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Kelly Gray, Mike Parker, Coach Mark Wasikowski,
Noah Eagle, Melissa Lombardi, Kenyon Barnard,
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It's incredible. It's not just, it's nice for
Corvallis. It's nice. And some smiles. Yeah,
that's talking about Oregon football somehow.
365 days a year, baby. It's Danny Havel. Listen,
I was out on Sam Darnley. By the way, another
fun fact, he is going to be the first quarterback
from USC to ever start a Super Bowl. That is
shocking. Justin Grossweiner. I just felt like
they have some dynamicism on defense, especially.
That's a great word, dude. I think he just made
it up, but I think that's a great I don't think
I made it up, but we can check on that dynamicism
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It is already February 3rd 2026, the year of
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the control board is intern Dom in his Virgin
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sound good over to my right in a very Is my tag
-team partner. I'm Danny. That's Justin. We call
him baby J. What a boy Well, I'm feeling a little
beat up today. Why would you want worked out?
I played basketball played pick -up basketball
for the first time. Have we discussed this why
you shouldn't do that? Well, I'm starting to
learn I'm starting to figure it out because my
body is not treating me very well and My my calf
feels very sore. It's already feeling sore during
the game your young spry 30 year old body. Yes,
not feeling great Well, it's not as young spry
as it used to be so I literally physically like
feel like I need to recover today So that's where
I'm at spry is not a word that you use to describe
youth Spry is what you do when you see somebody
who's 82 years old and they're running all over
the place and go, that person's spry because
you don't use it a lot. Quicker than fast. Good
show for you today. We hope as always in the
fastest 60 minutes We're gonna have a friend
of mine and it will fast become a good friend
of the program Cole Linehan former Oregon duck
defensive lineman who is now the head coach of
the well has been since 20 2017 Somewhere around
there at Banks High School the banks Braves brought
them a state championship in 2018 is also athletic
director up there as a part of the program podcast
with our good friend Dusty Hara. So we'll have
him on the program because tomorrow it's snuck
up on you because of NIL and because of the portal.
It is actually National Signing Day. Tomorrow
so yeah kids because actually national signing
day means a lot less It doesn't really mean anything.
Yeah, it doesn't mean much anymore So we'll have
coal on the program lots to talk about with the
NBA trade deadline. Just two days away A nice
award for one of the oregon women's basketball
players. We'll talk about that a cool story that
I picked up um, and yesterday we didn't even
talk about that it was Groundhog day yesterday
one of my favorite movies of all time me and
me as well It is a all -time great movie. It
may be the best like family film out there It's
that's i'd have to think about it, but it's up
there for me. All right, so One of the things
that I I like dropping my super bowl fun facts
Which I will drop a couple more and we'll have
dad joke in the last segment as well as always
Uh, I was at lunch today with a couple of dear
friends Mike allegor who came in and sat in the
studio a few weeks ago I do a lot of OSA broadcast
with him, the 5A tournament, and I've done the
2A tournament in the past in football. And voice
of the ducks, Jerry Allen, who was my mentor,
who was the guy who got me into this business,
thank goodness, all those years ago, many, many
years ago for both of us, when he was at 610
KYJC. And we were talking about Groundhog Day.
The movie, or just the holiday? The holiday,
Groundhog Day, and about how we see our shadows
as well, possibly. We weren't talking about that.
But here's something that was interesting that
I found. Is a bold prediction regarding the winner
of Super Bowl 60 dropped yesterday. You know
what it is? It has to do with Punxsutawney Phil,
America's beloved groundhog, awaking from his
winter nap to see his own shadow and sharing
six more weeks of the season, which winters can
last however long it lasts. I don't know why
they always do that and my friend Mike said that
to us today at lunch and it was just like it
kind of rung a bell with me, but it alludes to
a New England Patriots win over the Seattle Seahawks
Sunday. It had to be the only reason why this
was interesting, right? Yeah, because I think
everyone has everyone is picking the Seahawks
as far as I can see. I think they're a four and
a half point. Now they're four and a half, which
is pretty big in a Super Bowl. Five of the six
years that Phil has seen his shadow. The Patriots
have won the Super Bowl now. Including their
Super Bowl win over the Seahawks in 2014. That's
what put that in your pipe These are these trends
that intern Dom's into he's coming with all these
like Has to go and be away or go west and even
if it's very one mile they've lost six out of
seven or something You know when I don't like
trends like that is when it's a team that I'm
rooting And they're going against it or just
like they have it like, you know Just there was
the whole thing like even with the football program.
