Speaker 1: Welcome back to E Sports Radio June to seventeenth, twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five, Tuesday in the Louisville area. If you did
Speaker 1: not know it, I know, I repeat myself. I'm a
Speaker 1: third grade reject. I understand that. But I'm telling you
Speaker 1: one thing. These days are clicking by so quickly. Can
Speaker 1: you all believe I said June seventeenth, it will be
Speaker 1: Christmas soon? Trust me, it will be. We're last week
Speaker 1: of spring summer starting to raise its ugly head warming up.
Speaker 1: I love that. But welcome back to the show. Phone
Speaker 1: number is five zero two five seventy nine hundred. That's
Speaker 1: five zero two, five seven one seventy nine hundred Sports
Speaker 1: Talk seven ninety kr D. We have Rick behind the glass.
Speaker 1: Shannon is out you maybe licking his wounds. Rick. I
Speaker 1: think I had to come in there rough Shannon up yesterday. Yeah,
Speaker 1: don't tell anybody. That's don't tell anybody, Okay, So that's all.
Speaker 1: But that is comical anyway, So don't tell anybody, Rick, Rick.
Speaker 1: Let's bring on my younger son, Anthony Eves to the show. Anthony,
Speaker 1: how are you?
Speaker 2: I'm doing good this morning. I was kind of in
Speaker 2: the same boat for a second.
Speaker 3: You said June seventeenth.
Speaker 2: I said, I feel like May took like three months
Speaker 2: and June is almost gone gone.
Speaker 1: I mean, Derby is blown by. It takes a little while, Anthony,
Speaker 1: because of the hype of Derby, so many things go on,
Speaker 1: even though we had the flood that knocked out a
Speaker 1: lot of the festivities for Derby, but still Derby was
Speaker 1: still great. And it just comes slowly like Christmas. Then
Speaker 1: it blows by. But it's June seventeenth. We will be
Speaker 1: saying July fourth in less than two weeks. That's amazing,
Speaker 1: I'm telling you. Then it's all downhill from there. I
Speaker 1: hate even saying July, so that means winter's on its way.
Speaker 3: Hate winter, Anthony.
Speaker 1: So anyway, most people do. Welcome back. We've got a
Speaker 1: lot to talk about now at seven fifteen ish, Anthony.
Speaker 1: We've got Aiden Robbins calling in former manual, great University
Speaker 1: of Louisville graduate, two years smart kid, Anthony in and
Speaker 1: out in two transferred. We're gonna talk about went to UNLV,
Speaker 1: played at BYU, played a little bit with one of
Speaker 1: my favorite teams from the old days in Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 1: We're gonna have him on what he's doing what's transparent
Speaker 1: in his life. We've got that. Let me tell you
Speaker 1: something yesterday, Anthony. Everyone knows that Saint Stephen's is my
Speaker 1: personal workout gym. Guys. I'm usually the only person in there, honestly,
Speaker 1: and it's a fantastic facility. Anthony. I walked in yesterday
Speaker 1: and there was a young man sitting on one of
Speaker 1: the benches, face opposite me. I mean, Anthony had a
Speaker 1: lot of blue on. I looked at and had a
Speaker 1: blue Kentucky bag leaned up against the wall. The backpack.
Speaker 1: You know, he's the enemy. I was like, I started growling,
Speaker 1: like rufus, you know, our little chauahuah. I was growling
Speaker 1: at her. He looked like a big pig bull and
Speaker 1: I was just growling at him and under my breath Anthony,
Speaker 1: I'm like, wow, cat, what are you doing here? So
Speaker 1: he turns faces me. I'm like, oh gosh. He says,
Speaker 1: how you doing, Sir? I said great? He said how
Speaker 1: are you young man? He says good. I said you
Speaker 1: got a good workout in He said yes. I said, oh,
Speaker 1: I better stop growling. He's a nice young man. So
Speaker 1: I saw the blue and I saw the bag. I'm
Speaker 1: like god leeve, he's gotta play because Anthony huge, I
Speaker 1: mean just big, just strong, just big. I'm like, God,
Speaker 1: wonder who that is. So I started to do my
Speaker 1: little work out, my little stretching, and you know, I said,
Speaker 1: He said, I see you're stretching your shoulders. I'm like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I try to play golf and my shoulders can't lock up.
Speaker 1: And he laughed and a few other things. And then
Speaker 1: on his way out and he's walking by me, I said, young, know,
Speaker 1: what's your name? I had asked me, JJ Weaver. I said,
Speaker 1: get out of here, not JJ Weaver. He says, yes, sir,
Speaker 1: JJ Weaver. I said, oh, God, big Blue, I said,
Speaker 1: who let you in my gyp? And we just started laughing,
Speaker 1: having a great time. He's going to be coming on also, Anthony,
Speaker 1: in the next two or three days. Isn't this ironic?
Speaker 1: And this is the truth, Anthony, he says, I'm so glad.
Speaker 1: He says, I thought that was you. He says, look,
Speaker 1: I'm having a camp and Jay Scruggs, myself, Raymond Spaudy.
Speaker 1: I said, get out of here, Anthony. Yesterday we talked
Speaker 1: about Scruggs and Raymond Spatty. I'm like there's no way,
Speaker 1: I said, we just spoke about those they're having a camp.
Speaker 1: There's a fourth player. For some reason, my old mind
Speaker 1: will not let me remember Anthony, but they're going to
Speaker 1: have a camp here. So he's going to come on
Speaker 1: and hype his camp. We're definitely gonna do that for JJ.
Speaker 1: So he will be on one day this week or
Speaker 1: early next week. And also we got the great Damien
Speaker 1: Lee Phoenix Sunns. Damien Lee will be calling in. Also,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk a little bit about his golf out
Speaker 1: in Anthony. Of course, we'll play in it again like
Speaker 1: we always do. Talked to his mother yesterday so he she's, yeah,
Speaker 1: I have to understand he lives in Phoenix. That's four o'clock,
Speaker 1: like Coach Beard. So his mom, who's on these since
Speaker 1: standard time, said, you know, we kind of have to
Speaker 1: pump him up. Jerry, we have to kind of. I said, yeah,
Speaker 1: for four am, you do have to pump somebody up.
