WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.160 --> 00:00:05.679 Streaming live on the Ihearts Radio while this is Eye 2 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:09.560 on the Ball with Steve Rivera on Fox Sports fourteen 3 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:10.080 fifty eight. 4 00:00:11.839 --> 00:00:13.119 Hey, welcome back to Win in the Ball here on 5 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:15.919 Fox Sports fourteen fifty I'm Steve Vera, and today with 6 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:19.039 me as a co host is Blake Eager from the 7 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:20.640 Southern Arizona. 8 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:23.480 Sports Tourism and Film Authorities. We're getting this down. I 9 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:24.879 think we're gonna take it on the road after this. 10 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:27.800 Yeah, we're in some potico here and now we have 11 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:29.480 one with breaking news. 12 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:34.560 This is I on the Ball, Breaking News on Fox 13 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:35.960 Sports fourteen. 14 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:39.079 Fifty Happy Monday to everyone out there, Happy New Year 15 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:41.719 to everyone out there. Here's truly mister goody two shoes 16 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:44.640 back here on a Monday. Hopefully going to be a 17 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:48.560 standard going forward on the Mondays and Wednesdays. Storry to 18 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:50.320 off breaking news with something that you want to start 19 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:57.719 with Steve. Rutgers star guard Kyomi mcmiller. Her transfer talk 20 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:02.719 is starting to heat up after her benching previous previous 21 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:06.480 to the number four USC matchup. Yeah, Rutgers went on 22 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:10.480 to lose big time and their biggest loss in program history. 23 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:13.920 She posted about it right before the game and she 24 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:15.799 was gonna be she was she would not be playing 25 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:16.040 the game. 26 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:18.439 This is what I would like to apologize to my fans. 27 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:21.359 I will not be playing today's game versus USC, which 28 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:23.519 is number four in the country. This decision was made 29 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:27.000 by my head coach, Coke Eest Washington. Thank you for 30 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:27.920 your continued support. 31 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:31.159 God bless So you're you're a former coach and I 32 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:34.040 found this to be interesting for just this conversation. 33 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:35.040 Okay, so now you have. 34 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:37.599 Kids who are getting paid, right, they have more power 35 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:40.439 than they've ever had before. Now there's a thing that 36 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:42.480 they might play. Give them five years instead of four 37 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:46.359 to play all five whatever, and they're getting paid more money. 38 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:49.439 You're a coach. You decide not to play this person, 39 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.040 and then they in turn do this. How would you? 40 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.239 How would you deal with it? You know, Steve Rivera, 41 00:01:57.079 --> 00:01:59.000 the star player, blah blah blah, you're not playing me. 42 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:02.000 Coach Eager has decided not to play with me. Blah 43 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:05.239 blah blah. Didn't explain why or whatever. Didn't explain why. 44 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:08.639 I'm in trouble. But this is the world we live in. 45 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:12.599 Now they have this this entitled entitlement may not be 46 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:14.159 the right word, but this have this power. 47 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:16.199 Yeah, I mean the power is probably a better way 48 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:18.000 of putting it right, because you're a professional athlete. At 49 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:21.280 this point, they're professional athletes, they are, no question so, 50 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:24.199 and they're making some are making more than their actual 51 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:27.960 head coaches making at times. But you talked about it earlier, 52 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:29.520 Fork in the Road, Right, you can go one way 53 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:32.240 or other. So what do you there's obviously something that 54 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:34.599 happened that she's not playing. Sure, whether it's clubhouse, whether 55 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:38.879 it's practice, whether it's effort, uh, whatever that is. Are 56 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:41.319 you going to take and that player might decide You're 57 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:43.639 you've got to make decisions. That player might decide your 58 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:44.400 your season. 59 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:44.719 Right. 60 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:48.719 Sure it looked like it did, right, Yeah? Absolutely? Or 61 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:50.879 I mean who's more important that one person or the 62 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:53.919 fifteen people that you have on the bench. It's a 63 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:55.919 tough decision to make, and at this point, I from 64 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:58.039 the coach, from a coaching standpoint, you've got to sit 65 00:02:58.080 --> 00:02:59.840 down and you've got to be honest with that person 66 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:02.240 and see the reaction is I mean, the old school 67 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:05.520 mentality is either suspend them, right, but you've got to 68 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:07.560 set a standard that's across the board. There's a code 69 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:10.039 of ethics that everybody has to follow. It's gonna it's 70 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:10.759 a difficult decision. 