, but

637
00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.720
<v Speaker 4>you also have camp season two.

638
00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:03.880
<v Speaker 13>So Arizona football is going to be hosting.

639
00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:07.799
<v Speaker 4>A bunch of camps and seven on seven tournaments. And

640
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<v Speaker 4>this is a really cool way or another way I

641
00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:14.759
<v Speaker 4>should say, of getting recruits on campus. You know, this

642
00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:17.559
<v Speaker 4>is kind of like the you know, their way of

643
00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:21.720
<v Speaker 4>getting some targets that they're looking at and getting them

644
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<v Speaker 4>on campus without taking a fun official or official visit.

645
00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:30.559
<v Speaker 4>You know, they're going to be on campus at the

646
00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:33.640
<v Speaker 4>u of A football facilities, playing in seven on seven tournaments,

647
00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:36.200
<v Speaker 4>and the coaches are going to have that ability to

648
00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:39.160
<v Speaker 4>talk to a lot of these guys, and it's also

649
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<v Speaker 4>a good way to connect with a lot of Tucson

650
00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:44.279
<v Speaker 4>schools too. You know, I remember, you know, going out

651
00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:47.000
<v Speaker 4>to seven on seven tournaments at the u of A

652
00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.920
<v Speaker 4>when I was playing at Sienaga.

653
00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:51.119
<v Speaker 13>And yes, yes, I.

654
00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:53.680
<v Speaker 4>Did participate in the seven on seven tournaments as a center.

655
00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:56.799
<v Speaker 4>I probably had the easiest job out of anybody.

656
00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:58.160
<v Speaker 13>At the seven on seven tournaments.

657
00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:00.799
<v Speaker 4>But it was really cool going out to the U

658
00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:03.799
<v Speaker 4>of A and connecting with with those guys. And I

659
00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:07.039
<v Speaker 4>know the U of A definitely takes pride and reaching

660
00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:09.319
<v Speaker 4>out to the high school school, to the local high

661
00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:10.480
<v Speaker 4>schools and making sure.

662
00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:12.680
<v Speaker 13>That they feel connected in some way.

663
00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:14.920
<v Speaker 4>So yeah, you're gonna see some seven on seven tournaments

664
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<v Speaker 4>with some local high schools, also some Phoenix area high schools,

665
00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:22.279
<v Speaker 4>and it's a good opportunity for Arizona to really look

666
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<v Speaker 4>at some of the top in state talent.

667
00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:25.960
<v Speaker 13>That they have right here in their backyard.

668
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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

669
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<v Speaker 3>Not only is it recruiting, but you're seeing kind of

670
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<v Speaker 3>the scheduling timing coming out. I believe last week they

671
00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:36.720
<v Speaker 3>announced a couple of night games Kansas State, Hawaii and

672
00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:39.759
<v Speaker 3>some others as well, you know, I know it's a

673
00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:42.000
<v Speaker 3>small thing, but you're not.

674
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<v Speaker 2>Seeing that, you know, that extremely.

675
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<v Speaker 3>Late kickoff yet there's no I don't think there was

676
00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:49.079
<v Speaker 3>an eight pm on there. Maybe I'm wrong, but I

677
00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:51.319
<v Speaker 3>think six and seven were the main wing.

678
00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:54.799
<v Speaker 13>Damn it, Troy, you had to say it.

679
00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.720
<v Speaker 2>You had to say it.

680
00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.000
<v Speaker 4>You had to say it.

681
00:33:58.039 --> 00:34:00.440
<v Speaker 13>Okay, all right, well I am fully expect thing.

682
00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:03.799
<v Speaker 4>Big twelve opener, eight pm kickoffs.

683
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<v Speaker 13>You had to say it's roight. Damn it, you had

684
00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:09.400
<v Speaker 13>to say it. But yeah, no, you're right.

685
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<v Speaker 4>I mean there's not, you know, too many late games

686
00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:15.840
<v Speaker 4>to start the season. We'll see how Arizona does. You know,

687
00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:18.440
<v Speaker 4>if Arizona gets off to a rocky start, then maybe

688
00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:23.559
<v Speaker 4>we're looking at those those eight o'clock windows or maybe

689
00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:27.039
<v Speaker 4>even normal games. But they're gonna be on ESPN Plus

690
00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:28.880
<v Speaker 4>and not on linear television.

