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Bill Seals talks Iowa State football & basketball, Bama Bob on College Football & Mr. Monday Night presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Our number 2 welcome back. It's Millerin Condon Des Moines
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sports station one O 6.3 KXNO, the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
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Wherever you're listening. Thank you for doing so.
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We will take you until 2:00 at that time off the bench, Sean
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Roberts, Lucas train until 5:00 bottom of the hour about 225
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after somewhere in that area. Bama Bob will join us.
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Look back maybe a quick peek ahead to what's coming up here
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one week from tonight. Let's get Bill Seals in here.
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He covers Iowa State and he's been busy with the basketball
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going on with the portal. They're these guys are going to
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need name tags when everybody gets on campus.
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Bill, it's unbelievable, all the guys that have left and now
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filling those vacancies. I don't know when these guys are
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sleeping. I truly don't.
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I commend them for what they have done.
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I have no idea how it's going to turn out, but they're certainly
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getting the bodies in to replace some of those guys on the depth
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chart and on the roster. Good to talk to you.
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Bill, how are you? I'm doing great guys.
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Appreciate you having me as always Yeah I mean the the
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numbers are are staggering. I, I just put a post up on my
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message board as I, I, I think we're getting close here to, to
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wrapping this whole thing up and just wrapping my head around
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what's happened since what, January 2nd when the portal
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opened and just put some numbers out there.
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I've been tracking it on my transfer portal and tracker and,
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and then the offensive and defensive scholarship pipelines.
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And yeah, just that crazy amount of numbers, guys, 39 commitments
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from the transfer portal. You, you average that out.
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That's three and a half, just over 3 1/2 commitments per day
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since January 2nd. Iowa State, you know well
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chronicled since the the these guys could start announcing
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early they were entering the portal and then going in on
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January 2nd. They've lost 54 ish guys to the
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transfer portal. You, you look at who's returning
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from last year's team, 9 offensive scholarship players,
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12 defensive scholarship players.
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And then Kyle Kinardi. I can imagine him coming back
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part probably part of the caveat was him going on scholarship,
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2222 scholarship guys coming back.
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And, you know, we could get into the the, the, the 2026
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recruiting class too, but similar percentages of
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departures out of that as well and guys who've been added late.
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So, yeah, I mean, it's hard to put into perspective or just
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fathom what what you know, what kind of turnover this has been
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over the last, well over a month, since month and three
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days. Month and three days.
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I mean, that's crazy. What do you think of it?
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Yes. And you're completely flipping a
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roster. A lot of Washington State guys
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on there. One that I I thought was really
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intriguing was a guy from Washington State that they got
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think over the weekend. Isaac Terrell rated pretty high
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in terms of the portal rankings that were there at Washington
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State. Really good grade from PFF.
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Is there a name or two? Is there a guy that you really
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think is going to pop right away that Cyclone fan should know?
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Is there trying to get to know this team?
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Well, I think you might have named named one right there,
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Trent. I've been familiar with with
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Isaac Terrell for several years now.
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He was actually camped at Iowa State and in the summer of 2022
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and probably was the best defensive player in the camp
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that night. But it sticks to, I think it
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gave the the coaching staff then with the Campbell and his guys
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some pause, maybe offering and bringing in a guy who's kind of
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undersized. Well, now I believe he's up to
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247 lbs, if my memory serves me correctly, and then had 7 sacks
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for Washington State. You look at this defense
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reportedly going to a four man front.
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That'll be a big change. They've certainly restocked the
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pipeline there. So I, I think, yeah, you look at
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you like look at Isaac Terrell and also Kayden Crawford too.
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I mean, while we're on the subject of defensive lineman,
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I'm sure he's a guy you're familiar with Trent from his
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time in Iowa. He's going to be I, I think a
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guy who impacts this defensive line and for his first and only
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season coming back now to the the power floor level.
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And I think they're still, if they're going to run out three
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linebackers, I still think they're a little light there in
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in maybe what they have. But you know, there's also
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reports out there they could be in a 425.
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Some some of the incoming transfers have have mentioned
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that. And you look at the number of
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DBS, that's probably a possibility.
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They've got 16 DBS currently pegged for that 26 roster.
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But back to linebackers though, Tristan X line, I think he's a
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guy out of Permian Basin, Texas D2 guy put out some just monster
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numbers. I think over 140 some tackles.
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So it's just a number of DBS to you go back there, the decent
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number of returning guys there as well.
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So that's kind of been a nice thing.
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There will be a little bit of continuity.
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But Braden alls, I think that the the transfer out of Toledo,
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he's going to be an impact guy from day one.
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These they're recruiting him to be you flip over to the
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offensive side of the ball. Jalen Rayner, probably first and
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foremost, he's been recruited to be the starter, the skill
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players around him. Cameron Pettaway, he added him
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this morning. Yeah, it is is huge.
