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Marc Vandermeer, Voice of the Texans Calls-In, Cowboys Draft Picks and October Madness · The Craig Way Show

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Speaker 1: Oh, we have one more hour of the program, the
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updating the baseball for you.
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Speaker 2: Right now, Houston and Detroit tied at two.
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Speaker 1: Tiger's batting with the bases loaded and two outs on
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the top of the eighth inning. Most of the scoring
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has happened late in this contest. In fact, a basis
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loaded walk?
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Speaker 2: Is that what?
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Speaker 1: It was? A basis loaded walk issued by Josh Is
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that well? I said, no, I guess it was just
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time called out of that. So the base is still
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loaded with two outs. Yeah, it was a basis loaded walk,
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and the Tigers have taken the lead again.
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Speaker 2: It's three to two.
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Speaker 1: Josh Hater just issued a basis loaded walk with two
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outs in the eight Spencer Torklesen drew the walk and
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has just gone on the first base in Detroit has
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now gone back in front of Houston.
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Speaker 2: It is three to two.
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Speaker 1: Is the Tiger's bat in the top of the eighth
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inning with two outs, and that against Josh Hater, the closer.
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Speaker 2: So that's what's happened in this game. I say it
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was a basis loaded walk. Torklesen went down the first back.
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Speaker 1: Had just loaded the bases there and the graphic headed
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walks to the bases are still too two. Sorry and
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mena Panicastros fans there watching on a very very small
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monitor and it didn't have the out indicator listed on there.
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They do now. It's still just two two. It's not
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a three to two boggame. It's two two. The bases
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are loaded now though, as Josh Hater issued a two outwalk,
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so Tiger still batting two to two. Top of the eighth,
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two outs. Kansas City continues to leave Baltimore. It's one
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to nothing as the Royals lead the Ools. That's in
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the top of the second inning and that contest at
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the Oriel Park at Camden Yards, So we'll keep you
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updated on those Loalgworts head coach Steve Sarkisian took part
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in the SEC teleconference today and one of the questions
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that he was asked was about the thing about learning
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to play with emotion but not play emotion is It's
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something we've heard sark mentioned quite a bit in the past.
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He says, we want our guys to play with emotion,
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but we don't want them to play emotionally, and he
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explained how he came into that mindset, Like with so
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many other things, all roads lead back to Nick Saban.
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Speaker 3: I had a hard time putting it into words. O
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Saban more eloquently used this term that I'm referencing that
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I kind of took with me because it really resonated
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with me. I didn't know how to say it, but
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I knew what he was meaning. And then once he
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said it the way that he said it, like I said,
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it resonated with me. And I've kind of carried it
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with me ever since.
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Speaker 1: Okay, all right, that was That was one thing, and
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then one other question he was asked. And there is
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a lot of experience in this, and it's all about
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the backup quarterback. When Sartan played at BYU, really, even
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when he played at El Comuno Community College in California,
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he had been a backup quarterback and then and then
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had a great sophomore season. Then he went to BYU
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and rolled in initially as a backup and then became
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the starter and had a great finish to his collegiate
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career at BYU. Since he has been the head coach
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at Texas, he has had to turn to the backup
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quarterback on several occasions.
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Speaker 2: That has happened as well. So because of that, it has.
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Speaker 1: Been a situation where he's you know, you think about
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it when he had had some card on back and
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Casey Thompson was there and all of that sort of thing.
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And of course since Quinn yours has been the starter,
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he's had to turn to the backup quarterback, but that
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was due to injury Malik Murphy having to come on
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for Quinn the last couple of seasons and then of
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course earlier the season Arch Manning having to step in
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when Quinn was injured. So he was asked about that
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and about getting the backup quarterback's reps so that they
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can be well prepared for the eventuality if he has
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to go to a backup quarterback.
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Speaker 3: And when I was a starter, I never wanted to
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backup to coming to the game, even for a play.
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And I remember my senior year of college, I have
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been banged up and the coaches wanted to run a
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quarterback draw.
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Speaker 4: Honey, you're not.
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Speaker 3: They called the play, and they called the play and
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I scored a touchdown. So you know, I've got respect
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for a guy who's the starting quarterback and the rhythm.
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Speaker 4: That it's needed to play with.
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Speaker 3: So no, that's not something I've ever entertained.
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Speaker 1: Okay, so there it is, and some thoughts there from
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Loren's head coach Steve Sarkishan.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: In Houston, it has been broken open, at least for
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the moment. A big two out bases clearing double. My
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pinch hitter Andy Abanyez has cleared off the bases and
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the Tigers have taking a five to two lead on
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the Astros. Astros just recorded the final out of the inning,
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but at Bonyez with a basis clearing double to score
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three runs, and the Astros are down the six outs
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left in their season right now, going to the bottom
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of the eight. Tigers up five to two, having one
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game one yesterday.
