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Wild & T-Wolves Advance, Tom Kakert talks Hawkeyes & the Chicken Coop Contest · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hi, good afternoon. Welcome Miller and Condon on a
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Friday. The Iowa Sports Radio Network,
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Trent Condon and Ken Miller for the next couple of hours talking
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sports with you. Thanks for starting your
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afternoon with us. Here's what's coming up on our
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program. In the first hour of the
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program, about 12:30, Eugene repay his Friday visit.
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Des Moines Register for Eugene. We'll talk Iowa State topics
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with Eugene coming up here at 12:30.
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Tom Caker kicks off the second hour of the program.
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We'll go from the clones in hour one to the Hawks to start hour
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number two. We'll catch the latest on on I
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with both Eugene and Tom will pick their brain.
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Although it's going back six days now to what they saw last
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Saturday as the spring practice and the football spring
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practices wind down. But we'll talk to both of those
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gentlemen about that at Tom at One O 2 to be precise.
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We don't have Mike Palm today. Mike Palm is tied up.
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So we'll leave downtown Las Vegas, head to Las Vegas Blvd.
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way down on the South Strip. That's where you'll find the
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South Point. We'll talk to our friend Chris
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Andrews runs the shop at the South Point.
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Long time Vegas line maker bookmakers been doing so doing
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it very well since the late 70s when he left Pittsburgh to make
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his way West young man and make his fortune.
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I don't know if he made a fortune, but I mean I have a
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living and he's really good at what he does and he's a good
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dude. We'll talk to Chris Andrews
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coming up here at 1:30. Trent will make some picks.
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I'll go over why final Derby plays at about 1:50 or there
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about Circa sports sponsors. Those by the way, Circa actually
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has betting on the Derby. They bet they they have horse
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racing on Derby, No Oaks, Derby, Preakness, Belmont and then the
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two Breeders' Cup days coming up in November.
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But that's the only time that they offer horses at any of
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their property. But if you're local here, you
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can watch and wager at Prairie Meadows.
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The race goes off at 6:00, one live race prior to at 5:00 and
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then the Derby at six. Should be a fun weekend, one of
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my favorite weekends of the year.
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How are you? I'm doing well and I have a
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question about that because I know there are some sports books
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at least in the past now, FanDuel and DraftKings of both
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also got involved with horse racing, but before there are
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some books out there and I don't know if that's the case now, but
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I know I've seen it where it's fixed odds is that.
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Not in the, not in the, not the US based.
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Not US based. They tried it in New Jersey.
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It didn't work. I think it's coming eventually,
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but it's just so hard to, it's so hard to book because of the
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money coming in, you know, constantly and especially trying
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to book the Derby fixed odds wise.
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I don't know if they'll ever get there, but a lot of people would
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like to see that. We shall see.
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It's just the risk, you know, and it's it's moving the numbers
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as quickly as you have to. Maybe they can do it.
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I don't know. That would be a really good
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question for Benson, maybe when we're out there this summer
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signing up for the contest. Yes.
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Absolutely. Circa millions and circa
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survivor, although we're out of millions, it's our strict.
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Our group is strictly survivors. No more millions, no.
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More millions, no more. But the quarterly prizes, yeah,
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I know it's fun. I get it.
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It's there. There's more opportunities
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because the suddenness of what you get knocked out of.
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I mean, you, you kind of not mourning, but you kind of
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depressed a little bit, you know, just how simple this
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contest seems and yet how difficult this bad boy is.
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And I think we're going to go forward.
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I think our group put together about 6-7 or eight entries, so
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we should have some ammo. Fired away out there like that.
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Absolutely. A lot of entries and more
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opportunity that goes along with it.
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So out of millions all going to go Survivor.
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So you're getting cocky. Finally made October and look at
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you something. You're going to be up to 7 or 8
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entries. I got this thing figured out
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right? You're going to surround the
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damn thing. So so we'll do that in coming up
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in August. I always look forward to that
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time. But they they won't open their
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contest till they get the schedule in front of them.
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So they can see how many weeks that it's going to be.
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Obviously we're going to start the show with just an
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unbelievable night for Minnesota sports.
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That curse maybe that you know, a lot of folks that follow
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Minnesota teams kind of think that it's going to be with them
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forever. And it might well be, although
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it wasn't last night. The curse.
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I'm not one. I don't want to sit here and say
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it's over, but at least for one night it went away as the tea
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wolves that was of the two. I mean, I did not see that one
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coming. I thought the Wild would knock
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off the start. I think the Wild are going to
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win the Stanley Cup, but and and the Twins won.
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So a Big Bang boom, the trifecta of Minnesota sports teams that
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played last night all put him in the win column.
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Obviously the the the Wolves and the and the Wild, the two that
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matter the most and move the needle the most.
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And what a great night for Minnesota sports.
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It absolutely was, and I was on the opposite side on all three
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of those and I was happy to be wrong and happy to be wrong and
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happy to be wrong on all three of them.
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Starting in something that we mentioned on the ice with the
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puck last night. Now it was pretty early.
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Did you feel that energy though? Were you watching rightfully?
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Of course. Yeah, it was unbelievable.
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The building was nuts. And they, you know, at the end,
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at the end of 20 minutes, I thought, Oh my God, they should
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be up more than one zip. Yeah, 'cause it certainly felt
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like they carried the play from from the time the puck dropped
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and only were able to get one bite.
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I don't know what Fellino's doing.
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Shoot the damn puck. That what net is wide open.
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You're gonna, you of all people are gonna.
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Now he's got great hands, but he uses them to fight, not to stick
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handle, but just shoot the puck. But anyways, they won the game.
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It was it's just a great win for them and Trent.
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They're built to win a Cup. They are built to win a Cup and
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you're they're a big underdog against Colorado, I think too
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big. I agree wholeheartedly.
