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Craig Way reacts to WILD ending in College Football Playoff Quarterfinals · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: It's The Craig Way Show with the voice of the
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  Speaker 1: Texas Longhorns and Hall of Fame broadcaster there Craig Way.
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  Speaker 1: Just getting started here on this Thursday edition of The
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  Speaker 1: Craig Way Show, technically the first Craigway Show the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five calendar year. It began with a bang yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: Texas defeating Arizona State thirty nine to thirty one in
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  Speaker 1: double overtime. Of course, if you heard the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: our show, you heard the highlight montage with Greig Way
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  Speaker 1: and Roger Wallace and Craig now in Norman, Oklahoma prevaring
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  Speaker 1: for Texas against Oklahoma. The women's basketball side of things.
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  Speaker 1: We will not have a show tomorrow because I'll be
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  Speaker 1: traveling the college station. Creig will be traveling back from Norman.
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  Speaker 1: So they if you need your Texas football and basketball fix,
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  Speaker 1: check out the morning kickoff from seven to nine AM.
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  Speaker 1: Mike Harge and Mark Henry. They'll have all the action
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  Speaker 1: for you tomorrow, and then I believe me and Craig
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  Speaker 1: will be back together in studio next Monday. Craig is
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  Speaker 1: the first time we'll have a show together in studio
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  Speaker 1: in what almost almost two weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, in the new year, right, we have a Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I guess we had right before Christmas and the twenty
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  Speaker 2: third I think was the last time we probably had
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  Speaker 2: one there. Well, no, we were Did we do something
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  Speaker 2: right after Christmas? We did seven, So it's been a week. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we did do that. But it'll be good to get
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  Speaker 2: the new year off to off to good starting. And
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  Speaker 2: this is that real crazy compressed time of year where
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  Speaker 2: you have a lot of games overlapping football, men's basketball,
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  Speaker 2: women's basketball, bowl games going on, the NFL playoffs, and
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  Speaker 2: the cusp of starting up. So yeah, it's a it's
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  Speaker 2: a real busy time here over these really for the
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  Speaker 2: prior week and really about for the next ten days
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  Speaker 2: to two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: How about the performance from the cam Skataboo last night, Craig,
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  Speaker 1: I mean he was as advertised, one hundred and forty
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  Speaker 1: three rushing yards to touchdowns, hit a forty two yard
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  Speaker 1: passing touchdown, he had that huge catchdown the sideline over
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  Speaker 1: Michael tab for sixty two yards on the sideline throwing up.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you got to give credit where credit is due.
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  Speaker 1: He played his butt off yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: I told you that dude can play man and I
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  Speaker 2: thought he should have been the Big Twelve Offensive Player
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  Speaker 2: of the Year and not should her Sanders because he
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  Speaker 2: did more for his team. Sanders had a really good season,
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  Speaker 2: but the guy who did the most for that team,
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  Speaker 2: obviously as Travis Hunter, won the Heisman Trophy, and I
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  Speaker 2: have no argument with that. But I thought the Skataboo
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  Speaker 2: should have been the offensive player of the Year in
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  Speaker 2: the Big Twelve. And I think he proved that yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: It was just amazing what he did. And having said
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  Speaker 2: all of that game, think about it. The long runs
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  Speaker 2: twice just stood up like a stone wall and stopped
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  Speaker 2: him on fourth down twice. They did it to Skataboo,
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  Speaker 2: So credit to them about that, but also credit Arizona
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  Speaker 2: State for being opportunistic. After the long runch Stopskataboo on
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  Speaker 2: the second time down inside the five yard line, that's
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  Speaker 2: when Texas had a man to do a turnover. Wasn't
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  Speaker 2: officially a turnover, but when the ball popped out of
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  Speaker 2: Quintravian Weisner's hands and it popped right back to Quinn Viewers,
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  Speaker 2: he gets tackled for a safety. And then even though
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  Speaker 2: the free kick from Stone was a good from Wilson
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  Speaker 2: was a good kick, and I think they started like
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  Speaker 2: on their thirty one yard line. The Lorrns didn't stop them.
