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Masters Update, Alvaro Folguerias to the portal, Tom Kakert talks Hawkeyes, the Chicken Coop Contest · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Right, good afternoon. Welcome to Miller and Condon on
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a Friday. The Iowa Sports Radio Network
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Trent Condon and Kendaller for the next couple of hours to talk
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sports with you. Thanks for starting your
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afternoon with us. Whether you're on the Iowa
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of Iowa on the iheart app or listening on the flagship Des
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Moines sports station One O 6.3 KX, and we're glad that you are
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here. Here's what's coming up on our
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program. At the bottom of the hour, Tom
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Keikert will join U.S. Open football practice.
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The media saw about 30 minutes of it yesterday, so we'll talk
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about that with Tom. Fulgaris has decided to enter
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the transfer portal. We'll talk that with Tom and
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some women's hoops as well. Tom Keikert at the bottom of our
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number one, our number 2. We'll start with Eugene Repay,
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who writes for the Des Moines Register, where he covers Iowa
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State, some Iowa State news, some Big 12 news as the football
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program has been assigned 2 Friday night games coming up
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this year. Both of those games taking place
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on the road, which should at least make it a little bit
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easier to swallow. You got to play on Friday night,
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but you don't have to lose one of your Saturday home games.
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BYU on the 9th of October and then way into October or way
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into November rather. The Friday before Thanksgiving,
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Iowa State will travel to Orlando to play Central Florida
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and Texas Tech. They've got a night game against
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Houston on September the 18th. Well done.
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Absolutely. Shut up, Cody Campbell.
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Well done, your mark, hold your ground.
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And he did screw. You're part of the Big 12.
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You took the money, you signed the contract.
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Live up to it. Would you please?
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Is that too much to ask? Masters is underway.
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We'll get into those topics. Really good hockey game last
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night with the Wild and the Stars.
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It goes to Dallas. So Minnesota likely has to begin
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the playoff round against that outfit and begin in Dallas for
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game one. And it is going to be nasty.
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Yeah. And I'm all for that.
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So how are you? I'm doing well.
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How are your Masters play plays doing?
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All right. Yeah.
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We're in good shape. Well, the good news for me and I
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think for both of us is, is apparently the Masters has a
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change to the Stableford scoring system.
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So when it comes to the case of Bobby McIntyre.
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Robert McIntyre. Actually a a high score is
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better for us. He's he blew a gasket yesterday.
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He did. Yeah, it wasn't good.
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Cussing and swearing and throwing the bird around.
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Just a complete meltdown by like not only us thought he had a
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chance. A of course very beneficial to
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lefties, except for that one. But anyways, I don't have one
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guy under par. Oh really?
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Not one played four guys. I've been I've been better shape
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than you. Yeah, apparently so.
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Got Justin Rose, got Shafley, they're up at the top 10, so.
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The the Rose thing, I hope he, I hope he hangs around, hope he
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improves on it. Zach doesn't look as though he's
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going to make the cut, although the cut continues to change.
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It does. It's now 4 over the projected
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cut. Line, but he's at six and looks.
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Like no shot, I'm with you. So what about your better?
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Are there any 50 pluses that are going to make the cut?
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Nothing that's defending at this point would be the guy.
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I have not seen what he's done today.
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OK, he's not Freddie Couples. No, no, no, no.
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After you were singing his praises yesterday and.
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Down the stretch he came and it was awful.
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He had a quad, Yeah. So that one's still with a shot
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as Zach Johnson's in the clubhouse at six over.
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Oh, his round's over. I didn't realize that.
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Yes, I'm OK. So, all right.
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And he's tied for 65th. Yeah, he's finished up for the
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day. Three over today, six over for
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the. Tournament a pair of 70 fives.
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So the Iowan looks like he is not going to make the weekend.
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Olathava right now is five over, so well, maybe he's coming back
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to the pack. Three over today, so maybe
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coming back and we could still catch that bet which.
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Fingers crossed. Biggest disappointment so far
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after 18 holes or whatever they're at in their second.
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Round Well, definitely Robert McIntyre has to be part of that
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conversation. John ROM maybe as well.
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Ohh, yes, Rob was the second betting choice.
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Yeah. And I told you I did not get
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involved in that market at all with him.
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Wish I was with you. A couple of young guys that
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people maybe were poking around at JJ spawn coming off the win a
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week ago and that's not going to happen.
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He's not going to make the. Cut No, he is 6 over for the
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tournament. Nikolai Hogard, another young
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guy that potentially was being talked about, but probably ROM.
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I mean, when you're the second betting choice and you are not
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going to make the cut or it looks like currently not going
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to make the cut, that has to be definitely up there at this
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point. And does it go back to that
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conversation again about Liv? Yes, I think it does.
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And the preparation for it. Look at Bill, look at the de
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Shambo same way. Yes, Liv has not done well.
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Rory McIlroy has and, and the, you know, the back-to-back
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winners and the fact that it's been so long since it's
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happened, you know, I bought into that theory.
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I bought into that. He's got his Masters, you know
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that Maybe he's playing Footloose and fancy free.
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It kind of feels that way. Been watching him yesterday he
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was not good off the tee. He was.
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He did say that he didn't. Have the he was glad he had some
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nerves, he, you know, but that he just wasn't, you know, going
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to show up and put a tee in the ground.
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He's still at at some point realized, boy, this is the
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Masters, you know, 16 of the most is he, what do you call it?
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Sixteen of the most important or the 16 most important rounds of
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the season for, you know, for the four majors, right?
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Anyway, so we'll keep you updated on that.
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The leaders, McElroy and Burns, have yet to tee off Wyndham
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Clark's the guy that's having the round today.
