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Arkansas melt town vs. LSU in Omaha, Bill Seals talks Cyclones · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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All right, good afternoon and welcome to Miller and Condon on
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back with you for the next 6 hours.
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Trent Condon, myself, Ken Miller take you to two and then the Dr.
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follows us overtime I with a final hour that's five until 6 I
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hear every Monday through Friday.
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Coming up on our program, we'll talk Iowa State.
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The latest on Iowa State recruiting basketball news if
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The latest on Iowa State with Bill Seals coming up here at the
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bottom of the first hour of the show.
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Tom Cake Hurt is at a basketball in Iowa basketball availability
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and he should get out just in time for him to join us to kick
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off our number two of the show. So if you're fan of a Hawkeye
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So we'll get into a few of those topics with Bill.
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And yes, I Hawk did make the list.
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Check this morning. Trump will make some picks.
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And we do have a game six of the NBA Finals tonight.
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Boy oh boy, I'm struggling to find anybody that is willing to
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lay the points. There's a lot of Pacers love
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here tonight. Regardless of the uncertainty of
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Tyrese Halliburton. They people that are betting on
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this game just truly believe and sharp betters truly believe that
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it's going to be the environment, it's going to be
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the building that gets the Pacers off the over the hump and
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on the on to Game 7 on Sunday night.
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We'll see. You know, my theory, when
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everybody's going one way, head the other way and do it quickly
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and that's kind of how I see it because I'm struggling to find
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anybody that likes the Thunder here tonight.
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Good to see you. Fun day of sports yesterday.
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A lot of baseball on the docket from yesterday.
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I want to start and I'm glad you alerted me to it yesterday.
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Now I I Full disclosure. So I watched the I watched the
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Mets and the Braves. You know how I feel about the
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Mets broadcast crew. And Darling wasn't there, was
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just Hernandez isn't going. Then it's not as good.
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It's not as good, but it's still.
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Pretty good. It's still a good broadcast.
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Right. It's an elite broadcast.
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It is. It takes it to another level.
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And you and I both agree that three man booth in baseball
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isn't, it's a it's a little over the top, a little much.
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That's the one. Though that is the one over the
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course of a. 148 games or whatever they do to together,
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that is the pinnacle. Yeah.
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Is that fair to say? I think everybody else, yes, it
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is. It's the best broadcast baseball
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wise for my money. Now clubs are very close.
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I know you love Boog. Yeah.
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Took a while. Yep.
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You got there. Have we seen awful announcing
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seemingly every year? Does their MLB booth rankings.
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Oh yeah, they do, don't they? And I I haven't seen it this.
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Year seems like an All Star we break topic for.
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That I think you're right on. That for the baseball writers
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when there's not a lot going on. Yeah, but I'm I'm guessing that
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the the Mets booth is very highly ranked year after year
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after year. If it's not you don't watch Mets
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baseball because it is so good. So good.
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So that's that was yesterday. I started watching that.
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Then I went to the end of the Royals had I haven't seen the
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Royals in a little while. Wanted to catch up on the on the
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Royals a good day to watch the Royals.
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And then it it suddenly dawned on me, which you said in the
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show and and you asked me, are you going to watch any college
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Royal series? Can I talk you into going over
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there and I'll see a little bit and I saw a little bit, but I
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saw the right little bit. I didn't see the first error of
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the 9th inning. So help me out here as a a guy
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that doesn't watch college baseball.
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Is this normal for Arkansas? It seems like they pissed down
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their leg. Is it every?
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Year pretty much I mean, when you're kind of talking about,
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you know, team DNA, when you think of college baseball, you
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think of Arkansas ton of talent that has gone through that
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program year after year a consistent winner.
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But when it comes to the final hump for a while it was getting
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and they've been upset plenty of times in the regional, in the
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Super regional when they shouldn't.
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But then even when they get to Omaha, it's things like this and
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this has been a long part now in a program that has been and
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heavily invested in to get over that hump.
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They just haven't been able to do it.
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And last night, a microcosm will probably last 1520 years.
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Trenton was unbelievable. There were three plays and by
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the way, do they not score errors in college baseball?
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But what are we doing here? So, so, so the first batter, I
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mean, he hits the ball to second base, second baseman throws it
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back toward the toward the the batter's bottoms.
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He he misses the first baseman base it run around 1st obviously
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he advances to 2nd on the missed throw.
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It gets worse. They they walk the next guy and
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then with nobody out and runners on 1st and 2nd and Arkansas
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leading by two ground ball to the shortstop.
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Boom, 26 to 4:00 to 3:00 double player one out of the way.
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No, they they got the runner at third.
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He wheeled and and picked off the lead runner.
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A run that was meaningless, Yes. Yeah, right.
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Yes. OK, so here we are.
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It's now it. It's now 5/3 and the one out
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runners still on 1st and 2nd because they got the lead
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runner. And then it got crazy.
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I'm not sure what the guy's name is, but he hit a line drive to
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the left fielder. The left fielder, he kind of
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tripped over his own feet is how I see it.
