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Portions of this show are recorded. Strap in

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and be prepared. Room for error is much slimmer

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in basketball. You lose one player and it changes

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your entire team. It's not like that in football.

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It's just not. It's not. Interesting guests.

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Kelly Graves, Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waszkowski,

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Noah Eagle, Melissa Lombardi, Kenyon Barnard,

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Jonathan Stewart. Sharp opinions. Dana Altman

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probably earned a pass for a down year after

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almost 20 years. of what he's done for Oregon

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basketball. And some smiles. Guys, I was stuck

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in a car wash. Sounds like an R. Kelly song.

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It's not an R. Kelly song. It's Danny Havel.

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I can't remember, and I've been doing this for

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longer than you've been alive. Which is really

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horrible that I have to say that, but it's the

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truth. It's like the saying in Alaska, that you

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don't have to be faster than the bear, you just

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have to be faster than your friend. Welcome to

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the crystal palace. You're locked into the fastest

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60 minutes in sports. Also, wherever you podcast

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you're on where you consume that kind of quantity,

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like mass quantities like the Coneheads, you

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can find us Danny and Justin or the fastest 60

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minutes. We are there. We are live. We are ready

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to go. Isaac Streeter Mustang is going to join

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us from the Portland Tribune. We'll talk a little

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Oregon, Oregon State baseball. He's got a lot

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of things to talk about, though. I think Isaac's

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got some things on his mind. He will unload on

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us and give you all the information coming up

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right around 20 after the hour. Right over there

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is intern Dom, who's producing He Was Our Savior

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and Big Bats. We'll give him some props. We'll

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also talk to him about the Olympics, because

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I have some things about the Olympics I had no

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idea about. I'm Doc. They call me that because

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that was my nickname in college. Right over there

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is Baby J. We call him Justin Grosswander, his

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Christian name, but he is Baby J. What up, boy?

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Well, I'm not quite as fired up today, but you

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gave a heck of an intro, so I'm ready to go now

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with all the exciting news we've got going on

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today. Let's go! All right, let's start off with

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this. Congratulations to intern Dom, producer

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Dom. He wasn't here yesterday. By the way, I

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called Blaze Dom at the end of the show. He did.

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By the way, I did. Bring a smile to your face.

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He did bring a smile to his face. Dom rescued

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us on Big Bets, went three and two, and was closest

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on the tiebreaker. to set down brad who rose

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like a phoenix although it was just a three and

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two record so dom saved us and it's 100 bucks

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to coquel from coquel casino resort to south

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coast special olympics so good on you you get

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to play again on friday we'll do it's not going

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to be nothing about basketball this will be our

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first big bets baby jay sans is it no it'll be

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a second one yeah sans football right we we got

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one last football in there just to get one in

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squoze it in exactly we couldn't been on the

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pro bowl we had to wean ourselves off of football

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a little bit yeah well let's let's talk about

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that right away though let's not mean our way

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all the way off pro football hall of fame announced

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their 2026 class we haven't talked about this

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they did it last week but we're just finally

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talking about we talked about who isn't in it

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We certainly did spend a lot of time. More than

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who is in it. Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, well

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deserved, Adam Vinatieri, linebacker Luke Keakley,

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and then Roger Craig, who was the seniors finalist.

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He was the only one to make it from the seniors

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class. And who didn't make it? Of course, we

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talked about Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft. Eli

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Manning was one that they were talking about

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a lot last year not making it. So, and this is,

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by the way, a slightly bigger class than last

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year. last year only had four and they will induct

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August the 8th in Canton, Ohio where we know

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that now when the first NFL preseason game will

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be because they always do the kickoff at Canton

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is always the first game of the preseason so

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it's August the 8th you don't have to worry about

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doing the math there okay so what do you think

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about this class? I think it's a good class I

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think that Larry Fitzgerald has an argument as

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I have a friend that thinks he's the greatest

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receiver ever and when I really started to break

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down the numbers and everything he did, it's

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kind of hard to argue against it. I don't think

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he is the greatest receiver. I think you have

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to take into account some of the teams he played

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on. That were really bad. I mean really bad.

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He had a super long career, too. There was a

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one point where Larry Fitzgerald looked like

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he was kind of done and he was getting 800 yards

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and then he just totally bounced back and was

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that elite receiver again. I think he's maybe

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has an argument for number two. So I think he's

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very, very well -deserving. Jerry Rice. I mean,

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it's not even close. I don't think the man was

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elite at 40 years old. That's all I'm going to

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say. Drew Brees. I think he's actually getting

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a little bit underrated now. As well people don't

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talk about drew breeze anymore The other guy

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that I think is kind of interesting here luke

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keighley because he didn't play very long He

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was very very good when he played he was a comet

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Longevity is something that I think the hall

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of fame definitely looks at a lot of time unless

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you're of course Robert Kraft or bill belchek

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It doesn't matter All right, so there's your

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hall of fame class for 2026. It was announced

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Was it today that it was announced? No, it was

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announced this past weekend, wasn't it? The the

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big Oregon Oregon State baseball game today.

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Okay, so it was officially announced today But

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I think you got a little sneak preview of it

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Saturday, which I missed So they will for the

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first time in 17 years put be playing in Portland.

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So the Ducks and the Beavs will play I believe

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in April or March Look it up. I think it's either

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up right now. I think it's the fourth I want

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to say it's the fourth of March that they play

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at PK They play a single game. I don't know What

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is it? What is I'm just laughing? It's like you're

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like predicting it. It's March 3rd March 3rd.

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Okay. I was close. You were great class No, it

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is not a doubleheader, okay, so it is a single

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game and then they'll play again, but they wait

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a month up in Portland at Hop Stadium, which

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is the renamed Hillsboro ballpark April the 14th

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It used to be Ron Tonkin field opened up in 2013.

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It's right behind Hillsboro Stadium and They

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just refurbished it According to what Major League

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Baseball wants which is the problem that the

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M's have been having at PK Park So Ron Tonkin

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field now Hillsboro ballpark has been refurbished

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and they will host Oregon Oregon stand on April

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14th So you want to get your tickets you can

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actually get tickets? If you want to buy for

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the listeners that are in our area, maybe not

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worthwhile to you, but uh, the hops are selling

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like season Some season ticket packages like

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not all the games and they'll include the oregon

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oregon state game in that I saw that on their

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website today. So There's that they also play

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on april 22nd All right, so they'll have three

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games spread out over single days weird It used

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to be like a remember last year. It was like

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three or four games They played two series one

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was down here and then the other was up at goss

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dating They play like five games in a row. Yeah

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So i'm not doing that this year, obviously. No,

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so you have a great question. I want to save

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it for later Right because you're gonna ask eyes.

