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Hawkeye talk with Tom Kakert, Sports wagering with Mike Palm from Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Mary Condon, welcome back, our number 2 Iowa Sports Radio
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Network. Trent and I with you until the
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top of the hour. At that time, it'll be the
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drive. Heather and Lucas take you until
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5 O clock overtime Iowa. After that, 20 minutes from now,
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we'll talk to our friend Mike Palm, VP of Operations at Circa
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Sports. We'll find out what the last
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night's game meant to the operators.
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Well, the one that Circa will be in focus, obviously.
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So how did that OK C collapse, if you want to call it that,
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What did that do for the books? Let's get to our buddy Tom
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Caker, hawkeyereport.com Tom watching that game last night
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and then considering what's going on in Indianapolis with
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the former Hawk and the former clone really leading their
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respective leagues at this point as far as, I mean, she's the
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face of the WNBA and Halliburton's quickly ascending
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to the top of of NBA fandom from what he's done.
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I went back boys, and I looked at the 2019 Cyhawk game because
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I wanted to see did Connor ever play against Tyrese?
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And. They did.
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And of course, when I was way in, the game was in Ames.
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Do you remember that game? Tom Kecker?
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No, he's gone. I must have cut him off.
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Did I do at the wrong button? Sorry, Tom Kay, we'll get you
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back on. But anyways, it was 8468 was the
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final in that game. Connor McCaffrey played 31
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minutes. Tyrese Halliburton played every
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one of the available 40 minutes in that game.
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But just looking at some of the names and this hasn't been that
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long ago obviously. And you at least I do just kind
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of forget some of the people that have come and gone and
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obviously made a a big impact on that on their respective
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schools. Luke.
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Here's the starting line up for the Hawks, Garza Weiskamp,
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Frederick Connor McCaffrey, Jordan Bohannon.
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For the clones it was Solomon Young, Michael Jacobson, older
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brother of Evan, Tyrese, Rozier Bolton and Prentice Nixon, who I
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don't have the vaguest. Memory of sounds made-up.
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Doesn't it? Tom Caker joins the program.
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Tom, I'm sorry I cut you off if that's what happened, but
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welcome back. How are you?
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I'm good. So we're talking about going
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down memory lane just because of, you know, the, the Caitlin
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Connor connection and the Tyrese in Indianapolis.
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The you must have covered the 2019 Cyhawk game.
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It was in Ames. 8468 Iowa came out on top of that one.
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Do you remember that game, Tom? I do, yeah.
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I just wanted to see if Connor actually played against Tyrese,
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knowing their friendship now that they have have formed
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clearly. And.
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And they did. And Connor McCaffrey had a dozen
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in that game. Tyrese played 40 minutes and
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scored 22 points and LED Iowa State.
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Yeah, I don't remember that game.
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It was interesting game. Pencil trainer and Toussaint off
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the bench. Pretty good bench.
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Pretty good bench. I was State's bench that day was
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how about this? Caleb Grill, George Haunted,
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Zion Griffin, Trey Jackson and Terrence Lauren Terrence.
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Lewis, I thought he was going to be excellent.
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You thought Lewis was? I saw him over at Capital City
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Legal ended. Yeah, you know how that
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happened. Yeah.
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We all fall for that. Anyway, Tom, let's get to the
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here and now and what's going on.
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A basketball practices have started.
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I know. I don't think anyways that you
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had an opportunity to to have a media availability with any of
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the players or coaching staff and assuming that's coming.
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But what are you hearing, Tom, if anything?
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I hear practice is tough if nothing else.
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Yeah, they are working a lot on getting bigger and stronger and,
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and McCollum is just really big on the fitness side of things
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and, and, and being strong. So he knows that those guys have
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to have to have what I would call functional strength to
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compete in the Big 10. So you you can't be, can't be,
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you know, slight and frame, you got to put on some muscle, but
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they want to be basketball muscle and not just like a, you
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know, a weight lifter kind of thing.
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So they're doing a lot of functional strength building
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type things and that's going to be a focus here for that first
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month. One of the things the Polgaris
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kid is is going to be here for about a month and then he's got
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to go over to Spain for a little bit for some camp with the the
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the Spanish national team. So they're trying to get as much
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work in as they can with him before he has to head out of
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town. Interesting.
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And obviously he's going to be an important cause to this team.
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We know that fool Garris is going to be a starter.
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We know that Sturtz is going to be a starter.
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Howson is going to be a starter. What about those final two spots
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where, if you had to pick it right now, what we're going to
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see trot out there in November, who would be the other two
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starters? I would guess Mano's probably
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going to start, Yep, at the five and then probably Howard, I
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think, OK. Show glimpses.
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Yes, he did, you know. He he finished the season pretty
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strong, gives you another kind of athletic wing player.
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So I I think maybe he's the guy that that they that slides in
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there. But and you know, it could be
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banks too, you know, if you need a little more strength.