691
00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:31.280
<v Speaker 13>But but yeah, going back to like.

692
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<v Speaker 4>The schedule that you mentioned, the one thing that I

693
00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:38.880
<v Speaker 4>really took away was Arizona. They're gonna have some games

694
00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:46.559
<v Speaker 4>on TNT this year. With this this settlement with Warner Brothers.

695
00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:49.599
<v Speaker 4>In the Big twelve, there's gonna be like, I think

696
00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:56.000
<v Speaker 4>twelve or thirteen games on TNT slash TVs, and you know,

697
00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:58.199
<v Speaker 4>Steve probably remembers the day.

698
00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:00.159
<v Speaker 13>I certainly don't know.

699
00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:04.280
<v Speaker 4>Troy doesn't. The days where college football was was was

700
00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:08.039
<v Speaker 4>on TBS and you had you know, Brad Nessler and

701
00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:13.079
<v Speaker 4>Aaron Andrews in the broadcast booth representing TBS.

702
00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:15.679
<v Speaker 13>And now we're going back to those days.

703
00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:19.239
<v Speaker 4>And I think it's the if I'm not mistaken, it's

704
00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:21.800
<v Speaker 4>the season open to right, the season why that game

705
00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:25.480
<v Speaker 4>is going to be on tn T. So yeah, the

706
00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:29.039
<v Speaker 4>broadcast or the network that used to have all the

707
00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:31.360
<v Speaker 4>NBA games and all that, they're going to dive into

708
00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:35.360
<v Speaker 4>college football. So expect to see not just Arizona but

709
00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:38.199
<v Speaker 4>other schools in the Big twelve to have some games

710
00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:42.079
<v Speaker 4>broadcasted on T and T. And I think it's so

711
00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:45.960
<v Speaker 4>cool that, you know, tn T is getting back into

712
00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:50.039
<v Speaker 4>college football. And honestly, I love this schedule a lot

713
00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:54.320
<v Speaker 4>for Arizona. Like I think that the fact that they

714
00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:58.639
<v Speaker 4>have five out of their first six games, the fact

715
00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:02.480
<v Speaker 4>that those games are at home, I think bosewell for Arizona.

716
00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:02.920
<v Speaker 2>Right.

717
00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:07.039
<v Speaker 4>I think we've all we all know better by now

718
00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:13.320
<v Speaker 4>to really have expectations for Arizona football after what we

719
00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:17.360
<v Speaker 4>saw last year. But I feel better about the Cats,

720
00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:21.360
<v Speaker 4>I really do. I feel better about them than say,

721
00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:24.280
<v Speaker 4>when they got kicked around by forty two points by

722
00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:27.119
<v Speaker 4>ASU in the Territorial Cup, because you know, I just

723
00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:30.559
<v Speaker 4>I like the additions they made, both in the transfer

724
00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:34.440
<v Speaker 4>portal at the high school level and also the coaching

725
00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:38.800
<v Speaker 4>hires as well. You know, I think that Dino Babers

726
00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:41.679
<v Speaker 4>was Let's just go ahead and say it.

727
00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.400
<v Speaker 13>It was a mistake.

728
00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:46.440
<v Speaker 4>It wasn't the right scheme, it wasn't the right fit

729
00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:49.760
<v Speaker 4>for what Arizona had. It seemed like they were trying

730
00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:52.239
<v Speaker 4>to fit a square peg into a round hole, and

731
00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:57.679
<v Speaker 4>the offense was just so slow and lethargic, and there

732
00:36:57.760 --> 00:37:02.599
<v Speaker 4>was just no intent or happiness. And now with new

733
00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:07.000
<v Speaker 4>offense coordator Seth Daghi, who used to play quarterbacks, I

734
00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:10.559
<v Speaker 4>mean like a decade ago, like he's not too far

735
00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:16.159
<v Speaker 4>removed from his playing days with him and his ability

736
00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:21.440
<v Speaker 4>to maximize the personnel, and I mean the classic example

737
00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:24.239
<v Speaker 4>of maximizing the personnel is what he did at Marshall

738
00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:26.800
<v Speaker 4>last year. You know, Marshall had the best offense in

739
00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:29.920
<v Speaker 4>the Sun Belt. They had the Sun Belt Player of

740
00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:33.559
<v Speaker 4>the Year with their quarterback, and they ended up winning

741
00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:37.039
<v Speaker 4>the I think the programs like first ever sun Belt Championship,

742
00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:40.000
<v Speaker 4>like last year was a very sore season for Marshall and.

