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Thunder run past Wolves, Fever fall, David Eickholt talks Hawkeyes · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Right. Good afternoon, Welcome to
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Miller and Condon. See Iowa Sports Radio Network
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back to Iowa based programming for the next 06 hours.
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Thank you for starting your afternoon with us as Trent and I
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will take you up until 2. Here's what's coming up on our
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program here today. We'll start at the bottom of the
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hour. David Eichold, He was in
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Indianapolis over the weekend. Want to pick his brain on what
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he saw and what game day is like at what do we call it, Game
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bridge. Gainbridge.
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Gainbridge. Yes, one of the Pacers and the
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Fever. Was watching the feed on ABC5
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here locally for us. I know.
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That's where the game was last night, Yes, I watched it on the
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NBA now. ATV also had it, but I watched
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it there and I got a kick out of the local commercials for
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Indiana that were on were they Bob Smith's Mitsubishi?
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And then there was one for Gainbridge, though.
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That's why I popped into my mind when he said that, that Caitlin
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Clark, of course, was a part of. But yeah, we got the local feed
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on that one, which was interesting.
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Absolutely. Well, we'll get into that is the
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fever coughed, went up late last night.
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Well, they tried to come back, coughed it up early, if you
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truth be told. So we'll do David Eichelt on
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Hawkeye topics and pick his brain on what it's like to
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witness a fever game in person at home.
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We'll do that at the bottom of the hour.
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Hour number two, we'll head to Chicago as we do every Wednesday
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or most Wednesdays. David Kaplan will join us
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talking Chicago sports. Big win for the Cubs last night
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as their offense once again came to life.
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Tyone pitched very well. We'll do that. chicago-based
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topics with the cap man Centurion Stone of Iowa sponsors
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Cappy on a weekly basis. And then with the first
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checkpoint in baseball, the unofficially first checkpoint,
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the Memorial Day weekend, which is quickly approaching.
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Maybe the surprise of our regional teams, the Saint Louis
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Cardinals, who most would have thought would be not having the
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year that they are. Yes, they lost yesterday to
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scuba, but they got to scuba, chased him after five and 2/3
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innings, which have been not been the case for any times he's
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towed the rubber this year. But we'll talk about the
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Cardinals. And is this sustainable?
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Brian Walton on that at 1:30, Trends, plays of the day coming
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up. We will get to hear his thoughts
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on whether it's NHLNBA or WNBA or MLB.
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Well, let's start with the games from last night and I want to
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start with the NBA. If you'd be good enough to go
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there with me. And look, it was a 26 point win.
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It was AT Wolves team that took the lead in the locker room,
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actually still had the lead midway through the third quarter
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and then they lose by 26. But the story to me and it just
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drives me nuts. Why does SGA feel he has to play
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that way? Trent, this guy is looking, he
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is flopping Marcus Smart and wants to, you know, spend some
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time with him this summer to brush up on some of these
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skills. It's he's he's so good that he
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doesn't need to play this way yet.
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He knows he's going to get the calls, so he may as well keep
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doing it. And it drives me crazy.
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I I feel like I was ahead of the curve with James Harden before
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it became invoked to hate James Harden because of the way that
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he played. And this is the exact same
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thing. It's not basketball.
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It is not aesthetically pleasing.
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Hey, you get calls, but there's also a level where finally James
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Harden, those calls started to dissipate.
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They started to pull back. And SGA is not at that level.
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He's getting every single one of them.
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And it's not just the flopping, it's the hoots, it's the
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hollers, it's the letting out, the grunts.
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It's those things you're cheating.
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You're cheating and you're too talented of a player to have to
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cheat to get it. That is not basketball.
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A new thing that has been in vogue now the last five years or
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so is the guys that get bumped and they throw their head.
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Back does it every time. I I hate that.
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And I see it. I remember a couple years ago I
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was doing an event out in Vegas, an AEU event.
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And I remember that and, and how many kids, 7 eighth graders
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picked up on it that were doing that at that level.
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And now those guys, they're heroes are, and now those guys
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are in high school. Some of those guys are moving
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out to college. That's what we see in a
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permeates and people are watching this and they think,
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oh, that's how I play. No, that's not how you play and
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you couple it or the way they play on the other end of the
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floor. It's the Tom Izzo school about.
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The turnovers that they forced yesterday 17/18.
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And early on, you could see the Timberwolves were rattled by
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that. You know, it's that sheer
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physicality that they play with because about five times down
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the floor, I'm not going to call it every time.
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No, Tom Izzo, Dick Bennett, Beau Ryan, that brand of basketball,
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it's not fun to watch, No. And this is what we're going to
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get. The other part about the
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Thunder, though, is they're so deep they're fine with it
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because they know because of their depth, they can play that
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way. Where you go the other side.
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Jay McDaniel also plays that way.
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Let's be honest. But not to the extent I don't
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think. He's up on him.
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No, he is a great defender and he is physical as a defender,
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but he followed out well. There's one guy like that on the
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Timberwolves. They got five guys like that on
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the other side. And maybe the ringleader is
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Caruso. Oh.
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Man. What does he guard you?
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This story of Caruso, a guy that for long stretches last series
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was guarding Yokich, and now he's guarding Randall and he
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guarded John Moran in the first round.
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I know it was laughable, but still.
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But but your point is he's guarding guys 63687 feet.
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It doesn't matter. And he's able to do it at an
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elite level at 6 foot 5 and that he has that kind of strength,
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that kind of versatility. Texas He.
