Latest / The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon / From Stadium Swim at Circa Sports, Pete Fiutak talks Big Ten football
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- 0:16All right, good afternoon. Welcome to Miller and Condon on
- 0:18a Tuesday. It's the Iowa Sports Radio
- 0:21Network. Trent Condon and Ken Miller for
- 0:24the next couple of hours talking sports with you, coming to you
- 0:27live from Stadium Swim, downtown Las Vegas as Trent and I and
- 0:32Lucas Strain have made our way to Las Vegas for Big 10 Media
- 0:36Days, which getting started here.
- 0:38Oh, in the next hour or so, the commissioner of the Big 10, Tony
- 0:41Petiti is going to take the stage.
- 0:43I'm guessing he'll be asked numerous times about his
- 0:46preference when it comes to the playoff format.
- 0:48He's standing his ground. And the battle is joined the way
- 0:52we go with the SEC in the Big 10 as it looks as though they are
- 0:55on a collision course to butt heads.
- 0:57But we're going to bring you that when we start our second
- 1:00hour of the show. At least we'll bring you a
- 1:02portion of the press conference. Hour number one, we've got Pete
- 1:07Futek from collegefootballnews.com.
- 1:09We'll get his thoughts on the Big 10, save some time, sprinkle
- 1:12in some Big 12 stuff as well, how he sees that conference.
- 1:16So coming up at 12:30, we'll hear from Pete Futek.
- 1:20Tony Petiti, the commissioner will kick off hour number two.
- 1:23And then the owner and CEO of three properties on Fremont
- 1:28Street in downtown Las Vegas, the oldest hotel in the state of
- 1:32Nevada. And right across the street,
- 1:35we'll talk about the Golden Gates and the D, which is a
- 1:39couple of blocks away. And of course, the gem where we
- 1:41broadcasting from Circus Sports, who today opened up another one
- 1:45of their books in brand new spanking casino in just 30
- 1:49miles, 30 minutes from Nashville across the border.
- 1:52No sports wagering in Nashville that I'm aware of in Tennessee,
- 1:56but certainly you can cross the border and make your plays and
- 1:59away you go. Speaking of away you go, what
- 2:02did you do after I weighed and going last night?
- 2:05We played some craps and Lucas and I had a successful run at
- 2:09the craps table last night. Put a little Jingle in his
- 2:11pocket so that was good to see. I made a little couple bucks too
- 2:14so had a good time. Did that.
- 2:15We played for a long time and it started out it would just me and
- 2:18him and then a little while later we got a little run and
- 2:22then it was packed by the. Is that right?
- 2:24Nice. People started coming over to
- 2:26us. The hot table, the hot.
- 2:27Table was going, we were having fun having a couple of drinks
- 2:30and I'm proud of myself. Made it back to my room before
- 2:33midnight. That's awesome.
- 2:34I only woke up, ballpark it about 20 times throughout the
- 2:39night. Yeah, scared that I had slept
- 2:40through my alarm. So you've.
- 2:43Been there, done that. Actually, yes.
- 2:44Feeling absolutely, but yes, I, I beat the bet that is out
- 2:47there. Yes, I did make it to work on
- 2:48time today. So we're good to go.
- 2:50We are here live and excited certainly to be back in Las
- 2:53Vegas again. Excited for Thursday getting to
- 2:55hear from Kirk. Yep, Beth Goetz is going to stop
- 2:58by. Just got an e-mail.
- 2:59Oh, is that right? Yeah.
- 3:00So she's coming to remember Barta always used to, yes.
- 3:03And he'd hold those on the side still.
- 3:05So she's going to stop by radio row for you and Lucas.
- 3:07She is now. It's before we go live, so we'll
- 3:09record it about 30 minutes beforehand, but we'll have that
- 3:11ready to go and then we'll have all the players.
- 3:14Kurt's going to stop by. So excited to hear from
- 3:16everybody now. You're going to be disappointed.
- 3:18I got some bad news for you. What's that?
- 3:19Also got this from Matt Weitzel, the Sid at the University of
- 3:22Iowa. There will be no depth chart.
- 3:25Depth chart will not be released.
- 3:27Come on now. Till when?
- 3:29Till August. Oh, OK.
- 3:30So it's not, it's not like they're just going to keep it a
- 3:32secret, right as they do in Ames.
- 3:34So this was something Kurt mentioned and I forgot about it.
- 3:37I had Elliot Clough on my podcast Sunday night and he
- 3:41mentioned because I asked him the same thing.
- 3:43He said Kurt said something back in the spring, they probably
- 3:45weren't going to do it. And one of the reasons that Kurt
- 3:48cited is he's getting a ton of blowback from like families
- 3:52about depth charts, coupled with obviously, the transfer portal.
- 3:55You know, where do you put Sam Phillips on there?
- 3:57You know, where do you put Shahid?
- 3:58Berry, shouldn't there be a statute of limitation once your
- 4:00kid leaves grade school? You you can't if your parents
- 4:03just like let him be me or she well.
- 4:07That's in theory, that's a great idea.
- 4:08Right. Never actually.
- 4:10Yes, in this day and age that is not happening and it gets worse
- 4:13and worse and worse. So we will not have a depth
- 4:15chart this week, but we will get a depth chart before the season
- 4:18begins. Well, so I guess parents are
- 4:20getting involved now with my son's 4th on the depth chart,
- 4:23not going to play a lot. Meanwhile, this school, their
- 4:25running back just had a DUI and maybe there's some opportunities
- 4:29there and Oh my God, what an error it is.
- 4:32What a time. We live in it when it comes to
- 4:34college sports. No question about that.
- 4:36I have the last couple of days spent trying to reacquaint
- 4:42myself with this sport just to get in as much in depth as I
- 4:46possibly can, as we, you know, embark on the next four months
- 4:51of of talk radio. And I'm just, I hate to say it
- 4:57when it comes to this conference because I can't trust James
- 5:00Franklin. Why do I Absolutely.
