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Tom Kakert talks Hawkeyes, Cyclones with Eugene Rapay & the Chicken Coop Contest · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Trophy you're getting it when you have a trophy room.
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That's the difference. Oh, how are two Miller and
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Condon welcome back Iowa sports Radio network with your until
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low just before 2O clock off the bench coming up at that time.
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Just an FYI, if you're looking for first quarter Miller and
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Condon or off the bench, we're all taking Memorial Day off all
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back on Tuesday. Jean Repay coming up in about 20
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minutes. We'll give four of you an
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opportunity to win some grub from the chicken coop that'll
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come up before we get out of here as well.
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Likely about those 10 minutes somewhere in that vicinity prior
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to 2:00. Let's talk Cox.
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Tom Kicker joins us every Friday.
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Well, most Fridays, Sometimes we have to move a little bit.
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But for the most part, Dom, good to talk to you again.
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How are you? Doing well, just just passing
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through Des Moines on my way down to Kansas City to watch
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some Nike basketball today. So welcome to the capital city,
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Tom Caker. Well, you've been putting out
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some miles on the car following these these kind of basketball
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events, huh? Yeah, a little bit.
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You know, it was over in Indiana last week and now down to Kansas
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City for Forbid and just got hit the different circuits.
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Unfortunately, they don't put them all in the same circuit.
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So you got all these shoe circuits that have players and
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so I need to see them. So I'm going to get to see all
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of them and then I can make my assessments.
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Well, I know if you're not back before, so you will be back on
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November 15th because Creighton and I were going to play
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downtown Des Moines. I think it's I love these games.
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Time I do I it's great that the that they're coming over to the
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capital city obviously is a big fan base here in central Iowa.
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I think it's going to sell out. I think it's going to be a good
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game. I really do.
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Oh, I think, no doubt it's going to sell out between the Iowa
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fans and how excited they're going to be about this
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basketball team after what they accomplished last year.
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And Creighton fans are going to show up, too.
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You know, they've got a really, really strong fan base.
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So yeah, I think it's going to be a fun, fun day when or fun
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evening wherever the game is played.
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I'm not sure what time it'll be played, but right after the day
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before is Purdue and Iowa. Awesome.
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That should be a layup. Well, we'll see you know,
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Speaking of of of big 10 foes bat football wise, Tom Fernelli,
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he's not a guy that I don't think just put stuff out there
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for clicks and I think he put some thought behind what he's
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it's that type of year time of year rather, I get it the best
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rivalries. It's what, call it, Mount
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Rushmore season for a lot of these shows to come up with
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their Mount Rushmore. Did you see the top ten?
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His Big 10 football rivalry rankings for Nellie's that came
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out earlier this week. Did you see it?
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I haven't. I have not seen it, no.
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Iowa is actually named and there's ten of them.
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It starts obviously the Michigan, Ohio State's a layup
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#2 is Minnesota, Wisconsin. Iowa actually comes in at #3
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number 7 and #9 when it comes to the biggest rivalries in Big 10
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#3 is Minnesota #7 is Wisconsin, and #9 is Nebraska.
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I think this just illuminates because Trent says this all the
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time. It depends where you grew up in
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the state, right, as to what you think the rivalry is.
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I think that's spot on. I do too, because I think if you
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live in the far western part of the state of Iowa, Nebraska is a
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clear #1 If you live in the northern portion in the central
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part of Iowa, I think Minnesota's number clear number
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one. And if you live in that NE
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corridor around Dubuque, Clinton, all that area,
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Waterloo, probably going to be Wisconsin.
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Yeah, no, I'm. You live over in my area, my
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neck of the woods, Illinois. Illinois right, didn't make the
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list. I wish it did.
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I love well, obviously the basketball Illinois Iowa
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basketball goes without saying. You're so damn good.
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You know, we I talked about this earlier in the show and it's
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been on top of these come up a couple of times going back over
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the last couple years. What the hell has happened to
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Wisconsin, Tom? They used to be year after year
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after year. This was going to be a tough out
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in football. They were going to do some
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damage in the Big 10. What has happened over there?
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Is is part of it just, you know, I think, well, I think the
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mistake they made was fickle coming in and trying to fit
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square pegs into round holes and trying to retool that often
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make. A.
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Quote UN quote, modern, you know, precautionary tale for all
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the people who've wanted parents to change the offense over years
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because, you know, they sustained it through Belema,
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Gary Anderson, Paul, Chris, you know, and here's the other
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thing. Gary Alvarez was around that
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program until Fickle got there and then it was he's gone.
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And maybe that, you know, the godfather kind of mentality that
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Barry had. It's just maybe that let it slip
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away. But I think the spin was just
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trying to go to this higher, you know, passing offense, throwing
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the ball over the place and it's just never took.
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And now they've had some injuries at quarterback and I'll
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acknowledge that completely, but it just has not taken.