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But I I think Howard brings that things, the ability maybe that
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that another shooter on the floor that I think Mccollum's
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going to value. What did they see with Cooper
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Koch? What would they see his role?
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Is he, you know, a big, small forward?
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Is he a power forward? Is it position less basketball?
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What do they see kind of with him with this new staff and how
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he's going to fit in? I think he's anywhere from A2 to
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A to a four for them. I know that they really like
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him. He was the only guy really that
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they couldn't work out for a while.
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So, you know, so he got a lot of work in with both coaches and
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they really like him. They think he fits with what
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they do. So I think they're pretty
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optimistic that he's definitely going to be in the mix.
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The interesting thing to me is Mccollum's reputation has been
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to probably play 7-8 guys, probably 8 at most on a regular
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basis where, you know, you might get a guy playing ninth guy
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playing, you know, 5-6 minutes or something.
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But I, I'm not going to like average in double figure
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minutes. There's probably 8 guys.
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So you think coops in that, you think either Banks, Oregon,
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Howard's in that and then you know, who was that next guy?
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I don't know. And here's the other thing with
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one week of practice under the belt now in talking to, you
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know, had Josh Sash on our podcast recently and he's like,
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yeah, maybe we're just gonna re evaluate what we think we need
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and potentially add coming out of this this first week where
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you hit kind of a feel of what might be important, what they
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might need. So perhaps something comes out
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of that, you know, in the next week or so that they start to
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engage with somebody who's in the port only.
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And he said they've got enough money to go out and get another
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player. So maybe we'll see some movement
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on that front. And already working towards the
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class of 2026. Colin Rice, kid from here in
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central Iowa, Waukee Northwest. I know he took his official to
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Iowa, but it's not just who's been kind of lingering around
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him. Nebraska, northwestern Iowa, you
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and IA, couple of others there, Illinois, Michigan State's
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starting to get involved with Colin Rice.
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What can you tell us about his recruitment?
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Yeah, he's starting to pick up some interest from other places.
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I was told he's going to team can't his team's going to a camp
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at Creighton, he's going to the NBA top 100 camp or I think he's
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going to probably blow up even more because if he goes there
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and he shoots it real well with his size and athleticism, he's
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what coach is looking for. And so they're going to, you
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know, I was got some stiff competition.
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Marquette's involved Northwestern Illinois, I think
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probably gonna angle in for a visit with them and and we know
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that they've got resources there.
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I think it's the right word, especially if you're if your
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last name ends in an IC these days with all the Baltic players
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they're they're bringing in, I think I think you know, so maybe
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he drops the E off his last name or something that you can get a
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big bag of money from them. It worked out well.
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It worked out well. Tom, answer me this if you if
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you know what I'm sure you do and the only reason I ask is
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Iowa State's going to start next week.
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I would got the jump earlier this week.
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Is there a certain amount of practice time that's allotted in
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the summer workouts? I mean, can you, can you
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practice as much as you want or does the NCAA limit those
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practices like they, you know, they do in spring football,
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etcetera? There is a limit and I'm not
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sure how much it is. I think it might be 20 hours a
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week or something like that, but that you can do during the
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summer. So it's not an exorbitant amount
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of time. But those guys are also on their
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own coming in and they're going to be playing pick up and doing
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some things. So, but I think it's 20 hours,
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but don't hold me to that, but I think it's 20.
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Gotcha. You know, what I thought was
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interesting that that I one thing that I thought was
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interesting because I hadn't seen this before, you know, from
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the Iowa staff, which I, I've, you know, see them more often
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than that anything. All the assistant coaches were
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in the weight room with them kind of urgent guys on and, and
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doing that. And I never saw, I've never seen
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that before anywhere really where you've got the assistant
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coaches in there kind of pushing those guys a little bit in the
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weight train. Maybe that's just for the first
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couple practices. But yeah, it's usually the
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strength coaches and they're kind of barking commands.
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And it was the assistant coaches, and they're working
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them, too. Well, we are into June.
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Obviously next time we talk, we'll be double digits into
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June, which means we're getting closer to your yearly forecast
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when it comes to the Iowa football.
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When is this usually around July 4th right that you published
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that? Life for July 4th.
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July 4. Have you, have you started?
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I'm not asking what it's going to be, just have you started to
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look at at how the season may unfold in your mind, Tom?
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I started to just like look at it because I went and I, I, I, I
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was perusing a Barnes and Noble and found the Lindy's and Athlon
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magazines there. Of course I I picked them up and
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started to dive in and I'm waiting for the Bible from Phil.
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Steele, we all are. Yep.
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You know, we get, I've got to get my bifocals out to read it.
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Can use as a magnifying glass in studio, it's great.
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You have to, yeah, it you have to.
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It's it's it's a six point print now, I think something like
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that. So yeah, I'm anxious to start
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breaking things down a little bit.
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I did see Oregon with a big injury.