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He's 4 under. Tyra Hat and another guy 5
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under. He's having perhaps the best go
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of it so far. Speaking of guys that seem to
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lose their cool from time to. Time.
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He's a cycle back. He is, but you know, there's
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been time. Both of us have been him over
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the past. Oh yeah, not this time anyways.
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But well, other than your bets, do you have a now rooting
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interest if your bets aren't going to get there?
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Is there somebody on the? Is it rose because by default?
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Rose is definitely up there. So close.
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Sam Burns, I've just always liked him.
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You like him? Yeah.
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Like the personality, like the guy, kind of like the story.
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He's, you know, somebody that feels like everybody likes and
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came onto the scene. This is going to be one of these
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next great stars. It certainly is not turned into
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that, but now and getting into his 30s and re evaluating life,
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I think he's married now. You know, those kind of things
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that suddenly change his perspective and just an easy guy
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to root for. He'd be one guy towards the top
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that I'd certainly be rooting for.
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Boy, but by the way, just a beautiful day at a.
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Cost, yes, the whole week just set up that way, Jason Day, I
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mean, speak another. I like Jason Day.
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Yes. What did he have in one in one
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of the majors? A British.
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Was it Vertigo that struck him? Yeah.
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Was it the? PGA or the British.
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But it was it was a major. It was, and I think it was
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Vertigo and it's probably, God, 10 years plus by now.
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Yeah, I, I anyways, but yeah, he's having a good tournament.
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He's one of those guys that's somewhat easy to root for.
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He's 300. He just began his round I
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believe. It was at the US Open in 2015.
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So we knew it wasn't the Masters.
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We guess two out of the other 3 and swung and missed.
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So what kind of day we're off? To second round at Chambers Bay.
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Is that where it was? Where do they go next?
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Shinnecock for the US Open. Is that where it is this year?
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I can't even remember offhand. I think so.
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I've seen some of the spots that have popped up for the golf's
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now third major, as the PGA is rightly been.
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Shinnecock. And taken its place in May.
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Entries are open if you want to get out the sticks and see how
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you can do. Really.
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Yeah, I don't think. You're going to be where, where,
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where's the, where's the PGA at this year?
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Good question. PGA 2026 is PGA Tour.
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No, we're looking for PGA Championship.
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PGA Championship. You don't even look at your
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keyboard when you type. It's incredible, isn't it?
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Scheduled for 2026? PGA scheduled May 14th through
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the 17th in Philadelphia at Aronomic.
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Never heard of it. Me neither.
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Adirondack. No ARONIMINK.
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Never heard of it. Aronimink, I'll take your word.
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So do one for me. Yeah, do.
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You recall it an event being held there.
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I do not. I do, but it'd be, it would kind
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of be surprised if all of a sudden they just showed up
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there. I mean they they believe in
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rotations, don't. They they played a PGA
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Championship there in 1960. 2 That's why I don't recall.
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Yes, don't remember that. One.
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No, I was three at the time, so yeah, I'm going to cut myself
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some. Slack absolutely on that one.
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A new one as Philly will get a major.
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I'm sure most fans will just be calm, cool, collected, Yeah.
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Let's let's go to Fulgaris. Certainly not a surprise that
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he's entered the portal, made it official.
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I saw the news today. I'm not sure if it happened last
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night or today that today is when I saw it.
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What what does this mean? Does and, and whose idea was
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this or was it a mutual parting, do you think?
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If you heard anything, we'll get more on Cakered in 20 minutes.
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Yeah, what? Connecting dots here.
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I think everything we've heard there was going to be a pay cut.
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He was not going to get the same amount that he got this season.
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And that was rumored to be won 1.5.
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Did you say yesterday? Something like that, yeah.
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He was not going to get that amount.
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They need to spend. They need a center, they need a
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rim protector. That's the most expensive
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position in the portal. And certainly for the high end
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guys, they need a point guard, which is the second most
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important and expensive position there.
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So when you're talking about funds, I would anticipate took a
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whole lot more money for Tate Sage this year.
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Sure. Certainly you look kind of
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around that roster, Cooper Koch, what he could have got after his
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performance over the final month of the season.
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So those guys become more expensive.
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And when you're building the roster, does it make sense to
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bring back Alville Frugaris at a price that's a premium price?
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When you have Cooper, Koch is a power forward.
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When you have Trey Thompson, who we've heard nothing but great
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things as he registered this year coming off the illness, you
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have Ethan Harris coming in the top 100 kid from Washington that
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you beat Gonzaga for. Well, all power from Washington
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to beat Gonzaga. If you do get that rim
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protecting center, that means potentially Cam Maniao is
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playing more minutes at the four.
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Which is where he belongs in my opinion.
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Absolutely, yes. He's probably the backup center,
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but all sure there's going to be times he go big and you can play
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him. There's a crunch because
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Alvaro's best position is power forward.
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And when you're building a roster, these are the things
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that you have to look at. It's like free agency.
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It's like everything else is you have to look at what you have.
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And Iowa has a plethora of power forwards coupled with the price
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and on his perspective now, one thing that I think it was Sean
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Bach that put it, you know, if all things were equal, the money
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was equal, Alvaro and Iowa would have preferred him to stay
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there. But that's not the case.
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This is business. And that's the different part
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about this than what we were dealing with even a couple of
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years ago, how different this is.
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I think it's going to be good for Alvaro, for his family.
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We heard the story of his dad passing away when he's 9, his
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mom having to work to make ends meet.
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He's going to get paid. Somebody's going to pay a
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premium for Alvaro, a guy that's going to get big time money,
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which is great for him. Hawkeye notoriety, obviously.
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Yes. And what this program now is and
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where the living rooms that Ben Mccullum's going to be able to
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get in because of elder of Fool Garrison goes hand in.