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Now this. This is do or die for fickle.
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Has to be. Got to be.
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I think it seats as hot as there is in college football.
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Yeah, I think so too. And if they and they've got that
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huge game right, you know, right out of the chute basically
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against Notre Dame up at Lambeau.
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And if Notre Dame goes up there and beat some 30 to 10, Luke
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Fickle make it past Sunday night.
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I don't know. That's a great point.
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Now the rest of their schedule, I mean their Big 10 schedule
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time, they play Penn State, they don't have an Ohio State.
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They they don't have a Michigan. They do have, I mean, obviously
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I was on there, Michigan State, UCLA and Rutgers, Maryland
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police, Minnesota and that's obviously a rivalry game and
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it's a huge game in Purdue. I mean, if he doesn't have AI
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mean that smells like even if it's a bad team, you got to
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stumble your way to seven wins, don't you with that?
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I would think so and the rest of their non counts are not Alan
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Jean either. Just.
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Western Illinois. Eastern Michigan.
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Yeah, that's two FCSP right, loading up on the FCS.
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Yeah, but I guess you're you're biting off Notre Dame too.
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So that does give them credit, yeah.
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And I think Notre Dame's, I think Notre Dame's a legitimate
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threat to win at all. I really do.
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I think so too. I think so too.
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They may be one of my future bets, I think when when Bush
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comes to shove this year. I haven't done any yet, but I
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think that's going to be one of my futures.
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Is Notre Dame national title just there?
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They seem poised to do it. I know they lost.
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Jeremiah loves it. Was everything.
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Yeah. And yeah, on price.
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But I think CJ Carr is really good.
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I think we may be in late November.
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It's Notre Dame national title, CJ Carr, Heisman Trophy.
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Yeah, wouldn't be a bit surprised.
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I know the next time we have a holiday, a national holiday,
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this Memorial Day weekend, but then the next one, July 4th,
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that's the weekend that you come up with your fearless forecast.
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I do. I don't know how you're going to
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do it this year. Tom there.
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When I look at this Iowa roster, there's just so many questions
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on both sides of the ball, right?
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Yeah, so many questions and just 10 seniors and not many of them
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are starters or expected to be starters.
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So it is a lot that's up in the air with this team this year.
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It's just it's so unknown, you know, it's not.
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You know, I was talking to somebody about Iowa State, this
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this this week, and I said yeah, they've got so many of those.
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And I said, so does Iowa. You know, they just Iowa State's
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got a hold of coaching staff and everything and they haven't seen
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the product on the field. And you kind of, you know, I
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always come back to what I just kind of always just trust Phil
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Parker will get this defense right.
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But boy, oh boy, there's just It's Zach Lummer and Zach
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Lutburn. Phil Parker's challenge, Tom,
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Phil Park this is I think this is as big of a challenge as Phil
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Parker's had since when. To put that, to mold this
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defense into his style and to squeeze every single bit of
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talent out of this group, this has got to be as tough a
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challenge as he's had in a long time.
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I think so too, because it's not like, you know, some of those
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other themes I go back to the the one I compared to is that
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one year was after the Claiborne Daniels Bin's Ballard group kind
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of left Carl Klug and they're all those guys and they and they
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were left one year. And I think it was like 2013 and
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or 2014, one of those two years maybe.
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And it was with you know, and like Tom Nardo and Joe Gaglione
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and guys that just had been in the program forever but just
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never played. And it just it just felt like a
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gap there that they just, and that's, you know, you start
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turning the page and going to Drew OTT and some of these other
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younger players. These young guys are going to
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have to grow up really, really fast I think this year,
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especially on the defensive line.
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Yeah, no question. I saw Athlon had him I think #25
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in their top 25 will receive materialize Tom, if you if we do
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expand the 24 and I'm doing this as a fan, right?
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I root for both schools. I want nothing more at some
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point before I cash in my chips to see a playoff game in
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December at Kinnock and a playoff game in December at Jack
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Price. Have you?
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Have you? Have you allowed yourself to,
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you know, to, to, to, to maybe not dream, but you just kind of
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speculate as to what that would be like to have a College
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Football Playoff, say, under the lights at Kinnock Stadium and
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disorder. My God.
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Crazy to think about that. Or just somewhere, you know,
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Iowa at Notre Dame. Yeah, in a College Football
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Playoff game, you know, like Indiana played at Notre Dame.
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Yeah, two years ago, Two years ago on a Friday night.
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Well, you know, what even got me thinking about it more was like
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the TD was talking this week out, in, out in that plush
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resort where, you know, because they.
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Because. Because they have no money and
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they're trying to, you know, collect nickel cans or
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something. I don't know that pay for things
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I guess with this the Big 10, but you said something about
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like released something or something.
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I don't know exactly what was they said are the 12 years since
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the playoff? Iowa would have been in the
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playoffs 6 times. It's crazy.
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That's unbelievable. That's why you say I, I'm in.