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Was an A&M guy. A&M OK.
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I believe he was on the A&M team that came back against you and I
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thanks I. Think you know what?
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You could be right? Yeah.
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What a what a collapse that was. What a was it all time?
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You and I had said some, as we talked about before the
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tournament, some of the greatest moments, both positive and on
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the other side of that argument, you're right.
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I think you're right, Trent. I believe he did play on that
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team. This team for the Thunder,
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they're deep and yet with all that being said and they pulled
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away, but you mentioned middle of the third quarter, Peoples
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are up 4 right there. Conley had a little bit of a
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run. They started off the game well,
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even not shooting it well. Divincenzo, Naz.
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Reed, Alexander Walker. They were no shows.
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None. Couldn't make baskets save their
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life. What were they combined 7 for
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36, seven for 36? How about this one?
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Alexander Walker, Nas Reed and Divincenzo open 3 pointers, 4 of
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24. Now.
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Open 3 pointers. Including a bunch of offers from
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Nas Reed. As a team, the Timberwolves on
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Open, which is considered 4 feet of space or more, 11 of 39
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normally, and especially for a team like the Timberwolves, has
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a pretty good shooting team. Yeah, they are.
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You're expecting about 42%. They're 11 to 39.
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On the other side, OKC and Open 3 pointers 10 of 16, so they're
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shooting over their mark. Timberwolves well on.
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So you're saying that this series is far from over?
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I think so. I hope so.
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I you're not going to get that kind of first half performance
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from Randolph very often. And when he's stepping into 30
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footers, I throw it about 80 feet in the air.
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That was he free. Good God, you're not going to
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get that often. But Edwards?
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Was off. You need him to be 283032 points
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for this team to win. But you not only need him to
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score, you need him to be an A hole.
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You need him to carry himself with that swagger, that
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toughness, that that attitude. That was missing last night,
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wasn't it? It.
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Wasn't there? Yeah.
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It's a good point. I and here's what I went back to
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the T for tossing the ball. I think that was he was playing,
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he didn't have the same edge because he already had that
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technical against him. And when you take that edge
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away, he's incredibly talented guy.
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But you take that edge away, it takes away what it is when you
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miss that part. And I think you missed that
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after the technical fall Fair. And then he also had to go to
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the locker room. Yeah, Fairpoint, which it sounds
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like he's fine. It's a couple miles to get back
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to the locker room and get. Apparently, yeah, a good.
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Point Doris was talking about that one last night, yeah.
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No, and and apparently he's fine, so we'll see where it
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goes. But I I don't want to believe
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that the series is over. But OK, C looks as really good.
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Really, really good. But don't play like that.
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You don't have to play like that.
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Go back to last series though, when they were really good they
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were worlds better than Denver, but when they just brought their
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B minus game they were very beatable.
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Denver beat them three times and I guess that's maybe where also
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some of my. Entire Denver team beat them
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three times. Caruso was on that team.
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Thank you baseball Benny, that came back to beat you and I.
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All right, The hockey from last night game one in the Eastern
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Conference final wasn't much of A game.
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You know, it's crazy running the narratives for both winter
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sports that are still playing their conference.
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Boy, I don't know if I can take Oklahoma City.
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They just played Sunday. T Wolves have rested.
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There's no way that the Florida's going to win.
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They played a game seven in Toronto short term, both won
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both won and Florida just looks like you know, I said yesterday,
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I I have no idea who's of of the four teams.
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You can put them in a hat and whoever I pull, I would be happy
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with 'cause I'm not sure if I had a real strong opinion.
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This Florida team, they're just bigger.
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They took Carolinas credit. They came out and tried to out
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Panther, the Panthers. They hit everything insight, but
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that seemed to wore down a little bit and Florida got
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going. They just got so much depth that
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it looks as though, not saying that they're going to sweep them
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or knock them out early in the in the in this round, but they
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just look like they're the best team.
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The. First goal of these two.
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The first goal was on a power play.
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The second one though, this guy in front of the net just flipped
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it over at the top. Picked a corner?
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Anderson, we talked about he. Didn't get a ton of help but he
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did. There was a couple you're right,
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you would want back. That that second one I thought
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was you can't allow that guy there, right?
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Move him out in front of the net. 4/4 feet in front of you
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and he just flips it over your shoulder.
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But Anderson for as good as he had been.
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But if you said that, you kind of get that from him from time
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to time. Yeah, he's hot and cold.
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I mean, all, all of the goalies, to be honest with maybe with the
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exception of Abrovsky, they're kind of they've kind of gone
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through their ups and downs. I mean, Ottinger, Mike Pom can't
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stand them. Thinks he's a fraud, really.
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He does. He he won't bet the stars
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because he can't trust Ottinger. Ottinger's been good.
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He'll have to be good tonight because here comes the Edmonton
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Oilers to take them on. So we'll see how that goes.
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All right, we'll, we'll switch gears.
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You want to bounce around a lot of ground to cover.
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You know what I want to spend a minute on at some point?
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Iowa State scheduling these exhibition games.
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I love it. I think it's great.
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I don't know if this is part and parcel to the, you know, a
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revenue generator because I mean, everybody's trying to find
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a way to, you know, put more, put more bottom line together.
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And that's what we're seeing. But I love the fact that they're
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going to Creighton and Creighton's coming back to Ames
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next year. Then we see Northwestern,
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they're coming to Ames this year and TJ will take his team to
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Illinois or to Northwestern next year to play.
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I love that. I think it's great.