- 5:03They're loaded though, Trent. Top to bottom, I mean that that
- 5:05team, when you look at, you know, I love line play and you
- 5:09got to be good on. They have it on both sides.
- 5:12You have a quarterback that, yes, has struggled in big games
- 5:14still in terms of raw talent. Is he the second choice in the
- 5:17Heisman? Well, we got it right here as we
- 5:20got our circus sports. I mean, I think Arch is probably
- 5:23the favorite. So at circa Aller is the 4th.
- 5:264th OK. Arch is the favorite plus 550
- 5:30Nussmeyer plus 850. You could a.
- 5:32Lot of people love that were LSU quarterback.
- 5:35Then Club Nick, yeah, yeah, plus 875 and then the big 15 to 1
- 5:39though on Aller, so you get a price on that one.
- 5:41Any Hawks or clones on make the list?
- 5:43So I know I saw rock quarterbacks.
- 5:47I don't know if they're on this list as I'm scanning through,
- 5:50but yeah, both quarterbacks are out there in the markets.
- 5:53But not that they're going to win, I'm just curious if they,
- 5:55you know, what kind of price they.
- 5:56Have, and I want to say they were like 150 to 1 is what I saw
- 6:01for Rocco and I think 301 for Gronowski if memory serves.
- 6:05Well, a lot of people, Trent, are are, I don't think giving
- 6:08him his due, Gronowski. I'm Gronowski.
- 6:13He seems to be where he came from.
- 6:14He never saw him play until maybe they got into the playoffs
- 6:18last year. I mean, I understand it.
- 6:20I'm not saying it's right, but you know, you're watching Power
- 6:235 because that moves the needle and there's AI.
- 6:25Think a lot of people are going to be somewhat in for a
- 6:28surprise. Just how you know how much maybe
- 6:31he can elevate this Hawkeye offense.
- 6:34I think another part that's kind of missed about him is he, look
- 6:36at the statistics, right? You look at him, it's the part
- 6:39of the running game. I mean, he is not just a good
- 6:41runner. He's a physical.
- 6:43Yeah. And think of just the pop they
- 6:46got last year for Brendan Sullivan.
- 6:48Who? Who, by the way, did you see the
- 6:50He thought he was home free at too late.
- 6:52Absolutely. He was going to be the starter.
- 6:53What a way to go out, PYU. He's going to have to sit out
- 6:58seven games instead. He's into the portal and off to
- 7:01Tulane and all of a sudden Mr. Sullivans.
- 7:04Maybe it's his parents that are starting get upset.
- 7:08And how tough is that got to be for that guy?
- 7:09I mean, you make it this deep into it, finally going to get
- 7:12your shot. Your job.
- 7:15And now it's not, yeah, because Bret's lost a better
- 7:18quarterback, I think he is than Brendan Sullivan.
- 7:19I think he is. We saw his limitations, too.
- 7:22As fun as it was to see finally somebody mobile back there, a
- 7:25guy that can run well. Now you have that with Gronowski
- 7:28coupled with a guy that we think at minimum is going to be
- 7:31confident throwing the football. Yeah.
- 7:33Now I guess there is one knock. That on Gronowski.
- 7:36Gronowski The for the system that South Dakota State ran, the
- 7:41completion percentage was never elite.
- 7:43It was fine. It was good, but it was never
- 7:45elite. So I guess that would be maybe
- 7:48the hold of because if he's sitting there completing in this
- 7:51Iowa system 5859% that's that's not good enough, no.
- 7:55They need and that was his numbers.
- 7:56And his last year I think was at 58%.
- 7:59They need it at 65% with a quick passing game that they have.
- 8:02That's the number. So I guess that would be the one
- 8:05hole that I would poke in him. But still we're talking about a
- 8:08real quarterback and not just a real quarterback.
- 8:10I believe a real leader. The the bravado that we saw from
- 8:16Kate McNamara, it was false bravado, It was.
- 8:19Like all hat, no cattle. Yes, absolutely.
- 8:21He was trying to overcompensate for his lack of talent.
- 8:26Yeah. Do you think it's unfair?
- 8:29I mean. We're sold a bill of goods.
- 8:30Yes, absolutely. I mean, I was, yes.
- 8:32And we as media fans wanted to believe it.
- 8:36You know, maybe this is going to be a changing point when it
- 8:39comes to that position at the University of Well, it wasn't
- 8:42how. About Kumari Moulton, they just
- 8:44found it. 500 to one, really. About a Kumari Moulton ticket,
- 8:48There's a lottery ticket for you.
- 8:49Yeah, I'll say 500 to one on that one.
- 8:51Oh yeah. Well, we'll continue to bring
- 8:53you some different odds. So today on our regional front,
- 8:57we'll get to hear from rule. Yep.
- 8:58And we'll get to hear from. I think Lucas is planning on
- 9:01playing Matt Rules press conference during off the bench
- 9:05at some point during during his show.
- 9:08Yeah, I kind of want to hear from Rule.
- 9:09There's a lot of Nebraska love out there.
- 9:11You know, the team that I that I spent some time on this morning
- 9:15trying to learn more about what was USC, just what they are,
- 9:19right? You know, that's one of my teams
- 9:21that I liked. Well, yeah, and I guess they
- 9:23didn't realize this. You know who the running back
- 9:24is, or one of the running back guys in the room is former
- 9:27Cyclone Eli Sanders. Oh yeah, he's there now.
- 9:30He left last year we transferred and now he's he's ended up in
- 9:34Socal for the Trojan. So we'll see where it goes with
- 9:38the with the Eli Sanders. But I think we can rally.
- 9:41He's got a squad. I think he does.
- 9:43They got a quarterback So and and look at I always got to go
- 9:46out there. We know how that, well, doesn't.
- 9:48Work not good. It's not what's?
- 9:50What's that about? I mean, you have to be able to.