743
00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:41.679
<v Speaker 13>A big part of it was because of their offense.

744
00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:46.599
<v Speaker 4>And Marshall had more rushing yards than passing yards. And

745
00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:50.400
<v Speaker 4>so people who have any concerns about the balance of

746
00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:56.159
<v Speaker 4>Arizona's offense, because Seth Daggi comes from the Mike Leach

747
00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:58.199
<v Speaker 4>system and he has that background of.

748
00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.320
<v Speaker 13>Throwing the ball.

749
00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:02.119
<v Speaker 4>Look at what he did at Marshall again, more rushing

750
00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:04.719
<v Speaker 4>yards than passing yards. And he'll be the first one.

751
00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.440
<v Speaker 6>To tell you.

752
00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:07.320
<v Speaker 4>And he looks at his talent, he looks at the

753
00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:09.719
<v Speaker 4>personnel and their skill sets, and he figures out.

754
00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:11.760
<v Speaker 13>Ways to maximize those guys.

755
00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:14.559
<v Speaker 4>And based off of what we've seen in the spring,

756
00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:17.159
<v Speaker 4>I think this offense is going to take a big

757
00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:20.920
<v Speaker 4>step forward, which is saying something because you don't have

758
00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:25.239
<v Speaker 4>Teturo McMillan, you don't have Jonas Savinea, you don't have.

759
00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:26.519
<v Speaker 13>Josh Baker or Wendell Mooy.

760
00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:29.320
<v Speaker 4>Like when you look at how much they lost, you're like, man,

761
00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:34.159
<v Speaker 4>how can this Arizona offense get back to being good again?

762
00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:37.840
<v Speaker 4>And I think the speed they added in the transfer

763
00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:42.400
<v Speaker 4>portal with wide receivers like Javin Wattley and Chris Hudson

764
00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:47.360
<v Speaker 4>and Luke Wisong, and then the big bodied ex receivers

765
00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:52.079
<v Speaker 4>with Tray Spivee and a rising receiver and Brandon Phelps,

766
00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:55.800
<v Speaker 4>who had one of the best spring camps out of

767
00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:59.960
<v Speaker 4>any Arizona Wildcats. I think the offensive line is death

768
00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:04.320
<v Speaker 4>only position that is concerning, right, Like, I don't think

769
00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:07.079
<v Speaker 4>Noah Fafida is going to have the best protection in

770
00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:10.360
<v Speaker 4>the Big Twelve, but you look at from the spring,

771
00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:13.719
<v Speaker 4>Noah got the ball out quick and too many times

772
00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:16.440
<v Speaker 4>last year Noah was holding onto the ball and it

773
00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:20.800
<v Speaker 4>led to either a poor decision, maybe an interception he

774
00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:24.079
<v Speaker 4>did lead the Big Twelve in interceptions last year, or

775
00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:27.199
<v Speaker 4>throwing the ball away and he led college football and

776
00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:30.159
<v Speaker 4>throwaways last year. So I think getting the ball out

777
00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:32.920
<v Speaker 4>of Noah's hands quickly, I think it's going to be

778
00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:35.559
<v Speaker 4>a good recipe. And like I said earlier, I think

779
00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:38.840
<v Speaker 4>the fact that the first half of the schedule, five

780
00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:41.199
<v Speaker 4>of those games are at home, you know, I think

781
00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:44.599
<v Speaker 4>Arizona could really stockpile some wins and then you know,

782
00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:47.960
<v Speaker 4>maybe steal a game or two in the second half.

783
00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:50.000
<v Speaker 13>Of the schedule and figure out a way.

784
00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:51.519
<v Speaker 4>To get the six and six and seven and five.

785
00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:54.239
<v Speaker 4>Then I think if they do that, then I think

786
00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:57.039
<v Speaker 4>the pressure is just a little bit off of a

787
00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:58.079
<v Speaker 4>Brent Brenner right now.