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Oh, yeah the question Yeah between oregon oregon

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state oregon softball the rankings came out after

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a two and three a disappointing weekend at the

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nfca Opening classic in clearwater florida where

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the ducks went two and three under melissa lombardi

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They are now number 14 in the USA softball poll,

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number 15 in the NFCA poll. Probably fair, but

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they don't drop out of the top 15. So, you know,

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it's a long, listen, it is a long season. It's

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60 plus games. They are going to keep their track

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pointed towards Oklahoma City. That is the only

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thing they're worried about. Win the Big Ten,

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win and go to Oklahoma City. You can't say it's

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not noteworthy. We wanted to see this we were

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interested to see how they would start, but you

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also can't sit there and go Well not seasons

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over like they aren't good like that's just no

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not gonna happen that way It's just they were

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not even in conference play yet. Not at all.

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It's a timing sport Alright, so some of the other

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things that are going on before we get to Isaac

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Streeter We're also gonna talk Oregon men's basketball

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another just a gut -wrenching loss and this one

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kind of with all the positive things We talked

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about the Purdue game Gotta flip it to the other

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side because they just got taken back out behind

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the wood shit again by Indiana This was they

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shot really well But they just could not string

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plays together at all. I don't know. Did you

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watch any of the game last night? I watched some

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of it. Okay, I watched a little bit of as well

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I kind of snuck around and and took a look at

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it and I was just I The defense was not there

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you'd give up 92 points. I mean, how are you

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gonna expect to win a game? You're not gonna

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out shoot anybody with this team Even though

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you shot 50 % from the field. You're not gonna

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out shoot anybody Not score. So second chance

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points weren't there. It was yeah, it was just

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bad It's a rough season. It really is. It's a

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forgotten season and a historic season in 37

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years of coaching Dana Altman has never lost

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this many games in a row ever in 37 years so

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The question we've been discussing right Justin

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is do you point to the coach? Do you point to

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the injuries? Do you point to all the other outside

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stuff about the players that you've assembled

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for a roster? And then I think the biggest question

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now, this season's done. You're going to play

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out the string, and hopefully it shows some pride.

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That's what I'm going to be looking for. But

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how do you take it out of here and then move

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it forward? Because you already have to be thinking

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about, OK, how do we extricate ourselves from

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this situation that we're in right now? And the

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Ducks are now 8 -16, 1 -12. I can't believe I'm

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saying this. I know. 1 -12 in the Big Ten. And

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it was just, they host Penn State on Saturday,

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noon, so they get a little time off. Indiana,

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by the way, improves to 17 -8, 8 -6 overall.

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They were up by 8 at the half, and then they

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outscore Oregon by 14 in the second half. As

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the Ducks were lead in scoring by Nate Biddle

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with 15, Sean Stewart with 12, Takai Simpkins

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with 11, Drew Carter with 10. uh wade lynn also

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had 15 points on three of five from three six

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of twelve from the field so i will pose this

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to you baby jay how do the ducks extricate themselves

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from this mess of a season well i guess at first

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you have to make a decision on dane elvin right

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on the coaching starts it right there starts

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right there and if you're going to bring him

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back which i think the longer this season goes

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on the longer i lean toward that honestly i just

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think that well I you know like the the more

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we talk about what dana altman has done for this

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program It's like okay. We can't just forget

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all that because this season is really Really

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sucked and it's been bad and it might get worse

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before it gets better And I know I said that

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two weeks ago, but they play penn state And penn

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state's second to last in the standings. They

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don't win that game. I'm not sure if they're

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going another game I really don't know at this

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point, but at that same time I don't know how

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relevant that is to the future of this team because

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clearly Nate Biddle is going to move on. The

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roster is going to look really different. But

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I think there has to be a self -evaluation and

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accountability from everybody. It can't just

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be, well, this is the issue. It's not one thing,

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clearly. It's pretty easy when you're in the

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muck of the mire. And by the way, the Danny and

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Justin radio program, thanks for tuning in to

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the number one sports station in the Valley.

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Newport. You can also stream us wherever you're

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find us online at both those websites, Fox Sports

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Eugene and Fox Sports Newport. It's easy to point

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fingers in every other direction except looking

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in the mirror. And I think there needs to be

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evaluation from top to bottom. I would like to

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see, and I think there will be, some deliberations

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after the season's over with. And I think Rob

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Mullins, who has been an incredible athletic

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director for Oregon. I mean, think about the

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rise, the facility improvements, the overall

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top to bottom. In every sport, how Oregon has

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improved over the tenure of Rob Mullins sitting

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in the ADs chair is I think he will sit down

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with Dana and his coaching staff and go, okay,

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I'm going to give you a chance to tell me what

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this looks like moving. How are you going to

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seismically change and turn this thing around?

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Because that's what's needed. And then he'll

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evaluate it and he'll make a decision based on

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that as well. More than anything, I think that's

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what needs to happen. Right. And I think that's

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what's going to happen. I think so too. There

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has to be an evaluation from everybody. One thing

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that I've talked about with you off the air,

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and I don't know if we talked about on the air

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too much But it's something that's always and

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I guess more recently confused me about this

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organ program is that? The football program and

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I know that's where all the money is going Players

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come from across the country to come to this

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football program right because they're marketed

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well Yeah, they're on the cutting edge of player

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you know NiL stuff, but also like Marketing their

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players as well. I decide to Cory and more Red

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Bull ad the other day And I was like that's the

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Cory and more like okay, and he wasn't being

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marketed as to Cory and more Oregon receiver

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But you get what I'm saying and they know how

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to market their players Where is that with honestly

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most of the other programs? Yeah, especially

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in basketball. It just seems like it isn't the

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type of program that's attracting these players

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that are the top level players and and that's

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how you win in basketball well, I think Oregon

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has struggled and this is just My opinion. I

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think Oregon struggled ever since, it's gonna

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seem simplistic folks, so just bear with me as

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I try and make my thought less than two minutes.

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I can do it in less than two minutes. We're doing

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good on time today. We are doing great on time.

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Is, I think Oregon struggled trying to figure

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out how to attract fans to fill MKA since they

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left McCourt. McCourt was an easy fill. I mean,

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it wasn't an easy fill, but it was 9 ,000 people

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with people standing outside hoping somebody

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was not going to get there, or scrambling for

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tickets. And now you're trying to fill a 12 ,000

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plus seat stadium. You can read that one. It's

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finding, especially with the shifting sands and

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the moving tides of NIL, transfer portal and

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how even in the NBA that there are younger kids

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making the jump to try and get into the league

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and now the NBA has expanded with the G League

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inside so there's more opportunities than there

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were before for a player to get to that level

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there are fewer players in the pool right I mean

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when you talk about a football team literally

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40 guys Technically, I mean if you talk about

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starters and then elite backups you're talking

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about almost 40 guys on a team that could get

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looks For NFL job and then multiply that by how

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many teams there are. Okay in Basketball at the

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most you're carrying 12 to 15 guys on a roster

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Okay, so I'm kind of sidewinding here, but I'll

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just say I think Oregon has had trouble in the

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last five years navigating the portal and how

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you distribute NIL, and then how you market the

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program within the community. I think that's

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been the biggest thing. There is not, it doesn't

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seem like unless they're a homegrown Oregon product

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like a Nate Bill or a Jackson Shell stack, there

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is no connection with the community with these

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players. There's a lot more connection with the

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women's basketball program, a lot more connection

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with the women's softball program. And even in

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the baseball side, I think WAS, and we'll have

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WAS on later this week, we'll talk to them about

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this. I think he's done a great job of trying

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to get his players connected and get connected

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to the fans. But a lot of that's coming from

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within that program. So go ahead. Great point.