Speaker 1: That's early.
Speaker 2: But he will be.
Speaker 1: Calling me, calling in with us, and he's going to
Speaker 1: stay the entire show. So Anthony, We've got a lot
Speaker 1: going on. Usually during the summer it's a little slow,
Speaker 1: but not for us. So Anthony, what do you have
Speaker 1: for me? Tell me, you don't have to give me that.
Speaker 1: Just tell me some of the national news before we
Speaker 1: get to our first break and bring on mister Robbins. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Obviously, obviously some of the big news last night. We
Speaker 3: all saw the Thunder defeated the Pacers one twenty to
Speaker 3: one on nine last night, taking that three two series
Speaker 3: lead over Indiana. Will be playing Game six, will be
Speaker 3: back in Indy, will be playing this Thursday. It's an
Speaker 3: uphill climb from here for the Pacers. That that Game
Speaker 3: four loss, God put him in tough of such such
Speaker 3: a spot right there, and obviously everyone's in doubt about
Speaker 3: how a burden and the calf injury that he sustained
Speaker 3: earlier in the first half. So we don't know how
Speaker 3: mobile who's going to be Thursday or what he's going
Speaker 3: to be looking like. But that that just takes another
Speaker 3: another rock at the car right there.
Speaker 2: For that one. We're just not sure how it's all.
Speaker 3: In the playoffs, even getting into the baseball side a
Speaker 3: little bit, Murray State was eliminated last night.
Speaker 1: No congratulations, congratulations, So Anthony, they made a great run
Speaker 1: entire budget eight hundred plus styles in anthony entire budget period.
Speaker 1: Every team in its coach Anthony left in the College
Speaker 1: World Series, the coach, the head coach makes more than
Speaker 1: Murray State's entire budget. Just want people to understand that
Speaker 1: great run Murray State, great run, go ahead, and I
Speaker 1: had to, but I just have to a great run
Speaker 1: by Murray State.
Speaker 2: Yep.
Speaker 3: And then obviously l s U and the u C
Speaker 3: l A game actually got suspended yesterday. I think it
Speaker 3: had to do with some other delays that were going on.
Speaker 3: But their game is Pauls right now out of five
Speaker 3: to three. I think they're the top of the fourth
Speaker 3: or the bottom of the fifth. Midway through their game.
Speaker 3: The LSU is up on the game. They'll continue today
Speaker 3: later this afternoon to finish off that game, and then
Speaker 3: Louisville will play Oregon State today at two PM as well,
Speaker 3: so they'll have two games going. I think they'll have
Speaker 3: one earlier on the day one later on the day.
Speaker 3: I know the afternoon game is still to be determined obviously,
Speaker 3: because the winner and the loser of the LSU UCLA game,
Speaker 3: so they haven't thrown out who's playing that game in
Speaker 3: the winner or the loser's bracket for the double elimination
Speaker 3: yet okay, and.
Speaker 2: Then also Otani.
Speaker 1: One hundred miles an hour.
Speaker 2: He did.
Speaker 3: He had seventeen pitches over ninety five. He came back
Speaker 3: throwing some heat. It wasn't his best pitching performance, but
Speaker 3: he still came back and showed.
Speaker 1: Them two years. That was the first time pitching it
Speaker 1: in two years. Just for now, he Anthony, the mode
Speaker 1: that you can't play both ways, the mode that baseball
Speaker 1: you can't be a pitcher and a hitter. He just
Speaker 1: shattered that that mode's gone. That, I mean, that's gone.
Speaker 1: That's all there is to it. I hope now that
Speaker 1: colleges will allow players that have the ability to play
Speaker 1: both ways to do so because show he has shown
Speaker 1: him and I know he's a phenomenon. I understand that animy,
Speaker 1: but still, boy, boy boy, he has shattered that myth gone. Say,
Speaker 1: we've got a lot to get to Anthony, of course,
Speaker 1: and we got an interview. We're going to talk about that.
Speaker 1: That game I always Anthony, I picked okay see, I said, okay,
Speaker 1: see when they were down to one, I still said,
Speaker 1: okay see. I said Game four was they must win
Speaker 1: for the Pacers. I told you that, I said they have.
Speaker 1: If they get this game, they'll win the World C Championship.
Speaker 1: But by those last four minutes, Anthony, they just didn't
Speaker 1: have it. And last night Halliburton, we're going to talk
Speaker 1: about him. He doesn't have to get thirty. That's not
Speaker 1: what he does. And I want people to know that
Speaker 1: you can be a very good player without scoring thirty points.
Speaker 1: He's different. He is not shake Gilligs Alexander. He's not.
Speaker 1: He's just different. But you can't do four. I mean,
Speaker 1: I've defended him when I was in Greenville, South Carolina.
Speaker 1: I defended him. I said, he can do assists. He does,
Speaker 1: but you can't get four. I'm sorry, he just can't
Speaker 1: score four. So that's I mean, that's unacceptable, Anthony, without
Speaker 1: a doubt. So you know, we're going to get to
Speaker 1: that a little bit and a few other things. We're
Speaker 1: going to talk about that game. It's funny this series, Anthony,
Speaker 1: when you look at the point totals, which I have,
Speaker 1: both teams came in averaging one hundred and seventeen points
Speaker 1: a game got me. And there was always one team
Speaker 1: other than Game one, which was one eleven to one
Speaker 1: to ten pacers that Anthony, those teams won twenty last night,
Speaker 1: one seventeen. The winning team gets to their average, the
Speaker 1: losing team does not. I mean, that's just the bottom line.
Speaker 1: The losing team does not score at his average. And
Speaker 1: that's how it's played out in this tournament. So brisically, okay,
Speaker 1: See gets its first one. That's all there is to it, Anthony.
Speaker 1: You know, we'll get into the inertia of the game
Speaker 1: and what happened and transpired. But they get their first one.