788
00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:59.679
<v Speaker 13>So I'm excited for the season.

789
00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:03.719
<v Speaker 4>I think Arizona. I think they have some favorable opponents,

790
00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:07.559
<v Speaker 4>some favorable matchups. But then again, we also don't really

791
00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:11.039
<v Speaker 4>know until we see the games being played, right Because

792
00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:13.960
<v Speaker 4>ESU was voted to finish last in the Big Twelve

793
00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:15.559
<v Speaker 4>last year and then they ended up winning the whole

794
00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.880
<v Speaker 4>damn conference and.

795
00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:18.320
<v Speaker 13>Going to the College Football Playoff.

796
00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:21.840
<v Speaker 4>There were, you know, other teams that were supposed to

797
00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:25.400
<v Speaker 4>do good and then didn't, like Utah and like Oklahoma State.

798
00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:29.360
<v Speaker 4>So we don't really know until we know. And so

799
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<v Speaker 4>I think Arizona they have a chance to really make

800
00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:36.760
<v Speaker 4>some noise this year. But I do have some concerns,

801
00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:39.440
<v Speaker 4>but I guess we'll find out August thirtieth against Hawaii.

802
00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:41.079
<v Speaker 2>Well, justin thanks so much. Let me say you just

803
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<v Speaker 2>real quick, because we've got to go. We're way over.

804
00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:45.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm old enough to know that the football games used

805
00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:47.639
<v Speaker 2>to be on Raycom back in the day. And you

806
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<v Speaker 2>think I'm this old that you brought some polemade and

807
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<v Speaker 2>asked if my t O Freddie used to have its law.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, that one, that one, Chris Hell, this man

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<v Speaker 4>three flowers.

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<v Speaker 13>It is the best hair product. Man, I'm over here,

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<v Speaker 13>smell like so many CEO Steve, it's the best, absolute best.

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<v Speaker 2>Good luck with that man that don't want to get

813
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<v Speaker 2>you in trouble. Thank care man, appreciate you.

814
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<v Speaker 4>Thanks.

815
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if you will, you got to go because we're

816
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<v Speaker 2>away over almost to the end of the show. If

817
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<v Speaker 2>against them, and inspired them twenty five chapters for his

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Rivera He's got his eye on the ball on

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<v Speaker 1>Tucson's sports station, Fox Sports fourteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>Back to Whying the Ball Hero Fox Sports fourteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Steve Rivera, You or Troy Hutchesson promo accats dot com.

885
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<v Speaker 2>We got about eight minutes justin I couldn't get about.

886
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<v Speaker 2>That's cool, though he's a good information. Oh yeah, soft

887
00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:15.400
<v Speaker 2>football starts pretty soon. I hope you have some time off.

888
00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:17.559
<v Speaker 2>I remember when I was a kid, I couldn't wait

889
00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:20.079
<v Speaker 2>for the summer because I left for a month, and

890
00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:22.880
<v Speaker 2>then I didn't have a day off until seven months later.

891
00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:26.719
<v Speaker 2>Good old days. Now I can go and stick and

892
00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:30.880
<v Speaker 2>be okay. Now there's no worry about it. There's nothing.

893
00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:33.760
<v Speaker 2>I worked for a guy named Steve. It's a pretty

894
00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:41.719
<v Speaker 2>cool dude. Yeah, Steve Rivera, Yeah, good old days. Anybody

895
00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:43.360
<v Speaker 2>want to call? Finish this off? For the rest of

896
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<v Speaker 2>the day, we got about seven eight minutes five two

897
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<v Speaker 2>zero four one six seventy four four zero if you

898
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<v Speaker 2>want to call, listen to judge justin see talked about

899
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<v Speaker 2>seven and five maybe. I think we talked about that

900
00:45:54.239 --> 00:45:56.239
<v Speaker 2>last week, didn't we Where they gonna finish seventy five?

901
00:45:56.280 --> 00:45:59.880
<v Speaker 2>Maybe six and six, you know, because there's some games

902
00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:03.159
<v Speaker 2>that can go either way, so we'll see which way

903
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<v Speaker 2>they go.

904
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<v Speaker 3>I think anything from five and seven and five it's good.