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Speaker 2: Three to one. We'll keep you updated on that, all right.
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Speaker 1: Coming up next, we'll visit with the play by play
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voice of the Houston Texans, Mark Vandermir, to talk about
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the Texans and their battles in the AFC South. That's
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next when we continue here on this Wednesday afternoon on
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Sports Radio AM thirteen under the zone of the iHeartRadio.
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My good friend Mark Vandermir, the play by play voice
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of the Houston Texans, is probably a little more advanced
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and just dealing with yacht rock like I'm a hopeless
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yacht rocker there. But Mark joins us on the hotline,
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how you doing today?
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Speaker 2: Mark?
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Speaker 4: Are you kidding? I'm all over Ambrosia.
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Speaker 2: Let's go.
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Speaker 4: I feel like driving up to see the show myself, Ambrosia.
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Speaker 2: Are you kidding?
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Speaker 5: I love yacht rock. I remember the videos. It was
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a series on YouTube. Did you ever see these?
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Speaker 4: No, you could still search them.
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Speaker 5: They didn't have the rights to the music, so maybe
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they got sued, you know, these days, it's a little tough,
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as you know, Craig.
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Speaker 2: But I love the hot rocks.
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Speaker 1: Well, my wife and I are hopeless yacht rockers, and
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like I said, we've we've been to see Little River
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Band and several other ones like that, so we're we're
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all about it there. So it's it's good. It's good
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to know that I've got some company in that category. Hey, listen, uh,
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the City of Houston, even if they lose out on
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the Astros here and they're down to six outs left,
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or rather three outs left in their season, down five
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to two of the Tigers in the night, if they
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even if they lose out on the Astros, they've got
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a hot Texans team right now or as I would
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also like to call a resilient group, marked with the
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way they bounce back from the game against Minnesota and
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really had to be resilient the game against Jacksonville.
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Speaker 5: Didn't they Yeah, they did, Craig, and you know they didn't.
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Speaker 4: Play their best ball.
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Speaker 2: Wasn't there a game.
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Speaker 5: Defensively, they were pretty solid through out.
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Speaker 4: They had some moments. They gave up a long run,
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but the big play of the game was Caln Bullock,
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the rookie.
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Speaker 5: Safety from USC running down Tank Bigsby inside the five
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and then they come up with a goal line stand
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at the start of the fourth quarter as a result
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of that, and that tipped the scales, I thought, even
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though it was sort of hurky jerky from there until
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the final drive, if the Jaguars punched it in and
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make it the two score game, I think we might
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be having a different conversation right now. The offense just
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took a little while to get going.
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Speaker 4: But CJ. Stroud, you know, he's one of these.
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Speaker 5: Guys, Craig, and they finally have that guy where the
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opponent has to be concerned if the ball's in his
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hand with time left on the clock and they're down
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to score whatever score to tie or take the lead.
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Speaker 4: You better watch out.
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Speaker 2: And c J.
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Speaker 4: Stroud does it again, leads them down the field and
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they win the game.
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Speaker 5: So three and one is a good start, even though
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they haven't played their best ball.
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Speaker 1: CJ was where I was going next, Mark, and I
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was going to ask you last year, such an explosion
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onto the scene, and I know the expectations from when
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you drafted that. I certainly the expectation is going to
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be there. And we talked about him last year and
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he had that brilliant rookie season. Safe to say, however,
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probably teams might be more geared up, amped up to
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try to defend him, and yet he continues to play really,
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really well. So have you seen the progression on how
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he's had to make the adjustment from rookie season the
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second year player, when teams have gone and defensives has
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made their adjustments to deal with him.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think, you know, statistically it's going pretty well
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so far. I mean, when you look at the record
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three and one and he's top five in the league
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and passing yards and all that, I think everything is
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in progress very well for year two for CJ.
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Speaker 2: Stroud.
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Speaker 4: The thing is they're not scoring as many points as.
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Speaker 2: I think they would like right now, and it's not.
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Speaker 4: As efficient and proficient as they would want, and a
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lot of that has to do with the offensive line.
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Speaker 5: Stroud himself, the things he's improved at. I think the
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processing is even better this year.
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Speaker 4: I think he understands way more about the game, even
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though he understood.