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I was stunned to see the price. They can beat the ABS.
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They're a big physical hockey team and the longer this series
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goes, the better we'll be for Minnesota because they will wear
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this team down. They both have they've got the
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two best defensemen. One's Kale MacArthur, Colorado.
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The other one obviously is Quinn Hughes For Minnesota, they both
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got superstars down the center in Caprisoff and Nathan
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McKinnon. They've got the trade deadlines
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bringing over Fellino, and I don't know if you saw him hit
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number six for Dallas last night, just knocked him right
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out of the game there. And Mccarran 47.
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They're big, they're physical, they are built like a Stanley
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Cup winner, and whoever wins this series will be the favorite
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to win the Cup. The Wild Plus 750 currently the
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third betting choice at Circa behind the Lynch and the
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Hurricanes, but the number three choice and most difficult
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hurdles the what in front? Of them, that's it.
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Get through this one and they will.
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I, I think they'd probably move all the way to the favorite.
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Look, I don't care who comes out of the other side of the West.
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I don't care if it's Utah and if it's Las Vegas.
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We know Anaheim is going to be, they're going to have an
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opportunity. They're just not as good.
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They are not as good as the two teams in the Central.
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When you take a look at the series Price, and this is the
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reason I I believe it's Miss Price listening to you and just
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knowing the little bit of hockey that I do Wild right now plus
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190 -, 225 on the Avalanche. That implied probability.
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When you just look at the prices of that, is Colorado a 70%
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chance of winning this series? I don't think it's 70.
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No, 6040. I could even buy that 5545, but
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almost 70% it's 69 point. What is 69.2% is what the
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implied probability of that one. Absolutely, Minnesota.
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This team, as you have told us, absolutely is there.
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Now, am I going to bet on them to beat Colorado?
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No, I couldn't do that. I don't want to put the stink on
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him. We'll go the other way.
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Maybe we'll bet on Colorado and put the stink on them and.
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Pick them every day. Absolutely.
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Just keep going and going and going to the well.
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But you've laid it out perfectly.
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I think that there is a real chance.
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There is it's not, it's, it's, it's not wishful thinking.
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Look, I'm not a well fan. I, I want, I think it's, I love
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being able to kind of tag along with Joe O'Donnell and go
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through what he's go through, what he's living right now.
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We're going to have him on, if not every game, certainly a
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bunch of them in the upcoming series against Colorado.
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Yes, Colorado has home ice advantage.
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Minnesota could win this series, and if they do, they will win
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the Stanley Cup. How about that?
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How about that? A celebration in a parade in
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Minneapolis for the first time since 1991?
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Well, it would be a parade in Saint Paul, I guess.
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It would have. To be but in the Twin Cities,
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yes, a parade. Maybe they'll go through both
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cities because it's been a long time they have been waiting for
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a champion up there for sure, but it's not easy against.
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No, it's not. It's not the the best record in
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hockey. I did not like the way that they
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finished this year. They look really good.
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Obviously. Look, they overmatched.
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They overmatched the Kings. I'm thinking the Wild would have
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done the same thing. The Wilds, a big, physical,
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skilled hockey team. Colorado's good.
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Colorado's good. I think Minnesota's got a slight
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edge. And buckle up, this is going to
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be a blast. Now, meanwhile, with the Wolves,
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did you see the point spread for Monday's game against San
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Antonio? I have not.
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OK, so game one in San Antonio. San Antonio 9 O clock.
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Our time Monday night. What is the number at the Condon
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Casino? No Anthony Edwards, no Ant, he
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is not going to be there. No Divincenzo, we know that.
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That's for sure. Is there a possibility that we
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get a return? Those bench guys played so well
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last. Night they did the somo, you
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mean? Yeah.
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I don't. I haven't seen the update on
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him. He couldn't answer the bell last
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night. We'll see.
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I'm guessing he'll be questionable again.
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Spurs 9 1/2. 1414 Blown away by that number.
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Last night was incredible. I mean, just absolutely.
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You talk about going in with no shot, I think maybe, well,
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Desuma comes back for him. Seven.
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You're talking yourself into it already.
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Speaking of environments, Speaking of crowds, holy crap,
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those Timberwolves fans full throat, absolutely ready to go
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from the opening tip before the opening tip.
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This has turned into a fun playoff rivalry.
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Denver, Minnesota. It's as good a rivalry as
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there's in the NBA, maybe. This isn't manufactured, it
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isn't anything. They despise each other.
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There is real hatred on both sides and it's chirpy and you
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got all the components that go into it and T Wolves fans were
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absolutely ready for that. I love that part.
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They had to win last night. They weren't gonna.
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They knew that if they had to go to Denver, probably not going to
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go. There.
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But didn't they win a game seven in Denver?
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They did. Yes they did, but Ant played.
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That helps. You got that guy, you got.
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But for this is right, this has been a really good and I love
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what Finch said after the game. They could have played whoever
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they wanted and they kind of manipulated down the stretch and
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they wanted to play us well. Be careful what you wish for.
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Jane McDaniels It's not a *. No, but he's.
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But he is becoming a guy that a lot of people, casual fans now,
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are getting to understand. And we said it yesterday.
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What's the blueprint? What's the path?
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We talked about McDaniels. He had to go off.
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And he did. 32 points coupled with the defense just in on.
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Terence Shannon, To me, that's the that was the wild, not the
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wild. Card's the right term.
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That was the unknown going into it.
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What a game he played these two, this starting line up,
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McDaniels, Randall, Gobert, Connelly and Shannon.
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I saw something on X. They had played a total of 6
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minutes together on the floor all year, play offs included.
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That's awesome. Unbelievable, right?
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And look what they did last last night.
