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T-Wolves take Game 2, Cubs roll, Bill Seals talks Cyclones · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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All right, good afternoon. Welcome, Miller and Condon on a
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Tuesday. The Iowa Sports Radio Network,
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Trent Condon, Ken Miller for the next couple of hours talking
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sports with you. Appreciate you starting your
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afternoon here with us. Here's what's coming up on our
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program. We're going to talk with Bill
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Seals. Bill Seals had an opportunity
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and along with the rest of the Iowa State media, spend some
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time with some of the Iowa State players yesterday, coaches as
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well. Raynor was part of it.
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So we'll pick Bill's brain on what he heard from Iowa State
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regarding football. Obviously basketball with the
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women as finally continues to add to his roster and build that
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back up in time for next season. So we'll do Iowa State topics at
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the bottom of this hour about 12:30 with Bill Seals, our
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number 2. Let's talk some baseball.
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Our friend Matt Snyder joins us each and every week.
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Little MLB conversation with Matt Snyder coming up at One O
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CLOCK. Baseball's been good.
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Twins and the Mets tonight, something has to give Twins kind
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of about a disappointing weekend.
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Mets have had a disappointing couple of weeks.
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So we'll watch that series very closely as well, as well as the
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NBA and the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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But Matt Snyder on MLB to kick off the second hour and then
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Scott Dockerman is back. He was, he was in Europa, people
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in Germany for a couple of weeks.
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So we'll talk to Doc about. I know that he was at in Iowa
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City for some of the football pressers, listen to Kirk before
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he left. We'll get that or when they got
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back. Well, regardless, he was there
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and we'll talk to Doc about Iowa topics, Big 10 topics, college
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football topics when he joins us coming up here at 1:30.
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Trends plays the day at 1:50 and away we will go.
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Billy Donovan steps down as the Bulls.
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Now, Cappy, who normally joins us on Wednesday, he reached out
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to me this morning and said he's going to have to push back until
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Thursday. So we will, if you're a Bulls
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fan, you want to know what's going on there.
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Cappy will join us on Thursday. We'll catch up with the Cubs,
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etcetera. Bears are going to pick later on
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that night with the cap man, but not Wednesday this week,
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Thursday for David Kaplan. How are you TC?
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Not too bad, had a successful night with the wagering so that
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was always a nice one. Nice for you 1.
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That's a good night. Yes, after the pics we handed
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out, including hitting both props and it was a little later
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that I wanted, I wanted to get to bed a little bit earlier, but
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the Timberwolves and Nuggets was what?
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Time did it end? Late.
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I don't even know. But yeah, it was late.
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Later than I wanted to be up, but I stayed up and happy that I
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did as the T Wolves pull off the win.
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Won a piece and Rudy Gobert, you look at the stat line.
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Didn't do anything, no, if you look at the stat.
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Uh huh. Yes.
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And you watch the game, you will have a completely different
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perspective of the way that that thing played out.
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He was a stud, a pest, an annoyance to Joker.
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In the fourth quarter, he combined, what, 4 points for.
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He was one of seven from three. Jokich and Murray had four
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points in the 4th. Quarter, that's all they got
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combined those two. They locked them up.
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Great victory for the T Wolves and this has been just
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tremendous. We've seen the Series A bunch of
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times here recently. It's a good.
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Point and they've been great. Series.
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I've been one of them. Every single time this is we
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said going in and I know we watched the T Wolves more than
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anybody else during the season in the NBA, but still this was
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the best coming in to the playoffs and it certainly played
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out. You know, these two games.
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I mean the T Wolves played terrible.
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I thought in game one long stretches and still had a shot
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in that one to pull it off. Now you go back to Minneapolis.
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So gonna be locked and loaded now and yes, look at the
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calendar. It's April 21st now.
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NBA Times. Basketball season, Trent.
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NBA basketball. Season NBA basketball season
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indeed. NHL last night was good as well.
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In a double overtime game there, Edmonton got past Anaheim.
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I thought I was going to. Run.
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That was your one, wasn't? It when they had the lead, I
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flipped over at one point I'm like, oh, they took the lead and
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then. Two straight, I got to think you
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didn't bet puck line. You just bet straight up on
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that. I did, yeah.
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And that had to be a pretty good price because Edmonton at home,
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they had to be. I would imagine they were an
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overwhelming favorite. But it all resumes again
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tonight. I love this time of year.
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It's a wonderful time of year with the winter sports, winter
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pro sports coming down the stretch.
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We will see where that goes. That just back to yesterday.
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I just want to thank chicken coop, obviously I want to thank
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Russ Carew and graphite construction.
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I I love our little mock draft that we put together.
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The fact that they go to so much trouble to put the board
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together, the picks board. So we kind of have kind of makes
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a little intrigue to it, but it it was fun.
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We'll see how we do, but two weeks are two nights rather from
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today. Yeah.
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I don't know what kind of number this thing has done in the past
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as far as television viewership. I mean, you could just put up
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the NFL logo and leave it there for an hour to do a decent
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number. But I'm, I'm, I don't know how
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how popular it's going to be this year.
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I don't sense a lot of buzz in NFL circles amongst fans
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necessarily. Absolutely.
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You know the number one pick, it's not a quarterback heavy
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draft, not going to be there. That's going to push it.
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Yeah, he's not going to be there.
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Now that doesn't matter to me one iota, but maybe it does to
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some people if the person's going to be there or not.
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But regardless of. That a television that matters.
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Yeah. I don't.