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Didn't get a glove on it. It hit his shoulder, but again,
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Trent, this is a double. This was not scored as an error.
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All of a sudden it's 55. There's still one out.
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You know what's coming next, right?
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Guy steps into the batter's box. It's a line drive.
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The second baseman jumps as high as he.
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Possibly can. Off his glove and off Arkansas
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goes into the night and just seeing the comments on Twitter
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after the game that this is Arkansas doing, they're kind of
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like the Chargers. You know, the Chargers are
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chargery, the Razorbacks are Razorbacking.
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That's. What Clemson was for a long time
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before they finally broke through Clemson was a term.
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That's Arkansas baseball. I mean, I'm glad I was there.
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I'm glad I saw the most. I think that probably the the
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point of the game that everybody was talking about, but and the
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crowd. Yeah.
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Massive. Arkansas fans, that drives not
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that far. No.
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And LSU fans, they travel all the time and they're going to
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bring that tiger, too. Do you see?
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They wield that from Baton Rouge.
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Not a, not a real one, but a. Mike didn't make the trip.
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Mike the Tiger. No, I don't.
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I don't think he's allowed, no regardless.
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But but what a fun night of baseball last night, both both
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in and then finished off with the Dodgers and the Padres in
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this Padres Dodgers thing. It's real.
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Yeah, absolutely. It is real with Omaha.
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You know, it's two hours away and you see the afternoon games,
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you know those 1:00 games. We talk about bucket lists.
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You've never been to Omaha for the College World Series.
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I've been to Omaha but not for the College World Series.
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Does did last night do anything for you?
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No, no, maybe if I was 20 years younger it would, you know,
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because I don't want to go. The bar scene is where the
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Rocco's looks like. It's called Rocco's.
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That's where the jello shot thing is.
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Looks like a blast. But I'm a little bit older than
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that, right? You know what I mean?
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And and not knowing any of the players, not knowing any of
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them. Sure, I know the schools, but I
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know the schools for football and basketball.
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If we had a pulse, Keens, Yeah. If there was a guy like that,
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that was the build up that we had the last couple of years
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with him, Yeah, maybe would that be something that.
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Yeah, I think probably I'm trying to talk you maybe into
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it, I mean for. Next year, dude.
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It's been 20 years since I've been there.
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Has it really? Yeah.
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Didn't Sean? And was it Sean and Lucas went
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over this year last? Year.
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Well, they went over for the Big 10 tournament.
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That's when they. Oh, that's when they were there.
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OK. Yep, you're right.
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You're right. And then that's not the same.
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No, it can't. Be now if we would ever get like
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an Iowa, Nebraska Big 10 championship.
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That'd be, that'd be incredible. It really would.
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I remember going over 4 when Iowa was making a run.
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Now that's probably 10 years back now it was 9 because Ella
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was little and went over there for the Sunday championship
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game. They played Ohio State and there
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were 10,000 people in the fans and 9850 of them were Hawkeye
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fans that were there the building that day.
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But you think of that and if we get Iowa, Nebraska.
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It's gonna be wild. So is Rosenblatt.
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Did they tear it down? Do you know?
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I don't know. I I mean they built the.
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Ballpark in the right part of Omaha and Omaha's nice.
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I like Epley Field, the airport there the.
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I've seen like Rosenblatt, I think they turned it into like a
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little field, like a kids field. And I think they have things
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going on during the College World Series.
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And that's, I'm not positive on that, but I believe I've seen
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pictures of that. And this was the original site
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of Rosenblatt. Obviously, you know, Stanzer
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pulled out of there and all that, but they still made
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something out of it. And I don't know are they right
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next to each other? No, they the building is
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downtown downtown. The new stadium is downtown,
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right by right by that Rocco's the home of the jello shots,
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which apparently is I mean, he can't get near the place.
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It sounds like a great time. It it does.
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It sounds like a a blast. Obviously it's great for the
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city. Have we are?
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Do we know? I guess I'll put it this way.
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Is Omaha the official home forever of this thing?
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I mean, is it grandfathered in here?
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Do you know? I hope it is.
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Right. Yeah.
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I don't know where the contract goes or anything like that, but
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yeah, it feels like it's going to be a long term home and you'd
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have to anticipate they built a new building for it.
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Yeah, they're not going to take it away in 2027.
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Sorry. We're going to go to Oklahoma
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City. No, I look it.
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I'm pretty sure that it is a new building.
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It seems like it is, but but Rosenblatt, I thought it was on
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the outskirts, On the outskirts of Omaha, not right downtown.
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But I don't know. I don't know Omaha well enough,
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I guess, to be opining on where it is.
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But but I'm positive the stadium is downtown.
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That's where all the bars are. Let's get Jim in here.
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Well, you know what, Let's go to David.
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First of all, he's got Jim. Be patient.
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I'll get to you coming up right away.
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David wants to chime in on Rosenblatt.
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What do you got, David? Thanks for listening.
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Thanks for calling in. Yeah, Rosenblatt was tore down
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and home plate is still there. Is it by the zoo Okay?
