Speaker 1: This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera on
Speaker 1: Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Subscribe now to the podcast on
Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio while just search I on the Ball.
Speaker 2: Hey, welcome back to my on the ball here on
Speaker 2: Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera. In with me
Speaker 2: now with Swan with breaking news.
Speaker 1: This is I on the Ball, Breaking News on Fox
Speaker 1: Sports fourteen fifty.
Speaker 3: Happy Monday to everyone out there. Here's truly mister Glee
Speaker 3: two shoes on a Monday. Back after load management.
Speaker 4: Load manager. You guys have it bad, you generation? What
Speaker 4: can I say? I'm I'm gonna take advantage of the
Speaker 4: away with murder. You've heard that before. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Starting Breaking News off with something that came across ESPN
Speaker 3: just about twenty minutes ago. Uh, the f guy is
Speaker 3: warning sports leagues about crime organizations targeting professional athletes following
Speaker 3: a string of home burglaries across the NFL and NBA,
Speaker 3: notably Luka Dancic. The latest, uh from the Dallas Mavericks
Speaker 3: being his home was broken into.
Speaker 4: Yeah, there's been a few of them, right, Yeah.
Speaker 3: I mean they listen here, Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Travis Kelsey,
Speaker 3: Bobby Portis, and even Mike con I mean those last
Speaker 3: two they're not even high profile names necessarily, and their
Speaker 3: homes are being burglarized.
Speaker 4: So yeah, it's it's mostly for the.
Speaker 3: Most part, when those teams are on the road, those
Speaker 3: houses are being broken into.
Speaker 2: No, I can imagine how scary that is. And concerning Yeah, well.
Speaker 3: They're saying, these are very skilled people. It's probably a crime,
Speaker 3: a crime syndicate or whatever. Yeah, some some sort of
Speaker 3: big operation going on. Uh sorry, they got me. Uh
Speaker 3: so we got to catch up. We missed a week
Speaker 3: of We did start with some Arizona athletics. Mammy, he
Speaker 3: have converted Arizona. Former Arizona forward Keisha Johnson to a
Speaker 3: two year contract.
Speaker 2: Good for him, Yeah, good for him. Exciting player, He
Speaker 2: obviously very talented. We'll see what comes in. What's pally?
Speaker 2: Is he still in the rost? Yeah, I believe so.
Speaker 2: I haven't said that.
Speaker 3: There's nothing that's been he's off or anything, but they
Speaker 3: add Keisha Johnson to a possible playoff runt for them.
Speaker 3: Some Arizona football news involving the transfer portal x Utah
Speaker 3: running back Mike Mitchell committed to the Wildcats along with
Speaker 3: former Wisconsin quarterback Brandon Locke. You have a former Montana edge,
Speaker 3: Riley Wilson. I think it is probably one of the
Speaker 3: biggest gets for the Wildcats in this transfer portal. He's
Speaker 3: getting he's getting rave reviews. I meant reviews that you
Speaker 3: wouldn't think that he'd be getting.
Speaker 4: Especially considering Division two. Right, No, I'm talking about the class.
Speaker 3: Yeah, right, yeah, I mean they're they're twenty third right
Speaker 3: now in the transfer portal rankings overall right, yeah, all
Speaker 3: transfer portal. I don't know where they are just overall
Speaker 3: recruiting wise, but transfer portal wise their number twenty three,
Speaker 3: which isn't that bad consider no, considering the situation.
Speaker 4: The way you put it, it is like you go to restaurants,
Speaker 4: was it any good? Well, it wasn't bad. It was
Speaker 4: it wasn't bad. It was just kind of it was food.
Speaker 4: It was food. It was food. We finished. It was
Speaker 4: good food that bade the bill. You want to call
Speaker 4: it that.
Speaker 3: Uh So one of the losses for the Wildcats, cornerback
Speaker 3: Marquees Grows Killer Brew entered the portal, but at the
Speaker 3: same time they got their defense, one of their defensive
Speaker 3: captain's back trade and Stokes coming back to Arizona for
Speaker 3: a sixth season.
Speaker 4: That's a good sign. That's a good sign.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 2: Like I said, I've been critical to a degree of
Speaker 2: you know, so many people leaving and to me there
Speaker 2: was a disconnect. But some of the people are coming back,
Speaker 2: which means that which is a good thing. Something's there, Yeah,
Speaker 2: some something there.
Speaker 3: They see something that maybe this and that that there's
Speaker 3: potential behind the scenes.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, you.
Speaker 3: Got because Genesis Smith came back, if Dalton Johnson came back.
Speaker 4: Right, No, and some key guys. Right. So so in
Speaker 4: your in your world.
Speaker 2: I don't know if you've noticed this yet because you
Speaker 2: your career really hasn't started. But the one thing I've learned,
Speaker 2: or among many, uh, there's always stories behind the story, right,
Speaker 2: There's always more to the story.
Speaker 3: And you mean just being the passionate fan I was,
Speaker 3: there was always more to h I mean even even
Speaker 3: even outside of Arizona. You know, you have uh Indiana
Speaker 3: who didn't play Umar Bollo I think yesterday, right, and
Speaker 3: you saw the stories and other situations and just did
Speaker 3: you you.
Speaker 4: Know, but you don't know do you have this do
Speaker 4: you have uh? Do you have the story story with that?
Speaker 4: Because I saw the story.
Speaker 2: I don't know if I saw on Facebook or on Twitter,
Speaker 2: which is true.
Speaker 3: So I never I never saw something from a source
Speaker 3: that I necessarily trusted. But there is a picture I
Speaker 3: saw that of Umarballo out there. I don't know when
Speaker 3: it was taken. I didn't see anything, and you don't
Speaker 3: have to just saying like, yes, this is exactly what happened.
Speaker 3: It was just a picture of him.
Speaker 4: Okay, so we'll go listen. I'll address that because I
Speaker 4: just google this, So go ahead and continue.
Speaker 3: Yeah, So, I mean the Arizona Athletics continuing women's basketball
Speaker 3: started their Big Twelve schedule believe last Saturday. They played BYU,
Speaker 3: close win, starting off good in the Big twelve conference
Speaker 3: so far.
Speaker 4: They played Utah tomorrow, December.
Speaker 3: Thirtieth, at noon, so one last chance for the Wildcat
Speaker 3: win in twenty twenty four, but another opportunity to comes
Speaker 3: tonight when the men's team plays TCU at six o'clock,
Speaker 3: their first Big twelve game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, So just to give an update, Ballo didn't play yesterday.
Speaker 2: I think it was yesterday. Yeah.
Speaker 4: There have been some rumors that he was.
Speaker 2: Out the night before or whatever and whatever, and that
Speaker 2: he had been injured either or right, either or so.
Speaker 2: I just googled the story from the Indianapolis Star and
Speaker 2: the coach Coach Woodson, this was his quote. I'm not
Speaker 2: going to address that, but I didn't have a lot
Speaker 2: of time lead time, but that doesn't matter. And you
Speaker 2: guys know, uh that they're in you know, they have
Speaker 2: got to play and he didn't play tonight, and you
Speaker 2: know we'll sit down tomorrow and address his situation and
Speaker 2: get ready for Rutgers.
Speaker 4: Which needs me to believe there's something.
Speaker 2: Something more to the story, right, Yeah, so you know, uh,
Speaker 2: and people here are saying, well, they should have Ballow here,
Speaker 2: you know the he I don't know if that I
Speaker 2: would have solved the problems here.
Speaker 3: You still you still need Caleb Love to shoot better,
Speaker 3: need from kJ Lewis, even Carter Bryant.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm curious when you did your story on Caleb,
Speaker 2: did you quote anybody?