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Hand, Yeah, yeah. Mutual party.
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I think that's a fairway to phrase it and I think it's going
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to be a good thing for both both parties going forward.
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Could they have signed him at the time to a two year deal?
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Was that something? Because I think that's where
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we're heading, by the way. But especially then they just
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get bought out. I mean, we've already seen.
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That, but can you do that? Yeah, if you sign.
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The the Mensa situation, right? Oh yeah, that was a two year
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deal. They just bought out of it,
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right? So I mean, you could get out of
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it, right? Yeah.
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But if Iowa would have decided to wanted to want to
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renegotiate, there was nothing that had that.
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And this is all hypothetical obviously, because if they're
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all if, if, if they do get a law passed or changed or it's put in
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place that you get 1 transfer, you get 5 years, one transfer
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and that's it. Does that lead to multi year
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contracts? Probably.
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But you also said contracts and until these guys are employees,
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that's not going to change and we're going to get into this
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wishy washy kind of situation that we're in and nobody knows
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anything when we get. To that point, you think, well,
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you'll get to five years, one transfer or do you think that
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there's going to be too many court challenges, it'll never
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fly? Yes, if they become employees
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and they have an opportunity to collectively bargain, that's the
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way that'll happen. That's what will end.
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All this charade, all this lying, all this garbage that is
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out there. How long?
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How far down the road does it ever happen in your mind?
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Ever's a long time. In your career?
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Yeah, 10 years. Five years. 10 years I think
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maybe is a more realistic one, I mean.
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What's it going to be like in 10 years?
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When was? I'm trying to think back of the
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O'bannon case when that first came to fruition.
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He was long past playing for. Useful.
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Oh God. Long gone, Yeah. 10 years
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probably after probably, but that was 20 years ago when this
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came up. 2005 six. He's like, hey, that's, that's.
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Me. That's me in this video game,
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right? That is, yeah.
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And I don't get a dime out of that, right?
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That left-handed quarterback from Boise?
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That's not Kellen Moore, no. No, no.
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No, no, don't be thinking that. And that's how the wheels this
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that was 20 years ago. It was a long time ago.
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Now here we are today in this. So yeah, certainly not five
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years, 10 years. You know, potentially they
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wanted to say it happened pretty fast.
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I mean, it wasn't too long ago they were finally able to go
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back for seconds. Absolutely get cream cheese on
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that bagel. It's asking a lot.
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It's a meal then. My God.
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So Tom Caker, we'll get to that. Eugene Repay kicks off our
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number two, then we'll head to Vegas.
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Mike Pom, VP of operations at Circa sports, find out where
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Circa is as far as what kind of liability they have seen.
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I know that they were pretty pumped about this event because
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this is the this is the major that by far because the the
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boards, the the betting's been open for what 10 months, maybe
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longer, maybe maybe 12, maybe 12.
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They they put the green jacket on the dude.
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Somebody's posted numbers for next year's right off the bat,
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I'm guessing. So there's this is by far the
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the highest handled major of the four.
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So we'll talk to Mike Palm about that at some point.
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We'll do chicken coop probably at about two, I don't know, 1250
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in that area sometime this hour. We'll give you a opportunity to
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call in. If you I haven't played in the
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last 30 days, you are eligible to do so.
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Got a couple of college football things.
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First, you mentioned the five for 5 college football, and this
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will go across the board. Five years to play, five years
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and that's it. No red shirt years, no medical
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red shirts, no waivers, none of that.
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I love it. It's something that I've been
15:15
yelling about for 20 years, but I think it just to simplify the
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process and I've heard some pushback.
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Well, what if a guy's hurt a couple years, OK, they're hurt a
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couple years. It happens.
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Yes, we had Jeff Settles play for a six year.
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Evan Eshmeyer back in the day played seven years because of
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injuries. But just to simplify this in
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this wild, crazy sport to make it as we have, Speaking of
15:38
charades, this four-game rule in college football, it's asinine.
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Just get rid of it. You know, one of the underlying
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factors, that is also why some of the coaches are pushing for
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that. Some of the same coaches that
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were against it for years and years and years.
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It's because of that four-game rule, because now you have guys
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shutting it down. Now you have guys that you're.
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Shutting down. Absolutely.
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Or they're shutting down on their own because they want to
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keep that eligibility. Deserve that red shirt You know
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what it's it's the fifth game of the year and I got.
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Four games on tape that I can show these prospective schools
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where I might end up. Or one in three.
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We're not going anywhere. I'm maybe not going to be an NFL
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player, but I can get another. Payday.
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Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Let's get away from that. It's not about really the young
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guys, it's more even about the old guys and staying away from
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that part of it too. So there's so many things that
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just make it so easy, so simple, and I'm fine with it.
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And yes, it would suck for that individual if you're injured 2-3
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different years, but in today's environment too, that happens so
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rarely that it's going to be something that is that
16:38
debilitating and you're still kind of an opportunity.
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You get hurt, you get hurt a couple years, you still got
16:42
three years to play. You still have three years to
16:44
get tape down. So I I just can't go down that
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avenue. I absolutely love that idea of
16:50
what they're having set up and the potential, again, to
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simplify college athletics when we need it most.
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Well, we've needed it for a while, but we're certainly still
16:57
at that point. I I do want to mention this
16:59
because we wondered how Bill Fennelly was going to get
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players and players that he got a pretty good one by all the
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cows. Maya Babbitt.
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I don't didn't, I'm not saying I've seen her play.
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I haven't, but she's from Kent State, sophomore and she was
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leading scorer on the team or freshman.
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I think she might have three years left.
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But regardless, or you know what, I could be dead wrong.
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She might have one year left, OK, but regardless, she's the
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leading scorer and she's a cyclone.