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Yes, and I went to quite a few games back in the day at
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Rosenblatt for College World Series, but I saw the farthest
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ball ever hit in my life by Ryan Minor.
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Ryan Minor. Yeah, of all.
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People one of those games, Oh my God, it was a shot, Yeah.
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And I would love to know how far that ball went.
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But yeah. That that's cool, Dave.
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Thanks for listening. Appreciate the end.
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So the home plate is still there.
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I like when, you know, when some of these historical buildings,
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they keep a little piece of it, you know, they yeah, they build
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up around. But here's home plate.
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Metropolitan Stadium, where the, of course, Mall of America is.
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You still got home plate there? Absolutely.
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Let's get Jim and then Rob. Jim, welcome to the show.
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How are you? I'm doing well, guys.
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I'm working at the golf course but.
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Which golf course? Which golf?
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Course. Well, I work at window nails.
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Nice. We got the cleanest cards in the
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in the five county area, so. That's what I do.
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Good job. Yeah, Rosenblatt, that was a
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launching pad, was it? But it was so funny.
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It was so much fun. It was right across like like
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13th St., actually right across the river.
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OK. As you come out of Iowa, but
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yeah, used to take my high school teams over there on
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Tuesdays and every year. But Arkansas?
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Wow, what a gut wrenching loss. I mean, it's just killer, right?
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And we, my wife and I, we have a place down in Northwest Arkansas
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that we vacation at a lot. A lot, I should say.
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Those people, Holy mackerel, when they lost three straight to
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God. I can't remember who it was.
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Dave Van Horn, the game's passing by on the radio show.
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You need to go out there. Then they swept Texas.
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Oh my God, he's the best coach we've ever had.
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Fans, man, they moved the needle.
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My question would be you guys talked about the Big East in
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this 25? Oh, good point.
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Mississippi State, LSU, Arkansas, they got to give money
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towards the baseball. Program they do, yes, that's an
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excellent point. In my fear.
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Vanderbilt, too. Hawkeye baseball.
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Yep, I'm a big Hawkeye baseball fan.
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My fear is that I don't know if we're going to have a team in
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like 5 to 10 years, but. You just you're not alone
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either. Yeah, you just.
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There's a waste, it's bubbling under the surface.
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Jim, thanks for the call brother.
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Appreciate hearing from you. Yep, back to where?
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Clean those carts. Woodland Hills like woodland.
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Hills yeah it's fun just real quick and we'll get back to the
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phones here what do we what do we make of do you see Michigan
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is is they filed some kind of lawsuit they're they're not
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going to live up to the the handshake rules of.
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Course not. So this starting, yeah.
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So are we back to square 1 before we even get out?
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Got out of the blocks? Yeah, well, you have that hit
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July 1st and people are already No, no, no.
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No, no, we're not going to. We're not going to comply.
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That's Michigan and Michigan State.
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So didn't Tennessee threatened to do that and there was
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pushback that well, we'll just kick Tennessee out of the SEC.
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We'll get a look at. That and then not going to
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happen. Right.
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And now the pushback today is, well, we'll just kick Michigan
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and Michigan State out of the Big 10.
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Right. Yeah, good luck with that, too.
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We'll we'll see where it goes. But this this is just far from
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over. It's just far from over.
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Here's the baseball, Benny. Welcome, Benny.
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How are you? I am doing absolutely fantastic.
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Rosenblatt's been demolished since 2012.
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Gone, just just home plate remains apparently.
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Pretty pretty much it's they they the the zoo expanded and
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they bought. Oh, did they?
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OK. Yeah, yeah.
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The zoo in Rosenblatt were right next door.
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So duly when Henry Dooley wanted to expand, they bought up all
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that land and they demolished it.
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So the expansion of the zoo when parking went went towards that.
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But you're absolutely correct. The new stadium is right
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downtown. And then the Omaha Storm
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Chasers, they used to play there.
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They're 30 miles outside of Omaha now.
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I can't remember the city there. And 30 miles for the for the for
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the Royals farm club. OK, Benny.
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Thank you brother. Yeah, have a good one.
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Yep, you're the same. There's a baseball Benny chime
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in is we take a look at Omaha here today.
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But a pretty fun, pretty cool event.
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And yeah, maybe Trent a day game.
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Yeah, so I'm looking at the storm chasers here.
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They play in. 30 miles outside. Papillon.
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Yep, I think that's what it is, Papillion.
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Whatever. Yeah, yeah.
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So that was open on my birthday in 2011.
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Is it West of town? Let's bring up a map.
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Zoom out a little bit. Storm Shade.
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It's South of town. South of town.
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South of town, the storm chase. I had a one in four chance to
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get. It out not bad, not bad.
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You know it's a direction. There we go.
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Good stuff. Well, since we're talking
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college sports and I'm going to leave this up to Commissioner
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Condon because this, I wanted to bring this up a couple of days
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ago and we didn't have time and for whatever reason I never got
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to it yesterday. So Commissioner Condon, yes, on
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December the 6th of this year, OK, we are going to have an
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early kick off in the Big 12 Championship football game. 11
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AM Central. AM Central.