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I think he's probably going to be RB-1 coming into this year
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and a lot of interesting prospects to it at wide
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receiver. Cody Jackson, I think he's going
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to be a big time player. Omari Hayes, Evan Boy, those
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three guys, juniors and seniors, veterans that are are going to
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come in and and I think play right away.
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So Zane Flores from Oklahoma State, he he will obviously push
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Rainer, I would assume. And then I want to ask you about
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River Peppers, who obviously got hurt and and lost his season.
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I believe he's still part of the team.
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That's been last time. So so I guess where is he?
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Is there any chance he's back for spring?
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Because there's a lot of buzz around River Peppers.
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I know it's his name and it's hard to forget that name.
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And but where's River Peppers at as he tries to get back on the
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field? And then Flores coming to back
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up Rayner, at this point, you think?
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Well, yeah, they as far as Peppers goes, that was
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reportedly an Achilles injury suffered last season.
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So I, I think that when when you talk Achilles injury, it's
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probably a tear and a lengthy rehab for him.
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So I think you probably saw that bear out maybe in the the two
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transfers that they brought in. Obviously I think Aiden Flora,
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they think he can play a role. So they've got 6 scholarship
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running backs pegged for this year's roster.
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And Peppers, I think a big question mark just how that that
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rehab goes with him. It could be some time.
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But yeah, I think it'll be an open competition though at
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quarterback. Flores, Connor Moberly coming
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back and you know, Jimmy Rogers and, and his staff were, you
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know, apparently very upfront and honest with a lot of the
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returning guys. And they were not afraid to cut
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guys who they didn't see as a fit.
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Well, they kept Connor Moberly. So I think that tells you right
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there that they've got some confidence in him, you know,
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being able to play a role if something happens with the Jalen
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Rainer. So I think it'll be open, open
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competition though, between Flores and Moberly.
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Those guys are are going to be well, they are two red shirt
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sophomores, but Flores has got a red shirt and a medical red
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shirt in him. So he's a little bit older and
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and we'll see how that competition plays out well with
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those two. Kids that opened the Bramer
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jersey on Christine. Yeah.
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Got a mobile lead. I saw that.
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Did you see that? Yes, that was really.
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Good. Absolutely.
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Hey, Speaking of that, you mentioned you're kind of coming
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down the closing stretch here. When is it?
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Friday. Friday.
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Will be when it closes. The 16th?
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Yep. Do you anticipate still a
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handful of names? Are they basically done kind of
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fill us in and fill in the gaps here?
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What's still out there and what they're still looking at here in
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this closing stretch? Yeah, I think they're getting
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close to done. I've got them at 83, you know,
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granted 85 that's not a hard cap like it used to be with the
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rules changes. I think it's a a roster limit
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now of 105. Obviously that's going to
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include a lot of guys that are walk ONS.
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I think they're probably pretty close to done.
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I maybe one more linebacker on on defense.
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Otherwise, I think they're probably good.
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They're offense has been kind of that one side of the ball that
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they've been deficient. I think the last couple days is
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they hit the home stretcher was such a flurry of defensive
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lineman and defensive backs there for a few days.
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Just every day there were a multiple guys joining.
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So I think you look at the offensive side of the ball now,
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probably good at quarterback with those 4.
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Scholarship guy is probably going to be one walk on in there
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as well. Running back, I think they're
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probably set there. You know, maybe the only caveat
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there is if they get, you know, medical reports that Peppers is
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going to take all at 2026 on the sideline to come back from the
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Achilles, maybe they look at another guy there.
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I don't, I don't foresee that being the case.
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I think maybe wide receiver, tight end could be another spot
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where they add a guy here in the the next well, few days leading
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up to the well, the start of semester, second semester
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classes is next Tuesday. So a lot of this stuff's going
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to wrap up here in the next several days.
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So they can look at the needs. Maybe one more linebacker and
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then probably another wide receiver fever and and they
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could probably use another tight end as well.
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They've got three scholarship guys that have played a snap of
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college football. The other three are incoming
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freshmen. So probably a little deficient
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their numbers wise could add another guy offensive line
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though, 16 scholarship O lineman.
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I think they're they're probably good at that spot.
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Bill Seals from Cyclone Report is joining as part of the On
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Three Media network. Well, let's get to basketball.
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Obviously Kansas tomorrow, certainly one of those games
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that fans I need to like circle when the schedule comes out,
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want to see when Kansas and Iowa State are going to collide.
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I hear comes tomorrow, Darren Peterson, rather one of the the
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fab freshman in all of college basketball.
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And this guy certainly lived up to it when he's been on the
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floor. I know that TJ met the media
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today. What did he have to see to say
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about him in particular and how will they try?