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  Speaker 2: They came down, they scored, you know, and it was
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  Speaker 2: it got real interesting for a while, obviously, So it
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  Speaker 2: was credit to both teams. Arizona State from playing really well.
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  Speaker 2: Texas now has beaten back to back power for conference
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  Speaker 2: opponents in the playoffs and for people talking about the
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  Speaker 2: schedule and stuff like this, that they've beaten the ACC
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  Speaker 2: champion and they've beaten the Big Twelve champion. The only
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  Speaker 2: losses have come to another conference champion, the SEC champion.
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  Speaker 2: But now they'll get a shot against an Ohio State
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  Speaker 2: team that was incredibly impressive in the Rose Bowl win
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  Speaker 2: yesterday being over Oregon.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, before I get your thoughts in Ohio State, I
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  Speaker 1: thought Texas defense did a great job of stopping Kim Skataboo.
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  Speaker 1: But the differential in plays run from Arizona State the
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  Speaker 1: Texas in time of posssion had a huge impact on
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  Speaker 1: that game, and we saw it in the second half
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  Speaker 1: with the fatigue of the Texas defensive players. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: by the end of the game, Craig Arizona State ran
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  Speaker 1: almost forty more plays than Texas did in that contest,
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  Speaker 1: and I think we could kind of see that by
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  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it took its toll for sure. And
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  Speaker 2: it's kind of a weird deal. You know, you won't
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  Speaker 2: you'll take the quick scores like they had to plays
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  Speaker 2: forty one seconds on that seventy seven yard opening drive.
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  Speaker 2: Then the punt returned for the touchdown. But it did
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  Speaker 2: start start to skew things back the other way. That's
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  Speaker 2: why that old argument about running shoot offense is it
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  Speaker 2: takes a toll on your defense. Well, anytime you can
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and put the points on the board, you'll
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  Speaker 2: take the points. But the long Wrens had to rely
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  Speaker 2: on that defense so much and they finally did start
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  Speaker 2: to wear down. Even then it took the trick play
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  Speaker 2: to get them back to within a touchdown striking distance.
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  Speaker 2: Then they came back down and got the big touchdown
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  Speaker 2: and the two point conversion of tie it, and then
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  Speaker 2: it was left to the dramatics of the moment for
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  Speaker 2: Texas to respond on fourth in thirteen and after that
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  Speaker 2: touchdown they have the quick hit to Gunner Helm to
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  Speaker 2: start the second overtime and the two pointer to Matthew
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  Speaker 2: Golden then and Andrew mccooba coming up with this fifth
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  Speaker 2: interception of the season. Huge stuff.
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  Speaker 1: And now they'll face Ohio State next Friday at the
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  Speaker 1: Cotton Bowl. Ohio State went up early over Oregon from
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  Speaker 1: the jump, led thirty four to nothing at one point.
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  Speaker 1: Familiar quarterback Will Howard, who said yesterday that the one
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  Speaker 1: team he didn't beat at Kansas State was Texas, so
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  Speaker 1: he was looking forward to this game. But the one
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  Speaker 1: thing that he has that he did not have at
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  Speaker 1: Kansas State is a lot of weapons on defense and
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  Speaker 1: on offense, especially Jeremiah Smith, the freshman wide out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're going to the long wards are going to
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  Speaker 2: be buttoned up in the secondary when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: defending Smith, and you know automatically what comes to minus
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  Speaker 2: Jatte Baron, who is the defensive MVP yesterday of the
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  Speaker 2: Peach Bowl, and the fact that he would he might
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  Speaker 2: draw a lot of the primary sign but I don't
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  Speaker 2: think it'll be all of that. I think that Sark
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  Speaker 2: and the coaching staff overall have no problem putting Manny
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  Speaker 2: Muhammad on him or however they mix the coverages and
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  Speaker 2: get safety help over the top against a guy like Smith.
