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Iowa Football vacates 4 wins in McNamara tampering case, CFP Odds, Jeremy Percy talks NFL Draft · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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All right, good afternoon. The NCAA serenading Iowa, they
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won't back down. They decided to.
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Well, we'll get into that in just a second.
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It's a it's a big to do, but nothing in my opinion.
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But we'll talk about what happened with the NCAA and Iowa
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and Kate McNamara and Kirk Ferrets to kick off the program.
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It's Miller and Condon as we talk sports with you for the
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next couple of hours on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
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Thanks for starting your afternoon here with us.
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Here's what's coming up on our program.
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We're going to talk a little NFL draft with one of our guys from
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sorts sports info Solutions. Jeremy Percy will join us talk
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about the draft as we approach a week from Thursday night for the
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NFL draft. By the way, while we are going
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to carry a Round 1, Westwood 1 is going to try and do a little
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something different here. Carry round one of the
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tournament where the Westwood one affiliate.
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So not sure how it'll sound on the on the radio, but better
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than the alternative in my opinion.
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So Jeremy Percy on the draft. Matt Snyder covers Major League
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Baseball. He's our National Baseball guy
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joins Us Weekly. He'll kick off the second hour
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of the show. And then Speaking of kicking off
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well, tipping off in this case, the NBA play in games tonight.
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Sloane Paiva from the Sporting News.
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He handles the NBA. He also does a lot on sports
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gambling when it comes to the Sporting News.
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So he will join us at 1:30. Trent will make some picks.
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Circus sports sponsor those. That'll take place here at about
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10 minutes before 2:00. Learfield has been sold.
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That's some other college Sports News that's kind of moving the
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needle. And at some point in the first
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segment, I hope we can get into that FanDuel College Football
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Playoff. Yes, No odds that you were
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teasing yesterday. How are you?
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I'm doing all right. How about yourself?
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OK, so let's start with the the NCAA refusing to acquiesce to I
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was request to, you know, leave the winds alone.
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We all saw it with our own eyes, right?
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Right. We we know what happened.
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Vacating winds. It's the.
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Most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of Trent.
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It drives me nuts when it happens.
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They take down banners. I I know what happened at USC
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with Reggie Bush. We all watch it with their own
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two eyes. We watched Cyhawk in 2023.
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We saw Iowa beat Iowa State, Michigan State, Western Michigan
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and Utah State, I think, if memory serves.
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So Iowa and Kirk Ference have to vacate four wins.
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Big deal means nothing in my opinion.
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Does it to you? Am I Am I?
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I'm not making a big enough deal out of this.
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I And here's the other thing, didn't they?
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Self report they well I'm not sure about.
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That I thought and again, memories not what it once was.
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I thought they self reported. They just wanted you know, beg
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for forgiveness. Don't ask for permission, beg
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for forgiveness and they self reported and this is where
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they're at. Bud Meyer participated in 13
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phone calls, this is from the NCAA with the student athlete
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Kate McNamara and or his father as well as sending 2 text
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messages. Bud Meyer also arranged for the
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student athlete to speak on the phone with Ference who assured
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him he would have a home at Iowa.
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After those communications, the student athlete entered the
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transfer portal. A few days later transferred to
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Iowa. Under current NCAA rules, when a
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student athlete transfers to a school that engaged in
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tampering, the student athlete ineligible pending
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reinstatement. The student athlete competed
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during the 2023 season before being reinstated.
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And that's where the games will be vacated off the official
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record books. And on top of it, Kirk Ference
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is now no longer the Big 10 leader.
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He's not well. Those wins are vacated, but.
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I thought he's down to two O 9, which still keeps.
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I think it is, yeah. I think you are close to being,
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you know, not holding that distinction anymore.
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But I believe he still does. Look, we saw it.
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We saw what took place on the field.
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Kate McNamara was a mistake. Was it a mistake to to get to
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him in advance? Well, apparently so.
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It's an NCAA violation. Would he have gone elsewhere had
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they have waited the required time?
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Maybe. And this just isn't me sticking
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up for Iowa, right? This is anybody.
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This is this is regardless of who loses, wins.
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We saw the result on the field. That's good enough for me.
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I even not quite at that level I've been there has to be
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something. The NCAA has so lack of teeth, I
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just don't care. Well, they they suspended
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ference they find them. Did they take away scholarships
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or visits or anything like that? Yes, visits were also a part of
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it. A two week ban on all football
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recruiting communication during the 2026 calendar year that was
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self-imposed by the school. A 24 day reduction and
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recruiting person days, including two weeks in which
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Ference was prohibitive from off campus recruiting activity?
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Sure he's probably actually fine with that absolutely as well as
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four days during Bud Meyer was prohibited that was back during
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the spring evaluation last year 2025 a vacation of all records
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in which student athlete competed were while ineligible
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and then the one game suspension that we.
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Because he got hurt against Michigan State and played
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briefly in the game. Therefore, you have to vacate
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that one. That was the beginning of the
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Deacon Hill. Era.
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Yes, it was. At the University of OH.
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Deacon, they came out a week ago, later beat Wisconsin in the
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game. I thought they had no shot at 15
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to 6 was not a thing. Typical Wisconsin Iowa game in a
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lot of ways. And then continue to win in
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after the Minnesota fair catch game wins against Northwestern
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and Wrigley or Rutgers. 22 nothing, 1513 over Illinois and
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the finale against Nebraska 1310.
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So they went to the Big 10 championship, got pummeled and
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then got throttled. 35 nothing against Tennessee came back,
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Tamara came back, quit on his team and he is just the gift
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that keeps on giving isn't. He, he really is.
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What a mistake in so many ways. What they paid him, obviously
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what they got out of it and this just won't end.
