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09/24/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Rolling through a Monday in the good land.
• 0:02
  Speaker 2: It's the huddle Fox sports radio, Wisconsin, Drew Olson, Armin Sarian,
• 0:05
  Speaker 2: Billy's headed for green Bay. Wayne Larvey is going to
• 0:07
  Speaker 2: join us in about 25 minutes. Give or take. We
• 0:11
  Speaker 2: want your input. Eight, seven, seven, seven, nine, four, one 97, three.
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: This being Monday, let's entertain some game balls and kicks
• 0:19
  Speaker 2: to the balls.
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  Speaker 1: Shall we? Let's get it. Let's do it.
• 0:23
  Speaker 2: You know, the drill it's the post game. Everybody's celebrating.
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: You're standing in the middle of the room, and you
• 0:29
  Speaker 2: get to bestow a game ball for a job well
• 0:31
  Speaker 2: done today. On the huddle, this is a game ball.
• 0:35
  Speaker 3: Y'all want any Gatorades or what?
• 0:37
  Speaker 4: It wasn't great audio, but it was Trevor McGill. Y'all
• 0:40
  Speaker 4: want any Gatorades or what? Buying Gatorades for a bunch
• 0:43
  Speaker 4: of kids. It was just perfect for the old game ball.
• 0:46
  Speaker 4: Gets a free Gatorade for the game. I know the
• 0:48
  Speaker 4: audio's not great, but I couldn't resist.
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: That's okay. You couldn't resist. That's funny.
• 0:51
  Speaker 2: Conversely, kick to the huevos for somebody who needs to
• 0:54
  Speaker 2: refocus and needs to do better at their job. Today
• 0:57
  Speaker 2: on the program, this is a kick to the balls.
• 0:59
  Speaker 1: It's Vaughn in the back. It's Vaughn in the back.
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: It actually was the head.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: I appreciate it at the time.
• 1:05
  Speaker 4: You couldn't tell, but yeah, when you get, when you
• 1:07
  Speaker 4: get plonked in the head, although it turned out to
• 1:08
  Speaker 4: be a heads up.
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: Play for the Brewers, you know, it worked out. But
• 1:12
  Speaker 1: there you go. You get hit literally in the, well,
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: not in the clay balls, but in the head helmet.
• 1:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Helmet shot. So 877-794-1973 game balls and kicks. I'll get
• 1:19
  Speaker 2: a start at first game ball. He had so much,
• 1:26
  Speaker 2: there was just so much hand-wringing earlier this summer. But
• 1:31
  Speaker 2: Trace Mack.
• 1:32
  Speaker 3: Y'all want a Gatorade or what?
• 1:34
  Speaker 2: Y'all want a Gatorade or what? Just answering the call,
• 1:37
  Speaker 2: I knew he'd have a long kick. They would give
• 1:39
  Speaker 2: him a chance for a long kick. He nailed another one.
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  Speaker 2: And one of the things, he's been perfect in the
• 1:43
  Speaker 2: two preseason games. He's one of those guys, maybe not
• 1:45
  Speaker 2: a practice guy, right?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: In college basketball, you know, not an afternoon guy. He's
• 1:51
  Speaker 2: a nighttime guy, primetime player.
• 1:53
  Speaker 1: Love that. But Trace Mack.
• 1:55
  Speaker 2: What I like about him is these kicks that he's making.
• 1:58
  Speaker 2: Not only are they like center cut, dead down the middle,
• 2:01
  Speaker 2: splitting the uprights, if you will. He hasn't missed an
• 2:04
  Speaker 2: extra point. And those are as important as the long field.
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  Speaker 2: Long field goals are nice and all, and they're three points,
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  Speaker 2: but you got to make the extra points.
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  Speaker 4: That was really Anders Carlson's problem more than the field goals.
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  Speaker 4: If you go back and look at Anders Carlson's field
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  Speaker 4: goal percentage, it's not terrible, but it was those extra
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  Speaker 4: points he was consistently missing or unreliable on that were
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  Speaker 4: a problem because he You've got to make those at
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  Speaker 4: a 90-plus high percent rate, or else it's just not
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  Speaker 4: worth having you around.
• 2:28
  Speaker 1: But yeah, Trey Smack, absolutely. Butch.
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  Speaker 3: Butch.
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  Speaker 1: Butch. Sorry. Kicking the balls for me.
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  Speaker 3: Drew.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. 51, 59, 43, and 38. Yeah, I know.
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  Speaker 4: But he's done everything he needs to do once the
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  Speaker 4: lights turn bright to make us feel better about it,
• 2:42
  Speaker 4: and he's crushing them. In a league now, Drew, where
• 2:44
  Speaker 4: you have to do it, just you want to make
• 2:45
  Speaker 4: another rule to ban the game, but... like the way
• 2:48
  Speaker 4: we want it, but they shouldn't. Do you want field
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  Speaker 4: goals this long? Is this the way the world should?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: But the reality is the league's getting better. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: everyone's looking for a big leg, and everyone's looking for
• 2:58
  Speaker 4: a guy that can be a weapon from 50-plus, 60-plus,
• 3:01
  Speaker 4: and looking good for the Packers. It was Trey Smack
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  Speaker 4: because he's doing the opposite of what Brett Conway did
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  Speaker 4: in 97. Drew, there's a throwback reference for you. Packers
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  Speaker 4: draft back Brett Conway. He struggled all through preseason. And
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  Speaker 4: his understudy, Cheyenne, a man by the name of Ryan Longwell,
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  Speaker 4: and the.
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  Speaker 1: Rest is history. So there you go.
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  Speaker 3: Yep. 877-794-1973.
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  Speaker 1: Give us your game balls and kicks. Bykowski, Alex Bykowski
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  Speaker 1: here on YouTube.
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  Speaker 4: My game ball goes to Hamilton for the space blast-off
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  Speaker 4: double play turn.
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  Speaker 1: That was a great one.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, man.
• 3:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was– Made top ten. I think it was seven. Yeah,
• 3:44
  Speaker 1: that was a play.
• 3:46
  Speaker 2: The 5-3 double play at second base, that shows you
• 3:52
  Speaker 2: how athletic he is, and that's what the Brewers like
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  Speaker 2: about him, that play.
• 3:56
  Speaker 4: Brewers have played good defense in general this year. Maybe
• 3:58
  Speaker 4: it's one of those things everyone, okay, yeah, of course, Armand, obviously,
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  Speaker 4: but I don't think it goes understated, underrated, the way
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  Speaker 4: they've found wins without hitting a lot of home runs
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  Speaker 4: and things like that. That's one way. Great defense this year.
