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Weekend Recap, Rory goes back to back at the Masters, Hawkeye portal talk with David Eickholt · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hi, good afternoon. Welcome Miller and Condon.
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So we get our week underway in the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
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Trent Condon and Ken Miller, glad you're with us as we'll
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talk sports with you for the next couple of hours and
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appreciate you starting your afternoon with us.
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Here's what's coming up on our program with Scott Document
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unavailable this week. David Eichel pitch hits talk
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Hawks with David Eichold coming up here at the bottom of the
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hour. Where does Iowa stand in the
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transfer portal, both men's and women's?
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Perhaps a football nugget or two with David Eichold, who covers
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Iowa for hawkeyeinsider.com, part of 24/7 sports.
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Our number two Bill Seals will kick things off.
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He'll be fresh out of Jimmy Rodgers media availability,
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which begins here, I think at the bottom of the hours, what
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the Bill shared with me. So once he gets done with that,
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he'll join us to kick off the hour.
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Of course, we'll do basketball and a ton of it is well.
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To say that the men's basketball offices were humming this
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weekend would be an understatement.
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As DJ goes 5 for five in the port.
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We'll talk about that. Some women's news, if there is
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any, with Bill coming up here at 1:30.
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And then Matt Rudy will put a bow on the first major of the
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year, the Masters. That goes to Rory McIlroy as he
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goes back-to-back. Rough, rough afternoon for CBS,
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particularly the final hole of the golf tournament.
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Yes. But other than that, I thought
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it was phenomenal theater. Absolutely loved the events.
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It's one of the bigger events, at least for me, on the sporting
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calendar and it didn't disappoint.
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I'm going to assume that the putt went in because everybody
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celebrated and they gave him the green jacket.
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But you know, we didn't see it. How does that happen?
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And it gets even worse when you go back.
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I didn't see Rory second shot where it ended, neither did
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they. I didn't see Cam Young second
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shot where it finished up, neither did they.
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How could they mess up so badly? It's almost in a way thinking
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through it that all the cameras that they had there, they were
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starting to move things around and all right, we got.
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They're packing up to get out of town.
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Kind of, yeah, absolutely. Or hey, we got to move things
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over here, this camera goes over here to get them.
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You know what, I can't be hypocritical because if I
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probably would have been doing the same thing to get a jump.
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No, wait, you absolutely tear it out the camera.
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Yeah, you. Might be awesome.
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But it is a bad look. Regardless of the reasoning
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behind it and the justification you can try to pull out.
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There is absolutely no way and to be on Cam Young.
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Who cares? Well, I did because I needed a
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top five. And I'll tell you what, that
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last putt on 18, I mean, I was as you might see, until the fun
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drained. Look at you, betting golf is
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fun, isn't it? The.
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Majors, Yes. I wasn't having much fun, you
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know, leading up to Yeah, it was fun.
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It was fun. I I enjoyed it.
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Now the Lions have to win the Super Bowl.
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OK, but you know that should be easy.
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Right, no problem, right? But.
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Yeah, Cam, Yeah, OK, I'll give you that.
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It was all about Rory. It was all about Rory.
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Yeah, and that was a big miss by CBS.
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But regardless of that, you talk about rarefied aired out for
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Rory as you put another one, you go back-to-back, you now have
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the company, Jack Nicholas, Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo.
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That's not a bad company. A list of four.
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That's a good foursome, absolutely.
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What are you taking that foursome?
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All things being Tiger, I do too.
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Tiger Ed is Apex. Put the red on them and away we
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go. Overall, Jack, you know, Falto
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is not appreciated enough for what he did, I don't think.
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But he only won two majors. Now.
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He won each of them three times, the Masters and the British, but
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didn't win the PGA, never won the US Open.
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That's the surprise. Yes, that's that's why it makes
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it more difficult to get into those conversations, not having,
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not just not having a career slam, but missing on 2.
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I love the fact that him and Greg Norman hate each other and
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Falto is trolling him. He's wearing a shirt at Augusta
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6 back in 96 or whatever it was. Speaking of bad calls from the
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broadcast and another one that kind of stacked up is Jim Nance.
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Just not there. Boy, they miss burn.
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They miss somebody. Let's add you Catalan.
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Now. And and Catalan and it's, he's
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fine, he's OK, right? But he doesn't have the bravado
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he doesn't have. They miss Vern.
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Vern Absolutely. And just even the depth.
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Of Vern, in your life, we. Yes, Sir.
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I mean, we have a chip shot from Rory from the same place that
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Tiger had his chip shot and it doesn't come up.
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No, nobody brings it up, doesn't register.
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I I guess was Tiger. Hey, we're not talking about,
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we're not bringing up anything Tiger wise.
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That has to be So you think in a meeting, 'cause they're pretty
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buttoned up over there I. That was right.
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Where? You know what?
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How does not nobody bring this up?
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How can nobody? Did you hear his name over the
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four days? There's not.
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Well, I watched a lot of this tournament and I don't recall it
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either. Persona non grata.
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Yeah, outside of putting up. The graphic you had to, You
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couldn't leave him out. Couldn't leave.
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Yeah, no. But besides that, yeah, trend,
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that's the next I never noticed. That because when you have a guy
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chipping from one of the most iconic shots in Master System.
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Without a doubt. And having the ball trickle in a
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very Nike swoosh Yes, before it finally drops in they.
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Get their money's worth that year.
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Oh yeah. That day, that second.
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That I thought was a big miss, but I think there might be more
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justification as opposed to what we saw in 18 where it's very
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difficult to come up with a real reason behind that one, but I'd
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like. To put a tinfoil hat on you, but
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I can't. I think you might be on to
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something here. We have plenty wild ones.
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I don't think this is a real wild 1 coupled with just overall
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yet so many guys that were involved it was.
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A griefers, I mean, Schefflers, he's 12, back going into
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Saturday, 12 out. And you wonder if Lee is not
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completely blown up with the 10 on that.
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Oh my God. And he missed a birdie, if
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memory serves, A birdie putt Scheffler did one of the few
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misses that he had. Yeah, yeah.
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I think it was during that whole.
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Putt on 17 when missed by dimple.
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If if that changes and maybe just the slow down the pace led
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to that extra wall that would have got in, you wonder.
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I was so, so hoping. But oh, back to the one
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broadcast note I also had in my notes.
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Nets goes to Immelman as Rory grabs the driver.
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But he's up. I like it.
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I like it. I missed you.
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Yeah. It was something like that.