71 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:13.000 Well, first of all, I'll say this as a player 72 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:17.120 twenty years ago, three years ago, five years ago, you 73 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:17.680 don't do that. 74 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:18.360 No, you're done. 75 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:19.599 Yeah, you're done. 76 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:21.639 So you see people leaving, like quitting on the team 77 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:26.000 in games now, Yeah, I mean requesting trades meets like 78 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:28.159 that was just not the life that I ever lived in. 79 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:28.680 No. 80 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:31.159 No, And and you're asking them to pay you said 81 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:34.240 people to pay you to play? No, I don't think so. 82 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:35.879 I mean that's kind of that's going to be the 83 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.479 distriment to everything. You know, why would they Why would 84 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:42.199 people support you at the next stop if you couldn't 85 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:43.159 handle the first stop? 86 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:45.240 I mean, I think that's where people ask me that 87 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:48.319 question all the time. Is that from a payment standpoint? 88 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:51.199 Like I can't wrap my head around the nil like 89 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:54.039 I've had I've had conversations, I've been at tables, I've 90 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:56.159 been in meetings with people and I walk away and 91 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.120 I go this, this doesn't sound legal to me. 92 00:03:58.159 --> 00:03:59.000 I don't know what to say. 93 00:03:59.080 --> 00:03:59.800 And it is. 94 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:02.439 It's completely legal. It's just a different world now. If 95 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:05.520 we're talking about a professional athlete like that's just it, 96 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:09.240 you know, I want them to make as much money 97 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:10.919 as you can. Sure, it's a business, as you said, right, 98 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:13.039 who's going to look for out for the athlete, the owners, 99 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:16.720 looking out for the team, the brand, Like that athlete 100 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:18.120 should make as much of money. I just don't know 101 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:20.199 how they do it in college anymore. Like there's so 102 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:23.600 much money being involved that if you make the wrong 103 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:27.000 decision with that player. Let's say she does transfer, right, 104 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:29.720 she's out to send a tweet before the game is 105 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:33.279 unheard of to me, But from a coaching standpoint, there 106 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:34.480 has to be repercussions. 107 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:34.920 Sure. 108 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:35.439 Sure. 109 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:37.959 Apparently in some of the stories, I guess in New Jersey, 110 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:39.959 they were talking about she had gotten a fight with 111 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:42.360 a teammate or something, and then the coach was saying, 112 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:45.319 at some point, you're there to teach, right, you're learning 113 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:48.040 lessons in college. You do these for a reason. It's 114 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:50.839 like being a parent. You know, you have to discipline 115 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:53.199 your kids for a reason. It may hurt you now 116 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:55.600 or hers more than me, you know, whatever, but that's 117 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:57.680 what you do. I mean, you have to do it 118 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.439 or or the rest of the team season says, well, 119 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:00.920 you did. 120 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:01.079 It for her. 121 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:03.639 Yeah, it's got to be across the board. Yeah right, Jay, 122 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:04.920 is she freshman this year? 123 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:05.240 Yeah? 124 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.639 I mean that's star. There's there's as a coach, what 125 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:12.240 you're looking as you're looking for seniority to take over 126 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:14.560 in that clubhouse. So like you might not be the 127 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:17.639 person to have that conversation the veteran that senior or 128 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:19.560 fifth year senior needs to be having that conversation. 