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Maya Babbitt is her name. Kent State transfer, so good for
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you. That's one as they tried to
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rebuild that roster there but did so pretty early in the
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transfer portal window that is open now.
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But Maya Babbitt leaves Kent State leading scorer on last
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year's squad to come and play for Bill Fenley.
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And she will be a seeker. That's what I thought one year.
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Left, Yep, three years with with Kent State.
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She's from Nebraska, so you got the local.
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Connection there, yeah, yeah. So she'll be coming back there a
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lot of spots to fill, a lot of roster spots.
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Obviously for coach Fenley, Same thing we kind of pondered
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yesterday. Anything more on Audie Crooks?
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Nothing. Nothing weird as far as visits.
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Yeah, nothing. Is it a lack of interest from
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the top end people you know, I don't know or expectations and
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IL wise out of whack. I because she's all over the
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place here in the state of Iowa. I mean, she's fairway
18:15
commercials, you know, and that's not all I mean have.
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You seen her do a fairway commercial since the
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announcement? I have not.
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I have not. Well, I no wonder if that
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campaign also ended. Maybe, perhaps that could have
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been. Yeah, just just timing.
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Just a coincidence. Yep.
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But when do you go to a Texas? Well, she's not a Texan.
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You go to Oklahoma, you're not in Oklahoma.
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You are a national face. People know you, but then you
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couple it with the basketball side and we know it's an
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incredible offensive. Threat.
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Yeah. Scoring machine.
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Inside, yes, obviously, but the soft touch and the ability to
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step out and and extend the range out all the way to the
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three-point line. We have to go through her.
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Absolutely how skilled she is offensively, but the defensive
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end is not good. And with that our programs
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looking at it with the price tag that goes along with it and
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maybe people are pulling back. So I don't know it's again
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speculation is just kind of interesting that I figured at
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this point somebody as we're seeing.
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We would know where she's going at, at the very least, visiting,
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I mean. Yes, visit, set up, that kind of
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thing and it's been pretty quiet.
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Maybe that's the way she wants it to.
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That's another part that we just don't know.
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Did she enter with the do not contact?
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I don't think she did. No, I didn't think so.
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Did Addie Brown. She did, yes.
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And she's got Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, and I want to say Oklahoma
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is her third visit. I'm positive Vandy in Notre Dame
19:35
are 203. We speculated yesterday when Sia
19:38
Suzuki comes back into the Cubs lineup, which sounds like it's
19:41
going to be today, that Dylan Carlson might be the odd man
19:44
out. And he is.
19:45
He is in the lineup today, is he?
19:48
5th playing right field or DH ING.
19:50
Don't know, just know that he's batting 5th because he's on a
19:53
fantasy team and I see a pop up here with #5 next to his name.
19:56
So I do know that he is in the lineup and he will be in the
19:59
middle of the order. They can use that pop.
20:01
Yeah, they absolutely could. No doubt about.
20:04
By the way, Speaking of the Cubs, have you seen, and I
20:07
haven't listened to the podcast? This might be one of the maybe
20:09
the first podcast I actually seek out.
20:12
Have you seen any of the clips on X about the Cubs 2016 World
20:16
Series with Rizzo and Jon Lester?
20:19
They're and David Ross and some of the stories that they're now
20:23
telling. I did, but I have not watched.
20:26
Any it's really good. It's really good.
20:28
I mean some of the it's, it kind of takes you inside that team
20:32
and some of the goings on and I'm sure most teams are like
20:35
this, but we don't know. But just the fact that obviously
20:38
the historic nature of that franchise and never to be
20:40
forgotten, it looks pretty darn good.
20:43
I'm I was wondering if any if you'd seen it or heard it or I
20:47
know a bunch. Of I'm not a Cubs fan, so yeah,
20:48
probably. Probably Cubs fans have
20:51
downloaded, but your your squad won again.
20:53
Though they did four in a row. Now they go to Toronto this
20:56
week. They do absolutely a big series.
20:59
For both teams. For both teams.
21:01
Keep it going for the Twinkies. It's April 10th, it's not that
21:04
big of a series. Well, it kind of is, because I
21:06
like the way your team's gone. They still count.
21:08
They're still 1 of 162. That's true.
21:11
They are. You can't get them back.
21:13
You know what's crazy? We talked yesterday about the
21:15
lack of above 500 teams. Right in the American.
21:17
League In the American League, there are only 5 teams that have
21:20
a positive run differential at this point in.
21:23
Time in the American. League in the all of baseball?
21:25
No, in the whole American League, which seems
21:27
mathematically almost impossible, right?
21:29
You got 15 teams. You figure 7 or 8 of them are
21:32
above the the plus minus in the run differential.
21:35
Of course the Yankees leading the way, they're plus 25 and
21:38
then the other ones are tight. Second on the list, my Minnesota
21:41
Twins. There you go. +5 Also the
21:44
Rangers are +5 on the year, +3 for the Guardians and plus one
21:48
for the Astros. Everybody else.
21:50
The other ten teams with a negative run differential in the
21:53
early portions of the season. Good stuff.
21:55
Tom Kaker coming up. We'll talk to Tom on the other
21:58
side. Look forward to doing that.
22:00
Hawkeye related topics on deck chicken coop still to come
22:03
Eugene repay on Iowa State. Mike Palm from Vegas circus
22:07
sports. Miller and Condon underway on
22:10
our Friday. It's the Iowa Sports Radio
22:11
Network. Hi Miller Condon, welcome back.
22:29
Approaching 12/30 as we take you until 2O clock.
22:33
Saya Suzuki is indeed batting 5th, Trent Condon and he will
22:37
start in right field, so no DH as he comes back from the
22:42
injured list right into right field.