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I don't have a problem with I. Don't either.
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I don't either. I'm who's.
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Against more football. Exactly.
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I'll never understand it. And the fact that we're in the
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we're in the second week of November and we got teams that
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look as though they're both going to be 8 and 4.
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They're going to be on the precipices playoff or maybe
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they're playing for seeding. Maybe one of them's get out, get
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a home game. Oh, I think it's going to be
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spectacular, Tom. I I really do.
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Great. Yeah.
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I just. I just don't understand all the
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putting. You know, I mad about the NCAA
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tournament expanding and and I'm like, what's it who's who's
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against more football and more basketball?
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You know it's. The tournament's still going to
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start at 11:15 on Thursday, right?
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The Tuesday and Wednesday are teams that are not going to be
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playing around. But it's content.
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You can bet on it. You can watch it.
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Whatever, it's whatever city's hosting, it is going to fill up
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the at least some of the hotel rooms.
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And I, I I just don't. Have to don't you have to think
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that Vegas is going to be one of those locations?
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I do too. It's just it's just such a
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natural place to to put that one of the you know, you can stay in
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Dayton and have half of it in Dayton and then put the other
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half in, put the other half in Vegas.
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It's a perfect place, Although I did like the Albuquerque thought
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too. I thought that was pretty I'd.
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Rather be Vegas of the two. Have you talked to any coaches
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who were wishing that the that the spring signing period like
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now that we're at the end of spring ball, like at Iowa State,
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there they were destined, they found a running back at Tulane.
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But if they if it would have reopened, do you do you think
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there's coaches that are now wishing that, you know, man,
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maybe we jumped the gun on this. Maybe we should have another
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signing period. Are you hearing any of that,
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Tom? Yeah, I think there's some of
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them that would like that, but also I also think there's some
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of them that are going. You know what, It's good that I
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don't have to babysit my players either.
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Yeah, that's true. They don't.
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There's some of that too, where it's like the headaches or the
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headaches bigger than the benefits and sometimes, yeah.
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But if you've had some bad injuries in the spring, boy,
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you're just You're stuck. You know you're going to be
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rattling down at the bottom of the of the dumpster looking.
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For players in the portal or advertising on campus, like a
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member, that's where they found Iowa State kicker Brett
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Culberson one year and he kicked all the what, didn't he?
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The Sidehawk game that was in Iowa 1513.
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I think he was responsible for all of them.
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Shaggy stepping, stepping. Culbertson.
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And he went to, I want to say he went to hear school locally here
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at Lincoln. And somehow, I don't know how
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they found it, but they were grateful that they did.
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So when you're travelling around watching all this hoops, what
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have you found? Anything that would lead you to
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believe that there's a pretty good chance this this player is
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going to be a Hawkeye or he's going to get an opportunity at
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least be a Hawkeye. What have you heard, Tom?
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Yeah, that's a great question. The thing that I've come to the
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conclusion to, and I'll probably come fully to the conclusion,
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but the thing I'm leaning towards is they're involved with
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about 5 really high end point guards that are top 50 players
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and I think they're going to get one of them.
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I just don't know which one it's going to be.
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But the tell for me is always your actions always speak louder
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than your words. And last weekend, Ben McComb
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spent the whole weekend in Memphis at the Nike event where
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Jackson Davis and this TJ Jameson and also Cape Dart
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dirty. And so I think those are their
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three top wish list guys. That's my guess is just because
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he spent that entire time, he, it wasn't like he was in Memphis
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for 24 hours and then went up to South Bend and watch the Adidas
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event or there were two other point guards.
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So I think that's the tell is that their priorities are on
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those three guys. Yeah.
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Certainly, certainly seems like it.
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Hey, away from away from college, but she went to the
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Iowa, obviously. What do you think Indiana's
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doing with Caitlin Clark? Do you think it this time next
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year that Caitlin is a a member of the fever or is she gone
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elsewhere due to her being a free agent and her ability to
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sign elsewhere? Are they?
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Are they blowing their opportunity with her?
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Maybe I haven't paid as close of attention to it.
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I just saw the thing yesterday about her sitting out suddenly
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kind of just was on the intro report.
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That's kind of odd and she's kind of it's something weird
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because last year she was hurt basically the whole year.
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This year bad back is a training staff.
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I don't know what what's going on there.
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If they've tried to put too much weight on her, get her stronger,
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I don't know. It's very weird though, isn't
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it, that she just hasn't been healthy for the last two years
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now? Yeah, we shall see.
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Last thing for you, Jack Campbell got paid What what a
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player, obviously what a player in Iowa loved the fact that he
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was running down on special teams when he was a hawk on the
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punt coverage team and and has obviously he was All Pro last
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year, not Pro Bowl All Pro linebacker Jack Campbell.
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Good for him, right? Yeah, good.
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Good for him, although not good for my Chicago Bears because
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they're going to face it twice a year.