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OK, the Mac I think goes at the same time, but who cares now
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this is a good game and the Big 12 sucks.
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Worry. Bet on it.
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And the middle of the afternoon is the SEC championship game.
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Yes. And then at night we have the
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ACC and the Big 10 deciding their conference champion.
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So the way it's been with the last 3-4 years.
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Seemingly the last three or four years now, the powers it be
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Commissioner Condon in the basketball world, and this is
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what I'm asking you to fix. I've decided December's of the
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6th is a perfect day to have the following basketball games be
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played. Duke versus Michigan State?
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That's a good one. Arizona versus Auburn.
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I would like to watch that. Louisville, Indiana, Illinois,
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Tennessee, Iowa State produced St.
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John's, Old Miss Wisconsin and Marquette on the same freaking
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day as we're crowning conference championships.
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How do a Who's in charge? TV networks.
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We're. Well, yeah, I guess you've
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stopped me in my tracks. You're right.
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But. But who in charge of at the TV
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networks, in their infinite wisdom has decided these?
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I don't know if for assigning 5 stars, did you find one on this
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list? That's a three, maybe.
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I mean, think Saint John's going to be good.
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How many of those games are on campus?
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I know Duke, Michigan State is is in the Breslin Center, OK,
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because I know and Ivor State's going.
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To Purdue. They are going to Purdue.
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We know those ones. I wouldn't anticipate those.
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Some might be neutral. Court maybe?
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And Saturday makes a whole lot more sense for that.
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You love college basketball here, Mr. Condon.
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Fix this. Put them up Friday.
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It's not crazy. I mean, there's only so much
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television real estate on Friday to go around.
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But we don't have a PAC 12 Champions game on Friday night.
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Don't. I'll be honest though, there are
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times during Conference Championship Saturday, which the
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grand scheme of things, this is the last year that they're going
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to mean anything, Right, Right. Going forward, we'll see what
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they even look like or if they're around or what it's how
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it's going to be comprised. But there are times they're
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like, is there anything else on? I've, I've been there plenty of
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times. Have you?
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Yeah. Because the SEC Championship's
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usually really good. Well, we get George Alabama a
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lot. A lot, yes.
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That's usually good. And and.
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But it's alone. Yeah, that's true.
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It's a stand alone game. You're 100% right.
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Like to jump around a little bit?
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Yeah, and, and here's the other thing.
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If this if if Duke, Michigan State was last year at 11:00 in
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the morning. Let's be honest, you weren't
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sticking around to watch Arizona State just beat the crap out of
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the clones unless you worked in the industry and had to talk
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about it. Or we're a hardcore fan and
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wanted to go down with your ship.
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Because for every Georgia, Texas that we got a year ago or
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Alabama, Georgia, there is Georgia 50, LSU 30, There's
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Alabama 41, Georgia 24, There's 3710 LSU over Georgia.
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Now do the Big 10, Ohio State, Wisconsin.
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Now the hope is that that has gone away with the East West
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divide no longer there. That's true, and hopefully we'll
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have some more compelling games going forward.
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But it's more content. Yeah, I guess, but these are
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such good basketball games and. Can we get you set up with a
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couple of TV's? Yeah, I just can't watch 2.
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I I've tried my wife, we had three when we moved into our
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house and I had, it lasts about a week.
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It's like bifocals. I tried to wear bifocals.
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I was nauseous and I and I, I just couldn't wear them.
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The multi TV set up the. Multi I'm I'm going back and
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forth. You just can't concentrate on
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one. I I can't.
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A lot of people can, but it's it's not my cup of tea.
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You have to find a way on December 6th that's.
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A lot of good games you will. That's a lot of good game.
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Well, I know for sure I was state.
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Purdue's going to be on at the Miller House for sure, because
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that'll be a Monday talker anyways.
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All right, coming up on the program, we're going to talk to
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Bill Seals. I know what Bill Seals will be
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watching. Maybe he'll be at Mackie that
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particular day, But it just seems like, come on, you guys
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get your heads together, you know, do the right thing.
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Speaking of doing that, we've got a couple of minutes left.
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What's what's Major League or, or does Major League Baseball
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stand have it in their wherewithal to reach out to the
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Pirates and the Tigers today to do the best for their sport.
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Because at I think it's I think it's 1130 hour whatever it's
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either 11 or noon hour time. We've got a double header
20:14
between the Pirates and the Tigers today, right?
20:17
Yes. Scubble is pitching game one,
20:22
Skeens is pitching Game 2. It's a 3 freaking hour
20:27
difference. Who that's a baseball fan
20:31
doesn't want to see? Arguably the two best pitchers
20:35
in baseball in their respective leagues, the National League
20:39
behemoth and the American League behemoth, go at each other.
20:43
Wouldn't you want to watch that? That is something that would be
20:46
compelling, yes. That would make me actually
20:47
interested in watching a Pirates game.
