WEBVTT 00:00:00.980 --> 00:00:04.860 Portions of this show are recorded. Strap in 00:00:04.860 --> 00:00:08.119 and be prepared. Room for error is much slimmer 00:00:08.119 --> 00:00:09.800 in basketball. You lose one player and it changes 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:11.839 your entire team. It's not like that in football. 00:00:12.060 --> 00:00:14.119 It's just not. It's not. Interesting guests. 00:00:14.500 --> 00:00:17.320 Kelly Graves, Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waskowski, 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:19.879 Noah Eagle, Melissa Lombardi, Kenyon Barnard, 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:22.620 Jonathan Stewart. Sharp opinions. Dana Altman 00:00:22.620 --> 00:00:27.339 probably earned a pass for a down year after 00:00:27.339 --> 00:00:31.570 almost 20 years. of what he's done for Oregon 00:00:31.570 --> 00:00:34.570 basketball. And some smiles. Guys, I was stuck 00:00:34.570 --> 00:00:36.009 in a car wash. Sounds like an R. Kelly song. 00:00:37.850 --> 00:00:40.649 It's not an R. Kelly song. It's Danny Havel. 00:00:40.770 --> 00:00:43.549 I can't remember, and I've been doing this for 00:00:43.549 --> 00:00:46.030 longer than you've been alive. which is really 00:00:46.030 --> 00:00:48.310 horrible that I have to say that, but it's the 00:00:48.310 --> 00:00:50.969 truth. Justin Grossweiner. It's like the saying 00:00:50.969 --> 00:00:53.109 in Alaska that you don't have to be faster than 00:00:53.109 --> 00:00:54.590 the bear. You just have to be faster than your 00:00:54.590 --> 00:00:58.149 friend. Danny and Justin starts now on Fox Sports 00:00:58.149 --> 00:01:18.420 Eugene and Fox Sports Newport. Hello. And welcome 00:01:18.420 --> 00:01:20.540 high atop the Delta Tri and the Crystal Palace, 00:01:20.659 --> 00:01:22.640 the Bigfoot Beverages Studios, Fox Sports Eugene, 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:26.159 Fox Sports Newport, the number one sports station 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:28.980 in the Valley. This is the fastest 60 minutes 00:01:28.980 --> 00:01:31.540 in sports. The Danny and Justin radio program 00:01:31.540 --> 00:01:37.120 rockets out for a hump day. It is an e -ticket 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:40.079 ride today, folks. As we traverse through the 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:43.280 fastest 60 minutes, we'll have the voice of Oregon 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:46.239 softball. Saul Galvin -Silk will join us right 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:48.340 around 20 after the hour. We're going to talk 00:01:48.340 --> 00:01:51.340 Olympics. We have our word of the week from Baby 00:01:51.340 --> 00:01:55.120 J. And we'll talk Oregon, Oregon State baseball, 00:01:55.280 --> 00:02:00.700 and a sighting of a panda this week in Eugene. 00:02:01.379 --> 00:02:04.359 Ooh, boy, what could that be? We'll talk about 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:07.079 that as well this hour. So hang on. Wherever 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:10.300 you pod, you can find us, Danny and Justin, the 00:02:10.300 --> 00:02:13.080 fastest 60 minutes. You can also on all the socials, 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:16.400 Blue Sky and Twitter, Danny and Justin as well. 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:19.860 Intern Blaze is at the controls producing the 00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:23.400 broadcast today. Right over to my right is my 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:25.900 tag team partner. I'm Doc. We call him Baby J, 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:28.840 Justin Grossweiner. What a boy! Well, speaking 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:31.520 of socials, Danny, I saved this for the show. 00:02:32.270 --> 00:02:35.189 I had a little notification come across my dial. 00:02:35.530 --> 00:02:38.150 I don't know if you call it a dial anymore. Last 00:02:38.150 --> 00:02:41.129 night. See, my oldness is rubbing off on you. 00:02:41.569 --> 00:02:44.629 Exactly. You added me on Instagram last night. 00:02:44.789 --> 00:02:47.229 What? You added me on Instagram last night. Look 00:02:47.229 --> 00:02:50.229 at me go, huh? How did that happen? Well, so 00:02:50.229 --> 00:02:52.409 here's the thing. I didn't know it was you a 00:02:52.409 --> 00:02:56.879 couple of times. So all those... You know, meta, 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.680 and they suggest people to you. They do it on 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:02.060 Twitter, and Instagram's the same thing. You've 00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:03.860 come up in my feed a couple of times, but your 00:03:03.860 --> 00:03:08.219 profile photo threw me off. It is from about 00:03:08.219 --> 00:03:11.039 10 years ago. Okay, so that— That's what threw 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:13.000 me. It was just like, do I do this or not? So 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:14.539 I was just like, I looked into it a little bit. 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:16.020 I said, yeah, that's actually you. So click. 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:18.439 Absolutely. I mean, there's not a lot of Justin 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:20.379 Grossweiners out there, first of all. No, there 00:03:20.379 --> 00:03:23.039 aren't, but still. But for the context, it's 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:26.039 a photo of my friend Juliana, who is my good 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:28.099 friend from Alaska. But she had moved to Arizona 00:03:28.099 --> 00:03:30.759 at the time, and she had this white Mustang that 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:32.879 she loved and does not have anymore. It's a sweet 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:34.419 ride, by the way. Sweet ride. And so it's us 00:03:34.419 --> 00:03:37.159 posing in front of the ride. And I'm probably 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:39.599 like 20 years old at that time. So it was a while 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:42.139 ago. My wife's favorite car is an old classic 00:03:42.139 --> 00:03:45.599 60s Mustang. Loves them. Very nice. And you know 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:47.080 the funny thing about the profile picture is 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:50.719 I've had it, obviously, for so long that there's 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:52.780 part of me that wants to change it. At times 00:03:52.780 --> 00:03:54.099 I've thought about this. It's like, yeah, if 00:03:54.099 --> 00:03:57.000 someone comes across my page, they're not going 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:58.719 to necessarily know it's me. But I've had it 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:01.840 for so long, it's difficult for me to make that 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:03.780 switch. I don't know if anybody else has things 00:04:03.780 --> 00:04:07.340 like that. But I'm so used to it. I'm trying 00:04:07.340 --> 00:04:09.020 to get better at the social media thing, but 00:04:09.020 --> 00:04:11.180 I'm not the kind of guy that's like taking selfies 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:15.000 of himself at all these events. It's like, to 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:17.180 me, that's kind of like, ooh, look at me, look 00:04:17.180 --> 00:04:19.220 at me. You don't have to make it about you, though. 00:04:19.500 --> 00:04:22.680 So if you will follow me, what I normally post 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:23.980 is like when I was at the women's basketball 00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:26.519 game. I will take a clip of about 20 seconds 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:29.430 of the game from my seat. And I'll throw that 00:04:29.430 --> 00:04:30.990 up there. Obviously, it'll be a good play for 00:04:30.990 --> 00:04:32.670 Oregon that I'm posting up there, not like a 00:04:32.670 --> 00:04:34.970 horrific play or whatever. But that's kind of 00:04:34.970 --> 00:04:37.810 this. Or I am great for taking pictures of food. 00:04:37.930 --> 00:04:40.389 There you go. Love pictures of food. I will post 00:04:40.389 --> 00:04:43.089 pictures of food all day long. Did you get to 00:04:43.089 --> 00:04:44.970 look through my page at all? I did a little bit. 00:04:45.050 --> 00:04:46.990 Okay. What did you think? Well, see, but you've 00:04:46.990 --> 00:04:49.430 got that lens. You've got that eye. You've got 00:04:49.430 --> 00:04:52.470 that photographer's mentality. Okay. So I like 00:04:52.470 --> 00:04:55.769 your page. I'll use it as entertainment, like 00:04:55.769 --> 00:04:57.629 I'm winding down for the day. You're just going 00:04:57.629 --> 00:05:00.589 to go swipe through my Instagram? Other people's, 00:05:00.589 --> 00:05:02.810 too. It's not like I'm stalking people on Instagram. 00:05:02.810 --> 00:05:05.490 What would JBJ's Instagram from 2014 look like 00:05:05.490 --> 00:05:08.550 today? Oh, no. Well, now you've got me thinking. 00:05:08.689 --> 00:05:10.850 Is there something in 2014 that I should look 00:05:10.850 --> 00:05:13.709 at? There's nothing embarrassing. No, I'm very 00:05:13.709 --> 00:05:15.850 careful about posting things because I don't 00:05:15.850 --> 00:05:17.290 want to post anything that someone's not going 00:05:17.290 --> 00:05:20.290 to like. So I'm not relatively new to IG, but... 00:05:20.949 --> 00:05:26.870 Look how hip he sounds. Hot. Are you making fun 00:05:26.870 --> 00:05:28.810 of my maturity? I am a little bit. No, not maturity. 00:05:29.110 --> 00:05:31.670 The lingo was good, though. Blaze is having a 00:05:31.670 --> 00:05:34.009 good time. Blaze, try and keep a straight face 00:05:34.009 --> 00:05:36.470 during this program, if you can. He's over there, 00:05:36.529 --> 00:05:41.149 by the way, just smiling away. Isn't part of 00:05:41.149 --> 00:05:44.170 IG, do they duplicate? Like, when I do something 00:05:44.170 --> 00:05:47.589 on Twitter, it'll go to IG as well, won't it? 00:05:48.420 --> 00:05:50.879 Probably not because Instagram is connected with 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:53.879 threads. What you're probably noticing is the 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:55.259 Facebook and Instagram connection. There you 00:05:55.259 --> 00:05:57.800 go. That's the one. Facebook, Instagram. I knew 00:05:57.800 --> 00:05:59.480 there was one that was connected. Like if I do 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:00.660 one, it's going to go to the other one. If you 00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:02.420 post on Instagram, it's going to post on Facebook 00:06:02.420 --> 00:06:04.339 as well. There you go. So it makes it easier 00:06:04.339 --> 00:06:05.560 for me. So I don't have to keep going to all 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:07.879 the different social apps. I'm still getting 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:09.699 it. And the thing is, is that, you know, if you 00:06:09.699 --> 00:06:11.920 listen to this program, we've been on here, what, 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:14.779 a year and eight months now? A year and six months? 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:16.839 Something like that. We started in September 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:22.819 of 2024. God, I've known you that long. Holy 00:06:22.819 --> 00:06:24.860 smokes. And we still talk to each other. That's 00:06:24.860 --> 00:06:29.839 fantastic. Is that the social media thing is 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:33.100 like a grain of salt to me because there is so 00:06:33.100 --> 00:06:35.459 much garbage out there that you have to kind 00:06:35.459 --> 00:06:37.019 of sift through. And especially when it comes 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:40.220 to rumor and innuendo. That kind of flies out 00:06:40.220 --> 00:06:42.199 there and people reposting stuff when they can't 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:44.519 even verify it yet. You know, like John Konzano 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.439 and Jerry Allen were dead a few weeks ago. Yeah. 00:06:48.220 --> 00:06:51.740 But people believe it. I know. People did. I've 00:06:51.740 --> 00:06:53.779 been making fun of it ever since. No, I mean, 00:06:53.779 --> 00:06:57.160 and for somebody like a Jerry Allen who doesn't 00:06:57.160 --> 00:07:00.100 get on the social media as well, when he starts 00:07:00.100 --> 00:07:02.600 to find out from other people, like he woke up 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:04.759 and he told me that morning he woke up and there 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:08.040 were literally hundreds of texts on his phone. 