- 9:54I think Matt Camel's fixed his early season woes.
- 9:56Go find out in a few weeks. Certainly looked like it last
- 9:59year. So what I'm going at is these
- 10:01bad habits, they can be broken. And I was got 1 when it comes to
- 10:05the Pacific Time zone now. I think you start, there just
- 10:09hasn't been a whole lot of them, right?
- 10:10I mean, you go back, that's fair.
- 10:11There's only been really taking bowl games away because that's a
- 10:14different sort of thing, right? There's really only three.
- 10:17Arizona that you're looking at? Arizona.
- 10:20Arizona State and last year against the UCLA.
- 10:22So we're talking about three games.
- 10:24Yep. Fair.
- 10:25But Kirk likes the routine. And that was Nick Foles with
- 10:29Arizona. It was Nick Foles and a missed
- 10:31extra point proved to be the difference in that game.
- 10:33I don't. Remember that part about?
- 10:34It Stanley and company who it was a loud one there and down.
- 10:37You were in Tucson for I remember You were in Tucson and
- 10:40you stayed in downtown Tucson. And there really is no downtown
- 10:43Tucson. Yeah.
- 10:44Or it's very small. Yep, that's right and.
- 10:47The same thing, the road trip to Arizona State, they got
- 10:49bludgeoned. There was a good team in O 4,
- 10:52but there was a delay because of lightning.
- 10:54It was super late and once that momentum started going downhill,
- 10:58there was just no stopping at that day.
- 10:59And Walter Belius with a punt return late to get them on the
- 11:03board. It was a 44 seven.
- 11:05I think it was the final at that one.
- 11:06It was brutal, but it's 3 instances.
- 11:09So one thing about Kirk is you think of and why I don't think
- 11:13the Rutgers game is a real big concern.
- 11:15Because I love Shiano though. Short weeks, they have been so
- 11:18good. The Maryland game, yes, that
- 11:21Maryland game were maybe the only time that we saw.
- 11:24And Maryland stock was higher than it had been in sometime.
- 11:27Absolutely. They have played well in those
- 11:30instances. So he has something there.
- 11:33Can he figure it out now? I'm not going to until I see it.
- 11:35I'm not going to believe it or bet it or bet it.
- 11:37Absolutely. I'll be in USC one way or the
- 11:39other. I don't come that game.
- 11:41That is something I'm sure that he's hurt.
- 11:46And there's a question I think I'm looking for Thursday that I
- 11:50might be asking Kirk because it's out there.
- 11:53The narrative is out there. What can you do to change that?
- 11:57What is it practicing earlier? Is it Prey leaving earlier,
- 12:01leaving early? Yeah, getting out a day earlier.
- 12:03Something needs to do. And and we'll see if Kirk's got
- 12:05anything on that front because USC, their number's eight over
- 12:08under is 8A flat 8 here at Circa yeah, them if.
- 12:12You're looking and I was where now it's Circus 6 1/2 or 7.
- 12:14Seven and a half, 7 1/2 is currently the number on them
- 12:17yet. Shaded to the under or.
- 12:19Where's that? You get plus money on the over.
- 12:22OK. Yeah.
- 12:22So. USC, though, is 18 to 1 to.
- 12:27Win the conference. To win the Big 10, and that was
- 12:30not the case a month ago when I first brought them up.
- 12:32They were in the 35 to 1 range. So basically they've been
- 12:35chopped in half. Yeah.
- 12:36There's a lot of steam coming in on the Trojans, and that's gonna
- 12:38be a tough one, yeah. I'm not sure I'd buy the.
- 12:40I mean, I think they're gonna be better.
- 12:43But getting to that level? Yeah, I mean, there's there's
- 12:46the big three in Oregon, Ohio State and Penn State and then
- 12:50fill in some blanks after that. Illinois is probably there that
- 12:54you can find Illinois detractors.
- 12:56The receiver court took a huge hit this offseason.
- 12:59Love what they're doing, like the direction of the program.
- 13:02Obviously the quarterback is back, which is huge running back
- 13:06questions. So who else does Washington take
- 13:10a step forward this year? Is that one of them for you?
- 13:12Well, Damond Williams, I'm in love with that guy.
- 13:14And I am not alone. I think this is going to be one
- 13:17of those kind of buzz guys too. And we just how?
- 13:19Many games did he play well, Probably 445 well.
- 13:23He played against Iowa and he was the better quarterback.
- 13:25You know, Will Rogers was not good.
- 13:28No, he struggled certainly in stadium and overall last season
- 13:32and you wonder if they would have gave them all those reps
- 13:34how much further ahead that he is.
- 13:35So Washington is listed right at the same price as I win Illinois
- 13:3935 to 1 to win the conference. How about this?
- 13:42Nebraska 25 to one along with Indiana?
- 13:46So Nebraska is ahead of Illinois, Iowa and Washington
- 13:49win the conference. I can't get there with the
- 13:51Huskers. How many wins do you think is
- 13:53fair 8. I think that's a good number.
- 13:55Yes, 8 and. 4/8 and. 4 schedule, Do you have it in front of you?
- 13:59Yeah. The the game that is really, I
- 14:02think going to dictate a ton. Is that early game against
- 14:05Michigan for both teams. Yeah.
- 14:07You know, if Michigan can go in there obviously and get a win,
- 14:09how that's going to change their fortune of what they can do
- 14:11because their schedule after that is not very difficult.
- 14:13Does Nebraska play a a marquee non con game this?
- 14:16Year they get the Cincinnati game.
- 14:18Oh, that's in Kansas City. That's right.
- 14:20Yep. Is that Thursday or Saturday?
- 14:21That's Thursday. Thursday.
- 14:22Yep. And it'll be 8:00 central time
- 14:25kickoff, so a. Little, by the way, can I stop
- 14:26you? Yeah, just for a second.
- 14:28You know what this week is? What's this week?