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Do you want to read the tweet? Yeah. There's

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a tweet. Go ahead and do the handle and say,

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yeah, we love this. Rachel Bykoffer. So thank

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you for tweeting at us. She says, it's not just

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one season we've had a team incapable of filling

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a night arena. Since it opened, Alton needs to

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go despite the fact that people like him. And

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that is probably. encapsulating what a lot of

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the fan base feels. It's been that struggle.

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And listen, teams will feed off of the energy

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that comes from the crowd. You talk to any player,

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they go. When we've got people screaming and

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yelling at the opponent or screaming us on, that

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it gets us to another level. Kelly Graves talks

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about it. Every coach has talked about that.

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The home field the home court advantage Is it's

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it's a thing and did we talk about something

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that he commented on with the banners? Did we

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talk about that on the air? We I don't think

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we did that They didn't move any of the banners

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from the old mac court right to matt night arena

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And I don't know what that was all about. I still

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haven't asked anybody for official companies

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too Like all the ones for sabrina and all those

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teams like it just it doesn't And I didn't get

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to experience matt court except for going there.

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That's a shame because it was incredible I almost

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felt like I was gonna die there sometimes when

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I was up on the third Terrace up there and the

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all it was it was held on by wires It still is

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and when the place was shaking the whole thing

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was shaking. You thought oh my god. I'm gonna

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die here I'm just the whole thing's gonna collapse.

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Go ahead. No, I mean it seemed like it was a

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real home court advantage it was and it's so

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strange to me because I love Matthew Knight Arena.

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Honestly, it's a great facility. It's beautiful.

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I've always liked the court, to be honest with

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you. I know I'm kind of in the minority with

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that. They've toned it down and it still looks

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weird sometimes on some broadcasts. But yeah,

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I think that you're completely on the button.

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And I know you all just want me to agree with

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you all the time. But I think you're right here.

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I think that I think that the ability to connect

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the players with the fans is something that regardless

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of what you do at head coach, that has to be

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improved. And it's something that college basketball

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is changing at this rapid level where you have

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the way that teams are operating are very different

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than it was even two or three years ago. Well

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it's even at the point when you go to a lot of

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events and it's not just at Oregon by the way

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I'm just going to say this there's there's this

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struggle throughout college athletics now the

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way this has been evolving is you go to events

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now where before it was like yeah you can get

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a picture an autograph and everything else players

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aren't even given autographs out for the most

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part anymore unless they're getting paid for

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it. Mean that's that's what we've gotten down

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to now. I'm not saying again. It's every player

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every program every sport But there is this transactional

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nature now in college athletics. That's just

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it's taken the amateurism away from it It's taken

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away if I can make this plea it's taken away

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what I love about college athletics It was me

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because there are some pro sports. I have no

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interest in in Until you get to a certain point

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in the season stop smiling at me which ones it's

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the nba I can say that i've told this to travis

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until they get to the playoffs because you know

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who plays defense anymore for the most part nobody

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Okay, there's my point except for something so

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when I look behind me and I see north carolina

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Pulling the upset against duke and the joy on

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their their faces. I'm also thinking who's getting

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paid what now? Who's getting paid what now before

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I almost would like to have the ignorance is

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bliss thing where it's like I knew people were

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getting paid but it was under the table and everyone

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could complain about it out front behind the

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scenes and all that but Okay, it almost seemed

00:20:22.509 --> 00:20:25.250
like it was better than yeah Well, I think the

00:20:25.250 --> 00:20:27.089
conversation before then has always just been

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about what players should be compensated, right

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and When players weren't getting paid we were

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saying hey like they're kind of getting taken

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advantage of so there has to be some middle ground

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between players and getting compensated for what

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they should be and What's been going on which

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is the Wild West? Totally agree because the universities

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are making money off of Jersey sales off of likeness

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off of all of that So I agree. Did we solve anything?

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I don't think we saw nothing I think what we

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never do we we just gave a lot more things for

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you to discuss and in talking about that The

00:20:59.410 --> 00:21:01.509
great Mustang Isaac Streeter from the Portland

00:21:01.509 --> 00:21:03.869
Tribune is going to join us. He is a wealth of

00:21:03.869 --> 00:21:07.089
knowledge. We can't poke him about the Brewers

00:21:07.089 --> 00:21:08.970
this time. There's really nothing to talk about.

00:21:09.230 --> 00:21:10.990
They're really so we can set that aside. We can

00:21:10.990 --> 00:21:13.230
have a friendly conversation with our good friend

00:21:13.230 --> 00:21:15.630
Isaac Streeter, Oregon, Oregon State Baseball,

00:21:15.849 --> 00:21:17.650
basketball. He covers everything. We'll talk

00:21:17.650 --> 00:21:19.869
to him next on the Danny and Justin radio program.

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Danny and Justin for a Tuesday already live from

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the Bigfoot Beverages studios and let's head

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:55.579
on over to the Oregon Man Clinics hotline at

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541 -343 -5673 and welcome in a good friend of

00:21:58.779 --> 00:22:00.960
ours even though he is a Brewers fan we're not

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:03.240
going to talk baseball in that respect but you

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:07.769
are you are so but You are still a good friend

00:22:07.769 --> 00:22:09.410
of ours. It's Isaac Streeter from the Portland

00:22:09.410 --> 00:22:13.230
Tribune. He is a personality hire, and he is

00:22:13.230 --> 00:22:16.529
a proud Sac State alum. Go Hornets. Go Stingers.

00:22:17.789 --> 00:22:21.849
And what you up to this week, buddy? Well, first

00:22:21.849 --> 00:22:23.690
and foremost, Stingers up. Thank you for the

00:22:23.690 --> 00:22:27.309
shout. But other than that, just getting prepped

00:22:27.309 --> 00:22:29.970
for baseball season, getting ready to freeze

00:22:29.970 --> 00:22:33.430
my butt off in the Oregon prep box this weekend.

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:36.839
I don't know how they're going to play four games

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:39.619
there, especially with freezing rain set for

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:41.539
their doubleheader on Saturday, but that's neither

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:44.559
here nor there. I'll get the week going on Thursday

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:47.400
with Oregon State women, the basketball team.

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Yeah, let's start there. So Oregon State women.