They haven't Lost a road contest in the Big Ten
in X amount of years. He's like really you're
doing that into the Iowa game You're talking
right about that. Well, it's the same thing back
to the Pac -12 or whatever You don't say no hitter
on a broadcast. You just don't like that. That's
the announcers superstitious jinx that you can
put on it really happens rarely happens so The
trade deadline coming up for the NBA and the
Yanis Stuff that we talked about the other day
What I'm seeing and reading now is kind of interesting
to me is that there are now a groundswell of
folks that are experts in this. I'm by far not
an expert because, as I've said over and over
again, I'm not a huge NBA fan. I was an NCAA
basketball fan until, you know, the Portal and
such. Now you just cover it. Now I just cover
it. I still enjoy parts of it, but... That that
Yanis might not get traded this whole thing might
just eke out and go to the summer till after
the season's over with Yeah, summertime. Are
you hearing that? I have been much more in tune
to that than I am Yeah, I mean that's that's
sort of I've been hearing as well. I mean it's
It just seems like the from what I've been hearing
in terms of the blazers at least is that they
they is in the Bucks Want the Celtic or the the
Blazers picks to be involved because then they
can control if they can tank it or not Does that
mean that the Blazers would be the team that
you honest would go to? Probably not maybe It
seems like it's it's a possible destination,
but I wouldn't say that that's incredibly likely
But it would definitely be smart for the Blazers
to get involved if they can get some assets out
of it And you saw today with a lot of these trades
for instance The Timberwolves made a trade with
the Bulls where the Timberwolves literally got
nothing in a three -way trade. They traded away
a contract. They traded away Mike Connelly. That's
what they're doing right now. They're dumping
some money. They're dumping money. So they obviously
that's what they're getting is flexibility and
maybe they're doing it for Yannis. I mean, that's
one of the teams that has been looked at as a
possible Yannis destination. But I do think that
there's a chance that Yannis will last until
The next summer because he's under contract so
there's deadlines for action, and this is a trade
deadline But his contract isn't under the deadline,
and so it's possible. They just don't want to
let him go So the biggest pieces out there if
you follow the game probably James Harden And
the Clippers trying to send him away Anthony
Davis in Dallas possibly possibly Memphis is
John Moran could be the biggest pieces still
they're out there And then there's gonna be a
bunch of players that unless you're a fan of
the team or the player itself you're not going
to know who they are and there's going to be
a ton of those and I will start seeing more two
and three -way deals meaning two teams three
teams involved because again the money is going
to start moving around okay well it's with this
CBA the contracts have to match and like it just
becomes a lot harder with with trades so Thursday
or Friday we're not sure which right now we're
going to get the mayor Travis Demers from the
Blazers I think we can decide let's fine let's
let's shoot for Thursday then because it'll be
right the deadline Now, I'm not sure when all
the announcements come out, but the deadline
is noon on Thursday. So perfect. 3 p .m. on the
right coast. It's noon on the left coast. So
it'd be a perfect time to have Travis on. Okay.
Perfect. We'll do that. That's set then. What
do you want to do first? You want to do the award
and then the broadcast? Ahisa Tutte helps propel
Oregon to a 2 -0 East Coast trip. Including the
win over number 16, Maryland. So she was named
Big Ten co -player of the week Congratulations
career high 17 points go along with nine boards
in the win over Rutgers and Then just three days
later the Luxembourg product shattered her career
high poured in 26 points got the double -double
11 rebounds in the Ducks 68 61 win She was 10
of 15 from the floor 6 of 8 from the line her
fifth double -double of the season you really
like Ahisa Tute. I have very much liked Ahisa
Tute. You've been on this train for a while now.
I have been ever since last year. I was trying
to figure out which game it actually was. Maybe
it was Northwestern. She had... Turned the corner
for you then? Yeah, she just like, she's just
a really good rebounder. She's... Great with
her leverage. She's not the tallest player. So
I think there's some teams that just matchup
wise she doesn't fit against. But for teams that
don't have a six, seven post. And this is my
opinion. Coach Gray's could come on here and
say, I'm totally wrong. But this is just my opinion.
I just think that there's some matchups where
she is a real problem. She can rebound and she
can score extremely efficiently on the inside.
And that'll lead you to win games at times. Well,
it takes pressure off players like Katie Fiso
and others that they don't have to feel like
they're having to. pull the load when it comes
to scoring. So the Ducks return to MKA tomorrow
night against the Fighting Illini of Illinois,
6 p .m. It'll be on Big Ten Plus. And speaking
of that, Big Ten Plus, there is going to be an
all -female crew to work the broadcast from the
University of Oregon, which I think is outstanding.
I agree. National Girls and Women in Sports Day
is tomorrow, if you didn't know. And calling
the game... Sophie Fowler. She's gonna be one
of 17 women contributing to the broadcast. So
everybody from the production folks, camera,
director, talent. They're all talented, but when
we call it talent, it's the people who are gonna
be speaking to you on the TV. So she's gonna
be teamed up with Olivia Arsenega, who's gonna
be doing the analyst work, and then McKenna Roman's
gonna be on the sideline. And then also... Someone
who's a double major in advertising and planning
public policy and management and is far smarter
than I The director charged with overseeing the
broadcast is Shailor or Kia. I hope I'm pronouncing
all of your names correctly and if I'm not Text
Justin and let him know and then they blame Danny
I think that is outstanding. So hooray for all
of you that are doing that and go knock it out
of the park How about that? I completely agree.
And I hope that we get to a point where something
like this isn't something notable. Well, I agree
with that. But I think the more we talk about
it, though, the more it becomes commonplace.
Right. I think it's important. You know what
I'm trying to say. Get the most talented people
in front or behind this stuff that we do in the
media, because this is just... Right. Exactly.