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It's going to be part of the season ticket package.
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So season ticket holders, you'll have no choice.
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It's meaningless in the standings, but why not, you
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know, in a way to, you know, come up with some.
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I don't know how much a home game means as far as to the
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bottom line, but it has to be something.
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Well, and where this money can go, what you can do with these
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exhibition games, is this something where you can create
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extra money out of it, You know, do something different because
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when these games are going to be played, it's going to be warm,
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it's going to be nice. Can you create a tailgate event?
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You know, we've seen what Drake does downtown here.
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I know Iowa does something over in Iowa City, very similar where
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you get the community involved. Well, can you do something like
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that before this exhibition where brilliant.
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You can't tailgate for football, but you can when you're doing
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these exhibitions in October, right?
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Of course. You're not.
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You're not doing it in January, right?
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Kids coming down big. Monday and we know how Cyclone
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fans love their tailgates. Well, a lot of fan bases,
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absolutely, but this would be this would be a pretty good
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opportunity. All right, let's clear out the
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phones. Mike and Waterloo, you're next.
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Let's get to Joe. First of all, Joe, thanks for
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being patient. How are you?
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Absolutely. Always be patient for you guys.
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Hey, being a Thunder fan, I'd like to weigh into the anomaly.
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That's Shay Gill. Just Alexander.
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Yes, it yes. It drives me nuts and I'll tell
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you why. I'll tell you why, because this
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is new within. We lost you.
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Go ahead, Joe. We lost you momentarily.
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So that's OK. I'm sorry.
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He didn't. He didn't do this a year ago,
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two years ago when he was finishing second and third to
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the MVP. The thing is, is that, and I'm
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going to piggyback off what you guys said, he doesn't need to do
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it because there's a stat out there that that shows if you
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take away every single free throw, he still leads the league
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in scoring. Wow, jeez.
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So, so So what does that tell you?
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You don't need to do it. And The thing is, in his game,
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he's below average from Moneyball land.
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So he's a dicer, he's a dasher. You're going to get fouls
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regardless you don't have. To create them, yeah, Fairpoint,
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really good. You'll go ahead and all that.
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He's not even that good of a free throw shooter.
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Because he's like 77% something like that.
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Is he? Yeah, yeah.
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It's just he exit, he take away his free throws, that he leads a
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league in scoring. He doesn't need to do it.
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Do you think that this series, you know, that the last night
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was an indicator? Do you expect a long series,
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Joe? Well, they're going to need more
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than 0 points out of hand out of the fourth quarter.
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Yeah, true. I mean, when you got guys like
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Cason Wallace, Isaiah Joe, Andrew Wiggins that can start on
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pretty much any other team in the NBA, it's trouble.
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Yeah, and and watching Caruso and watching Martin Stein.
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And the Thunder hits you in waves.
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Yes they do. I mean, I hate to make the, I
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hate to make the comparison, but it's like Omaha Beach wave after
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wave after wave. You think you have.
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You think you have a minute. You think you have a breather.
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Nope. Here comes the next line.
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Oh, wait a minute. Jalen Williams is somehow in
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this next line? How does that work?
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Yeah. Good stuff, Joe, Thanks for the
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call. Appreciate it.
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Enjoy your series. Talk to you again hopefully as
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we continue on here with these playoffs.
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Mike's in Waterloo. Mike, how are you?
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Hey, you guys, how you doing? You know, Minnesota, they got to
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get tougher. I'll tell you, they want
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Oklahoma City to win. I've never seen a team that
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hacks on every play and they don't call it.
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I mean, it's terrible brand of basketball.
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You remember that how they play Joker, that one guy was.
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Gruesome. Taking his legs away from him
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the whole game, It was unbelievable.
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They're they're not blowing the whistle.
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And another thing, Can you believe 2 Iowa State players X
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players or make their contracts are a half a billion dollars
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they could fund the whole Iowa State athletic department, you
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know. What now, Mike?
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What are you doing with hanging out with us today instead of
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being at the Cyclone Tailgate tour?
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They're in Waterloo today, are they?
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Thinking about going down, but you know what, it's going to be
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such a big crowd. I don't know.
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It's only going to last for an hour.
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But hey, what do you think about football?
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What do you think they're going to do in football this year?
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You guys? What do you predict?
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Three and nine, nine wins? What do you guys say?
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I got, I got them 3 and 9, two and 10, 2 and 10.
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Just kidding you. No, it's giving you a hard time.
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Giving you a hard time. I think they're going to be in
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contention. I think it's the the conference.
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It's like last year. It's a story of parody.
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There's a couple of teams. A better quarterback?
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College quarterback Purdy or a A Breck right now?
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Purdy, Purdy, Purdy, Purdy. Not even close.
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Yeah. In college.
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Yes. You know what though?
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When when the things got tough, Purdy would also an interception
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or fumble. Got benched against.
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Drake, his backlash? You benched to get Iowa lasted
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last game. Yeah, look.
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It's has not been benched as much as Purdy has.
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Yeah, and because they're. Both really good quarterbacks,
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Mike, they really are. No, they're.
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Great quarterbacks. I, I mean, I just, hey, what do
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you think of Halliburton? You think he's?
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You know what I think? Yeah.
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God let you go, Mike, Appreciate the call.
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Answer. Take care.
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Yeah, I'll, I'll say this about Halliburton.
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I think he's he's got a huge opportunity here to change the
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narrative. He's on a massive stage.
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Yes. He's Madison Square Garden
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against the Knicks. This could be.