00:22:50.730 --> 00:22:54.109
Had a tough one. Gonzaga kind of took him out

00:22:54.109 --> 00:22:57.750
behind, you know, the proverbial shed. They're

00:22:57.750 --> 00:23:00.269
looking to rebound. They come back from that

00:23:00.269 --> 00:23:02.970
road trip and they get to host Santa Clara Pacific

00:23:02.970 --> 00:23:07.869
on Thursday and Saturday. Locked in with a tough,

00:23:07.869 --> 00:23:10.509
tough matchup. The Broncos and Portland tied

00:23:10.509 --> 00:23:12.509
with LMU at nine and three in the conference

00:23:12.509 --> 00:23:15.089
standings. And they all three in a row will be

00:23:15.089 --> 00:23:17.730
visiting Gil Cosimo over the season's final weeks.

00:23:18.389 --> 00:23:20.930
I really want to start with Allie Shimmel because

00:23:20.930 --> 00:23:23.369
she after being a walk -on I mean you want to

00:23:23.369 --> 00:23:26.730
talk about a story 3a Corbett little old Corbett

00:23:26.730 --> 00:23:30.190
two state runner -ups title as a senior and She

00:23:30.190 --> 00:23:33.650
is just like from downtown. She's money this

00:23:33.650 --> 00:23:36.950
year for the beefs She certainly is and you know

00:23:36.950 --> 00:23:38.450
I don't want to take too much credit for it,

00:23:38.450 --> 00:23:41.269
but I did write a feature on Before she got put

00:23:41.269 --> 00:23:46.240
on scholarship I've been I've been pulling for

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:48.240
for Ali for a good long while. She's a she's

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:50.819
a fun player to watch. And I think the thing

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:53.680
that goes underrated in it and mostly just because

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:56.339
defensive statistics are so hard to track in

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:58.940
really any sport. But goodness, that girl has

00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:02.500
played incredible defense as their two guard,

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:04.920
as you know, swinging down to the three as well.

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:07.559
Iced out Ali Turner, friggin Zaga and that first

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:09.700
go around, obviously gained that second game

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:13.000
was not at all what they wanted. But yeah, she's

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:16.259
been stellar for them. And aside from that Gonzaga

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:19.220
game as well for Kennedy Shuler, she's been awesome.

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:23.039
Just absolutely just when she's on, she fills

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:25.700
up the stat sheet like a player I haven't seen

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:28.319
in a long time for any of the teams we cover

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:31.000
over here. So how important is she going to be

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:33.000
like? Is she going to be that player that can

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:35.940
really just maybe not always scoring, but it's

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:37.500
just all the little things that she does. Can

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:40.779
she carry this team? Kennedy Schuler has been

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:42.759
carrying this team since last year, guys. Like,

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:45.539
this is an unreal basketball player. I mean,

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:48.900
I like to joke that she... She plays point guard

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:52.019
with the mentality of a power forward. And, you

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.940
know, it's mostly because she doesn't have a

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:56.579
super, a big time outside shooting game. But,

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:58.980
you know, that's why you add the Ali shimles

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:01.380
and Jenna, Jenna villas of the world to this

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:04.500
roster. But Kennedy Shuler is like willpower

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:06.759
defined for this basketball team. And, you know,

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:09.420
the way Rueck smiles at her, it's like akin to

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:12.039
his daughter. You know, those, those two are

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:14.380
conjoined at the hip. She's an absolute floor

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:17.140
general for them. And I agree with you, like,

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:21.140
I haven't seen a basketball player in the women's

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:24.299
game collegiately be this dominant on a night

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-to -night basis probably since I got this job.

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:30.460
It's unreal what she does. The Portland Tribune's

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:32.140
Isaac Streeter. We call him Mustang here on the

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.960
Danny and Justin radio program live from the

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.900
Bigfoot Beverages studios. We'll talk Olympics

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:38.859
in the last segment along with the Blazers with

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a nice win. A couple in a row now for Portland

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in the last segment after we're done with Isaac.

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But let's continue on Oregon State Hoops. Scott

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Rueck. has molded this team, and I don't know,

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and I'll ask your opinion on it. Is this one

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of the better coach... Season's not over, but

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is this one of the better coaching jobs that

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Scott Rook's done with this cast of characters?

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You know, I haven't been around for long enough

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to, I feel like, you know, accurately state that.

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I mean, I think I was in... I think I might have

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been in... Second or third grade when he took

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that job, but yeah, sorry to make you both feel

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old. Thank you It's incredible what he does I

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think more so in terms of fantastic coaching

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jobs I would look back to what he did last year

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that team was under 500 headed into February

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And won the tournament so the way they pulled

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it together at the end of last year was was really

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impressive This past weekend for them was ugly

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Portland is always going to be a rock fight for

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them. He and Mike Meek up there at Portland go

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so far back that those two just love playing

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against each other. And truth be told, I don't

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know what happened at Gonzaga. That team blew

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up. Granted, they benched the starters for much

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of the second half. I'm not sure if that was

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a frustration thing or if it was just a games

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out of reach thing. This was a really, really

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bad weekend for them, but a super great opportunity

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for them to get right against Santa Clara. especially

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as now they're going to be scrapping for an upper

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seed in the tournament. Thursday February 12th

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6 p .m. At Gill and a 2 p .m. Start on Valentine's

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Day plenty of time to take your sweetheart out

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for dinner Saturday February 14th at Gill Coliseum

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Let's switch over to the diamond and we'll start

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with Oregon State for beavers named to the NC

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BWA preseason and they all are pitchers You've

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got Oregon State ranked anywhere. I think I see

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them from 12th to 7th depending on whether so

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many baseball poles out there, dude I don't know.

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I can't keep track of all of them, but Highly

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ranked is the best way to put it. But Mitch Canham's

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squads had to do some retooling. And it seems

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like the pitching staff got bolstered a little

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bit. You got that big six -six kid come from

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Washington. And then the biggest question I think

00:27:58.710 --> 00:28:01.109
is going to be power. Where's the power going

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to come from in this offense? There isn't going

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to be a ton of it, truth be told. I think you

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:09.839
look at Jacob Craig, their first baseman hit,

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I believe, 14 home runs last year, was second

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to Arquette entirely in that regard, but an incredible

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power threat in his own right, was retooling

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a swing at the end of last year. I don't think

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they're not going to hit for as much power as

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they did last year, that's the truth, but I don't

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really think that it matters to them. I think

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they're going to be super comfortable playing

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small ball. uh I don't think it comes as you

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know um they're built in the mold of my Milwaukee

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Brewers and I don't I don't say that which you

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said lovingly of course um but you know Pat Casey

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was in the dugout for the divisional series last

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year and I know he and he and uh Murph and he

00:28:49.109 --> 00:28:51.329
and Mitch are still very close. So I imagine

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some ideas were shared there. But they're going

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to be a small ball club this year. I think they're

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going to be happy doing that. And they're going

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to lean on what is my pick for the best pitching

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staff in the country. Isaac Street or Portland

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Tribune with us on the Danny and Justin radio

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program for a Tuesday thought it was interesting

00:29:07.130 --> 00:29:09.970
it came out today that there's a be a third non

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-conference game between Oregon and Oregon State

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and it just had me wondering Isaac Why does it

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seem to be more of a willingness for these two

00:29:17.769 --> 00:29:20.730
programs to play each other in? Basketball and

00:29:20.730 --> 00:29:22.950
in baseball and these other sports softball all

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the other sports. Why not football like what's

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the difference here? I think it's just the the

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simple thing. Yeah, I mean you look at where

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the programs have been over the past couple years.