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Speaker 5: A whole lot last year. And the way he's moving
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around in the pocket Craig is superior to what he
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was doing last year, avoiding the rush, trying to create
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a little extra time in real estate in the backfield
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to launch accurate throws. He's doing that so well because
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the protection hasn't been quite as good as it needs
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to be. So we'll see if they can improve on that.
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I mean, in the Minnesota game, it's just a festival
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of errors as a pre snap stuff and holding penalties.
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They had one driver where they had third and fourth
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to twenty five and they ended up punting because they
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took four consecutive penalties. So they've got to clean that up,
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and I think they are in progress doing that. The
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penalty bug bit them a little more against Jacksonville or
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again additionally, so they have time to work on it.
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You'd rather learn while winning than the other way around.
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Speaker 4: So so far, so good.
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Speaker 1: Can some of the I don't know, for one of
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a better word sluggishness on offense be trace to having
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to deal with the in rebug in the backfield, not
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having a healthy Joe Mixon for a lot of the time,
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they're getting other contributors. Those of us who have cam
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Akers on our fantasy team were happy to have him
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as a substitute.
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Speaker 2: But does that, I mean, does it?
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Speaker 1: Can some of that be traced to what there's Jill
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trying to get going with the ground game?
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Speaker 2: Yeah?
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Speaker 4: Absolutely, because Joe makeson look so good.
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Speaker 2: In the open a ram for one.
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Speaker 4: Hundred and fifty nine yards against the Colts, and you know,
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Damian Pierce only had a few carries in that game,
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but look pretty good. And we haven't seen him since either.
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So you've been.
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Speaker 5: Without your top two guys, and so now what do
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you do? Well you go to cam Akers, who I
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think looks pretty good.
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Speaker 4: Daria Goodbowally is another player to watch out where he
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cut that game winning touchdown pass. There you are, Craig
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at the end.
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Speaker 5: Of the game. Inside thirty seconds, you're at the goal line.
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You need to score and in the offset I formation
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if Daria Googbiwally and British Brooks an undrafted rookie. So
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who would have thought that at the beginning of training camp.
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But that's the NFL, that's all of football. You have
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to use everybody on the roster. You never know who's
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going to contribute. And those guys run a play that
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gets to the game winning touchdown.
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Speaker 4: It was beautiful to see and.
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Speaker 5: It's a tribute to the way they put this whole
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thing together because not just the fifty three man roster,
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the practice squad, elevating guys, how you work with the
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people in your building, in your organization to manufacture wins,
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and that's what they do and.
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Speaker 4: That's what they've been doing here in the Nick Cassario,
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Tamiko Ryan's mini era were in and I hope it continues.
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Speaker 1: Is is it safe to say that at that moment
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what you're talking about, that's when you you and Andre
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wear turn and look at each other booth and go.
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Speaker 2: These guys in the backfield, did they come through?
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Speaker 4: Well? You know, Dara had that game last year against
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Tampa Bay where he actually kicked.
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Speaker 5: A field goal because Cannie Fairbarn was hurt.
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Speaker 4: So it's so interesting the contribution he can make. And
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you know, his sister plays for Dallas and the WNBA.
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She's outstanding. So the family was there and his sister
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was here and at least is.
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Speaker 2: A great moment.
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Speaker 5: So we were never that surprised about Darry pulling off
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something big because he's the ultimate role player for this team.
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But you need people like that up and down the roster.
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You need players to make those kind of contributions that you're.
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Speaker 4: Going to win.
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Speaker 1: Talking Houston Texans football with the play by play voice
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of the Texans Mark Vandam. You're here on sports Radio
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AM thirteen hundred Zone Martin. Let me get your thoughts
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on the defense through four ball games and what you
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see you really like in the areas they're still trying
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to clean up.
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Speaker 5: Well, obviously it could have got a whole lot better
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against Minnesota, but I think that was one of those stinker.
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Speaker 4: Games, and every team has them.
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Speaker 5: It just happens and you have to correct what went wrong,
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and I hope that it doesn't happen again. They had
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some tough moments in.
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Speaker 4: That game, but they were put in a sudden change
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right off the bat with a deflected pick and the
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rest of it. They did really well.
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Speaker 5: Against the run the first two games. I thought they
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did pretty well against Jacksonville, but they still allowed over
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one hundred yards. So they're going to find a way
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to stiff in in that way. I think what you're
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looking at is the unfinished product here. Will Anderson Junior
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two and a half sacks, good start for him.
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Speaker 4: The d tackles. They replaced the starters last year, and
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I think.
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Speaker 5: They're off to a pretty good start. But it's going
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to get better when you get the Nico Autry back
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from a suspension in a couple of games, because he
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can play the outside.
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Speaker 4: And the inside on the D line, and I think
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that's really gonna help.