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Yeah, I saw that, but tell it for.
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The season, boy, that's that's that's a big loss for them.
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And I'm still not sold on Dante more.
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I may I I think I'm probably going to pick Iowa to beat
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Oregon. I think I am.
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I've told you, Tom, there's something that just feels.
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Fishy about that? Yeah.
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That's one that just feels maybe a little bit off.
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Hey, yeah, Pentagon earlier this week, not with your forecast for
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the season. We'll have to wait for that a
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little bit longer. But 5 Iowa football players on
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the rise and the first thing that you had on the list was one
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that was incredibly intriguing. Trevor Lauke.
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Lauke is a guy that had big time accolades coming out of high
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school. They had to fend off some big
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time programs for his services. Kind of a left tackle the
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future. And you know what they did in
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the portal then would bring it in.
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Bryce George, you, you wondered about him.
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What can you tell us about Trevor Lauke and the ability, at
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minimum, he's going to be the number 3 tackle this year,
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right? Yeah, and I, I, I was surprised
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he wasn't with the top of the depth chart based on talking to
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people, Rumble Prep and everything, that they just felt
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like he had elevated and that he was like had the best feet.
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He was like ready to be the left tackle of the future.
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And I thought, boy, OK, that's kind of a lock.
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And, and, and then I think Jack Dosler up at the top of the
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depth chart and starts to make you wonder, OK, maybe there was
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something in the winter that give them pause or something.
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And then they bring in Bryce George and they're like, OK,
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they don't feel great about this, but I'm still betting on
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this kid. I, I just, I just everything
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that I'd heard about him leading up to the bowl game was just
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that the, the light had gone on and he's, he's ready to be the
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starter at left tackle. So I I think he's still going to
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get there, but it so much of this today is just you don't
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know what to read out of the things.
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Are you are you listening to kid to keep him happy and keep him
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in the program? You know, what do you you know,
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it's just, it's very interesting.
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But I, yeah, he and Kate Peeper made my list and Peepers just
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he's a freakish athlete per get his size and and he's kind of an
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undersized offensive lineman too.
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So he's another one that I'm really curious about this year.
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Is there somebody, Tom, that we all assume is going to win that
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position because they've been in the program for a while and it's
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just their turn or they've shown a little bit.
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You you think that they've got a, you know, a step forward and
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either their junior or their senior year that the you're not
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certain it's going to hold on to their spot on the depth charming
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and I know he just mentioned one at left tackle with love, but is
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is there an maybe that you're keeping your eye on?
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Not really, because I think everybody else is pretty solid
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along that offensive line. I think there's really just
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probably one spot that where there's like AI think a
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legitimate competition and that's that left tackle
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position. Because nobody's going to beat
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out Dunker, nobody's going to beat out both Stevens, nobody's
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going to beat out Logan Jones. I think Peepers, the guy at the
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other guard position. So then we're left with left
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tackle. Yeah, what about depth chart?
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What about either side of the ball though?
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Either side, I'm fascinated with the D tackle position and how
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that's going to shake out. You know, Aaron Graves is going
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to start, but is it Pittman? I think that's the guy that will
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end up being depth chart listed. But there's a really big, big,
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big buzz about Bryce Hawthorne. Not the not Jonah Pace, who I
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thought was going to be the guy from Central Michigan.
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Bryce Hawthorne's the guy that's turned heads in practice and
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they really like him. And I would not, he may not
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start. I'm going to guess that he'll
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have the second most snaps of all the defensive tackles this
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year. Kind of taken that a step
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further and Kens question the linebacker spot in China, those
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veterans that have stuck around, all those guys, Jaden Harrell,
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he could've been a starter at what half the FBS programs that
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are out there the last couple of years.
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He stuck around though for his shot.
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Carson Shire, we've been hearing about this kid since he was in
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high school. He's never been able to be
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healthy. And there's here's these red
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shirt freshman with Weiss cop and Cam Buffington, these young
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guys coming in, Preston Reese, those three guys.
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Tom, I think that is going to be maybe one of the more intriguing
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storylines of August. It is super intriguing because
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they're really high on Carson Shire, but it's always been
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health. It's always been health and he's
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the guy that on that team that if he stays healthy, it wouldn't
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shock me if he's like, you know, second team all Big 10 and just
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has a bang out great senior year.
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But then the would it surprise me if by like game seven that
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Preston Reese's your starting the linebacker?
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It wouldn't surprise me. It's just there seems to be, you
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know, Jayden Montgomery's in that mix too for some playing
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time, I think, and and the Van Kectrick's one of the linebacker
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positions. I know they're super high on
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him. So there's all these guys.
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And I'm really curious to see what Seth Wallace does with that
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group. Jackson Rexroth is a fifth year
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kid that, you know, walk on that's that's waited his turn.
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So yeah, there's just there's a lot of intrigue at that position
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for sure. Tom Cakehart, hawkeyereport.com
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hawkeyereport.com for tom-tom, thank you as always, brother.