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I get it, He's in the NBA, most people know about him.
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But if you're kind of one of those fringe fans you've been
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reading about, the overrated guy that plays on the Indiana for
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whatever reason, this is an opportunity to really, you know,
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introduce yourself to this, in some cases to the sports fans
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out. There, yeah, there'll be plenty
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of people that'll be not seeing him for the first time, but
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really diving. Right.
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And watching his game, I mean, who watches the Pacers, right?
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Right. Casual sports.
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Fans, that's not at the top of your To Do List.
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I got to catch a Pacers game, right?
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Because you look at the roster, you look at the T, but all of a
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sudden Tyrese has a series that he's certainly capable of.
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They got to be tough, too. We talk about toughness.
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It's going to come down to me, pace.
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Who controls the pace in all these games?
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Indiana wants to get out and run all game long.
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And against the Thibodeau team, boy, that seems difficult to
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accomplish. Although do you have a Do you
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have an opinion on this game or on this series?
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I like the pace, so do I. I wanted to get a better price
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than I did. What did you get?
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Plus 140. That's it.
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That was it. That was I was hoping that's.
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The number tonight, 4 1/2 five. Something like that, yeah.
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I thought it would be higher than that, Trent.
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I thought it'd be a push in 280 or 221-A buck $82 somewhere in
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there. That's what I anticipated when I
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first opened up the app, when it was and it wasn't.
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Close to that, I know you shopped around.
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Yeah. And it just not going to get
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that price. So maybe you should have gone
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back to us overthinking things last night with the Fever and
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their game against the Dream. Well, let's go there because I
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watched a ton of it. I mean, I can't.
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Believe it, I think the kids every time I flip it back to the
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T Wolves game. No, back to Caitlin.
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My wife's same way. Isn't that crazy though?
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It's crazy on that. My parents, no, hey, what are
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you doing tonight? We're at home Fever playing.
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I mean, both of us. That's that's what they look
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forward to now in their retirement.
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Is this their first year retiring?
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That's what they talk about more than anything sports wise.
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Is that right? Is when Caitlin's playing that
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exhibition game not the one against the Brazilian the day
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before they were back in our? House, she wasn't playing.
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Yeah, I guess she didn't play. Yeah, get the game on.
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What? Yeah, exhibition game.
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Why? Why is she in down in the ball?
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I mean, I get why. I get on one hand why she is
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because she's smarter than the rest of her teammates.
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She sees the floor better than the rest of her teammates.
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So if you know, the rest of her teammates would tell you this.
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You look at the beginning of that play they were doing is
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going to come in off the screen to the right wing there she was
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going to come back and get on the flip back, moving back to
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her left. And we know she is a tremendous,
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she's a better shooter going to her left.
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That was the thought press behind it and be there was 9
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seconds on the clock, right? If there's 345 seconds, yeah,
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you can't do it. I can't kill Stephanie White
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like a lot of. People should she have called a
19:24
time out because the first play was not?
19:27
There, did they have a time out left?
19:28
Apparently they did. They did.
19:30
OK, I was trying to remember if they'd use that time out to
19:32
advance if that was their final one.
19:35
I didn't hate it. I hated the past from Caitlin.
19:38
That's an equal. She didn't have a, she didn't
19:39
have a ton of options. Though it that's true, but that
19:42
is such a difficult just to get that catch on the other side of
19:45
the rim. We see this play a lot and if
19:48
you watch NBA basketball, this is something where they go that
19:50
cross court. It isn't you're talk about
19:52
threading the needle. Course, she can make that pass,
19:55
but then even the catch is tough.
19:58
I didn't hate it as much as a lot of people did it just the
20:01
play got blown up. So going back to the point, if
20:03
you had a time out, yeah, should have.
20:04
Definitely. I think she should have because
20:06
that wasn't there. And if that obviously, I believe
20:10
this wholeheartedly. I mean, and I'm not sure
20:12
Christie sides wants the ball back in Caitlin's hand.
20:15
Stephanie White knows the game, right?
20:17
She does. And maybe that's unfair to to
20:19
coach Sides, but. It's not.
20:22
She was terrible. She was.
20:23
She seemed like she was a little bit over the tips of her skis.
20:26
But Caitlin Clark needs to take that shot.
20:29
She kept him in the game early on but did the other.
20:33
This is going to be the next step we know offensively and the
20:36
the next record, if you will, where she had 25 points and 10
20:40
assists in a game. She breaks it.
20:43
The all time record, yeah. So in her 42nd game or 44th
20:46
game? It'll be a 43rd and the record
20:48
holder, the person she's tied with, now has that record in 470
20:52
something games. Something like that.
20:53
And Caitlin's going to break it in her game 43 or Game 44.
20:57
But did you see right away when Atlanta, they were hunting her
21:01
every single offensive series? As she will be all season.
21:05
She has to be better and. How many turnovers did she
21:08
finish with yesterday? Only three, Only three on the
21:13
defensive end. She is going to be haunted on
21:15
every single switch, every single screen role.
21:18
They're going to go after her. We know she's not a great
21:22
defender, right? But she has to be better than
21:24
she is. If this team truly is going to
21:26
be a team that can win a championship, she has to be
21:29
better on that end of the floor. I was impressed by Atlanta
21:32
watching them, especially that that Jones gal early in the
21:35
game. I mean she was unstoppable of.
21:38
Course Griner. Yeah, I mean, how do you?
21:40
I mean, she's 6-8. She gets the ball down low.