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I know the women's basketball team for Oregon

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State doesn't really want to keep playing that

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rivalry, just the state it's in. I think in baseball,

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you look at those two teams and see it as it's

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necessary for both of them. The Big Ten is in

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a great baseball conference, and Oregon State

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and Oregon need the RPI help playing against

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each other, certainly adds to that. For football,

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it's kind of bleak, to be truthful. those two

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programs are just in different stratospheres

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right now. It's been that way for a while, but

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it's really that way right now. And, you know,

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I think that could be something that maybe they'll

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get on the schedule next year for 2027. Obviously,

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it won't be played this year. But, you know,

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I think it might be good for those two to take

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a break from each other for a little while because

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it's been ugly. So speaking of schedule, I'm

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gonna stay on baseball here, Isaac. Mitch Canham

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playing another independent schedule this year

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opted not to play WCC ball, which worked in his

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favor last year, and I think it'll again work

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in his favor this year, especially when you look

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at the schedule to open up the year. Holy smokes.

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Michigan, Arizona, Stanford, Baylor, Southern

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Miss, Houston. I don't know if they're a powerhouse,

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but then you got Alabama in there as well. So

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you've got you've got a pretty stout schedule,

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potentially, depending on how it all shakes out.

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But is there ever. Or could there ever be a situation

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where Mitch Canham, when the PAC -12 comes back

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together, because I'm looking at all those schools,

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I'm like, you're taking some WCC, you're taking

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some Mountain West, again, not powerhouse programs.

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Could Mitch Canham go off -script or would he

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be allowed to go off -script and keep playing

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an independent schedule? Or am I crazy? I doubt

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it. I doubt it because I want you to have chaos

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with me. No, I I know I know but they didn't

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add they didn't add Dallas Baptist as a baseball

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only member for nothing That's the draw and I

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think that ends up probably making them a two

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-bit league even with how small it is Okay, gonna

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be a tiny baseball conference, but I think there's

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still plenty of talent there Fresno State's been

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great for you know, a steady consistent program

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DB you has done what they've done From a pitching

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standpoint, I think it's a strong league. But

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no, unfortunately I think I think Mitch will

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be a good soldier on this one and we'll be happy

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to be back in the pack Talked a little bit about

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the offense already not gonna be that power -hitting

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offense We saw from last year probably a lot

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more small ball But is there a guy that you look

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at as kind of largely under the radar? Not known

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right now that you expect to play a bigger role

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or a big role in that offense Yeah, I looked

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at him hate who's a he's a sophomore now. He's

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gonna play Somewhere in the outfield, it may

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be center, it may be left, I'm not totally sure

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:23.059
yet. But he's more than likely and I believe

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:25.579
gonna be an everyday guy for this roster. And

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he's someone who Mitch early in the fall and

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.960
now through to the spring has been very high

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:35.119
on. Former top 200 guy in the draft, the Mets

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:38.579
took him in the 20th round, but he got to campus.

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He two -wayed last year. didn't see a ton of

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action. The outfield was just loaded and it was

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:45.440
a new position for him. He played shortstop in

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:48.720
high school and pitched a little too. But this

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:51.579
year they're settling in as just an outfielder

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and they're really high on him from what it sounds

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:59.019
like. He'd be my pick to click. Isaac Streeter

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with us on the Oregon man clinics hotline five

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four one three four three five six seven three

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as we roll through a Tuesday We'll talk Olympics

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Blazers in the last segment here on the Danny

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:10.000
and Justin radio program Let's flip it over to

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:12.779
PK Park and Mark Waskowski's team who starts

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:15.019
out this weekend at home as you said freezing

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:18.259
your took us off at George Mason to start out

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and then Youngstown State coming into town and

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:26.160
then off to Vegas for Arizona UC Irvine Vanderbilt

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:29.059
before coming home on that in -state rowler game

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:32.039
against Oregon State. So Waz needs to, you want

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:33.599
to talk about replacing production. He's got

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to replace a pitching staff that had more than

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:38.160
half of his wins last year. He's got to replace

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:40.940
some power hitters that had more than two thirds

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:45.079
of his power home runs last year. So does Waz

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:47.400
have enough that's coming back and then what

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:51.740
he added in to make this viable again? You know,

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I think he's losing some of the top end talent.

00:33:54.170 --> 00:33:56.910
from last year's squad, obviously. I think their

00:33:56.910 --> 00:33:59.950
ceiling might be a little bit lower, but I think

00:33:59.950 --> 00:34:02.150
they've raised the floor in a lot of areas. I

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think they've gotten a year older in the bullpen,

00:34:05.529 --> 00:34:07.369
and Lord knows that bullpen could use it. That

00:34:07.369 --> 00:34:09.409
was a really rough stretch there for a little

00:34:09.409 --> 00:34:11.849
bit. They lost some standout guys to the portal.

00:34:12.289 --> 00:34:14.769
I think it's Santiago Garcia and Cole Stokes,

00:34:14.989 --> 00:34:18.030
who went to LSU and Florida State respectively.

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What I think they've also done, they're going

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:24.199
to be a little bit smaller ball too, but I think

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:25.940
they're going to be more balanced kind of through

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:27.760
the lineup. And they've got some big freshman

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:30.019
names that they're excited about. Angel Laya

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:33.239
plays the outfield and then Braden Jackson catcher

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:35.559
behind the dish. Both could, you know, provide

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:39.090
some real thumps to that lineup, but. It'll be

00:34:39.090 --> 00:34:40.750
an interesting year for them for sure. What do

00:34:40.750 --> 00:34:42.769
you expect in that leadoff spot? I think there's

00:34:42.769 --> 00:34:44.530
a couple guys you probably look at maybe Ryan

00:34:44.530 --> 00:34:46.150
Cooney obviously led the team in batting average

00:34:46.150 --> 00:34:48.150
last year Do you just go ahead and just say Maddox

00:34:48.150 --> 00:34:50.090
Maloney? You're gonna be our best player. Just

00:34:50.090 --> 00:34:52.329
go ahead and get most of bats every every single

00:34:52.329 --> 00:34:56.260
day That's what I would do but track record suggests