- 14:30This week is the last week without football until February.
- 14:34Like that? Like the sound of?
- 14:36That because next week from Thursday, the final day of the
- 14:39month, is the Hall of Fame game. But anyways, back to your point.
- 14:42But Cincinnati don't. Just for those of you who
- 14:44celebrate. Absolutely.
- 14:45There's a lot of you out. There a lot of us out there yes
- 14:48I. Think Cincinnati's going to be
- 14:50better? That is one of my takeaways from
- 14:52Big 12. They're not going to be dreadful
- 14:54to intent, No. I don't even know if it's going
- 14:57to be full eligibility, but I think Cincinnati is going to be
- 15:00better. I was.
- 15:01I was buying what Satterfield and Company was selling on that
- 15:03one. Yeah.
- 15:05Tussle should win that game, though.
- 15:07I mean, well, I got the number here right in front of us.
- 15:10What? What do you think?
- 15:11Nebraska's. Cincinnati Woodford's Nebraska's
- 15:14got to be a touchdown. Nebraska 6 1/2 6 1/2 is the
- 15:19number there, plus 215 on the Bearcats.
- 15:21The money line if you're. Is that where you're shopping?
- 15:24I don't think I could get. There what kind of fan?
- 15:26I mean that what will what will the fan base be?
- 15:288020909010 Yeah, yeah. After and after that, they get
- 15:33the Zips come into town for the home opener, then Houston
- 15:37Christian makes their way to Lincoln's.
- 15:39So they're three and oh, I'm going to go three and oh, I
- 15:42think they beat. 6 I think so too then.
- 15:46Is that the Michigan game right out of the chute?
- 15:48Michigan right away, Yeah. And you know what?
- 15:51That would be really good to see both teams because I'm kind of,
- 15:54you know, in the dark when it comes to what kind of year
- 15:56Michigan's going to have this year.
- 15:57Huskers after that they get a buy after the Michigan game.
- 16:00Then they have Michigan State come to town.
- 16:02OK, so let's give them, let's give them one win between the
- 16:04two Michigan. So that's a four one, Yeah, they
- 16:07go to Maryland and to Minnesota split.
- 16:11Sure 5. 5 Home for Northwestern. 6.
- 16:15Home free for USC, another pivotable.
- 16:18Game. I mean, yeah, big.
- 16:20They go to UCLA, I'm getting a loss.
- 16:23OK, then I'll give the USC win so 7.
- 16:25At Penn State? Nope.
- 16:27Home for Iowa. That's how it's going to end.
- 16:30Wow. I know it's ended with Iowa, but
- 16:32the Penn State but game right before that.
- 16:34Wow, On the road for Penn State, Yeah, maybe it's not the right
- 16:38number. Maybe it's 7th and then short
- 16:40week for Iowa and who knows what time that Penn State game is
- 16:43going to be. That could be a prime time game,
- 16:45certainly a Penn State's number one in the country.
- 16:47Yeah, they've loosened the reins and they are playing those games
- 16:50after 3:30 Eastern Time, which he used to piss me off.
- 16:55It wasn't a rule, it was a quote policy.
- 16:58Policy. Yeah, policies are made to be
- 17:00broken. That's right.
- 17:01Absolutely. All right, so let's do a little
- 17:02bit. Couple of minutes on baseball.
- 17:04Matt Snyder was going to join us, our regular Monday guests,
- 17:07but he had something come up where he couldn't.
- 17:10So I'll let you and I take the baseball.
- 17:11Did you see the end of your Twins game last night?
- 17:13Did you think the ball was out? No.
- 17:15You didn't. Boy, I thought it had a chance.
- 17:18But I'm also not usually optimistic.
- 17:20Right. I mean, it was at the deepest
- 17:22part of the ballpark. I thought, Oh my God, Korea got
- 17:25it. And he almost did.
- 17:27He almost sent the the Dodgers to another loss.
- 17:31But let's start with the Cubs. And I don't know what it is with
- 17:33Brent Brown, but they gave him another opportunity and you
- 17:37know, he had that I I kind of in one hand.
- 17:39Ben Brown, right? What's that?
- 17:41Not Brent Brown, Ben. Brent Brown, yeah, yeah, right,
- 17:43right. Brent Brown's the elf feeler.
- 17:47He had that start, start number two of the year when the Cubs,
- 17:52remember, they started the year over in Japan, then they came
- 17:54back and they played the Dodgers in LA very early.
- 17:56And Brown was unbelievable, but since he's had a couple of
- 18:02moments, but my God, you can. It's it's time to do something
- 18:06there because don't look down. You're no longer in first place,
- 18:08right? You're in the wild card round
- 18:10right now. These Brewers are absolutely
- 18:13legit. And I don't know if it's a
- 18:15coincidence or not, but since Andrew Vaughn, of all people,
- 18:19was called back up to rejoin the team after he was traded from
- 18:22the White Sox, they've a loss. Yeah.
- 18:25It's. Wild.
- 18:25It's wild. I and I love Pat Murphy.
- 18:28I love their manager. Yeah.
- 18:30Seems like he's just Yep, the perfect Yep, embodiment of what
- 18:35you're trying to do. He always says the right things,
- 18:37you know, see him from time to time, have the game on in the
- 18:40background and there he's, you know, talking afterwards.
- 18:42He just, he gets it. He just had the right he.
- 18:45Wouldn't have left. Would he still be his bench
- 18:47coach? Probably not because I.
- 18:49Would have had opportunities, I want to believe.
- 18:51But there was a lot of buzz about him that he was going to
- 18:54become a. Spring chicken, though.
- 18:55Isn't isn't that wild? Yeah, he's got to be.
- 18:57I don't know, he's my age, but he's got to be 60.
- 19:00I think he definitely looks it. Yeah, he looks like an older
- 19:02guy. And why?
- 19:04Speaking of older guys, man, if you go to central casting and
- 19:07find a manager. Bochy.
