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Ian Furness 10/8 H1: Baseball, Football and one simple question, Ross Tucker and Tracy Taylor! · The Ian Furness Show

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  Speaker 1: Now, from the Star Reynolds Sports Desk, your 93.3 KJR
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  Speaker 1: FM Sports Headlines.
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  Speaker 2: Brought to you by Frost Brewed Coors Light. We had
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  Speaker 2: one bullseye.
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  Speaker 3: Really?
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  Speaker 2: Just one? But we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
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  Speaker 2: ten within a second.
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  Speaker 4: That's crazy. And we had no bullseyes last week. No?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. If you're wondering what time it is, 49451, your
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  Speaker 2: questions for Brandon Funston coming up at 2 o'clock. You
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  Speaker 2: guys are Like, I'll just describe you this way. You're sickos, man.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: You're absolutely nuts.
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  Speaker 3: 100%.
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  Speaker 2: But we love you for it. All right, let's get
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  Speaker 2: to it. Headlines brought to you by Frostbrew. Coors Light
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  Speaker 2: cold as the Rockies gearing up for the start of
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  Speaker 2: Week 5 of the NFL. 0-4 Buccaneers head to Jerry's World.
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  Speaker 2: I've said this before. One of my favorite stadiums. Like,
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  Speaker 2: if you get a chance, go there. It's cool. It's
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  Speaker 2: pretty cool. They take on the 2-2 Cowboys tonight, whose
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  Speaker 2: defense is still awful. Jalen Daniels gets a start at quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Baker Mayfield has a dislocated thumb. Seahawks prepping to face
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  Speaker 2: the 49ers at Lumen Field on Sunday. Injury reports going
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  Speaker 2: in the right direction. Good news yesterday. Tile caught a
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  Speaker 2: full goal. Go yesterday. Charbonnet, Helani, Leonard Williams, all limited.
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  Speaker 2: Leonard being limited is a good sign, by the way.
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  Speaker 2: Just one divisional series remains after last night. Guardians, White Sox,
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  Speaker 2: game four tonight at five. White Sox are up two
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  Speaker 2: games to one. The Rays closed out the Yankees last night,
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  Speaker 2: three nothing. And the Brewers closed out the Padres, three
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  Speaker 2: games to one. I watched that game. God, there was
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  Speaker 2: no drama in either one of those games. No, boring.
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  Speaker 2: Boring as hell.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: God.
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  Speaker 2: Extend it. Well, you know what? They might extend it
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  Speaker 2: now that I think of it. Ashley just passed this
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  Speaker 2: along a moment ago. They may extend the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: Why?
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  Speaker 2: Major League Baseball proposed cutting the regular season schedule from
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  Speaker 2: 162 to 154 in a bargaining session with the MLBPA today.
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  Speaker 2: Higher season playoffs going to choose their opponents and division
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  Speaker 2: series can span to seven games. That would all be good.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That will not be something that causes the lockout, though.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 4: No, they're not going to be like, you know what,
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  Speaker 4: now that you've done this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a little thing called a salary cap. You don't
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  Speaker 2: need the lockout. We'll take this. A little thing called
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  Speaker 2: a salary cap is going to come into play there.
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  Speaker 4: Wait, you guys are reducing the games to 154? Okay,
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  Speaker 4: we'll take the salary cap.
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  Speaker 2: Eight games less, and let me tell you right now,
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  Speaker 2: the owners are going to present that very simply. Well,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's a revenue hit for us.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we're going to take less money.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's less money for less home games. You know.
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  Speaker 2: Lockout early December. Okay, still no word on any adjustments
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  Speaker 2: to the Georgia-Bama game. I had a fact on that one,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, on Factor Fiction 235 today. Hurricane expected
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  Speaker 2: to hit as a Category 2 or 3 tomorrow night
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  Speaker 2: somewhere between Pensacola and Mobile. Tuscaloosa's up further away, but
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  Speaker 2: still it's going to cause some problems. So we'll see.
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  Speaker 2: It's supposed to start at 4.30. They may move that
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  Speaker 2: back even later, I would assume. Yeah, they might.
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  Speaker 4: Because they're saying like, I think, three to seven inches
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  Speaker 4: of rain.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Up to 10 inches possible somewhere. And the rain's supposed
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  Speaker 4: to continue in, so not on the coast.
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  Speaker 2: And BAM is two hours ahead of us. So it's
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  Speaker 2: a 6.30 start. They could easily move that to eight.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know, without a problem.
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  Speaker 4: We'll see.
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  Speaker 2: Which would be, what, 5 o'clock our time? Yeah, something
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  Speaker 2: like that.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Memorial Stadium in Lincoln is undergoing a massive renovation this offseason.
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  Speaker 2: You'll love this. This is a good story. They're selling
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  Speaker 2: off stadium artifacts to Husker fans, including seats, signs, and.
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  Speaker 3: Urinals.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to bring this up later because this is
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  Speaker 2: a softy topic.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Because there's one urinal in the area that every dude
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't have minded having in his garage.
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  Speaker 3: Really?
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you. Well, that's 2.45 today. Let's go. We're
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  Speaker 2: always busy on a Thursday anyway, but we're even more
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  Speaker 2: so today. Ross Tucker, All Things NFL, coming up at
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  Speaker 2: 12.20 today. We're going to be joined by an old
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  Speaker 2: friend at 12.45 this afternoon. I'm just going to leave
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  Speaker 2: it at that.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: An old friend. If you're an OG KJR person and
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  Speaker 2: you worked with this person. I did. You'll enjoy this
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  Speaker 2: coming up at 12.45 because this particular person is doing
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  Speaker 2: a really cool thing in our community. And we'll tell
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  Speaker 2: you about that and hear from this person at 1245.
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  Speaker 2: OG KJR people, tune in at 1245 today.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, man.
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  Speaker 2: That's a big tease.
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  Speaker 4: It's going to be weird calling this person.
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  Speaker 2: It will be. It will be. But we'll do that
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  Speaker 2: coming up. In a great way. Not in a bad way.
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  Speaker 2: In a very good way. At 1245, that's coming up today. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Ross Tucker and then that. Steve Palazzolo, our second week.
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  Speaker 2: We've eased out of baseball, Ashley. We're out of baseball.
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  Speaker 2: Baseball's done.
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  Speaker 3: Yep. For us.