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But but Jack's one of the all time good people.
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We call them Captain Jack for a reason.
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You know, he was just one of the most humble leaders and just
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just such a good guy and so many good stories I've heard just off
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the field about Jack and the difference makes people's lives
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like cares for others. So happy for Jack and happy for
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his family. Absolutely like to hear those
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good guys and when it pays off as it obviously has for them.
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Tom, drive safe. Thanks for doing this.
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Enjoy your trip through Des Moines down to KC and we will
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talk to you next Friday. Thank you Tom Caker, enjoy
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Memorial Day weekend. Thanks man.
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Thanks, Kevin. Yep.
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Good to talk to you Tom Caker hawkeyereport.com As we talk
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Get his thoughts on side Hawk. He wrote a piece on it and
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believe it's Eugene that's going to be covering Iowa State in Las
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Vegas again this year. So we'll do that.
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Iowa State topics coming up. He's been on the coach's caravan
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at least once. I think he might have made it to
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a couple of the stops, but we'll find out when Eugene joins me on
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I'm Millery Condon, welcome back, Iowa Sports Radio Network
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coming up on 1:30 on a getaway Friday as we head into the
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Memorial Day weekend. No live programming here on
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Monday, the morning show, Miller and Condon, the afternoon show.
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We're all taking Memorial Day off, all back on Tuesday.
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Let's talk some cyclones. Eugene Repay covers them.
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He's been the meeting the coaches out on the road in the
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coaches caravan and he joins us. Eugene, Trent's off.
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Just me. Good to talk to you.
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How are you Eugene? Repay.
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You know we're not. Kick off we're welcome to
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weekend until we're fully chopping it up on kicks it out.
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Absolutely and away we go So a couple a couple of areas I want
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to speak with you and I want to start with your column, your
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article rather in yesterday's Des Moines Register a pursuant
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to the Cyhawk game. I saw the headline thought oh
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boy, this is awful. I don't want to see this series
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and. I know I don't speak for
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everybody in the state. There's a large group of both.
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I think there may be more Hawkeye fans that don't want to
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play the game than Cyclone fans, but that's unofficial.
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That's just me feeling that way. But I want it played every
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single year. I think it's the greatest
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sporting event in the state and it's not even close.
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When I saw that when I saw your piece and I read the headline
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thought, Oh my God, this is this is awful.
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But then the more when I read the article, it's more of a tap
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the brakes. Not saying we're not going to
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play it, but we just don't know where it's going to fit.
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Did I did I read that properly? Eugene as far as it's going to
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be Week 2 or Week 3, what they're going to do with Week 0
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sounds as though both schools want to continue the game.
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That's correct, yeah. And that's something that I
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really wanted to make sure I, I ironed down there with Jamie
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Pollard, just with talking with him throughout the tailgate
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tour. I just want to double check,
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like both sides are, are very much intent on keeping this
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going. There's desire on both sides,
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Jamie Pollard and Beth Gats over on the Hawkeye side.
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They definitely want to keep it going.
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It's just right now there's just some logistics that they need to
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wait on, right? It looks like the NCAA Division
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One cabinet is going to vote on whether or not Week 0 becomes a
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standard season opening week and then we'll have a 14 week
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regular season for every FBS team.
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And if that goes into effect, that will definitely change from
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scheduling logistics moving forward.
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I think if this is past and this is going to be decided on in
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June or at least the beginning of the conversation will start
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in June. If this is past, this will go
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into effect for 2027. And right now the the Cyhawk
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game is slated to keep going through 27.
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We have this year and next year after that.
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It's still up in the balance, but the hope is once they see is
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it going to be approved? If it isn't approved, they could
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probably move on as normal. But if it is approved, how will
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this impact scheduling going forward?
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It might not have necessarily be the Week 2 like we've seen it in
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all the years past, but they're they definitely want to keep it
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going, keep the tradition going, whether it's week zero, Week 3
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or whatever week it needs to be. Is there any chance it becomes
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the final week of the regular season?
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Is is that even on anybody's radar?
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I think it was played there in 2001.
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Memory serves, it was late in the year obviously due to 911.
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But is is there because I know that I mean Clemson and South
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Carolina play there and they're two different conferences.
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I think Kentucky and Louisville play late.
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So we have seen some teams from different conferences actually
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play on quote rivalry weekend. I know that Nebraska and Iowa
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were there are are there, but maybe with all the new changes
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in scheduling, maybe did they move up earlier If if Nebraska
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Iowa aren't Black Friday, would that be something that maybe
22:59
could appear on the radar that the game that gets back at the
23:03
end of the season or in all likelihood no chance of that
23:06
happening? No, I think it's definitely a
23:08
possibility, just the impression that I get from talking with
23:10
Pollard and from his conversations or what he's
23:13
saying about his conversations with Iowa.
23:15
And Hawkeye said they want to do it whatever it takes.