Speaker 1: For a doubt, without a doubt, they're the better total
Speaker 1: team offensively, they have more weapons. You got eighten on
Speaker 1: the line for me. So let's do this, Anthony. We've
Speaker 1: got to aid Robins. Like I said, Anthony, this young
Speaker 1: man graduated in three and a half years. I was
Speaker 1: on the five year playing Anthony. I don't want to
Speaker 1: tell anybody, but I got my degree University of Loot,
Speaker 1: But I was on the five year plan. This young
Speaker 1: man came out in two and a half. So we're
Speaker 1: going to be back with Aiden Robbins after the break
Speaker 1: former manual great anthy he just doesn't know that we're
Speaker 1: both Bruins, and he that has no idea that we've
Speaker 1: got him trapped. So after the break, we'll bring on
Speaker 1: Aiden Robbins is E Sports Radio seven sixteen. We'll talk
Speaker 1: to you all in a minute. Welcome back to EVE
Speaker 1: Sports Radio seven, twenty June the seventeenth. Like I told you, unbelievable,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. It's Tuesday. I will not be on tomorrow.
Speaker 1: I'm traveling to Panama City, Panama from my family vacation,
Speaker 1: so we will be playing a best of tomorrow. We'll
Speaker 1: be back live from Panama City, Panama on Thursday. So Anthony, look,
Speaker 1: we're going to introduce the young man properly, but Rick,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have you bring him on first because he
Speaker 1: has to know that he's sitting in between two rock wolers.
Speaker 1: We're bruins, Anthony went to manual. They're not as bad
Speaker 1: as MAO, but they're on the hit list to Anthony.
Speaker 1: So let's bring a Robinson. Hey, and how are you?
Speaker 1: Welcome to EVE Sports Radio.
Speaker 2: I'm doing good? Are you doing?
Speaker 1: Anthony? Tell me what we're doing. We're growling, that's all.
Speaker 1: You know. We've got a little man you meet in
Speaker 1: between us. We're bruins. Understand a couple, Yeah, you understand.
Speaker 1: You know you haven't been going at Landing. You haven't
Speaker 1: been going that long. You know what valid nation means
Speaker 1: to people around here. You understand, you know you're up
Speaker 1: and coming and doing better. But you know, Well.
Speaker 2: Was doing pretty good for himself. I don't think we've
Speaker 2: seen a loss of ballot in a number of years,
Speaker 2: so I don't think I'm too worried about it.
Speaker 1: Andy. Why is it that everybody, you know, y'all love
Speaker 1: that football side because you get to beat up on
Speaker 1: me and you all remind me of that. But what
Speaker 1: about the basketball side, Anthony? I know we're kind of
Speaker 1: one side of the ballot, but we are improving in football.
Speaker 1: We have we stole Mail, we have gotten one, so
Speaker 1: we're starting to improve.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but made it to the to the state finals
Speaker 2: not so long ago.
Speaker 1: Exactly right they did. Yeah, I mean I was at
Speaker 1: the game when Mail beat us, when we fumbled on
Speaker 1: our one yard line. I was right on the one
Speaker 1: yard I couldn't believe it, and the quarterback picked it
Speaker 1: up and ran it in. It was heartbreaking. I'm telling you,
Speaker 1: I almost cried aiden no bs, I'm like, how did
Speaker 1: we lose? How did I mean? I'm not gonna like,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm university of grad Anthony knows. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm a lout of a grad, national champion, I'm a brewer.
Speaker 1: I danged their crime when they lost their just and
Speaker 1: we got introduced as young men properly though, because of
Speaker 1: your accolades, which I love, because your academic prowess is
Speaker 1: just I was so proud of graduating in two and
Speaker 1: a half years from University of Louisville. But you were
Speaker 1: recruited by Ivy League schools. I mean a lot of
Speaker 1: people do understand you wanted to You just don't understand.
Speaker 1: I researched you, young man. You wanted to go to
Speaker 1: Brandai School in Law. I was, oh different. I needed
Speaker 1: a score on average. I wanted my field goal pcentery
Speaker 1: to be fifty three. I wouldn't worry about Brandon School
Speaker 1: of all I said this year advanced from Jerry's.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, no, I was.
Speaker 1: You know us history, Anthony, And I'm telling you, boy,
Speaker 1: we don't want to know our history. Now. That's just
Speaker 1: a fact. I don't care that anybody says, guys, people
Speaker 1: aren't telling you the truth. That's all there is, truly.
Speaker 1: I don't know why, but that's where we are right now.
Speaker 1: But looking at your background, just great things. Of course,
Speaker 1: Manual High School, super school, graduating from Manuel, got to
Speaker 1: listen to your interviews, signing with Bobby Petrino, wanted to
Speaker 1: follow Michael Bush, who is a great golfer. I mean
Speaker 1: he kills me, good friend of mine, and he can
Speaker 1: really play though, and wanted to be the next Michael Bush,
Speaker 1: the big back at University of Louisville. Stayed two years,
Speaker 1: which we're going to get into. Went from there, went
Speaker 1: to UNLV. Of course, I'm going out to Vegas for
Speaker 1: the summer league in July. Ago out every summer, then
Speaker 1: transfer to b Yu Anthony. Then you don't know they,
Speaker 1: but I was a Browns fan, a huge Cleveland Browns
Speaker 1: fan growing up, so that you even kind of hit
Speaker 1: checked all the boxes louis and Cleveland other than Manual.
Speaker 1: I like it. So I want everybody to understand who's
Speaker 1: sitting with us. Did get his degree spring of twenty
Speaker 1: twenty two, business Marketing. I have the same degree. You
Speaker 1: got a business marketing degree also, So I just want
Speaker 1: you to know that. So we did accomplish it. I'm
Speaker 1: close to you. I'm close, but that's the only thing
Speaker 1: we're close to you about Esports Radio. Welcome to the show.
Speaker 1: So let's just get this thing started. Coming out of
Speaker 1: high school choosing University of Louisville. Bobby Petrino, what was
Speaker 1: the thought process when you did have Ivy League, Harvard
Speaker 1: and Yales after you What was the thought process?