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Just incredible. Go Bear chiming in with A10
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spot. Yes, in addition to what he
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does. Couple of dunks in there, 8
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assists from Go Bear, doing those things at the top of the
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key, pulling Joker away. There was just so much and
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everybody had to do that. You were playing an 8 man
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rotation and almost everybody had to play perfectly.
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Played an 8 man rotation. And that's really what they got.
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Bones Highland came in for a couple minutes and was active
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hands. Reid off the bench, same way.
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Nas Reid, they needed something when he hit that corner three it
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was his first 3 pointer of the night that turned out to be his
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only three that it was his only three during that time period.
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The Nuggets just kept getting it back within a point and
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Minnesota had a response are the team was back up 8.
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It just. Just blink of an eye.
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Because I was just, you're just waiting for them.
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Denver's going to overcome it. They're going to get over the
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hump. They're going to get the lead
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and then. It's going to Happen. 9290 T
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Wolves 9890. Boom, instantly.
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It was absolutely incredible. You talk about a team effort,
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the guys showing up and just you can see that is a very tight
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knit group in professional sports that's hard.
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You know, you can't manufacture it.
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You can't just go rah, rah and make it happen.
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It has to happen organically. And these guys, they love
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playing for each other. They like that chip on the
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shoulder. And now, though, a big underdog,
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just get one and and you're right back to the conversation
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and potentially coming back he. Could.
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Three or four and suddenly the conversation changes in this
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more of an organization, one of the worst organizations in
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sports in the 1st 30 some years. Didn't have to be, but yeah, if
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you go back and that's this team, they had a chance in the
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late 90s with the rosters. They had and made one run to the
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Western, but that was the only playoff series that they had
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ever won. Was that run when they won two
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playoff series that season? I had this number.
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I thought you'd get a kick out of this one for the
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Timberwolves. Let me see if I can scroll
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through and find it as I'm going through the Yahoo Sports
13:33
newsletter that I mentioned. That thing is absolutely
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incredible. I mean, you want a full recap?
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So you get it every day. Yep, goes in the e-mail box each
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and every day. And really?
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Do they inundate you with any other offers that like
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throughout the day? That would drive me crazy.
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Nope, that's just one thing. That's the one e-mail in the
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morning and that's all you get. Comes between our time, 7:30 to
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9:30 in the morning, at some point during the morning.
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And in fact, they're also launching a sports business one
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also to go along with it. How about this?
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Here it is. The Timberwolves, seeking their
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third straight trip to the conference finals, now have more
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playoff wins the last three seasons, 22, than in the
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previous 34 years combined. Yeah, not surprised.
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Hey, look, not surprised. And we killed the Rudy Gobert
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trade. We spent a lot of summer time on
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that. What in God's day?
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Yeah, we did. We're looking for a summer topic
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and we just kept going back to the well this is the most
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idiotic trait. Seemed like we we called it as
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bad of a trade as we could ever. Remember in the history of
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sports, not just in the NBA, in the history of sports, what they
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gave up to get him. Swinging a miss?
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Swinging a miss over 2 for us, right?
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Well, when you do this five days a week, you're going to get more
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wrong than your share, Certainly your share, and we've done that
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very well. But yeah, Gobert's been
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fantastic, especially when he had to go up against the Joker.
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Now try and shut down 1 Minyama, would you please?
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Is that too much to ask? We did you watch a second of
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Nick's Hawks? No, it did.
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Well, no, because why? Right?
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It was. Was it 80, 4 to 36 or something
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at the half? 8430 yes, 8436 at the half so we
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had softball last night and it just.
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Did you think your phone was wrong?
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I. Didn't think it was wrong.
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I was just like, oh good God. Somebody's up 50 in the 1st.
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Half that's nice where if we can just go to the recording and hit
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delete don't even have to worry about that one.
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All right, we could get over and get caught up on the for me, I
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was getting caught up on the stars and wild before getting
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into the Timberwolves last night.
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So that one and then another surprise.
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The Celtics? Yes.
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What's going on here? Now you lose Tatum.
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Speaking of futures, I got a lot tied up on those Celtics
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conference ones. Oh boy.
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We're gonna have a lot of bullet holes going through the resume
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on that one. Again. 3 point shootings there.
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And now you can't play Jason Tatum in Game 7, can you?
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Leaving with a calf injury. We know calf injuries.
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What did he have before his Achilles?
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A calf injury. Now it's on the other leg.
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You can't. And when will they play?
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They tomorrow or Sunday? Good question.
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That is scheduled for Saturday night, tomorrow night, Saturday
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night, 630 for that one there. Late game that's there's only
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one game. Saturday, only one game?
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Yeah, that'll be it. And potentially 3 game sevens
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then on Sunday, and we'll see how the schedule spits out on
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that one after tonight's games. But I don't think there's any
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way. You just can't.
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This team was not built to win this year.
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Nope. They weren't supposed to, right?
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Tatum. They, they went into the
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offseason knowing that this is going to be a year that we're
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just, you know, tread water. Make the playoffs.
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Make the playoffs, maybe. Yeah, instead, you know,
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conversation chase and how good, but I don't think you can go
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with him. I I think it is too important
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for the future of their franchise.
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The crazy thing too is watching through it a little bit on Fast
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forward last night, but throughout the course of the
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year, of course, playing without Tatum.
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But it was all those role players we saw, obviously
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because of where we are, Luca Garza and the highlights that
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would pop up. But it wasn't just him, it was
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the the culmination of that bench mob, those guys that were
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coming through there and everybody helping out.
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And then Missoula's just gone away from it.
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It's like he's now suddenly scared to play those guys.
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Bad decision and it's going to be in a weird game.
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Seven, certainly. So who's the team in the East
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you like now? Nobody.
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I'm with you. Nobody.