20:49
Does Rob Manfred have I mean can he pick up the phone and and
20:53
ask? Can we do a little something
20:55
here guys? Would it?
20:55
Kill you. I mean, the pirates are going
20:58
nowhere. Detroit's locked up the division
21:00
already. It's not even July. 9 game lead.
21:04
And what would it, what would the harm be doing in in giving
21:07
baseball a guarantee? It's the lead story on
21:10
SportsCenter, not that's the what what it once was.
21:13
But wouldn't that be fun to watch those two guys go out and
21:15
go at each other today? Instead, what are the pitching
21:18
matchups that. We're getting well skeins.
21:19
His opponent has TBD. OK, Tigers haven't decided.
21:23
TBD he's been having a good year there.
21:24
Well, he. Is he's he pitches a lot.
21:28
I was disappointed in that. I thought I saw yesterday when
21:30
it was rained out. I thought, you know what?
21:31
Because we talked about it yesterday.
21:32
Yeah. Yeah.
21:33
I thought, good God, the baseball gods are frowning.
21:35
Are frowning. They're frowning now.
21:37
They're smiling on us, but not to be.
21:40
We'll take a time out. We'll come back.
21:41
Bill sealscyclerreport.com is going to join us.
21:44
We'll talk Iowa State topics with Bill, our number 2, Tom
21:48
Cakert. I'm going to stop again because
21:50
I just thought of something one more time.
21:53
Call him. Yeah.
21:54
Good God, Baller. What does that do for his St.
21:57
cred? This guy could flat out hoop.
22:00
He's beaten Cooper to Jean off the to Jean.
22:03
Who's got a little athleticism to him just a little bit right?
22:08
But there was more than just those two on the floor.
22:11
I was blown away by, I thought in the first when I first
22:13
started this got EAI. He can't be this good.
22:16
He's his mid 40s. This dude can play.
22:19
You know, you talk all the time about give us content, right?
22:22
Give us something. And there's what, 3
22:24
availabilities, including today for Iowa basketball coming up
22:26
the next couple of weeks, just either.
22:28
Football yesterday was this. Just doing those little things.
22:31
TJTJ you're up. Yep, and he's done a good job.
22:34
He's done a great job. Now we know the football program
22:37
not going to get that never, however, the other three of I
22:41
guess the BIG4, if you will, that would be love it.
22:44
That's what you're looking for and that kind of content and
22:46
you're right, St. Cred, yes, I was shocked that
22:51
becomes my age. No, he is.
22:54
And I've played ball with my buddies, so guys that were
22:57
pretty good basketball players back in the day.
22:59
This guy is unbelievable. They can't play anymore.
23:01
Did we know this? Did he do this to Drake?
23:06
If you don't. Know what we're talking about?
23:08
Go to the it's Iowa basketball's X account Twitter account and
23:12
they've got a ton of highlights on.
23:14
I mean, whether you're a Hawkeye fan or not, just watch it.
23:16
Just appreciate what a guy in his mid 40s is able to do
23:21
against an NFL cornerback who, by the way, scored a touchdown
23:24
in the Super Bowl. What an unbelievable, I guess,
23:29
revelation that was yesterday just watching this guy hoop.
23:33
All right, that's enough Time to go to a break. 1225 Bill Seals
23:37
next. Miller and Condon Iowa Sports
23:38
Radio Network Hi Miller and Condon welcome back just past
23:46
1230 on a Thursday. Talk to my with stay Bill Seals
23:51
cyclonereport.com Hour number two Tom Cacert on the Hawks.
23:55
Bill Bender on college football, college sports from the Sporting
23:59
News Cyclone. I guess you could call him a
24:03
legend even though he only played a couple years.
24:05
Tyrese Halliburton will play according to Shams.
24:09
Sharnia not shocked. Now, how much will he play?
24:13
How well will he play? How close to being 100%?
24:16
Who knows, but he needs to play for them to have any chance, I
24:19
think, don't you? And I don't think they have much
24:22
of a chance, but. I think we're on different ends
24:24
of this one. I think we are.
24:26
We'll see. Let's get to as far as him
24:28
playing. No, as far as the outcome of the
24:31
game. Here's Bill Seals,
24:33
cyclonereport.com. Bill, I want to start with you
24:35
with a a topic. We spent some time in the first
24:38
segment of the program. Little Bird told me you were
24:41
over in Omaha watching some College World Series.
24:44
Is it worth the drive? Bill Seals.
24:47
Well, it it is. You know, some games are a lot
24:51
more expensive than others. My son really and I really
24:55
wanted to get out for an Arkansas LSU game and those were
24:59
on the secondary market. I think the cheapest we saw was
25:03
like somewhere in the two hundreds and that's room only.
25:07
We got very fortunate. Yeah, we went out to one one of
25:10
the earlier games, Louisville and Oregon State and had a great
25:14
time. Got about a 13 rows behind home
25:18
plate. Great tickets and beautiful
25:20
evening of baseball out there. Yeah, highly recommend it.