22:44
Matt Shaw goes to the bench. The DH today will be Moises by
22:48
Esteros as they get set to take on the Pirates 121st pitch.
22:52
Let's talk to Tom Keikart hawkeyereport.com part of the on
22:56
three media enterprise. Hello, Tom Trenton, Ken, how are
22:59
you? Doing well guys, the portal is
23:02
active. Indeed.
23:04
Let's start. Do you want to save some time
23:06
for football as the meeting was allowed, what, 30 minutes
23:09
yesterday? I think, Tom, you guys were.
23:11
Yeah, that was great. Good for them.
23:12
They should do that periodically.
23:15
Let's get to the portal. Let's get to Fulgaris.
23:18
By all accounts, mutual decision based off from both Iowa and
23:23
Fulgaris. Do you see it that way, Tom?
23:27
Yeah, I do. I think it was, I know people
23:30
are surprised maybe today to see it, but I mean, this thing's
23:34
been rumoured for a week. He was going to head for greener
23:40
pastures. A green maybe being the
23:43
operative word. But, you know, I if you were
23:50
reading some of the stuff that a lot of us were producing on the
23:54
on the the NCAA path, it was pretty apparent that that Ben
24:02
McCollum and Alvaro Foggers did not really see the world the
24:05
same way when it comes to basketball sometimes.
24:08
And and it was probably not a great situation for them.
24:14
So I asked Alvaro one day, said I said, how would you term your
24:19
relationship with Ben McCollum? And would you call it
24:23
interesting? He goes, that's a good word,
24:24
interesting. Like.
24:26
OK, yeah. So anyway, he's he's moving on,
24:31
I'm sure he'll get a nice payday.
24:33
I don't know that it will equal up with what he had rumored to
24:36
got from Iowa, but I'm sure he's going to get something very nice
24:40
and hope he does well. He's an enjoyable guy to cover.
24:43
And made a huge. Shot yes he did, and played
24:45
really well in three games yeah, with.
24:47
The exception. Not so much.
24:48
He'll play turn. Yeah, he's he.
24:51
He was worth every penny. Thanks.
24:53
Thanks to that shot. Without a doubt.
24:55
Yeah, totally agree. Getting them to the Sweet 16,
24:58
getting them to an Elite 8. He was, we do good Al.
25:01
We also knew bad Al. And I think that's maybe the
25:03
sticking point here. You know that inconsistency,
25:06
but. By the way, do you coined that?
25:07
Because that was really good throughout the year.
25:08
Good Al and bad Al, I know, remember.
25:10
We had Bobby Hanson on. He left when you.
25:12
Asked yes, we definitely saw both angles of that one.
25:16
But that now means that Iowa has more muddy freed up to go out
25:20
there and do some work in the transfer portal.
25:21
So let's go that direction. A lot of names that are out
25:24
there looking for a center, looking for a lead guard.
25:27
Those are the two positions. What is the latest on that
25:29
front? Any visit set up, any
25:31
interviews, anything like that? What's happening for Iowa
25:34
getting players now in from the portal?
25:36
Well, like every school right now, they're doing a lot of
25:39
Zooms is what they're just like touching base with people.
25:44
And I've heard this from various different people that like
25:49
trying to nail down some of these visits is like trying to
25:52
nail jello to a wall. That was just like, it's
25:56
impossible to kind of get kids to, you know, commit to coming
26:01
on visits. And it's just, it's, it's a
26:05
really weird situation that they have because it's just like,
26:09
it's not like you're going to visit with them in their homes.
26:11
You're doing these Zooms and it's, and then you're trying to
26:14
get them on campus and trying to get them to commit.
26:16
And it's, it's. And meanwhile, the agent is
26:20
probably talking to the coach about how much money they can
26:22
get, and that's determining whether they're going to visit.
26:28
And then you've got people complaining about, well, they're
26:30
not getting enough. You know, money is getting lied
26:34
to about how much money these kids are really worth.
26:36
And it is, it's not great, but yeah, they're looking for a
26:40
centre and a point guard. Andrew McKeever is one of the
26:42
guys. I know they've been after guy
26:45
from Saint Mary's Big 73 kid. They they want to get A7 footer
26:49
who can who can kind of rebound and.
26:52
He's got three years of eligibility, Tom.
26:55
I think he's got 2. Two OK I.
26:58
Think it's two OK the the fruit kid from Louisville.
27:02
I know they've been in touch with him and he's a good block
27:05
shot guy. He's 23.
27:07
He's from Germany. Yeah, they've, I think the guard
27:12
thing's really kind of interesting because there's a
27:14
lot of names that get her getting floated around out
27:17
there. And, you know, one of them is
27:21
Cayenne Evans, the kid from North Carolina who's at Colorado
27:24
State. And I know the Minnesota people
27:28
feel like he's going there. And I know that about a week
27:32
ago, Iowa felt really good about potentially getting him if and
27:36
when he went in the Portland. He eventually did, so we'll see
27:40
what happens with him. I, I don't know, they're,
27:44
they're picking phone calls with, with one of my favorite
27:48
names that I didn't know until last night.
27:50
Ace Glass? Yeah, that's a point guard,
27:52
right? That's the That's Nil screaming
27:55
at you. Any glass companies in the
27:57
greater Cedar Rapids, IA city area?
27:59
There's your guy, right? There.
28:01
What's his story, Tom? He's a, he's a younger guy.
28:05
So he's I think first year at Washington State and really
28:09
good, good season. They were playing in the WCC.
28:12
So it's not PAC 12, Washington State, but the BCC.
28:16
And he had a really nice year, entered the portal and you know,
28:21
he's garnered some interest. Iowa's been in touch.
28:24
So we'll see if anything comes to that.
28:28
Brett Decker, kid from Liberty, they've been in in touch with.