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, Well, the University of lovel just interested me
Speaker 2: in numerous ways. You know, first and foremost, that was
Speaker 2: a dream of mine to play there. You know, ever
Speaker 2: since I was a child baking environment, I was very fortunate,
Speaker 2: blessed to have a surplus of offers. I think I
Speaker 2: had about twenty four scholarships, twenty four to twenty five,
Speaker 2: you know, visiting around a lot of places. You know,
Speaker 2: my family and now we traveled. You know, we're well traveled.
Speaker 2: And you know, ultimately I just wanted to I just
Speaker 2: wanted to stay home and play for coach Petrino.
Speaker 1: You know his law, his law.
Speaker 2: History with the program, and you know, going there, make
Speaker 2: an impact in my hometown, get a degree, and you know,
Speaker 2: chase my dream of going to the NFL.
Speaker 1: Okay now two years, two years, and you leave, tell
Speaker 1: me what happened with that? You graduate, which I want
Speaker 1: everyone to understand, and then you leave what was that
Speaker 1: the transfer portal that was kind of new at the time.
Speaker 1: You're one of the first ones tell me about the
Speaker 1: transfer process that you went through, because you did it twice,
Speaker 1: and I want you to, I want you to elaborate
Speaker 1: what was going on with that because a lot of
Speaker 1: kids absolutely well, I'll.
Speaker 2: Be completely transparent. Well, you know, like I previously said,
Speaker 2: I committed to about the Katrina originally, and I would
Speaker 2: say Vince Tyror that he kind of took over my recruitment,
Speaker 2: you know, once Bobby had got terminated from his position,
Speaker 2: and so ultimately the University of Louisville. I was just
Speaker 2: kind of blindly getting recruited through majority of that process.
Speaker 2: And I was, you know, I was still committed to
Speaker 2: the school during that time, and he they continue to recruiting.
Speaker 2: They recruited me hard, but you know, obviously there was
Speaker 2: no coach. I mean, Pete Knocktor was still there. Were
Speaker 2: still with the program, so still had ties with Pete,
Speaker 2: and ultimately I just I retained my commitment on blind faith.
Speaker 2: And you know, Scott Siderfield, they hired him probably a
Speaker 2: week you know, we just hold for a signing day.
Speaker 2: They took over my recruitment, you know, told me they
Speaker 2: wanted they liked me, you know, they want to honor
Speaker 2: my scholarship and you know have me in all this,
Speaker 2: and so ultimately, I mean I was still you know,
Speaker 2: poking around visiting other schools, just doing my due diligence exactly.
Speaker 2: I just decided I wanted to stay home, you know,
Speaker 2: no matter the circumstances, and you know, give it a go.
Speaker 2: Although you know, I wasn't necessarily part of Scott's side
Speaker 2: of fields, like you know, he didn't really recruit me.
Speaker 2: He kind of picked up my recruitment, you know, all
Speaker 2: of my scholarship, the whole nine. And so you know,
Speaker 2: my mentality was, who cared, Like I'm gonna go in there.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna play regardless, right, and so obviously, like things
Speaker 2: didn't go my way. You know, I went in there,
Speaker 2: you know, gave it my all control. I can control
Speaker 2: the whole nine, and then things didn't go my way.
Speaker 2: I knew I wanted to get out of there. But
Speaker 2: first thing was first, you know, I told my parents
Speaker 2: I was gonna graduate, and I didn't want to have
Speaker 2: to go to another school and I didn't want to
Speaker 2: to start over academically and maybe take the chance of
Speaker 2: having good season going to the NFL and not and
Speaker 2: you know, leaving school without a degree, and you know
Speaker 2: that just that was a non negotiable, you know, with
Speaker 2: my family, and so I just stuck it out. I
Speaker 2: got my degree and then you know, it was perfect
Speaker 2: because the way it was set up, I was I
Speaker 2: was set up to graduate in the spring of twenty two.
Speaker 2: So I was like, Okay, this is perfect. I can
Speaker 2: you know, get my degree in the spring and you know,
Speaker 2: train the entire spring over Corey Taylor shout out, Cete. Man,
Speaker 2: that's he's been since I.
Speaker 1: I saw that. I saw that, Taylor. I saw that. Yeah, man.
Speaker 2: So yeah, ultimately we decided to use that time to
Speaker 2: train and do school, and you know, Louisville said that
Speaker 2: they would, you know, keep my scholarship through that semester
Speaker 2: while I trained and get recruited and you know all that,
Speaker 2: and now I appreciate them for doing that. And so,
Speaker 2: you know, I was taking visits and you know, basically
Speaker 2: just going through high school crewment that entire semester.
Speaker 1: And.
Speaker 2: You know, coach of Orio Marcus of world Over at UNLV,
Speaker 2: his program and his offense, it really intrigued me, and
Speaker 2: you know, it was my first time leaving home, so that, uh,
Speaker 2: that was probably one of the toughest decisions I made,
Speaker 2: and you know, recent memories, and so I went and
Speaker 2: did that, went in there in June, learned the entire
Speaker 2: playbook in a couple of weeks, and you know, hit
Speaker 2: the ground running. And because I knew what I was
Speaker 2: capable of, I had film like you know, I knew
Speaker 2: I could play for any.
Speaker 1: Team thousand yard rushing. I won't people to know you're
Speaker 1: a yard rusher, no question. Yeah, tremendous years, yes.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, And you know, went in there, had had a
Speaker 2: very productive year, newcomer in the year Conference, newcomer in
Speaker 2: the year all conference, and you know all that. I
Speaker 2: ended up entering the transfer portal because they fired our
Speaker 2: coach uh at like probably the next day after our
Speaker 2: last game. And people initially were like, oh, he's just
Speaker 2: in the portal looking for money, and I, you know, Noah,
Speaker 2: that's that's not the reasoning in the pool because I
Speaker 2: had no I had zero intentions leaving UNLV, like I
Speaker 2: had no intention at all. Then my whole world has
Speaker 2: kind of changed. After the last regular season game and
Speaker 2: they fired our coach after we had had one of
Speaker 2: the better seasons in recent history for UNLV, and so.
Speaker 1: There was controversy with that, Like there was controversy with that,
Speaker 1: I go to Vegas all the time. People wondered about that. Yes,
Speaker 1: with Marcus and firing. Here's the deal. You don't know.