23:19
You know, obviously if it means they have to move certain games
23:21
around to fit it in or whatever the the puzzle pieces may be,
23:25
they're going to get it done. Just they just need to see if
23:29
there is, if we do move to the week zero and both teams are
23:33
all, every FBS school will now get 2 open days or two by weeks
23:36
built into regular season. That just gives a lot more
23:39
scheduling flexibility. So maybe one year it might be
23:42
Week 2 or Week 3, and then the next year after that it could be
23:45
a Week 1 or a Week 0 game. Whatever needs to happen in
23:49
order for it to fit and keep this tradition going.
23:51
It sounds like both sides are very intent on exploring just
23:55
right now. It's just a matter of wait and
23:56
see until the NCAA decides on how the college football
24:01
scheduling will work from 2027 and beyond.
24:03
You were amongst the gaggle of reporters that met Jamie Pollard
24:06
earlier in the week when his remarks went viral regarding the
24:09
SEC in the Big 10. If they want to go, just just
24:11
go. Just move.
24:13
Move on with it. I'm paraphrasing, but that was
24:15
kind of the gist of it. And I get his frustration.
24:19
I do. At the same time, I also
24:20
understand that the big 10, the SEC, they're they're the bullies
24:24
on the block, right? So when you heard him say that,
24:27
did you think, oh boy, this is this is this is going to get
24:31
some some attention to those remarks.
24:33
Did you realize what he was saying at the time was going to
24:36
go as nationwide as it did? For sure.
24:40
And I and I think that they're definitely seems to be just a
24:43
level of frustration right now in regards to not only power
24:47
conferences, but also the SEC and the Big 10 kind of acting
24:50
above and and beyond the the rest of the other conferences
24:54
and just college sports as a whole.
24:56
I mean, you look at what's going on at LSU right now with who
24:58
will wait is bringing in multiple former NBA drafts just
25:03
in general to the SEC and the Big 10 trying to big dog
25:06
everybody with the in terms of money and TV deals and things
25:09
like that. And I definitely thought that it
25:11
was going to go viral. But I also think that there's a
25:13
lot of people that feel that way.
25:14
I think because Pollard being one of those or being the
25:18
longest tenured athletic director right now in college
25:21
sports, I think that that also will help amplify or magnify his
25:25
statements. But I think there is definitely
25:26
a lot of people you look online or you just look at the general
25:30
sentence in college sports right now.
25:31
I think that there is the has and have nots or there's sort of
25:35
a power imbalance here. And there's definitely a lot of
25:37
people are upset that, you know, certain rules or certain things
25:40
are applying to to 1 conference and maybe not the other or that
25:44
certain conferences feel that they're above the rest when, you
25:46
know, they should really be all equal.
25:49
So we'll we'll see. But yeah, right now, I
25:52
definitely felt like when that was was happening in person, I
25:55
thought, A, it was going to go viral or definitely gain
25:57
traction, but B, he just said the sentiments of so many
26:01
college sports fans and just people in college sports right
26:04
now. No doubt Coach Rogers has a new
26:07
running back in the running backroom, kid from Tulane.
26:11
Do you think deep down there was a any, any part of, of, of Coach
26:16
Rogers that would appreciate another signing period?
26:22
Remember last year we had the signing period after spring
26:24
football and now would you go through spring?
26:27
You've got some injuries, it's maybe not the deepest position.
26:30
Do you think he misses having another signing period?
26:33
He says that he actually still likes the current format.
26:35
That way you know you won't. That way, in turn, you know
26:38
you're not going to lose players.
26:40
You know exactly which players are going to have Yeah, moving
26:42
forward. And they were still able to add
26:45
a player. But I'm sure if there was a
26:47
second signing period, you probably have a better pool of
26:50
players to pick from rather than these late last second edition.
26:55
But he seems to be very excited about Arnold Barnes.
26:58
The power back. Has plenty of experience at
27:00
Tulane, played in 33 games over the last three seasons.
27:05
Just a short another short yardage back.
27:07
Will definitely be in the rotation at in some way or
27:10
another. And according to Rogers, there's
27:13
going to be no more additions after this.
27:14
He thinks that the roster is completely set for now.
27:16
Good stuff. Well, let's go to the Caravan
27:18
and Jimmy Rogers and TJ and Fennelly and they're all there.
27:24
What did what did you learn anything from listening to the
27:26
coaches? Obviously Pollard was probably
27:28
the big news breaker from the from the week.
27:30
Did you learn anything else? Anything else appear on your
27:33
radar that maybe wasn't there, Eugene?
27:37
Them approaching the running back need and quickly getting it
27:41
done and getting Barnes. I also learned that him and TJ
27:45
are probably the two most popular coaches among the the
27:49
fans are all the people in attendance.