25:23
But I'll tell you what, even though it's a it's an out and
25:27
back trip, you save on the lodging part of things so the
25:30
tickets can really get you I. Had no idea they were that
25:33
expensive. Well, good stuff.
25:35
Let's get to the here and now. And that is Iowa State.
25:38
And we'll start with basketball. I know that they're practicing.
25:42
I know that everybody has made their way back to Ames, I
25:45
believe, unless you've got some further information there.
25:49
Have you had an opportunity, Has the media had an opportunity to
25:53
either watch some of the practice or talk to some of the
25:55
players or coaches since they got back together over the
25:58
weekend? We have not yet, but I think
26:01
that probably going to happen here in the next week or two.
26:03
We'll start getting some availabilities and it'll it'll
26:06
be good to get back in there around some of the returning
26:09
guys. Obviously with Tayman and we all
26:12
saw what he was battling towards the end of last season.
26:15
So it'll be nice to catch up with him now that he's back at
26:18
100% and and rolling through another summer workout session.
26:22
And a lot of the new guys too, they're really good about
26:25
letting us talk to them. So it's been exciting.
26:28
Obviously, they're always going to hit the transfer portal with
26:31
TJ and address some needs there. But also for incoming freshmen,
26:37
it'll be nice to catch up with them as well.
26:39
So I should have plenty of opportunities.
26:41
And as you guys know, this time of year it can get kind of slow
26:45
on the team specific content. So Mason Williams, we continue
26:50
to hear, you know, if healthy, what can you tell us about him?
26:53
The Eastern Washington transfer, a big piece of that transfer
26:56
class, there's those concerns out there about the injury.
26:58
What can you tell us on that front?
27:01
Well, yeah, I've just, I've heard conflicting reports.
27:04
What I did hear directly from him, he said he's fine.
27:09
I followed up with them with a little bit, some more questions.
27:13
This was before he reported, so before he was off limits for
27:18
U.S. media to reach out to. But I didn't really get more any
27:22
more specifics out of him as far as that goes.
27:25
But I think it was a nice insurance policy for them to go
27:29
back out into the portal and get Dominic Nelson.
27:33
And you know, the one thing TJ discussed with us, it was kind
27:37
of really interesting at the, the, the tailgate tour outing
27:42
was the the cyclones percentage hitting on those last editions
27:47
out of the transfer portal class.
27:49
If you'll remember, you know, Curtis Jones was one of them
27:52
that they were so, so on. They didn't know if they were
27:55
going to bring him in. They were very familiar with
27:58
him, but weren't sure they were going to have numbers.
28:01
They found a way to get him into that class and that as they say,
28:04
the rest is history. Well, tell you what, with
28:06
Nelson, I think that could end up being a very, very big
28:10
addition for them. Just with the Mason Williams
28:14
kind of some of the health questions persisting.
28:17
I think we'll get some more answers on that too, when we get
28:20
TJS during summer workouts and and get into more specifics on
28:24
on Mason. But I think a great addition and
28:27
Nelson, though late in the portal window.
28:29
Is pleated there. That's how you say his name,
28:31
right? The six, nine kid from Germany,
28:33
has he made it and what kind of game does he bring?
28:36
Is he got a kind of a typical European game where even though
28:40
it's 69, you can expect him to step out and shoot if if the
28:43
need be. Does he play, I guess a European
28:46
style of ball? Any news there, Bill?
28:49
Yeah, I think you, you look at the tape on him and and probably
28:52
you would say yeah, very that that the game lines up a lot
28:57
with what we see from the European players.
29:00
I think the first thing with with Pletta will be getting up
29:03
to speed on just how tough the summer workouts are in Ames.
29:08
We've got him listed on rivals at six, nine and and 210 lbs and
29:13
they're they're going to no doubt want to get some more L
29:17
BS, some strength on him here in the in the summer and try to get
29:21
him ramped up. But I I think with that, how
29:25
that that looks in the in the post for Iowa State going into
29:29
this season, he's one that I think's going to play.
29:31
He's going to we look at the rotation.
29:35
T JS got to be tempted to go 9 deep this year.
29:38
He's kind of been reluctant to go from 8:00 to 9:00.
29:41
But just with the this roster of players and with, with guys like
29:47
Polita coming in, you've get, they've gotten into the portal
29:51
as well to address some needs. So I I think that Plato, though,
29:54
he's, he's going to be one that plays right away.
29:57
They're going to, they're going to need him out there.
29:59
Mom, Chilovich had a obviously injury plagued year a year ago.
30:02
We know when he's going offensively how good he can be.
30:06
What about his offseason? It kind of feels like a big one.
30:08
And if Iowa State's going to take another step this year, I
30:11
believe Manchilovich is going to have to be a big part of that
30:13
ascending, not just consistently scoring, but on the other end of
30:17
the floor, too. I think on on.