• 4:12
  Speaker 1: From the talk and text line, Phil in Greenfield, game
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  Speaker 1: ball to Sal Bando Jr. He's the new head coach
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  Speaker 1: at Ripon College. All right, Sal. Baseball program there. And
• 4:23
  Speaker 1: a kick to the huevos from Phil in Greenfield. It's
• 4:26
  Speaker 1: gone in the back. To the WIAA for getting Sal
• 4:30
  Speaker 1: Bando removed from his job at Marquette High. You know,
• 4:33
  Speaker 1: I don't know the backstory there. Do you, Drew? I
• 4:35
  Speaker 1: don't remember that. Yeah, it was because he had.
• 4:39
  Speaker 2: What, an affiliation with one of those academies that players
• 4:41
  Speaker 2: were using and they thought it was improper contacts and
• 4:44
  Speaker 2: like coaching out of season stuff.
• 4:46
  Speaker 1: I think that was the deal. Oh, I see. So
• 4:48
  Speaker 1: one of those. So he ended up resigning. Someone dropped
• 4:52
  Speaker 1: a dime. Probably somebody. We were saying probably somebody whose
• 4:55
  Speaker 1: kid wasn't playing as much as they wanted to.
• 4:57
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. One of those situations. Muddy situation.
• 5:01
  Speaker 2: Also murky situation at West Dallas Hill with their football program.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: They got stomped in their opener by Kekona, I think. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: awkward situation. Seven coaches resigned, right?
• 5:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and that was all because of some internal junk.
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  Speaker 2: Nothing criminal at all.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing criminal, which is kind of what we didn't know initially.
• 5:16
  Speaker 4: I know Billy and I were kind of talking about
• 5:17
  Speaker 4: it off the air, but didn't know at first, and
• 5:20
  Speaker 4: then that came out.
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  Speaker 2: Him on the talking text line, kick to the balls
• 5:24
  Speaker 2: to Mondays. Yeah, only Mike Heller loves Mondays. Everybody else
• 5:29
  Speaker 2: dreads it and just kind of grits through it. He
• 5:32
  Speaker 2: said game ball to us. For making the start of
• 5:37
  Speaker 2: Mondays go quickly.
• 5:39
  Speaker 1: We like that. Appreciate that.
• 5:41
  Speaker 4: Both of them in both ways. I know we just
• 5:43
  Speaker 4: touched on it, but I did want to, well, I
• 5:45
  Speaker 4: was planning on giving the kick to the huevos for
• 5:48
  Speaker 4: Deshaun Watson on his comment.
• 5:51
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Spawn in the back.
• 5:54
  Speaker 4: The funniest thing about the whole Deshaun Watson thing to
• 5:56
  Speaker 4: me was when he goes, I think everyone knows it's
• 5:58
  Speaker 4: not about performance.
• 5:59
  Speaker 1: I'm like, well, I think it's a lot about performance.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, no offense.
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  Speaker 4: Don't take this the wrong way, sports fans, but we
• 6:05
  Speaker 4: are a group. that will overlook a lot of nonsense
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  Speaker 4: if you're playing well and winning for our team.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we are.
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  Speaker 4: That's just how we are as sports fans. If you're
• 6:13
  Speaker 4: doing well for our team, we'll overlook a lot of stuff.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe not everything. Not everyone forgets. But, I mean, Todd Golden,
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  Speaker 4: there's plenty of examples. Now, Deshaun Watson's not playing well,
• 6:24
  Speaker 4: and he's also a jerk, you know?
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  Speaker 2: When Christian Yelich is playing well, like he did last year, right?
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  Speaker 2: He was like 29 and 100 or something like that.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody plays.
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  Speaker 1: Brings up how much money he makes.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: But when he struggles like this year. It's a big deal.
• 6:40
  Speaker 2: It's the number one topic. Funny how that works, right?
• 6:43
  Speaker 2: None of the Dodgers fans bitch about Otani making a
• 6:45
  Speaker 2: lot of money.
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  Speaker 1: But they don't. But he performs. Because he performs.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And the thing is like.
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  Speaker 2: And Deshaun Watson, they gave you like the richest contract.
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  Speaker 2: It's all guaranteed. It's a sunk cost. And you're not
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  Speaker 2: playing well. And you got hurt two years ago.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah. And they booed you then.
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  Speaker 3: So.
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  Speaker 1: And it's just like, he's like, I think it's personal
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  Speaker 1: at that point. You think? Well, like, obviously.
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  Speaker 2: That's the thing, though, is like he had this one,
• 7:10
  Speaker 2: like this was someone picked at the scab. And it wasn't,
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  Speaker 2: it was a general question, but he had kind of
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  Speaker 2: been bottling that up.
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  Speaker 1: Clearly, it was bothering him.
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  Speaker 2: It bothered him that he got booed when he ruptured
• 7:25
  Speaker 2: his Achilles on the field and people were booing him.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not trying to invalidate his emotions in that you're
• 7:31
  Speaker 4: getting booed when you're having a very devastating injury, okay?
• 7:34
  Speaker 4: But you have to understand a little bit of, like,
• 7:37
  Speaker 4: you reap what you sow. I don't think if you
• 7:41
  Speaker 4: didn't do the things you did and you are responsible
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  Speaker 4: and accountable for those actions, people are going to boo
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  Speaker 4: you for getting hurt.
• 7:48
  Speaker 1: Now, some places they might.
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  Speaker 4: I mean... There was a famous Jim Moore rant amongst
• 7:54
  Speaker 4: the many Jim Moore rants where they were, he was
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  Speaker 4: getting on the fans in new Orleans for booing an
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  Speaker 4: injured player. And he said, they're mentally sick, mentally sick, mentally.
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  Speaker 4: Like it was a great rant, but I mean, maybe
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  Speaker 4: in Philadelphia or someplace like that, like they'll boo you
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  Speaker 4: for just getting hurt.
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  Speaker 1: If you're a generally good guy, but I mean, come on.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's not the only.
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  Speaker 4: Reason like you have to be aware of what you've
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  Speaker 4: done and the actions you have to be accountable for.
• 8:19
  Speaker 4: If you're Deshaun Watson and if you're not, You're just
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  Speaker 4: going to look more and more out of touch and
• 8:24
  Speaker 4: more and more unselfaware, if that makes any sense.
• 8:28
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 8:30
  Speaker 4: You're going to get the money, Deshaun. You're lucky it's
• 8:32
  Speaker 4: not worse for you, and you're also one of the
• 8:35
  Speaker 4: worst quarterbacks in football by many numbers, starting-wise, where once
• 8:39
  Speaker 4: upon a time you were, and you were paid as such,
• 8:42
  Speaker 4: and the team took a big risk on you, and
• 8:43
  Speaker 4: everybody in the league wanted him for a while, if
• 8:45
  Speaker 4: you remember that. When he came out of Clemson, he
• 8:47
  Speaker 4: was like, choir boy, poster child. He thought everyone liked him.
• 8:52
  Speaker 4: He was playing well in the NFL. It is what
• 8:54
  Speaker 4: it is, Deshaun. I mean, you have to be accountable
• 8:56
  Speaker 4: for those things. It's just funny to me that he's like...