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Although maybe this sounds as though this has got to be the
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final, the final straw, whatever final chapter of the Cade
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McNamara era at the University of So because you vacate wins
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doesn't mean that the other team gets the.
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Win. That is correct, yes.
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Like, we cannot say because Clem Haskins was cheating his ass off
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that I was the Big 10 champion in 1997.
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That's not the way that works. You're not going to give well,
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I'm thinking. More so about a little schools
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in Story County that might want to claim this one that's.
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Not how it works is a vacated game.
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You do not get credit for a victory on that one.
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And guess what, when you go through and you look at the
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record book, it's still going to have a 20 to 13 win in there.
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When you look back at the little.
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Asterisk beside it or whatever, right?
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Yes. That will still be there, but
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yeah, you're I. Think it's toothless, Trent.
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I think it's toothless. Yeah, I really do.
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It's Amy. Edition for the keyboard
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warriors, Yeah, no. It's gonna bring clicks, yes,
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absolutely. Good for message boards, good
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for business in in that regard. And all the stories that get
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written about it. I'm sure it's going over very
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well in Lincoln. You know, they'll probably lead
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simple show tomorrow 'cause they were off the air when the news
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came out. Oh my good stuff.
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Anyways, the Learfield sale. So I, I texted a couple, I
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exchanged text messages with John Walters today because it
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was always my assumption that the school has the right to
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thumbs up or thumbs down on the broadcasters.
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Correct. Right.
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And he essentially backed that up and you know, he like I I
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don't think John and Eric aren't going anywhere.
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No, right, John and Eric and and likewise it it does Learfield
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hold I was rights. They do right.
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They own a bunch of schools rights.
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So I'm guessing that that the dolph is safe and Bobby is safe
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and angerer is safe and all the other broadcasters are safe
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there. But other than that, I don't
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know what it means other than the fact that maybe the private
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equity firm there they go again that that bought Learfield may
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try and monetize. I guess the best way to put it,
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some of the free broadcasts that are out there on the Learfield.
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What is it? The score app, The Learfield
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app. How do you listen to games
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there's. The Varsity App Varsity.
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App that's the one I'm thinking of because they own a bunch of
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stuff. They own a ticket broker.
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Let me get let me get the the number of entities that indeed
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they own, as I saw it somewhere. JMI Sports.
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I'll find a damn thing. I thought I had it queued up to
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read, but apparently I don't. Well, here's the most concerning
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part, OK, is private equity. We we know what private equity
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is, We know what it does that to this kind of business, all
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businesses, when you hear private equity, what that means
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is they are going to absolutely slash everything.
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They're going to make this profitable, they're going to
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make a profit, and then they're probably going to try to sell,
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you know. So in the interim, what that
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means is a lot of people. Are going to lose their jobs.
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Absolutely. You start right there.
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And that is a hugely pertinent part to this.
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So Kevin Doylan, isn't that the guy's name, the engineer that's
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always on site? Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well.
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Do you need that guy in that capacity?
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A guy that's been around for, I don't know, 30-40 years?
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Those kind of people, when they cut over during the postgame
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show and they go over to the guy, that is because, you know.
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What? He's had the best seat in the
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House for 40 years. I don't feel too bad for him.
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I. I would if he lost his job
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though. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I would have 40 years old. I mean, 40 years on the gig.
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Yeah, you want to go out on your own.
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But he's had a really good seat, Yeah.
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He has, but still and. I got an extra grind too with
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him so that Oh yeah. So that's probably I'm not
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seeing it real clear I. Guess you're not because I've
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never met him, don't know him. So I guess we're looking at it
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differently. Anybody that loses their job,
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no. I.
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Would not be pleased. No, I'm.
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Not I don't want him to lose his job.
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I don't want him to think that, but there's going to be, there's
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going to be people that do that's.
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What it's going to be, absolutely, it's going to be
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slashing all over the place and what that means for the
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broadcast, that what's a need for the quality.
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These private equity firms, they don't care about quality.
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They care about making money. That's all that it is.
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It is strictly about the bottom line.
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And when I first saw that, that became hugely concerning to me
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because it is something that is absolutely been ugly and all
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kinds of different walks of life that I do not like the sounds of
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this on the surface, yeah. I'm with you.
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We'll see where it goes. We'll see what happens.
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But as Trent said, you can, it's probably inevitable.
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Sidearm sports they own, that's one of the entities they own.
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They've got amplified ticket and seat business.
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Is that kind of like StubHub must be have?
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You. Heard of that?
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Apparently not. I have not either, but those are
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the 2 college football stories or college sports stories that
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that popped up over the last little while.
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We'll see where it goes with Learfield.
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We'll see where it goes with the with the NCAA and and the
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punishment that has been handed down to the University of Iowa.
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I think the recruiting stuff is the biggest and.
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Most of that is already. It's taken place.
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Yeah, it's already. It's already come and gone.
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They're already. On the kind of the backside of
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things like that, what? Was the fine $25,000?
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Yes. Drop in the bucket.
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That's certainly not a concerning angle at all about
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it, but it's came back to Mara and a guy that just here's
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something that is just so crazy and we talked about this going
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back to when he quit on the team is Kirk Ferrets.
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Say whatever you will about him, one thing that I truly believe
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is he is a great judge of character, an incredible judge
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of character. And he got duped by Kate
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McNamara that he got swindled by this guy.
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Now it was 1 phone call and John Bud Meyer is now wide receiver
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coach is the guy that set the wheels in motion to make this
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happen. But that's the surprising angle
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to me. And maybe they were just at a
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time, coming on the heels of Spencer Petrus, the
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laughingstock offensively of college football, that they were
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looking for anything. This guy took his team to a Big
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10 championship and started to turn Michigan around.