21:42
That's automatic, right? Even Bonner looks small up next
21:47
to her. She does, Yeah.
21:48
Caitlin has some help. Mitchell was Mitchell and Boston
21:51
was Boston. The big three from last year did
21:53
their thing, but they got the ball to Natasha Howard at the
21:56
end of the game and she just couldn't make either one of
21:58
them. Person was blocked.
21:59
Do you know what kind of difference Sophie Cunningham's
22:01
gonna make when she's out there? Great question.
22:03
I don't know enough about her. The same way.
22:05
Yeah, I don't know enough about her.
22:07
I know that. Pretty versatile.
22:09
She is and apparently she's, you know, if there is a little set
22:13
to, she's going to be in the middle of it, which is good A.
22:16
Little more toughness. Yep, absolutely.
22:18
All right, we're going to talk to David Eichelt more on the
22:20
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22:22
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22:25
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23:49
can't get enough Taylor Swift as we continue to do a leap.
23:52
I know I didn't know who it was, but I knew it wasn't Taylor
23:55
Swift. I just didn't say it was either.
23:57
I said I can't get enough Taylor.
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It's like Colt's crush. That's right.
24:01
Now I remember. You've seen that before.
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Let's get him in here. Is he as Dua Lupus?
24:05
Is that her last name? Dua Lipa.
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Dua Lipa Serenades. Nailed it.
24:09
Hello. David Eichold.
24:10
How are you? What's going on, guys?
24:13
Good to be joining you again. Yeah, I was going to say Taylor
24:15
Swift, man. I mean, the morning show is Sean
24:17
Roberts. I I said that Taylor Swift's
24:20
vinyls make for great burning material, and I said Portillo's
24:23
is overrated. Oh geez, yeah, you tried to pick
24:27
a fight with him. I had a very passionate caller,
24:30
RJ from Ames, and he basically put me in my place for like 3
24:33
minutes and told me to have a horrible day.
24:35
So we're we're off and running guys.
24:37
Absolutely. Hey, by the way, before we get
24:39
into this, just Hard Knocks just announced they will.
24:42
The August edition of Hard Knocks will be the Buffalo
24:45
Bills, which until this year, if you were a playoff team last
24:49
year, you were ineligible to be forced because that's what's
24:53
happened or happens rather. The NFL tells you you're in hard
24:56
knock. So it's the Buffalo Bills.
24:58
Anyways, a lot of ground to cover.
24:59
I want to start with your weekend, though.
25:01
If you would allow us, David, I want to go back to your time in
25:04
Indiana. I saw some of your tweets, saw
25:06
some of your photos, etcetera from from Indianapolis.
25:11
I guess I'm blown away game one and just the scene around the
25:16
the arena in advance of the game taking place.
25:19
It kind of really is an event, isn't it?
25:23
No, it really is. I mean, Indianapolis is such a
25:25
perfect setup though, too. I think they do a really good
25:27
job. There's so many things to do
25:29
just outside of it and it's all really close together because if
25:32
people have not been to Indianapolis, Lucas Oil Stadium
25:35
where the Colts play is about .4 miles away from Gainsbridge
25:37
Field House. So again, it's all central
25:41
located. But the incredible part was this
25:43
too. You think about the Indiana
25:44
Pacers are in the Eastern Conference finals, right?
25:47
You go into their official team store, 80% of the stuff is Fever
25:52
and they put all the Pacer stuff in the corner.
25:56
And I don't think that's a one day thing.
25:59
And it was really kind of incredible to see the movement
26:01
there. And then obviously, I'm not sure
26:03
you saw the Dave Portnoy tweet of the day of the game.
26:06
I mean, guys, they were lined up two hours before the store
26:08
opened just to try to get some merch.
26:10
It it was a really fun event. And, and I've told people
26:13
there's a big reason why I went. I kind of botched last year's
26:16
Mother's Day and and my mom's birthday so close together.
26:20
So that was that one of my favorite watering holes.
26:23
And I saw the tickets and I'm like, all right, well, I kind of
26:25
owe her. So I ended up being a really,
26:27
really good trip. But no, man, and you're exactly
26:29
right, it's a total event there. The atmosphere is awesome.
26:33
It was great weather, and there's really very few bad
26:36
seats in that arena too. And I think that makes it even
26:38
better because that's not the case with some NBA arenas.
26:41
Yeah, that's what I've continually heard when the Big
26:43
10 tournaments there, as it is often is, is people just talk
26:47
about the aesthetic of actual basketball.
26:50
There's not a basketball arena better built than what they did
26:52
there at Gainbridge and how good it was.
26:54
So what does make a difference? I mean, you've obviously been in
26:57
a ton of basketball buildings now throughout the year years.
26:59
What does make that building so good for hoops?
27:03
I mean, I just think it's the, the, it's almost like, like you
27:07
say, it's almost like a theater, right?
27:08
I mean, again, there's such good seats.
27:11
And I think the way the arena just allows everybody to be
27:14
engaged, right? Because you think about even as
27:17
simple as getting to your seat, walking around the arena, it
27:20
doesn't take you an hour to get around it.
27:22
Like just the whole aesthetic of it all.
27:24
And I also think just the stardom power.
27:26
I mean, you think about what Tyrese Halliburton's done with
27:28
the Pacers and, and the exciting brand of basketball that they
27:31
play. And then of course, Caitlin
27:32
Clark with the Fever. I just think the aesthetic, the
27:36
history, and quite honestly, just the state of Indiana as a
27:39
whole, because I mean, we've talked about this too.