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I like it, yeah, he proceeds to. Go slice.
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And. Still like it?
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That's another miss. What are you doing it?
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It was a lot of misses there, something that we're not just.
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Did he, I'm trying to think when he did grab the driver to say
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maybe wonder if you wonder if you thought about his, his three
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I there was, there was more to the quote, but I remember
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exactly what you're talking about.
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Yeah, 'cause I was surprised he went driving.
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In fact, I said something out loud and my wife looked.
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At me what? What is he doing right?
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Take out the three would take out an iron.
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Just do anything. Bogey wins it.
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And that was absolutely. Well, yeah, not not a perfect
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broadcast that we're used to from CBS.
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And at this point, just more Nance.
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Yeah, I think it's more Nance that you need because Catalan is
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fine, but he's not the tower guy that Verne was.
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No, not even. Close and you don't have those
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same kinds that's. Unfair to him, though, it is.
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But the depth just isn't there anymore for CBS and the Gulf
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coverage. And I I think you just need to
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lead more on that's making good money.
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I think you can lead on Jim Nance just a little bit.
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More yeah, I'm with you, Russell.
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Henry Henley, rather. Not that he had a quiet, but was
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there ever a point you thought Henley's going to win this
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thing? He was just hanging around,
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hanging around, hanging around. Justin Rose actually took a
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brief lead in the golf tournament before he did he have
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a double or back-to-back bogeys. But Justin Rose was right there
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for the longest time thinking, my God, God, we're going to
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we're going to witness a little history here is he's going to
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join some of the old guys to win this event.
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He's so consistent. He's 46.
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Yes, yeah, 46 years old. And I got to think that, you
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know, the next year he comes back, he's 47.
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There's I don't think there's any reason not to not to include
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him if he's in decent form. Who else disappointed you from
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this tournament? Well, going back, de Shambo most
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definitely in Rahm. I think those are the 2.
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At least Rahm made the cut. Right, and definitely have to be
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towards the top of the list though in terms of
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disappointment. Rahm had a little bit of run on
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Sunday to get back, but a Top 40 for him, He finishes in 38th.
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That one definitely on the list. I mean, our guy, we talked about
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it on Friday, but Robert McIntyre, well.
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Now here's the thing. Did you see the report that came
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out Sunday morning? I think that he was thinking
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about withdrawing because his neck was so bad.
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I would like to have known that. That would have been good right
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now. I also put it in that bet back
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in January. Yeah, I did.
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It would have been too late. Sure not.
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Not one that's going to be covered to fruition.
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I think you. Oh, here's Lee just imploding on
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13. Oh yeah, there, there it is with
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the 10 that he put up on the scorecard.
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And how much of that impacted Scotty Scheffler will never
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know. After Rory went right like that.
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Yep, get that doubled and get a playoff with Rory and Scheffler.
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How epic that would have been and.
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How many eyeballs wouldn't but but on their television watching
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that? Yes, absolutely.
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That is one that is up there. Good to see Morikawa kind of put
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it together after he had the withdrawal a couple weeks ago
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and felt like he was back fighting his form.
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He'd been playing really well before he had that back injury
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that knocked him out of a tournament a couple weeks ago.
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Havelin with a great Sunday. We'll see a young guy that we're
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waiting for to. Keep waiting for.
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Him. Take that next.
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Step and this is what he does to you, He teases you.
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So now you got to go back for the PGA, Yes, right.
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Oldberg, another young guy that got off to a really slow start,
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played well after that. So there's plenty of stories
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that come out of it. But Rory back-to-back, obviously
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at the top of the conversation and we were so close to getting
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an epic and maybe if you could pick two guys to go into a
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playoff right now. Well, I think CBS would take
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those two. In a heartbeat, I think those
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are the two guys. Those are the two guys that
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you'd want to see. Who else?
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Who else moves the needle? Justin Rose?
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If he was an American, yes. Yeah.
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And even that, no but. A 46 year old, I think you're
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going to pay attention. Yeah, but not at the same level.
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Spieth. No.
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Justin Thomas, No. Brooks Kepka, maybe?
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Probably not. I think it's those two.
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I could those two and we were oh, so close.
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But who knows because we didn't get to see the last button.
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Yeah, we're. Going to take the word for it.
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There were cheers afterwards. Right.
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Good. You don't have another camera
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angle you could go to. I mean, how can they not?
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Right, they have hundreds of cameras out there.
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Exactly. That was brutal.
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I kept anyways. So who's that on the director?
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It's a producer director, right? Somebody in the quote truck.
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In the truck, yeah. Making that call didn't.
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Want to get in the truck? I always wanted to get in the
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truck. What goes on in the truck?
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I've been in the truck. Before I've been in the.
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Truck. I've been in the Mediacom truck
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before yes. And see how everything's done.
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I think I was doing maybe a baseball broadcast or something
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went in there and they kind of showed me all the ropes behind
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it. It is.
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It's cool. Yeah, it was really.
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I was yeah. This is awesome kind of what
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they're doing and all the pictures of all the different
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screens that they have. And you know, that's like a four
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or five camera setup. It's not dozens that they have
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for something like the Masters. But yesterday, a little bit late
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getting to the golf, at least in front of my television, because
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we had tickets that were bought months and months ago or what,
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to Monster Jam down at the Casey Center and Jack was all fired up
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Monster. Jam is the big wheels on the.
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The monster trucks, yes. So I don't know, there is a lot
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of crossover. None.
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Yeah, a lot. Nobody's rushing home other than
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you to watch The Masters. Train, so my buddy also brought
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his son so we were sitting together.
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He was on one side the two kids are in the middle and then me on
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the other side and yes, we were both watching the masters.
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I don't think there was a ton of crossover inside the KC Center
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that was doing the same as Via Dick were yesterday with the
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Masters and the monster trucks, but it was fun.
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Jack, how? Long was the event it was.
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Like 2 hours was it? Yeah, yeah.
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And they go over like mounds and they get it, they get airborne
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and stuff. Yep, they flip and yeah, they do
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different things. And who ultimately won it?
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Trent Gravedigger, the Gravedigger, the Gravedigger,
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And what was gravedigger before the event started to win the
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window? I couldn't find.
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Out you really did look. I was looking.
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Of course you did. Oh, it's looking.
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Couldn't fight of anywhere though.
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I saw Connor Ferguson was also there yesterday.
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Was he must have free tickets? Probably.
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I think he was Kitty quarter for me.
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Well, you know what? Don't they?