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And I just get maybe the best way to put it is limit him, if
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that's possible. What do they have in store for
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Darren Peterson tomorrow when they play?
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I think that Iowa State's got the luxury right now of having
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multiple guys they can throw at him.
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They've they've done that with a few teams that have had that
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kind of that alpha guy, that alpha score.
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You know, they, they, they threw multiple guys at Bennett Sturtz
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as well from Iowa and then some others that they face.
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So, you know, Peterson will be the latest Killian Torre.
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He he was one who was brought up to TJ this morning and TJ
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handled it about the way you thought he would it.
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You know, that it's not going to be necessarily Killian Torre the
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entire game that they throw at him.
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Lipsy, you know, and another guy to Nate Heisey, he's another one
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who's kind of embraced that opportunity to match up against
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an opposing teams top scorer. You know, Peterson checks in
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around 6/6. So you know, but then again,
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Killian Tory, he's around 6-4, but he's got the just a huge a
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massive wingspan. So I think the Cyclones though,
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they've got multiple guys they can throw at him and with
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Heisey, you know, they they can put him on Peterson when he's in
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the game and not really have to worry about Heisey also carrying
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the team offensively as well. They're not going to burn him up
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offensively by putting him on Peterson.
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So several options. So I think for Iowa State going
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into this one. You know, one thing we've talked
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about it's schedule is going to get much more difficult that
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they have in front of them. We saw a great start a season
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ago and things fell down. Do you feel like they're
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comfortable when they get into the heat of play and there's a
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big game now they're matching up against a Houston they're taking
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on in Arizona that they're going to be minutes available for a
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plead of playing a little bit more.
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We're going to see a little bit more of maybe Bateman coming off
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the bench Heise out there, you know, if maybe foul troubles
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happening. Do you feel like TJ is more
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comfortable with his bench than he was a year ago?
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I I think so it looks like that this has the makings of a of a
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nine man rotation that's bore itself out so far.
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I don't I don't foresee that changing.
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We saw some encouraging minutes from from Plato, you know, I
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think the other the other day with with Bateman, you know,
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maybe that was just a product of what some other guys were doing
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during the game. So Bateman's going to remain a
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key part of the team. And you know, you also, you
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know, Eric Mulder, even if they want to stretch it beyond nine,
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if there's some guys are in foul trouble, you know, foul trouble.
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That was another thing brought up this morning, how to kind of
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keep this team out of foul trouble in some of these big
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games in the conference. So, you know, Mulder, if there's
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some bigs are in foul trouble, I think TJ is confident in in what
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he can come in and do as well. So they've got the opportunity
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to do it though. They they go down and play
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Kansas and then you look at the schedule coming up, gosh, very,
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very favorable schedule. They've got, you know,
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Cincinnati on the road, they they host UCF, you know, down to
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Oklahoma State, Stillwater and Iowa State was kind of nice.
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I think for fans to see him have some success against the
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Cowboys. That kind of been a Riddle they
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hadn't solved yet. Now three and four.
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TJ is against OSU. So then Colorado K State leading
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into that game at Baylor on February 7th.
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So very favorable schedule though I think for them to, you
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know, tinker around with different matchups and different
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guys combinations on the floor, I'm moving forward.
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One more in the minute, I got a question on the women's team.
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Obviously, maybe the answer is going to be Addie Brown.
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So, and I'm sure it'll be part of it, but I was surprised
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Dominic Nelson seemed to give this team a spark against West
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Virginia in the first half and then I'm not sure he played
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again in the second-half. Was TJ asked about that either
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after the game or in today's press conference?
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Bill. Up a little bit after the game,
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I believe it was on Saturday. And if you look back at at
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Nelson, there was another game too earlier, I think.
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Well, I think it was the last time out, all the last game out
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against Baylor, I believe it was a similar situation and Nelson
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had played some minutes, but it was just in the I believe the
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first half of that game as well. So he's a guy that can come in
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impact, impact the the team offensively and you know, you
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know what his limitations are. I think that the three-point
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shooting, he's real aggressive getting to the basket of a free
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throw shooting I think is around 60%.
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So you just get you kind of know what you're getting with him,
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But he also can be a guy that can give you some instant
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offense if some guys are battling foul trouble like Lipsy
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had. And a couple times here, he's
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fought through it. And then Tori, he's a nice
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insurance policy for them to have.
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And then TJ, today's not afraid that to put him out there.
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Well, Ken mentioned the women. Is it just as simple as the
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injuries? And it's certainly Addie Brown.
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Is there anything more that you can read into this losing
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streak? Mariana Jackson, that was not a,
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that was not a good loss that they're just a release that was
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put out about 11:30 this morning that it's looking like it's
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going to be more week to week, an indefinite absence for Eddie
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Brown moving forward. So certainly not a not a not
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good news. A little over 13 points a game,
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9 rebounds, the double double machine most of this season.