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If I have. No.
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I'm with you. Yeah.
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Say only family stay home. Absolutely right, dear draft
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party. Do it that way, no problem at
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all. And I I think, you know, from
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his perspective, certainly makes sense.
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But there's OK, you got love, skill, talent.
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Cardinal Tate was not the best wide receiver on his team.
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No, that's true. Tyson, we barely got to see
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because he's hurt all the time. And you just don't have that
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same level of, oh, I watched these guys for years.
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Here it is. Here's the Coleman.
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But here's one thing that is going to help the NFL.
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And of course, they just need even more help.
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Right. They really do trends.
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They're struggling. You love to peek ahead much more
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than I do. I definitely know.
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Peek ahead to what? To everything on the.
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End. I mean, you're already asking
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when I go out to Vegas next time when I'm going to be eaten?
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I don't know. I mean, that's you.
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You are, you are much more of a planner way ahead than I.
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And you're like, who? The Who the twins play next
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week. I don't know.
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It's it's Monday. It's Tuesday.
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I haven't peeked that far ahead. You are a peeker.
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You like to have things set and you like to know exactly how
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things are going to go. Well, that is one thing I
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actually did because on Thursday, the first round of the
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NFL draft, there are three playoff games.
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All three of those games are going to be on Amazon Prime.
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For the NBA. For the NBA, all three of those
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games are going to be on prime that.
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Helps a lot, absolutely. So they obviously they, they
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knew they didn't want to go up against.
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It yes, so the flipping and all those things that were normal,
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Well, yeah, you go to the playoff game for a while, flip
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back over. Oh, my team's coming up.
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I'll go back to the draft. Will you be there for 25 where
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the Bears pick? Yeah, yeah, I'll get back in at
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that point. Yeah, I'll be keeping an.
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Eye to keep an eye as they get close to it and make sure you
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got one of. Your and it's a lot quicker than
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it has been in the past. I mean this no?
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It's 10 minutes now, is the tops right?
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It used to be 15. Oh, I was like, Oh my God, let's
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go. Ragging on it was hours,
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absolutely of nothing, right? And what?
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Are the Raiders going to do when when they take the stage on when
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the commissioner comes up and says welcome to the NFL drafts,
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he's going to get booed. He's going to do is, you know,
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give me more, you know, is that all you got type of thing?
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And then the Raiders are going to go on the clock and it's
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going to start ticking. Do they take it all just to be
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jerks? I don't think it's to be a jerk.
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I think the NFL will ask them to do that or they'll have the card
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and they'll just wait a little bit before they come back from
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behind the stage and do it because it's still a television
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show. There's going to be, we know
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what's going to happen, but it's they'll take a good 5 minutes at
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minimum I think before they get out there.
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Even if the Cards ready, the NFL will delay it more than the
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Raiders. I would put it more on the NFL
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than the Raiders. No, I think you're right.
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And have you thought of it that way?
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I think you're probably right. They want to drag this thing out
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and talk about the Megosas and and the franchise and what they
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need and where they've been. Get a little Tom Brady talk in
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there. Get a little Tom Brady talk in
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there. Why not?
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Will we see Brady in the war room?
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Will we see? Yes, Yeah.
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Yes, I think we will. And they got to have a couple of
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shots then of that. Yeah, yeah.
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It'll be stretched out. That thing is not going to be
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done in a minute like it should be.
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Right. And not because of the Raiders.
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Because of the NFL. Yep, I agree with you.
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So good stuff that's coming up on Thursday.
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We got some some playoff basketball, hockey and some
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baseball to get to prior to that.
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By the way, Speaking of baseball, I don't want to linger
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because I didn't see a ton of the Cubs last night.
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I was switching over during commercials, but I happened to
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be there for Nico Horner. Did you see the catch that he
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made? Yes, absolutely.
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And the bat has been red hot, Red hot.
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He has kept this team and I got a little egg on my face.
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I'm like, do you really want to spend that kind of money out of
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light hitting second baseman? Yeah, he is.
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Pretty round is now 8 minutes. We just always got this
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corrected. 8 minutes so. Even quicker.
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Better, yeah. Yeah, you did say that.
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Look, wasn't crazy. He's not he's not hitting for
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power at the time, but now at least begin early in the year.
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He's incorporating that somehow into his game and he's
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incredible second baseman. Do you see the smile on his face
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when he got up off the ground? He knew he'd made a hell of a
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play. And that's going to be
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everywhere and everybody's going to be talking about it today or
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showing it on SportsCenter. So heck of a play.
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Really nice win. Really nice win for the Cubs
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last night again. And they're playing well that
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whole division. I mean, Cincinnati, what do we
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make of these of these Cincinnati Reds?
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Are we willing to, you know, to re evaluate how good this team
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might possibly be? They've got the favorite by a
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mile to win the NL rookie of the year and sell Sinatra, who it
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got called up last year. They must have been playing the
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Cubs because I watched his first game in the Major League with
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all his family there and and he's off to a terrific start.
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Did the Reds have enough to keep this up?
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I think so. This is a playoff team.
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Last year, Yeah, they're a playoff team.
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Got red hot in August? Who did they?
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Did they face? The Dodgers, yeah, We don't have
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that one. That didn't go well.
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Even if you have no memory of that series, you know how that
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series went. But a young team had a lot of
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growth last year, and you're seeing it because they're going
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to keep coming. You mentioned Sal Stewart, and
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he's off to a great start. Yeah.
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Salsa. Not sure.
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Stewart. It's Stewart.