- 19:11You know, with the huge, I mean, he's got catcher, the huge
- 19:14hands, the feet, the ears, the six O clock.
- 19:18Well, he never a six O clock shout if you want to call it
- 19:20boy, he looks like a baseball manager, like some of those old
- 19:23guys you see back in the day with those old pictures.
- 19:27Oh my God, baseball down the stretch.
- 19:28Here we come. So the Cubs have an opportunity
- 19:30to get a win today against the Royals.
- 19:33Are you familiar with who's taking the mound for the Kansas
- 19:36City Royals and what a story it is?
- 19:38Old. 45 years old, Rich Hill. He's my age.
- 19:42Yeah, he's my age. When you put it that way, yeah.
- 19:45Been around the block a few times.
- 19:46Yeah, that's unbelievable. 45 years old, he made his debut 20
- 19:52years ago. Wow.
- 19:53In 2005. Wow.
- 19:55He was not a guy. So these kids, these kids that
- 19:57were drafted this past weekend, they, they weren't even born
- 20:00yet. Weren't even born no 20 years
- 20:03ago. He makes his debut and here he
- 20:05is. So it's just a lifer, right?
- 20:07Obviously he's not doing it for the money, right?
- 20:09If you're in the league as long as he has, he's got a full
- 20:12pension at this point and BS make gajillion's good for him.
- 20:16He's been with the Dodgers, the guard everywhere, the Yankees,
- 20:21the Angels, the Red Sox, the A's, the Twins, the Rays, the
- 20:25Mets, Pirates, Padres. So I think the only pitcher that
- 20:31I could come up with, the first one that pops into my head that
- 20:35may have more stops along the way to his Major League career,
- 20:39Jesse Chavez, the relief pitcher.
- 20:42Yes, and he was a reliever, so that even makes maybe a little
- 20:45bit more sense. Absolutely incredible.
- 20:49He has played for that many teams.
- 20:51Cubs, Orioles, Red Sox, Indians at the time, Yeah.
- 20:54Angels, Yankees, A's, Dodgers, Twins, Rays, Mets, Pirates,
- 20:58Padres. Is there a number of teams or do
- 21:01we have to count them? I got to count them, yeah.
- 21:03So yeah, go ahead quick and then find Jesse Chavez, because I'd
- 21:06be anxious, curious to know because he's got to be 20.
- 21:10He's played for teams two and three times, I think.
- 21:12This will be his 14th. 14th Sorry.
- 21:14Fine, Chavez. I'm going to take the over.
- 21:16I'm going to take Chavez over 14.
- 21:18Jesse Chavez. He he was with somebody earlier
- 21:21this year. I think he just got sent down.
- 21:24He was with the Cubs, Rangers 123 Dodgers, 4A's, 5 Blue Jays,
- 21:296 Royals, 7 Braves, 8 Pirates. 9 That's it.
- 21:33That's it. But he had multiple stops at
- 21:35some of these places. That is true, yes.
- 21:40Hey, baseball's good, right? If you can throw with your right
- 21:42hand. Or no, there's more here.
- 21:44There is. There's more here.
- 21:45I thought there has. I was digging a little bit.
- 21:47So this is just the top of his wicked.
- 21:48Case. So we're at 9:00.
- 21:50So all right, let's go again. Pirates, Braves, Royals, Blue
- 21:53Jays, A's. There's Blue Jays again .0
- 21:56That's what it is, yes. It's just the multiple teams, so
- 21:59nine different teams, but yeah. Multiple stops and a.
- 22:02Lot of them, yeah. Most traded player in MLB
- 22:05history. Is he Jesse?
- 22:06And I bet you, I bet you he's going to hear his name called
- 22:09here in a couple of weeks. Somebody will take a shot.
- 22:11Somebody needs bullpen help. Not a lot of it out there.
- 22:14Oh, my gosh. Good stuff.
- 22:16Fascinating stuff. All right, so you get Ference on
- 22:18Thursday? Yes.
- 22:21What? Who else will you?
- 22:22You probably won't have a lot of time if if Beth gets to stopping
- 22:25by, the players are stopping by. You won't have a lot of time, I
- 22:28wouldn't think. Does Ference go first?
- 22:30That day he does, yes. So Ference is the first up that
- 22:36day as I get the e-mail back in front of me here with what we
- 22:41have that day. So Kirk will go on the podium on
- 22:45Thursday at da da da. Here we go, 11:30 Pacific, so
- 22:491:30. So you carry it live.
- 22:51Would that be the goal on Thursday?
- 22:53That is the plan on Thursday and then we'll get him one-on-one
- 22:57for a little bit. Nice, because you're doing,
- 22:59you're doing the Lucas show off the bench.
- 23:02So we'll be hanging out there. Lucas will jump, the players are
- 23:05going to come over for a little bit.
- 23:06They're also going to have a side session, so we'll be doing
- 23:08a lot of running around on Radio Row on Thursday.
- 23:11All right, good stuff. All right, time for a keyword.
- 23:13We'll get to that. Bonus bucks.
- 23:14This is this. The final is next week.
- 23:16I think next week's the final week.
- 23:17Well, it's coming to an end regardless.
- 23:19KX&O has not or the Iowa Sports Radio Network for that matter
- 23:23has not had a $1000 win. This is open to anybody
- 23:27listening to this program or the Iowa Sports Radio Network
- 23:31programming. The place you go is KX and
- 23:34o.com. Once you get there you'll see a
- 23:36pop up box and every hour for Trenton myself.
- 23:40Likewise with the off the bench with Lucas and normally Sean,
- 23:44they'll give you multiple opportunities.
- 23:45Keyword this hour TC. It is Bills.
- 23:48Bills, KX and o.com, your chance to win $1000 bills at KX and
- 23:54o.com. Let's get a winner before we
- 23:56wrap this bad boy up. All right, Pete Futek is going
- 23:59to join us. collegefootballnews.com.