Speaker 2: He's a great coach and you can see his track
Speaker 2: record to see what he's doing in Arizona State. He
Speaker 2: just took them. They just went to the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Yes, no, Aiden, and everybody's just like you listening to
Speaker 1: Aiden Robbins form A University of Level Manual High School,
Speaker 1: University of Las Vegas, Nevada, and BYU athlete. Here's the deal, though,
Speaker 1: do not ever when you said everybody said you were
Speaker 1: looking for the money, Aiden, I'm still looking for my money. Athletes,
Speaker 1: I thank you, they can be paid. I'm not ever
Speaker 1: backtrack off that I should have been paid. You should
Speaker 1: have been paid. Period. I hate when athletes think that
Speaker 1: we have to say, hey, no, everyone in the college business,
Speaker 1: all the way to the secretaries, get bonuses off your back.
Speaker 1: So do not over taton saying that you deserve to
Speaker 1: be paid because you did, period, point blank, absolutely no
Speaker 1: other that makes it billions. There's not another business in
Speaker 1: the world that employees are not striking or asking for
Speaker 1: more money when they make billions, other than you, say,
Speaker 1: a student athlete, and everybody says, oh, they're being greedy
Speaker 1: eight and don't do that. Don't even worry about that. Yes,
Speaker 1: if you were looking look for the money, that's what
Speaker 1: you're It's the American way, period. So great player though,
Speaker 1: thousand years hard Rusher go on to BYU. I played
Speaker 1: with the Utah Jazz, and I'm kind of gonna get
Speaker 1: to break after that because I'm gonna through it to
Speaker 1: Anthony because he did quite a bit. He left home
Speaker 1: to go to Chicago State first time ever, and he
Speaker 1: was like you when you were leaving after your third year,
Speaker 1: junior year, leaving home, going away by yourself. So I'm
Speaker 1: gonna let Anthony get involved with us after the break.
Speaker 1: But we want I want to talk to you about
Speaker 1: that BYU, that selection, and we know that they've got
Speaker 1: a great basketball player going there. AJ's going there now,
Speaker 1: and I want you to tell us a little bit
Speaker 1: about BYU in that environment, what you thought of the school.
Speaker 1: Of course, I played an exhibition game there, but I
Speaker 1: did not go to BYU. I played for the Utah
Speaker 1: Jazz joll Griffith and I so I know a lot
Speaker 1: about Utah. But I've got Aiden, Robbers guys on the line.
Speaker 1: We're gonna be back. Anthony's got some things for him,
Speaker 1: and yeah, we're not gonna guys with your pit bulls
Speaker 1: and we're just not. We got Aiden, but we're gonna
Speaker 1: let him survive through this show. We'll talk to y'all
Speaker 1: after the break. Welcome back to Eve Sports Radio. June seventeenth,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. Guys, it's seven thirty five for you
Speaker 1: people that start at eight. You need to be getting close.
Speaker 1: But be safe, please, People's loved ones are out there.
Speaker 1: Be safe, Do not rush. Of course, I got Anthony's
Speaker 1: on the line, Ane and we get ready to throw
Speaker 1: it to you. We've got Aiden Robbinson. I just want
Speaker 1: everybody to understand Aiden's gonna be fine. You know, he's
Speaker 1: about six one and three fourths two hundred and forty pounds,
Speaker 1: but Anthony, I think between us, I think we can
Speaker 1: get him. I think we can get him Anthony. But
Speaker 1: I just want people to know that Aiden can hold
Speaker 1: his own. So I don't think he's nervous. Are you
Speaker 1: worried about this? Aiden? I'm sixty six Aiden and I'm
Speaker 1: benching about I'm benching about one hundred and twenty five
Speaker 1: on the bench press. You think I can get you?
Speaker 2: I've never been worried about a ballot ruiner.
Speaker 1: Oh see that makes it pretty leave ballot out of it.
Speaker 1: See there you go. So anyway, tell me about Anthony,
Speaker 1: But I need to know about that B. Why you
Speaker 1: experience and tell me about that experience at b YU.
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, I can elaborate on that. And you playing
Speaker 2: for the Jazz you kind of you kind of understand
Speaker 2: a little bit. So yeah, So B, why you came
Speaker 2: into my recruitment?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 2: They actually started off in high school. They kind of
Speaker 2: came later on in high school. I want to say,
Speaker 2: around the time coach Petrino had got released from his duties.
Speaker 2: They came around. And initially, you know, I was kind
Speaker 2: of like, B, why you like, you know, I mean,
Speaker 2: coming from Kentucky, you don't really root for b why
Speaker 2: everyone knows back. So I came to recruitment, didn't really
Speaker 2: know a whole lot about them, but they surprised me.
Speaker 2: You know. Ultimately, I wanted to take an official visit
Speaker 2: there and they honestly blew me away. But you know,
Speaker 2: my heart was at home. Uh like, no matter what happened,
Speaker 2: I wanted to be a little cardinal. And it's so
Speaker 2: funny how the Lord works, because you know, we kept
Speaker 2: good communication. You know, we kept a solid relationship with
Speaker 2: you know, coach of hockey, coach Harvey, and you know
Speaker 2: even some of the coaches. I aren't in there anymore,
Speaker 2: and they just they came back. They actually recruited me
Speaker 2: when I left Louisville too. Did they came back to
Speaker 2: say they heard I was in the portal again or
Speaker 2: they heard that my coachre got fired, and they hit
Speaker 2: me up, you know, before I even got the portal,
Speaker 2: because they knew what.
Speaker 1: Truth there you go, tell the truth, the truth.
Speaker 2: Man, And because they knew, they knew there was a
Speaker 2: possibility I could leave, and you know, I you know,
Speaker 2: I was, I was. I was highly recruited coming out
Speaker 2: of the portal again. Yeah, they got a hold of me.
