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• Hi. Right, Chris reebart here Bartisville, market president for Gateway, letting you know that we've raised our CD rates again for a limited time. You can get five point twenty five percent apy on our seven month CD. That's right, five point twenty five percent annual percentage yield on a seven month CD. To take advantage, visit us online at www dot Gateway First dot com. That's www. Gateway First dot com. Some restrictions do apply. It requires a five hundred dollars minimum balance Gateway First Bank. Remember FDIC. Wow. It's time for a playoff edition of Tailgate Talk. You're listening to the Green Country Kickoff Show Tailgate Talk. You can download it listen wherever you listen to your podcast. Also listen live before the Brewin Football Pregame Show, the Bajaska Pregame Show o K one Sports Talk ninety nine point one FM k PGM. It's a special playoff edition because we are in the week number one of the high school football playoffs. Having far By Chris Batchelder, Chris Revard and a night Hawk with you guys. Good evening, good evening. Who wants to do it first? Absolutely? I will everybody listen Night Hawk has a sponsorship. How big is that. It's incredible. If you're above the age of twenty one, you can go out. You could go out in nice beautiful box of night Hawk one buck. Hey, yeah, there's white wine, there's red wine. There's all seven different kinds. Absolutely Hawk Wine. My marketing team really worked with the manufacturer to make sure that your favorites, all your favorite flavors. Good job the playoffs. You know, if Kevin Potter would allowed, I was trying to bring up good job. I think we've reached our quotient of alcohol. Talk on Telly Talk we were going to spots way. Uh yeah, It's like and it's week zero or week one. I think, guys, this is this is week one of the playoffs. And I believe at least in the last decade, and I didn't go back any further than that. We have the most teams in Washington, O, Sage, and no Wada counties in the postseason. We've ever had seven teams. A lot of them are in no Stage county. You have Woodland, Homedy, Bajasca, and Barnestall. But then you have three of the four high schools in Washington County all in the playoffs and Copain story in Bartlesville, no Kney Valley, and no one in no Wata County but still uh well, no Water County. I don't think it is now it's not Rogers County in Washington. Yeah, so I said three four? What did I did? I mess it up? No? Oh dude, I'm sorry. No, I left three three of the five. It's three of the five. Three the then Barbswell White third grade is still. Don't forget you got three of the six. So we have one, two, three, four, five, six games to pick guys and looking forward to getting things started in the postseason. So are we It's exciting. I love this. Let's hit it. Let's get to it. We got a lot to talk about. Well, first ball game, we added a team we hadn't picked this year because they're close enough and we're down on their games obviously to talk about. But let's talk about Homedy, the Homedy Bucks sticking on Allen in the first round of the Class A playoffs. Homedy did not play a playoff game in twenty twenty, and I don't remember if they had a COVID issue then or what it was, because everyone qualified in twenty twenty but the Bucks did not play a postseason game then, But you know, that was kind of a weird deal. They went five and five that year. Excluding that year, this is the twenty fifth straight season Homedy has been to the postseason. Last year Bucks coming off of Class A semi final appearance and they beat Alan Koppa and Hooker before losing to Gore. Fairview would be your Class A state champ. Homedy's ten and zero. They're the one seed out of Class A five. We have three kind of close games in a row entering the postseason. Bucks beat Tankoa fourteen nothing, Woodland twenty three to twenty, and showtow Maze twenty eight to twelve last week. I kind of have a feeling, without talking to anyone, maybe they had a lot of backups for that Show to Amazing game because the team's not all that great. Allen to six and four. There's no common opponents. Winner between the Bucks and Allen will take on the winner of win Dot and Panama in the second round of the Class A postseason. Again, Homedy at home against Allen. Guys. I don't care what level, I don't care what class you go to the playoffs. Twenty five years in a row. That is remarkable. That's pretty good. That's pretty awesome. That's pretty good. Yeah, oh yeah, I got him. I'm telling I mean, I don't know how you can pick against him ten and oh that's pretty cool. I wondered earlier in the season, why we don't why we don't talk about home that's on the edge. Yeah, all right, why no Hominy? Well, since our listenership that was experience so quickly, Yeah, area Talk, we should talk about Hominy. I get it to Cleveland and then still and then you're going to Texas exactly. Oh god, we are. Well, if you're looking at Talk, if you're looking to scores the Talk wall, you know, Talk was really good, and we know Woodland is really good, really good, very good. And so I mean those are those I would have loved to watch those two games as well. But there's some really good football, really good running rushing the football game. So they probably play a spread offense. They run the ball. I bet twenty four twenty five years regardless, I'm taking the