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I'm kind of with you. Maybe the Knicks, but they're
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the two games they lost were one point games too.
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Maybe you know, when he kind of think back upon it now, there
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was one. It probably shouldn't even been
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a one point game. The Hawks I thought were better
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throughout the course of that one.
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The other one, though, I thought the Knicks were, for most of the
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game, the better team. Cleveland, maybe.
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I don't. I don't like Orlando.
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I like the Pistons prior to this series and they're down 3 to 2.
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And if Cleveland gets it done tonight and possibility of
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playing the Magic, you have to feel very confident about them
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getting there. I think it might be Cleveland at
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this point, if you had to pick one, the next one.
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I think they're fodder regardless whoever comes.
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Out of the East and the Knicks were built to beat the Celtics.
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I mean, if it's the Sixers, you got.
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Well, is Joel MB gonna play six or seven games?
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Yeah. No, the answer's probably not a
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very yeah, slim chance. Waiting for the other shoe to
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drop. I guess if I had to make a pick
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in the East right now, it'd be the Knicks, but I wouldn't like
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the wager one way or the other. Just to win The Who is the
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favorite to win the East, right? Good question.
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Let's go to NBA tab here. I gotta think it's Cleveland.
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Cleveland, huh? Well, it's Cleveland.
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Or or New York. Because they both already
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advanced, so that's. Going to Well, Cleveland's on
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the precipice. Yes, NBA quick lines, bracket,
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playoff bracket. No, I want futures.
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That's what we're looking for. They do not conference.
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There we go. OK, find the right tab.
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Here we go. The Celtics are still the
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favorite. They are they really?
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They're plus 160 Cavs plus 275 Knicks plus 320 Pistons, plus
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750 Sixers 28 to 1, Magic 28 to 1 and the Raptor is 100 to 1.
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How about this? How about the West?
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Thunder. Guess how much?
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You got away -2 dollars. Yeah, two O 5.
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This is from DraftKings. Spurs plus 210 Lakers 17 to 1 T
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Wolves 80 to one are they? 80 to 1.
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And 200 to one if you're going to jump aboard with the Houston
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Rockets. So so my son Kale, if the T
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Wolves win, he gets got $58,000 worth of you're not going to
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hedge. I think he's out of his mind.
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Well, he's he's not a mower. No, he's not a gardener.
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He's not gonna hedge. No, he's not.
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No hedging for kale? He's not gonna flinch.
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What's he doing? Come on 58,000 Now this is his
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team of of all this, but this is his team.
19:28
It's still too early to hedge. Yeah, I believe, no, you could
19:31
make certainly something. I mean, you could take the
19:33
remaining teams, the other seven teams left and still make a.
19:37
Profit or just stay in the West, right?
19:39
Yeah, absolutely. And get one of the teams there
19:40
at minimum you can do that. They get to the Western
19:44
Conference finals, though. What you have to do I.
19:47
Agree and I try he's. Not going to.
19:49
He's not going to, no, he's. Not he's a gambler like the old
19:51
man. Well, you taught him too well.
19:54
I didn't. I would have been, I'd be out.
19:56
I wouldn't be looking to cash. Out but now, when you were in
19:58
your 20s. Well, that's fair.
20:00
Well, he just turned 34 yesterday as a matter.
20:02
He feels that old. He's 34 as a yesterday was his
20:05
birthday. Happy birthday, Kale 30.
20:07
Four, absolutely. All right.
20:08
We'll see him when we're out there if we get out there at the
20:10
same time. Coming up, I'm going in August.
20:12
Are you planning? August trip?
20:14
Yep, a little bit later this year.
20:16
We've done July because of media days the last two seasons.
20:19
So we went out early of those two years, but it used to be an
20:22
August trip and we're going to go back to the August trip and
20:24
hopefully our dates will match up and we can hell yeah out
20:27
together. That'd be fun.
20:28
That would. Be I'll run and grab you,
20:29
Estella. Would you?
20:31
A couple I'm in as long as you do it before 6:00 Pacific or
20:36
6:30 Pacific. We'll put the fun meter in the
20:38
red. Yeah, there we go.
20:40
All right, Eugene Repay is coming up.
20:41
Iowa State conversation with Eugene will pick his brain on
20:45
what he saw last week. TJ contract extension.
20:49
Did you look into it at all the just the the 10 years?
20:52
Obviously he's getting well compensated as he should be.
20:54
We had Rob Doster on yesterday, a field of 68, and his response?
20:57
Give when he wants, you know, just get whatever it takes to
21:00
keep him. Buy out there 4 million.
21:04
That's good, and I think it's fair.
21:05
Protect yourself. It does, and it protects
21:07
himself. And it also kind of puts a
21:09
little pressure on the school. Yeah, because it's not a big buy
21:11
out. Let's keep this NIL coming.
21:13
Let's keep doing what we've been doing.
21:15
It's been fascinating to watch. If you're Jamie Pollard, I'm
21:17
sure you would like that number to be higher.
21:19
Yeah, yeah, probably. Make it even a for TJ
21:23
Altelberger in the school he's going to a little bit more
21:26
difficult to pull the plug and to give that kind of offer and
21:29
for you if it does happen. Well, obviously the financial
21:32
windfall that comes along with it.
21:34
That number was double made me feel even better about it.
21:36
But I mean, that's about the only thing give me what he
21:39
wants. How many programs this side of
21:42
Duke and Iowa State have their just?
21:44
Think of what you just said in the same.
21:45
Duke and Iowa State, Kentucky maybe and probably not.
21:49
No, I don't think it is. Kentucky are paying their
21:51
basketball coach double what they're paying their football
21:54
coach. Is that it in the power for cut
21:57
structure? But everybody there's.
21:59
Belichick's getting paid. Yes, absolutely.