30:18
Both sides strength, they're going, they're going to look for
30:20
some improvement out of him, maybe even even try to become
30:24
more physically more physical on the defensive end, get some more
30:30
strength on him. Another, another offseason
30:34
workout regimen. And I think also offensively,
30:39
though, we, we talked so much about his defense and, and his
30:43
needing to be a better rebounder and, and affect things that way.
30:48
But I think offensively so many times with him, it's it's kind
30:51
of a roller coaster ride. I guess she had that one game
30:54
and that what the first round of the NCAA tournament was lights
30:58
out. And there have been some games
31:00
like that with him, you know, 20 plus points and he really finds
31:03
the touch from outside. He's, you know, he's got the
31:06
fade away going, even the even the drop driving and, you know,
31:11
scoring at all three levels. But I think they want to get
31:14
that more consistently out of him this season.
31:17
And if they can do that, they they can, you know, eliminate
31:20
kind of the peaks and the valleys and and get more
31:23
consistency. That's going to just make Iowa
31:25
State so much better, I think, offensively to football.
31:30
Obviously the big news this week and it's not wasn't shocking
31:32
news when Tamal is, you know, taking trips down to Tuscaloosa
31:36
when Tuscaloosa is, you know, when Alabama's, you know,
31:39
knocking on your door and showing significant interest.
31:41
I mean, that's got to make a decision very, very difficult,
31:44
right? Even though you've you've
31:46
already in the back of your mind settled on, you're not settled,
31:48
but decide you're going to play at Iowa State when this
31:51
opportunity lands on your doorstep, you got to take it
31:54
seriously. And he did.
31:56
So that being said, where do they go from here?
31:59
What, what, where are they reaching out and who are they
32:01
reaching out to to fill that now vacant 26 quarterback spot?
32:06
Well, I think it's it's. Probably out there in in plenty
32:09
of play, plenty of places right now.
32:12
Easton Webb, the Oklahoma high school quarterback, is the the
32:17
new focus there for the for the staff.
32:19
He was in on an official visit this this week.
32:24
He actually was a baseball commit to Oklahoma State and
32:29
open things up. It was kind of coincide is kind
32:31
of interesting the timing of this whole thing.
32:33
But he opens things up decommits from the baseball program at
32:37
Oklahoma State within a couple of hours.
32:40
I think of the staff kind of getting an idea where things
32:43
were going with Jet Tamala going the wrong way.
32:47
So he, Easton Webb opens things up, gets on campus with well,
32:52
well within 24 hours of when they get the news on on Jet.
32:56
What's going to happen there? I haven't gotten in touch with
33:00
him yet. I think his official visit just
33:03
wrapping up and it's been a busy couple days.
33:06
They had Evan Jacobson up as well on an official visit.
33:10
Just talked to him, but as far as he any news there?
33:13
Any news there? Well, I talked to him.
33:15
I talked to him and actually his timeline stretched out now to
33:19
mid to late July. So I think that with Iowa State,
33:23
it sounded like it was a really, really great visit.
33:26
I had heard from some Notre Dame sources that they they felt that
33:31
he was pretty much going to join the Fighting Irish class coming
33:35
out of that official visit. But I think the Iowa State and
33:38
gave him something to to think about.
33:40
It was a great one with his his parents came along has really
33:45
given him something to think about.
33:46
And he's getting basketball too. He's a very high level
33:49
basketball player. So that's going to pick back up.
33:52
He's playing with his team down in Kansas City this weekend and
33:55
be some more Nike stuff for him going on.
33:58
So I think he's going to extend things out to when maybe
34:02
everything slows down for him a little bit.
34:05
His brother's even getting married next weekend in
34:07
Nashville as well. You guys all remember Michael
34:10
Jacobson. So yeah, lots going on in Evans
34:13
world right now. So little longer timeline than
34:16
we expected though. You know, I always get a kick
34:18
out. Of the specialist when you get
34:20
them a lot of times it's a walk on or is it a scholarship.
34:23
Lucas tenbrock so all right punter slash kicker #1 punter in
34:27
the country by some services, however, not just any punter.
34:30
66200 and 40 lbs. What can you tell us about the
34:34
big specialist coming in next year?
34:36
He's got a big. Leg I think they they really
34:38
like that and one one another thing that that you notice with
34:43
with Campbell as well and and it they go out and recruit these
34:47
cold weather punters and even to an extent that cold cold weather
34:52
place kickers Kyle Conradi from eastern Iowa, Tyler Perkins who
34:58
10 Brock class wise he'll replace Perkins.
35:01
He'll be graduating 10 Brock will be coming in a cold weather
35:06
kicker A punter. So got great size put up good
35:10
numbers I think and then got out on the kind of the showcase
35:13
circuit and really turned some heads.
35:16
Chris sailors got him the number one punter in the country.
35:20
Even I had him. I think the the most recent
35:22
rating I saw it was a #10 place kicker.
35:25
So I think the focus though will be punning.
35:29
He'll be afforded a year with with Jace Gilbert.
35:32
I think Gilbert probably handles a little more of the punning
35:35
duties in 2026. So they'll bring 10 Brock up to
35:39
speed, but as we've seen about every four years, they'll go out
35:43
and use a scholarship on a on a kid.