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He might work down. There, I think he does.
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Yeah, I think he might work down.
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There. He loves Monster Jam.
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Really. It was my first time.
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Will you will you go back? If Jack wants to, Yeah.
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Maybe not on Master Sunday, though.
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Yeah. I didn't buy those tickets as
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you. Can how many people were there?
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5000 maybe? What is there really just lower
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bowl, right? No, because the lower bowl
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there's not much room because they well if a truck goes
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sideways and rolls up against the wall.
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Safety so they park you upstairs.
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They do. So they had maybe 10 rows of the
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lower bowl that was open, but they had everything else covered
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up there. We were in the 200 section, wrap
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it around and yeah, the 300 said Plenty of people up there and.
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How much were tickets? No clue.
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Terra bottom so. Probably don't Monster Jam.
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Monster Jam, but this little device right here.
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God saved. You that goes a long long ways.
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It definitely helps out. I want to, I do want to get into
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because I'm not sure how many times we'll be able to say this
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year the team with the best record in the American League
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is. Well, the the Yankees are going
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your. Minnesota Twins, they're the
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best record. They have the best record in the
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American League. Check it out.
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Holy crap they do them and. Cleveland Yankees have lost five
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straight. I saw that.
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Your Twins took two or three from the Blue Jays.
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Well, and I was looking at the standings and I was looking at
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the wild card standings and got a kick out of it because
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Cleveland I think has the tiebreaker right now.
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But I saw the Twins were at the top.
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Twins student after last night. Of the wild card and I was
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excited. OK, that's fun.
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Yeah. 2 1/2 weeks in the season. Record in the American League,
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Trent. Don't think it's sustainable.
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So you tried to tell me last week that it's early in the
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year, don't forget about it. No, no, no.
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You should cut this out in the paper and hang it up.
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I watched a little bit over the weekend.
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You probably saw more than me against the blue.
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Jays not really because I get pissed off and turn it off.
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I do know that too. They're swinging the bats a
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little bit. The bullpen, it's still not
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good, but it's better than I thought it was going to be
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coming into the season. They're putting runs up, though.
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It's the right division. They're in the right division to
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hang around and it's something that they desperately need.
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I mean, people have completely checked out out there now.
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You got Wild hockey in the playoffs.
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You got. The Timberlands plans, you got
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the end of the day, they got the Nuggets right?
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Yes, and things didn't go very well for the Timberwolves.
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So now instead of the way that everything went over the
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weekend, instead of probably having the Lakers, that looked
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like the most realistic possibility.
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Who who knows when Luka's going to come back now?
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Instead, you have to beat the Nuggets in the first round,
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likely the Spurs in the second round.
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And then the oh Jesus. And then the Thunder and the
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Western Conference finals just to get to the NBA.
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Well, the Nuggets in the tee Wolves last year was appointment
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television. It was great.
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Yeah, I don't know if that's going to be the case this year
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'cause it seems like the Nuggets and Yokuts are just on a
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different level, but we shall see.
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The play insurance they get underway tomorrow.
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If you're looking for those games, they are on prime, the
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7-8, the 910 games and then the loser of the 7-8 game against
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the winner of the 8-9 game. They're all on prime here over
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the next couple of days. But they get underway coming up
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here tomorrow. I believe it is tomorrow for the
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first round. All right, real quick, Iowa
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State, they go 5 for five. Manchilovich made it official
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that he is entering the transfer portal, understandably so.
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It's the it's the best case scenario for him if it doesn't
15:44
work out well, if they get some news that no, you're not going
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to be drafted, those type of things, but TJI mean I I don't
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know how they're going to fit in.
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Let's let's be clear, but I do like the fact that this guy
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doesn't mess around. Yes, every single year.
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He's he's usually right, right. He'd rather go early than late.
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He's got a plan. He's got these guys identified.
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He gets them in now. There was a huge concert on
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Saturday night. I was at Luke Combs, I believe.
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I think it was, too. Yeah.
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I'm guessing that they were all there for that, so that couldn't
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hurt. Yes, but.
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Fun environment, right? Sure.
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But this looks like a pretty decent team on paper for next
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year as far as what Iowa State's going to be able to roll out
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there. We don't know how the freshmen
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are going to be. We know that they're highly
16:25
thought of in most cases. But Buchanan comes back and
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Toure comes back and Bateman comes back.
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Love Singleton at Northwestern. I remember talking about Johnson
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when he was at Bradley when they play late in the year that we
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were talking. You and I, maybe it might have
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been. I think it was I.
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Think it might have been you and I that we thought that this guy
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really stops off your pops off the teller.
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What did we say? He's going to go to the portal
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and make somebody. Exactly.
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Here he is. Here he is Now.
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What about Leon Bond? Leon Bond has improved on the
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offensive end. He's a tremendous athlete.
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He looked out of place athletically in the NBC at times
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because. Well, if if you go back, I mean
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Kevin Harlan in the in the Valley Championship Bond, yes,
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Leon Bond. If he's able to consistently get
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that 3 point percentage up and if he hits still 3738% along
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with the athleticism that he has, the dunking ability, those
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kind of things, he's got to tighten up the handles a little
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bit and certainly making that jump up to the Big 12.
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I think that would be the one concern maybe you point at, but
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he's going to show up athletically.
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He shot the ball much better here this past season with you
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and I. And if that continues, you got
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an incredibly usable piece and the guy that can help you out a
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bunch of different places. He can guard the two through 4.
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You know he can do that because of his strength and he can at
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times in a switch, he's going to be OK inside.
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So I really all. Right this this is might be and
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Michael get to you in just a second here.
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This might be an unfair question, but go back and and
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and Heisey and Bond are both coming out at the same time from
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you and I whose game was more likely to to transcend to the
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Big 12. That's a good.
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Question I and it's different because Heisey still had
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multiple years of eligibility and he also dealt with a lot of
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injuries during his career at you and I You know the thing
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with Heisey going back to his freshman year, I remember the
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first time he shows up all right here's this another kid from
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Minnesota. All right, we'll see.
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He held this. He was so much more athletic
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that I thought he was going to be.
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I thought he was going to be like a Mark Sonnet, you know?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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And he. Is sonnet get all tatted up his?
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Final yeah, yeah, he had ink all over the.
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Place he really did. The athleticism for Heisey made
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me say, Oh yeah, he can make this jump.
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Bond I think hasn't beat in terms of athleticism, but maybe
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not the same complete basketball player that he was.