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This is the kind of guy that we need regardless of any kind of
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red flags, We just need something, right?
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And it could be as simple as that.
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The guy at minimum, is somewhat talented.
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Well, he brings a. Resume a resume with him, Trent
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that would stack up against anybody's, I think most of
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anybody's, but character wise. I mean, that has to be the one
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that just surprises me looking back and something that we
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talked about at the time, it just Kirk Ference normally very
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good at those things, but it's speed dating and you don't get a
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chance going through the recruiting process they.
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Wanted to be out first, yes. You got two weeks to figure
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things out. You don't got two years to build
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a relationship like you do in the old days of recruiting.
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Without a doubt. And without a doubt to think
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that I was the only one that's ever gone down this road.
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Yeah. I mean, come on.
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I mean, we're. Seeing it right now, Pete
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Golding says prove it. I mean, we, we've had all kinds
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of things like there, Milan. Chilovich just been ticketed to
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Florida for for weeks, right? He wasn't in the portal, No.
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How did that happen? Well, here's the thing.
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Because now the cheaters know how to cheat.
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Go. Through the agent.
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Absolutely. You don't make that phone call.
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No, you don't make a text message.
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And from Bud Meyer to no, no, no, no if he would.
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Have reached out to his agent absolutely would have been free
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and clear I. Thought.
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Everybody said to learn this. A7 on 7 coach, whatever it is,
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you start the process that way, get the wheels of motion, and
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then we get to the point where Portal opens.
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Yeah, boom, it's done. Yep, we know how the business is
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done. They didn't know how the
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business was done apparently back then as well.
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And here they are, vacating victories.
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Four of them, four and one loss. Who's the oh, Penn State?
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Penn State? Penn State Trencher.
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Minnesota Twins. Yeah.
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When? They're swinging it.
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Are they ever they? They got to crochet last night
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but they put up 11 on them or something in an inning in 2/3
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Think. Of what they've done over the
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last week, the. Pitchers that they've beaten
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Trace. Google, you know, Framber Valdez
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and now Garrett Crochet. Scherzer.
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Not the same guy, but still pretty good name.
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Absolutely they. Are this is not you know what?
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They had a nice week and a half against the Rockies.
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You're not playing the number 5 guy or pitcher batting against
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the number 5 starter for fill in the blank.
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It's not Michaelis on the bump. It's not a guy like that.
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This these. Are legit good pitchers aces?
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In some cases 2. Of the best in the American
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League and crochet and Valdez who top 15 guy at minimum in the
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AL and they're absolutely clubbing it sustainability I
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don't know having. Said that you'll bet Boston
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tonight, probably when we get to your place of the day coming.
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Up here well might very well. But you know, the interesting
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part too is this bullpen is a no name lot, but they've been OK.
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OK, yeah, the can you trust? Them is it sustainable?
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Yeah, You say it isn't. No.
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No, but, but we've seen teams. Like this get on a run and and
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maybe not go all the way right, but certainly give their fan
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base a little something to get excited about.
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I mean, if they get to the All Star break and they're still
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hanging around, still playing, I'm still playing this type of
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ball and who knows? I mean, the the confidence this
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team is building within that clubhouse right now, I don't
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think you can put a put a win on it.
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I really don't. So how many they're going to get
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to? 5th in the baseball and runs
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scored. At this point, it's fantastic. 5
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1/2 runs per game. The pitching has kept their head
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above water at minimum. 20th in the RA overall.
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So yeah, it's a fun start to the season of the year, right?
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I didn't think I'd have anything to watch, right.
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I was going to be completely checked out.
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It was going to be all about the Cubs this summer.
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I thought they'd. Be looking up at every single
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team in their division, Trent including.
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The White Sox, including. The White Sox.
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Coming off of back-to-back, just hideously awful and it's looking
15:32
like it's going to be another bad one.
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Absolutely is for the paleos. Yeah.
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No doubt about it. Maybe for the Cubs as well.
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This team, I don't know. Both Chicago teams struggling
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mightily. They got to Assad again last
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night, put up 9 before Craig Counsel finally woke up and
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decided to I guess he's Assad was probably taking one for the
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bullpen. But but nonetheless, they're
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struggling to hit the baseball. They're struggling to throw the
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baseball. It's just it's really a
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disappointing start for a team that 9 out of 10 probably had
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winning the Central Division. The NLA know it's not over.
16:05
I get it. But boy, oh boy, this team is.
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They need a lot of help right now.
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We have the Brewers that have lost five in a row, the Mets
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that have lost six in a row, and.
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They're in LA and then don't the Mets and the Cubs play?
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Do they finish? Did they play this weekend?
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They. Do yes Friday through Sunday.
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That and. Wrigley, right?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah as. The Mets will be coming to town,
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another team licking their wounds, But I don't know if we
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were going to see the Brewers have a losing streak of five
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games all year long. That's a good point.
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And certainly the Mets, you think, Oh well, what they done,
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Top end talent, you were down on the Mets more than others.
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But are the Braves worth the gander now?
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I know it's early. It's really early to win the.
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Division or to win the National League to win the.
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Division have you seen enough concerns with both the Mets and
16:47
the Phillies that say, I think it's like plus 140 something
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like that you can get on the Braves currently well, I bet
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the. Braves win the World Series
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before the season starts. Look at you, one of five.
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I think we got five teams, five teams being.
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One of them By the time we get to October, you'll have 10I.
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Don't know. I'm not.
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I'm not into the baseball like I was, OK?
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Not I'm. It's not going well.
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I mean the NCAA hoops, Yukon women, Duke men.
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Yeah, didn't get home on those Los.
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Angeles ramps that. Wouldn't hurt.