Speaker 2: I ended up taking you know, another official there just
Speaker 2: to you know, meet the current staff and you know,
Speaker 2: you know everyone that's their majority of them were there
Speaker 2: when they recruited me at high school. So it was
Speaker 2: kind of like a little family reunion. But man, it
Speaker 2: was nice to just get out there and you know,
Speaker 2: see Utah again. Definitely a huge cultural difference going from
Speaker 2: Vegas to Utah. Yeah, absolutely, definitely a huge cultural difference,
Speaker 2: but I enjoyed it.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 2: Utah is ultimately like a unicorn society. It's very clean.
Speaker 2: They almost running like a utopia after everybody lives right,
Speaker 2: everybody lives pretty righteous for the most part. Fan base
Speaker 2: is second to none, man. And you know, we got
Speaker 2: another kid from Louisville getting Ashton Taylor, Corey Taylor's son.
Speaker 2: He's getting recruited out there. He's a scholarship, a little
Speaker 2: freshman man. Yeah, yeah, that's yeah, and you know we're
Speaker 2: trying to get that pipeline going. I enjoyed my time
Speaker 2: at b y U mad My one thing I definitely
Speaker 2: took advantage of while I was there, and part of
Speaker 2: the reason I did choose to go there over pretty
Speaker 2: much I could pretty much win anywhere in the country.
Speaker 2: I was number one back in the transfer portal, and
Speaker 2: ultimately I just decided to go there. One relationships, two football,
Speaker 2: and three life after football. And you know that that's
Speaker 2: partially while we hopped on the call to day and
Speaker 2: that my my opportunity. The opportunities I had at b
Speaker 2: y U to extend my network and make numerous connections
Speaker 2: with very highly successful, highly highly successful people. I definitely
Speaker 2: took advantage of that for my network and was able
Speaker 2: to create opportunities for myself through that. Although football football,
Speaker 2: football was kind of like a rocky road for me.
Speaker 2: While I was there, had a great off season. I
Speaker 2: actually came in, I had researched. I remember had to
Speaker 2: sit out Spring, but I was just grinding, grinding, grind
Speaker 2: because I went in there. I think I was like
Speaker 2: two thirty when I got in there. I put on
Speaker 2: like ten pounds of muscle during that off season because
Speaker 2: you know, I was injured and I couldn't do Spring. Boss,
Speaker 2: I'm just I'm just grinding. I'm working out about three
Speaker 2: times a day, I mean, right. You know, obviously we
Speaker 2: have a little more resources than we did at you
Speaker 2: and LV.
Speaker 1: Not not a whole lot more.
Speaker 2: But we had more for sure, because you know school, Yeah,
Speaker 2: and so then you know, obviously we go to training camp.
Speaker 2: You know, I'm in there and the starter having a
Speaker 2: good training camp, and then I broke my rib and
Speaker 2: I didn't know I had broken ribs, but I knew
Speaker 2: something was wrong, and you know, I played the first
Speaker 2: couple of games and it, honestly, it just became unbearable,
Speaker 2: like to the point I just couldn't like, I couldn't
Speaker 2: even perform. And I was putting on bad I was
Speaker 2: putting bad tape out there, and yeah, you know, better
Speaker 2: to sit out rather than put bad tape on. So
Speaker 2: so I set out for I think I was out
Speaker 2: four weeks basically, basically half the season. So then I
Speaker 2: came back at the midpoint and you know how to
Speaker 2: had a very strong second half of the season, and
Speaker 2: that's what prompted me to enter the NFL Drive and
Speaker 2: you know, ended up ultimately signed with the Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 1: Now, there you go, Anthony, You yes, you did. You
Speaker 1: will travel, had an opportunity to see the world, Anthony,
Speaker 1: But you got for eight other than the manual? Man,
Speaker 1: what do you have for it?
Speaker 2: Anthony?
Speaker 1: Ye can hear? Yeah? Yeah, no, we can go ahead, okay,
Speaker 1: good good yep.
Speaker 3: No, I was gonna pull asking you kind of the
Speaker 3: difference because I know that you also signed undrafted for
Speaker 3: the Cleveland Browns and then you signed with the UFL
Speaker 3: with the San Antonio Brahmas. The big difference, what's the
Speaker 3: big difference between lifestyle, traveling, everything from training in the
Speaker 3: NFL to the UFL. Have you seen any big differences?
Speaker 3: Is there are a lot more similarities than people know,
Speaker 3: because I don't think a lot of us are familiar
Speaker 3: with the u of L as much as it.
Speaker 1: Yes, I'm.
Speaker 2: Absolutely I'll be happy to liebright on that. So, I mean,
Speaker 2: logistically it's very different because there it's a new league one,
Speaker 2: you know, they just kind of formed it. I'm not
Speaker 2: I'm still not really educated as much as I should
Speaker 2: be on the league. You're not just playing in it.
Speaker 2: But I know I think this was what the second
Speaker 2: year of the league. Rocks do a good job. Man,
Speaker 2: He's I think I think this league is gonna be
Speaker 2: successful in comparison to the previous time they try to
Speaker 2: do it when the leagues went under, But I think
Speaker 2: this time will be successful. It's only eight teams in
Speaker 2: the league, so logistically it's it's it's kind of weird
Speaker 2: because like all the teams a majority in the Southern
Speaker 2: United States, and with the exception of what like Saint Louis,
Speaker 2: Michigan and DC. That's really it. The three teams in
Speaker 2: Texas and Team Burnmanham Team Memphis. That's it to my knowledge.
Speaker 2: But it's yeah, it's it's weird pretty much.
Speaker 1: Did right? So you flew to the games the DC.
Speaker 1: You always get on a charter flight or would you
Speaker 1: all fly commercial?
Speaker 2: No, we were getting on charter flights.
Speaker 1: Okay, gotcha.
Speaker 2: Well, just you're very similar to college. You go to
Speaker 2: the you know, you get on the airport and you go. Yeah.