It's it's a obviously a love and a passion of
ours. We're all sitting here and turn Dom's,
you know, he's the baby in it You're like the
middle child and right. I'm the old grandpa with
my stick on the poor middle child. So who's the
oldest? Well, I'm sure there's gonna be somebody
else that walks through the door No, he's probably
not the older child could be the older child
if I had a child at 12 Something like that. So
alright enough of that. We're veering The Danny
and Justin radio program, if you miss any of
this tomfoolery, you can go back and listen to
it on the pod, Danny and Justin or the fastest
60 minutes, like and subscribe. Coming up in
a few moments, Cole Linehan. We'll talk signing
day for the Ducks. We'll get his opinion on what
the Ducks need to do or you know how they're
fairing and The I wouldn't say recruiting I would
say well I guess it is recruiting because if
you're in the transfer portal and trying to hold
on to kids you lose some kids and They then you
get other ones back into backville I guess that's
still recruiting as well because you're recruiting
your own team anymore to keep writing people
But Oregon doesn't lose starters They they're
losing the team that is behind the team or within
the team Truly, I mean The way these guys will
go out the the ones that were backups are seeing
the field at times in a rotation I will almost
tell you mostly on the defensive side as well.
They're gonna be seeing the field Right now as
a starter for other teams for other teams and
what will happen inevitably what will happen
are Some of those guys will end up being better
players then some of the guys to the Ducks keep
as starters and there's no way to know that is
the thing because they're not getting playing
time and you're not going to necessarily if the
guy stays on the roster then you're going to
give him a chance but I just think I think it's
inevitably going to happen where a player leaves
Oregon and people are going to get a big like
oh my god like how did you let this guy go but
that's the reality of college football these
days well and especially you lose your offensive
and defensive coordinators who've built relationships
with players other recruits down the line but
Dan Lanning his focus and he said it over and
over again as people query him about recruiting
is that not one coach is in on a recruit you
have multiple people that are involved in the
recruiting process so if somebody is Promoted
or decides they want to go a different direction
as a staff member that you've got multiple people
involved So it's not like well that guy goes
so I know I'm not going there now because I just
had the relationship with that person So, and
by the way, speaking of that, I got a unique
opportunity. I touched on it the other day a
little bit, but I was thinking about more and
more. Lydia Gibbs, who's the director of on -campus
recruiting, basically. She's the one that walks
everybody around all the buildings and mama bears
and stuff like that. It's very interesting to
see the intricacies of what goes on behind the
scenes when a player is being recruited. It is
not just merely the talent or what they're going
to do in the classroom. what I keep seeing over
and over again and the word I'm gonna use is
the word character and Oregon from what I see
and what I hear and what I feel is that they're
recruiting kids with good character and giving
them the right opportunities to fit so when I
see someone like Ms. Gibbs walking them around
campus and i say you know what's the one thing
that they really want to see the most and it's
like they want to see the jack was center because
it's where they're going to be sitting there
studying and honing their classroom skills to
get them ready it's not the weight room it's
not the other stuff like that it's the jack was
center so go ahead and oregon does a really good
job selling them on what they can do and i i
don't have the perspective of an athlete but
i do have the perspective of having one of these
i'm sure the tour is a little bit different for
an athlete than just a transfer student but when
i transferred to university of oregon they gave
the tour and they didn't give us a tour of the
jacobs center but they basically did like the
whole campus thing and yeah man it was like a
super rainy day in eugene and you still fell
in love with it yeah it was awesome i was like
oh my gosh like the facilities and Just everything
that was available in terms of like, you know,
nutrition and like just like the ability to live
your life. You know, I could see it. And that's
why I think I'm sure for the athletes, it's that
times 10. All right. So we're going to take our
first break because we want to bring coal on.
I got a couple of things. There's also there's
offseason baseball that affects the left coast,
including the team that's up there in. the the
bay by the bay at the san juan islands i'm talking
about seattle goodness gracious they acquire
a infielder an all -star infielder from the cardinals
we'll talk about that in the last segment but
next on the old radio program colinahan former
oregon duck current banks brave head coach and
athletic director is going to talk to us about
signing day what was his experience getting recruited
to become an oregon duck when we come back we'll
talk to We'll finish off the program with a little
baseball and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Again.
And it's another New England Patriot who gets.
Yes, it was. I'm not laughing about that. I'm
just saying how if it's intertwined. it's like
this is another reason why we need to get some
of these guys that are voting for these hall
of fames to be reexamined and or or be transparent
which i think is the best tell us who you're
voting for what's what's the what's the harm
in that well there's accountability in that for
sure okay but you're also you're this is the
one hall of fame you're getting lobbied they
they actually come up and make presentations
to the entire panel and say this is why this
person should be in i didn't know that So you
learn a little fun fact. And we're also going
to have a fun fact about the Super Bowl, another
one. But let's head on over to the Oregon Man
Clinics hotline first right now and welcome in
a guy I got to know over the last few years as
I'm calling games in the OSAA, a former Duck.