Speaker 4: Because I asked him. I asked him twice.
Speaker 3: I believe I quoted Tommy because I asked him from
Speaker 3: the from the transcripts, Yeah, from the I can't think
Speaker 3: of the name, the press conference, Yeah, because I asked him.
Speaker 4: My sister, is that's this?
Speaker 2: Because I've asked the question you were with me a
Speaker 2: few times as as he goes, the team goes, and
Speaker 2: he said kind of maybe.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 3: So the whole I use just regarding the tension that
Speaker 3: love does get regardless of if he's playing well or not.
Speaker 3: He has a lot of he has a lot of gravity,
Speaker 3: He has a lot of eyes on him, a lot
Speaker 3: of eyes, a lot of things go towards him, so
Speaker 3: he can create he needs to create space for other sure.
Speaker 2: So that was neither yes or no because I asked
Speaker 2: that question, and I asked that to a few people
Speaker 2: and they said some said yes, some says no.
Speaker 4: He said nothing, Yeah, pretty much. Yeah, And I think
Speaker 4: that's how not saying this is good or bad.
Speaker 3: This is just how Tommy does answer most questions, right.
Speaker 4: He theres a lot out there for interpretation. Correct. He
Speaker 4: answers the question without answering the question. Yeah. I think
Speaker 4: that's what most coaches do for the short part.
Speaker 3: You have your exceptions like Mike Cronin who gives us
Speaker 3: a straightforward answers most of the time, or it doesn't
Speaker 3: give you answers at all. So it's just that's the
Speaker 3: way those those coaches operate in the college.
Speaker 4: They need their job.
Speaker 3: So to the NBA some injury updates and here and there,
Speaker 3: Hawks forward Larry Nancy Junior will undergo surgery for a
Speaker 3: broken bone in his right hand. His time for a
Speaker 3: return is unavailable right now. They're steering to evaluate after
Speaker 3: the procedure on his hand. Ah So, and then Tyler
Speaker 3: Hero and man Thoms Thompson, they're both ejected in the
Speaker 3: final minutes of the.
Speaker 4: Heat and Rockets game. That was a fight. It was
Speaker 4: a fight for him in society. A fight. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Thompson threw down Hero after Hero was not pleased with
Speaker 3: the way he was being guarded. Teams got into it,
Speaker 3: coaches got into I think I saw some some fans
Speaker 3: throw some stuff onto the court. A little bit of
Speaker 3: an ugly scene, but not not too ugly.
Speaker 4: Did you see the screen with Arkansas the number fifty five?
Speaker 4: I did not.
Speaker 2: He stepped If you google it, it's a big dude,
Speaker 2: a big alignment.
Speaker 4: I think it was stepped on.
Speaker 2: The player of the Texas Tech stepped on his foot
Speaker 2: like you know, like like severe that the purposely stomped
Speaker 2: on it and is like holy crap. Now, now everybody's
Speaker 2: on you know, Facebook or Twitter or whatever social saying
Speaker 2: that that dude should never play again.
Speaker 4: If you google it real quick, you'll.
Speaker 2: See it very deliberate, very and I tried to see
Speaker 2: yesterday what was going to come of it, and nothing
Speaker 2: as of yesterday.
Speaker 3: Because that was He did issue an apology after the
Speaker 3: video went viral. Just the defensive back accused him of
Speaker 3: dirty but it was pretty severe. Yeah, I'm surprised it
Speaker 3: doesn't happen more often. Yeah, I think there's a little bit.
Speaker 3: There's stuff that that I'm just I'm watching it now. Wow,
Speaker 3: I'm surprised that it's still there.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 4: Wow.
Speaker 3: I think there's stuff that always goes on but the
Speaker 3: camera doesn't catch it. Just happened to catch it this time.
Speaker 3: Not saying that it's it's just a FIA ball or anything, but.
Speaker 4: So what do you say? He just said, sorry, Yeah,
Speaker 4: pretty much.
Speaker 3: Yeah, regrets of stuff like that won't it won't happen again.
Speaker 4: We'll be back.
Speaker 2: I hadn't seen something like that, well, outside of a
Speaker 2: Christian lightner stomping on a chest or or or we
Speaker 2: had we had Chase Buttinger, who the guy stepped on
Speaker 2: his face.
Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying. You don't see that very often.
Speaker 3: If at all I actually saw. I think I might
Speaker 3: have been this year. Last year, there was a I
Speaker 3: think in one of the Bowl games, one of the
Speaker 3: smaller tier Bowl games, defensive lineman goes down to the
Speaker 3: ground after a play and the opposing player just stomps
Speaker 3: on his helmet repeatedly.
Speaker 4: I don't remember anything happening from that, but his head
Speaker 4: was still in the helmet. Yeah, okay, well, good thing. Yeah.
Speaker 3: I think he was having some neck issues with the
Speaker 3: when medical came, but he was I think he was
Speaker 3: able to walk off in his own power.
Speaker 4: I don't know, I haven't.
Speaker 3: I never heard anything from it, so I'm guessing called
Speaker 3: as well. In the end, So the Lakers traded D'Angelo
Speaker 3: Russell to the Nets in a four player deal. The
Speaker 3: some of the notable players that the Lakers do get
Speaker 3: are during Finney Smith, who was on that h some
Speaker 3: of those runs with the with the Mavericks with Luca
Speaker 3: and Shane Milton.
Speaker 4: But one of the.
Speaker 3: Key pieces, if you want to call it that for
Speaker 3: the Lakers being sent away.
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, Russell, yeah, yeah, just to string because he
Speaker 2: kept them in games and it was a key factor. No,
Speaker 2: I let me ask you, because we talked about the NBA.
Speaker 2: What do you think the deal is that people are watching?
Speaker 2: Let me tell you, I'm not one of those guys
Speaker 2: because they can't sell me on it anyway, so I
Speaker 2: don't watch anyway.
Speaker 3: So what do you think they're going? I think it's
Speaker 3: a little bit of a repetitive. Most teams play alike.
Speaker 3: There's there's not Most teams are offensively focused first to
Speaker 3: get to one hundred usually, So it's boring a little.
Speaker 4: Bit unless you unless you have a team like I do.
Speaker 4: I watched Spurs and how often do you watch them
Speaker 4: as of lately?
Speaker 3: I've been watching them pretty often. Yeah, they're gonna be
Speaker 3: pretty good. I think they are. They had a close
Speaker 3: lost to Minnesota last night. They had a close loss
Speaker 3: Christmas Day to the Knicks. If they made a couple
Speaker 3: more plays there, they're probably one more young player away.
Speaker 4: See what they can do in the draft.
Speaker 2: I wonder if if a lot of them aren't watching
Speaker 2: because the names aren't recognizable much not.
Speaker 4: Right now, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3: The names you have, the classic names like Lebron James,
Speaker 3: Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant Ye, they're just being in the
Speaker 3: transition period.
Speaker 4: Right now they are being phased out.
Speaker 3: Yes they're still playing, they're still playing at a high level,
Speaker 3: but their time is soon.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: But even the college at the college level, you you
Speaker 2: know college.
Speaker 4: One of the things about especial about college.
Speaker 2: You're cheer for the team, right, You're chruer for the school,
Speaker 2: and they happen to have some pretty good players.
Speaker 4: But some of the players aren't.
Speaker 2: Making the NBA and those names aren't recognizable, and the
Speaker 2: Euros are coming in and who's that dude?
Speaker 4: You know?
Speaker 3: Even some of some of the guys you see plays
Speaker 3: as where did he play? Oh, I must have not
Speaker 3: never saw him player. We'll see, we'll see what happens.