• 9:00
  Speaker 4: It is. It's just... He's.
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: Like, I think it's personal. Well, no crap. It's personal. Yeah,
• 9:08
  Speaker 1: of course. It's like, You came with baggage. The whole
• 9:13
  Speaker 1: arc of it is just. And you're playing terribly. And
• 9:15
  Speaker 1: you're playing like. That doesn't help. You're making a lot
• 9:18
  Speaker 1: of money. Playing like cheeks. You generally were offensive to
• 9:21
  Speaker 1: a lot of people. Okay. Yeah. I just, I think
• 9:24
  Speaker 1: it's funny to hear him like get upset about it.
• 9:25
  Speaker 1: I'm with you. Is it even worth kicking to the
• 9:27
  Speaker 1: Huevos Inez Cantor? Spawn in the back. Well, that's a
• 9:31
  Speaker 1: wild deal.
• 9:31
  Speaker 2: Showing up at a WNBA game and creating a disturbance
• 9:35
  Speaker 2: and getting into it.
• 9:36
  Speaker 1: Like that guy's a clown.
• 9:39
  Speaker 2: And the whole WNBA thing has become a traveling culture
• 9:44
  Speaker 2: war circus.
• 9:45
  Speaker 1: That's it. More than it is about athletic competition anymore.
• 9:48
  Speaker 1: It's a culture war football. I know a lot of people.
• 9:50
  Speaker 1: I heard the WNBA commissioner getting mad about it. And
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: they've done some things. They need to nip it. They
• 9:55
  Speaker 1: need to nip it. What are they going to do, though? Well,
• 9:57
  Speaker 1: at one point, I think they were kind of allowed.
• 10:00
  Speaker 2: Stuff because it was bringing eyeballs, and the old any
• 10:03
  Speaker 2: publicity is good publicity, and if it's good for ratings,
• 10:06
  Speaker 2: let's track it, and how are we doing? But at
• 10:09
  Speaker 2: a certain point, and as Cantor, I mean, go away.
• 10:12
  Speaker 1: Well, he's obviously trying. I've never liked the guy. He's
• 10:14
  Speaker 1: obviously got an agenda.
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  Speaker 4: Now, this is an emotional and divisive topic for a
• 10:18
  Speaker 4: lot of people, so it's kind of like What do
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  Speaker 4: you say? But it's like, yeah, I mean, he got
• 10:24
  Speaker 4: close to the court there. What was the deal there?
• 10:26
  Speaker 4: Did he buy the ticket and walk down there? Probably.
• 10:29
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know.
• 10:31
  Speaker 4: The best thing you could probably do in a situation
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  Speaker 4: if you're a player playing is ignore it, which they.
• 10:35
  Speaker 1: Did the opposite.
• 10:37
  Speaker 4: They made him the spectacle by responding on the court.
• 10:41
  Speaker 4: Am I wrong in saying that? So I don't know.
• 10:46
  Speaker 4: When you have something like this, you're right. It's a
• 10:47
  Speaker 4: traveling culture war now. And it's going to be that
• 10:50
  Speaker 4: for a lot of people who really aren't interested in
• 10:52
  Speaker 4: the sport. There's really no way around it now. And
• 10:55
  Speaker 4: then it's just, it's exhausting because there's going to be
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  Speaker 4: no conclusion. It's just going to be a, a show,
• 11:01
  Speaker 4: you know? I don't know what else to say about it.
• 11:04
  Speaker 4: You're not winning hearts and minds.
• 11:05
  Speaker 1: It's obviously like, yeah, it's obviously something where it's, is,
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  Speaker 1: is a, an emotional and divisive topic for a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people.
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  Speaker 4: And that's going to be that, but, it's not like
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  Speaker 4: anyone's trying to come to some sort of earnest conclusion
• 11:18
  Speaker 4: by having earnest dialogue and stuff.
• 11:20
  Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
• 11:20
  Speaker 4: Everyone's just trying to make, to create their own position
• 11:25
  Speaker 4: on the agenda and make a stamp name for themselves.
• 11:28
  Speaker 4: I don't know. That's what it seems like to me.
• 11:29
  Speaker 4: So a lot of it, it's like, I just shake
• 11:31
  Speaker 4: my head and walk away.
• 11:32
  Speaker 2: You know, Cantor had, I mean his arc when he
• 11:36
  Speaker 2: was against, uh, Erdogan, Turkey.
• 11:40
  Speaker 1: I love that stance, obviously.
• 11:42
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he got his Turkish passport revoked, and.
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: His father faced ramifications. His father's a professor in Turkey,
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: faced ramifications. That was more noble, and this is clout
• 11:56
  Speaker 1: chasing and stupidity.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it seems like he's got a... Obviously, he has
• 12:02
  Speaker 4: his agenda, and he's got a career and all these things.
• 12:04
  Speaker 1: He's a U.S.
• 12:05
  Speaker 2: Citizen now, but it does look like he's using his...
• 12:07
  Speaker 2: You know, you've got a First Amendment right to do
• 12:09
  Speaker 2: what you want to do, but you're also selling tickets
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  Speaker 2: to the clown show.
• 12:15
  Speaker 4: And for some people, Drew, he's... They pretend he's their
• 12:19
  Speaker 4: hero today. I don't know what else to say about it,
• 12:21
  Speaker 4: other than there's a lot of people that feel emotional
• 12:23
  Speaker 4: about this topic.
• 12:24
  Speaker 1: I understand your point totally, but I don't know. I just.
• 12:29
  Speaker 4: It is interesting how this thing has enveloped the WNBA,
• 12:32
  Speaker 4: you know?
• 12:33
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 12:33
  Speaker 1: For a while it was just the Caitlin Clark debate,
• 12:35
  Speaker 1: and for a while it just became this. There are
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: no trans players in the NBA. I mean, in the WNBA.
• 12:40
  Speaker 1: It's like we're inventing a controversy, right?
• 12:45
  Speaker 4: Well, that's what some people, I saw people saying that
• 12:47
  Speaker 4: as well. I haven't really gotten way into this thing,
• 12:49
  Speaker 4: but I guess I was curious why it got so
• 12:52
  Speaker 4: close to the arena.
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: To the floor.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: That was a little surprising for me. I didn't know.
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  Speaker 1: It was almost like he looked like he had a
• 12:59
  Speaker 1: media pass or something because he was walking around the court.
• 13:02
  Speaker 1: He wasn't in a seat. Or maybe he was and
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: I didn't see how it went.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I just, you know.
• 13:08
  Speaker 2: Meanwhile, speaking of basketball, game ball today to Reggie Miller.
• 13:15
  Speaker 2: Wasn't popular in these parts when he played. More popular
• 13:18
  Speaker 2: now that he's an announcer. For some, he's always been
• 13:21
  Speaker 2: an announcer, and they don't remember as a player, but
• 13:22
  Speaker 2: that olive oil guy could really shoot it.