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  Speaker 2: And I gave it a try last night.
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  Speaker 3: Oh.
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  Speaker 4: I did.
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  Speaker 2: You know what?
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  Speaker 4: How'd it go?
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  Speaker 2: I even gave it a try. I was going to
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  Speaker 2: watch just for my other job and so forth. I
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  Speaker 2: kind of was watching the Anaheim-Edmonton hockey game. And then, no,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to watch San... I'm just going to leave
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  Speaker 2: it on San Diego. in Milwaukee and watch this thing.
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  Speaker 2: And all I saw was a strikeout after strikeout, after
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  Speaker 2: strikeout and runners left on base. And yeah, uh, there
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  Speaker 2: was drama in the Yankee game, I guess, but it
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  Speaker 2: really wasn't. It was a, people missed it. Um, Volpe
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  Speaker 2: hit a home run that would have tied the game
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  Speaker 2: in the sixth inning or seventh inning. I guess it
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  Speaker 2: was a two run home run. Fan reached over, grabbed
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  Speaker 2: the ball. They called it fan interference. Fan got kicked out.
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  Speaker 2: Hope he got to keep the ball at least.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know how they do that.
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  Speaker 2: It would have hit the top of the wall. And
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  Speaker 2: I love what the umpires did. This is a kind
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  Speaker 2: of a, you know, I hate sometimes when you hear, well,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it can't be subjective. It's got to be
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  Speaker 2: black or white. And if you can't tell, then you
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  Speaker 2: go with the original call and all that stuff. They
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  Speaker 2: did a great job because the ball would have hit.
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  Speaker 2: The outfielder was not going to catch it. You could
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  Speaker 2: tell by every replay there's no way he catches it.
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  Speaker 2: It goes off the wall. That's a double. That's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a double. Runner was going two outs. He
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  Speaker 2: was already at third base when the ball was touched
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  Speaker 2: by the fan. It's fine. He was between second and third,
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  Speaker 2: but he was going to score. They let him score.
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  Speaker 2: It would maybe have gone out. Probably not, though. It
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  Speaker 2: probably would have hit the top of the wall, so
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  Speaker 2: they called it a double. And so Volpe goes back
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  Speaker 2: on to second. They walked the next batter, I think
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  Speaker 2: it was. And then they got out of the inning
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  Speaker 2: and they never scored again. There's no drama. So there's
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  Speaker 2: a little drama there. The Padres couldn't hit. They just
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  Speaker 2: can't hit. And Milwaukee's really good. And outside of the fact,
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  Speaker 2: I guess maybe I should get over it. The Pilots
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  Speaker 2: left in 69. I kept thinking, oh, God, those were
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  Speaker 2: the Pilots' colors. Those were blue and gold, but. which
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  Speaker 2: are now sometimes the Mariners' color, by the way.
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  Speaker 4: Yep, that's right.
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  Speaker 2: But everyone kind of likes them, some Milwaukee Brewers, so
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  Speaker 2: go Brewers. They're taking on the Dodgers. You're America's team now.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, you are. I am 100% a Brewers fan. Maybe
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  Speaker 4: I'll wear blue and yellow for the rest of the time.
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  Speaker 2: I found myself very torn in the Yankees-Tampa series only
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  Speaker 2: because nobody cares in Tampa, so why should I care?
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  Speaker 2: But then they're the Yankees, so I am good with that.
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  Speaker 2: I'd kind of like to see the White Sox win
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  Speaker 2: because they're the bastard stepchild in Chicago, but... We'll see.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: I just like it that Yankees fans are pissed.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And that's funny and they're whining. And then they're saying, well,
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  Speaker 4: we didn't have Aaron Judge. We didn't have Aaron Judge.
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  Speaker 2: And there is a local tie here. Aaron Boone probably
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  Speaker 2: is going to be retained.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But if not, he becomes the hottest name on the
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  Speaker 2: market for a manager. Because Alex Cora said he's not
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  Speaker 2: going to manage next year.
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  Speaker 4: Right. He's taking 2027 off.
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  Speaker 2: Keeping that in my Mariner fans. We move on to football.
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  Speaker 2: Good news yesterday. I was out there. Greg was out there.
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  Speaker 2: I was able to go in and out of the
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  Speaker 2: building in between breaks and stuff and watch a little practice. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we saw Leonard Williams. The D linemen were working out
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  Speaker 2: on the far field. Like if you've been out there
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  Speaker 2: as a fan for training camp, they're in the field
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  Speaker 2: that every fan hates because you can't really see much.
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  Speaker 2: It's the far south field. And that's where the D-linemen
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  Speaker 2: were to start practice. And he jogged from locker room,
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  Speaker 2: did Leonard Williams, to that field.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I'll take that as a really good sign.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, jogging on the bum ankle.
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  Speaker 2: I take that as a really good sign. Now, I
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  Speaker 2: didn't see Julio Rodriguez be forced to walk off a
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  Speaker 2: field from deep center field with what ended up being
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  Speaker 2: a high ankle sprain. But I'll trust in this case
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  Speaker 2: they've had time to look at Leonard and the fact
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  Speaker 2: he jogged out there is good. They need him. They
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  Speaker 2: need him.
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  Speaker 4: 100%.
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  Speaker 2: They need big man. They need the big fellow there.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, yeah. You're getting knock on wood. Ty Okada
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  Speaker 4: continuing to be healthy.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: You've got Julian Love.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: And then you need, yeah, one of your leaders, like, yes, please.
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  Speaker 4: I just want to see this defense go out and
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  Speaker 4: be healthy.
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  Speaker 2: This will be the first time all year, more than likely,
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  Speaker 2: that the defense is a full go. Eamon Worry's back.
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  Speaker 2: Ty Okada's back. Julian Love's back. Assuming Leonard Williams plays
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  Speaker 2: and nothing dumb happens over the next 24 hours in
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  Speaker 2: the next practice.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You're good to go against a team that has been
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  Speaker 2: really good this year. They're 4-0, the 49ers. We'll talk
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  Speaker 2: to Paolo Zolo about this. Does Mike McDonald have Kyle
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  Speaker 2: Shanahan's number? We'll talk about that at 1 o'clock today.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. The numbers kind of tell you he does,
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  Speaker 2: but God, I don't want to get too far ahead.