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Stewart Yeah. But that rotation, you know,
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louder. He was good again last night.
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He's another one of those young arms that's off to a really good
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start. He's just 24 years old.
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He's been really, really solid throughout the course of the
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season. I've been fantasy.
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That's why I don't have a little bit.
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Yeah, that's one of those names that they know got some veterans
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in there. I like it.
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I, I, I like that team. I like the way that they're
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built. And you got a couple of not
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superstars yet, but De La Cruz is just so fun to watch just in
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terms of entertainment value. Velocity on the ball from short
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to 1st or wherever he's throwing.
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It's fun to watch. They spent in the offseason
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going out and getting sore as. So yeah, there's sustainability,
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there's state power. Look at the.
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Standings right now in the Central division, it's it's,
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it's upside down. And everybody is well above 5.
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100 and everybody is, it's unbelievable.
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That's got to be the only, it is for sure.
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Oh, absolutely. The only division that
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everybody's above 500. The Brewers are in last place.
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They're 12:00 and 9:00. And the last place team
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currently in the National League Central is the Brewers, yeah.
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12:00 and 9:00. At 12:00 and 9:00, they would be
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winning the AL West, they would be winning the AL Central and
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they would be 1/2 game out in the American League.
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That's the last place team in that division.
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We like the Pirates coming into the air, mention the Reds.
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We thought the Cardinals were stay away and yet they're
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playing good. Baseball Baseball team to watch.
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They swept the Astros over the weekend.
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That's going to be a good summer of having all these teams now
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competitive. It's not the Pirates, the Reds.
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No, those teams are good. Those teams have young talent
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and it's starting to pop. So going to be a fun, fun season
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in baseball. Excited to talk more about that
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with Matt Snyder. Yeah, he's coming up at 1:00.
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We'll get into our weekly MLB conversation with Matt.
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What do you expect to see? Are you going over Saturday, by
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the way, to Kennick? Are you going over TBD?
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TBD, Yes. What time does it start?
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Do you know? Is it 10, 9:30 We'll find out
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the particulars as to when everything starts over there.
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I'm well, I I want to see the quarterback battle obviously.
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And they got they got a lot of holes to fill as well.
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Is this a year? Obviously it is an Ames where we
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really have to do not only the fans about their team, but
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certainly what we do for a living, really have to do our
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homework when it comes to the depth charts once we finally get
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them or the rosters type of thing.
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I mean, I think it's going to be at least early in the year until
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you see the team. How are you going to talk with
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any credibility about Highwood State?
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We just don't know. It's guess, right?
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That's all that it is, right? These guys are coming from all
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over the place. Now we get a ton wrong in
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August, but at least we can back up our opinion.
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Well, did you see what he did last year against Baylor?
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Or hey, he came in here and he looked really good, right?
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Those are the conversations that we normally have.
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Now you don't. Know you watched Washington
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state? I watched one game.
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They're homecoming because my son's partner, Sage, she was at
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the game and it was pouring rain.
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It was homecoming. So I watched some of that, that
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game that that's all I watched. And I wasn't watching it
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thinking, well, there's Iowa State's next coach job.
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If this guys coming and this guys come.
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I couldn't remember one guy. Right.
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Yeah, that's the reality of what Iowa State is.
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And for Iowa, they return a total of 8 starters from a year
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ago. That's a low number for Iowa
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football. We haven't seen that very often.
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You couple that with the way that they went into the portal
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and not identifying those one year guys that, Oh yeah, he
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played at this power conference school.
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It's a bunch of FCS guys. Of course, we didn't see much,
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if any of those. Do you watch any Rio Grande
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Valley last year? No, you don't want to watch the
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FCS when it got to the playoffs, right?
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Furman, were they at the top of your list?
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No. Well, those might be two of the
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three starting wide receivers for Iowa and Tony Diaz, who
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we've talked about a ton. And then he is.
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He is getting so much accolades heaped on him.
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Yes, he must be legitimate. Yes.
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And I mean, you can just see the highlights.
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He just, he looks different. He goes up and gets the ball.
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He's aggressive. Can they get it to him?
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That'll be the question, and that's the top of the fold, what
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the quarterbacks look like on Saturday.
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You know, there's a part of me it feels like everybody and I
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know you and I are in the same direction.
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We want to see Jeremy Hecklinski.
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Yes, and a big part of that. Because he's a gunslinger.
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Is what happened in the Ian Anna game without his own the missed
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screen pass that would have beat the national changer.
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It's over. Idiot has a loss right.
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They're not undefeated Nope. Iowa beats them if you just
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complete a screen pass. Well, there was a little bit of
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pressure up his left side. He's playing extensively for the
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first time in the Big 10, but. He is 2 of his offensive lineman
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are in front of that play. Yeah, well, yeah, but he missed
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his throw. He missed his throw.
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He's got a better arm than Hecklinski.
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He's the safer option. Well, with Kirk Ference, do.
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You think he's going to be the starter?
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What is more likely to? Happen.
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Hank Brown's going to start. It reminds me so much of Jake
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Rudock versus CJ. Becker, my God.
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Yeah, it reminds me. And Rudock wasn't brutal.
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But no, no he was fine. But bether was just you could
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see there was something different about him.
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There was a different mentality. I don't think Hank Brown is out
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of this and I think a lot of the fan base has very reason has
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eliminated him from the race. Anointed the Klinsky as the guy.