27:41
I equate Indiana high school basketball to Texas high school
27:44
football. That is the event at Indiana for
27:49
people just of all ages. So it was just a really fun
27:53
event. I think that they do a
27:54
tremendous job, the stardom and just the aesthetic in general.
27:58
I mean, even if something as simple as the PA announcers and
28:00
the way they kind of engage with the fans, like it was very
28:04
strange for me because I cannot tell you the last time I've been
28:07
to a game as a fan. So I kind of lost what it's like
28:10
because you know, if you go cover games, you're announcing,
28:13
you're so locked into work. And this is the first time where
28:16
I could really kind of take it all in and kind of embrace it
28:19
and kind of understand what it's like to be a fan again just
28:22
because it's been so long. I mean it's probably been pre
28:24
COVID guys since I've really been to a game as a fan.
28:27
You know, and one of the things I appreciate we'll get to the
28:29
Hawks in just a second is the the appreciation.
28:33
Sure, Caitlin Clark there, she's going to get the loudest round
28:35
of applause when she's introduced etcetera.
28:38
But it's more than that. I mean, they seemingly the fan
28:41
base loves Kelsey Mitchell and Alea Boston and and Alexi Hull
28:45
and the recognition. It's obviously a very in tune
28:49
fan base when Dewana Bonner was about to take her place.
28:52
It's what, third in the all time scoring.
28:55
So it seems to me from just watching on TV that that's it's
28:59
just more than Caitlin Clark. Sure, she's the ringleader, but
29:02
the fan base appreciate it's the team as well.
29:05
I mean, it's very. Similar culture like Iowa
29:07
women's basketball, right? And it's kind of what we said
29:09
all along. The name gets the attention, The
29:12
personnel keeps you around, right?
29:15
You're going to draw eyes. I mean, that's what the WNBA is
29:17
kind of hoping for, right? You get Caitlin Clark to kind of
29:20
watch people watch the league. And then whenever she's done or
29:22
she's gone, the new stars that were around her are going to be
29:26
embraced. I mean, look at Kate Martin's
29:27
popularity, right? I mean, look what she's look at
29:30
Gabby Marshall. She walked back into Carver
29:32
Hawkeye Arena for Kate Caitlin's exhibition game.
29:35
There was no announcement. They were giving her a standing
29:37
ovation once they saw her get to her seat.
29:40
Like it's it's very similar, I think to the Indiana Fever.
29:43
And I think it was really cool what the Fever did too.
29:45
Now, again, I don't know if it's like this everywhere.
29:47
You know how they always do the starting line UPS guys, they
29:50
announced every member of the coaching staff.
29:52
They announced every single reserve before the game.
29:55
And they were running out one by one out of the tunnel and giving
29:58
everybody their moment. I think that was kind of the big
30:00
Oh my gosh thing for, you know, Sophie Cunningham, she didn't
30:03
play. She still got run out of the
30:04
tunnel. Dewana Bonner, you can see just
30:06
her face light up. And I think for her, you think
30:08
about all the great things she's accomplished, one of the best
30:10
players in WNBA history. I think it was kind of I'm
30:14
finally being appreciate. And I think, you know, obviously
30:17
Caitlin Clarke's drawing the eyes.
30:19
But now I think a lot more people get to learn about Dewana
30:21
Bonner. And she even said it post game.
30:23
She said, Now I'm not saying I, I deserve it, but it's really,
30:26
really nice to kind of see the work that I put in be
30:29
appreciate. So it it's just a very unique
30:33
set of circumstances, I think. And again, I really don't know
30:35
when we'll ever see this again. And honestly, we might not ever
30:39
see it again. To the here now on the woman's
30:42
basketball program and maybe a head scratching news tonight.
30:46
Davis former player was there as an assistant coach though down
30:50
director of player personnel and player development and that
30:53
means not a full time staff member in terms of the pay that
30:56
the regular assistance get. Can you lead us down?
30:59
Why the decision because as far as I know she has not been
31:03
announced as a head or as an assistant coach anywhere.
31:06
Why Davis is leaving? Yeah, I think that's one of the
31:09
Morehead scratching things throughout the offseason.
31:11
I mean, honestly, I thought when Raina Harmon was going to
31:14
Florida Gulf Coast, I thought Tenaya Davis was going to follow
31:17
her. But again, she's still
31:18
relatively young in the coaching circles.
31:20
But it's interesting too, because Raina Harmon end up
31:22
hiring former Iowa women's basketball manager Will
31:25
McIntyre, and I believe he's only 25 years old and he's going
31:28
to go be an assistant under Harmon.
31:30
But, you know, I think for tonight she's kind of been
31:31
around a little bit and gotten some coaching experience
31:34
elsewhere. I just think it's a part of the
31:35
grind. I mean, she could stay in Iowa,
31:37
continue to do what she's is doing, but you look at the staff
31:40
right now, I don't know when she'd be able to be elevated.
31:42
I mean, maybe she kind of is taking a chance on herself and
31:45
and deciding to go a separate ways to try to get an assistant
31:48
coaching role at D1 somewhere at this point in her career, maybe
31:51
she feels like she's ready to kind of take on that
31:53
responsibility because as as great as it was to have her
31:56
here, as much as I know she loved being in Iowa, I do think
32:00
that she's kind of looking to take that next step.
32:02
And I think when you kind of look at the continuity within
32:04
the Iowa women's basketball coaching staff, and I mean,
32:08
what's the upside for her, right?