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:57.760
I mean I don't have the numbers in front of me

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But anytime Maddox Maloney hit above the five

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:02.619
hole last year. He really struggled He was kind

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:04.679
of a bottom -of -the -order guy Which is pretty

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:07.000
surprising for someone who's had as big as you

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.980
know draft implications as he has throughout

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:11.960
his tenure My bet to hit leadoff would probably

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:16.280
be Cooney if not Jack Brooks who's been a utility

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:19.679
guy, but Probably is they're starting center

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:23.360
fielder on opening day I think that they're really

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:25.079
excited about him and what he can do on the base

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:27.480
pad. It's had a really strong summer for Springfield

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:31.880
and the WCL, but it would be between Cooney or

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:35.300
Brooks for me. So Matt Flora joins the U of O

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:37.860
staff from San Diego as the pitching coach, his

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:41.739
hawk heads off. And we talked about what Mitch

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:44.300
Canham might want to do in terms of his style

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:48.179
of play. What do you think Coach Wise wants to

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:50.380
do this year with his style of play, with knowing

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:53.179
what he's Bringing back and what he's replaced

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:57.719
Yeah, I think it's a similar story. I don't think

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:59.659
they'll hit for as much power I don't think they're

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:02.639
gonna be a complete small ball, you know bunting

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:04.800
team I think they're still gonna want to be really

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:08.019
fundamentally sound And will lean on you know

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:10.460
doubles in the gaps and open lefties can pull

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:12.559
home runs out of that band box of the stadium

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:17.719
but I'm not totally sure there's a super clear

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:20.409
identity if you had him on he probably say his

00:36:20.409 --> 00:36:22.989
identity would be winning baseball games. Well,

00:36:23.010 --> 00:36:24.969
we'll ask him on Thursday because he'll be on.

00:36:25.829 --> 00:36:28.670
Oh, sure, sure. Yeah. Tell him I say hi when

00:36:28.670 --> 00:36:33.610
he's on. Absolutely. He's a interesting guy and

00:36:33.610 --> 00:36:36.630
a fun one to cover. But yeah, I'm not totally

00:36:36.630 --> 00:36:39.030
sure if there's a super defined identity for

00:36:39.030 --> 00:36:41.469
them. I think it's going to be kind of a, you

00:36:41.469 --> 00:36:44.050
know, evolving thing over the year just based

00:36:44.050 --> 00:36:46.750
on how they can get, you know, guys going and

00:36:46.750 --> 00:36:49.349
who really pops early. And maybe this is the

00:36:49.349 --> 00:36:51.150
same question worded a little bit differently,

00:36:51.170 --> 00:36:53.329
but teams are either designed Well, hopefully

00:36:53.329 --> 00:36:56.469
to both prevent runs and to score runs But you're

00:36:56.469 --> 00:36:58.250
most likely teams are going to kind of fall into

00:36:58.250 --> 00:37:00.230
one category more than another Do you get a sense

00:37:00.230 --> 00:37:02.489
at all? Of if this could be a run prevention

00:37:02.489 --> 00:37:03.989
team or is this could be a team? That's just

00:37:03.989 --> 00:37:05.409
you're gonna want to score runs like they did

00:37:05.409 --> 00:37:06.769
last year I mean they had a really great offense

00:37:06.769 --> 00:37:09.210
they could compete and score You know, even if

00:37:09.210 --> 00:37:10.530
they're pitching staff gave them some runs There's

00:37:10.530 --> 00:37:13.130
any indication from you early on about which

00:37:13.130 --> 00:37:14.889
those team this team is going to be in terms

00:37:14.889 --> 00:37:18.460
of their identity Probably still more in the

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:21.300
vein of let's score runs You know you look at

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:22.820
that lineup and they're gonna be really excited

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:24.980
about a lot of guys that they've got in it Obviously,

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:27.460
you know, we talked about Maloney Drew Smith's

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:30.019
back. He was a big piece for them Same with Cooney

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:32.599
just an on -base machine I think they've gotten

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:34.659
better on the pitching side and will be able

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:36.900
to prevent more runs Kind of how that bullpen

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:39.159
is gonna shake out is something I'm really interested

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:41.900
to see this weekend But they're gonna be strong

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:43.900
at the top of the rotation, you know, they're

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:46.219
returning Colin Clark, who started a lot of games

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:47.980
for them, Ian Umlott, who I think will end up

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:49.800
throwing out of the pen, but kind of the prize

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:52.559
possession is Cal Sculleri, who came over with

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:55.960
Floor from USD. He's gonna get looks as a draft

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:58.719
pick later this summer and would be my guess

00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:02.159
to kind of anchor Friday nights Will Sanford

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:04.320
who I called the baby rattlesnake for a lot of

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:08.619
last year nice Yeah, good nickname just has no

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:10.659
idea. I had no idea what the what the venom was

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:16.980
doing. You'd either bite bite himself But it's

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:19.460
freakish basketball. I mean, just the the vert

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:21.219
he pulls on that thing is ridiculous. It looks

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:24.039
like an airplane taking off. Seems like he's

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:25.699
taking a big step forward. I think they could

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:29.440
be a lot better in the rotation this year. But

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:32.519
it'll fall on the bullpen yet again. All right,

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:34.400
Mustang. Last question for you. How's the washer

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:37.380
and dryer? The washer and dryer is great. It's

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:41.099
funny you ask. I remember my my last appearance,

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:44.320
man, I was so fussy with that thing that night.

00:38:44.710 --> 00:38:46.610
Finally got it working that night. It's working

00:38:46.610 --> 00:38:49.469
great. We had a we had a celebratory Miller light

00:38:49.469 --> 00:38:53.599
after it was all connected. You know, it's great.

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:55.500
The girlfriend's a big fan of it. The downstairs

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:57.639
neighbors are not because it makes a lot of noise.

00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:00.619
But other than that, it's working great. All

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:01.960
right. Maybe I need to come out there and level

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:03.659
it for you so it doesn't bounce around a little

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:05.900
bit. OK? For sure. I can help you with that.

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:08.239
All right, Mustang. Thanks a lot. I did appreciate

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:10.440
the video, by the way. That was awesome. So thank

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:12.539
you very much for that. All right, boys. Thanks.

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:14.559
We'll see you later. Take care. All right. There

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:16.800
he goes. The great Isaac Streeter. We call him

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:21.340
Mustang. So I'm glad they've got clean clothes.

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:25.679
That's all I can say. Did I ever share the video

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:28.019
with you that he sent me? Yes, you did. Okay.

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:29.780
Yes, you did. Remember we did it when we were

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:32.139
on our drive up to... Oh, that's right. I did.