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On top of it, even if Hecklinsky does win the job, you have to
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have Hank Brown ready. Jeremy Hecklinsky's 510 and he
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is not Diego Pavia thick. He's a little guy.
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The. Guy go Pavia.
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I'm anxious to see what if he gets his name called this
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weekend. By the way, I don't believe he
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will. Somebody going to give him a
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shot? I don't think.
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So more likely to be drafted Mark Gronowski or Diego Pavia
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that a prop we can put up there. We certainly can on on Friday
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when we do our chicken coop. That's a good one.
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I think we'll make that part of it more likely to be drafted.
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I think Gronowski, you do. Yes, he's I saw he's had some
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visits again recently. Look at his overall record in
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college. Yes, right.
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And he was playing injured last year.
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And he was playing like he doesn't have.
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He's not the most accurate guy that's ever lined up under
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center. But what a great runner he is,
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the physicality that he can play with.
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Is it something where practice practice squad?
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Javia did, and look at the where he did it at, it was Vanderbilt.
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And it was New Mexico State before that.
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And it was new. Mexico, who sucks year after
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year after year, I mean, that is the absolute bottom of the
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barrel of FBS football is New Mexico State.
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I mean you look in totality last 2025 years, they gotta be
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towards the bottom if not at the bottom and he made them good,
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got them to a bowl game, something that.
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I you know what? I'm gonna change.
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I'm gonna take Pavia. I think it's Pavia.
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I think it's Pavia. Yeah, I'm not.
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And. And if it is, it's seventh
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round. Oh, absolutely, yeah.
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Take a flyer. Take a flyer, yeah.
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Now with this his extras a couple on.
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No, I don't want him, Trent, for that reason.
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Because he's no. And and you, you can't beat
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Diego Pavia as a third string quarterback on the practice
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squad. On the practice squad, yes,
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right. That's not gonna work.
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No, it's gonna work when you're the starter in A at an SEC
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school. Or maybe you want that.
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Maybe there's a coaching staff out there.
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I think of AI, don't know a Robert Sala.
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I think of a Rabel kind of the. Rabel, by the way, spoke to the
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media today. He.
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Addressed the Rossini, the traditional old school, got a
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meet head coach, defensive coach that I want that guy in my
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practice squad. I want him going up against my
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ones. I want that guy that's going to
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be talking crap to my defense. Maybe you do want that.
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I don't think it's for everybody.
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I don't think maybe it's for many, but they're definitely.
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I could envision a couple of coaches that say, yeah, I want
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that guy. He's never going to play for us.
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But no, I don't think. He's either I want that guy out
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there as opposed to boring. Never going to play third
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Stringer. And keep in mind with them, when
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we're talking about quarterbacks, I, I didn't think
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Brock Purdy would ever throw a pass in the NFL, right?
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Yes, I wasn't alone. I think most of Cyclone Nation
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felt that way, too. Now, they don't want to admit
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it. No, of course.
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But what a story he is. My God, what a story.
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He is. We've mentioned that yesterday,
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that quarterback draft that year and go through the quarterbacks
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that came out, I mean they were head and shoulders above.
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Russ mentioned the 213, the 2013 NFL Draft.
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Did you? I went back and looked at the
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20. I knew that that was Fisher,
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that he went one overall. OK, yeah.
18:32
And obviously that stuck with Russ because he's a Chiefs fan
18:35
and and that didn't work out. When you look at that draft, it
18:40
is it is by far, from top to bottom, the worst draft I've
18:45
ever seen. You know the best players in the
18:47
draft, if memory serves, are down in the late 20s.
18:51
Okay, yeah, I'm seeing a few of those.
18:52
Yeah, I'm kind of scrolling. But you got to look hard to find
18:55
a guy that A stuck around or B made a Pro Bowl.
18:58
Who's the top? Who's the best player to be
19:00
drafted in the top 10? Lane Johnson.
19:03
Yeah, right. He's still playing.
19:04
Yes. And he was where it was 7 where
19:06
was he dropped 4th, 4th. OK. 4th right to the eagles #1
19:10
Eric Fisher, Luke Jokel went to the Jags.
19:13
Dion Jordan. I don't remember a second of
19:15
Dion Jordan for the Dolphins after Lane Johnson.
19:18
It was Ezekiel Ansa. Yeah, I.
19:21
Don't remember him? A defensive end out of BYU.
19:24
That was the year the Vikings had three first round picks.
19:28
That wasn't it in the 20s. 232529 They got Cherie Floyd.
19:35
Not very good, no. Xavier Rhodes had moment.
19:38
Yeah, he did. And Cordell Patterson, who had
19:41
moments, yeah. But no, but not as a Viking.
19:43
And not as a wide receiver, right?
19:45
It was a receiver. They moved him to running back
19:47
and he's returning no. He's played a lot.
19:48
Yeah, he's played a lot. But this is an.
19:51
Who's the Who's the best player 10 to 20?
19:53
10 to 20. Shelton Richardson.
19:55
It was OK. Eric Reid.
19:59
Yeah, OK. Kyle Long at 20.
20:02
Injuries derailed that. 1-6 years, maybe 7 years.
20:06
Not very long. Tyler Eifert had a little bit of
20:08
a run at tight end with the Bengals, but not much of one.
20:12
It's ugly now. 27. DeAndre Hopkins.
20:15
Yeah, that's kind of the top of the list.
20:17
That you're going through. Travis Fredericks had a nice
20:19
career. And he was, he was right toward
20:21
the end of the. Draft he was and the Cowboys
20:23
were killed for that, Howie. Oh yes, I remember that vividly
20:27
because I I pushed back on that big time.