- 24:02Get his thoughts on the Big 10. Get a Big 12 question or two in
- 24:05their house. See, he sees the conference.
- 24:07Where are you on the Big 12? Do you have a target team?
- 24:10Texas Tech's, their schedule, all of their tough games are on
- 24:14the road. All of them.
- 24:16Arizona State, you've got to go to Utah.
- 24:18I like Utah. You do.
- 24:20I like Utah. There's been a lot of steam on
- 24:22Utah. Feels like they've kind of built
- 24:24up. Currently at Circa K State is
- 24:26the betting favorite, plus 490 on the Wildcats.
- 24:29Yep, Tech the second choice, followed by Utah.
- 24:32Arizona State is the four choice.
- 24:34Baylor at 7:00 to 1:00, a lot of Baylor love and then Iowa State
- 24:37and TCU both 12 to one. Yep, as they sit in the sixth
- 24:40position. Parody, parody, parody.
- 24:43Again this year I think is going to be.
- 24:44The Can there be another dark horse this year?
- 24:46Not like Arizona State. Not that far down.
- 24:49So how far? What do you consider a dark
- 24:51horse? 10 and up. 15 in them like.
- 24:55Somebody coming for like, who's picked?
- 24:57Oklahoma State's picked at the bottom.
- 24:59UCFU. CF Yeah.
- 25:02Ken, Kansas got Daniel Ken. Kansas wasn't too many years ago
- 25:08that a lot of people thought that they were about to take
- 25:10off. 15 to 1, Houston. Can now there's.
- 25:16Been a little Houston out there. I just don't see the Big 12, but
- 25:22finishing the way that it did last year with the team coming
- 25:25out of nowhere, We saw that last year.
- 25:27I can't see it this year. We'll see.
- 25:29It's going to be here before we know it.
- 25:31Take your time out, come back. We'll be joined by Pete Futech.
- 25:34We'll pick his college football brain. collegefootballnews.com.
- 25:37It's a really good site, really is really in depth, puts a ton
- 25:40of effort into it. If you're a college football
- 25:42fan, you don't want to pay for any of the publications Pete
- 25:44Futech's got. It's got them all, a synopsis, a
- 25:48preview of every single team and he'll join us.
- 25:51Next, we'll hear from Tony Petiti as he kicks off Big 10
- 25:54needy days. That will be when we rejoin for
- 25:58our number 2. And then Derek Stevens, the CEO
- 26:00of the Golden Gate D and Circus Sports.
- 26:04The gem of Fremont Street, the jewel of Fremont Street.
- 26:07We're broadcasting live from stadium Swim Miller in Condon on
- 26:11a Tuesday. It's the Iowa Sports Radio
- 26:13Network. I'm Miller Condon, Welcome back,
- 26:21Iowa Sports Radio Network. Trent Condon, Ken Miller live at
- 26:24Stadium Swim, downtown Las Vegas, Big 10 Media days on the
- 26:28South Strip. They're taking place at the
- 26:30Mandalay Bay. Trenton Lucas broadcast live on
- 26:33Thursday, the day that I was on the podium.
- 26:36Let's talk Big 10. Let's talk a little Big 12.
- 26:38Let's talk college football with our friend Pete
- 26:40futekcollegefootballnews.com. Pete Trenton, Ken, thanks for
- 26:44giving us a few minutes. Pete, how are things with you?
- 26:47Oh, forget that. How how's things in Vegas?
- 26:49I would you normally go to this in everything.
- 26:52Every major sporting event should be held in either San
- 26:54Diego or Las Vegas. And I wish I was there because
- 26:58this is the time of year, even if it's 180° out there where you
- 27:02have NBA summer weeks. Do you have that buzz and you
- 27:05have things to do? I like that place.
- 27:10I do too, and we're catching a break.
- 27:11The high is 99, but it's a dry 99, dry heat.
- 27:15Anyways, Pete, I want to pick. I want to go right to the top of
- 27:18the Big 10 to start with you, if you don't mind.
- 27:21And that's with Penn, Penn State, who's I think loaded
- 27:25right. I'm not sure what their weakness
- 27:26is other than maybe it's the guy with the headset.
- 27:29And the reason I do the Pete Frank or James Franklin rather
- 27:33gets picked on is because he hasn't won the big one, right
- 27:37though? But no, the lack of wins against
- 27:38Ohio State, Yeah, OK. What?
- 27:40Got a couple of playoff wins, but got the easiest pathway in
- 27:43the playoff last year. Where are you on Franklin?
- 27:46Is this finally the year Franklin gets that proverbial
- 27:49monkey off of his back? I am so sick of the narrative.
- 27:53It is like we just did this. We did a Jim Harbaugh can't win
- 27:58the big one. Well, yeah, everyone forgets in
- 28:012020 he had to fire half the all staff and start over.
- 28:05Always going to go off the NFL. He can't beat Ohio State.
- 28:08He can't beat a top ten team. And meanwhile he only won like
- 28:11like something in Spain like 78% of his game up until then.
- 28:15Ryan Day, he can't beat Michigan.
- 28:17He can't get this deal. Of course he could.
- 28:19They were going to win the national championship.
- 28:20Even after beating Michigan, everyone goes crazy.
- 28:23Oh can they get Jim Franklin has won over 70% of his games at
- 28:27Penn State. That's hard.
- 28:30It is. The only other person who has
- 28:32been around at the same school as long as Franklin has been at
- 28:35Penn State is Dabo, who has won 70% or more of his game.
- 28:39No other coach has done that. And his big sin is he can't beat
- 28:43Ohio State. Well, nobody really can right
- 28:45now. Actually beat him a few years
- 28:46back, but and then a national final level Michigan team,
- 28:50they're beating just about everyone else.
- 28:52So the idea that Oh well, he can't coach, well, he wanted
- 28:56Vanderbilt. He took Vanderbilt to a couple
- 28:58of bowl games and he's done an awesome job at Penn State.