Really impressive product on the field with his
Banks Braves as he coaches them is now, I believe,
the athletic director up at Banks. Correct me
if I'm wrong, Cole Linehan joining us on the
Oregon Man Clinics hotline. Cole, how are you,
buddy? I'm doing great. I'm doing great. Happy
to be on. Happy to talk Ducks all day. That's
right. So Windsor, the middle name Windsor. What's
the background on that first? We got to get a
little personal information. Okay, yeah. So that
was just a family name. So I think it was my
great, great, great grandfather. You know, they
came over here. They've been in Banks actually
since 1963. Came over on the Oregon Trail and
kind of got a plot of land. And this was before
Banks was even a town. But they were one of the
original people in this area that was just kind
of get things started. They helped get the post
office started. And then from there, you know,
our family's just kind of been around. And so
one of them around the process, or many of them,
I guess, was named Windsor or I have a couple
of uncles with the middle name Windsor. And so
it's all part of the family. All right. So, by
the way, had lunch today with Voice of the Ducks,
Jerry Allen, who wanted to make sure I said hi
to you. Oh, absolutely. I love Jerry. He came
on the podcast this year, and he's, I mean, obviously
an Oregon legend, right? Yeah. And no one knows
more about ducks than he does, so he's a good
guy I'm sure to have lunch with. Yeah, you're
one of his favorites as well. So, yeah, he wanted
to make sure I said hi. So one more thing on
the family, and then we're going to get into
the nitty -gritty about NIL, Portal, National
Signing Day, which is tomorrow. Just snuck up
on us. Shocks, Danny. Yeah, I'm still shocked.
I'm still shocked by it. You had two brothers.
So or have two brothers, so who won the backyard
battles because I mean I know you guys were all
playing games and stuff like that So who was
the one that normally came out on top? Well,
you know, it's the oldest one always usually
for a while ends up And so Josh has always been
the biggest to a little taller than me the bigger
than me Uh, and he's, he's just kind of, uh,
you know, when we were younger, he was the bully,
right? He was the hammer. Uh, and so it was,
he was kind of the guy you didn't mess with and
you learn that very quickly. Uh, Gabe was the
young pop and he's the athlete, you know, he
played quarterback in high school. And so we
always thought he was soft for that and then
went on and, you know, was put, he put his hand
down some of the time being a tight end in college,
but, you know, those guys want to catch touchdowns.
They want to celebrate. And so, uh, we were just
all. We were all different, I would say. Cole
linehan joining us part of the the program with
dusty harry a dusty harry I don't wear that camper
with dusty tell dusty. I mispronounced his name
He's gonna love that the program with dusty harry
has got 94 wins as a head coach at banks high
school He joins us now. Let's get into it when
you were recruited You started as a duck in 2004
you took a red shirt year you graduated in 2008
when you were recruited It was a wildly different
era than it is now has national signing day become
this kind of afterthought now with the portal
and NIL? I think so. I mean everybody obviously
had the signing day circled on their calendar.
It was the one time you had to break out the
fax machine or find a fax machine just so they
could get you that deal. And then I think you
know you hear stories of coaches literally hanging
around fax machines as they come in and celebrate.
Isn't the thing they put on Twitter or X or tick
-tock, you know or go on national TV and do these
things They literally waited around for an old
-school facts and then they celebrated and so
And it was a thing like you'd have you'd have
celebrations at school and you would be a fun
deal and you'd have a Deadline and what you've
got that deadline. He was like, hey, I know where
I'm gonna be for four to five years You had a
sense of relief that you went through the process
and you thought you did everything right to make
sure you picked the right school. And it wasn't
really an option to leave unless you were willing
to give up a year or two of your eligibility,
which just wasn't the case for many of us. And
Cole, first of all, thanks for being here. I
really appreciate your time. What do you ever
think about what things would be different? Like
for you if you were coming out in today's day
and there is the NIL and the transfer report
on all that like obviously you're an Oregon guy
like I'm just curious about your recruitment
to Oregon and how you think it might have been
different and things might have been different
for you if you came out today. Well, I think
it might have been a payday involved. Right.
Right. It's just I don't think I almost don't
think I would put as much stock or like thought
into where I was going. Because I could remember
just going back and forth for weeks and talking
to mentors of mine, talking to my family, talking
to my brother about this decision because it
felt like the biggest decision of my life at
that time, right? Because of the stakes were
so high. And I honestly believe now if we were
going through the process, it would be like,
hey, I'm going to go to this school for as long
as I like it for. And then if I want to leave,
and there's a better opportunity, or there's
an opportunity to make more money, then I'm going
to leave. And I don't think it would really give
you that same sense of pressure or, you know,
accountability for making these decisions. And
I think that that does take a piece off of it.