20:29
You got your Center for the next decade.
20:30
You do. And they had the Center for the
20:31
next decade. I, I it's the same thing with
20:34
guards. People get annoyed with it.
20:35
Oh, you've taken a car. Well, if it's a guard that plays
20:37
for the next decade for you, it is a starter.
20:39
That is a good draft pick this draft though.
20:43
No, I don't know. It's it's slim Pickens, I think
20:46
in a lot of ways. Is the ability now for guys to
20:50
stick around for next year, make money in college, is that
20:53
hurting? At least just the way we came
20:55
off, just coming off the COVID guys, we stayed around forever,
20:59
which led to last year's draft being stacked.
21:01
We're already looking to 27. See, I don't remember any draft
21:05
eligible saying, you know what, I'm going to forgo the
21:07
opportunity to GoPro and come back to college for another year
21:10
do. You.
21:13
I'm sure they're out. There, I'm sure they're real,
21:15
but but it's there's no one that really because it's such a not
21:20
for long sport, right. Absolutely, yeah.
21:23
Get that money, try to get that guaranteed contract and go from
21:25
there. It is.
21:28
I'm not overly intrigued by this year's draft.
21:30
That's why I think the numbers are going to be not, not nowhere
21:33
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23:37
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23:40
cyclereport.com part of rival slash on three Bill, I guess
23:43
let's start there before we pick your brain as to what you saw,
23:46
what you listen to and how family's rosters coming
23:49
together. Do you have the actual
23:51
particulars, what Saturday's going to look like, what side of
23:55
Jack Trice is going to be open, what time it's going to get
23:57
underway, etcetera? Do you know Bill?
24:00
We expect about a 1030 start on that.
24:04
Don't really have too many more details than that right now,
24:07
just that it'll be about 10:30. You know, Rogers was, I think
24:13
wanting to play it clear up until the end of this week as
24:18
far as is kind of how many reps they want to go through in that,
24:22
you know, it's called, it's being called a spring showcase.
24:25
So I don't, I don't know that it's going to be like the spring
24:29
games that we saw of several years ago that we grew up
24:33
watching, but there will be some live situations there.
24:37
I I think some team situations and they'll, you know, they'll
24:40
put the capper on 15 spring practices and they got a leave a
24:45
youth camp coming up right after the showcase on Saturday as
24:49
well. So another good way I think for
24:51
this new staff to to continue promoting the program.
24:55
Eyes will be on the quarterback, they always are.
24:57
And do you believe it's a real competition?
24:59
We heard that last week. Is that something that is more
25:02
coach speak or reality when we look at the quarterbacks?
25:06
Well, I'm, it may be a little bit of coach speak there.
25:10
I, I still think Rainer when you know, he was brought in to, to
25:14
be the QB one here, but they have wanted to put all those
25:18
guys I think in competitive situations over the, the spring
25:22
and see how things work out. I, I think I don't think it's
25:25
any secret, you know, really with this type of offense that
25:29
they're going to run under Tyler role.
25:31
Not as much shotgun maybe as what Rayner was out of at
25:35
Arkansas State. I think it was primarily out of
25:38
the shotgun, but he'll be under center.
25:40
I think a little bit more here and you know, maybe a little a
25:43
little bit different look for him.
25:45
So I think there's been some challenges for him to work
25:48
through there. Oklahoma State has said that the
25:52
transfer Zayn Forrest sounds like he's had his moments as
25:55
well. And I think he's doing a nice
25:57
job of of pushing Rainer. But you know, Rainer's a
26:01
three-year starter in the in Division One FBS football.
26:05
I think he was brought here to be a starting quarterback and I
26:08
anticipate he will be. And you know, who knows what
26:11
Flores, he's a a red shirt sophomore, had a a medical in
26:16
there as well. So I think that the foundation's
26:19
setting up to be a good one for him as he moves forward.
26:22
And, you know, who knows how that whole thing looks in 2027?
26:26
No, no, no doubt about it. What's Coach Heckendorf like to
26:30
talk to? Is he is he pretty open when
26:32
he's talking about his quarterbacks or guardian?
26:36
Yeah, well, no, I think he's pretty open on on things.
26:39
You know, if if the subscribers had followed my, you know, my
26:44
running thread out of yesterday's media
26:48
availabilities. Yeah, I mean, he's he's very
26:51
thorough and and really broke down things pretty well.
26:54
I think we had him for over 20 minutes.
26:56
So it was a pretty extended period of time.
27:00
You know, Jesse Bobbitt, I think we're spoiled with those
27:02
coordinators right now. You know, nothing against what
27:05
we had with with Haycock and Mouser.
27:07
Those guys were great. But I'll tell you what between,
27:12
you know, role, what we had earlier in the the spring,
27:16
Bobbitt, you know, Heckendorf was an offensive coordinator
27:19
last season for Rainer and he, you know, he speaks like an
27:23
offensive coordinator. So I think we've been pretty
27:25
spoiled this spring in terms of what we've gotten for
27:29
information. Bill, I know we've talked about
27:31
the wide receiver position, the offensive line and trying to
27:34
figure that thing out. We haven't talked a ton.
27:36
I don't think about running back Eden Flores back.
27:38
We saw him at moments. Of course, his returnability
27:41
definitely jumps out there. Bringing Cameron Pett away from
27:44
Bowling Green Allah from Oregon State.