- 29:02It's not easy to do this. And so if it was anywhere else,
- 29:06Penn State would be everyone screaming, no doubt about it,
- 29:09number one team in the country. But because everyone's got the
- 29:12same, oh, Franklin can't win narrative.
- 29:13Well, dude got to the final four last year.
- 29:16He's doing all right. Yeah, but had an easy path.
- 29:20Well, you still got to win the games.
- 29:22I mean, you still got to win those, I mean.
- 29:24Yeah, OK. Not only did they OK fine, they
- 29:26did get the easiest pass, they also got the extra game.
- 29:30So they played the the Big 10 championship game, which is the
- 29:34sucker bet because if you lose those conference championship
- 29:37games, you have another game and no break.
- 29:40So and his team was a Drew Aller passed away from probably
- 29:43playing for the national championship.
- 29:45So again, where how he got there.
- 29:47If you're in the final floor of the College Football Playoff,
- 29:50you're pretty good. Speaking of the playoff in the
- 29:56path, the path might be changing in the future if we go to 16
- 29:59teams. So we're going to hear from Tony
- 30:00Petiti coming up here and what about 20 minutes?
- 30:03We'll hear from him here on the podium, the back and forth that
- 30:07is out there, the narrative with the SEC in the Big 10 and and
- 30:10who's going to blink first in this one?
- 30:12How does this ultimately end? I mean, what, how do you think
- 30:15this is going to play out in the future of college football in
- 30:17the playoff, what it's going to look like as you're kind of
- 30:20reading between the lines, Pete? It'll be a 16 team playoff.
- 30:23It'll be just fine. Maybe like in its bottle and
- 30:26they're going to say it's the, this is the dumbest debate.
- 30:30Be like, oh, well, you know, the Big 10 and SEC demand to have
- 30:33four teams in well, they're going to have four teams in
- 30:36anyway, so fine, that's what you want.
- 30:39OK. Not like you're like every year
- 30:42you're not going to get four teams into the 16 team playoff.
- 30:45So I don't know what the beef is about this.
- 30:49They just want that guarantee to be in there fine.
- 30:51But 16 will be fine. You know, I don't want to be
- 30:53more than that. The whole idea of like the live
- 30:56drink witch thing of going to 64 teams, 68 teams like the NCA,
- 31:00you know, men's basketball tournament, like that's
- 31:02ridiculous. 16 is fine. It's still got.
- 31:06I do think I'd love the idea that you can play your way into
- 31:10it. If you win your conference
- 31:12championship, you are in the College Football Playoffs.
- 31:15That is a good thing. And look, it's like you said,
- 31:18oh, it's an easy pass for Penn State.
- 31:20Well, that's kind of part of the deal.
- 31:21This isn't this isn't the NT basketball tournament.
- 31:23So the whole idea is to get these teams in.
- 31:26You get your shot, you lose 55 to 2, and then you go home.
- 31:30Like that's going to be how this pretty much is.
- 31:34Yeah, all right. If not the Big Three, if not
- 31:36Penn State, Ohio State, Oregon and put make it forth Michigan,
- 31:40give give me a team in the Big 10.
- 31:41That's I'm not saying they're going to sneak up and win the
- 31:44conference, but maybe better than something.
- 31:47I'm not going to say they're Indiana this year, but Mike, you
- 31:49know, be better than some people believe they're going to be at
- 31:52this point. Do you have one of those?
- 31:53How about how about Indiana? They're good.
- 31:56It's not this is not a fluke. You know, they it gets lost that
- 32:00they actually beat Michigan and they actually did like keep
- 32:04fine. The rest of their schedule
- 32:05wasn't that nasty. They missed a bunch of the key
- 32:08teams, but they what do you do to a schedule full of mediocre
- 32:11teams? You blow them out.
- 32:13That's what they did. They lose a little bit.
- 32:16They don't have the, the big, you know, James Madison push of
- 32:19last year. They got all the good guys under
- 32:21Sigdetti, but they got the quarterback who has actually has
- 32:25two healthy APL's and everything else is kind of there.
- 32:28And the coaching staff is so amazing.
- 32:31I think, I don't think they're going to win the Big 10 title,
- 32:33but I don't think they're just going to be like, oh, that was a
- 32:35cute one off for Indiana. Now they're going to go away.
- 32:37They'll they'll be like beating 4:00-ish, nine and three.
- 32:41But they're going to be pretty good.
- 32:44What do you think of the Local? What are your thoughts on the
- 32:46Hawkeyes coming into the air with Mark Gronowski behind
- 32:49center? Yeah, You got a quarterback,
- 32:51He's a he's good. It just depends if they really,
- 32:55really buy into unleashing him and letting him, you know, go
- 32:58out there and do what he can do. But that Iowa certainly is kind
- 33:03of one of those flying in the weeds teams that they've got
- 33:07enough. It's still Iowa.
- 33:09It's still, you know, what you're getting.
- 33:10But, you know, can you get past Iowa State's kind of the big
- 33:14game early for a whole slew of reasons?
- 33:16But also you can, you can look at that schedule and you can
- 33:19envision somehow getting the right day in Iowa City against,
- 33:25you know, one of the better teams and somehow finding your
- 33:28way to 10 and two, if you get by Iowa State early on.
- 33:33Yeah, I've seen it before, no doubt about it.
- 33:35I want a couple of questions on the Big 12 before we let you go.
- 33:38Texas Tech, obviously, they spent a boatload of money.
- 33:42There's a lot of love out there for Mcguire's group.
- 33:44But the schedule, Pete, all of their tough games are they got
- 33:47to go to K State, they've got to go to Utah, they've got to go to
- 33:52Tempe to take on Arizona State. I think the three toughest games
- 33:55in their schedule are all on the road asking a lot.
- 33:58Where are you on the Red Raiders?