22:02
But that was Mike Malone. Yeah.
22:04
Well, that yeah. Yeah, he is.
22:07
The basketball coach making and. I'm just trying to think around,
22:12
go around college athletics. This is that's a really good
22:15
question. Not Oklahoma State.
22:21
Not certainly not Texas Tech Houston.
22:26
Houston, that would be a good one.
22:28
Yeah, it maybe And that's just off the top of the head.
22:31
Yeah, just something that popped into my mind is.
22:34
There a Big 10 school? No, absolutely not.
22:36
No, no. What did Whittingham get?
22:41
Probably not as much as you think because he was out of
22:43
work. I don't think they had to
22:44
overspend to go get him either, Dusty.
22:48
They're both, everybody's well compensated.
22:49
Sure, we're talking about millionaires and millionaires,
22:51
but I just think that might be it.
22:54
And and to be honest, I don't even know if Shire makes double
22:57
what Manny Diaz does. Oh, well, yeah, he would be
23:01
close though, right? Yes, probably Manny Diaz in the
23:05
4 to 5 million or dollar range and probably 10 or even more or
23:08
more. Shire I.
23:10
Again, this is just all guesswork at this.
23:12
Point, Indiana, probably. Was at one point absolutely, but
23:16
not anymore. The basketball coach is probably
23:18
making quadruple. Yes.
23:19
What some of the football coaches.
23:21
Fill in the blank coach was making yes.
23:23
Oh, that's a that's a really good one, Trent.
23:26
It's a rarity. It is.
23:27
Eugene repay coming up next before we go to break.
23:30
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23:33
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Your chance to win $1000 Eugene repay on Iowa State.
24:00
Tom Kicker kicks off our number two.
24:02
Our friend Chris Andrews from the South points comes along.
24:04
He will join us at about 1:30. Always look forward to catching
24:07
up with Chris. And the new commercial is out
24:11
for from Circa about football contest coming back so.
24:15
Does it say the prizes? It doesn't.
24:17
It's the question, how big are they going to go?
24:20
So this is the little teaser that they have before they make
24:22
the official announcement. Is, is Mike, is it, is it ATV
24:25
commercial? It is, yes.
24:27
So last year Mike Palm was was operating the spotlight.
24:31
Do you remember that? Yes yes there's blue jumpsuit I
24:34
I see it right now. Oh we got all kinds of
24:36
dignitaries there. I I see Tim Murray made the cut
24:39
Matt yeoman's is in there so stormy she made the cut as well.
24:43
So, so we just retweeted that at Miller in Condon and you could
24:47
find that as the football contests are back and now how
24:52
big are those contests going to be and how much what do you?
24:54
Think they're going to be how much?
24:57
How much? How much is survivor this year?
25:00
Guaranteed pool of what? What was it last year?
25:02
Do you remember Off Hand was it? 15 or 20?
25:05
I think the guarantee was 15 and they went.
25:07
They went to 20, just just under 20 I think.
25:10
I think maybe they make that the 20,000,020 million is the number
25:14
and. Last year they had 69 in
25:16
Grandissimo that it's the same same concept as Survivor but
25:20
instead of the buy in being $1000 it's $100,000 just a
25:25
little different. They had 69 participants in
25:27
that. I bet they go well over a. 100 I
25:29
I'm right there with you. I think that's definitely going
25:31
to happen. That'll be north of 100.
25:33
Do they keep millions at six? That's what it's been the.
25:35
Last couple of years because they haven't hit the guarantee
25:37
either a year. Keep it at six.
25:39
Make the big one $20 million guaranteed price.
25:42
Well, here's the other thing with the unfortunate demise of
25:46
the Westgate, it's still it's still there, but it's being
25:50
taken over by Caesar's. I'm not sure what the cause.
25:54
They've always had contests now nowhere, nowhere near to the
25:57
level at Circum. Do they just fold up tent?
26:00
They just say, you know, we can't compete.
26:01
Well, they did find at ankle last year with the college
26:03
contest. They did, but they didn't get
26:05
anywhere near the number of people.
26:06
They also announced that late, too.
26:07
OK. Yeah.
26:09
Well, I don't know well. And there's sports book
26:12
director, another really good one over there.
26:13
Yeah, but now you wonder what the restructuring?
26:17
Well, all those guys are on good jobs.
26:18
Yeah, unfortunately, I'm guessing some.
26:21
Well, we'll ask Chris. Maybe Chris has got his eyes on
26:23
a couple. I know Circuit probably does.
26:26
All right, coming up here, we will talk to Eugene Repay on the
26:28
other side. Again, if you missed it, the
26:30
keyword this hour is fun. Fun.
26:32
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26:52
Tom Caker momentarily. Eugene Repay kicks off hour
26:55
number two. Chris Anders from the South
26:57
Point joins us at 1:30. Let's talk Hawks, Big 10,
27:02
etcetera with our guy. Tom Caker joins us each and
27:04
every Friday. Tom Trenton, Ken, how are you
27:06
doing? Well, guys, how are you doing?
27:10
OK, auctions still going on. Yes, yeah, the the wraps up
27:16
tomorrow night. So everybody get your bids in.
27:18
Some great stuff. Tom, I saw some of the stuff
27:20
online that you've been posting, some video.
27:22
There's some really cool stuff. Yeah, the the the cool one that
27:26
Iowa fans might like that I think is really interesting is
27:30
the the entire offensive line. There's really cool picture of
27:33
them on the bench after I think it was the Nebraska game, but
27:37
I'm not positive, But all of them signed this, this, this
27:43
photo below their names. And that's the Joe Moore
27:46
award-winning and got the basketball signed by the entire
27:51
men's basketball team. Got a picture signed by the
27:53
entire men's basketball team. So a lot of cool things in the
27:58
auction this year. Indeed, I want to go back to
28:00
last Friday just real quick, because you and Trent were both
28:02
kind of daydreaming about Logan Jones being a bear and your wish
28:07
came true. Tom Kankert, how about that?