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:33.579
That's right. Yeah. Down to Coquille. That was

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:36.219
a long drive. It was. It was a two -hour Danny

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:39.639
and Justin. We did like two shows. We did. On

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:41.820
the way down. Speaking of that, let's talk about

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:45.000
the Olympics yet. I got a bone to pick with our

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:47.380
intern. We'll talk about it next on the Danny

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:52.159
and Justin radio program. number one in the sports

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:54.820
station in the valley it's the Danny and Justin

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:57.980
radio program on Fox Sports Eugene also out there

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:59.840
on the coast all the ships at sea Fox Sports

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:01.559
Newport thanks for tuning in live from the Bigfoot

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:03.500
Beverages Studio our last segment dad joke coming

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:08.659
up and tomorrow on the program baby J I took

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:10.940
care of Thursday you took care Friday who we

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:13.260
have tomorrow we're gonna try to get so long

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:17.519
oh great so we'll Galvin so it says Oregon softball

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:20.460
yeah I like that Let's see if Silk will have

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:23.239
time in his busy schedule since he's such a celebrity

00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:25.960
now. Maybe he'll remember the little people like

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:30.079
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00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:49.309
Blazers, nice win. 135 -118, one of their best

00:40:49.309 --> 00:40:53.010
offensive performances of the season. They outscored

00:40:53.010 --> 00:40:56.309
the 76ers of Philadelphia by 25 points in the

00:40:56.309 --> 00:41:00.010
third to set up that big win at the Moda Center

00:41:00.010 --> 00:41:02.869
and a crowd over 16 ,000 for a Monday night.

00:41:03.329 --> 00:41:07.949
That's crazy and great. I was just gonna jump

00:41:07.949 --> 00:41:10.389
in here. Is it crazy to say that this is, in

00:41:10.389 --> 00:41:13.110
a way, sort of the high point of the season?

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:16.059
Care me out. Okay, all these other teams have

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:18.780
just made trades Everybody behind them has made

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:21.239
trades to get worse. The Blazers got a little

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:23.400
bit better with the trade for a bit crazy They

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:25.340
finally get scoot Henderson back. There was a

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:28.340
big elevation when he was first introduced So

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:30.139
he's been back for a few games now Although he

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:31.780
has been in and out of the lineup not playing

00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:34.280
him a back -to -backs for instance Okay, and

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:36.840
then you get denny ovdia back. So he's in there.

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:38.760
So you get two of those guys Unfortunately, shaden

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:40.860
sharp, of course the first game that scoot gets

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:43.340
back gets an injury So he's gonna be out of the

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:45.780
lineup But in a way, I think that you know, you

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:47.760
beat a great team in philadelphia That's gonna

00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:49.980
definitely be at least it's sort of a contender

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:52.599
in the east So I don't know. I think that this

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:55.059
team is it's a little bit on the up and up i'm

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:57.099
just i'm just saying third straight the this

00:41:57.099 --> 00:42:02.199
has been since The last what three weeks it has

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:03.840
really been a roller coaster It has absolutely

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:06.539
blazers win three in a row get over 500 Then

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:08.559
they lose six in a row and now they're three

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:10.699
and two in their last five. They've won three

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:13.079
straight now They complete the five game home

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:16.000
stand their 26 and 28 overall now 16 and 13 at

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:18.659
home Tomani Kamara after the game said everybody's

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:20.880
locked in we're connected. We're having fun out

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:22.739
there It's we're the right they saying all the

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:24.559
right things you want to finally have the roster

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:27.260
back Almost because again shading sharps out

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:29.889
besides that So who do we have we have we have

00:42:29.889 --> 00:42:32.550
the mayor on friday. Yes, he is he'll be on friday

00:42:32.550 --> 00:42:34.349
Okay, so we'll have travesti murrows, which will

00:42:34.349 --> 00:42:36.750
be interesting to hear his take on everything

00:42:36.750 --> 00:42:38.750
that's been going on Especially with damien lillard

00:42:38.750 --> 00:42:40.869
being named to the three -point contest for the

00:42:40.869 --> 00:42:43.469
all -star crazy Do you know who else he's competing

00:42:43.469 --> 00:42:46.510
with by the way? Uh, do you see the i'm guessing

00:42:46.510 --> 00:42:49.170
it's gonna be devin booker. Yeah con can up can

00:42:49.170 --> 00:42:51.269
apple con can apple. Yep See, I said that right

00:42:51.269 --> 00:42:52.570
this time. Yeah, good charlotte charlotte's.

00:42:52.570 --> 00:42:54.570
I'm what a nine game winning streak right now

00:42:54.710 --> 00:42:56.670
Oh, they lost in not only did they lose. They

00:42:56.670 --> 00:43:00.269
had four players ejected in a brawl See true

00:43:00.269 --> 00:43:04.809
story. Okay, didn't even see that uh tyrus maxi

00:43:04.809 --> 00:43:07.590
from philadelphia donovan mitchell jamal murray

00:43:07.590 --> 00:43:11.989
bobby portis jr and Norman powell from miami.

00:43:12.090 --> 00:43:16.389
I love norman powell former toronto raptor former

00:43:16.389 --> 00:43:20.090
la clipper. Yeah Yeah, and now he's in here.

00:43:20.130 --> 00:43:23.659
Look at this guy miami see How about that? It's

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:24.940
impressive. Right off the top of my head. That's

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:26.699
not even on that sheet, by the way. I did it

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:27.780
off the top of my head. No, I think Dave has

00:43:27.780 --> 00:43:29.739
a good chance. I think he does, too, as long

00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:32.440
as he shoots flat footed, it'll be fine. The

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:34.079
Danny and Justin Radio Program, thanks for tuning

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:36.679
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00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:38.460
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00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:40.179
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00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:41.920
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00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:44.619
Dom, and face the music. All right, Tom. Tom?

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:47.119
Intern Dom. He's called Tom? No, I didn't call

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:50.840
Tom. I said Dom. Okay. Intern Dom took over social

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:53.539
media today. We're trying to teach the youngins.

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:55.139
He's not really that young. Well, he is kind

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:58.820
of young. A proud U of O student and in his senior

00:43:58.820 --> 00:44:01.940
year and he's helping us out. He and Blaze for

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:04.400
this term all the way through, whether they like

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:06.880
it or not, they're hooked at the hip to us. Now,

00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:09.179
you did the social media tweet today, right?

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:12.280
And I had said to Justin, I'd sent him a text

00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:15.780
to tell everybody who was going to do it, which

00:44:15.780 --> 00:44:19.389
means you, kind of The rundown. We call it a

00:44:19.389 --> 00:44:20.789
rundown of the business. Pull the microphone

00:44:20.789 --> 00:44:22.590
up a little bit closer to you so you can speak

00:44:22.590 --> 00:44:26.809
clearly into it. And so one of the things...