28:32
So it's, it's all over the place.
28:35
And I know they're they're hoping to get some things firmed
28:40
up for guys to come in early next week.
28:42
That's all I've been able to gather so far.
28:45
Let's jump over to the women's side of things. 3 visits set up
28:48
this week, including an absolute monster top ten player in the
28:52
portal, as they're going to get a visit on that front from the
28:55
Georgia transfer. Danny Carnegie I, I believe is
28:58
the name, played with chitchat right at Georgia Tech two years
29:01
ago, a all SEC first teamer averaged 18 points per game.
29:07
Somebody that's incredibly good off the bounce.
29:09
You talk about a great elixir, could shoot a little bit from
29:11
the outside. They need that against top level
29:13
talent, somebody that can beat players off the dribble and
29:17
definitely feels like that's the kind of 1.
29:18
So we're feeling good about this one and two other visitors this
29:21
weekend too, right? Well, it's down to 1 now because
29:24
the girl from Lynnwood, Ellie Bergerman, has cancelled her
29:28
visit and she is likely headed to Oklahoma State where she is,
29:34
you know, she's from Oklahoma. So I think that's that would
29:38
have been a good one though, because she shot 44% from behind
29:42
the arcs. But Carnegie would be a really
29:46
good one. Also.
29:47
One other note for her is that her lead recruiter to Georgia
29:51
Tech was Lasonda Barrett, who's on the Iowa staff now.
29:53
So they've got that. They've got the chit chat
29:56
factor. So I think they feel like
29:59
they've got a pretty decent chance that getting her to come
30:03
north. And that would be a big deal
30:05
because they could plug her in the backcourt with chit chat.
30:08
And I think that would be a pretty dynamic backcourt to go
30:13
with what they have up front. And so we'll see.
30:16
Kenzie hair. Does that make sense for Iowa?
30:19
It does. It does.
30:22
Also, there's a Reagan McCown who's from Western Illinois
30:25
who's going to set up a visit to Iowa.
30:29
So they've got, they've got some options.
30:31
They need to get probably 3 guards.
30:34
Honestly, they probably got to get 3 guards because of just
30:37
what they lost with, with, you know, Kylie leaving and then and
30:41
then Kylie, Kelly Levin and and Eddie Deal.
30:46
So I think they want to try and get 3 guards, maybe get a four
30:52
if they can, who can, who can kind of maybe split some time
30:56
with Journey Houston there. So that's that's kind of the
31:00
latest with Jan. But yeah, they've got a couple
31:03
coming in here in the next few days.
31:05
We heard the reports and I believe was it Nikos that had it
31:08
over at on three. I win that range, about $10
31:10
million for the men's side. Are there any of those estimates
31:13
out there for women's basketball because I haven't seen them.
31:17
I have not seen any and I really couldn't tell you what they have
31:21
for for a range. I know they're getting some of
31:26
the house money, but I don't know how much and I know they've
31:32
got access to some other money from from NIL stuff, the the
31:37
traditional NIL, but poison, yeah.
31:41
Just when you think maybe things will calm down a little bit with
31:44
some of the stuff, especially on the men's side, it's like things
31:48
have skyrocketed, especially for the higher end guys.
31:52
You know the Floyd Badunga from Kansas getting 5 million crazy.
31:59
It's it's not healthy or sustainable for the sport.
32:03
It's just not. Biggest system is so broken
32:05
right now. No doubt.
32:06
Did you see either one of you, that Wisconsin, apparently the
32:10
the state of Wisconsin is going to kick in north of 14,000,000 a
32:14
year towards nil. Did I read that right, Tom?
32:18
I saw something about that, but I didn't dive into it yet to see
32:21
what the whole story was or if it was to kind of maybe it's
32:25
kind of to offset that the 20.5 or 21 point that they're that
32:31
they keep having to spend every year.
32:33
I think maybe that's where they're doing stuff right now.
32:36
Yeah, kind of the thought process behind it is how much
32:39
money is brought into the state because of that and what's
32:42
brought in for football games and basketball games and and the
32:45
economic impact that specifically Badger Sports
32:48
brings. Well, all right, we're going to
32:49
give a kick back there. Don't think that's going to be
32:52
happening at our state anytime soon.
32:54
Top football. You were there at practice
32:57
bright and early in the morning. Dennis was taking pictures for
32:59
you as well. Really enjoyed that also and
33:01
getting a look at some of the guys and, you know, top of the
33:04
fold, it's quarterback and Hank Brown was the first one taking
33:08
snap. So that leads to free take out
33:09
factors on message boards at Hawkeye Report.
33:12
No, you would think, huh, it does.
33:15
And it was just and it's because they're they are literally
33:18
flipping this every day from what I've been told.
33:21
Like one day it's it's Ekolinski, the next day it's
33:23
Hank Brown. They just, they're trying to be
33:25
fair and equal and giving them both the same amount of time.
33:28
Like when they went to another drill, Ekolinski was the first
33:31
one out there. So it's just, you know, but it
33:33
was wow, they're doing a walkthrough and Hank was the
33:36
first one out there. So let's make a big deal about
33:39
it because I, I think the fans have made-up their mind who they
33:42
want to quarterback. I think they've without without
33:46
much evidence or without seeing a whole lot, just decided and I
33:51
think that that that third down pass is going to live without.
33:55
A doubt? Yep, without a doubt.
33:56
What could he complete? That pass and they score a
33:58
touchdown. Yep, Brown is probably the the
34:00
bell of the ball. Right.
34:01
The anointed one, no question. Yeah, it's just, it's just how
34:05
quickly we can judge on on things.