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Speaker 5: You. Get Kurt Heinisch back this week. I think that's
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gonna help as well. Daniel Hunters Hunter has been good,
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but not who he will be.
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Speaker 4: Just yet for this team, so I think it's good.
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Speaker 2: On the front.
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Speaker 5: Aziz al Shier is just amazing. I mean, what an
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amazing guy, really good player. Played with Demiko in San
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Francisco for for Jamiko, I should say, but he's like
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Demko Ryans Junior and the secondary.
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Speaker 4: What can I say about.
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Speaker 5: Derrick Stingley, Junior outstanding lassater of the rookie from Georgia.
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Klen Bullock had a pick at his first ever game.
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He had that player that just talked about rookie safety.
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Speaker 4: So a lot of youth and I think that it's
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only going.
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Speaker 2: To get better, Craig, as they.
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Speaker 4: Play together and really start to.
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Speaker 2: Gel without question, no doubt.
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Speaker 1: The game, the headline game of this upcoming week in
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the NFL is the game you have against the Buffalo
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Bills on Sunday. How about your I remember last year
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during the playoffs we were talking about a Buffalo. But
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let me get your thoughts on this Bills team and
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they come off smarting a little bit after what happened
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to them in Baltimore last Sunday night.
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Speaker 2: How about your thoughts on this matchup with Buffalo.
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Speaker 4: It's always tough with Josh Allen because he's so good
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throwing and running, and he's one of these guys. You know,
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he's not Lamar Jackson.
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Speaker 5: They're different, but it's similar in that you have to
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worry about them running and throw it.
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Speaker 4: And I think with Alan, he's so physically.
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Speaker 5: So big, he's hard to bring down. You got to
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bring some friends to bring him down, and he's always
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a big part of their rushing attack, so that is
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highly notable when you play them.
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Speaker 4: They've replaced a lot.
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Speaker 5: Of guys on defense, and you know, I know the
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Ravens game didn't go according to their liking, but they
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got off to a pretty good start prior to that,
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and some of these defenders were playing pretty well. Now
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they've got some injuries that they got to deal with.
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I think what the Texas have to do, Craig, it's
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almost like the Longhorse, right, the long Horns are back, right,
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the long Horns are a hunted Now you have to
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get used to being the hunted, the team that everybody
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wants to be now. I guess with the Longhorns, people always.
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Speaker 4: Want to beat the Longhorse, So maybe that's the best example.
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But the Texans kind of snuck up on people just
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to use like outside looking in language last year. This year,
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they're not going to sneak up on anybody. But you
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have to be able to hold surf.
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Speaker 5: If you're one of these teams at home, you've got
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to be able to protect the turf and play another
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AFC quote power and deal with it. That's that the
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Texans deserve to be considered.
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Speaker 4: An AFC power yet, but they want to be that,
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and they do have the juice and the tools to
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be that. So go do it.
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Speaker 5: Go be it and beat the Buffalo Bills this week.
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And I think it's a marquee game for sure.
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Speaker 4: Texans have a ton of.
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Speaker 5: Primetime games, you know, with the Hall of Fame game,
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they have seven National Window games when you go back
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to the preseason, and they already played the Bears on
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Sunday Night Football. They got some good ones coming up,
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including a Dallas Monday Night or up in Big d
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in November. So it's all going to be really fun
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to watch. And it's a week to week.
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Speaker 4: Thing, as you know. I mean, every week feels like
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it's own little drama and season.
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Speaker 1: You know, Mark, One of the things I always enjoy
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visiting with you about is also the college game as well,
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because of your years as the voice of the Miami Hurricanes.
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Speaker 2: But do you still keep up with.
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Speaker 1: The Canes and where you on edge on that hail
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Merry thing that happened at the end of the game
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with Virginia Tech last weekend.
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Speaker 5: Not only do I keep up, but I'm listening to
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both radio calls. I'm listening to my buddies Josephaky and
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Don Bailey. I'm listening to Bill Roth of Virginia Tech
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to trying to get the different perspectives of things. So
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I was totally keeping up with that one. And I
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do keep up with the Canes as much as I can.
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You know, Craig, they haven't done anything since I've been there.
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I'm just going but.
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Speaker 4: They haven't had that kind of success that.
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Speaker 5: They feel is their standard, you know, And they've had
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some great starts and then they fizzle out.
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Speaker 4: So I thought, oh no, we're going to get another
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one of.
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Speaker 2: These when they were.
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Speaker 5: Down in that game, but they came back and won
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and you've probably watched.