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That did hurt another one, yeah. Those all those free squares
17:20
that are coming home to roost. All right, let's just Speaking
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of odds and betting and stuff. Can you find those FanDuel to
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make the playoffs that you talked about yesterday, 'cause I
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this got my attention. I've been trying to put on my
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thing. I did not cheat.
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I did not cheat. That is absolutely a no, no.
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What fun is it? Right?
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Right. Exactly what?
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Fun would it be to know the result beforehand.
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So these are the these are the odds to make the College
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Football Playoff just. Get in, be a just.
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Get in. Don't have to.
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Don't have to be a. Team with a buy or anything like
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that, just get in. Yep, just get in one of the. 12
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So let's see how many I can get, OK?
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Notre Dame's a cinch they. Are the betting favorite in this
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market a substantial? You want to make 100 bucks?
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You're going to have to lay 700. Really.
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That's how Big Minus. 700 Now, of course, the Notre Dame
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schedule is a joke again. Well, and.
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They're not. Even if they're close, they're
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not leaving them out back-to-back years.
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I wouldn't think so. So they're scheduled this year.
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Last year, of course, their two most difficult games, of course,
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came at the beginning of the season.
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They lost both of them. So they open up against
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Wisconsin. They are home for Rice.
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They got Michigan State coming to town.
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Here's their first true Rd. game.
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They go to Purdue. Oh my God, back.
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To back on the road, though, OK, they got to go see Belichick.
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Jesus. Back home or Stanford, they go
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to BYU. Tough first.
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First tough game, relatively difficult.
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Yes, bye week before they go to Foxborough to take on Navy.
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Now here's the toughy home. But it's against Miami.
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That's the game. That's the game.
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November, BYU and Miami. Then they wrap up their final
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three, Boston College at home, home for SMU preseason top 25
19:05
team probably, and at Syracuse, God.
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So even if they're 10 and two, they're getting 10.
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And two, they're getting now what if they go 10?
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And two, with losses to BYU and Miami, your best victory on
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paper. Well, let me.
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Stop you because I'm going to put Miami as a playoff team.
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Are they on your list? Are they?
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Are they on fan duels? They are, yes.
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Yeah, they're they're up there, Miami.
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That's the This is the. This is the conference I had the
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most trouble with. The ACC.
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The ACC. Yeah, I think the Big 12's a
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cinch. Right.
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Texas Tech is in, yes. They're the second betting
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choice so. What I did is I is I went around
19:44
the power conferences and I gave, I tried to find the
19:46
champion of all of those Notre Dame that would be 5 and then I
19:48
got 7 holes to fill. That's how I was kind of going
19:51
through this. Exercise last night, kind of
19:53
building it that way. So I put Miami from the ACC.
19:56
They are the top choice out of the ACC -270 to make the
20:00
playoff. OK.
20:01
Then, likewise, I could put Texas Tech to win the Big 12
20:04
second. Choice overall -425 a heavy
20:07
price. Then I went to the Big 10.
20:10
I'm going to go Ohio State. Ohio State is in this market,
20:14
the third betting choice in the Big 10, Indiana the top choice
20:18
and Oregon 30, then Oregon -270 then the Buckeyes -240.
20:23
Ohio State, though, the sixth choice.
20:25
OK. I would I would have gotten
20:26
there because I was putting those other two in.
20:28
I don't think I had another Big 10 participant.
20:32
Let me come back to it. Let's go to the SEC and the SECI
20:36
gave where I go Georgia is I I went Georgia, Georgia.
20:42
Is the top choice. They are -220 They are the 7th
20:46
betting choice. Alabama.
20:48
Alabama is down a little bit further, but get.
20:50
In there. Are in fact 3S ESEC teams in
20:54
front of them Texas. Is one of them Texas?
20:56
Is one of them. Oh God, the other one is either
20:59
A&M or old miss. I'm going to go A&M.
21:03
It is. A&M also up there in front of
21:05
them, LSU. Oh, I forgot about LSUL.
21:08
SU also in front of them, so Alabama plus 155.
21:12
They are 123456789, the tenth choice, so I'm.
21:16
Missing 2 schools. Well, I guess the way that you
21:19
are looking at it, yes, but you got to have a group of five in
21:23
there and. That's why, that's why I'm
21:25
stuck. I don't know who that's going to
21:26
be the. Top group of five team that is
21:29
listed as I scroll through here trying to find them and I don't
21:34
know if they even have any group of fives listed as I continue to
21:36
scroll. Good keep.
21:37
Them out these. No, no, give them a shot.
21:40
Boise. Not listed.
21:43
I'm getting through the Northwesterns, the Colorados,
21:45
the Iowa states, the Wake forests of the world.
21:47
So these are only listed our our power four teams, OK, They do
21:50
not have any group of five in there, so.
21:53
Is there another? Who did I shortchange the ACC?
21:56
Did they put two ACC schools in? No, no, it's after Alabama.
22:01
It's old miss. Oh, the old miss.
22:02
Did find a spot, huh? It's.
22:03
Oklahoma. It's Michigan, USC, Penn State A
22:08
+ 310 That's the one that intrigued because of their.
22:11
Schedule. Absolutely, their schedule is
22:15
about as good as you can ask for in your number one of a program.
22:19
So Penn State, their non conference coming up this year,
22:22
they will open things up against Marshall.
22:26
So not overly daunting on that front. 2026 schedule, they go to
22:30
Temple, a road game as they got to go to Philly to take on the
22:34
Owls. Then they wrap up non conference
22:35
play against Buffalo, not the Bills, the Bulls.
22:39
Here's their Big 10 slate. Wisconsin at home at
22:43
Northwestern. USC goes to Beaver Stadium,
22:47
though long travel out there. Hope.
22:49
It's an 11:00 kick. If you're bet for Penn State,
22:51
here's. A tough one out there, Yeah.