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Have a good week. We'll talk to you next Friday.
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Tom, thank you. OK.
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Thanks guys. Good to talk to you.
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So we catch up with our buddy from hawkeyereport.com.
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All right, off to Vegas. We'll go.
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Mike Palm joins the show next VP of operations at Circus Sports,
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Miller and Condon on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
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Hillary Condon, welcome back. Continuing on here on a Friday
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drive coming up the top of the hour, Heather Lucas to until 5.
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Let's head to Las Vegas. Catch up with Mike Palm, VP of
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operations at Circa Sports. Circa sports, if you're
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listening in Illinois, you can download the Circa Illinois app.
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If you're in the state of Iowa, the Circa Iowa app available at
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the App Store. And Mike joins us.
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Mike Trenton, Ken, thank you for coming on.
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Were you in the book to watch the final few seconds of game
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one of the NBA last night? If So, what was it like?
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Was that home watching on TV with my my kids?
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So it wasn't as much shock and awe as you might have gotten in
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the book. I think many people were in
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disbelief that the pace is even build our way back into the
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game. And certainly, I mean, we had a
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lot of money line action on OKC last night and several folks
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dropped six figures laying that price.
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And we'll get even more of it in Game 2, obviously, because now
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you've got the zigzag and everything working in OK CS
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favor. What about the number, Mike?
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It open at 10 1/2. It's up to 11 a lot of places.
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Now, does it stay there or because of the fact that I
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because I think of the Oklahoma City money, you're going to have
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trouble getting a bet on the Pacers?
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That's how I see it. Do you think this number moves?
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There's not that many people betting this side with the point
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spread. Let's be, let's be honest with
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you, you have more people betting props and then who's not
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betting props are either the pros betting the totals or it's
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people betting a big amount on the money line on OKC or betting
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series with different ways to attack the series.
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So it's almost irrelevant and it's not irrelevant, but it's
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whether the numbers 9 1/2 or 11 or 10 1/2, it doesn't make that
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big of a deal. You mentioned those money lines.
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I mean, how much more are you going to have to extend that out
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compared to what normally would be a nut money line price at 11
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1/2 points spread because you guys anticipate you're going to
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be inundated and those big waiters that come along with it.
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Does that mean you're going to stretch out that money line
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price even more on the Thunder? For sure.
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And, but, but when you get to, when you get to those, those
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prices like $6, then the movements aren't $0.05, right.
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If you want, you want to stretch it out, then you're making it
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640 or 650. But people are going to lay it
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and as they continue to lay it'll, it'll drift to 7/7/50 and
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wherever it'll end up. How does this series going to
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end up, Mike? Do you do you still think it's
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going to be a short series? Did the Pacers prove to you
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that, you know, buckle up, this one could be a good one.
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Well, I think the thing the tailwind for the Tasers are like
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most teams, it takes you a period of time, maybe 1/2 to
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adjust to the physical way that Oklahoma City played.
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But most teams cave in after they do that.
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Like the Timberwolves did you know, they're they're looking at
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the bitch at each other and their coach.
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Where is this? OK, This Indiana team just got
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back and gone defense and tried to limit transitions.
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And yeah, they still made a lot of good shots with hands in
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their faces in the last three minutes, but they got themselves
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back into the game and they didn't let it become a 30 or 40
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point game like so many of the OKC routes have been.
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Why do we'll go a different direction with you?
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Because as that is culminating, last night there was another big
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sporting event that was culminating and that was game
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two of the Women's College World Series.
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Now I know Derek and, and a lot of the people at Circa, you guys
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have been betting on college baseball continue to grow and it
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has. But college softball, what are
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you seeing in the betting market on that one?
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We know TV ratings continue to increase.
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We get the game three. What that's going to be with Tex
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in their $1,000,000 arm against Texas.
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That should be huge tonight. What about the betting market
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for college softball? It's not really, well we're,
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it's tough. I'll tell you.
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We don't book it all year, right.
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Whereas we're booking, we're booking Friday, Saturday and
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Sunday college baseball and then we don't do anything until the
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World Series. So we don't we don't foster any
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kind of a clientele for the sport.
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So that's the problem. And so the number is really
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irrelevant because you get a few diehards that either they're a
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fan of one of these two programs or they they played softball or
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whatever. But it we're the wrong book to
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ask, let's put it that way. You got to find a find a book
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that books women's softball or books top ten games throughout
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the course of the year because we have a low right, because we
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don't do enough to deserve a higher right.
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Let's go to the baseball side of things, Super regionals this
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weekend. That is something that you offer
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and not just a handful of games. You guys have gone deep
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throughout the course of the season.
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What do you anticipate that's going to look like this week?
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Of course, the winners of these series moving on to Omaha.
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Yeah, it'll be good college baseball right has picked up and
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I'll tell you the segment has picked up.