00:07:08.740 --> 00:07:11.819 From people. Which is crazy. It's crazy to think 00:07:11.819 --> 00:07:13.379 about. Well, the thing I think about that is 00:07:13.379 --> 00:07:15.240 that, well, if somebody passed away, why would 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:17.980 you be texting their phone? If you thought they 00:07:17.980 --> 00:07:20.560 had passed away. If you got a response, then 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:24.000 you'd know it wasn't true. Are you dead? Question 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:28.050 mark. I didn't ask him what the texts were, but 00:07:28.050 --> 00:07:29.870 maybe one day. I would imagine that there was 00:07:29.870 --> 00:07:32.569 something like that. Hey, so let's dive into 00:07:32.569 --> 00:07:34.370 the world of sports. Thanks for tuning in, friends. 00:07:34.449 --> 00:07:36.730 And by the way, again, you can follow us on the 00:07:36.730 --> 00:07:39.189 podcast or wherever you get your music, as Baby 00:07:39.189 --> 00:07:41.410 J tells me all the time. Most people don't, like, 00:07:41.410 --> 00:07:43.769 subscribe just for podcasts. But whatever your 00:07:43.769 --> 00:07:46.110 platform is, you get your music on iHeart, Spotify, 00:07:46.529 --> 00:07:48.550 Amazon, Apple, all that. There's also the little 00:07:48.550 --> 00:07:51.129 podcast thing. Find us there, Danny and Justin. 00:07:51.389 --> 00:07:54.149 Like and subscribe, and you will get a notification 00:07:54.149 --> 00:07:56.689 when a new program. Program drops just like right 00:07:56.689 --> 00:07:58.730 after the show today. This show will drop. So 00:07:58.730 --> 00:08:00.709 if you miss anything, you got to break away for 00:08:00.709 --> 00:08:03.189 a second. Do that work thing. Saul Galvin is 00:08:03.189 --> 00:08:04.490 going to be coming up. You don't want to miss 00:08:04.490 --> 00:08:08.189 his take on Oregon opening weekend of softball 00:08:08.189 --> 00:08:10.370 down in Florida. And they got another big weekend 00:08:10.370 --> 00:08:13.610 coming up at the Cardinal Classic new stadium 00:08:13.610 --> 00:08:16.629 for Stanford. And then right after that, they 00:08:16.629 --> 00:08:19.230 head down to Carlsbad or no Cathedral City, not 00:08:19.230 --> 00:08:22.449 Carlsbad. I'm thinking golf for the Mary Nutter. 00:08:22.910 --> 00:08:25.170 And stiff competition for the next couple of 00:08:25.170 --> 00:08:27.050 weekends before the Ducks finally come home to 00:08:27.050 --> 00:08:31.149 take on Samford and Stetson and such at the Jane. 00:08:31.370 --> 00:08:33.970 All right, so let's get into it. So you remember 00:08:33.970 --> 00:08:36.669 Cam McCormick? I do remember Cam McCormick, yes. 00:08:36.809 --> 00:08:40.549 Tight end, Oregon, played forever, went to Miami, 00:08:40.669 --> 00:08:42.789 finished out his collegiate career there. How 00:08:42.789 --> 00:08:44.590 many years did he play? Do you remember? I think 00:08:44.590 --> 00:08:47.549 it was eight. You are correct, sir. Blaze gives 00:08:47.549 --> 00:08:51.250 you the point of approval. So that record's going 00:08:51.250 --> 00:08:53.500 to be—I think this is a record. That record's 00:08:53.500 --> 00:08:57.639 going to be broken. Solomon Tulio Pupu, and I'm 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:00.299 not making that up. That is the way I looked 00:09:00.299 --> 00:09:02.960 it up, the Montana University, University of 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:06.600 Montana website. He's a linebacker. He's coming 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:11.700 back for the 2026 season. His ninth year of eligibility 00:09:11.700 --> 00:09:18.860 to play NCAA football. He is 26 years old next 00:09:18.860 --> 00:09:22.019 month. His second season at Montana, he started 00:09:22.019 --> 00:09:24.919 his collegiate career. When did you start college, 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:31.860 Baby J? I started college in 2014. Okay. He started 00:09:31.860 --> 00:09:36.500 his career at USC in 2018. Wow. That's still 00:09:36.500 --> 00:09:38.879 earlier than I got to U of O, which was 2017. 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:43.860 So it was close. He was on the sideline for his 00:09:43.860 --> 00:09:47.519 entire undergraduate campaign. after two surgery 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:50.019 -requiring injuries impacted his foot in 2018 00:09:50.019 --> 00:09:54.120 and his knee in 2020. He had a season last year 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.700 at Montana, just his second full season played. 00:09:57.019 --> 00:09:59.340 He saw the season for the first time as a redshirt 00:09:59.340 --> 00:10:02.279 senior in 2022, appearing in all 14 games for 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:04.480 the Trojans, by the way, backtracking, recording 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:07.320 10 tackles, three for loss, and then had another 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:11.259 injury, and he will come back for his ninth year. 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:15.029 My question is this. He's probably graduated 00:10:15.029 --> 00:10:16.710 a couple of times, right? Wouldn't you imagine? 00:10:17.350 --> 00:10:20.210 Well, there was the great Carson Beck quote of, 00:10:20.250 --> 00:10:21.950 yeah, I haven't been going to class for like 00:10:21.950 --> 00:10:24.049 two years. But I'm playing football and getting 00:10:24.049 --> 00:10:26.610 paid for it. 100%. At a college. Now, this guy 00:10:26.610 --> 00:10:31.070 at the FCS level, likely not getting paid a bunch. 00:10:31.269 --> 00:10:34.490 Maybe getting $25K or something like that. I 00:10:34.490 --> 00:10:37.090 don't know. Starting linebacker at a program 00:10:37.090 --> 00:10:39.690 that's perennially in the postseason. Because 00:10:39.690 --> 00:10:41.789 Montana, Montana State, that's like a war up 00:10:41.789 --> 00:10:43.590 there. And they are. Like this year, they were 00:10:43.590 --> 00:10:45.809 out in the semifinals. Montana State beat them 00:10:45.809 --> 00:10:49.490 in the semifinals in the FCS. So they are perennially 00:10:49.490 --> 00:10:52.289 there. I think Justin Herbert almost went to 00:10:52.289 --> 00:10:54.970 Montana, if I remember correctly. I think so. 00:10:54.990 --> 00:10:56.570 If he didn't go to Oregon, I think it was either 00:10:56.570 --> 00:10:58.509 Montana or Montana State. And they've come play 00:10:58.509 --> 00:11:01.389 to Oregon a couple of times in the past. Bobby 00:11:01.389 --> 00:11:04.029 Houck, the legendary coach there, just, quote, 00:11:04.049 --> 00:11:08.029 retired, air quotes. Great for radio. And then, 00:11:08.070 --> 00:11:10.720 like, a week later. took the defensive coordinator 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:14.539 job under Brent Bielma at Illinois. So they are 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:18.240 going to improve. That guy is a good coach. He 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:19.960 absolutely is. They are going to really improve 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:22.159 on the defensive side of the Illini in the Big 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:25.080 Ten. So what do you think of nine years of college 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:27.360 football? I go a little back and forth on it, 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:29.620 honestly. Because he was hurt. He was hurt. And 00:11:29.620 --> 00:11:32.779 so it sucks that it was his first three seasons 00:11:32.779 --> 00:11:34.580 of his collegiate career. Basically wiped out 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:37.779 his entire undergraduate career at USC. So part 00:11:37.779 --> 00:11:40.720 of me thinks. that he should be able to play 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:42.379 his four seasons but then there's another part 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:44.919 of me that thinks okay like he legitimately is 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:47.820 26 years old and at what point does it become 00:11:47.820 --> 00:11:50.799 this thing where it's really unfortunate you're 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:52.940 taking a spot away from somebody i mean like 00:11:52.940 --> 00:11:55.659 you're taking a spot away from somebody i agree 00:11:55.659 --> 00:11:58.759 he's not going to go to the nfl there is no team 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:04.320 that's going to take a 27 year old rookie but 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:06.639 it shouldn't necessarily be about the nfl as 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:09.529 well But here's my point is that, again, it's 00:12:09.529 --> 00:12:12.730 about the spot that you're taking from 18, 19, 00:12:12.850 --> 00:12:16.669 20 year old kid who might have aspirations going 00:12:16.669 --> 00:12:20.690 to the NFL. And listen, that's up to the University 00:12:20.690 --> 00:12:23.289 of Montana and and this young man and the coaching 00:12:23.289 --> 00:12:25.250 staff to make all those decisions. I'm not going 00:12:25.250 --> 00:12:27.929 to jump in and say it's wrong. I just think it's 00:12:27.929 --> 00:12:30.429 like, where is enough? And, you know, I I was 00:12:30.429 --> 00:12:34.610 that student that was older. So I do kind of 00:12:34.610 --> 00:12:37.529 understand that for his perspective. I guarantee 00:12:37.529 --> 00:12:39.789 you he just feels like, hey, I just missed my 00:12:39.789 --> 00:12:41.950 opportunity when I was younger, and I'm the same 00:12:41.950 --> 00:12:43.950 person, basically. Like, I'm not necessarily 00:12:43.950 --> 00:12:46.309 more developed. You're 30 years old. Correct. 00:12:46.649 --> 00:12:48.789 Okay. Blaze, pull your microphone over and turn 00:12:48.789 --> 00:12:50.669 it on. I want to ask you a question. Producer, 00:12:50.669 --> 00:12:54.669 intern, Blaze. Okay, you can pull the microphone 00:12:54.669 --> 00:12:56.529 over, then turn it on. Yes, there you go. That'd 00:12:56.529 --> 00:13:00.149 be good. So, how old are you, Blaze? I'm 21 now. 00:13:00.570 --> 00:13:02.129 Can you imagine still being in school? Congratulations 00:13:02.129 --> 00:13:04.350 on that, by the way. Yeah, thank you. Wait a 00:13:04.350 --> 00:13:08.669 second. Did we miss a 21 for a while? Okay. Did 00:13:08.669 --> 00:13:11.269 we miss a 21st birthday? No, we didn't miss any 00:13:11.269 --> 00:13:12.990 birthdays here. Jeez, well, you made it sound 00:13:12.990 --> 00:13:15.149 like it just was like last weekend and I forgot 00:13:15.149 --> 00:13:16.970 about it or something. That wasn't the case. 00:13:17.129 --> 00:13:18.870 All right. The Danny and Justin Radio Program 00:13:18.870 --> 00:13:20.710 live from the Bigfoot Beverages studio. Thanks 00:13:20.710 --> 00:13:22.809 for tuning in. In the Valley on Fox Sports, Eugene, 00:13:22.950 --> 00:13:25.269 and out on the coast, Fox Sports, Newport. All 00:13:25.269 --> 00:13:27.669 right, Blaze, you're 21 years old. Without going 00:13:27.669 --> 00:13:29.330 to graduate school, would you still want to be 00:13:29.330 --> 00:13:33.259 in school? You're 26. At 26, no. You know, I 00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:36.559 would consider it maybe around 23. Is it a cutoff? 00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:39.059 Yeah, it cuts off there. Because, you know, I'm 00:13:39.059 --> 00:13:42.100 feeling like a little bit of sadness because 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:43.879 I'm about to graduate and I'm not going to see 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:45.220 all the people that I want to see in college. 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:47.419 Are you going to go into a master's program? 00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:49.679 No, I don't think I want to do that. I'll probably 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:53.480 just go work, you know. But 23, I would say, 00:13:53.580 --> 00:13:56.080 is a cutoff. Can you imagine? Could you imagine? 00:13:56.460 --> 00:13:58.879 Now, I'm not saying he's sitting in class. I 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:01.480 literally did this, you guys. I literally was 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:04.179 the kid that was, you know, call me a kid. I 00:14:04.179 --> 00:14:06.259 was a 27 -year -old college student doing my 00:14:06.259 --> 00:14:09.820 undergraduate degree. Well, that's okay. But 00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:12.399 I can see that when somebody steps away for a 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:14.620 second and then comes back. What's the difference? 