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And then Ariana jacks that you look at what Ariana does
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defensively too. She's that player that that glue
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type player you love having on the floor around the big three.
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Well, now those two are are gone for an extended period of time
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and they've got to get some others that that step up.
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This can't be just, you know, try to feed the post and, you
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know, thread the needle through a double to get it to Audie
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inside. They've got to have some other
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players step up, go Kenzie Hare, Sydney Harris and and just get
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some scoring from other areas. But you really look defensively,
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I think it's just taken these two losses just a huge hit for
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the team's defensive play as well as you've seen that
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throughout the the three-game losing streak that the defense
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has really, really struggled. Bill Seal, cyclonereport.com.
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Bill, I want you to take a minute or so.
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And of course, with basketball, both men's and women.
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Bill, thanks for doing this. We're off next Monday, so we'll
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impose on you on Tuesday of next week should your schedule allow.
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Thank you, Bill Seals. Thanks guys.
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Have a good one. Appreciate it.
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Good to talk to Bill Seals, cyclereport.com.
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Yes, say that I I think so. Yeah.
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With the boys in the afternoon, Lucas and Sean Miller and Condon
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talking sports with you. Glad you're with us on the Iowa
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Sports Radio Network 130. Miller and Condon welcome back
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Mr. Monday Night's final Monday night pick coming up.
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That'll take place. So 15 minutes or so.
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The number tonight is it was three across the board.
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I mean, but it's still it's three everywhere, three
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everywhere. Seattle is favored by touchdown
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7 1/2. Buffalo is favored by point,
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point and a half. It's a picket circa, It's two at
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the Hard Rock. So somewhere in that vicinity.
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Course, there's no line yet as far as who New England will
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play. We will sort that out tonight.
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Let's sort out what we saw this past weekend, past Friday night
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rather. Bama joins us.
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Bama Trenton Ken as always great to speak with you.
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I was hoping we would get a better game like most I guess
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the country were, but that. When we get a competitive game,
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it's better just competitive. 35 to 7 at the half you knew.
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There was no way in hell that this thing is going to get any
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closer than that. It didn't.
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Maybe my take away boys, was I guess I'm was kind of on the
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fence with Mendoza. Yeah, he's a great college
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player, but he's got the arm strength to do it at the next
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level. The accuracy.
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That might have been his best game.
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I I thought he played exceptionally well in that
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football game. TCI.
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Just can't wait to see this guy in Las Vegas.
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That's where he's going. Who's going to coach him?
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Well, regardless of that, just that guy.
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I mean, you talk about a fish out of water.
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Oh my God, I see where you're. Going Yes, absolutely, yeah, in
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Las Vegas, the biggest nerd of quarterback this side of Kirk
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Cousins in the last couple of decades.
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He should have a white smock on a white lab coat, white lab coat
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and a beaker and a Bunsen burger, right?
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Right. Just a huge dork in here You go,
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You get your mail in Vegas. Enjoy young man.
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But what a player, Bama, Where where?
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Where are you on Mendoza? I'm kind of with you.
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I didn't I thought it was, you know, early on, I don't want to
22:18
say system, but you know, competition related, right?
22:21
I mean, they played there's a lot of game they played nobody
22:23
in the non conference. They beat up a lot of Patsies.
22:26
Yes, he had a good game out in Eugene.
22:28
OK, give him credit. You know, you want to say, well,
22:32
they were lucky against Penn State, but you know, and it was
22:36
great. I don't know what was better on
22:37
that last play, the throw of the catch, right, Because it was a
22:40
tremendous catch, but it could only, he could only catch it if
22:44
he put it in that exact spot. So, but yeah, I think as time
22:48
has gone on and they play better competition, certainly in the
22:51
playoff. And then, you know, Ohio State
22:53
at the end of the year, you start going and this guy might
22:55
have, he might be something and everything I've seen everything.
22:59
Like you said, he's the consensus #1 that's not real
23:02
close, I don't think. And I think it's, it's a down
23:06
year maybe for quarterbacks. I wonder how he would have
23:09
what's interesting to me, right? I'm a Titans fan.
23:11
The Titans took Kim Ward number one last year.
23:13
Who would they rather have right now had they had they, you know,
23:17
if you would have been able to have Ward Mendoza.
23:19
So that's, that's, you know, for me, that's another angle to it.
23:22
But I don't know if he's going to play any of the Senior bowls
23:25
or, or, you know, the All Star games or whatnot.
23:28
I don't, probably doesn't need to.
23:30
I'm sure we'll go to the combine.