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  Speaker 2: I just don't. It's too big a game. I don't
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  Speaker 2: want to go down that road. But yeah, they will
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  Speaker 2: be whole on the defense. They are far from whole
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  Speaker 2: on the offense with the running back position being a nightmare.
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  Speaker 2: And honestly, guys, they miss Anthony Bradford. I know we
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  Speaker 2: can all hate on Big 75 all you want. They
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  Speaker 2: missed that dude. They flat out missed that dude.
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  Speaker 3: Clearly. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So, you know, and Bo Stevens is banged up too
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  Speaker 2: right now. So that means Christian Haynes, who Jim Mora
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  Speaker 2: thinks is a great player, is out there along with Stevens,
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  Speaker 2: but mostly Christian Haynes.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: I was going to say, honestly, though, it bothers me
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  Speaker 4: that people have such a problem with Anthony Bradford because
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  Speaker 4: he didn't, he wasn't very good when he started. But
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  Speaker 4: if you still are stuck in that mode and haven't
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  Speaker 4: recognized that he has improved and that he actually is
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  Speaker 4: an important part of this offensive line, then you're just.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think, I think, something that jumps out. Coaching matters.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: John Benton, the new offensive line coach as of last year.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they had a horror show the first year
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  Speaker 2: of McDonald's. Yes. The whole Ryan Grubbs, Scott Huff thing.
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  Speaker 2: I think those guys are great college coaches.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: They're not NFL coaches. And I remember standing there with
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  Speaker 2: an ex-Seahawk watching a minicamp in June and watching Huff
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  Speaker 2: coach the offensive line. And this person's like, this is
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  Speaker 2: not going to work. Yeah. He's not an NFL coach.
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  Speaker 2: It's just not going to work. And this is how he...
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  Speaker 2: Just how you deal with it, how you coach and
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that. But Benton has coached up Bradford the
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  Speaker 2: rest of that offensive line. And you know what? To
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  Speaker 2: Anthony Bradford's credit, he got better because he wasn't good.
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  Speaker 2: This isn't like, oh, wow, we all missed it. No,
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  Speaker 2: he wasn't good for a while. Pass blocking is still
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  Speaker 2: an issue, but man, that guy's a road grader, so
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  Speaker 2: they could use him. but outside of that let's go
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  Speaker 2: let's have that happen see what goes on uh today
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  Speaker 2: as well so yeah we'll talk to palo zolo coming
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  Speaker 2: up at one o'clock today special thing coming up at
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  Speaker 2: 1 30 we're going to talk to the holinsky family
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  Speaker 2: uh mark holinsky tyler holinsky's dad ryan his brother um
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  Speaker 2: who followed him into college football played at south carolina
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  Speaker 2: northwestern And they're going to join us coming up at 1.30.
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  Speaker 2: It's Student Athlete Mental Health Awareness Week this week. World
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  Speaker 2: Mental Health Day is on Saturday. Our local high schools,
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  Speaker 2: Coaches Association, led by Don Bartel, they are involved with
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  Speaker 2: these guys. We'll talk about that. I just applaud that.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's awesome that the Washington State Coaches Association
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  Speaker 2: involved in mental health awareness because it does trickle down
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  Speaker 2: to the high school level and, frankly, probably even lower
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  Speaker 2: than that.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: You have a middle schooler, you know, and there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot going on in young people's lives. There's a lot
• 10:50
  Speaker 2: going on in all of our lives and you never
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  Speaker 2: know what's bothering somebody. I, you know, since we've got
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  Speaker 2: to know the Holinskis, I've made it a point to ask,
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  Speaker 2: you know, my kids and who don't even, you know,
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  Speaker 2: one of them doesn't live with us anymore, but how
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  Speaker 2: are you doing? You know, my wife asked me that
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  Speaker 2: all the time. I'm, you know, I'm honest with you.
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  Speaker 2: Like this is a time of the year where there's
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  Speaker 2: days I'm just exhausted. I'm burned out and there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot going on. And she asked me yesterday, she said, Hey,
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  Speaker 2: are you okay? Simple as that. Are you okay? I said, no,
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  Speaker 2: I'm good. I'm good. I'm tired, but I would tell
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  Speaker 2: you if I'm aware of it, dealing with him all
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  Speaker 2: the time. But yeah, there's days I'm not good. There's
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  Speaker 2: days everybody listening, anybody listening right now, there's probably days
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  Speaker 2: that you're not good.
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  Speaker 4: And that's okay.
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  Speaker 2: That's okay. That is very much okay.
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  Speaker 4: I just think your kids are never too young to
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  Speaker 4: start letting them know that. It's okay to talk about
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  Speaker 4: your mental health.
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  Speaker 2: And we're, you know, they center on athletes. They also
• 11:44
  Speaker 2: do a lot with our military now, which I really
• 11:45
  Speaker 2: applaud them for. And if you're listening down in JBLM,
• 11:49
  Speaker 2: that's a huge part of our community, as well as
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  Speaker 2: Whidbey Island and so forth and over in Bremerton. If
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  Speaker 2: you're not right, tell somebody.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Ask for help.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: If you're not right.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And again, all of us have days. If those days
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  Speaker 2: turn into multiple days or weeks... Ask for help because,
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  Speaker 2: you know, nobody knew there was something wrong with Tyler.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the problem. That's the problem.
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  Speaker 4: And you don't get an award for going through life
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  Speaker 4: without needing help.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 4: There's no prize.
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned this to Jess, too, in our crosstalk. I
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  Speaker 2: asked you to pull the Stephen A. Smith audio. I
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  Speaker 2: don't want to run it.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to give him the oxygen.
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  Speaker 4: That's fair. I had to listen to it, and I
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  Speaker 4: was disgusted. And I was really disappointed in the other people.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought so, too.
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  Speaker 4: I was just like, at what point are you going
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  Speaker 4: to stop him?
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  Speaker 3: They didn't. No.
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  Speaker 4: And then the first thing out of someone's mouth was, well, yes,
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  Speaker 4: you're right. Which I just was like, hold on.
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  Speaker 3: What?