32:10
I mean, she's obviously going to have a stable job, but we know
32:12
how this coaching businesses and I've kind of said it for the
32:14
last couple years, I'm very surprised Iowa held on to Reyna
32:17
Harmon as long as they did. And you know, she's probably
32:19
been approached a handful of times.
32:22
And then you look at Jan Jensen, I mean, how many programs would
32:25
be able to hold on to Jan Jensen for 20 plus years and then take
32:28
over that job, right? And we know for a fact that she
32:31
was offered numerous power for gigs and and she ended up just
32:34
kind of waiting out at Iowa is now is getting her chance.
32:36
So I think for Tenaya, I, I do think it's just strictly a
32:39
career move. I don't think that there's any,
32:42
you know, ill will or I hate to use a Taylor Swift song, bad
32:45
blood parties. I just.
32:48
That's your style. Do it, man.
32:52
Can't do. I know.
32:53
Trust me, I was, I debate on saying that.
32:56
But yeah, just to kind of wrap it up, I do think that it was no
32:59
bad blood. I just think she's looking to
33:00
take that next step, man. And and honestly, I can't blame
33:03
her because we know this coaching thing.
33:04
It's it can be a really, really brutal grind.
33:09
Jan Jensen seemingly doing pretty well in the recording
33:11
portal. Rodriguez comes from UCF and I
33:14
know Chad Lyskow just posted a piece of Layla Haye.
33:18
She's 6 foot 5 tallest Hawkeye in 12 plus years.
33:21
I guess I would have thought that that wouldn't be the case.
33:23
What? What do you know about her?
33:25
She's really good, man. I mean, I think she is a big
33:28
just physical post. She can block shot.
33:31
She runs the floor very well. I do think that her mid range is
33:34
going to need to be added. I think she'll need to add a
33:36
couple more post moves. But if it wasn't glaringly
33:39
obvious in the two national title losses, I would need more
33:42
size, man. I mean, you look at specifically
33:44
Caitlin Clark senior year and it's great.
33:47
She was membership, I think 18 points the end of the first
33:49
quarter. But Iowa was just kind of, they
33:52
were outside and there was no offense to Hannah Stolky, who
33:55
gave everything she had. She's still an undersized time,
33:58
right? I mean, 6 foot 2 going up
33:59
against numerous 6 foot 66 foot 7 girls, it it's really, really
34:03
tough unless you're going to shoot the ball 60% from three
34:06
and then you keep them off the the glass or at least limit
34:08
opportunities. So, yeah, Layla Hayes, I think
34:11
I, I do think show me a little bit of development, but I also
34:13
think you look at, you know, Hannah Stalky, you have Ava
34:16
Hayen, who I thinks could be the breakout player in the Big 10
34:18
this year. You know, not really a hot take
34:20
there, right? But I do love the, the, the
34:23
potential of, you know, high, low combination with Hayes and
34:26
Ava Hayen. You just look at the size, like
34:28
Ava Hayen has a really nice jump shot.
34:30
Layla Hayes can run the floor well and she's very confident.
34:33
I do think that there'll be a little bit of an adjustment
34:35
because I mean, keep in mind, they're getting her straight out
34:37
of Alaska. And with all the respect to, you
34:40
know, any Alaskan friends of mine or people listening, I
34:43
don't think that's necessarily a women's basketball high school
34:46
powerhouse. And turns out, do you want
34:48
talent at a frequent basis? So I do think there'll be a
34:51
little bit of an adjustment for her just from the talent.
34:53
Yeah. But the pieces are there.
34:55
And if you're going to trust one coach in America to develop
34:57
post, Jan Jensen's going to be near the top of that list,
35:00
without a doubt. So is it fair to say over on the
35:03
men's side that they're done? And there's the kid from High
35:07
Point, he visited, nothing happened, talking.
35:10
Maybe he's asking for more money, money than I was willing.
35:12
There was the Belgian big guy thought he was going to
35:15
Virginia. That still hasn't happened.
35:17
Should we just anticipate? That I I'll tell you what the
35:20
guy who's going to Virginia, man, I don't know if you've
35:21
heard this, but I'm I don't know if he's going to be eligible to
35:24
play. Oh boy.
35:25
P AA rules. Interesting.
35:28
So I think. There's something there and also
35:30
the high point guard too. I do think I put this on my
35:32
message board. It it's very, it's a very
35:34
interesting situation because I was told by two sources, like
35:37
near the end of his visit that he was flat out committing to
35:40
Iowa. And like you said, I do think
35:43
that he just tried to kept running up the price.
35:45
And we've seen a handful of times this offseason where Ben
35:48
McCollum, where, you know, he feels like he's just being used
35:51
as a leverage tool. Ben Mccollum's not afraid to
35:53
say, all right, bye. They're not.
35:55
He's not going to go back and forth on it.
35:57
And he trusts himself and his staff to go develop talent and
35:59
get talent. And again, if the high point
36:02
guard wants to go out there and get some money, I'm not, you
36:04
know, all, all free will to him to go out and do that.
36:07
But I think Ben Mccollum's also thinking long term where he's
36:10
going to want to spend the money with that feels like it's going
36:12
to be best for him. And at this point, he doesn't
36:14
feel like he needs a big guy. He'd like another point guard.
36:17
I think that they're going to continue monitoring a couple
36:20
different pieces, but I think it's been abundantly clear, man,
36:23
they're not going to overpay for somebody.