- 34:00And it's Texas Tech and they've never won anything ever.
- 34:03I mean, everyone forgets that they're only outright conference
- 34:06championship. I believe it's the 1948
- 34:09Borderland Conference. I mean, they, this is not a
- 34:12program that won, not even not even Mike Leach.
- 34:15And it gets lost at Disney. He they never played in a
- 34:18conference, a Big 12 conference championship, even under a
- 34:20beach. And now they're trying to blue
- 34:22chips their ways from this interesting team.
- 34:25Let's see if this works because they have a whole lot of money
- 34:27being pumped in. They have a whole lot of talent.
- 34:30They aren't good enough to roll through this.
- 34:32But the problem is everybody in the Big 12 is good, even the
- 34:35teams on the bottom. They be like West Virginia is
- 34:37going to be fine. You know, Kansas is like
- 34:40Cincinnati and Houston are way better, you know, so you have
- 34:43you don't have a killer in the conference, but you have all
- 34:46these teams that can all and will beat each other on a week
- 34:49in and week out basis. But Texas Tech?
- 34:51If this works and it takes an influx of cash to go from being
- 34:55a a program that never wins 10 games to all of a sudden a
- 34:58powerhouse, well, let's see if this works.
- 35:03I continue to struggle to wrap my mind around why Iowa State is
- 35:07listed, at least in the betting markets so far behind that top
- 35:10group of teams. Do you think there's a big gap
- 35:12between the Texas Tech, Kansas State, Arizona States of the
- 35:16World and Iowa State like the betting markets say?
- 35:19And Utah. Utah's the best team in the
- 35:21conference. So wherever you're betting, I
- 35:23agree. Wherever you're betting, they
- 35:25got it. They figure out you don't have
- 35:26Cam rising holding the team hostage anymore.
- 35:28They got a quarterback in Devon Damperger in terms of things are
- 35:32going to bounce back. I don't think Arizona's going to
- 35:34bounce back. They're they're kind of I'm not
- 35:37buying the Arizona State's going to do this again.
- 35:39But your point, Iowa State, again, every team is, you know,
- 35:44you can say, OK, we're with the right brakes, every single team
- 35:47in this conference could be right in the mix.
- 35:49And I would say it's right there.
- 35:50I mean, there's no reason why they can't be.
- 35:53You know, if they finished the year 2 or 10, you know, you
- 35:57wouldn't be shocked the way this conference is going.
- 35:59But there's certainly not a reason why they should be ranked
- 36:01way below the other top teams in the conference.
- 36:04But again, they're good enough to go back to the Big 12
- 36:06Championship and actually win it.
- 36:09All right. Last thing for me, Pete, I'm
- 36:11guessing if we turn the clock back a year or ago that you
- 36:15wouldn't do an interview about the Big 12 that Colorado didn't
- 36:18come up. So what do we expect?
- 36:20I mean, what, what is this year going to be like for the Buffs?
- 36:24I think the fans have still bought the tickets.
- 36:25Whether you know how long that honeymoon lasts.
- 36:28Where are you on CU? I'm not buying I although I
- 36:31didn't last year and I still refuse to believe that Travis my
- 36:34first can win the Heisman. So take that with a grain of
- 36:36salt. But I mean they their their
- 36:39lines are better, but it is still the all frosting no cake
- 36:43team. I mean it's kind of thing where
- 36:45it's OK if you are on all transfer thing portal thing,
- 36:48that's fine. But you still need the depth of
- 36:51the infrastructure from recruiting classes that get
- 36:54built up over time that establish your lines to figure
- 36:58it all out. They do have the pieces.
- 37:00They do have enough parts, but they're just right in the the
- 37:03mosh of Big 12 teams. I certainly don't think that
- 37:06they're any better or more sensational.
- 37:09You're not. You're not going to get better
- 37:10by losing Shudur Sanders a quarterback.
- 37:13So we'll see though. We'll, we'll see.
- 37:15It'll be, it'll be a fun team. I'm not necessarily buying it.
- 37:17They're going to be any sort of major player in this Big 12 this
- 37:20year. Good stuff, Pete.
- 37:23futechcollegefootballnews.com, collegefootballnews.com.
- 37:27If you don't want to pay for all the magazines, there you go.
- 37:31See you buddy. Thanks.
- 37:32Pete. Thanks, Pete.
- 37:34Later guys, good to talk to you. Pete Futech.
- 37:36Yep, see you, bud. Pete
- 37:37futechcollegefootballnews.com as we take a look at the Big 10 and
- 37:41the Big 12 with Pete Futech. We'll take your time out.
- 37:44Come back, wrap up our number one, Tony Petiti.
- 37:46We're going to hear from him as he gets set to meet the media
- 37:49coming up here when we rejoin in our number 2.
- 37:52Miller and Condon are on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
- 38:10I'm Miller and Condon. Live stadium swim, downtown Las
- 38:13Vegas, Big 10 media days. Lucas is here.
- 38:16I'll sit in with him for an hour just to kick off off the bench
- 38:19as Sean. I guess we're calling this
- 38:22maternity leave. After all, he's about to become
- 38:24a father. And so Lucas will be here.
- 38:27So you and Lucas, tomorrow for five hours, I'm flying.
- 38:30Home that five I'm not sitting around for five hours with
- 38:32Lucas. That's plenty of.
- 38:33Time. Yeah, yeah, I'll hang out with
- 38:35him for an hour like you are today, Right then he's got
- 38:38things figured out. Absolutely does.
- 38:39Yes. We'll hear from Tony Petiti.
- 38:42Wonder how he's got fifth things figured out with the
- 38:44commissioner of the SEC as it seems like the two power
- 38:47conferences. We'll see where this goes.
- 38:51They're not on the same page. Hour 2 Miller and Condon live at
- 38:55stadium Swim. We're Big 10 Media Days in
- 38:58downtown Las Vegas on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.