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  Speaker 2: Miss Elaine Johnson retiring because of physical and mental issues
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  Speaker 2: after 14 years and a Hall of Fame career in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL. All right, let's take a break. Ross Tucker
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  Speaker 2: is joining us coming up next. Lots going on. We've
• 12:56
  Speaker 2: got to ask about tonight's game that we have on
• 12:58
  Speaker 2: KJR at 515. Tampa Bay, Dallas. Tampa, winless. Dallas still
• 13:02
  Speaker 2: can't stop anybody. We'll talk about that and the Seahawks
• 13:04
  Speaker 2: and the 49ers next. Ross will join us in just
• 13:13
  Speaker 2: a couple of minutes. Our good friend Ross Tucker. Stand
• 13:18
  Speaker 2: by for that. Game on Sunday at 1 p.m. I
• 13:25
  Speaker 2: should mention, too, the Huskies playing tomorrow right here on KJR.
• 13:28
  Speaker 2: We'll have a short show tomorrow.
• 13:30
  Speaker 4: Yes, correct.
• 13:31
  Speaker 3: 12-2.
• 13:31
  Speaker 2: We're going to squeeze as much in as we possibly can. Cosell,
• 13:38
  Speaker 2: Danny O'Neal, and Rob Rank.
• 13:40
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's going to be tight squeeze. Should also give
• 13:43
  Speaker 4: people a heads up that because of the Husky game tomorrow,
• 13:46
  Speaker 4: no fact or fiction in the afternoons.
• 13:48
  Speaker 2: Oh, so our last pick is you today.
• 13:51
  Speaker 4: Yes, and then no softy pick either.
• 13:53
  Speaker 2: The softy extravaganza, their last pick will be coming up
• 13:56
  Speaker 2: today at 2.35.
• 13:58
  Speaker 4: 3.35.
• 13:58
  Speaker 2: 3.35. Ours is at 2.35. Correct. Okay, good. So that's
• 14:02
  Speaker 2: coming up tomorrow. So, yeah, 2 o'clock pregame show for
• 14:04
  Speaker 2: the Huskies as they get ready to host Iowa. Five
• 14:08
  Speaker 2: games tomorrow. in, in, you know, four power conference and
• 14:12
  Speaker 2: one PAC 12 game going on tomorrow in, uh, in
• 14:15
  Speaker 2: college football. Actually, no, I think it's three and two.
• 14:18
  Speaker 2: Cause I don't think SEC is SEC. They don't play
• 14:21
  Speaker 2: on Fridays.
• 14:21
  Speaker 4: No, they're the SEC.
• 14:23
  Speaker 3: Come on.
• 14:24
  Speaker 2: What the hell was I thinking?
• 14:25
  Speaker 4: I mean, we're lucky they don't play on Sundays. Cause
• 14:28
  Speaker 4: that's probably where they think they should be playing.
• 14:30
  Speaker 2: Be a pretty good battle between the two 500 pound
• 14:32
  Speaker 2: gorillas in football, the SEC and, uh, the NFL? Who
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: has more self-importance? I would think most of us would
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: agree it's the NFL, but I think if you roll
• 14:42
  Speaker 2: down to the Southeast, they may disagree with you.
• 14:44
  Speaker 4: Yeah, they probably would.
• 14:46
  Speaker 2: They would probably go down a different road.
• 14:48
  Speaker 4: They'd be like, what's this NFL you speak of?
• 14:50
  Speaker 2: I mentioned this to Greg. Greg mentioned this too on
• 14:53
  Speaker 2: the air today.
• 14:54
  Speaker 3: I agree with him.
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: Iowa State-BYU, great game tomorrow night. That's 7-15. That's an
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: awesome game. Wyoming-San Jose State, okay. Mountain West, not as good.
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: The big The Big 12, so the ACC, Big 10, Pac-12,
• 15:06
  Speaker 2: Mountain West, and Big 12 are all playing tomorrow. Florida State-Louisville,
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: that's a big game. That's at 4 o'clock. Iowa-Washington playing
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: at the same time as Washington State, Utah State. This
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: is where the Pac-12, a little pro tip. Actually, I
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: got a call later with somebody involved with that. This
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: is where if you're the Pac-12, what are you doing?
• 15:26
  Speaker 4: Yeah, prime time.
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: Although, you know what? I'm going to get the hate
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: on the text line at 49451 from There's a couple
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: people that are of the LDS faith that sometimes think
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: that I'm just bashing their religion all the time. I'm not.
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: There's plenty of TV shows that do that. Sister Wives,
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: Real Lives of Mormon Wives.
• 15:44
  Speaker 4: Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and Real Housewives of Salt
• 15:46
  Speaker 4: Lake City.
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: You watch one of those, right?
• 15:47
  Speaker 4: I watch both of those. The Secret Lives of Mormon
• 15:49
  Speaker 4: Wives and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: Tonight is Salt Lake City dinner night. It's our girls,
• 15:56
  Speaker 4: our girls night where we watch Real Housewives of Salt
• 15:59
  Speaker 4: Lake City.
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: Really? Yeah.
• 16:00
  Speaker 4: Thursday night football and Real Housewives.
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: I'm fascinated by it. Having lived there for six years.
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: I am fascinated by it. Cause it's a, it's a
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: different one.
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: I grew up with a Mormon. I have a Mormon family.
• 16:11
  Speaker 4: My dad left the church at like 18. As soon
• 16:13
  Speaker 4: as he could.
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 16:14
  Speaker 4: I have thoughts on it as well.
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: We all do.
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: I bring that up only for this reason. I, I
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: believe that the reason they're playing on Friday night, I
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: think this is, um, they call it a general conference weekend.
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: Because when I was there, there was always a Friday night.
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, it is. That's why. Because Utah State and
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: BYU are both playing home games on a Friday night
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: because they can't play Saturday because of the general conference.
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: This is where if you're the Pac-12, you say, hey,
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: Utah State, you're not going to play at home on
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: this Friday. Because the whole thing with the Pac-12, the
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: new Pac-12, you're trying to get eyeballs on your new conference.
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: Correct.
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: Does not help on a Friday because Iowa and Washington
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: are playing in the Big Ten. You're on the CW.
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: They're on What are they on? Are they on Big
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: Ten Network, probably? Yeah, Big Ten Network, I do believe.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: Iowa State, BYU, that's on ESPN. You're not helping yourself.
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: You're not helping yourself at all. Football problems aside, because
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: these are two 1-4 teams. No one's watching this game.
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: Your job is to promote this new conference. It's just bad,
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: just dumb. The good news is we brought some stupid
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: from the old Pac-12 to the new Pac-12. Well, yeah.