Speaker 3: So just gonna got a couple of minutes here on
Speaker 3: ros try to speed through what I have. The Christmas
Speaker 3: Day games, those were pretty good. Timberwolves beat the Mavericks
Speaker 3: at in Dallas seventy six, Yers beat the Celtics in Boston.
Speaker 3: Lakers beat the Warriors and at Golden State that was
Speaker 3: that was a really good game. And then the Suns
Speaker 3: beat the Nuggets, and I think it's surprise when they
Speaker 3: didn't play booker. They go and beat the Nuggets after
Speaker 3: getting demolished by them like two days earlier.
Speaker 4: So Sons are on a right track.
Speaker 3: If you want to say that Yukon's women's basketball coach,
Speaker 3: you know Arima tied Tara Vanderveer's record for most appearances
Speaker 3: with one school in the AP Top twenty five x FS.
Speaker 3: Ex Florida State players are suing the head basketball which
Speaker 3: Leonard Hamilton, over failed and il payments. They were gonna
Speaker 3: they were supposed to boycott a game on February seventh,
Speaker 3: seventeenth against Duke. They didn't because they were promised. Nothing
Speaker 3: came from it. What was that February seventeenth of last year,
Speaker 3: last year, last last season.
Speaker 4: I believe.
Speaker 3: Unfortunate news sports broadcaster Greg Gumbele did die of cancer
Speaker 3: at the age of seventy eight.
Speaker 4: Over the break.
Speaker 3: Jim Larrett, the MIMMI head coach for I can't say
Speaker 3: that last he did step down after fourteen seasons. Another
Speaker 3: one of those in another one can't not not that
Speaker 3: they can't hack it by there, they just don't want
Speaker 3: to deal with it. So the NFL Rex Ryan Ron
Speaker 3: Rivera expected to interview for the Jets head coach Rex
Speaker 3: Ryan and John Rivera.
Speaker 4: Or Ron Rivera.
Speaker 3: Some of the leading candidates, if you want to call
Speaker 3: him that.
Speaker 4: Good football.
Speaker 3: Over the weekend, the Bengals kept their playoff hopes live
Speaker 3: against the as well as the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 4: Had a good game.
Speaker 3: Sunday Night Football between the Falcons and the Commanders went
Speaker 3: into overtime.
Speaker 4: Commanders.
Speaker 3: One Monday Night Football, the Lions played the forty nine Ers.
Speaker 3: Probably would have been a key matchup early this season,
Speaker 3: but is not anymore with the Niners not being eligible.
Speaker 3: The trans Perfect Music City Bowl was being played while
Speaker 3: the show was going. I was up twenty four to ten.
Speaker 3: Missouri won twenty seven twenty four. Oh well, yeah, so
Speaker 3: they came back. Some of the notable bowl games, USC
Speaker 3: did beat Texas, A and M in the Las Vegas Bowl,
Speaker 3: BYU beat Colorado and the Alamo Bile. Iowa State came
Speaker 3: back to beat Miami in the Pop Tarts Bowl. And
Speaker 3: of course you have the first game of the quarterfinals
Speaker 3: for the college football playoffs, Penn State going to the
Speaker 3: more Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl, Texas plays ASU
Speaker 3: or Ohio State plays Oregon Notre Dame Georgia to be
Speaker 3: the nightcap.
Speaker 2: There we go, Let's go and talk to Kim Madre
Speaker 2: On the other side.
Speaker 7: Are you ready ready to discover your soul, your wild side,
Speaker 7: your passion, your joy and excitement. From the latest slots
Speaker 7: and table games, to award winning dining to world class
Speaker 7: entertainment to a luxurious resource. Discover all this and more.
Speaker 7: Discover with Soul Casino Dell Soul, the Soul of Tuside.
Speaker 7: Are you ready enterprise?
Speaker 4: So Fasco Yuki trye.
Speaker 8: The Window Depot has everything you need to create the
Speaker 8: kitchen or bathroom of your dreams. Frowsyisles of instock cabinets,
Speaker 8: available in a variety of sizes and configurations, and instantly
Speaker 8: elevate your space. Today, visit a showroom and let our
Speaker 8: experts guide you. Whether you're choosing for ready to go
Speaker 8: designs or creating a custom masterpiece. We can help you
Speaker 8: select the perfect wood, type, color and style and top
Speaker 8: it off with unique hardware to complete your look. Find
Speaker 8: a location near you at the Window Deepot dot Com,
Speaker 8: the Window Depot, then a windows store.
Speaker 2: Steve Rivera here to talk about Doratle Rock and materials.
Speaker 2: I needed a lot of gravel for my driveway, so
Speaker 2: I called Eric at Dorato Rock. He found out the
Speaker 2: amount and color I needed and boom. It was taken
Speaker 2: care of and at a great price. How do I
Speaker 2: know radio commercials work? I heard one of his on
Speaker 2: the radio. Dorato Rock and Materials provides a wide range
Speaker 2: of landscaping materials, including decorative rock, boulders, gravel, soil, and
Speaker 2: sand for residential and commercial use in the Tucson area.
Speaker 2: They are locally owned and have been around for more
Speaker 2: than fifteen years. Give them a call at five to
Speaker 2: two zero four zero zero four two three three.
Speaker 4: Where do you buy exercise equipment?
Speaker 9: Arizona Health Arizona Health Arizona Health.
Speaker 10: Of course, to feel better and look better, it makes
Speaker 10: sense to buy your fitness equipment from the people who
Speaker 10: know it better than anyone else. At Arizona Health, our
Speaker 10: goal is to help you choose the equipment you need
Speaker 10: to reach your goals. Your health and fitness deserve the
Speaker 10: best you deserve. Arizona Health the leading.
Speaker 11: Edge and exercise equipment on twenty second, just west of
Speaker 11: Wilmot School. In a fall sport season or in full stride,
Speaker 11: time to get that special student athlete a creative award
Speaker 11: for his or her efforts they are deserving. It's also
Speaker 11: time to rejuvenate your fall apparel with a Chris looking
Speaker 11: embroidered school corporate logo on caps, shorts or long sleeve polos.
Speaker 11: And why not get some fresh looking promotional products representing
Speaker 11: your school or corporation or just giveaways for the upcoming
Speaker 11: twenty twenty five season. For over one thousand fun items
Speaker 11: to choose from, don visit Creative Awards at Creative awards
Speaker 11: ez dot com or see our Idea Center at two
Speaker 11: twenty eight Westtrackman Street.
Speaker 12: At Nova home Loans, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity
Speaker 12: to enjoy the independence that comes with home ownership. Paul
Speaker 12: Volpei is ready to help you find an option that
Speaker 12: best fits your needs. Whether you're a first time or
Speaker 12: veteran home buyer or want to get cash out with
Speaker 12: the refinance. Nova has a variety of home loan programs
Speaker 12: to meet your unique situation. Visit voltpeteam dot com, that's
Speaker 12: Volpe team dot com or called five two oh six
Speaker 12: eight five six two six Today in MLS three O
Speaker 12: eight seven, arizon A b K Ninez two nine or
Speaker 12: two equal housing opportunity, got to commitment to Lyndrix syncredit
Speaker 12: rates and available loan programs or subjct to change don't notice?
Speaker 4: Did you know?
Speaker 11: Collecting sports cards is one of the fastest growing hobby around.
Speaker 11: Whether you're looking at start or expand your collection, Showtime
Speaker 11: Cards is your ultimate destination. As one of the leading
Speaker 11: card shops in the country, we've been serving our community
Speaker 11: for over twenty five years with the best.