28:09
We. Did I was so excited about that
28:12
just because they needed a center and Mojo's a good guy to
28:19
have there. So yeah, Because over the years
28:23
as a Bears fan, they haven't collected many Iowa players.
28:26
So now I got a couple, you know, Tory got Lojo, got I think Luke
28:33
Elkins still on the practice squad.
28:34
So got a couple of guys out there now.
28:38
Seven NFL draft picks for the Hawkeyes, tying a program record
28:41
of what they were able to do. And now you look forward who's
28:45
going to be the next one and not just the next draft picks that
28:47
we're going to see, but who's the next first rounder?
28:50
Get out your crystal ball. Is this on the roster now?
28:52
Yes. Boy, that's a great question.
28:55
I wrote something early this week, I think it might have been
28:58
Monday. I wrote something about what
29:00
draft prospects for 2027. Here's the interesting thing
29:03
guys, there's only 10 seniors on I will roster and none of them
29:07
and none of them are like boy, that guy's for sure going to get
29:11
picked. Now that junior class has three
29:14
guys that I think have a really good chance to probably be
29:19
selected next year. One of them on the defensive
29:22
side, Zach Lutmer. I think he'll but I first round
29:26
no the the guys that probably have the best chance, Kate Cape
29:33
Peeper and Trevor Lauke. OK.
29:35
All right. Yeah, Trevor Lauke, I think
29:38
Trevor's got a good shot at getting picked left tackle that
29:42
can move a little bit and, you know, pass block.
29:46
I think there's a ton of value there.
29:49
The other kind of maybe off the off the beaten path. 1:00 What
29:54
if DJ Vanamaye has a Dallas Clark like season this year and
29:59
he has a TJ Hawkinson like decision to make where you know,
30:03
he just saw he just finishing up his red shirt sophomore year,
30:06
but boy it's just too big of an opportunity to pass up.
30:10
I think. It would be.
30:12
And yeah, he has a big year. Could be could be talking about
30:17
DJ Vanamay. Well, let's go back to last
30:20
Saturday, Tom, and obviously the question that we've asked
30:23
everybody this week and we're going to ask you as well because
30:26
respect your opinion. Klinsky or Brown, who impressed
30:30
you the most if or was it they both had their moments, Where
30:34
are you? What did you see quarterback
30:35
wise last week? That was 6 1/2 dozen of another.
30:39
For me, it was just hecklinsky mobility, probably a little bit
30:46
better, you know, completed more passes, but Hank had a couple of
30:52
throws where you're like, boy, that's that's really good.
30:55
And the other thing that we didn't have was a lot of the
30:59
wide receivers that are going to actually catch footballs.
31:02
We're just not out there. Even though Reese Vanders, he
31:06
was out there a little bit. It was a little bit because they
31:10
shut guys down quick because the last thing you want is to have
31:13
some guy blow out a knee or something in the last practice
31:17
of the spring. So they they were very careful.
31:21
They have Tony Diaz and some of the other guys were out.
31:25
So it's, it was hard to really kind of gauge things.
31:29
I I, I don't know slight edge to Hank Brown, but I, I don't know
31:33
how you how you say one over the other.
31:36
We've talked a ton about Tony Diaz.
31:38
Can you tell us a little bit more about Evan James, the other
31:41
wide receiver transfer? There was also buzz about him,
31:44
speedster, big guy. And with both Diaz and James, I
31:47
think both those guys got some work to do in the offseason in
31:50
the weight room and working with Coach Ray and building
31:52
themselves up. But what can you tell us about
31:54
Evan James, and do you anticipate at minimum, he's
31:57
going to be a pretty important rotational piece of wide
31:59
receiver? Yeah, I think he's going to be
32:02
in the in the mix for for playing time for sure.
32:06
And you know, he's a guy that is coming in from Furman had 65
32:12
receptions for almost 800 yards Atds last year.
32:15
And the thing that I've heard about him was kept kind of
32:18
dinged up early and then he got healthy and really impressed
32:23
them quickly and then kind of got dinged up again.
32:26
So like you said, he's going to have to get stronger and and get
32:30
a little bit bigger, but he's a guy that's going to be in that
32:33
rotation of receivers I think for sure.
32:37
And you probably want 5-6 guys that you can rotate out there
32:40
receiver. And I, I think as long as he's
32:43
healthy, he's going to, he's going to be one of those guys.
32:45
Both he and Diaz have got to put on some, some weight.
32:50
Talking to Tim Lester a little bit.
32:51
He's just like, yeah, I kind of those guys got to get bigger if
32:54
they're going to survive in the Big 10.
32:55
So that's going to be the next couple of months for both those
33:00
guys is going to be let's get up to 18185 something like that
33:06
realistically and and get stronger and sturdy for the for
33:10
the upcoming season. What about special teams, Tom?
33:13
Any punter catch your eye of the kickers who who looked better to
33:18
you? Let's go to special teams.
33:20
For that, I tell you what, out of the the two punters, I think
33:24
the Philpott kid who's transferred over from Simpson
33:26
was I think at walking Northwest, he's he's the guy
33:30
that was getting the first team raps.
33:32
So I think maybe he might be the guy out of the gate, at least
33:36
right now, that that has the edge.
33:40
Kadenburg did not kick. So it was the the the kid from
33:43
the kid from North Dakota State that starts his high school.