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:17.220 He stepped away for a second and came back. Yeah, 00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:19.179 but he's also – For the first three years of 00:14:19.179 --> 00:14:20.740 his career. I'd be very interested to see if 00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:22.960 he's attending classes or if he's already finished 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:25.669 everything. I doubt it. I doubt it. So Coach 00:14:25.669 --> 00:14:28.649 Mark from Arizona says, graduating in four years 00:14:28.649 --> 00:14:33.809 is like leaving a party at midnight. Chew on 00:14:33.809 --> 00:14:36.289 that one for a second, Blaze. All right. Thanks 00:14:36.289 --> 00:14:43.649 for helping us out there. So I was chided by 00:14:43.649 --> 00:14:47.330 your counterpart, Dom, for apparently ignoring 00:14:47.330 --> 00:14:49.730 the Olympics, which was not the case. I was just 00:14:49.730 --> 00:14:53.519 basically doing something that. was embarrassing 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:57.259 for me, which was I didn't know the Olympics 00:14:57.259 --> 00:15:00.120 had started. And I'm like a winter sports guy. 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:05.600 I know. So now. Here we go. To thumb my nose 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:11.639 at intern Dom. In honor of the Olympics, until 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:14.779 the Olympics are over, in Milan, in Cortina, 00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:18.039 in Italy, every single day on the Danny and Justin 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:20.519 radio program, I will be giving an Olympic update. 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:25.480 So here it is. Jordan Stoltz claimed his first 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:27.639 Olympic gold in the men's 1 ,000 -meter speed 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:30.779 skating event, setting a record time of 1 minute 00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:34.559 6 .28, achieving the largest winning margin since 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:37.559 1984. Madison Chalk, Evan Bates, the married 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:40.480 U .S. ice dancers, close to securing their first 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:43.940 Olympic individual gold, trailing the French 00:15:43.940 --> 00:15:47.509 team by just 46. Hundreds of a point heading 00:15:47.509 --> 00:15:50.289 into the decisive free dance event tonight. I 00:15:50.289 --> 00:15:52.289 know Blaze is going to be glued to his television. 00:15:52.669 --> 00:15:55.950 Lindsey Vonn underwent a third surgery following 00:15:55.950 --> 00:15:59.070 a severe crash in the Winter Olympics downhill 00:15:59.070 --> 00:16:01.769 event. At 41, I don't know if she's going to 00:16:01.769 --> 00:16:05.850 recover, the 2026 Winter Olympics faced backlash. 00:16:05.950 --> 00:16:09.710 Gold medals broke shortly after being awarded 00:16:09.710 --> 00:16:12.230 due to a design flaw. Have you heard about this? 00:16:12.370 --> 00:16:14.860 I do not. They were breaking on. On the stand, 00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:17.940 on the medal stand, organizers are investigating 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:20.159 and offering replacements to the affected athletes. 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:23.759 The medal count thus far, Norway leads with seven 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:27.299 golds. This is just first through five is like 00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:29.419 the gold medals and then total medals. Norway 00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:31.860 has seven golds, total of 13. United States has 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:35.179 four. So does Italy. So does Switzerland. U .S. 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:38.799 11 total medals. Italy 13. Switzerland 7. Germany. 00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:42.879 Not necessarily known as strong in the winter 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:46.539 sports. Better in the summer games. Germany has 00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:49.940 three gold medals. They're great in the bobsledding 00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:52.080 and like the luge. Would you ever do the luge? 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:53.820 Aren't they decent at speed skating? I would 00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:56.460 do luge. That sounds fun. Are you kidding? It's 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:59.419 like laying on a skateboard going down at 150 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:02.500 miles an hour down a sheet of ice. Laying on 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:06.480 your back. Lay on your back. I don't know. It 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.599 sounds all right. All right. Something closer 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:11.220 to home and something closer to your heart. Fans 00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:13.460 inside Matt Knight Arena are in for a treat Saturday 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:17.180 afternoon. Penn State, Oregon on the floor for 00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:20.240 men's basketball as Oregon tries to save what 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:24.400 is just a disastrous season. But halftime is 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:26.619 going to be who, Justin? It's going to be Red 00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:29.740 Panda. You're stoked about this. I'm stoked about 00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:31.299 this. Blaze, you know who Red Panda is? You can 00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:32.519 shake your head. All right. He knows who Red 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:35.019 Panda is. Yeah. It was funny. I was trying to 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:38.440 explain to our station manager, Woody, who Red 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:40.559 Panda was. And I literally didn't know her real 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:42.859 name because she's just only known as Red Panda. 00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:45.519 And she does all these NBA games. She's done 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:49.000 some NFL stuff. She's got – Britain's Got Talent, 00:17:49.180 --> 00:17:51.119 I believe, as well. America's Got Talent, Thursday 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:53.019 Night Football. She's been on Thursday Night 00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:56.019 Football. Yeah. So she's a really big deal. She's 00:17:56.019 --> 00:18:00.460 an acrobat. She has an eight -foot -tall unicycle. 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:02.980 Crazy. And then she balances things. So she's 00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:04.750 pretty – And so she's going to Matthew Knight 00:18:04.750 --> 00:18:06.170 Arena. I think it's awesome. She's going to do 00:18:06.170 --> 00:18:09.549 multiple metal bowls on her feet and head. She's 00:18:09.549 --> 00:18:11.430 been a fan favorite at sporting events around 00:18:11.430 --> 00:18:13.970 the globe. She's coming back from a pretty serious 00:18:13.970 --> 00:18:17.769 injury. And so this is one of the first performances 00:18:17.769 --> 00:18:20.789 back for her. She's been performing professionally 00:18:20.789 --> 00:18:25.789 for more than 30 years. She is widely regarded 00:18:25.789 --> 00:18:29.890 as the best halftime act in basketball. All across 00:18:29.890 --> 00:18:34.200 the NBA, she's been everywhere. Red Panda at 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:37.880 halftime, MKA, Saturday. Get your tickets for 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:40.940 Oregon men's basketball against Penn State. All 00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:43.380 right, we're going to step aside. And when we 00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:46.880 come back, our good friend Silk, Saul Galvin, 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:50.839 the voice of Oregon softball, is going to lay 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:54.240 out his perspective on the softball team. So 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:57.500 two and three coming out of Clearwater. Do people 00:18:57.500 --> 00:19:00.140 start to need to be concerned about this Oregon 00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:02.829 softball team? Are they not going to reach the 00:19:02.829 --> 00:19:05.049 heights they met last year when they got to Oklahoma 00:19:05.049 --> 00:19:08.369 City? We'll ask Saul's opinion or Saul's opinion 00:19:08.369 --> 00:19:10.269 when we come back on the Danny and Justin radio 00:19:10.269 --> 00:19:16.589 program. The Danny and Justin radio program for 00:19:16.589 --> 00:19:19.630 a hump day. We're going to have Justin's word 00:19:19.630 --> 00:19:23.190 of the week in the last segment. We still have 00:19:23.190 --> 00:19:24.970 to get a sounder for that. You need to have big 00:19:24.970 --> 00:19:27.609 voice do something like that. I need to do that, 00:19:27.690 --> 00:19:30.849 and I'm going to find some good drops as well. 00:19:31.089 --> 00:19:32.589 Okay. I've already thought of something. Word 00:19:32.589 --> 00:19:35.309 of the week coming up. Justin is going to reach 00:19:35.309 --> 00:19:38.759 deep into his vocabulary. Help learn us something. 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:40.559 I'm not scrambling this week. I thought of this 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:43.140 one on Sunday. Adam Boyd, good for you. Let's 00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:44.779 head out over to the Oregon Mad Clinics hotline 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:46.599 and welcome in a returning guest, a good friend 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:49.059 of ours. And he kind of runs everything. He is 00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:52.039 the king of KWVA. We call him Silk. It's Saul 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:54.900 Galvin, the voice of Oregon softball. Saul, how 00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:57.660 are you, buddy? I'm good. It's good to be back 00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:59.720 here, gents. Excited for another season of Oregon 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:01.299 softball. Here we go. We're going to kick it 00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:03.019 off right out of the gates. Two and three weekend 00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:06.180 in Clearwater, Florida. Not the start that, of 00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:08.059 course, anybody, if you're an Oregon softball 00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:11.680 fan, would want. But from your perspective and 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:14.440 the fan base, and I know I've been looking at 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:16.259 some of the tweets and stuff, and I always take 00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:19.119 that with a grain of salt. But from your perspective 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:21.680 to the fans, is it all about just calming down 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:25.339 after a two and three start? I think so, you 00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:27.279 know, and I think that my biggest takeaway from 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:29.299 this past weekend, right, and like you said, 00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:30.920 you know, maybe not the weekend that they wanted 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:32.880 to have overall, but this team has a lot of fight. 