22:53
At Michigan, yeah, they get a buy.
22:55
They're back home for Purdue after that, then they have to go
22:57
to. Washington.
22:58
OK, Washington's going to be decent, yeah.
23:03
And then the final three Home for Minnesota, home for Rutgers
23:06
at Maryland. God.
23:08
They're getting in. Ten and two that.
23:10
Seems like a that seems like a playoff team.
23:12
Don't. Have to worry about the Big 10
23:13
championship game? Nope.
23:15
Make the playoff. Other notable teams here as well
23:19
I want. To get the Iowa cause, the Iowa
23:21
and Iowa State odds have to be listed they.
23:23
Are listed and. Iowa's probably a shorter price
23:25
a a because of the conference they play in a.
23:28
Lot more pass to get in. I have no idea what they would
23:31
be. So what's the 12th?
23:33
What's the price on the last playoff team?
23:36
You said Penn State was 3 to 1. 9101112 Ole Miss is the 12th
23:41
team and what was. Their number plus. 175 OH.
23:44
Jesus, yes, so I was 30 to 1. 8 to 1 to make the playoff.
23:50
To make the playoff. They're in the same realm as
23:54
Clemson plus 757 to One South Carolina plus 850.
23:59
Pitt 9 to 1, Virginia 9:00 to 1:00.
24:01
That's the territory this is obviously.
24:03
Going to say 25 to one. I thought it was low not.
24:05
Going to get that. You'll get a better price though
24:08
on the cyclones. Oh, for.
24:09
Sure you would. To get it from the California.
24:11
I was 8, I'm I'll say 15. No.
24:14
And I would have said 45. You would have been short even
24:17
on 45, really 60 to one for Iowa State to get into the College
24:21
Football Playoff I. Was eight.
24:24
I was 8 to 1 and Iowa State 60 to one.
24:29
Well, if. Iowa wins one of their three
24:31
toughies right there at the beginning of the Big 10 slate.
24:34
They're favored in every other game.
24:37
They go 10 and two with a win against one of the three Ohio
24:41
State, Michigan at Washington, they win.
24:43
What are those three games? The quality is what?
24:47
Do they sneak in a 10 and two? It almost feels like one of
24:50
those two would have to be against either Michigan or Ohio
24:52
State, though We know how difficult that washing games
24:54
going to be and we know about Iowa struggles on the West
24:57
Coast. But it does feel just because of
24:59
the conversation that surrounds things, you do have to have that
25:02
there's. One other game on their schedule
25:04
that would worry me if if you get to that point and you're
25:07
you're still thinking playoffs. Hawkeye fans are tuning in in
25:11
Mass on Tuesday night to watch the College Football Playoff
25:14
show Awful show at Illinois at. Illinois Bielema's bunch, I
25:19
know. Walt Myers gone.
25:21
I just think I just like what he's doing there.
25:23
Yeah, they'll be tough. They'll be.
25:24
Tough. That's a tough game.
25:25
Yeah, tough game. But they'll be favored.
25:29
Will they? If they're I will be favored at
25:32
Illinois. If they're eight and two going
25:34
into that game, yeah, I think they'll be a slight favorite.
25:35
What? Would Illinois be, though?
25:38
6:00 and 4:00. Oh, no, no, no, no.
25:44
Let me look at Illinois schedule.
25:45
They're. Not conferences, not difficult
25:47
I. Love what?
25:47
I love what we're doing this in May, Duke.
25:50
In southern Illinois, OK, they go to Ohio State, all right.
25:54
Loss Hold. For Purdue at Sparty.
25:58
You OK? I like Fitz.
26:00
Oregon tough. Where's the Oregon game?
26:03
At home? OK.
26:04
At Maryland, No. Yeah, it's getting late in the
26:07
year for Maryland. That game was in September.
26:09
It'd be a different conversation.
26:10
Your Cornhuskers go to to Illinois.
26:12
Never already. Got my tickets.
26:14
At UCLA. You know and.
26:17
Then Iowa. Yeah, probably 3 losses
26:20
somewhere in that vicinity. Oh, good stuff.
26:23
All right, we'll take the time out.
26:24
We're going to talk some NFL draft on the other side.
26:26
Look forward to doing that. We are doing our mock NFL draft
26:33
Monday. Yes, at the chicken coop in
26:35
Ankeny. Are you prepared?
26:39
No will. You be by then I.
26:40
Absolutely will. Yes, I'm going to have some
26:43
flight time here, so I'm going to be able to get out there to
26:45
well, I'm going to print off a bunch of sheets and start going
26:47
through the why are you flying? Through.
26:50
Charlotte, yeah, direct to Charlotte and then we're driving
26:52
from there to. You got you.
26:54
It's like. A four hour drive to the island
26:56
where my cousin's getting. How close?
26:58
To to Charleston, do you get no. Clue.
27:01
I'm not driving my brother-in-law.
27:03
Oh yeah, I'll be in the back seat talking to you.
27:06
Yeah, you are going to do a. Segment, that's our two yeah, on
27:08
Thursday. OK, I will take your time out
27:12
Jeremy Percy, Sports info solutions going to join us on
27:17
the other side. We'll talk some NFL draft with
27:19
Jeremy. Look forward to doing that.
27:21
But again, our mock NFL draft coming up on Monday at the
27:26
Chicken Coop in Ankeny. We have just received the
27:30
release from the University of Iowa, their press release that
27:33
just came through. We are disappointed in today's
27:37
ruling by the Committee on Infractions.
27:39
Throughout this entire 2 1/2 year process, the University has
27:42
fully cooperated with the NCAA enforcement staff.