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: That's what we did.
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: Did you expect that the new Pac-12 would instantly be like.
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: No, because there's still enough people involved that aren't bright. So, sure.
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: No.
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: Did I think it was all going to be... No,
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: not at all. I just think it just makes no sense.
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: I guess the CW wanted to counter-program. You know, Washington,
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: Iowa is the game you watch. in our state. And
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: that's the other thing. The cumulative numbers in our state
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: for college football when both teams play, now Wazoo's numbers
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: are going to be down this year, although they had
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: a huge, they had more people watching their game. Who
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: did Washington play two weeks ago? They played Minnesota. Minnesota.
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 18:01
  Speaker 4: And that was an 8 o'clock game.
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: 8 o'clock game. I think the numbers I saw that
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: somebody posted, they were, Wazoo had a higher audience for
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: the Arizona game, mostly because of Arizona fans and so forth. Nationwide. Nationwide.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: Not so much here in Seattle, but nationwide. Then that game,
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: you just got to be You got to be smarter.
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: Just be smarter.
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: I'm off my soapbox now. Big special guest coming up
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: at 1245. But right now, let's get to it. Ross
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: Tucker standing by.
• 18:25
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• 18:28
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• 18:32
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• 18:59
  Speaker 2: Ross tucker ross joins us every thursday afternoon at this
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: time to talk all things nfl and it boy it
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: sure feels sure feels like i heard you a lot
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: last weekend tv radio how many games did you do
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: last week.
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: I did do three. I did Thursday night Brown Steelers
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: for Westwood One. Sunday, I did with Ian Bill's Patriots
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: for CBS. And then, you know, when Kevin Harlan says, hey,
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: do you want to do Monday night in New Orleans?
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: I say, yes, I want to do Monday night in
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: New Orleans. And by the way, I am sorry, but
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: And a couple minutes late, I literally got off the
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: phone a minute ago with Mike McDaniel, the offensive coordinator
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: for the Chargers, former Dolphins head coach, because I'm about
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: to fly out. to LA. I've got Broncos chargers Sunday.
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: So the way we do it on our crew is
• 19:55
  Speaker 3: I typically talk to the coordinators on the phone, you know,
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: Thursday and Friday. And so I think his press conference
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: went maybe a little bit longer. Then my conversation with
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: him went a little bit longer. So I have a
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: good excuse. I'm late. I'm late teacher, Mr. Furness, but
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: I have a good excuse.
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: All good. Ross, all good. I want to go back
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: to what you said. So when Kevin Harlan calls, that
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: phone gets answered and the answer is always yes, correct?
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so the way, I mean, Kurt Warner is the
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: Monday night guy for Westwood One. But Kurt Warner is
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: doing back-to-back games in London. So, you know, I kind
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: of do every other Thursday night. It's not like every other,
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: but it's, you know, sometimes I'll do two in a row.
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: Sometimes I'll do one in a month. But I kind
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: of split the Thursday night duties. So I already signed
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: up for Cleveland and Pittsburgh. which worked out great because
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: Cleveland's like two and a half hours from Buffalo. And
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: then next thing I know, they said, hey, what about
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: Monday night? Because I think Kevin enjoys working with me
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: and vice versa. So I said, yeah. So I will
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: say this, the real advantage of doing three games in
• 21:06
  Speaker 3: four days is is that the following weekend when you're
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: only doing one, it seems like nothing.
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: Oh, absolutely. It seems easy.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: I bring that. Ian Eagle does a great job, but
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: I just say, you know, at least on the radio
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: doing football, Kevin Harlan's the best. Like he is just,
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: and we have, we carry the games. We have the
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: Westwood one deal here in Seattle. So here on KJR.
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: So we hear a lot of Kevin Harlan. He joins our,
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: our afternoon show every week. He's just a, He's a
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: national treasure, man. That's got to be a blast to
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: work with him. He's awesome. As are you, my friend.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: As are you. As are you. I want to talk
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: just quickly about this. We'll get to the Seahawks and
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: Niners in a second. Just a thought on tonight's game.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: Dallas 2-2. Defense doesn't look much better with Christian Parker,
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: their new D.C. Did anybody have Tampa being 0-4 on
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: the bingo card? I guess probably the same thing as
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: Houston being 0-4.
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: And the chargers. I'm going to see, you know, there's,
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: those are three teams that I would have told you
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: before the season would have a great chance to make
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: the playoffs, you know, and I thought Tampa would win
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: their division. I thought, you know, the Houston Texans would
• 22:14
  Speaker 3: win their division probably. But I think this is one
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: of the things we really like about the NFL is that,
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: you know, you never really know that, that this, why
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: they play the games. And also, I will also say this,
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: this is super important. The best teams in September aren't
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: always the best teams at the end. You know, it
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: seems like the best teams are usually the teams that
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: kind of figure it out in September and early October.
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: And then go on a run.
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: Think about You know, the Patriots last year, the Broncos
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: last year, the Houston Texans last year, the Jaguars last year,
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: the Seahawks, the Seahawks last year. You know, teams that
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: kind of figure it out as the season goes.
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: Let's talk a little bit about the game on Sunday
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: for us here, and then we'll move on to the
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: game you're doing as well and some other things around
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: the NFL. Ross Tucker joining us by Northwest Handling Systems. Seattle,
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: San Francisco. I had Derek Hall on the show yesterday.
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: I was out at the facility, so we had him
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: in the studio there that we utilize out there. He
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: kind of gave us the typical, it's just another game, blah, blah, blah,
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: all that kind of stuff. I don't know, 49ers, Seahawks, 49ers, Rams, Seahawks, Rams.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: It feels like any time any of those three teams
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: are playing each other, you are a player. It feels
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: like it's more than just another game with the power
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: structure of the NFC and especially the NFC West.
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, he's either saying that because they told
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: him to say that, or it's just a cliche, but
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: it's definitely not another game. It's definitely not the same
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: as playing at the commanders or even the chargers, you know, and,
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: and really getting the tight ends coach from San Francisco
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: and Brian Flory to be the OC that just kind
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: of enhances the rivalry even more, you know, it's like
• 24:03
  Speaker 3: you're stealing some of their brain power for your own team.