23:31
I don't know if he'll throw that kind of when you're the
23:33
projected #1 I mean, all you really can do at that point is
23:36
hurt yourself, right? So I don't, I'm coming around on
23:41
him. I mean, I just I guess I've come
23:43
around on him. I mean, at some point the body
23:45
of works got to stand for itself, right?
23:47
I mean it, it does. And and that to me is why I I
23:50
haven't, I'm having a hard time understanding how Ty Simpson is
23:53
the third ranked quarterback. Is it that shallow of a pool
23:56
this year? Because what I saw from him the
23:58
last six weeks, I don't even I wouldn't even have a first round
24:01
grade on him. But you know, what do I know?
24:04
I just I think he interests, right.
24:07
I mean, it's going to be it's like when they used to send BYU
24:10
to the Las Vegas Bowl. Seems kind of a waste, right.
24:13
But I don't know how this guy's going to handle Vegas.
24:17
I don't know how you would handle a place like New York,
24:21
you know, if they if were he to land there with The Jets of the
24:24
giants, with all the media attention, it seems like
24:26
Bloomington is kind of a nice fit for him, you know, attention
24:30
wise and environment wise. But I mean, when you're the when
24:33
you're the number one overall and you're going to get the big
24:35
bucks. I mean, you, you've got to you
24:36
got to lose some of the Gomer Pyle all shucks type mentality
24:41
and we'll see what happens there.
24:42
But they're going to get a good one.
24:44
And I think it is going to be interesting to see who coaches
24:46
him, because I think that is I think Signeti has had a huge
24:50
effect, obviously on his debate. He saw something any Macau he
24:55
brought him in and he, you know, maybe gave me a little time to
24:59
to to show what he could do. But man, he has really shown it
25:02
and I don't I don't know who's going to stop this train, but
25:05
man, it's certainly it certainly wasn't Oregon.
25:08
I mean, they they they made a nice response, right.
25:10
I mean, you basically the first play of the game, not only do
25:13
you throw a pick six, you give away, you know, you Indiana's
25:17
going to now get the ball. It's like you didn't even it's
25:19
like you started down 7 to nothing and you know, you lose
25:24
the second-half possession as well.
25:25
But Oregon, I thought for a while that we were going to have
25:29
a game, right, Because they just take the ball, 14 plays, 75
25:32
yards, here we go. OK, You know, they whatever,
25:36
they shook it off. How was it?
25:37
And they just that was all I mean, and they what we didn't
25:41
know after that first play was they had no way to stop Indiana.
25:44
They had no shot at stopping that offense.
25:48
And that's that was what was a little surprising to me, but
25:52
disappointing game. But you know, they're going to
25:55
get to play another one, and I don't know how I haven't seen
25:58
the line. I got to imagine it's at least,
26:00
what, 6 1/2? Seven?
26:02
It opened at 7, seven and a half and I've seen some 8 and a halfs
26:05
now. Yeah.
26:06
I mean, I mean, maybe they'll bed it down as it gets closer.
26:10
You know, some Miami money will come in or whatever.
26:13
But man, I just, I don't know, I haven't seen anything from Miami
26:16
that looks like they're going to be able to stop that if they
26:18
play at their best. They are they're they're
26:21
starting to be talked about, you know, with 95 Nebraska 2019 LSU
26:28
when you have Burrow and Chase and and Jefferson and all those
26:32
guys I. Think you only have.
26:34
The Hurricane team exactly, you know, if you want to pick an
26:38
Alabama team or two from, you know, Nick Saban's early years,
26:40
but I think it really has to be an undefeated team that if you
26:43
really want to go up against it, you know, to talk about all time
26:47
greats. But I mean, right now there's, I
26:50
mean, they're just blowing through everybody.
26:51
And you know, the best thing came on the board is looking,
26:54
hey, look, we went so bad, right?
26:56
You know, we, we kept it, we kept the game closer.
26:59
But it's they're a wagon. I don't know how else to say it.
27:02
And I mean, I didn't see this coming and I've been doubting
27:05
them for a while and Nope, not anymore man.
27:07
Lester off Dan Lanning at all Trent or just.
27:10
No, he's run into the national chief the last two years.
27:12
Yeah, I got blown out. But no answer.
27:16
Yeah, they have money. He's a good coach going to be
27:19
there. They.
27:20
Got Rayola, Did you see that? Did they really?
27:22
Or was that just people poking fun?
27:24
No, I think it's true. That's too.
27:26
Bad, yeah, but that what does that?
27:29
Mean, I think it's kind of a hedge against more maybe going
27:31
to the pros. Or So what if?
27:32
What if he stays? Yeah, that'll be a good spot for
27:36
Rayola on the bench. Sits behind him.
27:38
Yeah, he would have to. Can you double portal?
27:42
Well, apparently a few days. These days, right?
27:43
Yeah. Apparently they tried to
27:45
Washington and got talked out of it.