00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:35.160 Like every game that they played this weekend, 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.960 they were in it at some point. I think that's 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:38.779 super important at this early part of the season, 00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:41.160 right, because you're going against tough competition. 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:43.839 You know, sometimes it was, you know, five games 00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:46.440 in three days. Sometimes, you know, they only 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:49.200 had like 30 minutes in between Friday and Saturday's 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:51.430 doubleheaders. it's not a lot of time to reset 00:20:51.430 --> 00:20:54.029 and, you know, kind of get back at it. But they 00:20:54.029 --> 00:20:55.789 stayed competitive the entire weekend, and they 00:20:55.789 --> 00:20:57.849 still came away with two wins, two pretty significant 00:20:57.849 --> 00:21:01.009 wins against Missouri and Liberty. Liberty, obviously, 00:21:01.049 --> 00:21:03.170 a top -25 team. And, again, even with the other 00:21:03.170 --> 00:21:04.829 teams, too, like, these are all really good teams. 00:21:04.910 --> 00:21:06.549 Four of the five teams they played this weekend 00:21:06.549 --> 00:21:08.069 were in the NCAA tournament last year. And I 00:21:08.069 --> 00:21:10.369 just think that, you know, the level of competition 00:21:10.369 --> 00:21:12.250 that they faced against this past weekend is 00:21:12.250 --> 00:21:14.130 really going to prepare them for, you know, not 00:21:14.130 --> 00:21:15.829 just this weekend, but even just the rest of 00:21:15.829 --> 00:21:17.789 the season as well, and kind of getting momentum 00:21:17.789 --> 00:21:21.069 because... You don't get to play tough competition 00:21:21.069 --> 00:21:23.410 like this in the early part of the season. Sometimes 00:21:23.410 --> 00:21:25.569 it comes midway through the year, end of the 00:21:25.569 --> 00:21:28.170 year, but I just think that it was a good opportunity 00:21:28.170 --> 00:21:30.049 to really see what they were about, what they 00:21:30.049 --> 00:21:32.430 need to fix, and then just what you need to improve 00:21:32.430 --> 00:21:35.069 heading into this weekend at Stanford. And kind 00:21:35.069 --> 00:21:36.650 of like the rest of the team, it was a bit up 00:21:36.650 --> 00:21:38.849 and down for the pitching staff, including Lindsey 00:21:38.849 --> 00:21:41.529 Grein, who started off against Missouri with 00:21:41.529 --> 00:21:43.470 her first career no -hitter. That was awesome. 00:21:43.690 --> 00:21:45.549 And then by the end of the weekend against Southeast 00:21:45.549 --> 00:21:48.799 Louisiana, three earned runs and... two -thirds 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:51.180 of an inning. Elisa Koltzke also a bit up and 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:53.200 down as well. What did you see good from this 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:55.079 pitching staff? What did you see that needs to 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:56.680 be tuned up? Like, what was going wrong when 00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:59.460 it was going wrong? You know, I just think it 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:01.059 was a little uncomfortable, right? And, again, 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:02.759 it goes back to saying the tough competition 00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:04.400 is going to make that happen. I think that last 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:06.720 year, Lindsey in particular, you know, she was 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:08.960 super dominant, and she just went out there and 00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:10.299 pitched a little freely. You know, and she did 00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.660 the same thing, right? She started off with a 00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:13.440 no -hitter against Missouri. I think that gave 00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:15.220 her a lot of confidence. But then to go in and 00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:17.539 pitch. you know, basically the whole game against 00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:19.500 Tennessee, and she only held them to two runs. 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:21.240 Like, that is an impressive thing right there 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:23.180 to go against number Tennessee. Sure, it was 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:25.460 the result they wanted, but... Going back, the 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.980 number four ranked Bulls, which are definitely 00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:28.920 going to be a team that, you know, Ducks are 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:30.259 probably going to see later on in the playoffs 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:32.359 at some point. So just knowing that they can 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.940 do that and they can stay competitive is super 00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:35.799 important early on. But I just think with the 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:37.099 rest of the pitching staff, you know, it's deep 00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:39.299 this year, right? Like you lose Stacey Chambers, 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:41.480 the lefty pitcher from last year, but they bring 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:43.420 in a freshman, Maddie Milhorn, who was phenomenal 00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:45.680 in her relief appearance against Liberty. Like 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:47.900 she was touching 70 miles an hour. And as a freshman, 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:50.519 like that's unbelievable to know that she's pitching 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:53.099 70 miles an hour as a freshman. Elise, you know, 00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:54.859 she was right. right there with Lindsey as well. 00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.779 A couple struggles, but she really bounced back 00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:58.960 pretty well. And Taylor Spencer, too, was someone 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:02.000 who Coach Lombardi talked about last year, didn't 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.440 really get into a rhythm, you know, didn't have 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:05.880 a spot in the rotation with Stacy, with Lindsey, 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:08.279 and Elise. She looked really good over the weekend. 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.720 She made a couple of relief appearances. She 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:11.779 also made a start as well. And I just thought 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:13.460 that she looked super comfortable out there, 00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:15.220 and that's kind of the tailor that they were 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:17.400 looking for. So, you know, I just think that 00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:19.180 the four arms that pitched this past weekend 00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.900 looked really solid overall. There were a couple 00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:23.200 moments where, you know, some pitches got away 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:24.960 from them. But, again, it's early in the season. 00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:26.720 You're going to make mistakes. And I think now 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:29.660 they know, you know, what to expect when they 00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:31.180 go against a competition like this. And I'm really 00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.500 excited to see how they bounce back this weekend. 00:23:32.910 --> 00:23:35.970 The golden voice of Salo Galvin, he is silk to 00:23:35.970 --> 00:23:37.950 us on the Danny Justin radio program. You can 00:23:37.950 --> 00:23:42.349 hear him on 88 .1 KWVA calling the game. Did 00:23:42.349 --> 00:23:46.829 I say that right? Yep, you got it. Okay. Baby 00:23:46.829 --> 00:23:47.730 J just kind of looked at me. I thought I heard 00:23:47.730 --> 00:23:50.609 something else. What? Yeah, I said it right. 00:23:50.690 --> 00:23:51.430 You said it right. You can listen to him this 00:23:51.430 --> 00:23:53.390 weekend. Stanford Class, the Cardinal Classic. 00:23:53.390 --> 00:23:55.190 I did not say anything. Down there. Brand new 00:23:55.190 --> 00:23:57.589 Stanford Stadium, Stanford Softball Stadium. 00:23:57.730 --> 00:23:59.650 So you'll get to see that complex for the first 00:23:59.650 --> 00:24:02.269 time this weekend. And great competition once 00:24:02.269 --> 00:24:04.670 again. Cal State Fullerton, Kentucky, Cal Poly, 00:24:04.750 --> 00:24:06.930 and, of course, the host Stanford Cardinal before 00:24:06.930 --> 00:24:09.509 the Mary Nutter Classic and another gauntlet 00:24:09.509 --> 00:24:12.829 for Melissa Lombardi's team. And I want to stay 00:24:12.829 --> 00:24:14.430 on pitching. just for a second, and you touched 00:24:14.430 --> 00:24:16.410 on it. Maddie Millhorn comes in. She pitches 00:24:16.410 --> 00:24:19.009 four and a third innings, strikes out eight, 00:24:19.049 --> 00:24:23.730 walks two, a .67 batting average against her. 00:24:23.789 --> 00:24:28.109 She only gave up one hit and one run in four 00:24:28.109 --> 00:24:31.750 and a third. And for a pitching staff that is 00:24:31.750 --> 00:24:34.829 going to grow and with two stalwarts right in 00:24:34.829 --> 00:24:36.170 the middle, I mean, you start with Lindsey Grine 00:24:36.170 --> 00:24:38.049 and Lisa Kolski. That's great. And then Taylor 00:24:38.049 --> 00:24:40.269 backing that up. She's experienced. But then 00:24:40.269 --> 00:24:43.789 you add in the freshman. Those in the circle 00:24:43.789 --> 00:24:49.029 who might not be well -versed in softball, it 00:24:49.029 --> 00:24:52.349 starts there. And it's a very, very deep pitching 00:24:52.349 --> 00:24:54.569 staff. And Melissa Lombardi's got to be pleased 00:24:54.569 --> 00:24:56.549 in some respects on how they came out of it. 00:24:56.609 --> 00:25:00.319 Nobody's hurt. Yeah, no, I mean, she was. And, 00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:02.400 again, especially with all the games that are 00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:04.099 happening these first three weekends, it's super 00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:05.920 important to have that kind of depth. You know, 00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:07.880 Lindsey last year, she pitched more innings than 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:09.740 she pitched almost in her two years at Virginia 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:11.900 Tech, and that was a lot to ask out of her. But 00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:14.119 now you kind of give her some help. Elise already 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:16.059 has, you know, a really good year under her belt. 00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:17.720 Taylor as well, she's starting to find a rhythm. 