Speaker 2: So I mean it was very similar. But uh, from
Speaker 2: a personnel perspective, I would say it was very you know,
Speaker 2: it was kind of everywhere. Honestly, what majority of the
Speaker 2: players played in the NFL or you know where NFL
Speaker 2: vets are trying to get back to the NFL, I
Speaker 2: say a solid eighty five. We're in the NFL for
Speaker 2: at least a year or two trying to get back
Speaker 2: to the NFL. Some guys were in the league, you know,
Speaker 2: some guys in the UFL played you know, had a
Speaker 2: second contract in the NFL and everything. I just and
Speaker 2: just playing football. Some people are trying to go make
Speaker 2: it to the NFL coming from Arena or you know
Speaker 2: wherever they were, and some people were just just have
Speaker 2: been in the UFL of it.
Speaker 1: Since give me a range of the salaries. I have
Speaker 1: no idea what are the range? Tell me what you mean,
Speaker 1: but what's the range of the salaries?
Speaker 2: It's way different. You get everyone makes the same amount
Speaker 2: of money in the UFL, Like everyone gets the same Yeah,
Speaker 2: everyone gets the same games. It fixed and so that
Speaker 2: was probably financially, that was definitely the biggest difference. Like
Speaker 2: you have your quarterback making the same amount of your
Speaker 2: free safety, which in the NFL, you know that that
Speaker 2: will never be the case. You're running back is never
Speaker 2: gonna make as much as your quarterback or you know,
Speaker 2: you're yeah, you know how it goes. So yeah, that.
Speaker 1: And you were paid by game? Is that how it went?
Speaker 1: You were paid by games? Here every week?
Speaker 2: Every week?
Speaker 1: How many games would you all play? How many games?
Speaker 1: Ten games?
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a that's another difference. You know, obviously the
Speaker 2: NFL season long you got seventeen games, three preason games
Speaker 2: and you know, plus playoffs. This is no preseasons, just
Speaker 2: straight ten games. It's ultimately, you know, I came to
Speaker 2: the conclusions pretty much like an NFL G league. You know,
Speaker 2: you go there, Yeah, it's like going to play in
Speaker 2: the summer league and trying to get another opportunity to
Speaker 2: go back and training camp and you know, get back,
Speaker 2: get back to the NFL. That's really what it is.
Speaker 1: How many players are on the roster Football's got how
Speaker 1: many are it's smaller.
Speaker 2: I think there was like forty three. I want to
Speaker 2: say it was definitely less than an NFL roster for sure.
Speaker 1: Gotcha. Okay, now, because we're blowing by, let's get to
Speaker 1: our last break. When we come back, we want to
Speaker 1: talk about where you're going to go from here. Where
Speaker 1: are you going to take all your football experience or
Speaker 1: edu what you want to do with your true future.
Speaker 1: We're going to talk about that after the break. Got
Speaker 1: Aid and Robbins, Anthony Eves and myself. Of course, the
Speaker 1: brand will be back after the break. Welcome back to
Speaker 1: the Sports Radio seven forty eight, GOT eight and Robbins
Speaker 1: on with Anthony and I. Of course, I want to
Speaker 1: remind you all again that's best up tomorrow, be traveling.
Speaker 1: After that, we'll have JJ Weaver on and Damian Lee
Speaker 1: the next two or three days. I know JJ Weaver
Speaker 1: is a more boy, and I'm going to take care
Speaker 1: of him just like we're taking care of this manual.
Speaker 1: Man today, Aiden tell me something great education. You got
Speaker 1: a University of Louisville, further your education at the universities
Speaker 1: recruited by the IVY League. You were telling me that
Speaker 1: you may have an opportunity in the healthcare administration through
Speaker 1: is it providence administration? What's going on with that? What
Speaker 1: does your future look like business wise?
Speaker 2: Yeah? For sure. Well, coming through school, I didn't necessarily
Speaker 2: know what I wanted to do postfal well, but I
Speaker 2: knew whatever I did, I was going to be great
Speaker 2: at it. Right, So you know, I got my degree,
Speaker 2: I pursue Masters of I pursue Master Arts and Urban
Speaker 2: Leadership at UNLV because I got during the summertime, so
Speaker 2: I couldn't start my NBA because you know, it was
Speaker 2: too late an application process. So then I had made
Speaker 2: the transition to BYU. Ultimately I was fortunate enough to
Speaker 2: start there, and you know, I was able to apply
Speaker 2: to their very rigorous NBA program in the Marriott School
Speaker 2: of Business, and I was the first football player to
Speaker 2: be admitted, and you know, that was a huge honor
Speaker 2: being able to do that. And so while I was
Speaker 2: in the NBA program at b yu. I was afforded
Speaker 2: numerous opportunities to network. Were very you know, like I
Speaker 2: was telling you in the past, very high skilled, high power.
Speaker 1: People.
Speaker 2: People are very high stature, and you know, I used
Speaker 2: that to my advantage. And you know, through my character
Speaker 2: and things that not only found the field, but off
Speaker 2: the field as well, being you know, a team captain
Speaker 2: and things that nature. People really gravitated towards me and
Speaker 2: like certain traits that I had, and so I did
Speaker 2: have opportunities come up from that. And that is why
Speaker 2: I like to harp and you know, tell people that
Speaker 2: you gotta treat treat a poor man like he was
Speaker 2: a millionaire. You know, treat everybody the same for everybody.
Speaker 2: Respect conduct yourself in a certain manner, in a certain
Speaker 2: way because you never know who's listening, you never know
Speaker 2: who's watching, you never know who's around, and you know,
Speaker 2: take advantage of relationships. Man. It's huge, you know, me
Speaker 2: being able to do that over the course of my career. Yeah,
Speaker 2: it afforded me an opportunity to pursue healthcare administration, you know,
Speaker 2: and and and have you know, high status positions in
Speaker 2: the corporate world. And you know, ultimately my mother, she
Speaker 2: works in healthcare as well. She does clinical analysis her
Speaker 2: memory and in Georgia, and so you know she inspired me.
Speaker 2: I grew up around healthcare. I've been around in my
Speaker 2: whole life, man, so you know it was kind of
Speaker 2: a win for me to know, like, Okay, yeah, like
Speaker 2: when when my when my bob playing days is over,
Speaker 2: That's that's what I'm gonna do, you know, And so
Speaker 2: you're very greatful's opportunity for sure.
Speaker 1: Well let me tell you something, Anthony. Here's a funny thing.