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I think it's incredibly close, Heisey, because he had multiple
18:39
years. But if it's just for a one year
18:40
type of thing, yeah, I'd probably lean Bond.
18:43
Well, T JS put his roster together and I can't wait to
18:47
read some of the reports or hear some of the reports.
18:49
So they're going to get to July. They're at 15 guys.
18:51
I think they got to be done right.
18:53
Well, does that mean is there going to be more movement?
18:55
Is it just now there's no way that Manchilla?
18:57
I don't think there is. Threat I I just there was the
19:00
understanding. And then TJ put out a statement
19:02
yesterday afternoon and thought it was great that he did made it
19:06
clear to all Iowa State fans out there, look, we're on the same
19:09
page. You know what it you know what
19:10
it goes back to it goes back to to Sweeney missing on AJ Green.
19:14
Yes, you know, keeping that spot.
19:16
We'll keep it the the light on for you.
19:18
And, and they did. And we know what happened.
19:21
Green decided to go to the NBA and and the results speak for
19:24
themselves. I mean he's setting records for
19:27
crying out loud for the Bucks and getting paid.
19:29
Was it Friday night I had 11 threes?
19:31
And then I think that whenever they played over the weekend, he
19:34
set a season long. Record I.
19:35
Mean. Unbelievable.
19:37
Let's get to Mike. He's in Waterloo.
19:39
Let me find you the cursor here. Hello, Mike.
19:42
How are you? Welcome to the program.
19:44
Hey, what's happening, guys? Great program.
19:46
You know what, Iowa State in men's basketball is one of the
19:51
blue bloods of college basketball.
19:53
Everybody wants to play at Iowa State.
19:55
And the five guys he brought in all are good defensive players.
19:59
You know, we're going to be in the top 10 next year.
20:03
And one more thing, you know, I got a bet with my sister up
20:07
Minneapolis. I Every year we bet 3050 bucks
20:10
about who's going to end up higher, the Twins or the White
20:13
Sox. And I thought I was going to win
20:15
that money. I.
20:17
Thought but the whites, the Twins are playing great ball.
20:21
And one more thing, Kenny, my boy got to go down to Dallas.
20:24
He's trying to hit every hockey arena in the United States.
20:27
He saw the Dallas against Minnesota.
20:30
The other night, on Thursday night.
20:32
Yeah, he went to the two games down there, he said it was
20:35
great. That's awesome.
20:36
Good stuff, Mike. Yeah, I.
20:39
Appreciate the call. That's pretty cool.
20:41
Good for. Him hockey fan, how many arenas
20:43
have you seen? Oh, not Nettie.
20:45
I think I've seen, I've been in the game of Vancouver, Toronto,
20:48
Montreal. You have to see in Montreal.
20:49
It's unbelievable. Of course, Winnipeg, Minnesota,
20:52
Denver. I'm sure there's a few more,
20:55
yeah. Tampa.
20:57
Tampa. Yes, Tampa.
20:58
I remember that story. Madison Square Garden.
21:00
Oh, you have? Yup, saw the Rangers and the
21:02
Bruins play there. I don't know some pushing up
21:06
the. Tank, Yeah.
21:06
Oh yeah, probably, probably, probably somewhere around 10.
21:09
Good stuff. All right, we will take a time
21:11
out. We're going to come back.
21:12
David Eichel joins us. How before we do, how about
21:14
Megan Gustafson, good for her two year guaranteed deal?
21:19
Was it like 500 the first year and five and a quarter for year
21:23
#2 of this deal, as she moves to Portland, becomes one of the
21:26
cornerstones of that expansion franchise?
21:28
Good for her well, and we go back seven years when she's
21:31
graduated, had that great senior year and the.
21:33
Greatest woman to ever play at Iowa.
21:35
And at the WNBA per year? At the time.
21:38
At the time. And the WNBA, it just, it didn't
21:40
quite work. She wasn't big enough to be a
21:42
traditional center. She goes back over across the
21:45
pond, meeting, making who knows, $50,000, whatever it is.
21:50
All right. It's funny, travelling to the
21:51
world. You're young.
21:52
Absolutely. You don't have college loans to
21:54
pay back. That's great.
21:54
Yeah. That's true too.
21:56
And then to rededicate yourself, understanding if I want to play
21:59
in the WNBAI have to completely change the way that I play and
22:03
turning into a three-point shooter, a stretch 4, doing
22:06
those kind of things to reinvent yourself, you come back and now
22:09
and again. When she started seven years
22:11
ago, there's no thought that I'm going to make a half, $1,000,000
22:13
a year in the WNBA. Well, nobody was.
22:15
And now she is. That is a tremendous story,
22:20
somebody to put in the work to make themselves viable at that
22:23
level and now getting that handsome, handsome.
22:25
No, that's good. Good for did she get married or
22:28
she I know she got engaged. Yes, I remember that part of it.
22:31
Yeah. And just always a small smile on
22:33
her face. Yeah.
22:34
Just a happy person. You can tell, right?
22:37
Really easy to root. For no, I mean, it's just it's
22:39
kind of like 2019. She's anointed as the is the
22:44
greatest woman's basketball player to ever Don a Hawkeye
22:47
uniform. And again, it lasted about a
22:50
year. She held that distinction for
22:53
about a year. All right, we're going to talk
22:54
to David Eichelt. A more Hawkeye conversation on
22:57
the other side. We'll get to David, our number
22:59
two. We will hear from Bill Seals,
23:03
who's listening to Jimmy Rogers as we speak his weekly press
23:07
conference. So we'll get the latest on that
23:08
from Bill. And then we'll be more masters
23:11
conversation with our friend Matt Rudy coming up here about
23:14
1:30. Luca Garza also had a huge game
23:17
over the weekend. Should bring that up.
23:19
A game winner. Yes.
23:20
Peyton Sanford had 20 something yesterday for OK CI.
23:24
Love the press conference afterwards.
23:25
Just pretty emotional. Yeah, pretty emotional listening
23:30
to him. All right, real quick, let's get
23:31
Bruce in here, then we will take our time out.
23:33
Hi, Bruce, How are you? Good, good, good.
23:36
Love your show? Thank you.
23:38
My wife was on a plane at 7:30 this morning to LaGuardia and
23:43
Crooks was on it with her mother.
23:47
So headed to New York, obviously.
23:50
They were on the flight Delta flight going into LaGuardia this
23:54
morning. And so where's she going?