• 13:25
  Speaker 1: He's 61 years old today. Happy birthday, Reggie.
• 13:27
  Speaker 4: I didn't like you as a player, but I have
• 13:29
  Speaker 4: my own personal biases and reasons for that. But I
• 13:32
  Speaker 4: do like you now on the second stage. He was
• 13:35
  Speaker 4: Braun's neighbor. Remember that when he would come to Brewers games?
• 13:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah. And cheer for Braun because they were neighbors in Malibu.
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: Wasn't there a deal there? Yeah, I think so. And
• 13:42
  Speaker 1: that was kind of cool.
• 13:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: You know, looking back, I didn't like him because I
• 13:47
  Speaker 1: thought he got away with some dirty stuff.
• 13:48
  Speaker 4: But he was really like a Bucs villain because the
• 13:50
  Speaker 4: Pacers would beat the Bucs in those early 2000s. But
• 13:54
  Speaker 4: I do remember when he was.
• 13:55
  Speaker 1: Wearing the Superman T-shirt at Grand Avenue. Remember that? And
• 13:58
  Speaker 1: then he wore it pregame. Oh, yeah, he bought it
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: at Grand Avenue. Yeah, I remember that.
• 14:01
  Speaker 4: That was kind of funny. You don't have, like, personality. Like,
• 14:04
  Speaker 4: looking back, you don't have kind of personality like that anymore.
• 14:07
  Speaker 4: And that storyline was fun at the time. He was
• 14:10
  Speaker 4: a good villain at the time.
• 14:11
  Speaker 1: And stuff like that.
• 14:13
  Speaker 4: The thing I like about Reggie is... how thoughtful he
• 14:16
  Speaker 4: is as a broadcaster, how much he enjoys the game.
• 14:19
  Speaker 4: And on some of the podcasts, he really loves talking
• 14:22
  Speaker 4: about his history in the NBA in the old days.
• 14:25
  Speaker 4: I love the way he eloquates about it.
• 14:28
  Speaker 1: It's really awesome. So he's always a guy that's enjoyable
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: for me.
• 14:31
  Speaker 2: So you brought up the neighbor story, and then it
• 14:34
  Speaker 2: ties into Derek and Madison hit us up earlier when
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: we were talking about that Matt Moore game when Matt
• 14:39
  Speaker 2: Moore played for the Chiefs. He said, I played golf
• 14:42
  Speaker 2: against Matt Moore in a member guest golf tournament in
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: Corvallis a couple years ago.
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: Nice guy.
• 14:46
  Speaker 2: Around the campfire after the round, he mentioned that he
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: bought Mark Paul Gosselaar's Zach Morris' house in California.
• 14:53
  Speaker 3: What?
• 14:53
  Speaker 2: And many interesting stories resulted.
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: That's amazing. Oh, see, now this is what I'm talking about.
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: This is my kind of storytelling.
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: This is where you'll love this, Armand, because that reminded me.
• 15:03
  Speaker 2: It's like, oh, you bought Zach Morris' house.
• 15:05
  Speaker 3: Sure.
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: And he did other things, too. He was like NYPD Blue, right?
• 15:09
  Speaker 3: Didn't he?
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: Oh, he's done a lot of stuff. Mark Paul Gosselaar's
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: been a great actor that most people don't realize. Well,
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: I don't know about great. No, I think he's had
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: a really good career, Drew. Well, I'm sure he has.
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: It's not just like a one-track money. Zach Morris, child star,
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: Saved by the Bell, one of Armand's favorite shows. But
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: that reminded me, you talk about famous neighbor stories. Brewers
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: had a pitcher, Glendon Rush, years ago.
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: Absolutely, yeah. He was at the Mets and the Cubs.
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: He was at the Brewers for a little bit.
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: And he told us that his neighbor, who would come
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: over and shoot hoops in the driveway and stuff, was
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: Tony Danza.
• 15:37
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: Like, how random is that? How amazing is that? Who's
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: the boss? Tony Danza. Can you imagine Tony Danza coming
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: on Shoot Hoops? Yeah. Did he bring the van with
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: that theme song coming?
• 15:48
  Speaker 4: There's a time for love and a time for death.
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: Take a chance. Oh, that is so cool. He had
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: some stories about Tony Danza being his neighbor.
• 15:56
  Speaker 4: I love when, Drew, this whole thing, I love when
• 15:59
  Speaker 4: art imitates life and life imitates art. I've always thought
• 16:03
  Speaker 4: that's just something in my mind. I always thought that
• 16:05
  Speaker 4: was a cool thing. So something like that is hilarious. Oh,
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: I got to say this. All right, well, I still
• 16:10
  Speaker 4: have a chance, and we're getting.
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: To Wayne next.
• 16:11
  Speaker 4: I don't know if this is a kick in the
• 16:13
  Speaker 4: balls or a game ball for me, okay? Okay. But
• 16:16
  Speaker 4: I realized something over the weekend when I saw Gary
• 16:18
  Speaker 4: Sheffield interviewed on the field about the Little League World Series,
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: and he was at the Little League event and the
• 16:24
  Speaker 4: Little League thing, and he played in the Little League
• 16:26
  Speaker 4: World Series, and he's another guy I've enjoyed in his retirement.
• 16:29
  Speaker 4: Eloquent about the game, thoughtful. He's got a cool vibe
• 16:32
  Speaker 4: about him. Obviously had a great career. And I realized, Drew,
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: I've held onto my hate for way too long for
• 16:38
  Speaker 4: Gary Sheffield. I'm all about personal growth. I'm all about
• 16:41
  Speaker 4: trying to, you know, forgiveness is powerful. I think it's
• 16:44
  Speaker 4: once and for all time for me to release myself
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: of this kind of pain I've had for Gary Sheffield.
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: I mean, yes, you know, early in.
• 16:52
  Speaker 4: His career, it ended ugly and he left on those
• 16:56
  Speaker 4: circumstances and he threw errors on purpose.
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: He was a young guy. I was only eight years old.
• 17:02
  Speaker 4: I really held a hatred in my heart for Gary
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: Sheffield for so long because we used to boom as kids.
• 17:07
  Speaker 4: I hereby am saying, Drew, I'm going to move past that,
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: get over it. I'm going to release myself from the
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: burden of my distaste for Gary Sheffield. I'm forgiving you,
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: Gary Sheffield. This is a big moment for me. I
• 17:21
  Speaker 4: think it's finally time for me.
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: To let go of that. We've moved on enough.
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: Gary Sheffield, I forgive you for your Brewers transgressions earlier
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: in your career.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: I wish your great, great career was with the Brewers.
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: It wasn't meant to be. You went somewhere else and
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: had a great career.
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: You went to San Diego, then all these places.