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It's picked up in that people that bet Major League Baseball
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are now combining Major League Baseball with the college
22:46
baseball. Before you would see the guys
22:49
betting college baseball where that's what they bet, that's
22:51
what they focused on. But now you see more of a casual
22:54
public who's betting MLB mixing that and maybe that's a five
22:57
team parlay with three MLB games to two college games and and so
23:01
the right has picked up now we're heading to Omaha next
23:04
Wednesday. I think between the decent staff
23:06
and the circus staff, there's be over 30 people there for some
23:09
combination between Wednesday and Monday.
23:11
Derek leaves Wednesday morning. I'm going with him.
23:14
He doesn't come back till Monday night.
23:15
I'm flying out of Omaha early Saturday morning.
23:18
I want to be back for Father's Day.
23:20
Most of our crew I think is coming back Sunday itself, but
23:23
obviously big production Beast is going to be doing 2 of their
23:26
shows from Rocco's there where they do the jello shots, the
23:28
famous place across from the stadium.
23:31
So JBT and Stormy will be doing their show 9:00 to 11:00
23:37
Pacific, 11 to to 1 Central and then mentioned Paul 3 to 6
23:43
Central, 1:00 to 1:00 to 4:00 Pacific for Thursday, Friday and
23:47
then mentioned Paul are doing a morning show on Saturday.
23:49
Yeah, I think that'll go a long way in helping the growth.
23:51
I really do. Visa obviously targets a sports
23:54
betters and I think it's wise for you guys to be showing up or
23:58
Visa to be showing up there and you going along with them to
24:00
Omaha for the event. Well, let's switch to Game 2
24:05
tonight. The NHL.
24:06
The Oilers struck first in overtime.
24:09
Just a fantastic game. What do you anticipate to see
24:13
tonight, Florida? Can they even it up before they
24:15
head back? Are we going to see the Oilers
24:18
go up to nothing, Mike? People are betting Florida
24:21
tonight. The series price adjusted from
24:25
-120 to -2 dollars or two O 5. Look, if you bet Edmonton a
24:32
couple of things I think you have to take away from the game.
24:34
This is the first time Florida's lost the playoff game where they
24:36
let it either after either period one or period two.
24:40
I thought Florida was the better team for probably 50 of the 60
24:44
minutes in regulation. Obviously Edmonton was the
24:47
better team in overtime. All Florida could do was ice the
24:49
puck the whole overtime period. I thought the key to the game
24:53
was one play. It was the soft goal by
24:55
Bobrowski that made it 3-2. I thought Florida was in
24:58
complete control of the game up to that.
24:59
Point. That was the Arbitson goal,
25:00
right? Yeah, I think it was.
25:02
Yeah, the Arbitson goal, the really bad goal it was and I
25:05
think it might have changed the whole series, but I still think
25:08
it goes long. I'm not betting the individual
25:10
games. I, I told you, I, you know, I
25:12
need Edmonton just a little bit because I think it's Mcdavid's
25:16
time. A big deal is dry.
25:18
Sidle was hurt last year, remember?
25:19
Go back and look at his seven games in the finals.
25:22
When did he have 3 assists? No goal.
25:24
He. Was hurt and you've got a
25:25
healthy dry cycle so I still I game one.
25:29
Didn't change my opinion. In fact, it it probably made me
25:32
lean more towards the Oilers here.
25:34
Pittsburgh's been searching for a quarterback and they have a
25:38
quarterback. I don't know how much is left in
25:40
the tank. What did you guys see at Circa
25:42
and in the betting markets with Aaron Rodgers?
25:44
The announcement of him siding with the Steelers for a year?
25:47
Well, absolutely 0 movement, but but let's but let's be fair.
25:52
We moved the number when he didn't sign with the Vikings.
25:55
It was already baked. If we baked it in that he was
25:58
going to Pittsburgh, Let's just be honest, right?
26:00
And I know people said, oh, it's June 1st and everybody's
26:03
wringing their hands. What's going on?
26:05
Why isn't why isn't he signed with the Steelers yet?
26:07
Let's not forget it's not that long ago.
26:10
That's far going from The Jets to the Vikings.
26:12
Didn't sign with the Vikings till August 12th that year which
26:15
he should have led them to a Super Bowl and that incredible.
26:18
This is in Detroit. That was Paul Allen's call
26:20
against New Orleans. Somewhere along those lines.
26:23
Yeah, he should have. It was great content that
26:25
summer. That's how I remember the Farv
26:27
dragging that bad boy out. And I'm guessing Jordan loves
26:30
going to be the next one. Right, Because you're for former
26:32
Packer quarterback. Once you get to that point, I
26:34
want to go back to hockey just for one more.
26:36
When it comes to the con smite, I'm shocked.
26:38
Sam Bennett's hanging out there. 20 to 1 means leading the
26:41
playoffs and goals scored. At least he was and he potted 2
26:45
the other night. The first one shouldn't have
26:46
counted, by the way. That was goalie interference.