23:56
What are you hearing? I I'm not hearing where I mean,
23:59
I'm just speculating. You know what's close to Saint
24:03
La Guardia or New York? Well, I know that Maryland was
24:06
one of the names that was bandied about over the weekend
24:08
on on. Connecting through?
24:10
Probably. Maybe.
24:11
Potentially could be something there, but Maryland was
24:13
something that was. Thanks, Bruce.
24:14
Appreciate the Intel. Thank you.
24:16
Got it. OK, bye.
24:17
Bye bye. Yeah, that's been a recruitment
24:19
that's been interesting that hasn't been a ton.
24:21
And you figure a top five Portal player, that'd be a big
24:24
conversation piece on, you know, the rivals on three 24/7, those
24:28
I haven't. Heard of peep?
24:30
I haven't seen anything. Yeah, so the the Terrapins were
24:32
the only one that I had seen at this point over the weekend.
24:36
There was talk of maybe another Big 10 team, but they didn't
24:38
mention who that Big 10 team was.
24:40
But. Is it Iowa?
24:41
Maybe I. Don't think so.
24:42
Well, I I don't see how her and Hayden play together.
24:44
Do you? No, no, no.
24:47
But she's a she's a basket getter, yes.
24:51
She is. She could definitely do that.
24:53
Oh, I have to have to correct something.
24:55
Grave Digger didn't win. Hell no, it was.
24:58
Let's see here El Toro loco. So somebody's correcting.
25:02
You. Yes.
25:03
So my buddy Derek was there with his wife Jill and their two
25:06
kids. And for their anniversary, happy
25:08
anniversary. I mean, you celebrate with
25:09
Monster Jam apparently in the troll ball house.
25:11
Hang on a second. And his wife was OK with this?
25:14
Who knows? She got a keeper dude.
25:16
She might have been the one that got the tickets, you never know.
25:18
That's a keeper. Absolutely.
25:20
I'm going to guess that they celebrated, maybe alone.
25:22
How? Would that have gone?
25:23
No. Hey, HUD, Cindy, we're going to
25:27
the jam. I got something for us.
25:30
You're actually going to get out to go out of the house.
25:32
Cindy, we're going to Buster Jam.
25:34
Oh my God, that's funny. Congratulations to the trail
25:37
boss. One more thing I want to address
25:39
before we get to to Matt Rooney coming up at 1:30.
25:42
I am blown away by how many people think Rory got an unfair
25:46
advantage because he played three weeks leading up to the
25:48
tournament, right? You don't think Scotty could
25:52
have any other Wooder could have done the exact same thing?
25:56
You're a honorary member for life, which allows you to play
25:59
there, Scotty. Did Scotty Scheffler play
26:01
leading up to the tournament? I'm not sure.
26:03
I'm not either. I'm guessing he did.
26:06
He didn't have to. You're you're you.
26:09
You commit the tournaments, but you don't have to play.
26:12
You just give him a couple of weeks notice.
26:14
Rory practiced at Augusta and he got an unfair advantage.
26:18
Please. That's the dumbest thing I've
26:20
ever. Heard Dechambeau was there too.
26:22
I got there early. And look what happened.
26:24
Yeah, it's it, it blows me away that that was the blowback.
26:29
Not from everybody no, but from a a a very good percentage of
26:32
people out there thinking that it's no wonder he won.
26:38
I colt next Miller and Condon. It's the Iowa sports radio
26:41
network. I'm Hillary Condon welcome back
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Bill Seals on Iowa State, Matt Rudy on the Masters.
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Here's David Icolt. He covers Iowa for 24/7 sports.
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hawkeyeinsider.com. He's with Miller and Condon.
27:14
Hello David Icolt, how are you? Doing good, guys.
27:18
I told Trent I'm out of coffee. So it's a little bit of an
27:20
unfortunate development, but we'll, we'll continue to push
27:23
through and we'll, we'll see what's to come over the next two
27:27
weeks. Because let's face it, there's
27:30
not nothing slowing down by any means.
27:32
Love it. If you're behind, if you're even
27:33
ahead, you're behind, honestly. Yeah, love it.
27:35
Love it. Maybe not Iowa State men because
27:37
they fill theirs. They're done.
27:39
It's all very quickly, but they might.
27:40
They're certainly not the norm. Anyways, let's let's get into
27:45
Iowa. We'll start with the men since
27:47
since that's where we're at. Fulgaris, I think everybody,
27:51
Trent said the same thing. You said it last time you joined
27:53
us. Seemed like it's just a matter
27:54
of time before he made his plans known.
27:56
He has. Do you have any idea what kind
27:59
of reception he's getting, how many schools are at least
28:02
kicking the tires that do want to get in touch with him, that
28:05
do want to, you know, get him for a visit?
28:06
How's Fulgaris's business? Any idea?
28:10
Yeah, I mean, it's it's big time.
28:12
I mean he's a pure stretch 4 in my opinion.
28:15
He wants to play the four. I don't think he's a five.
28:17
I think he wants to play and probably a little bit more of an
28:20
up tempo system. I would imagine he's going to
28:23
land in the Big East when it's all said and done.
28:26
Because you think about this, how many prominent schools in
28:29
the Big East that get have the broadcasting rights deal?
28:32
All that money goes toward men's basketball, right?
28:35
So I think maybe, you know, maybe a Villanova would make
28:39
sense for him. You know, again, I think of an
28:42
up tempo system. It's kind of funny.
28:44
I don't know if I told you guys this, but I've been talking
28:47
behind the scenes with some people.
28:49
Alvaro full Garris would have been awesome.
28:51
And Fran McCaffrey system, what do you not like just with his
28:54
shooting ability, with how up tempo he likes to play, with the
28:57
freedom he would gain offensively.
28:59
Like if he gets in that sort of system, I'm not going to be
29:02
surprised if he if he really plays well next season.
29:06
But yeah, I mean, you guys have seen the numbers floating around
29:09
when it comes to some of these high end prospects.
29:11
I would imagine full Garris is going to get two and a half,
29:14
$3,000,000 when it when it's all said and done.
29:18
A lot of money and Iowa allocating their sources,
29:21
resources in other places, including for a big man, a rim
29:24
protector. Couple the names that have been
29:26
bandied about a bunch. Andrew McKeever, 738 points, 9
29:30
rebounds a year ago, pretty good shot blocker, not elite but
29:32
solid on that end. But certainly has the size to go
29:35
along with it. And he couple it with Charnowski
29:37
out of Belmont. Different type of player, 6 foot
29:40
9, but does have long arms. So tell us about those two bigs
29:43
and would they be willing to take both of those guys if the
29:46
price is right? Yeah, I think that's kind of the
29:49
interesting question at this point, right.