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: So that's it, Drew. I don't want to have any
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: more pain in my heart for Gary Sheffield.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: I'm forgiving him. All right, there you go. I love it.
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: It's very cathartic for you. This is a cathartic declaration.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: That's amazing. I got to tell you something. It feels good.
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: So forgive something today, everybody. It feels good to do that. Today,
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: I'm forgiving Kerry Sheffield officially. Are you writing that down
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: for the re-up? Drew's taking a note. Amazing. I'm writing
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: a note.
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: Armin is officially August 24th, 2026 at 719 a.m.
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: Gary, it's okay. Armand Sarian says it's okay to Gary.
• 18:14
  Speaker 4: And for any of you, one day, one day, Yas
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: is going to be back for any of you still
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: hold that in your heart. I want you to remember this.
• 18:21
  Speaker 4: Be back for, we did it for Brett. It's going
• 18:23
  Speaker 4: to be back for something. Either he plays or what?
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: A ceremony. Well, absolutely. For a ceremony, a reunion of
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: the championship team, something.
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: Don't, don't rob yourself of that great moment by keeping
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: the pain in your heart.
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: That's all I'm going to say. Epic. It's like, wait,
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: we have Wayne coming up next. We do indeed.
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: They did that eventually for, uh, for Jim Boughton at
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: Yankee stadium.
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: They finally let him back one day. He was banned
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: for years and years because of the ball four. I
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: know that was, that was unjust.
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: I agree.
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: His son wrote a letter and got that ball rolling.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: And Mickey never held it against him.
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: Never did.
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: No, no.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: Fantastic. All right. Armin has forgiven Gary Sheffield. That's the
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: breaking news. That's it today. That's over.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: We're going to talk to Wayne Larive. The voice of
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: the Packers, friend of the program, is going to join
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: us next.
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: You're in the huddle. Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: Continuing the Monday edition of the Huddle, Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin,
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: 920 Milwaukee, 1070 Madison, everywhere on the iHeart app. It's
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: Drew and Armin today. Billy is on his way to
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: Green Bay for the Packers. Big practice today. Going to
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: be a robust practice heading into the joint practice Wednesday
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: against the Arizona Cardinals. And Billy will be joined on
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: training camp live by the great Wayne Larravee, voice of
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: the Packers.
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: Who joins us now. Good morning, Wayne.
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: Good morning, guys. How are you doing?
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: We are spectacular. Um, we are as big weekend in sports,
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: big brewers weekend. And of course, Packers setting the tone
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: on Friday night in Denver. And Wayne, you don't want
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: to get too excited about, uh, preseason results, but that
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: was a pretty crisp outing and there's plenty to chew
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: on from that game.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought so too, Drew. Offensively, they did some
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: nice things. Those first couple of drives, I thought defensively,
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: they were pretty stout. Now, people will say, well, the Broncos'
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: first-string offense scored on each of their first two drives
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: of the game, and they did. But you have to
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: understand something about this, and this goes both ways now.
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: In preseason, defenses don't game plan or scheme for the
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: offense they're facing like they do during the regular season.
• 20:23
  Speaker 3: And Jonathan Gannon was pretty vanilla. And, oh, by the way,
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: you know, matter of fact, Jonathan told us that he
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: would be intentionally vanilla in that game because he wanted
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: to see how individuals perform against their top players. And
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: so the Denver offensive line is the best in the league. And, boy,
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: they were good the other night. They came out. They
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: were firing. Bo Nix's first game action since the divisional
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: playoff game, I thought he was very good for Denver. But,
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: you know, really what encouraged me was what I saw
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: from Green Bay. And I saw the Packers come out
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: and play a very good game. I thought they met
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: Denver's physicality, which is the thing I think Matt LaFleur
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: wanted to see. And the big thing about it was,
• 21:06
  Speaker 3: you know, they came out, they played physical and they
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: played fast. And that's what the coaching staff wanted to see.
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: Oh, fantastic.
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: Armin, well, Armin is back there like looking at knobs
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: and buttons because Wayne's audio is not as crisp as
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: it usually is.
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know what it is here. Armin's pushing
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: a bunch of buttons here. Trying to fix it.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I don't know what Army can do. We
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: can soldier on, though. And, Wayne, we mentioned you guys
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: got probably a pretty crisp and robust practice today, and
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: then Wednesday will be the last time that the starters
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: get to test themselves and then put them in bubble
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: wrap for Friday because we don't expect a lot of
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: starters to see action on Friday, do we?
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: I don't know if you'll see any starters see action
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: on Friday. I think what Matt has done is gotten
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: his starters plenty of time in preseason games one and
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: two in the third game what the Packers have generally
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: done is use that game and this goes way back
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: use that game for the players trying to make the
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: roster and give them one last shot one last long
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: look and it's one of the reasons why I think
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: free agents college free agents tend to go to Green
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: Bay because they know they're going to get a good
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: shot to make the roster or at least put something
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: on tape as a resume tape for other teams down
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: the road.
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: All right Armin should we try to reconnect with Wayne
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: what do you say.
• 22:22
  Speaker 4: Yeah, let's give it a shot. Wayne, I'm going to
• 22:24
  Speaker 4: drop it and reconnect here. We're going to try and
• 22:26
  Speaker 4: find something there.
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: I don't know what it is. Wayne is awesome, but
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: the sound isn't as good as it usually is. Yeah,
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: I don't know what that is. We'll drop and reconnect.
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: We want to make sure it's a positive listening experience
• 22:37
  Speaker 4: for everybody.
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you're in charge of audio. Yeah, we're working on that.
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: And most of the time, it just sounds a little scratchy.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: You know, sometimes it's like that, right, Drew? Sometimes it's
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: like that. Oh, yeah. Give it one more shot here.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: The Gremlins, thankfully, well, the important stuff is the broadcasts,
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: like the games.
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: Those have been good, I think so.
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: We don't want to talk about no-hitters in the dugout,
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: but we're two for two so far.
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I know.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: Please don't jinx me. Any better, Wayne? How are you doing, Wayne,
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: out there?
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: How does it sound now? This is much better. Amazing.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: Crystal clear. Yeah, you're a little scratchy. Sometimes you just
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: got to drop it and call back. That's right. Isn't
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: that the world we live in? Unplug it and plug
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: it back in when in doubt.
• 23:14
  Speaker 4: Just like it seemed like all Trace Mack needed was
• 23:17
  Speaker 4: the bright lights, Wayne.
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: How's that for Trace?
• 23:20
  Speaker 4: But there was so much of our nervousness and consternating,
• 23:23
  Speaker 4: but Since he's been in these games, he's just been incredible.