27:47
No, I don't. Yeah, I think, I don't think
27:50
there's any rules. I think it's the wild Wild West.
27:52
Right, exactly. Whatever you want to do and
27:54
whoever has the most money. And if you sign a contract, it's
27:57
kind of just guidelines, doesn't really mean anything.
27:59
Yeah. The numbers 8 seven and a halfs
28:02
and eights and 8 1/2, that's where we're at.
28:05
As we said here on Monday, opened at 7 1/2 and I don't
28:09
know, I just we'll talk about the game itself on Friday with
28:13
you for a few minutes. Bam.
28:14
I just because we're off on Monday, I just, I just can't, I
28:18
don't think it's going to be close.
28:19
And that disappoints me because obviously, you know, it's a
28:22
Super Bowl, whether it's Game 7 or whichever your sport is you,
28:26
you want that to be a little. I, I'm not asking for USC, Texas
28:29
every year, right? What's that 05?
28:31
Exactly. That was 05.
28:33
Yeah, the Vince Young game. Right, Right.
28:35
I'm. Not asking.
28:35
For that every year, but you know.
28:39
Well, we have been go ahead, Bama.
28:41
We have been a little, I was gonna say we have been a little
28:43
spoiled in our in our playoff games this year because there's
28:46
been a lot of them that have been a lot closer, yeah, than we
28:48
expected. And you know, and that's another
28:50
thing, you know, with Indiana would, would, you know, would
28:52
they have caught a break? You know, they didn't have to,
28:57
they have to play Georgia, if you will, you know, because you
29:00
know, Georgia, Georgia loses to Ole Miss or you know, Miami, did
29:03
Miami catch a break there? You know, not having to go
29:06
through Ohio State and then Georgia back-to-back.
29:08
But again, all you can do is play the teams in front of you.
29:11
And I, I give Miami a lot of respect.
29:13
Miami's going to try to line up and be physical with them.
29:17
I just I don't know how well that and again, I know you we're
29:21
going to talk about it more. I don't know how that pass rush
29:24
is going to really affect Mendoza because he he gets the
29:27
ball out so quick. I mean, it's just you don't have
29:30
time to to get to him. So that's going to be an
29:32
interesting development or strategy to watch that because
29:35
that is the strength of Miami's defense.
29:37
The is the pass rush particular. And if you neutralize that, man,
29:42
you, you got a lot that you're asking a lot of the guys in the
29:45
secondary. Bama, I had a question for you,
29:47
more big picture. We're going through it big here
29:50
in the state of Iowa with the transfer portal, Iowa State
29:53
obviously completely flipping the roster over and Jimmy
29:55
Rogers. I think it's done a pretty good
29:57
job, better than I anticipated when this thing got started,
29:59
started. Iowa's been doing some work
30:01
filling in some gaps as well. A little bit heavier in the
30:03
portal this year than they were a year ago with this new portal
30:07
only being open for one. They're just there's something
30:10
that bothers me about it. I mean, these guys are going to
30:12
go through spring practice and sorry, you see, there's not
30:14
going to be playing time. There's nothing you can do.
30:16
I don't love it. We know the calendar is broken
30:19
in college football. What do you think of the put the
30:21
portal now which is 1 window open for these guys?
30:26
I think it's tougher a lot of for all players, right?
30:29
We've heard about, you know, the teams that are still playing,
30:32
right? Not only in the championship
30:34
game, but the, the, the two that lost last week.
30:37
Oregon had a dozen players in the portal, yeah.
30:40
Exactly. You know, we know.
30:41
We've heard it with with of course, you know, LSU and Kiffin
30:44
and the coaches and everything. You know, the portal opens and
30:47
he wants them on campus recruiting.
30:49
Well, you know, Lane, you told us we could coach the team.
30:51
And it's it's so I I think I would like to see if you're
30:54
going to make one day that I would like to see it later.
30:57
Let everybody finish playing. I don't really have a problem
31:02
with, you know, a kid signing in the portal and then, you know,
31:05
it turns out, well, I don't get playing time.
31:07
You know, at at some point it's got to be about just more than
31:11
money, right? Who offers me the most?
31:13
Well, and then they offer you this and then they offer some
31:15
other guy this and, and it's really, it's mainly for
31:19
quarterbacks, right, Because everybody now is just kind of
31:21
shopping for their next quarterback.
31:23
And then we go into the portal every year.
31:25
I still think the way to fix it is maybe not with the calendar
31:29
and it'll never happen, but just go back to the old way, you
31:33
know, a little bit. Give a guy one free transfer if
31:36
he wants. After that, you, you can't just
31:38
keep transferring year to year to year to year to year.
31:41
And then case of the quarterback for Washington twice in the same
31:45
year, all right, price in the same week or whatever it is.