Homy bucks. Woodland, by the way, is nine and one. They're only lostes to Hominy. Yeah, so I'm taking Homedy bucks. Yeah, since since one hundred percent. It's deer season Bucks, Homedy bulls, and I guarantee, Evan you said something at the very start that was is kind of confusing with Shote Mays twenty eight twelve. Last week's game didn't matter, So I guarantee that they were playing some younger kids and get some experience, and to be honest, you make a big push into deep into the playoffs, those younger kids are gonna need to play. Oh yeah, I mean that becomes fourteen games to get the end ball, and some of those younger kids are gonna have to step up. So I'm going how many bucks? I'm going Homedy for the gold ball? I mean, let's just go ahead and no, you just Tommy did no way guys. Yeah, but who was your oh ranked? I don't It depends on where you look got to be. I don't know. Let's look up. Of course, I don't even know where you look at rankings anymore. Okay, rankings, but they actually have ap know that the state does not have official rankings. Yeah, the Tulsa World hasn't. But there's no there's no cult world has high school Skirtle. Though, if you go to Squirtle and you pull up that game that's gonna happen. The AP used to kind of gone away with that. Yeah in stink. Yeah, it's not great. Move on marginal all right, Class B playoffs. Barnsdall ticking on Wlitka six time. Past eight seasons, Kylie Sweeney's club has been in the playoffs. Panthers are looking for their first postseason win, though since twenty nineteen. It's when they went to the quarterfinals. They ended up as the four seed, though after they lost to Yale last week sixteen to fourteen. Panthers are seven and three. This is the same first round opponent Barnsdall had last year. They lost to Walka in the first round a year ago, seventy two to forty two. The Wlitka Outlaws are nine to one. Their only loss was the Regent Prep in non district place sixty four to forty was the final, of course, Regent Prep is in Barnsdall's district. Panthers lost to them sixty one to fourteen. Again, Outlaws lost to them sixty four to forty. Winner between Barnsdall and Wlika gets Welch or Webers falls winner of that one in the second round, which will probably be webers Falls right, Nighthawk said that webers Falls was really good. Also, Nighthawk also picked Yale. I want to give credit words to you. I went against the Green Yeah, so good job on that view. You're welcome really starting to jail with it. I know we are. This here's where we're about to differ though, because I'm taking the Stashes. Baby, come on, I want the Stashes in the postseason. I want Kylie Sweeney at the helm, and I want to see what what a hopefully healthy Stash team can do. I know they're up against a really, really good team. The Outlaws are nine to one, and that poses a big fo but I'm telling you, I like Barnstall. I want them to I want them to get right, and I think this is the week. I think, Well, first off, Wealika. That's such a fun word to say. How about the Outlaws. That's pretty good. Well, you're right, but it does not go together. No, not really, it doesn't. Warriors, Walika Chiefs, some kind of you know, wombats, like the Wombats. I like the Walika Tomawks, which is Alika wombat sounds really activity that does well. I'm taking the Wilika Outlaws that's a long way to travel. And I mean they're obviously really to talk about. Yeah, you're right, but they're obviously really good. You know, Marshall the last several games kind of strut a little bit. But I wonder who won the biggest Wilka Watumpka final game of the season matchup, Evan Well, I think they're only lost. Well it was Lika because their only loss is the region. Oh yeah, you're right. Good good job with the math. YEAHA who you taking? I am taking that loss as well. I think Barnstall, I mean, great season obviously, Uh, Sweeney's done a tremendous job. Uh. They're in the playoffs again, so six out of the last eight years. That is a really good accomplishment. I think they're still a little young. I didn't like how they finished the season. Uh, and if you look at the common foes, I just don't think, uh that Barnshaw is going to be I will pull it off. Be rooting for him. Yeah, but sure, you know, Regent Prep is a really good team, and you know they scored forty points on Regent Prep. So yeah, I'm going out if it is Wilika, that Wilika Webers falls game should be a really good game. Yeah. Well LKA won at Watumka last week thirty six, twenty six. All right, all right, next ball game to the Class C postseason. Now, Copan at Thackerville Hornets get in for the first time since two thousand and nine outside of twenty twenty. You know, I don't know how you want to word that. They didn't earn it in in twenty twenty. They beat Oaks seventy two to forty weston Auroric ten carries one hundred and twenty six yards, two touchdowns Shooter Brewington had thirty five tackles Shooter and a touchdown Grass thirty five five tackles. Keep going over, keep talking. Copan is five and five. The Thackerville Wildcats are eight and two. That is about four and a half hours from here. Copin is spending their leaving Thursday morning, so they should get there mid day, late afternoon on Thursday. They're spending the night, and then they're going to spend Friday night as well before they come back on Saturday. So it's going to be a road trillion. Yeah, man, I think