26:48
I will take that to my grave. Sam Bennett at 2:00 to at 20 to
26:52
1 to win the con Smite. If Florida wins.
26:55
Doesn't it have to be him if he keeps going on this pace?
26:59
Could be, especially with Babrowski not having the good
27:01
game. One a couple of thoughts, Kenny
27:05
and I'm going to tie Dallas into this.
27:07
I think the stars would go after a guy like Bennett.
27:10
They they, that's what they need, a hard nosed score that
27:13
you, they don't really have that gritty score.
27:17
But I get your point. We're looking for an
27:24
alternative, David. And then the other thing is I
27:28
was outspoken about this when it happened.
27:31
I think the board did the right thing to pull the fake case.
27:35
However, his post game comments made it impossible for Dallas to
27:39
move forward with both of them. I would have moved Ottinger if I
27:42
were running the team, but it's a lot easier to say goodbye to
27:45
the board. But those two could not come
27:47
back together as a combination, especially when you're going to
27:50
be running up against Edmonton for the next half decade in the
27:52
Western Conference playoffs. You just couldn't move forward
27:55
with that head coach goalie conference.
27:57
I felt the same way and I felt the same Ray, based on the fact
28:00
that I had a goalie who was really good that just absolutely
28:03
stunk and I wanted to see him replaced with the The Jets back
28:06
up. So I got your point and I was
28:08
with you 100% on it and I thought he did the right thing
28:11
trying to light a fire under his team.
28:13
But to your point, it was the post game press conference that
28:17
sealed his fate. One of them had to go after
28:19
that. I'm with you, Mike.
28:21
And now we see the result. I mean, I mean, Divorce reached
28:24
the conference finals in six to seven years, and he's passed
28:26
around like used socks. It's pretty.
28:28
Amazing. Yeah, No, it is.
28:30
And the bad part about it is, well, I'm sure he's under
28:32
contract, He's going to get paid.
28:34
But the the Stars waited till every coaching vacancy was
28:37
filled and then they finally cast him or cut him adrift over
28:41
the weekend. A baseball real quick.
28:44
Detroit and the Cubs, Tigers, Cubs Can't believe it's not
28:48
Sunday night baseball. Wish it was.
28:50
Can't have everything. I think it's going to be a great
28:52
series. Every ticket in at the ballpark
28:55
has been sold. Standing room only 120,000
28:58
people watching Tigers and Cubs. It's going to be a fun series.
29:01
Mike. How will the betting public
29:03
react to it? Do you think it'll be a decent
29:05
right on this three-game set? Well, I think so, especially
29:09
tonight. I mean, I was earlier in Chicago
29:12
radio. What's about the highlight of my
29:14
weekend in sports? Is it the Belmont is a game to
29:17
Stanley Cup is a game to NBA Finals?
29:20
I said it's Cubs and school. Tonight is the highlight of my
29:22
weekend. That's what I'm most looking
29:24
forward to. This guy is a machine.
29:26
He doesn't hit a false note against this Cubs lineup that,
29:29
you know, can you really create havoc and really hit from from
29:33
from really 7 or 8 spots. So I think that's what I'm most
29:37
looking forward to and we should have a great ride on the game
29:40
tonight. I mean, I've got 100 Brown at 22
29:42
to one for Cy Young and I feel like it should be 221 because I
29:46
need, I need a school ball injury.
29:47
Yeah, sadly you do. Hey, since you were on Chicago
29:51
radio, I got to ask you, did you straighten them out about
29:53
celebrating versus Bedard? These the executives get get
29:59
we're just really angry with me more so than what I criticized
30:03
them not following through and now they got the TV deal today
30:06
right I. Saw that?
30:07
Yes, that huge. And yeah, and Mitch Rosen sent
30:09
me the press release and my reply in the e-mail was the
30:11
sheba got it done. But but look, I had a lot of
30:17
criticisms of different things there, right?
30:19
But they were so mad because in their presentation they said our
30:23
on ice product wasn't great, but at least we were better than the
30:26
sharks. And I said, well, I'd rather be
30:28
in the sharks position. They got a much better play by
30:30
play guy and Randy on and they have a much better young
30:32
superstar in celebrity you. They were so offended that I
30:37
said that. I said it's not even closest to
30:40
two way player. I said try watching a Sharks
30:42
game. Brittany jumps off the screen at
30:44
you. I get Bedard Kent because you're
30:46
not on TV. Until this year, they finally
30:50
got it figured out. Finally.
30:51
Shots fired, like 1 vital thing. I know like buddy Gil Alexander,
30:56
right? He's big into tennis betting.
30:59
Ken and I do not talk tennis, but every once in a while I'll
31:02
flip it on. French Open can be tough.