27:46
What have you heard about the running back position and how
27:48
solid they feel there in terms of just the guys that are going
27:51
to get carries and the depth that they build at running back?
27:55
Yeah, I think that, you know, they're, they're, I think
27:58
they're happy with what the obviously what they've gotten
28:00
with Flora. He's kind of been the, he's kind
28:03
of been the talk of, of spring ball and from start to finish
28:08
here. And I think done a very nice
28:10
job. You know, Salahuddin Allah, I
28:14
think, you know, they wanted to kind of get him into into shape
28:18
a little bit and, you know, see, see how he goes throughout the
28:23
the spring. I think he's done a nice job
28:25
there. And then I think, you know, you
28:27
look at him and he's kind of got that workhorse running back
28:31
written all over him. You know, we'll see what happens
28:34
with Flora. He hasn't really been in that
28:36
role. I think that's kind of the
28:37
concern there is, is, you know, asking him to be a three down
28:41
back would be a lot, I think after the role that he's played
28:45
so far. But who knows?
28:47
I it it could happen and I think he wants to be preparing that
28:51
way. And then that Cam Petaway, I
28:53
think he continues to kind of have that look about him of, you
28:57
know, being a change of pace type of guy, a scat back,
29:00
someone who can catch the ball out of the backfield.
29:03
But you know that I think there are some concerns about this
29:06
position as well. Obviously River Peppers, I don't
29:10
think they're going to get much out of him this season coming
29:12
off the Achilles injury, his first play of his of his college
29:17
career last season. Jaden Jackson.
29:21
Yeah, right. And Jaden Jackson, he was a
29:23
freshman that redshirted a year ago.
29:25
I I don't think that, you know, they've seen much from him yet
29:29
this spring. So, you know, we'll we'll see
29:32
how we'll, we'll see how this thing shakes up.
29:35
You know, they are, I, I think that they might look, I've kind
29:39
of heard conflicting reports on if they're going to go the JUCO
29:43
route. You know, they're, they're, they
29:45
got an eye on a Kansas guy right now.
29:48
I've kind of heard conflicting reports say, oh, he is supposed
29:51
to be here this week, but kind of conflicting reports about if
29:55
he is a take right now or if I or if they want to wait maybe a
30:00
few more weeks and and kind of get an idea how this spring, you
30:04
know, how they are coming out of this and if they do want to
30:07
bring in an extra guy for this season.
30:09
So this is what I was told, Bill, somebody told me he would
30:12
bet a lot of money it's Salahudina laws going to be the
30:15
guy that has the injuries aside, but it's going to be a law
30:19
that's going to be the bell cow. Would you would would does that
30:22
line up with what you're hearing at all?
30:24
I think so. I think so you, you look at
30:26
those backs right now and he's got that workhorse every down
30:30
back kind of look. I think there were just some
30:33
challenges to him at the start of, of, of winter workouts after
30:38
he had reported and then going into the spring.
30:41
And you know, also, maybe who knows, maybe what the coaches
30:44
there they're they're, you know, the first two always mentioned
30:48
have been flora and, and pet away.
30:51
And, you know, maybe they're kind of hoping that Allah kind
30:54
of goes under the radar a little bit and that, you know, it can
30:58
be a guy that really develops into that role.
31:00
Have your expectations changed at all this spring?
31:03
Getting to talk to all these coaches, getting to learn more
31:05
about this roster one way or the other.
31:07
Have your expectations changed, Bill?
31:11
Not, not really. I mean it, I think it's still,
31:15
it's still going to be a work in progress.
31:18
I think, you know, one thing that, you know, it's kind of
31:22
been abundantly clear over the the spring is there's not really
31:25
going to be a depth chart on this team for a while.
31:27
I think that a lot of things, and I mean, that's not
31:30
necessarily just coach speak, you know, we wouldn't get a
31:33
depth chart out of Campbell until the first one we would get
31:36
was ahead of the season opener. We wouldn't get anything over
31:39
the offseason. But I think I think in this case
31:42
it it holds true that there's just a lot really unsettled I
31:46
think about this team and a lot of moving pieces and that, you
31:51
know, just almost 15 spring practices in and I think a lot
31:55
of competition is going to carry over and into the fall here.
31:58
But I think they've got a nice foundation.
32:01
I think the spring, a lot about the spring was about learning
32:05
the scheme for these guys. I think a lot easier probably on
32:09
the defensive side of the ball because of that staff continuity
32:12
and those guys haven't been together and a lot of guys
32:14
coming from Wazoo, but you know, on the offensive side they've
32:18
been playing catch up a little bit.
32:20
But I think that they they're getting there with what Role
32:23
wants to do offensively. What's going to be the strength
32:26
of the offense? I think, you know, physicality,
32:31
I, I guess is one thing that they've preached from the start.
32:35
I, I think that they, they've got the makings.
32:39
I think of an offensive line that's going to play with a lot
32:42
of intensity and then try to out physical that the, the guy
32:45
across from the ball from him. So I think when you look at the,
32:50
the strengths, I, I, I think probably running the ball is
32:53
going to, is going to be what they try to lean on.
32:56
They've got a quarterback and Jalen Rainer we you know, I
32:59
obviously had him a little bit yesterday.
33:01
He's a guy that can do some things with his feet and and is
33:05
really going to add. I I think, you know, we we saw
33:08
that from time to time with Rocco backed and then just
33:10
injuries I think took hold there, especially last season.
33:14
It was non existent, the quarterback run game.
33:17
But that's going to re enter the picture I think in a big way
33:20
with Jalen Rainer and his his veteran experience.