they're staying at the casino. No comment upon it that I made that I was gonna say, Coach Marshall, if you need someone, you need another set of eyes on the sideline. I think that that was a completely terrible idea. No common opponents. Last playoff win for Copin wasn't a nine last time they made it. Winner will get the winner of Winoka and Mountain View Goady Bow. If you don't know this when you're in the Classic playoffs, are already in the round of sixteen, so winner will go to the quarterfinals. I do have some season totals for you that to Coach Foreman was nice enough to send me Weston Orrick fifteen hundred yards on the ground on this fall, twenty one touchdowns, one hundred and one tackles on defense Tagking Corona nine fifty three so they were forty seven yards away from Havy two one thousand yard rushers, twenty six touchdowns. Carson Woodworth had five hundred and seventy four yards receiving and eleven touchdowns Shooter Bruington. It will end with one hundred and eighteen tackles. It's seventeen a game, seventeen eight game, excuse me. And Kane Foreman had twenty six touchdowns, four interceptions, and two touchdown runs, a few totals on Copan at Thackerville. Guys, the first thing that Rev and I talked about this morning was that bus ride four and a half hours to Thackerville. And I immediately thought, you know, hey, congratulations Copine, you're in the playoffs. We're gonna send you to Thackerville. And that is not good. But now that I know they're going down and spending the night, even if they had just gone halfway, that changes. I think that changes it. And and you know that they're not staying at the casino exactly, that really changes it. Is there Backerville Star that's the that's the were Oh, that's how they got my school. I don't yeah, come on, I don't yeah, come on. I can't tell if trolley got I don't know if he's trolling. I think he's trolling. I want to say that those numbers for Auror Can and Shooter Burriton are are their nine vocals? That's insane? Report said, was he the only one out there? Now, let me put it in the context. I know thirty five tackles, there's sometimes not thirty five plays. Now, I'm telling you offense, they probably saw how many points. Did uh they scored forty four points. Yeah, so boy, he must have had it. I mean there's only probably fifty plays on offense, and that's about every other one of yeah, every's but there's a lot of scoring. There's a lot of kickoff opportunities. Okay, so and he's a flyer, so you know he's first one down and they might Shooter. You know he's gonna go record. Oh, Shooter's gonna wreck it. I mean I thought when he was going through season totals, we here like Shooter had nine and twenty two tackles. Yeah, as well after my gosh, yeah, guys, I'm going to take the hornets. And I love I love where this whole thing is. I know that Thackerville is good eight and two and they've got some good wins, but man, I got a pull for the local. You guys know that, and these these guys are really hitting their stride right now, and I would not be surprised to see them go down there and win this game. Yeah it get This is where it gets tricky because in eight eight man is is you know you can have a district where yeah, sure, no seven teams are bad. Yeah, they're really bad where seven teams are really good like bad. Yeah, and that's that's what I was getting at. Is Copine playing a pretty tough disc out? Yeah, you know, Westland is good and we'll touch on that a few minutes. So they played in a tough district. I don't know how good Thackerville's district is. You know, is this a situation where Copinne played in a tough district and they're going down there and Thackerville's you know, won it not very good? You know, Copine has a shot? Or is Thackerville legit right there? They're really good? So but I'm I'm kind of with Batch. I'm going to go with the local team here. I like the idea of taking the kids down, spend the night. I'm sure they're going to have a walk through that morning, have lunch, have all kinds of stuff, you know, playing for the kids. It's always tricky changing up a kid's day in football because they're used to going to school, going to the field house. After you get done, you know, you feed them. Something is pretty sady and this is throwing everything. But hopefully the excitement, you know, them not being in the playoffs is two thousand and nine is has got them all fired up, and I know Coach Foreman and his staff are working very hard this week prayer for this game. So I'm gonna take the kopin Hornets on an upset right here. Well, guys, they whooped Oaks. I mean it was they. They played really well. It was a I kept checking that score and it was they were putting it on. Yeah, great, they were. They were up forty two, and coach Foreman brought in all the back. He wanted those young guys to play, so instead of getting up the forty five, he put in everybody else backed up. I know people from Mountain View and Godibo, I know you don't absolutely back second one, Godi Bow that's who they if they if they win theolidated consolidated mountain View, Godie Both. There's mountain View and there's Goldy Both. I know them. Huh. Vackerville. By the way, they have won eight in a row. Their two losses were to Wilson and Ryan in non district plays, so they went undefeated in the district. The one thing I will say is they give up a lot of points. I mean, at