29:51
I mean, I've tried to gain sources, didn't ask them about
29:54
this Mcgeever. It's also one of those things
29:56
where like you don't want to be correct, I should say by by the
30:00
shot blocking numbers guys. It's all about altering shot
30:03
right and making life difficult, making him try to try a floater
30:06
over a 7 three guy. But the flip side of it too is
30:09
you mentioned the Belmont guy. Yeah, he's only 6 foot 9 and
30:11
some people are thinking that might not solve the the size
30:14
issue. Well when you have 7 foot 3
30:16
wingspan that that tends to overlap a especially when you
30:20
have the athleticism that he has.
30:22
So Mcgeever is on campus currently right now.
30:25
I do know the Belmont guy was on campus this past weekend, but
30:29
I'd also say this. I think they'd be foolish not to
30:32
take them, but based on who McKeever is kind of kicked the
30:35
tires with, I don't know if you're going to be able to
30:38
afford the two of them because Yukons kick the tires with
30:41
McKeever. Michigan at one point was
30:43
kicking tires with McKeever. And you know, those are some
30:46
very heavy, heavy hitters. So again, I'm not saying it's
30:49
impossible that Iowa lands both, but you think about the kind of
30:52
money that those sort of guys would draw in if you get both of
30:56
them, how much does that leave you left in the pot for a point
30:59
guard, which obviously Iowa still needs?
31:01
Yeah, no doubt. How many years has McKeever got
31:03
left? McKeever has two years of
31:05
eligibility left. OK.
31:07
And when ultimate? And it's also worth that the
31:09
numbers he had were only in 23 minutes a game last season, and
31:13
his rebounding rate was among the best Miss Conference and the
31:16
country. So maybe a little bit more
31:18
strength and conditioning. You know, you can only do so
31:20
much when you're 73 and 285 lbs, but I would envision you to get
31:25
a little bit more time than you had last year and those numbers
31:27
obviously would go up a little bit.
31:29
Where are they looking? As far as a point guard?
31:31
Who are they looking at? Yeah, I mean, I still think the
31:34
number one prospect is Ace Glass, the Washington State
31:37
transfer. I think he makes a lot of sense
31:40
in my opinion, with this group. I think he's a good passer.
31:42
I think he's a smart shot taker. He's a big time bucket getter.
31:46
And another name that's kind of emerged here over the last week,
31:48
I think Minnesota's probably the favorite because there's a lot
31:51
of hometown ties, is Keon Evans, the North Carolina guard who
31:55
transferred from Colorado State this past offseason.
31:58
Iowa was in the running for him last year.
32:00
But you know, when North Carolina has the money that they
32:03
have, they can throw things around.
32:05
And, you know, who knows? Maybe Michael Jordan end up
32:07
calling him. It's pretty hard to tell Michael
32:09
Jordan no, right? But he did play for Nico Medved
32:13
at Colorado State. But I do know that Iowa is
32:15
tracking him. Evans has said he wants to get
32:17
on campus before he makes the decision.
32:19
But how many times have we seen this sort of thing play out?
32:22
Maybe, maybe not Iowa State, because Iowa State got everybody
32:25
already, which is far from the norm, is far from the norm, but
32:32
these things change so ridiculously fast in the NCAA
32:35
transfer portal. Just think about this.
32:37
The Iowa women were supposed to get Ellie Brueggeman on campus
32:40
this past weekend and she commits to Oklahoma State and
32:43
cancels the Iowa, Nebraska visits.
32:45
It's just, it's the way of the land until things get
32:48
straightened out. You mentioned the backcourt, Ace
32:51
Glass, the third great name and a guy that certainly goes, you
32:54
know, one thing I found interesting and they're just
32:56
metrics. Look, I, I don't know these guys
32:57
well. I watched a new name that popped
32:59
up out of Tulsa, Thailand, Riley.
33:01
If you watched him in the NIT, he was tremendous.
33:03
He was the only guy though of the guards that they were
33:05
looking at or at least reportedly looking at that would
33:08
be considered a good defender. Most of these guys, Finley
33:11
Bizjak, that was one of the first names we heard, kind of a
33:13
negative defender. Same thing with Glass of a few
33:15
of the other guys that have popped up here.
33:17
It feels like prototype wise and what we kind of anticipate out
33:20
of McCollum, they don't exactly fit with I.
33:22
I thought what he would be looking for.
33:24
Any insight into that? And those defensive metrics
33:27
sometimes don't paint the whole picture too.
33:30
Yeah, I only it paints the picture and McCollum been
33:32
adamant about it's all about the type of system that those guys
33:35
play in. And he's also just looking for
33:37
certain traits and qualities that he can extract out of the
33:40
players to make them perform the best.
33:42
But the other side of it too, is you think about how much length
33:45
Iowa could potentially have on the floor next season.
33:47
I mean, again, Trey Thompson's going to be here, Ethan Harris
33:50
is going to be here. If they get McKeever, he starts
33:53
at center. You have a 7 foot three that
33:55
eases up the paint a lot. You get those 6 foot 7 to 6 foot
33:58
8 to 6 foot 9 hybrids. If you have three or four of
34:01
them on the court, you probably don't need the most elite point
34:04
guard defender just because you got so much to be able to make
34:08
up for it. As long as the the defender has
34:10
a high basketball IQ and doesn't miss his rotations, I think you
34:14
could get away with it. Another name I do think we
34:16
should mention because there is a visit scheduled for this
34:18
upcoming weekend, it's Illinois. Illinois State guard Tyree
34:22
Coleman. His numbers will not blow you
34:24
away just based on what he showed last year.
34:26
You know, over 10 points a game, 2 assists, the steal, but he
34:30
shot 50% from the field, 42% from 3 point range.
34:34
And again, McCollum likes those sort of guys that if he can
34:37
extract some of those qualities out of them and it makes sense
34:40
with the chemistry in the hybrids of his teams, he's going
34:43
to take. And McCollum also, I think he's
34:46
pretty confident in his point guard developing abilities.
34:48
So he might be willing to take a little bit of a flyer or a guy
34:51
that he believes in over, let's say the five star point guard.
34:55
To the women, Carnegie is Georgia Tech.
35:00
She was somewhere before that right?
35:01
Georgia Tech, Georgia. Georgia Tech, then Georgia this
35:04
past season. Right, she moves around.