27:45
More importantly, when the facts reveal the violations had taken
27:47
place, the institution and the head coach publicly accepted
27:50
full responsibility and self-imposed several significant
27:53
sanctions, something few others have done.
27:55
We believe the decision of adding the penalty of the
27:58
forfeiture of wins is unwarranted.
28:00
The matter is now closed and we have moved forward.
28:03
That is from the athletic department department, from both
28:07
Beth Getz and from Barbara Wilson, the school president.
28:10
Kirk Ferrets. His quote is this.
28:13
I am disappointed by the NCAA's decision today.
28:15
Throughout the process, our program has been open and honest
28:18
about my mistake, contacting a potential player in the hours
28:22
before it was permissible by NCAA rules.
28:24
I felt it was important to make amends for the issue, which is
28:27
why I voluntarily served A1 game suspension to start the 2023
28:31
season. I believe today's decision by
28:33
the NCAA vacating four wins in our 2023 season is overly harsh
28:38
and inconsistent with the violation.
28:40
As I tell our team and staff, it's how you responded move
28:42
forward that defines you. Our focus is on the 2026 season
28:46
and that's how we are moving forward. 1230 Miller and Condon
28:49
on the Iowa Sports Radio Network I'm Nori Condon welcome back
28:55
about 25 minutes before 1 Trent and I take you until just before
28:59
2 off the bench coming up to until 5 let's talk NFL draft
29:04
shall we a week from Thursday Westwood one we are the home of
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Westwood one they're going to a broadcast the first round of the
29:11
NFL draft so if you love the draft and if you're in your car
29:14
maybe coming home from slow pitch or soccer with the kids
29:17
whatever the case may be we have that here on Des Moines sports
29:21
station one O 6.3 kxno let's get to Jeremy Percy he covers the
29:26
NFL sports info solutions, particularly the draft and
29:29
Jeremy joins us Jeremy Trent and Ken here on the Iowa sports
29:34
radio network good to talk to you Jeremy how are you I'm.
29:38
Doing well, guys, I'm excited to be here, no.
29:40
Listen. Right.
29:41
Absolutely, right back at you. I want to start with who's the
29:44
one guy? And it's hard to limit it to 1.
29:47
When you plug in the tape and you're watching X, who's the one
29:51
guy that just not jaw drops? But every time you watch him you
29:54
think, boy, oh boy, this is a can't miss prospect.
29:57
Who's that one guy this year? Oh man, little bit of a cliche
30:01
answer. Everybody's talked about him.
30:03
The number one player in our big board, a report written by me
30:08
personally, is Jeremiah Love from Notre Dame.
30:11
It's very easy, very cliche. Can't miss.
30:15
The guy is electric man. Every time he touches the ball
30:19
he has the ability to take it all the way.
30:21
Obviously we've seen the long run.
30:23
Indiana college ball playoffs had what, 3 long touchdowns
30:26
against Syracuse this year? He can work between the tackles
30:29
too though. I think he did a better job this
30:32
in this past season than he did in his sophomore year.
30:35
Working with the tackles, finishing off runs, runs behind
30:39
his as really well. Always gets that +2 after
30:41
contact. Really good in the passing game
30:44
as well. Very, very strong lower body and
30:47
core who really holds his ground with Stonewall, with linebackers
30:53
excellent and even has some route running ability.
30:57
And the Miami tape routed up believe Kiante Scott, their slot
31:02
got made a good good little recovery on that play.
31:05
But guy can run routes, he can catch the ball, he can run
31:09
obviously run between the tackles, run outside, take a
31:12
first touchdown or just get those because few yards you need
31:15
on 3rd and short. Jeremy, another guy towards the
31:18
top of the list, certainly a top ten guy in terms of talent is
31:21
Reuben Bain. And then the report that came
31:24
out this week, a crash from a couple of years back.
31:27
Just incredibly sad story seeing yet another statement from the
31:30
family of the deceased that just mentioned, you know, honoring
31:34
her memory, but they've moved on.
31:36
And yet this has to come up, has to be terrible for that family.
31:38
But what does it mean? What does it mean to draft
31:40
circles and in those front offices as they're going through
31:43
and determining Reuben Bain, it doesn't feel like on the
31:45
surface, it should be anything that matters.
31:49
Yeah, it is, unfortunately a terrible situation.
31:54
That's incredibly sad. It's great.
31:57
And the family has moved on and would like Ruben to do the same.
32:00
And it sounds like NFL teams have known this for quite a
32:03
while. I don't really expect it to make
32:06
them fall. I don't think we're seeing, you
32:09
know, for example, Jane Jalen Carter situation from a couple
32:12
of years ago. I don't think it's going to be
32:13
like that. I think he's still going to be
32:16
going in that top ten and still be an instant impact stud at the
32:19
next level. Want to ask you about the about
32:22
the quarterbacks, your take on Mendoza, who will go number one?
32:25
Is he a sure thing so that that he's going to succeed in the
32:30
league? And then where are you on Ty
32:31
Simpson? Does he get into the first
32:34
round? You know, teams that don't have
32:37
a quarterback are willing to, you know, make some something in
32:39
a lot of cases foolish decisions to move up.
32:43
Simpson, where are you on him? And are you convinced Mendoza is
32:47
going to make it? Yeah.
32:49
So with Mendoza, I really like what I see.
32:53
I would like to disqualify the fact that I am in fact Indiana
32:58
graduate and a big fan. However, Fernando, there are
33:02
some, you know, we've heard a lot of questions and pretty
33:06
notable members talked a lot about his RPO usage, the pre
33:09
snap processing as opposed to post snap processing.
33:14
However, I don't think it's something that he can't do.
33:16
I think it's something that he hasn't been asked to do, you
33:18
know, process after snap. A lot of Indiana there are.