905
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<v Speaker 3>You can't be four an eight again and getting low out.

906
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<v Speaker 2>No. Four and eight, that's not good for him. Uh,

907
00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:18.079
<v Speaker 2>seven and five, five and seven, No, six and six,

908
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<v Speaker 2>seven and five that would be good. And it seems

909
00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:22.159
<v Speaker 2>that gives you hope again. Again, this is what we

910
00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:24.679
<v Speaker 2>talked about at the beginning. At least I did we

911
00:46:24.760 --> 00:46:28.079
<v Speaker 2>know what Arizona has. The things have improved, right, we

912
00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:29.760
<v Speaker 2>went through this last week. You were not here. I

913
00:46:29.760 --> 00:46:34.039
<v Speaker 2>guess today. Uh this game, that game, this game, this

914
00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:36.880
<v Speaker 2>back and forth. Okay, yeah, no, it was like eight,

915
00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:39.960
<v Speaker 2>It was like eight and four, seven and five. Right,

916
00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:42.719
<v Speaker 2>I think we're maybe seven and five, maybe six and six.

917
00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:49.920
<v Speaker 2>But some games could go either way, right, you know,

918
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<v Speaker 2>will will the desiree be forgiving or unforgiving? Depends on

919
00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:59.559
<v Speaker 2>the situation, right, Yeah, I mean you have to think

920
00:46:59.639 --> 00:47:02.800
<v Speaker 2>this and her hire, right, none of these coaches on

921
00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:07.199
<v Speaker 2>the current coaching staff across the athletic department were any

922
00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:10.280
<v Speaker 2>of her hires except for now with Becky Burke with

923
00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:14.119
<v Speaker 2>the basketball program. So I'm not saying in golf in

924
00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:16.519
<v Speaker 2>golf too, I'm not saying they're on the hot seat.

925
00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:19.400
<v Speaker 2>That's not what I'm saying. But you're you're always wondering,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, am I doing enough? And that's and that's

927
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<v Speaker 2>not just here, it's everywhere. Yeah, right, because you know,

928
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<v Speaker 2>he's not your person, he's not your guy, whether the

929
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<v Speaker 2>adies and home man or a woman or whatever if

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't hire them or them in trouble. Yeah, there's

931
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<v Speaker 2>no Well, man, I really like this person. I want

932
00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:39.960
<v Speaker 2>them to succeed. We'll keep them around a couple more

933
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<v Speaker 2>years or none of that, right, so we'll see what happens.

934
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<v Speaker 2>Good luck to them, I think, tip Ton, Well, what

935
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<v Speaker 2>I was going with this is we know what Arizona

936
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<v Speaker 2>has or how they improved, but we really don't know

937
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<v Speaker 2>what the other schools have done to coquick. Hello, you're

938
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<v Speaker 2>on the air nine the ball? Who's this big big

939
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<v Speaker 2>once it work? Give me some sor.

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<v Speaker 6>I called uh uh Texas text up to zero in Oklahoma?

941
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<v Speaker 2>Oh you know that's music? Yeah, I see that is

942
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<v Speaker 2>Is there a good thing for you with a new

943
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<v Speaker 2>softball coach at Arizona's gonna.

944
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<v Speaker 13>Be yea.

945
00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:22.960
<v Speaker 2>A martini or something like that. I get it.

946
00:48:23.320 --> 00:48:26.880
<v Speaker 6>I get it to the X man or else that

947
00:48:26.880 --> 00:48:31.599
<v Speaker 6>that Steve Rivera have that million dollars for Nigerie Kennedy

948
00:48:31.639 --> 00:48:32.760
<v Speaker 6>to come her senior year.

949
00:48:33.360 --> 00:48:36.519
<v Speaker 2>Well you gotta figure out how Dakota. Dakota Kennedy is gone. Yeah,

950
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<v Speaker 2>now Dakota Kennedy.

951
00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:40.639
<v Speaker 6>Is gone, so you know I'll take her leaving. If

952
00:48:40.679 --> 00:48:41.800
<v Speaker 6>we can get there the picture.

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00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:45.920
<v Speaker 2>You know this place better than most, especially in softball.