31:47
I mean that that to me would help.
31:49
I don't know that we'll ever go back to it because I'm sure
31:51
there's legal issues and everything else around it.
31:53
And again, who's in charge? Nobody and listen I'm offering
31:57
to be in charge nobody's called me so but you know I'm I think
32:00
Trent and I can figure it out a little better than the powers
32:03
that be right now. I I don't know that it's, I
32:05
think the calendar is a problem, certainly.
32:08
And it's so hard for fans to who who it used to just be all you
32:12
had to follow was recruiting, right?
32:14
You follow these recruiting services and then, you know, we
32:15
got this many stars and this many guys and this many one
32:18
hundreds and our class rank is here.
32:20
Great. OK, this guy didn't leave for
32:22
the NFL, so he's back. Well, now it's, it's, it's
32:25
impossible for fans to keep up with who's in, who's out, who's
32:29
left, who's staying. Who can I root for?
32:31
Who can make time? Exactly.
32:33
It's basically, you know, you really lock it down pretty much
32:38
after fall practice. And even then some guys go
32:40
through fall practice and like, listen, I didn't like, I don't
32:43
like my reps in fall practice, so I'm going to enter the portal
32:46
before we ever play a game. Yeah, I don't want to play four
32:48
games. We'll lose that red shirt here.
32:49
I'm out. Correct.
32:51
Exactly. And we saw was it the
32:52
quarterback from Vegas or whoever it was a couple of years
32:54
ago did the same thing. He plays four games and he
32:56
started 3 and he sits because he didn't want to lose a red shirt.
32:59
So it's just it's just a different animal now.
33:02
And it's sad, but it doesn't seem very collegiate.
33:05
You know the the old college try and everything.
33:08
You know, you know where you're playing for your school, you're
33:10
playing for the name on the back of your jersey, not the one on
33:12
the front anymore. But it's just a world we live.
33:15
In, I guess, good stuff buddy. We'll talk to you on Friday,
33:17
think at 12:45, but I'll text you, OK?
33:20
Sounds good. Take care, always enjoy it,
33:22
yeah? Good to talk to you.
33:22
Thank you, Bama. Bama, Bob Trent and I had a
33:24
little college football conversation.
33:26
All right, Mr. Monday Night is coming up next.
33:29
We do have one more game on this fascinating Wild Card weekend.
33:33
Was the worst. Game of the week, maybe last
33:35
night. Oh, it wasn't even close.
33:36
Yeah, that game stunned it. Really.
33:38
We did 2 awful offensive lines really bad.
33:41
Told you the Charger. How much money did you waste on
33:43
the Chargers this year? This year, probably $100.
33:46
OK, I think I'm out. I I think now I'm finally done.
33:51
Now, what are the many sad things about you retiring?
33:55
You won't get. That as I won't get just some
33:57
random Tuesday in July guess. What I did last night, I can't
34:02
quit him. I know you can't, and that's not
34:04
my team. No, I'm a Broncos fan.
34:06
You see him twice a year, you're rude against him twice a year.
34:08
I do, and sometimes more than that.
34:10
I can't quit him. Herbert was awful.
34:13
He was bad. He was really bad, or I mean,
34:18
did going into the game, did you?
34:20
Well, the Patriots got the best secretary in football.
34:22
I never thought that for one minute.
34:24
And they did it without Gonzalez.
34:25
He was out for most of it. I don't know.
34:29
I just think they're bad and and boy, oh boy, oh boy.
34:32
I mean, like real bad. Where are you on the Patriots
34:35
now? I.
34:36
Still, I can't wrap my arms around him.
34:39
Either, and I like Drake. Made I might even be lower than
34:43
I was last night. Just maybe it was because we
34:47
were so spoiled what happened in every other game before that?
34:50
And I'm like, this is the crap we get for Sunday night.
34:52
Come on, can't we get more please?
34:55
Have the Bears, they're the Bears Saturday next week.
34:57
They're no, they're Sunday, they're Sunday.
35:00
So we get Broncos on Sunday first.
35:01
Oh, that's right. We get the two one seats on
35:03
Sunday. On Saturday, bigger points.
35:06
Seattle and Denver will host. We don't know the times yet.
35:09
So that will I would anticipate after the game.
35:12
Very quickly, ESPN. So do you want Sunday Night
35:16
Football as a Bears fan? Well, you'll be on an airplane.
35:19
Right. So if as long as it's the late
35:24
game on Sunday, we'll be OK, It'll.
35:26
Be OK. If it's the early game, I don't
35:29
even know which way we're flying.
35:30
This is my wife. Put this together, right.
35:32
So I, as I was reminded, I know very few details.
35:37
I'm like going to show up. I'm your arm candy.
35:38
All right, You just you tell me where to go.