33:25
And I think he's going to add an entirely different perspective.
33:28
So I would say probably that. Over to some basketball.
33:32
Let's start on the women's side. A couple of commitments here in
33:35
the last couple of days. He had a Harvey makes her way
33:37
over from Washington came out grew up in Australia and then a
33:41
big out of coming in from Alex and beset.
33:45
What can tell us about that that roster filling out process what
33:48
they're doing at this point in time maybe a little bit better
33:50
than some. I mean, it felt like the sky was
33:52
falling for a while, as you know what?
33:55
And at least a hole, maybe some light at the end of the tunnel.
33:59
Yeah, I mean it it it seems like they're they're going to return
34:03
to kind of that high flying up and down team that likes to
34:09
shoot a lot of threes. Kind of like what I mean what we
34:12
all grew up there. You know, as we watch this
34:16
Finley team play in the the 2000s, two thousand 10s, they
34:20
they were a team that loved to play up tempo, love to shoot the
34:24
three. You'll look at what they brought
34:26
in so far. A lot of a lot of guards.
34:30
So and you know, even the I guess gift Ezekiel out of
34:35
Florida probably being the one exception, But you know, they
34:38
got that six to Alex and Bessette and she played on the
34:42
ball a lot this past season in her own right.
34:46
So she's got some experience playing in the back court.
34:49
So think what you're seeing so far as it's going to be a guard
34:52
oriented team and you know, maybe one that likes to get up
34:56
and down the floor and shoot the three.
34:59
Bill, have you done any digging? I know that she's an Oklahoma
35:02
State cowgirl now. 1.4 million for Audie Crooks did.
35:08
Did you maybe reach out to your Oklahoma State colleague?
35:12
And I mean, is there any truth to that Bill that it's that
35:14
much, do you know? I think it I think that's
35:17
actually pretty close Kenny. I had talked to her sources on
35:22
my end and yeah, I mean, good for her to to be able to secure
35:26
that. You know, probably well did did
35:30
probably get told no, I think on that asking price by a number of
35:34
programs, but I think goes into a pretty good situation for her.
35:38
You look at the Big 12 program well and even nationwide that
35:42
the programs that lost the most players will Oklahoma State
35:45
right up there with Iowa State in terms of just overhauling a
35:48
completely overhauling a roster. So she's in a nice situation
35:53
there, but gosh, it makes you wonder how much more money
35:56
Oklahoma State's got to spend out out of this.
35:59
And you know, Iowa State's got a roster now, I believe by my
36:03
count of nine scholarship players.
36:05
So Finley's done a pretty good job here of of filling that one
36:10
up. And and they even got a 2027
36:13
commitment too. So that's kind of we'll see how
36:16
that one plays out, obviously with Coach Finley's contract
36:19
situation. But you know, when you go out
36:22
and get one of the top players in the state of Iowa, you know,
36:26
Sioux City, Bishop Healon, so Molina Snoozy 2027 and then,
36:32
yeah, I mean, a top, what, 7075 player nationally.
36:36
So, you know, even beyond this season, they got a few pieces in
36:41
the fold. Beyond beyond the 2627 campaign,
36:45
anyway. Speaking of former Cyclones on
36:47
the men's side, what's the latest you're hearing on Milan
36:50
Manchilovich going through the NBA draft Waters, obviously, but
36:54
when you're looking at other candidates, I saw Louisville
36:56
popped up the other day, some Rome leagues about Kentucky.
36:59
What are you hearing on that front?
37:01
Yeah, nothing, nothing too much really on that on that trend at
37:06
least kind of on my end of things.
37:09
I don't even think there's been too much up on on three about if
37:13
he's taking any visits again, I think his entirely his focus
37:18
right now is on preparing for the NBA draft.
37:21
And I would, I, I would still think that it's a pretty good,
37:26
pretty good chance that he's going to remain in that and, and
37:29
see how things play out on the said on the two draft nights or
37:34
one draft night, I suppose. Yeah, last date that you can
37:37
withdraw is June the 13th. So he's got some time whether to
37:41
ultimately make that decision or not.
37:44
Here's a very difficult question.
37:46
I would think specifically, especially rather at at this
37:49
point, to answer once we get to to week #1 how many of the
37:55
starters actually were at Iowa State last year?
38:01
Either side of the ball in football, Yep Yep.
38:04
Pivoting back to football, Yep. That are that are on the field.
38:09
You're talking like in starting. Starting role starting Yeah, of
38:12
11 and 11. Give me how many?
38:16
Well, I think Barrett probably is one of the starters on the
38:20
offensive line. OK, shit, you know what?
38:25
It's hard pressed again on on offense.
38:27
There's just think maybe, well, you know, I, I would say Keaton,
38:32
Keaton Roscop. OK.
38:34
Yeah, tight end. Maybe, maybe he's a guy and and
38:37
he's a perfect Tyler Roll kind of guy at that position too.
38:42
And he loves blocking. So I I would imagine maybe
38:45
Roscop, one of those guys in there shifting gears to defense,
38:50
probably Carson Willick. I would imagine he's moved
38:54
inside. That sounds like a good fit for
38:56
him. I think the four man fronts been
38:58
a good move where he's potentially I think they really
39:04
like some of these guys that they brought with them even from
39:10
from Washington state. So they're you know, there's so
39:16
many of these guys. Bryson Lamb I think is one of
39:19
those guys inside at the Zamir Hawks position.