27:51
The lines for autographs are definitely long for TJ and there
27:54
were definitely times where it felt like it was even longer for
27:56
Jimmy Rogers. There's a lot of people curious
27:59
and and intrigued about it. I think one thing that was kind
28:01
of funny was just talking with Jimmy Rogers.
28:04
I was like, oh, you know how most of the interactions been
28:07
and he told me they've been very positive.
28:09
But one thing I don't like is when I hear fans have low
28:12
expectations for the things like that.
28:14
He's just very passionate and excited to get to work.
28:17
It's not a big of anybody, but it maybe just adds a little more
28:21
fuel to his competitive fire. I think with Bill family, The
28:24
thing is, is that he doesn't have an immediate timetable
28:27
right now for when the end of his career or retirement will
28:30
be. He, him and Jimmy Pollard have
28:33
been talking like he'll get to go out on his own terms.
28:35
And it's sounds like he would like to be here for at least 2-3
28:39
more years. Yeah, he doesn't.
28:42
Yeah. He and I, I do wonder though if
28:44
if a part of that is also maybe his true intentions are are kept
28:49
close to the vest because if you're recruiting.
28:52
It's. Probably going to be, yeah, it's
28:53
going to be a tough sell to these recruits and prospects if
28:56
you're not going to be here after next year or whatever the
28:58
case may be. But right now, there's no
29:00
immediate timetable that they're willing to share with us or or I
29:03
like publicly yet. But I thought that was an
29:05
interesting tidbit. And then TJ also Burger, just
29:08
the alignment right now between him, Doctor David Cook, Jamie
29:12
Pollard and himself, it just seems to be an all time high
29:15
right now. He's very excited about his
29:17
transfers and he also thinks that the piece that they have
29:20
coming back along with his new assistants, he thinks that
29:23
they'll be pretty solid again going into next year.
29:26
He did lose a player though. 4 star Jackson kiss.
29:29
Was he caught off guard by that? What was behind that?
29:32
Any idea? Eugene.
29:34
Yeah, it sounded like Jackson Kiss wanted.
29:38
Yeah, Jackson Kiss was in a position where he wanted more
29:40
playing time. My sense from just talking with
29:44
TJ about it is there's no bad blood or anything like that was
29:48
actually something that was kind of expected.
29:51
They they just weren't sure what the pieces or how the pieces are
29:54
really going to fit next month. They start, I believe everyone
29:58
reports, June 13th and then they'll be getting their first
30:00
summer workout on June 15th. And so as things have started to
30:06
get closer to that and there's been a lot more open
30:08
conversations between players and coaches and expectations,
30:11
especially with your incoming freshmen, it sounded like that
30:14
this was going to be a brewing thing.
30:16
And I would say kind of help them out with the process.
30:20
I don't think that there was any bad blood at all between both
30:23
parties. So I think it's something that
30:24
both teams will be able to benefit.
30:26
I think it also speaks to how confident TJ Altelberger is
30:29
about his incoming transfers and kind of what the pieces that
30:32
they have already that Jackson kissed a four-star freshman
30:35
might have been on the outs going into the summer.
30:38
So we'll we'll see how it goes for kiss, how it goes for Iowa
30:42
State's personnel on the front court and also just both
30:44
parties. And you never know, maybe
30:46
they'll cross paths again couple years from now with the way that
30:49
the transfer portal is, yeah. And that's an excellent point
30:52
players there. One of the beefs about it last
30:54
year and you covered it in Las Vegas and will again this year
30:57
for the Des Moines Register when we get into mid to late
31:01
November. One of the critics says we got
31:04
to have a bracket. I mean, we don't know what this,
31:06
we don't know the the INS and outs of this tournament, so to
31:09
speak. Well, now we do.
31:11
And we know that Iowa State is going to open up against San
31:14
Diego. I think it's San Diego State.
31:16
Then they'll get it's assuming they win and they'll be favored
31:19
to do so. They get the winner of
31:21
Tennessee, Maryland. I love the fact that we've got a
31:25
bracket. I think that this actually
31:27
elevates this tournament in a lot of people's eyes.
31:30
It was missing that last year. Your thoughts on the path for
31:33
Iowa State in the Players Era, which begins for them on
31:36
November the 24th. I like it.
31:39
You start with San Diego State equality mid major, and then if
31:42
you win, assuming you know whether it's Maryland or
31:45
potentially a Sweet 16 rematch with Tennessee, that would be
31:48
intriguing as well. I do like the bracket format.
31:51
I know that there were some people who are bummed when you
31:53
see the players era 8 versus the players era 16.
31:57
There was probably some teams from the other bracket you would
31:59
love to see in your 16 team field.
32:01
But overall, I think just the magnitude of the event that
32:04
won't change. Like I still think it'll be a
32:05
highly anticipated event whether you're looking at the 18 bracket
32:08
or the 16 team bracket. The bracket just makes it so
32:11
much easier for everyone to follow.