129 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:21.639 Well, were you here when we talked about McConnell and 130 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:26.120 his the story about him and Johnson. I don't believe 131 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:29.199 so so so mcconne, I don't know if you heard 132 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:34.360 the story on the air. So McConnell's a senior Johnson Johnson, 133 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:38.079 remember Johnson, tell me, Sammy Johnson comes here and he's 134 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.079 this star guy, he'll be one and done blah blah blah. 135 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:42.759 And he was acting like a one and done and 136 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:46.439 my stuff doesn't stink blah blah blah. And McConnell said, 137 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:49.319 this is not about you. Don't screw up my senior 138 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:51.240 year because you think you're who you are. You know 139 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:54.199 that ain't gonna happen. You're gonna be part of this 140 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:57.040 team and act like a teammate. And it took a 141 00:05:57.079 --> 00:05:59.959 guy like McConnell. Who you who I think is fantastic 142 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:05.720 to say grab whether he grabbed him by whatever and said, no, 143 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:08.439 I'm the I'm the senior here, I'm the boss here 144 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:11.680 or whatever. Captain, I don't care how good you are, don't. 145 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:11.920 F with me. 146 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:14.759 It's gonna be an I mean, that's a clubhouse you've 147 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:15.199 got to be. 148 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:17.319 Yeah. 149 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:20.800 Absolutely, And baseball it's different because those dudes are those 150 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:23.240 dudes to me the worst players. 151 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:24.839 How can I say this? 152 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:25.360 Uh? 153 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:29.759 I covered triple A baseball. Baseball players are paid in 154 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:32.319 the asses, but sometimes in a good way where they 155 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:34.160 have that to talk to stop staron and they have 156 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:37.839 that mach you know what I'm saying, machismo And and 157 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:39.800 you said don't f with me or else. 158 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:42.240 I mean, there's there's all you know, like the Bob 159 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:46.120 Gibson story, where man, how am I frigetting? I just 160 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:49.120 had this conversation with my dad, my uncle. Uh McCarver 161 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:51.800 goes out there to talk to him and and Bob 162 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:54.399 Gibson says, get the f back he goes That's the 163 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:56.000 only time I ever went out to talk to him again. 164 00:06:56.279 --> 00:06:58.160 There's got to be that mentality because it's really you 165 00:06:58.279 --> 00:07:01.800 versus me situation. So, but in a in a clubhouse environment, 166 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:04.120 especially with basketball, that senior has to lead the team, 167 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:06.319 and that senior is not bought in the whole team's 168 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:07.160 gonna go away. 169 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:10.000 Right, And a lot of teams that don't do well 170 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:11.439 have issues like that. 171 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:14.399 Yeah, a thousand percent. Yeah, and it's besides, it's it's 172 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:17.040 it's people. People don't know that. Yeah, this is all 173 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.000 This team looks a little dysfunctioned. Well, I wonder what 174 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:22.519 the reason is. Well, sometimes many times the story doesn't 175 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:25.120 come out, and and nor should it, right, I mean, 176 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:28.199 you want we wanted to sure the public wants to know. 177 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.519 You guys want to know as journalists and broadcasters, but 178 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:32.879 sure as coaches will. 179 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:34.000 Let's go back to this. You have a lot of 180 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:37.040 stuff kind of okay, so catch up the reason? How 181 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:37.360 much that. 182 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:39.600 Minutes? 183 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:41.279 Okay, just I can I can try to speed run 184 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:44.160 through it. Go ahead, Okay, I went into some. Arizona 185 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:49.040 Athletics freshman guard Lawrence Swan got her second Big Twelve 186 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:51.720 Freshman of the Week award was announced about an hour ago, 187 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:56.040 two hours ago, uh into And speaking of women's basketball, 188 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:58.720 they had a couple of games over the break. They 189 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:02.879 lost last Tuesday, New Year's Eve to Utah big time. 190 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.600 Kind of Utah kind of controlled that from the beginning. 191 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:08.560 But then they go on the road Saturday at UCF 192 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:12.040 and they win seventy five fifty three to Men's. 193 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:13.000 We've talked about it. 194 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:18.560 We didn't have a show last Tuesday, but if anyone 195 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:20.839 out there doesn't know, they beat TCU ninety to eighty 196 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:22.720 one at home. They go on the road to number 197 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:26.600 sixteen Cincinnati and they beat Cincinnati seventy two sixty seven. 198 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:30.519 And some Arizona football news, they picked up a transfer. 199 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:36.799 Former cornerback Aiden Gardens from West Virginia is committed to 200 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:42.480 the Wildcats to the NBA. The Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving 201 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:44.159 is dealing with some back issues. 202 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.519 He's gonna be out at least one to two weeks. 