least for a team that went undefeated in the district eighty one, thirty four sixty eight to twenty sixty six twenty district. They score a lot of points. Wilson did win the district. They lost to them by two, and of course they won district. Right, No different Wilson. Oh okay, that's why it's Wilson Henrietta. Right. We solved it, right Wilson, because I thought they do have a common opponent. Yeah, they do. Not interesting, But anyway, Thackerville's given up thirty two twenty twenty, thirty four, twelve twenty four to twelve fifty points in their last seven games. So coach Foreman believes that he liked this to be a you know, sixty five fifty five type ball game, if they're going to have a chance to win. I think that is what he thinks. Sixty's that means thought about that makes shoot we have sixty fifty five. I don't think that's what he said, but he wants it to be I scoring. Yeah, wow, yeah, all right, Well can I okay, we got off kilter, so no, I guess I'll take copain. Everyone else said something, so it's fine. Now, I like, I love the idea coming in here. Before I found that out that coach Marshall taking him down the night before. I was going to take Copain because that foreign I mean, not take Copain. But since hey, this is gonna be a big deal these kids first time in the playoffs. I know that community. I'd love to see how many people are gonna be at that game, because usually four and a half hours in high school, like when we went to Lotten in eighty eighth in the semi I mean, this is the semi files, this is get Yeah, I mean there was no one there. I mean it was just it's that long drive. But Copine, I bet they have a good well. There was a huge brewing crowd last year at Lawton. It was yeah, you know, they hadn't been in the playoffs in a while, right, it was yeah, yeah, I bet I'll bet Copain. When I say I bet Copam goes, yeah, I'll bet Copan goes to this game. And you know they got that nice new bus. Have you guys seen their nice new bus? No? Yeah, yeah, they got a charter bus, got Copan hornets all over it. It's not awesome. Okay, that's a three way hornet. Cool right there. Good luck to coach Foreman and the Hornets next ball game. Also in the Class C playoffs, Wesley and Christian School versus Wlitka's other high school, Graham Dustin. Mustang's got the two seed out of Class C three after they really beat Coyle easily last week forty two to eight. Kyle Steamers was back and played well. Sounded like a coach. Kirk Cloud was very pleased with Kyle Seemer's return more than one hundred yards receiving at two touchdowns. Mentioned Wesley and Christian School hosting Graham Dustin, which also has a Wilka address the they're the outlaws? What is? What's Wlika? Then? Oh I messed it up? Sorry, Well anyway, Graham Dustin, I think they're the Wildcats or something. There's seven and three. I thought they were the Tigres. I told him early Tigers. Then maybe Graham Dustin's the Outlaws. I'll have to look it back up. Anyway, Graham Dustin seven and three. Wesley and Christian School seven and three Mustangs have won their last three games by a combined one sixty three to eight. Winner of WCS, Graham Dustin gets the winner of Tipton and Buffalo. This is the same opponent the Mustangs had at home last year. They won it fifty one twenty eight. Wasn't really a blowout, but they didn't win it. First two times WCS has hosted a playoff game, they won. So they beat Sosakowa two years ago thirty five sixteen, and mentioned their home win over Graham Dustin last year fifty one to twenty eight. So a first round win each of the last two years. Of course, they end up losing the Mountain View Gody bow at home in the second round last year. Hey, think about this. What how many other cities in the state of Oklahoma have two home field playoff games in the city on the same night. What a great point. Graham Dustin's the chieftain. Think about that. So we're talking about Washington County No. Three out of five, but both Bartsville teams and and as the crow flies about half a mile away from the Yeah, like my three woods get there. Yeah, my three would could get there. Wheezy. Well, I'm gonna talk about that maybe a little later. No, I I think that's really cool. Yeah. And I went by last Friday and they were already smoking them. I didn't stay very long, and it was a good crowd. I mean it was I love the Eagles here, I'm I got them. I love the home playoff opportunity. And I think, you know they beat them last year here in this same game. I think I think they'll do it again. It's gonna be rocking down on Silver Lake. It's gonna be rocking. It is gonna be. In fact, I'm going to take a I'm not only gonna take them, I'm gonna take a Craig Tait lights out early win for the bus is gonna be blowing out. Well, think about this one hundred and sixty three to eight last three games and crazy, think about think about their in their season, I know, just think about it. I mean they started off, they didn't have their quarterback, Seemers played quarterback. Seemers gets hurt, they don't having the quarterback, comes back, they play wildcat for two games. He comes back, then Seemers comes back for half a game, gets hurt, he's gone, then he comes back and now they're both back together healthy and look, let me let's go preseason. They lost one of their best players to a transferable right, so think about that. There are three studs ye last year, it's a tremendous