But we always joke, and we had Max Four on the
pod, and he runs the NIL Collective, and he's
the expert on it now. And I always ask him, I'm
like, dude, tell me what I'm worth. Tell me what
I'm worth. He'll just kind of joke about it and
say, well, you know, overachieving, undersized,
not very athletic lineman. That might be a hundred
grand for you somewhere. Wow, there you go. Do
you think that would put kids at a disadvantage
nowadays if instead of looking at things and
saying uh Hey, we're gonna basically like be
at the school for four years and it's it's really
hard to transfer You have to sit out a year whatever
the you know, the case is, you know Do you think
it puts kids at a disadvantage? To not look at
somewhere as a long -term destination rather
than just sort of hey like we're gonna be here
for now And then we're gonna take off whenever
it's basically convenient Yeah, I think it does
a few things to kids where it just doesn't allow
them to deal with adversity Well, you know you
think about you think about them the the lows
that people might have had through college I
know I had them at times where maybe I wasn't
as happy with my role I wasn't happy I'm being
away from home or whatever the case is but she
just figured out right you find ways to cope
you find the you find ways to get through it
and then the light at the end of the tunnel is
is is that you're better off for it, right? Um,
you know, I will say I do like I did like the
idea of a one -time transfer Because you know
you sometimes you do make the wrong choice Maybe
the maybe the coaches leave or maybe your coach
left and and you're not comfortable there or
there's something that had happened But it's
now it's just a wild wild west about you know,
some of these guys are going to go to literally
five schools sometimes six with the covid year,
right where That was it. It's just, oh, things
aren't going well. I'm out. And so I honestly
believe that teaches kids the wrong lesson. When
they have the opportunity to leave and make a
ton of money, that has a whole other side to
it. But there's all these pieces that we're going
to look down the road and kind of see how this
affects kids in the long run. And I think that
their inability to deal with hard things will
be one of them. A multiple -year winner of the
PAC -10 Conference Academic All League honors,
it's Cole Linehan joining us. Yes, and I said
PAC -10. That's right. Back in 2005, 6, 7, and
8, it was still the PAC -10, and now the PAC
-12 comes back in another form this year. But
let's talk about the Ducks right now, Cole, and
what you think that the Ducks have done, need
to do, where they're at and positioning. Obviously,
they've done another wonderful job of pulling
in the right pieces, we think, in certain areas,
retaining some pivotal pieces coming forward
with Dante Moore, especially at quarterback Evan
Stewart coming back, and others. But there's
always that next step, and there's always that
next thing you look for. So speak first to, holistically,
how you think Dan Lanning and his staff has done,
if you want to give them a grade or whatever,
up to this point coming into signing day. I would
say absolute A when you consider just like you
said there they retain their entire roster and
we're going to hear about backups leaving now
that's just the name of the game these days but
we didn't have a starter leave in fact we had
not only no starters lead we had a quarterback
that was projected to be potentially the number
one pick overall if not the number two decide
to stay because he wanted to be a part of one
more year Now, whether that be for reasons for
himself, because he thinks he's developed, or
he wants to be part of where Coach Landon and
staff are going, either or, we got QB1 back.
And that goes, you show me a good team, I'll
show you a good quarterback. And so that right
there, I know all Oregon fans around the nation
were celebrating when they heard that news. But
then you have all those receivers come back in
a full receiver room. And the biggest thing for
me, obviously I'm biased, but when all four of
our D linemen that are going to potentially be
first day picks, if not top three rounds, all
four of them decide to come back together, that
just shows us where we're going. You know coach
landing has proved himself to be a outstanding
recruiter and he'll round out that roster But
you know, I i'm thrilled where we're at. I'm
you know, I love this coaching staff I love what
they're doing. I love just I feel like they're
the right people for this job and And it shows
in the way the kind of hard work they put in
How important to you as a player? Is it for a
head coach to promote from within? From a position
coach and both these guys were co coordinators
on the respective sides of the football and Chris
Hampton and Drew Marringer. So how important
as a player it is to you that they were promoting
from within to keep some continuity within the
program? Yeah, it helps on a few few levels one.
It's just you know the players know them they
they understand the terminology You're not bringing
in somebody completely new there's gonna be a
lot of the same factors going into it Right and
those kids have already those coaches have already
built relationships with all the kids that are
still on the team You know and people I know
people weren't really they might work maybe wowed
by these hires But what I always my response
to that has coach landing let us down on a higher
yet I mean, you've got to give these guys a chance.
It's just like when Bellotti hired a guy named
Chip Kelly. No one knew who this guy was from
New Hampshire. He turned out to be OK. And so
you can nitpick a hire, but Coach Landon is with
these guys every single day. And he is a defensive
guy for himself. So he's obviously had the standard
set. And so I always just say, let's see how
this plays out, because he has not let us down
yet. It's a kind of the Dan landing seal of approval
if he's gonna be willing to hire this guy like
we should probably listen because Dan landing
knows what he's doing It's kind of the same thing
as a lot of different things in this program.
I think Yeah, absolutely. You know, Dan Lenny
is a defensive minded coach and it's proven I
mean the first time I ever met the guy was at
a coaching clinic where a lot of coaches step
in and say, hey, this is how you build a program,
or this is about culture. No, he got up there
and did X's and O's for an hour straight. I don't
know if he took a breath. Wow. Right? And so
you just instantly knew that he was all about
football in a big way. And that's what impressed
me the most of my first impression of him. The
pride of Banks, Oregon, it's Cole Linehan joining
us on the Oregon Man -Clinics Hotline, the Danny
and Justin radio program, Fox Sports Eugene,
Fox Sports Newport, for a Tuesday. So Cole, we
just talked all around it, we talked through
it. What are the pieces now you think this football
team needs to break through, they got close,
one step closer, to a national championship game
and to win a national championship? What do you
want to see and where does it have to come from
for Oregon this next season? Yeah, I mean, we
just have to, you know, we're looking at the
defense, right? We were so young in the secondary
and all those guys are coming back. And so you
feel really comfortable about that. You know,
obviously our D line, all the starters are back.