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  Speaker 2: They've got really good running backs. Trabian Henderson is going
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  Speaker 2: to be a load. We know that. So it's these
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  Speaker 2: are two really good defenses that I think are going
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  Speaker 2: to be tested by two good offenses.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, now, let's get your thoughts on on Texas basketball,
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  Speaker 1: both men's and women's of course, starting tonight eight o'clock
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  Speaker 1: tip off seven and forty five pre game between Texas
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  Speaker 1: and Oklahoma on one O three to one f M
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  Speaker 1: Austin's eighty station.
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  Speaker 3: Craig, you'll be on the call with Kathy Harston.
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  Speaker 1: It's an Oklahoma program that has given Fix Schaeffer a
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  Speaker 1: lot of fits. Johnny browncheck in the read to react
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  Speaker 1: type offense from Oklahoma. Did not lose the Texas at
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  Speaker 1: all last and then we thought we're going to see
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  Speaker 1: a Texas OU matchup in the Big twelve Championship.
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  Speaker 3: We did not.
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  Speaker 1: Iowa State was able to upset Oklahoma. But this is
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  Speaker 1: a really big game to night, the start off conference
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  Speaker 1: play for the Long Horns.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you mentioned Jenny Barronchick. What she's done. She's now
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  Speaker 2: in her fourth season after Sherry Cole had had all
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  Speaker 2: those great seasons as the head coach and Bronchick took
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  Speaker 2: a couple of years to start to building it up,
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  Speaker 2: but now she has a really good team. Uh there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of the same returning regulars in Neveah Tot
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  Speaker 2: who is the tiny top point guard at all of
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  Speaker 2: five to three, kind of runs the offense there, say,
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  Speaker 2: Harrol Williams gives the double digit scoring. Peyton Verhols is
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  Speaker 2: a three point shooting weapon as well. Then you have
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  Speaker 2: veterans like skylard Van who seemingly has been there forever
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  Speaker 2: and then and then, and at Lexi Keys, you can
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  Speaker 2: come off the bench. He hit that gigantic three pointer
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  Speaker 2: to help Oklahoma get one of its two wins over
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  Speaker 2: Texas last year. And then the big addition is Reagan Beers,
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  Speaker 2: the six four junior transfer center from Oregon State. She
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  Speaker 2: averages a double double, she averages seventeen points, ten rebounds.
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  Speaker 2: That's where the challenge is going to come inside for Texas,
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  Speaker 2: for Taylor Jones and Kyla Oldacre and even a Leah
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  Speaker 2: Moore coming back to our hometown area. They've got to
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  Speaker 2: stay out of foul difficulty, which has plagued them of late.
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  Speaker 2: Even as they've won games handily, They're going to have
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  Speaker 2: to have available bodies to defend Reagan Beers tonight, and.
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  Speaker 1: Then on the men's side on Saturday, they played Texas
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  Speaker 1: A and M A six thirty airtime on ninety eight
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  Speaker 1: point one fmkavet in thirteen hundred the Zone seven o'clock
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  Speaker 1: tip off time thirteenth ranked A and M. Craig, a
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  Speaker 1: team that is number one in the country and offensive
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  Speaker 1: rebound and just like Texas and Oklahoma, the Knight a real,
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  Speaker 1: real tough start. The SEC played for Rodney Terry and
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  Speaker 1: the Horns.
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  Speaker 2: It's a team whose best player is a guard. Way Taylor,
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  Speaker 2: the fourth is really good. He averages sixteen points per game.
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  Speaker 2: But you you pointed it out. In addition to him
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  Speaker 2: and Zurich Phelps the point guard transfer from SMU, who
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  Speaker 2: averages thirteen points and four rebounds. Those are the two
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  Speaker 2: real kind of stars, if you will. But this team rebounds.
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  Speaker 2: They're out rebounding their opponents by almost twelve boards per game.