job by Court. I mean that the Las Vegas Raiders should be calling. By goodness, one hundred and sixty three to eight, he's got everyone back. It's going to be Westland, Michigan State should be calling for sure, right Well, yeah, yeah, I'm just saying, if you want to have your double cheeseburger there from that little concession stand, you better get there early. Exactly. Got it's gonna be ruined. Well, I'm taking the Mustangs, and I agree with Batch. This is gonna be This game is going to be done early. Yeah, yeah, I like it all right, Bartzool wasn't playing at home, I'd go absolutely told me too, no doubt. Yeah, And it should be a nice evening for it. I have called a playoff game or two from the w CS stands, and this is going to be about a as good of a weather as it's been since I've been out there, and it's been a lot colder than that. Evan, are you nervous or anything? I mean, what is this your third playoff game to do? Fourth playoff game for Bartlesville though? This is I don't know, it's been a way more. Yeah, you did three, inf I did one in fourteen I did, oh you and fifteen one and twenty twenty two. This is my eighth left. Okay, just making sure you're not nervous. We're gonna help. It's just the butterflies. Butterfly, I mean, if you wanted us all in that behind you to support you, I appreciate it. We would. Yeah. Uh, well, well let's not jump the gun yet. We'll talk about the Bruns in a moment. Well, and I do want to tell listeners, if you're not going to the Brewing game, go out and watch the Mustangs. You'll be glad you did. They're a really good football team and could use the support. The other thing I did want to mention because I meant to mention this after we talked to Copana Thackerville. That is not the longest first round road trip in the state playoffs this year, but it does belong to another Class C matchup, that is Tyrone and Ryan. They play each other in the first round. I just looked this up. It's a five hour and forty five minute drive. Ryan is right on the Red River, I mean just to the south of Waurika, and then Tyrone is just south of Liberal, Kansas and the Panhan miles away. Hey guys, why are we talking about two guys, two buddies that are going to get a fish fight on this show? Tyrone and Ryan Man. They've had it with each no getting but Ryan tried to steal Tyrone's girl. They're gonna fight. That's a five and a half hour drive for those schools on a Friday night, so it's not not the furthest but it's pretty far silly. Well, I'm taking Tyrone in that one, all right. Next ball game, ba Hoasca at home against Kansas Huskies end up with the two seed and class two way eight after a big win last week beat Rejoice Christian in Owasso thirty to fifteen. If they lost, they probably would have been the four seed, so they avoid that. They get in. They're the twesdeed, they get to play at home again, Bahasca hosting an eight and two Kansas cl club. Well, the Huskiers were six and four no common opponents. Kansas's losses to Kiefer twenty two to fourteen and Victory Christian thirty to fourteen. If you remember, Pahaska bounced early to Victory Christian in the first round last year seventy to twenty two. That was the first year that they had not won a game since twenty eighteen, which was I think coach Tennessee's first season when they lost in the first round. Of course, they have this run of the state SEMIS and Class A in twenty twenty one and twenty twenty But Bahaska at home against Kansas at ormand Beach Stadium on KPGM, Man, I'm gonna let you guys go first. I don't know what to do here. Well I know what to do because I watched Little Kansas play. Remember, guys, whenever I went to I Dody Sperry and watched Little Kansas play. And Kansas got a quarterback that he is a good looking kid and he doesn't move for a while. He throws the ball pretty well. And they've got you know, normal five foot six, you know, a little kid and run around catch the ball. But nothing nothing special here. They came back and beat Sperry in that game because Sperry turned ball over twice in the fourth quarter. Sperry was up going into the fourth quarter by six. And Spurry's got a pretty good team. Yeah they're not bad, they're really young, but they're still good. So coach Tennessee is he is really a good coach when we talked about it, but he's good at taking away what you do best. And if he can take away, yeah, hey, this quarterback is not gonna beat us exactly. If the running back and receiver beat us, you know, it's fine. Let someone else beat us. And if he can stop that quarterback, and then I think he you know they're gonna be They're gonna be successful. Here's another thing here. Coach Matt Williams, who used to be the head football coach at Benita, been around forever and ever. He's the offense coordinator at Little Kansas. So coach Tennessee is familiar with everything they're gonna do. This is he They're not gonna surprise him with anything. This is in Pahusca. So I'm taking the Huskies in this game. And it's stumps and it stumped you because pe Huska is six and four and Little Kansas is to do with the districts where there's a bad district so you got a you know this is two verse three here. So anyways, I'm taking Pehusca in this game. Well I'm taking Pusca too, And here's why I think that's gonna be a defensive battle. I think it's gonna be I don't think anybody scores over twenty one points, maybe twenty eight