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he really took advantage of that mile-high altitude there. Boy,
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: he hit some great shots again on Saturday, and he's
• 23:35
  Speaker 3: got to be in a good head space right now,
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: and that's great going into the season. You know, the
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: thing that Gutekunst mentioned, Brian Gutekunst mentioned when they drafted him,
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: they said, you know, his ball doesn't move. You know,
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: a lot of times kickers will curve a kick or
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: it moves left and right and that kind of thing.
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: This kid kicks it pretty straight, and that's a thing
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: I've noticed as well. Whether he makes it or misses,
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: the ball's going pretty straight. It's not moving up and down,
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: back and forth, that kind of thing.
• 24:02
  Speaker 4: What I think is interesting too, Wayne, is this seemingly,
• 24:05
  Speaker 4: I don't know about strategy, but this shift in the
• 24:08
  Speaker 4: kicker culture in the NFL where now everyone's looking for
• 24:13
  Speaker 4: guys that can boom it close to 60, and the
• 24:16
  Speaker 4: way these kickers are coming out now, I saw a
• 24:18
  Speaker 4: guy this weekend hit a 69-yarder in preseason. it seems
• 24:22
  Speaker 4: like the threshold is higher for success for kickers than
• 24:25
  Speaker 4: ever before. And you have to have a guy that
• 24:27
  Speaker 4: can potentially give you that type of, you know, used
• 24:31
  Speaker 4: to be a 50 yard plus was a novelty.
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: Now it's like, if you can't do it, that's the
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: baseline for kickers.
• 24:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah. And any, it's like people are expecting these days,
• 24:40
  Speaker 3: anything under fifties and automatic, you know what I mean?
• 24:43
  Speaker 3: It's unrealistic, but that's what people are thinking about. That's what,
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: you know, you miss a 43 yard field goal. Well, wow,
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: the wind and everything else. And no, you got to
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: make that, you know, you're 50 plus, you can go
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: five for 10, but you better make everything inside of 40.
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: And so, or inside of 50, but that's just the
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: reality we live in. And you're right, Armin, these kids
• 25:04
  Speaker 3: are better now coming out of college as kickers, much
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: more talent available there. And this Trey Smack is just
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: an example of that.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: Wayne, it's funny because we named Trey Smack our player
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: of the game. sponsored by great clips on the post
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: game show. And then Sean Payton came out and said, well,
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: I guess that rookie kicker is the player of the
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: game tonight. So we felt validated when Sean Payton said that.
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: But when we look at this roster and the battles
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: and the things we're going to be focusing on this week,
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: and especially Friday night, Wayne at Lambeau, I'm fascinated by
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: Pierre strong. That 68 yarder was like the turning point
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: of that game, that return.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: It was great to see.
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: And again, I'm thinking to myself, oh, he's really making
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: a statement, but will they keep an extra running back?
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: Do they have to because of Josh Jacobs? Did he
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: cement his case, or is he going to be one
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: of those guys that we just fell in love with
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: during camp and falls, drifts off to the practice squad
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: or a waiver wire?
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: Well, I tell you what, it's going to be interesting
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: to see, and you're right, Drew, and I was surprised
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: he was even back there returning a kick like that.
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: I shouldn't have been, but I was. I just didn't
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: expect it. And here he goes, 68 yards. When's the
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: last time the Packers had a kickoff return that long?
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: Seems like forever. I'm sure it's not, but it seems
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: like it, doesn't it? Yeah. Yeah. You know, I've liked
• 26:18
  Speaker 3: what I've seen of him since OTAs and minicamp. He
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: is just a tough, physical runner. He fills that Emmanuel
• 26:28
  Speaker 3: Wilson role in my mind. You know, and I've talked
• 26:31
  Speaker 3: to Ben Sermon, the running backs coach, about this. And
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: he was saying, you know, yeah, maybe he could fill
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: that role. I don't know, but right now you've got
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: to figure Josh Jacobs, Marshawn Lloyd, Chris Brooks is the
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: guy they trust in third downs. He's going to make
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: the football team. I'd be surprised if he doesn't. By
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: the way, we will be surprised next weekend with cuts.
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: We'll have four or five guys who are just sitting
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: there saying, wow, I didn't see that coming. It happens
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: every year. But, you know, will you keep an extra
• 27:00
  Speaker 3: running back? I don't know, boy, you've got to keep
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: an extra wide receiver. You would think too, wouldn't you?
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: Where do you cut? You know, maybe the tight end
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: room is not quite as deep as you'd like it
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: to be. Maybe you go two or three, maybe you
• 27:13
  Speaker 3: go three tight ends, but you know, with all the
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: two tight end formations they play in the NFL today.
• 27:17
  Speaker 3: And I know Matt likes to play that 12 personnel
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: quite a bit, one running back, two tight ends, two
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: wide receivers. You know, it's hard to keep only two
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: or three tight ends. You got to keep at least
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: three or four, you know what I mean? That, So
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: it's hard to figure out where they're going to cut
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: this team and how they're going to cut it.
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it always is. That's why they make the big money.
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: Getting to 53 is going to be a chore here
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: because you got some good options. Anthony Campbell's a guy
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: that I feel like, okay, he can make the team.
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: But then there are people saying, well, in order for
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: him to make it, they'll have to cut Nazir Stackhouse
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: and trade Carl Brooks. And there's all kinds of, there's
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: drama on the defensive line that I didn't expect.
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: And Chris McClellan perhaps stood out more than anyone on
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: that defensive line the other night in Denver. He got
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: a long tour, but the rookie really stepped up. And,
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: you know, he's a power kind of player. Jonathan Gannon
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: was talking about him to us that morning of the
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: game about, you know, how impressed he was with the
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: fact that this kid, this is a big kid who
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: can move. And he's not just a run stopper. He
• 28:15
  Speaker 3: can threaten the quarterback a little bit, too. And with
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: Devontae Wyatt next to him, that could be a very
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: good combination you might see often early in the season.
• 28:26
  Speaker 4: Uh, Wayne, Brandon CSA has been so exciting, uh, ever
• 28:29
  Speaker 4: since he, you know, he started, we started getting a
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: look at him the first round or the first pick
• 28:33
  Speaker 4: for the Packers, not first round, but first pick for
• 28:35
  Speaker 4: the Packers. Uh, it was a little dinged up in
• 28:38
  Speaker 4: that game against Denver. It seems like he was okay.
• 28:41
  Speaker 4: I think we think that, but he's, uh, he's really
• 28:43
  Speaker 4: been a revelation as well.
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: He has, uh, Armin, you know, he, he seems very
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: mature in terms of not only his personality, but the
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: way he plays the game out there. He never really
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: panics a whole lot. I think he had a great
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: cover on Cortland Sutton, the Denver number one receiver, the
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: other night. And, you know, these are things you look for.
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: Little individual plays here and there in the preseason can
• 29:06
  Speaker 3: tell you a lot. I think he's pretty well cemented
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: a starting role. We'll see when the season gets here.