203 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:50.279 The Warriors Jonathan Kamingo will be out at least three 204 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:53.679 weeks with the ankle sprain. Let's see what else. Derek 205 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:57.759 Rose Jersey was retired over Saturday. They kind of it 206 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:02.240 was a surprise to Derek Rose and they ended up winning. Actually, 207 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:05.240 so they won on Derek Rose night. That was that 208 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:09.279 was nice to see. Going into the NFL. So coaching 209 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:12.759 carousel happening right now. The Bears have requested to interview 210 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:13.960 Cowboys Mike McCarthy. 211 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:16.080 Cowboy fans are saying, please take him. 212 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:20.039 Probably probably some injury news. 213 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:20.320 Uh. 214 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:24.399 Packers wide receiver Christian Watson had a season ending a 215 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:28.679 cl injury and they're lost to the Bears. Yesterday the 216 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:31.519 Jaguars fighting there head coach Doug Peterson, but kept GM 217 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:40.679 try Block after four and thirteen season. That was yeah, 218 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:44.960 Rex Ryan, if he says said he if he is 219 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:47.759 the next tire for the just head coaching job, it 220 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:50.440 won't be the Aaron Rodgers country Club anymore. 221 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:52.200 That would be a weird hire to me, even though 222 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:56.200 he coached. There's already there. I got a friend that's 223 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:59.559 a Jets fan and just I this. 224 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:02.240 This tells me how dumb I am. Uh, the owner 225 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:03.759 from the Jets is a you A grad. 226 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:05.559 I didn't know that either. I didn't know. 227 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:08.600 Yeah, me too. I was like, he doesn't give anything so. 228 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:11.159 Sneaky out there that you're like, I mean the guy 229 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:13.279 from Netflix Suber, I mean like he's a U A 230 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:15.159 gret Like there's some sneaky ones out there. 231 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:17.159 Antonio Pierce. 232 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:20.639 Uh, seems like they're there their talks in the organization 233 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:24.159 are around the future of the organization. So he's doesn't 234 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:25.679 look like he's going anywhere right now. I don't think 235 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:27.840 he should. I don't think you should. No, I don't 236 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:30.360 think he's had his team yet. He kind of inherited 237 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:34.759 a team. He's done decently. He's competed in games at points. 238 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:38.320 I think he's the right There's another subject. I want 239 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:40.240 to talk to you about it. Okay, he's the I 240 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:43.360 think he's the right fit in Las Vegas. There were 241 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:47.519 some discussions out there about Kevin O'Connell possibly leaving the 242 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:50.360 Minnesota but he's made it clear that he wants to 243 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:53.279 remain in Minnesota, where I have no idea. 244 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:54.879 I mean, that's a kind of a crazy one. I 245 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:56.279 don't think he should be going anywhere. 246 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:57.240 Uh. 247 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:00.799 Last week in the NFL Week eight, team had some 248 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:04.039 good games. The Bengals held on to beat the Steelers 249 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:06.440 to keep their playoff posts alive. They needed a Miami 250 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:09.360 loss as well as a Denver Bronco loss, but the 251 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:11.840 Broncos did win. They beat the second string Chiefs thirty 252 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:14.000 eight to nothing to go to the playoffs for the 253 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:17.759 first time since twenty fifteen. There's the longest streak between 254 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:21.000 winning a Super Bowl and seeing the postseason again. And 255 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:23.320 then a good one on Sunday night football between the 256 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:25.279 Lions and the Vikings for a good while, and then 257 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:28.440 the Lions kind of turned into the Jamir Gibbs Show. 258 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:31.559 Yeah, that was a crazy game. Vikings will put him 259 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:33.399 for the first half and then still wasn't leading. 260 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:35.639 Yeah, so we're leading. 261 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:39.360 Yeah, we're gonna be going into the playoffs this week. 262 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:42.159 Wild Card weekend, you got the Chargers going to the 263 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:46.080 Texans on Saturday to thirty, Steelers playing the Ravens and 264 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:48.840 the third time they meet this season at six pm. 265 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:50.919 On Sunday, you have the Broncos going to the Bills 266 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:54.840 at eleven, Packers visit the Eagles at two thirty, and 267 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:58.519 the night cap will be the Commanders visiting the Buccaneers 268 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:02.000 at six. Monday night four ball, Vikings visiting the Rams. 269 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:04.039 Did you guys already do your picks for those games? 270 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:04.679 No? 271 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:07.120 No, you do that. We'll do this Thursday. Yeah, we'll 272 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:10.000 be from the casino. And then you got some college 273 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:10.879 football news. 274 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:15.000 The FCS Championship is being played to night five o'clock, 275 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:18.559 North Dakota State playing the undefeated Montana State Podcast. 