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  Speaker 2: Compare that to the Long Runes are out rebounding their
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  Speaker 2: opponents by half of that six points per game. And
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  Speaker 2: in Henry Coleman, who is a grad student he averages
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  Speaker 2: five boards. Anderson Garcia off the bench is a swingman
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  Speaker 2: who averages six rebounds. And then in addition to that,
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned Solomon Washington, a big guy who averages six
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  Speaker 2: rebounds as well. So they crash the boards and Buzz
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  Speaker 2: Williams always has that team fired up. And hey, it's
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  Speaker 2: Texas against Texas A and M. The most recent edition
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  Speaker 2: of that Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown rivalry series. We
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  Speaker 2: know how that went over in college station on Thanksgiving weekend.
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  Speaker 2: So Aggie fans will be all fired up for this
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  Speaker 2: one first ever SEC Conference game tonight for the Longhorns
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  Speaker 2: and for Oklahoma by the way on the women's side.
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  Speaker 2: And then on Saturday, first ever SEC Conference game for
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  Speaker 2: Texas as they take on Texas A.
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  Speaker 3: And M first time back in the Rito Arena. Sants win.
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  Speaker 2: Twenty twelve the last time, and Texas won that last
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  Speaker 2: meeting there. Long runs lead the overall series significantly, it's
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  Speaker 2: like one thirty eight to eighty six. But the Aggies
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  Speaker 2: had their moments there in Red Arena. I'll never forget,
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  Speaker 2: you know, ac Law hitting a three right at the
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  Speaker 2: buzzer and the fans storm in the court and they
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  Speaker 2: climbed right over Eddie Orn and I Eddie, I think
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  Speaker 2: came up swinging, you know, that sort of thing fans
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  Speaker 2: for charging the floor. That was one time that happened
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  Speaker 2: when Kevin Durant was playing. And then they had a
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  Speaker 2: great game back at the Irlin Center when Durant took
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  Speaker 2: com in and double overtime and he hit that gigantic
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  Speaker 2: three and I said, there's your national player of the year.
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  Speaker 2: And he turned out to be that. And ac Law
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  Speaker 2: had a great year. But they've they've had some big
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  Speaker 2: battles at Reid as well. So it's gonna be a
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  Speaker 2: lot of fun. First time for Texas to be there
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  Speaker 2: in thirteen years.
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  Speaker 3: Looking forward to him, look forward to see you on
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  Speaker 3: Saturday with Eddie.
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  Speaker 1: First time in college station for me at a Texas
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  Speaker 1: A and m athletic event.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm excited to see that.
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  Speaker 1: And of course i'll talk to you to night on
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  Speaker 1: the broadcast of Texas and Oklahoma.
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  Speaker 2: We'll look forward to appreciated Cam and thanks for holding
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  Speaker 2: things down. I'll be back in the house on Monday.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, sir, save travels back. We'll talk to you soon. Thanks, Craig.
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  Speaker 1: You back all right, Texas Oklahoma Tonight will tip off
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  Speaker 1: seven forty five pregame actually at one o three to
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  Speaker 1: one on one on three to one FM, Austin's eighty
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  Speaker 1: station eight o'clock tip off, Correig Away and Kathy Harston
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  Speaker 1: on the call. Texas and Oklahoma number five first number
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  Speaker 1: nine and then Saturday Texas and Texas A and M
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  Speaker 1: their first SEC Conference game of the season as well,
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  Speaker 1: both men's and women's beginning SEC play this weekend. It's
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  Speaker 1: going to be a very tough task for both teams
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  Speaker 1: as they get things going. We are just getting started
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  Speaker 1: to hear on this Thursday edition of The Craigway Show.
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  Speaker 1: Up next Inconceivable and because we will not have a
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  Speaker 1: show Friday, we will travel to the more flasks at
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  Speaker 1: the lower forty eight states and get you some Florida
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  Speaker 1: man in Florida woman's stories. That's up next year as
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