00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:19.819 And then Maddie, you know, a freshman, it was 00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:21.539 kind of a lot to ask of her, but she went out 00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:24.059 and she delivered. just having that, you know, 00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:26.339 ability to go to the bullpen and give, you know, 00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:28.279 three or four really solid arms out of there, 00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:30.400 that's super important because, you know, Ducks 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.720 are going to probably be in some of these more 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:33.440 close games, and they're going to need pitchers 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:35.240 that they can rely on that can go in there and, 00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:37.359 you know, put up the beginnings, give the scoreless 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:39.519 thing as well. You know, the next two weekends 00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:41.819 are a good example, right? Like Kentucky, Stanford 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:43.460 as well, who they beat last year in the Eugene 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:45.619 Regional. And the next weekend, they have Auburn, 00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:47.680 Texas, and South Carolina, which are three teams 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:49.839 that... all again have really high expectations 00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:52.380 to make the ncaa tournament again this year so 00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.640 just having that depth is really going to be 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:55.480 critical in this early part of the year and then 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:57.240 even when we get to the later part as well not 00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:59.259 having to use just one or two pitchers like some 00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:01.579 of the other more successful teams did last year 00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:03.119 they have four arms that they can really go to 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:05.720 and something that's supposed to help out your 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:07.440 pitcher is your defense and that was something 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:10.559 that was a huge part of last year's team I'd 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:12.240 say it wasn't the best start for this year's 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:14.539 team. Five errors so far in the season, a 96 00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:18.779 -66 total percentage. Fielding -wise, three infielders 00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:21.279 made an error over the course of those five games. 00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:24.059 I guess how much concern do you have over the 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:26.079 defense? Or is it just sort of, again, early 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:28.000 season, you're getting your timing going, and 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:31.180 we'll see what happens going forward. It's all 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:33.000 early season, right? And I think that, you know, 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.720 everyone's going to focus on the five areas. 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:36.160 But I think what a lot of people don't focus 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:38.259 on are the amazing plays that they made. Like, 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:40.500 Elon Butler was laying out for balls in the right 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:43.180 field. You know, Katie Flannery and Addison Amaral 00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:45.059 were up the middle turning double plays. Katie 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:48.700 Flannery was diving for... you know ground balls 00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:50.640 over at third base like this defense is still 00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:53.240 awesome right i know the errors you know again 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:55.319 kind of kicking themselves a little bit but this 00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.980 is still going to be a really good defense right 00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:58.500 the most of the infield is returning from last 00:26:58.500 --> 00:27:00.880 year a couple new additions to the outfield emma 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:02.740 cox still gunning out runners from behind home 00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:05.480 plate like i again if they're going to make mistakes 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:08.210 you know this i think So many expectations have 00:27:08.210 --> 00:27:09.930 been put on this team from last year, right? 00:27:10.029 --> 00:27:12.130 But it's a different team. It's a different version, 00:27:12.230 --> 00:27:14.289 obviously. And now they have to go out and kind 00:27:14.289 --> 00:27:15.869 of make their own identity, which, again, is 00:27:15.869 --> 00:27:18.049 a lot of pressure. But, you know, you can just 00:27:18.049 --> 00:27:19.690 tell already that this team is not going to go 00:27:19.690 --> 00:27:21.450 down easy. And I think they show that on defense 00:27:21.450 --> 00:27:23.190 as well. There were a few opportunities in that 00:27:23.190 --> 00:27:25.329 Tennessee game where, you know, if maybe the 00:27:25.329 --> 00:27:27.210 defense had gotten away from them, they might 00:27:27.210 --> 00:27:29.569 not have lost by two runs. But it kind of kept 00:27:29.569 --> 00:27:30.849 them in. And same thing with the Clemson game 00:27:30.849 --> 00:27:32.529 as well. You know, obviously a couple of errors. 00:27:32.710 --> 00:27:34.630 But, you know, I just think that this team responds 00:27:34.630 --> 00:27:36.660 really well like they did last year. Last year 00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:38.839 they didn't lose two in a row, and while they 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:41.059 can't be the same now after this year, I still 00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:43.759 think that it's a resilient group overall. That's 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.799 a pretty amazing stat right there, Saul. We're 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:47.779 talking Oregon softball with Saul Galvin, the 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:50.200 voice of Oregon softball, as they head down to 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:52.539 the Cardinal Classic this weekend to take on 00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:54.700 another round of stiff competition in the early 00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:57.440 part of the season before the Big Ten looms in... 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:01.220 April. So a lot of different lineups for Coach 00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:03.839 Lombardi, a lot of the same players this first 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:07.259 weekend, but differences at the top of the order, 00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:10.140 which I found interesting. I think now you help 00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:11.440 me out here. I know you probably know this. I 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:13.160 thought there was maybe three or four different 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:15.900 leadoff hitters in the five games. So is this 00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:17.720 one of those things where I think Coach Lombardi 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:20.400 thinks she knows who's going to be winning the 00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:22.359 positions, but in terms of the order, she's still 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:26.410 kind of working things out? Yeah, you know, and 00:28:26.410 --> 00:28:28.410 again, it's going to happen, right? I think it 00:28:28.410 --> 00:28:30.630 was the same case as last year where, you know, 00:28:30.630 --> 00:28:32.049 the first five games you're trying to figure 00:28:32.049 --> 00:28:34.670 it out. Obviously, you lose Kylie Shaw and her, 00:28:34.750 --> 00:28:36.670 you know, record -setting stolen base and on 00:28:36.670 --> 00:28:38.710 -base percentage year. And, you know, now you 00:28:38.710 --> 00:28:39.829 have to try to figure out who's going to take 00:28:39.829 --> 00:28:41.309 that. But I thought that, you know, the lineup, 00:28:41.430 --> 00:28:43.690 you know, the second half of the weekend was 00:28:43.690 --> 00:28:45.490 really good with having Shaw in the leadoff spot. 00:28:45.569 --> 00:28:48.049 Like, she was amazing. She had, you know, she 00:28:48.049 --> 00:28:50.490 finished the weekend with six hits and also... 00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:53.640 She also finished with one walk as well. So I 00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:55.599 just think that having her in the leadoff spot, 00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:57.380 especially after last year, she was also another 00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:59.779 player that was kind of fighting the injury bug 00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:01.380 a little bit, didn't get a chance to play a ton 00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:03.160 maybe as she wanted to, especially with Kejri 00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:05.500 Lushar on center field. So having her at the 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:07.819 top of the order is super helpful. And then kind 00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:10.400 of that duo of the new faces with Amari Harper 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:12.480 and Elon Butler, they were playing kind of on 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:14.839 and off the two and three spot. But even so, 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:16.900 Harper had her first home run as an Oregon Duck, 00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:20.079 and then Butler as well. she also had five walks 00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.920 on the weekend. Like, that's pretty impressive. 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:23.660 And, you know, your first weekend, you're trying 00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:25.839 to get the bat going. You're able to stay patient 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:27.519 and just, you know, get on base because that's 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.960 really what Oregon needs, right? They just need 00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:30.200 base runners to give themselves opportunities. 00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:32.440 So, you know, I just think that the top of the 00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:35.079 order is really, you know, good, and they have 00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:36.799 a lot of speed, a lot of potential to get on 00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:39.000 base. And, obviously, with Riley McCoy in the 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:40.859 clean -out spot along with Emma Cox, the four, 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:43.140 five, and six, again, like, you just look up 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:44.960 and down this lineup. It's just a lot of potential, 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:47.259 really. And I think this weekend, you know. maybe 00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:49.460 wasn't the greatest representation of it. You 00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.619 know, they'll probably agree with that saying, 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:52.660 okay, we could have done a lot better. But, you 00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:54.079 know, I think that people should still be excited 00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:56.059 to see what this lineup can do this year. Yeah, 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:58.220 and Riley McCoy and Stephanie Maake aren't going 00:29:58.220 --> 00:30:00.799 to go one for 15 and one for 12 every single 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:03.519 weekend as well. But somebody that did have a 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:06.900 monster set of games was Kaylin Jones, and she 00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:11.579 batted 400 for the weekend at 871 OPS. She provides 00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:13.720 something that I think is kind of unique for 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:18.079 this lineup. How important do you think she's 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:20.079 going to be for this team in particular, and 00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:21.440 do you think she's just set up for a monster 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:24.539 year this year? I think so. Right. And she already 00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:26.460 proved it this past weekend. She made the, you 00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:28.200 know, the NBC all tournament team. She finished 00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:31.180 for six or 15 with three RBIs as well. Like it 00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:32.619 felt like, you know, she was a big contributor 00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:34.900 this weekend. And I just think, especially after 00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:36.920 last year as well, too, like, you know, all the 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:39.460 focus was really put on, on Riley McCoy and Stephanie 00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:41.480 Maki for what they did, but Kayla Jones had a 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.259 really great year. And I think she's destined 00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:44.980 for another year. What I like so much about her 00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:47.470 is that. She does play a lot like Kylie Schar, 00:30:47.549 --> 00:30:49.109 and I don't think people realize that as well. 00:30:49.130 --> 00:30:50.849 She loves to slap the ball the other way. She 00:30:50.849 --> 00:30:53.430 can also pull it as well. You know, she had her 00:30:53.430 --> 00:30:55.410 first career home run against UCLA in Game 3 00:30:55.410 --> 00:30:58.390 last year. So she's really a versatile player. 