Speaker 4: Of sports cards and trading card games.
Speaker 11: From rare fines to the latest releases, Showtime Cards has
Speaker 11: it all. Check them out at Showtimecards dot Com or
Speaker 11: visit them on East Speedway and discover why collectors everywhere
Speaker 11: trust Showtime Cards for their passion.
Speaker 9: On a road trip or just around town, driving a
Speaker 9: car you can afford is more important than ever. At
Speaker 9: Pyramid Federal Credit Union, our one rate auto loan is
Speaker 9: for everyone. One rate offers a single competitive rate no
Speaker 9: matter your credit score. You can borrow better with hearing it.
Speaker 9: For details or to apply online, visit Pyramid FCU dot
Speaker 9: com slash one rate. Pyramid Federal Credit Union is an
Speaker 9: equal opportunity lender federally insured by NCUA.
Speaker 6: Gout bugs, termites, bees or rodents, Arizona Pest Control will
Speaker 6: hunt them down. Arizona Pests Control is your complete Desert
Speaker 6: pest management specialist tests can't run or hide from Arizona
Speaker 6: Pest Control. They use only the latest and most technologically
Speaker 6: advanced methods of pest elimination available, which minimizes the effects
Speaker 6: on the environment. Let Arizona Pest Control get rid of
Speaker 6: your bad bugs, termites, bees, or rodents serving Tucson and
Speaker 6: Southern Arizona since nineteen forty seven. Go to azypest dot
Speaker 6: com to schedule your free evaluation today.
Speaker 1: This is Eye on the Ball on Fox Sports fourteen.
Speaker 1: Finding want to take part in the show? Call up
Speaker 1: Steve now at five to two oh four one six
Speaker 1: seventy four forty eight.
Speaker 2: Hey, welcome back to I'm the Buck here on Fox.
Speaker 2: I'm Steve Verre and Timidera. Are you on the phone?
Speaker 2: I'm here, Jim Kim, how are you? Congratulations on a
Speaker 2: great event?
Speaker 5: Oh thank you. We had such a great week. It's
Speaker 5: it's been wonderful to see how our communities come together
Speaker 5: for the Snoop Dogg. Arizona Bullet's in fantastic.
Speaker 2: So you and I talked, I don't know August or
Speaker 2: whatever it was in doing a preview for the BIS
Speaker 2: two sons, but did did the event because there was
Speaker 2: a lot of a lot of hype with it.
Speaker 4: Did it meet the hype?
Speaker 5: I think so. I mean, you tell me, Steve, I
Speaker 5: think it did. I mean, based off of the feedback
Speaker 5: I've had so far and the way you know, we've
Speaker 5: that it took off, you know, across the country as
Speaker 5: far as going viral and the audience people that actually
Speaker 5: came out to the game, it seemed like it was
Speaker 5: everything that we expected in more.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: In fact, if you watch it on TV, he was
Speaker 2: very visible, not just a little a lot, and it
Speaker 2: was a game with Snoop because he was visible all
Speaker 2: the time.
Speaker 5: Yeah, And I think that's you know, we kind of
Speaker 5: expected that would be the way it would go. After
Speaker 5: seeing the way he presented himself and interacted at the Olympics.
Speaker 5: He knew that he's going to be really visible and
Speaker 5: really interested and getting to know people and saying hello
Speaker 5: and taking pictures and being a part of the festivities.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: No, who better than him, right, obviously, a guy who
Speaker 2: knows how to do the marketing of himself and the
Speaker 2: game itself. Great weather, I mean, you could not have
Speaker 2: had it any better.
Speaker 5: With the weather, Oh my gosh, the weather was was incredible.
Speaker 5: It was such a beautiful day, the perfect day for football.
Speaker 5: If only the game had been a little closer, I
Speaker 5: think that would have been the only thing I would
Speaker 5: have changed. But overall, it was a terrific success for everybody.
Speaker 5: And you know, just across the board, I've just been
Speaker 5: getting so much great feedback sure about it. People really
Speaker 5: enjoyed it, really thought it. You know, we've kind of
Speaker 5: taken this to the next level and had a really
Speaker 5: enjoyable time.
Speaker 2: So the funny thing is, as you talk about the game,
Speaker 2: you can't have everything, Kim. Every game you've had has
Speaker 2: been like over time or close or that's possession.
Speaker 4: Sometimes you can't have it all.
Speaker 5: I know. But you know, I had looked at both
Speaker 5: of these teams for a long time ahead of us
Speaker 5: picking them, and I just know that, you know, Colorado State,
Speaker 5: I think had some illness right before the game with
Speaker 5: some of their key players. They've lost some folks into
Speaker 5: the transfer portal. I think that really affected them. You know,
Speaker 5: I've known Jane Norvel for a while now, since he
Speaker 5: was here in twenty eighteen, and you know, he came
Speaker 5: up to me after the game. He's like, Oh, Kim,
Speaker 5: I'm just so sorry we didn't give you a better game,
Speaker 5: and he just felt terrible. I just I just think that,
Speaker 5: you know, it wasn't their day. I think kind of
Speaker 5: circumstances or what they were. But Miami came out and
Speaker 5: dominated that game. They were terrific. It was really fun
Speaker 5: to watch them be so successful.
Speaker 2: And the first time Jay was here a few years
Speaker 2: back with Nevada, it was very impressed. He's a very
Speaker 2: good coach, you can tell you is very thoughtful, very good.
Speaker 2: I'm not sure he'll be there very long because you know,
Speaker 2: I think someone's going to scoop him up.
Speaker 5: Yeah. You know, he's always sort of in those conversations
Speaker 5: as an up and comer, someone that's going to be
Speaker 5: taken up to, you know, a really good Division one,
Speaker 5: Power five, you know team. I think that he's very desirable.
Speaker 5: He's a great coach, he puts together great staff. The
Speaker 5: players really really like him, and you know, he's just
Speaker 5: he's a really nice guy all around. So I wish
Speaker 5: him all the success, but you know, I think it'd
Speaker 5: be at Colorado State for a while.
Speaker 2: Okay, so tell me what gim me and maybe your
Speaker 2: top two things that you really really liked or three
Speaker 2: if you want.
Speaker 5: Well, you know, we managed to get Snoop out to
Speaker 5: the Gin and Juice House for the tailgate, which was
Speaker 5: sort of a you know, lesson insecurity for me, but
Speaker 5: we got him out there safely, and then more importantly
Speaker 5: got him out of there safely and which was fun
Speaker 5: for all the folks out at the tailgate to get
Speaker 5: to see him, and he was interacting with the crowd,
Speaker 5: which is really fantastic. My second favorite part I just
Speaker 5: loved when you know, at halftime Snoop was leading the bands. Yeah,
Speaker 5: and you know those bands, you have to give them
Speaker 5: so much credit. We picked them on December eight, they
Speaker 5: got the music a week later, and then like ten
Speaker 5: days later they were here at the ball playing that
Speaker 5: medley together and had Stoop up there conducting them. So
Speaker 5: that was really fun. And then you know, we had
Speaker 5: this idea about Sneak driving and and Paula onto the
Speaker 5: field to the sands of the trophy presentation and to
Speaker 5: actually see that come to Fruition and see how excited
Speaker 5: people were to see him in that car, get the
Speaker 5: photos of the coach afterwards, it was really terrific.
Speaker 4: It was great.
Speaker 5: Those are just my favorite Snoop moments. There are terrific
Speaker 5: you know, football moments along the way too, and it
Speaker 5: was just a really, a really great event.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it was well, you're going to see photos
Speaker 2: from everybody in this town that you know, on either
Speaker 2: Facebook or Twitter or whatever, because everybody wanted to have
Speaker 2: a picture with him or of him, and he kind
Speaker 2: of put a signature on Tucson from a lot of
Speaker 2: different ways.