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: I think it's awesome. I think a lot of people
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: and probably myself included would tell you that the three
• 24:15
  Speaker 3: best teams in the NFC might be all three teams that,
• 24:19
  Speaker 3: you know, that we're talking about the NFC West. might
• 24:21
  Speaker 3: be the Seahawks, Rams, and Niners. Not a great spot,
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: by the way, for the Arizona Cardinals to be in,
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: but it is what it is. But yeah, no, this
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: is absolutely not just another game. Because think about it.
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: I mean, at the end of the game, they'll either
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: be tied up atop the division or, you know, the
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: Niners have a two-game lead. And really, a two-game lead
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: with a head-to-head win in Seattle is really like a
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: two-and-a-half game lead. And there's a lot of football to
• 24:51
  Speaker 3: be played, and that's not insurmountable, but it is a
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: decent deficit. And, you know, as I think we saw
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: last year, having that home field, I feel like, means
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: a lot. You know, if that Thursday night game didn't
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: go the way it did, if the Rams won that,
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: and if Seattle had to play L.A. against the Rams,
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: I think there's a pretty good chance that the Rams
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: would have won the Super Bowl last year. So it matters.
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: These games matter a lot.
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: As a former offensive lineman, I'm sure you've got to
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: look and marvel at the fact that Brock Purdy is
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: yet to be sacked this season. That's a remarkable stat.
• 25:31
  Speaker 3: Super impressive, especially when you consider they just played the Broncos.
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: They've played some teams with some decent defenses in the
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: Rams and the Broncos weeks one and four and did
• 25:45
  Speaker 3: not be sacked yet. He's just operating the offense at
• 25:48
  Speaker 3: a really efficient level. And, you know, with the injuries
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: they've had, it's super impressive. You know, you watch them and,
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: you know, you don't know who's going to be in
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: the lineup, who's not going to be in the lineup,
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: but yet it doesn't seem to matter. And really, you know,
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: I think their high-end performance is probably as high, if
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: not higher than anybody else's. Cause you think about like, like, like,
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: you know, Mike Evans, Debo Samuel, George Kittle, Christian McCaffrey.
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: The issue is, you know, these guys are all in
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: their thirties. And so will they all stay healthy? Will
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: they all still be able to produce at a high
• 26:27
  Speaker 3: level at the end of a very, very long season.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: And you can put Trent Williams at left tackle in
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: that category as well. So, but if all those guys
• 26:35
  Speaker 3: are fresh and healthy and ready to roll, they're going
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: to be extremely dangerous. I think that's one reason why
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: it'd be huge for them if they could actually get
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: the bye and be able to have the bye in
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: the postseason and give those guys a full week off,
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: full week of rest. I'm sure that at that point,
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: those guys would be thrilled about that.
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: One of the things we're very well aware of here
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: in Seattle, Ross, is that the four Super Bowl appearances
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: in Seahawks history, 2005, 13, 14, and then last season,
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: all four times the Seahawks got to the Super Bowl,
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: winning the two times, They had home field advantage throughout.
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: And Lumen Field has become and is one of the
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: better home field advantages in the NFL. And they've always
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: had that. So, yeah, I mean, that's something. And you
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: don't want to go on the road, right? Like you'd far,
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: far rather have the opportunity to play, you know, at
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: home for two games. And like you said, two games,
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: not three, and at least both at home. If it's
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: all three, have all three at home. I mean, home
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: field is big in the NFL playoffs, right? And it's
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: never too early to think about that because that right-hand
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: column gets to four, five, or six. You're not playing
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: at home.
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: Well, and I think they kind of over-weighted it with
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: the playoff expansion. You know, I think home field advantage
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: is already enough as it is, but to also not
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: have to play a game that first week, I don't know,
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: it seems to me almost like they... they made the
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: number one seed too important. And maybe at some point
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: they will have an eight team in the post season.
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: You know, that wouldn't bother me, you know, 50% of
• 28:09
  Speaker 3: the team would make the playoffs. 8% of the team
• 28:11
  Speaker 3: that don't cause also, I just think that, you know, that,
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: that seemed a little bit almost unfair. Yes. I thought
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: before it was pretty good, right? Where the number one
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: team gets home field and a buy, but also the
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: number two team gets a buy. Now, the difference between
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: one and two seed, you know, they can have the
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: same record.
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: That bothers me.
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: You have the same record, and yet the one team
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: gets a buy and home field, and the other team
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: has to play three games, including at least one on
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: the road.
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it makes it difficult. Ross Tucker joining us, of course,
• 28:44
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  Speaker 2: Before I let you go, you've got the Chargers in
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: Denver coming up on Sunday. It'll be good because the
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: Chargers are next up for Seattle, so we'll talk to
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: you about that next week. I'm sorry, the Broncos next
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: up for Seattle. We'll talk about that next week. Let
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: me look ahead to Monday if I can because you
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: just have done a couple Buffalo games. They're going to
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: the Rams. Everyone in Seattle will be a big Buffalo
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: Bills fan, Ross, this coming Monday night. Same thing in
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: the Bay Area. Everyone's going, go Bills. Give me a
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: little feel for what you expect to see on Monday
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: with Josh Allen against Matthew Stafford, Bills, and Rams.
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: Well, it should be awesome. I mean, two legitimate Super
• 29:38
  Speaker 3: Bowl contenders. The last two MVPs. And they're two of
• 29:43
  Speaker 3: the more entertaining quarterbacks because... of their aggression. Josh Allen,
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: to me, is just hilarious when he runs and some
• 29:50
  Speaker 3: of the plays that he makes or tries to make,
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: both good and bad. Interestingly, the one thing that has
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: at times held both these guys back is some silly
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: turnovers or some mistakes that you really can't make in
• 30:04
  Speaker 3: those situations. Stafford had a couple picks against the Eagles
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  Speaker 3: last week. That almost cost them. They were down by
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  Speaker 3: 10 with 10 minutes left, but they came back to
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  Speaker 3: win it. And then Josh Allen, you know, he had
• 30:16
  Speaker 3: a costly interception at the end of the game, which
• 30:20
  Speaker 3: cost the Bills in that game that they only needed
• 30:23
  Speaker 3: a field goal to tie it. They would have been
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: in a good situation to get a field goal, but
• 30:27
  Speaker 3: he kind of, he went for the home run. So
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: it'll be an awesome game. You know, the Bills defense
• 30:33
  Speaker 3: is struggling a little bit. So I wouldn't be surprised
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: if that game's in the 30s, you know, just like
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: a classic 35, 34, 34, 31, something like that. They
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: could go either way.