00:44:26.809 --> 00:44:31.329
Here's the thing. I texted out to Justin, I'm

00:44:31.329 --> 00:44:35.090
going to read it word for word, is maybe something

00:44:35.090 --> 00:44:37.889
about me not realizing the Olympics started until

00:44:37.889 --> 00:44:41.269
Saturday. Because that is, hand to God, that

00:44:41.269 --> 00:44:45.760
is the truth. And I am a winter sports... Kind

00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:49.159
of nut and it shocked me. I looked over at my

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:51.719
wife Because we have all the streaming services

00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:53.699
and there were the olympics plastered all over

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:54.920
the place I haven't been watching television

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:57.619
for the last week And so I put that up and i'm

00:44:57.619 --> 00:45:00.300
like, holy smokes the olympics are going i've

00:45:00.300 --> 00:45:03.000
turned my wife. She goes Yeah, like she knew

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:05.940
And yet here's the tweet that went out. Well,

00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:07.519
let me just add a little bit here because dom

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:10.000
actually did text me as well He said do you want

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:12.460
me to add anything from the olympics and I confirmed

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:15.309
him. Yes. I wanted you to add The part about

00:45:15.309 --> 00:45:17.590
Danny not knowing it started until Saturday because

00:45:17.590 --> 00:45:20.269
we're gonna talk about that Here's the tweet

00:45:20.269 --> 00:45:23.050
the last paragraph a massive snow drop continues

00:45:23.050 --> 00:45:26.289
in the West our host and you tagged me in there

00:45:26.289 --> 00:45:30.150
Thank you at Danny Apple forget snow sports even

00:45:30.150 --> 00:45:33.309
exists as he's unaware that the Winter Olympics

00:45:33.309 --> 00:45:37.369
have begun So I just want to know where the editorial

00:45:37.369 --> 00:45:40.469
comment came in that snow sports exist that I

00:45:40.469 --> 00:45:44.639
don't know they exist Well, I was more just emphasizing

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:47.280
the fact that the Olympics started when you found

00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:49.539
out four days prior to when you found out they

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:52.059
were going on and There's been a lot of stuff

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:54.619
about Lindsey Vonn and we talked about we've

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:57.239
talked about yeah And so I was just I thought

00:45:57.239 --> 00:45:59.219
it'd be a little funny to be like, oh cuz it's

00:45:59.219 --> 00:46:01.559
hilarious Because in Oregon a big thing going

00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:03.179
on is like people like there's no snow. There's

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:05.260
no snow We can't ski and all this. It's true.

00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:08.480
It's true The snow drought in the West has ruined

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:11.480
snow sports for everyone on the West Okay, that

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:16.000
was my mindset. Okay Loved it It was funny. I

00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:18.159
came in and I told them that I loved it. I chuckled

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:21.699
just be careful. I was unaware for your love

00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:26.320
for snow sports I am I am by far Collectively

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:28.119
you guys don't have as much love and passion

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:32.260
for the sport of hockey that I do Combined no

00:46:32.260 --> 00:46:34.320
in fact probably nobody in this probably nobody

00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:37.579
within a two mile radius of me right now possibly

00:46:37.579 --> 00:46:41.619
I am I am a fanatical hockey fan. I love downhill

00:46:41.619 --> 00:46:45.539
skiing I love speed skating and I am hurt that

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:48.739
I missed out on the first few days My wife and

00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:50.880
I are actually watching curling the other night.

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:52.960
Mm -hmm. I heard it was really exciting It was

00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:55.079
it was exciting for people who want to bang on

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:58.619
curling man I think it was pretty you want to

00:46:58.619 --> 00:47:00.440
know my take on the area. All right, I lived

00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:07.099
in Chicago Wisconsin and Alaska. I'm good. I

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:09.880
Lived it. I don't have to I don't have to pretend

00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:12.539
it Uh, i'm just kidding. It's they're they're

00:47:12.539 --> 00:47:15.000
great. I love honestly, my favorite is the downhill

00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:17.239
which is kind of unfortunate for lindsey vaughn,

00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:19.539
right? And then I love snowboarding. I love seeing

00:47:19.539 --> 00:47:21.519
what they do on the half pipe I know we got to

00:47:21.519 --> 00:47:23.099
get to that joke, but hold on one second. I want

00:47:23.099 --> 00:47:25.059
one more thing So great job on the tweet, by

00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:26.800
the way, you keep doing what you're doing. Prefontaine

00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:30.780
classic, by the way announced Uh a couple of

00:47:30.780 --> 00:47:32.519
the people who are going to compete in the bow

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:35.519
room in mile Here's the all -star lineup here.

00:47:35.579 --> 00:47:39.219
Cole hawker nice is coming back cameron meyers

00:47:39.530 --> 00:47:42.170
who was the fastest 16 -year -old in the mile

00:47:42.170 --> 00:47:45.710
in 2023, and the world U -20 record holder is

00:47:45.710 --> 00:47:48.949
coming. And Sam Ruthie is currently the youngest

00:47:48.949 --> 00:47:52.530
sub -four miler in history, breaking Cameron

00:47:52.530 --> 00:47:55.190
Meyer's record from 2023. They're all going to

00:47:55.190 --> 00:47:58.849
be at the Bowerman mile. That's awesome. And

00:47:58.849 --> 00:48:01.489
the 25th of February is when all the tickets

00:48:01.489 --> 00:48:03.949
go on sale for the pre and for the U -20 World

00:48:03.949 --> 00:48:07.730
Championships. So let's do Dad Joke. Oh, a joke!

00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:10.760
I got fired from the bank today. A woman asked

00:48:10.760 --> 00:48:12.880
me to check her balance, so I pushed her. Dad

00:48:12.880 --> 00:48:17.119
jokes! All right, here's a vegetable dad joke

00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:22.599
for you. What was the little sweet potato's favorite

00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:26.360
book? What was the cute little sweet potato's

00:48:26.360 --> 00:48:29.400
favorite book? I don't know. Got a guess? I have

00:48:29.400 --> 00:48:35.460
no idea. Green Eggs and Yam. Uh, another pun.

00:48:36.720 --> 00:48:40.900
love the puns punny punny pun pun pun pun there

00:48:40.900 --> 00:48:43.860
you go all right tomorrow on the program we're

00:48:43.860 --> 00:48:48.719
efforting so so so if you're within the sound

00:48:48.719 --> 00:48:51.820
of our voice confirm with Justin that you're

00:48:51.820 --> 00:48:54.079
gonna grace us with your presence tomorrow Thursday

00:48:54.079 --> 00:48:57.820
be Mark Waskowski Oregon men's baseball coach

00:48:57.820 --> 00:49:01.300
and on Friday the great mayor of RIP City Travis

00:49:01.300 --> 00:49:06.199
Demers for intern producer Dom for baby J I'm

00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:08.340
Doc. They call me Danny. Thanks for tuning in,

00:49:08.460 --> 00:49:10.239
friends. Put a smile on your face. Someone else

00:49:10.239 --> 00:49:13.659
says they deserve it. So do you. God bless. Peace.