Speaker 5: Yeah. I think so too. And you know, I had
Speaker 5: some I got to spend some you know, time one
Speaker 5: on one with Snoop, and he told me that he
Speaker 5: felt like this was home, like his home away from home.
Speaker 5: He loved the atmosphere, he loved the people, he loved
Speaker 5: are the way we embraced his youth football and special stars.
Speaker 5: He just really felt like this was such a great
Speaker 5: place to be and he told me he looks forward
Speaker 5: to coming back here a year after year. He's he
Speaker 5: really enjoyed himself. And that's you know, that's one of
Speaker 5: the great things. We wanted to be able to showcase
Speaker 5: our community, not only the Snoop but to the entire world.
Speaker 5: And you know, Snoop thought he he loved it. He
Speaker 5: loved the community, he loved what we brought out of
Speaker 5: our community and and he was really impressed.
Speaker 2: So I even saw a photo from him going to
Speaker 2: a Mexican restaurant Kathy Santa Rosa. Was he able to
Speaker 2: get out more and do some stuff like that, you know,
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 5: I didn't I didn't see that part. He was here
Speaker 5: for a short period of time. But he makes the
Speaker 5: I think he makes the most of every moment. So
Speaker 5: it wouldn't have surprised me if he did. And you know,
Speaker 5: you know, one of the other funny things, Steve that
Speaker 5: that I should have said is that as we were leaving,
Speaker 5: as we were leaving the tailgate, you know, Ali was
Speaker 5: driving the golf cart with Snoop in it, and and
Speaker 5: Snoop told him the scoot over, and he took he
Speaker 5: took charge of the golf cart. And as we were
Speaker 5: driving back to campus, you know, down Campbell up in
Speaker 5: you know, all the way back over to the stadium,
Speaker 5: Snoop was going, you know, going around tones. It was
Speaker 5: like he was a twelve year old kid. He was
Speaker 5: having so much fun, high five and people along the way.
Speaker 5: He really enjoyed himself. And it wouldn't it wouldn't surprise
Speaker 5: me if he made some extra trips around town.
Speaker 2: You know, well that I think your point of that
Speaker 2: is exactly what he did kind of in the Olympics
Speaker 2: where he was so visible and you know, who doesn't
Speaker 2: like him, right, because he's very likable. And that's what
Speaker 2: helped this game. You know, see forty thousand people or
Speaker 2: whatever the number was come in and see because they
Speaker 2: were a curious one and then likable too, yeah for sure.
Speaker 5: And they didn't you know, there was a lot of
Speaker 5: behind the scenes things that happened to like you know,
Speaker 5: I Snup went and visited surprised each team in their
Speaker 5: locker room. When they arrived, he was there waiting for them.
Speaker 5: They walked in and they got here coach Snoop give
Speaker 5: them a pep talk, you know, and take a photo
Speaker 5: of Snoop And he got to surprise both teams, which
Speaker 5: is really fantastic for the teams. And then of course
Speaker 5: Miami afterwards, you know, got the death row change that changed.
Speaker 5: That is a big deal for you know, a lot
Speaker 5: of folks. I mean, not a lot of people have
Speaker 5: those and so it was a really big deal and
Speaker 5: they enjoyed that. You know, he he really brought his
Speaker 5: own special touch to.
Speaker 2: The whole event, sure, and on TV as well, because
Speaker 2: he was able to get up there and be his
Speaker 2: be himself on TV and give some an hour and
Speaker 2: all that.
Speaker 5: Yeah. You know, I talked to my CW folks after
Speaker 5: the game and they said, oh, thank goodness we had Snoop.
Speaker 5: You know, our ratings just like climbed every time that
Speaker 5: he got onto the broadcast. Yeah, because you know, the
Speaker 5: game wasn't really that compelling after the second half, and
Speaker 5: so having Snoop up there, you know, having some really
Speaker 5: fun commentary and interacting with Tom Brenneman and the broadcasters
Speaker 5: really was a great boost for the CW ratings and
Speaker 5: a great boost to bring visibility to people to watch
Speaker 5: the game and see our great community.
Speaker 4: Right right.
Speaker 2: So, I know it's not a relaxing time for you,
Speaker 2: but it's like done, You're done. Do you have a
Speaker 2: chance to breathe? I know you can take a little
Speaker 2: while before you start the next one. But what's next
Speaker 2: for you guys?
Speaker 5: What's next for me is tomorrow. It's our taco about
Speaker 5: New Year's Eve downtown bull Back.
Speaker 2: I was going to talk to you about that, yeah,
Speaker 2: because you guys are connected to all that, so you
Speaker 2: don't have time to breathe.
Speaker 4: Maybe January second.
Speaker 5: I'm hoping January second will be the time that we
Speaker 5: can get them rest for a little while. But there's
Speaker 5: not much rest for us. We've got a lot of
Speaker 5: you know a lot of things to clean up and
Speaker 5: finalize and you know, figure out, you know, how much
Speaker 5: money we're going to be able to give to charities
Speaker 5: this spring, and so, you know, not too much rest
Speaker 5: for the weary. But we want everybody to come out
Speaker 5: and join us and celebrating, you know, the ringing in
Speaker 5: twenty twenty five. Here at midnight down at our you know,
Speaker 5: New Year's Eve, ta our tak about New Year's Eve,
Speaker 5: Downtown Bull Bash. You got fireworks, We've got our famous
Speaker 5: taco touchdown at midnight. We've got a great fan it's
Speaker 5: across the street from the Monica Downtown. It's it's one
Speaker 5: of my favorite days of the year. It really is.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, as it should be one of the things too.
Speaker 2: It was a great game. It reminded me of the
Speaker 2: New Mexico State game when a lot of people from
Speaker 2: the community came out as well as the fans. And
Speaker 2: it's more just just a game because the community came
Speaker 2: out too.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was so fantastic to see so many people
Speaker 5: from our community to come out and embrace what we're doing.
Speaker 5: It was awesome to give Snoop a full stadium to
Speaker 5: look at, you know, as he's coming out for the
Speaker 5: first time. But we are more than a game. We've
Speaker 5: got so many great things that are happening during the game.
Speaker 5: We had great DJ, we had great musical performances, we
Speaker 5: had you know, great highlighting great people within our community
Speaker 5: during our game, and had some fun things along the way.
Speaker 5: And so, you know, if there's something for everybody, you
Speaker 5: don't even have to be a football fan. There's some
Speaker 5: type of entertainment and you know, extra special something, you know,
Speaker 5: during the program of the game for everybody.
Speaker 2: Right, So, I think he's here for three years, maybe
Speaker 2: two more after this one. But before so you've done this,
Speaker 2: how do you you're your car salesman. You sell ten this year,
Speaker 2: how are you going to sell eleven next year?
Speaker 5: Well, the great thing is is that we've got one
Speaker 5: year under our belt and we've seen what we can do.
Speaker 5: And now Snoop's seen, you know, personally, the whole event,
Speaker 5: and I know for a fact his energy and enthusiasm
Speaker 5: over the event, you know, really was meaningful to him,
Speaker 5: and I can't wait to see what types of additive
Speaker 5: aspects he wants to bring to the game to even
Speaker 5: elevate it more. You know, I think we I think
Speaker 5: this was just the beginning, and we can continue to
Speaker 5: you know, bring more and more exposure, more and more entertainment,
Speaker 5: more and more music and sports, you know, combined into
Speaker 5: what we're doing here. I think it's going to be
Speaker 5: really fantastic for years to come.