32:12
There's no surprises, no math, calculation, point
32:15
differentials, confusing tiebreakers, things like that.
32:18
Everyone knows what they got. They know what what their
32:20
potential path may look like and just overall, as you get deeper
32:24
into the tournament too, there's just so many marquee teams, so
32:27
many high profile teams from various conferences.
32:30
I think it's still going to remain.
32:31
It's a great event and I'm even more excited for it now, now
32:34
that we have the bracket and we know exactly what to expect.
32:37
So is there, I don't know, this aspect of it or even if it
32:40
exists at all. Does the Players Era 8 champion
32:44
then ultimately meet the Players Era 16 champion or should I just
32:48
look at those as two separate events?
32:50
Yeah, it'll be two separate events that yeah, that's what
32:53
we'll be able to kind of be like the the PK Invitational where
32:56
they had the the two separate brackets when they held that a
32:59
few years back. But yeah, the players there 8 is
33:02
separate from the players there at 16.
33:04
I think they'll be on two different weeks.
33:05
I would have loved though. I would have loved for that,
33:07
that they have. That game happened, the champion
33:09
versus champion. Yeah, that'd be awesome.
33:11
Well, I think it's, I think it's obviously well received.
33:15
Hopefully the television money continues to be there because my
33:18
gosh, what a great, what a great start.
33:21
I know it's a couple of weeks into the season, but this is
33:23
high level basketball in a tournament form very early on
33:26
the basketball calendar. Eugene Repay.
33:30
Des Moines Register What are you doing this weekend, Eugene?
33:32
You got plans? Hoping to hopefully eat a
33:35
burger, a hot dog or two and and we'll see where we go from
33:38
there. Good stuff.
33:39
Your weekends are about to be busier here in the weeks ahead,
33:41
so get well, no doubt. Thanks buddy.
33:44
Appreciate it. Eugene.
33:45
We'll talk to you next week. Thank you, Sir.
33:47
Thank you guys so much, enjoy a long weekend.
33:49
Yep. You do the same Eugene Rupee as
33:51
we check in on Iowa State, Florida, Notre Dame, Houston,
33:55
Rutgers, Kansas, UNLV, West Virginia, Auburn.
33:58
That's the players era 8 and then the 16.
34:03
So I don't know what's coming out of that players era 8.
34:07
Florida, obviously they're on the other side of Kansas, but
34:10
for Iowa State's sake, then they would take on assuming they they
34:14
turn the tables on say it's Tennessee.
34:16
Although Trent said yesterday that Maryland spent a lot of
34:19
money in the portal. So maybe they take a step
34:20
forward. Saint John's in Oregon,
34:22
Louisville and Texas Tech in the bottom of that.
34:26
At some point, if Iowa State wins their first two games, they
34:29
would play the winner that comes out of the bottom.
34:33
Let's give it to Texas Tech at this point.
34:35
Although Saint John's always, I think Saint John's gonna be a
34:37
player again. And then on the other side,
34:40
Gonzaga, K State, Michigan, Creighton, TCU, Miami, Alabama,
34:50
not bad, not bad. Michigan, the defending champs,
34:53
national champs on that side of the bracks.
34:54
Got everybody. Fascinating tournament to see
34:57
how it plays out. All right, right now, if you
35:00
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so, the phone lines are open. We're going to take the 1st 4
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We're grateful that you are off the bench coming up at the top
36:24
of the hour. There is no local programming on
36:26
Monday as we all take the holiday off.
36:30
All right, Carson, Doug, Ryan and Michael, the tiebreaker this
36:34
week, it's going to be same as last week.
36:36
Caitlin Clark, they play the Fever play tonight against
36:40
Golden State. So it's points, rebounds and
36:43
assists. I've been checking on X.
36:46
As far as her status, there's nothing that says she's not
36:50
going to play tonight due to a back injury.
36:53
If she does and there's a couple of you tied, well, we'll reach
36:55
out to you and we'll come up with another tiebreaker at some
36:58
point next week. But as long as she plays, that's
37:00
the tiebreaker we are going to use if needed.
37:05
Carson is up first. Carson, how are you?
37:08
I'm doing good. How are you doing?
37:09
OK, the Dodgers and the Brewers play a three-game series this
37:14
weekend in Milwaukee. Who's going to win that series?
37:19
Let's go with Dodgers. Colorado hosts Vegas tonight.
37:23
Game 2 Vegas up 1 Zip on ice Colorado or Las Vegas.
37:30
Give me the Golden Knights. Spurs are a point and a half
37:34
point favorite at home against OKC.
37:39
Let's go with San Antonio. Does Murakami hit a home run
37:43
this weekend for the White Sox? Yes.
37:48
And the tiebreaker this I should say, it's a three day weekend.
37:51
We're not going to include Monday.
37:52
OK, so Friday, Saturday, Sunday and then the the tiebreaker is
37:57
Caitlin Clark. Points, rebounds and assists
38:00
closest without going over. 35. 35 Thank you, Carson.