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Speaker 4: But the quarterback ward is really good, so that can
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heal a lot of wounds. So I'm looking forward to
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seeing what they do the rest of the way.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it'd be a lot of fun.
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Speaker 1: But I'll tell you what, a lot of folks looking
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forward to this matchup on Sunday between the Texans and
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the Bills, and I'm right there at the top of
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the list, especially on an.
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Speaker 4: Open I gotta say though, before we say goodbye, I
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was at the Longhorn opener. My son is now at
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McComb School of Business, University of Texas. Okay, he's a freshman.
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And I went to the game and we listened to you.
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Speaker 2: We had you on the app.
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Speaker 5: And it's a great experience, unbelievable. And you know, I
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hadn't been to a Longhorn game in a while, so
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it was a lot of fun for me.
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Speaker 4: And he is so into it now he's bleeding burnt
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orange and it's a lot of fun.
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Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 1: The next time you do that, give me some notice,
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so we let me know you're coming. So we'd love
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to have you pop upstairs and say him, bring you
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some with us.
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Speaker 2: Listen. If he's in the Macomb school. The dude is
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serious about his academics. I'll just say that, you know,
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and you know that right all over it.
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Speaker 4: He's all over it. He is not like his dad
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put it that way. He is, oh diligent. He got
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elected to some freshman senate day. I mean, he's really
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into it. So it's fun. It's a great school. I
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love walking to campus, you know, I felt like, hey,
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this is a walking school. You know. He lives over
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on the West side and we walked all the way
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across campus, but.
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Speaker 2: It wasn't far.
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Speaker 4: I think it's a great place to go to school, obviously, and.
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Speaker 5: And you know, a great program and what a tremendous atmosphere.
18:21
Speaker 4: So I'll look forward to going to some more games.
18:23
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it'll be fun. It'd be great to see
18:24
you again. Hey, have a great call this Sunday. Looking
18:27
forward to the matchup, and I'll look forward to visiting
18:29
with you again down the road.
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Speaker 2: I appreciate you taking the time, Mark, Thanks so much, Craig.
18:33
Speaker 1: All right, you bet that's Mark Vandermere, play by play
18:36
voice of the Houston Texans.
18:38
Speaker 2: That's right.
18:38
Speaker 1: And I knew that he had a son at you
18:42
t had to know he was in the McCombs school.
18:43
And I have to see my great guy. Always good
18:46
to visit with him. And and the Texans got it,
18:51
got it going right now, you like, are you impressed
18:54
by what you've seen Khalil from the Houston Texans through
18:58
four ball games? They're one loss uh is uh is
19:02
to the Vikings a really good Vikings did.
19:05
Speaker 6: Yeah, they're a real team. Yeah, I'm I'm pretty much.
19:08
I'm very impressed Strouds killing it. I thought they would
19:11
use digs more, and they're starting to use them a
19:14
bit more. I think that he's an underused weapon for them.
19:17
I've noticed sank Dale's taken a bit of the of
19:19
a back seat their defense. Uh, I had to drop
19:23
their defense in fantasy. Honestly, they were awful against the Jags.
19:27
They they kind of snuck out of there with that win.
19:29
But I think they're gonna be one of those teams
19:31
that progressively gets better instead of staying in like the same, same,
19:35
same level all season long. So I think they're I
19:38
think they're in a good situation.
19:39
Speaker 1: Good teams can find a way to win when they
19:43
don't play their best, and I and I think that.
19:46
I think that's the case. Obviously for the Houston Texans.
19:48
They're in my opinion that well, it didn't have to be.
19:52
In my opinion, they are far and away the best
19:55
team in the AFC South. We'll see where it goes
19:58
from there. Anyone else has gone, it's gone final in Houston.
20:02
The Houston Astros season is over done, Benito. How about
20:08
the Astros being swept on their home field in two
20:12
straight by the Detroit Tigers.
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Speaker 2: They win this afternoon five to two.
20:17
Speaker 1: The Tigers had that three run double by a Bonyees
20:20
in the top of the eighth inning, and that was
20:22
the separator. Houston actually had a two to one league
20:25
but the Astros when they look back at it, they
20:27
have three total runs scored in the two games combined,
20:33
three total runs scored, and that ultimately is the undoing
20:38
for Houston.
20:39
Speaker 2: So their season is over.
20:41
Speaker 1: Ranger fans like Cameron Parker and the other ones and
20:45
my cards can rejoice, right, they're shot in fouts and overdrive.
20:49
Speaker 2: Now it was a quick kill.
20:51
Speaker 1: It was very, very quick and the Tigers, and what
20:55
an interesting divisional series matchup you'll have belt matchup Detroit
21:02
and Cleveland. I like it at two old school American
21:07
League teams. I know, Cleveland goes by the Guardians. Now
21:10
they're no longer the Indians, but it's still it's Cleveland.