36:25
They're not going to pay $2,000,000 for a guy that
36:27
averages 9 points and eight rebounds.
36:29
And again, that's what the market dictates.
36:31
But I'm right there with Ben McCollum.
36:33
I think it's frankly ridiculous to even think about doing that.
36:36
David Eichold, hawkeyeinsider.com.
36:38
He joins us and we appreciate every time you do.
36:40
Thank you, David. We'll talk to you down the road.
36:43
Have a great holiday weekend. Hey, thanks guys.
36:46
I appreciate you. Take care.
36:46
Yeah. Good to talk to you, David
36:48
Ickels. We checked in on a number of
36:49
topics with David, unrelated kind of topic, but Cedar Rapids.
36:55
So Iowa State had their coaches caravan event there last night.
36:59
Yeah. Did you see the auditorium that
37:01
it took place in? No, I didn't.
37:03
I've never seen it before the pictures it looks spectacular
37:07
at. Veterans Memorial Building.
37:09
I don't know. That's why I'm asking you.
37:11
Is that what it? Is.
37:12
Well, I I have the list here that you do yeah of the
37:15
different events that have. You been into that facility
37:17
ever? I don't.
37:19
It'll trick, really. Cool.
37:20
Really. Yeah, I'm.
37:21
I'm almost positive I have not. I don't know why that it just
37:25
struck me that I'm I'm surprised that there is such a a facility
37:28
like that there kind of got the balcony.
37:30
Well, now we have to remind our statewide audience that Ken
37:34
Ankeny and. Downtown Des Moines and that's.
37:37
About it, yeah, There's not a whole lot of travel.
37:40
Cedar Rapids, you know, that's another city.
37:42
We have multiple cities here. Yes, I'm aware of that.
37:44
Yes, I think we're on in Cedar Rapids.
37:46
We are in and we're grateful for.
37:47
That are the FM signal there 95.7 hello to you I just.
37:51
Was just blown away by what's a real city over there.
37:54
Yeah. But it looks like it's kind of
37:56
got some some age to it and I appreciate that.
37:59
Some care, too. Yes, yes.
38:02
And it's called What Veterans. Veterans Memorial Building
38:05
Coliseum. I'm going to look it up during
38:07
the break. Miller and Condon will come back
38:09
after the break. It's the Iowa Sports Radio
38:12
Network. All right, Miller and Condon,
38:15
welcome back. Iowa Sports Radio Network, take
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you until 2:00. This just popped up on my
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Twitter feed. I found it interesting because I
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thought when Trevor Lawrence came into the NFL that this
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guy's the next didn't you thought it'd be good, Thought
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it'd be good. I thought it was going to be a
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star, so. Maybe it was his hair that
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always bothered me. Oh see, I like that about him.
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Oh yuck. Did you have long hair?
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Yeah, you did. Yeah, I'll find, I'll find.
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Show you a picture 1 I had a mullet.
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Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
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I mean, I had a mullet. So these this is compared.
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These are 5 statistical comparisons too.
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Daniel Jones Alright, OK, there are records through 60 games.
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Trevor Lawrence 22 and 38. Daniel Jones 2237 and one same.
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Total yards 14898 for Lawrence 14 six O 5 for Daniel Jones.
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TD Interception ratio 6940660242 Passer rating 85 for Trevor
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Lawrence, 84.3 for Daniel Jones. Daniel Jones has a higher
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completion percentage 64 to 63.3.
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Daniel Jones gets crucified. Trevor Lawrence.
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We're still thinking there's there's something there.
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Don't give up on them. Is it as simple as playing in
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New York as opposed to Jacksonville?
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There's your answer. Yeah, you're spot on.
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It's it's got to be a huge component of the discussion.
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Right, because one of the guys was the number one pick, the
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other was the number six. Pick.
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Yeah, I think it was right around there, Right around there
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out of Duke. You think it should be inverse,
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right? The number one pick should be
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the one more maligned and the guy that's already been cut.
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You know, I think what I'm hearing is I should have been
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right. The Vikings should have kept
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him, and Daniel Jones should have been I.
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Think you. I think you should have been
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right now. I think they did try to keep
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him. I think Daniel Jones wanted to
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go because he thought he could beat out Anthony Richardson.
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I mean, some of the stuff I'm hearing on on Jay, look, I like
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him a lot and I think he's going to be good, but tap the brakes.
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I listened to some cat yesterday say he's going to be better than
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Elway. I mean, come on, that's a good
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way to piss you off. Well, there it.
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Is but always got a couple of Super Bowls.
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He marched into the Hall of Fame as soon as he's eligible.
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By any account, he's a top ten quarterback to ever play the
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game. You know, tap the brakes.
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He's hasn't thrown a pass in the league yet.
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Again, I think he's going to be great, but please.
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Hell away. Yeah, that's all John Elway.
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All right, Kappy's going to kick things off.
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Look forward to catching up with Kappy before we do.
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And I won't ask Kappy this question.
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Be unfair. And I know.
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I know you don't know the answer.
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I'm not sure anybody does. What's going on, Booshabi?
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You mentioned this a few weeks ago.
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He misses more games. It's odd, yes.
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At the very least, it's incredibly.
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I hear he's sick. That's the, that's the what
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we're told. Oh, he's sick.
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Hopefully just has the flu or a cold.
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But it just continues on. And when he did come back for
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that series over the weekend, his voice was weaker than
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normal. Hour 2, Cappy kicks it off.
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That's next. Iowa Sports Radio Network.