00:30:58.490 --> 00:31:00.849 And then the defense is there as well, also with 00:31:00.849 --> 00:31:02.450 the speed. I think that she's going to be kind 00:31:02.450 --> 00:31:04.680 of... Her and Ayanna will be the main ones that 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:07.059 kind of take over the stolen base tactic that 00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:09.319 they did last year. I think she finished with 00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:12.940 10 -plus stolen bases in 2025. So just her ability 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:15.240 to do everything, not just hit the ball, but 00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:18.539 also get the walk, get on base, move over, and 00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:20.700 then also on defense as well. She's a very versatile 00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:22.220 player that's going to be a real asset to the 00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:24.809 team this year. Well, the Ducks, as they dive 00:31:24.809 --> 00:31:26.670 into the Cardinal Classic, are going to want 00:31:26.670 --> 00:31:29.710 to keep the bats going and accelerate it a little 00:31:29.710 --> 00:31:31.450 bit more. Is that what you want to see out of 00:31:31.450 --> 00:31:33.829 this team this weekend, Saul, is kind of find 00:31:33.829 --> 00:31:35.930 a couple more games where the bats bust out? 00:31:37.009 --> 00:31:38.849 I think so. You know, I think it'd just be good 00:31:38.849 --> 00:31:40.910 for the confidence, you know, to get the bats 00:31:40.910 --> 00:31:43.109 going. Because, again, right, the game against 00:31:43.109 --> 00:31:45.349 Liberty is really where things started to, you 00:31:45.349 --> 00:31:47.950 know, to pick up. You know, Coach said it. You 00:31:47.950 --> 00:31:50.269 know, she wants to start fast. I think that Clemson 00:31:50.269 --> 00:31:52.809 game was probably the best game in terms of getting 00:31:52.809 --> 00:31:54.690 off to a fast start, like she kept saying last 00:31:54.690 --> 00:31:57.150 year. It's all about, you know, putting their 00:31:57.150 --> 00:31:58.730 foot in the gas pedal and never taking it off. 00:31:58.829 --> 00:32:00.150 And it just felt like this weekend maybe the 00:32:00.150 --> 00:32:02.849 foot kind of was taken off a little bit. But, 00:32:02.910 --> 00:32:04.529 you know, there were still times where they were 00:32:04.529 --> 00:32:05.970 right there and they were giving themselves opportunities. 00:32:06.150 --> 00:32:08.210 So I think with this weekend, it's really just 00:32:08.210 --> 00:32:10.519 about making sure that if they have. opportunities 00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:12.160 on the base path that they're able to drive in 00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:13.720 a few runs. It doesn't have to be a big inning. 00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:15.599 Like, I think last year a big thing, too, about 00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:17.500 this team was that, you know, they were putting 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:20.220 up, you know, sometimes 10, 20 runs throughout 00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.980 the first, like, three or four innings. And that's 00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:23.700 great, right? But against some of the tougher 00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:25.299 competition, that's not always going to be the 00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:28.059 reality. It's just about stacking up runs, get 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:29.680 a run or two an inning, and then that stacks 00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:31.799 up over seven innings. And then next thing you 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:34.740 know, it's a 7 -4 game, and you're more in favor 00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:37.339 than that. So, you know, it's going to change, 00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:38.960 right? The tough competition definitely changes 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.019 things from last year, but I'm really excited 00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:43.019 to see how this team handles it this weekend 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:44.980 and get some more tough competition at the Cardinal 00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:48.160 Classic. So, Saul, one of the keynotes for a 00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:50.380 Melissa Lombardi coach team is being very aggressive 00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:54.000 on the base paths. She was only 104 with her 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:56.589 team this weekend. this past weekend in five 00:32:56.589 --> 00:33:00.049 games. And would you expect – was that more situational? 00:33:00.069 --> 00:33:02.349 Was there not as many opportunities to be able 00:33:02.349 --> 00:33:05.450 to swipe a bag? Or was it more that, you know, 00:33:05.490 --> 00:33:09.049 you just – you knew that the person behind the 00:33:09.049 --> 00:33:12.589 dish was going to be able to fire it down and 00:33:12.589 --> 00:33:16.329 wherever you were at and throw you out? Yeah, 00:33:16.369 --> 00:33:17.450 I think it was – it might have been a little 00:33:17.450 --> 00:33:19.549 bit of both. You know, again, there was some 00:33:19.549 --> 00:33:21.150 tough competition this past weekend, also some 00:33:21.150 --> 00:33:22.970 really good catchers, and they had a lot of – 00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:26.220 you know, really good talent behind the plate, 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:29.079 similar to Emma Cox. You know, she was also really 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:31.299 good behind the dish this past weekend, picking 00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:33.059 off runners, you know, trying to back pick attempts 00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:36.170 as well. You know, the speed is there. I just 00:33:36.170 --> 00:33:37.609 think that, you know, again, this weekend they 00:33:37.609 --> 00:33:38.930 were trying out some things. They were getting 00:33:38.930 --> 00:33:41.009 the timing down right. So it didn't work out 00:33:41.009 --> 00:33:43.009 all the time. But even when they did it, it felt 00:33:43.009 --> 00:33:44.690 like they were right there. You know, there was 00:33:44.690 --> 00:33:46.950 just a couple of times when, you know, some things 00:33:46.950 --> 00:33:49.849 got mistimed and maybe just didn't go their way, 00:33:49.930 --> 00:33:51.589 some base running mistakes as well. But I do 00:33:51.589 --> 00:33:53.569 think that the speed is going to be a factor 00:33:53.569 --> 00:33:55.769 as well. But Coach Lombardi even said, too, that. 00:33:56.269 --> 00:33:58.210 Speed is going to be a factor this year, but 00:33:58.210 --> 00:34:02.230 she was more outlining the power that this team 00:34:02.230 --> 00:34:05.569 developed in the offseason. Something that I 00:34:05.569 --> 00:34:08.530 think was incredibly key to last year's team, 00:34:08.650 --> 00:34:10.809 it wasn't a stat, it wasn't anything that you 00:34:10.809 --> 00:34:14.289 could see in the numbers, it was how this team 00:34:14.289 --> 00:34:15.909 responded to each other. It was the leadership, 00:34:16.210 --> 00:34:18.130 it was the energy in the dugout, it was the fact 00:34:18.130 --> 00:34:20.050 that they clearly all liked each other and really 00:34:20.050 --> 00:34:21.769 believed in each other. You mentioned that they 00:34:21.769 --> 00:34:23.550 didn't lose two games in a row last year, so 00:34:23.550 --> 00:34:27.360 not a lot of opportunity to see how... They responded. 00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:29.360 Obviously, they had such a great season, but 00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:31.559 there was opportunity, I think, this weekend. 00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:33.820 How did you see the body language? How did you 00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:36.159 see in terms of just the energy? Like, was it 00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:38.360 the things that you wanted to see despite having 00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:42.599 some tough games? 100%, right? And even when 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:44.760 they were down, you know, they never looked like 00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:47.019 it, right? Again, because it's an easy thing, 00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:49.739 right? You're down a couple of runs, you know, 00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:52.119 or sometimes an error, you know, maybe scores 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:54.500 in a few runs for the opponents. And you just 00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:56.199 kind of get down on yourself. But, again, this 00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:58.340 team was energetic from the first pitch all the 00:34:58.340 --> 00:35:00.300 way until the last pitch of the seventh inning. 00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:03.260 You know, they love each other. And I think that's 00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:05.440 kind of the vibe that we got from media day last 00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:07.739 week. And then even talking with Amari afterwards, 00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:10.000 you know, like they were a little bit upset, 00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:11.960 right, about that Clemson loss, especially because 00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:13.940 they were up heading into the sixth and they 00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:15.320 felt like they kind of let that one slip away. 