21:12
It's old school stuff. And so to be Detroit and Cleveland,
21:17
and then whoever wins the Kansas City Baltimore. So here
21:20
we'll go to New York and play the Yankees. So
21:23
Astros are out and stunningly knocked out in two straight
21:28
at Minute May Park by the Detroit Tigers, who win
21:32
it all right, we'll keep you updated on the other
21:35
game as well. We're gonna hear more from long worn
21:38
men's basketball coach Rodney Terry as well.
21:40
Speaker 2: Coming up. That's coming up.
21:42
Speaker 1: We continue here on sports Medio AM thirteen under the
21:44
zone of the iHeartRadio app.
21:45
Speaker 2: Mark Vandermire played by Playboy.
21:47
Speaker 1: So the Houston Texans for joining us there, and he
21:49
said he loved ambrosia, so we throw back with a
21:52
roll back here with a little more ambrosie here with
21:55
you're the only woman there. So yeah, so going to
21:59
that tomorrow night, so we'll see that. Somebody mentioned on
22:04
the text line he said Journey nineteen eighty three Brian
22:07
Adams was the opening act. I still left the T shirt.
22:09
It's a little snug these days. I sold those T
22:12
shirts that went on the on the road with Journey.
22:17
We did City Park Stadium in New Orleans because they
22:20
couldn't come to an agreement with the Superdome, so it
22:22
was outdoor venue on the fourth of July, pouring rain.
22:26
But we did that Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dallas, Houston, Norman, Oklahoma, Wichidaw, Kansas,
22:37
Vegas for three nights at the Aladdin Theater. Let's see
22:43
and then up into the Pacific northwest to Poka Tella, Idaho,
22:49
and Boise, Idaho.
22:50
Speaker 2: When we were in Pocatello, Brian Adams.
22:55
Speaker 1: Was the lead act and he was a real he
22:58
was just getting started and he was a real down
23:00
to earth guy. This is how down to earth Brian
23:01
Adams was. When we flew from New Orleans to Dallas,
23:05
Me and the other three guys that I worked with
23:08
on my particular crew with this with the T shirt
23:11
vending thing working for the band. Brian Adams flew with
23:16
us on Southwest Airlines. This is you know, he became
23:20
a mega rock star, but he was just starting out then.
23:23
That was when his first album and cuts like an
23:25
Ikea and all that, and he was sitting on the
23:28
sitting on the plane with us, just regular guy chatting
23:30
with us. By the time we got to Pocatella, Idaho,
23:33
U he had seen a few things and was pretty
23:39
pretty loose with his conversation to the extent that he
23:42
got up on stage opening up for Journey and what
23:46
was then called the Mini Dome. It's a it's one
23:49
of those old fashioned older dome stadiums.
23:52
Speaker 2: It was concrete. It looks like an airplane hangar seats like.
23:57
Speaker 1: Fifteen thousand, and they would hang the old post for
24:00
the football team Idaho State plays at home football games there,
24:03
they'd hang up from cables from the season the ceiling.
24:06
There was no bottom bar that went up to the
24:08
crossbar and it would just hang from the ceiling like that.
24:12
We saw that at both ends. Always remember that. And
24:15
it was called the Mini gone back there. It's got
24:16
a corporate name on it now. But he was up
24:18
there and he gets on stage, he goes, Poka jell Idaho,
24:21
how about you sput?
24:22
Speaker 2: Butts hey sput.
24:24
Speaker 1: But people were kind of like kind of like is
24:27
he kidding or what? But yeah, Brian Adams was the
24:32
opening act. So there you go. So anyway, that was
24:41
some memories there, and like I said, we're going to
24:43
see and broschamor I let's hear some more from Long
24:47
Worts basketball coach Rodney Terry, who's asked about a couple
24:50
of guys, including Jason Kent is another guy that they're
24:55
pretty excited about in his development.
24:58
Speaker 2: Yes, Sid, I'll tell you what.
25:00
Speaker 7: Uh you know Jason Kent, you know known his dad
25:02
a long time dad was a was was a coach
25:05
here at Houston Jellison at one time.
25:08
Speaker 2: Mom worked on our campus at one time as.
25:10
Speaker 7: Well, so very familiar with with the forty acres. He himself,
25:15
going on, played a couple of years at Bradley, played
25:18
the last two years in Indiana State. But he's one
25:20
of those guys again that can make an open shot.