954
00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:49.320
<v Speaker 6>The money is gonna be funny because this weekend hot

955
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<v Speaker 6>at the Zoom into June in California, and I can't

956
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<v Speaker 6>wait to call my friends and see if Haman's there.

957
00:48:56.639 --> 00:48:59.920
<v Speaker 2>Come on, no question, Yeah, yeah, yeah, is there a

958
00:49:00.519 --> 00:49:02.880
<v Speaker 2>You've been in the groove for a long time, enough

959
00:49:03.239 --> 00:49:06.159
<v Speaker 2>enough solid pictures to go around.

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00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:12.320
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I think, yeah, yeah, there is you just like we,

961
00:49:12.480 --> 00:49:15.840
<v Speaker 6>I mean, me and you talked, and they've just missed,

962
00:49:17.519 --> 00:49:24.559
<v Speaker 6>even even Andrea myssed. I mean it's you know, Oklahoma

963
00:49:24.599 --> 00:49:28.880
<v Speaker 6>hasn't missed the last few years. I mean even with

964
00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:32.159
<v Speaker 6>this Landry girl they got. Everybody told them, oh she's

965
00:49:32.199 --> 00:49:34.760
<v Speaker 6>not what they were, but he's leading them to the

966
00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:36.239
<v Speaker 6>final four in the World Series.

967
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<v Speaker 2>I'll say this, They're not missing and Andrea's miss quote

968
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<v Speaker 2>unquote miss You.

969
00:49:42.320 --> 00:49:45.199
<v Speaker 3>Still had a Gator National GATORAY Player of the Year

970
00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:48.960
<v Speaker 3>in Taylor McQuillan, who got Arizona the Women's College World Series.

971
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<v Speaker 3>Now is Taylor Arizona ustaf No, But Arizona doesn't have

972
00:49:53.239 --> 00:49:56.840
<v Speaker 3>a Taylor McQuillan. Arizona doesn't have an ALYSSA Denham to

973
00:49:56.960 --> 00:49:59.119
<v Speaker 3>go to right now. So you're trying to get back

974
00:49:59.199 --> 00:50:00.360
<v Speaker 3>even at that level.

975
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<v Speaker 6>Well, I'll tell you, Troy. I saw Taylor junior and

976
00:50:04.320 --> 00:50:08.039
<v Speaker 6>senior year at Mission Beagle and we went to the

977
00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:12.719
<v Speaker 6>championship game against Chino and I looked at my buddy

978
00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:14.440
<v Speaker 6>and he looked at me, and he goes, oh my god,

979
00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:16.559
<v Speaker 6>you guys are gonna win two national titles with her.

980
00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:20.559
<v Speaker 6>That's how dominant she was high school while she was.

981
00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:25.119
<v Speaker 2>But you know this, there's other there's other nuggets out

982
00:50:25.159 --> 00:50:26.800
<v Speaker 2>there that are just as good, if not better, with

983
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<v Speaker 2>better teams.

984
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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that's true, man, And you've got to put it

985
00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:35.679
<v Speaker 6>all together. Even in Texas Tech. They're hitting Oklahoma right now.

986
00:50:35.719 --> 00:50:37.360
<v Speaker 6>So it's not just Kennedy.

987
00:50:37.920 --> 00:50:40.000
<v Speaker 2>I go into places I'm sometimes I'm not the best

988
00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:40.880
<v Speaker 2>looking guy in the room.

989
00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:44.719
<v Speaker 6>Ah, that's a lie.

990
00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:49.280
<v Speaker 3>And it's chemistry. I mean, you know, lock rooms work,

991
00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:51.440
<v Speaker 3>and what's going on. I mean, for a number of

992
00:50:51.480 --> 00:50:54.519
<v Speaker 3>years we saw the women's basketball program, people transferring in

993
00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:54.800
<v Speaker 3>and out.

994
00:50:54.840 --> 00:50:57.360
<v Speaker 2>It wasn't going good. Now you have had goach whether

995
00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:59.519
<v Speaker 2>it was chemistry, coaching situations.

996
00:50:59.559 --> 00:51:01.280
<v Speaker 3>A lot of I haven't seen that went into one

997
00:51:01.360 --> 00:51:04.880
<v Speaker 3>ball of time for a change. So there's a lot

998
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<v Speaker 3>that goes on in.