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:18.300 But, again, it's a long season. And you're going 00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:20.000 to have those moments where, you know, things 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:21.719 don't go your way, but it's all about how you 00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:25.159 respond. I just think that this team has kind 00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:27.639 of a similar vibe to last year and to where they're 00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:29.300 not going to let the previous game affect them. 00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:30.619 They're going to go out there. They're going 00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:33.079 to put themselves in a situation to win. It's 00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:34.500 just about going out there and finishing, which 00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:36.940 is a hard thing to do in softball, especially 00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:39.480 against tough competition. You can have that 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:41.539 great start, but it's about how you finish, and 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.719 that's really going to be the ultimate deciding 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:44.829 factor if you win the game or not. Back -to -back 00:35:44.829 --> 00:35:47.389 games on Friday starting at 10 a .m. Cal State 00:35:47.389 --> 00:35:50.809 Fullerton, then 12 .30 time start against Kentucky, 00:35:50.969 --> 00:35:53.170 and then they back up another game on Valentine's 00:35:53.170 --> 00:35:56.869 Day game against Kentucky, and then Cal Poly 00:35:56.869 --> 00:36:00.630 and Stanford to finish out on Sunday. Saul, what 00:36:00.630 --> 00:36:04.469 is the Saul Golvin trick to doing a 10 a .m. 00:36:04.469 --> 00:36:06.570 game? You've got several of these. You've already 00:36:06.570 --> 00:36:08.570 put one in your belt. Now you've got another 00:36:08.570 --> 00:36:10.289 one, and I'm looking at the schedule. At least 00:36:10.289 --> 00:36:14.530 have one, two, three more. here before you end 00:36:14.530 --> 00:36:18.949 February. So what is the key? It is a lot of 00:36:18.949 --> 00:36:21.570 coffee or go to bed super early the night before. 00:36:22.650 --> 00:36:25.130 Depending on what time I finish, I try to get 00:36:25.130 --> 00:36:27.449 to the ballpark a couple hours beforehand. So 00:36:27.449 --> 00:36:29.030 if it's 10 a .m., try to get there around 8, 00:36:29.190 --> 00:36:32.050 which means I'm usually up by 6 .30 or 7. So 00:36:32.050 --> 00:36:34.409 I try to go to bed early. It's not always possible. 00:36:34.590 --> 00:36:36.849 And if that doesn't happen, then probably a few 00:36:36.849 --> 00:36:39.030 cups of coffee to get me woken up. Go -to snack 00:36:39.030 --> 00:36:42.969 on the plane? Man, you know what? I've been loving 00:36:42.969 --> 00:36:46.210 on United. They have these like chocolate quinoa 00:36:46.210 --> 00:36:48.789 crisps. I get it every single time. I get that 00:36:48.789 --> 00:36:51.690 and you get ginger ale. Cures me up. Okay, that 00:36:51.690 --> 00:36:53.730 a boy. All right, Silk, we'll be listening to 00:36:53.730 --> 00:36:56.170 you and we'll obviously be talking to you plenty 00:36:56.170 --> 00:36:58.550 throughout the season and seeing out the Jane 00:36:58.550 --> 00:37:00.150 at the end of the month. Take care of yourself 00:37:00.150 --> 00:37:02.949 and thanks for hopping on, buddy. Yeah, I appreciate 00:37:02.949 --> 00:37:04.789 you guys having me on. There he goes, the great 00:37:04.789 --> 00:37:07.989 Silk Salugolvin. You can listen to him on KWVA 00:37:07.989 --> 00:37:11.010 this weekend and all season long. Cal State Fullerton 00:37:11.010 --> 00:37:14.449 in Kentucky on Valentine's pre -day. And then 00:37:14.449 --> 00:37:16.590 Valentine's Day, Kentucky again. Then Sunday, 00:37:16.710 --> 00:37:20.510 Cal Poly in Stanford before they come home. And 00:37:20.510 --> 00:37:23.570 then they head out again. to Cathedral City, 00:37:23.670 --> 00:37:26.269 California for the Mary Nutter. Their road warriors 00:37:26.269 --> 00:37:29.409 are the Ducks' ladies softball team. When Justin 00:37:29.409 --> 00:37:31.289 and I return, word of the day, word of the week, 00:37:31.369 --> 00:37:32.949 not word of the day, word of the week. Wednesday, 00:37:32.989 --> 00:37:34.690 word of the week. Wednesday, word of the week, 00:37:34.690 --> 00:37:36.469 because Justin loves alliteration. I love alliteration. 00:37:36.630 --> 00:37:40.280 Danny, Justin, Radio Pro. So if you miss any 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:43.079 of that interview a moment ago with Saul Galvin 00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:46.019 from the University of Oregon Women's Softball, 00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:48.139 you can go back to the podcast and listen to 00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:50.380 it. Danny and Justin are the fastest 60 Minutes 00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.980 in Sports. Hi there, I'm Doc. Right over there 00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:55.579 is Baby J. Hello. In the pilot's chair is intern 00:37:55.579 --> 00:38:01.079 Blaze, who has not offended me this week. His 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:05.760 counterpart, right up to the line. Dom was right 00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:09.809 at that line. I'm not letting it go. Not. So 00:38:09.809 --> 00:38:13.570 you know what? Out of it, out of that, came a 00:38:13.570 --> 00:38:16.170 new segment for the show. Through the Olympics. 00:38:16.289 --> 00:38:18.469 The Olympic Update. Which I think went really 00:38:18.469 --> 00:38:20.289 well. I liked that. We just need the music to 00:38:20.289 --> 00:38:21.610 go a little bit longer, and then it's going to 00:38:21.610 --> 00:38:23.909 be perfect. So that's all production value there. 00:38:24.070 --> 00:38:25.590 All right, so we've got baseball this weekend. 00:38:25.889 --> 00:38:28.150 Opening weekend of Oregon, Oregon State baseball. 00:38:28.690 --> 00:38:31.309 So Oregon State, if you want to hop on a plane 00:38:31.309 --> 00:38:33.150 and head down to Arizona, then you can watch 00:38:33.150 --> 00:38:36.769 them in where? Surprise. Surprise. Surprise, 00:38:36.909 --> 00:38:39.860 Arizona. Michigan, they're going to have a lot 00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:41.800 of good competition down there. Oregon State 00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:45.239 baseball. Oregon baseball is going to be here 00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:48.079 at home. Now, the weather is going to come into 00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:51.380 play here. That's a really light way to put it. 00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:55.679 It's going to come into play. So George Mason 00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:59.079 comes in for a four -rack. It'll be one game 00:38:59.079 --> 00:39:03.360 on Friday, early start, 3 p .m. So take the afternoon 00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:06.340 off, head on out to PK. And then the double dip. 00:39:07.009 --> 00:39:12.210 Weather permitting, on Saturday, 11 a .m., and 00:39:12.210 --> 00:39:14.489 then whenever first game ends, they'll go like 00:39:14.489 --> 00:39:16.170 a half hour between games, and then they'll do 00:39:16.170 --> 00:39:19.630 the second game. And then Sunday, a single set 00:39:19.630 --> 00:39:23.670 at noon. So, again, the forecast as I was looking 00:39:23.670 --> 00:39:25.449 at it. Now, Friday, I think they'll get that 00:39:25.449 --> 00:39:26.829 one in just fine. It's going to be a little chilly, 00:39:26.929 --> 00:39:29.389 though. Temperature is going to tap out at 52. 00:39:30.469 --> 00:39:34.869 Saturday, there is a 60 % chance of rain. And 00:39:34.869 --> 00:39:36.570 the temps are only supposed to get up into the 00:39:36.570 --> 00:39:40.929 mid -40s. So, you know, let's hope that that's 00:39:40.929 --> 00:39:43.909 wrong. Like they say in Oregon, right? Wait five 00:39:43.909 --> 00:39:45.989 minutes. Weather's going to change. Sounds like 00:39:45.989 --> 00:39:48.650 you want to get a lot of strikeouts. Get it over 00:39:48.650 --> 00:39:51.449 fast. Not a lot of in -play balls. Oregon and 00:39:51.449 --> 00:39:53.449 George Mason meeting on the diamond for the first 00:39:53.449 --> 00:39:56.610 time this weekend. What's the mascot for George 00:39:56.610 --> 00:39:59.610 Mason? Quickly, anybody? No, don't look it up. 00:39:59.750 --> 00:40:01.690 Don't look it up. Don't look it up. No, this 00:40:01.690 --> 00:40:04.519 one's tough. Ah! It's not a president, is it? 00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:07.659 It's not. Patriots, though. You were close. Okay, 00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:09.800 I knew it was something like that. While U of 00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:11.860 O is meeting GMU for the first time, Oregon will 00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:14.719 be playing a member of the A -10 for the second 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:18.179 consecutive season. Who was the A -10 team last 00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:20.719 year? Oh, I don't know. That's a Blaze question 00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:25.159 for sure. Rhode Island. Ducks went three and 00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:28.460 run. Three and one, not three and run. 3 -1 against 00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:30.559 Rhode Island last season in Eugene. That was 00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:32.820 later on in February, February 21st through the 00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:35.619 23rd. Heading into the second season of the Big 00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:37.659 Ten, Oregon's riding recent success that ranks 00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:39.659 among the best in the West Coast. Since 2021, 00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:42.960 Ducks have the fourth most wins at 198 among 00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:45.000 teams in the West while boasting the fourth best 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:49.539 winning percentage at 662. Who do they trail? 00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:53.619 Oregon State, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, both 00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:58.619 those categories. What's the fist pump for? You've 00:40:58.619 --> 00:41:01.000 got to get your mic ready to go. This is like 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:04.079 getting an athletic position here. Get in the 00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:08.019 ready position at all times in turnblades. Okay, 00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:11.199 so the bottom line is if you can get out to PK 00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:13.360 Park this weekend, please do. It's the first 00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:17.880 look at the 2026 Oregon Ducks baseball team. 00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:20.239 We will have the head coach, leader of the flock, 00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:23.199 Mark Wasikowski, on this program tomorrow. So 00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:26.099 we'll get his viewpoint on how the season's going 00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:28.659 to unfold. A lot of different arms, a new pitching 00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:31.860 coach. Got to replace some of that offense. So 00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:34.280 we'll see. And the Ducks, you know, make it into 00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:39.139 the postseason last year. And they keep finding 00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:42.559 a way to kind of manufacture their way into the 00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:45.980 postseason. I think Coach Guas will say, let's 00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:48.940 make it stronger in the regular season so we 00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:52.510 can get that highest seed possible. and get some 00:41:52.510 --> 00:41:54.329 momentum going into the postseason instead of 00:41:54.329 --> 00:41:57.570 kind of, I didn't say back in, but kind of limping 00:41:57.570 --> 00:42:00.329 in to the postseason. Right, as they did a little 00:42:00.329 --> 00:42:03.489 bit last year. Yeah, I mean, but they made it, 00:42:03.510 --> 00:42:05.949 and they had every fighting chance to get through. 00:42:06.570 --> 00:42:08.469 And just a couple of bounces here and there. 00:42:08.710 --> 00:42:11.110 All right, you want to do word of the week? Let's 00:42:11.110 --> 00:42:12.769 do it. Let's do a bed, and I'm going to introduce 00:42:12.769 --> 00:42:14.610 this. This is going to be a new feature this 00:42:14.610 --> 00:42:17.030 week. We started this a few weeks ago. Yeah. 00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:22.000 I present to you the Archbishop of Alliteration, 00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:24.239 the Prince of Pronouns, the Viceroy of Verbs, 00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:27.519 the Wizard of Words, the King of Consonants. 