Speaker 2: I'm curious doing your your status and your and your title.
Speaker 2: You may have gotten a call or two from other
Speaker 2: Bowl games where said, how was it?
Speaker 4: How did you pull this off?
Speaker 2: And we're thinking about doing it too, but you know,
Speaker 2: with a different celebrity, if that makes any sense, you know, I.
Speaker 5: Haven't had many calls like that, you know. I think
Speaker 5: what we've done is kind of special. It's not something
Speaker 5: that you can just pull out of a rabbit. The
Speaker 5: years of planning for us to make it happen and
Speaker 5: work through and we're in a position, you know, to
Speaker 5: be able to do that. We're very scrappy, We're very nimble.
Speaker 5: You know, a lot of other Bowls are sort of
Speaker 5: entrenched in their tradition and broadcast partners and the things
Speaker 5: that they can and cannot do. And so we've been
Speaker 5: able to really be nimble and because that, you yeah,
Speaker 5: to do bigger and better things each year. So I
Speaker 5: think that we've definitely shown you know the world what
Speaker 5: we can do. And I wouldn't be surprised if more people,
Speaker 5: you know, try to, you know, try to do it.
Speaker 5: More bold executives try to kind of jump in and
Speaker 5: execute something similarly, Imitation is the best plum the flattery.
Speaker 4: Yeah, if you're able to pull it off.
Speaker 2: Like yeah, like you said, some bowls are restricted with
Speaker 2: what they can and cannot do with with the person
Speaker 2: they want to have do it with. Right, But no,
Speaker 2: what a fantastic thing. Real quick to how did the
Speaker 2: ill stuff do? What did you guys have them do
Speaker 2: or what did they do to to you know, to
Speaker 2: do what you guys did with the nil.
Speaker 5: Yeah, So we hosted a camp on the day before
Speaker 5: the game, a football camp for kids out on Beardown Field,
Speaker 5: and from nine thirty to ten thirty, Miami came and
Speaker 5: hosted that event. All of those players came and helped
Speaker 5: the kids you know through the football camp, and they
Speaker 5: earned nil dollars for that, and then from eleven to twelve,
Speaker 5: Colorado State came and had the same experience with a
Speaker 5: different set of kids. So it was really a win
Speaker 5: win for our whole community because we've had, you know,
Speaker 5: kids that had an experience working with these collegiate athletes
Speaker 5: that they wouldn't have otherwise had, and then our athletes
Speaker 5: had this experience, you know, help them kids, you know,
Speaker 5: the next generation of football players coming up, you know,
Speaker 5: have a great experience and hopefully mold them into feature
Speaker 5: collegiate athletes as well.
Speaker 2: We live at a time what a great time to
Speaker 2: be an athlete, right, you come for an hour and
Speaker 2: get some anil an hour. It's some nil God to
Speaker 2: be young again, I know, I know. Well, enjoy enjoy
Speaker 2: your nights. I well, might see you downtown in the
Speaker 2: next couple of days or tomorrow night, I guess, you know,
Speaker 2: take a nap and then get ready for tomorrow.
Speaker 5: Sounds great. I'm gonna take your advice.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you, Kim, appreciate you all right, be well, yeah, great,
Speaker 2: great job, great job with the with the Arizona bal
Speaker 2: Snoop dogg a dog. Yeah, it's funny, yes, yes, favorite yeah, no,
Speaker 2: it was he was everywhere.
Speaker 4: He was like everywhere. Yeah, you know, it all around.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was cool. It was cool to see. You know,
Speaker 3: you don't you don't just get that in Tucson, Arizona.
Speaker 11: No.
Speaker 5: No.
Speaker 2: The funny thing is I think a friend of mine
Speaker 2: had took a picture with him a while back and
Speaker 2: he bought youth teams, right and it was like, okay,
Speaker 2: it was not a big deal. Right now he's like
Speaker 2: this guy, Yeah, this big deal.
Speaker 4: He is him. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think Tommy said it best yesterday. He's
Speaker 2: one on one. You know, we're all one of one,
Speaker 2: but he's one of one.
Speaker 3: He's one of four. Yeah, he's he was at the Olympics.
Speaker 3: Who can say that?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, thank you, Kim. I appreciate your time and
Speaker 2: your info. We'll come back. Maybe take a caller two five,
Speaker 2: two zero four one six seventy four forty once he
Speaker 2: hits the commercial butt. If you're an Arizona men's basketball fan,
Speaker 2: you know it's been successful for nearly forty years.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: Take a look back at the Ludolsen era in my
Speaker 2: new book, Lessons from Loot. It was a labor of
Speaker 2: love through the eyes of twenty five former players, coaches
Speaker 2: and friends to give insight to the coach and the
Speaker 2: man who led them, competed against them, and inspired them.
Speaker 2: Twenty five chapters for his twenty five years as Arizona's
Speaker 2: beloved coach. Lessons from lut is an insight to how
Speaker 2: he built the program into a national powerhouse. What one
Speaker 2: email me at Steve dot RIVERA ninety five at gmail
Speaker 2: dot com.
Speaker 13: Hi, this is formal while get lemanhandly with Arizona Health.
Speaker 13: Imagine how home GM can change your health, your comfort,
Speaker 13: and your time. Arizona Health is everything you need to
Speaker 13: transform your personal space.
Speaker 4: In your life.
Speaker 13: All for a complete line of cardio machines, multi gyms
Speaker 13: and freeway equipment. I'll certify fitness experts and technicians will
Speaker 13: set you out with the right equipment and training to
Speaker 13: get you started to keep you going. Visit our shareroom
Speaker 13: today at twenty second in Wilmot. Arizona Health the lead
Speaker 13: edge and exercise equipment.
Speaker 14: What's your goal a new career or career advancement? How
Speaker 14: about transferring to a four year college. PEMA Community College
Speaker 14: can help you make some day today and reach your
Speaker 14: goals affordably on your schedule. With over one hundred programs
Speaker 14: to choose from in financial data available. It's time to
Speaker 14: earn the degreeer certificate you need to prepare for the
Speaker 14: career you want. PEMA offers free career exploration classes so
Speaker 14: you can choose the field that's right for you. Learn
Speaker 14: how at pima dot edu. Slash someday, Hey Tucson.
Speaker 2: Steve rivera heir, and I've got a tip for you.
Speaker 2: Want to be in good hands while cruising the desert
Speaker 2: or kicking back at home, then you need to call
Speaker 2: my friends at the Edmond Markets All State Agency. These
Speaker 2: guys are the MVPs of home and auto coverage. Whether
Speaker 2: it's a fender bender or a leaky roof, They've got
Speaker 2: you covered. Don't fumble your chance to say call them
Speaker 2: today and score big on your insurance. With the Edmund
Speaker 2: Marcus All State Agency, You're always in good hands. Visit
Speaker 2: them at twenty seven nineteen Lord Campbell or call him
Speaker 2: at five two zero three two three nine three three three.
Speaker 2: Selling your home? Want to get more money for it? Well,
Speaker 2: Danny Roth can help you. He told me about his
Speaker 2: You Flip the Home You Own program. The program allows
Speaker 2: for a homeowner to fix up their home to sell
Speaker 2: without using any of their own money. They will be
Speaker 2: able to sell the home for a much higher price.
Speaker 2: Danny Roth with Army Holmes International is the real estate
Speaker 2: consultant in Tucson that offers this program. He has consistently
Speaker 2: been the top agent in Tucson for the last thirty
Speaker 2: years and has sold over ten tho five hundred homes.