33:24
They are super consistent. However, you can find examples
33:28
on tape of him actually getting through his progressions,
33:30
looking off defenders, using I discipline.
33:33
I really like Mendoza. I don't like to say quarterbacks
33:36
are sure things really ever, especially a lot of times it
33:40
depends on the organization you go to.
33:42
He's going to a first year head coach.
33:45
He can really call you really call him offense.
33:48
Kubiak can however, you know, you never know if that had first
33:52
year head coach is going to have that impact and you know elevate
33:56
everybody. Their offensive line could use a
33:59
little bit more bolstering there definitely need some weapons.
34:02
However, from the leadership standpoint, the toughness, the
34:06
accuracy he throws with all of those are just intangible non
34:11
negotiables for a quarterback and he has them all paid so I
34:16
don't really like staying immediate.
34:18
Surefire can't mess with this guy.
34:19
However, I'm a big fan and I think he has the right stuff.
34:23
Let's jump into Oh, sorry, go ahead.
34:25
Finish your thought there, Jeremy.
34:26
Oh, I was just going to jump to Simpson then.
34:29
Yeah, yeah. So it's High Simpson as far as
34:33
the first round goes. I personally do not say first
34:36
round quarterback. When I watched high Simpson, I
34:38
don't see the qualities that a version of quarterback would
34:41
have. One of those experience, what,
34:44
15 career starts? I believe he was asked to make
34:49
some throws toward the middle of the field, deep middle.
34:51
He can throw a nice dig, let it RIP over the middle.
34:55
However, we haven't seen it a ton.
34:57
And in those starts this year, he did get hurt.
35:00
He's a small quarterback, 61211 I believe is what he came in at
35:03
the combine, got hurt in the Indiana game, got banged up a
35:07
couple of times. He has some good intangibles.
35:11
You know, he's a coach's son. He is smart.
35:14
He panics a little bit when he's under pressure, does get a
35:17
little bit careless with the ball and the lack of experience
35:21
and the frame, though. I think those are two big
35:24
question marks that team should be wary of.
35:28
In terms of does he get in the first round, I could see it.
35:31
You have The Jets sitting there at pick 33.
35:34
They obviously need a quarterback jumping up in the
35:36
first round for them. Would make a lot of sense to get
35:38
that fifth year option, Keep them under team control for a
35:40
little bit longer as he continues to develop, especially
35:42
with the guy who needs experience, he needs reps in
35:45
order to see, you know, how is he going to fare in the week.
35:49
The Cardinals as well, they are sitting there early Round 2.
35:53
I believe they have a third, second pick for Round 2.
35:55
They have 33. They could be kind of the same
35:57
situation there. Trade up in the late 1st, get
36:01
that fifth year team control. Jumping into the local front,
36:04
offensive lineman for Iowa, certainly a big part of it.
36:07
Jennings dunker the play on the field, but the big flowing red
36:10
hair, the personality, there's a lot that goes along with
36:13
Jennings dunker. Your thoughts on a couple of
36:15
those Hawkeye prospects, some guys that you like there.
36:17
And then Dominic Orange from Iowa State, a couple of hits on
36:20
some of our local prospects here from the state of Iowa.
36:24
Yeah, absolutely love these guys.
36:27
Jenny Dunker, Logan Jones, Dominique Orange, both, all
36:29
three of those guys on our Sports Info Solutions draft
36:32
site, they're all top 105 players.
36:35
Jenny Dunker's report that I personally wrote, obviously he
36:39
played right tackle at Iowa. I see him as one of a guard in
36:42
the NFL. Puts me a little bit slow to be
36:44
a reliable tackle and he's just got that big broad build.
36:51
People mover Mahler plays every step extremely hard.
36:54
I like him a little bit better at Garden.
36:56
He can get you out of the game of tackle.
36:58
I don't think that's a big worry, but you don't want him
37:00
there for a long term. I would say guard is going to be
37:03
his best impact. There's some clips on his tape
37:07
of specifically the Indiana game.
37:09
Comes off of a double team up to Aidan Fisher.
37:11
Good player, just blows the guy up, puts him on his butt 2 yards
37:16
away from the contact point. Big fan of Jennings dunker Round
37:20
2, I think will be a pretty good spot for him.
37:24
You know, he made it very clear his love of Culver's and the
37:28
Packers could be looking to that pick 52 could be looking to
37:32
bolster that interior there. Had some trouble running the
37:35
ball last year. He come and beat people mover
37:38
early on. Logan Jones is somebody who I
37:42
personally like probably a little bit better than Jennings
37:44
dunker. He's just not going to be every
37:46
team's cup of tea. You know, he's pretty small,
37:48
63299, not the strongest guy, but man can see move.
37:52
You put him in the right system, he's going to do a lot of really
37:55
good things for a team and hopefully stick around for quite
37:58
a while. Put it in that wide zone system,
38:00
let him climb, let him work off of double teams, let him go make
38:05
plays in the open field. Kind of a weird thing to say
38:07
about a center, but that's kind of the play style he has.
38:10
He's also incredibly nasty. He former defensive tackle, he
38:14
keeps that mentality when he's playing center and he wants to
38:18
go hit people. Nick or he's the kind of guy
38:23
that you want to line up over a Logan coat.
38:25
There's a fire hydrant 62322. We have high marks on him for
38:32
his play, strength for his. This scouting report is Logan
38:35
loading. Yeah.
38:38
His play strength, his first step and then his hand usage.
38:41
All those things are very coveted.
38:43
Trace that you want in a nose tackle.
38:46
He can play an even front, odd front, probably going to be best
38:48
in an odd front lining of that zero technique, right over the
38:51
top of the center. He's the kind of guy with his
38:54
hand punch, very violent with his size and with that first
38:57
step, he's somebody who can affect the center.