33:48
Yeah, it was that key. He's he's probably the guy I
33:52
think right now. But neither of the those two
33:56
guys have that that power leg that that Drew Stevens has, at
34:01
least at this point in their career, or Druid power through
34:05
55 yarders. These are kind of floaters that
34:09
are going up, but pretty good accuracy, I thought from Ozick,
34:14
at least what we saw that day. We jump over to defense and hard
34:21
to take a whole lot there. Is it going to be free safety
34:25
ultimately for Zach Luttmer? Obviously they can play him in
34:27
any of the five defensive back positions.
34:29
Is it that? And if that's the case, who
34:31
becomes the cash if it is free safety for Lutmer?
34:34
Yeah, it seems like that's where Bill is trending towards, and I
34:39
kind of thought maybe he'd try and do something else.
34:42
But that free safety position is just so important in terms of
34:46
knowing the defense. And you have to know the defense
34:49
to call it out everything and get people in the right spot.
34:52
But the thing I worry about with that for Iowa is they really
34:56
need Lutmer's playmaking ability and that kind of takes that
35:00
away, at least at some level. So I think right now Jacob
35:06
Wallace seems like the guy that might be the cash.
35:10
Maybe Godfrey, one of those two guys.
35:14
I think probably the odds on favorite to be the cash this
35:17
this year. Phil seems to be really high on
35:20
Wallace and and some of the other guys.
35:23
I was talking to Deshawn Lee about him and his eyes just
35:26
light up because he's just like this kids really special.
35:29
He's really good. So I, I, I kind of mean Wallace
35:33
right now, kind. Of you, I don't remember him
35:36
from last year. Played very little, right?
35:38
Yeah, he played at the end of the year what it was play
35:41
against Nebraska, I think they forced to fumble something like
35:45
that. And he and Godfrey were both
35:47
kind of making a few plays against the Huskers.
35:49
And so, yeah, I he's, he's one of those guys they got kind of
35:55
late in the process too. So he's kind of flying under the
35:58
radar and end up getting them. And Phil just love, I mean,
36:02
every time we talk to Phil about defensive backs, he brings up
36:05
Wally as he calls him. So he just, I think you've got
36:09
to watch. Class of 2027 quarterback is in
36:13
the fold. Braden Santi Bienz has made his
36:16
commitment to Iowa. He's a guy that split time at
36:18
high school last year, not eye popping numbers, but really good
36:22
athlete. I think athleticism is kind of
36:23
the thing that stands out with him.
36:26
Yeah, it's interesting because after I will miss that on take
36:31
Narat the from the Chicago area. That was a kind of a legacy
36:35
recruit. And by the way, Pete Nakos from
36:38
on three had a story about some of those Elite 11 quarterbacks
36:42
that that Jake is one of those guys.
36:45
And some of the talk was that those guys were the average
36:50
salary is, is like a half million bucks for a freshman
36:53
quarterback that level. So I think that may have been
36:57
one of the one of the driving reasons because I, I, I can rest
37:01
assured, I don't believe that I was going to give that kind of
37:05
cash to a guy who hasn't played it down in college.
37:07
So anyway, not that I'm saying he chase the dollar, but it was
37:13
just, you know, it just if you're going to use that as one
37:15
of your criteria, it might not lend itself to Iowa, but go
37:21
ahead. No, I was just about to say I
37:22
was going to change. I was going to go to basketball.
37:24
We kind of thought that there was going to be an extension
37:26
coming coaching wise in the state.
37:27
Didn't know that it would be T JS news that came first.
37:31
I I thought that, you know, toward the end of the
37:33
tournament, seemingly things were headed in the right
37:36
direction. How close is Mcculluman gets to
37:39
coming up with a, you know, a contract suitable to both
37:42
parties? Are they still negotiating?
37:44
Where's that at? Any idea Tom?
37:46
Yeah, I haven't heard any more updates.
37:48
I thought it would have. I know they kind of had agreed
37:53
to kind of the the basics of the deal and that was back when the
37:58
tournament was going on. But, you know, years and kind of
38:02
financial terms. But I think one of the things
38:06
that coaches are looking for now is some assurances on NIL
38:12
because if you don't have that money it you're you're going to
38:16
be in trouble if you don't have if you're a Big 10 coach.
38:19
I mean, Dusty May was talking about it like yesterday in an
38:22
interview. He's like, yeah, we had spent 10
38:25
million last year. We're going to be spending more
38:27
than that this year for sure, because we have to keep up with
38:30
with everything. So it is it is imperative for
38:34
coaches that they have to have the financial resources to go
38:38
out and get players that they need and and to keep players
38:41
that they want to keep. One of the big bore names on the
38:45
board for the class of 2027 will be off the board next week.
38:49
Donovan Davis, a four-star is going to make his commitment.
38:51
Both Iowa and Iowa State are involved for his services and
38:55
made his final five along with Marquette, Wisconsin.
38:58
There was one other in there lean Iowa State.
39:01
Is that what you're hearing on Donovan Davis or the Hawkeye
39:03
still got a shot? Yeah, it's just every everything
39:07
I've heard is just indications are that Iowa State TJ does well
39:12
those Wisconsin. Kids.
39:14
He just does he just gets kids out of Wisconsin and he's got
39:17
connections with those kids and I think he's going to that's
39:22
that would be my guess is that he ends up cyclone and now we'll
39:26
just we'll have to wait to see what what Ben McCollum wants to
39:31
do with that that class. I know he's going to be spending
39:35
a lot of his time on the point guard position.
39:38
So they've they've got a live period coming up May 15th to
39:42
17th. Will they'll be out on the road.
39:44
So I would suspect that Ben will be up front and centre for a
39:50
couple of the point guards that they're after.
39:52
Tom Caker, hawkeyereport.com joins us.
39:55
Tom, one more time. Let's do the Chuck Long charity
39:57
auction when it ends. It's coming to its conclusion
40:01
here the next little while. What?
40:03
What can you tell us? Yeah, it's annual.