We got to fill out the depth there. I mean, everybody
else, we're looking at the linebackers. You know,
you'll lose Bryce Betcher, the guy who led us
in tackles, I think every single game, if maybe
might've been out tackled one time, right? And
he was the leader of the defense. So. who's gonna
be our guy in the middle that kind of sets the
tone and somebody we can really look to to make
those cross field tackles and just be a dude
for us. And then offensively, for me, it's just
all about the offensive line. We struggled at
times with our offensive lines throughout the
year, whether it be picking up. pressures or
picking up simulated pressures, then near the
end, Dante Moore got hit a little bit. And it
was, obviously any quarterback that's getting
hit or having guys in their face is not gonna
be as effective. And so how do they round that
offensive line out, which they're bringing in
the recruits to do so. We have a great offensive
line coach. And so I'm confident in that, but
those are the kind of the two areas I would say
as an outsider looking in. Things that we need
to make sure they're are shirred up and ready
to rock and roll I want to circle back to the
NIC the NIL conversation just a little bit and
I'm just curious things have changed so much
and around in Eugene obviously there's conversations
with what's going on in the high school ranks
and with players Transferring and all this stuff
the NIL, you know The conversation seems like
it's trickled into the high school ranks a little
bit leaking down Yeah, absolutely. Is there anything
like that in your world that you see as the head
coach of banks football? You know, I have not
seen anything at our level as far as kids getting
offered to, you know, paid. I mean, the way Oregon
high school football works, and I shouldn't say
works, but just is, is you just don't have the
sheer numbers of prospects like you do, you know,
in Florida or Texas or California where you might
have 35, you know, D1 prospects in two schools
that are five miles away from each other. Right.
And so it's a little bit different, I guess,
as far as the dynamics of it all. And I just
haven't heard much around Oregon and where it's
going. But you do hear bad stories of kids, you
know, getting money from people that they only
have to pay back is that they make money later
on and then it gets circling back. And so I just
hate the idea that there are sharks out there
that are going after these 17 -year -old kids
that haven't even signed with a college yet and
are trying to offer them money to sign with them
later on. The self that we dealt with in college,
right, with guys like that before the NFL offered
us money and those kind of things, only if you
do these things. We were at least 22 years old,
21 years old. Now that's happening to 16, 17
-year -old kids. Maybe they're going after families
that maybe don't have the means, or all they're
seeing is this number. Something has to be regulated,
because when you go after young kids that clearly
don't know much about anything, finances are
big -time choices like that. That's a concern
of mine as a high school coach and just where
it's all going. Well, Cole Linehan joining us
from Banks High School, the head coach and athletic
director of the football program there, and never
has had a losing season, by the way, Baby J,
as Banks High School football coach and a perennial
participant in the postseason. Coach, you're
going to a little business here on your football
team itself. So for a last year, actually last
few years, the new classification came out. It's
all based, if people don't know, it's based on
attendance, enrollment and such. off lines and
it looks like for 2026 season you're dropping
to the 3a level so your thoughts on that and
and what you you thought of it Well, it's flipped,
right? Oh, sorry. The last four years have been
a 3A school. Sorry, right. Now we're jumping
up to 4A. And, you know, that's 4A is where we
started. When I first took over, we were a 4A
school. We actually won a state title in 2018
at the 4A level. And then with COVID and enrollment,
they do this every four years, right? They set
the number. They set the number last time, and
we were, you know... a 3A school, the biggest
3A school. And so now it's time to go back up.
And so the OSAA has decided that the number to
go back up is our exact number. And so it's time
for us to go up. And I'm looking forward to it.
And we had a lot of success in 3A and all sports.
So if I put my athletic director hat on, it was
good for everybody. And I think that we'll still
compete. But I'm just looking forward to it.
a new challenge, get back into our original league,
our traditional rivals that we've always had,
and we just kind of roll with it. So, you know,
it's good stuff all around. All right, Coach,
last question for you. Are you, as a former player,
Are you now welcome back to the program? Because
there was a period of time where it seemed like
there was a distance between the alumni and the
football program. And then off of that, I want
to ask you another question off it. It's the
curse of somebody asking two questions in one
area, but I'm going to do it anyway. And then
your thoughts on the Ducks moving into the Big
Ten and how you think that's working out for
them. So first ask the answer the alumni question
and then the Big Ten. Yeah, absolutely. So there
was a time, you're absolutely right, when we
were done, obviously, I left with Baladi. Baladi
and I's years were the same. We're the last years
together, right? And when Chip came in, that's
where things kind of went haywire with the alumni
and just him not really caring about bringing
guys in. It just wasn't part of his... his deal,
right? And so a lot of guys felt like they weren't
accepted back. And then we kind of went on a
little bit of a run with multiple head coaches.