• 29:13
  Speaker 3: But he seems to have cemented his place. And now
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: the other side is where the competition is. And I
• 29:19
  Speaker 3: still think Keyshawn Nixon, it's his job to lose.
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: When we mentioned Pierre Strong's kick return, Sky Moore had
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: a 16-yard punt return that was pretty nifty. And I
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: think that would have been the second longest punt return
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: for the Packers last season. Should we be raising our
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: expectations for that facet of the game?
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: Cam Acorn is doing his job.
• 29:41
  Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, you know, it's amazing. I kept thinking
• 29:45
  Speaker 3: about this the other night during the game and said,
• 29:46
  Speaker 3: if they have, you know, and Sky Moore can provide
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: you both kicks returns and punt returns, but if they can,
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: you know, if they have a return game, okay. And
• 29:55
  Speaker 3: they've got a kicker, you know, they have a punter,
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: you know, the coverage units are pretty good. Wow. Special teams.
• 30:02
  Speaker 3: This could be the best. Well, I shouldn't say this, folks,
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: but I'll say it anyway. This could be the best
• 30:08
  Speaker 3: special teams we've seen in Green Bay since Nolan Cromwell
• 30:11
  Speaker 3: was the special teams coach back in the mid-90s. Now,
• 30:14
  Speaker 3: that goes way back.
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: Oh, what a great name. That's a great reference. Yes,
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: it absolutely is.
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: It's funny because we've talked about it the last several years,
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: and Aaron Nagler gave us the line. He's like, all
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: I want is competence. I just want the league average.
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: That's all we're asking for. Just don't be at the
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: bottom of these categories. Be league average. And it looks
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: like they might be better than that now.
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, we'll see. We'll see you. Group will be
• 30:41
  Speaker 3: in the pudding and there'll be plenty of pudding coming
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: up 18 weeks of it.
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: That's true. We haven't played yet. That's true.
• 30:46
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: Well, that's the other thing. Okay. So Wayne, another thing
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: I want to ask you is we're watching that first series.
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: We hyper-focus on that because that's the only look you
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: get at love and company and, and put them in
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: bubble wrap and they're, they'll play on Wednesday against the
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: Cardinals and stuff, but then they're done. They probably won't
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: play Friday, but am I detecting a trend of him
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: being under center more and more under center play action
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: and rollout type stuff. It seems like, is that, am
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: I reading too much into that? Cause it seemed like
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: that first series, I saw a lot of that and
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: I'm like, Oh, is that what we're going to see.
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: More of this year?
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: Yeah. You know, I I've said that drew and I
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: said that on the family night telecast and somebody said, well,
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: they were really good under center last year. Yeah. But
• 31:25
  Speaker 3: they weren't under center as much as you thought they
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: should be maybe. And I think the floor is going
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: to have more under center work going on. I think
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: this involves not just the passing game, And the play
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: action passing game is much more effective when your quarterback's
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: coming from under center. But also in terms of the
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: running game, and I think it's short yardage, too. I
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: just remember that drive in Chicago right before halftime in
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: the division or the wildcard playoff game where the Packers
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: are on the goal line and they're trying to run
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: out of shotgun and not getting it done and finally
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: had to resort to a fourth down pass to Romeo Dobbs.
• 31:58
  Speaker 3: to score. But I think more under center is what
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: we're going to see because of two things. Number one,
• 32:04
  Speaker 3: I think it's what LaFleur hopes to do in his offense,
• 32:07
  Speaker 3: but also they were effective under center when they were
• 32:09
  Speaker 3: under center last year. I don't think you're wrong to
• 32:12
  Speaker 3: think there'll be under center more as the season gets underway.
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: Was some of that related to Jordan Love having that
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: left thumb issue that, you know, like it seemed like
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: early on, especially that they.
• 32:23
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it could have been a little bit. I don't
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: think a huge amount, but that could have been. part
• 32:28
  Speaker 3: of it but you know that i just think they're
• 32:30
  Speaker 3: going to be under more under center this year offensively
• 32:33
  Speaker 3: and we'll see how that pans out.
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: Well i know you guys are going to see a
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: pad rattling practice today i feel like this will be
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: the one then they'll take it easy tomorrow and then
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: what what's it going to be like on wednesday like
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: usually these joint practices there's fights and skirmishes and conflagrations
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: will the lafleur brothers have a pact here and make
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: it like so that doesn't happen or can they even
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: control that what's the tenor going to be like wednesday.
• 32:55
  Speaker 3: I think it'll be ramped up a little bit. I
• 32:58
  Speaker 3: think the brothers will try to, you know, they'll try
• 33:00
  Speaker 3: to make sure they have an agreement as to how
• 33:03
  Speaker 3: the practice is going to be conducted and everything else.
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: I'm sure that's all been well planned, but you know,
• 33:08
  Speaker 3: these are athletes on the field and once the ball
• 33:10
  Speaker 3: is snapped, they, you know, they're not worried about a plan.
• 33:12
  Speaker 3: They're worried about making the play. And so I think
• 33:15
  Speaker 3: when you have these, it's one of the reasons why
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: they've gone to one instead of two days in a row.
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: I think Minnesota and Baltimore scrimmage for two days before
• 33:25
  Speaker 3: they played the preseason game. And they had all kinds
• 33:27
  Speaker 3: of skirmishes and fights and everything else. And that's, you know,
• 33:30
  Speaker 3: I mean, we, as fans, as observers, we kind of
• 33:33
  Speaker 3: like that spice, don't we? We like to see them
• 33:35
  Speaker 3: mix it up like that. Yeah. Let's get some pushing
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: and shoving. Let's get some fun. Yeah. But it's counterproductive
• 33:41
  Speaker 3: to what they're trying to do as a coaching staff
• 33:43
  Speaker 3: and as a team on that particular day. Yeah.
• 33:47
  Speaker 4: I remember James Jones was saying on Packers preview or
• 33:49
  Speaker 4: by that he, found that unproductive because everyone was trying
• 33:52
  Speaker 4: to act tough to the veterans. But hey, it would
• 33:54
  Speaker 4: be interesting to see if the brothers would start something up.
• 33:57
  Speaker 4: I mean, there's no fighting like brotherly fighting, right?
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: So I don't know, Wayne. I don't know if we
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: expect it, but that would be something to see. Yeah,
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: I think it'll be pretty professional. We'll see. Anything could happen,
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: but I think it'll be pretty professional. One more thing, Wayne.
• 34:11
  Speaker 4: I know you're going to be on later with Billy,
• 34:14
  Speaker 4: but Yankees are three games back of the race.
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: How do you feel?
• 34:18
  Speaker 4: Does the AL East still run for the Bronx? Do
• 34:20
  Speaker 4: they have a chance to still win the East?
• 34:22
  Speaker 3: Well, I tell you something, Giancarlo Stanton. How about that news?