Speaker 1: As I'm researching you vice president of student council in
Speaker 1: middle school, and I was just getting in trouble in
Speaker 1: middle school. That's all I was doing, was getting in trouble,
Speaker 1: in trouble, not vice president of student county. But no, no, excellent.
Speaker 1: I mean you've done a fantastic You took advantage of
Speaker 1: your educational opportunities, which is the most important thing. And
Speaker 1: that's what I need you to make sure that you
Speaker 1: get to all the other athletes that when they're having
Speaker 1: an opportunity to graduate early. We know now that the
Speaker 1: summer schools you can go before where you get for
Speaker 1: your freshman year you're admitted into universities. Make sure you
Speaker 1: take advantage of that so that you can do the
Speaker 1: transfer portal, get your NBA and other advanced degrees that
Speaker 1: will set you up. So congratulations on all your accomplishments, truly,
Speaker 1: and well, I'll watching you and I've got a few
Speaker 1: people that you may want to contact also that is
Speaker 1: in the business, that the healthcare business, that may be
Speaker 1: able to guide you and lead you. So we'll talk more. Now,
Speaker 1: who's your team? The pacers are? Okac, who you're pulling for?
Speaker 2: Oh Man Thunder and seven man.
Speaker 1: Thunder and seven? Well, I picked the Thunder at the beginning,
Speaker 1: I did. I was sweating a little bit on my prediction.
Speaker 1: They're trying to make me look bad on the air
Speaker 1: because I'm pretty good at this. I picked the Thunder
Speaker 1: and I think they'll win it in seven. Also, but
Speaker 1: what do you think about Halliburton? He's either a superstar
Speaker 1: or last night he's.
Speaker 2: Just on subject. They Yeah, I'm sure haller burn is
Speaker 2: a pros pro. But a pros pro has to show
Speaker 2: up every game, no matter everything. And I understand, you know,
Speaker 2: sometimes you're in a slum, but it's the finals, man,
Speaker 2: the team needs people. Don't win unless he drops thirty,
Speaker 2: you know, this, that's a fact.
Speaker 1: No that Anthony brought that up. My son Anthony said that,
Speaker 1: and he said that the entire I tried to give
Speaker 1: him a break because he is a point guard. He
Speaker 1: does want to ship the ball. But you still can't
Speaker 1: do four. I mean, guys, these are his stats. Listen
Speaker 1: to this, Oh for six, oh for four from the three,
Speaker 1: four four from the pre throw life four points. See.
Speaker 1: And here's the problem. I think he doesn't understand. I know,
Speaker 1: let's just say he wasn't injured. He's got to be
Speaker 1: Oh for fourteen, you just had off night, but you try,
Speaker 1: oh for six means you got down on yourself and
Speaker 1: you didn't try, You didn't put it out there. Oh
Speaker 1: for fourteen is not failure. Tell people all the time,
Speaker 1: not trying his failure. Shoutn't yourself down over six? As
Speaker 1: a starter, it's failure. And that's the only problem I
Speaker 1: have with you. I want to see him exempt insert
Speaker 1: himself to where at least people can say he just
Speaker 1: didn't get it done. But over six is was he injured?
Speaker 1: Was he hurt? How was his calf?
Speaker 2: I don't know, but you know how it is as
Speaker 2: a starter, especially being a start player in basketball man,
Speaker 2: like you have the green light. Take over. Shoot if
Speaker 2: you're the clump, shut your way out the plump. You
Speaker 2: know what I mean, take over, take it.
Speaker 1: It's your team. Do you remember two games ago when
Speaker 1: he shot the forty foot or right below the jump
Speaker 1: circle and made it exactly. He has the green light,
Speaker 1: and when he's feeling it, he shows it. When he doesn't,
Speaker 1: he pulls up you and he caterpillars on me. And
Speaker 1: I don't like those cocoons. I told him all the
Speaker 1: time as a player, but I don't like cocoons. I
Speaker 1: need you to come on out and be a butterfly.
Speaker 1: I just can't have it right. But anyway, I appreciate
Speaker 1: talking to you. We're gonna have to meet. We got
Speaker 1: to get lunch of cause you know Chris fororehand who
Speaker 1: introduced me to you. I know Chris really well. He's
Speaker 1: a rapper, you know, he's the rapping preacher as we
Speaker 1: all know, trying to help the community. And you just
Speaker 1: continue to strive and do great things. Do you think
Speaker 1: you're gonna play any more football? Do you think you're done? Well,
Speaker 1: tell me where are you're right now?
Speaker 2: We'll see what the Lord has a store from you
Speaker 2: there you go, there you go.
Speaker 1: That's the best thing to do. Put it in his hands.
Speaker 1: Stay in shape, keep your mind in shape, keep your
Speaker 1: body in shape, young man. Keep helping the community, and
Speaker 1: anything I can do definitely will get lunch. Because there
Speaker 1: are a few people that I do know that you
Speaker 1: need to know, so we.
Speaker 2: Will definitely, absolutely well. I have a couple of mentors
Speaker 2: going on here, some of my childhood friends and I.
Speaker 2: We have a lot boys incorporated and essentially we're just
Speaker 2: buying back the block and we're renovating homes, purchasing homes,
Speaker 2: fixing them, putting them on the market, whatnot. And then
Speaker 2: you know, aside from that, on the philanthropy side, I
Speaker 2: will be starting nonprofit soon and hopefully launching my own
Speaker 2: camp series next year. And you know, I love the
Speaker 2: path you involved.
Speaker 1: So without a doubt, we'll definitely do it. Hey, No,
Speaker 1: appreciate you coming on the sports radio. What a credit
Speaker 1: you are to your mother and father. They've done a
Speaker 1: tremendous job with you and just the best success. And
Speaker 1: definitely keep me in the loop, guys, I got it.
Speaker 1: I appreciate you, appreciate you. I'm going to Panama City,
Speaker 1: Panama I'm gonna enjoy myself. I will talk to you
Speaker 1: all live, God willing, on Thursday. This is the Sports Radio.
Speaker 1: Have a fantastic day, talk to you later. Bye bye