And I will say Coach Landy has done a really
good job of trying to bring the alumni back,
right? And whenever you're around them, they're
engaged. They want you to come to practice. They
want you to be a part of it. And a lot of these
guys that played here, I mean, we don't expect
much, right? We don't expect them to roll out
the red carpet and to, you know, celebrate us
every time we come back, right? But whenever
you spend a lot of time and place and you feel
like you're a big part of a program, you just
want to feel like you have a place still there.
And I don't want to speak for everybody. That's
the way I feel, right? And so I don't need...
I don't need this extra love and celebration,
right? But when I talked to Coach Lanning, he
loved to talk about times when we played there.
He always brings up the fact that, hey, you're
a part of this program. You were part of the
growth of this program. We want you to be around
the athletes. We want you to be here. And that
goes a long way with a lot of former docs. So
they just did a really good job at that. And,
you know, it answers your next question about,
you know, jump into the Big Ten. You know, we
were throwing out a lifeline, right, when the
Pac -12 was crumbling, and I think we chose the
best route possible. You think about where we're
at compared to a couple schools that were part
of the Pac -10, or sorry, Pac -12. Whether them
being in the new Pac -12, or having to do the
ACC route, or the Big 12. The Big 10 has the
most tradition. It's clearly the best conference
there is in college football right now. And for
us to be there, not just be there, but win the
thing last two years ago, and to be in the mix
this year. You know, we couldn't ask for a better
situation. And it just gives people it's fun,
man. It's fun to have new go to new places and
new rivals and and have, you know, teams. I mean,
people want to travel to Penn State and Ohio
State to see these games. I mean, it just adds
a whole nother element to something new. That's
a lot of fun. And obviously winning is fun as
well. Absolutely. Cole, thank you so much for
the time. Look forward to seeing you in the postseason.
You can have a postseason team this this year.
Well, that's always the goal. We've got to put
the work in off -season to make sure that happens.
All right. Well, hopefully we'll see you on one
of those semifinal or final games. Would love
it. Love it. All right. Thanks, Cole. We'll have
you back. Appreciate you, man. Awesome. All right.
Thanks for having me, guys. Yeah, you bet. The
great Cole Linehan, a former duck, and you're
always a duck. From 2004 to 2008. and currently
the head football coach, he's gonna eclipse a
hundred wins in high school football this season
for the Banks Braves. When Justin and I come
back, another snub by the Pro Football Hall of
Fame. We'll talk about that next on the Danny
Justin radio program. If you missed any of our
interview with Cole Linehan, The head coach and
the athletic director at banks high school in
a former duck and he also co -host a Podcast,
it's a good listen the program with dusty Hara
Who's the sideline reporter for Oregon football
and the Oregon Sports Network? It's it's up there
every week. You can also find us if you find
the program You can find Danny and Justin. That's
an easy way of doing it. Tag team. Or vice versa.
You can just like and subscribe to both if you
haven't already. So thanks again to Cole for
coming. He'll be back as well. Plenty of times.
He'll be back. Really? Sorry. No, wait a second.
I'm used to being over... You're way closer to
me then. It's almost uncomfortable. I'm going
to have to get used to this as well, because
I don't have to have men sitting there next to
me in the studio, which is great radio, by the
way, as we're describing where we're sitting.
You and I next to each other and interned. We
could do some do some play by play. Inter producer
done over there on the board. He's doing a great
job. So more fun facts of the Super Bowl before
we get into the snub. And as we finish off the
program here on a Tuesday. What has never happened
in a Super Bowl Super Bowl history? That's high.
Okay, what else is never? Actually was pretty
good you smart alec what has never happened Context
for this so you know I almost lots of things
have never happened I almost want Dom to go ahead
and guess Dom crack your mic open you get your
debut on the program You know which microphone
to hit see this is learning. Yeah. Yeah, you're
number one, right? Try it. You're are you turned
up testing testing turn up a little bit higher
Right here, right here. Okay, what's never happened
in the Super Bowl? Um... Oh, I thought you had
the answer. No, I didn't have the answer. I was
sitting here and I was trying to think. I was
like, I don't know. I'm sorry, I don't want to
put you on the spot then. There has never been
a punt return touchdown. Oh, wow. In Super Bowl
history. That's surprising. All right, so what
is the longest kick return touchdown, yet bonus
points for the player? How many yards it was
and in what Super Bowl it was though? Okay, so
you guys can tag team and if you want you want
to huddle together and you could not Desmond
Howard no wrong. Okay. Well, I don't know. I
believe it's Jacoby Jones got it, right Ravens
Yeah, I believe it was a hundred and ten yards
or no a hundred and nine No, it's 108. Yeah,
you only can go one. Oh, yeah, you can only go
one away It was I think he had his foot like
right next to the line. Basically very good.
You got the Super Bowl team, right the person
right and You were just off on the yardage. Yeah,
like I'm gonna be fair Desmond Howard did have
the record at the time Now you're gonna reinvent
no, it's the but it's the all -time yet. No,
I know Okay, he was more recently correct more
Super Bowl fun facts as we had to the weekend.