276 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:21.559 Yeah, those usual those usual people that played it. Yeah, 277 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:22.240 are you done? 278 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:22.879 Almost? 279 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:28.399 Oregon defensive tackle and wide receiver Derek Harmon and Tess 280 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.039 Johnson did declare for the draft today, So some high 281 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:34.360 prospects out for the Ducks. Zachariah Branch and Zion Branch 282 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:38.720 are transferring from uh USC to Georgia, So some ins 283 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:42.000 and out with Georgia as their backup quarterback or maybe 284 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:45.919 third string quarterback. And former Arizona State starting quarterback Jenna 285 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:48.279 Rashata will be entering the transfer portal again. 286 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:52.440 Oh really yes, wow, he was like the thirteen million 287 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:52.919 dollar guy. 288 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:55.960 It doesn't say why. I'm sure he's just looking for 289 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.159 a fresh start. I believe the backup. How many fresh 290 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:01.840 starts can you get nowadays? Yeah, you have a fresh 291 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:05.240 start every day. Yeah. Former Boise State quarterback and former 292 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:11.399 USC quarterback Malachai Nelson is committed to UTIP. The former 293 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:16.360 number one overall recruit in the class of twenty twenty 294 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:20.200 three really going to youtip? He chose El Paso. Yeah, 295 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:22.480 you tip A little bit of surprised to me. 296 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:26.000 How the fallen? How do you fall? Not that it's 297 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:27.240 a bad place. 298 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:29.720 Yeah, but you know, wait, you're telling me that l 299 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:32.720 Pass was on part with l A. Is that what 300 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:37.159 the argument that? Well, listen, I mean potatoes. 301 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:38.799 I'm not going to knock out Pass. I'm sorry. 302 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:39.519 Uh. 303 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:44.799 And then quarterback recruit Jeron can We it was difficult 304 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:45.600 last name to say. 305 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:47.320 He's going back to Cal. 306 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:52.279 He committed to Cal and initially went to Oregon, and 307 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:53.200 now he's back with. 308 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:55.279 The Golden Beers. Okay, so that's probably it right there. 309 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:57.279 Yeah, okay, so we won't talk about this, but I'll 310 00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:59.480 ask you on the other side of the next guest, 311 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:02.440 and it's going to be about Antonio Pierce one and 312 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:06.320 two the UA football team in a weird way because 313 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:10.720 of your experience of having been a coach, having seen 314 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.679 dugouts and and clubhouses and things like that, and the 315 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:19.279 importance of chemistry and wanting to play for a guy 316 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:21.919 that they don't like or whatever. 317 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:25.240 Because it exists. I know it exists. I've seen it 318 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:27.519 not exist or exists. You know what I'm saying. 319 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:31.200 Either you play harder, you don't play hard, So there's 320 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:32.799 always there's always border the story. 321 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:35.399 Yeah, and you were probably of that, so you really 322 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:37.080 I did. I did have one more thing that I 323 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:38.279 did miss. Obviously. 324 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.080 College football playoffs happened over the break. I had a 325 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:44.240 four games. Penn State did be Boys to stay in 326 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:47.679 the Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State routed Oregon from the very 327 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:50.440 jump in the Rose Bowl, and Texas want a bar 328 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:53.639 and burner in Atlanta against Arizona State. And then one 329 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:55.960 that was supposed to be played New Year's Day but 330 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:59.720 was rescheduled due the tragic events in New Orleans. 331 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:03.039 Notre Dame beat Georgio in New Orleans. 332 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:04.080 Yeah, that was the big one. 333 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:05.679 That was a big, strange one. Do you where we 334 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:06.039 gotta go? 335 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:06.360 Yeah? 336 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:10.559 Yeah, So we'll go talk to Memodinal talk about recruiting 337 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:13.840 you a football and basketball and then come back and 338 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:15.919 talk more about the other stuff on the other side. 339 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:21.840 Are you ready ready to discover your soul, your wild side, 340 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:27.440 your passion, your joy and excitement. 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