38:06
Enjoy the long weekend. Yeah, thanks you too.
38:09
Yeah. Appreciate it.
38:11
Where are the White Sox? Let me find this out first.
38:14
The Sox are they're on the West Coast in San Francisco.
38:17
Doug is up next. Doug, how are you?
38:19
Hey I. Love the show, thank.
38:22
You Doug. Dodgers, Brewers.
38:24
Who wins the three-game series? We'll go with the Brewers.
38:30
Avs or Vegas, Who wins Game 2 in Colorado?
38:36
We'll go to Vegas. The Spurs are a point and a half
38:39
favorite tonight over OKC. Go with the Spurs.
38:44
Does Murakami hit a home run Friday, Saturday or Sunday?
38:49
Yes. Caitlin Clark total points,
38:52
rebounds and assists. That's the tiebreaker.
38:56
We'll go with 40, Kenny. Thanks, Doug.
38:58
Enjoy the weekend. Yep.
39:00
Yep, Thank you. Thank.
39:01
You, Ryan is up next. Hi, Ryan.
39:03
How are you doing? Good Dodgers, Brewers 3 game set
39:08
in Milwaukee. Who wins that series?
39:11
Brew Crew. ABS Vegas Golden Knights Game 2
39:14
in Colorado tonight Who wins? Golden Knights.
39:18
Spurs give a point and a half to OK C tonight.
39:22
Only because there are two of its San Antonio.
39:24
I'm going OK, C OK. Will Murakami hit a home run
39:27
this weekend? No.
39:30
Caitlin Clark total points, rebounds and assists.
39:33
Tiebreaker closest without going over. 41.
39:36
Thanks Ryan. Enjoy the weekend.
39:38
Yep. You.
39:38
Too. Yes, Sir.
39:39
And then Michael is our final contestant.
39:42
Hi, Michael, How are you? Good, Jenny, how are you doing?
39:45
Good Dodgers, Brewers 3 game set in Milwaukee.
39:50
Dodgers. ABS Vegas Golden Knights Game 2.
39:54
I'm going to take Las Vegas. Spurs give a point and 1/2 to
39:57
the Thunder tonight. Thunder.
40:01
Murakami, Will he hit a home run?
40:04
Yeah. Caitlin Clark rebounds points
40:07
assist tonight versus Golden State. 28.
40:11
Thanks Michael. Enjoy the weekend.
40:13
Kenny, I'm going to miss you. Thank you, buddy.
40:15
I'm going to miss it too. I appreciate you listening over
40:17
the years. Thanks, Michael.
40:18
Take care. You bet.
40:20
All right, that's going to do it for the chicken coop contest for
40:24
another week back doing it again next week.
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Want to thank the folks at the chicken coop Dave and company
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over there. Again, there's three of them,
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Urbandale, Ankeny and West Des Moines.
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That is the original no programming on Monday.
40:39
I think I've I've done all of the announcements a couple of
40:43
times. So should everybody should be
40:44
aware of that should be aware that coming up next is off the
40:48
bench. Lucas and Sean will take you
40:50
until 5:00. So a good weekend of sports,
40:53
some really good NBA, this Spurs OK C series and I think it's I
40:57
hope it'll go seven games. I give the other series no
41:00
chance to even like Cleveland had their chance, right?
41:04
They had them on the ropes in game one.
41:05
They're up 22 points late or midway through the fourth
41:08
quarter and they gagged that and lose in overtime.
41:11
And not only that, I mean, for some people then the Knicks,
41:15
they covered in the game. They were down 22 and they
41:18
covered it and it was six, 6 1/2 seven as they just just ran away
41:22
as Cleveland just totally ran out of gas.
41:24
But the Western Conference, I think it's going to be a heck of
41:27
a series. I hope for seven games.
41:29
I just, I just can't get enough of this Wimbledon.
41:31
What can't he do? And we're going to see these two
41:33
teams, I think for the foreseeable future, OK C and San
41:37
Antonio, they seem to be built. They're both young teams,
41:40
relatively young. San Antonio is even younger.
41:42
Meanwhile, on ice, the two favourites that we thought were
41:44
just going to be a, you know, somewhat of a cake walk, not the
41:47
walk over, but they would have, you know, 5 or 6 at the most
41:51
that Colorado's going to come out of the West and Carolina's
41:54
going to come out of the East. And it's going to be these two
41:57
heavy heads playing for the best trophy in all the sports.
42:01
Not so sure. Montreal is good and so is BJK.
42:05
Thank you for Connor Ferguson for sitting in Trent.
42:07
And I will be back on Monday. Have a wonderful, safe holiday
42:12
weekend on Memorial Day. We'll talk to you on Tuesday.
42:16
Thanks for being with me, Miller and Condon talking sports with
42:19
you as we do every Monday through Friday from noon until 2
42:23
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