And by the way, both Fox Sports Eugene, Fox Sports
Newport, if you're in our listening audience,
in our ears, you can listen to the Super Bowl
right here on these radio stations. So, you know,
I know a lot of people are going to be hanging
out, you're going to be with your mom in Portland.
Dom, where are you watching the Super Bowl at?
Are you going to have like the... 8 000 guys
in crammed in a dorm room somewhere watching
the super bowl or what? Um, we have a little
side yard in my house So I believe we're just
gonna put a tv out there so we can have more
people It's gonna be 14 degrees outside. Is it?
I don't know possibly. It's been pretty sunny
lately So i'm counting i'm banking on the weather
report is out for this week Well, look at the
weather report before you start dragging things
around Dom I don't want I don't want you coming
in here like frostbitten or anything like that
on Monday So I will be at home probably just
chilling making pizzas or something. You don't
have a bunch of food You're making I don't I
don't know if I'm gonna have the I'm kind of
recovering still a little bit I don't think I'm
gonna have a ton of people over this year. Mm
-hmm. I might have just it was fun last year,
though I had a blast. We did the bingo. We did
all that stuff I like I like throwing a party
for for the friends, but I like their own parties
in general Well, I like having good people around
you. Is that a sin? I don't mean that in a negative
way at all. Did it sound like it was like...
Did it sound like that was an insult? Thank you.
We have someone that can arbitrate. Are not having
a lot of people? Yeah, what I said, did it sound
like I was insulting him? Because he took it
as an insult all of it. No, I don't know. Maybe
I'm just being too sensitive today. Maybe. I
don't know. I might be. Maybe I'm just upset
for Robert Kraft. Maybe i'm just upset words
that have never been spoken before Are bill belichick
and robert craff now going to hold hands and
have like a redemption tour together They might
as well new england's patriot's owner robert
craff like his former head coach Has not been
selected into this year's pro hall of fame class
Craft was a first -time hall of fame finalists
did not receive enough votes So you need you
basically need 40 out of the 50 people to vote
for you. There's 50 votes each Person gets only
three votes. So they'll have like five people
on the ballot and you can only select three out
of those five so The class will be announced
by the way Thursday night in San Francisco So
the there and this is a new voting requirement
apparently So because Kraft and Belichick were
actually competing for votes So they used to
have that like segment a little bit like a coach
You know was over here and then the former players
were over here And so Roger Craig Craig can Anderson
and LC Greenwood were the players so I mean I
don't know what the suspense is if they've already
leaked it out that Belichick didn't make it Kraft
didn't make it and There are three players that
were left on the ballot or whatever They all,
well, I guess they could have left him off. They
could have just not voted for him, yeah. Yeah,
but I would think most of those... Well, I think
the irony here is that you could make an argument.
I think it's pretty strong that Bill Belichick's
the greatest head football coach of all time.
And you could make an argument that Robert Kraft
is maybe one of the greatest owners of all time.
I mean, he's just taken another team. Eleven
Super Bowls. That's what I'm saying. I mean...
And Jerry Jones is in the Hall of Fame. Exactly.
So chew on that for a second. Isn't that pretty
amazing pretty egregious? I would say so kind
of say listen. That is the snub of all snubs
I grew up hating the Patriots just like everyone
else just like you hate this program You know,
it's a strong word and I meant it you were Alabama
and New England part of that very long time the
Dodgers man So you have have you picked a team
in every major sport that you just have a visceral
dislike I would say they pick themselves almost
you know, you have nothing to do with it I would
say that I have something to do with it and who
I root for but those teams make themselves very
Easy to spot they ride anything with Ron or or
push down to the bottom exactly by the way I
did didn't want to mention that the Mariners
signed a player in the offseason here infielder
All -star infielder Brendan Donovan from the
Cardinals was signed yesterday evening He's a
left -handed hitter three team trade also included
the Rays And they didn't give up much. So the
mayor is not a little stronger. So they get a
switch picture a Switch picture. Yeah, isn't
that crazy? Yeah. Wow. All right. Let's do some
dad joke. Oh a joke I got a fire from the bank
today woman asked me to check her balance. So
I pushed her dad jokes All right, so I gotta
I gotta do another little Voice thing, okay ready
the other day. So here we go. All right, so we're
started off like this A pirate walks into a bar
with a towel on his head. And the bartender says,
hey, what's the deal with the towel on your head?
The pirate goes, I have a bounty on me. Like
a bounty towel. Yeah, the brand. I got it. I
got it. All right. That's it. Sometimes they're
winners, kids. Sometimes they're not. That's
all there is to it. They just, you know, they
come out. one way, they come out the other way,
that's how there is to it. All right, let's close
out the program with letting you know I will
not be here tomorrow. It's gonna be Goose and
I. And you're gonna have a guest, it's going
to be the GM, the new GM of the Drifters, it's
Jake Willard gonna be on the program, I'll be
back on Thursday. Put a smile on your face, someone
else's, they deserve it, so do you. God bless,
thanks for listening. For Baby J, for Intern
Dom, I'm Danny. Peace.