31:03
It's different. But what's it going to be like
31:06
tomorrow morning? Number one verse #2 it's
31:08
Sabalinka against Goth. A great matchup at 6:00 AM in
31:12
the sports book. It's got to be people from
31:14
Friday night they haven't gone to bed, right?
31:15
I mean, that's going to be the only people in there actually
31:17
watching that thing at 6:00 AM Pacific.
31:20
There'll be a few people get up from their hotel, hotel rooms
31:24
maybe and and come down a little bit early.
31:26
You're treated to really 3 great matches and I'm speaking a
31:29
little bit ahead of turn, but three great matches, Sabalinka
31:33
against Fiatex, Sabalinka Golf and then center and Carlos.
31:38
I mean really three all time great matchups I think, which
31:42
has been great. They had their upset story with
31:44
the wild card 360th ranked girl, Stinky Basalt, as I call her,
31:49
because you know, Harriet Dart said she didn't wear deodorant.
31:52
I told everybody Coco Golf was going to roll this girl.
31:55
You know, the big thing in the women's game, I think it's a lot
31:58
is mental. And Pagula the trust fund baby.
32:02
When you got a 360th player trading shots with you, it wears
32:07
on you. The 18 year old Russian girl.
32:09
And Dreva lost her mind with all the French people screaming at
32:12
her, you know what I mean? Not golf, because golf just
32:15
keeps coming and keeps charging. And then the other big factor
32:18
was I think she had fished her fifth straight complete game in
32:22
the Minnesota softball state tournament, too, That that, that
32:25
girl, Lois Poisson. So I thought she would be
32:27
fatigued. Last thing, what are you seeing
32:30
with the contest? You had a schedule this early in
32:33
the sign ups? I think we crossed 500 today.
32:36
There's three different proxies that have booths.
32:38
They're just rolling through appointments.
32:39
So 500 in the Survivor and we're around 1:50 in the millions.
32:43
And like I say, did check with me 48 hours before they kick off
32:48
on the Grandissimo. Yeah, for sure, because that's
32:50
when it's going to come in. Although I I heard on on with
32:53
Mitch and Paul yesterday, the circus survivor sweat.
32:58
What's the, the website survivor sweat?
33:00
I think he said he's got 4 coming out next week to sign up
33:03
for Grandissimo. Well, that's great.
33:05
Yeah. The more we can get early, the
33:07
better the momentum will build. Obviously I do you know, it's
33:10
it's somebody that's not going to have any shot to be in Vegas
33:13
the rest of the year except now that would lock up 100,000 for
33:16
four months in my. Opinion.
33:18
I'm with you, Mike. Have a good week.
33:19
Thanks for doing this. Talk to you next Friday.
33:21
Thank you, Mike Palm all. Right.
33:22
Thanks guys. Yeah, good to talk to you, Mike
33:23
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33:26
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33:28
I talked to my son. He does all the sign ups on the
33:32
weekend. I can't remember being this busy
33:34
this early. That's what he said to me.
33:36
So they're going to, he thinks they're going to blow by that
33:38
$20 million guarantee, $20 million guarantee in Circa
33:43
Survival. Let's have a hot season.
33:44
Somebody. Somebody we know.
33:46
Yes. That we can latch onto and just
33:49
live vicariously through. Them because was it last year
33:53
that we had somebody but they wouldn't come on the.
33:56
Air Yeah, I remember you saying that.
33:58
Yes, it was somebody that was into November of memory serves.
34:02
An Iowa I don't think they saw December.
34:04
They did not, but it was an Iowa that was getting down there
34:07
after decimated almost everybody those first couple of weeks.
34:11
He was still alive. I traded some message he.
34:13
Wasn't Bengals and Ravens Bengals week 1 Ravens over the
34:17
Ravens are the Raiders beat the Ravens in Baltimore Week 2 bye
34:20
bye? That's what happened to me.
34:22
So what happened to most of the people in the contest?
34:24
But it was better than the year before previous when the Vikings
34:28
got beat by the Buccaneers in Week.
34:29
One that killed you. After year one, I've made it to
34:32
October. That's our high watermark.
34:34
Between the two of. Us between the combined what, 15
34:36
entries? Probably, yeah.
34:38
One of the 15 have seen. October, the month of October.
34:41
God, all you gotta do is bet one game, bet, bet one game, pick
34:44
one winner, pick a winner. Spread doesn't factor.
34:46
Nope, just one team to win each week.
34:48
Seems easy. Can't use the same team more
34:50
than once. But you look at the schedule.
34:52
Well, this team is playing. This is the worst team in the
34:54
league. They'll win.
34:55
Uh huh. Back to wrap things up, Trent's
34:59
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Trent Condon and Ken Miller with you.
35:15
Until 5 more minutes or so, then we will turn things over.
35:19
The top of the drive, the top of the hour, rather the Dr. kicks
35:22
in. Heather and Lucas take you in
35:25
till 5. No.