• 34:26
  Speaker 3: He's probably not coming back. Go figure. Boy, where did
• 34:30
  Speaker 3: that come from? My gosh. What a total waste. Derek
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: Jeter traded Giancarlo Stanton when Jeter was involved with the
• 34:37
  Speaker 3: Marlins to the Yankees. And it was just like a
• 34:40
  Speaker 3: death pill. It was an absolute death pill. All right.
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: And then the Yankees took him out and he's been
• 34:46
  Speaker 3: nothing but injured ever since. So that's not going to happen. But, uh,
• 34:50
  Speaker 3: Bellinger came back yesterday, Cody Bellinger and, uh, Aaron judge
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: will come back in September. If the Yankees get any
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: kind of hitting in September, they'll win the, uh, they'll
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: win the American league.
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: I love it. I love the confidence. That's amazing. That's amazing.
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: Wayne, I woke up this morning and there's this like,
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: I've started to feel that crispness in the air.
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: It's right around the corner. We're getting close. Now the
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: thing is we got the cuts this week.
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: We got the last game, the cuts, and then we
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: got this long wait to get the season started, but
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: we're getting closer.
• 35:18
  Speaker 3: Yeah. It's like true. It's like almost a month.
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: We're three weeks out. Oh my goodness.
• 35:25
  Speaker 3: Exactly. All right. We'll find something to talk about. I
• 35:28
  Speaker 3: guarantee you.
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: I guarantee you. Thanks for joining us, Wayne. Appreciate it.
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: Safe travels and have fun with Billy today.
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: We'll be listening.
• 35:34
  Speaker 3: All right, we'll talk to you on Friday, guys.
• 35:35
  Speaker 4: All right.
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: Wayne Laramie, voice of the Packers, friend of the program.
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: Good that we got the audio ironed out. It sounded immaculate.
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: Good job, Armin. That was a relief. Gold star.
• 35:43
  Speaker 4: I'll take credit even though I did nothing except hang
• 35:46
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• 36:57
  Speaker 1: I was going to say there's got to be something good.
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: And Armin, this was before your time, but it happened
• 37:00
  Speaker 2: during the summer of 1982 when we were all focused
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: on the Brewers.
• 37:04
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: July 2nd, 1982, a truck driver from California named Larry Walters,
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: 33 years old from San Pedro, flew 16,000 feet into
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: the sky on a lawn chair.
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: What? Did he create his own? Larry Walters dreamed of
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: flying his whole life.
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: And he bought 42 eight-foot helium weather balloons, tied them
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: to a Sears lawn chair, strapped down a parachute, packed
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: a BB gun to pop balloons to help his descent.
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: He had a CB radio, sandwiches, and a six-pack of beer.
• 37:38
  Speaker 4: I love that he's thinking about eating and drinking beer
• 37:40
  Speaker 4: at this time.
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: You know, you're floating around. You have no idea what's
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: going to happen. Let me just grab a cold one.
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: Here's the thing.
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: He expected to float a few hundred feet above his backyard,
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: but he cut the rope and he shot up like
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: a rocket. He went to 16,000 feet.
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh. That's like half the cruising.
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: He drifted directly into the main approach path for LAX.
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: Of course.
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: And two pilots radioed the tower that they just passed
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: a man in a lawn chair holding a gun, which
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: he did.
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: He had a BB gun.
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: For 45 minutes, he floated over Los Angeles, freezing cold,
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: too scared to shoot the balloons because he was afraid
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: he might fall.
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: Fall quickly.
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: Finally, he just decided, I'm going to have to do it.
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: So he started popping the balloons one by one, And
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: slowly he descended.
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: He landed up.
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: He landed tangled in power lines in Long Beach, causing
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: a blackout. When police arrested him, they asked why he
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: did it. And he said, quote, a man can't just
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: sit around.
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: Actually, he can. That's literally what he was doing. That
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: is so amazing.
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: The FAA fined him $ 4, 000. He became a national folk
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: hero named Lawn Chair Larry.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: They're not going to like that, the FAA. Yeah, that's great. Oh,
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: my goodness. This story inspired the movie Up. The more
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: you know.
• 38:54
  Speaker 3: You know what?
• 38:55
  Speaker 4: I never knew this, and it reminds me of the scam,
• 38:58
  Speaker 4: the Balloon Boy scam. Remember when they tried to create
• 39:01
  Speaker 4: this thing? I think my reaction to this is it's.
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: Rare that you come up with a harebrained idea like
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: this that works better than what you think. Usually it's
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: the opposite. It doesn't work.
• 39:11
  Speaker 4: This worked better than he ever imagined. He floated way up, up,
• 39:14
  Speaker 4: up and away. It's just, how did he stay on
• 39:16
  Speaker 4: the lawn chair? Like, didn't the atmosphere push him around?
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: Maybe he had a seatbelt buckled up and he did
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: have a parachute in case, but right, man, don't you
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: think he'd be a little nervous to see if that
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: actually worked? Like, what am I going to do now? He,
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: was up there thinking like, well, now what? Yes.
• 39:32
  Speaker 4: Did he get the beers in? Or at least did
• 39:34
  Speaker 4: he eat the sandwiches? That is a crazy thing. I
• 39:37
  Speaker 4: never really realized the origin story.
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: Imagine how cold it would have been. Freezing cold.
• 39:41
  Speaker 4: I mean, people don't really think about that, but when
• 39:43
  Speaker 4: you get high up in the atmosphere, you must have
• 39:46
  Speaker 4: gotten some sort of frostbite or something.
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: Even if it was summer in L.A., Right? I mean,
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 39:53
  Speaker 3: That's an amazing.
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: Amazing story. Imagine social media if that happened, Drew. Oh, yeah.
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: He would have been live streaming it.
• 39:58
  Speaker 3: It would have gone.
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: Crazy on Twitter that day. People would have been talking
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: about it. He'd have been live streaming it on the
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: gram for sure. Oh, my goodness.
• 40:05
  Speaker 4: Isn't there a guy in the summer of 77 in
• 40:07
  Speaker 4: New York that climbed the World Trade Center tower?
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's true. Everyone was following that too?
• 40:11
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: I just think about what social media would have reacted.
• 40:14
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: Well, that's crazy. How about that? Just nuts. All right.
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: We've covered a lot of ground today. No Brewers game tonight.
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: They're in New York for the Mets tomorrow.
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: No baseball pregame show. They'll take a day off. They
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: can all get some corned beef and some pizza and
• 40:29
  Speaker 2: rest up. And we'll have that for you tomorrow. Tomorrow
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: on the program, we will be joined by our pal,
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: Hunter Baumgart, who will be with us live at 725.
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: Right. And we'll talk Brewers. We'll get the lay of
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: the land.
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: And then, obviously, we'll get reaction from what happens at
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: practice today with Billy.
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: Thanks for hanging out. Thanks for the great Wayne Larrabee
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: for joining us. We'll see you tomorrow at 5. Peace.