35:45
And it just worked out that this 2026 class, they're able to go
35:49
out and and get a special one in in 10 Brock as long as they
35:53
stay. Away from those Australian
35:55
punters, they found the only one that couldn't.
35:58
I don't remember the kids name but he was bad, you know.
36:00
What do you consider these kids coming from Australia?
36:03
They're can't miss. Well, they found one that that
36:06
was a miss anyways. Good stuff, Bill Seals, What do
36:09
you got coming up this week at cyclonereport.com?
36:12
Obviously you're keeping everybody up to speed on all the
36:14
visits, etcetera. What else you got coming up?
36:18
Yeah, well, it's. Been a busy morning actually, I
36:20
kind of doing a little little housekeeping around my site and
36:24
updating some of the standing features that I've got for
36:27
everyone, all the subscribers and have a look at the offensive
36:31
and defensive pipelines that was up there this morning.
36:35
And then a pretty in depth with BIOS, highlight videos, story
36:40
links on all the offensive defensive specialist now
36:44
commitments in the 2026 class. Those are some great reads.
36:48
And then sometime here in the next half hour hour, I'll have
36:52
that visit recap with Evan Jacobson up as well.
36:55
So also efforting an interview with Easton Web.
37:00
So hoping to have something up with him and then a lot of
37:03
recruiting stuff as we've talked about a lot of offers that went
37:07
out in the month of June. So getting back out there,
37:10
catching up with those kids. And then we'll have some
37:13
basketball media availabilities, I would imagine coming up here
37:17
in the next couple weeks, which will be nice because we're kind
37:19
of coming out. Well, we're coming into a dead
37:22
period for football recruiting First off.
37:24
So things will slow down on the football recruiting front and
37:27
then we'll we'll get into basketball coverage.
37:31
So lots of, lots of talk about there.
37:34
Good stuff, Bill Seals. Thanks for doing this.
37:35
We'll run you down next week. Thanks, Bill.
37:38
Sounds good guys. Have a good one.
37:39
Yep, good to talk to Bill Seals. Cyclonereport.com As we check in
37:42
on Iowa State, I'll take a break.
37:44
We'll come back and finish up the first hour.
37:46
Tom Kaker kicks off our number two.
37:48
Bill Bender on college football. Miller and Condon on the Iowa
37:51
Sports Radio Network. Hi, Miller, Condon.
37:55
Welcome back. Iowa Sports Radio Network.
37:59
Trent Condon, Ken Miller Till 2. Trent, The Los Angeles Lakers,
38:05
$10 billion, Yes. We know that the.
38:08
Celtics went for six Who else is on that list of upper there's
38:12
only like 2 teams that come to mind right?
38:14
That would be close to 10 billion.
38:18
Yankees one Red Sox No. Well no, I don't think so.
38:23
Cowboys Yep, that's the other one that that's the those are
38:26
the two that popped into my head now the Rams yes, because funky
38:31
owns Sofi stadium right? But if you take that, maybe he
38:35
keeps the stadium and just sells the franchise.
38:37
The Rams don't bring 10 billion. You wouldn't think so.
38:40
I don't. Think so.
38:42
And European. Soccer.
38:44
Just, just we. Don't North America, right?
38:46
Yeah, just North America. What's the lowest?
38:49
The Winnipeg. Jets is AI have to think I.
38:53
Mean if it's, it's not them. Who?
38:55
Yeah, like the Florida Panthers. No, they just won back-to-back.
38:58
Cups they did, but it's. Still, are there a lot of hockey
39:01
fans down there that have? Yeah.
39:03
They're from Toronto. Yeah.
39:04
They're blue. They're snowbirds.
39:05
Yes. Yeah.
39:06
People from the. Northeast people from Canada,
39:08
yeah, a lot of those. Yeah, that makes sense.
39:11
I think probably the second. Most popular team in South
39:14
Florida is Toronto Maple Leafs. It wouldn't surprise me it.
39:17
Wouldn't surprise me either. It's the same thing we hear
39:19
with. Tampa, when they became the
39:20
space team and he had all the Yankee fans, they're going to
39:23
fill up. Didn't quite work out.
39:25
You know what? The Red Sox.
39:26
Are they on that list? They'd be high.
39:28
They would be high. Yeah, they would be high.
39:31
But I don't know the Fenway ownership, right?
39:33
They own all the buildings around the ballpark.
39:35
I know that much. What are the Cubs worth?
39:39
Not ten billion, though, but a lot, right?
39:41
Half of that fascinating $10 billion for the Los Angeles
39:46
Lakers and bought by the guy that owns the Dodgers.
39:48
So if you're a Lakers fan, you're worried about, you know,
39:51
not being able to keep this ball rolling, if you will.
39:54
Yikes. Miller and Condon back with our
39:57
number two. I just got a notification that
39:59
the final notification enforcement penalties begin.
40:05
That's these scams. They just never go away, do
40:08
they? They're going after you.
40:08
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40:10
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