34:08
But it's, you know, somebody suggested to me this and and I
34:12
think you guys will get a kick out of this, that that Hank
34:16
Brown is probably the guy that Kirk's parents would prefer and
34:19
Tim Lunster would prefer Peklinski.
34:24
And we know exactly why. You know, Hank is probably the
34:28
the less risky when you're talking about the other guy
34:30
who's a gunslinger. He's a gunslinger, by the way,
34:34
the other guy that gathering a lot of fan praise is the
34:40
boogeyman, Tony Diaz. So that's.
34:43
Trent's guy. We're losing you, Tom, You
34:49
there? I think we just lost Tom Caker.
34:52
We'll try him back. Yeah, let's try him back.
34:54
I want to talk to him a little bit more as well.
34:56
Tom, we're going to drop you and call you right back.
34:57
We all this for whatever reason lost your signal.
35:01
So we'll reconnect with Tom Caker.
35:03
A couple more things on the hot guys, couple more guys on the
35:05
roster. Want to pick Tom's brain about
35:08
before we let him go and then give four of you an opportunity
35:11
to jump aboard here, not now in 5 minutes or so and get in line.
35:16
If you want to play for the weekly chicken coop giveaway, we
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do it each and every week. A gift for you, an opportunity
35:22
to win some grub from the chicken coop.
35:24
That contest coming up and that queue to call coming up in about
35:27
5 minutes. We will get to that.
35:30
Let's get Tom Kicker back in here.
35:33
Tom, you were you were talking about DES first when you're
35:36
whatever reason your phone cut out.
35:40
It's weird, could hear you guys couldn't hear me here.
35:43
Now you're cutting out again, too.
35:46
Thank goodness. Yeah, let's, let's try.
35:51
Still choppy. It's really choppy.
35:53
Tom, take a step to your right. Well, let me.
35:56
There you go. Yeah.
35:58
No, it's still bad. Is that better?
36:01
There it is. That sounds for now.
36:02
Is that better? Yep.
36:03
So I'm going to get this in really quick, OK, LJ Phillips,
36:07
he's the guy that caught my attention of Ference's press
36:10
conference. We brought him up the running
36:11
back in a in a position it seems to have some depth there.
36:14
Sounds like they got a little more depth there with Phillips
36:17
is that is that might be the case.
36:19
Hey, we got a Norm Granger comparison at the press
36:21
conference, which just made me so happy because anytime he can
36:25
roll 1 back to the 80s and you know, that's, that's Kirk's,
36:29
Kirk's wheelhouse. So yeah, he's, I, I saw him
36:32
carry a couple times and, well, he's quick, he's low center
36:37
gravity guy runs really hard. So I'm interested to see him
36:42
some more. Yeah, they're, they've got some,
36:46
some different little weapons and Vanderzee looks great.
36:50
Diaz looks really good. We saw Jared Bowie I.
36:54
Forgot he was on the team. Tom.
36:56
Honest to God I forgot he was on the team.
36:59
Well, he hadn't played in a year, so it was easy to forget
37:02
about him and he was out there catching some passes and looking
37:06
pretty good. So yeah, he's got some some
37:10
weapons now if they can get the pass game moving, we'll see if
37:14
they can do that then if we've got an interesting offense this
37:18
year. That would be fun to see.
37:20
Now the question, and I think the biggest question is that
37:23
defensive tackle and when Bryce Hawthorne had what, a a boot on
37:29
of what, an injury, no. He was a he knee he it was a
37:33
knee thing. He had a big sleeve on his knee.
37:35
Big sleeve on the knee. OK, Eddie, more about that.
37:38
And secondly, it's thin. I mean, you got two walk ONS
37:42
right now that were out there with the first team reps
37:43
according to a report yesterday. Tom, that's scary.
37:47
Yeah, and they had Gaffney and and Hubert were out there and
37:53
and that was the the starters and the Bryce Stephen kid that
37:58
they brought in from Holy Cross. Boy, he sought off.
38:01
He's he's a short guy. He's not very big.
38:04
He's just not very big. And the kid from North Dakota
38:06
was in there too, and he's not very big.
38:10
You know, keep waiting for Devin Kennedy.
38:12
He looks the part, but he hasn't really emerged.
38:15
So, yeah, they've got a, they've got to find some answers, that
38:21
empty tackle because Calvin Bell is going to have his work cut
38:24
out. I'll let him see if they can
38:27
develop something there. But boy, that's it.
38:30
It is a little frightening now. I like the the end position a
38:33
little bit that, you know, up in FA.
38:36
He looks like he's ready to go. Kenny Merryweather looks like
38:40
he's ready to go. Drew Campbell was out there, you
38:44
know, it's one of the backup ends.
38:46
So I think they've got enough guys at end, but it's that
38:51
tackle position is a mega concern right now.
38:55
Tom, when will you get another opportunity to watch?
38:57
Is the the last opportunity? Will that come up that open
39:01
practice? Is there another?
39:02
One yeah, yeah, 25th this one we'll get we'll get another look
39:07
at practice. Other than that, we're going to
39:09
talk to some players again next week and I think the and then
39:12
the week of the the final spring practice, we'll get the
39:15
coordinators good, get to talk to Tim Lester and Phil and and
39:20
Chris Pelisi. Good stuff, Tom Keikart,
39:23
hawkeyereport.com, part of On Three Media, all the transfer
39:26
portals, comings and goings, etcetera at Hawkeye Report.
39:29
Tom. Thank you, pal.
39:30
We'll talk to you in a week's time.
39:31
Thanks, Tom Keikart. OK.
39:32
Thanks guys. Yep, see you Tom Keikart,
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NFL season, football season usually moves to Thursdays.
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I will give four of you, Dave, Wade, Randy and Jason, an
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I'm ready over here. Are you ready?
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I. AM.