25:23
He's an elite cutter, you know, we pride ourselves to
25:26
being a really good cutting team. He's a space that
25:29
got floor guy, a really good offensive rebounder, you know,
25:34
has a body to play physical and get up and
25:36
down the floor, you know, and stuff. So I think
25:38
he brings that along with obviously a lot of experience
25:41
as well, you know, and and hopefully the guy that
25:44
wants to continue to try to play with the chip.
25:45
Speaker 2: On the shoulder. Now.
25:46
Speaker 1: One thing that coaches always stress and they talk about
25:49
quite a bit is rebounding. The the art, the science,
25:53
the effort, everything about rebounding. And Kirk bowles from the
25:57
Austin American instead way it used to be the Austin
25:59
Americans say are now the Houston Chronicle, Kirk asked Roddy
26:03
about rebounding.
26:03
Speaker 2: Does he want to see more out of.
26:05
Speaker 1: His guys in terms of you know, crashing the boards
26:08
and getting to the glass and getting rebounds.
26:10
Speaker 7: A season, I think every team in the country goes
26:13
into the year worrying about rebounding. Because what makes you
26:16
a great team, makes you a great team, you got
26:18
to be a team that takes care of the basketball.
26:20
You don't beat yourselves, right, So value and taking care
26:23
of the basketball. Physical mindset that allows you to play physical,
26:28
all five guys blocking out, rebounding down, you know. You know,
26:33
we want to try to play fast as well, where
26:36
every time down we want to want.
26:37
Speaker 2: To get a shot.
26:38
Speaker 7: But and then you know, obviously having a really good defense,
26:41
you know, and a big part of having a really
26:43
good defense and finishing possessions is being.
26:45
Speaker 2: Able to block out. So you know, we work at it.
26:48
Speaker 7: We've got a great strength coach that's really done a
26:50
great job with our guys body over the course of
26:52
the summer to hope they give them a mindset to
26:55
come out and have application on the floor to play physical.
26:59
You know, when that's shot goes up, you look to
27:01
hit somebody. If you don't get the rebound, your man
27:04
doesn't get it, you know, and stuff. So a lot
27:06
of times it's not the biggest team. We could roll
27:08
out six you know, three or four or five seven
27:10
footers does no good for us, Right, It's what's in
27:13
your chest in terms of if you want to do it,
27:16
can't you want to play physical, It doesn't matter what
27:18
size you are, you know what I mean, we got
27:19
good size, you know and stuff. But I do think,
27:23
you know, on the perimeter, we've got good size. I
27:25
think our guards are rebound down really well for us,
27:27
and that'll be a plus for us because we'll be
27:30
able to get up and down the floor and play
27:32
fast the way we want to.
27:34
Speaker 1: All right, And then there were a couple of questions
27:36
about this new world that the Logworts are going into
27:40
into the Southeastern Conference. One of the questions asked point
27:43
blank was did he feel that the Big twelve is
27:48
a better basketball.
27:50
Speaker 2: League than the SEC?
27:51
Speaker 1: Because the Big tef is, you know, it's got some
27:53
good basketball programs in it and it's made some runs.
27:56
And so it was asked, does he think that the
27:58
SEC is behind the Big twelve conference in terms of basketball?
28:01
And Rodney was saying absolutely not.
28:03
Speaker 7: I think the SEC, you know, obviously has great leadership,
28:08
with Greg saying he's done a great job came really
28:12
building up the profile of the of the SEC from
28:15
top to bottom of no Knights, all the great coaches,
28:19
really good venues to play in, and really good players
28:22
in the SEC. So they put eight teams in the
28:24
tournament the last two years in.
28:26
Speaker 2: The Big Twelve.
28:28
Speaker 7: You know, we had eight teams in the tournament this
28:30
past year. We had seven the year before. So you know,
28:34
there's no drop off in the SEC. Man, We're right
28:37
at the top. Were one of the best leagues in
28:38
the country on basketball.
28:39
Speaker 1: Stam one okay, and then one other thing about the
28:42
SEC and just kind of diving into what the styles
28:45
of play, and Rodney was asked, I do you notice
28:48
anything appreciably different about how the SEC goes about its.
28:52
Speaker 2: Business and playing as opposed to the Big Twelve?
28:54
Speaker 7: Well, they think again, if you if you really get
28:56
down to it now you're talking about you know what
28:58
translates and tournament. You know, is the Big twelve more
29:03
physical than the SEC? You know who files the most
29:07
right when you when you get to the NCAA tournament.
29:10
Speaker 2: You know, I think you start looking at those kind
29:11
of things.