Speaker 2: For more information on this program or just buying our
Speaker 2: selling a home, called Danny Roth at five two zero
Speaker 2: four nine zero four thousand.
Speaker 1: Steve Rivera, he's got his eye on the ball on
Speaker 1: Tucson sports station Fox Sports fourteen fifty eight.
Speaker 2: Hey, welcome back to anaball hero Fox Sports fourteen fifty
Speaker 2: I'm Steve Rivera.
Speaker 1: You're one.
Speaker 2: Have my eye on the clock.
Speaker 4: Got about thirteen minutes before.
Speaker 2: We head out to the basketball game tonight, the first
Speaker 2: Big twelve.
Speaker 3: Game, first official, first official. There was never a unofficial
Speaker 3: West Virginia. Oh yeah, kind of yeah, non non conference
Speaker 3: game counts is non conference, Yeah, but they are a
Speaker 3: Big twelve. You are correct, You are correct. Okay, Well,
Speaker 3: we'll see what happens.
Speaker 4: I think that. What are you looking for tonight? Anything? Transition, transition.
Speaker 2: He talked about the how they're a pretty good defensive team, right,
Speaker 2: top five whatever is. Yeah, so we'll see. You think
Speaker 2: it's seventy. I think they'll win. But if they don't,
Speaker 2: it's going to be struggle. Caleble Love, like you said,
Speaker 2: said it all year. As he goes, the team will go.
Speaker 2: Obviously he guides them. I asked Tommy yesterday and I
Speaker 2: didn't put this in the story. Well, maybe save it
Speaker 2: for later this week about it. Has he found the
Speaker 2: leader yet? He said no, he's still looking. That's kind
Speaker 2: of strange.
Speaker 3: Yeah, especially considering we're Yeah, the former PAC twelve Player.
Speaker 4: Of the Year.
Speaker 3: I don't think he's a leader though, No, I don't
Speaker 3: think so. But I think that's kind of what he's
Speaker 3: been thrown into.
Speaker 4: Right right.
Speaker 2: The leader in terms of production maybe, but not a
Speaker 2: leader leader in terms of who do you think it's
Speaker 2: the closest to I think the guy that could could
Speaker 2: do that. And I asked this during the question. I
Speaker 2: asked about Caleb with the quote you used was Jayden
Speaker 2: Bradley Because he has the ball in his hand a lot,
Speaker 2: He's got that personality of you know, he's a tough dude.
Speaker 2: They can get stuff done and he can lead by
Speaker 2: example and maybe even verbally because he's a smart guy,
Speaker 2: So Jane Bradley would be my guess. I asked him
Speaker 2: up with that too. I can't remember his answer to me,
Speaker 2: but he tries to do it. But he was kind
Speaker 2: of like polity correct and everybody has a role yet
Speaker 2: and I asked time with that too, if if you
Speaker 2: don't have a leader, could it be by committee? And
Speaker 2: he can't say, yeah, everyone has their own personality.
Speaker 4: And do you need a leader? I think you do
Speaker 4: if you want to be successful? And what would that
Speaker 4: leader is do? What?
Speaker 5: What?
Speaker 4: What does the leader do? Especially on a team with
Speaker 4: young guys.
Speaker 3: So so for me, there's typically two types of leaders.
Speaker 3: There's the lead by example or lead with your presidence
Speaker 3: m hm okay, I think I think Bradley is the
Speaker 3: set by example. I don't think he's as not necessarily energetic,
Speaker 3: but out there with his personality. He'll he'll go and
Speaker 3: have fun, celebrate when need to. But I think someone
Speaker 3: that could bring what Bradley can't is kJ Lewis. I
Speaker 3: think he's very he has that he has a I
Speaker 3: need a win at all cost mentality.
Speaker 2: Yeah, closest thing to being a sophomore that play a factor.
Speaker 2: He's not an older dude.
Speaker 4: I don't.
Speaker 3: I don't think so. I think at this point he's
Speaker 3: he's played enough, Okay, he should Okay.
Speaker 2: So now you have you have a sophomore and a
Speaker 2: sophomore pretty much, right, maybe Jade's junior. Yeah, and you
Speaker 2: have Kg's who's a sophomore.
Speaker 4: Now you have a few older dudes. Well to listen
Speaker 4: to these guys. If you want to win, you should.
Speaker 2: The dynamic of it changes, right. You have to kind
Speaker 2: of trust the guys. You have to believe in the guys.
Speaker 4: You have to.
Speaker 2: I mean, that's what leadership is. You got to believe
Speaker 2: in them and whatever they're saying. And I see if
Speaker 2: they're legit all that, even if.
Speaker 4: You don't want to listen, then why not step up? True?
Speaker 2: That's why I think everybody has to kind of take
Speaker 2: the reins of the and it might I think that's
Speaker 2: what he said. Every game is different, so maybe somebody
Speaker 2: else steps up in a certain times.
Speaker 4: But that would mean there'd be a lot of leaders.
Speaker 5: Leaders.
Speaker 3: You get one or two, yeah, you get one, need
Speaker 3: one or two yeah, yeah, Because at the end of
Speaker 3: the day, that first leader, whoever it being does need
Speaker 3: someone to fall back on. Yeah, he's not just gonna
Speaker 3: go out there and do it by himself. Right, We'll see,
Speaker 3: we'll see. It'll be interesting. It's gonna be an interesting
Speaker 3: This is just a bizarre year. And I say bizarre
Speaker 3: and not in a bad way, just to we haven't
Speaker 3: seen this type of stuff in a long time, especially from
Speaker 3: even just Tommy himself.
Speaker 4: He's this is a big step in his coaching career.
Speaker 2: He's in the new territory too, right, He's always had
Speaker 2: it easy.
Speaker 4: Yeah, in three years.
Speaker 2: Now for uh, even at Gonzaga when he was not
Speaker 2: the head coach. He's coach. He didn't have to deal
Speaker 2: with this. Uh, and he wasn't. They were successful. Now
Speaker 2: it's like, okay, here we are. Now this is on you,
Speaker 2: and see what you can do with it.
Speaker 4: I mean, you have the the lost to u C.
Speaker 11: L A.
Speaker 3: And it wouldn't look as bad if you were if
Speaker 3: that was your first or second loss of the season.
Speaker 3: You know, but you you already lost to Wisconsin, You've
Speaker 3: already lost a duke, and you've lost two games in
Speaker 3: the Bahamas.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the two games of the Bahamas were you know,
Speaker 2: the one to West Virginia was a little uh weird,
Speaker 2: and they went after that.
Speaker 4: Who was the other one too? Lost in Oklahoma? I OK,
Speaker 4: think that's one of the legit losses if you want
Speaker 4: to know that, Yeah, because they'd be there. They're a
Speaker 4: good team. Yeah, they be good, solid team.
Speaker 3: They have they have a leader, they have a guy
Speaker 3: out there making play yeah, and willing them to wins.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: So we'll see fourteen and six. I think that's the
Speaker 2: target number for now. Win a couple more games in
Speaker 2: the tournament. If you don't, then you're gonna be oo man.
Speaker 3: I mean there's already the projections and the predictions out there.
Speaker 4: The Wildcats are the next four out. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Still, it's still it's a perfect place to be not
Speaker 3: necessari not perfect, but right now that's the perfect place
Speaker 3: to be placed.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and it's legit.
Speaker 2: It's legit because there are other teams playing very well
Speaker 2: and it gives you some motivation to be better. Not
Speaker 2: that that will happen, I mean, doesn't guarantee you that
Speaker 2: you'll get the motivation.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and at this point you shouldn't need any more motivation. Yeah,
Speaker 3: we're six and five under quote unquote underachieving. Right, Well,
Speaker 3: you should be wanting to play better and get today.