39:01
Centers have their handfuls, got to snap the ball, got to call
39:03
the offense. He's somebody who can eat
39:05
blocks, affect the center hold, maintain that point of attack,
39:08
ride the line of scrimmage and make sure that you keep your
39:12
linebackers clean. Big fan of Dominic Orange, just
39:18
also nicknamed Big Citrus Hockey.
39:20
Not love that. Yeah.
39:21
Great nickname. Last thing for me.
39:23
Chiefs had a disappointing year. Last year was great.
39:27
He's a Broncos fan. Got it.
39:30
What? Do What do you see them doing?
39:31
There's a couple of guys. Obviously, I don't want Bane.
39:34
I don't think love is going to fall that far.
39:36
I'm just trying to, you know, embrace myself, I guess, for a
39:40
week from Thursday, the Kansas City's going to get a real gem.
39:43
What do you see the Chiefs doing with their pick?
39:46
Where are they? Nine overall, I believe is where
39:49
they are. Yeah.
39:50
Where do you what do you have them doing?
39:52
Yeah. So as far as the draft goes, the
39:58
they're in a pretty good spot to grab like you said, kind of a
40:01
gem there. Somebody's going to fall to that
40:03
nine spot, whether it is bang, whether it's Mansour delay and
40:08
now have a corner need. Comes from their recent trade
40:13
and mount suit. Elaine, there would be a really
40:15
good pick. I can let you guys down a little
40:18
speaker, a little sneak peek. We're actually doing our company
40:21
7 round mock draft today and that's the end of the Chief at
40:25
9:00. They need pass rush.
40:28
He is the type that they like. He's explosive, he is strong.
40:31
He can also set the edge against the run very, very well.
40:36
Bane and Mount Surul Lane would be the couple that I would keep
40:39
an eye on there. I know that they brought both in
40:41
for visits during this draft process is going to be maybe
40:48
Carnell Tate gets down to that nice but not super likely.
40:52
So probably looking at cornered or edge there early on I would
40:56
say. Yeah, Malachi Lemon, if he could
40:58
stick away, stay away from Kansas City, that would be fine
41:01
as well. Good stuff.
41:02
I would. I would appreciate that as well,
41:04
yeah. Who?
41:05
Who's your team? I'm a Colts fan.
41:07
Colts. Fan.
41:08
Good stuff. Yeah, Jeremy, thank you.
41:10
You're from Indiana, right? I am.
41:12
Yep, good stuff, Jeremy. Thanks for jumping on Jeremy
41:15
Percy Sports info solutions. Remind everybody what you guys
41:18
do with the draft leading up to it.
41:21
You guys do. I know you got a great
41:23
interactive site over at Sports Info Solutions.
41:27
Yeah, Our draft site, this is nfldraft.sportsinfosolutions.com.
41:33
So far we have about 400 players on there.
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I think 398 at our last stop. Still working through our B
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list, still working through the later players.
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Really cool site, highly recommended.
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Check it out. We have our big board.
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You can sort this by position, you can sort this by school.
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You can even go to the search bar, search and past reports.
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We have all of those filled in as well.
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A nice NFL front office style draft matrix we have.
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You bring that up, it'll show everybody in a vertical matrix
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all the different grade levels that we have, all these players
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that how we stack them. And then we have our stats, we
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have combine stats in there and then we also link these in with
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the advanced statistics that we chart through our charting
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operations throughout the season.
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Jeremy Percy Sports Info Solutions Jeremy, thanks for
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popping on. Appreciate it and enjoy the
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draft. Jeremy, appreciate what you did
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for us. Thank you.
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Of course. Thanks guys.
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Thank. You Jeremy Percy as we check in
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As we get ready for our mock draft next Monday.
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We'll open up the show to a normal opener and then about
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12:25 we'll be way we go. Absolutely.
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We'll take a time out. We'll come back and finish up
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our first hour of the program. Matt Snyder, our baseball guy,
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kicks off our number 2 Miller and Condon on the Iowa Sports
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Radio Network. Hi Mary Condon, welcome back.
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Final couple of minutes of the first hour of the program.
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It's May the 8th and tee times are filling up.
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Not halfway there for all of them.
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Snyder coming up in hour number two.
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Boy, long ball balls were flying out of ballparks yesterday, but
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sure, we got a hold of a couple against the Cubs early in that
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game. He's the one guy right from the
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championship team that, if they could do it, have a redux.
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Chris Bryant? Definitely not, no.
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Rizzo toward the end, still a nice player, but toward the end,
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yeah, that's the one that got away would.
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It have made a difference. Would they have another World
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Series? No.
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But you know what? It's it's chicks.
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Take the long ball. Yeah.
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You know you want to see balls flying out and when he had some
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good God. No, that's a good point.
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Right, that's it's Wrigley Field.
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It's Wrigley Field. They're going to go when the
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team sucks and they did for years because it's an experience
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and. It's a box.
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To check you didn't. Know how Schwarber was going to
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translate the DH rule coming into effect for the National
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League? Definitely changed.
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Probably in hindsight, the way that you would have looked at
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him. When did that happen?
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Do you remember offhand? No.
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It's been 10 years, hasn't it? Man, I'm getting old, all those
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different things. I was talking to somebody the
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other day about 2011. That's 15 years ago.
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Yeah, 15 years. What to 2000?
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What happened to 2000? I don't.
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Even remember what it was that it came.
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I was just. Oh, yeah, that happened in 2011.
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That was 15 years ago. It's impossible.
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Yeah. Seems like a Nope.
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We will come back talk baseball with mattsnydercbssports.com.
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Sloane Paiva going to join us. Sporting News NBA begins their
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post season tonight. Trent will make some picks.
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to talk sports with you on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.