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Let's get to it. Got a couple wins in here we've
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never used before. Did you notice that?
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I hadn't taken a peek yet all. Right, let's get to Dave first
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of all. Hello, Dave.
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How are you, good Sir? Dave, does an American win the
40:53
Masters? Yeah, the Frozen 4.
40:59
Denver or Wisconsin will drop the puck tomorrow to the side.
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The champion in hockey and college sports, Wisconsin,
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Sunday night baseball, Cleveland visits Atlanta.
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Braves. Does Vladimir Guerrero hit a
41:18
home run this weekend against the Twins Pitching?
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Sure, why not? Here's the tiebreaker.
41:24
Total runs. There's a double header today at
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Principal Park, Iowa versus Omaha.
41:30
Total runs. Both teams, both games closest
41:34
without going over Dave 11/7. Any games, by the way, does that
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change? Change your pick?
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No. Gotcha.
41:45
Thanks, Dave. Enjoy the games.
41:46
Enjoy the weekend. Thank you.
41:48
You too. Yep, thank you.
41:50
Wade is up next. Hi, Wade, How are you?
41:52
I'm. Good.
41:54
How are you doing? OK, does an American win the
41:55
Masters? Yes they do.
41:58
Frozen 4 will be won by Denver or Wisconsin.
42:04
I lived in Colorado for a while, but I'm going to go Wisconsin.
42:06
All right, the women won. They're frozen 4.
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They tried to duplicate here Cleveland or Atlanta Sunday
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Night Baseball this week. Go Braves.
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Does Vladdy hit a home run this weekend in Toronto?
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As a Twins fan, I'm going to say no.
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OK. Tiebreaker total runs in the
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double header at Principal Park today, Iowa versus Omaha. 16.
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Thanks, Wade. Have a great weekend man
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Appreciate it. And Randy is up next.
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Hi, Randy. Hello.
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Does an American win the Masters?
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No. Frozen for Denver or Wisconsin?
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I'll say Wisconsin. Sunday Night Baseball, the
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Guardians or the Braves? I'll go with the Braves.
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Does Vladdy hit a home run this weekend?
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Yes. Tiebreaker total runs double
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header. Principal Park today Iowa versus
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Omaha. 19. Thank you, Randy.
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Appreciate it. And our final contestant is
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Jason. Hi, Jason.
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How are you? Good.
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How are you guys doing? Great American win the Masters?
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Yes. Frozen for Denver or Wisconsin?
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I'll take the Badgers. Cleveland or Atlantan Sunday
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Night Baseball. Let's go, Guardians.
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Vladimir Guerrero hit a home run this weekend three-game series
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against the Twins. Yes.
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Total runs today. Principal Park doubleheader
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closest without going over both teams.
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We'll go 15. Thanks, Jason.
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You have a good weekend, man. Yeah, you guys too.
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Thank you. Thanks.
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Thank you to the chicken coop again, three locations,
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Urbandale, West Des Moines and Ankeny Consensus.
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Everybody's on the Badgers. Are they?
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They're the favorites. No, they're not.
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They're not the favorites. No Denver.
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I thought they were no denver's -175 on the puck.
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Line Jesus. Yeah, What about that?
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Everybody's going with the dog I jumped aboard last night on.
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I was watching it. You really were, yeah.
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That trapped a live line of plus 1/15 on on The Pioneers.
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Was was base, was there a late game in baseball last night or
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was the Mets the last game in baseball last night?
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There was something later on, but.
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Maybe the Padres? Did they play either late?
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How about Mason Miller's start? It's overtime hockey, though.
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Yeah, you got to watch it. Yeah, it was great.
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It was. Very enjoyable.
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The Denver goalie was standing on his head, was he?
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Yeah. He got clobbered earlier on and
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looked like maybe he's going to be out.
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He's stuck in there. Look.
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At you flaunting your hockey. It's it's.
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April, it's frozen four time. Trent, Right, That gets your
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attention. But you you like to know the
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names though, right? I yeah, And I was watching.
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I was watching The Wild and the Stars.
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I mean, I can't wait for the series.
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They're they're, I mean, it's the losers should not be out,
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but they will be and somebody is.
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I hope it goes seven games. It's a nasty, going to be a
44:58
nasty rivalry. I am all for it.
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Two of the best five teams. Yes, maybe Sport I2 of the best
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5. Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota,
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Tampa Bay from the east and I think Carolina's the other team.
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To show you my lack of hockey knowledge, I just saw something
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I saw highlighted on Sports Center last night.
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Guy for an American, for the Canadians, You know what I'm?
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Talking about yeah, yeah, Cole Caulfield.
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Yeah, scored his 50th goal, I'd say.
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Yeah, I don't know who he is. He didn't make the US Olympic
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team, which was kind of a a topic back in the day even.
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If you would have made it, I'd probably still wouldn't know no
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problem unless he did something important.
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He did. He scored 50 games.
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Fifty goals for the Montreal Canadiens.
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I used to know hockey well. There was a Draper on the ice
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for Michigan last night. I'm like, oh, this got to be
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Chris Draper's kid. And everybody's like, I, I don't
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know if it is, but my baby. Look, you flaunt, to your
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knowledge, I'm like, my hockey is like 89 to like 94 that
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that's kind of my range when hockey was a big part of my.
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There is a Des Moines Buccaneer on the Minnesota Wild, did you
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know that? I did not.
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Jeff Petrie, His dad, Dan Petrie, pitched on the 84
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Detroit Tigers World Series team that swept the Padres.
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Jeff Petrie's been illegal. Long time, long time.
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Miller and Condon back with Eugene Repay from the Des Moines
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Register. Iowa State topics to kick off
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the hour. Mike Palm is coming up at 1:30.
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Miller and Condon are on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.