39:22
I think Hawks. So I think Lamb's going to be
39:25
one of those starters. The kid they got from South
39:28
Dakota as well, the former Iowa kid.
39:31
Again, there's like 80 names here.
39:34
Yeah. Kaden cry.
39:35
Yeah. So many of these guys that
39:37
recall on a moment's notice. I think Crawford probably
39:40
another one of those interior starters.
39:42
So I think Hawks got maybe an uphill battle will continued
39:47
uphill battle once they start fall camp.
39:49
But certainly I think he's a guy in the in the rotation to get
39:53
some time and then in the secondary, you know, the the big
39:57
news of last week, Brayton all safety out.
40:01
Maybe that opens up a spot for a Drew Surgis to play.
40:06
He's got starting experience now over a couple years.
40:09
So perhaps Surgis is a is another one of those guys and
40:13
then that corner. I will.
40:16
We'll see. We'll see how that one plays
40:19
out. Coffee, yeah, he's a David
40:22
Coffey. He's a guy.
40:23
He had some injuries last season, I think was poised to
40:26
play a bigger role and didn't really work out that way.
40:29
But, you know, potentially Coffee could be one of those two
40:32
corners. But they again, they recruited
40:34
Jaheim Singletary out of Arkansas too Key on Washington.
40:38
There's some other guys back there, Seth Johnson, I believe
40:41
another out of the FCS ranks. So a lot of numbers there and in
40:45
coffee still, he's gonna have a battle on his hands come fall
40:49
camp at at corner. That's a good thing.
40:52
That's a good thing. Bill seals cyclereport.com on
40:56
three media. Bill, we will pick your brain as
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to what you saw on Saturday when you join us on Monday.
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Look forward to it, Bill. Have a wonderful weekend.
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Thanks for being flexible this week, and we'll talk to you next
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week. Thanks, Bill Seals.
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Sounds great. Looking forward to it guys, have
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a good one. You do the same, Bill Seals, as
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we check on Iowa State football and woman's basketball.
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Take time out, come back, finish up our hour.
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I'm Miller Condon. Welcome back Iowa sports Radio
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So I just went over to ourlads.com, which is where we
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find the college football depth chart.
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Absolutely yes. And I clicked on Iowa State's
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depth chart and and the blue is for returning starters.
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Gold is is newcomers to the roster transfers in this.
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I've never seen anything like it.
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I remember we had this conversation with the college
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team about Memphis. Was it Memphis last?
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Year it was Memphis and at that time I think it was something
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like because the yellow guys are the transfer.
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Guys, the yellow guys are the ourlads.com and that'll give you
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all the teams. Click on the depth chart for
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your team and away you'll. Go.
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It's a really good resource. It really is, but how?
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Do these guys get this? Well, they're just guessing.
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They're just guessing us. Absolutely.
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But Memphis a year ago had something like 9 starters on
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both sides of the ball were transfers, and we thought that
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was asinine. Never seen this before, never
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will again. Now you go to the Cyclone one.
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The offense is all gold. That means all.
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Transfers, all transfers the defense has good for Bill
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steals, he's on it. Zamir, Hawk, Carson, Willich and
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Drew Surges and everybody else transferring in.
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So three guys, yes, total, total.
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Including the whole offense. Including the entire offense.
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Who's the the lineman? He did say Austin Barrett.
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Barrett's they have him a second on the depth chart, but I would
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love to find out just how accurate these guys are once we
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get to September to see, you know, were they just guessing
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like everybody? But points, points stands from
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our first segment. We are you guys.
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When you start talking about this Iowa State team and how
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they're going to look this year, how can you with any degree of I
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mean, even if you're wrong, right, at least you haven't
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taken an opinion that you can back up with what you think is
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knowledge. It's just so I've never seen
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anything like it. It's got to be frustrating for
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the fan base in a way. Then all the Penn State stuff
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that's out there, it just feels like salt in the wounds at
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times. Every time Rocco speaks, it
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feels like salt in the wounds, right?
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It does, I get it. But you know, that's the world
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that we live in. So Bill Seals backing up the
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report of 1.4 million Ferrati crooks.
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That makes sure that I I saw this on Twitter yesterday.
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The third highest women women's basketball player, period.
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Including. Including Asia Wilson, yes,
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number one, I think Leigh Boston, maybe two.
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OK. And then Audie.
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Crooks. Yeah, good buddy if he can get
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it. Holy mackerel.
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And she did. Apparently, according to Bill,
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he did some research, and I'm guessing he was that research
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came from his colleagues at the on three.
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And Yep, that number is accurate.
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Wow. Wow.
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Finley's done a decent. Job.
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You know what, I agree, Trent, I totally agree.
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And I wasn't sure lame duck coach is going to want to come
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and play. And if so, how good can they
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possibly be? I have no idea if they're if
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they're good or. Not.
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Right, but he's putting a roster.
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Together. Well, and maybe one of the more
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confounding things we talked about the two transfers they
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just got here in the last couple of days, but the high school
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kid, I'm. I'm getting the snoozy girl from
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Sioux City. Yeah.
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Out of Heelin. That was the most shocking
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because who's your coach going to be, right?
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Is there a wink and a nod there? Well, they have the Air and
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Parrot in the building. No.
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You wouldn't think so, but if you're committing to a program
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now, maybe our family is Iowa State people, too.
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Maybe. That it's just about the name on
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the front, and that's all that matters.
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Our Tube Matt Snyder, Scott Dockerman Trench Plays of the
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day that's coming up on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.