points, but I think it's gonna be like a twenty eight fourteen, twenty eight, twenty one, maybe even closer to twenty eight twenty four. But when I hear a defensive battle and I've got coach Tennessee on one of the sidelines, I'm gonna go with coach Tennessee. He's got ten games to scout these kids up, and you know, with Huddle, they're gonna get the last three games. But Hennessy knows everybody in the state. He's got all ten and he's gonna be looking at him. So I am taking Pehuska Kansas. You know, I think it's a pretty good team. I played with a guy at Tulsa from Kansas. He's a big tight in that went on to play for the Cowboys. Well didn't play for him the roster, yeah, and he did get a Super Bowl ring. That's enough for me. Enough for that was in ninety two or ninety three. But fall and wait, wait Casey, but I'm taking post Gager. I'm gonna do the same thing before you guys. If I had gone first, my gut was going to beat a bet On coach Chennessey, and I think this time of year, that's what that's what you would be smart to do. So I'm doing that. So yeah, I like the Huskies, but Hoskin Kansas against Sports Talk ninety nine point one f M kpgm KPGMTV dot Com. Lonnie Tye loftis on the call on Friday night, and I will say that probably of the games we've talked about so far is probably the best game, probably from a matchup standpoint, that's gonna be. That's gonna be a really really good, really good game. That's gonna be what high school football playoffs. So the last one that we'll talk about, Bartlesville High at home against Putnam City North bro got in via fifty one to twenty win over Tallaquah last week. Bartlesville had seven possessions in the first half and scored seven touchdowns on those possessions, also forced a safety in there to have fifty one points at halftime. Bruins finished up at four and six. Putnam City North also four and six losses to Choctaw Ponka, Putnam City Original, and Deer Creek in the district. They also have a non district loss to a common opponent in Putnam City West twenty seven to seven. That was back on September the first If you're curious, Bartlesville beat PC West without Nate Neil or PJ. Wallace thirty one to twenty eight. Winner will go to Edmund Deer Creek for the second round. That is for sure because Deer Creek has a buy of Bartlesville coming off a Round one win a year ago beat Lowden on the road thirty six to thirty. That was their first playoff win since they beat Midwest City in Bartlesville the last home playoff game, the Bruins beat them thirty five to fourteen and twenty fifteen. The last playoff win prior to beating the Bombers was in two thousand and nine. So going for their third playoff win in the last fourteen years. Guys, if I had told you, and I know you, guys both believed that once they got into district play it would be a totally new season. But if I had told you when the Bruins were zero to three that they were going to be hosting hosting a first round playoff game this year. You'd have told me to get out of the booth, right, I mean, there was no way that was gonna happen. No, you know, I knew, Well they are the Well you need to understand, it's hosting a playoff game. That means you finished in the top six in your top four. Top four, well, top four, first two get a bye. So the next two hosts, the next two hosts six. So the Bruins have to be the best four and six team in the state. I mean, they are gotta be. They are. I mean, I'm not kidding, want to tell you this. They could real easily be eight and one, Evan. Could they be eight and one, I mean, I mean yeah, they could be nine to one. They could be nine to one, they could be ten and two. It has been the craziest season, and so I think they're gonna I'm gonna I've taken them. Obviously, I would have taken them against anybody, but I'm taking them at home against this PC North team. It's not very good they're gonna win this game. And so my question for you two who have a hell of a lot more coaching experience than I do. Do you do you like going up against the Deer Creek team off a bye or is the bye good? Right now? I would love it? Yeah? Right, So them sitting around this Friday is really good for the Bruins, right, And it depends it. I mean, the guys hurt. I mean, there's there's a lot of things any coach that we'll say that they don't want to buy is I would question? Right? So, yes, deer that is the Deer Creek's advantage. You get another two weeks, all right, get help and it's week ten. But to your point earlier, having that routine, yeah, it's something else too exactly. But those Deer Creek coaches will get to see the Bruins in person. Yeah, I promise you they're going to be there tonight or and they're gonna be watching the Bruins. So it's different to see a team live rather than in tape. So that's a that's an advantage. I would not want a Definitely, a first round by I wouldn't want. I mean, how you get an advance, but I wouldn't want that unless I had guys that were beat up or hurt that I knew. I was going to get back. Yeah, if everybody was healthy and everybody was good, then I want to play just for that, just for that same thing that when they go out and play next week, there's the first quarter is just going to be catching back up to speed. I mean, it changes things up a lot. Well, guys, I've talked to it. It's not fun. I've talked to some friends of mine, both here and in Edmund about Deer Creek, and from what