35:06
Now she's decided to call Iowa City home for this next year.
35:10
Reuniting with the former team made hers pretty good get by all
35:13
accounts. Massive I mean this is an all
35:17
FCC first team guard this past season and I think I can't tell
35:20
you how many times I've been on this show with you guys and what
35:23
have I said 3 point shooting and they have a lack of shot
35:26
creators just IST those scores. Carnegie solves that.
35:29
She's able to get to the rim as a wide variety of different ways
35:33
to put the ball in the bucket. Great mid range pull up five
35:36
rebounds a game, 3 assists. A lot of interesting connections
35:39
here, though. You mentioned it, she reunites
35:41
with Chit Chat, right? They played together at Georgia
35:43
Tech. But also Lasandra Barrett.
35:45
Remember, Lasandra Barrett was Georgia Tech's assistant during
35:48
their time there. That was a big reason why Iowa
35:50
ended up getting Chit Chat And also Carney.
35:53
I get the moving thing, but you think about this, the Georgia
35:56
Tech coach got fired this past season.
35:58
They go to Georgia. You know, Abrahamson, I believe,
36:00
steps down. So she's going on her third
36:02
program in three years, but she really hasn't had any staying
36:05
power in continuity with the coaching staff as well.
36:08
So I don't necessarily want to say that that's the red flag by
36:13
any means. But I'd also point to this, give
36:15
Lasondra Barrett a lot of credit here because we we know how
36:19
important of a hire she was just from a recruiting connection,
36:22
you know, being from down South, you know, coming to the Iowa
36:26
City. I think a big thing is the
36:28
reception that Barrett got in the atmosphere that Iowa, you
36:31
know, continued to show her and support her.
36:34
And I think Barrett coming to Iowa, you know, as a black woman
36:37
in in prominently white territory, it's been a very big
36:41
deal for how welcome she is. And that's something that she
36:43
told Carnegie is like, look, chit chat, right?
36:45
Say the same thing about how welcoming the community Iowa
36:48
City is. And it does take a lot to kind
36:50
of get some of those, you know, down South players or maybe
36:52
those players from the coast, those elite sort of prospects.
36:55
So I think Barrett knocks it out of the park with this one.
36:58
And she's a big reason why Carnegie is going to be in Iowa
37:01
City this upcoming year. Need to build depth.
37:04
You know, David, how tough is that going to either players
37:08
from the mid major saying you're probably not going to be a
37:10
starter here, we want to bring you in, you're going to be a
37:12
bench piece. And then even further than that,
37:14
you know, filling in those 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th positions on
37:17
the roster, well, you're probably not going to play at
37:19
all. Is that in a way maybe even more
37:21
difficult than getting a star like Danny Carnegie?
37:25
I I think it's just as it's not more difficult, I think it's a
37:27
really good point because I can give you a name on campus right
37:30
now that would be highly sought after.
37:32
And that's Reagan McGowan, the Western Illinois guard, right?
37:36
I mean she had 17 points a game, six rebounds this past year.
37:39
She was a conferences freshman of the year 2 years ago, was the
37:42
4th leading sophomore scorer in the country last season.
37:46
This is a big time player. But you also look at her coming
37:50
to Iowa City. If she does end up committing,
37:52
you can't promise her a starting spot, guys, because you're not
37:55
not taking out chitchat, you're not taking out Taylor Stremlow,
37:58
you're not taking out Danny Carnegie, the all SEC performer,
38:01
right? You're not putting bullets go on
38:03
the bench. I would think because of what
38:05
she's shown this past weekend too.
38:07
It's a very tough thing, but I think that's what it comes down
38:10
to fit and it's about culture. Look at Molly Davis, she was an
38:13
all conference performer Central Michigan before coming to Iowa
38:16
for her final years. And obviously we we saw how
38:19
great of a match that was. So if they can get McAllen,
38:22
that's an absolutely massive sixth player, be seventh player.
38:26
But I got to tell you, man, I'm not going to be surprised if
38:28
Iowa rolls in with 11, maybe 12, maybe 11 players this upcoming
38:33
year. And they're just going to kind
38:34
of rely on the 2027 class to fill everything out.
38:38
Because the other interesting part of this is also guys, Iowa
38:41
has no seniors on the roster next season at this point.
38:44
They're all juniors or lower. So I mean, if you're if you're
38:48
stocking the house it it's a little bit difficult when
38:50
nobody's going to end up leaving outside obviously the transfer
38:53
portal. And, and even a one year stop
38:56
gap, I'm going to go here and there's going to be a bunch of
38:57
younger players. Yeah, this is proving to be
39:00
maybe a little bit more difficult than we thought for
39:02
Diane to fill out the roster. Carnegie's a great stop, but
39:05
going to be interesting little football for you.
39:06
David Eichel as we get ready for the open practice.
39:09
A final look at them. You had a chance to see them
39:11
last week, but the 25th is coming up very quickly.
39:15
And Tony Diaz, he has been the buzz guy certainly of the
39:18
spring. Now there's rumblings that he
39:20
got dinged up in practice. Anything that you can report?
39:25
I mean, it's just more so behind the scenes stuff.
39:27
I know I'm not the only person who said, yeah.
39:28
I mean, it sounds like Diaz is going to be out for the
39:30
remainder of spring. This is not something that's
39:33
going to carry over in the summer workout.
39:35
A little bit disappointing just considering how much we've heard
39:38
from. I mean, if you you guys show
39:40
start, I think. But they released a miked up
39:42
with Kamari Moulton about an hour ago.
39:44
There's a highlight big Tony Diaz touchdown in that, right?
39:47
Like that's what we kind of wanted to see.
39:50
But by all accounts, you'd rather him be shaken up now than
39:53
the fall. I think he's proven already that
39:55
he can be wide receiver one or wide receiver 2.
39:57
He's already turned some heads. And like you said, Kurt Ference
40:00
is gushing about a wide receiver.
40:03
You know, it's pretty real. So I would tell Iowa fans, just
40:06
relax. He proved what he needed to
40:08
prove. Get him healthy, wrap them in
40:10
bubble wrap and get going in summer workouts.
40:12
So what do you get this week as far as availability with the
40:15
practice? One a week from Saturday, right?
40:18
Yeah, that's correct. So we're going to get, I believe
40:20
we're going to be able to talk to the quarterbacks and running
40:22
backs on Thursday. So we'll get a chance to hear
40:24
from Hank Brown, Jeremy Hecklinski, which will be really
40:27
interesting to see how they feel the battles going.