29:12
Speaker 7: But I think there are teams in the SEC that
29:14
play extremely physical. I mean We played Tennessee the last
29:17
three years and been easily the probably the most physical
29:20
team we've played on our schedule, you know and everything.
29:22
So you know, I think there's you know, on any
29:25
given night, you're gonna have to deal with some physicality.
29:27
You have to deal with teams that could, you know,
29:29
push the ball really fast in transitioning, the teams that
29:32
can really score the ball.
29:33
Speaker 1: Yeah, And as a result of that, they'll played Tennessee
29:37
again now in conference play. Tennessee will come to Austin
29:40
for one game after they have played them in some
29:45
prior years and that, Hey, I want to do something
29:47
before we get to the break here. Last week, all
29:52
week long, we gave away opportunities, opportunities to win a
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pair of tickets to see Deftones, and we're going to
30:00
do it again March twelfth at Moody Center. So what
30:04
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really easy to do and it's free.
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Radio AM thirteen under the Zone. Updating the baseball going
30:46
on right now in Baltimore. Kansas City continues to lead
30:50
the Orioles one nothing. They go to the fifth. A
30:52
great diving play by the second baseman Michael Massey with
30:57
runners at first and second and went out, prevented a
30:59
run from Austin the play, he was able to get
31:01
an out at first, there were two in scoring position,
31:03
and then a fly ball out into the inning. So
31:05
it's still won nothing Kansas City as that goes to
31:08
the top of the fifth.
31:09
Speaker 2: If they win that game.
31:12
Speaker 1: The Royals will have swept the Orioles on the road
31:16
in Baltimore to move on, just like the Detroit.
31:19
Speaker 2: Tigers did this afternoon. In case you didn't hear it.
31:21
Speaker 1: The Tigers got a three run pinch hit double in
31:28
the top of the eighth inning, and that brooke a
31:30
two to two tie. They were actually down two to
31:33
one going to the eighth. Then they had one run
31:34
score on a wild pitch, and then the double coming
31:37
off Josh Hater allowed three runs to score and the
31:41
Tigers beat the Astros five to two.
31:43
Speaker 2: Houston swept on its own field. They're done.
31:47
Speaker 1: Season over season over, so right now, Danny Columbay is
31:50
pitching for the Orioles as Kansas City bats in the
31:53
top of the fifth and it's won nothing Royals as
31:56
they bat.
31:56
Speaker 2: In the top half of the fifth inning.
31:58
Speaker 1: Detroit, by virtue of sweeping Houston, now goes to Cleveland
32:03
that starts this week. Year old, your eyes lit up
32:05
on that one. I told you that Khalil that they're
32:07
going to play the Guardians of Tigers and Guardians Cleveland
32:10
Detroit old school Russ.
32:12
Speaker 2: I love it. I love the Vision Series matchup.
32:14
Speaker 6: Were teams that were bad for a long time finally
32:18
have their day.
32:19
Speaker 2: I love seeing it. Yeah, well, it's it's happening, and.
32:25
Speaker 1: The Yankees are awaiting the winner of this Baltimore Kansas City.
32:29
Here by the way, in case you're won about the Yankees.
32:31
Last time the Yankees won a World Series two thousand
32:34
and nine. It's been fifteen years since the Yankees have
32:39
won a series. I remember when the Dodgers won in
32:40
twenty twenty, people said, I had the Dodgers would allow
32:42
us to know first time in thirty two years.
32:45
Speaker 2: They had not won since nineteen eighty eight.
32:47
Speaker 1: So obviously I was very very excited about that when
32:50
it did, when it did happen, about that, But Baltimore
32:53
hasn't won a World Series since nineteen eighty three. The
32:55
Royals won in twenty fifteen. This is their first postseason
32:58
appearance since twenty fifteen when they won the World Series.
33:02
Of course, Cleveland has not won the World Series since
33:05
nineteen forty eight, longest gap. Remember they had the three
33:09
to one lead on the Cubs in twenty sixteen and
33:11
it got away from them. Well, now they will match
33:16
up with the Detroit Tigers in a Division series. Listen,
33:19
I'm out for the next two days, this being the
33:22
open date. I'm taking care of a couple of personal
33:24
business things. And then then I, like I said, We're
33:27
going to yacht rocket up to the Metroplex tomorrow and
33:31
see Ambrosia and john Ford Coley will do that.
33:35
Speaker 2: But just going to enjoy a weekend.
33:36
Speaker 1: I'll be back on Monday, starting with our long Worns
33:41
Monday bringing you Coach Sarks news conference. Hopefully Cameron Parker
33:46
will be back tomorrow Andrew Zimma will be in as well.
33:48
Thank you, Khalil, appreciate you stepping into