I understand, the Bruins should be chomping at the bit to get a chance to play those guys. Is that right? Absolutely? I really hope they they smoke PC North and get a chance to play Deer Creek because I think I think that they have a real chance here to advance, and that would be really awesome. I don't think this just a touch on the PC game right night. I just don't. I don't think this is going to be a close game. I mean, I think this is about forty eight fourteen game. You know what's potential playing well, it's got potential to forty eight, Yeah, forteen. I mean, but but barters Hill has now learned a lot throughout this course of the season. Yeah, I mean they're they're they're more disciplined, they're more healthy than they've been, with the exception of uh, what's the yeah, oh yeah, with the with the exception Cooper, would you know they face adversity, yep, and soa. Now, yeah, you made earlier about playing younger guys. Yeah, well not even all the starters. Nate Neil played one series with the backup guys to start the second half and then he didn't play anymore. They the second half was entirely backups, which was great, and they played great. Yeah, it's good. So it's good experience, really good. Yeah. So one, I would take it by any time just because it is. I mean, I think you just get you get a lot more energy coming having that week. I hate the non routine, but most coaches are going to keep those kids engaged and they'll have a fun, fun week, and then they'll get back after it next week. Now we're talking about Deer Creek, but I want Barzil obviously to be concentrating on PC North because of this reason. I think they're a different team than what they were six weeks ago. Sure, eleven weeks ago. They've cleaned up a lot of things. They're playing harder, they're running the football, and they're playing great defense. And Neil now you can tell that, you know, got three or four games Underneathing and really starting to make that connection with Nico. And I think Nico is a great receiver. So I think now they're hitting on all cylinders. The thing that a little thing that concerns me is PC West just three weeks ago. I think they're about the same caliber as North North is probably just a little bit higher, tick a little bit better. So I want Bartzila to make sure that Hey, go in and take care of business, TCB go in and take care of business tonight. Let's worry about Deer Creek and traveling down there next week. And I know coach Wright's going to be that way. And they jacked around a little bit in that PC Western. It was super ugly and it was ugly. Yeah, and PC West was trying, did anyone? Yeah? Yeah, so expected to win. Yeah, I am taking barbsowl. That was homecoming, yep, right it was, And you know how I feel about homecoming. So guys, I want to tell you one quick thing. So I watched the Barfool game and on the first series they ran, so you know, there have been times where we've talked about the offense this year and just you know, running PG up the middle, PG up the middle, the middle. So they run an option to the short side, which kind of frustrates me anyway, and so I'm, you know, immediately thinking I will go option to short side again. They run option to the short side and PJ goes to hit I mean, he's going to hit another gear as he's running toward that line of scrimmage and out of nowhere on the run throws a rope forty yards down the field to Nico the in stride. Yeah, perfect pass for a for a touchdown. It was a great play and I'm glad to see them kind of mixing it up a little bit like that. Yeah. The only thing I Yeah, great play by them, and he didn't stop and throw it. He was running way through it. It was wild. Yeah. So you made a comment about running option to the short side. That's strictly because they they run that option, they run that play. They can't run to the white side because all the time, because there's tendency sheets and so we would see teams that would love running a certain play into the boundary like sand springs love to run screens into the boundary. I mean it was like eighty five percent out of this formation. So those tendencies and technologies hadn't gotten better because that was a lot of hands, you know, written stuff out of huddle. But I'm taking Bartlesville. I think they're playing really good. I tell you who I'm just impressed with really Neil and Nico. So I know Nico, I coach his younger brother in in third grade. It's been really cool to see that kid develop. He's a great kid. He works hard. I know he had a couple penalties early throughout the year, but I'm telling you he's got great hands. He runs great routes well. And I want to tell you something. Nighthawk one thing that has allowed so having Nate Neil back, sure you know which. And again Brett Eaves was a was a great He did great, John did great. But what has having Nate neilback has allowed them to really spread it around a lot more. And what's happened is he's he's started throwing to Chase Eves Moore, he started throwing to Austin's incmore. And once that happens, they got to come off a Nico a little bit, and so it's allowed him to throw to Nico more by spreading it out and making them dangerous with every one of those guys. Well, you work all spring, you work all summer with with Neil as your quarterback, and then all of a sudden, you've got this big playbook that you can that you've worked on for two years, and