Speaker 2: Tuesday, mondayday, Monday, so in a week or a weekend,
Speaker 2: in a day or so, because they play tonight and
Speaker 2: then they go to Saturday to West Virginia, right, and
Speaker 2: then they played Tuesday in Cincinnati, so you know here
Speaker 2: tonight and then two road games, which you're gonna be tough.
Speaker 3: Every game on the road is gonna be tough. And
Speaker 3: they got to steal at least one of those games
Speaker 3: on the road. Yeah, it's almost like we're talking about
Speaker 3: football again. You know that that Kansas State Utah road trips. Yeah,
Speaker 3: you gotta win one. You gotta come out Ideally you
Speaker 3: come out of this next week or so three and
Speaker 3: one or two and one. Yeah, if you go one
Speaker 3: and two, you're starting to question question things again.
Speaker 4: Back to the drawing board and not in a good place.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, no, And you have very little room to
Speaker 2: mess up. The wiggle room is not good.
Speaker 3: Even just even just looking at you know, TCUs for
Speaker 3: you're facing them for the first time, kind of where
Speaker 3: you're at at this point of the season, kind of
Speaker 3: subpar mid level as far as their season goes. And
Speaker 3: you have a Cincinnati team who's pretty dang good. Yeah,
Speaker 3: they've been they've been ranked almost all season. And then
Speaker 3: you you face a team you've already lost to at
Speaker 3: their home r West Virginia, after already being on the
Speaker 3: road at Cincinnati.
Speaker 2: So I'm giving you a chance to write a little story. Uh,
Speaker 2: and how would you describe this season? What word would you?
Speaker 2: You kind of hit it the nail on the head.
Speaker 2: It's just bizarre. Unfamiliar is another word?
Speaker 4: Mediopen? Yeah, that's that's a good word to use. And
Speaker 4: I've never used that word.
Speaker 2: And for this maybe in Shawn's one of his last years,
Speaker 2: but because you didn't know, but it's not it's not good.
Speaker 2: I mean it was of fans. We're not used to this. No,
Speaker 2: and and the way.
Speaker 3: Uh our guests name, I forget his name, but Aaron
Speaker 3: he kind of talked about it, but I think maybe
Speaker 3: off air. But uh, you know, you look at those
Speaker 3: two exhibition games. This this looked like a national championship team.
Speaker 3: Everything jelled and then a month later you're starting question
Speaker 3: is Tommy the guy?
Speaker 4: Yeah? And people have Yeah, people have, which I think
Speaker 4: is ridiculous. It is.
Speaker 2: And the funny thing about is the people who say this,
Speaker 2: not that they don't have a clue because they probably
Speaker 2: they've seen enough games, but their credibility to have a
Speaker 2: clue is the question. You know, Okay, so you're gonna
Speaker 2: help with the buyout? You know what stake you have
Speaker 2: in this? I got two cents start your goal funding? Yeah,
Speaker 2: so you good?
Speaker 4: Plenty that ain't happening.
Speaker 3: I think when those type of things happen, when you
Speaker 3: get the gofundmes are a little bit ridiculous. There's there's
Speaker 3: people in certain positions for reasons to make those type
Speaker 3: of decisions right.
Speaker 4: Let them handle it. Let them You put your faith
Speaker 4: into them too, to make those right decisions.
Speaker 2: Yeah you have I'm sure you have relatives like that.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I'm saying that you don't have these opinions.
Speaker 2: But what do they do? You know what I'm saying?
Speaker 3: Yeah, getting getting of this little bit of experience since
Speaker 3: I think end of July. I do listen now in
Speaker 3: a different view in what sense, and they say something,
Speaker 3: and I say, what are you talking about? Did you
Speaker 3: watch the game? Did you did you watch the film?
Speaker 3: Have you have you heard what they're saying? Well, because
Speaker 3: especially after the Duke loss, everyone everyone I'm surrounded by
Speaker 3: saying so Arizona's trash this year on all levels football, basketball.
Speaker 3: I said, no, that we lost to a good team football.
Speaker 3: They struggled, They had their reasons to struggle.
Speaker 4: So you an apologist kind of.
Speaker 3: Are realist Now I'm a realist now you weren't before. No,
Speaker 3: I will help you with that. Yes you have. I
Speaker 3: was gonna. I've adapted. I'm losing the fan of me,
Speaker 3: just ever so slightly. But when I get those moments
Speaker 3: where I'm just watching the game at home, yeah, the
Speaker 3: neighbors will probably call the police.
Speaker 4: Something might be happening. I'm not sure.
Speaker 2: He's yelling a lot. Oh you still have that, Yeah,
Speaker 2: it's still there. I do too when I got dropped
Speaker 2: the ball and I need the yards or uh.
Speaker 3: But that have been that have been Saturday with the
Speaker 3: Broncos that I I didn't even watch the final two minutes.
Speaker 2: There's one thing with that. You can't lose that passion.
Speaker 2: You just can't. Maybe when you get older like me,
Speaker 2: you will, but but it's eventually you say, you know what,
Speaker 2: what's the importance of it?
Speaker 3: You carry yourself a little bit differently when when you
Speaker 3: get the experiences, and I thought it would be it's
Speaker 3: going to be an adjustment for me with the football
Speaker 3: games because that's my sport, that's my team. Uh well,
Speaker 3: for for I'm saying this. Before I started, Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 3: you know football, I followed them religiously and I thought
Speaker 3: I was going to struggle when I started covering them,
Speaker 3: and it kind of came a little bit. It kind
Speaker 3: of helped me, honestly, help my help my my physical
Speaker 3: health honestly.
Speaker 2: Well, you know part of it is because they weren't
Speaker 2: any good. Yeah, and that kind of eased your pain
Speaker 2: because you knew they weren't any good.
Speaker 4: If they were good, really good, you you.
Speaker 2: Would have been a fandom covering You would have been
Speaker 2: a fan boy covering the team.
Speaker 4: Oh man.
Speaker 3: I think them not being as successful this year definitely
Speaker 3: helped get get into those mindsets of yeah I need
Speaker 3: a this is how I went black, and why deal?
Speaker 4: Right? Right?
Speaker 2: And it just gives you a different focus, right, a
Speaker 2: better focus for your job.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Even just watching it with family when I'm not covering anything,
Speaker 3: I'm yeah, this is that, that's what happened.
Speaker 4: That's that's why it happened.
Speaker 3: And you know, right, they don't get it, No, they don't.
Speaker 4: Get it done well.
Speaker 3: It's like my friends point we almost yeah, almost, they
Speaker 3: call me I'll say this to call me kulude, because
Speaker 3: I can tell them this is gonna happen, and watch
Speaker 3: and it happens, and it happens.
Speaker 4: Is how you know? I've been here too many times?
Speaker 4: Yeah exactly, I know.
Speaker 2: I know, and not that I told you so, but
Speaker 2: I kind of knew that was gonna happen.
Speaker 3: You've seen it so many times. The history repeats itself.
Speaker 3: You've seen the surgery. Yeah, you've seen the surgery at
Speaker 3: number of time. And he says, well, I know the
Speaker 3: patient is probably gonna die, but it was a good surgery.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 3: We washed our hands, we got our masks on, went
Speaker 3: through it, and here we are at the end.
Speaker 2: Right, Okay, Well, I thinks I'm gonna be gone for
Speaker 2: the next week or so. I'll see you Monday next week,
Speaker 2: no chows the rest of the week. Sorry, guys. I
Speaker 2: appreciate everybody.
Speaker 4: Thank you. Qu