999
00:51:07.119 --> 00:51:08.960
<v Speaker 2>VIC. You have a lot of knowledge in this, and

1000
00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:10.880
<v Speaker 2>you send me notes all the time, you know. I

1001
00:51:10.960 --> 00:51:14.159
<v Speaker 2>guess you can continue doing that until I just block you.

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00:51:14.760 --> 00:51:16.679
<v Speaker 2>Did you did? You? Did you coach?

1003
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<v Speaker 6>I I only coached at the youth level and I

1004
00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:22.760
<v Speaker 6>assisted at the high school level.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so that doesn't yeh, because the little girls aren't gonna,

1006
00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:29.239
<v Speaker 2>you know, create too much some trauma. So yeah, if

1007
00:51:29.280 --> 00:51:30.159
<v Speaker 2>you do.

1008
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<v Speaker 6>And actually, when my girls started getting a little bit

1009
00:51:32.960 --> 00:51:36.599
<v Speaker 6>good and I knew, I stepped away completely and said, hey,

1010
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<v Speaker 6>somebody else kind of take them. There was the car

1011
00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:41.519
<v Speaker 6>ride home wasn't too pleasant.

1012
00:51:42.079 --> 00:51:44.519
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well this these radio calls aren't too pleasant, you

1013
00:51:44.519 --> 00:51:45.079
<v Speaker 2>know why right?

1014
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<v Speaker 6>You know, I love you, but but but yeah, there

1015
00:51:49.800 --> 00:51:52.559
<v Speaker 6>there is pitching to go around out there. And I

1016
00:51:52.559 --> 00:51:55.679
<v Speaker 6>don't know if Troy said it last or somebody did,

1017
00:51:56.519 --> 00:52:00.719
<v Speaker 6>but we've got to kind of get away from California

1018
00:52:00.960 --> 00:52:04.880
<v Speaker 6>and and and Stiff and Batbusters and those guys and

1019
00:52:04.880 --> 00:52:08.480
<v Speaker 6>and turn over some new nuggets in Texas and the

1020
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<v Speaker 6>Midwest and stuff.

1021
00:52:09.760 --> 00:52:10.320
<v Speaker 13>We have to.

1022
00:52:10.559 --> 00:52:12.679
<v Speaker 3>There's a ton of talent out in the South that

1023
00:52:12.760 --> 00:52:13.960
<v Speaker 3>Arizona hasn't turned over.

1024
00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:18.480
<v Speaker 2>Those Rocks. Yeah, they're there.

1025
00:52:18.840 --> 00:52:21.039
<v Speaker 6>And all those travel teams Troy and I don't know

1026
00:52:21.039 --> 00:52:24.280
<v Speaker 6>if you're familiar with that. They never used to contend

1027
00:52:24.360 --> 00:52:29.239
<v Speaker 6>with PGF. It was always obviously Firecrackers, Batbusters, Corona Angels.

1028
00:52:29.239 --> 00:52:33.760
<v Speaker 6>But now those teams are winning those tournaments. Those teams

1029
00:52:33.800 --> 00:52:36.760
<v Speaker 6>are coming west and winning those big tournaments. So you

1030
00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:41.639
<v Speaker 6>know that the talent's out there. Georgia, the Georgia. Georgia

1031
00:52:41.719 --> 00:52:43.920
<v Speaker 6>has two teams that are just fantastic.

1032
00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:45.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we'll see what happens.

1033
00:52:46.079 --> 00:52:50.760
<v Speaker 6>So it's gonna be uh Man, Desiree has been thrown

1034
00:52:50.760 --> 00:52:51.679
<v Speaker 6>into the fire.

1035
00:52:51.480 --> 00:52:52.039
<v Speaker 5>That's for sure.

1036
00:52:52.199 --> 00:52:56.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, no question on another number of different levels. Hey, big,

1037
00:52:56.079 --> 00:52:56.519
<v Speaker 2>we gotta go.

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00:52:57.559 --> 00:53:00.159
<v Speaker 6>Okay, it was a great show you guys, good job.

1039
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<v Speaker 2>Appreciate it. Thank you, Senor huch Listen, thanks for coming in.

1040
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<v Speaker 2>Good guests today. We'll talk to you guys tomorrow. Thanks