35:40
I'll be there for you. That's funny.
35:41
I have no idea what's happening. Well, I know it's all inclusive
35:44
and I like that part of it, but this is going to be 1 where I
35:48
just have my fingers. Or would it be better?
35:52
Because then we'll get there. We're getting to Mexico and the
35:54
first thing I want to do is go watch football that that might
35:57
not be a great way to kick off the vacation.
35:59
No. Well, that's too bad.
36:00
She's not a Bears fan. Right, she's a Vikings fan,
36:02
right? Though she was rooting for the
36:04
well, I think she was because of Jack.
36:06
Now she's. Rooting.
36:07
Yeah, Yeah. And oh, I got to tell you, this
36:09
part of it, I mentioned cracked open a beer for the second-half
36:12
and that turned things around. So Jack goes to bed at halftime.
36:15
It's 21 three and we have to get up early yesterday for his
36:18
wrestling tour. He didn't and get in the car and
36:22
he said, So what happened? I'm like, well, you want to
36:24
watch the highlights? Like, sure.
36:26
And he's sitting there. So I hand my phone to him.
36:28
I put together is like one of those 10 minute, you know,
36:30
highlight packages. And about halfway through he
36:33
goes, wait, do they come back and win?
36:36
And like, just keep watching buddy.
36:38
And the smile on his face afterwards was was awesome.
36:42
As I've mentioned before, we have talked a lot.
36:44
I was in kindergarten the last time they won a Super Bowl.
36:46
He's in kindergarten. He's really enjoyed that angle.
36:49
And we got a bear fan. Uncle JD and Aunt Missy picked
36:52
him up a Caleb Williams jersey. He was wearing that proudly on
36:55
Saturday. So I sucked him in.
36:57
Sorry buddy, probably have more disappointment than anything,
37:00
but for now it's been really, really fun, no?
37:03
True, true story. All right, Mr. Monday Night got
37:05
a chance to cap the Mr. Monday Night pics in impressive style
37:09
as he has all year long Millary Condon on the Iowa Sports Radio
37:12
Network. Hi Millary Condon, welcome back
37:14
Iowa Sports Radio Network. Trent and Ken, final time for
37:18
Mr. Monday Night's music this year as it comes down to Houston
37:23
and Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh, Houston's the
37:25
Texans are a three-point favorite everywhere except Hard
37:29
Rock. There are 3 1/2 ESPN bets.
37:31
Gone to the other side? Only 2 1/2.
37:35
There's a lot of Pittsburgh love out there.
37:37
Mr. Monday Night. Are you part of that?
37:40
Absolutely. You like to take the points.
37:42
On Monday night, Always, all the time.
37:45
DK Metcalf. Metcalf returns.
37:47
It's been dogs have been barking during this playoffs.
37:49
They. Really have, haven't they?
37:51
I it'll be weird, it'll be goofy.
37:54
There'll probably be some moment where how are they still in this
37:56
game or how are they up 10, you know, 10 points, something like
38:00
that. And I want to see CJ Stroud in
38:03
cold weather. Let's see that.
38:05
Well, if you see him tonight in cold weather, you're liable to
38:07
again next week because they got to go to New England if they
38:09
win. And January in New England,
38:12
usually not exactly the most balmy of temperature.
38:14
So that's kind of where it is here.
38:16
It's more it's more of a proven game for Houston, as much as I
38:19
like that defense that I need to see more.
38:21
Metcalf returns. Aaron Rodgers, he's showing it,
38:25
showed it just last week in a big game.
38:27
And having that weapon back is going to go a long way.
38:29
And Kenneth Gainwell, I love watching him.
38:31
Oh, he's a good player. Yeah, he Philly had him.
38:34
Is that? Where he was, Yeah, he was.
38:35
On Super Bowl team, right? 3rd down back, but there's a
38:38
little juice to him. Yeah, he's been a fun guy to
38:41
watch. Nope, I agree with you.
38:43
That offensive line for Houston still is my biggest kind of
38:46
pushback whenever we. Probably.
38:47
So who's better, Chargers or Houstons online?
38:52
I think Houston. I think Houston they're that's,
38:55
they're terrible. Just got a lot of bad offensive.
38:58
Lines. There really are.
38:59
There really are. But when you play a 17 game
39:01
regular season. Takes a toll, no doubt about it.
39:04
All right, that's going to do it for us.
39:05
We're going to try it again tomorrow, however, we'll be back
39:09
at noon. But coming up next is off the
39:12
bench, Sean Roberts, Lucas train.
39:14
They take you until 5 O clock. More keywords throughout the day
39:16
as well. I'm just watching this 4th 15
39:18
play again. Bear down, bear down.
39:20
Unbelievable. I appreciate you being here.
39:22
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39:25
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