35:26
What's going on? With John and Lucas, they're out
35:28
of Shields. Oh, that's right.
35:29
You know, I should have read the e-mail.
35:31
I did read the e-mail just stuck with me.
35:32
It did not. So they're on the location and
35:35
Shields. Today, yes, I was just working
35:37
through just getting them set up there and OK, well, I'm a little
35:41
bit behind in my pics though I look at 3-4 this evening.
35:44
All right, what do you got? You bet.
35:45
I bet in the hockey. I'm not.
35:47
I didn't. I thought I was going to get a
35:49
better price on the Panthers. That's where I would have what?
35:51
Is it now it's? Like -1 O four kind of.
35:55
That's I think that was the price I saw at Circa.
35:58
Not enough to jump in I don't think at that price.
36:01
Already got a Panthers ticket sitting in my back pocket to win
36:03
the Stanley Cups. Don't you think they even add up
36:05
to? Well, obviously you do if you
36:06
win a battle. Yeah, but at that price, was
36:08
something already there just kind of felt like, yeah, we'll
36:12
be all right, OK with that one. So it's just three baseball
36:15
games. The first yes isn't Cincinnati.
36:19
We're the Reds. Take the resurgent Arizona
36:23
Diamondbacks on I. Can't go there yet.
36:25
I can't either give me Ladolo and the Reds.
36:27
I'm going to grab the price plus one O 4 with Cincinnati.
36:32
We go north of the border to Minnesota where my twins face
36:37
your Blue Jays and that very well can decide who is the
36:40
number four seed in all the baseball.
36:42
You know in the American League. Bailey Ober against Who's this
36:46
guy? Don't know much about him, I
36:47
know he's off to a pretty good start.
36:50
I'll take that guy. Price is right plus 136.
36:53
Schultzy not He's not young. By any means.
36:56
Oh yeah. Plus 136.
36:58
It was the price this morning that I jumped in board.
37:00
And then, finally, Dodgers, Cardinals.
37:03
Is this this might be a bullpen game for Toronto.
37:05
It is so Sonny Gray who's perfectly solid right against
37:12
the Dodgers in a bullpen game. I can get the Dodgers A+ Bunny.
37:18
I have to do it. This is not against tree school.
37:21
This is not against an elite arm.
37:22
This is against a good arm. Give me the better team plus
37:27
money. I'll do it plus one O 5 will
37:29
the. Cardinals sell out their
37:30
ballpark this weekend for the Dodgers.
37:32
No, I don't think so. Yeah, I'm with you.
37:35
This or this normally years about years ago would have been
37:37
well attended, you know, before we ran out of time in the in the
37:40
chicken coop contest. I I was watching Sports Center
37:43
and I hadn't seen the Bobby Whit catch.
37:44
OK. That's why I, you know, I mean,
37:49
what? A catch?
37:49
Yes, absolutely. That's.
37:51
What I've just seen all year, I think, yes, good God, look at
37:54
Superman flying through the air to make that stat.
37:57
Boy, he's such a nice player. Where are the Royals?
38:00
Oh, the Royals have the White Sox this weekend.
38:02
Get 3. Yeah, the better.
38:04
Get 3 Cubs. Detroit.
38:05
Really good. Yes.
38:06
Toronto, Minnesota. Good for us, good for us.
38:10
And the twins got their staff set as they.
38:12
Do they? Well, they sent Festa even got
38:14
about 5 minutes to hey, you're going to Sacramento to pitch
38:18
pitch of the Major League game. But they're now rotation is set
38:21
over tonight for the Twins. Paddock on Saturday, Ryan on
38:25
Sunday, Paddock. Was so good in Seattle last week
38:27
last. Couple of starts.
38:28
He's been really, really good. Well, hopefully it ends Atlanta,
38:32
San France pretty good. Series.
38:34
I like that one. That's the I think that's the
38:37
best West Coast Pacific Time zone series.
38:40
Speaking of West Coast, it's under the radar and it's maybe
38:43
very far off the radar. However, Baltimore's won six in
38:47
a row. Yeah, you know what?
38:49
I saw that. They've won six in a row.
38:54
The Athletics have won one in a row.
38:55
Rush Fit is starting to hit. Henderson's starting to hit.
38:58
Well, they fired their manager. Manager gone.
39:02
We know that lineup is good. Pitching's not great, no, not
39:05
even good. However, in American League
39:09
without a lot of depth. Yours your proclaiming them as
39:12
they still got a. Heartbeat.
39:14
There's a heartbeat there. And if you're looking for a
39:17
wager Orioles to make the playoffs, I'm sure you're going
39:22
to get a good. Price.
39:23
You would get a really good price.
39:25
No, you wouldn't cash your ticket.
39:26
June 6th, Mark the tape on that. All right, I'll do it for us.
39:30
The drive is coming up next. It'll be hosted today by Sean
39:34
and Lucas. They'll take you home, where
39:36
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39:39
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