00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:32.019 It's Baby J with our Word of the Week. I feel 00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:34.400 like I'm on Game of Thrones or something like 00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:36.119 that. Did you like that? I liked that a lot. 00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:38.139 All right, well, the Word of the Week this week, 00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:41.519 and it was inspired by the New England Patriots. 00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:43.460 I was watching the Super Bowl. The Word of the 00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:47.659 Week this week is inept, meaning... Having or 00:42:47.659 --> 00:42:52.239 showing no skill and or clumsy. And as I was 00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:55.000 watching that game, I just was like, man, this 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:57.239 is some of the most inept offense I have seen 00:42:57.239 --> 00:43:01.500 in a long time. It was very conservative. I just 00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:04.159 knew that they weren't going to score enough 00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:06.280 points. And so that's your word of the week, 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:08.539 inept. Your word of the week, inept. So now the 00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:10.840 challenge out there, you've got homework, kiddies. 00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:15.760 As when you go out tonight, tomorrow, this weekend, 00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:18.210 sometime. You have to use that word in a sentence. 00:43:19.030 --> 00:43:20.989 You have to use it correctly. All right, so that's 00:43:20.989 --> 00:43:22.170 going to be a new feature on our program, the 00:43:22.170 --> 00:43:25.269 Word of the Week. On Wednesdays. On Wednesdays. 00:43:25.829 --> 00:43:28.969 Word of the Week Wednesdays. Hump Day. I like 00:43:28.969 --> 00:43:31.809 the way we educate our audience as well. Entertain 00:43:31.809 --> 00:43:35.349 and inform. And expanding our vocabulary is a 00:43:35.349 --> 00:43:38.809 good thing. And listen, I don't like tooting 00:43:38.809 --> 00:43:41.309 of the own horn. I have been told I have a good 00:43:41.309 --> 00:43:43.880 vocabulary. So I'm going to try to spread that 00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:46.340 knowledge. This whole thing, the whole genesis 00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:49.639 of this was from what word? Dynamicism. Which 00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:52.139 I thought was a fake word. Can you believe it, 00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:58.360 Blaze? No, Blaze. I was not in the minority here. 00:43:58.599 --> 00:44:01.039 I was literally not in the minority. There were 00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:02.960 other people that were like, I don't think that's 00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:05.739 a word either. Just shows how. That's all right. 00:44:05.860 --> 00:44:08.320 Shows how we can always expand our horizons. 00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:10.300 All right. So let's talk Oregon State a little 00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:13.730 bit. Oregon State women's basketball looking 00:44:13.730 --> 00:44:16.610 to rebound from a challenging road trip. They 00:44:16.610 --> 00:44:20.349 go out Thursday to Santa Clara and then Saturday 00:44:20.349 --> 00:44:24.449 against Pacific. Beavs are a game ahead of the 00:44:24.449 --> 00:44:28.630 Broncos and Portland, tied with LMU at 9 -3 in 00:44:28.630 --> 00:44:31.250 the conference. All three teams set to visit 00:44:31.250 --> 00:44:33.110 Gil Coliseum in the season final week, so it's 00:44:33.110 --> 00:44:35.550 going to come down to it. Oregon State men, 13 00:44:35.550 --> 00:44:38.469 -13 against San Francisco, the Dons, at War Memorial 00:44:38.469 --> 00:44:40.489 in San Francisco. That'll be tomorrow night. 00:44:40.969 --> 00:44:43.969 Oregon State's 4 -9 all -time against San Francisco. 00:44:44.050 --> 00:44:46.809 Wayne Tinkle's squad trying to get back to over 00:44:46.809 --> 00:44:49.190 .500 in conference play. We already talked about 00:44:49.190 --> 00:44:54.090 Oregon men taking on Penn State. That'll be Saturday. 00:44:55.590 --> 00:44:58.909 Oregon women have a few more days off. We'll 00:44:58.909 --> 00:45:00.550 talk about them tomorrow. Can I say something 00:45:00.550 --> 00:45:02.750 about the Oregon men game against Penn State? 00:45:03.570 --> 00:45:06.969 I don't want to say this is a must -win, but 00:45:06.969 --> 00:45:08.869 I'm going to be a little bit worried about winning 00:45:08.869 --> 00:45:10.949 another game if they don't win this one. Okay, 00:45:10.969 --> 00:45:13.250 well, that's fair. You had called Indiana as 00:45:13.250 --> 00:45:14.710 the game. I thought that was going to be the 00:45:14.710 --> 00:45:17.909 one. For some reason, I thought that maybe it 00:45:17.909 --> 00:45:20.130 was going to be the one. Tough road game, though. 00:45:21.289 --> 00:45:26.050 Okay. And I will also lay it down here as well, 00:45:26.130 --> 00:45:31.210 is I still want to see that pride. I saw it in 00:45:31.210 --> 00:45:35.889 the game against Purdue. And then it's just the 00:45:35.889 --> 00:45:38.130 Jekyll and Hyde stuff with Oregon basketball 00:45:38.130 --> 00:45:41.679 is just perplexing with me. Now, putting the 00:45:41.679 --> 00:45:44.239 injuries aside, they play so hard. And maybe 00:45:44.239 --> 00:45:46.639 it was they expended all their energy against 00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:48.980 the Boilermakers. But it just seemed like they 00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:50.840 were flat. Even though, again, I think we talked 00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:55.039 about it on Monday. They shoot 50%. Right. Or 00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:57.099 we talked about it Tuesday. 50 % from the field. 00:45:57.719 --> 00:45:59.780 And you end up losing, what is it, losing by 00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:02.519 18 points. It's the turnovers, though. And I 00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:04.679 think part of it, hey, Nate Biddle, first game 00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:08.820 back against Purdue. He's so important. You can 00:46:08.820 --> 00:46:10.679 see the difference when he's on the court. But 00:46:10.679 --> 00:46:12.460 I also think he's coming off of an injury. And 00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:14.099 so now you're dealing with that, right? And so, 00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:16.900 unfortunately, what I was hoping to see for this 00:46:16.900 --> 00:46:19.239 basketball team in the absence of Nate Biddle 00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:22.000 didn't really happen, which was guys stepping 00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:25.599 into bigger roles than they had had and flourishing 00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:28.039 in those roles and figuring out how to be productive 00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:31.099 players. And it hasn't led to winning basketball. 00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:33.659 And, unfortunately, it feels like... It's still 00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:35.500 kind of the same team, plus Nate Biddle, who's 00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:37.460 really good, but it's still not enough to win 00:46:37.460 --> 00:46:40.019 consistently. I don't know. And a team that needs 00:46:40.019 --> 00:46:42.139 to turn it on down the stretch, and I think they've 00:46:42.139 --> 00:46:44.159 got all the horses to do it, Oregon women's basketball. 00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:47.800 They take on the Huskies Sunday. It'll be a 5 00:46:47.800 --> 00:46:50.800 p .m. tip. So I think it's back -to -back weeks. 00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:54.400 It's Sundays now of Oregon women's basketball. 00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:56.079 They had against Ohio State, and they had the 00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:57.780 week off now and just taking on the single game 00:46:57.780 --> 00:47:00.300 against Washington this week. As we head down 00:47:00.300 --> 00:47:02.519 the stretch, listen, the Big Ten tournament's 00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:04.539 right around the corner. Going to be more important 00:47:04.539 --> 00:47:06.280 for Oregon women's basketball, unfortunately, 00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:09.480 this year than Oregon men's basketball. I mean, 00:47:09.539 --> 00:47:11.659 you know, go shock the world, I guess, if you're 00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:13.599 Oregon men's basketball. They'll play fast and 00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:15.860 loose and hopefully get everybody healthy back 00:47:15.860 --> 00:47:19.119 except for Jackson Shelsad. You have to go to 00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:22.199 the survive and advance mentality. Just one game 00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:26.530 at a time. We'll see what happens. And that's 00:47:26.530 --> 00:47:28.750 going to be our schedule. So Waz tomorrow and 00:47:28.750 --> 00:47:31.849 then on Friday we'll have Travis, Travis Demers, 00:47:31.889 --> 00:47:35.510 the mayor of Rip City, talk Blazers and how they've 00:47:35.510 --> 00:47:37.989 kind of gotten themselves into a groove now again. 00:47:38.070 --> 00:47:41.360 Let's hope we're not jinxing them. Before we 00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:44.800 get Travis on, he'll just take me out back and 00:47:44.800 --> 00:47:47.019 say, please stop doing that before you get on 00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:50.159 the air with me. There it goes. And then next 00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:52.300 week we'll be off on Monday, and then I'll be 00:47:52.300 --> 00:47:54.719 gone Tuesday, Wednesday. So it'll be Goose in 00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:57.900 on Wednesday with you, and then I think Dom's 00:47:57.900 --> 00:47:59.280 going to do the show with you for the first time. 00:47:59.360 --> 00:48:00.820 Ooh, I've got to listen to that. I'll be in Orlando. 00:48:01.099 --> 00:48:02.960 I'll be in sunny Orlando. I might call and say 00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:04.420 hi. All right. If I need to. All right, let's 00:48:04.420 --> 00:48:12.679 do Dad Joke. I got fired from the bank today. 00:48:12.860 --> 00:48:15.099 A woman asked me to check her balance, so I pushed 00:48:15.099 --> 00:48:28.420 her. Dad jokes! All right, so... There we go. 00:48:28.760 --> 00:48:31.019 There we go. I just wanted the clutter to clear 00:48:31.019 --> 00:48:34.960 before I did it. Do we want to start over? No, 00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:36.400 we're not going to start. Whatever you want to 00:48:36.400 --> 00:48:38.199 do. No, no, no. No, no, no. We're not going to 00:48:38.199 --> 00:48:40.659 start over. What's the most detail -oriented 00:48:40.659 --> 00:48:43.539 ocean? Detail -oriented ocean? What is the most 00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:47.539 detail - The Pacific Ocean. Okay. Is that it? 00:48:47.679 --> 00:48:51.639 Yes. Did I finally get one? Yes. All right. Okay. 00:48:51.739 --> 00:48:53.980 Let's kill that music and play our outro music. 00:48:54.199 --> 00:48:57.000 We can't. All right. I think that's the first 00:48:57.000 --> 00:48:59.099 one I've ever gotten. The most detailed -oriented 00:48:59.099 --> 00:49:02.820 ocean is the Pacific. Ah, yes. You feel pretty 00:49:02.820 --> 00:49:04.519 proud of yourself. I feel good about that. It's 00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:07.059 just all Justin all the time. You know what? 00:49:07.320 --> 00:49:12.239 It's all coming out Milhouse. For Baby J. For 00:49:12.239 --> 00:49:15.719 Intern Blaze. I'm Doc. They call me Danny. God 00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:17.599 bless. Put a smile on your face. Someone else's. 00:49:17.619 --> 00:49:19.920 They deserve it. So do you. Why's tomorrow on 00:49:19.920 --> 00:49:21.719 the program? For the entire crew at the number 00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:24.019 one sports station in the valley. Peace.