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: All right, let's get going on what you've got going on.
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: A million things. Podcasts. Gambling help. Not gambling help. I
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: shouldn't say that. Assistants, if you want to go see
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  Speaker 2: our friends at the Snoqualmie Casino Sportsbook for some action
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: this weekend, tell folks where they can find all of
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: your information.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, the best thing to do is always
• 31:02
  Speaker 3: just follow me on social media. I'd say at Ross
• 31:04
  Speaker 3: Tucker NFL. I usually post most of the content we're
• 31:08
  Speaker 3: putting out with the Ross Booker football podcast or even
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: money podcast there. Plus, we'll see what the Chargers team
• 31:15
  Speaker 3: cafeteria puts out tomorrow when I'm there for practice. And
• 31:19
  Speaker 3: I'm sure we'll go somewhere nice for dinner tomorrow night.
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: And so far, usually pretty good press box food.
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: It's really good on Sunday as well. Yes, really good. Really,
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: really good.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: One of the ones I miss not traveling anymore. It's
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: very good.
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: Very.
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: They do a good job there. Very good job. All right,
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: my friend, we'll talk to you next week. We've got
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: the Broncos and the Seahawks, I think, next Thursday for
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: Thursday Night Football, so we'll be talking about that with
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: you next Thursday.
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: Oh, that'll be perfect. I love it. Thanks, man.
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: All right, Ross Tucker joining us here on the Beacon
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: Plumbing Hotline. We'll take a break. A special guest, an
• 31:48
  Speaker 2: old friend. This person isn't old, just an old friend.
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: All you OG KGR listeners from back in the day,
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: you'll enjoy this next. Actually, it's funny, on the text line,
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: 49451 Tacoma Dodge text line, I glanced down there and
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: I said, hey, I said, we have, if you're just
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: an OG of KJR radio, sports radio KJR, and I said,
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: we have a special guest coming up at 1245. This person,
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: you're going to really love to hear from this person.
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: And this person is doing some really good work that
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: we're going to talk about here in a second. And
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: like the text line, let's see. Fabulous Sports Babe is
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: a guest. Sandy's a guest. Gas Man, Vinny.
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: Abker.
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: Brian Abker. We bring him back. Chopper 950. No, that's
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: been grounded forever.
• 32:35
  Speaker 4: Yeah, not allowed to take flight ever again.
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: Permanently grounded. How about the Red Baron, Josh Zebrowski? No,
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: none of those folks. No, far better than that. Way
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: better than any of those guesses. Hi, Tracy Taylor. How
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: are you?
• 32:51
  Speaker 5: You know, I don't know how I would be able
• 32:53
  Speaker 5: to top Chopper 950, though. That's the problem.
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: Just by being cordial?
• 32:58
  Speaker 4: How do you chop that? Do you want me to
• 33:00
  Speaker 4: make chopper noises?
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you can be nice.
• 33:02
  Speaker 4: I could do that.
• 33:05
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I could definitely do that.
• 33:08
  Speaker 3: Hi, guys.
• 33:08
  Speaker 4: How are you?
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: I'm great. It's good to hear your voice. Long time,
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: long time part of this radio station and then went
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: on to bigger and better things on television for many years.
• 33:20
  Speaker 4: And now.
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: Even bigger and better things, because folks don't know, Tracy
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: is on the Auburn City Council, Deputy Mayor of Auburn,
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: and also works for the City of Kent, doing some
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: great work down there with Mayor Dana Ralph. So basically,
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: I call her Ash. She's the Queen of Southeast King County.
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: That's what she is.
• 33:39
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's a fair title.
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: She is the queen.
• 33:44
  Speaker 5: Well, I mean, I like it, but I'm not quite
• 33:47
  Speaker 5: there yet. We're working on it.
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: How about that?
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: You are.
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: I wanted to get you on. You're doing a really
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: cool thing. I think it's this weekend, and I know
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: you'd love to get some support. So tell folks what
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: you've got going on.
• 33:59
  Speaker 5: Well, first, Ian, thank you for giving me the opportunity
• 34:02
  Speaker 5: to talk about something that and especially a woman who
• 34:07
  Speaker 5: I absolutely love.
• 34:10
  Speaker 4: If you're not familiar in South King.
• 34:12
  Speaker 5: County, we have a really good catering business called Cafe
• 34:16
  Speaker 5: Pacific Catering, and it's run by John and Amy Hatcher.
• 34:20
  Speaker 5: Amy was a staple in Southeast King County. She had
• 34:23
  Speaker 5: done some amazing work with public service, always supporting food
• 34:29
  Speaker 5: banks here in South King County, and of course, those
• 34:31
  Speaker 5: unfortunate families mothers too, right, that were struggling to even
• 34:35
  Speaker 5: keep food on the table and diapers on their babies. Well, unfortunately,
• 34:40
  Speaker 5: Amy lost her battle to cancer earlier this March, and
• 34:44
  Speaker 5: she had done an exceptional job of pulling together a
• 34:48
  Speaker 5: lot of women, men, children here in South King County
• 34:52
  Speaker 5: and putting a diaper drive on every year. And this
• 34:55
  Speaker 5: year would have been her 15th year. And I, in
• 34:58
  Speaker 5: my heart of hearts, could not let this just disappear
• 35:02
  Speaker 5: after she had passed. And so I reached out to
• 35:05
  Speaker 5: her husband, John, and I had said, you know, Amy
• 35:08
  Speaker 5: touched me in many ways where, you know, she was
• 35:10
  Speaker 5: just a community. She lived the community service life, right?
• 35:14
  Speaker 5: She was just an example for what community service looks like.
• 35:19
  Speaker 5: And John was like, I absolutely love the idea that
• 35:22
  Speaker 5: you want to take on her diaper drive. And so
• 35:24
  Speaker 5: that's exactly what I'm doing here this weekend in Auburn.
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: All right. So tell people how they can help. I
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: love that. I mean, it's because we do like there's
• 35:32
  Speaker 2: food drives. There's a lot of different things out there.
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: Diaper drive. And for anybody who's had kids. It was
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: a long, long time ago for me, very long time ago.