you're losing the first game. Well, that playbook is scaled way back. So just ask the New York Jets. Yeah, you know, it's like, pretty much just throw the playbook out. Now we're starting to see that offense that we thought coming into the season that we would see. Now, I think they're hitting their strides. Bruins, if you're listening, go win the dang thing. Because you said it a couple of weeks ago, and I was talking to it with some referees down in youth football at Skytook. I read I recognized one of them. His last name is Williams. He's forty year vet. I've had him probably eight times. We kind of recognized him. We kind of recognized each other. So we start talking it and he goes, hey, what's going on with the Barlow? He didn't do in Barzow games this year, he's like four and six. I go, I know, he goes, they got to be one of the scariest teams. I said, that's exactly what we're talking about. So we probably picked up a new listener. Good job. Yeah yeah, he see him a box of wine, would you? We can't. All the Bruins have to do is go out and play their game present all they have. They are a better football team, play between the West hit They're better coach football team. They're a better football team all the way around. They got a better radio show play one percent. Yeah, yeah, just just go play the game. That's it. And I want to say something to our fans that are listening. I know Evan gets this deal uploaded early sometimes if you hope, me and our wife's wow, I don't easy a listener in London. I want to tell everybody that the Bruins need you to come to this game, so you know, don't think that there's another game this season. This is it and so we need a packed house for this game because those boys will respond to a really great playoff atmosphere and we need them to really really kick the crap out of PC North and so let's get a good crowd, let's have a great night. It's going to be great weather, I promise you. The music is going to be loud and got a great paw to be a great time. So let's make it happen. Either go watch Bartsville Westland or sound watch night great playoff. So let's do it. No excuses Nate. Neil since his return has now been thirty five of fifty six for five. Yeah, for five. I have one hundred in about thirty five yards and that's three games. That's three games, and also seven touchdowns and no interceptions. Guys, they didn't throw it fifty six times the entire combined for you know, first nine game, first seven games in the season, and it's just it's it's a big difference. And I'll remind everyone. I know I mentioned it again, but that that PC West game that Bartlesville played, Neil nor PJ. Wallace played in that game. They did that with Brett Eaves and Sutton Williams where the two guys on offense. And that was a PC West team they still beat, and a PC West team that beat North by twenty points. If they throw it a couple times early, I think for however much he plays, I think PJ. Wallace go do whatever he wants. And the last thing I'll ask you guys is, after losing those three games in a row to Stillwater, Sand Springs and Muskogee all by one possession or less, how big of a deal was it for them to finally put their foot down and score fifty one points and lead a ball game fifty one seven and a half and and just put that completely behind you. Now it's all all behind Yeah. Yeah, you don't score fifty one points by not doing things correctly and not playing well. So no matter who they a half and a half and a half head and against, I know it's an expanded its still against the playoff team. Still against the team. It's not. It's not. It's not. It's not. Yeah, Book or T or Capitol Hill or U. S. Grant or whatever on the road. Yeah. Yeah, their defense is playing really well. That's you know, we talk a lot about Wallace, and we talk about the offense, and you know, now they're starting to click. But I'm telling you the last their defense. If if I was a coach playing Bartlesfield, I would I would be really concerned with their defense. Because they are being stingy, they are flying to the football, they're playing good sound football, and they're tackling. Well, they do have the ben don't break. I mean, how many stops have they made in the red zone this year is just an incredible I think tal inside the five, I think talaquad two first downs last week in the first half. All the ones run there if I remember correctly. Yeah, so all right, that'll be on K one, K one TV dot com Friday night. Pregame at six thirty, kickoff at seven o'clock on K one and K one TV dot com. Anything else, guys, Nope, excited, it's gonna be great Bruins. Oh yeah, no, we do have something else, and we do have something else in Pasca. You guys gotta win so we can keep talk rolling. Yeah, we gotta keep That's so by the time this airs, we will we will know the outcome, well possibly know the outcome for the Bruin White, the little Bruins. The little Bruins are still playing postseason football. So best of luck to uh. We played tonight at six o'clock at Contusa. There is a casino down there. Yeah, they're taking I tried taking I tried telling the parents, hey, let's just stay here. Yeah, just saying that way we keep it. But if we win the night, we'll be playing in the championship on Saturday. Appreciate it. Thanks to Gateway First Bank. That is Tailgate Talk Week number one of the playoffs. We'll see you next week, see you, Thank you.