40:29
Obviously, we'll get a chance to meet with Kumari Molan, who's
40:32
always a great interview. And then next week we will
40:35
actually be able to meet with the coordinators as well.
40:39
So that would be really interesting.
40:40
Talk to the new special teams coordinator, Chris Pelosi and
40:43
obviously and Tim Lester and Phil Parker.
40:45
It I have not confirmed this, but it does sound like we will
40:48
be getting new running back coach Jay Norvell before spring
40:52
ball ends. I'm not going to be surprised if
40:53
that's on Thursday. And it sounds like everything's
40:56
going well with him and his ability to mesh with this
40:59
running back group as well. So it'll be interesting to hear
41:02
about his homecoming. Good stuff.
41:03
David Icol, 24/7 Sports, hawkeyeinsider.com,
41:07
hawkeyeinsider.com David, as always, thanks for coming on
41:10
man. Appreciate the Intel.
41:11
Thank you. Thanks guys.
41:13
Have a good week. Appreciate you you.
41:14
Do the same good talk to you, get some coffee.
41:17
David Eichel talk guyinsider.com Well, disappointing on Diaz
41:21
because I know everybody wanted to see him play.
41:24
I would stay got some disappointing news in their own
41:25
right. The one of the guy that I think
41:27
we had penciled in as a starting safety, the kid from Toledo
41:31
Alls, I think is how you say his last name tours ACL.
41:34
So that ends his season before his season even gets underway.
41:38
So Bill Seal's coming up in 15 minutes.
41:40
Jimmy Rogers confirmed that at a media availability that is
41:45
either just wrapped up or in the process of doing so.
41:48
But Bill Seals in 15 minutes. Matt Rudy, more on the Masters
41:52
at 1:30. Miller and Condon back.
41:54
To wrap up our our number one, it's the Iowa Sports Radio
41:57
Network. By Miller Condon Welcome back
42:09
Iowa Sports Radio Network. Well, one of the things
42:12
apparently came out of Jimmy Rogers media availability and I
42:14
did not expect to see this little nugget.
42:17
I just assumed Rainer was going to be the guy quarterback.
42:21
This from our colleague Alec Bussey.
42:24
Roger says he's going to start narrowing down things with
42:26
quarterback competition. It's been a solid match between
42:29
Rayner and Zayn Flores, the Oklahoma State transfer
42:34
throughout spring football. So I thought Rayner was coming
42:36
to start. And I asked that to one of our
42:38
Cyclone guys last week and it definitely felt like that was a
42:41
part. But at floor, as you look at the
42:43
numbers, what is it, 3 touchdowns, 7 interceptions,
42:45
something like that last year? Freshman, though.
42:47
That was such a disaster. Oklahoma State, they were
42:49
terrible. They didn't win a game.
42:50
Yeah, I, I don't think you can put it the numbers and say,
42:53
well, this is the guy was talented.
42:55
I mean, there was plenty of talk about talent level and he
42:57
definitely had that so. He's got the size.
42:59
He's 63. And probably a good thing,
43:01
right, To have these guys push each other, I mean.
43:03
You know, it's a good thing, Trent.
43:04
It's going to be a good thing for you guys in in August 'cause
43:07
you're going to have a quarterback battle in Ames and
43:09
in Iowa City. That is a good thing.
43:10
And quarterback needles move the our numbers, our battles rather
43:13
move the needle. I think this is something that
43:15
you have to be excited about, that you're going to have
43:17
another guy that's going to push now.
43:18
I mean, the betting favorite still is Jalen.
43:20
Sure, he's yeah -150 Yep. Get plus 125 maybe on the
43:24
backside there if you want to go with Flores, But.
43:27
And it's not like he's buttering up to keep him because he knows
43:29
he can enter the portal next week.
43:30
That's gone. The bat is gone.
43:32
Do you like that? Yes, yeah, I think for that
43:35
reason to. Solidify your roster.
43:37
Yeah, yes. Are there spring injuries that
43:40
can happen? We just found out with Iowa
43:42
State, with Owls, as he's out now for the season with the tour
43:45
in ACL. But yeah, those things stink.
43:47
And for Iowa State, they'd love to probably be able to go out
43:49
there and find another safety at minimum that could help them
43:52
out. But just overall, the betterment
43:53
of things. It makes sense how quickly the
43:56
portal happens on football, though.
43:58
But basketball the night after the national championship game
44:00
goes, we still got a month to school left.
44:02
It's not where football where you have to get set up for the
44:05
second semester of school and you have to put it that quickly
44:07
there. What would hurt just moving this
44:10
thing for basketball back to the middle of May Nothing.
44:13
And it give us content that's. Yeah.
44:16
That's another thing that I was. Looking forward to I get it.
44:18
Man, because this time, yeah, we still got things and we got
44:21
playoffs and start. June's the worst and we got
44:23
spring football, yeah, but yes. June's the worst.
44:25
And if suddenly we had a transfer portal window from, I
44:27
don't know, Memorial Day on two weeks after that, that would go.
44:32
No. Well, you'll have TJ and he'll
44:34
be talking about his team and I love the fact that he's willing
44:36
to do that. At least he was last year.
44:37
I have no reason to believe that he won't this year.
44:40
So fascinating stuff as we do kind of hit not a lull.
44:44
There's never, never a bad time. There's slower times than others
44:49
put it that with it, but there's always something that pops up
44:51
right. Including this nugget on the
44:53
gambling space. FanDuel, Excuse me, has released
44:58
not just their odds in college football to win national
45:01
championship. That was first.
45:02
They have a half dozen games a year.
45:04
They've been out there for a while.
45:06
They have now gone from odds to over unders are out at FanDuel
45:11
for all the college football teams at the major conference
45:13
level to make the College Football Playoff just to get in.
45:18
It's the first time that I've seen this market.
45:20
Teams can we save? It for tomorrow, Absolutely.
45:24
I want to put my thinking cap and it's not.
45:27
I'm not a FanDuel customer so I don't have the app.
45:29
I'm sure I can find it if I want, but I won't cheat.
45:31
Yes, and we'll see how good you do.
45:33
Let's do it. A little homework for you.
45:34
I like it and we'll do that in the first segment tomorrow show.
45:37
We're going to talk to Bill Seals next.
45:39
A lot of Iowa State topics to get to.
45:41
He'll kick off our number 2, Matt Rudy on the Masters, Miller
45:44
and Condon on Des Moines Sports Station One O 6.3 KXNO.