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: But I do remember, like, in all seriousness, formula diapers,
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: diapers specifically, they ain't cheap, man. And you know what?
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: Last I checked, massive necessity as well. So how can
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: people get involved? What can they do?
• 35:53
  Speaker 5: Well, Ian, and you're not wrong, right? So you can
• 35:55
  Speaker 5: go to Costco and you look at diapers, and they're
• 35:57
  Speaker 5: anywhere between $ 25 to $ 30 a.
• 35:59
  Speaker 4: Box, right?
• 36:00
  Speaker 5: And you're only getting anywhere between $ 50 to $ 60 at.
• 36:02
  Speaker 4: Costco, right?
• 36:05
  Speaker 5: So if you are interested in attending, we're having a
• 36:08
  Speaker 5: very big, fun day. And unfortunately, I know bad timing
• 36:13
  Speaker 5: on my part. It is during the Seahawks game.
• 36:16
  Speaker 4: So forgive me.
• 36:18
  Speaker 5: It's from 130 to 330 at the Auburn Lakeland Hills
• 36:23
  Speaker 5: Auburn Clubhouse. And if you're not familiar with the area,
• 36:26
  Speaker 5: I'll give you the address. Hopefully you're not driving and
• 36:28
  Speaker 5: trying to write this down. But there is a Facebook event, too,
• 36:31
  Speaker 5: that you can go and search Girls Day Inn.
• 36:34
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 36:35
  Speaker 5: And you can find more information about the event. But
• 36:38
  Speaker 5: the address is 5801 Lakeland Hills Way. It's from 130
• 36:41
  Speaker 5: to 330 for $ 20 or, you know, even a diaper.
• 36:45
  Speaker 4: Donation too, right?
• 36:46
  Speaker 5: You'll take that. You'll have an opportunity to win some
• 36:48
  Speaker 5: incredible raffle prizes. I have really hustled and procured quite
• 36:53
  Speaker 5: a few of those. And so, I'm just, you know,
• 36:56
  Speaker 5: I'm super excited. You can make a donation as well
• 36:59
  Speaker 5: with the link that is provided in the Facebook event.
• 37:03
  Speaker 5: You know, cash is king, honestly. And with the nonprofit
• 37:07
  Speaker 5: that I'm working with, it's called Do the Right Thing.
• 37:09
  Speaker 5: And it's March for diapers. Cash gets a lot further
• 37:14
  Speaker 5: to get diapers because the organization says, has inns with
• 37:18
  Speaker 5: a lot of those companies where they can buy for
• 37:21
  Speaker 5: less than the pennies on the dollar. So all of
• 37:24
  Speaker 5: the diapers and donations that are raised on this event
• 37:28
  Speaker 5: on Sunday.
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: Are going to go to.
• 37:30
  Speaker 5: South King County food banks and diaper banks as well.
• 37:34
  Speaker 5: So we're looking at Federal Way.
• 37:36
  Speaker 4: We're looking at.
• 37:37
  Speaker 5: Auburn Food Bank and we're doing Kent and Covington Food
• 37:41
  Speaker 5: Banks as well. So, again, this is something that is really,
• 37:46
  Speaker 5: really needed all across the region. And this is just
• 37:50
  Speaker 5: my way of not only honoring Amy, but giving back.
• 37:54
  Speaker 4: To this community.
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: Oh, you're awesome. Great job. Great work. I just I
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: just did a. I I'm trying to get back into
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: the world of Facebook a little bit. I just did
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: a Facebook. I just shared your event girls day in, uh,
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: on Facebook, but people can find it there. So you
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: can check it out. If you follow me on Facebook, I'll.
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: I think I should be able to link it through
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: some other social media channels, so I'll try to do
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: that as well. Awesome. Thank you. Yeah, listen, Lakeland Hills
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: is a big area up there. Lake Taps, that whole area,
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: it's big up there.
• 38:18
  Speaker 3: You know what?
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: You can find your way out at halftime. Just pop in,
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: pop out, just jump at halftime if you don't want
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: to miss any of the Sea Yacht Game. There's a
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: DVR world, too. You can hit record and do that.
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: Or just make.
• 38:27
  Speaker 4: A donation, Ian, or just make a donation.
• 38:29
  Speaker 5: That's all we care.
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 38:31
  Speaker 4: I would love to see some faces.
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: A lot of people just texting in right now. Oh,
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: my Auburn Council person, Tracy Taylor.
• 38:38
  Speaker 4: It's old school.
• 38:39
  Speaker 3: Love you.
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: I mean, there's a lot of love coming your way, hon.
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: A lot of love coming your way. It's so great.
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: Am I going to see you tonight?
• 38:47
  Speaker 3: Possibly. Possibly.
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 38:50
  Speaker 5: I do have another event that's happening in South King
• 38:53
  Speaker 5: County tonight.
• 38:54
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 38:54
  Speaker 5: But either way, if I don't make it tonight, we'll
• 38:57
  Speaker 5: circle up here very soon.
• 38:58
  Speaker 2: We will. We will definitely do that. Hopefully I see you,
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: but if not, we'll talk to you soon. Thanks, Tracy.
• 39:04
  Speaker 4: Appreciate you, Ian.
• 39:04
  Speaker 5: Thank you.
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: Bye, Ashley. You cut her off.
• 39:08
  Speaker 4: No, I was going to say bye. Yeah, bye.
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: What the hell? Yeah, I'll say bye after here. You
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: guys worked together doing that.
• 39:14
  Speaker 4: Yeah, in the State Farm Traffic Center.
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: State Farm Traffic Center back in the day.
• 39:18
  Speaker 4: I can't believe you remember that. Yeah.
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: That's awesome.
• 39:20
  Speaker 4: And that's when we had to do live reports on
• 39:22
  Speaker 4: every state or not.
• 39:23
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 39:24
  Speaker 4: Was it live reports or every single station? So we
• 39:27
  Speaker 4: did like seven reports.
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: Was it YouTube? Was Nina on that too?
• 39:30
  Speaker 4: That was after Tracy.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: Okay. All right. No one strays too far from this place.
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: It's crazy. It's nuts. All right. Well, thanks a lot, Tracy,
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: Tracy Taylor joining us. We'll take a break. Come back.
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: We're going to talk coming up next with Steve Palazzolo.
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: Let's get down with NFL weekend coming up next.