40:07
It's the 29th annual Chuck Long Charity Auction and then
40:13
benefits the Children's Therapy Centre of the Quad Cities.
40:18
There's a lot of great items up forbid there's some some crazy
40:21
stuff that Chuck's cleaning out the vault with like a his Rose
40:25
Bowl watch giving away from 86. So it's got a got a polo from
40:31
the 86 Rose Bowl team that he's giving away too.
40:34
So you can can learn that old fashioned stuff.
40:37
Just so many cool things and and for not just sports fans or Iowa
40:42
fans, but there's, you know, knickers, jewelry, and there's
40:45
some, you know, Panera Bread and all kinds of stuff.
40:49
There's even a refrigerator in there that they're giving away.
40:52
So and some historical things like the program for the 1939
40:56
Iowa Notre Dame game that kind of launched now connect to the
41:01
to the Heisman Trophy. So just some really cool
41:06
collector's items. So yeah, you can go to give.
41:10
Butter butter dot. Com yeah and and and hit the
41:16
auction I think if you just go in there and type in check along
41:20
charity auction it'll take it right to you or check out my
41:23
social media pages. We've got some videos of
41:26
different things. There's a certain former Iowa
41:29
women's basketball player that we have an autographed jersey
41:31
from that and also a stand up of young Caitlin Clark in an Iowa
41:36
uniform too, so. I'm looking at Al Bundy.
41:40
Al Bundy, Al Bundy. And there's a Chevy.
41:43
There's a Chevy Chase Clark W Griswold jersey.
41:48
There's a Rod Tidwell autographed jersey.
41:52
Remember him from Jerry Maguire. Kuba Gooding Junior signed that.
41:55
So they got a lot of fun things in here.
42:01
You can find something for everybody's stuff.
42:03
I appreciate you guys. Let me pop that up.
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Givebutter.com weird, weird domain name but certainly works
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for this. Good luck with it Tom.
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We'll talk to you next week. Appreciate the relationship.
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Thanks for doing this as always, Tom, Thank you.
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Thanks so much guys. Yep, good to talk to you.
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Tom Caker, hawkeyereport.com. And yeah, if you just Google
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Chuck Long Charity, it pops up and yeah, and that link goes
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there. I also want to tell you the Polk
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County I Club right around the corner, next Wednesday, they
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will have their annual event with all the main coaches.
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Kurt Ferris is going to be there now.
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Ben McCullum also going to be there along with Jan Jensen and
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Gary Dolphin. There are still a few tickets
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that are available. You want to go online to the
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Poke County I Club. It is Poke iclub.com.
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Still a couple tickets left, but they are going fast.
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Poke iclub.com for that. Yeah, some for everybody.
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Brock Purdy autographed full size Niners helmet, so pretty
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cool. Do we have time to do the
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chicken? Coop if we hustle. 1st 4 callers
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right now 515-284-5966 You haven't played in 30 days.
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Here you Here you go. Chicken coop next.
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Miller and Condon 515-284-5966 Iowa Sports Radio Network Condon
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Welcome back, Herb, John, Benny and Tony Tiebreaker. 3 games in
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the NHL tonight. Total goals closest without
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going over. We got a scoot.
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Let's get the Herb first of all. Herb, how are you?
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I'm doing well, man. Arizona versus the Cubs this
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afternoon, Who wins? Cubs.
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Houston is a 3 1/2 point favorite over the Lakers
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tonight. Houston, Buffalo versus Boston
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on ice tonight. Sabres have the lead in the
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series. Who do you want?
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I want the Sabres. Renegade is the Morning Line
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favorite in the Derby. Does he finish in the top three
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yes or no? Yes, Total goals in the three
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NHL playoff games tonight closest without going over 17.
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Thanks Herb, enjoy the weekend, appreciate it all.
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Right, Ken? Bye, bye.
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Yep, good to talk to you. Here's John.
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Hi, John. Hello, Arizona or Chicago this
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afternoon? Got to go with the Cubs.
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Houston is a 3 1/2 point favorite over the Lakers.
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Yep, Houston. All right, Buffalo Sabres,
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Boston Bruins Game 6 tonight in Boston.
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Bruins. Renegade.
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Does he finish in the top three in the Derby?
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Yes. Total goals in the three NHL
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games tonight. Closest without going over.
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I'll go with 15. Thank you, John, enjoy the
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weekend. Thank you.
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Thank you. Here's the baseball Benny Benny
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D backs Cubs Cubs Rockets 3 1/2 over the Lakers Lakers Sabres
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Bruins Game 6. Is that is that in Boston or
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Boston? In Boston I'll take the I'll
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take the home team. OK Renegade top three.
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Yes total goals NHL tonight closest without going over three
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games 18. Thanks Benny.
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Appreciate it. See you tomorrow.
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Tony is next. Hi Tony.
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How we doing? Good.
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D Baxter. Cubs today.
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Houston 3 1/2 to the Lakers. Lakers, Buffalo, Boston in
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Boston Game 6. Boston Renegade.
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Does he finish in the top three? Yes.
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Thank God. Everybody's got him.
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Tiebreaker. Total goals Closest without
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going over. Give me Lucky 13.
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Lucky 13. Tony, enjoy the games.
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Thank you, buddy. Thanks gentlemen.
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Yep, appreciate. It I see what you were doing,
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you're. Doing a great.
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Listener and you're trying to put the stink on Renegade.
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I see what you're doing it. Works.
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It does. It's a proven trend. 2/3 of the
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time. Yes, indeed.
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Thank you to the Chicken Coop. Three locations, Urbandale,
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Anchini in West Des Moines, Eugene Rappey on Iowa State
46:04
kicks off our number 2, Miller and Condon on the Iowa Sports
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Radio Network.